Weekend TV Guide: KENTA defends at Korakuen, battle for AEW Blood & Guts advantage continues & more!

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Welcome to the latest POST Wrestling Weekend TV Guide! Don’t know what to watch this weekend? Or want to find another event to add to what you’re planning on seeing? We have an eclectic mix of events listed for you today, including weekly TV from WWE and AEW, high-level women’s wrestling in London, a title matchup in Korakuen Hall, and so much more.

Let’s take a look at what the weekend has to offer.

Friday

EVE 141: Elite Encounters / 3 p.m. ET / Youtube Subscription

Why not get things started this weekend with some women’s wrestling? London-based Pro Wrestling EVE will present a live card today featuring a stellar cast of talent from all around the globe: AEW’s Kris Statlander, Nyla Rose and Willow Nightingale, Sendai Girls talent Yuu, and former PROGRESS Women’s World Champion Rhio are all part of lineup set for this evening.

The event, a solid late-afternoon lineup for those in North America, will be available via a paid subscription to the promotion’s Youtube channel.

  • Lallie, Skye & Violet vs. Pretty Psycho, Nina & Abi
  • Alexxis Falcon vs. Melissa Fierce
  • Dani Mo vs. Safire Reed
  • Willow Nightingale vs. Lucy Sky
  • Anita Vaughan vs. Kris Statlander vs. Yuu (EVE International Championship)
  • Nyla Rose vs. Rhio (EVE World Championship)

WWE Friday Night Smackdown / 8 p.m. ET / USA Network

WWE’s blue brand has a new world champion, and her name is Jade Cargill. After a newsworthy episode of Saturday Night’s Main Event last weekend, including Cargill dethroning Tiffany Stratton and Cody Rhodes once again retaining against Drew McIntyre, we’ll see all the latest fallout from those developments on tonight’s card at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.

Along with the world title picture changes, a trio of singles bouts has been announced for this evening’s card. Among the confirmed matchups for this week: Rey Fenix will go head-to-head with Talla Tonga, and Ilja Dragunov will try to follow up on an impressive win over Nathan Frazer last week with another open challenge for the WWE United States Championship.

  • Rey Fenix vs. Talla Tonga
  • Charlotte Flair vs. Nia Jax
  • Ilja Dragunov U.S. Open Challenge

GCW You Wouldn’t Understand / 8 p.m. ET / TrillerTV+

It’ll be a busy weekend for GCW, as they are set to hit up three separate cities for events over the course of three days. Things will get started on Friday night at The Webster Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, where “You Wouldn’t Understand” will take place.

Notable talents competing throughout the mini-tour include: Maki Itoh, Shotzi Blackheart, Danhausen, Effy and Joey Janela. The first night of action will be headlined by a world title matchup between Effy and Shotzi.

  • Danhausen vs. Priscilla Kelly
  • Maki Itoh vs. Kerry Morton
  • Slade vs. Dr. Redacted
  • Marcus Mathers & Joey Janela vs. KJ Orso & Griffin McCoy
  • Tony Deppen vs. Terry Yaki
  • Ricky Morton, Alec Price & Jordan Oliver vs. Atticus Cogar, Christian Napier & Otis Cogar
  • Bear Brosnon vs. Ciclope
  • Ray Jaz vs. Anthony Greene
  • Effy vs. Shotzi Blackheart (GCW World Championship)

Saturday

NOAH Star Navigation 2025 / 4 a.m. ET / Wrestle Universe

Heading to Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Saturday evening, Pro Wrestling NOAH has a series of high-profile matchups set to take place.

The main event spotlight will be on a first-time singles meeting between GHC Heavyweight Champion KENTA and the recently returned Yoshiki Inamura. After spending the better part of a year on excursion in NXT, Inamura made his return to NOAH last month and set his sights on the promotion’s top belt. He’ll try to end KENTA’s 110-day reign with the title, something that big names like Naomichi Marufuji and Kenoh have failed to do in recent months.

Saturday’s lineup will also see the Team 2000x duo of Masa Kitamiya and Takashi Sugiura attempt to defend their belts for the first time, meeting former NXT Tag Team Champions Hank & Tank. A win would be a huge feather in the cap of the duo, who are currently being loaned out by WWE for this tour.

Half of the opening round action in NOAH’s 2025 Jr. Grand Prix will take place on the undercard. Incumbent junior heavyweight champ Hiromu Takahashi will be among those in tournament action on the show.

  • Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh & Jack Morris vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Muhammad Yone
  • Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley vs. Ulka Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo
  • Junta Miyawaki vs. Kai Fujimura (NOAH Jr. Grand Prix First Round)
  • Shuji Kondo vs. Black Mensore (NOAH Jr. Grand Prix First Round)
  • Ninja Mack vs. Alejandro (NOAH Jr. Grand Prix First Round)
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Daiki Odashima (NOAH Jr. Grand Prix First Round)
  • Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura vs. Hank Walker & Tank Ledger (GHC Tag Team Championships)
  • KENTA vs. Yoshiki Inamura (GHC Heavyweight Championship)

AEW Collision / 8 p.m. ET / TNT

A live edition of AEW Collision will air this weekend from Houston, Texas, and by the end of the show, we’ll know which team has the advantage in the upcoming Blood & Guts cage matches.

AEW kicked off a best-of-three this week to determine which team will get the advantage in the men’s and women’s Blood & Guts matches (Wrestlers enter one-by-one in a staggered pace during Blood & Guts bouts. The team with the advantage will get to add their second wrestler first, briefly giving their team a numbers advantage throughout the bout).

The men’s best-of-three is currently tied up 1-1 following action on Dynamite. It’ll all come down to tomorrow night’s singles bout between Death Riders leader Jon Moxley and Roderick Strong to see which squad will have the upper hand on Wednesday.

Megan Bayne scored a win for the heel team in the women’s Blood & Guts match just a few days back. If Skye Blue wins against Jamie Hayter, then a deciding match in the “Advantage Battle” won’t be needed. But, if former champ Hayter gets the win, Thekla and Harley Cameron will meet in a tiebreaker.

Here’s everything we know about Collision so far, although it’s likely more will be announed soon:

  • Jamie Hayter vs. Skye Blue (Blood & Guts Women’s Advantage Battle)
  • Harley Cameron vs. Thekla (Blood & Guts Women’s Advantage Battle)
  • Roderick Strong vs. Jon Moxley (Blood & Guts Men’s Advantage Battle)

GCW Massacre in Maine / 8 p.m. ET / TrillerTV+

GCW will make its debut in the state of Maine, hosting a show in the small town of Yarmouth on Saturday night. They have teamed up with Limitless Wrestling to co-promote their card tomorrow, giving a chance for the promotion’s top champ Dezmond Cole to defend his title against Charles Mason.

If you’re craving something indie on Saturday, this is the most prominent show that will be streaming live.

  • Shotzi Blackheart vs. Danhausen
  • Maki Itoh vs. KJ Orso
  • Bear Bronson, Gabby Forza & Matt Tremont vs. Atticus Cogar, Christian Napier & Otis Cogar
  • Dezmond Cole vs. Charles Mason (Limitless World Championship)
  • Alec Price & Jordan Oliver vs. Starstruck (GCW Tag Team Championships)
  • Effy vs. Ricky Morton (GCW World Championship)

Sunday

GCW Green Mountains and Me / 5 p.m. ET / TrillerTV+

After touching down in a new location for the first time on Saturday, GCW will do the same on Sunday when they head to Barre, Vermont for “Green Mountains and Me.” Like they will do a day prior, Sunday’s show will see them loop in local promotion Green Mountain Wrestling, with their world champ Mike Skyros defending his title against Joey Janela. The event will also see Effy defend against Danhausen, and Ricky Morton go head-to-head with his son, Kerry Morton.

  • Ricky Morton vs. Kerry Morton
  • KJ Orso vs. Mullet Man
  • Maki Itoh vs. Selena Hekate
  • Billie Starkz vs. Shotzi Blackheart
  • Mike Skyros vs. Joey Janela (GMW Championship)
  • Alec Price & Jordan Oliver vs. Memory Museum (GCW Tag Team Championships)
  • Effy vs. Danhausen (GCW World Championship)

A few other shows worth mentioning:

  • The 15th Goddesses of STARDOM Tag League will begin this weekend with a tripleheader of events in Japan. 16 teams will be competing on the tour, including duos like Sareee and Miku Kanae, Suzu Suzuki & Rina Yamashita, defending tag champs Natsuko Tora & Ruaka, and the Cosmic Angels team of Natsupoi & Saori Anou. There will be action each morning from the prominent Joshi promotion this weekend. (STARDOM World)
  • TJPW will head back to Korakuen Hall on Sunday afternoon (9 p.m. ET on Saturday evening in the U.S.) for “ALL RISE ’25.” Four title contests will take place on the card, including a match that will see Ohio Valley Wrestling stand-out J-Rod challenge Miu Watanabe for the Princess of Princess Championship. Lower on the card, Shoko Nakajima will defend her MLW Women’s World Featherweight Championship overseas for the second time ever, taking on NJPW LA Dojo alum Viva Van. (Wrestle Universe)
  • Six-man tag titles will be on the line as part of NJPW’s one-off trip up to Aichi, Japan on Saturday night. This weekend’s live show will see the trio of Master Wato, Toru Yano and YOH look to defend their titles for the second time, meeting House of Torture’s Dick Togo, EVIL & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. The card will also feature retiring Hiroshi Tanahashi against fast-rising tag wrestler Yuto-Ice in singles action. (NJPW World)
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