Killer Kross recently aligned with Impact World Champion Austin Aries. Moose joined the faction as well last week when he turned on his former ally, Eddie Edwards. The newly formed stable will be featured on tonight’s episode.
“My goals in Impact are very simple,” Kross said on today’s media call. “I want to hurt as many people as humanly possible in an expedited fashion. I’d like to become a household name in this business. I’d like to bring change to Impact Wrestling and as of right now, we are on course to do that.”
Kross was today’s guest on the Impact Wrestling media call. He spoke about his goals in Impact and influences in wrestling.
Killer Kross 2018 Rising Star Award
Kross won the 2018 Cauliflower Alley Club award as Rising Star of the Year. Konnan is a big supporter of his as well. He’s been kept strong in AAA and has gone undefeated over the last two years.
In May, Kross Tweeted out a list of the accolades he’s received already in his short career:
•Awards: Cauliflower Alley Rising Star Award 2018 Breakout Luchador 2017 Favorite Wrestler Of 2016/17 2015/16/17 Wrestler Of The Year Best Promos Of The Year 2014/15/16/17 pic.twitter.com/Wyiqq0DmTS
Kross is now a featured performer for both Lucha Underground and Impact Wrestling. He made his debut in LU when it was revealed he is worshipped by the Rabbit Tribe. In Impact, he made his debut by assaulting several people in the backstage area and now aligning with Austin Aries and Moose.
Killer Kross on the 4 Horsemen
As he is now the member of a newly formed faction, I asked Kross about the greatest stables in wrestling history. He made me assure him I did not work in law enforcement before he gave me an answer.
“I really enjoyed the 4 Horseman,” Kross said. “As did everyone. I enjoyed all the different groups of people that were there. It wasn’t necessarily a specific four. I thought Sid and Pillman were awesome. I even enjoyed Paul Roma being there.”
“Just the very concept of what they constructed in that time period was outstanding.”
He would continue to list Raven’s Flock and the Dangerous Alliance as other top factions.
Killer Kross on ECW
When Kross spoke of his influences in wrestling, he spoke fondly of ECW.
“I would say that Extreme Championship Wrestling to me versus other professional wrestling companies felt very organic, very carnal, and very violent,” he said.
Kross continued to say that every wrestler on the ECW roster is an influence of his but he specifically mentioned Brian Pillman, Bam Bam Bigelow, Taz, and Tommy Dreamer.
Kross made it to the semi-finals of House of Hardcore’s Twitch TV title tournament this spring.
“There was something very magnetic about that program which separated itself from the rest of the programs on television” – Killer Kross on ECW
Impact Wrestling is back tonight with a show featuring matches taped on the final night of the Toronto tapings. It was the fifth show Impact held in Toronto over a 22-day period. The matches taped for tonight’s episode were held on the 13th inside Rebel Nightclub.
After tonight, Impact has a live Twitch show on Sunday from Manchester. Impact then travels to Mexico City for two nights of tapings from September 13th to 14th.
Impact Wrestling 8/6 Preview
Knockouts Championship Tessa Blanchard (c) vs Su Yung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm3HFVISlkQ
Tessa Blanchard is the new Knockouts Champion but Su Yung will cash in her rematch clause on tonight’s show.
It’s been a huge week for Blanchard who was just announced as the newest signee and trainer for Women of Wrestling. Blanchard praised Impact and WOW to work together and allow her to work for both promotions.
Blanchard will need to defeat the former champion to prove she’s the top competitor in the division. Allie will likely be watching this match closely.
Moose Explains His Actions From Last Week
Last week, Moose turned on his longtime ally, Eddie Edwards. Moose joined with Austin Aries and Killer Kross. Now, the Impact World Champion has two of the biggest wrestlers on the roster watching his back.
Tonight, Moose will explain his actions from last week.
Who Called King and Konnan?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pcOBq8wpW4&t=13s
Both King and Konnan received mysterious phone calls turning their scenes last week. In each case it caused them to drop what they were doing and leave.
Tonight, we will find out who was the person who made those mysterious phone calls and we might find out more about what they said to both King and Konnan.
Rich Swann vs Petey Williams II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXz9vOV8DOg
Rich Swann defeated Petey Williams with a standing shooting star press. The two X-Division athletes had exchanged pinning combinations leading up to the end.
Swann has been saying as of late it is his dream to go after the X-Division Championship. Former X-Division Champion, Matt Sydal, offered to mentor Swann last week but it does not appear as though Swann is interested.
Tonight, a rematch between Swann and Petey Williams will take place.
Sami Callihan & OVE vs Ace Austin, Zach Wentz & Trey Miguel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owg_l5TZH_Q
Sami Callihan and his minions from Ohio will take on 3 young prospects looking to get noticed. Wentz lost to Matt Sydal on a recent episode of Impact.
Callihan and OVE still have Pentagon and Fenix in their sights but after last week, they might have added Brian Cage to their target list. Last week, Cage broke up a 3-on-2 assault by Callihan and OVE against the Lucha Brothers.
Eli Drake Open Challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec_8g5a2yOE&t=4s
Eli Drake will hold an open challenge tonight. Somebody will get the chance to take on a former Impact World Champion, all they have to do is answer the call.
Joe Hendry & Grado vs the Desi Hit Squad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC1ssMng-3w&t=9s
Hendry and Grado paid a visit to Scarlett Bordeaux recently and they are likely hoping it works out in the favor as it did for KM and Fallah Bah.
This week, Hendry and Grado will take on the Great Gama Sing’s Desi Hit Squad.
The numbers are in for this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling on Pop TV, and the news is pretty good.
The Thursday, August 30th edition of Impact Wrestling, which featured the special “#ReDefined” theme, finished with 225,000 total viewers on Pop TV. By comparison, last week’s show drew 212,000 viewers, marking an increase of 13,000 viewers for this past Thursday night’s show.
The #ReDefined edition of the show this week featured two title matches, as Tessa Blanchard won the Knockouts Championship and Brian Cage retained the X-Division Championship by defeating Fenix.
Additionally, Moose turned heel on Eddie Edwards in the main event and aligned himself with Austin Aries and Killer Kross.
Featured below is a look at the last ten weeks of Impact Wrestling on Pop TV viewership:
* June 28 — 254,000
* July 5 — 304,000
* July 12 — 284,000
* July 19 — 275,000
* July 26 — 299,000
* August 2 — 248,000
* August 9 — 168,000
* August 16 — 210,000
* August 23 — 212,000
* August 30 — 225,000
Jeff Jarrett is currently hosting a TNA themed panel at Starrcast alongside Don West and Karen Jarrett. You can check out the full Starrcast event via FITE TV.
Jarrett was joined by Gail Kim and Velvet Sky during the panel. The discussion eventually turned to the success of the Knockouts division. The height of the division saw Awesome Kong and Gail Kim feud for the TNA Knockouts title. This secured the highest quarterly ratings for the IMPACT programme at the time. One of the more intriguing aspects of the discussion focused around a huge mainstream media campaign for the Knockouts division in MAXIM magazine.
Jarrett claimed that “Spike TV wanted to do a campaign in 2007-08 and the executive wanted to do a cover for MAXIM magazine.” Karen Jarrett then took the microphone and stated that “A certain owner canned it because she wasn’t on the cover.” After not specifically saying who this was (Dixie Carter) Karen went to say that “she chose not to renew AJ Styles’ contract, which was a really dumb move.”
Gail Kim and Velvet Sky seemed to mirror Jarrett’s sentiments before the discussion quickly moved on to the Ultimate X match, MMA Jarrett and Fox Sports.
Scott Steiner recently took part in the Starrcast Total Non-Stop Jarrett panel alongside Jeff Jarrett and Don West.
Steiner discussed his time in TNA alongside the likes of AJ Styles, Samoa Joe and Robert Roode. Steiner talked about his role “putting over” the homegrown stars. He also dissuced how the Main Event Mafia was “the greatest stable of former World Champions ever.”
One of the more interesting aspects of Steiner’s time on the panel came when he talked Hulk Hogan’s time in charge of the company. Steiner brought up AJ Styles being told to dye his hair blonde and flat out refusing, this reportedly angered Hogan who apparently asked “who the f*ck is AJ?What has he done in the industry to not do this?” Steiner also recalled a time when Robert Roode was going to challenge Kurt Angle for the TNA Heavyweight title, Hogan reportedly stated that “Roode wasn’t ready” to be challenging for the World Title.
Impact Wrestling presented a special branded show “Impact ReDefined” tonight. The show featured two championship matches and one main event caliber tag-team match featuring the Impact World Champion, Austin Aries.
Tonight’s show was the 2nd from the August 12th, 2018 taping out of Toronto’s Rebel Nightclub.
Here are 9 Takeaways from Impact ReDefined:
Tessa Blanchard Is The New Knockouts Champion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tx0u7DnXBk
Knockouts Championship Tessa Blanchard defeated Allie and Su Yung (c) – Title Change
When Tessa Blanchard made her first appearance for Impact Wrestling at the Redemption pay-per-view, she was portrayed as a blue-chip prospect. In the months since Blanchard has shown she is one of the best women’s wrestlers on the planet.
While Blanchard came out the winner, the story this match told actually favored Allie right up to the very end. It was Allie who got the initial first bit of offense in the match and it was Allie who broke up Su Yung’s mandible claw on Blanchard near the end of the match. Shortly after this, Allie hit a codebreaker on Yung but Blanchard rolled her up, grabbed Allie’s tights, and won the title.
The Weapon X Division Continues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gd6HyxjZxw
X-Division Championship Brian Cage (c) defeated Fenix – (2nd title defense)
Tonight’s episode started off with a 20-minute opening match that was as good as anything you’ll see on television this year. Cage dominated the match early but Fenix got back into things when he hit a rolling cutter on the entrance ramp.
Fenix reversed both Weapon X and a discus clothesline, something Don Callis made a point of mentioning on commentary. Rather than attempt one of the two moves which had already been reversed, Cage chose to give his opponent a powerbomb from the top rope instead and got the victory as a result.
After the match, oVe and Sami Callihan attacked Fenix and Pentagon. Although he initially hesitated, Cage sprinted back to the ring and took out Fenix’s attackers to close the segment.
Moose Aligns With Austin Aries
Austin Aries & Killer Kross vs Eddie Edwards & Moose – No Contest
In a shocking heel turn, Moose delivered a spear to his partner during the night’s main event.
Moose had been shown beaten up in the back so it looked as though Edwards would be forced to take on both Aries and Killer Kross by himself. After Edwards started the match by himself, Moose hit the ring with his head all in bandages. At the same time, it looked as though Kross had double-crossed Aries as he jumped off the apron and looked like he was refusing to tag. Moose then attacked Edwards, however, and the 3 men reveled in their clever ruse.
Austin Aries now has both Killer Kross and Moose working to protect his Impact World Championship reign.
The Kid Isn’t Dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pcOBq8wpW4
Following Slammiversary there have been a couple of complaints about Impact Wrestling which I’ve received. Some fans were not happy that a kid was shown run over by a car last week. These fans tend to feel the segment went too far while other fans are willing to put the angle into the same category as a Lucha Underground or Total Deletion styled scene.
What may have also thrown people off was that last week Don Callis and Josh Mathews reacted to the scene. In Lucha Underground, the idea is the commentators do not see all the over-the-top scenes and are then not in a position where they have to respond. It’s a little disturbing to the 4th wall to have a commentary team acting like the promotion’s tag-team division is running over children as part of their rivalry.
Regardless, a clear message was sent by the commentary team this week that the kid is not dead. Both Konnan and King received phone calls in their respective segments that caused them to leave immediately.
Throughout the show, fans were shown commercials for Impact’s upcoming show in Manchester on September 9th. The show will air live and for free on Twitch.
The main event will be a hardcore wrestling fan’s dream as Sami Callihan takes Jimmy Havoc in a Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Deathmatch.
The rest of the card is as follows:
Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championships
LAX (c) vs Jody Fleisch & Jonny Storm
Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Death Match
Sami Callihan vs Jimmy Havoc
Eli Drake vs Joe Hendry
Su Yung vs Lana Austin
Rich Swann vs Matt Sydal vs Trevor Lee
Matt Sydal Wants To Mentor Rich Swann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj1xcHwxJew
Rich Swann defeated Petey Williams
Last week, Rich Swann told Alicia Atout he wanted to win the X-Division title. It’s a title Swann has been dreaming about his whole career. Unfortunately for Swann, the title belt is currently in the Weapon X division.
Swann defeated Williams via standing shooting star press after the two had exchanged pinning combinations. Callis suggested that Williams is too reliant on the Canadian Destroyer.
In the back, former X-Division Champion Matt Sydal offered to mentor Swann and seemed to go frustrated when Swann was not interested in his offer.
Scarlett Bordeaux Whispered Something To Grado
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC1ssMng-3w
After KM and Fallah Bah visited the Smoke Show a couple of weeks ago, the team turned things around by beating the Desi Hit Squad. This week, Grado, Joe Hendry, and Katarina were her guests.
Bordeaux whispered something to Grado which seemed to have quite the impact on him. After some hijinx ensued it was clear that whatever she whispered to Grado will do something to get in between Katarina and her boys.
In addition to the upcoming Twitch special taking place a week from Sunday, Impact presents a One Night Only pay-per-view which debuts on the Global Wrestling Network on Friday night. The streaming service also features the video libraries of Destiny Wrestling, World Series Wrestling, Smash, and several other independent promotions from around the world.
The lineup for the show is as follows:
Petey Williams vs Michael Elgin
The Desi Hit Squad vs OVE
KC Spinelli vs Kiera Hogan
Steel Cage:
Josh Alexander vs Sami Callihan
Tessa Blanchard vs Gisel Shaw
Eli Drake Beat Some Dummies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec_8g5a2yOE
Eli Drake beat both Brandon Tidwell and Mr. Atlantis this week. The two local Toronto wrestlers had defeated the Cult of Lee last week.
Speaking of Eli Drake, another Impact Wrestling One Night Only pay-per-view was filmed recently. “Night of the Dummies” does not have a release date yet but will air on the Global Wrestling Network in the near future.
The lineup for that show is as follows:
Eli Drake vs Eddie Edwards
Moose vs KM
Sean Carr vs Brute Vanslyke
Z&E vs LAX
Homicide vs TBD
Wagner Brown vs Axel Lennox
Alisha Edwards vs Rebel
Fallah Bah vs Richard Justice
Impact Wrestling “Impact ReDefined” Quick Results:
X-Division Championship
Brian Cage (c) defeated Fenix – (2nd Title Defense)
Knockouts Championship
Tessa Blanchard defeated Allie and Su Yung (c) – Title Change
Eli Drake defeated Brandon Tidwell
Rich Swann defeated Petey Williams
Austin Aries & Killer Kross vs Eddie Edwards & Moose – No Contest
Former WWE Superstar Santino Marella (real name Anthony Carelli) recently joined Busted Open Radio. During his appearance, Marella discussed his last run with IMPACT Wrestling.
Marella currently runs his own professional wrestling gym out of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada called “Battle Arts Academy.” IMPACT Wrestling has now become a Canadian-based company.
Working Relationship
A working relationship between the pair developed, as Marella allowed IMPACT to use his gym to film some of their content. He has even become good friends with Impact Wrestling vice president Scott D’Amore:
“Impact Wrestling moved their head office to Toronto,” Carelli said. “I mean we’re here, right? It started off as Scott D’Amore has become a very good friend of mine and they need different venues.
“So I implemented a little OVW in Battle Arts where we have a little arena in the middle of the gym it transforms into an arena it holds 500 people pretty comfortably.
“Impact started using our venue to do one of their platforms there. They have the Global Wrestling Network and they have Twitch.”
Marella On IMPACT Wrestling
Marella appeared on IMPACT Wrestling TV, however, he did not compete. Instead, he sent Battle Arts Academy’s Dustin Quicksilver to represent the school. Quicksilver was defeated by Austin Aries.
Now, Marella isn’t ruling out a future appearance with IMPACT but isn’t up for a long storyline:
“Somehow they got me on [the show]. I was talking to Scott [D’Amore], I really didn’t want to appear as a character anywhere, I’m just enjoying everything else.
“But you have to be determined to make a long answer short. I might do something, I don’t know. It might be here or there, I’m not going to be a regular, that’s for sure.”
Discussion: Would you like to see more of Marella on IMPACT Wrestling? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!
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.
“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.
Brian Cage was this week’s guest on the Impact Wrestling media conference call. He took the time to speak on how important the X-Division title is to him.
“This title to me is what Impact Wrestling is all about,” Cage said on the call. “It’s what put Impact Wrestling on the map.”
Cage would continue to say that the X-Division title had always been a goal of his.
“People would ask me about the idea of ever going to Impact Wrestling long before I was here,” Cage continued. “I always said I’d love to just be part of the X-Division.”
While the X-Division has always been about “no limits” rather than “weight limits” Cage’s size stands out amongst the majority of previous champions. It’s perhaps that he can do the moves other X-Division Champions have done before him despite his size, however, that is what makes Cage such a notable title-holder.
“To me, this was the main goal and the title I wanted to go for out of the gate,” Cage said.
Brian Cage: Impact Wrestling’s X-Division Champion
We asked Cage what fans can expect of the “Weapon X” era he hopes to usher in while champion. Cage was quick to say he’s not looking to make the division better as it’s always been good but is hoping to make it stand out as it once did.
“I want to make the X-Division so awesome and so entertaining,” Cage continued. “That the world title becomes option C because I have option A.”
There was a time when the X-Division title felt on par to TNA Wrestling’s version of the world title. I asked Cage if he feels he can bring the title back to that level of prestige.
“Absolutely,” Cage answered. “I think that’s going to be through the quality and the entertainment and the matches set going forward.”
Cage will defend the title against Fenix on tomorrow night’s special “Impact ReDefined” episode.
On Saturday night, Impact Wrestling returned to Mississauga, ON for another One Night Only show. The show, “Bad Intentions, in conjunction with Destiny Wrestling featured a main event of Sami Callihan taking on Josh Alexander inside a steel cage.
Callihan hit Alexander with a trash can during the match, busting his opponent wide open the hard way.
“The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander is a 31-year-old Canadian independent wrestler. He’s well-regarded on the Canadian independent scene but unfortunately, you won’t find him performing anywhere else for a while. Visa problems are preventing him from traveling outside the country, limiting which promotions will book him.
Even after being sponsored by a promotion for a work Visa, Alexander was denied.
Although Alexander has taken part in Impact tapings so far this year, he won’t be on either of the next two trips for the promotion.
First up for Impact in September is a trip to Manchester for the Wrestling MediaCon event. The promotion will air the event live on their Twitch channel.
Just 4 days after their show in Manchester, Impact is then off to Mexico. On September 13th and 14th, Impact will bring their TV tapings to Mexico City. Those tapings will be the final ones until Bound for Glory in October.
Impact Wrestling will film two “One Night Only” specials this weekend. The promotion will be in Binghamton, NY for “Night of the Dummies” and also in Mississauga, ON, for a special show in conjunction with Destiny Wrestling.
The show with Destiny will air next Friday on the Global Wrestling Network. The airdate for “Night of the Dummies” appears to be TBD.
One Night Only: Night of the Dummies
Impact Wrestling/Xcite Wrestling
Binghamton, NY
August 25th, 2018
Eli Drake vs Eddie Edwards
Moose vs KM
Sean Carr vs Brute Vanslyke
Z&E vs LAX
Homicide vs TBD
Wagner Brown vs Axel Lennox
Alisha Edwards vs Rebel
Fallah Bah vs Richard Justice
One Night Only: Bad Intentions
Impact Wrestling/Destiny Wrestling
Mississauga, ON
August 25th, 2018
Petey Williams vs Michael Elgin
The Desi Hit Squad vs OVE
KC Spinelli vs Kiera Hogan
Steel Cage:
Josh Alexander vs Sami Callihan
Tessa Blanchard vs Gisel Shaw
Impact will be live broadcasting today on their Twitch channel as Bound for Glory tickets go on sale. Their next show after today will be on September 9th in Manchester.
We spoke to Joe Hendry on Thursday about Impact’s upcoming UK show. Here is the lineup for it as well:
Impact Wrestling MediaCon Twitch Special Lineup
September 9th, 2018
Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championships
LAX (c) vs Jody Fleisch & Jonny Storm
Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Death Match
Sami Callihan vs Jimmy Havoc
Chris Jericho says he’s open to the possibility of working for Impact Wrestling or Ring of Honor. the reigning IWGP Intercontinental Champion appeared on the DuhCast podcast this week and told James Ellsworth and Dennis Farrell that nothing is holding him back from working with companies outside of WWE.
“When someone says ‘Would you ever go to IMPACT? Would you ever go to Ring Of Honor? Would you ever go here there or wherever’ – yeah sure, why not? If its creatively satisfying, if it’s something that I can really sink my teeth into, something that I can really enjoy, then why wouldn’t I give it a try?”
Chris Jericho is almost three decades into his legendary wrestling career. He is loyal to WWE, but that hasn’t precluded him from wrestling for their top rival, New Japan Pro Wrestling. Jericho is looking to have fun and feels that other companies rising up to compete with WWE is best for business.
“At this point, I’ve done everything I could ever do in wrestling. I have a loyalty to WWE but not a death wish with them or anything like that where by hook or by crook I have to be with the WWE. I think part of the fun of what’s going on right now in the business is there’s a real resurgence with independent wrestling and independent companies and it really gives the WWE a real kick in the ass when people go other places.”
Jericho referenced guys like Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks who are able to achieve incredible success without the help of WWE. He says that would have never been possible 5 or 10 years ago, when everyone’s ultimate goal was signing with Vince.
Back to the talk about Impact Wrestling, he clarified that he has not had formal discussions with anybody from that company about working for them. “I’m not saying I would ever go there, but I’m not saying I wouldn’t,” said Jericho. “And I’m not saying I wouldn’t go to WWE or I wouldn’t go to New Japan or go wherever. To me, it’s all about helping to change the business in a lot of ways and if there’s a way to do it by being a little bit of a revolutionary then why not? Let’s go for it, man. This is show business, it’s entertainment, it’s the Wild West. There’s no rules and nobody says that you have to work in the WWE or you don’t have to work there.”
Jericho added that independent wrestling is as big as it’s ever been, which is great for guys like Kenny Omega and even James Ellsworth. For the first time in nearly 20 years, wrestlers have viable options of where to work outside of WWE. According to Jericho, “It’s an exciting time for everybody involved.”
Listen to Chris Jericho on the DuhCast podcast here:
Impact Wrestling last night featured a Mexican Death Match between Sami Callihan and Pentagon Jr. The matches tonight were from the first show of the August 12th & 13th tapings from Rebel Nightclub in Toronto.
I was in attendance for these tapings and thought both nights were pretty fun. They aired the matches slightly out of order last night, however. The matches for next week’s “Impact ReDefined” episode were interspersed amongst the matches which aired last night.
Impact Wrestling 8/23
Sami Callihan Wins The Mexican Death Match
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PddPNrZX1VY
Sami Callihan defeated Pentagon Jr. in the night’s main event. After writing another hardcore chapter in their rivalry, Callihan picked up the win with a Cactus Jack inspired piledriver off the turnbuckle and through a table.
Callihan and oVe badly needed this win. They’d dropped tag matches to the Lucha Bros and Callihan lost singles matches to both Fenix and Pentagon prior to tonight. By avenging his loss from Slammiversary and beating a former Impact World Champion, Callihan has done much to erase the losses he suffered earlier this summer.
I don’t think things are finished between the boys from Ohio and the Lucha Bros, however…
Eddie Kingston May Have Committed Vehicular Homicide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZelY9D-6Ug
This week we saw Konnan & LAX celebrating their street fight victory. Fittingly, they decided to celebrate on the streets of Toronto.
Last week’s street fight concluded with a mock-execution of King. Konnan ended up hitting him in the head with a slapjack, a move which is rarely fatal. Unfortunately, King survived and was able to get a bit of revenge this week.
Konnan’s crew was celebrating with a small child for some reason and evidently, nobody was willing to help this child cross the street. King drove like a maniac through the streets and ran over the child. It didn’t seem as though LAX realized it was King at the time.
Moose Is Back!
Just when it looked as though Austin Aries and Killer Kross were going to hand Edwards a beating for the 3rd straight show, Moose returned to make the save.
We haven’t seen Moose since Slammiversary. After dropping an Impact World Championship match to Aries, Moose was out of action with a concussion. He returned tonight, however, and appears to once again be aligned with Eddie Edwards.
Next Week: Triple Threat For The Knockouts Championship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdCZC6LR70Y
Following Kiera Hogan’s victory over Alisha Edwards this week, Allie got on the mic and challenged Su Yung. Allie knows that she’ll just have to deal with Tessa Blanchard when she takes on Yung, however, so why not make things a triple threat match?
Next week at Impact ReDefined, Su Yung vs Allie vs Tessa Blanchard will collide for the Knockouts Championship.
Brian Cage is Champion of the “Weapon X Division”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZPIm_sBou0
Brian Cage spoke for the first time since debuting in Impact earlier this year. Cage spoke about how the X-Division is what put Impact Wrestling on the map. The X-Division is what has made Impact Wrestling stand out. Cage feels his abilities makes him stand out amongst the rest as well.
“Nobody can do the things I do in that ring,” Cage said. “When I came to Impact Wrestling, one goal of mine was to take over the X-Divison. Why? Because when I think Impact Wrestling, I think of the X-Division.”
Next week at Impact ReDefined, Cage will look to defend his X-Division Championship for the second time when he faces Fenix.
Johnny Impact Throws Kongo Kong Into the Cabana Pool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJMnO_4bZu8
The Cabana Pool Bar in Toronto is right next to Rebel Nightclub. It’s a fitting venue for someone like Johnny Impact to be hanging out in while he waits for a night of Impact tapings to begin.
It is not a fitting place for Kongo Kong to be, however, and how he got passed security is still a bit of a mystery. Kong attacked Johnny while he was poolside but in the end, it was Kongo who ended up going in the pool.
Rich Swann Is Going For The X-Division Championship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m__UL61TzU
Alicia Atout and Rich Swann went for a walk and talk this week. The two both looked as though they were coming from a 1970s themed dance party.
Swann talked about the history of the X-Division Championship and how he wanted to add to that legacy. Earlier this year, I had the chance to ask Swann what competing for the X-Division Championship means for him. Many of his answers during that interview expressed a similar sentiment to what he said tonight.
Swann will be in tough to achieve this goal, however, considering who the current champion is.
Local Talent Upset the Cult of Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bktJPTa6578
The Cult of Lee may have been busy trying to impress former Impact World Champion, Eli Drake, and it cost them a match tonight. I don’t think Drake was too impressed.
The two wrestlers who defeated them were Brandon Tidwell and Mr. Atlantis.
Scarlett Bordeaux’s Advice Is Working For Fallah Bah & KM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObU98wWh8ts
Scarlett Bordeaux was able to convince KM that it is time to try things Fallah Bah’s way. This week Bah and KM wore matching tights and appeared in sync. They were able to defeat the Great Gama Singh’s Desi Hit Squad tonight.
Speaking of Bordeaux, she also did some work to improve Grado’s confidence this week. If her advice has the same effect on Grado as it did Bah and KM, we could see his fortunes change for the better.
Matt Sydal Is Enlightened Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdN4-bpVWSY
Sydal may have lost his X-Division Championship and a later single’s loss to Pentagon Jr but he got back in the win column this week. He defeated noted PWG wrestler, Zachary Wentz in single’s competition.
Quick Results:
Matt Sydal defeated Zachary Wentz
Fallah Bah & KM defeated the Desi Hit Squad
Kiera Hogan defeated Alisha Edwards
Brandon Tidwell & Mr. Atlantis defeated the Cult of Lee
Mexican Death Match
Sami Callihan defeated Pentagon Jr.
– As expected, Madison Rayne’s latest stint in IMPACT Wrestling has officially come to an end.
Earlier this week, her profile on ImpactWrestling.com was removed from the Knockouts roster and placed among the Alumni.
Last month at Slammiversary, Rayne unsuccessfully challenged Su Yung for the Knockouts Championship. Rayne passed out after Yung locked in the mandible claw, thus awarding the victory to Yung. Immediately following the match, Yung placed an unconscious Rayne inside the coffin and stood on top of it with the Knockouts Championship held high.
Yung’s actions seemingly wrote off Rayne’s character from IMPACT Wrestling and the promotion alluded to that on Twitter.
A week later, WWE announced that she would compete as Ashley Rayne in Mae Young Classic 2018.
– In association with Xcite Wrestling, IMPACT Wrestling will hold their next One Night Only pay-per-view event taping this Saturday in Binghamton, New York at American Legion Post 80. The event is officially titled “One Night Only: Night of the Dummies” and tickets are currently on sale at xcitewrestling.com.
Rebel has announced that she will be facing Alisha Edwards at the event.
Alisha recently broke out on her own after generally being attached to angles involving her husband, Eddie Edwards. On August 2, she revealed to Alicia Atout that she was putting her personal life to the side to focus on the Knockouts division. She returned to action the following week on IMPACT, losing to Tessa Blanchard. She had her second match on last night’s show, which resulted in a loss to Kiera Hogan.
Joe Hendry signed with Impact Wrestling in May of this year. He only has positive things to say about the 3 months he’s spent with the promotion. “I couldn’t be more thrilled,” Hendry said on today’s Impact media call. “Impact has been amazing in letting me do what I do.”
As with many other recent additions to Impact’s roster, what has Hendry so enthusiastic is the freedom the company is giving him. “What I’ve noticed since I’ve been there is a real element of working with the talent to bring out the best in us.”
Hendry joins other Impact wrestlers, such as Konnan and Sami Callihan, who have echoed similar sentiment in recent months. “It’s just been fun since the get-go,” Hendry stated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXE7_HCGCUE
Impact Wrestling Across The Globe
While Anthem Sports and Entertainment’s head office is located in Toronto, they are an international company with their sights set on expanding into global markets.
Impact will head to Manchester, England on September 9th for an event before traveling to Mexico City for two nights of tapings on the 13th and 14th.
The company signed the Scottish wrestler back in May. Two months after Hendry signed, Anthem launched the Fight Network in the U.K. We asked Hendry if he feels part of his role in the company is to get more UK eyeballs on the product.
“The U.K has historically been a such a stronghold for Impact Wrestling,” Hendry said. “It just makes sense to kind of reignite that and re-tap into that. If can help facilitate that then that’s a huge honor.”
Hendry is scheduled to face Eli Drake on the company’s return to Manchester at Wrestling MediaCon in two weeks.
Impact Wrestling MediaCon Twitch Special Lineup
Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championships
LAX (c) vs Jody Fleisch & Jonny Storm
Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Death Match
Sami Callihan vs Jimmy Havoc
Eli Drake vs Joe Hendry
Su Yung vs Lana Austin
Rich Swann vs Matt Sydal vs Trevor Lee
Impact Wrestling returns to television tonight. Check out our preview of the upcoming episode here.
Impact Wrestling tonight will be their first episode from the August tapings. The promotion taped inside Toronto’s Rebel Nightclub on August 12 & 13th. Next week’s episode will be a special-branded “Impact ReDefined” show. Following the next 4 episodes, Impact will head to Mexico City for two nights of tapings there.
Impact Wrestling Preview 8/23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CZMD1yC5Kw
Brian Cage Speaks
Brian Cage still hasn’t been pinned or submitted since arriving in Impact Wrestling earlier this year. He will speak for the first time since arriving in the territory tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ooJNRxXfbU
The current X-Division Champion found out last week his next title-challenger will be Fenix. The two will meet for the title next week at Impact ReDefined.
Kiera Hogan vs Alisha Edwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-S0fKEaIqw&t=7s
There is said to be mutual respect between Hogan and Edwards heading into this match.
Edwards better not be too worried about the ongoing mental spiraling her husband is going through. If so, Hogan could likely pick up her 3rd televised victory for the promotion. She’s already defeated Laurel Van Ness and Taya Valkyrie (via DQ) so far this year.
Fallah Bah & KM vs the Desi Hit Squad
Last week, Bah and KM were given some advice from Scarlett Bordeaux. The Smoke Show expressed to KM that they had tried things his way and maybe they should try things Bah’s way now.
KM seemed to get behind the idea and even stressed he would be buying matching tights.
LAX Celebrate Their Street Fight Victory
LAX defeated the OGZ and took back possession of the Impact tag-team titles they never officially lost. Tonight, Santana and Ortiz will host a live in-ring celebration.
Perhaps King and the OGZ will be watching…
Matt Sydal In Single’s Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGzp6buX6QA
Matt Sydal has had to find a new purpose and direction since losing the X-Division Championship at Slammiversary.
Sydal seems to have made peace with the fact that the X-Division Championship chose Cage and not him. He’ll continue his new journey tonight as he takes on a wrestler TBD (not Richard Justice).
Eddie Edwards was robbed of his chance to win the Impact World Championship recently. Just when it seemed as though Edwards had the title won, Killer Kross interfered and cost him the match. It was then revealed that Kross and Aries are aligned.
Kross and Edwards took out Edwards again last week during a talking segment. Edwards is going to try things again tonight, however, and perhaps hope for a better result.
Mexican Death Match
Pentagon Jr. vs Sami Callihan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p_73F6etiA&t=8s
Impact Wrestling heads to Mexico in 3 weeks but tonight Mexico comes to the Impact ring. Callihan challenged Pentagon to this Mexican Death Match tonight.
The promotion is advertising that this will be the first Mexican Death Match ever broadcast on national television.
Impact Wrestling has announced that their event from Wrestling MediaCon will be streamed live on Twitch. The show is scheduled for September 9th from Manchester.
Impact’s return to Manchester coincides with the launch of Anthem’s Fight Network in the UK, which can now be seen on Sky Channel 455. The show will begin at 5 pm UK time and 12 pm EST.
BIG NEWS: Our @WrestlingMediaC event in Manchester on September 9th will stream LIVE on Twitch!
Impact Wrestling at Wrestling MediaCon September 9th
5 matches have been confirmed thus far for the event, including a match for the Impact Wrestling Tag-Team Championships. Jimmy Havoc will also wrestle for the promotion for the first time since they toured the UK in early 2016.
Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championships
LAX (c) vs Jody Fleisch & Jonny Storm
Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Death Match
Sami Callihan vs Jimmy Havoc
Eli Drake vs Joe Hendry
Su Yung vs Lana Austin
Rich Swann vs Matt Sydal vs Trevor Lee
Moose and Eddie Edwards are also scheduled to appear but have yet to be booked in a match.
Impact Wrestling Twitch
“IMPACT Wrestling’s official Twitch channel features exclusive monthly live events, original weekly live shows such as “Prestigious Tuesdays with Joe Hendry,” an Impact press release reads. The Twitch channel also features a 24/7 stream of classic Impact Wrestling events.
Impact Wrestling returns to television tomorrow night when Sami Callihan and Pentagon Jr. clash in a Mexican Death Match.
Impact Wrestling is headed to Mexico City next month for two nights of television tapings. This will be the first time ever that Impact’s flagship show emanates from south of the border.
Impact will tape from Frontón México in Mexico City, Mexico on Thursday, September 13th and Friday, September 14th.
In a press release sent in to SEScoops, Impact President Ed Nordholm said, “We are excited about this historic trip to Mexico as we continue to expand our live event schedule globally. We look forward to working closely with our promotional partners at Lucha Libre AAA and our broadcast partner 52MX to bring an unforgettable experience to our passionate fan base in Mexico heading into the final stretch for Bound for Glory this October.”
Talent advertised for the show includes Impact World Champion Austin Aries, Johnny Impact, Eli Drake, Moose, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan and The Lucha Brothers, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix. Ticket information will be announced shortly.
Impact airs on Mexico’s 52MX Saturday nights at 9:30 p.m.
Frontón México, described as a world-class entertainment complex, reopened last year after being closed for two decades. The venue can accommodate over 4,000 people.
IMPACT Wrestling star Tessa Blanchard recently recently took part in a media call. The IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Champion talked about wanting to make a bigger name for herself within the promotion.
Blanchard noted she wants to bring intergender matches to the promotion and also learn as much as possible. She also said she needs to make a name for herself in IMPACT before going anywhere else:
“I have goals, I have my purpose, I want to build upon what my grandpa and my dad and my stepdad did in the past,” Blanchard said. “I also want to do that while making a name for myself I believe it’s important to do that before I go anywhere else.
“Impact has given me the platform and the exposure and they’re supplying me with the tools and the teachers to do that and I’m very, very grateful for that. Because not only am I learning so much but I’m also honing my own skills and taking it to the next level in a way.
“I’m very grateful to be in Impact and honestly, if I’m being completely honest I was just going with my gut and signing with Impact was a feeling I had that was right for me and it will be right for me for the next two years.”
Discussion: Do you think Blanchard needs to make a name for herself before departing IMPACT Wrestling? Where else would you like to see her work? Sound off in the comments below!
Impact Wrestling this week featured a main event Street Fight between the OGZ and LAX. Impact World Champion, Austin Aries, would also let the world know the nature of his allegiance with Killer Kross. In tonight’s opener, however, Sami Callihan and Fenix tore the house down.
Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 8/16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gC86Lw-2yI
Fenix Will Face Brian Cage At Impact Redefined
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=271Q0zvU7kg
Fenix defeated Sami Callihan in a highlight-filled opener this week. Shortly after defeating Callihan, however, Fenix was then told the victory earned him a title shot against Brian Cage.
We would then find out that Cage vs Fenix will take place in 2 weeks on a special branded-episode of Impact, Impact ReDefined.
Johnny Impact Took Out Jimmy Jacobs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFVAdTwQWs0
When Johnny Impact returned to the promotion looking for Jimmy Jacobs’ monster, he didn’t realize that Jacobs’ himself was the monster. Regardless, Johnny got his revenge on both monster and Zombie Princess tonight.
He had Jacobs right where he wanted him when Kongo Kong interfered. Despite this, Johnny still came out the better of a 2-on-1 attack from Kongo and Jacobs.
Johnny rammed Jacobs in the head with steel stairs following his DQ victory over him. Jacobs could be out for quite a while.
The Smoke Show Gives Advice To KM & Fallah Bah
KM & Fallah Bah have not been seeing eye-to-eye as of late. Losses to the Desi Hit Squad further prove this point. Scarlett Bordeaux was able to give them some good advice this week, however.
Bordeaux stressed to KM that they had tried it his way and that maybe they should try things Fallah Bah’s way now. KM seemed enthused by the idea and stressed he would get matching tights so he and Bah looked more as a team.
Aries introduced his newest ally, Killer Kross. He reaffirmed that this was the “hurt business” and said the only one who truly understood this was Austin Aries. Kross said they were going to shove change down the throats of everyone.
Eddie Edwards came out. He took out Kross with a kendo stick and was just about to take out Aries as well when Kross grabbed his leg and Aries hit him with the title belt. Kross then choked Edwards unconcious.
Grado Cost Joe Hendry His Match Against Eli Drake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLxboF9ujSg
“the Prestigious” Joe Hendry debuted a new music video for Eli Drake this week. Despite Hendry’s musical tribute to his opponent, he lost the match all the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_1rwQopAWE
The Cult of Lee has been following Eli Drake around as of late. They would get involved in the match but Grado attempted to fend them off. In the end though, it was Grado’s distraction which allowed Drake to get the roll-up victory over Hendry.
Sami Callihan Challenges Pentagon To A Mexican Death Match
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p_73F6etiA
Sami Callihan is sick of losing to the Lucha Bros. He lost his mind and hair to Pentagon at Slammiversary and lost the opener tonight against Fenix.
Callihan wants Pentagon in his own style of match next week: A Mexican Death Match.
Matt Sydal Questions Everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGzp6buX6QA
Matt Sydal has said the X-Division Championship chose Brian Cage. That the title was once his destiny but now he must blaze a new path.
The above trippy video helps illustrate the inner workings of Matt Sydal’s consciousness.
Tessa Blanchard Interrupted Allie vs Su Yung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9JPMQXLKS4
Tessa Blanchard does not believe Allie when she says she’s not after Su Yung’s title. Allie promised she will stop Su Yung from locking anymore of the Knockouts in coffins and took on Yung in a non-title match tonight.
Just when it looked as though Allie had the match won, however, Blanchard interfered, causing the match to be thrown out.
What this means for the next Knockouts Championship match is currently not clear.
LAX Regain Their Tag Team Title Belts In A Street Fight Outside Of Rebel
In a match which involved knives and a mock-execution finish, LAX defeated the OGZ and took back their title belts. The match was filmed in the space between Rebel Nightclub and the parking lot.
The show closed with Konnan hitting King in the head with a slapjack mock-execution style.
Corgan sued IMPACT Wrestling for unpaid loans of up to $1.8 million. The company failed to repay Corgan in a timely manner. Corgan became president of IMPACT in August of 2016 after brining in some much-needed money to the company.
Borderline Criminal
Eventually, IMPACT decided to link up with Anthem Sports instead for their financial needs. Corgan tells Busted Open what happened to him was “borderline criminal”:
“The numbers are out there,” Corgan said. “I had put $1.8 million of my own cash into the company. There are literally where if I didn’t put the money in the company would have been shut down. There would be no Impact Wrestling today if I didn’t write a check on that particular day.
“What was weird to me was not only that I was being deceived in my estimation fraudulently, you know borderline criminal. In fact, I even talked to authorities whether there was criminality involved and there were differing opinions about actual criminality.
“Then once it went into more of a legal process because that was advised by attorneys the most likely way to recover my money which I ultimately did. What was even more shocking was watching people that you had considered only months before literally inventing stories out of whole cloth.
“I mean literally inventing situations and scenarios that didn’t happen. Then you start getting into like, ‘wow, I’m in a bad Vince Russo wrestling angle here, like, did Vince book this s–t?’ It was like ‘you’ve got to be kidding me,’ it was wacky world.”
Discussion: What do you think about Corgan’s comments regarding his issues with IMPACT? Sound off in the comments below!
John Hennigan, known in Impact Wrestling as Johnny Impact, will be taking part in Chris Jericho’s Rock N Rager at Sea. The Survivor contestant recently announced that not only will he be on the cruise, he’s calling out the entire Bullet Club.
Brian Cage has issued a similar challenge to the faction.
Johnny Impact on Chris Jericho’s Cruise
It’s been a big year for Johnny. He married Taya Valkyrie earlier this summer and filmed the upcoming season of Survivor. You can check out Johnny currently on Impact Wrestling and Lucha Underground.
The upcoming season of Survivor will begin airing n September 26th, about a month before Chris Jericho’s cruise takes place. It’s possible that episodes featuring Johnny will still be airing by the time the cruise begins. Most contestants on such shows are required to sign a non-disclosure agreement preventing them from saying what happened on the show, however.
In Impact Wrestling, Johnny is currently engaged in a feud with Jimmy Jacobs meanwhile in Lucha Underground, Johnny’s World Wide Underground is doing battle with the Reptile Tribe.
In addition to the Sea of Honor tournament, LAX will face the Young Bucks on the cruise. Also, Jericho and the Young Bucks will face Cody, Marty Scurll, and Hangman Page.
Impact Wrestling is back tonight with a show on Pop TV. They will also be back on Sunday as they present “Uncivil War” in Knoxville, TN airing live on Twitch.
Several matches have been booked for tonight’s show as well as a segment where we will hear from Austin Aries and his new ally, Killer Kross.
Impact Wrestling Preview 8/16
Austin Aries and Killer Kross Segment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZerVEuPtYCU&t=32s
Last week, Killer Kross helped Austin Aries retain his Impact World Championship against Eddie Edwards. Aries is a smart and strategic veteran and he knows if he wants to keep his title, he’s going to need some insurance. Kross makes for some very large insurance.
Tonight, we’ll hear from Aries and Kross and find out more about the nature of their allegiance.
The Smoke Show with Scarlett Bordeaux
Last week on Impact, the management team was left all fluttered after Bordeaux interrupted their meeting. She managed to convince the group of men that the other Knockouts in the division are jealous of her. They somehow decided that giving her a talk show would solve the problem.
We will find out just what Bordeaux has in store for her show tonight.
Fenix vs Sami Callihan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG6vUSY0YuA
Sami Callihan’s mental stability has never been in more question. After having his head shaved by Pentagon at Slammiversary, Callihan has become even further unhinged.
He’ll have a chance for revenge tonight, however, when he takes on Fenix in single’s action.
Street Fight
LAX vs OGZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UiepoXsV2I
Fans have been raving about how good this match was live and it airs tonight.
LAX may have won a battle at Slammiversary but they didn’t win the war. The OGZ have possession of their tag titles and have even tagged them. If LAX want back their possessions, they’ll have a chance tonight.
As for Konnan, he has been very strategic in how he has approached this rivalry. I wonder if there is more Konnan is worried about…
Johnny Impact vs Jimmy Jacobs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ecq5OJV04
Johnny Impact came looking for Kongo Kong but when Jacobs wasn’t quick enough to produce his monster, Impact punched him in the face.
Last week, Jacobs gave Impact a stern warning: He is the real monster. Jacobs and Impact collide tonight.
Su Yung vs Allie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPvxFLFUlmE
There are no title belts on the line here as Allie takes on Su Yung. Allie isn’t concerned with championships, she just wants to make sure Su doesn’t lock anyone else in a coffin.
Someone who does care about titles, however, is Tessa Blanchard. Expect the 3rd generation star to be watching this match closely.
Jeff Jarrett and Global Force Wrestling have filed a lawsuit against Impact Wrestling’s parent company, Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Jarrett has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit stating that Anthem has been making money off of GFW content since the merger between the two sides fell apart last year.
The lawsuit alleges that Anthem “reproduced, distributed, publicly displayed, offered for sale, and sold the GFW Amped content without providing any compensation or royalties to GFE or Mr. Jarrett.”
Jarrett’s lawyers are also alleging the Global Wrestling Network, stating it is too similar to GFW’s intellectual property.
Lawyers for Jarrett released the following statement to media:
“Mr. Jarrett does not have a comment on this case but we look forward to our day in court before the jury.”
It is mentioned in the lawsuit that they are seeking a trial by jury.
Jeff Jarrett in 2018
Jarrett was fired from his position with Impact Wrestling last October. He subsequently entered a rehab program and has returned to in-ring competition this year.
Jarrett won the AAA World Heavyweight title in June last year. He defeated Rey Wagner and Rey Mysterio Jr in a triple threat match at Verano De Escandalo. He is expected to defend the title against Fenix in the near future.
Brian Cage recently sent out a challenge to anyone from Bullet Club to meet him on Chris Jericho’s Rock N Rager at Sea. Several inter-promotional matches between ROH and Impact Wrestling are expected to take place throughout the cruise.
The current X-Division Champion recently appeared on “Killin the Town” with Don Callis and spoke about facing members from the faction.
“All those guys are great at what they do but they’re not Brian Cage,” Cage said on the podcast. “They are half my size and I can do, like you said, just about everything they can do.”
Cage would then continue to be complimentary of the Young Bucks and other BC members, however.
Jericho’s cruise runs from October 27th to 31st and will sail from Miami to the Bahamas. Already booked for the tour is an ROH single-elimination tournament with the winner receiving a shot at the world title.
Jericho will team with the Young Bucks to take on Marty Scurll, Cody, and Hangman Page on the cruise as well. Additionally, the Young Bucks will face LAX in an inter-promotional match scheduled after Konnan sent out a challenge on his podcast.