EPW Wrestling 6/20/2026 Episode #247

EPW Wrestling 6/20/2026 Episode #247

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/epw-wrestling-6132026-episode-246.html

Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are on commentary.

Mike Anthony vs Wonder Boy

Mike offers a handshake then boots him. WB hits 2 dropkicks then corner flying forearms him. WB dropkicks him again then hits another flying forearm. Mike avoids an up and over and germans WB. We go to break and return. 

Mike facekicks WB down and clubs him. Mike backdrops him for 2. Mike hits some kind of powerslam + back body drop combo. Mike then does WB's pose and stomps him. WB hits shots on Mike and Mike back elbows him. 

Mike backdrops him. Mike gets on the 2nd rope and WB throws him down. WF hits running forearms. WB goes up and over and headscissors him off of it. WB flying lariats Mike for 2. WB avoids a claymore kick. Mike hits a nasty brainbuster and pins WB.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad. Mike's brainbuster looked real nasty here and WB flew around a little. Mike was finally a bit more serious after promising to be more serious a few weeks ago.

Elijah Owens is interviewed. Sarah the interviewer calls him lucky. EO says it's all skill. He says he had wins and no one stopped him. Xero comes in and signals that he was "this close" to beating him. EO says he beat him and offers to face him again and see what happens.

Elijah Owens vs Xero

Xero ducks a shot from behind, enzugiri's him and rolls up for 2. Xero throws EO out. Xero topes him. Xero rolls into a cutter on EO for 2. Xero enzugiri's him off the ropes. EO knees him in the face. Xero sits up top and is forearmed.

EO 2nd rope powerslams him for 2. They trade shots. Xero flying back elbows him. Xero does a rebound of the ropes into a splash on EO. Xero hits forearms. Xero sunset flips him and pins him.

Thoughts: Xeo didn't get to fly a lot here which limited some of this. This should lead to another match between them though. I thought they had some of the right idea though with Xero doing underdog offense.

EO gets upset after and kicks the ropes.

Judy Lee Taylor is interviewed. She says she comes from a snake farm in Alabama. She says she wants the title and tells Madi the American Badi to watch out. She says her name might be "Sweet", but it's a different story in the ring.

Commission K-Swiss comes out and is interviewed by Jaxx Ross. Swiss hasn't been around lately and says Downtown Bruno put him in anger management classes to work on his anger. Swiss says he needed it. He says he thought about what is important to him. He says it's EPW. He says his wife, kids and the EPW fans are most important to him.

Jaxx says Downtown Bruno has a video for Swiss. They play the video. Bruno says he will be back in EPW soon but says he is watching every single episode and watching everything that goes on. He says he has a new announcement that will test Swiss' anger management and maybe make him angry. He tells him that it relates to his "Mama always says it be's like that sometimes" phrase. 

Swiss says he's a changed person and says he will prove to Bruno and the company that he is a changed person. He says it be's that way sometimes.

Madi Monroe vs vs Judy Lee Taylor

Judy wristlocks her. MM rolls out and cartwheels out. Judy then shoulders her over and armdrags her. Judy armlocks her. Judy drives her into the mat with the arm and gets a 2 count. Judy dropkicks her.

Judy misses a dropkick. MM pounds on Judy. MM running euros Judy's back and germans her. Judy jawbreakers her and bangs her face off the buckles. Judy back elbows her. Judy racks her then MM codebreakers her for the win as Raven Black watches.

Thoughts: It was a basic bout and nothing too special. Judy's still green but didn't botch anything and at least she is a new face around here.

Raven Black signals to Madi that she wants the belt.

Sevyn Cruz vs Jared X Rawlings

Sev chokes him in the corner off the lock up. Jared pulls Sev's hair. Jared hits japanese armdrags. Jared stomps him and standing moonsaults him for 2. Sev pele kicks him in the arm and bangs his head off the buckles. Sev pulls Jared's arm around the top rope.

Jared back elbows him then step up knees Sev in the corner. Jared 2nd rope dropkicks him. Sev hits shots to the gut. Sev rolling neckbreakers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was so-so. I'm not a big fan of Sevyn. He worked the arm but the finish had nothing to do with the arm. Jared can fly some but only got to do a little of it here.

The Order (Dorian Vain and Eli Knox) vs "Cowboy" James Storm and Aaron Roberts

AR and DV stare down. AR hits punches and slams DV. Eli and Storm get in. We go to break and return. Eli punches Storm and poses. Storm hits punches on Eli then Storm hip tosses him. Storm enzugiri's him from the apron. Storm ddt's him for 1.

DV lariats Storm from the apron. DV chokes Storm on the ropes with his leg. Eli bangs Storm's head off the buckles. Storm back elbows Eli and punches DV. Eli blocks Storm's tag but Storm tags out anyway. AR comes in and drops The Order. AR fallaway slams Eli then spinebusters DV for 2. 

Eli clips AR then DV flatliners AR for 2. DV grabs his title belt. Nyxx takes it away from him. They argue. AR exploders Eli and DV heads to the back. Storm superkicks Eli then AR butt drops Eli for the pin.

Thoughts: There wasn't a lot of time left in the show so I figured a fuzzy ending was coming. At least that was tolerable though. The work was fine but it was not their best due to the limited time they had.

Overall thoughts: The opener was acceptable and Owens/Xero had the right idea in their match. Judy/Madi was a bit basic. I didn't love the Cruz/Rawlings match that much. The main was acceptable but the length and finish handicapped it. Matches tend to be on the shorter end in EPW which often limits the quality. Nothing was awful here but nothing was must see either. I'd give this show a 5 out of 10 as it was average overall.