House Show Recaps — Week of August 24th to August 30rd
By Oliver Grant
Opening
Scrooge Conquers Europe entered its fourth and penultimate stop this week, with the Mythic Division continuing its Spanish run in Murcia while the Polar Division moved into Copenhagen, Denmark. After Madrid, Barcelona and Seville on one side of the tour and Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki on the other, the European schedule is no longer producing first impressions. By this stage, wrestlers are carrying the evidence of several consecutive two-night pairings with them, and the question is becoming less about whether someone can produce one strong performance than whether they can repeat it.
Murcia produced two clear sweeps. Frankenstein’s Monster defeated Takuma Ryujin on consecutive nights, while the Virtuous Blades took both matches from the Dread Knights. The Scalekeepers and Monster Bash Enforcers divided their series, while Tin Man and Cheshire Cat followed a 30-minute draw with an abbreviated rematch decided by Dark Hatter’s interference.
The opening six-person pairing also changed substantially overnight. Monsters of Myth and Serpenta Veyne went the full 30 minutes with Lark of Sherwood, Mad Marion and Sayaka Mizuhana on Night 1 before Serpenta Veyne secured a decisive pin in half that time the following evening.
Copenhagen produced the week’s biggest second-night reversal. Universal Champion Ghost of Christmas Past submitted Peter Cottontail in only three minutes on the first night. Twenty-four hours later, Cottontail survived 28 minutes and pinned the Universal Champion in the middle of the ring.
Krampus and Frosty also split their series, while Lupina Redclaw followed a 30-minute draw with La Bruja Muerte by winning the rematch. The Howlers swept the Mirror Saints, and the Frost Giants finished unbeaten against Polar Bear 2 and Polar Bear 3 after a first-night victory and a second-night time-limit draw.
With only the final European stop remaining, the useful performances this week came from wrestlers who either repeated a result under changed circumstances or responded convincingly when the opening night went against them.
MYTHIC DIVISION
House Show 2026 – 059.01
Murcia, Spain — 08/24/2026
Results
Match 1 – Monsters of Myth and Serpenta Veyne vs Lark of Sherwood, Mad Marion and Sayaka Mizuhana
RESULT: Monsters of Myth and Serpenta Veyne wrestle Lark of Sherwood, Mad Marion and Sayaka Mizuhana to a 30-minute draw
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Match 2 – Scalekeepers vs Monster Bash Enforcers
RESULT: Monster Bash Enforcers defeat Scalekeepers via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Match 3 – Tin Man vs Cheshire Cat
RESULT: Tin Man and Cheshire Cat wrestle to a 30-minute draw
⭐⭐⭐½
Match 4 – Virtuous Blades vs Dread Knights
RESULT: Virtuous Blades defeat Dread Knights via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Main Event – Takuma Ryujin vs Frankenstein’s Monster
RESULT: Frankenstein’s Monster defeats Takuma Ryujin via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐½
Featured Match Observation
Virtuous Blades vs Dread Knights
The Virtuous Blades and Dread Knights gave Murcia’s opening night its strongest sustained tag match because both teams repeatedly created opportunities without allowing one sequence to settle the contest too early.
The Dread Knights controlled the opening. Dread Knight 1 hit consecutive Inverted Atomic Drops on Sir Galahad before Galahad escaped to Sir Gawain, who immediately changed the pace with the Verdant Oath.
From there, both teams began testing their tandem offense.
The Dread Knights used a brief double-team sequence in the fourth minute, but the Virtuous Blades answered with a three-round attack beginning in the seventh. Gawain’s Rolling Fireman’s Carry and Galahad’s Pele Kick established the advantage, although Dread Knight 2 neutralized the second round before Galahad completed the Horizontal Gory Special.
The Dread Knights created the first real finishing opportunity.
Dread Knight 2 landed the Leg Drop in the tenth minute and earned a two-count on Gawain. Four minutes later, Dread Knight 1 reversed Galahad’s Michinoku Driver into a Samoan Drop and earned another two-count.
Galahad continued surviving.
Dread Knight 1 tried again after the Savate Kick in the 18th minute. Galahad escaped at two and continued rotating tags with Gawain rather than remaining isolated.
That eventually turned the structure of the match.
Galahad landed The Chosen Fall in the 20th minute, while Gawain followed with the Crucifix Powerbomb. The Dread Knights answered through their own double-team attack against Galahad in the 23rd.
The final intervention came from Merlin.
As Dread Knight 1 attacked in the 24th minute, Merlin mesmerized him. Galahad converted the opening directly into the pin.
What it showed: The Dread Knights created more early pinning opportunities, but the Virtuous Blades repeatedly escaped and maintained their tag structure. The finish required Merlin’s involvement, which keeps the victory from being completely clean, but Galahad and Gawain had already survived three serious pin attempts before reaching it.
House Show 2026 – 059.02
Murcia, Spain — 08/25/2026
Results
Match 1 – Monsters of Myth and Serpenta Veyne vs Lark of Sherwood, Mad Marion and Sayaka Mizuhana
RESULT: Monsters of Myth and Serpenta Veyne defeat Lark of Sherwood, Mad Marion and Sayaka Mizuhana via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐½
Match 2 – Scalekeepers vs Monster Bash Enforcers
RESULT: Scalekeepers defeat Monster Bash Enforcers via pinfall
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Match 3 – Tin Man vs Cheshire Cat
RESULT: Tin Man defeats Cheshire Cat via disqualification
⭐⭐½
Match 4 – Virtuous Blades vs Dread Knights
RESULT: Virtuous Blades defeat Dread Knights via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Main Event – Takuma Ryujin vs Frankenstein’s Monster
RESULT: Frankenstein’s Monster defeats Takuma Ryujin via pinfall
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Featured Match Observation
Takuma Ryujin vs Frankenstein’s Monster
The second Murcia main event was far more revealing than the first because Takuma Ryujin forced Frankenstein’s Monster to win through a longer finishing sequence.
Night 1 lasted 13 minutes. Takuma attempted the Ankle Lock twice, but Frankenstein’s Monster gradually took control through the Bolt Driver, Dr. Frankenstein’s interference and repeated heavy offense before pinning Takuma with the Elbow Drop.
Takuma changed the opening immediately in the rematch.
He landed the Kamigoye in the first minute, followed with the Super Spike Piledriver and Deadlift German Suplex, then produced his first pin attempt after the Bridging Dragon Suplex in the sixth.
Frankenstein’s Monster escaped at two.
Takuma returned to the Kamigoye one minute later, but that was where the match began turning.
Frankenstein’s Monster answered with the Graveyard Slam and Deadweight Drop. Lady Ayame Ryu attempted to intervene in the ninth minute, but Monster’s Flat Liner still produced the stronger attack.
The middle stretch then belonged increasingly to Frankenstein’s Monster.
He used the Graveyard Slam in the tenth and 13th minutes and earned a two-count. The Heavy Hand produced another two-count one minute later.
Takuma refused to disappear.
After returning from an outside count in the 15th minute, he created another pin attempt and later landed the Bridging Dragon Suplex and a third Kamigoye.
Monster survived all of them.
The decisive sequence arrived in the 19th minute. Lady Ayame again attempted to create an opening for Takuma, but Frankenstein’s Monster connected with the Flat Liner and completed the pin.
What it showed: Takuma improved substantially from Night 1. He created multiple finishing opportunities, landed the Kamigoye three times and forced Monster through six additional minutes. Frankenstein’s Monster still completed the sweep because his heavier offense continued producing the more dangerous late pin attempts.
POLAR DIVISION
House Show 2026 – 060.01
Copenhagen, Denmark — 08/24/2026
Results
Match 1 – Lupina Redclaw vs La Bruja Muerte
RESULT: Lupina Redclaw and La Bruja Muerte wrestle to a 30-minute draw
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Match 2 – Mirror Saints vs The Howlers
RESULT: The Howlers defeat Mirror Saints via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐½
Match 3 – Frost Giants vs Polar Bear 2 and Polar Bear 3
RESULT: Frost Giants defeat Polar Bear 2 and Polar Bear 3 via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Match 4 – Krampus vs Frosty
RESULT: Krampus defeats Frosty via submission
⭐⭐⭐
Main Event – Universal Champion Ghost of Christmas Past vs Peter Cottontail — Non-Title Match
RESULT: Ghost of Christmas Past defeats Peter Cottontail via submission
⭐⭐½
Featured Match Observation
Frost Giants vs Polar Bear 2 and Polar Bear 3
The Frost Giants and Polar Bears produced Copenhagen’s strongest first-night match because control changed gradually across 27 minutes rather than through one isolated momentum shift.
Polar Bear 2 and Polar Bear 3 attacked first through tandem offense, combining the Snowstorm Spin and Hanging Suplex in the third minute. Magnus Blackwell intervened with a steel chair one minute later, but the Polar Bears continued pressing through the Arctic Avalanche and repeated outside attacks.
The Frost Giants began recovering around the tenth minute.
Frost Giant 1 earned the first pin attempt after a Bulldog, but Polar Bear 3 escaped at two. The Bears responded with another double-team sequence and Bearhug before the Giants finally established a longer offensive period.
Frost Giant 2 entered with the Power Bomb and Cobra Clutch Slam. He earned another two-count in the 15th minute.
The most sustained Frost Giant control came between the 17th and 20th minutes.
Knee Lifts, Backbreakers, Leg Drops and a Power Bomb kept Polar Bear 3 defending through multiple tandem sequences. The Bears continued answering whenever both teams entered together, but the Giants were increasingly the side producing pinning pressure.
That became clear in the 24th minute.
Frost Giant 1 landed another Power Bomb and appeared to have Polar Bear 3 finished, but Polar Bear 2 made the save.
The Bears briefly changed partners, yet Magnus Blackwell created another distraction against Polar Bear 2 in the 26th minute.
Frost Giant 1 followed with a Choke on the Ropes and completed the pin one minute later.
What it showed: The Polar Bears controlled the early portion and repeatedly disrupted the Frost Giants’ rhythm, but the Giants created three separate late pinning opportunities. Blackwell’s involvement mattered, especially near the finish, but the match had already begun shifting toward the Frost Giants before the final distraction.
House Show 2026 – 060.02
Copenhagen, Denmark — 08/25/2026
Results
Match 1 – Lupina Redclaw vs La Bruja Muerte
RESULT: Lupina Redclaw defeats La Bruja Muerte via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Match 2 – Mirror Saints vs The Howlers
RESULT: The Howlers defeat Mirror Saints via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐½
Match 3 – Frost Giants vs Polar Bear 2 and Polar Bear 3
RESULT: Frost Giants wrestle Polar Bear 2 and Polar Bear 3 to a 30-minute draw
⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Match 4 – Krampus vs Frosty
RESULT: Frosty defeats Krampus via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Main Event – Universal Champion Ghost of Christmas Past vs Peter Cottontail — Non-Title Match
RESULT: Peter Cottontail defeats Ghost of Christmas Past via pinfall
⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Featured Match Observation
Ghost of Christmas Past vs Peter Cottontail
No second-night adjustment this week was more dramatic than Peter Cottontail’s.
The opening match had lasted only three minutes.
Ghost of Christmas Past hit the Axe Bomber, Running Clothesline and Bear Hug in succession. Peter submitted to the Bear Hug without ever creating a meaningful finishing opportunity.
The rematch lasted 28 minutes.
Peter announced immediately that the first result would not repeat so easily by applying the Sugar Cane Sleeper in the opening minute. Ghost escaped and returned to the Bear Hug in the second, but this time Peter refused to submit.
That pattern continued.
Ghost applied the Bear Hug again in the fourth, sixth, 15th and 17th minutes. Peter survived every application.
The Universal Champion therefore had to begin looking elsewhere.
An Elbow Drop produced only a one-count in the 11th minute. A Big Boot led to another one-count in the 16th.
Peter gradually created his own chances.
He reversed Fenwick Grimbough’s attempted distraction in the 12th minute and continued attacking through the Turnaround Sidekick, Leaping Judo Chop and Deep Armdrags.
His first pin came from a Small Package in the 18th minute. Ghost escaped at one.
The match became more dangerous for the champion as it crossed 20 minutes.
Fenwick accidentally struck the referee with his rulebook in the 21st, but Ghost still could not finish Peter after an Axe Bomber one minute later. Peter kicked out at two.
Peter tried another cover after the Back Bodydrop into Rollup in the 25th. Ghost escaped again.
Three minutes later, Peter finally connected with the Flying Crossbody.
This time Ghost did not escape.
What it showed: Peter’s improvement was not based on avoiding the move that beat him on Night 1. He faced the Bear Hug repeatedly and survived it five times. Once Ghost lost that immediate route to victory, Peter remained in the match long enough to create his own pinning opportunities. Going from a three-minute submission loss to pinning the Universal Champion after 28 minutes was the clearest adaptation of the week.
Closing
Murcia opened with a six-person pairing that required 45 total minutes to produce a winner.
Monsters of Myth and Serpenta Veyne wrestled Lark of Sherwood, Mad Marion and Sayaka Mizuhana to the full 30-minute limit on Night 1.
The match moved through repeated tags and several multi-person exchanges without producing many genuine finishing attempts. Serpenta earned a one-count on Lark in the eighth minute, but neither side managed another meaningful cover before time expired.
Night 2 was considerably more efficient.
Lark again spent much of the match opposite Hydra, Medussa and Serpenta, but the larger team reduced the rematch to 15 minutes. Serpenta landed the Scorpion Kick and pinned Lark directly.
The shorter match revealed less overall, but it resolved what 30 minutes had not the evening before.
The Scalekeepers and Monster Bash Enforcers divided their two matches.
Night 1 lasted 21 minutes and produced multiple attempts from both sides. Ogre earned two near falls against Masa Tanenaga with Ogre’s Wrath, while Masa created a two-count of his own before Kong made the save.
Ogre eventually pinned Masa following a Boot to the Midsection.
The Scalekeepers answered quickly on Night 2.
Hiro and Masa opened with more aggressive tandem offense, and Hiro finished Kong with the Rear Naked Choke after only six minutes. The recorded finish was a pinfall rather than a submission, but the result gave the Scalekeepers the cleaner and considerably faster victory of the series.
Tin Man and Cheshire Cat never received a satisfying resolution.
Their first meeting consumed the entire 30-minute limit.
Cheshire repeatedly returned to the Standing Diamond Dust while Tin Man relied heavily on the Fireman’s Carry, Belly-to-Belly Suplex and later the Arm Bar. Cheshire produced the only pin attempt in the 19th minute, but Tin Man escaped at two.
The match remained competitive, although repetition gradually reduced its effectiveness.
Night 2 ended after seven minutes when Dark Hatter shoved the referee as the lights flickered. Cheshire Cat was disqualified.
Tin Man therefore leaves Murcia unbeaten with a draw and a victory, but the second result tells us little about whether he had actually solved Cheshire Cat.
The Virtuous Blades produced one of the Mythic Division’s strongest two-night records.
Sir Galahad and Sir Gawain defeated the Dread Knights after 24 minutes on Night 1 and 25 minutes on Night 2.
The first match required them to survive three Dread Knight pin attempts before Merlin’s intervention created the final fall.
The rematch shifted the finishing pressure.
Galahad created several early pin opportunities, Gawain added another after the Fallaway Slam, and Dread Knight 1 repeatedly had to make saves. The Dread Knights still produced dangerous double-team stretches, but the Virtuous Blades were creating the greater number of actual finishes.
Merlin again supplied the final opening in the 25th minute.
That assistance prevents either victory from standing entirely on its own, but the Virtuous Blades consistently survived the longer exchanges and finished both nights.
Frankenstein’s Monster completed Murcia’s clearest singles sweep.
Takuma Ryujin lost the opener in 13 minutes after Dr. Frankenstein became involved repeatedly and Monster gradually overwhelmed him with heavier offense.
Takuma improved substantially in the 19-minute rematch.
He landed multiple Kamigoyes, created three pinning opportunities and survived two of Monster’s late covers. Frankenstein’s Monster nevertheless continued producing the more sustained finishing pressure and completed the sweep with the Flat Liner.
Takuma was considerably more competitive on Night 2.
The result did not change.
Copenhagen began with 54 minutes between Lupina Redclaw and La Bruja Muerte.
The opening 30-minute draw was competitive but repetitive. Lupina repeatedly used the Suicide Dive while La Bruja returned to the STF, Cross Armbreaker and a series of suplexes. Both women created pinning opportunities, but neither established enough late control to finish before time expired.
The rematch had a better payoff.
La Bruja used the Blood Moon Bomb early and continued attacking with the Curse Breaker, Nightshade Kick and Cross Armbreaker. Lupina survived those sequences and gradually increased her own finishing pressure.
The Regal Execution produced the decisive pin after 24 minutes.
Lupina therefore finished the pairing unbeaten with a draw and a victory.
The Howlers produced Copenhagen’s only complete tag-team sweep.
Their first victory over the Mirror Saints came after 16 minutes. Sorin Savax and Vael Thorne repeatedly neutralized Howler double-team attempts, but the Wolf Pack held Vael’s legs during the final cover and allowed Howler #1 to complete the pin.
The rematch was shorter and more decisive.
The Howlers again used sustained tandem offense against Vael before shifting their attack to Sorin. Howler #2 hit the Howler Drop in the 13th minute and pinned Sorin directly.
The second result strengthened the sweep because the finish no longer required the same direct assistance that decided Night 1.
The Frost Giants also left Copenhagen unbeaten.
Their first victory over Polar Bear 2 and Polar Bear 3 came after 27 minutes. The Polar Bears produced the stronger opening stretch, but the Frost Giants created more late pinning opportunities and eventually pinned Polar Bear 2.
The rematch went the full 30.
Polar Bear 2 controlled much of the opening before the teams began alternating longer tandem sequences. The Bears dominated a significant stretch between the 16th and 19th minutes. The Giants answered between the 20th and 26th.
Magnus Blackwell became increasingly involved near the finish, first provoking Polar Bear 2 and then distracting him before providing a steel chair in the final minute.
Even with that assistance, Frost Giant 1 could not secure the fall. Polar Bear 2 made the save before the time limit expired.
The Frost Giants earned the better two-night record at 1–0–1, but the second match prevented them from establishing a decisive advantage.
Krampus and Frosty produced Copenhagen’s most dramatic singles split outside the main event.
Krampus won Night 1 in only five minutes.
He applied the Evil Embrace immediately, returned to it in the fifth and forced Frosty to submit.
The rematch lasted 16 minutes.
Krampus tried the same hold in the second, fourth and 15th minutes. Frosty survived all three applications. He also reversed the Krampus Krush in the ninth and continued responding with the Snowball Slam, Snow Globe Spin and Blizzard Buster.
Frosty finally pinned Krampus with the Snowdrift Splash.
As with Peter Cottontail later that evening, the important adjustment was endurance. The move that had finished Frosty quickly on Night 1 no longer finished him on Night 2.
That same pattern became even more pronounced in Copenhagen’s main events.
Ghost of Christmas Past needed only three minutes to submit Peter Cottontail in the opening match.
The Universal Champion appeared to have established a considerable gap.
The rematch erased that impression.
Peter survived five Bear Hugs, kicked out of the champion’s pin attempts, produced three covers of his own and ultimately pinned Ghost with the Flying Crossbody after 28 minutes.
The championship was not at stake.
The result still matters.
A non-title victory does not make Peter Cottontail the Universal Champion, but pinning the reigning champion one night after being submitted in three minutes is precisely the sort of house-show result that deserves attention.
By the end of the fourth week of Scrooge Conquers Europe, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Virtuous Blades and the Howlers had produced complete sweeps.
Lupina Redclaw and the Frost Giants finished their two-night assignments unbeaten.
The Scalekeepers and Frosty made effective second-night corrections.
And Peter Cottontail produced the most substantial turnaround of the entire stop, converting one of the week’s shortest losses into its most significant victory.
Only the final European dates remain.
House shows don’t crown champions—but they do reveal who’s ready.
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