Magan Bayne made her presence known immediately in Stardom by attacking Tam Nakano at night 1 of Stardom’s 5STAR Gran Prix. She then challenged Tam for the Red Belt.

Mia Friday also made her Japanese debut this week. Mia is only 17 years old and has been wrestling since she was 14 years old. She debuted for Ice Ribbon on Saturday July 22nd, teaming with Tsukina Umino to take on Ancham and YuuRI.

SMASH Wrestling will be presenting their CANUSA Classic, which took place this past weekend, for free on Saturday, July 29th, on YouTube. The event features such superstars as Maki Itoh, Rosemary, Jody Threat, Alexia Nicole, Janai Kai, Lufisto, and more.

TNT Extreme Wrestling will have a huge women’s show on Thursday, July 27th, called Sirens Come out to Play. It will feature Myla Grace, Lana Austin, Rhio, Alexxis Falon, Harley Hudson, and more.

Amazing Maria will have her first singles match in OVW in over a year, as she will take on Shalonce Royal on Thursday, July 27th, live on FITE.

Billie Starkz has been added to St. Louis Anarchy’s Circus Maximus on July 29th, making the match between Laynie Luck and Nikki Victory a triple threat match.

Christina Marie will defend her CCW Network Championship on August 5th against Dani Mo, Ultra Violette and Delmi Exo at CCW’s Blood in the Sand Anniversary Show.

The NWA stars, Pretty Empowered, Kenzie Paige and Kylie Alexxa will take on Laynie Luck and Tootie Lynn at 2econd Wrestling’s Half Nelson, Full Force on August 13th.

Two of the biggest women’s stars in the UK, Rhio and Lizzy Evo, will compete for the ICW Women’s Championship on August 13th at ICW’s Shug’s Hoose Party 8.

EVE Wrestling will present EVE x CHOCOPRO on August 26th. Already announced for this event are the EVE Champion, Miyu Yamashita, Mei Suruga, Chie and Session Moth Martina.

The international pop sensation B3CCA will be returning to the UK and Wrestle Carnival on September 9th.

Takunmi Iroha will be making her return to West Coast Pro at From the West Coast with Love on September 10th. The joshi legend, Manami Toyota will also be making a special appearance at this show.

Christina Marie is undefeated in singles matches against women in ESW, but she will face a very tough opponent in Taylor Rising at Turn it Up on September 23rd.

TJPW star Shoko Nakajima will debut for Prestige Wrestling on September 24th at The Respect Issue.

 

Tuesday

Paradigm Pro “Magnum Opus”

Death Clutch (Jordan Blade & Sidney Von England) w/ Suge D def WTF (Bruce Grey &Tyler Vox) as Jordan makes Bruce Grey tap out to an ancle lock.

 

GCW “The New Face of War 2023”

Rina Yamashita and Masha Slamovich def Charli Evans & Sawyer Wreck. When Rina pins Charli after a splash mountain onto a stack of chairs. This very violent and incredible match from 4 women, representing 4 different countries.

 

Wednesday

GCW “Planet Death 2023”

Rina Yamashita, Sawyer Wreck and Charli Evans def Daisuke Masaoka & Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto) when Rina hits a Splash Mountain on a stack of chairs. After the match Rina tells the crowd the GCW will be returning to Japan in October and will be going to Koregan Hall.

Masashi Takeda def Masha Slamovich in a must see match. It was really violent and bloody, but also technical at moments, like when they exchanged armbar attempts.

 

Thursday

OVW

Freya The Slaya def Amanda Fuentes with a choke slam. Fuentes was able to match power with Freya, but Freya uses her experience advantage to get the win. After the match Freya says that she is in love with referee Aaron Grinder. It looks like Freya is about to propose to Aaron, but she is interrupted.

 

Wrestling Open

wXw Women’s Championship: Delmi Exo (c) def Tiara James by submission

 

MLW FUSION

Billie Starkz def B3CCA with a senton. The international popstar B3CCA sang her hit single “Popstar” on the way to the ring. B3CCA dominated a lot of the match, but Billie kept fighting back, even with a hurt leg.

 

GCW “Freedoms 2023”

Death Match: ERE (Violento Jack, Toshiyuki Sakuda & Takayuki Ueki) def. Charli Evans, Sawyer Wreck & Masha Slamovich

Death Match: Tomoya Hirata, Toru Sugiura & Daisuke Masaoka def. Rina Yamashita, Miedo Extremo & Ciclope

 

NORTH Wrestling “Greetings from Thunder Road”

Rhio def Luke Jacobs with a small package after kicking out of everything the powerhouse Jacobs had. This was a very hard hitting match.  After the match Mercedes Martinez comes on the screen, challenging Rhio to a match.

Four Way Match: Eve Bateman def Alexxis Falcon, Hyan and Chantal Jordan.

Mille McKenzie def Natalie Sykes with a spear as Sykes was coming off the middle rope.

 

Saturday

BLP “National Slampoon’s Wrestling Vacation 2”

Billie Starkz def Xia Brookside with a victory roll, while holding the rope. Billie is in her all black gear, which mean that we have the angry Bully Starkz, who was talking trash and taking shortcuts.

Rachel Armstrong def Shazza McKenzie with a quick cruxifix pin, after Shazza thought she had won the match with a Shaztastic Stunner.

Levi Everett def Sawyer Wreck after hitting her with his butter churn, as the ref was down because he was accidently hit in the head with the butter churn by Sawyer. Sawyer had the match won, but the referee was unconscious.

 

Sunday

Prestige Wrestling “All Rise”

Xia Brookside def Janai Kai in a great match. Janai used her kicks and submission holds, but Xia got the win with her technical wrestling skills.

Trish Adora def Maki Itoh

 

Fight Life

4 on 4 Elimination match: Team Mind Eraser (ABBS, Mike Graca, AVA Everett, Ken Powers) def Team PVD (Paris Van Dale, Joe Krule, Gal Barkay, and Abed Aroniz)

  • Gal pins Abbs
  • Gal pins Powers
  • Paris Van Dale pins AVA
  • Graca pins Joe Krule
  • Graca pins Abed Aroniz
  • Gal leaves and is counted out, leaving PVD alone with Mike Graca. PVD tries to leave, but AVA throws her in the ring.
  • Mike Graca pins PVD

Love, Doug’s Speed Dating Scramble: AJP def Big Juicy, Kellan Thomas, Love Doug, Bobby Buffet, Sara Jade and Steven Lust.

BMT & Ariel def Marcus Mathers & Shannon LeVangie when Ariel pinned Shannon with a handful of tights.

B3CCA def Jimmy Lloyd with a 450 after hitting Jimmy with a low blow. This was an incredible match.

Fight Life Championship: Masha Slamovich (c)  def Joey Janela by submission after she put him through a table with an air raid crash.

By Don Halliwell

I have watched wrestling all of my life, from WWF and NWA to ECW and then indie shows. I have been steadily going to independent wrestling shows since 2002.

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