EPW Wrestling 5/9/2026 Episode #241

EPW Wrestling 5/9/2026 Episode #241

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/epw-wrestling-522026-episode-240.html

Joey Gross and Gene Jackson are on commentary.

Mike Anthony does a promo. He says he's back in EPW for one reason. He says everyone from this point forward is on notice. He says step up and get stepped on. He says, "Welcome to the nightmare".

Moses Cain takes on Daniel Nova tonight. Mike Anthony will be in action as well.

Mike Anthony vs Jabari Young

They lock up and Mike backs off. JY boots and punches him. Mike punches back. Mike hits a corner splash. Mike hits mounted corner punches then hits corner chops. JY death valley drivers him for 2. We go to break and return.

JY chinlocks Mike. JY dropkicks him for 2. JY hits mounted punches. JY stun guns him and running facekicks him for 2. 

JY goes up top and is enzugiri'd. Mike superplexes him down. JY flying kicks him for 2. Mike boots him in the gut and brainbusters him. Mike wins.

Thoughts: It was the wrong match for what they were doing here. Mike cut a tough guy promo before this where he made it seem like he would kick some butt. Instead, Young got most of the offense here and Mike got less offense if anything.

CJ Blaine goes up to Elijah Owens. He says Owens got lucky by beating Moses Cain. Owens insults him and CJ says let's see how lucky he can get. Owens says it sounds like a challenge. 

Ethan Steele vs Enrico Sterdivant

Ethan slaps him and Enrico spin kicks him in the gut. Enrico corkscrew kicks him and broski boots him in the corner for 2. 

Enrico misses a corner splash and Ethan clips him. Ethan boots him in the corner. Ethan hits leg kicks and eye rakes him. Enrico powerslams Ethan for 2. Enrico forearms him then hits stiff kicks in the corner while Ethan is down. Ethan kicks him in the leg. Ethan hits punches on Enrico then Enrico pop-up knees him. Enrico germans him. Enrico spinning backdrops him and wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. Ethan got nasty with Enrico then Enrico stiffed him back. This turned into a bit of a war.

Elijah Owens vs CJ Blaine

They lock up and EO rolls him up for 1. CJ la magistral's him then rolls him into a pin attempt. CJ side headlocks him. CJ enzugiri's EO. EO backbreakers and neckbreakers CJ. EO chokes him on the 2nd rope. EO basement dropkicks him for 2. EO suplexes him. EO sleepers him. 

CJ enzugiri's EO. CJ springboard dropkicks him. CJ hits chops. CJ slips on a springboard forearm. CJ dropkicks him and flying headscissors her. CJ 619's him. CJ goes up top and EO rolls out. CJ plancha's him off the apron then hits mounted shots on the floor. EO punches him back and throws him into the post. EO goes to get back in the ring but CJ holds onto his leg and purposely keeps him out. Both men get counted out.

Thoughts: CJ purposely cost EO the match here likely due to EO being on a lucky win streak and EO messing with him earlier in the show. I'm not a big fan of people essentially throwing matches, but I think I see the logic in this.

EO gets upset after and is crying about the result. 

Moses Cain vs Daniel Nova

Nova's doing some kind of rave gimmick.

They lock up. MC backs him up in the corner. They lock up again and Dan is put in the corner again. Dan backs him up in the corner and MC shoves him down. MC hits punches and stomps in the corner. Dan hits punches and MC facekicks him. 

Dan's head is banged off the buckles. MC hits shots to the gut then punches him down. MC chokes him then double axe handles him in the gut. MC chops him in the corner. MC misses a corner charge. Dan is caught coming off the 2nd rope and MC spinebusters him. MC splashes him for 2.

MC sleepers him. Dan hits elbows to the gut to escape. Dan hits some big lariats. Dan 2nd rope diving lariats him and pins him.

Thoughts: Nova winning was a big upset here. Nova's gotta get some new gear. MC is a bit careful and doesn't move the best but they had the right idea here. Nova hit some good looking lariats and it was hoss vs hoss in this bout. I liked it. 

Parental Advisory (Hunter Dabbs and Dakota Gage) vs Slaughterhouse (#1 and #2)

Note - The announcers said they don't know what Slaughterhouse's names are. I'm going with #1 and #2.  #1 is wearing green and #2 is wearing red.

The heels nail Advisory from behind while Advisory wait for them. Gage gets slammed and stomped on. Gage chops one of his opponents and tags out. Dabbs is caught coming off the top. He hits leg kicks on #1. Gage joins in and PA hit a double buzzsaw kick. #2 takes a double superkick.  Dabbs topes #2 outside. 

Dabbs corner euros #1 then Gage corner spears that guy. #1 knees Gage in the gut then bangs his head off the buckles. #1 corner splashes Gage then #2 side slams Gage. #2 pulls on Gage's face. #2 stands on Gage's back.

Gage is snapmared with a shirt and choked with it by #1. Gage hits a flying back elbow on #1. Dabbs step up enzugiri's #2 then dropkicks him in the knee. Dabbs step up double stomps #2. #2 takes a flatliner. Dabbs goes up top and Reverend Ash Taylor trips him, causing a DQ.

Thoughts: It was alright. The announcers basically said Slaughterhouse are influenced by The Moondogs and I agree as they have wild hair, ripped up jeans and beards. They look like drunks and ruffians. What we got was fine but I probably would have had Slaughterhouse destroy PA here instead. However, they made up for some of it after.

#1 spears Gage after. Dabbs is whipped into a chokeslam from #2. #2 then slams #1 onto Advisory.

Overall thoughts: It was acceptable but it was not one of my more favorite editions of EPW. I had an issue with 3 of the 5 matches here. I thought Young/Anthony had the wrong match for the story they had. Enrico/Ethan got stiff and I liked it. They had the right idea for Owens/Blaine, but I didn't like Blaine costing himself the match. Cain/Nova was an okay hoss match. The main should have been a bit more one-sided, but they did make up for it some after. I would give this show an average 5 out of 10 rating.