Reality of Wrestling 5/21/2026 GLORY Episode 26

Reality of Wrestling 5/21/2026 GLORY Episode 26

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/reality-of-wrestling-532026-platinum.html

Will Austin vs Ajaxx

Ajax boots away a handshake and waistlock takedowns him. Ajax side headlocks him. Will reverses it then shoulders him over. Will dropkicks him. Ajax hits shots in the corner. Ajax lariats him. Ajax clubs and boots him. Will is sent into the post shoulder first.

Ajax clubs on him in the corner. Will 2nd rope tornillo's him for 2. Ajax rams him in the corner and overhead suplexes him. Will grounded stretches him. Will hits lariats and powerslams him for 2. Ajax forearms him then rebound germans him. 

Ajx's head is but against the top buckle. Will superkicks his head into the buckles. Will hits Will Ospreay's stormbreaker and pins him.

Thoughts: It was shorter and acceptable. Will was barely the favorite going in and pulled out the win. 

Simone Williams is interviewed. She's from Australia and making her debut here. She says she can't wait to show everyone how happy she is to be here. She says she will make it crystal clear why she's here. She says it's not to take part, but to take over. 

Simone Williams vs Haley J

Simone Williams is Princess Aussie of WOW fame. She has put some weight on since WOW.

J offers a handshake and SW slaps her. J goes for her and the ref holds her back. SW hits J from behind then pump kicks her. J's head is banged off the buckles and SW corner splashes her. SW suplexes her for 2.

SW grabs her by the hair then J slaps her. J is on the 2nd rope and SW codebreakers her for 2. SW stomps J in the corner then kneels on her on the bottom rope. SW bangs her head off the buckles. SW elbows and clubs her. SW double underhook suplexes her for 2. 

SW hits forearms on J. SW hits a corner spear. SW misses a corner spear. J uraken's her and superkicks her. J hits mounted shots on her then thesz presses her. J hits punches. J sweeps her then meteora's her from behind. J leg lariats her for 2.

SW eye rakes her then hits mounted shots. She doesn't stop and the ref DQ's her.

Thoughts: Simone was all heel here and was a bit different than her Princess Aussie character. It was acceptable and there weren't any botches or anything. You can tell Simone is a bit more experienced. J didn't get a ton in on this one.

They have some chairs and a warped clock in the ring for a Big Luther interview. Terrale Tempo comes out before Luther can say anything. Tempo says, "I don't get an invitation?". Tempo says he's happy as he doesn't have to carry him anymore. He says Luther is only here because of his strategy and says Luther has his spot. Tempo asks if Luther thinks he can beat him. Luther says he's d@mn right that he thinks he can beat him. Tempo suggests he put his title opportunity on the line against him. Luther agrees and says they can fight at the show next month for this title opportunity. He says he can't wait to whip his @ss.

Jha'Quon McNair and Jimmy House vs House Money (Quentin Wynters and Josiah Jean)

Jha and House both WWE ID/WWE Evolve guys. Jha and Jean go at it. Jean leapfrogs. Jha avoids kicks and pump kicks him. Wynters comes in and hits Jha. Jha dropkicks Wynters then elbow drops him. Wynters takes a double backdrop. Jimmy gordbusters Jha onto Wynters for 2. 

Jimmy ankle locks Wynters. Jimmy hip throws Wynters for 2. Jimmy armlocks him. Wynters takes a double suplex. Jean grabs Jha by the hair and is knocked off the apron. Wynters dropkicks Jha and does push up's on the landing. Wynters hits mounted shots on Jha. Wynters boots him in the corner. 

Jha is pulled into a double flapjack for 2. Wynters hits Jha in the gut then Jean leg lariats Jhan. Jean pops up Wynters into an elbow drop on Jha for 2. Wynters ankle locks Jha. Jha enzugiri's to break it up. Jean comes in and is knocked out of the ring. Jha goes for the tag and Jean pulls Jimmy off the apron.

Wynters hits mounted shots on Jha. Wynters pulls Jha's arms back. Jha boots Wynters out of the corner. Jha rolls and tags out. Jimmy comes in and hits shots on the heels. He flying shoulders Wynters. Jimmy hits a chaos theory german on Wynters. Tianna Slay distracts the ref. AJ Francis pushes Jha off the top. AJ holds Jimmy but Jean nails AJ on accident. Jimmy lariats Jean over the top. Wynters takes a nice double spear and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout here. We had some nice dropkicks. Jimmy did a cool blind leapfrog into a chaos theory german. It was a bit hard to call this one though as 2 of the guys currently have different names which made this a bit confusing. 

The faces celebrate and AJ nails Jimmy in the head from behind with a hammer. He then chokeslams Jha. 

AJ gets on the mic and says he can see ID frauds a mile away. He says we have a fraud as ROW Glory champ. He challenges EK Propser for the May show to a steel cage match for the title.

Overall thoughts: We had 3 matches here. Austin/Ajaxx was acceptable. Princess Aussie from WOW has arrived in ROW and her name is Simone Williams. Her match with Haley J was also acceptable. The main was fine with the WWE ID guys winning. There's nothing must see here but they got a decent bit of stuff done here and nothing was bad. I'd give give it a 6 out of 10 as it was an okay episode.

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 5/21/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 83

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 5/21/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 83

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/juggalo-championship-wrestling-5142026.html

NOTE - JCW aired this live with tons of technical issues. However, if you go back and re-watch the stream, all of the technical problems got fixed and the feed is fine.

Mark Roberts and Joe Dombrowski are on commentary. 

Caleb Konley yells at Violent J and wants to know his opponent. Caleb touches him and J threatens him. He says he won't tell him. Vince Russo comes in. He says he wasn't here and says J gave him 4 weeks of matches and won't tell him the opponents. Russo says he thought they were equal partners and J says the same thing.

Russo asks J where EC3 is and Russo says he's in Canada. Russo says Caleb's opponent could be The Green Phantom and mocks that idea. Russo asks if J wants to go tit-for-tat with him. Russo says he's his friend but he's a New Yorker. J says he's a juggalo and he's worldwide. He says Russo doesn't know the type of games juggalo's can play. Russo says it's game on.

There's audio problems and we don't hear the opening introductions or the commentators.

JCW Women's Title - J-Rod (c) vs "Big Al" Alice Crowley

Dani Mo is on commentary for this. Al hits her as she poses on the ropes. J side headlock takeovers her. Al hits her in the gut. Al shoulders her over. J blocks a headscissors and running facekicks Al. J does push up's on her and bangs her head off the buckles. 

Al chops her and is hit in the throat. Al back elbows her and boots her out of the corner. Al hits forearms and J throws her down backwards. Al clips her then running knees her for 2. Al hits forearms then pump kicks the ref when J pulls the ref in. J spears Al.

Sophia Rose, J's friend, comes into the ring and split stunners J. Al then pins J...or does she? The ref sees the replay on the tron and overturns the decision. J-Rod wins via DQ.

Thoughts: It was just a match and nothing too special. It was hard to watch this as there was no commentary and all kinds of weird sounds and technical issues going on.  The official finish to this was a bit lame, but it's nice to see a ref have a brain and actually look at the tron to see the replay.

Al throws the ref out after.

We cut to the commentators. Dani Mo says she's coming back for the title and says it's hers. Dani promises to tell the whole story someday. 

Big Vito arrives with his crew and complains about their screw ups. Mac Davis interviews him and asks about last week's kidnapping. Vito says they didn't kidnap anyone last week. Vito talks then Yabo/Joey Ciccone pop ups behind them and threatens one of Vito's buddies with a hammer. Yabo asks where his brother is. Vito threatens Yabo and says he won't see his brother again if he hurts his buddy. Vito says if he wants to see his brother again he better follow the rules. Vito says we do this on his time.

The Ring Rat jumps on Steven Flowe and is excited to see him. Steve says it's about time she showed up. He says he's a rock god. He says it should be an honor for her to blow him. She then goes to do it. Steve says she goes down when he says so and says she has a week to show him something or she's off the VIP list.

Willie Mack and 2 Tuff Tony play cards in the back. Vince Russo comes up to them. Russo asks if they are enjoying their night off and says they deserve it. Russo says he wasn't a big fan of either and thought they were Violent J's favorites. He says they changed his mind when they fought Choppa City. He says he had to replay Willie's dive a few times. Russo says he was wrong and says they stepped it up. Tony says he doesn't trust him but he respects him. Russo tells him to do what he does and says he respects him. 

Facade is interviewed by Mac Davis. Facade says Mac pushes the idea that he can't win without cheating. Facade says he beat the Green Phantom. Mac says he could have beaten him. Facade says he will knock his dentures down his throat if he tries to embarrass him again.  

Red Love/Father Bronson comes out. Bronson gives out roses to fans. He says if you are ready to change your lives with the mediocrity that consumes you, give him a "whoop whoop". Bronson says he doesn't look like them, but there's some common ground. He says he's a father. He says the children are our future. He tells the parents to look at their kids and say they are sorry for leading them astray, sorry for being overweight and sorry for drinking Faygo. Bronson says he's here to change lives. He says he made the Red Roll Call or his opponents. Facade then comes out for his entrance.

JCW American Title - Facade (c) vs Father Bronson

The crowd chants "F*ck him up" which is aimed at FB. They lock up. Fac hits shots and kicks out of the corner. Fac handstands in the corner. Fac comes off the 2nd rope and diving armdrags him. Fac asai moonsaults him. Fac's head is banged off he apron outside and FB chops him outside.

Fac tries to come back in and FB boots him. FB drops him with forearms then hits mounted shots. FB belly to belly overhead suplexes him. FB hits back elbows and knees to the gut in the corner. FB euros him for 2. 

FB drops him with a punch. FB chinlocks him. Fac hits body kicks then spin kicks him in the gut. Fac kips down out of a shot and spinning heel kicks him. Fac rope walks but FB swats his kick down. FB falcon arrows him for 2.

FB misses a corner splash then Fac springboard kicks him. Mac Davis comes out during the match and says he hasn't finished his interview. He asks Fac how it feels to get his @ss kicked. Fac spits at him. FB throws Fac out onto the ramp in front of him. Fac swings at Mac and Mac hits him with his mic. They call this a No Contest instead of a DQ.

Thoughts: Mac has been getting mouthy lately with the wrestlers and it looks it wasn't for nothing. What we got was average here and it's a shame we didn't get a clean finish. I don't know where this stuff with Mac is going. The finish should have been a DQ in Facade's favor, not a No Contest.

FB chokes Facade after. FB texas cloverleafs him. FB goes up the ramp and Mac backs off from him.

Choppa City talk. Bruce tells Atiba to stop, chop and roll if he sees 2 Tuff Tony. Vince Russo comes in. He asks if they remember when they used to buy tickets to the shows until he put them on JCW. He says they went into business for themselves once they got the opportunity (Bruce calls it the choppertunity). Russo says Atiba is the puppet and Bruce is the puppet master. Russo says Bruce gets Atiba in trouble. Choppa City says they got a shot at the title and failed. Russo says they got Violent J up his @ss and says they can't control themselves. Russo says he needs to take this situation into their own hands. Bruce asks what their future endeavors are. Russo says future endeavors are Shane Mercer and Matt Cross. Russo asks if they will fool around with them and says it's tough love tonight.

Thoughts: Choppa City did well here. They are generally entertaining when they get to talk, so they should have them do it more.

Mac Davis talks to Barnabus The Bizarre. Mac talks about The Outbreak's drug addiction. Barn says the crackdown begins this week to find the person destroying their careers and giving The Outbreak drugs. He says he will find that person and make their lives a living hell. He says The Outbreak aren't here, because he doesn't trust a soul in the locker room including Mac. He says they are quarantined until next week. He says they return to rehab and will complete it. He says the dealer will then play the price. Mac asks what happens if it doesn't work and Barnabus says it has to work.

Future Endeavors (Shane Mercer and Matt Cross) vs Choppa City (Bruce Wayans and Atiba)

Shane and Matt come out in hoods.

Choppa City gets a "chop" chant going. Matt hits shots on Atiba. Matt goes up and over then armdrags him. Matt pump kicks him down. Matt boots Atiba out of the corner and is swept on the buckles. Atiba chops him and Matt is held for a chop from Bruce. Bruce hits more chops on Matt.

Atiba 2nd rope chops Matt in the crotch for 2. Matt takes a double elbow drop for 2. Matt rebound double cutters his opponents. SM comes in and lariats The Choppa's. He throws Atiba onto Bruce. SM double backdrops them together. Atiba back hands SM. Bruce leg lariats SM and Atiba elbow drops SM.

The Choppa's go for a double elbow drop but SM gets his knees up. SM buckle bombs Atiba into a Matt enzugiri. SM release suplexes Atiba then running euros Bruce. Bruce celebrates on the 2nd rope and is hit. SM moonsault exploders him right on the side of his head. Matt top rope ssp's Bruce and pins him.

Thoughts: Choppa City got over here so that worked. I think Future Endeavored should have won this in a more dominant faction though as they are new and kind of a more serious duo. It had some fun parts to it.

Mac Davis interviews Jeeves. Mac says EC3 took bookings for the next 3 weeks outside of JCW. Vince Russo comes in as Jeeves tries to explain EC's actions. Russo says EC doesn't care about anyone but himself and says Jeeves hitched his wagons to EC3. He says since EC isn't here to wrestle, Jeeves will take his spot. Russo says he will put Jeeves in the main event and says it'll be his only main event match in his career. He tells him to strap up his dildo and says he will do it. Jeeves says he will do it as he's a Carter and he's not scared of him. Jeeves asks who he is fighting and what's the swerve. Russo says he'll know when he's out there.

Facade gets in Mac Davis' face. Facade asks if he wants to take a swing. Mac slaps him. Facade hits him in the balls then rams him into the rails. Facade stomps him and drops his belt on him. He says, "so big?" and says, "so big now, f*cker".

Violent J is in the back and he finds Willie Mack and 2 Tuff Tony laid out. He asks who and what then yells "Vinceeeee". He says he'll be back.

Ruffo is upset in the back and is waiting for Vito to call him. Ruffo throws stuff around and yells "Where's my brother?".

Four Weeks of Hell Week 1 - Caleb Konley vs Soultaker

Violent J is picking mystery opponents for Caleb each week with the Four Weeks of Hell. Soultaker is a niche famous wrestler who went by the name "Niggataker" on the indies. He has a 1994 Undertaker style mask on and a shovel. Caleb comes out with Russo, who will do commentary.

Soul does the throat cut signal and Cal slides out to stall. Soul goes out after him. Cal rips up a fan's sign. Cal stomps Soul as he gets in and clubs on him. Cal gets nowhere with the chops and shots. 

Soul shoves him in the corner twice. Cal hits more shots and Soul chops him. Soul rakes Cal's face on the top rope then chokes him. Soul side slams him for 2. Cal stomps on him and Soul lariats him. 

Cal's head is banged off the buckles. Sol slingshots him in. Sol lariats him over the top. Soul's hand is banged off the post then he is pushed into the post and rails. Cal slingshot plancha's him. Soul is sent into the rails. 

Cal chest clubs Sol. Soul stunners Cal over the top rope. Soul chokeslams him in the ring. Russo gets on the ramp then Violent J comes out. They argue. Cal hits Soul with his shovel and pins him.

Thoughts: Soul looks like Taker but works a bit more like Kane. He could telegraph a little less on his spots, but you get the idea of what he's doing pretty quick. Cal was your usual chicken heel here. They did what they were supposed to here and played the big vs small role fine. Caleb thankfully didn't win clean. I was fine with this. Soultaker would be a natural fit for this promotion and we'll see if he sticks around.

Violent J and Russo argue in the back. Russo asks if he's out of his mind for bringing him to the back during the match. J says Mack and Tony are laid out in the back and Russo didn't notice. Russo asks if he has proof. Russo says he just put them over and asks if he lost his mind. Russo says he won't be blamed for something he didn't do. Russo says not to make him do something that both of them will regret. J tells him to do it.

Joel Gertner of ECW fame comes out. Joel says he has 22 illegitimate children in Ohio as he's the sexual intellectual and the cunning linguist. He says he's the quintessential stud muffin. Joel talks about why the fans are lucky to see him. Joel says there's no wrestling company in the last 25 years who could find him except for JCW. Joel asks himself who he would manage in JCW. He says he's not telling and says it's for everyone to figure out. He says the devil sold his man's soul 50% off. He says he's the one "who is coming" and that's all you need to know. He says he will get here soon...or when he says so, whichever comes first. 

Mac Davis talks to Breyer Wellington and calls him "Broke @ss". He's with Freya the Slaya and Mac says Freya can win a JCW contract if she passes a 3 match series. Breyer calls him "Nut Sack Mac" and says Freya is his road to the bigtime. He says he will be Richie Boy again and says it's Freya's night.

I will not be covering Freya the Slaya's match. She lost, which is a real great way to to debut her.

We see clips of Big Vito's feud with The Brothers of Funstruction.

Big Vito comes out with his crew. Yabo the Clown/Joey Ciccone comes out. Yabo asks where his brother is and threatens Vito. Vito's buddy Sal threatens Yabo. Vito tells him to rejoin The Luciano Family if he wants to see his brother again. He says Yabo will do everything he says or he will introduce him to "Vincenzo The Vice" and says he will learn what The Vice is all about. Vito says he has one week to give him an answer. Vito then lariats him and Vito's crew triple teams him. Vito says to put him on ice and they handcuff Yabo. Vito knees Yabo in the gut. Vito's crew then takes Yabo to the back.  

Mac Davis interviews J-Rod. J says Sophia Rose is mad that she got a different partner for Stranglemania. She says Rose will get a motor city mauling and she will kick her @ss all over Detroit.

Jeeves comes out. Vince Russo comes out with a bat. Jeeves says this will probably be one of the last times he gets to talk. He says Russo is a snake in the grass. Jeeves says Russo tried to put a hit out on him. Russo tells him to shut up. Russo says he's a mark and has no business being in Detroit. He says he's an @ss clown. Russo says Jeeves pulled the wool over J's eyes but not his because he's from New York. He says EC3 got kicked out of WWE. He asks where EC3 is and says EC is on a 3 week tour in Canada. He says that means Jeeves is here alone. Russo says he's his opponent tonight and hits him with the bat several times. 

Violent J comes out. Russo goes to hit him with the baseball bat but stops himself. J tells him to do it. Russo then shoves him with the bat.  

Overall thoughts: If you saw the live stream of this, you should re-watch this as the technical issues are all fixed. As always, there wasn't anything great going on wrestling wise, but there's a lot of storylines going on and it makes you want to see what happens next. We had some wild stuff going on as always with Vito making Yabo join his crew, Mac Davis getting into it with Facade, Joel Gertner announcing his arrival in JCW and Vince Russo beating up Jeeves with a bat. I'd give it 5 out of 10 as the non-wrestling stuff was entertaining enough to balance out the rest. I'd say the show was okay overall. 

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 5/21/2026

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 5/21/2026

 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-5142026.html

We are in Salisbury, Maryland. Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are on commentary.

This one was taped prior to an AEW show and these shows tend to have random matches and more appearances from AEW focused wrestlers than ROH studio shows.

Action Andretti talks on the mic before his match. He goes to talk but doesn't say much. He lets QT introduce himself then cuts him off. He says QT is a dreamer who never gave up on his dreams and never will. AA says lets give it up for QT. AA says he used to be the guy who works hard and waits for his dreams to come true. He says when he turned on his partner, the fans booed him. He says Lio turned his back on him and got what he had coming. He says Lio doesn't deserve to be a champ and got a reality champ, just like QT will. AA says QT wrestle's celebs to be attention and works in the office to get matches. He says QT created his own promotion to get more attention. He says QT's dream won't happen and he will embarrass him.

Action Andretti vs QT Marshall

AA slaps away a handshake. AA armdrags him. AA side headlock takeovers him and is put in a headscissors. QT then side headlock takeovers him. QT shoulders him over. AA spinning headscissors him. 

QT's throat is pulled over the top rope. AA springboard diving lariats him. AA springboard tornillo splashes him for 2. QT chops him. AA handsprings into a back elbow. AA running ssp's him for 2. AA slaps QT around. QT punches him. AA superkicks him in the gut. AA forearms him. 

QT drops him with some shots. QT handspring enzugiri's him. AA backflips and stunners QT for 2. AA misses a split-legged moonsault. QT pop-up forearms him and asai moonsaults him for 2. AA high kicks him. AA shotgun dropkicks him. AA sitout moonsaults him for 2. 

AA blocks a diamond cutter then gets caught trying to pin him with his feet on the ropes. QT cradles him for 2. AA pump kicks him and superkicks him. AA springboards and is caught with a cutter. QT is crotched up top. QT 2nd rope gordbusters him. QT misses a top rope moonsault. AA spinning ddt's him. AA hits a running torture rack neckbreaker and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a bit long and they did a bit too much for the opener. We were suppose to boo Action for what he said about QT pre-match, but I think most of it is true. It had a lot of action but I think QT should have been put down quicker than he was.  

Hyan & Maya World vs Allie Katch & Kaia McKenna

Hy and KM start us off. Hy armdrags her and bows. Hy rolls her up for 2 and side headlocks her. They say Kaia identifies as a "witch". KM takes a gordbuster into a facebuster and a basement dropkick. AK pushes Maya into Hy. Maya flying headscissors Allie. 

Maya drops down and AK sentons her. Maya hits armdrags. Maya rolls her into a double stomp. KM stomps and chokes Maya in the corner. KM shoulders Maya over. Maya flips out of a double suplex and hits a double neckbreaker. Hy top rope double crossbodies her opponents. Hy pump kicks AK then corner splashes her. 

Hy overhead northern lights suplexes her. AK butt drops her in the corner. Hy spears KM. Maya dropkicks AK. KM is held up in the air for a flatliner and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a little competitive. Maya's team hit some newer double teams and got most of the offense in. Maya's team won as expected. It was acceptable. 

Shane Taylor does a promo. He says if there's anyone outside of STP that he'd be happy about winning his first title, it'd be AR Fox. He says he's an innovator that is second to none. Shane says everyone has stolen something from him. He says it's the wrong place and wrong time. Shane says he wasn't ready and it's been a bad week for them. Shane says he has to run through him and take back the ROH TV Title. He says legends never die but AR does tonight.

Rush vs. Ryan O'Neill

Ryan offers a handshake. Rush kicks it away then hits him in the corner. Rush forearms and stomps him in the corner. Rush does his corner basement dropkick and pins him.

Thoughts: It was the usual Rush squash. I'm sure it'll lead to something someday...

Rush then does his "mess with the bulls line" after.

Mark Sterling does the intro for his crew. He says he was attacked at Supercard of Honor and says their opponents cheated to win. Mark says they do their pre-game cheer and the fans aren't invited?

Bustah And The Brain (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) vs. The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese) 

Nese poses after the bell and JO isn't thrilled. JO side headlocks him. JO trips Nese. Nese takes a double back elbow then a double legdrop. Ari takes some corner shots. AP top rope crossbodies Ari.

Nese knees JO in the back from the apron. JO is held for shots from Nese. The faces get sent out and are stomped by Nese, Stori and Mark. Back inside, Ari knocks Nese off the apron on accident. JO goes for the tag but his partner is pulled down. Ari hits shots on JO.

JO goes for a pin but the ref doesn't see it. JO's throat is pulled over the top rope. Nese misses an asai moonsault. JO side headlocks Ari. Ari goes for a leapfrog and JO jumping side slams him in mid-air. AP comes off the top and top rope leg lariats Nese. AP is popped up and he dropkicks Ari. 

AP hits kicks on Ari then walks up the buckles and top rope diving blockbusters him. JO is held in the air for a ddt for 2. Ari superkicks AP. AP rebound lariats him. Nese spin kicks AP in the face. JO hits chops on Nese. JO facekicks Nese. Nese takes a double team and AP suicide dives Ari outside. Nese takes an electric chair M.Bison stomp and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was alright with the faces doing a bunch of wild flying offense and the heels losing like they always do. The faces did some creative stuff here. They also won again as they continue their push for the tag titles.  

Caprice Coleman does a sit down interview with Eddie Kingston and Ortiz. Eddie is asked what he's here for. He says he wants more and wants to be better. He says the locker room is better. Eddie says when he broke in, he came to ROH and says they do the style he wanted to do. Eddie is asked if they are friends or if it's a business partnership. Ortiz says it's both. 

Coleman wonders if the new wrestlers worked like they did to get where they are. Coleman asks Ortiz what Eddie isn't telling them. Ortiz says they want to do Homicide proud. They say they did a lot of wrestling and don't want to leave it behind in shambles. Eddie says the ROH locker room is better than Dynamite's or Collision's. He says talent like Priest, Billington, Bravo and Oliver are the future. 

We see the Outrunners and Dalton do a promo after SoH. The Runners are hyped up and says they told Dalton they would be champs and they are. Dalton says he has the thunderlust. He says there's a big world out there and he wants to fight over it. Dalton says these titles are their tickets to anywhere in the world. 

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Proving Ground Match - Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs 4Play (Chulo Montana, Danny Grandview & Ykies)

Ykies' name is pronounced "Why-Keys".

Truth and Chulo go at it. Chulo chops him in the corner. Truth fires up and chops him down. Turbo comes in and slams all 3 jobbers. Dalton comes in and suplexes Danny, Chulo then hits a bangarang on Ykies. Turbo still has his title belt on. The faces do the double elbow drop + double axe handle on Ykies and Ykies is pinned.

Thoughts: It was the usual short squash from these guys and nothing more.

AR Fox does a promo. AR says Shane Taylor talks a lot. He says if Shane wanted a title shot, he could have just asked him. AR says it took him 20 years to win the TV Title and says he won't drop it that easy. He tells Shane that if he wants gold, go buy a watch.

Lio Rush vs Aaron Solo

Lio talks to himself as usual. He offers a handshake. Solo is skeptical then is thrown into the ropes when he tries. Lio has black goo coming out of his mouth. Lio evades him then lariats him down. Lio sweeps him then spears him.

Solo goes out and Lio follows him. Solo superkicks him then reverse slams him inside for 2. Solo boots him in the corner. Solo chops him. Solo does a weird looking suplex then chops him in the corner.

Lio hits forearms. Solo gets a 2 count on him. Lio corkscrew kicks him from the mat. Lio pop-up powerbombs him. Lio handspring kicks him off the apron. Lio low topes him outside. Lio does a weird blue thunder and wins.

Thoughts: I'm not sure what to say about this. Lio was over a bit as a face again here and he won as expected. Lio had unusual offense and movements as usual. I was surprised Action Andretti didn't come out for this.

Lio says "he will come again, reign supreme and become stronger and stronger" after.

Deonna Purrazzo does a promo after SoH. She rips Diamante and says if you want respect, you have to give respect. She says if you refuse, respect will be beaten into you. She says whoever steps up next to her, will either head the message or become fluent in Purrazzo.  

ROH Women's Pure Title Proving Ground Match - Deonna Purrazzo vs. Janai Kai

They trade wristlocks. DP side headlock takeovers her. Kai headscissors and they stand off. DP armbars her. Kai takes her down by the arm then DP armdrags her. Kai final cut's her for 2. Kai foot chokes DP. 

Kai kicks her in the back for 2. DP hits forearms and Kai sleepers her. Kai shin kicks her and chest kicks her. Kai sleepers her. DP backdrops her. DP russian legsweeps her and armbars her. Kai rolls her up to escape. DP pump kicks her for 2.

Kai hits knees to the body then PK's her. Kai gordbusters her. DP blocks her knee to the face. Kai misses a corkscrew kick and DP armbars her. Kai submits.

Thoughts: It went as expected with DP winning. There was no reason to suspect anything else here since Kai hasn't been used much lately. Kai did her usual strikes and DP focused on the arm. I thought it was so-so and just not that interesting.  

MIT (Billie Starkz & Diamante) vs Mina Shirakawa & Queen Aminata

Min and Dia shake hands. Mina slides out of a lariat and shimmies. Mina spin kicks her in the gut. Mina springboard tornillo splashes her for 2. Queen suplexes Dia for 2. Queen bangs Dia's head off her butt while Mina hits back kicks on Dia. 

Dia and Queen chop each other in the corner. Dia and Mina then trade chops. BS comes in and flatliners Queen for 2. Queen swinging fisherman's neckbreakers BS for 2. Mina tags in and hits forearms on BS. Dia kicks Mina from the apron. Mina hits forearms on BS. Bs low topes Mina outside. 

Mina takes a double suplex for 2. Dia knees Mina in the gut and kicks her in the back. Mina's head is banged off of BS' foot. Mina takes a corner basement dropkick for 2. Dia chinlocks Mina. Dia hits kicks to her face and throws her down backwards. Mina hits chest forearms. Mina la mistica drop's Dia. 

Queen comes in and flying facebusters BS. Queen corner facekicks her twice then broski boots her for 2. Queen PK's BS for 2. Mina top rope dropkicks BS. Mina then top rope diving slingblades BS for 2. 

Dia takes shots from both opponents. The heels try cradles and get 2 counts. Queen takes a stunner. Mina spinning forearms BS then uraken's her. Mina figure fours BS. Athena comes in and chokes Mina with a towel to cause the DQ. She then throws her out to the floor with the towel around her neck.

Thoughts: It was an average random match that got a lot of time and had a dumb finish. 

Mina forearms Athena after. Athenna then pounds on her on the floor. Mina is sent into the steps. Queen helps out and Mina uraken's Ath. Ath begs off the in the ring then Dia and Billie help out. Ath bangs Mina's head off her title. This is supposed to build up their Owen Hart Tournament match.

ROH World Television Title Match - AR Fox (c) vs. Shane Taylor

AR offers a handshake and Shane spits on his hand. Shane forearms him down. Shane hits AR in the gut. AR goes up and over then trips him. AR stunners him over the middle rope. Shane catches AR's springboard then pushes Shane out. AR suicide dives him outside.

Shane rebounds AR into the ropes outside and Shane forearms him. Shane forearms AR down. Shane hits elbows on AR's chest then legdrops him on the apron. Shane chinlocks AR. AR hits shots to the gut. Shane hits a big lariat for 2. Shane chokes AR on the ropes then chops him there. 

AR hits forearms and Shane chops him. Shane slams him and misses a legdrop. AR hits lariats on Shane. AR enzugiri's him then dropkicks him out. AR tope con hilos him. 

AR top rope swantons Shane for 2. Shane chokeslams him and splashes him for 2. Shane forearms him and tells him to stay down. They trade forearms. Shane headbutts him in the chest then fire thunder's him for 2. AR cutters him. AR slides down his back on the 2nd rope and dropkicks Anthony Ogogo through the ropes. AR top rope 450's Shane and pins him.

Thoughts: AR won as expected in this random bout. AR didn't quite do all of his flying here as usual and it was a little slower than I expected. Shane stuck to the punches, headbutts and chops as usual. I thought it was average.

Overall thoughts: It was a very boring show filled with totally random matches where the favorite in the match won almost every time. I found this to be a total waste of time with limited storyline advancement. I'd say Andretti/QT was the best match of the night and that kind of says something about what kind of show this was. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 and would not recommend it at all.

TNA Impact 5/21/2026

TNA Impact 5/21/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/tna-impact-5142026.html

We are in Sacramento, CA. Matt Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan are on commentary.

The System come out. Eddie says they are the most dominant force in TNA history. Eddie says Cedric's X-Division Title win was a statement last week that wrestling belongs to The System. Eddie says they are one step closer to holding all the gold. Eddie says Mike Santana should watch his back as he has his eyes on his title.

Brian asks if the fans think they suck. Brian says Eddie has carried TNA for a decade and says The System is full of winners. Bear says everyone who steps up to The System is taken out. Bear says they don't care who believes in you if you step up to them. Bear says if you step up to The System, it will eat you alive.

Cedric says Leon Slater was one day away from being the longest reigning X-Division champ. He says he became The Record Taker last week. He says he's the standard in the X-Division and the signature champ in TNA. Ced says Fabian Aichner tried to ruin the party. HE tells him to say it to his face if he has something to say.

Fabian Aichner comes out. He says he came out last week to make a name for himself. He says he's here for respect, redemption and recognition. He says the bigger the fight, the better he becomes. He says he's not a gimmick but a future TNA champ. He says the X-Title is looking nice. He says he's not here to stand in line but to take his spot. 

The System go after Fabian. Fabian gets the edge on them and reverse slams Ced into a bulldog choke. The System are all outside and back off.  

Daria Rae talks to Steve Maclin in the back. She says everyone likes to brag about loyalty until it's inconvenient. She says TNA wanted to erase Maclin when he touched Hannifan. She says she saw things differently. She says she knows why men like him are built like they are. She says he has a chance to beat Mike Santana and put the TNA Title on someone who is worthy of getting it.

Indi Hartwell vs Elayna Black

Arianna Grace and Stacks are on commentary for this. 

They lock up. EB shoves her in the corner and Indi shoves back. Indi lariats her down. Indi blocks a step up knee then running facekicks her. Indi boots her in the head for 2. Indi hits mounted corner punches and Indi is thrown out.

Indi's head is banged off the apron. EB running back elbows her on the ropes for 2. EB bottom rope double stomps her back for 2. Indi hits forearms. EB step up knees her in the corner for 2. EB chinlocks her. Indi jawbreakers her.

Indi hits running lariats. Indi spinebusters her. Indi goes up top and Arianna Grace pushes her down for the DQ.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. They did a lot of basic stuff and we had a stupid finish here.

Grace hits some horrible mounted punches on Indi that don't even hit her arms. Grace says it looks like Indi's unfinished business is finished now. She throws her out. Grace says it's Santino's fauly that she's not Knockouts champ anymore. She says Santino gave Lei Ying Lee a title shot she didn't deserve because he was mad at Grace.

Satino Marella comes out. He says Grace attacking Indi wasn't cool. Santino says Lei did deserve the rematch and it's because she beat her. Santino says he's finished with her attitude. He says she's a stinky little brat. He says Stacks makes her sick and he had enough of it. Stacks pokes him. Santino grabs the cobra.

Daria Rae comes out and asks what Santino is doing. She says he's picking a fight with talent again and it's embarrassing. She says no one is scared of Santino's sock and says his judo is the weakest of all martial arts. Daria says if he wants to fight Stacks, he needs to submit an order to the board and get it approved. 

The Elegance Band are in the back. George puts over how they look. George says Ash has taken time off for plastic surgery. The lights get turned off and Rosemary's crew leaves a message that says "See You Soon" on the mirror.

Vincent interrupts Matt Hardy's music. He says they brought out The Broken One. He says he got it before and can get it again. The lights go out and then Matt come out to his broken theme.

Matt Hardy vs Vincent

Dutch and Jeff Hardy are handcuffed to the posts for this. 

They lock up and pull each other's hair. Mat hits punches and knees to the gut. Matt bites him then knocks him off the apron. Vince boots Matt in the gut in the ring. Matt back elbows him. Dutch trips Matt. Vince hits mounted shots on Matt. Matt hits punches and we go to break.

We return and Matt hits punches. Vince punches back and they double clothesline each other. Matt bangs Vince's head off the buckles. Matt yanks Vince into a sitout powerbomb for 2. Vince holds his ankle after an up and over. A doc checks Vince's foot.

Vince tries to hit Matt with his boot but fails. Matt hits punches. Matt then bites Vince's foot. Matt hits a side effect for 2. Matt is rammed into the corner and Vince hits shots on him. Vince rolls him up for 2 with help from Dutch. 

Vince running back elbows Matt for 2. Vince goes up top and Matt bites his fingers. Matt throws him off the top. Matt is pushed into the ref. Vince backdrops Matt. Vince grabs the handcuff key from the ref's pocket. The lights go out. Willow (Jeff Hardy's masked persona) appears in the ring and hits Vince with a weapon. Matt hits a twist of fate on Dutch and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't all that different from the women's match. The work was simple and the match was average as best with lots of shenanigans for the finish.

Elijah plays his guitar in the back. AJ Francis comes up to him. He says he hopes Mike and Maclin kill each other tonight. AJ says him and Elijah could collab and do something. Eli says he's not much of a tag wrestler. AJ says wants to collab with him in music. Vince says it's just him and his guitar. He says he's a drifter and a drifter walk alone.

TNA Injury Report

AJ Francis and KC Navarro are out for tonight. Moose is out with head trauma. Indi Hartwell is in evaluation. Mike Satana and Steve Maclin are cleared.

Santino Marella says they will bring back the Champion's Challenge next week and have one for the women and the men. He says we will find out more when we see who wins between Santana and Maclin. Daria Rae comes in and says she made her own match and it's Santino vs Stacks 1v1.

The System come up to Dara. Eddie wants a Fabian Aichner match. Daria says it sounds like a great idea.

TNA International Title - Mustafa Ali (c) vs Chazz "Starboy" Hall

Hall does an inset promo. He says we might have seen him on Evolve or NXT. He says he will leave everyone starstuck and will walk out TNA International champ. This is Star's TNA before.

Ali side headlocks Star. He shoulders him over. They sweep each other and Ali bridges out. Star rolls him up for 2 and sits on his back. Star spin kicks him in the face. Star top rope corkscrew diving armdrags Ali. Star dropkicks Ali. Star then flying space tiger drop's him.

Ali pulls him into a cutter for 2. Ali tries a move off the 2nd rope and is hit with a hurricanrana. Star springboard flying headscissors him. Star 2nd rope moonsaults into a spinning ddt. Star standing corkscrew moonsaults him for 2. 

Ali ear claps him. Star superkicks him. Ali then bridge pins hm.

Thoughts: It was a random one and basically a showcase for Star. Star did all of his flying and looked good then Ali put him down. Is this going to lead to him being used regularly? I don't know but this was a waste if it's not.

Keith Jardine is in the back with fans. Santino comes up to him. Santino says he's a bit of a grappler himself. Mara Sade comes in and says she saw what happened to Mr. Elegance last week. Mara says she thinks Mr. Elegance will be in her opponents corner next week. Mara asks if he can be in her corner and he agrees.

Eric Young talks to Steve Maclin in the back. EY says their paths crossed again and says it's ironic. EY says he offered him a real opportunity and look where he ended up. EY says he got fired then became everything he wanted to be. He says then he got a title shot and the good guy Mike Santana tried to end his career. He says then he disappeared. EY says he's got another title shot and says the winner has to face him. EY says this is Steve's opportunity to prove him wrong, because he's been right at every turn. EY says he's his only friend here an the only one who will tell him the truth. EY says his fate is in his hands. EY says we don't get to choose often in life but he gets to tonight. EY says choices have consequences and tonight is the biggest choice of his life.

Thoughts: It's nice to see them follow up on the EY/Maclin stuff. Maclin's booking has been a mess and making any kind of sense of it is helpful. 

Xia Brookside vs Jada Stone

They lock up and Jada is backed up in the corner. Jada side headlock takeovers her. Xia stalls outside. Xia takes her down, grabs the leg and Jada ropebreaks. Jada wristlocks her. Jada headscissors her after avoiding a lariat. Jada flying back elbows her. Jada low flying knes her. Jada is tripped on the ropes and pulled down.

Xia elbow drops the leg then pulls it around the ropes. Xia dropkicks her in the leg for 2. Xia does an indian deathlock. Xia drops her with a shot then hits mounted shots. Jada boots her out of the corner and hits forearms. Jada lariats her.

Jada cartwheels out of a snapmare and kicks her on the ropes. Jada hits a split-legged moonsault for 2. Jada codebreakers her. Jada does a backflip and is swept. Xia impaler ddt's her and wins.

Thoughts: Xia worked the leg all match long then won with an impaler ddt. It's too bad she didn't tap her out with a leg submission to win. The leg work made sense but that's only so exciting and Jada didn't get to do her flying here. It was just average.

Steve Maclin tries to attack Mike Santana before his match. Steve says Mike took money out of his pocket and he says he's putting him in the hospital.

Arianna Grace and Stacks do a promo. She says next week will be historic as Stacks will stand up to Santino. Stacks says Santino is the bad influence, not him. Grace says Santino's not a real fighter but a comedy act. Stacks says Grace only needs him in his life now and not Santino.  

TNA World Heavyweight Title Match - Mike Santana (c) vs. Steve Maclin

They hockey fight. Mike spin kicks him in the gut and SM forearms him. SM dodges a superkick. SM back elbows him down. They do some forearms and chops. Mike dropkicks him. Mike drops SM chest first and sentons him. Mike top rope plancha's him outside.

SM sends Mike into the post. SM's head is banged off a table. Mike jumps off the steps, holds his leg and SM clips him. SM's head is banged of the apron. SM dropkicks Mike's leg off the apron. We go to break and return.

SM ropebreaks out of a half-crab. Mike back elbows him then suplexes him twice. Mike death valley drivers him. Mike hits punches. Mike enzugiri's him. SM backrolls and is hit in the back. 

Mike backrolls into a cutter on SM for 2. Mike clubs him then pop-up powerbombs him. Mike spinning backdrops him for 2. SM back elbows him then olympic slams him. SM fire thunders him for 2. SM lariats him from behind. SM hits his crosshairs spear for 2. SM gets on the buckles and Mike pump kicks off the buckles and through the table. Mike top rope splashes him for 2.

SM superkicks him for 2 after selling for a bit. Mike escapes the KIA. Mike flying lariats him. Mike spinning lariats him and wins.

Thoughts: Mike won as expected here. I thought it was average. I feel like they went to break at the wrong time and made us miss stiff as Maclin was working Mike's leg when we started and Mike had him in a half-crab when we returned. I don't like the booking of Steve coming back after being out for a while and just losing again. The match was acceptable for the main but nothing memorable. I have no idea where Maclin goes now outside of putting him back with Eric Young.

Overall thoughts: It was a very average show. There was nothing great or that exciting here and Arianna Grace felt like she was all over this one. A lot of people were missing from this show and there were a ton of commercial breaks. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall and I did not enjoy this all that much.

WWE Main Event 5/21/2026

WWE Main Event 5/21/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/wwe-main-event-5142026.html

Vic Joseph and Blake Howard are on commentary.

Matt Cardona vs Nathan Frazer

Matt wristlocks him. NF headflips out and throws him over by the wrist. NF rolls him up then side headlock takeovers him. NF running single leg dropkicks him. NF enzugiri's him from the apron and is tripped on the ropes.

Matt lariats him then neckbreakers him. Matt spinebusters him for 2. NF's head is banged off the buckles. NF chops him in the corner. NF is thrown into the corner and goes upside down. Matt hits an unprettier. Matt hits a broski boot. NF topes him outside. NF slingblades him. NF hits a top rope splash for 2.

NF runs into double knees in the corner. NF rolls him up for 2. NF twisting suplexes him. NF misses a top rope phoenix splash and Matt hits a leg lariat for the win.

Thoughts: It went better than expected and the two worked together okay. Matt still his usual offense though. NF was working fast here. I was almost surprised Matt won with all of the losses he has taken lately.  

Maxxine Dupri vs Nikkita Lyons

NL wore a mask out.

They lock up. NL taunts and shoves her in the corner. Max shoves back and side headlocks her. NL running forearms her down then dances. NL piefaces her then knees her in the gut. Max flying headscissors her and dances. Max bridges out of a kick and forearms her.

Max goes up and over. NL swinging throws her. NL hits mounted shots then catapults her throat into the bottom rope. NL hits shots on her and samoan drops her for 2. Max hits her in the gut and NL clubs on her. Max sunset flips her for 2.

Max hits forearms and chops. NL kicks her in the gut then tiger drivers her for 2. NL cobra clutches her. Max high kicks her. NL superkicks her. They double clothesline each other. Max spinning heel kicks her. Max fisherman suplexes her. Max legdrops her over the back of the neck for 2. NL roundhouse kicks her for 2.

NL goes into the post off a missed charge. Max germans her. Max top rope crossbodies her and pins her.

Thoughts: It went better than you would think and trust me, this could have been a disaster. There wasn't a great story or anything but they did their moves relatively clean. I do think it could have been a bit shorter though. 

Je'Von Evans vs Harlem Lewis

HL rams him in the corner. He punches and stomps him there. Evans superkicks him and dropkicks him. Evans seated springboard headscissors him out. Evans suicide dives him. Evans corkscrew kicks him off the ropes for 2. 

Evans misses a top rope moonsault. Evans goes to springboard and is tripped. Lewis hits elbow drops and a low diving lariat. Lewis chops him. Evans hits forearms and Lewis tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him for 2. Lewis slaps him around. Evans hits forearms and punches.

Evans stomps him in the corner. Evans running lariats him. Evans spin kicks him in the back of the neck. Evans springboard lariats him. Evans goes for a springboard and is pushed into the post. Evans flying knees him. Evans double jump springboard cutters him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout. Both guys did what they were supposed to do with Lewis bullying him around some and Evans flying a bit. I would have liked to have seen Lewis throw him around a bit more. Evans won as expected. The announcers brought up Evans putting on some muscle and it is a bit noticeable.

Overall thoughts: We had 3 new matches as usual. None were particularly great. I'd say the opener was the best thing on here. The show was acceptable but you don't need to see this one.  

EPW Wrestling 5/16/2026 Episode #242

EPW Wrestling 5/16/2026 Episode #242

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/epw-wrestling-592026-episode-241.html

Gene Jackson and Joey Gross welcome us to the show.

The Order are interviewed by Jaxx Roxx. Jaxx brings up them not having titles anymore. Hollywood Jimmy says only Eli Knox has his belt and he's angry. He asks if we remember when Jimmy Valiant hit Jerry Lawler during his concert. He says he's angrier than Jerry. He asks if we remember when Bill Dundee's wife had to get her head shaved. He says he's angrier than that. Jimmy then pokes Jaxx.

Dorian Vain tells Jimmy to shut up. He says they haven't been operating at a team and says people are trying to take their legacy from them. Dorian says they aren't even in the intro and their legacy are being taken away. Izzy is asked where his partner Ethan Ross is and says that's his point. He says they are trying to take everything they created. 

Dorian says they gotta change. He says they were trying to change hearts and minds and be the best. Dorian says he wants to give EPW PTSD now. He says they are beneath taking titles. Dorian says he wants to take their opponents health away. He wants their opponents families and children feel the pain. He says Jimmy took weeks off and did some talking. He grabs Jimmy and says if he doesn't shape up, they are going to have a problem. 

Dorian's girlfriend (?) pulls him off and says they talked about this and tries to cool him off. She then pulls him away.

Thoughts: It appears that The Order lost the tag titles and Dorian Vain lost the world title at a live event, but I believe that's the first we heard of it.

Kale vs Mike Anthony

Mike is in full face mode here after seemingly turning more serious last week.

Kale hits Mike as he goes to get in. He stomps on him then stands on him. Kale hits forearms and chops. Mike lariats him down twice then overhead throws him for 2. Mike suplexes him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a quick squash and nothing more.

Zay Washington does a promo on Isaiah Cone. He says he wants Cone in 2 weeks in a ladder match for Cone's skateboard. He says he came here to take away everything from the people the fans love and says Cone is next.

Jaxx Ross interviews Big John Dalton. John says he's happy to be back and brings out his good friend from Missippi and it's Marko Stunt. Marko Stunt comes out. He says he's excited to be back and excited for what he has planned tonight.

John says Stunt has been a mentor for him. He says Stunt's brother beat him last time he was here. Stunt says that's not cool and don't bring up past stuff. John says they should team up tonight. John says "let me help you" to him. Stunt asks if John thinks he needs his help and can't get it done on his own. Stunt says he has done more wrestling shows than him. He says he's tired of the subtle disrespect. Stunt says John is lucky he let him carry his bags into the building. Stunt suggests they do a singles match and says he will show him what it takes to get on his level. Stunt then slaps him.

Thoughts: I don't think this segment worked. I'm not sure who the face or heel was supposed to be here but I think Stunt was supposed to be the face.

Mike says he's here to shut everything down. He says he failed to get consistency out of EPW. He says consistency is what you want and breathe on. He says he wants to get to the top of the mountain and he doesn't care how he gets there. He says he will shut down all our favorites.

Thoughts: It seems like the Mike Anthony cutting promos and the Mike Anthony who wrestles are two different people at this point.

Lil Bit vs Diana Taylor

They lock up. DT is backed up on the ropes. DT side slams her for 2 then chinlocks her. DT chinlocks her then low leg lariats her for 2. DT misses a corner charge. Bit drop toe holds her and pulls her arms back. Bit pump kicks her and rolling sentons her for 2. They trade forearms and kicks then high kick each other down at the same time. DT boots her and hits a snapmare driver. DT pins her.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout. They did the basics and mostly jumped right into the finishing stretch. It wasn't much of note.

Big John Dalton does a promo. He says he thought he was friends with Marko Stunt but Stunt slapped him. He challenges him for next week.

Elijah Owens vs Xero

EO offers a handshake then boots him. EO atomic drops him and bulldogs him for 2. Xero is hiptossed into the ropes and he armdrags off of it. Xero does a seated springboard armdrag. Xero's slingshot is caught and he takes a twisting neckbreaker down.

Xero goes up and over and backrolls him into a knee to the face for 2. Xero kicks him in the gut and knees him in the face. EO powerslams him for 2. EO chokes him. He hits punches. Xero kicks him then is flipped on a lariat. 

They trade shots and Xero jawbreakers him. Xero goes up top and mise a splash. EO turns Xero's mask around so he can't see. EO does like a spinning doi fives (called the self-made statement) and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout here. Xero moved well and I'd like to see him again. EO was an okay heel here and this went pretty well.

Marko Harris is interviewed. He says things didn't go well at the last live event. He says he doesn't know what's next but says he will get back on top somehow and someway. He says he will start again with Eli Knox and get his Apex Title back.

EPW Apex Title - Eli Knox (c) vs Marko Harris

MK side headlock takeovers him. Eli headscissors him. MK armlocks him. MK rolls him from the mat then dropkicks him. MK topes him outside. MK facekicks him outside. MK misses a charge outside and goes into the rails. 

MK is dropped body first on the rails. MK lariats him from behind and hits mounted punches. Eli chinlocks MK. MK hits punches and chops. Eli corner spears him. Marko overhead belly to belly suplexes him.

We go to break and return. MK slingblades him. Eli is thrown head first into the 2nd buckle then MK hits a chaos theory german for 2. The Order come out then Parental Advisory come out and fight them to the back. MK grabs the Apex Title and gives it to the ref. Eli pulls MK's neck against the ropes and fameassers him over the 2nd rope. Eli then pins him.

Thoughts: This was fine. Eli winning dirty should lead to a rematch and I'm sure something will come of The Order and Parental Advisory out of this. Eli took some good bumps, Marko had a nice dropkick as usual and they kept it moving.

Eli does a low fameasser after.

Overall thoughts: We had some okay action here for this level of wrestling. Mike Anthony needs to figure out whether he's going to be the smiling face or if he's going to be a more menacing guy. He won a quick squash here. Marko Stunt appeared but his segment didn't work. Lil Bit/Taylor wasn't much of note. I enjoyed Owens/Xero and would like to see more of Xero. The main was fine and was not clean as expected. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as there were a couple of things that could have been better here. This was average.

AEW Dynamite/Collision 5/20/2026

AEW Dynamite/Collision 5/20/2026

Last week's Dynamite is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/aew-dynamite-5132026.html

We are in Portland, ME. Taz, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary. 

We see The Young Bucks and Chris Jericho outside near a lightpost. The Bucks say CJ is one of AEW's founding fathers. CJ apologizes for beating up their dad. CJ says he's honored to team with them. The Bucks say their opponents won't know what hit them tonight. They then argue over what their team name should be. 

Chris Jericho and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs The Don Callis Family (Andrade el Idolo and Mark Davis) and Ricochet

CJ shoulders over Idolo. CJ chops him. Idolo flirts with women in the front row. CJ chops Idolo. Idolo takes a triple team in the corner. CJ dropkicks Idolo off the top. Idolo takes a fist drop + standing moonsault + springboard 450 combo from all 3 opponents. Mark slams and sentons a Buck.

CJ and Idolo's heads are banged together. A Buck hits punches on CJ and Idolo. He then shiranui's Idolo off of Ric. A Buck superkicks Mark outside. A Buck northern lights suplexes Idolo then rolls and drops Ric chest first on the mat. A Buck hits a double northern lights suplex. The Buck's hit stereo topes outside. CJ top rope plancha's on the heels outside.

We go to PiP break and return. A Buck walks up the ropes and does a diving headscissors + armdrag. CJ shoulders over Idolo. CJ top rope double axe handles Idolo then bulldogs him. All 6 men fight in the corners. The faces all hit mounted corner punches then do hurricanrana's down one by one. 

Idolo takes a double superkick then a codebreaker. Ric is thrown out. Idolo takes superkick from the Bucks. Mark is swept into a double superkick. Ric springboards into a double superkick. Idolo suplexes a Buck 3 times. Idolo suplexes one Buck onto the other. Idolo takes a BTE trigger. 

CJ lariats Ric over the top. CJ baseball slides Ric. Ric bangs CJ's head off the commentary table. BC backdrops Ric off a box through a table. Idolo spinning back elbows Mark on accident. Idolo takes a double superkick then a BTE trigger for 2. Clark Connors and David Finlay interfere. Finlay hits a Buck with his shillelagh and Idolo scores the pin to win on him.

Thoughts: I didn't like the comedic stuff here as it wasn't even timed well. It was the usual Bucks match otherwise with them doing a bunch of flips and superkicks. We didn't see a lot of Mark Davis in this for some reason. It was average and the finish wasn't great.

Toa Liona comes down and beats up one of The Bucks. Jack Perry comes out with a bag of onions. He hits Toa with them. Toa lariats him. Mark chokes Jack with a chair. Toa puts an onion in Jack's mouth.

The Hurt Business comes down to join the fight. The fight goes into the crowd. Lashley hits shots on Toa and hits a big spear.

We get a video on Okada vs Takeshita.

Darby Allin is interviewed. He says he feels all the bumps and bruises from all the title matches he has been in. He says it's a great feeling to be champ. He says MJF is vain and says without his hair, he will be eaten alive. He says he will do whatever it takes vs Speedball tonight. 

We get a video on MJF vs Darby.

Anything Goes Match - Tommaso Ciampa vs Mark Briscoe

TC has an anime button down shirt on for some reason. Mark comes out with a trash can backpack. Mark throws it in.

Mark hits punches on TC. TC punches back. Mark uppercuts him. Mark flying forearms him. TC dropkicks Mark in the knee and hits him in the back with a trash can. TC tries to grab a weapon out of the trash can and gets his hand caught on a mouse trap. Mark dropkicks him through the ropes. Mark breaks a mop on TC's back.

TC is put in a chair and Mark cannonballs him off the apron. Mark chokes TC with a chain. TC is put on a table. Mark is up top and TC throws him through the table. 

TC uses a cheese grater on Mark's head and immediately busts him open big. We go to PiP break and return. Mark sprays TC with a fire extinguisher. A ladder is in the ring. TC hits Mark with a metal sign. Mark hits forearms and exploders TC. 

Mark pounds on TC outside. Mark staples barbed wire to a table. TC hits Mark with a trash can. TC rakes Mark's face with barbed wire. Mark has paper stapled to his head. TC gets a kneepad with tacks on. TC is tripped into a ladder. 

Mark stabs TC with a screwdriver. Mark is suplexed into a ladder for 2. TC pumping knees Mark with the tacks. Mark puts two chairs back to back then iconoclasm's TC onto the top of them. Mark jaydrillers TC off the apron through a table. Mark froggy bows TC inside and wins.

Thoughts: It was all hardcore wrestling here with them using a bunch of different weapons and bleeding. It was alright but there wasn't much here beyond the hardcore stuff. 

Tony Schiavone talks in the ring. Prince Nana comes out and interrupts. He tells him to get out. Nana brings out Swerve Strickland. Bandido attacks Swerve from behind. Band sends him into the rails. Band knocks Swerve off the apron and tope con hilos him. Band sends Swerve into the steps. Nana grabs a chair and Band catches him. 

Swerve hits Band from behind. Swerve hits mounted shots. Band gorilla press slams Swerve with one arm. Band goes for a chair shot (after failing to catch it) and Swerve retreats.

Willow Nightingale says winning the TBS Title was one of the best moments of her career. She says she wanted to prove she's everything she says. She says she injured her shoulder vs Red Velvet. She says she wants to wrestle at Double or Nothing but she has to withdraw from the Owen Hart Tournament and vacate the TBS Title. She says she will be back but doesn't know when and will come back to the top. 

AEW Continental Title Eliminator Match - Jon Moxley (c) vs Kyle O'Reilly

Mox blocks a takedown and KOR arm locks him. Mox side headlocks him and takes him over. Kyle side headlocks him. Mox takes him down by the wrist. Kyle trips him. They grapple. Mox hits a big forearm and facekicks him.

Mox chops him in the corner. Kyle hits kicks and a legsweep. Kyle leg kicks him and suplexes him for 2. They trade forearms. Mox hits punches. Mox drops him with a gut punch. Mox eye rakes him then hits shots to the gut. 

Kyle back body drops Mox over the top rope. Kyle runs the ropes but hurts his ribs. Mox facekicks him. We go to PiP break and return. Kyle eye rakes him. Kyle hits leg kicks. Kyle flying forearms him then flying knees him. Kyle misses a rebound lariat and Mox goes for a sleeper.

Kyle snapmares him then top rope flying knees him. Kyle ankle locks him and Mox ropebreaks. Kyle facekicks Mox off the apron. They facekick each other at the same time and double lariat each other down. 

Kyle is up top and is hit with a forearm. Mox bites him and rakes his back. Mox superplexes him. Kyle armbars him then goes for the ankle lock. Mox bulldog chokes him. Kyle pulls Mox's arm down over the top rope. Kyle running corner dropkicks him. Mox utters Kyle then hits mounted shots. Kyle does a head and arm choke. Kyle exploders him. 

Mox hits up kicks and Kyle PK's him. They trade forearms. Mox misses a curbstomp and Kyle ankle locks him. The time limit then runs out.

Thoughts: It was as lower paced match with only a 20 minute time limit so it was obvious it was going the limit after a certain point. They sold a lot and traded a bunch of holds. It wasn't the most exciting bout ever but I'd say it was acceptable.

Kyle earns a title shot for surviving the 20 minute time limit. Kyle says he has a rematch and says it'll be no time limit when they face each other.  

Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida are interviewed about Willow Nightingale. Shida says they will fight for the tag titles and are so excited. Shida says they aren't here to fight tonight but to watch. Shida says their eyes are on the entire division. Shida moves down Kris' glasses. Kris tells her to watch herself. Kris then leaves.

Rush does a promo. He says if Darby Allin survives this week, he says he wants a title shot next week. He says he will win and says if you mess with the bull, you get the horns.

Athena, Julia Hart, Thekla and Skye Blue vs Thunder Rosa, Jamie Hayter, Alex Windsor and Mina Shirakawa

Rosa wristlocks her. Rosa headscissors her into a roll up. Rosa springboard twisting crossbodies her. Alex and SB get in and chop each other. SB takes a sunset flip and is booted in the head.

Mina spin kicks Thek then trips her. Mina basement dropkicks her from behind. Mina slingshot tornillo's Thek. We go to PiP break and return. Mina hits forearms on SB and is thrown back. Mina is put in the tarantula. Alex takes a hanging headscissors over the top. Ath goes to slam Mina and Mina escapes.

Mina flying headscissors Ath. Rosa hits lariats on SB. Rosa flying lariats her and dropkicks her against the bottom rope. Rosa northern lights suplexes her for 2. Everyone comes in to hit a move then leaves. The sequence ends with Ath hitting a euro on Rosa.

Ath goes for a dive and Mina kicks her to block it. Ath catches Mina off the apron. Mina spinning ddt's Ath on the floor. Rosa corner dropkicks Thek. SB superkicks Rosa then pumping knees her. SB takes a russian legsweep + kick outside. Hart mists Rosa and Thek rolls up Rosa to pin her.

Thoughts: It was all action. It didn't get a ton of time for how many people were involved and they definitely rushed things. They missed a few shots here but it wasn't that bad.

Jetspeed talk. Knight says they will become the face of AEW together like they drew it up. Knight says he will become AEW champ. Knight tells him not to forget about him when he wins the title as he wants to challenge him. Mike says he's on.

The Death Riders work out in the back. Mox is asked how things will be vs Kyle with no time limit. Mox says tonight wasn't a moral victory. He thanks Kyle for pushing him. He says Kyle did something extraordinary by tapping him out twice. Mox says Kyle rolled the dice tonight an won. He asks what Kyle's odds are and says the house finally wins. He says Game 7 is the only game that matters. He says when the game is on the line, does he miss? 

AEW World Title - Darby Allin (c) vs Mike Bailey

MJF comes out before the match starts to do commentary.

Mike kicks him down then 2nd rope dropkicks him. Mike corner corkscrew kicks him. Mike hits some kicks while DA is between the ropes. Mike then legsweeps him off the apron. Mike triangle moonsaults DA outside. DA is sent into the rails. Mike hits mounted shots on the floor and double knee drops DA. 

Mike slams him on the floor then double knee drops him off the steps. Mike is crotched on top of the rails. DA reverse ddt's him on the rail top. We go to PiP break and return. Mike hits him in the gut. DA puts the steps on Mike's bare foot. Mike superkicks him with the other foot.

DA topes Mike hard. DA blind springboards and is hit in the back. Mike superkicks him and misses ultimate weapon. DA top rope coffin drops Mike's back. DA goes for the pin and MJF helps Mike ropebreak. Kevin Knight runs down and gets in MJF's face.

Mike gets a 2 count on DA and roundhouse kicks him. Mike spinning roundhouse kicks him for 2. Mike PK's him then hits a standing moonsault double knee. Mike superkicks him.  

DA reverse ddt's him. DA scorpion deathlocks him. Mike rope breaks and DA top rope coffin drops him. DA scorpion deathlocks him. Mike taps out.

Thoughts: It was a very one-sided match with Mike getting a bunch of offense in before losing. Mike lost as expected. They didn't overdo it here too much. I would have liked a different finish in this. It was very fast paced and you'd miss something if you blinked. This was alright.

Kevin Knight tells Mike he's okay and says he give Darby the biggest fight of his life as Mike is half out of it. Kevin says he's proud of him. Kevin says Darby represents AEW and says it's up to him to humble MJF. Kevin says if he can beat MJF, he knows Darby can. Kevin says they will send MJF back to Turkey after shaving him bald. Kevin says they will be waiting on him after. Kevin says they are counting on him.

MJF then comes in when Kevin and Mike leave and nails Darby from behind. MJF then hits mounted shots on Darby. MJF grabs hair clippers. Darby stomps him from using them. Darby then grabs the clippers and MJF runs away. 

The Death Riders hype up Will Ospreay in the back. Garcia says he's got it.

Will Ospreay vs Katsuyori Shibata

KS runs at him and they battle for an armbar. KS offers a handshake and Will gives him in the finger. KS knees him in the face and throws him out. KS suplexes him on the apron then the floor. Will's head is banged off the apron. 

Will is put in a chair and KS boots him over. KS hits chops and forearms in the corner. Will running facekicks him. Will hits more forearms. KS flying facekicks him. Will facekicks him down.

Will slingshot plancha's him. We go to PiP break and return. They trade shots in the ring and Will handspring corkscrew kicks him. Will springboard flying forearms him for 2. Will armbars KS then hits Kawada kicks on him. Will chops him. KS front facelocks him. KS corner dropkicks him then underhook suplexes him for 2. 

KS kicks him in the back then Will does it back to him. Will back elbows him and falcon arrows him for 2. Will flying forearms him behind. Anthony Bowens comes out and interferes. KS hits a hidden blade on Will for 2.

Shafir and Claudio of The Death Riders come out. Shafir backs up Bowens. KS blows Will. Will powerbombs him off a triangle attempt then hits a styles clash. Will hidden blades him from behind and wins.

Thoughts: It was one of Shibata's better AEW matches. They were able to work around his weaknesses and the two were able to work together despite being very different wrestlers. This was an interesting match and I liked this.

Samoa Joe comes out. He says Will's friends came to his rescue again. Joe says he will have Will all to himself soon. He says he came out to check on his friends and Will made a choice not to be his friend. He says he will make him suffer those consequences at Double or Nothing. Joe says he will give him his dream match and says he guarantees he will have put him to sleep. 

Will says the match is a dream come true but says Joe says it's a nightmare situation. Will talks about wanting to win the Owen Hart Tournament goes to fight for the title at Wembley Stadium. He says The Death Riders killed the old him and rebuilt him into a killer. Will says he will be champion.

Adam Copeland and Christian Cage talk. Cope says he met him in 6th grade and found out they both love wrestling. He says they did everything together. Cope says FTR wants to kill their connection and their tag team. Cope says he wants the best version of FTR and wants to make them say "I Quit". Cage says FTR made questionable decisions. Cage says when you are born you look like your family and when you die, you look like your choices. Cage says they will f*ck them up.

Rush vs. TJ Crawford

They shake hands and Rush doesn't let go. Rush forearms him down. Rush chops him in the corner then stomps on him there. Rush then does his corner basement dropkick and pins him.

Thoughts: It was the usual Rush squash and Rush won as expected.

Rush does his "get the horns" line after. 

AEW Women's World Tag Team Title Five Minute Challenge Eliminator Match - Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) vs Elle Valentine & Kayla Lopez

Rnee talks in the aisle and Lena says let's see how long this will last into the mic. 

Meg rams her opponent in the corner and hits corner spears. Elle chops her from behind. Elle's head is banged off the buckles and Meg lariats her. Meg hits bolo punches in the corner. Lena corner splashes Elle then hits back elbows on her. Lena spinning side slams her. 

Lena superkicks Lopez then hits corner shots. Lena pump kicks her and Meg facekicks her. Meg release germans Lopez. Lena's team suplexes one of the jobbers and throws the other one onto her. Meg chokeslams Lopez and Lena picks up the pin.

Thoughts: It was all squash as expected with Lena's team running over their opponents. 

AEW World Tag Team Title Match - FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c) vs. The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong)

FTR attack before the bell. OC gets a 2 count on Dax. FTR start waling to the back and RS hits them in the aisle. OC top rope elbow drops FTR outside. RS hits chops on Dax. Dax is back body dropped. Dax takes a fireman's carry gutbuster and Dax is pulled out by Cash.

We go to PiP break and return. Dax chinlocks RS. RS and Dax trade chops. RS backbreakers Dax. RS chops Cash then they double lariat each other. Cash blocks a spinning ddt. Dax is pushed into Cash. OC does an assisted sunset flip on Dax for 2.

RS lariats Dax over the top. RS topes Dax. Dax spinebusters OC for 2. Cash drops OC with a punch. Cash hits punches on OC then chops him. Cash cobra clutches him. OC throws him over. Dax piledrivers OC for 2. We go to PiP break and return. OC is double teamed in the corner. Cash misses a flying move in the corner. RS leg lariats Dax then flying lariats Dax. 

RS olympic slams Dax. RS throws OC into the heels then throws him into a ddt on Cash. RS dropkicks Dax through the ropes for 2. OC avoids a shatter machine and gets a 2 count on Cash. FTR mock OC with weak kicks and pretend to put their hands in their pockets. OC cradles Dax for 2 after RS flying kicks Cash. 

Dax lariats OC down. Stokeley tries to hit OC and misses. OC is sent into him. OC gets hit with a shatter machine. RS lariats Cash over the top and goes with him. OC backslides Dax for 2. Stoke hits OC with his watch and Dax pins OC.

Thoughts: FTR won as expected, though it took a while. OC didn't screw around so much, so it was more tolerable. FTR also showed OC how you do the pocket spot - by being a heel and mocking someone with it, not by doing it as a fake. I was fine with this one and it was alright.

Overall thoughts: The opener was average. I liked the match with Ciampa/Briscoe but it was mostly just hardcore wrestling. Mox/Kyle was slower paced and they kind of telegraphed that they would be going the time limit. It was acceptable though. The women's 8-man tag wasn't bad. I was fine with Darby/Bailey. Shibata/Ospreay was one of Shibata's better AEW bouts and I liked that more than expected. Rush and Divine Dominion won squashes. The AEW Tag Title match was fine a OC didn't get to screw around so much and it got enough time to play out. It was a long show at over 3 hours and they did their best to account for most of the main players. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as it was okay and they gave us some good matches right before the PPV.

WWE Evolve 5/20/2026

WWE Evolve 5/20/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/wwe-evolve-5132026.html

We are the Performance Center in Orlando, FL. Blake Howard and Peter Rosenberg are on commentary.

Kam Hendrix does a promo. He says Tate Wilder has been playing games with them for months. Tate says Kam and Harley made his life a living hell. Tate says he has made it his mission to prove he doesn't lay down. Kam says Tate keeps getting up like he likes punishment. Kam says he will put him down for good. Tate says he will put him down. 

Anya Rune vs Layla Diggs

Layla has Masyn Holiday with her.

They lock up. AR armdrags her and side headlock takeovers her. Veronica Haven and Gianna Capri are in the VIP Lounge. AR rolls up LD then armdrags her. LD leg lariats AR then full nelsons her. AR rolls her up for 1. AR upkicks her then backslides her. LD hits kicks on her and step up enzugiri's her. LD legdrops and elbow drops her.

LD full nelsons her again. LD missing a flying pumping knee. AR hits forearms and drops her. AR running corner euros her then high kicks her. AR takes her down for 2. LD flips out of lariat and overhead kicks her for 2. LD standing moonsaults her. LD hits a very nice top rope moonsault on AR and wins.

Thoughts: It was a short bout but it was fine. Diggs' moonsault at the end looked good. They called Diggs an Evolve vet here but she's still not exactly a full-timer on this show.

Capri comes in and Masyn tells her to shut up. Capri ends up leaving.

Timothy Thatcher does a video. He says he's the foreman but is active on the indy scene and is a player/coach. He says the talents we see here are available to wrestle at local indies. He says there's ROW, Freelance Wrestling, Memphis Wrestling and Rocky Mountain Pro. He says when he comes to your promotion, he's there to wrestle and scout.

Thoughts: These are always so weird when WWE does these every now and then. It's like something the AWA would do and doesn't seem very high quality. 

The Mog Squad talk before the next match. They make fun of It's Gal. CJ Valor says it's time they take care of Starboy. CJ says he's got this and tells his partners to hit the tanning bed while he goes out alone.

Chazz "Starboy" Hall vs CJ Valor

They lock up and Str is pulled down off of it. CJ shoulders Star over. Star spin kicks him in the face then hits mounted corner punches. Star spinning heel kicks him. Star flips over him then superkicks him in the gut. Star goes for a shiranui but is hit with snake eyes.

CJ running lariats him. CJ powerslams him for 2. CJ corner lariats him. They pieface each other. Star hits shots to the gut. CJ elbow drops him then twists his head. CJ hits headbutts then misses an elbow drop. Star spin kicks him. Star jawbreakers him and high kicks him. Star springboard flying headscissors him. Star high kicks him and hits a standing shirauni. Star standing corkscrew moonsaults him for 2. 

Star pulls CJ over the top and and asai moonsaults him outside. Star is caught off the buckles. Star rolls him up off the electric chair for 2. Star enzugiri's him. Star top rope ssp's him and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't think they had CJ throw Star around enough which hurt some of his comeback. The match got a little better near the end when Star flew around. I thought it was average though. CJ not having his partners around made him the underdog in this.  

Laynie Luck talks to Wendy Choo. She says this is Choo's moment. Luck says their match wasn't what either of them had in mind. Choo says Nikkita and Sloane tried to ruin it. Choo says they are sick of the sneak attacks and suggests a tag match for next week.

Chuey Martinez brings out Tristan Angels and Aaron Rourke for an Evolve Title contract signing ceremony. The fans say TA's "order" line and he says the fans don't say that, he does. TA says AR became an overnight success when he won the Evolve Title. He says he has blinded all the idiots and convinced them to clock in. He says he's not convinced though. 

TA says AR is a lucky man. He says if he debuted in Evolve sooner, AR's reign wouldn't have happened. TA says he will take the title and burn Sparkle City to the ground. AR says is TA is done and got it all out. AR tells TA to call him Mr. Evolve. AR says TA's face breaks each mirror he walks by and asks him how much he cost Evolve in mirrors. The crowd chants "ugly" at TA.

AR says his beauty standards are different and it's how you treat people. He says TA is nothing more than an ugly narcissist. They argue and security pushes TA down. 

Thoughts: This was a dumb segment with a pageant winner being called ugly.

Harlem Lewis comes out. He says he talked to Thatcher and it's official - he's gets Braxton Cole 1v1. He says he will bust his face in and he better get the best cosmetic surgeon he can find.

Chuey then sees Elijah Holyfield. He says he's here to knock fools out but is just checking out the scene today. 

Nikkita Lyons and Sloane Jacobs talk in the back. Sloane says she's ordering boxes of tissues for Luck and Choo to cry into. Sloane say she has wrestled Luck all over the indies and there's nothing more she likes than watching her big chance get ruined. Sloane says they will accept the tag match and get Nikkita back in contention. Nikkita says she will get her title match once she pins Choo. 

Kam Hendrix vs Tate Wilder

They crossbody each other at the same time and both go down. Tate boots and euros him. Tate hits punches then goes up and over. Tate flying shoulders him down. Tate tries to slingshot in and is forearmed. Kam drops Tate's face over his knee. 

Kam elbows Tate's neck outside. Kam suplexes Tate on the apron. Tate is thrown over the rail into the VIP Lounge area. Tate pulls Kam into that area. They hockey right. Tate jumps off the couch with a crossbody on Kam. Tate is back body dropped onto the apron edge.

We go to break and return. Kam suplexes Tate for 2. Kam cobra clutches Tate. Kam throws him down backwards for 2. Kam hits Tate in the gut. Tate boots him out of the corner. Tate hits punches and running forearms. Tate flying shoulders him. Tate neckbreakers him for 2. Kam spinebusters him then sitout powerbombs him for 2.

They trade shots on their knees. Kam superkicks him and hits a big punch. Tate backdrops Kam. Tate top rope moonsaults Kam for 2. Harley Riggins comes out. Tate is distracted. Romeo Moreno flying kicks Harley from the side. Tate suplexes Kam. Tate top rope 180 splashes Kam and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable but not quite as great as they planned. I don't think it was heated enough for the long term issues they have had and they didn't get too violent. Kam loses yet another big match...

Timothy Thatcher talks to Elijah Holyfield. Chuey asks him what's going on with Elijah. Thatcher says he will address it next week.

Overall thoughts: It was an average episode of Evolve and not one of my favorite episodes of the show. Rune/Diggs was just acceptable. Hall/Valor wasn't as good as it should have been. The Aaron Rourke segment didn't work at all. The main was alright but not as good as it should have been. I'd still say it was the best match on the show though. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as nothing was that great here, there were a lot of people missing and there were a decent amount of things not followed up on.

WXM Ground Zero 4/25/2026 Episode 18

WXM Ground Zero 4/25/2026 Episode 18

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wxm-ground-zero-4182026-episode-17.html

Jonny Loquasto and Dave Bradshaw are on commentary.

Jeet does announcement with Bobby B. He says a masked man entered the Performance Center and attacked Raj the Maharajah. He says Raj is banned from WXM until he is medically cleared. He says he is keeping safety in mind and it's necessary. 

The commentators talk about tonight's show. We have:

XWM Heavyweight Title Tournament - Avi vs Charles Sterling

Kaptaan and Veera vs The Burner Brothers (Ricky and Scott Burner)

XWM Heavyweight Title Tournament - Guru vs Mecca

B2B (Regner & Suraj) vs Fateh The Zamindar and Dev

WXM Tag Titles - JAI Connection (Baliyan Akki and Anthony Green) (c) vs Robbie X and Jack Morris

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XWM Heavyweight Title Tournament - Avi vs Charles Sterling

Char has Lady Sterling with him. They lock up and Char armlocks him. Char wristlocks him then throws him over by the arm. Avi side headlock takeovers him. Avi flying headscissors him then dropkicks him.

Avi misses a top rope move and is lariated. Char suplexes him then backbreakers him. Char kneels on his back and chinlocks him. Avi forearms him. Char forearms him in the spine. Avi pump kicks him. Avi goes up top but is in pain. Char crotches him then backdrop uranage's him. Char pins Avi.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout and it was fine. Avi was the underdog and got beaten as expected. 

Donovan Dijak interrogates Skyler and has his hands all chained up. Dijak tells him to open the box up on the table. Skyler shows him it and it's a barbell. Skyler says his fingerprints are on it and he might want to check for more. Dijak asks why he's helping him. Skyler says his partner has outlived his forgiveness. He says he likes starting fires and watching them get bigger until nobody can stop it. Dijak says he's sick and Skyler says he's been sick his entire life. He says he has an itch in the back of his head that won't go away. He says when he sees the WXM Title, the itch goes away. Skyler says he'd hurt anyone to wear it and would burn everything. Dijak says he has work to do.

The Zamindar Gang head to the ring and Lady Katherine is asked why there's so much security. Katherine says they saw how weak security was and don't want to take chances in case Raj shows up. 

Kaptaan and Veera vs The Burner Brothers (Ricky and Scotty Burner)

Ricky is the bald one and Scotty has the long hair.

Rick shoves Veera down then side headlocks him. Rick shoulders him over. Veera jumps up and is powerbombed down. Rick chops Veera hard then slaps him. Rick gorilla press throws Veera into a Scott open hand shot.

Veera's head is banged off the buckles and he is chopped. Scott knocks Kap off the apron. Veera hits shots on Rick then Rick lariats Veera down. Veera is thrown into a german from Rick. Rick gets a 2 count on him.

Veera chops his opponents. They try to sandwich him but hit each other. Kap comes in and hits forearms and kicks on Rick. Kap basement dropkicks him. Kap hits a corner spear, an apron enzugiri then a springboard diving lariat. Kap facekicks Rick. 

Rick blocks Kap's springboard and slams him on the floor. Veera is double thrown into a neckbreaker + sitout powerbomb and Veera is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a little one-sided but the faces got a comeback in before going down. The Burner's aren't the prettiest but they hit hard and do come across as tough guys. Veera really got thrown here. I was fine with this.

Jeet wants to talk to Fateh and muscles his security guards around. Bobby B interrupts and says to let the guards go. Bobby says Fateh says he wouldn't come unless he could have his own security. Jeet says WXM has turned into a circus.

The interviewer talks to Zack Sabre Jr. Zack says he's having a great time and says WXM is impressive. He says the fans have been amazing and he will come back. He says he's leaving undefeated and they gave him a good run for his money. He says Kevin Malik is special and he expects big things from him. 

Robbie X and Jack Morris interrupt. Jack says it looks like Zack is running away scared from them. Zack says he has a flight to catch but says to talk to him next them are over in Japan.  

XWM Heavyweight Title Tournament - Guru vs Mecca

Mecca has Fateh's guards with him. 

They lock up and Guru is pushed back. Mecca pulls him down off the next lock up. Guru side headlocks him. Mecca shoulders him over. Guru spin kicks him in the head and corner dropkicks him twice. One of the guards gets in the ring. Mecca gains the edge off of it and drops Guru with a punch.

Mecca foot chokes him then corner hip attacks him several times. Mecca corner splashes him for 2. Guru hits shots to the gut. Mecca pop up samoan drops him for 2. Guru hits leg kicks and punches. Guru hits forearms. Mecca headbutts him. 

Guru corner euros him then bulldogs him. Guru backdrops him. Guru topes Mecca and the guards outside. Guru dropkicks Mecca into the steps. Guru top rope elbow drops him and pins him.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. Mecca threw him around and squashed him with splashes. Guru did some flying and eventually picked up the win. It was acceptable but it went a little long and I think the first half of this needed more.

Kanji does a problem. She says her dad is Indian and his family liked wrestling. She says she watched wrestling with her family and her and her cousins said they wanted to be wrestlers. She says her dad passed away before she started wrestling but her grandparents were happy to see her wrestling. She says she's so proud to be here. She says she wanted to come here and show that everyone an unknown wrestler says is wrong about India.

JD Lee is laughing at stuff on his phone. He sees Ikemen Jiro dancing with people. He tells Jiro to stop and says this is stupid. He says Jiro's here for a fight. Jiro dances again and he says he's still stupid. He pulls Jiro away.

Neel is interviewed. He says he's waiting for Dijak to provide an update on the investigation. Big Damo comes in. He says it was a hell of a war last week. Damo says he'd be cracking skulls if someone was attacking hm. He tells him to start acting like a beast and stop acting like the gentle giant.

Jack Morris asks Robbie X if he's ready. X says he's always ready. Jack says let's not hit Anthony Greene in the face today. Jack says they have a lot of history together and asks that they avoid attacking his injured face. X isn't going for it. Jack says do whatever it takes to win, but don't hit him in the face.

WXM Tag Titles - JAI Connection (Baliyan Akki and Anthony Green) (c) vs Robbie X and Jack Morris

Mei Suruga is with JAI. AG has a protective face mask on.

Jack backs up AG on the ropes and taps his face mask. AG side headlocks him then shoulders him over. AG blcoks a hiptoss. They try to boot each other at the same time and let go of their legs at the same time. They then hug. 

X tags himself in. He boots AG and tries to punch him in the face. Jack yells at X for it. Akki gets in and the four argue. X hit punches on Akki. Akki shoulders him over then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. 

X spits at AG. Jack knees Akki from the apron. Akki boots X out of the corner. Akki is up top and X cartwheels into a pele kick on him. Jack clubs on Akki then knees him in the head for 2. Jack abdominal stretches Akki. Akki hiptosses him. X gets into Mei's face outside. Akki flying headscissors Jack.

AG gets in and hits back elbows on X. He corner chops him. X goes up and over then spin kicks him in the gut. AG superkicks X then AG flips him off a backdrop for 2. X pushes JAI into each other. X handspring kicks his opponents off the apron then he slingshot plancha's Akki.

X standing ssp's Akki. Jack top rope splashes Akki for 2. Jack falcon arrows Akki for 2. Akki hits kicks on Jack then lariats him. Jack tries to pin Akki with his feet on the ropes and AG stops him. AG superkicks X outside. Akki rolls up Jack and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a decent tag bout here with Jack and AG trying to be friendly towards each other and Robbie X being a bit more heelish. Akki wasn't bad as the undercard face and I thought this worked out well. 

The four stand in the ring after. Akki offers a handshake and X shakes his hand. Jack and AG shake hands. Jack kicks him in the nuts. X dropkicks Akki out. X then takes off Jack's protective face mask. Zack Sabre Jr. comes out and saves AG. Zack euros the heels and throws AG out. Venomous then attacks Zack. Venomous grabs a chair then Kevin Malik comes out. Malik and Venomous go head to head but they don't fight. 

Axel Tischer is interviewed. He says he hasn't been here due to Jeet not wanting him here. He says Jeet has a problem with him since he embarrassed his golden boys. Axel says he's here to stay and has big plans for WXM.

Skyler is told Samuray del Sol is looking for him. Neel then grabs Skyler and throws him into chairs. He chokes him and demands he tell him who the masked man was. Skyler tells him to ask Dijak as he already told him. Neel leaves and Skyler laughs.

B2B (Regner & Suraj) vs Fateh The Zamindar and Dev

Suraj is the smaller one with the braids. 

Fateh has his whole crew and guards with him. Dev and Fateh attack B2B before the bell rings. Fateh drops Suraj. Suraj cartwheels out of a wristlock and is tripped. Suraj headscissors Fateh then corner splashes him. Suraj rolls Dev into Fateh. Suraj dropkicks Dev.

Suraj dropkicks Dev in the knee. Reg legdrops Dev on the back of the neck. Suraj is sent into the steps. Reg is lariated onto Dev's double knees. Fateh hits mounted shots on Reg.

Dev boots Reg in the gut. Dev taunts Reg then stomps his gut. Fateh euros Reg in the back of the neck for 2. Reg enzugiri's Dev and tags out. Suraj comes in and flying forearms Dev. He high kicks him then single leg dropkicks him. Suraj top rope crossbodies Dev.Reg superkicks Fateh out. 

Suraj top rope plancha's Dev and overshoots a bit. Reg's tope is caught by Fateh then Fateh superkicks him. Suraj is sent into the rails. Fateh flying cutters Reg and pins him.

Thoughts: Dev's gotta work on his work a little as he comes off a bit clumsy. It was acceptable but nothing too special. B2B needed to do a little more here and the finish could have been better.

Raj gets behind Dev and Fateh while wearing security gear. He clears them away with a night stick and beats up the guards. Raj cobra clutch slams a guard and Raj stands tall as the heels yell at him.  

Overall thoughts: The wrestling was fine here. Nothing was bad. The tag title match was the best match on the show and had some good stories in it. Raj returned at the end despite being banned which wasn't too shocking. As always, they have some decent in-ring action along with some good storylines and they just get wrestling. These shows are always easy and fun watches and this was no exception. I'd give it a 6 out 10 and I thought it was good.