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6 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling (6/28/18)

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This week’s Impact Wrestling was the first to broadcast from Windsor, ON, Canada. The promotion continues to build toward their Slammiversary PPV on July 22nd from Toronto’s Rebel nightclub.

This week’s episode confirmed two new matches added to the card and built towards several others. This article breaks down the top 6 developments in Impact Wrestling from this week’s episode.

We’ll start things out with the LAX storyline, where Konnan has returned to confront King (aka Eddie Kingston). King took over a leadership position with the faction due to Konnan and Homicide’s absence.

Konnan Confronts King

“All warfare is predicated on deception. You think you’re playing me, I’m playing you” – Konnan to King

LAX may have won back the tag-team championships with King at their side but now that Konnan has returned things could get interesting. Konnan confronted King this week. He told LAX that King can’t be trusted as well. From Ortiz and Santana’s point of view, however, King has turned things around for the faction.

Diamante has already expressed concern that King has ulterior motives. Konnan says he has proof King can’t be trusted and he’ll reveal it shortly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twba5ieaEB4

Brian Cage Is Targetting Matt Sydal But Kongo Kong Is Targetting Him

Last week on Impact, Sydal defeated Cage via count-out after interference from Kongo Kong and Jimmy Jacobs. It’s clear Cage still has Sydal and the X-Division title in his sights, however.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue86JXlRo2E

This week on Impact, Sydal defeated Dezmond Xavier in a non-title match. After the match, Cage came down to ringside to confront Sydal. This brought out Kongo Kong and Jacobs who attacked Cage before he could get to the champion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jutIGsxA0cA

If Cage wants another shot at Sydal’s title, it looks as though he will have to go through Kongo Kong first. The machine will meet Jimmy Jacobs’ monster in single’s action next week.

If Cage gets through Kong, he could be granted another shot at Sydal. The match would likely be scheduled for Slammiversary.

Eddie Edwards Has Made An Enemy of Tommy Dreamer

Eddie Edwards is moving on from his rivalry with Sami Callihan. The feud with Sami seems to have sent Edwards spiraling to a dark place. Tommy Dreamer attempted to help him but Edwards is too far gone and now sees Dreamer as an enemy. In fact, Edwards’ delusions have grown so intense, he’s begun to believe Dreamer is involved with his wife.

This week on Impact, Edwards traveled to Philadelphia to confront Dreamer at a House of Hardcore show. He interfered in Dreamer’s match, caning him on the head with a kendo stick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ri3YNnmgU&frags=pl%2Cwn

Looks like we could get Eddie Edwards vs Tommy Dreamer sometime soon, possibly at Slammiversary.

Su Yung is Haunting Madison Rayne/Allie’s Back!

Madison Rayne opened up this week’s show and spoke on why she’s returning to the ring. She was interrupted by Tessa Blanchard, however. The two would meet later in the night in the main event.

On a previous episode of Impact, Rayne defeated Blanchard with a pinning combination. Many called the win an upset. She’d defeat Blanchard again tonight, however. This time she used a crucifix combination to get the win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAFnQuf4zKg

Blanchard beat down Rayne after the match but was interrupted by Su Yung and her army of Zombie brides. The brides and Yung surrounded Raye after Blanchard made a timely escape.

Just when it looked like Yung was going to give Rayne her finisher, Allie returned and broke up the macabre scene.

Rich Swann Has Arrived in the X-Division

Rich Swann defeated Trevor Lee this week on Impact. It was just Swann’s second match for the promotion after having lost to Austin Aries at the Zero Fear PPV show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTprua3eK9Q&frags=pl%2Cwn

We asked Swann earlier this week what competing in the X-Division means to him.

“Oh man, I was such a fan,” Swann said of the early days of the X-Division. “Seeing guys like Frankie Kazarian, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal.”

“Growing up aspiring to be a professional wrestler my size and stature that was one of my goals, if not the goal, to be in the X-Division to be in Impact, to get the X-Division championship,” he continued.

After Swann defeated Trevor Lee, it was revealed he will take on Fenix next week. Later in the show, it was revealed Swann will be part of a 4-way match at Slammiversary. His opponents will be Johnny Impact, Taiji Ishimori, and Fenix.

Sami Callihan vs Pentagon Jr Mask Vs Hair

Last week on Impact, oVe took on Pentagon and Fantasma. Callihan took it upon himself to interfere in the match and hit Pentagon in the head with his signature baseball bat.

This week on Impact, we traveled to a PCW Ultra show in Los Angeles, where Callihan attacked Pentagon. Along with the Crist brothers, Callihan unmasked Pentagon.

Later in the show, Pentagon would issue a challenge to Callihan for a Mask vs Hair match at Slammiversary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sh0ru4dUCQ&frags=pl%2Cwn

Callihan didn’t take long to accept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mTThSnWWmo&frags=pl%2Cwn

With that, arguably the biggest match for Slammiversary has been booked.

The updated card is now as follows:

  • Impact World Championship
    Austin Aries (c) vs Moose
  • Knockouts Championship
    Su Yung (c) vs Madison Rayne
  • Mask vs Hair
    Pentagon Jr vs Sami Callihan
  • Fenix vs Johnny Impact vs Rich Swann vs Taiji Ishimori

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