TNA Lockdown 2026 8/23/2026

TNA Lockdown 2026 8/23/2026

NOTE - All main show matches are Steel Cage matches here.

We are in Chicago, IL.Matt Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan are on commentary.

Here's what I saw of the pre-show: 

BDE and Rich Swann vs The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch)

Vince hits shots on RS and lariats him down twice. RS catwheels and jumping lariats Vince. Vince takes a codebreaer and a flapjack + facebuster combo. BDE hits chest kicks on Vince and low dropkicks him. BDE flies in the air and Dutch lariats him down. Dutch then pounds on him.

Dutch rolls BDE into the buckles. Dutch drops BDE on his chest and Vince low flatliners BDE. Vince says he's trying to help BDE then hits punches in the corner on him. BDE takes an atomic drop into a lariat. He then takes a senton + legdrop combo. Dutch chinlocks BDE.

Dutch short arm lariats BDE. Dutch clubs on BDE's chest. Vince lariats BDE down. BDE hits forearms on Vincent. BDE backrolls Vince for 2 and tags RS off of it. RS hits punches on Vince and spinning punches him. Rich handspring cutters Vince then tope con hilos Dutch outside. RS top rope splashes Vince for 2.

Dutch black hole slams RS. Vince does a bad ddt on RS. BDE breaks up the pin with a top rope splash. BDE rolls into a codebreaker on Vince. BDE os cutters Vince for 2. Dutch pushes BDE off the top. BDE is stuck between the heels. Vince hits orange sunshine and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. Swann looked real good as usual and the heels won as expected. Vince had a weird botched ddt here.

The System do a promo. Alisha says tonight is about making history. She says she's the only Knockout who has done Lethal Lockdown, Monster's Ball and Ultimate X. Eddie says he's 2 for 2 in Lethal Lockdown and says he will be 3 for 3 tonight. Mysers promises the results will be no different. Bear says he bled all over the world making a name for himself. He says this is his team and says the cage is his world and you are stepping into it. Cedric says he makes history by erasing Leon's history. He says he will learn he can't beat The System.

Trey Miguel vs Agent Zero

Zero throw him off the waistlock. Trey is caught jumping off the buckles. Trey walks up the buckles, flips and Zero blocks his armdrag. Trey hurricanrana's Zero over the top rope. Trey tries to tope Zero but Zero just pushes him away on the dive. 

Zero throws him on a suplex then short arm lariats him. Trey hits forearms and Zero forearms him down. Zero throws him on a suplex. Trey's crossbody is caught and Zero flatliners him for 2. Trey top rope diving meteora's him. Trey hits forearms and punches. Zero chops him down and Trey step up enzugiri's him. Trey step up flip dives him outside. 

Zero gorilla press slams Trey on the apron. Trey superkicks Zero twice. Zero alley oop's him throat first into the ropes. Trey rolls him up and pins him.

Thoughts: I don't get the result here at all. Zero hadn't lost yet and they had him lose in a pre-show match. That was total stupidity and ruined what wasn't a bad match otherwise. 

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Main show:

They play the national anthem to start.

Cage Match - Elijah vs AJ Francis

AJ flying knees him to start for 2. Eli jumping knees him. Eli hits forearms and flying lariats him. Eli running forearms him in the corner. Eli walks the top rope and clubs AJ's arm. Eli stunners him for 2.

AJ goes into the the cage when Eli moves. They go up top and AJ's head is banged off the cage. Eli sunset bombs him down. Eli knocks AJ off the top then top rope elbow drops him for 2. Eli walks the top of the cage and AJ pulls him down onto the top. 

They fight while seated on top of the cage. AJ lays on the top rope and Eli superplexes him down. It's only worth a 2 count though. Expressions, AJ's hype man, is wheeled down to the ring in a wheelchair. AJ goes into the cage when Eli moves. Eli tries to walk the top rope and AJ death valley drivers him for 2.

AJ has the ref open the cage door, even though you can't win by going through it. Eli hits an F-5 for 2. Expressions slams the cage door into Eli's head. AJ spears Eli for 2. Expressions comes out of his wheelchair and is suddenly just fine. Eli diving canadian destroyers him from the top and Expressions breaks the pin attempt up. 

Eli sends Expressions into the cage and jumping knees him. Eli enzugiri's AJ up top. Expressions tries to leave the cage but Eli sends him into it. Eli tombstones Expressions. AJ moonsaults Eli off the buckles. AJ chokeslams Eli and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. AJ survived way too much here with bumps off the top rope and the top of the cage. It also got silly with Expressions finding his way into the cage. I also thought this was a bit long for the opener.

The Home Town Man comes out and gives Eli a guitar. Eli comes off the top and hits AJ with a guitar.

Gia Miller interviews Allie. Gia asks if she has found a partner. Allie says she hasn't heard from Rosemary and doesn't know where she is. She says Rose wouldn't want her to just hand over the titles. She says she found a partner and says we will find out who when The Elegance Brand finds out.

The Personal Concierge says his crew shouldn't be locked up in the cage like animals and felons, that should be the criminals in Chicago. George says they should show more class as they are about to be the 3x Knockouts Tag champs. George says then they will leave the town like The Bears. George then claims The Green Bay Packers are in the back with them.

TNA Knockouts Tag Titles - Cage Match - Allie and Kiera Hogan vs The Elegance Brand (Heather By Elegance and M By Elegance)

The Brand are dressed up like police. Kiera Hogan is the mystery partner for Allie as Rosemarry is missing.

Allie hits forearms on M then thesz presses her. Allie hits mounted shots. Allie knee lifts M for 1. HBE gets in with Hogan. Hogan hits forearms on HBE then superkicks her. HBE neckbreakers her for 2. Hogan corner lariats HBE then Allie sliding forearms HBE. Mr. Elegance climbs the cage and HBE hits Allie with a night stick. HBE throws her down and pounds on her.

M corner spears Allie. M basement dropkicks Allie for 2. M suplexes Allie for 2. M pump kicks Allie down for 2. HBE chinlocks Allie. Allie jawbreakers HBE. Hogan comes in and knocks down the heels. She dropkicks HBE then corner hip attacks her.

Hogan step up legdrops M on the back. Allie codebreakers HBE. M cradle shocks Allie. Hogan and M swinging facebuster each other. Everyone is down. George Iceman grabs handcuffs. HBE slides through the cage rung in a cool spot. 

HBE gets on the apron and Allie grabs HBE by the hair. Allie's head is pushed into the cage. HBE handcuffs Allie  to the cage. Hogan suplexes M. Hogan buzzsaw kicks M. Hogan twisting fisherman's neckbreakers M and pins her.

Thoughts: Heather's spot where she slipped through the cage rung was cool. It was just average otherwise. The cage didn't really help this one and it may have been better without it. 

Escape the Cage Match - Moose vs Frankie Kazarian

Moose gets violin players for his entrance.

Kaz tries to escape from the start and gets stopped. Kaz avoids a powerbomb and tries to go through the door. Kaz is sent into the cage multiple times. Moose tells the ref to lock the cage door. 

Moose hits mounted corner punches on Kaz. Moose misses a corner charge and is hit. Moose pump kicks Kaz. Moose top rope twisting crossbodies Kaz. Moose hits his rolling spear. He then hits it again. 

Moose goes to escape and Kaz gives Moose the finger. Moose is then back body dropped into the cage. Kaz basement dropkicks him, stomps him and foot chokes him. Moose is sent into the cage. Moose is sent chest first into the buckles.

Kaz suplexes him. Kaz hits an angel's wings on Moose. Kaz face shoves Moose. Kaz hits shots and Moose fires up. Moose says f*ck you and headbutts him. Moose running euros him in the corner. Moose uranage's him and sentons him. 

Moose tries to climb the cage and is stopped. Kaz backcrackers him. Kaz springboard legdrops him. Moose stops his chickenwing. They hit each other. Moose hits chops and Kaz forearms him. Moose pump kicks him. Kaz lariats him twice. Kaz swinging neckbreakers him. Moose rams Kaz into the cage. Kaz lariats Moose. 

They climb the cage and Kaz tries to escape. Moose headbutts him up there. Moose spanish flies him off the cage. Kaz pokes Moose in the eye. Moose slingshot cutters Kaz. They trade punches. Moose spears Kaz into the door, Kaz goes out to the floor and is the winner.

Thoughts: This had escape the cage rules and with a heel like Kaz, I figured there was a good shot he was winning here. I didn't like the spanish fly off the cage not ending this when it should have. It was a little longer than it should have been as well. It's just always hard to buy Kaz as the top talent they treat him as here. I didn't like this that much.

Knockouts Title - Cage Match - Xia Brookside vs Elayna Black

Xia says Chicago is crap when she asks if this is EB's city. EB throws her down by the hair. EB waistlock takedowns her. Xia shoves her and is slapped. EB basement dropkicks her. 

EB knees Xia in the face. EB flying headscissors her. EB step up knees her in the corner. Xia throws her over the top rope and into the cage. EB's head is banged off the cage. Xia hits EB with a leather belt then hits mounted shots on her with it. EB is bused open. 

Xia sticks the point of the belt in EB's head. Xia hits more belt punches on EB. She then ties her around the middle rope and chokes her. Xia gets a 2 count on her and puts her nails in EB's head. Xia throws EB down backwards. 

Xia ties EB to the cage with a belt. Xia flying single leg dropkicks her in the chest. Xia lariats her down. Xia then pulls on her hair while keeping an armlock on.  

Xia boots her in the corner and corner meteora's her. Xia russian legsweeps her for 2. EB fights back. Xia goes up on the top rope and EB backdrops her down. They trade shots. EB hits lariats. EB springboard double stomps her back. EB step up knees her in the corner. EB gutwrench suplexes her for 2.
Xia implant ddt's her for 2. EB swinging neckbreakers her for 2. Xia misses a powder shot on EB then throws it in her eyes. Xia rolls her up and pins her.

Thoughts: The first half was good and the second half wasn't as good. It was a bit of a gritty brawl though and EB bleeding helped it out. EB losing in her hometown though is so LOLTNA. It was acceptable overall.

TNA International Title - Cage Match - Jason Hotch (c) vs Mustafa Ali

Order 4 are dressed like gangster and Ali shoots a gun at the tron.

Ali charges at him and chops him. Ali is thrown into the corner and flips over Jason. Ali is upside down on the p buckle and he's hooked onto the cage. Jason hits superkicks as he hangs there.

Ali superkicks him. Ali is up top and takes a release  german on his stomach. Jason spinning lariats him for 2. Ali is sent into the cage and Jason tornado ddt's him off the cage for 2. 

Ali eye rakes him then uses the cage to tornado ddt him. Agent Zero opens up the cage and Tasha Steelz closes the door on Ali. Mila Moore tries to stop her and Tasha hits her. Jason tries to facekick Ali against the cage and nails Tasha with the door on accident.

Jason and Skyler check on Tasha and Skyler carries her out. Ali topes Jason through the door. Jason's head is banged off the post. Jason back body drops him on the floor. Ali is put on a table. Jason climbs the cage and Ali climbs up the cage with him. Ali hangs off the top of the cage, Jason hits his hands and Ali goes down to the floor. Jason dives on Ali off the top of the cage, sending him through the table. Somehow, the camera's aren't watching and miss half the spot.  

Jason has to be helped up by ringside doctors and he seems to be spitting up blood. Ali goes up to Jason's wife and daughter. He takes Jason's daughter's toy. Ali taunts Jason with it. Mila gives Ali a lighter and he tries to light the toy on fire. Jason comes in and hits Ali. Ali gets Jason in the eyes. Jason is hanged upside down on the cage. Ali whips Jason as he hangs upside down.

Jason top of the cage M. Bison stomps him. It only gets Jason a 2 count. Jason grabs the toy and Ali spears him. Ali hits a top rope 450 on Jason for 2. Ali top rope 450's him again and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. They ha some good ideas, but they just had too many of them. They were kicking out of major spots right from the start and it kept going. I'd be interested to hear the explanation for why Tasha did what she did as it surely has to be her end in Order 4. It's a shame Jason has lost the title before he got to do much with it.

John Skyler comes out and yells at Ali after as Ali leaves. John then checks on Jason. 

Gia interviews Avery Styles, AJ's son, on the ramp. Avery has a TNA shirt on. He says we know what TNA means to him and his family. He says we know AJ wouldn't be who he is today without TNA. He says he won't become who he will be without TNA. He says he's announcing that he's signing with TNA.

Frankie Kazarian interrupts. Kaz says let him be the first to welcome him aboard. He says him and AJ are closer than brothers. He says him, Joe, Daniels and AJ poured their hearts to make TNA become what it is today. Kaz says there's a lot of snakes in the locker room who will take him out because of his last name. He says he's not one of them. He says there's a lot of people he can't trust, but he can always trust Kaz.

Thoughts: Avery just debuted not too long ago. I haven't gotten to see him yet. I don't have a problem with this. TNA needs new blood and his last name has already gotten him some extra coverage.

TNA X-Division Title - Last Man Standing - Cedric Alexander (c) vs Leon Slater

Leon Slater's records are erased if he loses here. 

They trade forearms. Leon facekicks him and flying facekicks him. Leon hits mounted punches on the top rope against the cage. Leon 2nd rope hurricanrana's him. Ced michinoku drivers him. They trade shots. 

Leon knees him in the gut. Ced enzugiri's him. Leon rebounds into a spinning heel kick. Leon superkicks him from the top rope. Leon diving back elbows him from the cage. Leon superkicks him. 

Ced hits forearms and chops. Leon is lawn darted into the cage. Leon is busted open. Ced dropkicks Leon in the back of the neck. Ced hits Kawada kicks. Leon hits a standing blue thunder on him. Leon chops him on the top buckle. Ced top rope michinoku drivers him for 2.

Leon canadian destroyers him off a backdrop attempt. Leon sends him into the cage. Leon facekicks him on the ropes. Leon hits mounted shots on Ced. Ced's head is banged off the cage. Leon hits a nasty spinning torture rack bomb. Leon misses a top rope 450.

Leon sits up top and Ced enzugiri's him. They go on the top buckle. Leon top rope twisting superplexes him. Ced slaps him around and Leon leg lariats him. Leon leg lariats him from behind. Leon hits 3 lumbar checks on Ced. Leon swanton 450's him from the top. Ced can't get up before the 10 count and Leon wins.

Thoughts: This would have benefited from not being in the cage. They did a bit much here. I think it's kind of silly to have Leon win here after they blocked him from having the X-Division record last time around. I would have liked this to have been a little faster. The last man standing concept wasn't the best gimmick for these two. I thought it was average.

Daria Rae talks on the phone and complains about Indi Hartwell. She says she will see the person on the phone on Thursday. Daria is then told there's another attack. Elijah is down and Daria tells Santino to handle this. This is the 3rd recent backstage attack.

Lethal Lockdown - The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, Bear Bronson, and Alisha Edwards) vs. Ricky Sosa, Fabian Aichner, KC Navarro, and Jada Stone

They will have a roof lower with weapons when everyone is in.

Fab and Bear are the first two in. They trade punches. Fab thesz presses him and hits mounted punches. Fab germans him and Bear overhead suplexes him. They double lariat each other. Bear boots him out of the corner. Fab finlay rolls him up then asai moonsaults him. 

Brian Myers is next in. Fab is double teamed, taken down and pounded on. Fab is double suplex. KC Navarro is next in. He spinning ddt's Myers. Myers is sent into the cage as is Bear. 

Eddie Edwards is next in. KC topes him through the door as he tries to enter. Eddie is sent into the cage. Myers back elbows Fab. Bear hits mounted shots on Fab. KC is sent into the cage. Eddie is bleeding. Ricky Sosa is next in.

Sosa dropkicks Myers and hits punches on Eddie and Bear. Sosa enzugiri's Bear and double stomps Eddie. Sosa then cutters Bear off of that. Sosa powerslams Myers. Sosa hits punches on Eddie and drops him. Alisha Edwards is next in. Alisha goes up to Sosa and tries to slap him. Sosa is then hit by The System. The System chop KC. Jada Stone then comes out.

Bear Bronson blocks the cage entrance and misses a shot on Jada. Jada climbs the cage. Jada top of the cage moonsaults onto multiple people. Bear throws weapons in with a barbed wire board being one of them. The cage roof is lowered. 

All 8 people fight. The faces grab weapons from the cage roof. Myers has a barbed wire bat shoved into his head. Jada hits kendo stick shots. KC is popped up and he hits Eddie with a kendo stick. Fab last ride powerbombs Eddie. KC splashes Eddie from the cage.

Fab dropkicks Bear into the cage. KC and Sosa take low blows from Alisha. Alisha kicks Fab low. Jada kits kendo stick shots on Alisha and superkicks Bear. Jada pours tacks in the ring. 

Jada superplexes Alisha on the tacks. Fab hits Eddie with a trash can. Fab coast to coast dropkicks a trash can in Eddie's face. Bear hits Fab in the gut with a barbed wire bat. He then rakes the wire on Fab. Bear fire thunders KC on Fab.

Sosa flying euros Bear into a bared wire board in the corner. KC is in a chair and Myers lariats him over. Sosa spinning forearms Myers then blue thunders him. Sosa grabs barbed wire from the roof. He puts it around his arm and flying euros Myers with it. Alisha breaks the pin attempt up.

Eddie leg lariats Sosa from behind. Eddie stands on one chair and package piledrivers Sosa onto 2 other open chairs. Eddie pins Sosa.

Thoughts: It was fine and they did what they could here. There wasn't a lot of room to work with and it kind of had to be more weapons focused. We got some blood and some wild spots. It wasn't anything you'd remember but it didn't outlive it's welcome. The System needed this win more since they are a regular team and their opponents aren't.

TNA Tag Titles - Steel Cage Tornado Match - The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) (c) vs. The Nemeths (Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth)

The Hardy's bring a table in. All 4 start fighting. The heels are sent into each other then send into the cage. Ryan takes a double back elbow and a double fist drop. Jeff jumps off of Matt's back and hits Nic for 2. The heels are sent into the cage but they climb it instead. 

All 4 men fight on the cage. Ryan jumping flatliners Jeff then Nic danger zone's Jeff for 2. Nic rubs Matt's head on the cage and eye rakes him there. Ryan corner spears Matt. Nic splashes Ryan on accident and Matt backdrops Nic.

Matt and Ryan double lariat each other. Nic superkicks Jeff after taking a twist of fate. The Hardy's beat up the heels in the corners. Jeff hits poetry in motion. Matt hits a side effect on Nic. Jeff splashes Nic off the buckles. Ryan takes a plot twist for 2.

Nic is put on a table and hit. Ryan punches Matt in the crotch for 2. Nic superkicks Jeff. Ryan jumping ddt's Jeff for 2. Matt hits a side effect on Nic. Matt lariats Ryan. Ryan is put on a table. Jeff climbs the cage and Nic stops him. Nick's head is banged off the cage and both guys fall crotch first on the top rope. Ryan rolls up Matt for 2. Matt hits a twist of fate on him. Ryan is laid on a table. 

Matt climbs up on the cage and and elbow drops Ryan through a table. Nic hits a danger zone on Matt and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. They were rushed here and seemingly had to get this one done before 9PM. It was mostly all finishers and signature moves here. The finish fell flat and a lot of people in the crowd didn't even know it was the finish.

Ryan and Nic drink champagne after. Leon Slater comes out with a mic. He says he told everyone what he would do and he did it. He says his legacy in the X-Division is forever cemented. He says he can only think of one further way to go down in TNA's history books. He says he's using Option C and is challenging Nic Nemeth for the TNA World Title. He says he will become the youngest TNA World champion. 

Nic Nemeth tries to attack Leon when he gives up the belt to Carlos Silva but Leon leg lariats him down and knocks Ryan down too. 

Thoughts: That was a nice way to devalue the X-Title after a pointless title change. 

Overall thoughts: The two pre-show matches weren't bad but having Zero lose was stupid. I didn't like AJ/Eli as they did too much and didn't see. The cage match with Allie was average. They did too much in the Moose vs Kaz match and and I find it hard to buy Kaz as a guy who can beat top TNA talent. Xia/Black was acceptable and had a good first half.  Hotch/Ali got too crazy for me. Leon/Cedric was average. Lethal Lockdown was fine and maybe the best match on the show. The ending to the main wasn't good and that match was rushed as they tried to end the show before 9PM. It was a long show and the all cage match concept definitely hurt the matches more than it helped them. We just saw everything you could really do early into the show and there was less and less of interest as it went on. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as this had a lot of stuff I didn't like on it and it wore out its welcome.

Stardom 8/23/2026 5★STAR Grand Prix 2026 Day 16

Stardom 8/23/2026 5★STAR Grand Prix 2026 Day 16

Day 15 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/stardom-8182026-5star-grand-prix-2026.html 

The Stardom president Okada talks to open the show. Ranna Yagami then comes out and talks. 

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Semi Final Match - Starlight Kid vs. Suzu Suzuki

They duck each other's shots and stand off. Kid boots her in the gut and springboard twisting crossbodies her. Suzu back elbows her and bangs her head off the buckles. Suzu hair throws her and foot chokes her. SS facekicks her and kicks her. They trade forearms. 

Kid hits forearms. SS forearms her down. SS buckle bombs her and running knees her for 2. SS standing moonsaults her for 2. Kid flying headscissors her. Kid 619's her then top rope crossbodies her. Kid bangs SS' knee off the mat. 

Kid standing moonsaults her. SS forearms her down. SS misses a driveby kick and Kid slingshot double stomps her on the apron. Kid dropkicks her in the knee. Kid pulls SS from the apron and bangs her knee off the floor.   

Kid stretch mufflers her in the ring. Kid is popped up into the buckles. Kid hits a shiranui on her. Kid slaps her and gets lariated. They trade forearms. SS headbutts her. Kid TTD's her. Kid top rope moonsaults her for 2. Suzu hits a tequila shot on her for 2. Suzu hits head kicks and Kid does a stretch muffler. 

SS germans her. Kid no sells it and SS headkicks her for 2. They fight on the buckles. Kid top rope spanish flies her for 2. Kid stretch mufflers her and SS ropebreaks. Kid goes up top and is hit. SS top rope germans her. SS hits more germans for 2 counts. Kid rolls her and stretch mufflers her. SS submits.

Thoughts: Kid got a bit upset win here. I wish some of the big moves would have meant more here. Spanish flies and top rope germans really should put someone out. I liked that Kid worked the leg throughout the math and their strikes were okay. It was an okay match but it really had the potential to be great with some tweaks.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Semi Final Match - Rina vs. Maika

They run at each other and trade forearms to start. Maika throws her out. Rina is sent into the seats then Maika is sent into them. Maika is sent into the post. Rina chairs her arm against the post. Rina bangs Maika's arm over the top rope then armbars her. Rina pulls her arm round the bottom rope. 

Rina cranks Maika's arm back. Maika powerslams her. Maika running corner lariats her and shoulders her over. Rina does an octopus on her. Rina top rope dropkicks her. Rina running facekicks her on the ropes for 2.

Rina top rope double knee drops her. They trade shots on the buckles. Maika 2nd rope superplexes her. Rina running facekicks her. Rina hip throws her. Maika suplexes her. They trade forearms. Rina STO's her. Rina northern lights suplexes her for 2. Maika headbutts her on the buckles. Rina bangs Maika's arm off the top rope.

Rina top rope double knee drops her twice. Rina does a grounded octopus on her. Maika lariats her down. Mika superplexes her. Maika spinning lariats her. Maika michinoku drivers her twice for 2. Rina pulls back on Maika's arm and does a grounded octopus. Rina hooks Maika's throat with her leg ad Maika is out. Rina wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. They didn't overdo it. Rina focused the arm most of the match and Maika did her usual offense. I thought it was good. It didn't have as high of a ceiling as Kid/Suzu did, but it didn't have the issues it had. It was one of Rina's better matches. Maybe she is finally starting to get it?

Koguma & Matoi Hamabe vs. Cosmic Angels (Anne Kanaya & Yuna Mizumori) vs. Neo Genesis (Ema Maishima & Mei Seira) vs. HATE (Fukigen Death & Konami)

Koguma rolled up Yuna and won here. It was a short and rushed match with multiple people in at one time. It was simply just high speed chaos and not much else. Matoi went for a bunch of shoulder throws here.

Yuna holds her title up at Koguma after. They both talk on the mic and it seems like a title match may be set up. Bea Priestley (in orange hair) then attacks Yuna and Anne after. She says Anne broke her nose and she couldn't wrestle in the 5 Star GP because of it. She challenges her for the Yokohoma show and says she will break her face. She then stomps on her.

HANAKO, Maki Ito, Neo Genesis (AZM & Miyu Amasaki) & Waka Tsukiyama vs. God's Eye (Ami Sourei, Hina, Kiyoka Kotatsu, Lady C & Tomoka Inaba)

Hina and AZM go at it. Hina snapmares her and AZM wristlocks her.  AZM trips her and Hina slams her. Hina takes a double basement dropkick. Hina and C hit stereo flying neckbreakers. C giant swings her. C takes a double basement dropkick.

Itoh top rope crossbodies C. Maki gets 3 opponents in the corner and hits mounted corner punches on them. C falling headbutt drops 3 girls for a 2 count. C running facekicks her. Itoh boots Ami out of the corner then Hana splashes Ami. Hana and Ami shoulderblock each other then bump chests. Hna suplexes Ami. C facekicks Hana and Hana takes shots from all of her opponents. Ami sliding lariats Hana. 

Hana running lariats Hina. Itoh and Miyu hit pendulum ddt's on opponents. Waka is gordbustered onto AZM. Hana half-electric chair drops Ami. Inaba takes a cutter from Itoh. Hana lariats Ami over then Ami lariats her over.

Hana takes a triple team 3D. Ami corner lariats Hana. Ami landslides Hana for the pin.

Thoughts: It was similar to the last match with a lot of people coming in and out as they pleased and tons of fast action. It was hard to follow and did little but throw people on the card. Hanako and Ami were in this one for most of it. We saw little of Kotatsu here. It wasn't anything special.

Ami talks on the mic after. Ami calls out Hanan and seems to want a shot at her title. Hanan agrees.

HATE (Azusa Inaba, Natsuko Tora & Ruaka) vs. Mi Vida Loca (Akira Kurogane, Itsuki Aoki & Rina Yamashita)

Hate attack before the bell. Ruaka and Rina shoulder battle and Rina shoulders her over. Ruaka distracts her and straight punches her. Rina step up enzugiri's her. Akira comes in and running back elbows Ruaka.

Ruaka lariats Akira on the ropes then Akira is double suplexed. Tora gets on Ruaka's back and they double splash Akira for 2. Tora spits mist at Akira then splashes her for 2. Tora slaps her.  Tora shoulders her over. Inaba slams Ruaka for 2. 

Inaba hits chest forearms on Akira. Inaba slams Akira ad kicks her in the back for 2. Akira dropkicks Inaba and slams her. Aoki hits a russian legsweep + ddt combo. Inaba hits chest forearms on Aoki and Aoki chest forearms her down. Inaba chest kicks Aoki down for 2. 

Tora corner splashes Aoki and crossbodies her for 2. Aoki lariats Tora down for 2. Tora short arm lariats her. Aoki STO's Tora for 2. Tora takes a triple superkick for 2. 

Aoki goes up top and Ruaka throws her down. Rina lariats Inaba dwn then gets lariated down by Tora. Akira enzugiri's Tora then Aoki slow germans Tora. Aoki lariats Tora for 2. Tora chairs Aoki then death valley drivers him for the pin.

Thoughts: It was an acceptable tag. It wasn't anyone's best. They didn't go all out or anything. But, they didn't overdo it with the shenanigans and it went well. I would have liked to have seen more of this because it was going okay.

Tora death valley drivers Akira after. Tora goes for a chair shot but Suzu Suzuki comes out and interrupts her. Suzu holds her title up at her and Tora says something to her.

Cosmic Angels (Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara) vs Kikyo Furusawa & Ranna Yagami

Ran takes Saya down and Saya front facelocks her. Ran side headlocks her and Saya ducks a kick. They stand off. Ran leg kicks her and kicks her in the back. KF comes in and basement dropkicks Saya. KF takes a double basement dropkick. Aya trips KF then has both arms pulled on by her opponents. Aya kicks KF in the back for 2. 

Saya boots KF over. KF hits chest forearms on Saya and Saya forearms her down. KF dropkicks her. Ran step up kicks both opponents in the corner and PK's Saya for 2. Saya and Ran trade chest forearms. Ran chest kicks her down. KF dropkicks Saya a few times for 2. KF armdrags her into an ankle lock.

KF grounded ankle locks Saya. Saya 2nd rope twisting shoulderblocks KF. KF dropkicks Saya in the knee then dropkicks it around the bottom rope. KF elbow drops Saya. Saya double flying knees KF from behind. Aya running knees KF in the corner and basement dropkicks her. 

Aya slams KF. KF slams Aya for 2. Ran dropkicks Aya then chest kicks her. They trade chest kicks and Ran drops her. Saya dropkicks Ran on the ropes then Aya chest kicks Ran down. Aya superkicks Ran for 2. Aya triangles Ran. 

Aya flying knees Ran off the buckles and northern lights suplexes her for 2. Ran rolls Aya into a double armbar. Aya ropebreaks. Ran 2nd rope twisting kicks Aya for 2. Aya germans Ran for 2. Ran leg lariats Aya. Aya legsweeps her and rolls her into a pin attempt for 2. Aya and Ran high kick each other. Ran buzzsaw kicks her. Ran northern light bombs her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was okay enough. Why this got put so high up on the card, I don't know. Ran and Aya did okay together here. KF focused on working the leg/ankle as usual.

Ran and Aya talk in the ring after. Akira, maybe Matoi, maybe Ema and I think Anne come out. I think Ran wants to nominate someone to challenge for her title and she seems to pick Akira. Akira then talks to her some and Ran talks more.  

STARS (Hanan & Saya Iida) vs. HATE (Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani)

The heels attack after trying to get a handshake. The faces are sent into the seats outside. Iida is choked with a towel and Han's head is banged off a tbale. Han is sent into the post. Iida is double footchoked and Saya K axe kicks her. Saya K then stands on her to try and pins her.

Momo hits chest kicks on Iida. Iida and Han hit double sledgehammer attacks on their opponents. Han basement dropkicks Momo then grounded cobra clutches her. Han running euros her. Momo lays her on the top rope. Han leg lariats Momo for 2. 

Han blocks Momo's PK. Momo chest kicks her down. Han flying knees her the fallaway slams her for 2. Han is booted in the head. Momo PK's Han for 2. Saya K basement dropkicks Han. Saya K throws her down backwards. Han hip throws her. Iida elbow drops Saya K for 2. 

Iida rolls Saya K and chops her. Iida takes a double dropkick. Saya K springboard crossbodies Iida for 2. Han 2nd rope crossbodies Saya K outside. Iida top rope diving shoulderblocks Saya K for 2. Saya K dropkicks Iida. Saya K running facekicks Iida. Saya K suplexes her for 2. 

Saya K takes a double back elbow then a double team drop for 2. Saya K rolls Han into a blue thunder. Saya K's team 2nd rope single flying knee drops Han. Saya K ki krushers Iida and pins her.

Thoughts: What we got was acceptable like the last match, but also like the last match, you have to wonder why it was here with nothing in particular being on the line. It was filler for the most part. The match was alright, but nothing would have changed if it wasn't here.

Iida and Saya K grab each other after and Saya K headbutts her down.

Saya K talks on the mic after. AZM and Miyu Amasaki come out with their tag titles. Saya K and Momo look like they will be challenging them. Saya K's team ends up attacking them and posing with the belts. 

Natsupoi vs. Saori Anou

SA backs her up on the ropes and kicks her. Poi crossbodies her. SA axe kicks her. They sweep each other and stand off. SA hair throws her. Poi hair throws her. SA 2nd rope dropkicks Poi. Poi snapmares her and basement dropkicks her. 

Poi is on the 2nd rope and SA throws her down to the apron.  SA fisherman suplexes Poi on the floor. Poi then throws SA down on the apron from the 2nd rope. Poi plancha's SA off the buckles. SA is sent into the seats. 

SA tries to throw Poi into the seats but both end up going into them. They trade shots outside and avoid the double countout. They trade chest forearms in the ring. Poi spin kicks SA in the gut. SA fisherman suplexes her. SA heavenly locks her. 

SA running facekicks her on the ropes. SA hits boots to the head. Poi dropkicks her then dropkicks her through the ropes. Poi top rope crossbodies her. Poi armbars her. Poi stomps SA and knees her in the face. Poi stomps SA's arm. They fight on the buckles. SA headbutts her and hurricanrana's her down. Poi release germans her. SA step up enzugiri's her. Poi superkicks her.

They trade forearms on their knees then get up and trade. SA germans her and Poi germans her back. Poi germans her again. SA gets her knees up on Poi's top rope cartwheel splash. SA hits germans for 2. SA top rope cartwheel splashes her for 2. SA headhunters for 2. 

Poi hits shots on her and germans her for 2. Poi top rope cartwheel splashes her for 2. SA germans her for 2. SA backslides her into a bridge for 2. They slap each other. SA dragon suplexes her then suplexes her with her arms held back for 2. Poi rolls her up for 2 then superkicks her twice. Poi spin kicks her in the face then spinning high kicks her. Poi ranhei's her for 2. Poi hits a made in Japan and pins her.

Thoughts: Poi winning was a bit of a surprise she's not sticking around while Anou is. It was almost all chest forearms, some brawling and lots of german suplexes. The selling wasn't that good as usual with Poi, but at least they didn't go too crazy. It was alright enough.

They basically shake on it after and talk to each other on the mic. They then walk out together.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Final Match - Starlight Kid vs. Rina

They lock up. Kid is backed up on the ropes. They pull each on the hair and masks. Kid flying headscissors her. Rina dropkicks Kid then Kid facekicks her over the 2nd rope. Kid's head is banged off a commentary table. Kid is then sent into the seats. 

Rina pulls Kid's arm down over the top rope. Rina splashes the arm. Rina pulls on Kid's arm around the top rope. Rina takes Kid down by the arm and pulls back on her arms. Kid 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her then basement dropkicks her. Kid asai moonsaults her.

Kid bangs Rina's leg over the 2nd rope. Kid standing moonsaults Rina's leg. Rina hip throws her. Rina northern lights suplexes her for 2. Rina does an octopus on her. Rina double knee drops Kid off the buckles.  Kid dropkicks Rina in the back of the knee. Kid stretch mufflers Rina on the mat. Kid gets a 2 count on her. Rina reverse suplexes her. Kid basement dropkicks her from behind. Kid slams her. 

Kid tries a top rope moonsault but Rina gets her knees up. Rina top rope double knee drops her. Kid sunset bombs her off a gori special attempt. Kid stretch mufflers her. Rna ropebreaks. Kid top rope moonsaults her for 2. 

Rina does an octopus stretch bomb on her. Rina tries a grounded octopus stretch on her. Kid rope breaks. Rina vertebreakers her for 2. Rina gori bombs her for 1. Rina top rope dropkicks her and Kid momo latches her for 2. They fight on the buckles. Kid 2nd rope tiger drivers her for 2. Kid tiger suplexes her for 2. Rina gets a 2 count on her. Kid dragon screws her and Rina ropebreaks.

Kid forearm flurries her. Rina running facekicks her. Rina dropkicks her off the buckles. Rina package piledrivers her for 2. Rina gori bombs her and pins her.

Thoughts: Kid did her knee work as usual but did it a bit less towards the end. Rina did her usual offense with gori bombs, double knee drops and so forth. It went on a little longer than it needed to. I'd say Rina's match earlier in the show was better. It was an acceptable main but it just wasn't great.

Rina is given the queen's robe and crown after. Rina talks on the mic and gets confetti and streamers. Rina cries and goes out into the crowd to celebrate.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer show that ran close to 4 hours. Kid/Suzu was okay. Rina/Maika was good and the best match of the night. Matches 3 and 4 were similar high speed throwaways. Tora's tag was acceptable and I would have liked to have seen more of it. Kikyo's and Hanan's matches were kind of just filler and both were fine enough. Poi/Anou was an alright bout but Poi's selling wasn't the best. The main was acceptable, but not great. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall. I kind of knew what to expect with Kid and Rina being featured so much here and knew it probably wouldn't lead to greatness. It was an okay show. 

Overall GP thoughts: I don't know why they ran it at the same time as the G-1 as it made it hard to watch both. The GP was missing a lot of names and that did hurt at times. The Blue Stars A block was not that good and the less those wrestlers were on shows, the better. Night 15 was probably the best night. I'd say it probably was better than the G-1, but the first few nights of this tournament were rough.

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 8/20/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 96

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 8/20/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 96

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/juggalo-championship-wrestling-8132026.html

Note - I believe this aired at midnight on 8/20.

Mark Roberts, Joe Dombrowski and Zac Amico are on commentary.

JCW Women's Title #1 Contendership Match - Mickie Knuckles vs. J-Rod

MK has lost a lot of weight and looks like a different person. IF you told me it's not her, I'd believe you. She also has a giant turkey leg with her. Big Al is on commentary.

J knees her in the gut. MK takes her down, pulls her hair and rolls her up for 1. MK takes her down by the wrist. They trade shots and J hits snake eyes on her. J running facekicks her. J then hits mounted shots on her. J suplexes her.

MK jawbreakers J. J chokes her on the ropes and hits corner spears. J hits corner spears. MK slaps her in the corner and running hip attacks her. MK misses a corner charge and J bangs MK's head off the buckles there. J chops MK in the corner. MK does a dangerous looking suplex.

MK headbutts her on all fours. J backdrops her. J points at Big Al on commentary. Al then comes down. J grabs a chain out of her pants but MK hits her. MK then hits her with the chain but is caught by the ref. J wins by DQ.

Thoughts: The match was acceptable. They hit each other pretty good and got a little rough. It's a shame we didn't get a better finish though.

J beats up on MK from behind. Big Al then throws J out. MK gives Al some of her turkey leg after.

Mac Davis interviews Barnabus The Bizarre and HoKane. Barn says it's hot out but Bloodymania will be even hotter. Barn says they are here to end this with Dani Mo. He says Dani tainted The Outbreak and sabotaged her career. He challenges Dani Mo to defend her Women's Title vs HoKane. 

We see clips of the Dani Mo vs Barnabas feud.

Dani Mo comes out and tells Barnabas The Bizarre to come out. Barn says he's sick of this and it has gone on too long. He asks where The Outbreak are. Dani says it's unfortunate he's her father but says it's unfortunate for him that The Outbreak chose her. Barn says he wasted his seed on her. Barn says The Outbreak don't care about her, just her drugs. He says she's little more than a drug dealer. 

Barn says his bond with The Outbreak is unbreakable. Dani asks where The Outbreak are if their bond is so strong. Barn says he doesn't know but says he knows where his replacement daughter is. HoKane then goes up top Dani. Dani hits Kane with the mic. Barn then grabs Dani. Kane running boots Dani over and stomps her. The Outbreak come out and Barn/HoKane run.

The Outbreak go with Dani. Dani gets on the mic and asks if HoKane wants the title to officially become part of JCW. She then agrees and says let's do it at Bloodymania. Dani says if she wins at Bloodymania, she should get control over The Outbreak. Barn doesn't want to do it but HoKane does and the match is on.

Mac Davis interviews Big Vito and Sally Boy. Vito says Dijak will destroy EC3 tonight. He says Krule is at the gym and it's nobodies business where Dijak is. Vito says he needs Sally to be with him tonight and be productive. Sally says he's ready. Vito says they will kick some @ss tonight.

Violent J talks. He says we won't want to miss GoreGames at Bloodymania. Vince Russo interrupts and asks who can do 19 years of Bloodymania like him. He says he is not on Team Vito and is on Team JCW. He tells him to be careful and not to get hurt. J says he wants to talk about a special guest ref at GoreGames.

JCW Battle Royal Title Battle Royal

Yep, this is a Royal Rumble style battle royal for a battle royal Title.

Shane Mercer and Mike Wormfinger (Mosh Pit Mike) are the first two in. Shane throws Mike. Mike puts a net around him. Mike tries to hit him with a fishing rod. Shane breaks the rod over Mike's throat. He then dumps Mike out for the elimination.

Bootleg Dave is next in. Dijak exploders him. Shane chops Dave and throws him. Shane hits shots on him on the ropes. FTG comes in. Dijak knees him in the gut and release suplexes him. FTG is sent into Nate and Dijak corner euros both. Dijak suplexes Dave. 

Buzzsaw Nate is next in, he's wearing Randy Savage Spiderman gear. Nate hits punches on Shane. Dave spinning lariats Shane. Nate stunners Shane. Shane double lariats Nate and FTG. Bootleg Dave is thrown out. Shane double backdrops FTG and Nate. Buzzsaw Nate is then thrown out. 

Shane gorilla press throws FTG onto Nate and Dave outside for the elimination. The Ring Rat comes out. Rat tries to crawl around Shane and flirt with him. Shane grabs her and 2nd rope moonsault slams her. The Ring Rat is eliminated. 

Matt Cross is next in (him and Shane are the only 2 people in right now). They shake hands and Matt side headlocks him. Matt enzugiri's him in the corner. Matt forearms him from the apron and top rope double stomps Shane's back. Shane flips him with a lariat. Shane is pulled over the top and is eliminated. Shane then throws Matt out despite being eliminated. Matt is thrown over the rails and Shane beats up on him in the bleachers. Matt is sent into the rails and they fight to the back.

Atiba of Choppa City is next in. Bruce Wayans of Choppa City is the next guy in. They are the only 2 in the ring.  They do their chop pose and try to fight with chops only. They block and counter chops without anyone getting hit. CoKane is next in. Kane comes in and beats up on Choppa City. He corner lariats both opponents. Mike Platter (Mosh Pit Mike in a convict outfit) is next in. Mike wants a test of strength with Kane. Kane pours cocaine on his glove. Mike shanks Kane and chinlocks him. 

Steven Flowe is next in. Flowe foot chokes Kane. Kane grabs Steve by the throat and Steve tries to eliminate him. Sally Boy is next in. Sally euros Atiba and dropkicks him. Sally lariats Mike. Vincenzo is next in. Vin pounds on Kane. Mike hits Steve with a beer. 

Atiba takes a double team double axe handle from Vin and Sally. Bruce bangs Sally's head off the buckles. Bruce then chops him. Bruce chops 3 people in the corner. Josh Bishop is next in and Joel Gertner does the intro for him. 
Bruce tries to chop Josh and Josh no sells it. Atiba's chops also get no sold. Josh slaps Choppa City then chokeslams Sally. Josh throws Sally out for the elimination. Mike runs at Josh and gets booted off the apron for the limination. Josh lariats Vincenzo out for the elimination.

Josh lariats CoKane then lariats him over the top for the elimination. Josh gorilla press throws Steven Flowe out onto the others for the elimination. Josh stomps on Choppa City. 

Facade is next in. Fac jumps on Josh off the ropes and Josh no sells his lariat. Fac hits chops on Josh. Fac's springboard crossbody is caught. Fac takes snake eyes. Father Bronson is next in. Josh gets distracted by Bronson and Facade dumps Josh out. Josh is eliminated. 

Facade and Choppa City do a chop handshake together. Tarzan Duran is next in. He nails Fac. Tar is double hiptossed into the ropes and he does a double armdrag off of it. Tar slingshot double flipping neckbreakers his opponents. Tar high kicks Fac.

Mikey Funk (Mosh Pit Mike in Terry Funk attire) comes out. Mike hits punches on Tar. Fac hits punches on Mike. Kongo Kong is next in. Kong dumps Mike out for the elimination. Fac springboard kicks Kong. Tar boots Atiba in the corner. Kong throws Facade out for the elimination.

Kong suplexes Tarzan out of the ring for the elimination. Kong and Choppa City fight. Kerry Morton comes out with the giant JCW Battle Royal Title. Caleb Konley chairs Kerry as he comes out. Kerry is snet into the post. Caleb catapults Kerry's head into the ring rungs. 

Atiba corner splashes Kong. Kerry has until the 10 count to get in or face elimination. Kong corner splashes Choppa City. Kerry can't get into the ring before the 10 count and is eliminated. 

Atiba is on the 2nd rope and gets knocked to the apron. Kong pushes Bruce into Atiba and Atiba is eliminated. Kong and Bruce Wayans are the final two. Bruce tries chops on him. Kong spinning headbutts him and throws him out. Kongo Kong wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was fun and they had people coming in and out fast enough so that it never got boring. I enjoyed Mike's  Mick Foley spot where he came out multiple times. They also got some storyline work done here.

Shane Mercer and Steven Flowe talk in the back. The Ring Rat is with Steve. Steve says Mr. Anderson can't team with him at Bloodmania and he says he wants give Shane "the honor" of being his tag partner. Shane says he can wipe his @ss with it and wants money instead. Steve says if he teams with him, he can get a night with The Ring Rat. Shane says The Rat has been used more time than a government mule. Steve then offers up his gold guitar and says it's his prized posession. Steve says it could be worth thousands or millions. Shane says it looks like sh!t.

Steve says you have to judge it by how it feels. He says it feels like sh!t but he might be able to sell it to a mark. He says he might be able to work with that and they shake hands. 

Vince Russo and Caleb Konley talk last week. Vince says they've got to put Kerry Morton behind them. Caleb says everyone says he's only here because of Russo. He says he wants to prove it. He says he has to do this by himself vs Kerry 1v1 and he doesn't need move. Russo says he doesn't need to prove anything to anyone. Caleb tells him to take the week off and he will show him why he is the chosen one.

I won't be watching Sonny Kiss vs Haley J. J won.

Mac Davis interviews Caleb Konley. He says Kerry Morton has been up his @ss for months. He says over his dead body will Kerry take his title. He says he won't even make it as an ambulance is coming for him. Kerry Morton then attacks Caleb and sends him into a fence. Caleb is then sent into the rails. Kerry says "Who's the f*cking man?". He then grabs the title and tells the camera man to take him to the ring.

Kerry Morton comes out. He has the JCW Title. He says it's made of pure silver. He says they should melt it down and share the silver with everyone. He says he wanted to wait until Bloodymania but asks if we want to see that right now. Kerry asks for Russo to give him Caleb right now.

Caleb Konley comes out. Him and Kerry fight.

JCW Lunacy World Title Match - Caleb Konley (c) vs. Kerry Morton

Kerry hits him in the corner and boots him. Kerry lariats Cal over the top rope. Nick Gage and Brett Lauderdale of GCW are in the front row. Kerry step up enzugiri's Cal. Cal's head is banged off the buckles. Kerry is sent shoulder first into the post.

Cal foot chokes Kerry. Kerry hits forearms and rolls up Cal for 2. Cal back elbows him. Cal suplexes him. Kerry is sent into the buckles and goes upside down. Cal foot cokes him. Kerry's arm is banged off the post. 

Cal armlocks Kerry. Kerry dropkicks him. Cal armlocks Kerry again. Cal back hands him for a 2 count. They fight on the buckles. Kerry superplexes him. They trade shots. Cal pump kicks him. Kerry pumping knees him back then slingshot suplexes him for 2. Cal enzugiri's him out of the corner.The ref gets knocked over. Kerry boots Cal in the gut and pumping knees him but the ref is down and can't count the pin. Cal back body drops him. Cal grabs the JCW Title and misses a shot. Kerry kicks him in the gut. He teases hitting him with the title but doesn't. Cal then hits him with the title for 2. 

Cal atomic drops him. Cal misses atop rope moonsault. Kerry pumping knees him for 2. Cal low blows Kerry. Cal burning hammers him for the pin.

Thoughts: It went long and had a lot of shenanigans which hurt it some. But, either guy could have won at least and it was back forth. A decent portion of the crowd was gone by this match and I thought that hurt this one a bit. I didn't think this was that good.

The Luciano Family come out. Vito says he wanted to come here for a long time and complains about the crowd leaving. He says the people all suck. 

Special Ref: Mad Man Pondo - EC3 vs Dijak

The JWO come out with EC3

EC clubs Dijak and bangs his head off the buckles. EC corner lariats him. Dijak hits him in the head then foot chokes him. The GCW guys and The JWO argue outside. GCW removes a guard rail. Dijak chokes EC on the ropes. Dijak drops EC with a shot.

Dijak hits EC in the corner and clubs him. Dijak elbow drops him for 2. EC hits shots on Dijak and running lariats him. EC stunners him. EC lariats Dijak and STO's him. Dijak eye rakes him. 

Dijak hits EC in the corner. Dijak pushes Pondo then throws him into the ropes. Pondo then nails Dijak. They trade shots. The Luciano Family come in and Pondo hits them too. krule then comes out and hits Pondo too. The JWO joins in on the fight. Talos/Painful Paul then comes in and beats up The JWO. Talos chokeslams Jeeves. 

Big Vito gets on the mic. He says it's a 5v5 and Painful Paul is his 5th guy. He says he's a coach just like Violent J and won't be wrestling at GoreGames.

Thoughts: The match wasn't anything special and had no official finish here as Pondo the ref fought Dijak.

Overall thoughts: The first half was good and the show died down a little in the second half. 1/3rd of the crowd also left around the semi-main which hurt things. The semi-main and main event both had a lot of shenanigans and the work was kind of simple. J-Rod/Mickie was fine. The battle royal was favorite thing on here.  I didn't really like the main or the semi-main. We had a lot of storyline work as usual and all roads lead to Bloodymania. I think they did a decent job of making you want to see Bloodymania. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall as it was a decent go home show and they did what they were supposed to do here

AEW Collision 8/22/2026

AEW Collision 8/22/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/aew-collision-8152026.html

We are in Reading, PA. Tony Schiavone and Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

We get a Kenny/Ospreay recap video.

Continental Cup Quarterfinal Match - Orange Cassidy vs Kyle O'Reilly

OC puts his sunglasses on Kyle instead of pounding his fist. Kyle side headlock takeovers him and OC headscissors him. OC side headlock takeovers him. OC tries a pin on him and gets a 2 count on him. They trade waistlocks. OC drops down to get out and rests on the mat. Kyle side headlocks him. OC flying amrdrags him. OC boots him out of the ring with his hands in his pockets. OC then does a roll with his hands in his pockets.

Kyle rolls and does karate poses. Kyle side headlocks him. Kyle dragon screws him over the 2nd rope. OC goes out and Kyle holds the ropes open for him to get in with. Kyle suplexes him and OC suplexes him back. OC suplexes him and we go to PiP break.

We return from break. Kyle suplexes him then OC suplexes him back. They suplex each other again. They trade shots. OC superkicks him and Kyle rebound lariats him. Kyle jumping knees him, axe kicks him and goes for the armbar. OC hits leg kicks. Kyle guillotine chokes him and OC falcon arrows him for 2. 

OC spinning ddt's him for 2. OC misses a dive off the top and is rolled up for 2. Kyle legsweeps him. OC PK's him. Kyle ankle locks him. Kyle goes to stomp him and OC kind of begs off. OC cradles him then Kyle grounded ankle locks him. OC taps out quick.

Thoughts: They had the logic of the friend vs friend match down and they didn't try to hurt each other bad. But it also had the usual OC issue where he fools around in even the most important matches, like this tournament match. That brought this down for me. 

We see a Nigel McGuinness interview from after Dynamite while he's in the trainer's room. Will Ospreay comes in. Will asks him how he feels and he says overwhelmed. He says he doesn't know what he will do in Glasgow. Will says Nigel paved the way for him and he has more faith in Nigel winning his match than he has his match. Nigel says Will has an opportunity that won't happen again. Nigel says Will has to do what every British wrestler couldn't do - win the World Title in England. He says everyone will watch him. 

AEW Women's Tag Titles Eliminator Match - Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) vs Erica Leigh and Tiara James

The jobbers double team Meg to start. Meg double germans them together. Meg and Lena hit stereo corner splashes. The jobbers are sent into each other and takes lariat down. Meg tells The Brawling Birds to watch and learn. Lena and Meg shove each other then sandwich lariat Tiara. Tiara takes a hart attack variation. Tiara takes a double chokeslam and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a short squash and not much else here. 

Jack Perry talks about Swerve. He says he respects what he thinks. He says what better place than Glasgow to face Swerve. He says it's kill or be killed and puts a knife in a board.

Continental Cup Quarterfinal Match - Claudio Castagnoli vs Daniel Garcia

We see an inset with DG's promo from last night about this match.

CC backs him up in the corner. CC side headlock takeovers him. CC waistlock takedowns him. DG shoves him around. DG backslides him for 2. DG rolls him up CC forearms him. DG euros him and CC hits chops. DG dragon screws him over the 2nd rope. CC sits in a chair outside and DG forearms him. DG running corner dropkicks him. 

DG euros him over the rail, drops him throat first over it and dumps him over the rail. We go to PiP break and return. CC hits corner spears on him. CC euros him in the corner several times and boots him. CC hits a flurry of shots in the corner. 

DG rolls him up for 2 and facekicks him. DG corner lariats him and hits mounted corner punches. DG rolls him into a sharpshooter. DG gets on his back with a sleeper. DG giant swings him. DG leg lariats him. CC double knee drops DG's leg. 

CC euros DG. DG gets on his back with a sleeper. CC kicks him in the leg and running euros him. DG sleepers him again. DG neutralizers CC for 2. CC pop up euros him for 2. CC sharpshooters DG. DG gives him the finger and spits at him. CC takes off DG's leg shoe. CC single leg giant swings DG. 

CC running euros him for 2. CC euros him down and double stomps him. CC powerbombs him then sharpshooters him. DG submits.

Thoughts: It was a little long and slow but it was an alright match here. They stole each other's moves and had a technical battle with various strikes thrown in. DG worked the sleeper and CC worked the leg some before submitting him with a leg submission. 

The Dog's do a video. Finlay says he wants Jay White's head. Gabe says this isn't who they are. Gabe says he's watching two killers p!ss around. He says there's an open challenge for the trios titles and says they are them dogs for real at Wembley.

The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) and Lee Moriarty vs Ryan O'Neill, Nick Nolan and Ryan Mako

SB overhead throws Mako and release germans him. SB tags in Bobby over Lee and Lee isn't pleased. SB and Bobby throw 2 jobbers in from the apron. SB step up knees Ryan. Bobby spinebusters Ryan. SB sends Nolan into the apron and rails. Bobby spears Nolan outside. 

Lee is tagged in and The Hurt's leave. MVP says time's up and tells Lee to handle his business. Lee topes Mako. Lee drops Mako onto his chest and submits him with a border city stretch.

Thoughts: It was a short one with the jobbers getting nothing in before losing. The Hurt's again left before the match was over.

STP gets in the ring after. Shane says that's what they are talking about and says none of the people in PA know what greatness looks like. Shane says Lee is what greatness looks like as he's been Pure champ for 2 years. He says greatness is them becoming the greatest trios champs of all time. He then issues an open challenge.  

The Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) vs Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean)

Austin grabs CB's arm then Jay takes CB down by the arm. Jay chops CB. Colten yanks on CB's arm. Colt is triple teamed in the corner. Colt is slapped from behind then takes a neckbreaker. Austin blind tags in, sweeps Dean and bangs his face off the mat. Austin hits punches on CB and drops him. Shane comes in and lariats Austin down.

We go to PiP break and return. Austin takes a 2nd rope punch + side slam. Austin takes corner attacks. Dean bronco busters Austin and Bravo takes some awful jokes outside. Austin tags Colt in. Colt hits punches on the heels. Colt eurostep neckbreakers Dean then dropkicks CB. Shane lariats Colt down.

Shane misses a corner splash. Jay hits chops on him. Jay hits running forearms on him and boots him out of the corner. Jay hits chops on him. Shane overhead throws Jay. Shane corner lariats Jay. Shane misses a vader bomb. Jay dragon screws Dean. CB is ddt'd. Shane takes a 310 to Yuma. Jay bladerunners CB and pins him.

Thoughts: The Gang won as expected. It was a random one and what we got was fine here. 

Jay asks for guns up after the match. He says they are gunslingers and Collision cowboys. Jay says The Dogs got the best of him. Jay says the trios belts don't belong to Page's team as they never officially lost them. Jay says if you want to shoot, they will knock them all down as they coming for the gold.

The Conglomeration is interviewed. Kyle says he knew the tournament would test him and he had to fight his two best friends. He says the tournament is his for the taking and Nigel McGuinness stands between him and the final. Willow talks about her history at All In. She says she's looking forward to talking in as champ. She says nothing will stop her from her Wembley dream. She say she hopes Mercedes is watching and she'll have a smile for her.

We get a video on Kenny vs Will.

Nick Wayne does an inset promo. He says he's the hot topic in wrestling. He says he wants his number called in the Casino Gauntlet. Ciampa interrupts. He says this is business and we aren't a team. He says the same rules apply at All In.

Mike Bailey and Komander do an inset promo. Mike says they will go do what they do best and take out the competition. Kom talks in Spanish.

Tommaso Ciampa and Nick Wayne vs Komander and Mike Bailey

Mike waistlocks TC and takes a back elbow. Mike hits a kick combo on TC and both fall down. Nick comes in and stomps Mike. Mike kicks Nick down. Kom top rope diving armdrags Nick. Kom walks up the ropes and springboard dives on Nick. Kom and Mike hit stereo flying headscissors then hit stereo dropkicks. The faces then hit stereo topes. 

We go to PiP break and return. Kom hits leg kicks on Nick. Kom cradles him for 2. Mike bangs Nick's head off the buckles. Mike top rope dropkicks Nick. Mike facekicks TC on the apron. Mike hits kicks on Nick and drops him. Mike running ssp's Nick for 2. 

Nick dragon suplexes Mike hard on his neck. TC comes in and facekicks Mike. Mike stand moonsault double knee drops TC. Kom trips Nick then walks up the ropes and springboard splashes him. TC running knees Kom. Mike hits a kick combo on TC. Mike 2nd rope triangle moonsaults TC outside. Kom springboard diving canadian destroyers Nick for 2. 

Nick rolls up Kom with his feet on the ropes for 2. TC goes for Kom's mask. Nick superkicks Kom then fisherman busters him. Nick pins Kom.

Thoughts: It was the usual indy Nick Wayne match with canadian destroyers not even being enough put ol' Nick down. They kind of rushed through the second half of this. Mike took a nasty dragon suplex on his beck.

TC pushes Nick down after.

The Death Riders are in the back. Yuta complains about the Cup drawing being Claudio vs Mox. Yuta says they can use it as a way to raise the standard. Mox tells him to shut up. Claudio asks who the drawing sucks for? Yuta asks how Garcia's ankle is and he says, "sucks".

Maya World does an inset promo. She says she didn't sleep at all as her dreams could become reality. She says there's only room for one girl on top and it will be her.

AEW Women's Title - Willow Nightingale (c) vs Maya World

This is starting at 9:54PM. 

They lock up and Maya is backed up in the corner then on the ropes. Willow drags her off the lock up. They trade waistlocks. Willow side headlocks her and shoulders her over twice. Willow rolls over her and poses. Mary rolls over her and poses. 

Maya bottom rope springboard diving armdrags her. Willow hits corner lariats on her. Maya bridges out of a lariat, upkicks her and rolls her up for 2. Maya flying headscissors her. Maya crossbodies her off the apron outside.

Willow pounces her inside. We go to PiP break and return. Willow cartwheels off the ropes and step up enzugiri's her. Willow corner lariats her. Willow hits a corner lariat. 

Maya superkicks her in the gut and step up enzugiri's her. Maya flying single leg dropkicks her for 2. Maya handstand headscissors her into the ropes. Maya 619's her. Maya rolls her into a double stomp. Maya spinebusters her for 2. 

Willow boots her out of the corner. Willow 2nd rope dropkicks her. Willow corner cannonballs her for 2. Willow is on the 2nd rope and Maya sunset bombs her down. Maya fallaway slam holds her for 2. Maya spinning forearms her and Willow running lariats her. Maya rolls her up for 2. Willow reverses it then Maya cradles her for 2. Willow backslides her and pins her.

Thoughts: Willow won as expected. Maya wasn't winning here and being in such a big match at a big show. It had a decent pace to it and we had a lot of pin attempts. It wasn't anything great but it was fine.

Overall thoughts: It was almost all in-ring action here. The first hour was tough to get through as the matches were more technical and slower. We had a couple of random matches as usual and various Continental Cup matches. I'd give it a higher 5 out of 10 as some of the wrestling was good enough here to make this an acceptable show.

Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor 2026 8/21/2026

Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor 2026 8/21/2026

We are in Philadelphia, PA. Caprice Coleman and Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Match - Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) (c) vs. The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson)

Lee side headlocks Truth. Lee slaps Truth and Truth spears him. All 6 men fight. Dalton takes a double superkick then Lee and Blake are lariated over the top. The Runners tease dives but just do double axe handles off the apron. Lee takes a corner splash, a knee lift and a backdrop. 

Truth throws Jay and flying headscissors him down. Truth hits elbows on Jay then he backdrops him. Truth takes a faceick and a springboard diving lariat. Blake then does The Runners taunts. Blake stands on Truth's neck in the corner. 

Lee chokes Truth then boots him in the corner. Jay stomps Truth. Lee is sent out but pulls down Turbo when he tries to tag in. Blake stomps Truth. Jay back elbows Truth. Lee pounds on Truth. Blake snapmares Truth and low dropkicks him. Blake then pounds on Truth and elbow drops him. 

Jay hits elbows on Turbo. Jay struts. Turbo suplexes him. Jay is pushed into the buckles and Dalton tags in. Dalton germans Jay and suplexes Lee and Blake with exploders. Dalton germans Jay for 2. Jay is slammed. Blake takes Turbo's belt from his waist.  Turbo is superkicked and takes a 619 to the back in tree of woe. Lee low dropkicks Turbo and Blake 2nd rope moonsaults. Turbo takes a top rope elbow drop, a top rope splash and Blake slips on his dive attempt.

Truth backdrops Blake then Lee neckbreakers Truth. Jay handspring cutters Dalton. Everyone starts coming in to do a move. Turbo rolls up Blake, Blake reverses it and pins him while holding the ropes.

Thoughts: This wasn't super surprising. The Twist have been used by AEW everywhere lately and I thought a title change was possible. Does it matter? Not really. The titles are near worthless and there's never any feuds or programs going on in the trios division in ROH. The match was acceptable but a little long for an opener and it didn't quite get as good as it should have gotten.

The Kingdom, Sammy Guevarra and The Beast Mortos are interviewed. Taven says if they work together, they can get the ROH Tag Titles back. Mike says AI changed their names and now Sammy should be Samuel. He says Beast's name should be Beaut and they say his name should be Franklinford. They ask Mort what he thanks and he makes various sounds. Sammy says he said it's a deal.

ROH Women's Pure Title Match - Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Steph De Lander

Steph backs her up in the corner and slaps her. DP side headlocks her then takes her over. DP stomps her arm into the mat. DP grabs her arm. Steph grabs the ropes and uses a rope break. Steph grabs a chair outside. 

DP is dropped face first on the apron. Steph then poses on the chair. Steph stomps DP. Steph side slams her for 2. Steph suplexes her. DP boots her out of the corner. Steph blocks a russian legsweep by using the ropes and she uses a rope break. Steph then boots DP in the chest.

Steph chinlocks DP. DP pump kicks her and Steph punches her. Steph is given a warning. DP knee lifts her, russian legsweeps her and armbars her. Steph rope breaks and uses her last rope break. Steph boots her in the gut and DP boots her out of the corner. DP sits up top and is facekicked. Steph suplexesh er from the top rope for 2. 

Steph and DP trade forearms. Both girls nearly go into the ref. Steph punches DP in the face while the ref isn't looking and hits doi fives. DP uses her rope break to get out of the pin.

Steph brings a chair in. She misses a chair shot, the chair goes into the ropes and hits her on the rebound. DP forearms her and powerbombs her for 2. DP armbars her. Steph tries to roll her out of it. DP pulls back on both arms and Steph submits.

Thoughts: They did a good job with it and made the best of it. Steph isn't the best wrestler, so they had her break various rules and pull shenanigans. But, they kept it short and it didn't outlive its welcome. It worked and was something different.

DP then hugs a female child in her family. 

ROH Women's World Television Title Four Way Match - Red Velvet (c) vs. Marina Shafir vs. Skye Blue vs. Zayda Steel

Mox is on commentary for this.

SB nails Zay at the bell from behind. Red rolls up MS for 2. Zay stunners MS. Red stunners MS over the top rope. MS takes a ocdebreaker then is double dropkicked out. 

Zay rolls up Red for 2 twice. Red armdrags Zay then sends her to the apron. Red is kicked over the 2nd rope and is codebreakered over the 2nd rope for 1. They try to dropkick each other at the same time then get pushed into each other. Zay is german'd by MS and Red and SB trade pin attempts. 

MS cartwheels and boots Red in the head. Red pushes MS. They box and MS hits shots to the gut. Red then hits a bunhc of shots on her. MS high kicks her down. MS and SB trade shots. MS double underhook suplexes her for 2. 

Zay hits forearms on SB and spin kicks her in the gut. Zay's head is banged off the commentary table and she lands on Mox at commentary. MS throws Red down backwards. MS half-crabs Red. Zay then sleepers Red as she does this. SB swinging neckbreakers MS for 2. Zay swinging neckbreakers Red. Zay tornado ddt's MS. 

Zay spinning forearms Sky. Zay double codebreakers SB and Red together. Zay topes MS outside. We get a tower of doom spot with MS sending everyone down.  

MS hits running corner lariats. The other girls all hit shots on MS. Red jumps off of SB's back and flying double knes MS. MS powerbombs Red onto SB's back. Zay half rabs Red and SB. SB hits MS with a title belt to escape her sleeper. MS blocks a sunset flip and leg locks SB. Red breaks it up with a top rope splash on MS. Red then pins MS.

Thoughts: I don't get why they had Mox on commentary here just for MS to lose. Mox hyped up MS all match long then she just lost. That was dumb. It wasn't that good. These aren't 4 girls who click that well on paper and they didn't do anything too wild and crazy here. Red wins again but like Athena, her title reign isn't going anywhere and isn't helping her get that much more over.

ROH Pure Title Match - Lee Moriarty (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata

The background to this one was terrible. Nigel McGuiness was supposed to get this shot. He had to back out due to an injury scare. He then wrestled on AEW TV. He then said he was essentially skipping this match to wrestle at Wembley instead, which buried the title.

They do some grappling and grab some holds without getting anywhere. KS top wristlocks him. KS figure fours him with a heel hook and Lee uses a rope break to escape. KS side headlocks him. Lee armdrags him, atomic drops him and underhook suplexes him. KS offers a handshake and boots him. KS snapmares Lee into the ropes several times.

KS figure fours Lee. Lee uses his 2nd rope break to get out. Lee hits chops on KS. KS stomps Lee's foot. Lee dropkicks KS. Lee sweeps him and spinning corner lariats him. Lee bulldogs him. Lee belly to belly suplexes him. Lee does a border city stretch on him. KS like suplexes him on the apron. KS figure fours him with an ankle lock. Lee uses his final rope break. 

KS chops him in the corner then corner dropkicks him. KS underhook suplexes him and tries pins. KS chops Lee in the back. Lee facekicks him and KS facekicks him back. Lee does Nigel's rebound lariat on KS for 2. Lee does a border city stretch. KS sleepers him. Lee low topes him outside. Lee tries to springboard but slips (possibly intentionally to sell the leg). 

Lee 2nd rope dropkicks KS for 2. Lee does a grounded sleeper and KS grounded sleepers him. Lee then does a bridge pin on him with the arms trapped. Lee pins him.

Thoughts: They had Shibata work Lee's leg/ankle here a bit. He could have been a little more focused on it. It was acceptable but not great. Shibata was never supposed to be Lee's opponent here and there was no expectation that he would win.

The Dark Oder are interviewed. Uno and Silver argue. Silver says Vance isn't in the group and Alex/Uno disagree. Vance comes in. He says he messed up and says think of all the stuff they went through. Silver says he doesn't like him and will never trust him. Uno says John will come around.

ROH World Tag Team Title Match - El Sky Team (Mascara Dorada & Mistico) (c) vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) vs. The Kingdom (Matthew Taven & Michael Bennett) vs. La Faccion Ingobernable (Sammy Guevara & The Beast Mortos)

This one is beyond random.

Sammy nails MD at the start then holds his tag title up. 6 of the 8 fight outside. Dante and Darius hit stereo slingshot plancha's outside. Matt shoulders over Lee. Darius shoulders Matt over and euros him. Darius flying lariats Matt then Dante slingshot swantons Matt.

Dante standing moonsaults Matt. Matt 2nd rope dropkicks Dante. Dante flying headscissors Mike. Matt's head is facebustered onto Darius' knee. Matt spinning high kicks Darius. Darius fights out of the corner and hits shots on Sammy. Darius dropkicks Sammy. Mist and Darius go at it. They take each other down. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies him. Mist armdrags Darius and they stand off.

MD and Dante go at it. Dante backrolls into a headscissors on MD. MD and Dante block high kicks at the same time. MD and Dante hit superkicks then The Kingdom get superkicked by Darius and Mist. Mist and MD hit slingshot tornillos outside. Mort double lariats Darius and Dante.

Mort tornillo's through the ropes on MD and Mist. Sammy corkscrew kicks Darius then top rope ssp's outside onto multiple people. Mort misses a corner charge inside then slingblade facebusters Dante on his head. Mort backbreakers Dante and spining lariats him for 2. 

Dante takes a protonpack from The Kingdom for 2. Dante is popped up into a forearm for 2. Mike grabs his phone and wants to use AI. Dante is booted by The Kingdom in the corner. Mort gorilla press throws Dante into a Sammy cutter. Dante takes a pop up samoan drop from Mort for 2. 

Matt misses an asai moonsault on Dante. Mist gets in and Matt boots him. Mist handspring back elbows Matt. Mist enzugiri's him from the apron then springboard crossbodies him. Mist botched flying headscissors Matt. MD top rope crossbodies Matt. MD walks up the ropes, flips into the buckles and armdrags Mike.

Mist hits kicks on Sammy. Mist walks up the buckles and diving corkscrew armdrags him. Mist flying headscissors Sammy. MD springboards and Mort headbutts him down in mid-air. Mort is up top and he throws MD down from there. 

MD flips off of Mort's shoulders then MD spinning headscissors Mort. Mike pulls the ropes out on MD and MD goes out. Matt suicide dives onto multiple people outside. Darius is in the electric chair and Matt PK's him down from the apron. 

Mike death valley drivers MD. Matt running knees MD. MD is group stomped. Matt and Sammy get in the ring at the same time. MD springboard double lariats them. All 4 faces hit topes outside. Skyflight and Skyteam fight. Dante springboard crossbodies MD. Darius is up top. Mist enzugiri's him then top rope spanish flies him. Mistico pins him.

Thoughts: This was mostly a 4v4 match with the heels and faces going against each other. It went longer than I thought. We had a lot of dives as expected. It wasn't too wild though. Mist and MD won but they are never on ROH TV and that doesn't really do a lot for anything storyline wise when The Kingdom winning would have maybe worked the best. It was okay here.

Trent Barretta, Brian Cage and Rocky Romero of The Don Callis Family then jump the faces. The other heels in the match join in. Random people from the back then come and chase the heels off. 

AEW Continental Challenge Cup Play-In Match - Daniel Garcia vs. Adam Priest

They grapple a bit and AP backs him up on the ropes. DG shoves him. DG shoulders him over. DG piefaces him and AP knee kicks him. AP then dropkicks him. AP chops and euros him. 

AP euros him in the knee. DG boots him. AP slides low and knocks him over. AP's leg is dragon screwed over the 2nd rope. DG bangs AP's leg off the post. DG bangs AP's leg off the apron edge. DG pushes AP's legs into the mat off the surfboard and basement dropkicks him for 2.

DG ankle locks AP and AP ropebreaks. DG stands on him in the corner. DG hits mounted corner punches. DG double throat thrusts him. AP suplexes him. AP chops him and ddt's him. They hit each other on the apron. AP dragon screws him over the 2nd rope. AP top rope superplexes him. 

AP dragon screws him three times. DG does a grounded sleeper then an armbar. DG stands on AP's neck and twists his ankle. AP ropebreaks. DG hits a chop flurry. They trade forearms. DG hits chops and AP lariats him down.

AP figure fours him. DG turns him over and AP turns him back over. They roll to the apron and AP keeps the move on while they are on the floor. AP then rolls up the aisle with the hold on. They somehow get in before the 10 count. 

They kick each other in the legs and feet. DG stomps him. AP short piledrivers him for 2. AP half crabs him. DG drops down and runs into AP's knee. DG then hits downward elbows on AP. DG elbow s the knee. DG sharpshooters him and AP submits.

Thoughts: It was alright and more of a traditional match with them working each other's legs and trading a lot of chops. It made sense, it kind of went as expected and I was fine with this one.

Shane Taylor Promotions do a promo. They say to give it up for the longest reigning ROH Pure champ, Lee Moriarty. Shane says every generation has their great fighter. He says Lee is added to the list of champs like Ali and Tyson. Shane says no one is standing in their way since they hooked up with The Hurt Syndicate. Shane says they are unstoppable and there's nothing but more gold in their future. 

ROH World Television Title - Fight Without Honor Match - Lio Rush (c) vs. Action Andretti

Lio has a cart with weapons. He also has barbed wire on his umbrella hat. Lio also has Sabu themed gear on.

AA hits him, Lio tries to evade him and they stare down. AA boots him and chops him. Lio is sent into the rails. They tug of war over a broom and Lio is pulled into the post. AA hits him with the broom. Lio blocks a broom shot then hits him with it in the gut and back.

AA begs off in the ring. AA rolls him up for 2. AA buzzsaw kicks him and ddt's him for 2. AA rusisian legsweeps him with the brook for 2. AA throws a broom with a dust pan in and hits Lio with it on the throw. He then throws another broom in and it lands on him. 

Lio handspring kicks him off the apron. Lio then throws the dust pan in his face. Lio open an umbrella and dives on him off the apron. Lio puts a turnbuckle connector in AA's throat. 

AA superkicks him outside. A table is laying on the rails and Lio spears AA through it. Lio pulls a shovel and trash can lids out. Lio sticks the shove in AA's throat. Lio throws a trash can lid at his head then throws a chair at his head. AA jumps off a chair and lariats him. AA tries to pumphandle slam on an open chair but misses. AA then hits an AA on Lio through the chair. 

AA hits mounted punches and hits him with a trash can lid. Lio has a chair around his neck and AA throws him into the post skull first. AA throws a trash can lid at Lio's face. Lio is busted open. Lio eye rakes him and backdrops him on the apron. 

A table is set up outside. Lio stunners him over the 2nd rope. Lio topes him over the table outside. Lio grabs a box and a chain. AA is pulled into the ropes via the chain. Lio legdrops a trash can lid on AA's back.

Lio pours of pieces of black glass. Lio then rips it into AA's face. AA's head is banged off a table. AA lays on a table and Lio chairs him. Lio sits up top and AA throws a chair at his face. AA spinning forearms him, pump kicks him and pumping knees him. Lio throws a trash can lid at his face. Lio cutters him. Lio then does his deep cut submission. The lights go out. Hook appears in the ring (he's been teaming with AA lately).

Hook release exploders Lio. Hook misses a charge and goes into a door in the corner. Lio blue thunders him for 2. Anthoyn Bowens then comes out and fights Lio for a weapon. Hook does red rum on Lio. Bowens puts the black glass shards and Lio on a table. AA springboard 450's Lio through the table. AA is rolled in and kicks out of a pin attempt at 1.

AA is thrown into the door in the corner. AA runs into a barbed wire chair between the buckles. AA burning hammer spinning neckbreakers Lio and pins him.

Thoughts: It was mostly people hitting each other with weapons in the first half of this. The second half was more about Hook and Bowens interfering. AA and Hook have been teaming together and it seems like AA is now affiliated with them. Taking the belt off of Lio when he's one of the more over people on the brand is a questionable move. The match was acceptable but I would have like to see them do more without weapons before going into the weapons. This also was longer and dragged a little.

Lio then grabs a black heart toy out of the the box he had. He then drinks from it. Black goo then comes out of Lio's mouth.

ROH World Title Match - Bandido (c) vs. Nick Wayne

They slap hands before the match. 

Nick backs him up in the corner and does his finger gun taunt at him. Nick teases chopping him and does the finger gun taunt again. Nick wristlocks him. Band headflips out and wristlocks him. Nick armdrags him and Band armdrags back. Nick flips off of Band then Band does the finger gun taunt to him.

Band hiptosses him then dropkicks him out. Band then topes him through the ropes in the aisle. Band topes him again. Band goes for another dive but is kicked. Band pop up drops Nick on the rail throat first. Nick sends Band into the rails.

Nick gets a 2 count on him in the ring. Nick then rips at his mask. Band hits corner spears and Nick suplexes him into the buckles. Nick boots Band in the gut. Band boots him out of the corner. Band top rope tornillo's him. Band flying forearms him and superkicks him. Band single arm gorilla press slams him. Band top rope frogsplashes him for 2.

Nick double throat thrusts him. Band reverse gorilla press slams him and shining wizards him for 2. Band dumps Nick over the top rope. Band gets stuck hanging from the top rope outside. Nick top rope swantons him on the apron.

Nick standing shiranui's him for 2. They trade strikes. Both no sell germans. Nick superkicks him, gets popped up and cutters Band. Band poisonrana's him. Nick crucifix drivers him. Both men are down. They trade chops. They then look at each other and fight on the apron near the steps, which are sideways. Band sweeps Nick of the apron and Nick goes head first (and I do mean head first) into the side of the steps. Nick is busted open.

Band top rope ssp's but Nick gets his knees up. Nick cradles him for 2. They lariat each other at the same time. Band lariats him over. Nick code red's him for 2. Band throws him up from his shoulders and koppo kicks him in mid-air. Nick counters a 21plex with a poisonrana. Nick falcon arrows him for 1.

Nick high kicks him and fisherman suplexes him for 2. Band hits a  GTS. Band hits a 21plex for 2. Nick low blows Band behind the ref. Nick 2nd rope os cutters him. Nick suplexes him for 2. Band crucifixes him and pins him.

Thoughts: The finish wasn't that good here. They didn't get as crazy as I expected but the selling wasn't good and it was an indy style match. The head bump into the stairs really should have ended this and I didn't like a poisonrana only being worth a 1 count. I didn't think this was good.

Nick cries after. 

Moxley does a promo with Shafir and Daniel Garica. He says injuries happen and personal problems happen. He says people drop off left and right. He says he'd have nothing in this way if he wasn't always ready and willing to strike when the opportunity arose. He says he demands nothing less than someone like Garcia taking on Claudio in the Continental Cup. He says he just demands 100%. Shafir says they don't care if DG has a bum ankle. DG says that's what happens when you take no days off. He says he's here and asks where Claudio is at. He says he's joking. He says the past 20 year's were Claudio's and the next 20 years are his. He says wrestling is all he has and it's a love story. He says he wouldn't have it any other way. He says he has to do it as this tournament is what wrestling is. He says he doesn't care if it's Claudio or Mox, he will do it for the love of the game.

ROH Women's World Title Match - Athena (c) vs. Hazuki

There is no reason to suspect that Haz will win here and the question is just how long will it take.

Ath rolls through a sunset flip. They forearm each other. Ath flips out of a takeover. Ath offers a handshake while crossing he r fingers. Haz takes it, ducks Ath's shot and drops her with a forearm. Ath gets mad outside. 

They trade side headlocks and Haz takes her over. Ath headscissors her. Ath trips her and twists her ankle. They try to do a test of strength and Haz switches hands her on her. Haz wristlocks her. Ath armdrags her into an armlock. 

Haz short arm shoulderblocks her. Haz kicks her in the gut. Haz running back elbows her and basement dropkicks her for 2. Billie Starkz and Diamante come down and bother Haz. Ath blocks a headscissors and drops her face first on the mat. 

Ath knees her in the back. Ath foot chokes her and Starkz chokes Haz. Ath holds her in the air while tying up 3 limbs. She then drops her.  Haz rolls her up for 2. Haz hits forearms. Ath euros her and Haz back elbows her. Ath germans her. Ath wastelands her. Ath fireman's carries her, backrolls her out of the ring and Haz falls on her in a botched spot. Ath's head is then banged off an open chair.

Ath's buddies help her in the ring. Haz flying headscissors her then tornado ddt's her for 2. Ath powerslams her on the apron over the 2nd rope. Ath yanks her into a powerslam for 2. 

Ath gets on the 2nd rope and has her in the electric chair. Haz 2nd rope crucifix drivers her for 2. They trade foreamrs on their knees. Haz hits a bunch of forearms and hurricanrana's her. Ath hits chops. Ath pump kicks her. Haz ddt's her on the apron over the 2nd rope. Haz top rope dropkicks her. 

Haz pop up codebreakers her. Haz seats her on the 2nd rope and codebreakers her for 2. Ath hits ataxia for 2. Ath koji clutches her. Ath euros her over. Haz crossfaces her. Haz facekicks her through the ropes. Haz goes for a tope and Ath enzugiri's her as she dives. Ath sends her into the rails. 

They fight on the ramp. Haz suplexes her there. Ath is then sent into the rails and post. Haz top rope sentons her for 2. Billie Starkz comes in and throws Ath into the ref. Haz tries a crossbody on Stakrz and Dia and she gets thrown to the apron. Haz is double stomped on the apron. Haz double codebreakers then and double dropkicks them off the apron. Haz then topes them. Ath curbstomps Haz for 2. Ath tombstones her for 2.

Ah throws her out and pulls a table out. Ath pushes Caprice Coleman away. Haz superkicks Ath. Haz bridging ddt's Ath on the floor. Ath is put on the table. Haz top rope splashes her through the table. Haz brainbusters her for 2. Ath cutters her over the top rope. Ath dives off the apron and stunners her on the floor. Ath top rope diving o-face's her and pins her.

Thoughts: Athena won as expected. It gets hard to get into matches sometimes when the outcome is obvious and the outcome was obvious here. It went long and dragged at times. I thought the second half of this pretty much could have been cut out and I thought the match gained nothing once Billie and Diamante got in the ring. It was alright but not a classic.

Haz and Ath bow at each other after.

Overall thoughts: It was a long 4 hour show. The opener was acceptable and I liked De Lander/Deonna. The women's 4-way wasn't that good. Shibata/Lee was acceptable. The men's 4-way tag was fine as was Garcia/Priest. Andretti/Lio was acceptable as was the main. I didn't like Bandido/Wayne. I think if the show was a little shorter, I may have enjoyed this more but length was a bit rough. It was not one of the more wilder ROH shows as I believe a lot of the wrestlers are saving their big stuff for All In. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall and the show was alright.

NWA Powerrr 8/22/2026

NWA Powerrr 8/22/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/nwa-powerrr-8152026.html

Joe Galli, Danny Dealz and Tim Storm are on commentary. 

I won't be covering the opener of Shaw vs Liviyah. Liviyah lost. 

We see Ricky and Kerry Morton arrive.

Carson Drake talks to Aron Stevens in the back. CD complains about having to wrestle PB Smooth and doesn't know how he got a #1 contender's shot. Aron tries to calm him. The Rascalz walk by and try to get The Hardway to give them the US Tag titles back. Drake asks why they let them in the group.

Kratos vs Effy

Effy side headlocks him and is pushed into the ropes. Kratos then shoves him into the ropes off the lock up. Kratos misses a corner charge then takes hip attacks and a splash. Effy helluva kicks him then leg chokes him on the ropes. Effy does a tarantula variation. Kratos pounces Effy. 

Kratos poses and chops Effy in the corner. Kratos slaps him and double chops him in the corner. Kratos throws him on a suplex twice. Kratos hits running corner lariats then a regular lariat. Kratos splashes Effy for 2. 

Effy superkicks him. Effy boots him out of the corner and hip attacks him. Effy blockbusters him then totally misses a pump kick in the corner for 2. Effy hurricanrana's him and Kratos powerbombs him for 2.  

Effy cradles him for 2. Kratos back enzugiri's him. Kratos double underhook deadfall him and pins him.

Thoughts: It went longer than it needed to as Kratos was always going to win here. Effy has some unusual offense where he kind of poses on people in the corner. They had some of the logic right but it was average.

The Royal Court talk. Knox puts over Franks for taking a beating.  Trevor says Jacob can take one too. Trevor says they are loving The Kingdom and they are really coming together. Jacob says wrestling must have a true king. I think Trevor says, "medieval witches for everybody" and they leave.

Carson Drake is with Aron Stevens and they are interviewed. Kyle Davis says he thought Aron was suspended and Aron says it was appealed. Aron says nothing was of any fault of theirs. He says Bryan Idol did this to himself and his own mother. He says Idol is a horrible son and champ. He then says he hopes Kyle Davis takes a shower by then.

Drake is asked about how he will take on PB Smooth. He says he's bigger than PB. He says Kyle and the fans can't understand his technique. He tells them to watch and learn and he can maybe teach them a few things.

Bryan Idol does a video. He says Mike Mondo put his hands on his mother. He says Mike cut a hole in his heart. He says this isn't about wrestling but settling scores. He says there's nothing he will defend more than his mother. He says no one will save him. He says looks kill and so does he. 

NWA World Title #1 Contender's Match - Pretty Boy Smooth vs Carson Drake

PB lunges at him and misses. CD chops him then runs. CD puts his throat over the top rope and PB pulls it down. PB chops him in the corner. PB corner splashes him then throws him on a slam attempt. PB clubs CD's chest. PB suplexes CD in from the apron. PB slams CD then legdrops him for 2. 

CD single arm ddt's him. CD hits shots to his shoulder. PB chops him down. PB back body drops him, shoulders him over and lariat him. PB corner splashes him. PB STO's him. Aron gets on the apron and C-Lo pulls him down. They shove each other. Aron goes into the ring to escape him. Aron hits PB with his loaded glove from behind, CD rolls up PB and pins him.

Thoughts: They had the right idea here with PB destroying CD and CD needing to cheat to win. It was acceptable. I had a feeling CD was winning this, just I wasn't sure how.

The Cazana's are still overseas. Joe complains about a car he has found on the street. We then see clips of The Cazana's wrestling at a Pro Wrestling Holland show and picking up the win.

NWA World Title - Special Ref: Alex Taylor - Silas Mason (c) vs Kerry Morton

Ricky Morton is with Kerry.

SM misses a corner charge and goes for a punch. Alex stops him. Kerry hits knees to the gut and hits some punches. Alex stops him. SM hiptosses Kerry and slams him. SM is pulled down throat first into the ropes. Kerry chokes SM with the ring skirt. 

Kerry rakes SM's back. SM chops him outside. SM clubs on him. Kerry hits SM while he's distracted. Kerry top rope splashes SM for 2. We go to break and return. 

SM hits shots on Kerry. Ricky Morton trips SM. Kerry ddt's SM for 1. Kerry boots SM in the corner and slaps him. SM misses a corner move and gets his leg stuck over the top rope. Kerry knee drops him in the leg. 

SM is knocked off the buckles and Kerry diving euros him from the top. SM drops Kerry with punches then he back body drops him. SM goes for a thrill ride but Kerry runs into Alex. Alex is down. Kerry hits a pumping knee and takes a thrill ride. They try a double pin but both get their shoulders up. 

SM makes angry faces at Kerry. Kerry boots and punches him in the corner. SM hits shots in the corner and corner splahes him twice.  Kerry is caught coming off the 2nd rope and SM powerslams him. Ricky Morton pulls Alex out on the count for the pin. Those two argue outside.

Kerry kicks the middle rope into SM's crotch. Kerry grabs Alex. SM goes for a powerbomb and Kerry eye rakes him to escape. Kerry tries to hold onto Ricky's arm to pin SM. Alex kicks the arm away. SM thrill ride's Kerry and pins him.

Thoughts: Either guy could have won here which was nice. It got enough time to play out but I don't know if they dipped into the former friend vs former friend concept as much as they could have. What we got was acceptable but nothing too great here. I don't think this ends Kerry's title dreams as either him or Carson Drake seem like the most plausible guys who could be champ next.

Kerry throws chairs and paper after then throws a table.

Overall thoughts: It was a quicker moving episode. What I saw wasn't bad but just nothing you'd really go out of your way to see and being must see TV is not something NWA Powerrr usually is. The main was easily the best match of the night. Effy/Kratos was average and Smooth/Drake was acceptable. I thought this was average overall and it could have maybe used a few promos or talking segments. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall.