The spoilers from the Impact Wrestling TV tapings that took place on both Friday and Saturday night in Windsor, Ontario, Canada at the St. Clair College has surfaced online.

These matches and segments will air over the coming weeks on the Pursuit Channel and Twitch. You can read the results here, courtesy of Wrestling Inc:

Impact Wrestling TV Tapings Results

– Moose defeated Stone Rockwell. Post-match, Moose told Don Callis and Impact management that he’s “Mr. Impact” and deserved to be the world champion. He kicked Rockwell then said this is what Impact management gets. Fallah Bahh appeared on stage where he challenged Bahh to a match and Bahh accepted.

– Fallah Bahh defeated Moose

– Ace Austin defeated Eddie Edwards via DQ. Post-match, Alisha came down to stop Eddie and check on Ace. Eddie left with Alisha & Ace in the ring.

– Impact Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie vs. Jessicka Havok ends in a no contest when Su Yung interfered and went after Havok.

– Nick Madison defeated Stone Rockwell via disqualification after Rhyno gored Madison and then Rockwell. Rhyno calls out Elgin. Elgin arrives and says he doesn’t understand why Rhyno picked a fight with him. Rhyno said if Elgin won’t come to him, he’ll get Elgin. They brawl. 

– Madison Rayne and Kiera Hogan defeated Jordynne Grace and “Bubble Gum Princess” Alexia Nicole. Post-match, Kiera & Madison beat up Grace until the lights go out with Rosemary showing up to help clear the ring out.

– Rich Swann, Willie Mack, and RVD defeated The Rascalz

– The Deaners (Cody and Cousin Jake) defeated The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh) with Gamma Singh

– Moose defeated Fallah Bahh

– Rhyno defeated Joe Singh (Xplosion Match)

– Impact World Tag Team Champions The North defeated LAX (Daga and Ortiz with Konnan). 

– X Division Champion Jake Crist defeated Aiden Prince 

– Tommy Dreamer and Tessa Blanchard defeated Sami Callihan and Dave Crist

After headlining Impact Wrestling’s Slammiversary PPV earlier this month, Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard will face each other once again on August 2nd.

Impact Wrestling’s “Unbreakable” will air live from the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California on Impact Plus.

Callihan and Blanchard teamed together for Impact Wrestling’s Mash-Up tournament which aired last night. As the winners of the tournament, Blanchard and Callihan will now face each other on August 2nd with the winner earning a shot at the Impact World Championship.

Tessa Blanchard vs Sami Callihan II

Callihan vs Blanchard II is the only match scheduled for the show thus far. The event is part of a 3-show tour for Impact in California. “Starstruck” will take place the night after in Hollywood. Then a set of TV tapings from Port Hueneme is booked for August 4th.

The promotion is currently in Windsor filming TV this weekend.

“On Friday, August 2nd IMPACT Wrestling heads back to California for Unbreakable on IMPACT+ in Santa Ana. The Esports Arena will play host to Unbreakable on a night that promises to be unforgettable! It is Unbreakable LIVE on IMPACT+ as the summer of IMPACT whips through California,” reads an Impact Wrestling press release for the show.  

• 8 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 7/19

Impact Wrestling from July 19th was filmed inside Mississauga’s Don Kolov Arena and featured a “Mash-Up” tournament. 8 teams of oddly paired wrestlers would face off in 4 first-round matches. The winning teams would then face-off in a 4-way elimination match in the main event.

A match between the two members of the winning team will then occur on a future Impact Plus event with the winner receiving a future Impact World title shot. Unbreakable will air live on Impact Plus August 2nd.

Moose & Eddie Edwards Advance To Finals

Eddie Edwards & Moose had an advantage over the other teams in this tournament. While Moose and Edwards have been rivals in recent months, they have been a successful tag team in the past. Moose and Edwards formed a team during a tour of Pro Wrestling NOAH in 2017.

Raju and Deaner were not able to work as a team the same way Edwards and Moose did and Edwards pinned Raju with a Boston Knee Party.

After the match, the Deaners and Desi Hit Squad brawled in the ring to end the segment.

Madman Fulton Turns On Partner, Jake Crist & Wentz Advance

Jake Crist and Wentz from the Rascalz advanced to the finals when Madman Fulton turned on his partner, Rich Swann. Jake Crist was able to control the monster, who then delivered several chokeslams to the X-Division champion, allowing Crist and Wentz to get the win and advance to the finals.

Nobody Said “Adventure” – Mack & Elgin Advance

Ace Austin needed to find a partner for his first-round match against Willie Mack and Michael Elgin. This led to Stone Rockwell swooping in as if somebody said the word “adventure.” Nobody said adventure, though. Don Callis would specifically state on commentary that he had banned use of the word.

Regardless, Rockwell ended up as Austin’s partner and promptly got pinned after a power-bomb from Elgin.

3 Sami Callihans vs Tessa Blanchard – Blanchard & Callihan Advance

The theme of tonight’s show was a mash-up tournament similar to what you might see when playing a video game. This match looked as though one player selected two Sami Callihans to play and the other player picked one Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard.

Trey came out dressed as Sami Callihan and attempted to recreate many of Callihan’s signature gross taunts, such as eating his own spit.

Despite Blanchard and Callahan not getting along throughout the match, the two managed to pick up the victory. Tessa hit Magnum on Trey followed by Sami tagging himself in and delivering a piledriver for the win.

Is Taya Valkyrie Afraid of Havok?

Taya does not like to defend her title more than the once every 30 days she is required to. That’s why she opted not to put her title on the line in this week’s triple threat match against both Havok and Madison Rayne.

In fact, Taya would bail on the match after shortly after taking a few moves from Havok. This left Madison Rayne all alone with Havok, who promptly hit a tombstone piledriver and got the win.

Moose Turns On Eddie Edwards

Eddie Edwards and Moose was the first team eliminated from the 4-team elimination finals of the Mash-Up tournament.

Just when it seemed theywere working well as a team, Moose turned on Edwards. Inexplicably, Moose kicked Edwards in the stomach and then power-bombed him to the outside.

Will this turn of events lead to a rivalry between Eddie Edwards and Moose? This led to Elgin delivering a power-bomb to Edwards and eliminating him and Moose from the match.

Michael Elgin Walks Out Willie Mack

As push started to come to shove during the main event, another competitor walked out. Just as Taya had done earlier in the evening, Michael Elgin opted to bail on his match. He gave his partner, Willie Mack, a big clothesline before he did so as well.

This left Willie Mack alone in the ring with Sami Callihan, who delivered a piledriver and got the pin. This left Blanchard & Callihan against Wentz and Crist as the final two teams in the match.

Tessa Blanchard & Sami Callihan Win The Mash-Up Tournament

Callihan had said throughout the evening that he planned to recreate the “Finger Poke of Doom” during the tournament with Jake Crist. His OVE ally was not totally on-board with this plan, however, wanting a world title shot himself. When Crist and Callihan attempted to do the Finger Poke of Doom, Crist tried to double-cross him with a small package but Callihan kicked out.

Following this, Tessa made a blind tag, hit Crist with Magnum and got the win for her team. Blanchard and Sami Callihan will now face off against each other once again on August 2nd. This time the winner of their match will receive an Impact world title shot.

Quick Results:

• Moose & Eddie Edwards defeated Rohit Raju & Cody Deaner (Mash-Up First Round)
• Jake Crist & Wentz defeated Madman Fulton & Rich Swann (Mash-Up First Round)
• Michael Elgin & Willie Mack defeated Stone Rockwell & Ace Austin (Mash-Up First Round)
• Sami Callihan & Tessa Blanchard defeated Trey Miguel & Dave Crist (Mash-Up First Round)
• Havok defeated Madison Rayne vs Taya Valkyrie – Non-Title
• Sami Callihan & Tessa Blanchard defeated Moose & Eddie Edwards, Jake Crist & Wentz, & Michael Elgin & Willie Mack

Next Week:

As expected, former WWE star Rhyno is headed to Impact Wrestling. 

Just one day after his WWE contract expired, Impact Wrestling is already advertising him to appear at upcoming events. The promotion will be partnering with Championship Wrestling From Hollywood next month for events in Southern California. 

He is at the forefront of the advertisement. This comes after Rhyno made an appearance at the end of Slammiversary pay-per-view event to stop Michael Elgin from attacking Don Callis by hitting the wrestler with a Gore. 

Although he appeared under a mask, WWE is reportedly not taking any action against Impact Wrestling for using him despite Rhyno still being under contract with WWE at the time. 

Rhyno Leaving WWE, Turned Down Pay Increase

The following shows will be taking place in Southern California

• Unbreakable – August 2nd in Santa Ana at the Esports Arena
• Star Struck Twitch special – August 3rd in Hollywood at Florentine Gardens
• Impact Wrestling TV tapings – August 4th in Port Hueneme at the Oceanview Pavilion

Back in May, Rhyno did an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Rhyno revealed that his contract expired with WWE on July 17th. Rhyno told WWE officials he was not going to re-sign with the company despite being offered big money. 

Impact Wrestling had a week off from their weekly TV show this week. Josh Matthews and Don Callis recapped an epic Slammiversary from last weekend and also aired a previously un-broadcasted triple threat between Madison Rayne vs Jordynne Grace vs Kiera Hogan in the Knockouts division.

Callis and Matthews Review Slammiversary

Moose vs RVD

The first match reviewed on Impact last night was Rob Van Dam vs Moose. They aired post-match reactions from both Moose and RVD. Callis and Matthews asked if Moose could possibly be back in the world title picture sooner rather than later.

Killer Kross vs Eddie Edwards

After speaking about Moose vs Rob Van Dam, a highlight package of Killer Kross vs Eddie Edwards in a first blood match was shown.

Monster’s Ball

Jimmy Jacobs was then brought in to talk about the Monster’s Ball match between Taya Valkyrie, Havok, Su Yung, and Rosemary. Jacobs mentioned that Taya will do anything to hold onto the title and she proved that at Monster’s Ball.

Tag Team Championship Match

D-Lo Brown was then brought in to speak about the North vs the Rascalz vs LAX. They spoke about how it was originally supposed to be LAX vs the Rascalz before the North won the titles at Bash at the Brewery. Santana went down with an injury during the match but this was reportedly just a work. The Rascalz said backstage that they need to go back to the clubhouse and figure out what went wrong in the match and they want a shot at the North. The North said they have the ability to never lose the titles.

Don Callis said the North remind him of the Brainbusters, Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson.

Highlights from “A Night You Can’t Mist” was then shown

Tessa Blanchard vs Sami Callihan

Tommy Dreamer stayed to discuss Tessa Blanchard vs Sami Callihan from Slammiversary. Dreamer suggested that the rivalry is not over. Callis suggested that Tessa won by losing and that this is just the tip of the iceberg for her.

Johnny Impact vs Rich Swann

Former X-Division champion Petey Williams came on to discuss Johnny Impact vs Rich Swann from Slammiversary. Williams said that Swann was simply unbeatable at the PPV and that’s why he won. Callis and Williams said that the win over a former world champion means Swann could potentially challenge for the world title somewhere down the line.

Michael Elgin vs Brian Cage

Scott D’Amore joined the panel to discuss the world title match from Slammiversary. They discussed Elgin’s attack on Cage at the Bash at the Brewery event leading up to the event and how the champion came in to the bout injured. In the end, however, it was a traditional wrestling move that beat Elgin.

In a post-match interview, Elgin said it was Cage’s goal to break him but he’s not broken.

Jordynne Grace vs Kiera Hogan vs Madison Rayne

The one match to air last night was a Knockouts triple threat. This match was filmed before Slammiversary in Dallas on Sunday.

Jordynne Grace picked up the win with the Grace Driver on Hogan. She shook hands with Madison Rayne after the match but Rayne then attacked her from behind. Hogan then came back into things and Hogan and Rayne teamed up with Grace to end the segment.

Next Up For Impact Wrestling

Impact Wrestling will be in Mississauga (just outside Toronto) on Sunday for a card taped for television. They will run a Mash-Up tournament featuring odd pairings of teams. Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard are scheduled to team on the show.

Next weekend, Impact will be in Windsor for two nights of TV tapings.

Impact Wrestling has released a new Retrospective documentary. The video focuses on RVD where he talks about his wrestling career in detail.

In the documentary, RVD opened up about his early days in the original ECW and he also revealed the event which caused his whole career to be elevated.

The first title RVD won in ECW was the company’s secondary title called the ECW Television Championship. He went on to elevate the belt and some believe that he made it as prestigious as the company’s World title.

However, the Hardcore Legend believes that the title win elevated his career very much and per RVD, people started treating him as a star after he won the title:

“People treated me like a superstar. From that night forward, it was on a whole new level. It was a pivotal time in my career. It was always on a whole new level. It was easy to draw the point right there when I won the ECW TV Championship to see my whole career elevated.”

Apart from this, RVD also talked about the backstage environment of ECW being different than any other wrestling company, his title reign ending due to an injury and more.

Check out the full documentary on RVD embedded below:

LAX (Santana and Ortiz) are the latest stars to depart from Impact Wrestling. 

The group has finished up with Impact Wrestling, according to Dave Meltzer who reported the news in F4WOnline’s Daily Update. It was noted that both WWE and AEW have interest in signing Santana and Ortiz.

Regarding WWE, the company is willing to sign any talented wrestlers as they want to pick up as many wrestlers as possible. On the flip side, AEW has made it known that they plan to have a big focus on its tag team division. 

LAX finished up their run with Impact Wrestling on Sunday night at the Slammiversary pay-per-view event from Gilley’s Dallas in Texas. This is where Impact World Tag Team Champions The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) were able to retain the titles against The Rascalz and LAX.

Near the end of the match, they did an injury angle where Santana sold that he was hurt, which was planned out in advance of the match.

Santana and Ortiz joined LAX in March 2017 where they were a big part of the tag team division and heavily used on weekly television. During their time with Impact, they were four-time Impact World Tag Team Champions. 

It was also revealed on Monday that Johnny “Impact” Hennigan is no longer under contract with Impact Wrestling. For more details on that situation, click here. 

Johnny “Impact” Hennigan is no longer under contract with Impact Wrestling. 

The former Impact World Champion finished his current run with the promotion at Sunday’s Slammiversary pay-per-view, according to PWInsider. He lost to X-Division Champion Rich Swann on the show.

His contract actually expired several weeks ago, but the two sides agreed that he would work through the PPV in order to close out his storyline with Swann.

Johnny Impact is now technically a free agent, although the two sides are continuing to discuss the possibility of working together again in the future.

Hennigan’s wife, Taya Valkyrie, who is the current Impact Knockouts Champion, is still under contract with the company as her deal is believed to run through the end of 2019.

Hennigan had been under contract with the promotion since 2017 where he became a top star for them with his Mayor of Slamtown” persona. He also became a top star for the El Rey Network’s Lucha Underground promotion where he performed as Johnny Mundo. 

Time will tell whether he makes a new deal with Impact Wrestling or signs with other promotions such as WWE, AEW, NJPW, ROH, and MLW.

Impact Wrestling has confirmed the date and host city for this year’s Bound For Glory. The announcement was made during Sunday’s Slammiversary XVII pay-per-view (Results).

Impact Wrestling’s Bound For Glory will take place on Sunday, October 20th from the Chicago area. A video that aired during the pay-per-view can be seen below.

Bound For Glory 2019 Venue

Impact has yet to confirm which venue will host Bound for Glory, but we’ve got you covered there. The show will take place at the Odeum Sports and Convention Expo Center in Villa Park, IL. The building has a maximum capacity of approximately 5,500 people. The arena website now lists an Impact Wrestling show Sunday night, October 20th, essentially confirming our story from last week.

Bound for Glory is historically Impact’s biggest show of the year. This will be the 15th installment, which was held in the Chicago area at the Sears Center back in 2008.

Rhyno was spotted backstage in Dallas this weekend, where Impact Wrestling hosted their Slammiversary PPV last night. During the PPV broadcast, a masked man who resembled Rhyno quite a bit, ran into the ring and prevented Michael Elgin from attacking Don Callis.

As Elgin was about to attack Callis, a masked man who looks much like Rhyno delivered a Gore.

Rhyno had teased being in Texas in the days leading up to the event:

• Former ECW Champion At Slammiversary XVII, Will Appear On PPV (Spoiler)

Slammiversary XVII Results

1. Willie Mack defeated Jake Crist vs TJP vs Trey
2. Impact Tag Team Championships: the North (c) defeated LAX vs the Rascalz
3. First Blood: Eddie Edwards defeated Killer Kross
4. Moose defeated Rob Van Dam
5. Knockouts Championship Monster’s Ball: Taya Valkyrie (c) defeated Havok vs Su Yung vs Rosemary
6. X-Division Championship: Rich Swann (c) defeated Johnny Impact
7. Impact World Championship: Brian Cage (c) defeated Michael Elgin
8. Inter-Gender: Sami Callihan defeated Tessa Blanchard

Rhyno In Impact Wrestling

Rhyno is a former 2x World Champion. He won the ECW World Championship (and was the last to hold the title from the original promotion) on January 7th, 2001 at the Anarchy Rulez PPV. Rhyno also won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 2005 when it was the world title for TNA Wrestling. He would defeat Jeff Jarrett for the belt but drop it back to him just 2 days later.

Impact Wrestling presented Slammiversary XVII last night from Gilley’s in Texas. Headlining the show was the inter-gender clash between Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard.

Four championship matches took place on the show, with all four champions retaining their titles.

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary XVII Results

1. Willie Mack defeated Jake Crist vs TJP vs Trey
2. Impact Tag Team Championships: the North (c) defeated LAX vs the Rascalz
3. First Blood: Eddie Edwards defeated Killer Kross
4. Moose defeated Rob Van Dam
5. Knockouts Championship Monster’s Ball: Taya Valkyrie (c) defeated Havok vs Su Yung vs Rosemary
6. X-Division Championship: Rich Swann (c) defeated Johnny Impact
7. Impact World Championship: Brian Cage (c) defeated Michael Elgin
8. Inter-Gender: Sami Callihan defeated Tessa Blanchard

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary Notes

Sami Callihan delivered a vicious piledriver to Tessa Blanchard to end their match last night. Blanchard’s aggressiveness during the match won over Callihan, however, who handed Blanchard her gold bat following the match as a sign of respect.

Brian Cage used a basic wrestling maneuver to defeat Michael Elgin. After the match, an enraged Elgin turned his attention to Don Callis. A masked man, who shares many mannerisms with Rhyno, made the save. Is a Michael Elgin vs Rhyno match something Impact fans could see in the near future?

Rich Swann straight-up beat Johnny Impact cleanly in an amazingly athletic contest. Swann got the win with a Phoenix Splash causing the former World Champion to make the face seen in the Tweet below:

Taya Valkyrie may have stolen the pin away from Havok in Monster’s Ball but she is still the Knockouts champion and still quite confident in herself:

Moose defeated a legend at Slammiversary. Last year at Slammiversary, Moose challenged for the world title. How much longer until he’s back in the mix for the belt? What does this loss mean for Rob Van Dam?

Eddie Edwards broke Kenny (his pet Kendo stick) in half so he could use the sharpened edges to shove down Killer Kross’ throat in their first blood match. As Kross coughed up blood, Edwards was declared the winner.

Eddie even gave the old “I’m sorry, I love you” to Kenny before he broke the Kendo stick as well.

Ethan Page and Josh Alexander picked up their first title defence at Slammiversary. Perhaps the bigger issue might be Santana from LAX who was unable to finish the match due to injury.

Willie Mack picked up the win in the night’s opening match with a frog splash:

IMPACT Wrestling returns to the pay-per-view arena this evening, and already they have at least one surprise in store.

Former ECW and NWA World Champion Rhyno is backstage at Gilley’s Dallas, the site of tonight’s Slammiversary XVII pay-per-view in Dallas, Texas.

According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com, the former WWE Superstar will be appearing on the IMPACT Wrestling PPV broadcast this evening.

Rhyno Posts Tease Earlier In The Day On Sunday

Rhyno took to his official Twitter page on Sunday posting the following tweet from Texas, the location of tonight’s IMPACT Wrestling PPV.

Make sure to check back here at SEScoops.com later this evening, or early Monday morning for a complete recap of the IMPACT Wrestling Slammiversary XVII PPV!

What do YOU think about tonight’s Slammiversary XVII PPV? What about the news that Rhyno will be appearing? Sound off in the Comments section below.

Impact Wrestling will present Slammiversary XVII this Sunday from Gilley’s Dallas in Texas.

As noted, a change to the card was made this week on Impact. Ethan Page and Josh Alexander are the new Impact World Tag Team Champions as they defeated Santana and Ortiz (LAX). A triple threat match featuring LAX, The North, and the Rascalz will take place. 

Final Card for Slammiversary XVII

• Impact World Champion Brian Cage vs Michael Elgin
• X-Division Champion Rich Swann vs Johnny Impact
• Moose vs Rob Van Dam
• Monster’s Ball – Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie vs Havok vs Su Yung vs Rosemary
• Impact Tag Team Champions The North vs. Santana & Ortiz (LAX) vs Dez & Wentz (the Rascalz)
• Tessa Blanchard vs. Sami Callihan
• First Blood – Killer Kross vs. Eddie Edwards

Impact has released the opening video for the event:

The promotion also sent in the following synopsis for the show:

The 17th anniversary show of the flagship summer event, emanating from Gilley’s in Dallas, Texas. The three-hour extravaganza kicks off at 8:00 p.m. ET and will be distributed on cable, satellite and digital pay-per-view, including DISH, DirecTV, iN Demand, Vubiquity, Rogers, Bell, Shaw and Sasktel across North America, and streaming live globally exclusively on the FITE.tv app.

Impact Wrestling presented the go-home show for Slammiversary last night. The show was taped inside New York’s Melrose Ballroom.

Here are 9 takeaways from Impact Wrestling 7/5:

Tessa Blanchard Takes A Baseball Bat To OVE

OVE was attempting to enjoy catering when Tessa Blanchard infiltrated their party with a baseball bat. Blanchard took out both members of OVE before turning her attention to Callihan, looking to soften him up for their match on Sunday. Blanchard hit Callihan in the head with the bat to end the segment.

Rich Swann & Willie Mack Pick Up Win In Main Event

Willie Mack gave Johnny Bravo a stunner and then Swann hit a Phoenix Splash to get the win for their team in the main event. Swann will have to worry about Bravo being in Impact’s corner at Slammiversary, however.

The North Win Impact Tag Team Championships

Last night on the Twitch broadcast, Melissa Santos announced during a commercial break that the North had defeated LAX to win the tag titles at Bash at the Brewery. The tag title match at Slammiversary was then changed to a triple threat match featuring the Rascalz, LAX, and the new champions.

Moose Plans On Retiring Rob Van Dam

Moose admitted in a promo this week that he was once a fan of Rob Van Dam. That was 20 years ago, however. Moose then said not only does he plan on beating Rob Van Dam Sunday at Slammiversary, but he also plans on retiring him.

Kiera Hogan’s Not The Girl On Fire Anymore

Kiera Hogan no longer has red hair and no longer plays by the rules. Jordynne Grace was on commentary during this match and was not happy with the methods Hogan used to win it. Hogan pulled the hair to gain the advantage and hit a fishermen’s suplex for the win. After the match, Grace got in the ring to confront Hogan but Hogan avoided her and headed to the back.

Wentz and Dez Will Represent The Rascalz At Slammiversary

Last week on Impact, all 3 members of the Rascalz agreed they would face each other this week in a triple threat. The wrestler who gets pinned would then be the odd man out and not represent the team at Slammiversary. Wentz and Dez ended up the winners, meaning Trey will not be an official member of the Slammiversary team.

Killer Kross Is A Creepy Individual

Killer Kross will face Eddie Edwards in a first blood match this Sunday at Slammiversary. This week on Impact, he cut a promo from a church. As Kross took a gulp of wine, however, it looked as though it was blood in the goblet.

Rohit Raju Drinks Beer, Defeats Laredo Kid

Rohit Raj defeated the Laredo Kid in single’s action this week. Before the match, the Desi Hit Squad were shown in the back about to enjoy some tea prepared by the Great Gama Singh. The Deaners snuck in, however, and replaced the tea with beer. Despite pretending to act disgusted, Raju snuck in a few extra sips before going out for his match.

TJP Beats Ace Austin Again

TJP defeated Ace Austin for the second time in a row to kick off the show this week. After going undefeated his first few months in the promotion, Austin seems to not be able to get past TJP.

Quick Results:

• TJP defeated Ace Austin
• Kiera Hogan defeated Madison Rayne
• Rohit Raju defeated the Laredo Kid
• Dez and Wentz defeated Trey (Dez and Wentz will represent the Rascalz at Slammiversary)
• Willie Mack & Rich Swann defeated Johnny Impact & Johnny Bravo

Updated Slammiversary lineup

• Sami Callihan vs Tessa Blanchard
• First Blood Match: Eddie Edwards vs Killer Kross
• Moose vs Rob Van Dam
• Knockouts Championship – Monster’s Ball: Taya Valkyrie (c) vs Rosemary vs Havoc vs Su Yung
• Impact Tag Team Championships: the North (c) vs LAX vs the Rascalz
• X-Division Championship: Rich Swann (c) vs Johnny Impact
• Impact World Championship: Brian Cage (c) vs Michael Elgin

Impact Wrestling has reportedly settled on a date and location for this year’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view.

This year’s Bound for Glory is scheduled for Sunday, October 20th. According to PWInsider, the show will be held at the Odeum Sports and Convention Expo Center in Villa Park, IL.

The Odeum has a capacity of approximately 5,500 people. The venue played host to ECW’s Anarchy Rulz PPV back in 1999, as well as numerous ECW and Ring of Honor events throughout the years.

Bound for Glory is one of Impact Wrestling’s signature events each year. This will be the 15th installment of Bound for Glory, which was held in the Chicago area at the Sears Center back in 2008.

The next Impact Wrestling pay-per-view, Slammiversary XVII, takes place this Sunday, July 7th from Gilley’s in Dallas, TX. The main event will see Impact World Champion Brian Cage defending against Michael Elgin.

Impact Wrestling could find a new home for their weekly television show in the United States soon. 

Impact Wrestling is negotiating a television deal with AXS TV, according to a Voices of Wrestling report. As of this writing, the deal has not been finalized and thus no official announcement has been made by either side. 

If a deal could be made then Impact would join other wrestling promotions airing on the television network. Currently, AXS is the home of the weekly NJPW television show and the WOW – Women of Wrestling television series.

This news shouldn’t come as a surprise as earlier this year it was reported by PWinsider that Impact Wrestling officials were looking to secure a new TV deal. They’ve had issues with their current network, Pursuit Channel, which has led to them wanting to make a change. 

Incidents such as Pursuit being slow to respond to Impact’s requests, and listing the two-hour show as four separate 30-minute episodes have been part of “the latest in a long line of headaches.” 

Back in January, it was announced that Impact had signed a new television deal with Pursuit Channel to air their show. 

This deal came about once Impact had to find a new home to air their weekly television series after not agreeing to a new deal with Pop TV. Since then, Impact has simulcast its program on both Pursuit as well as Twitch.

Impact Wrestling has announced three matches for next week’s episode. The next episode will be the final one before Slammiversary.

Johnny Impact and John. E Bravo will go against the team of Rich Swann and Willie Mack, whereas Dezmond Xavier, Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz will face each other in a triple-threat match, and the winner will join The Rascalz against LAX at Slammiversary.

• Johnny Impact & John E. Bravo vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack
• Dezmond Xavier vs. Trey Miguel vs. Zachary Wentz
• Kiera Hogan vs. Madison Rayne

Impact airs live Friday night at 10 PM ET on Twitch and Pursuit.

7 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 6/28

Impact Wrestling 6/28 was filmed inside New York’s Melrose Ballroom. It featured the continued build to Slammiversary on July 7th from Dallas.

Here are 7 takeaways from Impact Wrestling 6/28:

Brian Cage Goes Against Doctors Orders…

Impact’s doctor attempted to tell Cage he was not medically cleared this week but this led to Cage giving him an F-5. Elgin then attacked Cage from behind. The challenger at Slammiversary delivered two Elgin Bombs to the champion before pulling out a table.

Elgin then power-bombed Cage from the ring down through a table on the floor below. Don Callis attempted to stop Elgin but ended up taking a beating himself as a result. Elgin was going to deliver an Elgin bomb to Callis but Brian Cage got up and made the save to close the show.

Sami Callihan Takes A Bat To Tessa Blanchard

After beating Fallah Bah this week, Sami Callihan wanted to show Tessa Blanchard that he’ll treat her as an equal.

After calling her out to the ring, Callihan kicked Blanchard right in the face but this didn’t keep the former Knockouts champion down. Tessa would get up and take the fight to Callihan, resulting in OVE coming out to pry her off him. With Blanchard restrained, Callihan hit her in the midsection with a baseball bat and then gave her a piledriver.

Killer Kross vs Eddie Edwards – 1st Blood Match At Slammiversary

Eddie Edwards went to church this week to deal with all of his violent tendencies. The pastor he was talking to suddenly turned into Killer Kross, however. Edwards then left and told Kross he would be waiting for him outside the church. Kross decided to hang out in the church awhile and told a pastor he would like to confess to a long list of sins.

It was later announced that Kross and Edwards will face each other in a first blood match at Slammiversary.

Rascalz Beat LAX In 6-Man Action

The Rascalz pulled off a bit of an upset this week when they defeated Santana, Ortiz, and Laredo Kid in 6-man action. The team would later debate which two of them will face LAX at Slammiversary, leading to a match between the 3 of them next week.

Rascalz Triple Threat To Determine Who Goes To Slammiversary

After defeating LAX and Laredo Kid in 6-man action, the 3 members of the Rascalz debated who should represent their team at Slammiversary. They eventually decided to face each other in a triple threat match next week with the losing wrestler being excluded from their team at Slammiversary.

There Are No Alliances In Monster’s Ball

A tag team match between Su Yung & Havok vs Rosemary & Taya Valkyrie was thrown out this week due to excessive use of weapons. That won’t be the case at Slammiverssary when all four competitors meet each other in a Monster’s Ball match for the Knockouts title.

Father James Mitchell again seemed to have problems getting his Yung and Havok to work together. He had to stop the two from fighting each other to end the segment.

The North Are Ready For LAX

Before LAX defend their tag team titles against The Rascalz in Dallas at Slammiversary, they will have to contend with Josh Alexander and Ethan Page. The North will challenge for the tag team championships at Bash At The Brewery on July 5th. They defeated the Deaners to open up last night’s show and will head into their title match on a winning streak.

Quick Results:

• The North defeated the Deaners
• Su Yung & Havok vs Rosemary & Taya Valkyrie – No Contest
• Sami Callihan defeated Fallah Bah
• The Rascalz defeated LAX & Laredo Kid

Next Week:

Impact Wrestling has revealed another match that will be added to their pay-per-view event Slammiversary XVII. On Friday, it was revealed that Killer Kross and Eddie Edwards would face each other in a First Blood match.

The company issued the following: “Eddie Edwards and Killer Kross will cross the line on Sunday, July 7th in Dallas, TX at Slammiversary. Their match will not be an ordinary wrestling match, their match will be a violent affair and there is only one way to win this match… Make your opponent bleed. A First Blood Match is not one you see very often, because the violence is so extreme. Both men have found a dark place inside of themselves and they will have to unleash that fury on Sunday, July 7th in Dallas, TX on Pay Per View.”

The PPV will begin at 8 PM ET and will be available via all major distributors including DISH, DirecTV, iN Demand, Vubiquity, Rogers, Bell, Shaw, Sasktel.. It will be streamed globally live on IMPACT Plus and FITE.tv app.

Slammiversary XVII will be emanating from Gilley’s Dallas in Texas on Sunday, July 7.

Slammiversary XVII Card

Here is the current card of the event:

• Impact World Championship: Brian Cage (c) vs Michael Elgin
• X-Division Championship: Rich Swann (c) vs Johnny Impact
• Moose vs Rob Van Dam
• Monster’s Ball – Knockouts Championship: Taya Valkyrie (c) vs Havok vs Su Yung vs Rosemary
• Impact Tag Team Championships: Santana & Ortiz (LAX) vs Dez & Wentz (the Rascalz)
• Tessa Blanchard vs. Sami Callihan
• Eddie Edwards vs. Killer Kross

Impact Wrestling revealed the latest match to be added to their next pay-per-view event, Slammiversary XVII. On Tuesday, the promotion officially announced that Tessa Blanchard vs. Sami Callihan would take place. 

The three-hour event begins at 8 p.m. ET and will be available on all major PPV distributors, including DISH, DirecTV, iN Demand, Vubiquity, Rogers, Bell, Shaw, Sasktel. Also, it will be streamed live globally on IMPACT Plus and the FITE.tv app.

Slammiversary XVII will be held on Sunday, July 7, at Gilley’s Dallas in Texas. Impact World Champion Brian Cage makes his next title defense against Michael Elgin in the main event of this show.

Slammiversary XVII Card

The promotion will be announcing more matches in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:

• Impact World Championship: Brian Cage (c) vs Michael Elgin
• X-Division Championship: Rich Swann (c) vs Johnny Impact
• Moose vs Rob Van Dam
• Monster’s Ball – Knockouts Championship: Taya Valkyrie (c) vs Havok vs Su Yung vs Rosemary
• Impact Tag Team Championships: Santana & Ortiz (LAX) vs Dez & Wentz (the Rascalz)
• Tessa Blanchard vs. Sami Callihan

Impact Wrestling presented a taped show last night on Pursuit, Twitch, and their international broadcast partners. The show was filmed inside New York’s Melrose Ballroom.

Here are 7 Takeaways from Impact Wrestling 6/21.

Brian Cage Is Back

Rich Swann pinned Johnny Impact in the night’s main event, which was a triple threat also involving Michael Elgin. Following the match, Elgin and Impact attempted to deliver a post-match beatdown to Swann but were interrupted by the returning World Champion Brian Cage.

Cage would throw Impact out of the ring before turing his attention to Elgin and leaving him laying to end the show.

Monster’s Ball Match Booked For Slammiversary

Su Yung was disqualified this week in her Knockouts championship match with Taya Valkyrie. James Mitchell’s newest monster, Havok, hit Taya right in front of the official causing Josh Matthews to wonder if Mitchell has any control over her.

Earlier in the show, Taya had enlisted the help of Rosemary as her insurance policy against Mitchell’s group. When Rosemary came out, however, Mitchell announced that all 4 competitors would face each other in a Monster’s Ball match for the Knockout championship at Slammiversary.

Sami Callihan Challenges Tessa Blanchard For Slammiversary

Tessa Blanchard defeated Jake Crist in this week’s opening match, enraging Sami Callihan. Later in the show, Callihan would issue a challenge to Tessa for Slammiversary. Blanchard has yet to respond.

TJP Returns to Impact Wrestling

Ace Austin cut a promo this week mentioning that he has never been defeated in Impact Wrestling. He then issued an open challenge which was answered by the former Manic, now known as TJP. The returning TJP then ended Ace Austin’s undefeated streak in the promotion.

Rob Van Dam Rescues Tommy Dreamer From Moose

Moose wanted to send a message to Rob Van Dam ahead of their Slammiversary clash this week. After defeating Tommy Dreamer, Moose set him up in the corner and looked as though he was going to deliver a Coast to Coast, one of RVD’s patented moves, but RVD himself came out to make the save.

Killer Kross Waterboards the Sandman

The second match of the episode featured Madman Fulton from OVE going up against Eddie Edwards. Edwards went to the outside to grab his Kendo stick when Killer Kross appeared on the big screen. Kross had the Sandman captured and under a hood. He then began waterboarding the ECW legend.

The distraction allowed Fulton to gain the advantage and pick up the win.

Eddie Edwards Gets Revenge

Later in the show, Edwards went looking for Kross. When Edwards found who he thought was the Sandman, it turned out to be someone completely else entirely. Edwards and Kross then brawled, with Edwards getting the upper hand. Alisha Edwards tried to tell Eddie that this is not who he is but Edwards disagreed.

Quick Results:

1. Tessa Blanchard defeated Jake Crist
2. Madman Fulton defeated Eddie Edwards
3. Moose defeated Tommy Dreamer
4. Knockouts Championship: Taya Valkyrie (c) defeated Su Yung via DQ
5. TJP defeated Ace Austin
6. Rich Swann defeated Johnny Impact vs Michael Elgin

Next Week:

• LAX & Laredo Kid vs the Rascalz
• Sami Callihan vs Fallah Bah
• Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary vs Havok & Su Yung

Despite having only recently joined Impact Wrestling’s roster, Michael Elgin was already familiar with the promotion’s product.

In a recent interview with the WINCLY podcast, Elgin divulged that he had scouted the company prior to signing a contract, and thinks highly of Impact’s entire roster.

Having entered himself into Impact World Championship contendership after a post-match attack on Brian Cage at Rebellion, Elgin isn’t looking past other opportunities.

“[…] I think the X-Division was such a standard bearer for the company. The first goal is world championship and whoever is gonna be X-Division champion after Slammiversay, maybe I’ll go after it and be double-champion.”

A well-travelled competitor, Elgin has experience wrestling all over the world. When asked whom he would like to see signed to the Impact roster, he had two names ready.

“Talent-wise, I think AR Fox and Jason Kincaid need to be a part of Impact Wrestling. I’m a huge AR Fox fan, and I think [Kincaid] is special. He’s so talented and one of my favorite people to wrestle. He would be a great guy to have in the X-Division,” he observed.

Michael Elgin is scheduled to face off against Brian Cage for the Impact Wrestling Championship on Sunday, July 7th. The two will clash at Impact’s Slammiversary XVII event, which takes place from Dallas, Texas.

H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

Scarlett Bordeaux is no longer with Impact Wrestling. The promotion confirmed today that they have released the 28-year-old Chicago-native from her contract.

A brief statement by Impact reads, “IMPACT Wrestling confirms that it has released Scarlett Bordeaux from her commitments to IMPACT. We wish her every success in her future endeavors.”

Bordeaux commented on her release as well. She wrote on Twitter that she “couldn’t be more excited to just be a free agent for a while.” She is now taking independent bookings. Here are some of her upcoming dates:

Scarlett Bordeaux & Killer Kross Situation With Impact Wrestling

Last month, Bordeaux was reported to have requested her release from Impact, something her partner Killer Kross is also reported to have done.

Kross spoke to the Wrestling Perspectives podcast last week and stressed that Kross and Bordeaux are not happy with how they had been financially compensated by the company. It was noted that Bordeaux lives with her Mother in Chicago and works a side-job to make ends meet.

Kross went into further details regarding his own situation:

“I personally really don’t really need much,” Kross said. “But it’s just different when you have people to take care of, circumstances change in life. You can’t anticipate it. […] Being told to go get another job by your job, that’s f****d up. You’re struggling to make ends meet taking care of people, and the job that you can barely afford to have tells you to go get another job so you can keep that job. It’s like working at a corporation being told to go work at McDonald’s. It’s a weird feeling.”

Kross has mentioned in other interviews that he enjoys the creative freedom Impact has given him, however.

• Killer Kross Refutes Reports He Is Unhappy With Impact Wrestling

Scarlett Bordeaux in AAA

Kross and Bordeaux recently teamed together on AAA’s big Verano De Escandalo card over the weekend. Unfortunately, there was an incident involving a fan grabbing Bordeaux during the match.

Certain pro wrestling fans continue to forget what is and isn’t acceptable whilst watching wrestlers perform.

During AAA’s event last night, Impact wrestler, Scarlett Bordeaux, was grabbed by a fan during her matchup. As she was getting back to her feet on the outside, an overzealous fan reached over and grabbed her from behind.

Her partner, Lady Shani, helped to pull her away from the barricade and back towards the ring.

Scarlett has since commented on the incident, explaining that she wasn’t aware of what had happened in the moment.

She wrote the following on Twitter:

“It is NEVER okay to touch a performer without their consent. I didn’t realize what happened until I watched the footage afterwards being so in the moment after a dive with my back turned otherwise I would have reacted much differently. Thnx to @LadyShaniAAA for having my back”

Scarlett Bordeaux was partnering with both Lady Shani and Taya Valkyrie. They were involved in a six-man matchup against Chik Tormenta, La Hiedra, and Tessa Blanchard.

Recently, another incident took place between Ring Of Honor (ROH) female talent and a supposed fan. That incident ended up with Bully Ray having words with the individual backstage. This lead to drastically different accounts of the event.

In another exchange, a fan was ejected from an Impact event after spitting on Taya Valkyrie.

Impact wrestler, Killer Kross, has divulged more information as to why he asked the company for his release. The promotion allegedly denied his request, suggesting that he instead get a second job to subsidise his earnings.

Appearing on the Wrestling Perspective podcast, Kross confirmed the reports.

“Being Told To Go Get Another Job By Your Job, That’s F***** Up”

Kross initially attempted to negotiate a new six-figure deal for himself, but Impact countered with a restructured three-year contract that was well below what Kross was asking for.

“I personally really don’t really need much,” he said. “But it’s just different when you have people to take care of, circumstances change in life. You can’t anticipate it. […] Being told to go get another job by your job, that’s f****d up. You’re struggling to make ends meet taking care of people, and the job that you can barely afford to have tells you to go get another job so you can keep that job. It’s like working at a corporation being told to go work at McDonald’s. It’s a weird feeling.”

“[…] I found out how much people are being paid, and I wanted to be paid on the same scale as that,” he said.

“I wasn’t asking for anything that was honestly unreasonable. In all sincerity. And I’m not gonna bullsh*t you guys. I really wasn’t. That’s ok if the company does not agree that I am worth that. I will not take offense to that. That’s ok. It’s not my company. I’m just an employee. And I’m not saying that because I think I’m supposed to say that. But if they really feel that way after one year, if they feel that I’m not worth what I’m asking…professionally, kindfully, please…let me go somewhere else, and I will prove it to everyone that I can draw what I’m asking for.” 

At the time of writing, Killer Kross is still an active member of Impact Wrestling’s roster.

H/T to Pro Wrestling Sheet for the transcription.