NAPWA • FRIDAY NIGHT CHAOS Friday, September 25, 2026 Capital Bank Arena • Washington, DC

 

NAPWA • FRIDAY NIGHT CHAOS

Friday, September 25, 2026

Capital Bank Arena • Washington, DC
Announcers: Cody Lewis & Antonio Lee  |  Interviewer: Lizzy

Opening — A Night of Answers

Friday Night Chaos opens with a look back at Baltimore: the stunning return of Type O Negative, the increasingly personal conflict between Joshua James and Raine Barlow, and the growing uncertainty surrounding Ian LeSabre and The Process. Cody Lewis and Antonio Lee then welcome the Washington crowd to a loaded ten-match program.

CODY LEWIS: Tonight, all eight women in the championship tournament compete one-on-one. Joshua James and Raine Barlow meet again. And for the first time ever, Malice stands across the ring from Type O Negative.

ANTONIO LEE: By the end of this night, we may know a lot more about who is truly ready for Up From The Ashes.

Match 1 — SuZan vs. Pamela

The evening begins with two accomplished former Women’s Champions testing one another. SuZan immediately establishes the pace with a Saito Suplex and repeated short-arm clotheslines. Pamela answers with a Lou Thesz Press and briefly turns the momentum, but SuZan remains composed.

In the sixth minute, SuZan catches Pamela with another Saito Suplex and this time keeps her down for three.

WINNER: SUZAN — PINFALL VIA SAITO SUPLEX (6:00)

Backstage — Jennifer, Lizzy…and Colt

Lizzy finds Jennifer Incredible watching SuZan’s victory on a backstage monitor. Jennifer makes no secret of what she wants: another NAPWA Women’s Championship.

JENNIFER INCREDIBLE: I’ve been the standard in this division for years. I know what it takes to win that championship, and I’m looking for the next one.

Lizzy changes the subject and asks Jennifer about the friction between Colt Heafy and her husband, Ian LeSabre. Before Jennifer can answer, Colt steps into frame.

COLT HEAFY: Jennifer is done here.

Colt escorts Jennifer away before she can respond, leaving Lizzy—and the audience—with another uncomfortable glimpse into the tension surrounding The Process.

Match 2 — Bunyin Yang vs. Big Stevie D

Bunyin attacks quickly and nearly catches the larger man in the opening minute, but Big Stevie D gradually turns the match into a test of strength. Twice he clamps on the Bearhug. Bunyin survives the first, but not the second.

WINNER: BIG STEVIE D — SUBMISSION VIA BEARHUG (6:00)

Match 3 — Pen Pen vs. Trina Hollywood

One of the night’s most competitive women’s matches sees momentum swing repeatedly. Pen Pen lands the Buzzsaw Kick, survives Trina’s Guillotine Choke and repeatedly frustrates Hollywood’s offense. Trina, however, refuses to fade. A Bridging German Suplex nearly finishes Pen Pen before a late series of Spears changes the match.

At fourteen minutes, Trina connects with another Spear and scores the pin.

WINNER: TRINA HOLLYWOOD — PINFALL VIA SPEAR (14:00)

Backstage — Justo Is Ready

Lizzy catches up with Mr. Boom Shaka Laka and Justo just before Justo heads to the ring. After Sidewinder’s chair attack in Baltimore, Justo has no interest in pretending this will be a normal wrestling match.

JUSTO: Sidewinder doesn’t care how he wins. Any means necessary. If that’s the way he wants it, maybe that’s the way I take it to him tonight.

Justo walks away as his music hits.

MR. BOOM SHAKA LAKA: That’s my boy Justo! And if things get crazy, I’ve got his back tonight. MR. BOOM!

The Washington crowd answers: “SHAKA LAKA!”

Match 4 — Justo vs. Sidewinder Samuels

Sidewinder wastes no time making good on his reputation, introducing a chair in the opening minute. Justo survives and fights back with headbutts, an atomic drop and a Sleeper, but Sidewinder keeps dragging the fight outside.

In the tenth minute, another chair smash leaves Justo unable to beat the referee’s count.

WINNER: SIDEWINDER SAMUELS — COUNT-OUT AFTER CHAIR SMASH (10:00)

Post-Match — Lines Are Drawn

The bell changes nothing. Sidewinder slides outside with the chair, and King Stratosphere, Blackwood Butcher and Hollywood Star arrive to join the assault. They throw Justo back into the ring, where Sidewinder welcomes him with another chair shot.

Mr. Boom Shaka Laka charges out—apparently alone. Then Padre Hubcap appears with The Bishop and Tonan. Suddenly it is four against four. Justo recovers enough to join the fight, and the Strat Collective finally retreats.

For one night, the Puerto Rican Posse and HOLY stand together against the Strat Collective.

Match 5 — M.A. Randolph & Cousin Vinny vs. Brymstone & Braden Brookens

This is a heavyweight tag-team fight between four men with championship credentials. Vinny spends much of the early match trading power with Brymstone and Brookens before M.A. finally enters and changes the pace. Randolph nearly puts Brymstone away with the Sky Splitta, but the former champions survive.

At twenty-one minutes, Brymstone catches Vinny with a body slam and gets the three-count.

WINNERS: BRYMSTONE & BRADEN BROOKENS — BRYMSTONE PINS COUSIN VINNY (21:00)

Backstage — Ian and Jennifer

Lizzy spots Jennifer Incredible and Ian LeSabre together backstage. Ian wishes Jennifer luck before she heads toward the ring. Lizzy uses the opportunity to ask Ian directly about The Process.

IAN LESABRE: Things are complicated. The Process has been around a long time in NAPWA and there’s been a lot of success. We’ve overcome much more than what you’ve seen. But make no mistake—when tournament time comes, The Process plans on holding gold again.

Ian turns his attention to his opponent.

IAN LESABRE: Mighty Zeus, I hope you’re ready for a fight.

Match 6 — Jennifer Incredible vs. Maddie Fu

Maddie Fu gives Jennifer no easy path, answering the Incredi-Splash with a stiff roundhouse kick and later trapping Jennifer in an Ankle Lock. Jennifer’s experience proves decisive. In the fourth minute she creates an opening and fires the Incredi-Kick.

WINNER: JENNIFER INCREDIBLE — PINFALL VIA INCREDI-KICK (4:00)

Match 7 — Ian LeSabre vs. Mighty Zeus

The #1 and #2 seeds in the International Championship field collide in a match that quickly becomes a statement about the tournament. Zeus repeatedly rocks Ian with heavy offense, including the Thunder Bolt Double Superman Punch, while Ian answers with wrestling, submissions and aerial attacks.

Ian survives several near-falls, but in the ninth minute Zeus reverses a Front Face Chokehold, crushes LeSabre with an Avalanche in the corner and gets the pin.

WINNER: THE MIGHTY ZEUS — PINFALL VIA AVALANCHE IN CORNER (9:00)

Post-Match — Ian Finally Pushes Back

Zeus leaves, but Ian remains in the ring shaking his head. Colt Heafy enters and immediately begins yelling at him. Colt points a finger in Ian’s face. Ian knocks the hand away.

Colt tries to slap him.

Ian shoves Colt to the canvas.

IAN LESABRE: Do that again and see what happens, Colt.

The crowd erupts. Ian stands over The Director for a moment before rolling out of the ring and walking to the back. Colt slowly picks himself up, stunned and furious.

Backstage — Punishment Area Watches

The camera finds Joshua James with Cousin Vinny, M.A. Randolph and the injured Cortez Haynes. Joshua admits he did not expect what just happened between Ian and Colt.

COUSIN VINNY: Ian might need to rethink that alliance.

Joshua offers Vinny and M.A. his sympathy for their earlier loss, but Randolph brushes it aside.

M.A. RANDOLPH: Those guys are an excellent tag team. Everybody’s trying to figure everybody out right now. But when tournament time comes, it’s Punishment Area all day.

CORTEZ HAYNES: Hell yeah. Then we start showing everybody who the best faction in NAPWA really is.

Vinny turns Joshua back toward the matter at hand: Raine Barlow.

JOSHUA JAMES: I’m ready tonight.

Match 8 — Amanda Nunes vs. Kitty Kat Maiden

The last Women’s Champion before the shutdown meets one of the most decorated champions in division history. The match develops into a tactical struggle, with Amanda trying to impose her fight-based offense while Kitty repeatedly disrupts her rhythm.

Kitty comes close with the Katwoman Moonsault and a flying knee drop. Amanda survives, but in the fourteenth minute Kitty catches her with a Side Legsweep and scores the upset pin.

WINNER: KITTY KAT MAIDEN — PINFALL VIA SIDE LEGSWEEP (14:00)

Match 9 — Joshua James vs. Raine “The Smasher” Barlow

For two weeks, one question has followed Joshua James and Raine Barlow: can either man truly beat the other? Joshua won the Philadelphia three-way without pinning Raine. He then defeated Barlow by count-out in Baltimore, leaving Raine furious because Joshua still had not pinned him.

Washington produces another physical fight. Joshua survives repeated pin attempts and repeatedly beats the count after Raine throws him outside. By the sixteenth minute, however, another Fling Out of Ring leaves Joshua unable to return before ten.

WINNER: RAINE BARLOW — COUNT-OUT VIA FLING OUT OF RING (16:00)

Raine has his victory—but his expression tells the story. Once again there is no pinfall. Joshua still has not pinned Raine, and Raine still has not pinned Joshua. The argument between them remains unresolved.

Backstage — Kitty Sends a Message

Lizzy congratulates Kitty Kat Maiden on defeating Amanda Nunes and asks what it means for the Women’s Championship Tournament.

KITTY KAT MAIDEN: I’ve been champion more than once. I know exactly what it takes. I’m ready for every woman in that field. Bring it.

Kitty walks away as the arena prepares for the main event.

MAIN EVENT — Malice vs. Type O Negative

For the first time, the last NAPWA World Champion before the shutdown meets the returning three-time World Champion. The atmosphere changes immediately.

Malice attacks aggressively and gets an early two-count from a Running Powerslam. Type O answers by reversing a Vertical Suplex into a Flying Lariat and later meets Malice’s Triangle Choke with the Negative Piledriver. Malice refuses to let the returning legend dictate the pace.

In the fifth minute Malice hits the Powerplex of Malice, but Type O kicks out. Two minutes later, Malice catches him with a Bridging Snap German Suplex.

One. Two. Three.

WINNER: MALICE — PINFALL VIA BRIDGING SNAP GERMAN SUPLEX (7:00)

Closing Chaos — Malice Crosses the Line

Malice doesn't wait for his hand to be raised. He begins stomping Type O Negative.

Then The Olympians arrive.

Apollo Jackson and Mighty Zeus join Malice in the assault, eventually holding Type O upright while Malice screams into his face.

MALICE: You are NEVER going to get this title as long as I’m around!

Security rushes down and is tossed aside. Finally Cousin Vinny, M.A. Randolph and Cortez Haynes arrive with additional security and General Manager Ozzie Spellman. Punishment Area engages The Olympians while officials desperately try to pull Malice away from Type O.

Ozzie reaches in and grabs Malice.

Malice spins around—and elbows the General Manager.

The building erupts in boos. Ozzie staggers backward, grabs his face…and then explodes. Spellman fires back at Malice, catching him off guard and hammering him with clubbing shots before security and Punishment Area separate both men.

CODY LEWIS: Malice just struck the General Manager—and Ozzie Spellman struck him right back!

ANTONIO LEE: Type O is down, The Olympians are fighting Punishment Area, and now the World Championship’s number-one seed is trying to get at the General Manager!

Malice and Ozzie continue shouting at one another from opposite sides of the mass of wrestlers and security. Type O Negative remains down as the cameras pull back on complete chaos in Washington.

Friday Night Chaos fades to black.