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Viva Van, who wrestles out of Los Angeles and was trained at the legendary Santino Bros Wrestling School, made history this past weekend when she became the first Vietnamese wrestler to wrestle for AAA in Mexico. She teamed with Kamille and Natalia Markova to take on Dalys, Lady Shani and Sexy Star at TripleMania XXXI.
There will be a special Sabotage Wrestling showcase match at New Texas Pro’s Texas Indie Showcase 3 on July 22nd. It will be a champion vs champion match as the Sabotage World Champion, Danni Bee will take on the Sabotage Rising Champion, Emmy Camacho.
At Love Pro Wrestling 17 in Edmonton on July 28th, Gigi Rey will battle Zoe Sager for the LPW Grand Championship in a 3 Stages of Hell match. The GCWA Women’s championship will also be on the line as Taylor Rising faces Jazmin Allure.
DEFY will launch a new all women’s wrestling brand, SPIRIT WC, on July 28th This event will feature a tag team war pitting Rebel Kel and Dulce Tormenta against Bambi Hall and TFA. This event will be hosted by Madusa and will also feature Vert Vixen defending the DEFY Women’s Championship against Maki Itoh.
Laynie Luck will take on Heather Reckless and LadyBird in a triple threat match at Glory Pro’s Animo on July 30th.
Janai Kai announced that she will be wrestling in Japan for 2 months, August and September. The Kick Demon has already wrestled for GLEAT and TJPW this year.
Another wrestler making an international trip in August will be the MLW Women’s Featherweight and wXw Women’s Champion, Delmi Exo. Delmi will be defending both championships whenever she is touring Germany for wXw starting on August 11th.
The brackets have been announced for the DOA’s Queen of Thorns Tournament on August 5. On one side of the bracket we have Bambi Hall against Amira and Murphy Madson against Nicole Matthews. On the other side is Liiza Hall against Izzy Mcqueen and Tara Zep against Abigail Warren.
On August 6, Abigail Warren will face Doctor Kliever at DOA’s We’ve Got Heat. This show will also feature Tara Zep against Rashad Tyson and Amira against Shazza Mckenzie.
Zayda Steel will take on former NXT UK star, Xia Brookside at Warriors of Wrestling in Brooklyn on August 11th. There will also be an appearance by former WWE and IMPACT star Victoria at this event.
The former GCW champion and half of the IMPACT Women’s Tag Team Champions, Masha Slamovich, will make her DEFY debut at Violent Minds on August 12th.
International superstar, Emi Sakura will defend the DPW Women’s Championship against the other half of the IMPACT Women’s Tag Team Champions, Killer Kelly, at DeadLock Pro’s Beast Coast on August 13th.
There will be a double dog collar match at GCW’s Homecoming, Night 1 on August 19th. It will pit Joey Janela and Sawyer Wreck against Charles Mason and Parrow. Also on night 1, we will see Maki Death Kill, Nick Gage and Maki Itoh, battle Deathmatch Royalty, Matt Cardona and Steph De Lander.
Maki Death Kill will also make an appearance at GCW’s return to Chicago on September 1st.
Dark Sheik has been announced as part of the 7th installment of EFFY’s Big Gay Brunch in Chicago on September 2nd.
Johnnie Robbie, who has been one of the fastest rising stars on the west coast, will be at West Coast Pro’s From The West Coast with Love on September 10th.
Tuesday
FIGHTT Pro “Enter The FIGHTT Round 5”
Grappling Division: Gia Scott def Harleen Lopez by submission with the Rough Diamond
Paradigm Pro “Magnum Opus”
UWFI rules: Dominic Garrini def Jordan Blade in an excellent mat based match
Thursday
OVW
Non-title match: OVW Women’s Champion Hailey J def Leila Gray
Wrestling Open
Megan Bayne def Aaron Rourke with a tombstone piledriver
MLW FUSION
Delmi Exo (c) def Taya Valkyrie by submission with an arm bar
All I Want 2
Shannon Levangie def B3CCA, Ava Everett and Zayda Steel when she pined Ava after Zayda gave Ava a Unprettier and Shannon hit Ava and Zayda with a cartwheel moonsault
Lindsay Snow def Marc Angel by submission in a very violent and bloody match
TWE Chattanooga “The Night Before 2023”
Suge D def Shazza McKenzie by submission. Suge came to the ring at the beginning of the show and issued an open challenge to anyone that is in the SCI and Shazza answered the challenge.
Friday
GCW “Now & Forever 2023”
Matt Cardona & Steph De Lander def Bussy (Allie Katch & EFFY)
Maki Itoh def Billie Starkz by submission. Billie brought out her mean side, but it wasn’t enough to put away the cutest in the world. After the match, Nick Gage comes out and challenges Matt Cardona and Steph De Lander to a match against him and Maki Itoh at Homecoming in Atlantic City.
Utami Hayashishita def LuFisto with an Avalanche Bomb in an incredible main event, to go 3-0 on her brief North American tour.
FSW “High Octane”
Brittnie Brooks def Gypsy Mac
2023 Scenic City Invitational Night 1
First Round: Sawyer Wreck def John Wayne Murdoch with a chokeslam through two chairs.
First Round: Adam Priest def Shazza McKenzie when he hit her with a DDT after kicking the ropes when she was coming back in the ring. Shazza had the match almost won on a few occasions, including when she hit him with a Shaztastic Stunner.
SOS Pro Wrestling “The Road to El Dorado”
Kikyo def Namor Sage with a Falcon Arrow Driver. Kikyo sang a song from The Little Mermaid to try to calm Namor Sage, but it did not work, as he threw his trident at her. Luckily it missed and Kikyo brought the fight to Sage.
Bambi Hall def Nic “Romancer” Dellamorte
Saturday
AIW “Absolution XVI”
Ziggy Haim def Joseline Navarro with a leg drop off the top rope, onto chairs that we stacked on Joseline. Ziggy became very bloody early in the match whenever Joseline smashed her head into a chair with thumbtacks on it. After the match Ziggy was attacked by Katie Arquette.
ACTION “Futures Showcase”
First Round: Ichiban def Devlyn Macabre & Wheezy T.
First Round: Rachel Armstrong def Jay Malachi & Kody Manhorn in an incredible match.
Finals: Rachel Armstrong def Ichiban & Kris Brady when she pins Ichiban to become the 2023 ACTION Futures Showcase Champion.
AAW “Never Say Die”
Number 1 contenders match for the AAW Women’s Championship: Sierra def Heather Reckless
2023 Scenic City Invitational Night 2
Darian Bengston def Bojack, Rico Gonzalez, Diego Hill, MERC and Rachel Armstrong in an incredible scramble match.
SCI Second Round: Manders def Sawyer Wreck in a great match. It took Manders a stampede off the top and 3 lariats to put away Sawyer.
The Skulk (Liam Gray and Adrian Alanis) def Wheezy T & Devlyn Macabre, Ichiban & Ryan Clancy and Kris Brady & Jay Malachi. Devlyn did a phenomenal corkscrew dive to the outside during this match.
No DQ: John Wayne Murdoch def Shazza McKenzie by pinfall. Shazza started the match hot with a dive onto JWM as he was making his way to the ring, then used a fan’s crutch on him. She got a door from under the ring, but it backfired, as she was given a piledriver through the door. Shazza was able to turn the tables by powerbombing JWM through a door from the top rope. However, JWM got the win after hitting Shazza with a brainbuster on a chair
CCW “Capital Cup Tag Team Tournament”
Capital Championship Wrestling 7/15/2023 CCW Capital Cup Tag Team Tournament Results – PWPonderings
IWS “Scarred for Life”
IWS Women’s Championship: Melanie Havok (c) def Dani Leo by submission with an STF after hitting Dani in the face with the title belt.
IWS Tag Team Title: Amazingly Sweet (Alex Maze & Kristara) def Cassanova Productions (JT Producer & Matt Viviani)
Maki Itoh def Vanessa Kraven with a spinning DDT off the second rope. It took a while for Maki to figure out how to counter the large size differential, but she used her head and came out with the win.
IWS Death Match: PCP Manny & Lufisto def BUSSY (Allie Katch & EFFY) when Lufisto pins Effy after giving him an Olympic Slam onto a chair, in a wild match.