ASÉ Wrestling, up until last Saturday, wasn’t known for change.
Darius Carter, the “Leader of the Culture,” has maintained his stranglehold on the ASÉ Men’s title, with a reign nearing two years. TME, the giants of Duke Davis and Ganon Jones Jr., hadn’t slowed down a bit since winning the tag titles, swatting away all comers with the fact that they collectively stand at 12’10. Charity King, the “king” of the ASÉ women’s division, has proudly represented as the women’s champion since winning the ASÉ Women’s title in a tournament last September.
There’s a thing about change. Eventually, it has to come.
ASÉ held its third event, The World Is Yours, at Blume Studios in Charlotte on Saturday, June 27. There might not have been a proper Nas appearance on the bill, but for three hours, ASÉ put together a show that blended elements of old and new, a simmering grudge, a shocking twist, and plenty of new to boot.
First off, the show is available to stream for FREE on YouTube, so catch the replay on demand when you can. But for now, here’s my review of everything that went down.
Alexis Littlefoot vs. Leah Night
As one half of SugarFoot, the one tag team on Earth that could make Sexyy Red absolutely work as theme music, Littlefoot has already begun the climb to possibly making the BRP50. Leah Night, on the other hand, might not have Sexyy Redd theme music, but she absolutely brought it in the opening match. After a show of respect and mirror action like “Tia and Tamera,” according to Big Swole, Night got the first “ooh” of the night by bridging out of a pin attempt to take control.
After a series of chops and kicks, Night opted for a Facewash boot and a little twerk in the corner for a near fall. Littlefoot would adjust, catching Night with a swinging facebuster and a pose for the crowd. After a little back and forth, including Littlefoot thinking she had control, Night popped up with a kip-up into a spear, something they probably need to add to the WWE 2K games for how crisp it was. The up-and-comer from Tacoma thought she had the match won with a double underhook lift into a knee lift ala Go To Sleep, and while she set up for a knee strike to put Littlefoot away, the “Big Flexer” caught Night off guard with a jacknife pin for three!
Alexis Litlefoot def. Leah Knight – Jacknife pin.
Also, shoutout to Chris Lea for flexing his Emmy Award at the announce desk, although he and Big Swole deserve an Emmy for commentary. (Do they give Emmys out for commentary? They need to.) [Ed Note: There are Sports Emmy Awards; while there are a number of defunct categories for commentators and analysts, there appear to be categories for on-air talent, although we can’t say that we’ve ever heard a wrestling commentator winning an Emmy for wrestling commentary.)
ASÉ Men’s Tag Team Championship Match: TME (c) vs. Uglee Gang
The last time TME defended the Tag Titles was at ASÉ 15 in May, when they defeated the team of Suge D and Alex Kane. Uglee Gang has been working ASÉ since its inception, and Jordan Holt recently won the F1ght Club Pro Young Simba title from Chaz Evans. Given how TME fared against Top Shootas—another lanky, high-energy tag team—back in February, the main thing to expect when they’re in the ring is something Clubber Lang always brought out: pain.
The TME boys attempted to exploit the strength-and-height matchup early on, with Jones walloping Holt with a nasty chop, but Uglee Gang regrouped, figuring that the best strategy to deal with two giants by ASÉ standards was to apply pressure at all times. After Zay Vega landed a slick dive over the top rope, Holt caught Jones with an enziguri and, thinking that he could catch Davis off guard, he attempted a top rope dive himself, only for the former college football defensive end to catch him, then hand him (no literally) over to Jones for an assisted suplex from the bottom of the floor back into the ring and on the mat. Again, you are not out-muscling TME for nothing.
However, life is funny. Because three men, who appeared to be affiliates of Kaun, appeared on the ramp and because ASÉ loves to tie beefs together like the Marvel Universe at times, one of the men turned out to be Suge D, who took out the two true Kaun affiliates and led to a long enough distraction on Davis for Holt to get a flash pin and for Uglee Gang to shock the world and become tag champs.
The first-ever title change in ASÉ history, connected to the ongoing beef over the Pan-Afrikan title and TME’s previous title challengers.
Uglee Gang def. TME to become NEW ASÉ Tag Team Champs – Holt pins Davis w/ a roll-up.
One time for two-belt Jordan Holt from the 313.
Things would only get more chaotic from there because even after TME instructed Kaun’s henchmen to attack Suge D post-match, Isaiah Broner and Alexis Littlefoot decided it was time to clean house. What, you think SugarFoot wasn’t a unit? Please. The union in the ring prompted Suge D to once again call out Kaun for his contractual rematch for the Pan-Afrikan title, a title Broner also believes he deserves a shot at. Since winning the title, Kaun hadn’t defended it, nor truly set foot in F1ght Club or ASÉ, prompting Broner to deliver a line that will make anybody say, “Oh, you got me f-cked up.”
“Bring yo bitch ass to work.”
And that’s exactly what Kaun did.
Pan Afrikan World Diaspora Title: Kaun (c) vs. Suge D vs. Isaiah Broner
Triple threats are always fascinating, especially when everybody in the ring has some sort of beef. Kaun got essentially goaded into the match, and Broner flat-out ended his brief tandem with Suge by nailing him with a nasty shot to start things off. Kaun, believing he could get one over on Broner, attempted a shoulder tackle, but again, why would you want to shoulder tackle THAT dude? Ain’t working. The three opted for a fast-paced sprint, with each man getting a brief moment of advantage before it was quickly snuffed out. Even as Broner appeared to assert complete dominance with a pop-up powerbomb with a bridge pin, Suge capitalized with a sunset flip and pinned Broner to the mat for three.
Three matches, two title changes. While Suge D once again took to his throne, much to the delight of Littlefoot, Broner made it clear again—he wants that belt. And he’s getting his shot at the next ASÉ show. Dang, what about F1ght Club?
Suge D def. Kaun and Isaiah Broner to become NEW Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Champ – Suge pins Broner with a sunset flip
Darius Lockhart joins us, looking spiffy and ready for a 2000s-era R&B video, and explains why things didn’t go his way at ASÉ 15 vs. Darius Carter. Lockhart blames Billy Dixon for not listening to him, prompting Dixon to come out and explain his side.
Real quick, you ever look at two people arguing and, while both make valid points, just say they gotta fix it? That was the argument between Lockhart and Dixon. Lockhart says Dixon is selfish; Dixon says Lockhart is “ungrateful as fuck,” and the two men get personal to a point where it’s not about the ASÉ Men’s champ, whom Lockhart says Dixon can’t beat, and instead it’s something far deeper. Both men announce their intentions for the Rumble, with Dixon saying that if he doesn’t win, he retires, and Lockhart threatening that if he decides to use his fist, he’d better swing.
This really is the best “feud” in ASÉ, bar none.
HOLD FOR HOLD: Lee Moriarty vs. Darian Bengston
Pure graps! Moriarty is finally making his ASÉ debut here, and if you’ve seen him work, then you know “Taiga Style” is probably one of the best straight-up wrestlers in the world. The fact that Bengston’s Hold For Hold Challenge series encourages trash-talking, but not strikes, basically means it’s all about patience, endurance, and technical skill.
These two managed to live up to the rules of the challenge for as long as they could, with Moriarty and Bengston offering counter for counter, and Bengston even pinning referee Ms. Yolanda. The thing about the ego, it always gets tested way deeper than you think inside that ring. And out of pure reflex, the two managed to slap each other in stereo, prompting a no-contest draw. For pure wrestling, it was perfect. For everybody watching, a rematch is NEEDED.
Lee Moriarty and Darian Bengston ended in a no-contest.
ASÉ Women’s Title Match: Charity King (c) vs. Jordan Blade
The King fears no one, but her recent title challenges have been pure strikers, and she’s come out on top. First Janai Kai in March, and now a rematch with Blade. Every time you see Charity in the ring, you forget she’s only been at this for five years, and with every match, she exerts herself like the powerhouse she is. There’s a reason why she almost cracked the top 10 of the 2026 #BRP50.
Blade and King went at it for thirteen-plus minutes, maneuvering from outside the ring to inside, including a nasty suplex to the mat outside from the champion. After an intense back-and-forth with both women trading forearms and slaps, King said enough and nailed Blade with a lariat that, if she had enough stank on it, Stan Hansen himself would have shown up in ASÉ and bowed in her presence. As both women rose to their feet, Savannah Evans suddenly appeared in white face paint and laid down a vicious beatdown on King, claiming the women’s title is soon to be hers, while leaving King lying and barely conscious.
Match ends in no contest due to Savannah Evans’ interference.
“The World Is Yours” 30 Man Rumble
The thing about Rumbles and battle royals is that you believe any number of people have a true shot at winning. The fact that a shot at the men’s title was on the line meant the easy favorites were Billy Dixon, Darius Lockhart, Reyhan Inetus, and Yahya.
Movie Myk made his return to ASÉ, having appeared on their first show in December 2023, and lasted nearly the entire Rumble after entering at No. 2. Bojack, who those inside Blume Studios felt had a major shot at winning the Rumble, got tossed early, much to the chagrin of the crowd. There were returns, debuts (KC Kr’eme, whaddup!) and even a few surprises (yes, Chris Lea pulled up in the battle royal).
But the story of the Rumble boils down to the men who’ve shaped the company in one form or another. You have Yahya, arguably the most agile big man that isn’t on TV right now; the interpersonal feud between Lockhart and Dixon; Reyhan as the giant who you always believe is destined for bigger things; and LaBron Kozone, always lurking, always seeing his star pupils get their proper shine. In the end, after Lockhart and Dixon both got tossed by Dontay Khalifah and Reyhaun got tossed by Yahya, the lines were drawn. It was between Yahya, Dontay Khalifah, or LaBron, who entered at No. 1, no less.
In the end, “The Gifted One” became The One, clotheslining Khalifah over the top rope to secure the W.
Yahya wins “The World Is Yours Rumble” and earns a future shot at the ASÉ Men’s title.
MAIN EVENT—ASÉ Men’s Title Match: Darius Carter (c) vs. Caprice Coleman
Few people in the world know how to manipulate a crowd, an opponent, hell, even a camera like Carter, and with a game foe in Coleman, he pulled out all the tricks he knew to maintain his place as “The All Father” and “Leader of the Culture.”
Coleman’s tenure as commissioner of ASÉ had its moments, perhaps none more fascinating than the contract stipulation Carter faced in 2025 ahead of his scheduled title defense vs. Billy Dixon at ASÉ 10. But in a rare one-on-one opportunity, Coleman showed that he could still go, hitting a senton and then a flip dive over the top rope. Swole: “I need to see a birth certificate!”
Carter turned the tide in his favor, slowing down the veteran before Coleman fired back with dropkicks and a trio of Northern Lights Suplexes that only got a count of two, and that was just ONE of the several believable nearfalls in this match. Something about “The All Father” is that he happens to bring it out of people, because never in my life would I have thought a swinging piledriver would only get two.
But here’s why I put ASÉ up there as one of the few promotions that tell interconnecting stories every time out. Just when Ryan Rembrandt (who suffered an embarrassing elimination in the Rumble, mind you) attempted to give Carter the ASÉ men’s title to cheat to win, Uglee Gang appeared to put a halt to that. Reyhan and Coleman have had issues dating back to Coleman’s son, Chayce, not exactly doing what the other three instructed. After incidental contact between Coleman and Reyhan, Reyhan wanted to jump in the ring and get a piece of the former commissioner. That was all Carter needed to nail a second Snapmare Driver and secure the three.
Darius Carter def. Caprice Coleman to retain ASÉ Men’s title – Snapmare Driver
Post-match, things appeared to be cool between Coleman and Reyhan, but repeated disrespect in the big man’s eyes had to be addressed appropriately. After letting Coleman up, Reyhan decked him with a massive Mafia Kick, prompting a gasp from the crowd and more. As Reyhan walked to the back, a smirk was on his face, proud of his work. It would appear there’s some unfinished business there, perhaps another Caprice match? Sign me up.
For three hours, ASÉ continued on its hot streak of being one of the best promotions in the world, with balanced action from its women’s division, RARE title changes, and more. If you haven’t been to a show, pull up, sit back, and enjoy the thing people claim they miss so much about pro wrestling.