From Larry Goodman:
ProSouth has a new All-Out Champion. Rookie Justin McKenzie captured the first championship of his fledgling career by defeating AJ Black for that title in the main event. McKenzie has been on a meteoric rise since his debut less than nine months ago to where he is the most popular wrestler at the ProSouth Palace.
One week removed from what was arguably the company's best show of 2025 at Uprising, ProSouth is building to another major show on September 19. The card so far has Scott Spade (c) vs. Caeden Ooten vs. Christian Pierce for the ProSouth Championship, Cameron Keast vs. Leon Ruff and the Battle Rumble with more surprise entrants to be announced.
The quality of the in-ring competition at ProSouth has moved to a higher level of late with the addition of people like Eric Silva and DRP. and the growth of AJ Black. This week's semi-main: Ayden Andrews vs. Brayden Toon was a prime example of the improvement. Put the kind of roster depth ProSouth currently possesses in the hands of booker Ace Haven and good things are bound to happen.
Neither Wicked Nemesis and Brandon Whatley were in the building so commentary was a revolving door: Mathias Darkthorne, Scott Adams, Joe Wood, Cameron Keast and Amy Haven were mixed and matched with interesting results. Wood and his dry humor made for enjoyable. Keast has a quick wit and his play-by-play for the main added excitement on a night when the crowd wasn't much of a factor.
No Salem Alexander (BOO) either, so Amy Haven (YEAH) was the ring announcing. Matthew Gibson, Jeremy Blackson, Joseph Void and T-Bird were the referees. Katie Lindsey was on the rover camera. Her presence is a difference maker in the video quality of the livestream.
Christian Pierce opened with an update. Pierce he got what he wanted at Uprising -- Caeden Ooten reinstated as a wrestler -- but it had been a rough stretch for the Diamondback. He lost his ProSouth contract because Ooten screwed him and he had to wrestle under a mask during a miserably hot Piedmont summer. His wife got in a car accident, then he spent time getting hit in the head by Steven Calozzi"s brass knuckles. Pierce produced a rental car receipt as evidence Calozzi was responsible for his wife's car accident. Pierce also had Calozzi's brass knuckles. Pierce intimated Calozzi missed Uprising because he had gotten his retribution. Pierce's next order of business was a match with Ooten but Ooten already had a match scheduled, so he needed an opponent right now to take to Whip Ass Ranch.
Calozzi is even more of an egg sucking dog than we knew.
(1) Christian Pierce defeated the debuting Ron LaFlare in 7:18. Pierce hit Once Bitten to pick up the win.
As pissed off as Pierce was during his promo, I would have appreciated it if he'd beaten LaFlare's ass a lot quicker and save the viewers from suffering through seven minutes of this, but the greenhorn needed the ring time and Pierce was a good opponent to give it to him.
(2) Golden Class (Dallas Kage & KJ Valentine) defeated Young Ones In Charge (Trey Jordan & LGV) in 5:58.
Jordan had one of the ProSouth tag team belts. LGV claimed the belts belonged to them because they were taking over the division. Darkthorne suggested the belt was the one that belonged to Ayden Andrews.
Golden Class came in hot with double teams on LGV. Jordan broke up the pin after their wheelbarrow/Oscutter combo and ran roughshod on Kage. YOIC then isloated Valentine big time. As Jordan was setting up for the kill, Joe Wood walked onstage. Jordan fixated on Wood. Kage supericked Jordan and Valentine stacked him up for the three count.
Postmtch Wood dismantled YOIC with a running headbutt for Jordan and a Woodchipper on LGV.
Mission accomplished. Solid work from both teams and YOIC got their just desert for past meddling in Wood's affairs.
Brother Azriel promo Az with new music as he came to the ring. Az said he had lot to think about since his battle with Joe Black at Uprising. The match didn't end the way he wanted. They got carried away and it was chaos, kill or be killed. To promote a killer mentality, Az said he needed to surround himself with killers and challenged Joe to a survivor's series style eight man tag at Battle Rumble (September 19).
As Wood put it on commentary, that's a lot of killers. I'm extremely curious to see who all they are. Az's old music fit him so well, anything else is going to take getting used to.
(3) Cameron Keast defeated DRP (with Scott Adams) in 5:25. Keast had new music. He was dressed in white with no hint of green or damage to his eye, seemingly unburdened by his cathartic last dance with Ravana Xin.
Keast broke out the lucha Cam and an STO. DRP escaped Keast Infection and got two with the Panama City Slam (northern lights) for a close near fall. Adams' flagrant attempt to interfere backfired. Keast nailed DRP with Dramatic Ironee for the three count.
Keast's personality transformation was astonishing, so much so that it cannot be trusted. Good match. They had chemistry. DRP's technical ability reminds me of very early stage Adam Priest. I hated to see him take another L when any random jobber would do in the spot.
Keast promo. Cam tried to do a comedy line about going black. Keast said he was entering his 10th Battle Rumble in a row in two weeks. He was the only back-to-back Draw to Brawl winner, the only back-to-back Trinity Cup winner, and the threepeat Trinity Cup winner in ProSouth history. Keast said he was going to win his second consecutive Battle Rumble and go on to become a three-time ProSouth Champion at Anniversary. If he going to be the heart and soul of ProSouth, he was going to have to test himself with the best. He asked Commissioner Amy Haven for the match he needed and in two weeks, he would be squaring off with Leon Ruff.
I'm a huge fan of Keast's promos. This one laid a steaming turd. The comedy line fell flat. He sounded like the Miz, God forbid listing off his accolades. The Leon Ruff match reveal was met with dead silence.
(4) Caeden Ooten defeated Eric Silva to become the one contender for the ProSouth Championship in 9:18. Darkthorne welcomed Ooten out of the referee stripes because he looked like bit of a tool wearing them. He advised Ooten not to worry about Christian Pierce and keep his eye on the prize, lest he be dragged kicking and screaming down the you know where.
Silva was aggressive from the jump. His shadow lariat had extra mustard on it. C got sleazy with an eye rake. His right arm was fire as he matched Silva's grit. Ooten started to pick Silva apart. Silva delivered the Hellplex and both were down. Signature Silva comeback coming up...Ooten fought off Collateral Damage and speared referee Blackson by mistake. Harley Haven marched to ringside. She pulled Blackson out, used a can of something to spray Darthorne and Silva in the eyes. Ooten hit Loaded Gun Complex and referee Gibson slid in to count the pinfall.
Good match. They went at it with intensity. Silva suffered his third singles loss in a row but he's gotten screwed by shenanigans every time. Boy oh boy, they've got some splainin' to do about Harley being back with Ooten.
Amy congratulated Ooten and informed him the match was also for Pierce's shot at the number one contendership. Pierce came onstage with a smirk on his face Wood and Keast announced the triple threat for the ProSouth Championship at Battle Rumble.
Keast and Wood made an entertaining and (in this case) informative commentary team.
(5) Ayden Andrews defeated Brayden Toon in 9:14. The crowd was chanting for Ayden as he came through the curtain. Amy joined Keast on commentary. Toon stalled and feigned nervousness. Toon went all rubbery leg after absorbing a shot in the jaw. Andrews' offense drove Toon from the ring but he caught Andrews' off guard on the reentry. Toon forced Andrews to fight up from the bottom. Toon invoked the name of Brock Lesnar but Andrews fended off his german suplex and gave Toon one of his own. Andrews hit Endgame (pedigree) and was looking for Nail In The Coffin. Toon evaded. Andrews kicked out Toon's brainbuster. Toon kicked out Andrews' brainbuster. They went to the Strong Style strikes. Andrews went for another Endgame. Toon tried to counter and Andrews beat him with Nail In The Coffin.
Outstanding finish. Andrews looked super sharp. Toon's time in Mexico has clearly gotten him accustomed to performing on a larger stage. and taken his overall game to another level. His ring presence and facial expressions were top drawer.
Scott Adams and DRP confronted Andrews after the match. Adams tased him. Andrews stayed upright with fire in his eyes. A second tasing put Andrews down and they dumped him out of the ring. Adams said he was entering Battle Rumble and his goal was to ensure Andrews never held a title again.
Andrews paralyzed sell of the tasing was tremendous.
Prior to the main event, a short video aired showing new ProSouth Champion (and YouTube Champion) Scott Spade taking his kids to the carnival. Spade purposely knocked a kid to the ground. Amy Haven was flabbergasted.
Reads like the darker side of ProSouth humor except the kid was obviously in on it.
(6) Justin McKenzie defeated AJ Black to win the All-Out Championship in 15:41. They wrestled clean with the overblown ego of the "Wresting Sensation" in full effect. McKenzie overshot a tope but used the barricade to break his fall. McKenzie was feeling it. AJ spilled McKenzie off the ropes to take control. AJ used facelock variations to keep McKenzie grounded. AJ punished McKenzie on the outside until his back slammed into the barricade on a miss. The count reached 17 before they simultaneously dove back into the ring and started swinging. AJ got the better of it and locked in a cravate. McKenzie got his aerial attack untracked but AJ cut him off with a stalling neckbreaker and applied a Last Chancery. The methodical deconstruction continued until AJ's ego got in his way. McKenzie hit Sliced Bread 69. Black used up his ropes break to save himself. AJ hit Less Than Zero and McKenzie hooked the ropes with his foot.
Referee Gibson got decked by an errant elbow. AJ picked up his title belt with bad intent. Julius Pryor slid in and dropped AJ with a spinning heel kick. McKenzie hit the swanton bomb to earn his first taste of gold as pro wrestler.
Another really good match in a different style than Andrews/Silva. The rules give the All-Out title a unique flavor so I love it when the competitors incorporate them into the match like they did here. AJ has worked a different body part in each of his last three matches. The cravate is a nice addition to his repertoire. I didn't expect a title change and I ain't complaining about it or the prospect of Pryor being back in the mix.
Keast was having a panic attack on commentary. Amy announced McKenzie as the new champion and McKenzie was celebrating victory with ProSouth faithful as the livestream came to a close.
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