EPW Wrestling 6/27/2026 Episode #248

EPW Wrestling 6/27/2026 Episode #248

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/epw-wrestling-6202026-episode-247.html

Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are on commentary. Chris Styles and Cody James are in the crowd with their EPW Tag Titles.

The hosts type up tonight's show. They talk about The Blacklist being in the front row. 

The Initiative (Jason Genesis and Trace Lee Hunt) vs The Uncut Gems (Tyler LeMasters and Bobby Ford)

Aryanne is with The Initiative. 

Tyler is hyped up and he is chopped in the corner by Hunt. Ty is suplexed into a slingshot swanton from JG. JG snapmares Ty and kicks him in the back. JG low diving forearms Ty. The Blacklist are throwing snacks at Hunt from the crowd. Ford top rope crossbodies the heels. 

Ty gorilla press throws Ford onto The Initiative outside. Ty slams Hunt then slams Ford onto Hunt for 1. Ford hits mounted corner punches on Hunt. Aryanne distracts the ref. JG lifts Ford for a very hard powerbomb from Hunt. 

We go to break and return. JG corner forearms Ford then backdrops him. JG kneedrops Ford's arm. Ford is held for a running boot to the head. Hunt nails his partner twice on accident. Ty gets in and hits lariats and punches on Hunt. Ty like spinning crossbodies Hunt then slams him. Ford goes up top, slips and falls down. Hunt is held for a move but JG pulls Ford over the top. Hunt olympic slams Ty.

The Blacklist spray Aryanne with silly string outside. Hunt is distracted and Ty pins Hunt. The Uncut Gems win!

Thoughts: Big upset here with The Gems winning. This was a fun opener. The faces showed some fire and the heels were solid heels. Hunt absolutely blasted Ford with a powerbomb here. We knew The Blacklist were going to get involved here and I thought them spraying silly string on Aryanne was amusing.

"Action" Mike Jackson is interviewed by Sarah Blake. Mike says he has wrestled with the greatest names and orgs in the world and lists the AWA as one of them. He says he's here with EPW today. CJ Thomas interrupts and says Mike not know who he is. He says he's better than the guys Mike has beaten as those guys never beat him. CJ says Mike never faced him. He says the guys Mike beat were good when the TV was in black and white. Mike says let's settle it tonight and see how good he really is. CJ agrees.

The Order come out. Dorian Vain stares down Jaxx Roxx and says he heard some of the slick stuff he said. He says he's been very disrespectful. Jaxx then hands Jimmy Twinkies, saying a fan gave those to him a few minutes ago. Vain yells at him and the mic goes out. Vain tells him and stomps the Twinkies box. Vain say he's not like everyone else and is a grown man. He says he's handling grown man business tonight. The other mic then cuts out. Vain yells at Jaxx and accuses him of doing it. Vain says he's demanding an opportunity. Vain says Aaron Roberts won't disrespect him. Vain says he deserves and demand a title opportunity. 

Vain tells Aaron to come out and says he wants his opportunity right now. Vain says Aaron is scared of him. Wonder Boy comes out. Boy says Vain is demanding title shots out here while he holds the Crossroads Cup. He says if anyone deserves a title shot, it's everyone's favorite superhero. Vain says Boy looks like a fool dressed up like this. He says since he can tell he grew up without a father, he will be his daddy tonight. 

Thoughts: They had a rough time here as two mics cut out on them. I liked Vain accusing Jaxx of being behind it though.

Judy Lee Taylor vs Lil Bit

Judy backs Bit up off the lock up. Bit shoves her and is thrown twice. Judy giant swings her. Judy suplexes Bit for 2. Bit triangles Judy over the 2nd rope. Bit kicks her in the back and pump kicks her. Bit misses a senton and Judy dropkicks her. Judy racks her and Bit submits quick.

Thoughts: It didn't get much time here and wasn't anything too good. 

Bit hits her form behind after. Bit drops her chest first on the mat and does a crossface. 

Winner gets a shot at the Apex Title - Sevyn Cruz vs Jared X Rawlings vs Moses Cain vs Chuck Swann

Sev high fives Moses. Moses throws him into Chuck. Jared hits shots on Chuck and Moses stomps Sev. Jared hits shots on Moses and  dropkicks him twice. Moses catches his crossbody and slams him. Moses face shoves Chuck. Moses shoulders him over. Chuck step up knees Moses in the corner. 

Chuck takes a double suplex. Moses takes shots from Jared and Sev then pulls them into each other. Moses throws Jared into Chuck on the apron. Moses black hole slams Sev and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short one. Moses should have won  and he did. They put over Moses' size in this and it was basically Moses in a 1v2 here.

Sarah Blake interviews Nyxx. Nyxx feels good about getting a title shot next week. Raven Black comes in and asks why Nyxx gets a title shot before her. Nyxx says thats a you problem. Nyxx says she will go win the EPW Title and Raven says we will see about that.

Raven Black vs Gigi Turner

Rav clubs on Gig from behind. Gigi hits some forearms and has her head banged off the buckles. Rav misses a corner charge. Gigi running kicks her in the corner and roundhouse kicks her in the corner. Gigi snapmares her. Rav clubs and stomps her. 

Rav slams Gigi for 2. Rav spinebusters Gigi. Rav stands on her gut and pulls her arms up. The ref then counts the pin for some reason.

Thoughts: I don't know what happened in the finish but Gigi's arms  weren't even down here. That was a bad mess up. The match wasn't that good.

We see clips from a recent live show.

Dorian Vain vs Wonder Boy

They lock up. DV backs him up in the corner. Boy hits some punches and a flying forearm. Boy goes up and over then dropkicks him. Boy corner flying forearms him. Boy hits leg kicks and forearms. DV pulls him down by the hair. Boy's head is banged off the buckles. DV punches him in the corner and foot chokes him. 

Hollywood Jimmy chokes Boy and DV chokes Boy on the ropes. Boy short arm lariats him. DV underhook suplexes Boy. DV chokes him in the corner. DV hits punches on Boy in the corner then clubs on him. Boy hits punches and flying forearms him down twice.

Vain spinebusters him. Vain does a cobra clutch on him then slams him down off of it. Vain puts the cobra clutch back on and submits him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one but they did what they were supposed to. Boy showed some fire and made comebacks before being put down as expected. 

Vain grabs Boy's Crossroads Cup after but puts it on the apron.

Overall thoughts: The opener was a fun match and the best bout on here. The main did what it was supposed to also. The other bouts were shorter which really limited how good they could be. They had 2 mics break during The Order's interview which was rough. We also had one of the worst pinfalls I've seen in in the Black/Turner match. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 overall as they had some lows here that brought this down a little. It was average overall.