AEW Dynamite 8-19-26

 

ALL IN is in theory heating up and it's a bit cold before the show. Crazy week for me though as Darian's family seemingly wants to take the house away from me and move me into a condo while also stringing me along on rent. Ospreay and United Empire vs. DCF is up with FUCK DON CALLIS chants without him even out there. Cage and Ospreay have a slow exchange that would be faster 6 years ago for Cage. HENARE VS. ARCHER IN HOSS WARFARE! Henare lands a punch/chop combo in the corner before Archer hits a series of overhands! Cage and Archer work over Akira with gut shots during the break. Cage does the bicep curl fallway slam WITH ROCKY BEING FANTASTIC!

Henare avoids a blackout and gets a deadlift German. Akira hits a billion strikes and flips off Lance only to fall to a single forearm. Ospreay KOs Rocky with the hidden blade to win it. THIS RULED. Renee chats with Okada about the ALL IN match. Tony brings out Kyle Fletcher, who mocks Takeshita and they brawl. POISON RANA TO KYLE AND THE POWER DRIVE KNEE! 

Renee chats with Will and Kenny next and they talk about COVID destroying NJPW while AEW had it easy. More COVID oh God what is this. They ramble on before Kenny brings up family and then it gets a bit better and they get separated. Okay. TBS 4 way is up! Tope by Maya after she avoids a PK. Kris gets a powerbomb off a BK bomb attempt by Persephone, but Maya cradles Kris to win it! Mox vs. White is up. FOREARMS APLENTY! Avalanche rana by Jay! NAGATA LOCK CROSSFACE BY JAY WHITE! SHUTDOWN PILEDRIVER BY MOX! FOUR CUTHROAT SUPLEXES and the uranage gets 2 for Jay. Bladerunner turned into an RNC into the Nigel winning move on Collision. DARCE CHOKE BY MOX INTO THE BULLDOG! DEATH RIDER FOR 2.9! RNC wins it for Mox! THIS RULED!

Dogs attack, Conglomeration and the trios champs save. Trios tag title open challenge-ish thing is set for ALL IN. Jonathan Cruz insults Andrade and says he's a coward and MJF IS BETTER THAN ANDRADE! And HE'D BEAT HIM IF ANDRADE WASN'T A COWARD and hey it's time for a match! Elbow and the DM wins it! Andrade calls out THE FUCKING FAKE WORLD CHAMPION and MJF can be heard and not seen...and then we see that played a video too early with him in his pool. SECOND DOM TO CRUZ!

Nigel vs. Hechi is up with nothing during the break. Or not as we get Willow vs. Mone in a promo thing. They brawl and we get a FUCK YOU, WILLOW from Mone - this was fantastic. Nigel vs. Hechi is up and he says he isn't 100% and he hasn't been for much of his career. Nigel vs. Hechi is up and Hechi works the good lack - smart, then he has zero good legs. CORNER PUNCHES BY HECHI BUT THE LONDON DUNGEON IS ON and now it's a front choke! NIGEL WINS IT! 

Darby vs. Knight hype video and Knight is out. VINTAGE JEFF HARDY pyro explosion and Knight gets the coast to coast! Okay the pyro was perfect to wake everyone up. STEVEN BORDEN helps Darby and Knight tells him to stay in his lane. Main event time in a very smoky building.

Elite vs. DCF is up and Clon avoids the fameouser for a Pele! OWA to Doyle wins it. DCF with SEASON 1 SONNY CROCKETT TRENT is here and COPE SAVES! BUCKS ACCIDENTALLY SUPERKICK CAGE! Kenny talks shit about has security escort THE LITTLE ENGLISH BITCH HE IS and Will calls him a pussy and says he'll kick the shit out of him. OWA OFF THE APRON THROUGH A TABLE! 

WWE Raw 8-17-26

 

It's been a crazy day and I've been drained due to my sleep schedule getting off-track and it's tough to get it back. Drained due to the living situation just resulting in me being used. THANK GOD FOR SOLO! Solo recap from last week with the pew! Vaquer is out and wants Liv and the belt. Fatu and Jey bully Solo a bit before the break and after, Je'Von and JD are just wrestling and Cole talks about Dom and the tourney and Cass and some stuff. Uranage and a standing moonsault hit from JD.  Moonsault misses for JD and the OG Cutter wins it. 

Fenix-Fiscal video makes it clear that Fenix is winning but Fiscal...has a cool outfit. Sol vs. Emo Lyra is up. Shotgun missile dropkick by Sol after a neckbreaker and knee to the head. Deadlift German by Sol! Rope neckbreaker by Lyra and the avalanche axe kick gets 2. Sol snatcher wins it in her best main roster match. The Vision is backstage and brags about beating up Otis and Bron calls out Oba. Oba vs. Bron is made for SNME. Dragon Lee vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. is up. Double stomp gets 2 for Lee. Superplex into a Wagner driver is turned into a Destino and Operation dragon wins it. 

Gable vs. Rey is up and Rey EATS A FLIP GERMAN! Victory roll turned into a cradle wins it for Gable. Jacob opens the door for Roman. Good gig if you can get it. Solo gets a video package showing him getting his ass kicked and Jacob hits the death grip. Fatu gives Jimmy the black ulafala and LA Knight comes out and gets beat up too. Boy this is...just whatever. Samoan spike to Roman got a nice pop tho. Solo YEETS AND SPIKES JEY! BFT TO ROMAN and Jacob just stands around. All righty.

AEW Dynamite 8-12-26

 

Interesting week - got my ID situation sorted out with HSN and they'll just put me in a later class, which is worlds better than having to wait 90 days. Plus, it gives me an extra week to work with for the psych evaluation! Ospreay calls out Kenny for not being in Mexico BUT HE'S HERE TONIGHT EARNING HIS CHECK! Don comes out and runs down Kenny's accomplishments and says hey they're in Vegas where the company was born and he had to stab Kenny in the face! Ospreay won when Don was in his corner and Kenny beat him when he was in Kenny's corner! Davis, Doyle, and RPG Vice attack him before KENNY SAVES!

He yells him he warned up, but one upside to having your heart on your sleeve is YOU DON'T THINK and Will refuses his help. Paul, Ex, and Tony are on the call. MJF vs. Speedball vs. Nick Wayne is up BUT FIRST an Andrade Grand Slam Mexico recap. Cool back and forth by Nick and Bailey before Bailey TAPS HIM ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD AW DANG! Bailey apron pump kick and an orihara moonsault to Wayne! Bailey SSP to MJF is rolled through AND A FALCON ARROW TO WAYNE and an SSP HITS FOR 2! ProdigyPlex gets 2! Corner kick by Bailey, but MJF throws him out and MJF beats Wayne with the Fujiawara.

MJF does an Andrade fakeout and he says God isn't listening - just the Devil! Divine Dominion mocks the Birds in the Birds' Bar. Jay shockingly is STILL WRESTLING TONIGHT despite being covered up and Mick loves the Bang Bang part of the gang. White vs. Finlay is up and they have a good back and forth before a deadlift German by Jay gets 2. BladeRunner wins it after 10 kinda okay minutes. Hangman and Brodido are out and SWERVE INTERRUPTS! He says they're all truama-bonded due to him and Hanger says Swerve's done some shit but has nothing to show for it AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR RICOCHET! Ricochet tells themt l all GET TO STEPPIN. Mone's beating of Willow earlier on social is shown. 

Knight vs. Jericho is up and Jericho gets the avalanche rana for 2. Jericho pals around with Paul in a cute bit. LEAPING LARIAT BY KNIGHT TO THE FLOOR! Liontamer is on but DON HITS THE SCREWDRIVER! COAST TO COAST! 2.9! Codebreaker gets 2 for Jericho. Crash Landing uranage wins it! Claudio and Pac chat us up and Mox says in fabulous Vegas, it could end for him tonight with a roll of the dice. Kris vs. Viva is up. 

Jericho vs. Knight for the TNT Title is up.

Kris beats viva and Mick chats her up and shouts out Noelle with a Kris shirt on and TK apparently announced a TBS Title match with Shida and Persephone. Persephone's siren theme is perfect and they're facing Thunder and Maya. They have a very boring match and Maya beats Shida with the blockbuster hold. Darby video and Don says there's a former International Champion that wants a title shot and it'll be Kyle vs. Takeshita and AND OKADA! Perry gets the absolute shick beaten out of him and he's beaten bloody and it's almost a ref stoppage. JACK SLAPS HIM! HE FLIPS HIM OFF! STRUGGLE PILEDRIVER BY JACK NO! SNARETRAP! BULLDOG CHOKE! HE'S OUT BUT NO! RNC IS ON! 

WWE Raw 8-10-26

 

Solo and Jey start off with some fun shit with Solo being hilarious. Jey wants himself against Solo and if Jey wins, he comes back to the Bloodline. Penta vs. Laredo Kid is up. I THINK THE GENERAL IS DUE! Laredo gets a poison rana and a 450 hits for 2. Laredo skytwister misses and the Mexican destroyer wins it. Bron is annoyed as hell by Logan Paul. Well, can't blame him - but he wants Oba. A very generic theme hits for Austin Theory. 205 LIVE CHINLOCK BY THEORY but Tozawa fires up with Danielson kicks! OFF SWITCH forearm shot wins it for Theory! 

Oba and Bron bicker and we get a good staredown. Dragon Lee, Dom and Rey bicker. Stephanie Vaquer and Becky are together and LA bickers with Solo and Solo gives him a realistic look at things as it's LA vs. the Bloodline. Lee and Dom are up and Dom eats a running rana. Dom gets a double-jump bodyblock and a bicep pose! Dom goes for a frog splash, but Lee gets the knees up and Operation dragon wins it! BIG CASS KICKS HIS ASS! OH AND JEVON'S TOO. Joy! LA Knight wants the title shot and Pearce says he'll give him a shot one day and Fatu is here and Knight tells him to get a permission slip from Roman to fight him. Okay that was a good line. Sol denies Danhausen and instead teams with Iyo. 

Lots of whatever until an Iyo dive is caught by Raquel and Ruca kinda moonsaults onto them and then Raquel kinda dives onto them. BULLET TRAIN on the post to Raquel! PERFECT Asai moonsault by Sky! Sol snatcher to Roxy wins it. Bron asks Heyman if he thinks that Oba is the future and Heyman says MR. BREAKKER and it just kills that name dead to hear it like that and Heyman says that Oba is in Bron's head and he'll respect Oba until Bron proves to him that Oba doesn't deserve it. Main event time and we get some nice back and forth - so it's already the best match Jey's had against a brother. Jey goes for an assalanche and Solo hits a lariat! 

Corey says Solo was The Street Champ in NXT and earned that name the old fashioned way...WWE trademarked it? Jey's spear meets a heel kick. Spinning Solo gets 2. Spike hits, but Jimmy distracts and the spear and superkick win it! Jey and Jimmy dance around Solo - this ruled.

AEW Collision 8-8-26 - Continental Challenge Cup Begins

 

After being announced as the Continental Cup, it's now the Continental Challenge Cup - so okay that's fine. I guess it's a trademark thing and OC faces off with Sydal, which should be good and the biggest showcase Sydal has had in AEW. Okay so they cut the video feed off after Tony Schiavone can be heard chatting about having graphics not lining up and Arkedy is heard chatting with the crowd and then it's just audio only for three minutes before Claudio is out for the Cup to face Ace Austin and his giant thighs. Ace dives in and gets forklift slammed into a barricade. Ace gets some kneeling forearms on the ground on the floor. 

 Claudio gets a back elbow and just belts him and throws him around and Paul says he threw him around LIKE AN ORANGE. A shoot orange, not Cassidy. FOSBURY FLOP BY ACE! Ace gets a gamenguri but jumps into an uppercut for 2! Giant swing IS TURNED INTO A TRIANGLE CHOKE BY ACE AUSTIN! Victory roll into a wheelbarrow teardrop suplex by Claudio! Claudio KOs him with the Very European Uppercut to win it - THIS RULED! That may have been better than anything on Grand Slam Mexico!

Brawling Birds face Viva Van and VertVixen. Birds hit double lariats, double chop combos and then the heels hit various flying wackiness that looks clunky and the constant reposition for the Hart Attack throws Hayter off but they finally win. Weird fun match. Divine Dominion beats up the faces afterwards. IAMTHETABLE Double Chokeslam on the timekeepers table! "Jane" is back for OC's theme against Sydal. Back and forth cradles lead to DUELING THUMBS UP!

Forarm exchange for a near countout and OC rolls corner to corner to avoid an SSP. BACK LEG FRONT KICK as per Tony which is a nice Bischoff homage. Stundog DDT gets 2 for OC! SSP avoided and the Beach Break wins it! Mox cuts a promo on Jay and it's them against the world. SOUND THE ALARM! Dez and Wentz against Forte and Solo. Hot Fire Flame wins and Reed's singles match is next against Bailey BUT FIRST we get them cutting a fun promo and Wentz looks like Uncle Rico as he gets bigger and older. Bailey BACK LEG ROUND KICKS a fan's hand...ew... Bailey kicks away and dives away. APRON FOREARMS! Bailey takes the apron cutter and they land on the floor and Bailey hits a superkick! FLIP DIVE OVER THE POST BY REED! But Ultima wins it!

Tha Dawgs are hilarious backstage. Shida and Persephone are out to face Hayan and Maya World. Hayan gets 2 off a spear but Shida avoids a Glam Slam with a forearm and a cradle wins. TAKESHITA G1 VIDEO! Bang Bang Gang and Perry are out to face the Death Riders. Danny dominates Juice before tagging Mox in and then a Gunn fires up. Fameouser on Yutes gets 2 AND YUTES HIS THE KNEE TO WIN and then eats Jack's knee after. Bailey wants the Continental Title and Nick Wayne talks shit and he wants to win the no. 2 spot at the PPV. Dory Jr tribute! STP wants to help the Hurt Syndicate and do business together. Knight vs. Jericho for the TNT Title is set for Dynamite. 

Doyle vs. Kingston is finally u at 9:54, because lord knows Collision needs an overrun. MEAN GUY MATCH for them. Kneeling headbutts from Eddie! Eddie gets the machine gun chops and an enzuiguri for 2! Back to back urikens and THE STRETCH PLUMB WINS IT! This was the best he's looked since returning. 

House of Glory High Intensity 2026

 

I haven't watched HOG before, but they've got a show on Youtube so what the heck - it's something to do for a Friday night. It's also got a loaded card with the Hardys, Lio Rush, Shayna, and Shotzi on there with the latter two facing off. Kingston faces off with Charles Mason for the HOG Title. Red vs. Zilla Fatu for the Crown Jewel Title too and they even have a pre-show to hype it up. RED STARTS IT OFF with Zilla as they talk about him being wanted by AEW and WWE.

AFTER 18 MINUTES THE FIRST MATCH STARTS. Zilla is hyped up as a chainsaw and we get a shove down and a headlock by Red. Red bumps him with a leaping tackle and after a lot of whatever Red wins with a super code red and wins the belt. Red lost every big match this year until now so hey, good tale. Valo is out to FACE HOOK! Head and arm tie and REDRUM win it after Hook eats a snapmare. Midas Black is out with a Dungeon and NYC-centered video package and he's out in Hart gear to face Jay Lyon and these guys are a great example of taking iconography and make it your own with Black doing the Hart stuff and Lyon using the Knicks gear.

Lyon roars and scares Black before a German by Black! OSCUTTER BY BLACK! Avalanche Davey powerslam by Lyon...no some weird slam thing that gets 2 when Black gets the rope. Inverted DVD on the apron that is largely missed by cameras. Yeah don't do shit like this on an indy show. Redrum by Lyon for some reason. LIGER KOPPOU KICK BY BLACK is a Dungeon DEEP CUT since Yamada trained in the original Dungeon. JAY DRILLER BY LYON BUT THE REF IS DOWN. Double Focus are down and Lyon attacks and now Black and Lyon reunite to attack them and hit a 3D X Factor. 

LIO RUSH IS HERE for the cruiserweight title against Daron Richardson, who had a good star look overall. Back and forth fun chop exchange before Lio's arm gets sliced up and he avoids his belt being taken and gets hit with the HOG belt. H-BOMBS BY RICHARDSON! Lio schoolboy into the buckle. Last Chancery wins it for Lio. Matt Travis battle royal time and the winner gets a title shot of their choosing in a year and this is just a bunch of nothing until a roar spot with hosses sends guys out. Poison rana gets no-sold and then a double Oscutter gets no-sold. Staturday Night Fever on Joey Silver by Curo and Slver wins and the audio blows out with the commentators yelling. Main event time thankfully. Or not - video hype and now it's women's title time and SDL is out. 

Shayna vs Shotzi is up and it's Shayna's birthday. Ankle stomp and a kneebar from Shayna and SDL attacks Shotzi. Shayna chokes out SDL KC Navarro is out to face Ricky Sosa. BUT FIRST WE GET TWO GUYS WITH A MANAGER COMING OUT and the audio makes him inaudible. Holla holla tag. Or not, now it's a Hardys 3-way tag title match. Well that ate up like 20 minutes and we get a FALLING SPLASH FROM JEFF for 2. Twisto wins it. Christ Almighty the Hardys can't do a thing anymore - they need a break to recharge. Matt puts the TNA guys over and hypes up NYC. 

NOW it's time for the main event and Kingston loses via cheating. Okay then. Chair to the back from Kingston. Okay then whatever. Joey Silver has his contract to cash-in and the Ki Krusher wins it and even at 20%, the audio is unbearable.