EPW Wrestling Unleashed 9/26/2026 Episode #261

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 9/26/2026 Episode #261

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/epw-wrestling-unleashed-9192026-episode.html

The next show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/epw-wrestling-unleashed-1032026-episode.html 

Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are on commentary.

Sara Blake interviews Raven Black. She says nobody cares about Nyxx. She says Nyxx wants more of her. She says she does whatever it takes to win and says since Nyxx wants to go to school so bad, she has a lesson for her.

The hosts hype up the show.

EPW Women's Title - Raven Black (c) vs Nyxx

Nyxx thesz presses her and hits mounted shots. Rav turns it around and they trade mounted shots. Nyx throws her and samoan drops her for 2. Nyxx misses a corner splash and takes punches. Rav lariats her down and legdrops her for 2. 

We go to break and return. Rav headbutts her and Rav goes out. Nyxx bangs Rav's head off the apron and hits forearms on her outside. Rav then bangs Nyxx's head off the apron. Nyxx rams her back into the apron edge then Nyxx is sent into the post.

The ref yells at Rav. Rav shoves and punches the ref. Rav is DQ'd.

Thoughts: We didn't get a ton of this before it ended here. It was mostly brawling, though it should have been so they got that right.

Rav grabs a stick at swings it at Nyxx. Nyxx avoids it and bangs Rav's head off the apron. Nyxx grab a chair and officials try to break it up. The girls end up fighting and the official try to break it up. Rav grabs a crutch and officials separate them.

CJ Thomas vs Ty Miller

They talk trash and CJ piefaces him. Ty slaps him. Ty then drop down punches him when he covers up. Ty kips up and dropkicks him. Ty standing ssp's him for 2. Ty corner splashes him and CJ runnin euros him in the corner. CJ corner spears him then does a belly to belly suplex for 2. 

CJ suplexes him for 1. CJ chokes him with a headband. Ty hits shots to the gut and CJ chokes him with it again. CJ chokes him while doing push up's. 

Ty's head is banged off the buckles. Ty enzugiri's him from the apron. Ty top rope crossbodies him for 2. CJ hits back elbows and half-nelson backbreakers him. CJ short arm lariats him for 2. Ty lariats him and jumping flatliners him for 2. The ref takes CJ's headband from him. CJ then low blows Ty and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a little longer than I expected and I kind of figured CJ would win here as Ty got most of his offense in early. They did kind of lose the pace a little after starting good though. I thought it was average to acceptable and just needed to be sped a up a bit.

The hosts say The Purge is coming on 10/3, which is a Halloween show.

Aaron Roberts and Moses Cain vs The Order (Elijah Owens and Izzy Rotten)

Hollywood Jimmy is with The Order.

Eli runs at MC and is lariated down. MC hits gut shots on him in the corner. MC corner splashes him then lariats him down. MC slams him then gives him a big boot.

MC splashes Eli for 2. MC spinebusters Eli and AR splashes Eli for 2. We go to break and return. AR kind of trips and Eli stomps on AR's injured ankle. Izzy then stands on the ankle as well.

Eli elbow drops the ankle then stomps it. Izzy legdrops the ankle. Izzy elbow drops AR's leg and leg locks him. AR rakes Izzy's face. AR slams Izzy. MC tags in. MC drops Eli with a shot and corner splashes Izzy twice. MC chokeslams Eli.

Izzy eye rakes MC. Hollywood Jimmy tries to give Izzy his cane. Marko Harris comes down and stops Jimmy from doing that. AR corner splashes Izzy. Izzy takes a black hole slam from MC and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay tag match here. Cain was an okay face again. The story made sense with the heels working AR's ankle and MC getting the hot tag in to save the match for his team.

Dorian Vain then comes out to argue with the faces from the outside.

Last Man Standing Match - Wonder Boy vs Mike Anthony

They stare down and Mike asks WB if he can do it. WB claymore kicks him to start. WB misses a claymore kick. Mike brainbusters him.

Mike throws crutches and a chair in the ring. Mike chairs WB's back. Mike puts a chair between the buckles and Mike's head is sent into it. WB lariats him over the top rope. WB forearms him outside and bangs Mike's head off the rail. 

Mike is in the front row. WB dives on him off the apron and sends him into chairs. WB throws Mike back into ringside. We go to break and return. 

Mike drops WB gut first on the rail. Mike clears off the commentary table. Mike clubs WB's back. Mike whips WB over the commentary table. WB is backdropped onto the table. Mike wants the ref to count WB out there but the ref won't. We cut ahead for some reason. WB hits shots on Mike. 

Mike suplexes WB on the floor. Mike pins WB under the ring steps. WB gets up and threatens to throw them at Mike. Mike tells him to do it. WB throws the steps and misses. They trade shots in the ring. WB forearms him down. Mike back body drops WB and holds on. Mike talks into the camera and WB claymore kicks him. WB hits another claymore kick. WB then hits a 3rd claymore kick. Mike gets up onto his knees and WB claymore kicks him from behind. Mike can't beat then 10 count up and WB wins.

Thoughts: They sold and it felt like they both took their shares of hard bumps here. They did everything right on paper, just Wonder Boy isn't a real fiery face and it hurt what they were doing a little. I'd love to know what the camera cut was for. I imagine it was just some kind of technical issue, but the possibilities really are endless. They ran with the story here of Mike trying to get Wonder Boy to get mean. Mike egged him on all match and Wonder Boy was a little more cut throat than usual. The pace could have been a little faster at times here, but these types of matches are a bit slower by design. It was an okay main and they did put some thought into this.

Overall thoughts: There wasn't much to the opener. CJ Thomas vs Ty Miler was acceptable. I thought Moses Cain's tag was an okay bout and they did a good job of selling AR's injured ankle. The main was okay. They roughed each other up some and did check most of the boxes their match should have checked. It was okay but not quite the classic they designed. I'd give it a 6 out of 10. It was a good show overall.