The first day of latest Impact Taping schedule was filled with a number of interesting events including the crowning of a new GFW World Heavyweight Champion and the Impact debut of a former WWE Intercontinental Champion.
As we noted before the first episode of Impact which was taped during the first day of the 4 days taping schedule saw the return of Jim Cornette.
Cornette announced a Gauntlet match for next week to determine the new GFW World Champion after Alberto El Patron was stripped of the title recently.
During the episode, they also announced the debut of former WWE Star John Morrison now renamed as Johnny Impact. The announcement was made through a video package which can be seen below:
JOHNNY IMPACT IS COMING #IMPACTonPOP #DestX #GFW #ImpactWrestling pic.twitter.com/eT1ldnogDa
— pwguru (@pwguru65) August 18, 2017
The episode featuring the Gauntlet match was taped later in the night and Johnny Impact made his debut during the Championship bout while coming out as a participant at number 13.
He stayed in the match for a while and was one of the final four contestants in it along with Moose, Eli Drake and Eddie Edwards, before being eliminated. Below are some of the photos of his Impact debut:
Spoiler 46: Johnny Impact is out next! pic.twitter.com/aMWIiCUs4L
— The Rogue Fan (@TheRogueFan) August 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/theredstandard/status/898366501111123970
Spoiler 55: Final 4 are Moose, Drake, Eddie Edwards, Johnny Impact pic.twitter.com/P2VSYlUwDe
— The Rogue Fan (@TheRogueFan) August 18, 2017
It’s worth mentioning here that John Morrison made his GFW debut during a Live Event earlier this month from Long Island New York on August 4rth.