EPW Wrestling Unleashed 10/3/2026 Episode #262

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 10/3/2026 Episode #262

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/epw-wrestling-unleashed-9262026-episode.html

We are in Corinth, MS. Gene Jackson and K-Swiss are on commentary.

Hollywood Jimmy talks to Downtown Bruno on the phone in the back. Jimmy says he doesn't want to be one of the commentators. He says he doesn't want to work around Gene Jackson and says he smells like rotten eggs. K-Swiss comes up to Jimmy. Jimmy says he has a job for him everyone wants to do. He says Joey Gross can't be here and K-Swiss can be the announcer for the next 2 weeks. Jimmy then tells Bruno he's got this taken care of.

The hosts talk and say Joey Gross is on vacation.

CJ Thomas vs Isiah Cone

They lock up. Cone side headlocks him. CJ clean breaks him in the corner. Cone side headlocks him. CJ pulls him by the hair and side headlocks him. CJ shoulders him over. Cone hits armdrags and chops him.

Cone's chest is banged off CJ's knee. Cone spinning forearms him and enzugiri's him. Cone double chops him down for 2. We go to break and return. CJ eye pokes him then does a push up on him. 

CJ chokes him on the ropes. CJ knees him in the gut and suplexes him for 2. CJ running euros Cone in the corner. CJ corner spears him. CJ half-nelson backbreakers him. CJ ripcords him and Cone backslides him for 2. Cone superkicks CJ. 

They trade forearms. Cone slap flurries him. Cone running facekicks him. Cone misses a top rope move. Cone then rolls him up and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable enough. The camera had some issues here and it was a little distracting. CJ could have just moved a little better here at times.

Sara Blake interviews Nyxx. Nyxx says she was mad as hell last time but now knows Raven Black is scared of her. She challenges Raven to a street fight for the title and says they can take it to the streets if she wants to fight like that.

The Order are interviewed in the ring by Allen Pounds. Dorian Vain gets up in Allen's face. Jimmy says the crowd needs to show some respect. He says Dorian Vain is the best and says Eli Knox is the gold standard. He says Elijah Owens is new and says Izzy Rotten is mean and bad. Jimmy says he's sick o the kids running their mouths saying Marko Harris is their favorite wrestler. He says he's sick of hearing about Marko and says he hates Marko's guts. 

Eli Knox says he doesn't get why Aaron Roberts/Moses Cain/Marko Harris think they are scared of them. Eli says he's beaten 2 of them himself. Eli says it's the 4 of them vs their 3. Dorian Vain says he hates the fans and says he wants to vomit every time he comes here. He says Aaron Roberts only makes him sicker. Vain says they walk it like they talk it and if you face them, you will go down like Aaron Roberts did. He says he will whoop Aaron and get his EPW Title back. He says that's an executive order.

Dorian Vain vs Xero

DV throws him in the corner and hits back elbows. Xero boots him out of the corner and trips him into the buckles. Xero enzugiri's him and top rope crossbodies him for 1. DV's head is banged off the buckles. Xero is chokeslammed hard in the ring. DV underhook suplexes him. 

DV hits punches in the corner for 2. DV chokes him in the corner. Xero's handspring is caught and he is thrown on a backdrop for 2. Xero is thrown hard into the buckles and goes down. DV chokes him.

DV is pushed into the buckles. Xero pop up dropkicks him then spinning ddt's him. Xero low flying knees him. DV cobra clutches him and Xero fights out. We go to break and return. DV has the cobra clutch on.

DV corner splashes him then underhook suplexes him twice. DV misses a corner splash and takes a flying pumping knee. Xero goes up top and Hollywood Jimmy gets on the apron. DV lariats Xero from behind. Xero jawbreakers him. DV knees him in the ribs and cobra clutches him again. Xero trips him into the ropes. DV suplexes him into the ring. DV then cobra clutches him on the mat. Xero is out and DV wins.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. They had some moments that could have been better here. The announcers also hyped up Xero breaking the cobra clutch too much as they didn't think it could be done, then he did it like 3 times straight.

DV puts the cobra clutch on him again after and lets go of it.

Diana Taylor vs Brooklyn Barrett

They lock up. BB side headlocks her a few times. They lock up again and DT side headlocks her twice. DT shoulders her over. DT blocks a hip toss and side slams her for 1. DT knees her in the back. DT running leg lariats her for 1.

DT takes a bad backcracker. BB stomps her and bangs her head off the buckles. BB double stomps her back. BB meteora's her in the front and back in the corner for 2. BB pulls her arms back. BB hits chest forearms and chops in the corner. DT then chops her in the corner. DT powerslams her. DT corner slashes her then samoan drops her for 2.

BB jawbreakers her. BB step up knees her in the corner. BB 2nd rope dropkicks her from behind for 2. DT jawbreakers her then does a bad snapmare driver. DT pins her.

Thoughts: It was a little below average. There were a couple of spots that could have been cleaner here (including the finish) and it wasn't anything too special. It was nice to see someone different though in Barrett.  

The hosts talk. 

EPW Tag Titles - The Initiative (Trace Lee Hunt and Jason Genesis) (c) vs Parental Advisory (Hunter Dabbs and Dakota Gage)

Arynanne is with The Initiative.

Dabbs pushes JG in the corner to start. JG nails Gage on the apron then euros Dabbs over. Gage corner spears JG and Dabbs step up enzugiri's JG. JG suplexes Gage then kips up. 

Gage avoids a double team and fisherman suplexes JG. Hunt lariats Gage down then single leg dropkicks him. Dabbs top rope crossbodies Hunt for 2. Hunt overhead belly to belly suplexes Dabbs. They mess up a demolition decapitation and JG gets a 2 count on Dabbs. Dabbs' arm is banged off the mat then Dabbs takes a double suplex.

We go to break and return. The heels hug. Hunt stomps Dabbs then slams him. Hunt legdrops and elbow drops him. JG flying euros Dabbs in the corner. Dabbs is snapmared and takes a running boot for 2. Dabbs rolls up JG for 2. JG lariats Dabbs down. Hunt rolls up Dabbs for 2. Hunt double underhook suplexes Dabbs for 2. Dabbs is double chopped down by the heels for 2. Dabbs escapes a double team. He dropkicks Hunt into JG. 

Gage tags in and hits chops on Hunt. Hunt eye pokes him. Gage spinebusters Hunt. Arynanne grabs Dabbs from the outside. Gage goes up top and is crotched by Hunt. Gage takes a powerplex. Dabbs then top rope splashes Hunt. 

JG and Dabbs trade forearms. Dabbs takes a codebreaker then a german. Hunt gets a 2 count on Dabbs. Chris Styles then runs in and chairs Hunt for the DQ. The Initiative win by DQ.

Thoughts: The match was more on the average side as it had an unsatisfactory finish. It wasn't that bad, just the faces needed more offense in on this and it could have had a few more exciting spots. The finish wasn't random as three times have been feuding.

Dabbs complains and shoves Styles. Gage joins in and Styles yells at them. 

Overall thoughts: They weren't at the usual EPW Arena, so the lighting, camera's and audio weren't quite as good as usual. That hurt things as did Joey Gross not being on commentary. The opener was acceptable as was Vain/Xero. The girls' match was a little below average and the main was also average with a bad finish. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 overall. This was below average