Heel Turn: Chaotic and violent night of wrestling in New York, examining Sami Zayn, Místico entrance and more

The thought of going to an autarkic pro wrestling amusement usually brings up images of bare bingo halls and wrestlers who are hoping to marque it to the large time.

Awesome Championship Wrestling (ACW) connected Saturday nighttime successful Poughkeepsie, New York, couldn’t person been further from those preconceived notions. ACW Reckoning took spot successful beforehand of a packed MJN Center and aired connected Triller. There were respective matches that featured fireworks, TV prime productions, aggregate champions and adjacent a alloy cage lucifer to headdress the night.

The lawsuit came to a arguable and chaotic end.

Awesome Championship Wrestling stars Hale Collins and Danny Maff were successful enactment astatine Reckoning connected Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Fox News Digital)

Vik Dalishus and Hale Collins, the tag squad duo known arsenic The Now, defended the ACW Tag Team Championship against Sent 2 Slaughter – Shawn Donovan and Danny Maff. It was expected to beryllium the extremity of a agelong feud that included Donovan and Maff crashing Dalishus’ wedding and Collins’ wrestling schoolhouse ceremony. The 4 men were locked successful a cage.

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Collins and Maff were each connected the brink of winning the belts with the cage doorway open. Whoever escaped archetypal would beryllium declared the winner. However, some Collins and Maff reached the level simultaneously. The referees argued implicit which wrestler deed archetypal but the lucifer was seemingly declared a tie. It caused Sent 2 Slaughter to erupt successful anger.

The duo took their frustrations retired connected ACW officials and the referees. Sent 2 Slaughter’s manager past entered the ringing with Maff and locked the cage. Collins was beaten down connected the outside. Vincent and Dutch, known arsenic The Righteous, came retired of the back. But alternatively of helping, Collins was cuffed to the cage and they stole the tag belts. Collins was forced to ticker arsenic Sent 2 Slaughter bushed up Dalishus, hitting him with aggregate seat shots and hitting a spike piledriver.

Awesome Championship Wrestling prima Richard Holliday goes up against Andrade El Idolo astatine Reckoning connected Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Fox News Digital)

Awesome Championship Wrestling prima Richard Holliday was successful enactment astatine Reckoning connected Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Fox News Digital)

Dalishus’ woman emerged and started to bang connected the cage arsenic officials rushed to get it open. They yet pried the broadside of the cage unfastened and she fell connected apical of Dalishus, trying to forestall further damage. Sent 2 Slaughter was sent disconnected and arsenic they reached the ramp, fans started to propulsion h2o bottles astatine them. Fans were shocked to spot however the lawsuit came to an end.

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Dalishus revealed the grade of his injuries successful a station connected Instagram.

"Last night’s cage lucifer ended with maine being taken from the arena connected a stretcher aft suffering aggregate injuries. Right now, I’m inactive undergoing valuation portion we stitchery much accusation connected the grade of the damage," helium captioned the station with photos showing the grade of his injuries.

"I privation to convey everyone who has reached retired with concern, support, and prayers. It genuinely means a large woody to maine and my household during this time. Please proceed to support maine successful your thoughts arsenic we determination guardant and larn much successful the days ahead."

Here’s however the remainder of the paper turned out.

Awesome Championship Wrestling nationalist champion Zack Clayton was successful enactment astatine Reckoning connected Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Fox News Digital)

• Leo Sparrow (c) def. GKM and Liamo to clasp the ACW Cruiserweight Championship.
• Vincent and Dutch def. Wrecking Ball Lagursky and Yoscifer.
• Flip Gordon def. Matt Taven, Mance Warner, Brian Cage and Hammerstone to go the No. 1 contender for the ACW National Championship.
• Vicious Vicki and Lady Frost def. Steph De Lander and Indi Hartwell acknowledgment to J Rod’s interference.
• Crowbar def. Vargas successful a Poughkeepsie Street Fight.
• Zack Clayton (c) def. Dante Casanova to clasp the ACW National Championship.
• Ben Bishop def. Foxx Vinyer.
• Andrade El Idolo (c) def. Richard Holliday to clasp the Wrestling Knockout Chile Championship.

The nighttime besides featured Randy Savage and Mike Bell being inducted into the MJN Center Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame and Killer Kross and Shotzi vowing to marque appearances astatine ACW’s adjacent event, Indypendence Day connected July 18.

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Sami Zayn gets introspective

Sami Zayn wrestles Trick Williams during WWE Backlash astatine Benchmark International Arena successful Tampa, Fla., connected May 9, 2026. (Kevin Sabitus/WWE)

Life hasn’t been just to Sami Zayn. He mislaid the United States Championship to Trick Williams astatine WrestleMania 42, mislaid his rematch astatine Backlash and was told helium had to beryllium himself to get backmost up to situation for the title.

But implicit the past fewer weeks, Zayn has complained astir the authorities of pro wrestling. He took contented with the Gingerbread Man astatine the Gingerbread Man’s funeral. He’s been unsure of wherefore the fans person been turning the different feature toward him erstwhile he’s done thing wrong.

Again, with a catatonic Johnny Gargano lying by his side, Zayn went disconnected again.

"Things are changing astir here. This spot is not what it utilized to be. You cognize who feels it the most? Guys similar us," Zayn said. "I mean, retrieve wrestling? Remember erstwhile wrestling was a thing? When conscionable being large astatine this and giving it your all, your passion, your heart, and arsenic agelong arsenic you did it great, the fans would ever beryllium connected your broadside and you were guaranteed to emergence due to the fact that the pick ever rises. Remember erstwhile that mattered?"

Zayn’s trauma dump appeared to trigger thing successful Gargano arsenic "Johnny Wrestling’s" eyes followed Zayn arsenic helium walked distant erstwhile the conception was over.

Pro wrestling fans person tried to grapple with Zayn seemingly being pushed retired of the rubric picture. But determination is immoderate nutrient for thought to spell on with what Zayn has been saying.

Shockingly, it’s been much than 15 years since helium debuted connected WWE NXT. The seasoned has seen it each successful WWE. He’s been an NXT champion, an intercontinental and U.S champion and a tag squad champion. He’s seen John Cena and A.J. Styles discontinue wrong weeks of each different and his champion friend, Kevin Owens, sidelined owed to a superior injury.

Zayn is the cleanable illustration of anyone dealing with the ebbs and flows of a business. He is inactive highly regarded successful WWE, obviously, but everyone other is clamoring toward the upstart rookies that are doing things helium utilized to beryllium capable to do. Anyone who sits successful the arena to ticker him oregon sits connected their sofa to presumption "Friday Night SmackDown" astatine location tin perfectly subordinate to however Zayn is feeling if it is enactment successful the discourse of the WWE Universe.

Hell, Gargano is conscionable arsenic overmuch a seasoned arsenic Zayn is and helium hasn’t been capable to talk successful weeks.

The information is that Zayn’s quality improvement is becoming much relatable by the week. How helium deals with clip starting to walk him by is going to beryllium absorbing to see. SmackDown has had a fewer call-ups implicit the past period with Ricky Saints joining Williams connected the roster and Carmelo Hayes returning to the fray connected Friday.

Try not to get goosebumps arsenic Natalia Jiménez sings ‘Me Muero’ portion Místico walks retired astatine Super Viernes:

Supercard of Honor results

Athena enters the ringing during the women's pro-wrestling lawsuit Stardom astatine Korakuen Hall successful Tokyo connected Jan. 13, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

Ring of Honor held Supercard of Honor connected Friday night.

Athena continued her agelong reign arsenic Ring of Honor women’s champion arsenic she outlasted Billie Starkz, Maya World, Trish Adora, Yuka Sakazaki and Zayda Steel successful a Survival of the Fittest six-way match.

Here were the different results connected the card.

• Sammy Guevara def. Action Andretti.
• Rush def. LSG.
• Mina Shirakawa and Queen Aminata def. Janai Kai and Lacey Lane.
• Dezmond Xaver and Myron Reed def. Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese.
• Nigel McGuiness def. Josh Woods.
• Red Velvet def. Viva Van to clasp the Ring of Honor Women’s World TV Championship.
• AR Fox def. Lio Rush to clasp the Ring of Honor World TV Championship.
• Deonna Purrazzo def. Diamante to clasp the Ring of Honor Women’s Pure Championship.
• Lee Moriarty def. Ace Austin to clasp the Ring of Honor Pure Championship.
• Dalton Castle, Truth Magnum, Turbo Floyd def. Carlie Bravo, Shane Taylor and Shawn Dean to triumph the Ring of Honor Six Man Tag Team Championship.
• Mark Davis def. Xelhua to clasp the AEW National Championship.
• Bandido def. Blake Christian to clasp the Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship.

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More notes from a week successful pro wrestling

Cody Rhodes stands implicit Gunther during SmackDown astatine Colonial Life Arena successful Columbia, S.C., connected May 15, 2026. (Rich Wade/WWE)

• Dominik Mysterio def. Original El Grande Americano to clasp the AAA Mega Championship connected "Monday Night Raw."
• Gunther earned a changeable astatine the Undisputed WWE Championship with a triumph implicit Royce Keys. He volition look Cody Rhodes for the rubric astatine Clash successful Italy.
• Chelsea Green made an quality connected "Friday Night SmackDown" aft an wounded and a bosom process has taken her retired of action.
• Darby Allin defended his AEW World Championship doubly successful 1 week, defeating Konosuke Takeshita and Sammy Guevara. "Speedball’ Mike Bailey is up adjacent earlier his hairsbreadth vs. rubric lucifer against Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) astatine Double oregon Nothing.
• Cedric Alexander became the caller Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) X Division champion, defeating Leon Slater connected "Impact."
• Fabian Aichner appeared connected "Impact" aft Alexander defeated Slater.
• Piper Niven shared an wounded update from a infirmary bed.
• AEW prima Chris Jericho appeared successful the Minnesota Vikings' docket release.
• TNA announced the instrumentality of the Ultimate X lucifer for Slammiversary connected June 28.
• Major League Wrestling announced a strategical confederation with Stardom. The institution said successful a station connected X, "The concern volition absorption connected endowment speech and originative collaboration, allowing athletes from some globally recognized promotions to vie connected caller stages and successful beforehand of caller audiences."
• Killer Kross became the caller World Series Wrestling champion successful Australia.
• Myla Grace became the caller World Series Wrestling women’s champion.
• Tiffany Nieves cashed successful her accidental and became the National Wrestling Alliance’s satellite women’s champion.