Reality of Wrestling 11/12/2025 GLORY Episode 17

Reality of Wrestling 11/12/2025 GLORY Episode 17

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/reality-of-wrestling-1122024-platinum.html

The next show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/reality-of-wrestling-11162025-platinum.html 

AJ Francis comes out with House Money crew in Josiah Jean and Tiana Sway. He says he's the longest reigning ROW Glory champ at 200 days and talks about all the people he has on his new album. He says he will defend his title in an open challenge. He says his challenger will learn that the house always wins.

ROW Glory Title - AJ Francis (c) vs Buck Gator

Buck Gator answers the challenge and gets big pops. AJ backs him up in the corner and misses a shot. Buck hits a bunch of punches and forearms. AJ is ear clapped and atomic dropped. They shoulder battle. Buck wears him down some. Buck tackles him in the leg and AJ goes down.

Buck boots him out of the corner and 2nd rope crossbodies him for 2. Sway gets on the apron and distract the ref. Buck olympic slams AJ but the ref is distracted. Josiah Jean hits Buck with AJ's album. AJ spears Buck. AJ chokeslams Buck and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a quick one with AJ winning as expected. Buck isn't around full-time but he's pretty open and lost as expected here.  

The heels stomp on Buck after. Gino Medina comes down to save Buck and he lariats AJ over the top. He gets big pops for this.

Alex Gracia is interviewed. She tells Rache Chanel to say out her way. She says Gigi Rey is acting like the title makes her untouchable. Alex says she's an angel with attitude. She says the title will not only change hands but will get a pink dreams makeover. She says Gigi's title run is about to be done.

Clay Roberts does a promo outside. He says wrestling is the reason he gets up everyday and says it's his religion. He says wrestling used to be independent and being your own person but now it's NIL and WWE ID. He says wrestling keeps him motivated. He says it's about making his own path. He says he needs to lead a holy war and find his place in the spotlight. He says let us bow our heads and pray as he prays for the bodies he is about to leave.

ROW GLORY Women’s Title - Gigi Rey (c) vs Alex Gracia vs Rache Chanel

Alex tries to pose with the title when the ref holds it up. Alex slaps RC and RC jawbreakers her. Alex rolls up RC for 2. Gigi corner forearms RC. Gigi backrolls her into a bridge for 2. Gigi hits forearms on RC. 

Gigi is double lariated over the top. RC armdrags Alex then rolls her into a pin attempt for 2. RC rolls out of a sunset flip and low double knees Alex for 2. RC throws Alex out. Alex backdrops RC for 2. Alex boots and spears RC in the corner. RC is pulled into the buckles. Alex running boots her there for 2. Alex sits on RC's back and pulls on her limbs. Gigi forearms Alex. Alex back elbows her. Alex 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her. Gigi rolls through and rams her face into the buckles. Alex throws Gigi down backwards by the hair. 

Alex flying headscissors RC and 619's Gigi on the apron. Alex cannonballs Gigi off the apron. Alex backcrackers RC for 2. RC pump kicks Alex. Gigi spinning heel kicks RC. Gigi jackhammers Alex for 2. RC spinning back elbows Gigi. Gigi double underhook suplexes her. 

Gigi is put in the tree of woe. RC goes for a superplex on Alex and Gigi spider germans RC in the prcoess. Gigi twisting sentons RC and wins.

Thoughts: It was a random one so there was no reason to think Gigi was losing here. Three ways are tough to work with and they did okay with the format but there's only so much you can do with these. I was fine with this.

Clay Roberts vs Eli Knight

Eli is now a WWE ID wrestler and had his first match on Evolve.

CR side headlocks Eli and Eli reverses it. Eli shoulders him over. CR shoulders him over then is armdragged. Eli hiptosses hm then CR swats down a dropkick. Eli rolls him up for 2. Eli dropkicks him for 2. Eli chops him in the corner. CR superkicks him. They chop each other. CR bends over and Eli flips over him. Eli holds his knee after.

Eli step up enzugiri's him out. They fight on the apron. CR drops Eli's knees on the apron. CR stomps him outside and chops him. Eli boots him in the knee. Eli hits punches on CR. Eli sunset flips him for 2. CR dragon screws him and does an indian deathlock.

They punch each other while the hold is on. CR chops him then Eli hits lariats. CR comes off the 2nd rope and takes a corkscrew kick for 2. CR is sent out and Eli slingshot plancha's him.

Eli tries a frogsplash off the top but CR gets his knees up. CR dropkicks him in the knee. CR does a standing texas cloverleaf on him and Eli boots his way out. Eli belly to belly overhead suplexes CR into the buckles. Eli hits a top rope moonsault on CR and wins.

Thoughts: It was a solid match. CR worked the knee. Eli did his flying but still sold here. This was fine. CR's a pretty good wrestler overall just his size limits how far he can go.

Taylor interviews Sam Halloway. He faces Ayden Cristiano. He says AC is a former ROW champ who acts like the hardest hitting guy in ROW. Sam says he's no flash in the pan and everyone knows he's the hardest hitting guy in ROW. He says AC has to be the first example. He says everyone will know that he's not to be taken lightly.

Sam Halloway vs Ayden Cristiano

Jonathan Vega is with AC. 

AC and Sam lock up and Sam is driven into the corner. AC side headlocks him. Sam shoulders him over. AC boots and chops him. Sam hits a hard lariat. Sam chops him down and clubs him. AC double boots him out of the corner. Sam leapdrogs him and facekicks AC for 2. 

Sam chinlocks him. AC jawbreakers him. AC comes off the 2nd rope and is chopped down. Sam elbow drops him for 2. Sam waistlocks him. AC hits forearms and a spin kick on Sam. AC flying forearms him and step up enzugiri's him. AC hits a low flying knee for 2.

Sam misses a corner dropkick. Sam is lariated over the top. AC asai moonsaults him outside. AC top rope dropkicks Sam for 2. Sam double underhook suplexes him into the buckles. Sam sitout chokeslams AC and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a decent match here. Sam beat up on AC. AC worked as the underdog face and did a good job with it. He even busted out a rare asai moonsault outside. 

Cappuccino Jones vs Richard Holliday

Rich side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Rich shoulders him over. CJ dropkicks him. CJ hits shots in the corner. Rich chops him. CJ back elbows him and headscissors him. CJ atomic drops him and neckbreakers him for 2.

Rich stunners him over the top rope and clubs him on the apron. Rich legdrops him on the apron. Rich boots him and tilt-a-whirl side slams him for 2. 

They trade shots. Rich blocks CJ's sunset flip. Rich running back elbows him for 2. Rich armlocks him. CJ chops and lariats him. Rich back elbows him. CJ half-nelson suplexes him. CJ michinoku drivers him for 2. CJ hits punches and Rich cutters him for 2. CJ cradles him for 2. 

Rich uppercuts him. CJ pump kicks him then Rich hits a hard lariat. Rich backbreakers him then sitout powerbombs him for 2. Rich hits hard lariats in the corner and uppercuts him. Rich rakes CJ's back.

CJ rolls up Rich for 2. CJ punches him then hits a ranhei variation for 2. CJ hits a top rope froggy bow and wins.

Thoughts: There wasn't a great story but it worked. Rich had some good looking in this and was a lot stiffer than usual. Jones was the face as always here and did fine. The crowd really liked and it was a decent match.

Overall thoughts: We had five new matches here. AJ Francis won a quick one vs Buck Gator. We had a women's three way that was fine for what it was. Clay/Eli was the match of the night. Ayden Cristiano was shockingly a strong underdog face vs Sam Halloway and they had a decent match. The main was alright with Richard Holliday stiffing Jones. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 as nothing was awful and we had some decent wrestling here. It was a good show overall.