Impact Wrestling returns to pay-per-view on Sunday, July 2nd with Slammiversary XV. It’s the company’s first Slammiversary event under the leadership of Anthem.
The main event will see a world title unification match between Impact Wrestling champion Bobby Lashley and Global Force champion Alberto El Patron. To promote the match, both men recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated. Each man spoke about their strategies heading into the match and the current state of Impact Wrestling.
It was Alberto El Patron who had the most newsworthy quote of the interview, promising that his match against Lashley will be better than Brock Lesnar and Samoa Joe’s upcoming match at Great Balls of Fire. Not just better, but a lot better.
“Our match is going to be a thousand times better,” said Patron in hard-sell mode. “I have deep respect for Brock Lesnar and Samoa Joe, and I know they’ll give the fans an amazing match, but they’ll be limited by the politics in that company. That company won’t let one of them give one-hundred percent to the audience, they’re going to hold them back. Impact Wrestling says, ‘Here is the ring, go do your thing.’”
Alberto El Patron and Bobby Lashley are world class athletes deserving of headlining one of Impact’s biggest shows of the year. Whether or not they can deliver on these very high expectations remains to be seen.
Head over to Sports Illustrated to check out the full article.
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