From the Front Row - 365 Pro Wrestling Recap - 20.02.2026

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Another Friday, another 365 Pro Wrestling throwdown. Apparently there's been a round robin tournament for the 365 Cup that a bunch of us were unaware was happening. Luckily we got some clarifying announcements and the round robin is nearly done. The winner will win the 365 Cup and get a title shot, I believe? I could be wrong on this. I have a hard time hearing a lot of the mic work from years of working at and covering concerts. Protect your fucking ears, kids.

DJ Kash vs Sawyer Stein

Very stoked for this one as I'm always a big fan of a Face vs Face opener and these two are both big time good guys. Starting out with some solid grappling – haven't seen headlock-trading look so good in a minute. Kash hits a shockingly large shoulder block on the much thicker Stein. Stein responds with a thunderous clothesline but misses a splash right after. Kash comes off the ropes while Stein is down and hits a very strange low blockbuster. Around this point an incredibly mean fan in the crowd yelled at Stein, “You can't lose to a child!” After a huge vertical suplex from Stein sends Kash crashing into the mat, the two trade some pretty hard-hitting forearms to each other. Single-knee Codebreaker from Stein (I'm sure this move has a proper name, but damned if I know it!) shows Kash whose knee is the boss. Kash eventually gets his momentum back and goes up to the second rope to finish Stein off but is met with Sawyer's lovely and devastating superkick. 1-2-3. Stein wins! (365 Cup Match win = 2 points)

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From the Front Row - 365 Pro Wrestling Recap - 23.01.2026

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Coming off a big show last week, anticipation was high for what this Friday night was going to bring us. This is the beauty of the weekly shows – wrestling has a notoriously short memory and getting to tap in every week really helps keeps the story momentum going. We got a nice, tight 5 match show – plus an instalment of everyone's favourite 365 talk show, Stein Time!

Inferno vs Zack Andrews (w/ Petunia)
Nothing like starting off a show with Inferno. And Zack Andrews has certainly levelled up since becoming heir to the throne of the Fifth Dimension. Pretty stoked for this one, despite the row of lads behind The Crew who attempted “Twist his dick” and “Twist his nipple” trying their best to steal the focus. Thankfully these chants didn't get any traction and they didn't attempt them again for the rest of the night. If you're at a wrestling show, please do not participate in such chants. Anyyyywaaaaays... Lots of fast offence to start this one off. Inferno is a blink-and-you'll-miss-him kinda wrestler. He hit a springboard European uppercut. A nice cannonball in the corner. Zack stops the onslaught with a nice headbutt, and then locks in a beautiful double wristlock. Inferno tries to get loose only to get taken down by a lovely big boot from Andrews. Andrews gets Inferno upside down for a big stalling suplex that Inferno reverses into a sweet guillotine choke. Inferno went up top and hit a pretty crazy frogsplash-esque crossbody. Andrews hit an absolutely BRUTAL powerbomb on Inferno and the locked in a great cloverleaf. (Ain't seen one of then in awhile! Nice one, bad guy Zack.) Inferno ends up winning this one with a Swanton bomb. A mighty fine match!

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From the Front Row - 365 Pro Wrestling Recap - 16.01.2026

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Something was in the air on Friday at the First Met Hall. I don't know what the hell was going on, but 365 Pro Wrestling put on one of their best wrestling shows in ages. Now, this is definitely not to take away from the very good run they've been on – they've been killing it and I love going to these shows. But Friday night had everything lining up in a magic manner from opening bell to the end. To use very specific wrestling speak – it was, by gawd, an absolute slobberknocker! Gonna have to start calling this shit Friday Night Heat if this is where we're headed on the regular. Let's get after it.

Damian Desire vs Inferno
Insane opener. First off, we gotta give a shout out to the wrestling boots of Damian Desire. Best boots in the PNW scene from what I've seen. Many stars of love. Both guys come out of the gate with bonkers speed, matching each other move for move. Leap frogs! Springboards! Simultaneous dropkicks! Simultaneous kip-ups! HOLY MOLY! Just two fan favs showing who know how to get a crowd revved up. If there's one thing the people love more than cheering a handsome muscle man who is quite good at wrestling, it's booing a handsome muscle man who is quite good at wrestling. And when it comes time to break the whole good guy vs good guy dynamic, Damian Desire steps into the role perfectly, turning into an absolute bruiser on a dime and battering the smaller Inferno. I love a dirty spinebuster and Desire smashes Inferno with one. Then a goddamn avalanche side suplex on the Flaming One. Inferno comes back with a devastating back rake. At this point I am having a very hard time taking my eyes off the ring to take notes. Holy shit, Inferno fucking powerbombed Desire. And wow, it was a picturesque powerbomb. Inferno wins with a Swanton Bomb. (I'm writing so much about wrestling right now that I just added “Swanton” to the dictionary on my word processor.) This match was very fucking good.

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