By Chris Vetter, ProWrestling.net Contributor (@chrisvetter73)
Southern Honor Wrestling “Southern Honor 84 – Rumblejack 2026”
August 7 in Canton, Georgia, at Mill on Etowah
Replay available via IndependentWrestling.TV
This show was just released on IWTV. This event was held under a large, permanent tent, and the sides are open to let in some fresh air. This crowd was huge, perhaps 500 or 600 people. It is extremely well-lit, too, featuring some exceptional production.
Because this show features the 8th annual Rumblejack, there are only four total matches!
1. Bryce Cannon vs. Tyson Malrick for the SHW Jake Roberts Legacy Title. Malrick has short, dark hair and a beard, while the babyface Cannon has really short blond hair that is brushed straight up. (It’s a goofy look, along the lines of Scotty 2 Hotty or Enzo Amore). Basic action early on, and Tyson hit some loud chops. Bryce finally fired up and hit his own series of chops, then a European Uppercut in the corner at 5:00, and a rolling cannonball. Tyson hit a stunner out of the corner for a nearfall. Bryce hit a clothesline in the corner and a running Blockbuster for the pin out of nowhere!
Bryce Cannon defeated Tyson Malrick to retain the SHW Jake Roberts Legacy Title at 7:09.
* Hakeem Young jumped in the ring and attacked Bryce! A commentator noted both men will be in the Rumblejack.
2. Corinne Joy vs. Kelsey Raegan in a ‘Pick Your Poison’ match. Teenager Joy is giving up height and significant ring experience to vet Raegan. Corinne is a heel here, and I don’t recognize this entrance music. (She usually comes out to Icona Pop’s “I Love It” when she’s a babyface.) Raegan wore all red, and this was her Southern Honor debut. Joy ‘pie-faced’ her at the bell and rolled to the floor. Kelsey followed, and they brawled at ringside. In the ring, Raegan hit a diving European Uppercut for a nearfall at 2:00. Corinne trapped her in the Tree of Woe and stomped on Kelsey.
Joy took control and hit some blows to the back, then choked Kelsey in the ropes. Raegan tied her in a Crossface, but Joy reached the ropes at 4:00. Joy stomped on Kelsey some more, and she jawed at the fans. A commentator called Joy a “prodigy” for how good she is at such a young age. Kelsey hit a spin kick to the head at 5:30. Kelsey hit a running knee into the corner, then a neckbreaker over her knee for a nearfall. Joy hit a dropkick into the corner. Kelsey hit a superkick and a top-rope moonsault for a believable nearfall at 8:00. Joy nailed the “Diva Down” piledriver for the pin!
Corinne Joy defeated Kelsey Raegan in a Pick Your Poison match at 9:08.
* Ravenna Vein appeared on the stage, and she dumped a bucket of red liquid on Corinne!
3. Alexander Lev vs. Grayson Pierce (w/Christian Taylor) in an I Quit match for the Southern Honor Title. Lev faced Avery Styles in Avery’s GCW debut (the night before Styles’ match in the Twin Cities against Marcus Mathers). He has short, dark hair, and he’s pretty good. I’ve compared Pierce to a young HBK, Johnny Morrison, or Brian Kendrick. Lev came out second; he charged into the ring, attacked Pierce, and we’re underway! Lev dove onto Pierce. They brawled at ringside, and Lev dropped him crotch-first across the guardrail. They went past the guardrail and into the crowd! Lev bodyslammed Pierce into a garbage can!
Lev repeatedly punched Pierce as the crowd counted along. They finally got back into the ring at 3:00. Lev hit a running STO uranage. Pierce hit a top-rope double stomp onto Lev on the apron. The ref was carrying a mic; Lev refused to quit. Pierce hit a chairshot to the back at 6:00, but Lev refused to quit. They went back to the floor and brawled over near the commentators’ table. In the ring, Pierce and Taylor put a dog collar on Lev! Grayson tied Lev against the ropes at 11:00 and repeatedly punched him!
Lev escaped and beat up both heels. Lev tied up Pierce on the mat and it appeared Pierce was going to submit, but Christian attacked the ref! Lev hit a Styles Clash on Christian, but Pierce hit a moonsault onto Lev. Pierce took off his belt at 14:30, and he whipped Lev with it! This belt has some metal studs on it, and marks were being left on Lev’s back! Ouch! Grayson pushed a table into the ring. Lev still refused to quit! Lev set up for a second-rope Styles Clash! Grayson shouted that he quit! Lev still hit the second-rope Styles Clash through the table, even though he had already won.
Alexander Lev defeated Grayson Pierce in an I Quit match to retain the Southern Honor Title at 17:37.
4. The Rumblejack. (I looked at the list of entrants on cagematch.net, and I don’t know at least a third of the competitors). The Rumblejack features 35 competitors, not 30. When it gets down to two, this becomes a lumberjack match! Rosario Grillo drew No. 1. (He is a frequent competitor at ROH tapings and the nearby 1 Fall Wrestling.) Joe Black, a grim reaper character, was No. 2. The thick youngster JT Paradox was No. 3; he’s impressed recently in nearby Action Wrestling. Justin McKenzie was No. 4 at 3:30; he debuted on the Action Wrestling show last week as a last-minute replacement. Justin dove through the ropes onto Black, and they fought on the floor.
DRP was No. 5. (NOTE: We have graphics that have the name and number!) I don’t know him, and a commentator said it’s his debut here. DRP has big perm hair like a young Rick Rude. He hit a series of suplexes. Ethan Dallas was No. 6 at 7:00. He is much younger and scrawnier than his brother. No eliminations yet. Nacho Libre (dressed just like in the movie) was No. 7. He’s chubby, and I have no idea who is under that mask. Rosario Grillo eliminated Nacho Libre just seconds in, while Nacho was still dancing! Loud boos for that! Trey’von Ali was No. 8; he has a big, wide frame.
Ali and Black traded loud forearm strikes while everyone else was down. Aaron Dallas was No. 9 at 13:00, so he can save his little brother. However, Grillo tossed Ethan Dallas as Aaron approached the ring! Awesome. Grillo leapt off the second rope, but his leg buckled! He rolled to the floor in pain and was checked on by his henchmen. (Only the commentators thought this was a legit injury.) Two-decade vet Sal Rinauro was No. 10 at 15:00. Sal looped the ring, taking his time before finally entering. Sal hit a 619 on Ali.
Kyle Matthews was No. 11; I don’t know him. The commentators said Paradox was tossed during that entrance. DRP was eliminated. Ali clotheslined Black to the floor! Cyrus The Destroyer was No. 12 at 20:30; he’s a huge, bald white man. He traded shoulder tackles with Ali. He’s listed at 6’8″ and 348 pounds! He tossed Ali! Michael Stevens was No. 13; I don’t know him but he liked to dance, and he wore a sparkly outfit. Pretty Parker Ali, doing his male stripper gimmick, was No. 14 at 23:30. (I’ve seen him in 1FW, too.) Li hit some punches and danced.
Li tossed McKenzie! JC-Ice (No. 15) is a white man but he came out to the WWE “Nation of Domination” theme. He claims to be “an original member of the Nation of Domination.” He’s older, probably late 50s. He got on the mic and sang it. He eliminated himself and left. Hakeem Young was No. 16 at 28:00. I just saw him earlier this week in a match against Darian Bengston in the nearby Dynamic Wrestling Association. Sal hit a Lethal Injection on Young. Bryce Cannon was No. 17, and he immediately went after Hakeem Young, too.
Joey Lynch was No. 18; I don’t know him, but a commentator went nuts, and the crowd chanted, “Welcome back!” He apparently was in a wheelchair one year ago after surviving a car accident. “We never, ever thought we’d see him step into the ring again as an active competitor!” a commentator said. Matt Griffin was No. 19; I don’t know him, but he’s white, much older, chubby, and bald. He’s a current tag champion? Ugh. Eight guys surrounded Griffin and took turns punching him. (Rosario Grillo is still in this match but has not been in the ring once since he ‘injured’ his ankle.) Krule was No. 20.
Krule and Cyrus The Destroyer immediately brawled, and Krule kicked Cyrus to the floor at 36:00. Christian Taylor was No. 21, and he immediately brawled with Krule. Krule chokeslammed and eliminated Aaron Dallas. Sal was tossed out by Christian Taylor. Nathan Mowery was No. 22; he has a long, scruffy beard; I’ve seen him a few times. He brought a cookie sheet into the ring, and he hit several guys over the head with it. He set his knee on fire, hit a running knee on Michael Stevens, and Nathan tossed Stevens at 40:00.
Adrian Alanis (No. 23) competed on a LOT of the pandemic-era AEW tapings. Hakeem Young eliminated both Matthews and Bryce Cannon as those two fought against the ropes! Krule tossed Hakeem. Joey Lynch was tossed. Ravenna Vein was No. 24, and the vampire baddy was our first female participant. She hit a stunner. Cannon and Matthews brawled to the back. Alanis hit a backbreaker over his knee on Vein. Gangrel was No. 25, and the crowd POPPED. He carried his chalice and drank from it. (He needs to interact with Vein, right???) There were maybe nine competitors in the ring, along with Grillo, who has not been eliminated.
Sure enough, Gangrel and Vein stood side by side; they scared Parker Li, who eliminated himself! Funny! Corinne Joy (who was not in the match but still covered in red liquid) jumped in the ring and she tossed Vein out! Alanis stomped on Gangrel. Gary Lamb was No. 26 at 47:00; another old white guy I don’t know. He’s apparently the SHW owner! He came to the ring, and he handed out beers to several guys in the ring. He traded punches with Griffin. (Their combined age has to be 100). Lamb knocked Griffin off the apron and threw a table on the floor!
Brady Pierce was No. 27 at 49:30. He has a great physique. Gary Lamb hit a punch on Pierce, thought better of it, and eliminated himself. Pierce stomped on Gangrel. Carlie Bravo was No. 28, and he got a nice crowd pop. He hopped in the ring and immediately hit a Flatliner on Krule. Bravo hugged Gangrel, but Gangrel kicked him. QT Marshall was No. 29 at 53:00. QT and Bravo teamed up and punched Brady Pierce. I am seeing seven in the ring, plus Gangrel and Grillo on the floor. Adam Priest was No. 30, and he immediately hit a pair of German Suplexes on QT Marshall.
Christian Taylor clotheslined Krule to the floor! Krule reached up, grabbed Taylor, and pulled him out, too! Those two brawled to the back. Michael Ray, a country music singer, was No. 31 at 56:30. It’s his first-ever match! He bodyslammed the muscular Brady Pierce and celebrated! TNA original James Storm was No. 32; this was his debut here, and my second time seeing him wrestle this week! Storm and Bravo brawled. Ray and Storm hit a team back elbow. (Ray wore a T-Shirt; he doesn’t strike me as having a wrestler’s physique!)
CT Keys was No. 33; he’s a bald, Black man with a good physique. He immediately traded punches with James Storm. We hit the 60:00 mark! CT eliminated Mowery. The muscular, thick Herculon Rage (I’ve seen him a few times now in Action Wrestling) was No. 34. We have at least seven left (plus Grillo!) Big Man Tater (a chubby guy with a microwave on his head and wearing a Big Van Vader mask, is our final entrant at 63:00. Priest charged at him, but Tater hit a back-body drop to flip him out. BUT WAIT! “JBL” John Bradshaw Layfield was a surprise entrant No. 36!!!! JBL hit a Clothesline From Hell on Alanis.
JBL dragged Alanis into position in a corner, so Big Man Tater could hit a Vader Bomb. JBL told him to go to the top rope and do a moonsault! Tater eliminated himself to chase after Adam Priest. JBL and Gangrel hugged. JBL stepped through the ropes and left. (SO, I guess he’s not an official entrant.) Gangrel tossed Pierce. Alanis was tossed. Gangrel was tossed. We have FIVE in the ring (plus Grillo!) They are: James Storm, Herculon Rage, Carlie Bravo, CT Keys, and QT Marshall. Keys eliminated both Storm and Marshall!
Rage slammed Keys, then tossed him to the floor at 69:00. However, Grillo finally jumped in the ring! He jumped up and down to show his leg was just fine. Grillo and his lackeys tossed Rage. SO, our final two competitors are Carlie Bravo and Rosario Grillo. Grillo’s two lackeys stomped on Bravo as the lumberjacks came to ringside. The lackeys superkicked the referee, then hit a team powerbomb! (They should be suspended!) We got a bell at 71:24 to mark the beginning of the one-on-one lumberjack match.
Grillo hit a Disaster Kick for a one-count. Carlie was tossed to the floor, but everyone was brawling with each other and ignored Carlie. Grillo went to the floor — and everyone started punching Grillo! No one likes him! Back in the ring, Carlie hit some clotheslines and a Nic Nemeth-style leaping inverted DDT for a believable nearfall! Bravo hit a Gangsta’s Paradise (Sister Abigail), then the axe kick to the back of the head for the pin. The building erupted for the pinfall!
Carlie Bravo won the 35-entrant Rumblejack at 75:03.
* Bravo’s son, maybe 11 years old, jumped in the ring to celebrate with his dad. Carlie got on the mic and noted he’s the first-ever two-time winner of the Rumblejack. He said he’s coming after Alexander Lev’s title. He’s next!
Final Thoughts: A night-and-day difference from a Rumble match I watched a day ago. I hate to bash Toronto’s Demand Lucha, but this was a completely better product than their Rumble. This Rumblejack had some fun surprises (Gangrel! James Storm! JBL! Some older guys from the region who aren’t active anymore). Plus a nice mix of regional top names (Bravo, Priest, Krule, etc.) Likewise, kudos to the producers who laid out that Rumble. Sure, it had some guys I didn’t know, but it felt like there was a clear, organized structure to the match. Kayfabe, I hate that a guy can hide out on the floor for the bulk of the match only to get back in when only three are left.
The three undercard matches were all fine. Corinne Joy is a star; I am just repeating myself at this point. Lev looked like a polished indy main eventer here, too.
I can’t stress the quality of this production enough. The lighting, the sound, the commentary team, the cameras at ringside. This was an easy watch. Everyone involved in producing this show should be proud of how it looked. This is well worth checking out. The show runs two hours and 30 minutes.
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