Impact Wrestling airs a special branded episode tonight. “Impact ReDefined” will feature two championship matches and a main event caliber tag-team match with Austin Aries and Killer Kross facing Eddie Edwards and Moose.
Tonight’s episode was filmed August 12th, 2018 at Rebel Nightclub in Toronto.
Impact ReDefined Preview
Knockouts Championship
Triple Threat
Su Yung (c) vs Tessa Blanchard vs Allie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIudo0FmZSM
Tonight’s the night. Tessa Blanchard gets her first crack at the Knockouts Championship since arriving in the company. She took a rather odd route to get here, however.
Blanchard was knocked out of title contention for Slammiversary after suffering two losses to Madison Rayne via clever pinning combination. She bounced back by beating former champion, Allie, in a single’s match on the PPV, however. Allie then defeated the champion, Su Yung, in a non-title match, which then put her in title contention despite her earlier loss to Blanchard.
Allie says she only wanted to face Yung to prevent the Bloody Undead Bride from putting any more Knockouts in coffins. Blanchard says Allie was just trying to weasel her way into a title shot. The result is tonight’s triple threat and the toughest test yet for Su Yung’s reign.
X-Division Championship
Brian Cage (c) vs Fenix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FqwN-6bAWU
Cage will look for his second defense of the X-Division title tonight against Fenix. The popular luchador just won the AAA Mega Championship in Mexico and will be looking to add the X-Division title to his list of accomplishments.
Brian Cage was this week’s guest on the Impact media conference call. He spoke about the importance of the X-Division title to him and the promotion.
“I want to make the X-Division so awesome and so entertaining,” Cage said on the call. “That the world title becomes option C because I have option A.”
I asked Cage if he feels he can bring the X-Division title to a level of prominence where it feels on-par with the world title.
“Absolutely,” Cage answered. “I think that’s going to be through the quality and the entertainment and the matches set going forward.”
Cage will look to keep ushering in the “Weapon X” era of the division tonight.
Moose & Eddie Edwards vs Austin Aries & Killer Kross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2waSNkkMqc
Eddie Edwards has been spiraling as of late. The return of his old friend Moose evens up the odds in his rivalry with the Impact World Champion, however.
For two weeks in a row, Aries and his new ally, Killer Kross, have gotten the better of Edwards. They even cost Edwards the Impact World Championship. Now with Moose back by his side, however, Edwards is in prime position to get his revenge.
The Smoke Show with Scarlett Bordeaux
Guests: Joe Hendry, Katarina, and Grado
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCTXB7NEwtk
So far, Scarlett Bordeaux’s advice has worked out great for Fallah Bah and KM. The comedic team scored a victory over the Desi Hit Squad last week after Bordeaux advised KM to start doing things Bah’s way.
Tonight’s guests on the Smoke Show are Joe Hendry, Grado, and Katarina. Perhaps Bourdeaux will help the trio navigate through what appears to be a platonic and non-platonic love triangle.
Rich Swann vs Petey Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m__UL61TzU&t=15s
Last week on Impact Wrestling, Rich Swann told Alica Atout that it is his goal to capture the X-Division Championship.
Swann echoed similar sentiment during an Impact media conference call earlier this summer.
“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,” Swann said.
If Swann wants to join the ranks of those who have held X-Division gold, he’ll likely have to defeat a former champion in Petey Wiliams tonight.