Reality of Wrestling 5/23/2026 GLORY 11

Reality of Wrestling 5/23/2026 GLORY 11

Brad Gilmore welcomes everyone to the show and thanks the people for coming.

Vin Park vs Quentin Wynters

They lock up. Wynters back him up in the corner and poses. Vin backs him up in the corner then is shoved. Vin hits armdrags. Wynters shoulders him over. Vin hiptosses him and Wynters up kicks him. Vin crucifixes him for 2. Vin la magistral's him for 2 then armlocks him. Wynters hits forearms and punches. Vin dropkicks him and slams him. 

Wynters snapmares him and boots him in the gut. Wynters back elbows him and hits a big facekick for 2. Vin is dropped throat first on the top rope. Wynters knees him in the gut for 2. Wynters pulls his arms back. Vin northern lights suplexes him for 2. 

Wynters double throat thrusts him and gordbusters him. Vin jawbreakers him and has his head banged off the buckles. Vin back elbows him and kicks him from the ropes. Vin top rope crossbodies him. Vin lariats and powerslams him for 2. Josiah Jean interferes when Vin gets on the buckles. Vin knocks him off the buckles then plancha's him outside.

Wynters hits him from behind. Vin hits a skull crushing finale on Wynters and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. Vin wasn't a real strong face here. It was a slower match and Vin needed to make things a bit more exciting here. 

Daniel Alexandro vs CJ Valor

CJ has been here a lot recently as Jimmy House.

They lock up. Dan hammerlocks him then CJ side headlocks him. Dan wristlocks him, CJ cartwheels out and takes him down. CJ rolls him up. CJ gorilla press drops him. Dan clubs him. CJ grabs him by the throat. CJ is pulled face first into the buckles. Dan ushigoroshi's him for 1. 

Dan hits knees to the gut and brainbusters him. Dan cobra twists him. CJ hiptosses him to escape. Dan slips off the buckles. CJ rolls him up for 2. CJ spin kicks him in the gut then uppercuts him. Dan powerslams him for 2. 

Dan full-nelson slams him for 2. CJ drops him off the top rope and top rope diving shoulders him. CJ hit a chaos theory german. CJ charges into Dan's knee. CJ spinebusters him for the pin.

Thoughts: Dan had a rough night and it was one of his weaker showing. CJ did his usual powerhouse offense. It was so-so and jut didn't click as well as it should have. I don't think Dan got enough time to establish himself as a heel here.

House Money is interviewed. AJ says he feels good ahead of his cage match with EK Prosper. He said he wanted the cage match to keep everyone out. He says the cage isn't keeping out people, it's locking EK in with a silverback gorilla. AJ says he knew this would come when he got the Battle of the Bell. He says House Money made mistakes tonight and he has made them too. He says he made a mistake in losing his title and will make up for it. He says he will be the first, longest reigning and first 2x GLORY champ tonight because the house always wins. AJ says it smells like money, money, money. AJ says he will show how a real champ handles business by himself tonight.

Zack Mason vs. Will Austin

They shove each other before it starts and they start fighting. Will clubs on him and they keep fighting. Security comes in to break things up. Zack escapes and goes after him. More security comes out and we are told this is a no contest.

Booker T comes out and says, "oh hell no". He says this is ROW and we don't have no contest's around here. He says we do have no disqualification matches though and it starts right now.

No DQ Match - Zack Mason vs. Will Austin

Will corkscrew dives on Zack and security outside. Will grabs a table. Zack hits him from behind then germans him twice inside. Will boots him out of the corner and takes an overhead belly to belly suplex. Zack throws chairs in. Will dropkicks a chair into Zack's face.

Zack chops him outside and Will chops back. Will is caught in mid-air and he pushes Zack into the post. Will slams Zack in the ring. Will kicks him in the back for 2. Will chinlocks him. 

Zack tries a pop-up powerbomb but is hurricanrana'd into a chair in the corner. Zack is thrown head first and hard into a chair between the buckles. Will top rope tornillos him for 2. 

Zack exploders him and flying corner lariats him. Will germans him. Zack no sells it and hits a big lariat. Will superkicks him. Zack hits mounted corner shots. Will superkicks his head into the buckles. Zack 2nd rope powerbombs him through a table and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fun match. There was a rough moment or two and it maybe could have been faster at times. But they put a lot of effort into this, both took some hard shots at times and we got to see full match here. It's a shame this didn't have more build to it going in as it would have made this better. Zack's bump into the chair between the ropes looked painful and we saw a rare table spot here. 

Richard Holiday is interviewed. Rich is cashing in his title shot vs Semsei tonight. He says he hasn't been here for a few months but will go for the Legacy Title tonight. He says his legacy is growing by the minute. He says Semsei can look at him as his sensei. He says Sem will bow to his master. He says he will take the title as this is what he does. He asks for a water bottle and says he needs to wet his hair.

Mia Friday vs Simone Williams

SW was Princess Aussie in WOW.

They lock up and SW puts her in the corner. Mia shoves her. SW side headlocks her then shoulders her over. Mia gets a 2 count on her and SW hits a big forearm. Mia springboard diving armdrags her. 

Mia walks up the ropes, does rope tricks and diving armdrags her. Mia step up enzugiri's her which sends her out. Mia is dropped face first on the apron. SW corner splashes her and suplexes her for 2. SW stomps her in the corner and stomps her.

Mia hits shots to the gut. Mia jawbreakers her then lariats her. SW double underhook suplexes her. Mia hits facebusters. Mia pumping knees her then backdrops her. SW dragon suplexes her. Mia springboard cutters her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was alright enough but didn't get over as much as it should have. SW was a bit rougher here than usual which helped her heel it up. 

Mysti Marks comes in after and jumps Mia. She then neckbreakers her. 

Booker T and Sharmell come out to talk. Booker says the women  of ROW are stepping up and says Mia Friday just rocked it. He says the ROW Glory Women's Title has been vacated due to circumstances out of ROW's control. He says they will have a tournament for a new champ. He says to let ROW know who you want to see in that tournament. Sharmell talks but we can't hear her. Booker then has the crowd do a "shucky ducky, quack quack".

ROW Tag Team Title Match - Motion (EJ Nduka & Sam Holloway) (c) vs. Erik Lockhart & Rhys Maddox

EJ backs up Erik in the corner. Erik hits mounted corner punches. EJ lariats him. EJ gyrates. EJ delay suplexes Erik and tries to punch RM while doing it. Sam 2nd rope elbow drops Erik. EJ slams Erik. 

Sam punches Erik and hits a hard dropkick on RM on the apron. Sam double underhook suplexes RM. Erik is double hiptossed into a double team pop-up drop for 2. Erik kicks the 2nd rope into Sam's nuts. RM back elbows Sam. RM springboard forearms him. EJ then drops RM with a punch.

Sam runs at RM and nails EJ from accident. RM hits a sliced bread on Sam for 2. Sam is double slammed then Erik's team tries a dogpile pin on him. RM takes a powerbomb + chokeslam combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a quick bout. This could have easily gotten double the time it got. What we got was fine and got the story across of EJ/Sam having some issues and them using their size against their much smaller opponents. I'm sure Erik will end up blaming RM for this loss.

EK Prosper is interviewed. He says tonight is his first cage match. He's nervous but not afraid of AJ. EK says he will put him on his back again and show why he is ROW Glory champ. He says he will always prosper.

ROW Legacy Title Match - Semsei (c) vs. Richard Holliday

Rich shoulders him over and does a karate pose. Sem kips up. Sem teases a kick and Rich backs off. Sem kicks him in the gut. Sem top rope diving armdrags him then dropkicks him out. Sem goes for a dive and Rich nails him. Rich backbreakers him for 2. 

Rich chops him in the corner. They fight on the buckles. Sem headbutts him down. Sem top rope diving chops him. Sem scissors kicks him for 2. They trade chops. Sem spin kicks him and Rich lariats him down. Rich sitout powerbombs him. 

Sem cradles him for 2. Sem double chops him and Rich back elbows him. Sem rolls him up for 2. Sem uranage's him for 2. Sem AA's him for 2. Sem does a cute suicide dive outside onto Rich. Rich pulls the ref in the way and low blows Sem. Rich twisting suplexes him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was one of Rich's better matches. Him and Sem kept it moving and gelled pretty well. Sem showed a little more spirit than usual here.

Jay Davis vs. Hans Steele

HS waistlock takedowns him. Jay then does it to him twice. Jay rolls him on the mat and takes him down again. HS boots and chops him in the corner. Jay overhead belly to belly suplexesh im. HS boots hm out of the corner. Jay catches him in mid-air then sitout powerbombs him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a short one. Jay looked good as usual with his wrestling skills and by throwing Hans around so easily. 

Clay Roberts vs. Max Abrams

Clay hits him in the corner and they each hit shots. Clay hits chops. Max pounds on him in the corner and armdrags him twice. Max hits a nice dropkick. Max slams him then elbow drops him for 2. Max lariats him then throws him out when Clay can't get over the top.

Clay superkicks him in the gut. Max bangs Clay's head of the apron. Clay eye rakes him and knocks him off the apron into the rails. Clay slingshot elbow drops him. Clay backbreakers him. 

Max hits punches. Max misses a corner splash. Clay does an abdominal stretch. Max hiptosses him. They crossbody each other at the same time. Max hits punches on Clay. Max running lariats him then pump kicks him. 

Clay superkicks him in the gut then flying euros him. Clay headhunters him for 2. Clay is sent out and Max baseball slides him. Clay makes the ref think he is hurt. The match stalls for about 15 seconds. Max comes in and Clay spin kicks him in the face. Clay pins him.

Thoughts: It's good to see Clay get a win since he has lost so much lately. The kept the pace up and the match kept my interest. Max looked fine here and was a face in this one. I liked it.

Blake Troop comes out after and throws Max out of the ring. Blake poses with Clay in the entrance area.

Chandler Hopkins is interviewed. He tells the interviewer he's tired of hearing her voice. Chan says the fans gave him nothing but hope for 10 years. He says the fans made him feel invincible and he believed them. He says the Chan we knew is no longer and Cappuccino Jones will feel the wrath of the modern day outlaw.

Chandler Hopkins vs. Cappuccino Jones

Chan side headlocks him then wristlocks him. Cap headflips out and wristlocks him. Cap dropkicks him. Cap hits him outside then Chan goes back in. Chan knees him in the face and STO's him. Chan hits mounted punches. 

Cap back elbows him. Cap's head is banged off the buckles and Chan sliding knees him for 2. Chan puts the ref in the way of Cap and superkicks him. Chan chinlocks him. Chan backdrops him.

Chan does a reverse cloverleaf. Cap spinning lariats him. Cap hits punches then pump kicks him. Cap flying lariats him. Cap springboard crossbodies him. Cap flying punches him. Chan throws a drink in his face outside and gets DQ'd.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. It went a little longer than it needed to and Chan turned heel before the match. We also had a lame finish here.

Chan chairs Cap after. 

Alex Ace vs. Hoka

Hoka poses and Ace lariats him from behind, sending him out of the ring. Ace punches Hoka outside then double chops him there. Hoka blocks a chokeslam inside. Hoka lariats him. Ace knees him in the gut. Hoka jackhammers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short one sadly. I was looking forward to this and we got almost nothing of it. The two had some trouble with each other's size in the little we saw. 

Buck Gator comes out and talks. We can't hear him well but he seems to ask if the crowd is ready for the cage match. He says he needs the fans' help. He says he wants to start a small business like AJ Francis' House Money. He wants the crowd to be his focus group for his ideas.

He says Gator-GPT is his first product and says he needs to show us it in action. He asks the app what the moon is and it says the moon is an alien mothership that is used to monitor the earth and get our data. 

He then says his next product is bitcoin related. The second product is Gatorcoin. He says it only appreciates in value and says if you take something that is 0 and multiply it by 0, it stays 0, so it never goes down in value.

He says his next product involves weight loss. He calls it Buckzempic. He says it's a drinkable product with a lot of caffeine and water. He asks the crowd which one they will go with. The crowd doesn't like Gatorzempic or Gator-GPT and likes Gatorcoin. Buck says he will call his financial advisor for funds. He calls the bank and they say he's got credit card fraud. He says he's banking with Capital One. 

He says they will talk about the main event. He says someone in the crowd says the house always wins but says AJ didn't win last time. He says EK Prosper pulled off the upset last time. He says he fought AJ Francis before and says he should be Glory champ as he beat him before. He says he applied to be in House Money but it was denied. He says he made a rap for him and wants to perform it for us. He says the crowd isn't ready. Ivory Robyn comes out and says nobody wants to hear it. She says to enjoy the steel cage match and pulls him away.

Thoughts: Buck tried but it didn't really work and didn't get over. I felt bad for him. They probably should have had some plants in the crowd to try and help him and the fans out some.

ROW Glory Title Steel Cage Match - EK Prosper (c) vs. AJ Francis

AJ has House Money with him.

AJ shoves him and tries to climb out. EK crotches him on the top rope then shakes the ropes under him. EK dropkicks him then hits another dropkick into the cage. EK asai moonsaults him. EK dropkicks him. 

EK is popped up to the top rope and he tries to climb out. EK is caught coming off the top. AJ rams him into the cage head first. AJ bangs EK's head off the cage and presses his face into the cage.

AJ misses a splash against the cage. EK top rope dropkicks him. EK facekicks him then AJ facekicks him down for 2. AJ blocks a hurricanrana and AJ hits a styles clash on him for 2. AJ chokeslams EK into the cage. 

They fight on the top rope. AJ's head is banged off the top of the cage. EK then powerbombs him down for 2. EK is put in tree of woe. AJ foot presses him down. Josiah Jean hands AJ a hammer. EK top rope spanish flies AJ for 2. Quentin Wynters slams the door into EK's face. AJ spears EK for 2.

EK gets on the top rope and he diving canadian destroyers AJ for 2. EK climbs the cage then Wynters and Josiah follow him. EK bangs their heads together. EK top rope moonsaults but AJ hits him in the face with the hammer in mid-air. AJ then walks out of the cage to win.

Thoughts: It was a good match. AJ always bumps big in these big matches and he did so here. I could have gone without the canadian destroyer spot though. AJ didn't win clean, so this should open up a rematch if they go that route. They put out a good effort for this and EK did a fair bit of flying despite the cage hindering some of it. 

AJ's House Money crew poses. BK Luther comes down the aisle and stares down AJ. Luther slow claps for AJ. 

Overall thoughts: I'm not sure if this will be released as separate Glory episodes or not. It went 2.5 hours. ROW is good at putting out watchable matches but not so strong at building up reasons for the matches to happen. Most of the bouts here were random and it hurt my interest in the bouts. Some of it is ROW's fault, but some of it is just the nature of ROW being an indy with a lower budget where their usual wrestlers may not always be available.

We had a bunch of acceptable matches that didn't get a ton of time on this show minus the main. The main was a good cage match with EK doing his flying and AJ Francis continuing to show that he will put out a great effort for big matches when needed. The main was the best match of the night and maybe Semsei/Holliday was the second best bout on here. Ace/Hoka was my least favorite match as it just didn't get much time at all when I thought it could have been a fun bout. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall and it was an okay show.