EPW Wrestling Unleashed 8/22/2026 Episode #256

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 8/22/2026 Episode #256

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/epw-wrestling-unleashed-8152026-episode.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/epw-wrestling-unleashed-8292026-episode.html 

We are in Booneville, MS. Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are our hosts. 

Eli Knox is interviewed by Sarah Blake. Eli says everyone says Moses Cain has gotten in his head and he's scared of him. He says he's big but it doesn't matter because he's the gold standard. He says if anyone should be scared, it should be little Moses Cain. He says he's the gold standard and he always walks out on top.

The hosts talk. K-Swiss interrupts them and demands they give him his job back. The interview Allen Pounds says he got a message from Downtown Bruno. He says Bruno said Swiss did a good job at the concession stands. He says he might have been #1 at one point but now needs to go clean #2 in the restrooms. Swiss says he's not doing it. Swiss then walks off, seemingly to go clean as he was told.

The Culture Project (Enrico Sterdivant and Zay Washington) vs Parental Advisory (Hunter Dabbs and Dakota Gage)

Dabbs and Zay shoulderblock each other. Zay cartwheels out of a headscissors. Dabbs dropkicks him. Gage hits a corner spear on Zay and fisherman suplexes him for 2. Zay tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Zay backsplashes Gage.

Enrico comes in and spinning enzugiri's Gage. Jabari Young chokes Gage from the outside. Enrico broski boots Gage for 2. Enrico germans Gage for 2. Enrico kicks him in the back.  Zay slams him. Gage catches Zay off the 2nd rope and spinning uranage's him. 

Dabbs and Enrico get in. Dabbs springboards on him and hits shots in the corner. Dabbs then tope con hilos Zay outside.  Enrico is double superkicked by the faces. Gage flatliners Enrico. Dabbs goes up top and Zay crotches him up there. Gage knocks Zay off the apron. Enrico grounded chokes Gage and Gage is out. Enrico's team wins.

Thoughts: The faces didn't connect that well on some of their moves and that hurt it. The Project needed a win to get established, but maybe it would have been better to build to this one a little more before it actually happened. They had some decent ideas here but it was so-so.

We see clips from a recent show in Mississippi. 

EPW Apex Title - Eli Knox (c) vs Moses Cain

Hollywood Jimmy is with Eli.

They go face to face and MC shakes his head at him. Eli escapes a chokeslam and slaps him. MC lunges at him and Eli tries to slide out. Hollywood Jimmy and MC tug of war over Eli. MC hits punches on Eli in the corner.

MC chops him on the ropes. Jimmy sells the chop as much as Eli does. MC throws Eli then hits a powerslam him for 2. Eli eye rakes him. Eli drops him throat first over the top. Eli then top rope dropkicks him. Eli hits forearms in the corner. 

Eli dances then MC running lariats him. MC boots him down then does a small chokeslam. MC fires up. Jimmy gets on the apron. Elijah Owens comes out and hits MC in the back of the head with a title belt. Eli then hits MC in the head with the title. Eli fameassers MC on the title and Eli pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fun a little match and they did what they were suppose to here. Eli had to cheat to get anywhere and Moses was a slight face here and destroyed him otherwise. Something like this was the only way Moses could believably lose here.

The announcers wonder if Elijah Owens has joined The Order after.

Dorian Vain vs Ty Miller

DV lunges at him and Ty ducks. Ty dropkicks him. Ty asai moonsaults him twice. DV goes out and Ty topes him. DV is on the floor and Ty stomps him from the 2nd rope. Back in the ring, DV buckle bombs him. DV underhook suplexes him then hits punches in the corner. DV foot chokes him. 

DV throws him on a suplex. DV lariats him down then hits mounted shots. DV comes off the 2nd rope and is superkicked. Ty hits running lariats. DV tries to punch him but it doesn't hit. Ty gets put in a cobra clutch variation twice and the second attempt puts him out. Vain wins.

Thoughts: It was a decent underdog match here. Ty did some nice flying before being put down as expected.

DV grabs the ref's belt after and chokes Ty with it. 

K-Swiss is in the bathroom and is cleaning the toilet. He sees that he is being filmed and yells at the camera man. He then closes the door.

Wonder Boy vs James Ellsworth

JE nails him as he enters and sends him into the post and wall. JE then sends him into the steps. WB's head is banged off the commentary table. The bell then rings to start this. JE kicks and punches him. 

JE hits punches on him. WB's head is banged off the buckles and JE slaps him around. JE's head is banged off the buckles. JE kneelifts him and throws him out. WB beats the count on and JE hits mounted punches on him. JE chinlocks him. 

JE throws him down backwards. JE hits elbows to the chin. WB is thrown out. JE boots him outside. JE grabs one of the commentator's headsets and accuses WB of stealing his catchphrase. He rubs WB's face on the commentary table.   

JE hits punches inside. WB punches him back and drops him with a shot. WB misses a top rope crossbody. JE superkicks him and pulls him up on the count. JE then sks for the mic and talks trash on it. He says WB doesn't belong in the ring with him. JE says no one in Mississippi can beat him. He says he will kick his teeth down his throat for good.

JE turns around and is superkicked in the gut. WB then pins him.

Thoughts: It was fine. James did everything he could do to get heel heat here and did the job. There was nothing wrong with this and the right man won.

Overall thoughts: The opener disappointed and was only so-so. Eli/Moses was what it should have been and Moses even got over some as a face. That was a fun bout. Ty Miller had a good showing against Dorian Vain and they had a decent match. The main was fine with James Ellsworth really trying to heel it up. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 and I thought it was a fun show overall.