MLW Fusion 7/25/2026

MLW Fusion 7/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/mlw-fusion-7182026-fantasticamania-usa.html

We are in Charleston, SC. Joe Dombrowski and Tom Lawler are on commentary.

Rich Bocchini hosts a contract signing between Killer Kross and Satoshi Kojima. Matt Riddle comes out with Kross and says he owes him for helping him train. Kross goes to sign his contract but The Skyscrapers come out. Dijak says they run this tag division and want to expand their real estate by going after the World Title. Kross says to line 'em up. Austin Aries comes out. He says he's the next man in line as he has a title on his shoulder. Koji says Aries talks too much and Aries says Koji eats too much. They all argue. Josh says he's surprised Riddle passed the pee test to be here tonight. Riddle challenges Josh for tonight. 

Rich says we gotta get this contract signed. Aries says he'll be waiting for him when he's done with this. Kross and Kojima sign the contract. Kross tells Koji he's sorry about that and says he will see him soon. Koji says he will see him soon too. 

Labron Kozone vs Andrew Everett

They shake hands. Bron takes him down and wristlocks him. AE rolls out and headflips out. AE goes for a chokeslam and they kind of botch a side slam as AE goes down randomly. 

Bron back elbows him then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Bron diving reverse headbutts him. Bron throws him. Bron chops him down. Bron exploders him then chops him in the corner. AE is thrown hard into the buckles and goes down. Bron hits kicks and spinning back elbows him. Bron misses a senton.

AE boots him out of the corner. AE back elbows him. AE's asai moonsault is caught and he spinning ddt's Bron. Bron back elbows him. AE asai moonsaults him outside. We go to break and return. AE springboard corkscrew dives him for 2.  

They get on the buckles. AE takes a stiff 2nd rope double arm sitout chokebomb. Bron hits a big lariat and pins AE.

Thoughts: I'm not sure if this was the right match here for Bron. AE got all the highlights here and got to show off while Bron won. AE's a frustrating talent as he can do some impressive flying but he wastes his abilities by doing comedy.  

Rich Bocchini interviews Glasgow Boys on Top. Joe Coffeey says it's not just about tag gold. Joe says they walked away with gold on every continent they have been on. Joe says he's coming for Trevor Lee's title as it's GBOT.

They do a video on the Stardom and MLW alliance.

Priscilla Kelly comes out. She says she's the best thing to ever grace this town. She says they'd loveto hear her talk for hours as they are desperate for female attention. PK says Zamaya got lucky. She says she doesn't stay down and won't be nobodies accomplishment. Zamaya then comes out.

Zamaya vs Priscilla Kelly

We join this in progress. PK dropkicks her and corner facekicks her. PK springboard dropkicks her off the bottom rope then dropkicks her through the ropes. Zam apron powerbombs her. Zam throws her twice. Zam release fisherman suplexes her. Zam running corner knees her.  

PK hits forearms and high kicks her. PK double stomps her back for 2. PK rebound germans her and pumping knees her for 2. Zam rams her in the corner. Zam death valley drivers her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and it was what it was. Everyone hit their stuff clean here. I didn't think it got enough time to be anything too great. Zam continues her monster run over the roster. 

We get a video that says "Jumbo, crushing fools soon".

We see The Contra Mercs hang out. Karl Anderson asks if Big Damo what he got himself involved with and if he knows who he is messing with. Krule starts yelling. Karl says Damo is a problem but they have to focus on The Skyscrapers. Karl says they aren't finished with them until they bring the MLW Tag Titles home.  

We are in the back. We are told there has been an incident with Teddy Long. We can't see him but Labron Kozone looks concerned and they imply he's hurt.

Austin Aries comes out to do commentary for the main event.

Matt Riddle vs Josh Bishop

JB boots and chops him. Matt chop flurries him back. JB back elbows him down then suplexes him. JB back elbows him. Matt pulls him over the top rope with his legs. JB apron powerbombs him. 

Matt hits chops and forearms in the ring. JB back elbows him. JB catches Matt in the corner and fallaway slams him for 2. Matt fisherman busters him. Matt exploders him then pumping knees him. Matt PK's him then sentons him. Matt misses a corkscrew swanton.

JB black hole slams him for 2. We go to break and return. Matt guillotine chokes him in mid-air. JB rams him in the corner and corner spears him. JB 2nd rope superplexes him then powerbombs him for 2. Matt hits a go to sleep.

The Skyscrapers come out and The Good Brothers follow. They fight to the back. Matt cutters JB. Matt top rope twisting swantons him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was all action and straight to the point here. They didn't waste a lot of time. It was a little rushed as well. What we got was acceptable but not much more. I didn't like Riddle throwing Josh around so much.

Contra Unit interrupts the feed. Big Damo talks. He says his hunger will drive him to the MLW Title. He says he's starting with Krule and says his illusion of safety is broken. He says he's his reckoning and downfall and says hail Contra.

Overall thoughts: The opener was a showcase for Andrew Everett when it should have been one for Kozone. Andrew had a good outing but it didn't really hit his comedic character. We had a shorter bout where Zamaya beat Priscilla Kelly. The main was acceptable and a little rushed. There was nothing you really had to see here. The show was just acceptable overall and the show was a little shorter than usual here at only 39 minutes. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/25/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 6

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/25/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 6

Day 5 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-japan-pro-wrestling-7222026-g1.html

Satoshi Kojima & Yuya Uemura vs. Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano

Yuya and Tai lock up. They back each other up on the ropes and Tai chops him. Tai side headlocks him. Tai uses the buckles to side headlock takeover him. Yuya wristlocks him and Tai ropebreaks. Yuya throws him over by the wrist and elbow drops it. Koji comes in and boots Tai.

Tai hits chest clubs. Koji shoulders him over and flexes his pecs. Tai dropkicks Koji. Yano misses a corner charge and Koji hits chest chops. Koji flying forearms Yano then 2nd rope elbow drops him for 2. Yuya elbow drops Yano for 2. 

Yuya hits forearms and Yano pulls Yuya down by the hair. Tai hits forearms on Yuya. Tai running forearms him and crabs him. Tai clubs on him and hits bad chest chops. Tai fires up and is slammed. Yuya slams him again for 2. Yuya then submits him with a wristlock.

Thoughts: A wristlock submission finish may be a first. It wasn't that good. Yano cheated a bit. Tai hit shots on Yuya and eventually got put down. Koji didn't play a big role in this.

Aaron Wolf & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo & OSKAR)

Os side headlocks Wolf. They shoulder battle and Os clubs his back. Wolf side throws him and shoulders him over. Os slams him. they trade forearms. Wolf does a nice takedown with the arm. Tat tags in and knocks Gedo down on the apron. Tat hits forearms on Os in the corner. Tat dropkicks him three times then takes a back body drop. Os then submits him with a sleeper.

Thoughts: It was a short waste of time here. Oskar won with ease and we didn't even see Gedo. The Oskar/Wolf section wasn't bad, but these guys shouldn't have even bothered getting their gear on.

Wolf and Os fight after and Os takes a hip throw.

United Empire (HENARE & Jakob Austin Young) vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo & Ren Narita)

Ren pulls Hen by the ears before the bell and the fight starts. All 4 men fight outside. Hen's leg is wrapped around the rails. Jake is double teamed. Ren is pushed into Togo then Hen double lariats the heels over. Jake chokes Ren with a shirt. Hen headbutts Ren then corner lariats him. Jake running shining wizards Ren for 2.

Jake goes into the exposed buckle. Ren kneebreakers Jake and Jake gets his legs split. Togo stomps Jake's knee. Togo knee drops Jake's knee. Togo leglocks Jake then eye rakes him. Jake enzugiri's him. 

Togo trips Jake and fist drops his knee. Ren wraps Jake's leg around the ropes. Jake tornado ddt's him. Ren takes shots from both opponents. Hen shoulders Ren over and sentons him. Togo misses a senton and Hen full nelson's Togo. Ren sends Jake into the back of Hen's knee.

Ren russian legsweeps Jake and does a reverse figure four on him. Jake taps out.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one. Jake got his knee worked on a bit and tapped out to a submission on it. That made sense at least but it didn't get the time to accomplish much else and was average.

Henare attacks Ren after. Togo chokes Hen with a weapon. Ren chairs Hen in the knee.

United Empire (Callum Newman & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney)

Nagai knocks CN off the apron to start. DM then boots CN out. All 4 men fight outside and DM/CN fight in the seats. DM pounds on CN in a chair. Zane stomps Nagai. DM headbutts CN in the stands. CN eye rakes him. DM elbows CN in the stands on a rail.

CN chokes DM with a cable. Zane throws Nagai in and gets a 2 count on him. CN taunts Nagai and tries to get him to tag him in since DM is not there. Zane back elbows Nagai for 2. CN kicks Nagai in the back. Nagai hits forearms on Zane and Zane eye rakes him. 

Nagai flying headscissors Zane. Nagai spinning ddt's CN. DM gets in and beats up on his opponents. CN straight punches DM then spin kicks him in the gut. Nagai springboard double dropkicks his opponents. Nagai topes CN outside over the rail. Zane hits punches on DM. DM pop up powerbombs him. DM flying superkicks him for the win.

Thoughts: CN and DM spent the first half of this outside and in the stands. It ended up working though as Nagai was fun as the underdog face and showed some personality. This was acceptable.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Hirooki Goto vs. Great-O-Khan

Khan boots Goto before the bell and clubs on him. Khan mongolian chops him and boots him in the head. Goto shoulders him over. Goto kicks Khan in the knee then hiptosses him. Khan gets on the apron and is forearmed down. Goto is sent into the rails. Khan suplexes Goto on the floor.

Khan chairs Goto. Khan shoves him with his foot in the ring. Goto hits chops and lariats him over. Goto spinning heel kicks Khan in the corner and backdrops him for 2. Khan dumps Goto over the top rope to the floor. Goto's head is banged off the post. Khan grabs a chair and he pushes the ref away with it. Goto sends Khan into the rails.

Goto bulldogs Khan on the floor. Goto elbow drops Khan off the buckles for 2. Goto ushigoroshi's Khan for 2. Khan bites Goto's arm. Khan bites Goto's head. Goto hits a reverse GTR and runs into the ref when Khan pushes him into the ref. Khan pump kicks him from behind. Khan bangs Goto's head off a chair. Goto gets a chair and Khan begs off. Goto doesn't hit him with it. Khan punches him in the crotch. Khan claw chokeslams him and pins him.

Thoughts: They could have had an okay normal match but it was also all outside fighting and shenanigans with the ref being down for a bit. This was disappointing.

Khan goes to chair Goto after and Tatsuya Matsumoto takes the chair shot for Goto. Khan then chairs a chair into Goto's head.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - SANADA vs. Jake Lee

They lock up and trade some basic holds. San boots him in the gut then Jake boots him in the gut. San dropkicks him in the knee. Jake sweeps San on the apron. Jake trips San into the rails. Jake then ties San to the rails. Jake then boots the arm against the rails.

Jake bangs San's arm off the mat and spits at the crowd. Jake sends San shoulder first into the buckles then kicks him in the back. Jake stomps San. San hits him in the gut. San dropkicks Jake in the knee and chest. San slingshot plancha's Jake outside. 

San trips him. Jake reverses a paradise lock attempt and pulls back on San's arms. San ropebreaks. Jake backdrops San for 2. San hits a magic screw on Jake. San boots him out of the corner and dragon sleepers him. San misses a top rope moonsault.  

San dropkicks Jake in the knee then shining wizard's him from behind. Jake blocks a shining wizard and ankle locks San. Jake knees him in the arm and guillotine chokes him. San dropkicks Jake in the knee. San shining wizards him. San top rope moonsaults him for 2. 

Jake high kicks him. Jake suplexes him. San slides out. Jake stomps San outside and bangs his head off the apron. San trips Jake on the apron then magic screws him on the floor. San then ties Jake to the rails and Jake gets counted out.

Thoughts: Aside from people getting tied to the rails, it was mostly a straight match and it was better for it. Sanada's and Jake's goofy heels acts didn't work and they mostly dropped them here. I appreciated that. It was still nothing great or anything but it was a major upgrade over what we would have gotten a few months ago.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Konosuke Takeshita vs. Oleg Boltin

They shoulder battle. KT facekicks him and shoulders him over. KT tope con hilos him. KT chinlocks him in the ring then pulls his arms back. Oleg armdrgs him. Oleg dropkicks him. Oleg throws him on a slam then splashes him for 2. Oleg karelin's lifts him. 

KT gets his knees up on Oleg's vader bomb. Oleg corner splashes him and KT flying knees him. KT blue thunders him for 2. They trade forearms. KT exploders him. Oleg does a nice belly to belly throw on him.

They lariat battle and Oleg flips him with one for 2. KT back body drops him. Oleg F-5's him for 2. KT hits lariats and flips him with the second one for 1. KT pumping knees him for 2. KT guillotines him.

Oleg back body drops him to escape. Oleg finlay rolls him for 2. They trade forearms. They grab each other by the trunks and forearm each other. KT gets the edge with forearms. Oleg fires back and KT spinning forearms him down for 2. Oleg pop up powerbombs KT for 2. KT flying knees him from behind. KT pumping knees him twice. KT falcon arrows him and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was mostly all stiff strikes here and they didn't go too far overboard with dangerous moves. I thought it was an okay bout and was fun. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yuto-Ice

Ice forearms him hard to start and flurries him in the corner. Ice then stomp flurries him. Ice knees him in the gut. Ice running facekicks him. Oiwa kicks a rail in frustration. Ice goes out to the aisle with him and they forearm each other there. They brawl a bit in the aisle and knock some rails around. 

Oiwa hit Ice in the seats. Ice sends Oiwa into the seats. Ice stomps him and Oiwa ddt's him on a chair. Oiwa sends Ice into the post. Oiwa chinlocks Ice around the rail. Oiwa low dropkicks him in the ring. Oiwa clubs on him in the ring. Ice superkicks him in the gut and throws him down backwards. 

Ice knees him in the gut. Ice knees him in the face in the corner. Ice then running knees him there. Oiwa forearms Ice down. Oiwa then ddt's him for 2. Ice lariats Oiwa down then PK's him for 2. Ice slaps him then chest kicks him down. They pull each other's hair. Oiwa forearms him. They trade forearms. Ice chest kicks him. Oiwa headbutts him in the chin. Oiwa headbutt flurries him. Oiwa hits a hard shot on him. Oiwa sits on his back with a dragon sleeper. Oiwa ropebreaks.

Oiwa hits downward elbows on Ice. Oiwa rips off some of the tape on Ice's back and backdrops him. Oiwa backdrops him again. Ice drops him with a big forearm and buzzsaw kicks him. Oiwa sleepers him. Oiwa hits lariats then spinning lariats him. 

Oiwa shoots in and takes a knee to the face. Oiwa spinning lariats him in the corner. Oiwa spins into a superkick then Ice basement dropkicks him. Ice wins.

Thoughts: It was an interesting bout. Ice got some different stuff out of Oiwa than others. It was almost all strike trading here but the strikes looked good and both guys got hit hard. I liked this one and thought it was an okay match. This was not that different from Takeshita/Oleg.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Shingo Takagi vs. Yota Tsuji

Shingo backs him up on the ropes. They test strength and Yota forearms him on the ropes. Shingo side headlocks him and they shoulder each other. Shingo hits punches. Yota flying headscissors him. Shingo hiptosses him then shoulders him over. Shingo elbow drops him for 2. Shingo corner lariats him.

Shingo hits punch a flurry in the corner and chops him. Shingo suplexes him for 2. Yota hits Shingo from behind as he goes to do his taunt. Yota elbow drops him and lifts him into a gutbuster. Yota knees him in the gut.

Shingo hits knees to the gut. Yota suplexes him for 2. Shingo ddt's him. Shingo then lariats him over the top to the floor. Both men end each other into the rails. Yota baseball slides him. Shingo sweeps him on the apron. Shingo traps his arms and powerbombs him on the floor. 

Shingo sits him up top and chops him in the neck. Shingo superplexes him for 2. Yota does his curbstomp combo to him. Yota flying pumping knees him then orange crushes him for 2. Yota is crotched up top. Shingo lariats him down. Shingo running lariats him then hits a made in Japan for 2. Shingo sliding lariats him from behind. Shingo runs into a lariat and Yota hits a made in Japan on him. Yota running lariats him. Yota crabs him.

Yota curbstomps him. Yota runs into a lariat. They trade forearms. Shingo headbutts him. They run at each other, Shingo sends him into the ropes and hits half nelson suplexes. Shingo running lariats him for 2. Yota germans him then spears him.  

Shingo hits a twist and shout. Yota flying pumping knees him then hits a big spear for 2. Yota spinning sit out muso's him for 2. Shingo sliding forearms him. Shingo hits forearms and punches. Yota knees him in the face. Yota no sells a poisonrana then Shingo spears him for 1. Shingo hits a burning dragon for 2. Yota hits his running spinning backdrop move and pins him.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time at over 20 minutes. There were a lot of lapses in action here. The selling was a bit questionable at times and it was heavy on the strikes. They did each other's moves here and definitely tried to make it great, but I would just say it was okay only. I didn't think the first half of this was that good and they didn't need as much time as they got.

Yota talks on the mic after and says he hopes Shingo will be an obstacle for him in the future. He says he wants to be a man like him. 

Overall thoughts: The undercard matches didn't accomplish much as usual but Unbound/UE was acceptable. Goto/Khan was a bit disappointing. Jake Lee/Sanada was mostly a straight match minus the finish and I appreciated that. It wasn't that bad. Oleg/Takeshita and Ice/Oiwa were similar slugfests with tons of strikes being thrown. Both were okay bouts. The main was alright but it went long and there were some pauses in the action. Ice/Oiwa was the match of the night. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall as some of the G-1 matches delivered. It was an okay show.

AEW Collision 7/25/2026

AEW Collision 7/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/aew-collision-7182026.html

We are in Nashville, TN. Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Zachary Wentz

TC knees Zach off the apron as he goes to enter. Zach's head is banged off the commentary table. TC then yells at Big Show on commentary about Jericho. Zach PK's TC from the apron then 2nd rope moonsaults him. Zach hits punches on TC. Zach 2nd rope tornillos him for 1. 

Zach atomic drops him and legsweeps him. Zach handspring kicks him onto the ramp. Zach flip dives him on the ramp. Zach swantons off the top and TC gets his knees up. TC suplexes him into the buckles. TC chokes him with his shirt.

TC back elbows him. Zach handspring jumping knees him. Zach hits running forearms. TC takes a german. Zach step up knees him in the corner then rolls him into a PK. Zach 2nd rope blockbusters him for 2.

Zach is pulled throat first into the ropes. TC forearms him. Zach hits kicks and superkicks him in the head. Zach double stomps his back. Zach comes off the 2nd rope and TC flying knees him for 2. Zack jack knifes him for 2. Zack enzugiri's him then TC kicks him. TC ddt's him over the 2nd rope on the apron.

TC pumping knees him on the ramp. TC hits another pumping knee and pins him.

Thoughts: It didn't quite get the flow going that it should have gotten. What we got was alright but something was missing here. Zach looked a little heavier than usual. There were also a few dives where Zach got close to hurting himself.

Ciampa says he's better than Chris Jericho after. TC then puts marker on his face like Jericho does with his Painmaker gimmick. He says The Psycho Killer is better than The Painmaker. He says one more sleep and Jericho's @ss is his. He says it will be violent.

Mike Bailey does a promo. He says he will be in the ladder match at Redemption. He says he has never held singles gold in AEW. He says he gets to do it in front of his family in AEW. 

The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. Death Riders (Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta)

A Buck shoulders Yuta over. He spinning heel kicks Yuta then armdrags DG into an armlock. The Riders take double teams then running corner lariats. The Riders take stereo bulldogs. The Bucks hit stereo mounted corner punches. One of The Bucks is thrown out and the other is double teamed. 

DG hits mounted corner punches on a Buck. DG is superkicked and Yuta comes off the top, running into a double superkick. DG takes an enzugiri + buckle bomb. DG is catapulted into an enzugiri then he is held for knee drop. Yuta then gets tope'd outside off of it. 

A Buck corkscrew kicks Yuta then the other Buck northern lights suplexes DG. A Buck hits a double northern lights suplex. DG takes punches. A Buck is double stomped and clubbed on. We go to PiP break and return.

DG knocks Yuta off the apron on accident. A Buck hits shots on The Riders then he takes a wheelbarrow german for 2. A Buck takes running corner attacks then hits a shiranui. A Buck then ddt's DG. 

A Buck hits The Riders then bangs their heads together. A Buck double flying lariats them. A Buck enzugiri's DG then top rope double stomps his back. A Buck then rolls into a backcracker on Yuta. The Bucks hit a top rope elbow drop and a top rope swanton for 2.

The Riders take superkicks. DG is back body dropped then Yuta takes a sunset flip + german combo. DG is double superkicked then takes a double knee to the face for 2. Claudio and Pac then interfere. A Buck takes running corner attacks then a pop up euro from CC for 2. 

Pac pump kicks a Buck. Christian Cage comes out and kicks Claudio in the crotch. Adam Copeland gets on the apron and spears Pac. DG takes a backslide for 2. A Buck hits a slingshot facebuster on DG and apron moonsaults Yuta off of it. DG takes a meltzer driver and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was the usual Bucks match with some run-in's. They did a lot of their usual spots though some of the more unbelievable ones were dropped so this was a little more tolerable than usual. I don't get why Mox didn't help out his crew when they were getting beaten here. The Bucks won as expected.

The Bucks up go up to Mox after. Will Ospreay hidden blade's one of them and Mox double underhook ddt's the other on the floor.

Persephone vs. Angelica Risk

Pers faceshoves her then shoves her. Pers slaps her and shoulder throws her. Pers clubs on her chest. Pers basement dropkicks her. Pers slaps her and chokes her. AR boots Pers out of the corner. Pers hits a razor's edge and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a quick squash and not much more. Pers won here as expected. She hasn't been around that much lately so this was random.

Athena, Diamante and Billie Starkz are interviewed. Ath says The Birds thought they were ready for a fight. Dia says she has a bullet for both Brawling Birds. Ath says they will be waiting to whoop their @sses when they are done playing chicken.

SkyFlight (Dante Martin, Matt Sydal & Scorpio Sky) vs. The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson)

The Demand and Jeff Jarrett are on commentary for this. 

Jay side headlocks Matt then shoulders him over. Matt flying headscissors him then dropkicks him. Matt hurricanrana's Blake. Blake flips out of a wristlock and spin kicks Sky in the gut. Sky armdrags Lee. Dante flying knees Lee then standing swantons him.

All 6 men fight. The faces all hit moves then hit triple dives outside. We go to PiP break and return. Matt is held for a dropkick. Sky takes a corner dropkick and Blake moonsaults outside. Lee boots Sky in the corner. Jay back elbows Sky. Jay basement dropkicks Sky. Jay boots Sky in the leg. Sky pushes Blake out. 

Dante comes in and hits attacks on the heels. Dante bottom rope springboard dropkicks Lee. Dante enzugiri's Lee from the apron then springboard flip dives him. Matt high kicks Jay then Blake standing spanish flies Matt. Everyone starts coming in to hit a move. 

Dante goes up top, Ricochet distracts him and Dante is distracted. Dante takes a death valley driver + double stomp combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a very fast paced match here. I liked it and it was full of action. Lee took a hard ddt on his neck here near the end.

AEW International Title Ladder Match Qualifier Match - AR Fox vs. Nick Wayne

Nick hits AR as he poses on the ropes. Nick stomps him. AR headscissors him down. AR flatliners him into the ropes and rolls into a neckbreaker on him. AR trips him from the apron then Nick suplexes him.

AR is sent into the rails. Nick puts him in a chair but AR jumping kicks him. AR is swept on the steps. We go to PiP break and return. 

Nick stands on AR's head on the apron. AR trips him on the apron and rolls him into a twisting brainbuster on the floor. AR package sitout powerbombs him for 2. AR rolls him and is dragon suplexed. 

AR iconoclasm's him then walks him into a cutter. AR top rope swantons him for 2. They fight on the buckles. AR eye rakes him. Nick shiranui's him. Nick high kicks him then falcon arrows him for the win.

Thoughts: It went as expected with these two - they kept going long after they should have and ended up doing too much. It could have been a lot worse, but I didn't think this was good.

We see Darby Allin talk after Dynamite. He said he should have took Kevin Knight's head off when he had the chance. He said he asked him how far he would be willing to go when he first met him and asks him again. He then throws a skateboard at a door.

AEW World Trios Titles - The Conglomeration (Kyle O'Reilly, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong) (c) vs Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)

Dalton and The Runners are the current ROH 6-Man Tag champs.

Truth shoves down OC twice off the lock up. OC puts his hands in his pockets and shoulders Truth over. OC poses and Truth poses at him. Their partners then help them pose and they all shake hands. They then all fight. OC is hit in the gut and backdropped. The Runners pose. We go to PiP break and return.

OC topes Dalton and is knocked off the apron. The Runners double team double axe handle OC off the apron. Strong dropkicks a Runner through the ropes and Kyle flying knees the other from the apron. Dalton is double teamed in the corner. Dalton takes a backbreaker + elbow drop combo for 2.

Strong throws Oc into The Runners in the corners. Strong swings OC into his opponents then drops OC onto Dalton for 2. Kyle knees Truth in the gut. Kyle tries to knee Turbo in the gut but Turbo has his title on and Kyle hurt his knee. Turbo hits a double lariat. 

Turbo boots OC out of the corner. Turbo slams OC. The Runners hit a double team double elbow drop for 2. Kyle is suplexed by Dalton. Strong backdrops Turbo and Dalton exploders Strong. OC spinning ddt's Dalton. Turbo cradles OC for 2. OC blocks a sunset flip, drops down on Turbo and pins him.

Thoughts: I don't like ROH champions losing but AEW loves to do this. There was no real reason for this match and Turbo's team didn't need to lose here. It wasn't super serious and Turbo's belt that he wears continues to raise questions about how it's legal for him to do that. There was a lot going on here but there was too much comedy in this for me.

The Lethal Twist and The Demand then come out and jump everyone for unknown reasons. Jeff Jarrett gets upset and is punched off the apron by Ricochet before he even gets in. The faces get the edge and orange punch Ric. Jeff then hits Ric with a guitar.

Jack Perry says his mission is to become AEW champ and says when an opportunity falls out of the sky, you take it. He says he's part of the ladder match. Nick Wayne comes in and says opportunities always land in Jack's lap but he has had to chase them. He says he will hurt him in the process when he takes his opportunity and show him what a young pillar is supposed to look like. Jack says he's proud of him that he earned his opportunity and says he will see him at Redemption.

AEW International Title Ladder Match Qualifier Match - El Clon vs. Lio Rush

We haven't seen Clon in a while.

Clon boots him in the gut. Clon flips out of an armdrag. Lio chokes him and chops him. Lio bites his hand. Lio handspring kicks Clon off the apron then bangs his head off the commentary table. Lio's eyebrow is busted open. 

Lio lariats Clon for 2. Clon ties Lio's hand to the top rope with the tag rope. Clon running facekicks Lio. We go to PiP break, full break and return. Lio pop up powerbombs Clon and splashes him for 2. 

Clon overhead kicks him. Lio stunners him. Lio forearms him and spin kicks him in the head. Lio low topes him. Lio bottom rope springboard stunners him for 2. Clon spinning forearms him and powerbombs lifts him into a knee. Lio rolls up Clon for 2 then Clon pins him while holding the ropes.

Thoughts: Another ROH champ loses here for no reason whatsoever. We had an unusual clash of styles here. I don't really think this ever made it to the next level and was a bit average. Lio got busted open here. I have absolutely no idea why they had Lio lose when so many others were available to lose this one.

Clon beats up on Lio after. Mike Bailey saves Lio. Komander comes up, walks up the ropes and blind moonsaults out onto Clon.

We get a video for The Dogs vs The Bang Bang Gang. Jay says he's better than anyone at beating David Finlay. Juice says The Dogs will be chained to them. 

Hikaru Shida & Thekla vs. Maya World & Willow Nightingale

Shida forearms and pounds on Maya. Shida suplexes her for 1. Thek nails Willow outside then hits mounted shots on Maya. Maya's head is banged off the apron. Shida boots Willow in the gut outside and the faces take stereo suplexes on the floor. 

Shida and Thek do stereo mounted corner punches. The faces then do stereo corner lariats. The heels are sent into each other. Willow hits a double lariat on them. Maya slams Shida. We go to PiP break and return.

Maya hits shots on the heels then hits a step up enzugiri on Shida. Willow hits lariats on Shida. Willow boots Shida over then spinebusters her for 2. Shida punches Willow then eye pokes her for 2. Willow chops Shida. Thek grabs Shida on the ropes and Shida flying knees Willow. Shida falcon arrows Shida for 2. 

Shida and Maya trade forearms. Maya rolls Shida into a double stomp. Thek forearms Maya and Willow lariats Thek. Shida flying knees Willow. Thek spin kicks Maya in the gut. Maya shoves Thek. Willow misses an apron cannonball and splats on the floor. Maya topes the heels outside. 

Shida hits Maya with a kendo stick as she climbs the buckles. Thek spears Maya and pins her.

Thoughts: The match was fine. It was nothing particularly memorable and result didn't really matter either way here, but Maya losing was the safe way out.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual Collision with limited starpower and lots of random matches. We had a bunch of ROH champs losing on this show for no real reason and some headscratchers like Lio Rush losing. The opener was alright. The Bucks' match was tolerable. Persephone won a random squash. I liked Skyflight's match. I didn't like AR/Wayne, the Trios Titles match or Clon/Lio. The main was fine. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as this was average and had some issues.

NWA Powerrr 7/25/2026

NWA Powerrr 7/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/nwa-powerrr-7182026.html

Joe Galli, Tim Storm and Danny Dealz are our hosts.

The hosts welcome us to the show and run down the card.

The Immortals (Odinson and Kratos) are interviewed by Kyle Davis in the ring. Kyle says it doesn't look right to see them not be tag champs. Kratos agrees. He says he see people that value hard work and work ethic. He says he sees people who had the odds stacked against them just like them. Kratos says they will be back and get whats theirs. Kratos says they will get back what was earned.

The Cazana's come out. Joe says they are the world tag champs. Joe says Kratos says he will be back but so did Arnold Schwareneggar. Joe says he will take his boys on a European tour to defend the titles. Joe says they will go to Europe, Guadalajara and Puerto Rico. Joe says The Immortals are at the bottom of the list and barely contenders. Joe says he has a team who is as big and bad as them and says they can get a rematch if they beat them. He then brings out Jack and Eddie.

The Immortals (Odinson and Kratos) vs Jack and Eddie (Eddie Grayson and Jack Valor)

Jack has the pants on and Eddie has the singlet.

Odin is side headlocked by Jack. Jack lariats him and gets nowhere. Odin euros him in the back of the neck then swinging neckbreakers him. Jack corkscrew euros him in the back of the neck. Eddie and Kratos get in. Eddie chops him and gets nowhere. Eddie tells Kratos to chop him and Kratos chops him down.

Kratos double chops Eddie and release suplexes him twice. Kratos misses a corner charge. Kratos pop's Eddie up and is crucifixed. Eddie dropkicks him then runs into a lariat. Jack tags in and hits forearms on Kratos. Jack hits kicks and a jumping knee. Jack step up enzugiri's him. Eddie top rope diving lariats Kratos. Eddie pulls Odin out. Jack topes Odin then Eddie topes Odin. Jack and Eddie do stereo topes on Odin. The Cazana's come back out and get on the apron.

Kratos is dropkicked from behind, hit with a book and Eddie rolls him up to win.

Thoughts: They had the logic right here with Jack and Eddie scoring the upset thanks to The Cazana's interfering. Jack and Eddie got thrown around here as expected. It was acceptable. This was Jack and Eddie's biggest win so far in the NWA.

King Trevor vs "Boom Boom" Groom

They lock up. Trev punches and chops him in the corner. Trev back elbows him down. Groom boots him out of the corner and hits punches. Trev full nelson slams him. Trev double underhook ddt's Groom and pins him.

Thoughts: It was just a quick squash here. Groom looks like an Outrunner and he was getting chants when hitting various punches. This was Groom's NWA debut.

Franks and Knox clap for Trev in the ring after. Kyle Davis then interviews Trev. Trev introduces his royal court and calls Franks "Sire Tyler Franks". He calls Knox, "Sir Michael: Duke of Knox". He says this is The Royal family and love it.

The Slimeballz and Wrecking Ball talk to Aron Stevens in the back. They ask if they saw Buster's match last week. Ball puts over Buster as being handsome and Sage implies he didn't see him since he worse a mask. Aron leaves and Ball says they left him speechless.

Haley J vs Gina Sais Quoi

J twerks at her and is bitten in the butt. Gina boots her and hair whips her. J throws her down by the hair. J stomps on her and whips her with her own hair. J sweeps her and meteora's her from behind. J low leg lariats her for 2. J says she's not scared of her and Gina bits her finger.

Gina codebreakers her and hits forearms. Gina slingblades her for 2.  Gina's head is banged off the buckles. J knees her in the face then broski boots her in the corner. J grabs knucks, the ref takes them and Gina blows dust or powder in J's face. Gina stunners her then cobra twists her on the ropes. 

J falls out and runs from Gina outside. They push the ref aside and J slaps Gina. J then pins her.

Thoughts: It was something different. Gina has a wild look and character and it keeps your attention. I don't really love the slap finish J is doing but it makes sense with her Powerslap background. It was average but not boring.

Kerry Morton says a father should always have the best interests for their kids. Kerry says Silas has been his brother along with Alex Taylor. Kerry says when his dad told him to attack Silas, he knew what he was doing. Kerry says Silas is not worth his time right now and he hopes he can respect it. Kerry says the fans know what's best for business and he says he will announce what's next in Atlanta.

It's Me...The Carson Drake Experience

PB Smooth and Pastor C-Lo are this week's guest. Drake goes to call them former champs but then mentions they haven't won anything. PB tells him to call him Pretty Boy Smooth or he will smack the hell out of him. Drake says he faces PB in Atlanta. Drake says he's the most successful man in the company. He says PB is in trouble in Atlanta. PB says there will be a whole lot of 16 foot in his...Drake tells C-Lo that it's in PB's best interest to call in sick. PB says he is sick - sick and tired of listening to this crap. Drake then ends the segment as PB gets mad.

Silas Mason and Bryan Idol vs The Wrestling Machines (SLADE and Mike Mondo)

The wrestlers fight outside as SM and Idol enter the arena. Idol's head is banged off the apron. Slade's head is banged off the apron. Idol punches Mike and Slade eye rakes SM. Mondo is sent into the steps. 

SM bangs Slade's head off the commentary table. We go to break and return. Mondo misses a top rope diving headbutt. Idolo lariats Mondo over the top and the bell rings to start this. SM takes down Slade and pounds on him. SM spinning backdrops Slade. Slade's head is banged off the buckles. Slade is double hiptossed.

Mondo sends Idol shoulder first into the buckles. Slade stomps Idol.  Idol takes a claymore kick + russian legsweep combo for 2. Mondo stomps Idol then clubs him. Mondo elbows Idol over the neck for 2. Idol chinlocks him.

Slade belly to belly overhead suplexes Idol. Idol is stomped on by the heels for 2. Slade drops Idol with a punch. Idol is sat up top and he top rope dropkicks Mondo. We go to break.

We go to the NWA Training Seminar. Markova help people work on some moves in the ring and I think one of them is Conan Lycan. She has some others trade wristlocks. Gretta comes in with Tiffany Nieves and Ms. Starr. Grett chokeslams Markova. Nieves then poses on Markova.

Daisy Kill does a promo. He says it's all done with Eric Smalls. He says he's onto a new freak in Alex Misery. He says we all know he should be the TV champ and says Alex knows he's not it. He says he will show everyone why it's always been him.

SM comes in and hits shots on the heels. SM slams Slade. The Slimeballs trip Idol on the apron. Mondo back body drops Silas. Silas is double booted and foot choked in the corner. The Hardway attacks The Slimes. SM hits a double flying shoulderblock. SM spinning torture rack bombs Mondo. Kerry Morton comes in and kicks SM in the nuts. Kerry then pushes Silas and Mondo pins Silas.

Thoughts: Mondo beating Silas was a bit of an upset even with help but they need some new names at top and maybe Mondo will be one of the. What we got here was fine and was a suitable enough main, especially after we got no main event last week.

Alex Taylor then comes out and pushes Kerry. They argue.

Overall thoughts: The opener was fine and had like the main, had an upset. "Boom Boom" Groom debuted and got squashed. Gina Sais Quoi is a different over the top voodoo character and while the match wasn't great, it kept my attention and was a good show off moment for Gina. I liked the Carson Drake segment. The main was suitable enough after not even getting a main event last week. There was no follow up on Paige Collett's debut last week and no explanation for why The Wrestling Machines attacked Idol and Mason last week. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was average overall but it wasn't boring and we had some upsets. 

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/22/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 5

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/22/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 5

Day 4 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-japan-pro-wrestling-7212026-g1.html

United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young) vs. Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto)

Khan double chops Goto from behind. They go out and Khan is sent into the rails. Goto bulldogs him on the floor. Goto forearms him outside. Tat is sent into the rails. Khan puts a chair on Goto and sits on him with it. Goto is held and takes a basement dropkick from Jake. 

Goto hits chops on Jake. Jake eye rakes him. Jake enzugiri's him. Goto double lariats Khan and Jake. Tat comes in and running euros Jake twice. Tat dropkicks him in the knee for 2. Tat leglocks Jake and Jake ropebreaks.

Tat misses a dropkick and takes a shining wizard from Jake. Tat rolls Jake into a leglock. Khan breaks that up. Khan bites Goto's head then Goto running lariats him. Jake twisting brainbusters Tat for 2. Jake hammerlock ddt's Tat and pins him.

Thoughts: It was short and didn't accomplish a lot. Khan didn't really excited and Tat got a little in on Jake before being put down as expected.

The heels beat up on Tat after and Goto backs them off. Khan then chokes Goto from behind with a towel.  

United Empire (Jake Lee & Zane Jay) vs. House Of Torture (SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

San's team attacks before the bell. They all go out to fight. Jake is sent into the rails. YK dropkicks Zane in the knee then bangs his knee off the mat. YK eye rakes Zane and Zane pulls his throat over the top. Zane slingshot splashes YK.

Zane bangs YK's head off the buckles. Jake knocks San off the apron and sends him into the rails. YK double boots Jake in the ring out of the corner. Jake back elbows YK and YK dropkicks Jake in the knee.

San dropkicks Jake in the knee then dropkicks him in the chest. San puts Jake in a paradise lock then hits him in the butt with the turnbuckle pad. San is tripped into the ropes and takes a knee to the head. Jake atomic drops San and pretends to sell with him. Zane 2nd rope elbow drops San in the head then fallaway slams YK. San dropkicks Zane in the knee. 

Zan thesz presses San and hits mounted shots on him. Zane misses a top rope elbow drop on San. San shining wizards him. San puts Zane in a dragon sleeper then Zane lariats him down for 2. San 2nd rope moonsaults into a grounded dragon sleeper on Zane. San submits Jane.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout. They didn't go too into the heel tactics here and it was nothing special. It was a little better than expected though. Sanada's gotten a little more serious this tour after goofing around earlier in the year.

Konosuke Takeshita & Toru Yano vs. Masatora Yasuda & Oleg Boltin

Oleg and KT go at it. They test strength and KT overhead suplexes him. They shoulderblock battle. KT facekicks him then Oleg shoulders him over. Masa comes in and hits forearms on Yano. Masa flying forearms him. Masa running back elbows him in the corner. Masa then goes into the exposed buckle when Yano moves.

Yano hiptosses him for 2. Yano goes into the exposed buckle. Yano takes corner attacks and a dropkick from Masa for 2. KT double lariats his opponents but Oleg doesn't budge. Oleg shoulders him then is sent over the top. Masa suplexes Yano for 2. Masa stomps on Yano and pounds on him. Yano sends Masa into the exposed buckle and rolls him up with the tights. Yano pins Masa.

Thoughts: The Oleg vs KT sections were fun and that should be a neat match. Yano cheated as usual. This was too short to be anything.

KT and Oleg shake hands and butt heads outside after. 

TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa) vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo & Yuto-Ice)

Oiwa side headlocks Ice. Ice hits him in the gut. They trade forearms. Oiwa armdrags him and ducks Ice's kick. Oiwa cravates him and neckbreakers him for 2. Oiwa chinlocks him. Oiwa hits forearms. Ice throws him down backwards. Ice hits chest kicks. Ice running knees him in the corner. 

Oiwa blocks a kick. Ice hits hard slaps and chest kicks him down. Oiwa ddt's him. Hart and Gedo get in. They shoulder battle. Gedo runs into him and goes down. Hart corner splashes him then lariats him for 2. Gedo gets a 2 count on him. Gedo hits punches and Hart flying crossbodies him. Hart sentons him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short waste of time. The four men got one segment each and nothing else. Ice and Oiwa's section wasn't bad and Hart beat Gedo easily as expected. 

Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji)

Shingo and Yota lock up. Yota backs him up on the ropes. Shingo side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. Yota flying headscissors him and Shingo shoulders him over. Nagai comes in and hits forearms on TI. Nagai monkey flips him. TI stunners Nagai over the top rope. TI twists his neck with his feet.

Nagai takes a double back elbow and an elbow drop. Shingo suplexes him. Nagai and Shingo forearm each other. Nagai takes a back elbow then hits his own dropkick. Yota corner splashes Shingo then shoulders him over. Shingo knees Yota in the gut. Yota facekicks him then flatliners him for 2. 

Shingo running lariats Yota. Shingo dragon screws him. TI is sent into Shingo then Yota tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Yota superkicks Shingo. Nagai corner dropkicks TI for 2. Nagai spinning ddt's TI for 2. Yota flying pumping knees Shingo on the ropes. TI la mistica's Nagai into a border city stretch and submits him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one. Like the last match, all 4 men got their one section in and not a lot else. The Shingo vs Yota section looked fine but TI vs Nagai wasn't too notable. It was another average waste of time. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Gabe Kidd vs. Aaron Wolf

Gabe wears a gi out then Wolf puts one on too. 

Gabe mocks him and bites his head. Gabe pounds on Wolf and whips him with the gi. Wolf shoulder throws him, STO's him and hip throws him. Gabe hits shots outside and is hip thrown. Wolf chops him down against the rails then Wolf is sent into the rails and post. Gabe hits headbutts on Wolf. Gabe runs the ramp and misses a lariat. Wolf uranage's him on the floor.

Gabe slaps him and is hit with a hard forearm. Wolf corner lariats him and suplexes him. Wolf elbow drops him for 2. Wolf backdrops him. Gabe boots him out of the corner and hits forearms. Wolf no sells them and chops him. Gabe brainbusters him. 

Gabe hits headbutts on him. Gabe goes up top and Wolf 2nd rope AA's him. Wolf reverses triangles him and Gabe does something to his crotch to escape. Gabe slaps Wolf around. Gabe spits in his face and is slapped. Gabe slaps him and cradles him for 2. Wolf lariats him. Gabe roll ups Wolf for 2. Gabe running knees him and piledrivers him. Gabe then pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was a Gabe Kidd style match here with them slapping each other and being stiff. Both guys did their part and Wolf did fine as his opponent. This was an okay bout here. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - HENARE vs. OSKAR

They trade forearms to start then shoulder battle. Os facekicks him and is forearmed. Os shoulders him over from the side. They fight outside. Hen is sent into the rails. Os misses a running kick and goes into the rails. Hen then gets sent into the rails. Hen then knocks him off the apron into the rails.

Hen hits knees to the gut then kicks him in the chest. Hen chest kicks him and sentons him for 2. Os back body drops him then shoulders him over. Os running back elbows him. Os misses a legdrop then chops him down. Os elbow drops him for 2. 

Os facekicks him. They trade chops and forearms. Hen hits a lariat. Os facekicks him then is lariated over. Os chops him and Hen spin kicks him. Os slams him then legdrops him for 2. Hen clubs him. Os sleepers him. Os facekicks him down. 

Os flying headbutts him in the face for 2. Hen headbutts him in the chest then sitout powerbombs him for the pin.

Thoughts: They never really got the flow going like they should have. There was a lot of starting and stopping here and it hurt the reactions. They did have the right idea otherwise though as it was two bigger guys trading hard shots until one of them won out. It was acceptable but not much more. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Drilla Moloney vs. Yuya Uemura

Yuya wristlocks him. DM armdrags him and Yuya armdrags back. They lock up. Yuya bridges and DM gets on top of him. Yuya monkey flips him they bridge at the same time. Yuya arm throws him and armlocks him. DM headscissors him then is armdragged twice. Yuya armdrags him into an armlock. Yuya flying forearms him and armdrags him. 

Yuya armdrags him again and is put in a headscissors. Yuya tries to handstand out and DM short piledrivers him. DM neckbreakers him for 2. DM clubs on Yuya's neck then pulls on his chin. 

DM clubs on his back. Yuya 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Yuya chops him in the corner. DM avoids an armdrag and rolls him up for 2. Yuya rolls him up for 2. They armdrag each other at the smae time and Yuya dropkicks him. Yuya double underhook suplexes him then armbars him. DM hits a death valley driver. 

DM running corner spears him. DM spinebusters him. DM top rope elbow drops him for 2. Yuya wristlocks him. DM ear claps him and is german'd. DM hits a big spear. They trade forearms. Yuya rolling armbars him. DM chops him and is hit with a pele kick. DM dropkicks him for 2. Yuya avoids a drilla killa and gets a 2 count on him. DM powerbombs him then hits a drilla killa for the win.

Thoughts: Like in his last G1 match, when it came time to bust out the bigger offense later in the match, Yuya wasn't able and just opened for wristlocks. That hurt this one and it made sure it never really picked up. This was just average. I was a little surprised Yuya lost.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Callum Newman

They go for facekicks and trade forearms. Zack anklelocks him and CN kicks him away. CN hammerlocks him and Zack wristlocks him. CN straightjacket chokes him. Zack twists his neck with his feet. Zack headscissors him then tists his neck with his legs. Zack euros him. CN sweeps him and kicks him in the ribs. CN stomps his arm and chinlocks him. CN elbows him in the face. CN facekicks him off the apron into the rails.

Zack is sent into the rails. Zack facekicks him then CN facekicks him against the rails. CN puts Zack in a seat and boots him back. Zack is thrown over the rail onto the ringside floor. Zack kicks the rails into CN's arm then dropkicks the rails into his arm. 

Zack stomps the arm in the ring then stomps it into the apron. Zack splits CN's fingers. CN is kicked in the arm and they trade facekicks. They facekick each other at the same time and collide in the middle ring. Both go down. CN superkicks him then running knees him. CN suplexes him for 2. 

CN double stomps Zack's back for 2. CN germans him and Zack PK's him. CN no sells it and lariats him. Zack michinoku dirvers him. CN superkicks him then pulls him down with a sleeper. Zack triangles him. Zack pulls back on both of CN's arms and elbows them. CN ropebreaks.

Zack hits kicks to the arm. CN chops him. Zack euros the arm.CN high kicks him and double stomps his back for 2. CN lariats Zack then single underhook suplexes him for 2. Zack armbars him off an F-5 attempt. Zack triangles him and tries a pin for 2. Zack bridge pins him for 2. Zack pele kicks CN in the arm and CN rolls him up by the tights to win.

Thoughts: It was an alright match here. Zack worked the arm, CN sold it and then pulled off the upset in the end. It could have been a little more exciting but it was nice to see Zack be a bit more focused for a change instead of doing submission exhibitions.

CN gets on the mic and tells Zack he sucks. He tells him to go home.  He says he is undefeated so far and will be the youngest G1 winner. He says we will make way for the prince and kiss the crowd.

Overall thoughts: The undercard tags were mostly wastes of time with nothing getting too much time and the wrestlers being restricted to one segment each in most of those matches. Kidd/Wolf was okay. Henare/Oskar didn't quite meet expectations but was acceptable. Drilla/Yuya was average and the main was alright. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as the undercard sucked (and it wasn't the wrestlers fault) and brought this one down some. This was average. 

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 7/23/2026

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 7/23/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-7162026.html

We are in Jacksonville, FL. Caprice Coleman & Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

ROH World Television Title Match - Lio Rush (c) vs. Main Man Oro

Lio's TV Title is all black now.

They shake hands and Lio won't let go. Oro shoves him and boots him. Lio bites Oro's hand. Lio boots him out of the corner and running lariats him. Oro grabs Lio's title outside. Lio gets the title and Oro boots him in the head. Oro springboard rider kicks him for 2.

They chop each other. Oro forearms him. Lio is sat up top. Lio bites Oro's head up there. Oro flips off the 2nd rope and kicks Lio mid-flip. Lio goes out. Oro lariats Lio for 1. Oro kicks Lio in the back. Lio is sent chest first into the buckles for 2. 

Oro mocks Lio. Lio hits chops and splashes him for 1. Lio hits a strike combo. Oro spin kicks him in the face. Lio stunners him then Oro koppo kicks him. Lio evades Oro on the ropes then seated springboard stunners him for 2. Lio spin kicks him in the head. 

Oro enzugiri's him from the apron. Oro his Lio on his shoulder and he pops him up into an overhead kick. Lio bites Oro's hand then stunners him. Lio handspring kicks Oro off the apron. Lio low topes Oro. Lio blue thunders Oro and pins him.

Thoughts: It kind of picked up near the end and they kind of figured out what it was supposed to be. It had trouble getting any kind of flow early on though. I'd say it was acceptable and Lio won as expected in this random one.

Action Andretti attacks Lio from behind after. AA hits mounted shots on Lio. AA rubs Lio's face into the TV Title and bangs his face off of it. Lio sits up after. AA bangs Lio's head off his belt. AA then bridges and does something like an indian deathlock until Lio is out. AA says the title belongs to him after.

Bryan Keith vs. Alan Angels

BK throws his poncho at him then hits him. BK stomps him. BK chops him and exploders him. BK hits forearms and chops. AA hits punches and chops on BK. BK boots him in the gut. AA spin kicks him in the gut and backrolls him for 2. AA enzugiri's BK from the apron. AA top rope crossbodies BK for 2.

AA is swept on the 2nd rope. BK double underhook backbreakers him for 2. BK foot chokes AA and chops him. BK foot chokes him more. BK exploders him. AA throws BK's poncho in his face. AA 2nd rope dropkicks him. AA hits forearms and leg lariats him. 

BK boots AA out of the corner. BK facekicks him. AA la mistica's him into a rings of saturn. AA enzugiri's him on the apron. AA misses a cannonball off the apron. Back in the ring, BK knees him in the face. BK tiger drivers him and wins.

Thoughts: Alan didn't really get enough in here to make this anything great and Bryan won as expected. This probably could have been a little faster and shorter. It wasn't awful or anything, just a bit one-sided. It was average. 

Billie Starkz vs. B3CCA

They shake hands and BS forearms her. BS slaps her on the break. Becca goes up and over and dropkicks her. Becca misses a charge and is forearmed. BS flatliners her into the buckles. BS suplexes her for 2. BS forearms her in the corner. BS chokes her on the bottom rope. 

Becca hits forearms and is knee'd in the face. Becca hits forearms. Becca euros and back splashes her in the corner. Becca corner facekicks her. BS is swept on the ropes and BS hits oblivion for 2. Becca forearms her and pele kicks her for 2. 

Beccau is pulled down off the buckles and BS is thrown off the top. Becca misses a top rope 450. BS traps her arms and gordbusters her for the win.

Thoughts: It went longer than it needed to and wasn't that interesting. BS didn't do a lot but basic strikes here and Becca was jobbing, so she didn't get a ton either. It wasn't that good and was a bit boring.

Adam Brooks does a promo. He says he signed his first wrestling contract 6 years ago in ROH. He says the pandemic took it away from him. He says he was able to compete on Collision recently. He says he showed the world he belonged in the ring and is one of the best in the world. He says he's back in ROH and intends to stay here. He says ROH is about to get loose.

Mark Sterling does the intro for his team and insults Beef. He says his guys told him they couldn't get Jacksonville in shape. They then try to do their cheer but the fans don't say what they are supposed to. 

The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) vs. The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese)

Ari and Uno shake hands. Ari side headlocks him and Uno shoulders him over. Nese knees Uno in the back on the ropes. Alex and Uno punch the heels. Nese is tripped into a double basement dropkick for 1.

Uno bites Nese's arm. Ari trips Uno from the outside and Uno takes a double throat thrust from Nese. Uno takes double punches in the corner. The heels are pulled into each other. Alex hit lariats then spinning forearms Nese. Alex driveby kicks Nese on the ropes. Alex flips Nese then lariats him for 2.

Alex running back elbows Nese. Mark Sterling brings Nese out. Alex gets distracted and is pushed off the top rope. Mark and Ari stomp Alex outside. Ari neckbreakers Nese. Ari chokes Alex over the ropes with his leg then Mark chokes Alex over the ropes. Beef is asked to interfere but he doesn't.

Alex step up enzugiri's Ari. Nese pulls Alex's throat over the top rope and misses a triangle moonsault inside. Uno comes in and hits corner splashes on the heels. Uno double ddt's the heels. Uno backbreakers Ari and Alex top rope elbow drops Ari. Ari flying shoulders Nese on accident. Uno ddt's Ari on the apron.  

Nese slingshot plancha's Uno outside. Alex tope con hilos both opponents. Mark tells Beef to interfere and he doesn't. Mark goes after Alex and gets hit. Beef crossbodies Alex outside. Nese running knees Alex in the corner and pins him.

Thoughts: The Athletes win! The Athletes win! Seriously...it may have been their biggest win in a long time. The big news here was Beef helping The Athletes cheat. They still haven't really explained why either side wants the other though. What we got was fine but it could have been a little shorter.

The Athletes have Beef pose with them after. 

Rocky Romero talks on the mic before his match. He says The Don Callis Family has had nothing but success the past few months. Rocky says RPG Vice hasn't had the success that the standard of The Family holds. Rocky says they were given an open contract tonight to get an easy ROH win. Trent says to play a generic tune and bring out some faceless young boys. 

RPG VICE (Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta) vs Alex Zayne & Mance Warner

Mance hits RR in the corner. Trent gets hit and is thrown out. Alex leapfrogs over Mance and dropkicks Rocky. Mance running knees RR for 2. Mance bites RR's hand then Alex does the same. TB running double throat trusts Alex. Alex blocks his tornado ddt.

Alex does a headscissors + headlock takeover. Mance teases a dive but just goes out and eye pokes his opponents. Alex tope con hilos outside. RR sends TB into the rails outside. Alex is bridged and takes a top rope double stomp + ddt combo for 2. 

TB forearms and chops Alex. Alex takes running corner attacks. Alex takes a top rope double stomp + burning hammer combo for 2. Alex hits a double hurricanrana then a double dropkick on the heels. Mance comes in and hits shots on the heels. Mance hits punches on TB then punches RR as well. Mance double bionic elbows the heels.

Mance pop up headbutts TB then running knees him. Mance is suplexed on the apron by RR. Alex inside to outside moonsaults and final cuts TB off of it. TB low blows Alex. Alex takes a top rope double stomp + b-driver combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was an okay tag here. I didn't like the burning hammer spot but it was fine otherwise. Alex had interesting offense and the heels had some neat double teams. Alex hasn't done much at all this year but showed up here for some reason. This was beyond random.

The heels go to attack Alex after, Mance helps out and TB low blows Mance. The heels go for more but Eddie Kingston and Ortiz make the save.

Nathan Cruz does a promo. He says Adam Brooks complains about how he should have been here 6 years ago. Cruz says he's been applying his trade all over the world and is only now getting his shot in ROH. He says he won't be sensation like Will Ospreay. He says he will be the first to welcome him to ROH. He says he will find out that he is a pro.

Satnam Singh vs Jacked Jameson

Sat shoves JJ off the lock up and throws him down. JJ hits punches on him. JJ tries a chokeslam and gets nowhere. Sat headbutts him down. Sat corner splashes him and corner chops him. Sat throws him. 

JJ is caught off the 2nd rope and slammed. Sat tries to go out and the rope is pulled into his crotch. Sat misses a charge and goes into the post. JJ splashes him from behind on the ropes. JJ dives off the top and is caught with a cutter. Sat wins.

Thoughts: Sat won as he always does, but it wasn't the usual squash as they did some different spots. This wasn't much of note.

Chopping It Up with Caprice Coleman

CC interviews Deonna Purrazzo. She says she is the first Women's Pure champ and gets to define herself. CC says a lot of women mimic Deonna. CC asks who she watches. She says she watches a lot of Jay Lethal. CC calls Jay the franchise and says we saw his life in wrestling. Deonna says she's been trying to make a life outside of wrestling and that's been her identity. She says she has a bachelor's degree and is trying to get a master's degree. She says she's part of various veteran organization with her husband. 

CC says we dream to become wrestlers, make an impact then have the choice to pick people up when they hit the big stage. Deonna says she wants everyone to see women's pure wrestling on par with men's wrestling. She says they don't always get that space. 

Lacey Lane vs. Hyan

They wristlock each other. Hyan cartwheels out and armdrags her. Lane armdrags her back. Hyan knees her in the gut. Hyan misses a corner charge and Lane crucifixes her for 2. Hyan dropkicks her. Hyan boots her out of the corner. Lane dropkicks her while she sits on the 2nd rope. 

Lane holds her for chops. Hyan rolls her up for 1. Lane sweeps her and kicks her in the face for 2. Lane gets on her back and is thrown down. Hyan lariats and back elbows her. Hyan running knees her then backdrops her for 2. Hyan running knees her then falcon arrows her for 2.

Hyan misses a corner spear. Lane germans her and superkicks her for 2. They butt heads on all fours. Lane trips her and twists her legs into a reverse figure four. Lane running headkicks her then does like a no hands pedigree over the 2nd rope. 

They trade shots. Lane superkicks her and Hyan spears her. Hyan hits a jade end and pins her.

Thoughts: What we got was acceptable and not much more. Either girl in theory could have won here at least. It was nothing great and was totally random, but it's a matchup we haven't seen a lot of.

Nathan Cruz vs. Adam Brooks

They shake hands. NC wristlocks him. AB rolls out and reverses it.  NC headscissors him from the mat to escape. NC hammerlocks him and wristlocks him. They go for headlocks and shove each other. NC side headlocks him then AB houlders him over. NC goes for a leapfrog and is dropkicked down. 

AB knees NC in the face. NC flying knees him. NC hits shots in the corner. AB upkicks him. AB spin kicks him in the gut and is pulled down by the hair. AB facekicks him off the apron. AB goes for a tope and is enzugiri'd. NC slingshot backdrops him for 2. 

NC hits mounted shots on AB then elbow drops him in the shoulder. NC pulls his neck forward for 2. NC then chinlocks him. NC forearms him then AB dropkicks him. AB backcrackers him. AB low topes him outside. NC corner enzugiri's him and pump kicks him. NC sitout powerbombs him for 2. 

AB pump kicks him. NC running lariats him then cradle shocks him for 2. NC is up top and is enzugiri'd. AB superplexes NC then holds on for oblivion. AB top rope swantons him for the win.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. AB didn't do his usual heel role here. It was acceptable but not much more. The best part about Adam is either his look or him being from Australia and there's only so much you can get out of that. I'm not rooting for him to fail or anything, just I don't see the money in him.

Rocky Romero and Trent Baretta do a promo. Trent complains about having to face bigger name wrestlers and says Don won't be happy about them needing a lot of time to win. Trent then complains that Eddie and Ortiz embarrassed them after. Trent says they will embarrass them now. rocky asks Eddie and Ortiz to fight them man to man. 

We get a video on next week's Moriarty vs Angelico Pure Title match. 

Komander vs. Tommy Billington

I'm interested to see this one and think it could be good.

They lock up and Tom clean breaks him. Tom shoulders him over. Tom wristlocks him and Kom wristlocks him back. Tom headflips and throws  him over. Kom armdrags him but Tom holds on and tries a pin off of it. Kom dropkicks him.

Kom crossbodies Tom over the top rope. Tom headbutts Kom then Tom gets sent into the rails. Kom goes for a tope and is hit. Tom top rope dropkicks him inside for 2. Tom gutwrench suplexes him. Tom suplexes him for 2. Tom pulls Kom's arms back. 

Kom walks up the buckles, does rope tricks and springboard diving armdrags Tom. Kom superkicks him in the back of the head and 619's him in the gut. Kom rope walk diving headscissors him. Kom rope walks and corkscrew dives him outside. Kom rope walk 450's him for 2 .

Tom tombstones Kom. Tom misses a top rope diving headbutt. Tom hits forearms and Kom forearms back. Tom crucifixes him for 2. Kom germans him for 2. Kom walks up the ropes and diving headscissors Tom down. Kom rope walk ssp's Tom and pins him.

Thoughts: It lost a little of it's momentum in the second half. It was acceptable but didn't quite get as good as I had hoped. Kom flew a bit as usual here. Tom needed to heel it up a little here and Kom needed to show some fire.

Shane Taylor Promotions (Anthony Ogogo, Carlie Bravo, Shane Taylor & Shawn Dean) vs. SkyFlight (Dante Martin, Darius Martin, Matt Sydal & Scorpio Sky)

Dante and Bravo go at it. Dante side headlocks him and is shouldered over. Dante shoulders him over. Dante armdrags him then flying armdrags him. Dante dropkicks him. Dean comes in and Sky flying back elbows him. Sky is group beaten in the corner. 

Sky slingshot sunset flips him for 2. Dean takes a high kick from Matt then a standing moonsault from him for 2. Darius flying shoulders Bravo. Dean throws Darius into the post. Darius is stomped on outside. 

Ogogo boots Darius in the corner then running euros him. Ogogo running lariats him. Bravo running forearms Darius in the corner. CristyanXO then boots Darius as he hangs over the bottom rope. Shane chops Darius in the corner. Darius hits forearms on Shane and is dropped with one. Darius chops and forearms him. Shane knees him in the face. Shane yanks him into a uranage. Shane then legdrops him for 2.

Shane corner lariats Darius. Dean bronco busters Darius in the corner. Dean stands on Darius' hand. Matt comes in and high kicks on Ogogo. Matt dropkicks Shane off the apron. Matt hits high kicks on The Infantry. Matt jumping knees Ogogo. Matt is caught coming off the 2nd rope and Ogogo does something like an F-5 to him. Matt takes a backdrop + neckbreaker combo. Shane splashes Matt. 

Shane is double dropkicked out. Dante and Darius hit stereo topes. Sky hits forearms on Ogogo. Sky jumping flatliners Ogogo. Ogogo is held for a top rope diving meteora from Matt. Matt pins him.

Thoughts: It was fast paced and people mostly just came in and out as they wanted here. It didn't really get enough time and we saw little of a few guys here. It was alright enough but nothing great.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual ROH show. Every match was basically random here. We only had one champ in action in our sole title match. Nothing was that great and it was hard to get super invested as usual. The show was also a little over 2 hours and the longer these shows go on, the less I like them. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was acceptable, but there is absolutely nothing you need to see here. Anyone could have booked this show and little effort was put into this from creative. Maybe the Alex Zayne match was the best bout on here?

WWE Smackdown 7/24/2026

WWE Smackdown 7/24/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-smackdown-7172026.html

We are in Oakland, CA. Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore are on commentary. 

Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce are in the ring. Adam says he's here to make the Aldis/Gunther match official at Summerslam. Adam brings Gunther out. 

Adam tells Nick that he can't compete as a WWE superstar as a GM. He says the second he puts his name on the contract, he loses his GM abilities. Adam says he will then take those responsibilities. He says Nick has to agree that WWE bears no responsibilities as to what happens to him vs Gunther. Nick says he knows what he's signing and says he never wanted any of this. Nick says every man has his breaking point and Gunther found his. Nick then signs the contract. 

Gunther says this match will be the greatest moment of Nick's career. Gun says all of this is beneath him and says he's only sitting here and Nick doesn't know how to do his job. He says Nick is jealous of him. He says Nick is a former NWA champ but he never really made it. Gun says Nick dreamed for being a WWE superstar and it never happened. Gun says he walked through the door and had it all.  

Gun says Nick should be honest and tell himself he's not good enough. Gun says he will fulfill's Nick's dream and turn him into a legend. He says he can join a list of legends like Cena, Goldberg and AJ that were stupid enough to face him. He says he will end his career before it starts.

Nick says Gun says the same things every time. Nick says Gun keeps saying it as Gun is trying to get him to believe it. Nick says when he hit him, Gun thought he didn't want any of this. Nick says Gun is in a situation he can't get out of and has put his career in jeopardy. Nick says he hasn't had a match in 3 years and has nothing to lose. He says when he beats him, Gun goes from the career killer to a man who got made a b!tch from his boss. Gun goes to grab him,. Nick hits him with the mic and they fight. Gun kicks Nick low and powerbombs him through a table. 

Sami Zayn interrupts Cathy Kelly in the back. He says he did what they said he couldn't do and won the WWE Title at NoC. He says the powers that be didn't want him as champ as he had to defend his title in days on a show he wasn't on. He says everyone is happy but him. Sami tells Adam Pearce to fix the situation. Sami says Nick deserves to be in medical as he screwed him at SNME. Adam says things didn't go his way. Sami says to make it right and make the Summerslam main event a triple threat. Adam says there's a fatal four way tonight and says the winner can face Sami to get a title shot. Sami complains about that. Adam tells him to take it or leave it. He says he'll take it, but no shenanigans.

Lainey Reid talks on the mic before her match. She says SNME was supposed to be the most important night of her career but Brie and Paige will remember it all their careers. Jacy and Fallon chime in. Jacy says she doesn't have gold because of Paige and Brie Bella. Jacy says Tiffany Stratton's US Title will be hers in time. She says Lainey will humiliate Brie Bella and put her out of misery once and for all.

Lainey Reid vs Brie Bella

LR misses a shot and Brie drops her with a forearm. Brie flying lariats LR off the steps and bangs her head off the commentary table. Brie rolls up LR for 2. Brie knees her in the face and boots her in the gut. Brie's head is banged off the buckles and the middle buckle is kicked her in face. LR bottom rope springboard cutters Brie. 

We go to break and return. Brie hits kicks on LR then running knees her for 2. Brie bulldogs LR. Brie is up top and gets kicked. LR blocks a sunset flip for 2. Brie reverse it and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and not much of note. The heels interfered a bit and Brie ended up getting the pin.

The heels beat up the faces after. Nikki Bella comes out and spears Jacy down. Nikki TKO's Jacy. Jacy's buddies pull her out. Nikki says Jacy's crew thought they could sneak up from the minor leagues, steal from her sister and get away with it. Nikki says her, Brie and Paige will face Fatal Influence in a trios match at Summerslam.

Finn Balor is interviewed. Finn says he is thinking about Summerslam 2016 when he had the best and worst night of his career. He says it's 2026 and he's trying to scratch his way back to glory. Gunther walks in. He says he's next in line and will take what's his no matter who is in line.  

They talk about WWE Radio, which will have radio version of live events.

Royce Keys is in the back. Solo Sikoa comes in and says he knows he's locked up. Solo talks about them as a team and talks about what he has going on at Summerslam. Keys says not to worry about Bloodline and says he can be #1 contender tonight. LA Knight comes in and says you always gotta worry about Bloodline. Hells him to keep his eyes in the back of the head. Keys says he will take everything he wants. Solo says they are on the same team. Solo hypes up himself and the other two and says he's got Keys' back tonight. LA is confused and tells Keys to handle business. 

Tiffany Stratton and Chelsea Green talk. Green wants them to go to Summerslam together and says maybe she wins the title this time. Tiff says she wants to be Tiffy 2 Titles. Blake Monroe comes in. She says she likes Tiff and says to worry less about Chelsea and more about her US Title. She says the higher Tiffy climbs, the more people look up at what she has. 

Ladder Match Qualifier - Chelsea Green vs Kiana James

KJ knees her in the gut. KJ goes over her and gets slapped. Green dropkicks her off the apron. Green goes for a dive and is forearmed. KJ knees her in the gut outside. Green is laid on the rail and she is superkicked. 

Green hits forearms. KJ blocks a sunset flip. Green low flatliners KJ then Japanese armdrags her twice. Green russian legsweeps her. Green flying leg lariats her. KJ superkicks her and falcon arrows her for 2. 

KJ codebreakers her. Green hits an unprettier and pins her.

Thoughts: I'm not surprised Green won but I don't like Kiana losing here. The match was average and just didn't get much time to be anything special. Green's Japanese armdrags were nice. 

R-Truth and Damian Priest talk in the back. Truth says DP is getting ready for the tag title match, right? DP says he's getting ready for the four-way. Truth says he used DP's credit card to buy hot dogs on July 4th. Cody Rhodes comes in and says maybe him and Punk come for the tag titles. Truth says they are both confused. Cody tells DP that he will face him. DP says him and the boys are tired of the same people being on top of this brand. DP says he will be #1 contender and says the champ will get dropped, whoever it is. Cody says as someone who used to be one of the boys, he likes his attitude and tells him good luck. 

Cody Rhodes comes out to talk. He brings out CM Punk. Cody has 2 mics, tries to give Punk one and drops it. He says it's an accident. Punk takes off his jacket and gets in Cody's face. Punk grabs a mic from a tech instead. They talk about paranoia and Cody says both things that happened are due to accidents. Punk says he didn't want the title to come between them but it has. 

Cody says he respect him but he doesn't like him. Cody says everyone wants Punk to be the one over him. Cody says he doesn't sweat anyone on the roster but Punk. Cody says he has to beat him for the story to have a proper ending. Punk says he casts a large shadow that Cody get out from. Punk says he watched Cody from the outside in and Cody showed him there was a way back to WWE. He says they have been chasing each other and it ends at Summerslam. He says Cody is lying to himself. He says Cody is done and needs to make himself the victim and need to make everyone else his enemy. Punk says he's Cody's only friend. He says he told him he won't stab him in the back but will stab him in the front at Summerslam. Punk says he will break his heart. 

Cody says he will bring it to Punk and says he will whip Punk @ss at Summerslam as a gift. Punk says he has a gift and it's an @ss whipping in the name of a loss. Punk says he's the best in the ring and on the mic and says no one, not even Dusty's kid can ouch him.

Punk goes to leave and Cody says he wants Punk to hear Cody's music, just as he will at Summerslam when he wins. Cody then has his music played. 

Charlotte Flair is interviewed. She says she doesn't regret her actions last week. She says she was thinking only about protecting Bliss. She says Jade will learn that she can come after her but won't come after Bliss. She says Jade will learn that payback is a ...

Ladder Match Qualifier - Nia Jax vs Charlotte Flair

Nia knees her in the gut and hits corner spears. Char boots her out of the corner and 2nd rope diving headscissors her. Char hits corner spears. Char top rope crossbodies her for 2. Nia sitout powerbombs her for 2. We go to break and return.

Char walks on Nia. Nia trips her on the ropes. Nia 2nd rope legdrops Char for 2. Char powerbombs her while she's on the buckles for 2. Char goes up top and Jade Cargille comes out with her crew. Char is distracted and Nia throws her out.

Char fights off Jade's crew outside and gets the edge on them. Char pulls Nia's throat over the top rope. Jade gets on the apron and Char forearms her. Nia misses a corner splash and Char facekicks her. Jade forearms Char down and Char wins by DQ.

Thoughts: Nia's match gets screwed up again here, this time by Jade. It was an average match. Char's offense didn't look good as she missed some shots and her offense just wasn't super impactful.

Jade hits a jade end of Charlotte after. Nia gets mad and messes up the announcers table. 

#1 Contender's Match Qualifier - Damian Priest vs Finn Balor vs Royce Keys vs Trick Williams

Keys corner splashes Finn and throws him. Keys side slams DP. Keys fallaway slams Trick. We go to PiP break and return. Keys takes a final cut from Finn. DP facekicks Finn then lifting flatliners Trick. DP flying back elbows Keys. Trick jumping neckbreakers DP then flapjacks Finn.

Trick stomps Finn in the corner. DP spin kicks Trick in the head and ear claps him. Trick backhands him. Finn pulls Trick and Keys out. Finn tope con hilos all 3 opponents outside. Solo Sikoa comes out. We go to PiP break and return.

Trick yanks Keys into a uranage for 2. Solo helps gets Keys' leg on the ropes. The Uso's come out and fight Solo. Solo gets double teamed. LA Knight comes out and beats up The Uso's with Solo. DP high kicks Trick then rope walks and dives onto everyone outside. Finn slingblades Trick then shotgun dropkicks him. Trick spinning facekicks Finn for 2. 

LA, Solo and The Uso's go to the back. DP lariats Trick and superkicks Finn. DP hits a south of heaven on Trick. DP is sent shoulder first into the post. Keys spinebusters DP and Jacob Fatu attacks Keys. Keys is sent into the steps and pose. Fatu hip attacks Keys into the rail.

Finn slingblades DP then john woo's him. Finn top rope double stomps DP and pins him. 

Thoughts: The match wasn't pushed that seriously here. We had 10 minutes left in the show or so and this had 2 breaks and then 2 different sets of run-in's. This was not a fraction of what it should have been and was a real waste of these guys. Finn kind of won by the process of elimination here as he's the only one with nothing else going on. This was nothing. 

Overall thoughts: While I prefer Smackdown at 2 hours, this is one of the downfalls of it. Everything got a lot less time than it should and both the tag division and the undercard were mostly non-existent here. Nothing impressed me all that much here and I thought it was a boring show for the most part. I'm not even sure if there was a match of the night on this one. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 as nothing was that good and the main was all about anything but the match. This was below average. 

TNA Impact 7/23/2026

TNA Impact 7/23/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/tna-impact-7162026.html

Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt are on commentary.  

Elijah & Moose vs. AJ Francis & Frankie Kazarian

Eli side headlocks Kaz then shoulders him over. Eli rope walks and clubs Kaz's arm. Moose and AJ get in. Moose side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. Moose shoulders him over. AJ's buddy Expressions trips Eli and AJ facekicks ELi. AJ hits tennessee whiskey on AJ. 

Eli throws Kaz over then Kaz springboards into Eli's jumping knee. Moose comes in and uranage's Kaz. Moose sentons him. AJ hits Moose from behind then AJ is thrown out. Moose slingshot plancha's AJ. Kaz knees Moose in the face, backstabbers > sliding lariats > springboard legdrops him for 2. 

Eli high kicks AJ from the apron. Eli ropewalks, Expressions shakes the ropes under him and AJ death valley drivers Eli. AJ pins Eli.

Thoughts: It was short. They did what they could with it but it should have been twice as long. It wasn't anything great and it was not the wrestlers fault by any means.

Expressions get sin the ring with Eli' guitar. Moose takes the guitar and headbutts Ex. Eli tombstones Ex.  

Order 4 do a promo. Ali says he will give the power back to the people and says the roster will vote on the next #1 contender for his International Title. Ali then says they had to hire some extra muscle to stop any funny business. He says any wrestler on the roster can vote but not for himself.

Wendy Choo does an inset promo ahead of her match. She says she caused chaos in TNA in the pat and is back after therapy. She says as a former Evolve Women's champ, she knows how to hold gold around her waist. She says she will be one step closer to being Knockouts TV champ tonight.

Elayna Black does an inset promo. he says she's the only one that matters in the Knockouts division and the only one walking out with the title. She says the title will be hers and so will the Knockouts Title as she wants all the gold.

TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament First Round Match - Wendy Choo vs. Elayna Black

EB knees her in the gut and snapmares her. EB shoves her in the back of the head. Choo snapmares her and pats her on the head. Choo side headlock takeovers her. Choo shoulders her over then roll her up for 2. Choo armdrags her and dropkicks her for 2. EB pulls Choo's throat down over the 2nd rope then bangs her head off the apron edge. EB chops Choo then lariats her on the floor. 

EB double stomps Choo's back inside for 2. EB leg chokes Choo on the ropes then misses a running back elbow. Choo rolls her up for 2. EB lariats her for 2. EB chinlocks her. Choo hits elbows to the gut and is thrown down. EB step up knees Choo in the corner for 2. EB pulls her arms back. 

Choo armdrags her and hits chops. Choo hits running lariats. Choo pepsi twist lariats her. Choo cartwheel forearms her in the corner and running corner facekicks her. Choo running neckbreakers her for 2. EB hits back elbows on Choo. Choo superkicks her in the gut. EB is on the 2nd rope and Choo bridging ddt's her for 2. EB step up knees her then belly to belly suplexes her for 2. They trade forearms. EB double underhook ddt's her and Choo rolls out.

EB is up top and gets hit. Choo superplexes her off the 2nd rope. The bell then rings and the time limit expires.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and was just average. There weren't great faces or heels here and they both did some of their usual offense. I was surprised to see this go to a draw.

Xia Brookside pulls EB out and sends her into the steps. Choo backs up Xia for some reason. Xia then hits Choo from behind, sending her into the steps. 

Rosemary, Allie, Rich Swann, Nic Nemeth, Cedric Alexander cast votes. John Skylar goes to count the votes and Ali stops him. Mila Moore goes up to John and says she thinks he's doing great. John is happy.

The System come out to talk. Alisha says everyone loves the new toy and the new flavor of the month. Alisha says everyone was calling Ricky Sosa the future of the business until reality hit. Bear Bronson says he didn't just beat Sosa but decimated him. Bear says people like Sosa are nothing more than a catchy song, a meme and a joke. Bear says he's a killer. 

Brian Myers says things change in wrestling like in life. Brian says the dominance of The System will always stay the same. Brian says they are the gatekeepers of TNA. Cedric Alexander agrees. Ced says the champ is right here and holds up his X-Division Title. 

Eddie says this isn't just a faction but it's TNA's quality wrestling. Eddie says they decide who is ready and truly belongs in their ring. Eddie says Alisha's tournament match is a chance for The System to add more hardware. Eddie says it maybe the last time we see Jada Stone in a TNA ring as she will be beaten and embarrassed, like Ricky Sosa.

Ricky Sosa comes out. He says he did lose last week and says sometimes you lose and sometimes you win. Sosa says you can't keep the young savage down. Sosa says he only lost because of interference. Eddie says when you turn down The System, you turn down protection. Eddie says Sosa is out here by himself and no one cares what happens to him.

Leon Slater comes out. Leon says The System just can't get out of others business. Leon says he has Sosa's back. Leon says him and Sosa are wrestling attire and say they should smack the teeth out of The System's mouths right now. Eddie says they will talk to Daria about making that match next week. Leon says the match could happen anywhere but will end up with The System going out with a bang bang.

Thoughts: TNA is really trying to push Sosa hard but he's not quite there yet and the crowd doesn't care that much.

We go back to the vote. Jason Hotch is the winner of the vote for the title shot. Jason is excited and Ali laughs. Ali says the roster is ribbing Jason and are doing it to mess with Ali. Ali tells Jason to let Daria know this is a sham and that they will re-do this. Jason leaves and Ali says they need to find him a real #1 contender.

Mr. Elegance vs. BDE

He misses a shot on BDE. BDE hits forearms and kicks. Mr goes up and over and is enzugiri'd. Mr running shoulders BDE then hits knees to the ribs. Mr abuses BDE on the ropes. MR slaps BDE with his glove. BDE hits flying forearms and an os cutter for 2.

Mr slingshot codebreakers him for 2. BDE rolls into a codebreaker on Mr. BDE top rope splashes Mr for 2 when M By Elegance puts Mr's leg on the ropes. BDE grabs The Concierge then Mr hits deadfall on BDE. Mr pins BDE.

Thoughts: It was short and not too much of note. The heels cheated a bit here and BDE loses yet again to continue his losing streak.

TNA Injury Report

Elayna Black is under evaluation. Nic Nemeth is in incredible condition. Moose is under evaluation. Nic Nemeth is in perfect condition to take on KC tonight.

TNA World Tag Team Title Righteous Deletion Match - The Broken Hardys (Brother Nero & Matt Hardy) (c) vs. The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent)

Dutch and Vince arrive at The Hardy Compound and enter. Vince says everything blooms better with sunshine and we go from night to daylight. Matt Hardy wakes up inside and says The Righteous are here without seeing them. 

The Righteous enter the house. They and The Hardy's warp into the field. They all look at each other and then fight. Vince drops Jeff with a punch. Jeff runs down a small hill and lariats him. Matt's head is banged off the bottom of a boat. 

Jeff jumps off Matt's back and lariats Dutch against a tree. Vince hits the faces with a shove handle. The heels try to lariat the faces with a boat but the faces teleport out. Vince snaps his fingers and the heels end up outside of The Hardy's ring. They all fight in the ring. The faces get hit in the corners and Vince hits an orange sunshine on Matt for 2. 

Matt takes punches from both opponents. Matt is dropped chest first on the mat. Jeff hits Vince from behind then rewind kicks him. Matt hits a twist of fate on Vince. Dutch takes a double suplex. Matt cutters Dutch. Jeff double axe handles Vince off the apron outside. Matt hits a twist of fate on Duthc for 2.

Dutch black hole slams Matt. Dutch hits shots on him on the floor. Matt hits him with a shoe then hits punches. Matt is pushed into the post. We cut away, maybe for a break and return. Jeff hits punches on Vince outside and bangs his head off the side of a building. Both go down. Wee clips of The Hardy's younger days then see Vince and Dutch touring their house. 

Dutch hits Matt with a plastic sled. Matt bites Dutch's hand. Matt bulldogs Dutch into the pool. We then cut away to clips of The Hardy's and The Righteous hanging out around a campfire and laughing together. Matt says without The Wicked Garden, they wouldn't be who they are becoming. Matt's kid comes up to Dutch and says he has use something on Vince. Vince then disappears and Dutch follows.

Matt's kid tells Dutch that Vince is obsolete and dead. We then see Vince in a coffin. Vince wakes up, puts his flower in Dutch's mouth and Dutch starts spitting stuff up. The Hardy's kids beat up Dutch in the ring. Matt's wife then hits a twist of fate on Dutch. One of the little girls then shoots confetti at Dutch and another kid swantons Dutch. 

Dutch re-appears elsewhere. Willow of the Wisp appears behind him and hits him with an umbrella. He then maybe breaks sticks or swords over Dutch's back. We see Dutch wake up in the pool. Vince and Jeff fight on the grass. Vince ddt's Jeff on the grass. Jeff pounds on Vincent and Dutch bodyblocks Jeff. Dutch gives Vincent a necklace with a sack on it. The Hardy's and The Righteous then shoot fireworks at each other.

Vince tries to put the flower in Jeff's mouth but ends up putting it in Matt's mouth. Matt spits up stuff and The Hardy's are down. The Hardy's are thrown into a lake. The Hardy's then end up with new masks on with shirts that say "GOATS" on them. Jeff says he needs another got and goes back in. 

All 4 men fight on the grass and Jeff is maybe wearing Righteous style gear. Dutch is on a table. Matt climbs the end of a bulldozer and swantons Dutch through 2 tables off of it. Jeff then pins Dutch.

Thoughts: It was pretty wild as expected. It's hard to call it a match as they kept cutting to various scenes and it's hard to know what was actually canon here or not. It was interesting though and probably way better than anything else they would have done otherwise though. This was indeed entertaining if nothing else. Where this leaves The Righteous? I have no idea. 

The Hardy's say The Righteous have been deleted and now need to be cleansed. They throw The Righteous in the lake. Matt says this marks a new chapter for The Hardy's and says they are forever. Jeff says, "and then some".

Leon Slater talks to Jason Hotch in the locker room. Leon says it's not a joke and he voted for Jason. He says it's Jason's time and the only person in his way is him. He says Jason has got this. Jason then talks to someone on the phone instead of going into Daria Rae's office.

Alisha Edwards does an inset promo before her match. She says the tournament was made for her. She says was in the first ever Knockouts Ultimate X match and says she's a former tag champ. She says Jada is a stepping stone for her becoming the TV champ. She says Jada will find out that you can't beat The System.

Jada Stone does an inset promo before her match. She says we will know why she calls herself the spark as she doesn't make history, she is history.

TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament First Round Match - Alisha Edwards vs. Jada Stone

They lock up and let go. AE throws her down by the hair and Jada kips up. Jada hits forearms and bridges out of a lariat. Jada then headscissors takeovers her off of it. Jada hits running back splashes. Jada low sliding lariats her and standing moonsaults her for 2. Jada handspring kicks AE off the apron but Eddie Edwards catches AE. Jada top rope plancha's Eddie. AE nails Jada form behind. 

AE chops Jada in the corner. Jada hits shots to the gut and AE hits a bad powerslam. AE pulls Jada's hair around the 2nd rope. AE foot chokes Jada. Jada running lariats AE. Jada enzugiri's AE off the buckles. Jada seated moonsaults AE for 2.

AE flatliners Jada for 2. AE slaps Jada and Jada superkicks her. Jada goes to handspring and Eddie trips Jada. Jada jack knifes AE and pins her.

Thoughts: Jada won as expected. It wasn't a bad match and Alisha had a better showing than usual. Jada did a bunch of flying as expected here.

AE throws Jada down and pounds on her. Jada hits punches on AE. Eddie pulls AE out to safety.

Order 4 talk. Ali asks if Jason did what he asked and Jason says "not exactly". Ali tells everyone to go away. Jason says she was going to do it but Leon re-assured him that this wasn't a joke. Ali says he doesn't care what Leon says. Jason says he talked to his wife and says his wife got him to think that he deserves something for all he put up with. He says he's not only doing something for himself but his family. He says they have been to the bottom and he can't wait to bring them to the top. Jason says he will see Ali next week.

TNA World Title Match - Nic Nemeth (c) vs. KC Navarro

KC wore a Nic Nemeth shirt out for his entrance.

Nic slaps him and tells him to get out of here as he doesn't belong here. KC superkicks him for 2. KC rolls up Nic for 2 counts. Nic back elbows KC down. Nic rakes KC's face then foot chokes him. KC hits punches and Nic punches him in the knee. 

KC hits chops on Nic and Nic hits punches on him in the corner. KC flying headscissors Nic then running euros him. KC pulls Nic's neck forward and low crossbodies him for 2. KC topes Nic. KC top rope splashes him inside for 2. Nic neckbreakers him over the 2nd rope. Nic baseball slides KC.

Nic bangs KC's face off the apron. Nic dances and has his head banged off the apron. KC chops Nic. Nic boots KC in the knee. Nic puts a hold on KC's leg and KC is being counted out by the ref. KC gets back in and piefaces Nic. Nic stomps Kc in the corner and foot chokes him.

Nic elbow drops KC for 2. Nic crossfaces KC. KC back elbows KC down then elbow drops him for 2. Nic grounded sleepers KC. We go to break and return. The hold stays on. Nic throws KC down by the hair. Nic corner splashes KC. Nic misses a corner move and goes crotch first into the 2nd buckle. 

KC flying lariats and dropkicks Nic. KC goes up and over then spins on him and hits a weird ddt move on him. KC rolls up Nic for 2 and spears the post when Nic moves. Nic boots him in the knee. Nic goes for a fameasser and is powerbombed down for 2. 

KC jumps at him and sunset flips him for 2. They trade pin attempts. and KC hits a botched fameasser for 2. Nic superkicks KC for 2. Nic piefaces KC and asks why he won't die. KC slaps him, dropkicks him from behind and hits his 305 kick. KC code red's him for 2. Nic blocks a shiranui and hits a zig zag to win.

Thoughts: Nic won as expected. It was a good match though. Nic worked KC's repaired knee and they told the story for KC going for the upset all the way through. It was athletic, it got enough time and it was interesting. I liked this one and KC showed up big his biggest match to date.

Overall thoughts: The opener didn't get a lot of time. Choo/Black was average. Elegance/BDE was a shorter one as well. The Righteous Deletion Match was entertaining and similar to other Deletion matches. It wasn't a traditional match or anything and had all kinds of wild stuff going on. Jada/Alisha wasn't bad. The main was good and the best thing on the show. I thought this was a little better than usual and we had 2 worthwhile matches here in the main and the Deletion Match. I'd give it a low 6 out of 10 as the highs were a lot higher than the lows here. This was okay overall.