Dutch Harris: Welcome to the Reckoning Day Recap edition of Straight SHOOTIN'. March 9th, 2026. The Pinnacle Arena. I don't know where to start, gentlemen. Two new champions crowned, a legend returning from injury, a potential World title feud blown wide open, and the most shocking closing image this company has produced in years. Scott, Bryan, are you processing all of this yet?
Scott Kamura: I was there live and I still feel like I dreamed half of it. Reckoning Day delivered on every single promise it made. And then some.
Bryan Harris: I made some bold predictions coming in. Some of them aged poorly. I'll own it. But nothing about what happened tonight was predictable, and I'll give this show that much.
Holden Nobody def. Josiah Hudson & Ignatius Albert Martin
Bryan Harris: Okay. I said Hudson was the only real competitor in this match and Nobody was a sideshow act. I was wrong. Are you happy? I was wrong. Holden Nobody went out there and earned a Premier Championship opportunity and I'll give credit where it's due.
Scott Kamura: What made this match work was that all three men had something to prove and the crowd felt that. Nobody has been building momentum quietly for weeks and this was the match where it all crystallized. He was the right winner and I think whoever holds the Premier title after tonight is going to have a real fight on their hands.
Dutch Harris: The path clears for Holden Nobody. A name that was easy to dismiss six months ago now has a title shot coming. That's a SHOOT Project story right there.
Jamie Johnson def. Mike de los Huesos
Scott Kamura: I said the Grappler's Guild cracks were going to show. They didn't. Jamie Johnson answered every single question that had been raised about his hunger, his focus, and his place at the top of this division. He went out there and beat Mike de los Huesos clean. No excuses, no asterisks.
Bryan Harris: And Mike de los Huesos had the Pantheon Championship defense on the same night. I'll concede that's not an easy ask. But Jamie Johnson has been a question mark for a while now and tonight he gave an answer. Credit where it's due again. Two in one night. Write it down.
Dutch Harris: The Grappler's Guild and The Empire feud has now been put on ice or thrown into a blender, depending on how you look at it. What does the locker room look like for those two stables going into the next chapter?
Ricky Tenet def. Arthur Pleasant
Dutch Harris: I said it before the show and I'll say it after. This was the match of the night. I don't care what else happened. This was as personal as anything SHOOT Project has put in front of us in years.
Bryan Harris: I said Arthur Pleasant was going to end Ricky Tenet's career. He came close. This kid was already bandaged and limping by the time the main event rolled around. But Ricky Tenet stood in the fire and did not quit. I don't like eating crow twice in one night but here we are. Arthur Pleasant is still the most dangerous man in this company and Ricky Tenet just survived him. That is not a small thing.
Scott Kamura: What strikes me most is that Ricky came out for the main event celebration afterwards, still hurting, still limping, because that's who he is. He's a Lazarus through and through. And Arthur Pleasant is still out there, still fuming. This isn't over.
Johnny Napalm def. Vito Valentino & The Darkspade (c) - NEW CHAMPION
Scott Kamura: I want to go on record and say that I told Dutch before the show started that Johnny Napalm was the live dog in this match. The God of Violence persona, the "Pay Your Penance" promo, the controlled chaos he brings. Darkspade played games and Vito played along with them, and Napalm just went to war.
Dutch Harris: This was an absolute brawl from bell to bell. We saw a little bit of everything here, we saw the Darkspade mind games with the betting account, and then when the match started it was every man for himself and the most violent man standing walked out with the belt. Johnny Napalm is the Empire State Champion and that feels right.
Bryan Harris: Fine. Dutch said two title changes and he got two title changes. I said all champions retain. I was wrong on this one. Napalm earned it. The Darkspade is going to be insufferable about that betting account for months. Vito's going to be furious. This division is a mess and I mean that as a compliment.
The Empire def. Spinebuster Island & The Moonshiners (c) - RETAINED
Bryan Harris: The one prediction I got right tonight that mattered. The Empire walked in as champions and walked out as champions. Spinebuster Island and the Moonshiners did exactly what I said they would do. They beat each other up and The Empire took advantage.
Scott Kamura: It wasn't that clean and you know it. This match was a grind. All three teams went to war and The Empire survived it. But survival and dominance are two different things and I think the Pantheon Championship picture is messier tonight than it was this morning. Fear and Loathing made their presence felt, the World Warriors are now in the Master of the Mat bracket, and Spinebuster Island and the Moonshiners are not going away quietly.
Dutch Harris: Fear and Loathing coming out after the match was a statement. Curtis Rose and Alex Vaka want their shot and they made sure everyone knew it. The Empire is still champion but every tag team in this building just raised their hand.
Izzy Sia def. Madison Seton (c) - NEW CHAMPION
Dutch Harris: Title change number two and this one is massive. Madison Seton has been one of the most consistent performers in SHOOT Project for the better part of a year. She walked into Reckoning Day as Premier Champion and she did not walk out that way.
Scott Kamura: Izzy Sia is the new Premier Champion and I want people to understand the significance of that. This was not a fluke. Sia came in with a game plan and executed it. Madison Seton is a future Hall of Famer and Izzy Sia just beat her for the title on the biggest stage of the year. That's a defining moment in a career.
Bryan Harris: I said Madison Seton wasn't losing to some upstart at Reckoning Day. I was wrong. Three times in one night. Izzy Sia is the Premier Champion and Holden Nobody has a title shot coming. That's a fascinating first defense waiting to happen.
Corey Lazarus def. Thunderwolf (c) - RETAINED
Dutch Harris: The match itself was everything we promised it would be. Two of the best this company has ever produced, leaving everything they had in the ring. Corey Lazarus is still the World Heavyweight Champion. But the match result is not the story coming out of this main event.
Scott Kamura: I don't know that I've ever seen anything like that in a SHOOT Project ring. Corey wins, Ricky Tenet limps out from the back to celebrate with his father, and Thunderwolf is standing right there. Dustin Kelser, Corey's best friend, his partner, the man he won tag titles with. And Lazarus extends a hand. No hard feelings. And Thunderwolf slaps it away.
Bryan Harris: I have watched this business for a long time and I have seen a lot of turns. That one landed. The crowd didn't want to believe it. You could hear the confusion. And then Thunderwolf shoves Corey, rolls out of the ring, walks up the ramp, and turns around and puts up both middle fingers. At his best friend. At the World Champion. At the entire arena.
Dutch Harris: "Fuck you." That's what he said. To Corey Lazarus. On the biggest stage of the year. Whatever Thunderwolf is now, he is not the man who walked into that building tonight. Something broke. Something changed. And Corey Lazarus, standing in that ring with the World title and his son, looked like a man who had no idea it was coming. Neither did we.
Scott Kamura: Chad Kyle is back. The wheelchair entrance, the bandages, the absolute controlled chaos of the whole thing. And then he basically challenges the entire roster. PigPen has been training him and I think people are going to underestimate how serious that combination is.
Bryan Harris: Chad Kyle calling out Corey Lazarus and Madison Seton and the Darkspade in the same promo while standing in the middle of the ring with a smile on his face. The man has no sense of self-preservation and that makes him genuinely unpredictable.
Dutch Harris: And we cannot close without mentioning Michael Draven and X-Calibur. The World Warriors. Two of the most decorated names in the history of this company are entering the Tag Team Master of the Mat as a team. The implications for the Pantheon Championship picture are enormous. The Empire just retained tonight and now they have that waiting for them on the horizon.
Scott Kamura: NC-17 also showed up in Corey's locker room before the main event demanding his title shot from Master of the Mat 2024. That's a name that's been off television for a while and he came back with an agenda. There is a lot of business unfinished heading out of this show.
Dutch Harris: I called two title changes going in. I got two title changes. But I don't think any of us saw those specific changes coming. Izzy Sia is the new Premier Champion. Johnny Napalm is the new Empire State Champion. Corey Lazarus is still the World Heavyweight Champion and his best friend just turned his back on him in front of the world. That is one hell of a night's work.
Scott Kamura: Best Reckoning Day in years and it isn't close. Every match delivered, every result means something, and the landscape heading into the next chapter of SHOOT Project looks completely different than it did twenty-four hours ago. This show did its job.
Bryan Harris: I was wrong about a lot tonight. But wrong predictions mean surprises, and surprises mean a show worth watching. Reckoning Day 2026 was worth watching. Now let's see what the fallout looks like. Thunderwolf just set this entire company on fire on his way out the door. Somebody has to answer for that.
Dutch Harris: That's all for this edition of Straight SHOOTIN'. Reckoning Day 2026 is in the books. Two new champions. One shocking betrayal. And a whole lot of questions with no answers yet. We'll be back for the Zenith fallout. Until then, stay tuned to SHOOT Project. You do not want to miss what comes next.