WWE Raw 8-24-26

 

Ah what a fun day - got all of my tech ready to go for HSN two days ahead of schedule and the tech setup day on Wednesday basically covers the cost of the stuff. Put in for a new BBY job mainly to see if I was still on the do not hire list and I am - which is fine as I just wanted to know and I think I'm at a point where I'll proceed with that once I have the autism assessment done because that gives me leverage to show that I'm working to improve and heal the damage that was there before BBY and made worse by all the bullying too. We start off with a Solo recap from last week and LA Knight (yeah!) is out and he's in Canada's capital and needs to talk about a capital C coward in Roman. Solo thanks LA and the Usos are here and they play off great with A WARNING SHOT and then Solo being all Matrixy.

Roxy vs. Vaquer is up and Roxy slaps her but gets wrapped up in a bow and arrow. Vaquer gets her in a Razor-style abdominal stretch holding the leg but Roxy goes for the hair. Liv goes for Steph but Becky is here with her theme. Roxy's double jump moonsault misses, but Vaquer hits the lifting lungblow to win it. Becky and Liv brawl and we get a recap of Cass kicking Je'Von's ass. Fenix vs. Lee is up and they hype up Fenix having a lot of defenses racked up and Corey says it's their first singles match. Chops and kicks aplenty and a wrecking ball dropkick hits for Lee. Fenix counters destino with a brainbuster! Mexican muscle buster is turned into a Styles Clash for 2.5! Fenix cutter gets 2! MMB wins it.

Lola Vice debuts on 9/14. Pearce brings out Oba for the contract signing. Oba outshines him on the mic and then brings that up, points out how great he is and buries him 6 feet under..so yeah that's weird. Vision is out and Oba puts Theory through a table. Feels like Oba is losing thanks to Heyman. Je'Von is out to face Cass with a new Diesel-ish theme. They have a cat and mouse match before the break and Cass is wisely in long pants. Cass gets slowly low-bridged and a tope hits. Soaring dive over the timekeepers area onto Cass. Cass lariat wins it.

Judgment Day attacks Je'Von. Penta vs. La Parka III is up with III getting no intro. Back and forth and an inverted slingblade hits for Penta. Spanish fly gets 2 for Parka. Springboard Mexican destroyer wins it and it's Fenix vs. Penta next week. Main event time BUT FIRST A ZILLA HYPE VIDEO and Ethan Page says that Gable is ducking him. And also Vaquer faces Liv in 2 weeks. After a trillion years, IT'S FINALLY TIME FOR THE MAIN EVENT and the Usos are out first and then LA, then Solo. Jimmy avoids the BFT, but lands an inverted DDT. HOBBS jumps the group and OTM is with Hobbs! 

They take out the Usos! Then Solo and Knight - so okay that's unexpected. 

AEW Brawl in the Ballpark 7-10-26 - Broadcast on 8-23-26

 

We've seen clips on TV from this show, so it felt weird to not see it on the docket - and the ROH show is what I first noticed it being there and the word spread online. Orange Cassidy is out in a singles match against Yuta! Tony hypes up Ian as a college baseball player and Tony was the voice of the Braves and after Yuta comes out, they talk more baseball. HANDS IN THE POCKET break a full nelson as Ian says more folks who faced Ken Patera should have done that. The camera white balance is all wonky, so this should drive Bix nuts.

Ian and Tony update everyone on their book club and Tony talks about his rookie card arriving. Well, they're treating this as a night off as the wrestlers are. Lots of just stalling around doing so little that early '90s Jimmy Garvin would be like DO SOMETHING. OC gets crotched for "a pair of foul balls for Orange!" according to Ian. Orange punch wins it! The Opps and Action Andretti face off with Komander and Top Flight. Some cool shots with Komander!

They just have a fun party match. Doing not much of anything. Komander hits a rana to Bowens! Pele kick by Darius to Andretti before Komander comes in and triangle dropkicks Hook. Komander 450 gets 2 on Andretti. Superkicks set Bowens up for a BASES LOADED SERIES OF DROPKICKS in the corner. Stunner from Andretti. ROPEWALK DOUBLE JUMP MOONSAULT FROM KOMANDER here on this show. Dante wins it! That was basically perfect for what a match should be on this show.

Julia Hart vs. Hyan is up and Julia gets a big pop being from MN. Floor brawling before JULIA DOES A DOUBLE BICEPS POSE and gets 2 on a DDT. Hyan gets a sunset bomb for 2. Octopus is on and Hyan taps. Serpentico eats a chop and just falls like a tree. DO A TEST OF STRENGTH! Release German out of the corner shows off Cage's bald spot. Flashy kicks and A FLATLINER HIT FOR 1.9 FOR SERPENTICO! F10 BY CAGE! DEADLIFT SUPLEX FROM THE APRON and that's the win!? Okay sure why not. 

Hurt Syndicate vs. STP is up and Bravo gets some nice heat with LA. Lee stalls and Ian brings up Larry and Lashley does a long delayed suplex. Taylor and Lashley brawl and three people attack Lashley and he registers like Da Crusher. Full Nelson is on but ST escapes. Lee hits a kick on the apron to Lashley and Taylor misses a splash and Lashley eats a crossbody. STINGER SPLASH BY SHELTON and then a snap suplex hits! Lee gets a clip and an ankle lock before getting one and then getting clubbed by ST. Bravo goes for a double chokeslam fails and they chuck him on STP. BAD MAN RUMBLE punch by ST hits Shelton and a Lee STO gets 2. Corner knee from Shelton to ST and the spear wins it. 

Fun hour-ish of action. Nothing must-watch beyond MAYBE the Komander tag. OC comes in and Orange punches Bravo! 

AEW Collision Live 8-22-26

 

ALL IN is 8 days away and we've got Tony and Ian! OC vs. KOR starts us off. Long headscissors by KOR and OR just lollygags out. OC avoids an armdrag by anticipation and gets a headlock. BACK AND FORTH SUPLEXES for a 9 on the floor! KOR ankle lock wins it! Nigel tells Will in the medical room that Will has the chance to do what no Brit could do - win the World title in Wembley! 

Erica Leigh returns to eat a beating with Tiara James against Divine Dominion. They destroy James with Birds offense and win with their chokeslam. Perry-Swerve recap airs and Perry challenges him for Glasgow. Claudio vs. Danny is up. YAY DANNY'S PROMO AIRS IN FULL! Tony talks about Claudio walking from the Atlanta airport to his gym. Dragon tamer into a front choke! Giant swing but the corner uppercut is met with a basement busaiku knee! HE WANTS A NEUTRALIZER BUT CLAUDIO SNARES THE KNEE! RNC AND THE NEUTRALIZER TO CLAUDIO GETS 2.5! Danny spits on him so Claudio does the giant swing on the bad leg and then a sharpshooter and then a cool uppercut against the rope with a snapmare into a pin before Claudio wins with an ankle lock!

Nigel vs. KOR and Mox vs. Claudio is up on Dynamite! Hurt Syndicate and Moriarty are a team against a trio of goobers. Border City Stretch wins it. ST talks shit and wants any trio and THE BANG BANG GANG is here! BBC leads to "I'M GONNA SPLIT YOUR ASS! BBC UNTIL YOU DIE!" Shane runs over Colten, the skinny one. Jay beats Carlie with the bladerunner. Jay hypes up the trios gauntlet at ALL IN and says he, his pants and his boys are ready! Mox vs. Omega hype video goes through the company's history with Mox vs. Omega being a thread. Cool stuff there. NICK WAYNE is back to team with Ciampa against Komander and SPEEDBALL! Komander hits a cool sole butt>DDT to Ciampa for 2. Project Ciampa wins it. 

Willow vs. Maya is up and Willow does a cool roll over a dropdown. Twisting sunset bomb and the fallaway slam gets 2! Back and forth SOS cradles get 2.9! BACKSLIDE WINS IT FOR WILLOW! 

ROH Death Before Dishonor 2026 - Bandido vs. Nick Wayne for the title

 

MyAEW is being wonky on Chrome, but working on Firefox - and also Brawl in the Ballpark is coming to MyAEW Sunday! Ian and Caprice run the card down and it feels like Zayda should win the TV Title. Viva Van and VertVixen vs. Aminata and Mina Shirakawa is up with the worst possible crowd shot to start. Handshake from Mina and we get a chest bump from Viva Van for Aminata.

Viva Van does the chocolate kisses spot to Queen. CHOCOLATE KISSES TO VIVA! Aminata runs wind on everyone and a double stomp off the top gets 2 for Queen on Viva. Mina and Queen win it. Fun match. Maya World is here to represent THE BIGGEST NETWORK IN WRESTLING HISTORY! And then she cuts a stilted NXT or ECW Tiffany promo on Willow. ELP vs. Adam Brooks is up and should be fun. E-L-P is a catchy theme. 

Nice forearm>punch exchange and Brooks is just a fantastic wrestler to see live - hard hits. Ropewalk rana by ELP! Corner suplex gets 2 for Brooks. Ian talks about the Loose Ledge name basically meaning he's the man. Draping knee hits for Brooks, but ELP gets the E-L-P splash for the win. Nice hype vid for Athena-Hazuki. Komander vs. AR Fox vs. Soleil is up! I don't think I've seen Soleil before, so this should be fun. Oh Soleil is just Sidney Akeem in a mask - well hey, smart move. Fox hits a somersault stomp on the apron to Soleil and then flip dives off the apron to Komander! Fox avoids the ropewalk SSP by Komander but Komander spikes him on a DDT! The Play-in match is going to determine who replaces Kingston on Collision. DOUBLE BACKFLIP CUTTER BY SOLEIL and Komander beats him to win. 

Cage and Hechi are out to face Bustah and the Brain/Oliver and Price. Rocky silly bullshit at the announce table while Hechi does cool shit in the ring. Cage and Hechi hit Oliver with corner chops and Hechi spikes Price with his finish. 6-man tag titles are up and they seemingly accidentally give the Lethal Twist the Outrunners entrance.

Outrunners come out and they're perfect in ROH and a showcase of how you can't teach work ethic and the benefit of being willing to do whatever - because their being Substitute Boys led to the chemistry with Dalton being evident and them getting signed because you can't teach work ethic. Shotty prevents the SOB elbow and Blake MOCKS THEM. Lethal hits the elbow and Lee hits a frog splash, but Blake misses with a something and kind of gets a legdrop for 2.5 when a save happens to help cover it. INJECTION TO DALTON and Blake gets a springboard uppercut and uses the ropes to win! Lethal has now held every men's title! 

Kingdom chats with Sammy and Beast about working together. 4-WAY TAG TITLE time...or maybe not as SDL faces Deonna for the women's Pure title. SDL/Virtuosa chants hit! SDL uses up 2 rope breaks and her one punch. THIRD ROPE BREAK IS DONE for a Fujiwara. SDL uses a chair and does the Angle spot and Deonna USES HER PUNCH and a tiger driver gets 2. FUJIWARA IS ON but SDL rolls through! Venus is on and SDL taps - excellent match with the stip aiding it and Ian telling the tale to make it better. Her niece I guess is brought to her - that's cute. ROH Women's TV Title is up. 

Velvet and Marina go at it and Mox talks about racoons and Toronto racoons. Marina throws Zayda into Mox and he makes sure to say his hands were where they should be. And also Mox's chair is broken and he just gives it to someone. Tower of doom by Marina! Zayda throws herself into the pile to break up a pin and gets 2. BELT SHOT BY SKYE BUT MARINA GETS AN RNC! BELT SHOT SAVES BY SKYE but the dropdown gets 2 into a half crab and then a kneebar! VELVET FROG SPLASH WINS IT!? Okay then!

Shibata vs. Moriarty is up! Nice recap of the Nigel angle setting the stage here. Standing Kimura into a kneebar by Shibata and Lee uses up a rope break! Shibata gets a short kick off a handshake and flying mares him into the ropes after an elbow strike. FIGURE FOUR BY SHIBATA! Lee uses his rope breaks up but gets the Bret cradle to win it. Dark Order bickering before the tag titles are up. Caprice singing Mistico's theme is fantastic. Boy what a great show this has been for what couldn't have cost much to get into. Kingdom works with Sammy and Dorada dives on them. Spanish Fly wins it and retains it for SKY TEAM! Wow!

The face teams save Mistico from a beating from the DCF. The replacement match for the C3 is up. Priest vs Garcia is up! Priest works the leg and Danny goes for a running move, but eats a LARIAT! Upkicks save Danny, but a figure four is locked on by Priest! Dragontamer wins it and STP hypes up Moariarty. Fight without honor for the TV Title is up with a killer hype video.

Lio has a Terry Funk puncho and Sabu pants on for the ECW Arena! MARY POPPINS DIVE BY LIO! Lio wants a Van Terminator or an Air Sabu and eats a run-up lariat! Tope by Lio after he gets sliced up! A PITBULL CHAIN IS HERE! BLACK GLASS SLICE BY LIO! BARB WIRE CHAIR TO THE CHEST ON A TABLE! Pump kick and pump knee hit for Action and then a superkick. LIO RUSH CUTTER AND THE CRAVATE LOCK IS ON! THE LIGHTS GO OUT! HOOK DOES HIS DAD'S POSE IN THE CORNER! Hook stomps him into the glass! Redrum is avoided and he eats the door! 

BLACK THUNDER BOMB GETS 2! BOWENS GRABS THE BOX! REDRUM IS ON! SPRINGBOARD 450 THROUGH A TABLE COVERED IN GLASS ON THE FLOOR! 1!!! FOREARMS APLENTY! Lio eats the barb wire chair in the corner and the burning hammer neckbreaker wins it! ANDRETTI GETS A SINGLES TITLE!

Bandido vs. Nick Wayne hype vid. Nick does cocky heel shit on the floor but eats a springboard tornillo by Bandido! One arm gorilla priss into the frog splash for 2.9! Pop up cutter and a crucifix bomb get 2 for Wayne! Apron battle ON THE STEPS and Nick faceplants on the steps! Wayne avoids a powerbomb with a code red for 2.5! 21 PLEX INTO A POISON RANA AND THE PRODIGYPLEX GETS 1! ANOTHER GETS 2.9! WAYNE'S WORLD IS AVOIDED INTO THE X KNEE AND THE 21 PLEX GETS 2.9! Low blow and WAYNE'S WORLD! PRODIGY PLEX BUT THE PIN IS TURNED INTO A CRUCIFIX TO RETAIN! WOW!

GODDAMN! That was one of Bandido's best World title matches ever! Women's title time and Hazuki gets a fast start, but MIT is here to help Athena. Apron powerslam to Hazuki! Athena goes for an avalanche electric chair, but she eats an avalanche poison rana! SHOTGUN DROPKICK OFF THE TOP BY HAZUKI! Hazuki pops her up top and waves at her for a codebreaker for 2. HAZUKI CROSSFACE! Suplex on the ramp by Hazuki! MIT knocks the ref down and they beat down Hazuki. She takes them out and Athena gets a tombstone after...something goes wonky for 2. O Face wins and ends the five hour show. Lordy there is no good reason for ROH shows to be this long. Still, this was the best TK-era ROH show yet overall. Cool post-match bow from Athena and Hazuki.

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!