Integrity Wrestling Battle Tested Review (27/06/2026)

By Mick Robson

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Integrity Wrestling is one of the newest NSW-based wrestling promotions, but in short order they’ve established themselves as one of the strongest, with quite a stacked roster, drawing in some of the best of NSW and beyond. Their recent We Are The Champions show in Mt Druitt was a major pleasant surprise with some incredible matches that wouldn’t have looked out of place on a PWA or MCW show. And to be comparable to those powerhouses after only a couple of years in operation is no small feat. 

So with all that said, anticipation was high for Integrity’s Battle Tested in Penrith. We’re seeing the start of the Tag League, a tournament launched to crown Integrity’s first Tag Team Champions. We’ve also got a Heavyweight Championship match between two of the hardest hitters in the country, Kai Drake and Jack Bonza. 

Let’s do this! 

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(I attended the show, although this review is largely based on the YouTube broadcast that aired 05/07/2026.)

We begin the broadcast with a sweeping shot of the energetic crowd before an on-camera with the commentators, giving a brief intro on the Tag League before throwing to our first match. 

Match 1: Tag League First Round- CBK (Rita Stone & Ben Braxton) vs. The Velocities (Jude “The Dude” London & Paris De Silva) 

Truth be told, this was the match on the card I was looking most forward to. What a way to kick things off! We love Braxton, but CBK are firmly heels here, as Brax slyly gives us the middle finger. 

Chain wrestling between Paris and Rita to start, evenly matched. Then Brax tags in and mows Paris down like a truck. Paris uses speed and evasion to avoid more damage and tags in Jude, who nails a stomp to the arm. CBK have the size and power advantage, while Velocities have the speed and much more experience as a cohesive tag team. 

The double team work by the Velocities has Braxton reeling, until he catches Jude on a Poetry In Motion and slams him into the back of Paris. The strength of Brax can be a true gamechanger at any moment. Rita tags in and CBK target Jude with double team moves, including a wicked double superkick to the back of the head! Near fall.  

Rita keeps up the pressure with a shotgun dropkick and a senton. She’s coming across well as a heel here, no awkwardness or looking unsure. CBK isolate and beat down Jude further, even doing a Velocities-esque Poetry In Motion successfully. Jude finally creates separation and hits Braxton with a moonsault, enabling the hot tag to Paris. The crowd erupts as Paris flies around with reckless abandon. Brax eats a massive satellite DDT! Somehow he kicks out! 

Paris goes up top but Rita intercepts, shoving Paris off into Braxton’s waiting arms. CBK then hit the Midnight Hour on Paris- but Jude breaks it up! Big moment for CBK but not to be there. Rita lines up Paris for a discus forearm- but misses and knocks Brax out of the ring instead! Jude tags in and hits Rita with a handspring stunner as Paris takes care of Braxton ringside with a suicide dive. Momentum with the Velocities here, and Jude nails a new finisher on Rita- the Roxbury Driver- I think they called it?- for the win! 

Winners: The Velocities (at 12:05) 

Thoughts: Great way to open the show. Built to a crowd-pleasing, high octane finish, and the crowd- especially the kids- loves the Velocities. Definitely set the tone and the standard high not just for the show, but the whole Tag League. 

Our Integrity Heavyweight Champion, Kai Drake, comes out to address the crowd! He had an incredible match at the aforementioned We Are The Champions with Jude London, defending his title in one of the most physical battles I’ve seen. 

Kai loves fighting- in Penrith RSL! Cheap pop. He mentions that Integrity is building up with bigger crowd, and reminds everyone that it’s “come one, come all... come take the Dragon’s gold”. This prompts the entrance of his challenger tonight, Jack Bonza. 

Bonza mocks the crowd chant for Kai, saying that we’re a bunch of dogs. He promises to make the title mean something by taking it. Kai says that he may be bald- a recent look for the champ- but at least he’s not a “bald ranga!” Fighting words. He leaves as the crowd chants, “Bonza’s a ranga!” 

A promo airs for the next show at Mt Druitt’s West Tradies on July 11. 

Match 2: The Anomaly vs. Folz Robinson 

No JT tonight accompanying Folz. Will that be a factor? 

Anomaly tries to psyche Folz out with some freaky movements, crawling and writhing around the ring. Folz takes the fight to him and hits a spinning bulldog. Anomaly protests that he wasn’t ready, but takes a dropkick and a flapjack regardless. Anomaly goes outside to catch his breath for a moment, and when Folz gets close, he gets the advantage with a hangman across the ropes.  

Folz tries to come back but Anomaly blasts him with a headbutt. Folz returns fire with some head trauma a few moments later by way of a DDT. Anomaly tries to get him in what looks like the beginnings of a Gory special, but Folz spins out into a headlock driver- and gets the 3! 

Winner: Folz Robinson (at 5:58) 

Thoughts: Nice momentum building win for Folz. Commentary were leaning into the story of Folz showing heart and trying to make it without his renowned dad, and he did a good job showing fighting spirit here. Anomaly’s character work is so great, and he seems to have the in-ring chops to back it up. Looking forward to seeing more of these two guys, who are very much in the embryonic stages of their wrestling careers. 

Match 3: Tag League First Round- Woodstock (Joe Waterfall Jr. & Halen Von Steele) vs. Young & Hopeful (Joey Farrugia & Luke Watts) 

Woodstock jump Young & Hopeful to start. We get one on one as Waterfall Jr. gives Watts a big shoulder block. Watts comes back with a shotgun dropkick that only staggers the extremely tall Waterfall. Halen tags in and asks for Joey... and he gets Joey! 

A huge clothesline by Farrugia sends Halen spinning. Watts tags back in and hits a Lionsault, but a follow-up moonsault attempt is thwarted by Waterfall, allowing Halen to go on the attack. Waterfall tags in to lay into Watts with some clotheslines, and Young & Hopeful are on the back foot here! Woodstock nail a sidewalk slam/elbow drop combo. Near fall.  

Halen gets a little overzealous on a charge in the corner, allowing for a hot tag to Joey! He drops Halen with right hands, then we get a battle of the big men as Waterfall tags in. They trade bombs. Joey then plants the 7 footer with a scoop slam, and Watts tags back in. Maybe a mistake as Woodstock start beating him down again! Watts manages to fight back better this time, planting Halen with an airplane spin then connecting with a big moonsault! Waterfall breaks the count up. Joey tags in but eats a spinning kick from Waterfall. Halen up top with a flying headbutt- and gets the 3! 

Winners: Woodstock (at 10:02) 

Thoughts: Good tag match. The heel/face dynamics felt a little off- based on the pre-match attack and general arrogance shown by Woodstock, they were meant to be the heels, but they received a ton of cheers from the crowd. Watts did his best to try and gain sympathy, but seems like Penrith is Woodstock Country. Joey’s quick bursts of offense made me want to see more of him, he’s an imposing big man and seemingly strong as hell. 

Match 4: Integrity Infinity Championship- Bronson King vs. EC Brownie (c) 

Bronson has a spirited start with a couple of dropkicks that stagger Brownie. He works the arm in an attempt to negate the power game of the big man. However, the reigning Infinity- and Newy Pro Heavyweight- Champion turns the tides with one big boot. Clubbing shots follow as Brownie surveys the crowd with disdain. Bronson goes back to the arm with a Fujiwara armbar. He’s no Arm Collector but he’s giving it a go. 

Brownie starts using his one good arm for offense, as he hits a sidewalk slam, then a regular body slam. King gets the advantage by attacking the arm again, then scores big with a missile dropkick! A follow up top rope splash gets a near fall. Bronson locks in an armbar, but Brownie does the Rampage Jackson special and lifts him up with a massive powerbomb! Brownie shows off his power with a couple more devastating slams, before locking in the Camel Clutch... and Bronson has no choice but to tap! 

Winner: EC Brownie (at 9:18) 

Thoughts: Great psychology with a smart gameplan by King to try and combat the overwhelming size and power of EC Brownie. But at the end of the day, Brownie was just too powerful. Again, maybe they didn’t get the complete reaction that they were looking for- big cheers for Brownie throughout, I guess it’s hard not to respect someone that dominant and powerful. For what it’s worth, I thought Bronson King did an admirable job playing the plucky and resourceful underdog here. Good stuff. 

Intermission. 

Match 5: Tag League First Round- Carny Boiz (Albie Anne Troska & Mat Gauge) vs. The Unbookables (Billy Preston & Skater Boy Pidgey) 

Billy tries to push Pidgey on his skateboard at the Carnyz, but misses and Pidgey smashes into the turnbuckle. Albie and Gauge drop Billy with right hands and the fight is on! 

The audio is extremely crackly here- we've come back from intermission in between this and the last match, so not sure what happened in between. Carnyz get the early advantage beating down Pidgey. Pidgey creates separation with an enziguri and looks to Billy for safety, and gets the tag! Billy does a Prefects throwback with the nipple cripple on Mat Gauge. Albie comes in and Billy’s not game to do it to her, but does give her a karate chop to the head. A rolling neckbreaker scores on Gauge and Billy is feeling it! 

There’s a battle over who can double suplex who, but Pidgey gets involved. Billy spikes Albie with a DDT as Pidgey hits Gauge with a plancha. Billy nails Albie with the top rope karate chop. The boys are fighting hard to get booked again! The ref checks on Albie, Gauge looks to use the skateboard as a weapon, and everyone plays hot potato with it, like they’re trying to do the Eddie Guerrero thing. Pidgey hits Billy with a Bloody Sunday as the ref gets rid of the skateboard- but Albie springs to life and locks in a submission the commentators call the Blue-Ringed Octopus- and it gets the win! 

Winners: The Carny Boiz (at 7:10) 

Thoughts: Fun battle with outlandish characters across the board. The Carny Boiz are so bright, Billy is every bit as silly as his character suggests, and as for the Skater Boy... we’ll see you later, boy. But nah, he was good value as well. This wasn’t Velocities vs. CBK... but it wasn’t trying to be that either. Hope this audio sorts itself out, otherwise it’s going to be a rough second half of the show. 

Match 6: Tag League First Round- The Island Girls (Nikki Van Blair & Eugenie) vs. Mana and Manoush (Marley Peleti & El Phoenician) 

The audio is even worse as this match starts, with crackling on every word the commentators say. Did someone spill a drink on the headsets at intermission? I might have to watch the rest of this on mute if it keeps up. 

Anyway, interesting storytelling here as Nikki says that Marley is her brother- childhood friends that are basically family apparently. He seems to consider joining them for a moment before sticking with his boy. Phoenician and Nikki start officially, and some early blocked strikes lead to a funny dance sequence. Nikki and Marley refuse to fight, and we get Phoenician and Nikki going at it. And we’re officially on mute. I’ve got closed captions on YouTube turned on to get the gist of what the commentators are saying. 

We get another funny sequence playing into the old “Islanders have hard heads” trope, as ramming heads into the turnbuckles don’t work for either Eugenie or Peleti. A nice flying rana by Peleti sends Eugenie reeling. Misdirection as Eugenie looks for a Spear, but smashes into Nikki on the apron instead. Ref Rach deems it an official tag! Nikki comes in against Marley, says she’s not going to fight- then superkicks her brother in the back of the head. She kicks the middle rope into Pheonician’s... lightbulbs? Running knee on Peleti and the Island Girls are in control. 

Eugenie tags in and they hit a double hip attack in the corner. Island Girls isolate and beat down Peleti, knocking Phoenician off the apron. Marley finally finds it within him to fight back against Nikki, getting the hot tag! Kicks for everyone. Big cross body gets Phoenician a near fall. Eugenie cuts him in half with a Spear, Marley intervenes then tags himself in. Back to Marley and Nikki. Nikki begs off and goes for the hug, but Marley hits the Samoan Spike! Samoan Drop/Dropkick combo... I think commentary called it the Greater West? They get the win! 

Winners: Mana & Manoush (at approx. 10:30) 

Thoughts: Great storytelling and emotion there. The hug spot was done really well on both ends- Nikki pulling a face behind Marley’s back to show that she wasn’t being sincere, but Marley also giving a wink to the crowd to show he wasn’t fooled. Really respect how each Tag League match has had its own distinct flavour here. 

A promo airs with the Integrity Women’s Champion, Shay Kassidy. Unfortunately, she couldn’t be there for this show, as she had MCW Ballroom Brawl on the same night. It’s a hard life being the Girly Pop Sensation! She answers Kathryn Nixon’s challenge- “give me a time, give me a place”. Being a pre-tape, the audio for this bit is thankfully fine. 

Main Event: Integrity Heavyweight Championship- Jack Bonza vs. Kai Drake (c) 

It’s just the commentary audio that’s unbearable here, ring announcer Duke Burns was fine. Back on mute we go! 

Thankfully, I was there live, so I remember just how hard and loud the strikes were here between Kai and Bonza. As physical as you might expect if you know these two wrestlers. Some impressive technical grappling to start though. Bonza lands with a big chop then goes back to the graps with a side headlock takeover. Kai escapes and returns fire with a sliding kick to the jaw. Luckily, Bonza’s beard was there to cushion the blow somewhat. 

The chops start firing at will now and we get some pretty significant welts on both sides here. Bonza rakes the eyes, I mean, rules are just guidelines anyway, right? Bonza gets technical with a bow and arrow hold, but Kai is able to escape and roll into a cover for a 2 count. More chops and Kai launches Bonza with a German suplex. Bonza fires back with a devastating lariat. Near fall.  

They brawl into the crowd. They fight up to the stage and Bonza hits a Tombstone Piledriver on it! Bonza throws him back in the ring... but Kai kicks out! He slowly gets up and they trade more chops. As nasty as it gets. Kai goes for a superkick but Bonza catches him in the ankle lock! Kai escapes and they trade German suplexes. Both pop up with fighting spirit (TM) but Kai nails the superkick! He follows up with a running powerbomb and a Michinoku Driver (gotta give the commentary credit for knowing more moves than just a body slam)... but Bonza kicks out! Bonza grabs onto Referee Fozzy to avoid another German suplex... and hits a sneaky low blow! Right in the Dragon Balls. The ref then gets knocked out of the ring during an exchange. Kai locks in the single leg crab and gets the tap, but no one to call it! 

Bonza’s mate EC Brownie comes out! Part of the Brotherhood of RANGA. Huge Spear cuts the champ in half. Brownie drags Ref Rach from the back as Bonza hits the Napalm Thunder Driver. 1, 2... Kai gets his foot on the ropes- but Rach doesn’t see it and counts the 3! 

Referee Fozzy tells her that Bonza’s foot was on the ropes and the refs argue. Bonza takes the championship belt and leaves. 

Winner: No Contest (at 16:05) 

Thoughts: Great, hard-hitting match, that on its own elevated the quality of this show significantly. Two pros with complimentary styles. If you like physical, hard hitting action- with a side of technical mastery- this was the place to get it. Is the controversy a little deflating in the moment? Sure, but that means the story’s not over... 

The broadcast ends in a state of confusion, but the official ruling the following day was a No Contest, and the championship rematch is set for the 11th of July at West Tradies in Mt Druitt! 

Overall Thoughts 

Lots happening on this show. Much like We Are The Champions, I’d say the first and last match were the two strongest, and the middle of the card had plenty of high stakes with the Tag League tournament, which as I mentioned earlier, I really appreciated how diverse the matches all were; that is, no two matches felt the same. Really smart putting together of the matches. I don’t know how much producing/agenting happens on the indie level, but it’s clear thought was put into this somewhere. 

As a show, before rewatching the YouTube broadcast to refresh my mind on details. I would’ve said it was a 8/10 show. I’m going to stick with that, although the commentary audio dodginess post intermission was a nightmare. I was doing fine early on covering this, but watching half a show on mute because my ears couldn’t take the crackling any more... not ideal. Hopefully, that issue isn’t there next time. But purely as a wrestling show? Top notch. Highly recommend coming to see Integrity live! 

Overall Score: 8/10 

Until next time, take care.