Brian Hardy and United States Wrestling

June 27th to July 4th we were on our family vacation to Ocean City, Maryland.  My wife's aunt owns a condo and lets us use for a week each summer.  You can read all about this current vacation and past ones over at my my blog: Labbe Family Voyages.

On Sunday June 28th the weather was not the best with on and off rain and overcast all day.  We decided to hit up a few antique stores and antique malls and do some junking!  We were in Laurel, Delaware to go to the Out of the Attic Antique Mall.  I never actually made it into this antique store as in the same mall I saw a store front for USW: United States Wrestling, which I didn't know was there.

Whenever I travel somewhere for even 1 night, I'm always looking to see if there happens to be any wrestling shows, or really anything related to pro wrestling for me to check out.  That's how I ended up going to 1CW in 2023 when we were down in Ocean City for the week.

In researching this year I discovered USW but they had show the week prior to us coming down.  I had no idea about the store front so that was a tremendous surprise!

The owner / promoter / wrestler is second generation wrestler Brian Hardy, who was in the store front this day.  Brian has been wrestling for the better part of two decades and running his own promotion for over 15 years.

When you walk in the store the first thing you notice on the far end is the wrestling ring, hard not to!  They run the USW Academy here as well as monthly TV tapings for their weekly YouTube show USW Justice.  They have a second show that just started up, called USW Call Time, a behind the scenes style show.  Also on their YouTube page you can find their PPV shows.

The shop also has various wrestling merchandise from magazines, to action figures, and trading cards.  USW has their own series of trading card as well, I picked up a signed one from Brian from their series 9 set of cards.

Brian and I had a fantastic conversation about what we both love, pro wrestling.  He told me all about USW, we chatted about what we love about wrestling, the different brands and flavors of pro wrestling and what it means to us.  We even have friends in common!  This is one of the many reasons that I love pro wrestling, you can meet a complete stranger and walk away friends after a brief conversation thanks to pro wrestling.

One things I noticed behind the counter was a custom Jay Briscoe Ring of Honor World Championship title.  I asked Brian about it and he told me that he was close with Jay, that at 14 he would help them set up and tear down the ring.  After Jay's passing a mutual friend gifted Brian the belt, to display in the store.  USW is in the Briscoe's hometown of Laurel, and Jay's passing hit the community hard.

You can follow Brian on all his social media pages and catch him this August in Japan for Kanjuro Matsuyama's Matsuyamaza Pro Wrestling based out of Osaka.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialbrianhardy/

Follow USW on their social media pages: 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOfficialUSW/featured 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedStatesWrestling 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theofficialusw/

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My Wrestling Results April to June

The second quarter of 2026 is already over and here are the results to the shows that I attended.

May 8, 2026

Limitless Wrestling                                The Expo                 Portland, ME

Warzone

Bear Bronson pinned Daron Richardson

VLC Qualifying Match: Jada Stone pinned Maggie Lee

ODB, Brooke Havok, & Jada Stone defeated B3: Aaron Ortiz, Anthony Vecchio & B3CCA when Stone pinned Ortiz

Kegan Garland pinned Scotty 2 Hotty

Warzone Steel Cage: Team Limitless: Ace Romer, Aiden Aggro, Daphne DeVille & Gabby Forza with J-Heru defeated The Limit: Aaron Rourke, Anthony Greene, Channing Thomas and Limitless World Champion: Donovan Dijak with Sidney Bakabella when Gabby pinned Dijak

Order of Entry: Ace Romero, Anthony Greene, Daphne DeVille, Channing Thomas, Aiden Aggro, Donovan Dijak, Gabby Forza, & Aaron Rourke

Aaron Rourke abandoned the team

May 16, 2026

GIW: Global Independent Wrestling Buker Center Augusta, ME

Cousin Larry won a battle royal to become the number one contender for GIW Pine State Championship

Sebastian Amore pinned Tommy Lane with Roadblock with his feet on the ropes

Eric Johnson fought Giant Pharaoh to a double count-out

Dunky Boy Bandit & Zach Burton defeated NBK & “Holy Roller” Matt Vegas with Coach when Dunky pinned Roller with a falcon arrow

NO DQ: Jason Maverick pinned JP O’Reilly

Grappling Greg pinned Frank Bones

Fatal Four Way: Freakin Flax defeated Morgan Kennedy Kilmarnok, Greed-D, and Derrick Conway pinning Conway.  Kilmarnok & Conway make up the tag team Sword of Damocles

Main Event: Pine State Champion: Blade Bandit with Chad Epik defeated Cousin Larry

May 20, 2026

AEW: All Elite Wrestling     Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME

Dark Matches

Steven Borden & Kiran Gray defeated StarStruck: Anthony Greene & Channing Thomas when

Borden pinned Thomas

Marina Shafir with Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta submitted Harley Cameron

Ring of Honor Taping

YouTube Special Episode #9 Aired June 16, 2026

ROH World Television Champion: AR Fox pinned Tony Nese with Mark Sterling

Dynamite - Live on TNT

Don Callis Family: IWGP Global Champion: Andrade El Idolo, AEW National Champion: Mark Davis

& Ricochet defeated The Bucks of Jericho or is it Y2Jackson: Chris Jericho & The Young Buck:

Nick and Matt Jackson when Andrade pinned Matt Jackson

Anything Goes: Mark Briscoe pinned Tommaso Ciampa

AEW Continental Champion: Jon Moxley wrestled Kyle O’Reilly to a 20 minute time limit draw

The Triangle of Madness: AEW World Women’s Champion: Thekla, Julia Hart and Skye Blue &

ROH Women’s Champion: Athena defeated The Brawling Birds: NJPW Strong Women’s Champion:

Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter, Mina Shirakawa & Thunder Rosa when Thekla pinned Thunder Rosa

AEW Men’s World Champion: Darby Allin pinned “Speedball” Mike Bailey

Collision - Live on TNT

Will Osprey pinned Katsuyori Shibata

Rush pinned TJ Crawford

AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions: Divine Dominion: Megan Bayne & Lena Kross

defeated Elle Valentine & Kayla Lopez when Kross pinned Valentine

AEW Men’s World Tag Team Champions: FTR: Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler with Stokely

defeated The Conglomeration: AEW Six Man Tag Team Champions: Orange Cassidy & Roderick

Strong when Dax pinned Orange Cassidy

June 13, 2026

Masked Mania         Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME

Vampiro came out for a promo was attacked by Sam Adonis  saved by Jack Evans

Tigre W pinned Incindior with standing Spanish fly

Smiley pinned Chris Desmond with a swanton bomb

Hazard & “World Class” Channing Thomas defeated The Miracle Ones: Dustin Waller & Ichiban

when Channing pinned Ichiban after spike pile driver 

Blitzkrieg II (Jack Evans) pinned AMB with a phoenix splash

Chris Nasty & Ultimo Maldito defeated Rayo Star & Anubbis when Ultimo pinned Anubbis

Ray Lyn & Mascarita Divina  defeated Terror Oscuro (Rayo Star) & Guerrero del Cielo (Chris Nasty) when Ray Lyn pinned Oscuro

Vampiro & Jack Evans defeated Sam Adonis & Halloween Jr. by pinfall with a double school boy, Vampiro pinned Adonis and Jack pinned Halloween Jr.

Full Blog post here: Masked Mania Bangor

June 20, 2026

Limitless Wrestling                             Live At Madrid’s Portland, ME

LJ Cleary pinned Jack Morris

Fatal Four Way: Daron Richardson defeated Daphne DeVille, Ace Romero, & DJ Springs pinning DeVille with a handful of tights

Jada Stone & Gabby Forza defeated B3: Aaron Ortiz & Anthony Vecchio when Gabby pinned Anthony with a fire thunder driver

Nic Nemeth pinned Anthony Greene

VLC Qualifying Match: Aiden Aggro with J-Heru defeated 23 Hazard by count-out, post match Hazard cut a promo and was attacked from behind by Scotty 2 Hotty

Limitless World Champion: Donovan Dijak pinned Bear Bronson

Full Blog Post here: Limitless Wrestling Built For Speed

upcoming shows that I plan on going to, you never know what will pop up though. 

July 12th: GCW Manchester, New Hampshire

July 16th: AEW Boston, Massachusetts

July 17th: Limitless Wrestling Westbrook, Maine

August 6th: New Brunswick Wrestling Association, Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada

August 8th: Limitless Wrestling Vacationland Cup, Portland Expo            

Until Next Time!

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Limitless Wrestling Built For Speed June 20, 2026

Saturday June 20, 2026 Limitless Wrestling was back at it in Portland, Maine, and at a new venue Live At Madrid's!  Built for Speed featured the debut of former WWE & TNA World Champion and AAA Mega Champion Nic Nemeth, (Dolph Ziggler).

Live At Madrid's is a concert venue located on Fore Street in Portland, that just opened this year on Friday March 13, 2026.  It can hold up to 800 people for it's GA Standing room only shows.  It's a nice venue, the event area is large and rectangle with the stage at one end.  There is a separate larger room with the bar, however other than packaged snacks there is no food.

I get anxious on show days waiting around the house to go to wrestling.  Once I did head out I saw a message from Roy, he and Randy's mom were heading down to the show and had vehicle issues so I picked them up at the Exit 43 quick stop.  Roy and I haven't traveled together to a wrestling show in a long time, so it was nice to chat wrestling with him in the van.  We got the venue and unloaded the van, I then found parking, more on that later.  We helped Marsali get everything set up with merch and chatted with everyone before show time.  VIP doors were at 530, doors at 6pm, bell time 7pm.

This is show 389 lifetime, 10th show of 2026, let's get to the matches:

LJ Cleary pinned Jack Morris

The battle of the Good Looking Guys right here in Portland, Maine!  Before the match Jack cut a promo playing off that he is from Scotland and how the Scotland Tartan Army has taken over New England with the World Cup at Gillette Stadium.  He then turned on LJ calling him the weak link the group and attacked him before the bell.  It was a fun match with Jack getting the better of LJ at the beginning of the match. LJ battled back and finished a flurry of offense with an Irish Goodbye for the pin. 

GLG was a faction in Japan's Pro Wrestling NOAH that started in January 17, 2023 with founding members Anthony Greene, Jack Morris, and Jake Lee.  Later Tadasuke, YO-HEY, and LJ Cleary was the last member to join.  The group disbanded on July 13, 2024 at NOAH Destination 2024 when Jake Lee, Tadasuke, & YO-HEY defeated AG, Jack Morris and LJ in a six-man tag.  Jake Lee then joined Bullet Club War Dogs and left the promotion.

Fatal Four Way: Daron Richardson defeated Daphne DeVille, Ace Romero, & DJ Springs pinning DeVille with a handful of tights.

DJ Springs was making his Limitless debut in this match.  Very solid fatal four way with action all over the place, as expected.  I thought Daphne was going to take the win in the one, however Daron rolled her up and with a handful of tights secured the 3 count.  This was Daron's 5th appearance in Limitless and his first win.

Jada Stone & Gabby Forza defeated B3: Aaron Ortiz & Anthony Vecchio when Gabby pinned Anthony with a fire thunder driver

Gabby was Jada's surprise partner for the match.  This was  a terrific match, as you would expect because all 4 of these wrestlers are excellent!  If you know me you know I love Gabby, Jada is excellent, so quick in the ring and just a speed demon, TNA should do more with her.  

I want to talk about the Shooter Boys.  They are wicked friggin good! I mean they make EVERYONE they are in the ring with look better because of their effort.  It's hard to believe they have only been wrestling for 2 years.  Everyone needs to watch these guys, if they stay together they will set fire in tag team wrestling, I have no doubt about it! 

Nic Nemeth pinned Anthony Greene

I thought this was a fantastic match, AG's left leg is a bit stove up and as I knew this and it made me a bit nervous watching it.  Match started with Rich taking 70 seconds to announce Nemeth and his accomplishments.  Some funny business the start the match, and then it turned serious and highly competitive.  Nemeth hit near a dozen elbow drops on Greene at one point, which I had never seen before.  Nemeth got the pin after his second zig zag after near 17 minutes of action.

At Intermission time I was able to get Jack to sign my NOAH programs and I got a photo with all three members of GLG at the show.

VLC Qualifying Match: Aiden Aggro with J-Heru defeated 23 Hazard by count-out

Man the crowd hates Hazard, with a passion! Hazard was the aggressor through the match, the action spilled to the floor.  Where Hazard has Aggro down, but got distracted arguing with the crowd and wasn't listening the referee Eric Greenleaf's count with Aggro just beating the count back into the ring.

Post match Hazard cut a promo stating he wasn't leaving the ring until he qualified for the Vactionland Cup.  A man in a Bluye Demon mask slid in the ring revealing himself to be Scotty 2 Hotty and attacked Hazard from behind.  He then challenged Hazard to any type of no rules match at VLC.

Limitless World Champion: Donovan Dijak pinned Bear Bronson

VERY hard hitting match, I mean these two beat the crap out of each other.  They fought on the floor and around the ring through the crowd.  They even went up on the stage where Dijak hit Bear with a DDT on the stage that sounded terrible.  Dijak hit feast your eyes on a chair for the pin.

Post match Dijak tried to continue the attack only the be stopped by Gabby Forza.  Gabby then challenged Dijak for a title match at VLC. 

Very solid show from the first bell to the last!

The show looked very cool with the lighting set up and the sound system is top notch.  It gave me a studio wrestling feel and I dug it.  The lighting, however, was not great for photos with my phone from where I was watching, as you can see.  There did have seating on two sides of the ring and the stage had seats as well.  I was standing next to the stage behind the seats and I like my view.  My buddy Ben was on the far side of the venue with only standing room and he said he couldn't see very well.

My only complaint of the venue is as they do not have their own lot you are stuck with city parking which is horrible overpriced.  My buddy Mikey parked in the garage and it cost him $60.  There is three different metered parking areas, one is a flat $15 all day and that was full, the other is $30 for the first 3 hours and $5 for each hour after, it would have cost me $50 to park there, I was lucky and found a street parking spot at $2 an hour, but no fee after 6pm, so it only cost me $4 to park.

Next up for Limitless is Friday July 17th for Crunch Time, and on Saturday August 8th for the Vacationland Cup.  Tickets are available for both shows on www.limitlesswrestling.com

Thank you for reading, please leave a comment, check out my other posts, and if you want like my blogs Facebook page.  You can also head over to Amazon and pick up a copy of my book the 2024 Limitless Wrestling Almanac, or any of my other books.

Until next time!