Sin City Stampede
Date: April 16, 2026
Location: Bizarre Bar, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Cam Hawkins, Dan Miller

This is New Texas Pro, which I’ve looked at before, though they have only impressed me so much in previous viewings. They’re often around for the weekend though so I’ll give them another shot. You never know what you’re going to see on a show like this one so hopefully it works out. Let’s get to it.

We don’t get any opening video, which is odd as they have nice name graphics.

Starboy Charlie/Cosmo Orion/Epydemius Jr. vs. Shimbashi/Dragon Kid/Andrew Cass

Charlie and Cass start things off with Cass flipping out of a headscissors attempt. Charlie’s legsweep doesn’t work and they trade dropkicks for a standoff. Shimbashi and Orion come in with Orion getting planted off a Wasteland. Kid comes off the top to stay on Orion and it’s off to Jr., who sticks the landing on a headscissors.

It’s back to Charlie, who holds Kid for a kick from Cass as things slow down. Charlie’s shooting star press gets two but Kid Stundog Millionaires his way out of trouble. That’s not enough for a tag though as Charlie is back in with a northern lights suplex for two. Jr. hits a standing moonsault for two but Kid manages a quick hurricanrana.

The double tag brings in Shimbashi and Cass as house is quickly cleaned. Everything breaks down and Charlie snaps off a headscissors. Jr. is back up with a corkscrew moonsault to Shimbashi. That’s shrugged off as Shimbashi knees Charlie into a lifting DDT for two, with Orion making the save. Everything stays broken down and Kid’s crucifix finishes Orion for the pin at 10:38.

Rating: B-. It was a fast paced match to start things off and that’s always going to work. I’m not sure how many of these people are regular stars in New Texas but that’s the point of a show like this at this time of the year. Nice stuff here, though I’m kind of surprised that a WWE ID talent was on the losing team.

Post match Shimbashi praises Dragon Kid for everything he has done to get us here. Orion says something similar.

1 Called Manders vs. Timur The Great

Manders gives the referee his hat and flips Timur off as we’re ready to go. They fight over a lockup with Timur actually giving him a clean break in the corner. Timur knocks him down though and Manders bails outside to avoid a suplex. That’s fine with Timur, who follows him out for some chops against the…well chair. Manders’ chop only hits post but he’s able to fire off more chops back inside.

They trade clothesline for a double down and the fans seem to approve. An exchange of chops (again) goes from their knees to their feet until Timur sends him into the corner for a splash. A powerslam gives Timur two but Manders is back with an Oklahoma (so he’s a heel here) stampede for the same. The big lariat is countered with a spear but Manders hits the big lariat (mach two) into an elbow drop for the pin at 9:34.

Rating: C+. I still like Manders a good deal and he is a regular on the Wrestlemania Week circuit. It was nice to see someone wrestle a bit more old school Texas style match, or at least as close as you can get to one, with the striking and laying it in. That’s where Manders tends to shine and Timur was there to hang with him the whole way. At the same time, it was a nice change of pace after the very different opener, which is a good idea.

Jak Galloway vs. Jackpot J-Rok vs. Prince Kxriuki vs. Chris Marcell vs. Devin Carter vs. Ethan Hunter vs. Travis Cudi

Scramble of course…and apparently this has staggered entrances as it’s Prince vs. Cudi to start things off. They trade some respect until Prince knocks him hard into the corner. Cudi rolls away from him and they trade some rapid fire rollups for two each. Prince sends him hard into the corner and Cudi nails a side kick.

Marcell is in at #3 and easily runs Cudi over with a shoulder. A belly to belly gets two with Prince making a save. Marcell misses a charge into the corner and J-Rok is in at #4. Naturally he gets to clean house but Cudi blocks a Code Red. Instead J-Rok hits a double moonsault to Prince as Galloway is in at #5.

The entrances speed way up as Hunter is in at #6 about ten seconds later and cleans house as well. J-Rok is down in the corner so three people go up for Coast To Coast dropkicks at the same time (and he’s dead). Carter is in at #7 and wrestles in women’s underwear, complete with some additional spanking. We get a parade of knockdowns, with Carter rather enjoying hitting a Bronco Buster. Carter fires off some kicks but gets caught in a package piledriver to give Hunter the pin at 10:05.

Rating: C+. The staggered entrances helped SO MUCH here as it let some of the wrestlers have a chance to showcase themselves a bit. If nothing else, it’s a lot better than having seven wrestlers running around all at once with no way of keeping track what is going on. This still wasn’t great, but it could have been FAR worse given how some scrambles tend to go.

The ring announcer plugs socials and some kind of deal you can get.

Vin Massaro vs. Oli Summers

Massaro is rather Italian and Summers is lovestruck (whatever that means). We get a hug to start and they touch hands before locking up. Summers takes him down to start and hits a basement clothesline as commentary talks about the greatness that is this week. Back up and Massaro pulls him hard out of the corner, setting up the chinlock.

Quite the elbow drop gives Massaro two but Summers gets the boots up in the corner. Summers knees his way out of a belly to back suplex and a belly to belly gets two. Massaro t-bones him for the same but Summers does one better with a straitjacket German suplex. The pace picks up as they trade rollups for two each until Massaro ties him up for the pin at 9:20.

Rating: C+. Yeah it was fine. That’s about all there is to this one as it was a basic match where they didn’t embarrass themselves and the ending was pretty nice. The best thing here was Massaro’s rather catchy theme, which thankfully we get to hear again after the match. This was just a random match and while it was fine, it wasn’t anything beyond that.

Post match Massaro uses the same rollup to pin the referee so Summers can learn it. Summers demonstrates it as well.

Adam Priest vs. Dustin Nguyen

Nguyen is into martial arts and commentary doesn’t think he’s going to be much trouble for Priest. They pose at each other until Priest takes his belt off and wraps it around his head. Then he slaps Nguyen in the face, earning a leg lariat for being rude. A basement dropkick gives Nguyen two and there’s another kick to the back for the same. Priest snaps off a DDT and kicks him in the back before going with a more basic rip at the face.

A camel clutch (with more face ripping) has Nguyen in more trouble and Priest catapults him throat first into the bottom rope. Back up and Priest’s brainbuster gets two (Commentary: “That’s not much of a brain to bust.”) but Nguyen kicks him out of the air. A leg lariat connects for Nguyen and a snapdragon follows, with Priest getting a foot on the rope. Nguyen misses a big strike but manages to kick Priest out to the floor. Back in and Priest chop blocks him down, setting up a half crab for the tap at 8:37.

Rating: C+. This was mostly goofy fun as Priest played with his food, got in a bit of trouble, and then finished him off without much effort. That’s all the match needed to be as commentary wasn’t exactly selling Nguyen as a big threat. Priest is a bigger deal due to his time on AEW so this had some star power. And ninja skills to make it even better.

Tag Team Titles: Dream Team vs. Toxic Tour vs. Meat Market vs. LJV/Maya World

The Dream Team (Danny King/KC Kr’eme) is defending against the Tour (Pac Ortega/Prince Ly) and the Market (Cutlet/Isaiah Morales). Oh and LJV and World but their names are a bit easier to remember. World and King start things off but LJV tags himself in and gets headlocked down by King. KC tags himself in for a nice dropkick but World takes over on him in the corner.

World gets slammed onto KC and Ortega comes in to send him hard into the corner. The rather needed tag brings in King to clean house but Morales cuts him off rather quickly. Cutlet it in for a double chop to King and it’s off to the Meat Train, with everyone (well almost everyone) dropping elbows on King. Somehow King gets up to hit a Backstabber on Ortega and it’s World coming in as everything breaks down.

LJV takes Ly out but the Tour is back up with a Shatter Machine to LJV with the champs making a save. A wheelbarrow bulldog gets two on Morales and a top rope double stomp/Big Ending drops King for two more. LJV knees King for two and a 450 connects (impressive as LJV is pretty tall)…and then LJV knees World down. A Michinoku Driver drops World again and an assisted DDT lets King pin Cutlet to retain at 11:48.

Rating: B-. It was pretty much the match you would expect, with all kinds of people running around and a not so easy task of keeping up with who was whom. The turn near the end was a big angle for the match and I’m sure World and LJV will have a big fight as a result. The champs retaining is fine and at least they had a lot to sweat on the way there.

Dimitri Alexandrov vs. Ishin

They fight over wrist control to start and go to the mat for a rollup into a standoff. Ishin shakes hands with the referee (nice guy) and does the same to Alexandrov, which means a kick to the ribs (smart guy). Alexandrov is back with a slam and basement clothesline for two so Ishin bails out to the floor. Back in and Ishin grabs a triangle choke, followed by a running shoulder to drop Alexandrov again.

A quick fisherman’s suplex takes Ishin down for two but he one ups Alexandrov with a superplex. Back up and a discus lariat connects for Alexandrov and they’re both down. Naturally that means the exchange of forearms until Ishin plants him with a DDT. Ishin’s frog splash gets two so Alexandrov discus lariats him for the same. A suplex slam gives Alexandrov the pin at 8:40.

Rating: B-. I’m not overly familiar with these two but they beat the heck out of each other and had a nice match in the process. This is the kind of thing that I love about the week as you get to see all kinds of wrestlers you might not see otherwise. Alexandrov had a nice presence about him and I liked this rather well.

Raychell Rose interrupts the announcement of the next match and rants a lot. She’s interrupted as well and it seems we’re ready to go.

Raychell Rose vs. Kitti Hisatomi

They seem to have a history and Hisatomi sends her hard into the corner for a shoulder to the ribs. Rose is back with a knee and a World’s Strongest Slam gets two. Rose’s running kick misses though and she hammers on Hisatomi…who jackknifes her for the pin at 1:45.

Women’s Title: Gabby Forza vs. Charity King

King is defending and I’m not sure why Forza is wearing a dunce cap. King gets a dunce cap of her own and they pose together before giving them to the referee, who poses with them as well. With that out of the way, they lock up and take turns backing each other into the corner.

The exchange of shoulders doesn’t go anywhere and they yell at each other a lot as I’m getting mixed emotional messages from this match. King gets the better of a collision to take over but gets dropkicked hard into the corner. Forza fires off some clothesline in a different corner, including one after a cartwheel.

A charge misses for Forza though and King grabs a belly to back suplex. King grabs a string of slams and they trade some big forearms. A full nelson slam gives King two and Forza’s Alabama Slam gets the same. King catches her going up top though and powerbombs her down for a rather near fall (I bought that one). Forza hits a spear, only to have her suplex reversed into a World’s Strongest Slam to retain the title at 11:24.

Rating: B-. I have no idea what the opening with the dunce cap was about but this turned into a nice power match with the two of them hitting the other with one big spot after another. It didn’t quite hit that top level stuff but at least it was something different than what we’ve been seeing tonight. That always helps and it did so again here.

The ring announcer has the fans slap the mat to hype things up for the main event.

New Texas Pro Title: Bryan Keith vs. Danny Orion

Orion is defending for the first time while Keith is the longest reigning champion in the title’s history. They take their time starting with the grappling and that’s an early standoff. Orion takes him down and the pace picks up, with Orion flipping over Keith and hitting a dropkick. Keith boots him in the face and sends him outside, meaning it’s time to fire off some chops on the floor.

Keith’s chop most hits the post but he stops himself in time and slaps Orion in the back of the head. They get back in with Orion breaking out of a double underhook and firing off some chops. Keith gets sent face first into the corner and Orion grabs a Boston crab. With that broken up, Orion knocks him down again and adds a slingshot corkscrew splash for two.

The fans are still behind Keith, which is the problem with a legend challenging. We’re about eight minutes in and get the ten minutes remaining call, which isn’t a great sign. Orion rolls out of a sunset flip and fires off some kicks to the head but gets caught in a spinning powerbomb. Back up and they chop it out (rather hard at that) until Orion knocks him into the corner.

Keith snaps off the tiger driver for two more before taking him up top with five minutes left. Orion gets back down and grabs a straitjacket German suplex for two. We’re down to two minutes as they stare each other down, with Keith pulling his hair. Another tiger driver is blocked so they chop it out again, with Keith grabbing an emerald tiger driver for a rather near fall. Time runs out at 15:42.

Rating: B-. What in the world was that? I’m guessing they just mistimed the 42 second part, but what in the world was the thinking behind having a main event World Title match with a fifteen minute time limit? They completely telegraphed it just a few minutes in and it was almost all downhill from there. The idea of the match was fine, but it’s hard to get into some big struggle after something that didn’t even last as long as an episode of Doug.

They seem to want to keep fighting but some seconds have to be separated as the ring announcer explains that the match is over to wrap it up.

Overall Rating: C+. That ending left a bad taste in my mouth as it felt like they ran out of time and just went with it instead of doing something that made more sense. The rest of the show was perfectly ok, though there isn’t anything that you need to go out of your way to see. It’s an improvement from what I’ve seen the promotion do before though and that’s a nice enough success. Not a bad show, but nothing worth special attention.

Results
Shimbashi/Dragon Kid/Andrew Cass b. Starboy Charlie/Cosmo Orion/Epydemius Jr. – Crucifix to Orion
1 Called Manders b. Timur The Great – Elbow drop
Travis Hunter b. Jak Galloway, Jackpot J-Rok, Prince Kxriuki, Chris Marcell, Devin Carter and Travis Cudi – Package piledriver to Carter
Vin Massaro b. Oli Summers – Arm trap rollup
Adam Priest b. Dustin Nguyen – Half crab
Dream Team b. Toxic Tour, Meat Market and LJV/Maya World – Assisted DDT to Cutlet
Dimitri Alexandrov b. Ishin – Suplex slam
Kitti Hisatomi b. Raychell Rose – Jackknife rollup
Charity King b. Gabby Forza – World’s Strongest Slam
Danny Orion vs. Bryan Keith went to a time limit draw

 

 

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Texas Till I Die
Date: April 3, 2022
Location: St. Jude Hall, Arlington, Texas
Commentators: Chris Russo, Sammy Cassel

This is from New Texas Pro, which as you might guess is a local Texas promotion which ran some events over Wrestlemania XXXVIII weekend. I’m not sure what to expect from this show but there are some talented names on the card. Shows like this can go in a few different ways and hopefully this one works out well. Let’s get to it.

As you might have gathered, I don’t follow the promotion so I apologize for not knowing plot or character points.

Hyan vs. Billie Starkz

For the #1 contendership to the Women’s Title. They hit stereo pump kicks to start and that means it’s already time for a standoff. Starks sends her outside and yells at a lot of empty seats, allowing Hyan to get back up for her own dive. Back in and Hyan rolls her down into a cravate for some knees to the face. A half crab with a boot on the back of Starkz’ head makes it even worse and it’s off to an armbar.

Back up and Hyan plants her with a Wasteland for two and we hit the chinlock. Starkz fights up and hits a kick to the head of her own. They slug it out for a double knockdown but Hyan blocks a third Amigo. Hyan hits a running knee in the corner to set up a Falcon Arrow for two but Starkz rolls her up for the same. A Gory Bomb and Swanton give Starkz two each, only to have Hyan pull her into something like a crucifix with both arms cranked back for the tap at 9:35.

Rating: C. Not bad for a starter and Hyan seems like a fairly polished star. Starkz is someone who has been around the indies for a bit now and has potential but still needs some work and experience to sharpen the edges. Not a great match, but they didn’t do anything horrible and it had enough energy.

Respect is shown post match.

Tag Team Titles: Fly Def vs. JJ Blake/Cam Cole

Fly Def (Warren Johnson/Zack Mason) is challenging. Mason drives Blake into the corner to start and it’s quickly off to Cole. Johnson dropkicks him down for two but Cole grabs a headlock takeover. Back up and Cole gets his neck snapped across the top to put him back in trouble, setting up a slingshot elbow for two. Cole gets launched into the corner, where Blake is fine enough to not tag in.

Blake is willing to come in for an assist on a double clothesline and a neckbreaker gives Cole two. Back up and Mason grabs a German suplex on Blake, who cuts him off with a quick front facelock. As you might have guessed, Mason powers over for the tag but the referee is distracted, meaning the beating continues (that will always work and I love it). A Demolition Decapitator (with a knee instead of an elbow) gets two on Mason and we hit the one arm camel clutch.

Mason finally fights out and kicks Cole away, allowing the hot tag off to Johnson to start cleaning house. A sitout bulldog gives Johnson two but Cole comes in to cut him off. Cole hits a frog splash for two and a not very good looking Big Rig gets a delayed two. Everything breaks down again and a pair of running shots in the corner rock Blake.

A spinning high crossbody into a top rope splash gets two with Cole making a rather last minute save. What looks to be a Tower of Doom winds up as a sitout powerbomb to Cole, leaving Blake to get caught in a Gory Bomb/middle rope Codebreaker (doesn’t work so well but nice concept) for the pin and the titles at 13:16.

Rating: B-. I like Fly Def, but this one went on too long and the champs were in over their heads. This needed to wrap up a few saves earlier and the extra stuff didn’t really make it better. The title change is nice and Fly Def was a good enough young team, but the lack of audience noise is making this show a bit weird to watch, especially in a longer match like this one.

ASF vs. Stephen Wolf

That’s short for Antonio San Francisco. Feeling out process to start as Wolf takes him down in a front facelock with commentary talking about Wolf recovering from a horrible neck injury/surgery. ASF slips out of a rollup for two and we’re up to a standoff. Another takedown attempt is cut off by a standing backflip flip from ASF so Wolf tries a springboard wristdrag….which gets so high that he gets his feet caught in some of the drapes above the ring.

You don’t see anything like that happen very often and since Wolf is fine, ASF slips out of a powerbomb attempt and kicks him to the floor. There’s the big running flip dive to drop Wolf on the floor but he’s fine enough to avoid a 450 back inside. The Death Valley Driver into the corner gives Wolfe two and we hit the chinlock. ASF slips out and hits a springboard Sling Blade, with commentary possibly implying that was a bit more flippy than necessary.

Back up and Wolf kicks him in the face, setting up a running shooting star press for two. ASF isn’t going to be outdone with a Death Valley Driver of his own into a basement dropkick. A series of strikes from ASF looks to set up a handspring but Wolf grabs a sliding cutter (cool) for two more. Wolf misses a moonsault though and the 450 gives ASF the pin at 10:03.

Rating: C+. They had a bit of time here and while this was a very indy feeling style match with a bunch of flips and dives, it was entertaining enough to keep me interested in two guys I have barely heard of before. For a ten minute match on this kind of show, it worked out perfectly well.

Commentary compliments ASF’s…..cover. That’s a pretty rare one. Respect is shown as well.

Cole Radrick vs. Aaron Mercer

Radrick has been decent in the few matches I’ve seen from him before. We get a bit of a tentative handshake and we’re ready to go. Feeling out process to start and they trade some chops, with both of them standing still to maximize the shots. Mercer chops him so hard that blood is trickling down Radrick’s chest (dang) and a running kick to said chest gives Mercer two.

They head outside with Radrick being sent hard into the barricade to keep him in trouble. Back in and they strike it out with Radrick knocking him down for two of his own. Mercer gets knocked to the apron and grabs a triangle choke over the ropes. With that broken up, they slug it out again with Radrick getting the better of things until a running shot to the face cuts him off. Radrick gets caught with another right hand on the top and it’s Nigel McGuinness’ old Tower of London to give Mercer the pin at 8:10.

Rating: C. I’m still not big on the “you hit me and then I’ll hit you” stuff and there wasn’t much here besides that. I don’t know if Radrick was a bit tired after wrestling so much this weekend, but this didn’t exactly catch fire. Granted it doesn’t help when you are having a cold match in front of a small crowd so there is only so much that you can get going.

Post match Radrick grabs a mic and puts Mercer over. He thanks the fans for coming out and shakes Mercer’s hand, apparently finally getting to meet him.

Heather Monroe vs. Shazza McKenzie

This is McKenzie’s New Texas Pro debut. Monroe has a large fan (as in one she holds in her hand) and quite the feather boa so she’s more than a bit over the top. McKenzie cranks on the arm to start and takes it to the mat with an armbar. Monroe can’t get a Figure Four so McKenzie headlock takeovers her down. A running dropkick puts Monroe in the corner and a running shot to the face makes it worse.

Monroe is able to take her to the floor by the knee (egads) and makes fun of McKenzie’s face, which was damaged by Maven (yes that Maven, because there can be only one) over the weekend. Back in and something close to a dragon sleeper keeps McKenzie in trouble, setting up a running hip attack in the corner to make it worse. A double stomp to the back out of the corner gives Monroe two but McKenzie manages a knockdown of her own.

They’re both down for a bit, followed by a strike off. McKenzie ties her in the ropes for the rapid fire kicks to the chest and a high crossbody gets two. Monroe is fine enough to grab a half dragon suplex and a basement superkick connects for two more. They strike it out again until McKenzie hits a splits Stunner and goes up. The middle rope sunset flip is countered though and Monroe sits down and grabs the rope for the pin at 10:48.

Rating: C+. McKenzie is someone who feels like she should be ready to become a top star but never breaks through for whatever reason. You could definitely tell she had some more polish here than a lot of the other stars on the show and she did a nice job of putting over Monroe. Nice enough match here, and McKenzie still feels like she could have a lot of potential.

Six Shooter Challenge

This is a six person match with timed intervals, but a pin or submission can win the match at any time, even if everyone isn’t in yet. There is a two minute interval for the first two entrants and one minute intervals after that, with the winner gets a future title match. I’d assume six entrants but you never can tell with these things. At least it isn’t everyone at once though, with Max Heights (whose Lone Star Title isn’t on the line) in at #1 and Izzy James is in at #2.

Heights gets rolled up to start and bails to the floor for a quick breather. Back in and Heights gets some rollups of his own until he drops James pretty hard onto his shoulder. James pulls a springboard dive out of the air and grabs a Sharpshooter but Rudy Garza is in at #3 for the save. Garza snaps off Three Amigos on Heights, who is right back with a high crossbody to take both of them down. Sky de Lacrimosa (the Texas Chasinsaw, who has no chainsaw) with Cousin Otis, is in at #4 and knocks Garza out of the air.

There’s a Rock Bottom out of the corner to take out James but all three get on the monster. That doesn’t work very well and it’s Jerome Daniel Griffey (Dr. Sleep, who looks like an MMA fighter) in at #5 to go after Sky as well. Griffey gets to clean house and it’s a quadruple sleeper until T Ray is in at #6 to complete the field. It’s Griffey getting in Ray’s face, earning himself a quick T (F) 5 for two, with a group save needed.

Ray shrugs that off and sends them into the corner for some running clotheslines. A running hurricanrana drops Sky and a powerbomb gets two on Heights. Ray is knocked outside for a big flip dive from Heights, leaving Griffey to muscle Sky over for a suplex. Garza takes Griffey down but Ray is back in with a T5 to Garza….but Heights comes in to steal the pin at 10:17.

Rating: C. I liked the staggered entrances deal but yeah this was just another scramble match and nothing more. Heights seems like a good villain, but there is only so much to be gathered from a match with six people over ten minutes. T Ray felt like a good monster and Sky is probably going to be a threat to multiple people around here, but find a better way to showcase them than throwing everyone in at once.

Heights immediately runs off in a smart move.

Women’s Title: Raychell Rose vs. Willow Nightingale

Rose is defending and gets powered away to start. Nightingale’s headlock is broken up and they go to the grappling for a change. Back up and Nightingale flips to the middle of the ring for some quick dancing. Nightingale manages Two Amigos before the third is countered into a small package for two.

A fisherman’s buster plants Rose for two but she’s right back to work on Nightingale’s leg in the corner. The leg cranking stays on in the middle of the ring before a running knee in the corner rocks Nightingale again. Nightingale quickly fights out of a chinlock and scores with a heck of a clothesline for a double knockdown.

The clothesline comeback is on, setting up a spinebuster to give Nightingale two. There’s the Pounce into a Cannonball in the corner for two but Rose knocks her off the top. Rose’s spear connects for two but Nightingale knocks her off the top as well. Rose goes right back to the leg and a running knee to the back of the head (ala Adam Cole’s Last Shot) retains the title at 10:12.

Rating: C+. Nightingale is such fun to watch but she didn’t get to do as much of her thing here. She has so much charisma and it is so easy to like her so having her around helped a lot. Other than that, Rose was fine as a champion for Nightingale to go after, making this a perfectly fine title match.

Mysterious Q vs. Davey Richards

For a future New Japan Pro Title match. Feeling out process to start with Richards getting him down by the arm. An exchange of cradles gets two each and Richards takes a quick breather on the floor. Richards comes back in and kicks him down to set up the chinlock. With that not working, Richards kicks away at the arm before cranking away at it in various painful looking ways.

They head outside where Q cuts off the big kick to the chest, only to have Richards take out the leg again back inside. A running dropkick to the knee sets up the Figure Four, which Q turns over to send Richards to the rope. Richards is fine enough to kick him down again as commentary wonders why Q can’t get anything going. Back up and Q grabs a release German suplex, followed by the Q Cutter for a delayed two.

A dragon screw legwhip over the rope lets Richards go up, where he misses the double stomp. Richards instead grabs an Indian Deathlock to send Q bailing to the ropes again. They slug it out until Q’s handspring kick to the face is countered into an ankle lock. That’s broken up so Richards kicks him down and hits the top rope double stomp for two. A brainbuster gets two more so we hit the ankle lock again, which Q reverses into a cradle for the pin out of nowhere at 15:48.

Rating: B-. In case you were wondering, no, Richards has not gained the ability to show emotion or do much beyond striking people rather hard. I know he has an audience and some people are into this stuff, but I’ve never been a fan and Q didn’t get in much here, with even commentary acknowledging it. Q has a good look and some size, but this wasn’t a good showcase of him because of all the Richards dominance.

Respect is shown post match to end the show.

Overall Rating: C+. This was a show where the wrestling was pretty good for the most part but it was such a dry event that I was dreading watching most of it. Maybe it was the small crowd and venue, but there was almost nothing on here that would make me want to watch more from the promotion. There was no emotion here at all and it felt like a show that could be done better by other promotions. That doesn’t make it feel special, but rather just kind of there.

 

 

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Impact Wrestling
Date: September 8, 2022
Location: The Factory, Dallas, Texas
Commentators: Matthew Rehwoldt, Tom Hannifan

We’re still on the way to Victory Road and that means we should get some stuff being built up this week. That could go in a few different ways but we do at least have the main event set. In other words, it is probably time for Josh Alexander to keep dealing with Honor No More, who will be terrorized by Heath even more. Let’s get to it.

Here are last week’s results if you need a recap.

Opening recap.

Ace Austin/Chris Bey vs. Aussie Open

Aussie Open is getting around as of late. The Aussies jump them to start and Bey is kicked out to the floor without much effort. Austin is right there for the save, including a handstand on the apron. Bey is back up with the big running flip dive but the Aussies catch them inside with a double spinebuster ram into each other. We settle down to Fletcher slamming Austin and running him over with a shoulder.

Back up and Austin avoids a charge in the corner, allowing the rolling tag off to Bey. A standing Sliced Bread drops Fletcher and everything breaks down, with Austin hitting the big running flip dive to Davis on the floor. That leaves Bey to frog splash Fletcher for two but Davis is back in to send Austin outside. Some forearms to the head rock Bey, setting up the Coriolis (kind of a double Death Valley Driver) for the pin at 7:05.

Rating: C+. Good start to the show here and a nice way to establish Aussie Open as big deals. The Bullet Club still means something and it is a good idea to have the Aussies beat them clean. Aussie Open already has exposure coming off of AEW so push them for a bit, especially if they won’t be around that long.

Here’s what’s coming tonight and at Victory Road.

Honor No More is ready to keep winning, with Kenny King wanting the X-Division Title. Eddie Edwards is going to crush Heath once and for all.

The Good Brothers want their Tag Team Titles back but the Motor City Machine Guns come in to say they want the dream match. Let’s do it at Bound For Glory. Or we’ll make it next week.

Mickie James vs. Raychell Rose

Mickie grabs a headlock and armbar to start but gets taken into the corner for a knee to the ribs. Back up and Mickie kicks her away and hits the top rope Thesz press for two. The MickDT finishes Rose at 3:15.

Rating: C-. Just a step above a squash here as Mickie begins her climb up through the ranks one more time. That is something that has some potential and now I’m wondering who else she is going to get to face on the way there. Nothing match of course, but it’s the start of a long story.

Kenny King breaks up a chat between Scott D’Amore and Mia Yim because he wants another X-Division Title shot. D’Amore says not so fast but he’ll have an idea next week. King is also getting a warmup match and it’s next.

Steve Maclin insists that there is no alliance with Moose and he’ll prove it.

Kenny King vs. Yuya Uemura

King takes him down without much trouble and Uemura’s shoulders have no effect. Uemura gets taken down by the head but slips up and drops an elbow for two. Back up and King pulls him off the top for a nasty crash though and we take a break. We come back with Uemura fighting out of a chinlock and hitting a dropkick. A Saito suplex gives Uemura two but King is back up with a spinebuster for the same. They head outside with Uemura being sent into the steps but Mia Yim comes out to yell at King. A kick to the head rocks King, allowing Uemura to get up top for a high crossbody and the pin at 12:30.

Rating: C+. This was about getting Uemura a win to start his time around here and if it builds up Yim in whatever she’s doing is a nice bonus. I’m not entirely sure where this is going but it is a good thing to have Uemura getting established. He is a guy with some buzz at the moment so let him see what he can do with a nice win to start.

Flashback Moment Of The Week: Bobby Roode b. Sting at Victory Road 2012.

Sami Callihan is ready for barbed wire at Victory Road.

Doering finds Eric Young and says he still believes in violence. Then a bunch of people in yellow hoodies come up behind Doering and shout VIOLENCE over and over. WHY IS THIS STUPID THING GETTING BOOSTED UP AGAIN???

Taya Valkyrie vs. Chelsea Green

Rosemary, Jessicka and Deonna Purrazzo are all here too. Taya kicks her in the face to start and hits a running crossbody for two. Believe it or not, Taya talks trash but Green sends her outside. A running shot cuts Taya down though and Green chokes away back inside. Taya is back up with some strikes to the face, including a hard knee. Green kicks her in the head but Taya is pulls her down to go after the leg. That means a quick distraction so Purrazzo can trip Taya, setting up the Unprettier to finish for Green at 6:30.

Rating: C. This continues the issues between Rosemary/Jessicka/Taya, as the former two were nowhere to be seen when Taya was in trouble. The match wasn’t much to see but Green getting the boost is a good sign. She hasn’t quite been able to maintain momentum so seeing it keep moving forward for another week is a good thing.

Jordynne Grace isn’t intimidated by Masha Slamovich. She goes into her locker room and finds MASHA’S GONNA KILL YOU painted on a wall.

Vincent talks about resurrecting PCO and how their voices are in unison. They are together in Honor No More.

Digital Media Title: Bhupinder Gujjar vs. Brian Myers

Myers is defending and gets taken down for some forearms to the face to start. A basement superkick gives Gujjar two but it’s too early for the Gargoyle spear. Myers manages a quick posting and we take a break. Back with Gujjar hitting something like a Sling Blade and a Samoan drop gets two. Myers manages an enziguri and hits the implant DDT for two before going to grab the title. That doesn’t work as Gujjar takes it away and belts Myers for the DQ at 8:31.

Rating: C. And so it continues. The Digital Media Title sounded like something that could have been a fun idea, or at least a nice change of pace, but it is nothing more than a lower midcard title with Gujjar vs. Myers being a boring feud. I’m sure we’ll get something else between these two as this feud just has to continue.

Here’s what’s coming on various shows.

Gail Kim comes up to Savannah Evans and Tasha Steelz to put the latter on commentary, as per Killer Kelly’s request.

Scott D’Amore makes a ladder match for the Digital Media Title in two weeks.

Eddie Edwards vs. Heath

Edwards jumps him before the bell but Heath punches into the corner to get out of trouble. That doesn’t last long as Edwards knocks him around and chokes on the rope for a bit. Back up and Heath manages a toss to the floor and we take a break. Back with Edwards hitting a forearm to the face for two and grabbing a chinlock. Heath fights up and stereo crossbodies put them both down. Back up and Heath hits a DDT for two, followed by the Wake Up Call, which draws out Honor No More. The distraction lets Eddie hit a low blow so the Boston Knee Party can finish Heath at 12:15.

Rating: C+. Heath is a weird case as he is clearly in over his head against Honor No More but he is inspired to keep fighting because of what happened to his friend. That being said, there is no reason for him to be beating Edwards or really coming close to doing so. Let him go over other members of the team, but this was about as much as he should have been able to do against someone on Edwards’ level

Post match Eddie grabs the mic and says Honor No More wants to know which side Josh Alexander is on in this war. Cue Alexander to say this isn’t a war because no one is pulling any strings against Honor No More. Alexander says his side is across from Eddie so the fight is on. Cue Honor No More for the beatdown, with Heath and Rich Swann running in for a failed save attempt. The big beatdown ends the show.

Overall Rating: C. I wasn’t really feeling this one as there wasn’t much that kept my interest this week. The wrestling was fine and they advanced enough stories, but nothing was exactly jumping off the page. Victory Road isn’t looking overly interesting and that isn’t going to leave much time for Bound For Glory. Not a bad show here, but one of their weaker efforts in recent weeks.

Results
Aussie Open b. Ace Austin/Chris Bey – Coriolis to Bey
Mickie James b. Raychell Rose – MickDT
Yuyu Uemura b. Kenny King – High crossbody
Chelsea Green b. Taya Valkyrie – Unprettier
Brian Myers b. Bhupinder Gujjar via DQ when Gujjar used the title belt
Eddie Edwards b. heath – Boston Knee Party

 

 

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