Posts Tagged ‘Moose’

Heath Slater To Challenge For The TNA World Heavyweight Championship

The former Heath Slater (Heath Miller) will make his in-ring debut for Impact Wrestling next Tuesday night on AXS TV.

Impact has announced that the four-time WWE Tag Team Champion, who is now going by just the “Heath” name, will challenge TNA World Heavyweight Champion Moose on next week’s Impact Wrestling episode.

Heath first debuted for Impact on July 18th at the Slammiversary pay-per-view. He then declared himself to be a free agent, but was interrupted by Rohit Raju. Heath fought Raju off, and then had a brief backstage segment with his former WWE partner, Rhino. Heath was told to leave the arena by Impact executive Scott D’Amore, because he wasn’t an employee. This week’s Impact episode saw Heath interrupt a Moose interview. Moose invited Slater to come back next week for a match, and D’Amore agreed.

Heath was released from his WWE contract back on April 15th due to the cuts brought on by the negative impact of COVID-19. He had been with WWE since first signing a developmental deal in 2004.

Below is the current line-up for next Tuesday’s Impact episode:

* Rich Swann will make an announcement

* Tag Team Champions The Motor City Machine Guns will give an interview

* X Division Champion Chris Bey and Rohit Raju vs. Fallah Bahh and TJP

* World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Edwards will put the title on the line in an Open Challenge

* TNA World Heavyweight Champion Moose defends against Heath

https://twitter.com/HEATHXXII/status/1288297572604534785

Impact Results (6/16): Former World Champion To Return

Impact Wrestling continued its build to Slammiversary last night on AXS TV and Twitch. The promotion continued to tease that several recently released WWE wrestlers could be on their way to the promotion. In particular, EC3 was heavily teased.

Impact Wrestling 6/16 Quick Results

  1. Impact Tag Team Championships
    The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) (c) defeated The Rascalz (Dez & Wentz)
  2. Neveah defeated Kimber Lee
  3. Rhino defeated Rohit Raju
  4. TNA World Heavyweight Championship
    Moose (c) defeated Hernandez
  5. Reno Scum defeated Team XXXL
  6. Street Fight
    Ace Austin defeated Eddie Edwards

Here are 9 takeaways from Impact 6/16:

Former World Champion To Return To Impact Wrestling

Impact has been heavily-teasing that recently released wrestlers from WWE could be on their way to Impact. They have teased that Rhino’s former tag partner who “has kids” could appear at Slammiversary. EC3, Anderson & Gallows, and several others have been teased as well. This week, Impact confirmed that at least one former World Champion will be at Slammiverary.

Slammiversary will take place on Saturday July 18th, 2020. The tagline for the event is “Our World Will Change.”

EC3’s Music Plays Following Moose Victory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl11DSQq26g

Moose continues to claim he is the TNA World Heavyweight Champion. This week he defended the title against Hernandez. Moose hit his opponent with an inadvertent (or perhaps purposeful) low-blow before picking up the win with a No-Jackhammer-Needed spear.

After the match, EC3’s old music played briefly instead of Moose’s. This clearly unnerved the self-proclaimed champion. Eventually, Moose’s music played and he celebrated with the TNA title to close the segment.

The North Retain Over The Rascalz, Trey Attacked In The Back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGt1UEvai9s

Ethan Page & Josh Alexander picked up a win this week over Dez & Wentz to kick off the show. The Rascalz earned the title shot by defeating TJP and Fallah Bah previously.

Page took Dez out of the match after countering a suicide dive and throwing him into the guardrail. Then, in the ring, Alexander crotched Wentz on the top-rope before the North hit their assisted-spinebuster finish for the win.

Following the match, the North went to the backstage area and were insulted to find nobody at the monitors watching their match.

When the Rascalz went to the back, they noticed someone had attacked Trey.

“The Virtuoso” Deonna Purrazzo Attacks Jordynne Grace Again

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

Deonna Purrazzo attacked Jordynne Grace last week on Impact. She locked the champion in an armbar to close the show. This week, we were shown highlights of an interview with Purrazzo who talked about debuting for Impact early in her career. She referred to herself as the best women’s technical wrestler in the world and is confident coming back to the promotion.

After the segment, Grace was interviewed in the back. She said that if Purrazzo wanted a title shot, all she had to do was ask. Purrazzo then attacked and locked Grace in an armbar once again.

Madman Fulton Aligns With Ace Austin

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

This week’s main event pitted former rivals Eddie Edwards vs Ace Austin in a street fight. The two will also be involved in the 5-way Impact World Title match at Slammiversary.

Edwards gave Austin a brutal neck breaker onto a table leg and looked to be setting his opponent up for the Boston Knee Party when Madman Fulton interfered. Fulton delivered a choke slam to Edwards and held him up for Austin to give him the Fold.

On commentary they revealed that Fulton was likely the man who attacked Trey in the back.

Rhino Defeats Rohit Raju As Commentary Teases Ex-WWE Wrestlers To Slammiversary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReWMpeTvW3k

Last week on Impact Wrestling, Rohit Raju and Rhino were involved in a mild altercation in the back. Rhino told Raju he has a tag-team partner and that tag-team partner “has kids.” This provided an opportunity for Josh Matthews and Madison Rayne to tease ex-WWE wrestlers showing up at Slammiversary. Matthews stated that what happens at Slammiversary could change the projection of Impact for years to come. Rayne said her sources confirmed that Slammiversary will be “can’t miss.”

Rhino picked up the win with a Gore. After the match, Raju looked distraught as Matthews wondered aloud if he would throw a childish fit again.

Neveah Picks Up Victory Over Kimber Lee, Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz Look On

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MW1a0qLw40

Kimber Lee faced Neveah this week on Impact. Neveah is now aligned with Havok after having ominously watched her matches from the crowd in recent weeks. This week, however, Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz played that role. Hogan & Steelz had an altercation in the back last week with Havok & Neveah.

Neveah picked up the victory with a vicious-looking DDT. The win gets a measure of revenge for the new team after Kimber Lee had previously defeated Havok. After the match, Hogan & Steelz threw popcorn in the face of Havok and the two teams almost came to blows until Hogan & Steelz fled the area.

Reno Scum Defeated Team XXXL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NPGfRn3drM

Reno Scum picked up a victory over Team XXXL this week. On commentary, they noted that with The North’s victory over The Rascalz this week that the winner of this match could be in line for a title shot. It looks like the North vs Reno Scum could be a match we get some time in the near future.

Next Week On Impact Wrestling

The following has been booked for next week’s edition of Impact Wrestling:

  • Susie vs Taya Valkyrie
  • Rob Van Dam, Joey Ryan & Jake Crist (Cancel Culture) vs Crazzy Steve & TBD & TBD
  • Willie Mack & The Deaners vs Chris Bey, Johnny Swinger & TBD

Moose Re-Introduces Old Impact World Title Belt, Becomes New Champion At Rebellion

Things took a very interesting turn during the night two of Impact’s Rebellion PPV and the event saw the crowning of a new Impact World Champion in Moose that was not originally on the card for the show.

Tessa Blanchard was set to defend her World title in a triple threat match against Michael Elgin and Eddie Edwards at the event. However, both Blanchard and Edwards failed to make it to the show due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Michael Elgin was the only one to show up and he started demanding to be declared the new World Champion because the other contestants failed to appear.

However, as the referee was going to make the announcement, Moose, who has been feuding with many TNA originals in recent times, showed up with the old TNA World Title.

Hernandez was the next to join the party and the three then started fighting, officially starting a triple threat match for the Impact World Heavyweight Championship.

Moose won the match after hitting a No Jackhammer Needed on Hernandez and the former Football player left the show as new World Champion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyMgzPu7whI

There is no word yet on what the company is planning for Moose after this victory but the re-introduction of the old belt could likely mean that we will see a feud between him and Tessa Blanchard to determine the undisputed champion in the coming time.

Moose Discusses IMPACT’s Growth, Signing Talent To Long-Term Deals

IMPACT star Moose has discussed the growth of the promotion during a recent interview with Wrestlezone. Reflecting on the company’s live event success prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Moose noted how he’s happy to be a part of it. Despite this growth, however, he noted how IMPACT needs to begin to keep their talent signed to long-term deals, allowing them to develop deeper storylines over time.

“IMPACT has been growing steadily in the past year and a half, two years, and it’s all been great. You mentioned we’re doing house shows,” Moose said, “and you can see yourself we’ve been great on TV, and it’s only going to get better. I’m happy I’m a part of it.”

He continued, “The wrestling business, in general, is great, it’s just a weird place. A guy will be here for a year, then you’ll see him on AEW TV, or a guy will be here for two years and end up going to WWE or Ring Of Honor. It’s just how the wrestling industry is. You can’t expect a guy to be in one company forever, you know? Part of the struggle we have is keeping guys here long-term, but we’re not the only company that has those struggles. Every other company faces that.”

Moose wasn’t concerned over a lack of championship opportunities. He shared how it’s not something he’s losing sleep over, believing that if he wanted a world title shot, he could “easily get one.” Moose confessed that there are a lot of things he’s trying to improve and build on before he wants to step back into title contention.

H/T to Wrestlezone for the transcription.

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

Moose Discusses Evolving His Character, New Attitude

Impact Wrestling star Moose has addressed the evolution of his character since his debut with the company in 2016. Speaking during a recent media scrum, Moose confessed how he was too “comfortable” with his character and style when he first arrived. However, it got to a point where, if he wanted to take the next step, he was advised he would have to change his approach.

“I have so much more to give to pro wrestling that the old Moose wasn’t doing. My new attitude just shows how much charisma I have. I get to talk a bit more on the mic and it shows my presence in the ring and my swag. So I felt like it was the right move for me to make to grow as a professional wrestler.”

He continued,” I think me, Quinn Ojinnaka which is my real name, is a really fun guy to be around. I’m a fun guy like Kawhi Leonard says. People like to be around me and I’m charismatic. I felt like when I first got to Impact I was trying to be this tough guy and I’ll kick your ass. I feel like wrestling in 2020, everybody is a tough guy. One thing I’ve been doing lately is going to the archives and watching old wrestling from 1990-92 and there wasn’t a lot of tough guys. There were a lot more characters and there’s not a lot of character-driven guys in wrestling in 2020.”

Moose’s Turning Point

Moose shared how his evolution began after he told himself that he didn’t want to be a “tough guy” anymore. Instead, he wanted to fuse his in-ring ability with more personality, allowing him to show his swagger and have more fun.

Moose recently competed at Impact Wrestling’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view. He defeated Rhino in a No Disqualification matchup.

H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW9oOR-soUI

Stephan Bonnar Returning To Impact Wrestling To Face Moose

UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar is returning to Impact Wrestling this weekend. Bonnar previously performed for the organization in 2017 at Bound for Glory when he teamed with Moose in a 6-sides of steel match against King Mo and Bobby Lashley. Impact has just announced that Bonnar will go one-on-one against Moose this Saturday at Victory Road.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRyu6BskAig

Moose has been involved in an angle with another MMA Hall of Famer, Ken Shamrock, as of late. Shamrock and Moose’s conflict will likely play out on Impact TV when the promotion begins airing episodes from their recent Las Vegas tapings.

Impact Wrestling Weekend Schedule

Impact Wrestling fans have 3 shows from the promotion they can watch this weekend. Friday the company’s regular weekly episodic show airs on Pursuit & Twitch, also on Friday night they present a live show on Twitch, and then on Saturday night they present Victory Road on Impact Plus. Here are the announced matches for the shows:

Operation Override (Twitch) 9/13 (Oklahoma):

  • Rich Swann vs TJP vs Rohit Raju
  • the North vs the Step Brothas
  • Mahabali Shera vs Felx Zerba
  • Moose vs Hawk
  • Michael Elgin vs Fuego Del Sol
  • Knockouts Championship: Taya Valkyrie (c) vs Kiera Hogan vs Rosemary vs Desiderata
  • Street Fight: Sami Callihan vs Eddie Edwards

Impact Wrestling TV 9/13 (Mexico City Tapings):

  • Michael Elgin vs TBA
  • Big Mama & Nino Hamburguesa vs Desi Hit Squad
  • Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Texano Jr.
  • Jake Crist & Sami Callihan vs Tessa Blanchard & Tommy Dreamer
  • Ace Austin vs Eddie Edwards

Victory Road (Impact Plus) 9/14:

  • Moose vs Stephan Bonnar
  • The North vs Rich Swann & Fuego Del Sol
  • TJP vs Michael Elgin

Impact will then co-promote an event from Hulu Theatre on September 15th. It’s a busy next few days for Impact!

8 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 2/22

Last night, Impact Wrestling presented their first show from their Las Vegas tapings held earlier this week. The show aired live on Twitch and Pursuit. The Lucha Bros faced LAX in the main event.

Here are 8 takeaways from Impact Wrestling 2/22:

Lucha Bros Defeated LAX – LAX Unmasked Lucha Bros

Pentagon Jr. and Fenix defeated LAX in what was supposed to be the final chapter of their rivalry. The 3-match series ends 2-1 in favor of the Lucha Bros.

After the match, Konnan congratulated the Lucha Bros and asked LAX to do the same. LAX was hesitant to do so but ultimately put out their hands to shake with their rivals. Perhaps remembering how LAX treated them after their first match, the Lucha Bros got up in LAX’s faces instead of shaking hands. LAX then attacked and would unmask both of the Lucha Bros, much to Konnan’s dismay. The show closed with LAX holding up Pentagon and Fenix’s masks.

Brian Cage & Johnny Impact Agree To Takeout Moose & Killer Kross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3–BI4F2rd8

To kick things off last night, Johnny Impact announced he had defeated Cage, Kross, and Moose so he planned to move on to new competition. This didn’t sit well with Moose or Kross who both came out to confront Impact. A #1 contenders match between Moose and Kross was organized but resulted in a no-contest due to outside interference.

Later in the show, Impact presented Cage with a contract. The contract stated that if Cage helps Impact takeout Kross and Moose then Cage gets the next shot at his world title.

Tessa Blanchard Denied Title Match With Taya Valkyrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiAuSpt9c1Q

We saw Tessa Blanchard in a backstage segment this week. She was storming out of management’s office, irate that she was denied another title match against Taya Valkyrie. Blanchard vowed she would get another shot at Taya one-way or another, however.

Later in the show, Blanchard would interrupt a match between Alisha Edwards and Delilah Doom and take out both Knockouts in an effort to make herself heard. Delilah Doom would later challenge Blanchard to a match next week.

A Dark War Is Coming

Rosemary has been haunting Dark Allie as of late. This week in a backstage segment, Father James Mitchell confronted Rosemary, claiming he is the one who owns Dark Allie. Rosemary asked Mitchell if they could cut a deal for Allie. Mitchell said he wants to bring Rosemary back to the underworld in exchange for Allie. Finally, the two sides decided to assemble their dark armies and battle it out in the ring. If Mitchell’s side wins, they get Rosemary. If Rosemary’s side win, she gets Allie.

Eddie Edwards Beats Eli Drake With A Wrestling Move

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULXcx7wQhYQ

Eddie Edwards didn’t need hardcore wrestling to beat Eli Drake. He attempted to use his kendo stick in the match but ultimately won with a roll-up pin on Drake, who had previously tried to use the kendo stick as well. Will this mark the return of the old Eddie Edwards?

Rich Swann Calls Sami Callihan “Family”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-XJ3ewVtZ4

Sami Callihan visited Rich Swann in the hospital this week. Callihan again tried to plead with Swann that Callihan is family and the only one really looking out for him. The nurses tried to get Callihan to leave, telling him only family is allowed to visit. Swann told the nurses that Callihan is family. Callihan then left an OVE shirt on Swann’s hospital bed as he left.

The Great Gama Singh Outsmoked The Rascalz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FU523INeQw

Impact Wrestling held their most recent tapings in Las Vegas. Then they head to Windsor in March followed by Toronto in April. What do all of these places have in common? Legal marijuana! While this should lead to the Rascalz advantage, they got outsmoked by the Great Gama Singh before their match with the Desi Hit Squad this week. Despite this, the Rascalz were still able to pull off the victory as they continue to rise up the rankings in Impact Wrestling.

Glenn Gilbertti Is Back in Impact Wrestling

The former Disco Inferno competed in the early days of TNA wrestling and was recently hired back to the promotion by Don Callis. His hiring occurred on an episode of Konnan’s “Keepin’ it 100” podcast.

Gilbertti showed up for work but was given faulty directions to the management office and ended up locked out of the building.

Quick Results:

  • Moose vs Killer Kross – no contest
  • The Rascalz defeated the Desi Hit Squad
  • Eddie Edwards defeated Eli Drake
  • Alisha Edwards vs Delilah Doom – No Contest (Blanchard interfered)
  • Impact Tag Team Championships
    The Lucha Bros (c) defeated LAX

Next week:

  • Delilah Doom vs Tessa Blanchard
  • Jake Crist vs Willie Mack
  • Johnny Impact & Brian Cage vs Moose & Killer Kross

7 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 2/15

Impact Wrestling presented “UnCaged” a special taped show from Mexico City, Mexico. The Knockouts and Impact World Championship were on the line last night. Team AAA would also face Team Impact in a 4-on-4 elimination tag match.

Here are 7 Takeaways from Impact Wrestling 2/15:

Johnny Impact Retained The Impact World Championship

Johnny Impact escaped from Mexico still the Impact World Championship. Much like when he left Nashville with the title, however, he still has Brian Cage gunning for him.

This match was changed from a one-on-one match between Impact and Cage after Moose & Killer Kross defeated them both in a tag match recently. The finish of the match came when Cage hit Kross with Drill Claw and Impact hit Starship Pain on Moose. Impact was able to pin Moose quicker than Cage could do the same to Killer Kross, so Johnny retains.

Between how things ended at Homecoming in Nashville and UnCaged in Mexico City, Brian Cage likely still feels entitled to a one-on-one rematch with the champ.

Taya Valkyrie Retained Her Championship Against Tessa Blanchard In A Mexico City Street Fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcsazvgXu5Y

Taya Valkyrie successfully defended her Knockouts Championship against Tessa Blanchard in a street fight this week. The gives Taya a 3-1 lead in the series between the two, albeit one victory came via DQ and her second was largely due to Gail Kim.

This week, Valkyrie picked up the victory with a double foot-stomp through the table after a 20-minute fight to start this week’s show.

As for Blanchard, she’s lost 3 straight to Valkyrie. She might need to string together a few wins before getting another shot at the title.

Tessa Blanchard Pays Homage To 4 Horsemen/ Taya Valkyrie To Perros Del Mal

https://twitter.com/Tess_Blanchard/status/1096833818453889025

Tessa Blanchard paid homage to Tully Blanchard in her street fight with Taya Valkyrie this week. Blanchard wore her father’s old 4 Horsemen shirt from back in the day. She also flashed the four-finger hand-signal to the camera. It was her first match back from suspension as well.

In similar fashion, Valkyrie wore a “Perros Del Mal” t-shirt, the faction she had previously been aligned with while in AAA. Blanchard would disrespect the shirt later in the match by spitting on it.

Team AAA Wins The World Cup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXMz1lN7WO0

The luchadors of AAA picked up the victory over Team Impact last night. The hometown favorites won largely because Team Impact imploded. Eddie Edwards caused Eli Drake to get eliminated early and then Drake came back to cause Edwards’ elimination to end the match as well.

With Edwards and Psycho Clown as the final two left in the match, Eli Drake returned to the ring area and clocked Edwards with a kendo stick. Psycho Clown rolled up Edwards and got the win for his team.

It was later announced that Edwards will face Drake next week from Las Vegas.

Rich Swann Turned Down His Last Chance To Join OVE

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

It was slipped in without much fanfare but Josh Mathews revealed more about why Callihan wants Swann to join OVE. He said that Swann told him that Callihan wants him in OVE because he has a good credit score and can help rent cars for the faction.

Regardless of the reasons why, Callihan gave Swann his “last chance” to join OVE this week. Swann opted to throw the shirt back in Callihan’s face, kickstarting a fight between the two. The X-Division champ initially got the upper-hand in the skirmish but a thumb to the eyes would reverse the momentum. Callihan then gave Swann a piledriver on the stage area before throwing him off the stage and through a table.

LAX Vs Lucha Bros Rematch – Win, Lose, Or Draw It’s Over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvbBParC1_8

LAX was shown with Konnan in a backstage segment this week. He told Santana & Ortiz he would go get a rematch for the titles but win, lose, or draw, the next match ends the rivalry between the two teams.

Willie Mack Defeated “All Ego” Ethan Page

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc8MujYyc5I

Ethan Page has lost his mentor. Matt Sydal’s contract with the company ran up and now Page has been left alone to fend for himself in the X-Division. He was in tough this week against the NWA’s National Champion, Willie Mack. Ultimately, Mack would hit the Stunner for the win.

Quick Results:

  1. Knockouts Championship
    Street Fight
    Taya Valkyrie (c) defeated Tessa Blanchard
  2. Willie Mack defeated Ethan Page
  3. 2019 World Cup
    Team AAA defeated Team Impact

    1. Puma King eliminated Eli Drake
    2. Fallah Bah eliminated Vikingo
    3. Aerostar eliminated Fallah Bah
    4. Eddie Edwards eliminated Aerostar
    5. Sami Callihan defeated Puma King
    6. Psycho Clown defeated Sami Callihan
    7. Psycho Clown defeated Eddie Edwards
  4. Impact World Championship
    Fatal 4-Way
    Johnny Impact (c) defeated Moose vs Killer Kross vs Brian Cage

Impact Wrestling 12/6 Preview

There are 5 episodes of Impact Wrestling left before Homecoming on January 6th in Nashville. Tonight, Impact Wrestling will further the build to their next PPV.

Impact Wrestling 12/6 Preview

Johnny Impact & Taya Valkyrie vs Moose & Tessa Blanchard

Johnny Impact will face Brian Cage at Homecoming but tonight he’ll team with his newlywed wife, Taya Valkyrie. The Knockouts Champion will team with Moose, who is hoping Eddie Edwards is not released from Shady Acres Mental Institution in time to interfere in this match.

Last week on Impact, Blanchard attempted to strangle a referee until Gail Kim ran out and pulled her off. It’s possible we hear more about Gail Kim’s potential involvement with Blanchard tonight.

Killer Kross might be watching this match closely as well. He again offered to watch Johnny’s back last week.

Dark Allie Returns

Allie returned from the undead realm at Bound For Glory without her soul. Now a dark passenger is along with Allie wherever she goes. Kiera Hogan believes there is still good inside of her, however. Hogan made an emotional plea last week for the good Allie to come back.

Tonight, Dark Allie will return to Impact Wrestling. Wherever she goes, Su Yung is sure to follow as well.

Ultimate X Qualifier: Willie Mack vs Jake Crist

Willie Mack will go one-on-one with OVE’s Jake Crist tonight. The winner will be granted one of four spots in the Ultimate X match at Homecoming. Mack hasn’t been in Impact Wrestling for long but he’s already in a spot to potentially win a major title.

Ultimate X Qualifier: Matt Sydal vs Ethan Page

Third-eyes will collide tonight as Matt Sydal goes one-on-one with his protege, Ethan Page. Sydal is the former X-Division Champion before dropping the belt to Brian Cage at Slammiversary. He once said the X-Division title was his calling and it’s possible the belt is calling to him again. He’ll have to get by his own pupil to get that chance, however.

8 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 9/27

Impact Wrestling aired their second show from the Mexico City tapings held earlier this month. Two more episodes from Mexico City will air before Impact travels to New York City for Bound For Glory.

Here are 8 Takeaways from Impact Wrestling 9/27.

Impact Wrestling 9/27

Taya Valkyrie Challenges Tessa Blanchard For Bound For Glory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxmRms-qybw&t=2s

  • Knockouts Championship
    Tessa Blanchard (c) defeated Faby Apache

After Tessa Blanchard defeated Faby Apache to open the show last night, she cut a promo saying she’d run through the entire Knockouts division. Taya Valkyrie then appeared on the big screen and explained to Blanchard that she had never beaten her. The match was then made official for Bound For Glory.

The Lucha Brothers Kidnapped Dave Crist

  • Brian Cage defeated Jake Crist

Brian Cage defeated Jake Crist in single’s action last night. Following the victory, however, he was jumped by Callihan and Dave Crist. Not long after this started, however, the lights went out and when they came back on, Dave Crist was gone.

A video on the big screen showed Pentagon and Fenix with an already tied up Crist brother. The brothers beat him up and gave him a double super-kick. Then back in the ring, Cage delivered a double clothesline to the two remaining guys from Ohio.

Moose Pinned Eddie Edwards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHJ46Ng1-us&t=5s

  • Moose & Killer Kross defeated Eddie Edwards & Johnny Impact

Moose and Killer Kross picked up the win in last night’s main event. With all four men down in the closing moments of the match, Austin Aries attempted to interfere but was thwarted by Johnny Impact. Unfortunately, the distraction allowed Kross to hit him with a Saito suplex, taking Impact out of the match. Moose then delivered a spear to Eddie Edwards and picked up the win.

The OGZ Burned Konnan’s Mask

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-z6zqW0wdQ

  • LAX defeated the Desi Hit Squad

LAX defeated Great Gama Singh’s Desi Hit Squad in a non-title match this week. After the match, however, King again tried to goad Konnan and LAX to break the ceasefire. This time King cut a promo saying of all the myths and legends of Mexican wrestling, Konnan was one of the biggest myths. They then burned his mask in the back.

Scarlett Bordeaux Is Holding A Global Talent Search

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ROhzc5MXVk

Scarlett Bordeaux announced she is holding a Global Talent Search for someone she can dedicate her full attention to. Bordeaux mentioned the success KM and Fallah Bah have had since enlisting her help as reasons why wrestlers from other the world should be crawling over one another to have Bordeaux on their side.

Kiera Hogan Pinned Su Yung

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHJ46Ng1-us

  • Kiera Hogan & Allie defeated Su Yung & Undead Bridesmaid

Kiera Hogan pinned former Knockouts Champion, Su Yung, with a spinning fisher-suplex. It’s arguably the biggest win of Hogan’s Impact career thus far. The win moves Hogan’s winning streak to 5 matches. Allie and Kiera Hogan are now 3-0 as a team and Hogan has defeated Alisha Edwards and KC Spinelli (ONO show) recently as well.

Shortly after this match, Impact announced Su Yung and Kiera Hogan will clash in single’s action next week.

Joe Hendry Has To Worry About MURDER Clown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB5qvVXcQxE

Katarina ran into Joe Hendry and Grado in the back. It appears Katarina is looking for revenge against the two. She announced she’d enlisted the help of Murder Clown, one of the murderous clown faction which also includes Psycho Clown and Monster Clown. Henry will have to take on Murder Clown next week.

Next Week On Impact Wrestling

  • Su Yung vs Kiera Hogan
  • Joe Hendry vs Murder Clown
  • Rich Swann vs Matt Sydal
  • The Smoke Show with Scarlett Bordeaux

Quick Results:

  • Knockouts Championship
    Tessa Blanchard (c) defeated Faby Apache
  • Brian Cage defeated Jake Crist
  • LAX defeated the Desi Hit Squad
  • Kiera Hogan & Allie defeated Su Yung & the Undead Bridesmaid
  • Moose & Killer Kross defeated Eddie Edwards & Johnny Impact

Bound For Glory
October 14th, 2018
Melrose Ballroom
New York City, NY

  • Impact World Championship
    Austin Aries (c) vs Johnny Impact
  • Knockouts Championship
    Tessa Blanchard (c) vs Taya Valkyrie
  • Moose vs Eddie Edwards
  • Brian Cage & the Lucha Brothers vs Sami Callihan & oVe
  • 5150 Concrete Jungle Deathmatch
    Konnan & LAX vs King & the OGZ

Moose vs Eddie Edwards Announced For Bound For Glory

Impact Wrestling has announced Moose and Eddie Edwards will go one-on-one at Bound For Glory. The event takes place October 14th from the Melrose Ballroom in New York City. The grudge match is the 4th to be officially confirmed for the event.

Moose vs Eddie Edwards

Moose unsuccessfully challenged for the Impact World Championship at Slammiversary against Austin Aries. He’d sit out several weeks after with a concussion. In storyline, Moose says the only person to call him while he was out injured was Aries. Edwards, it seems, was too busy feuding with Tommy Dreamer at the time.

When Moose returned to Impact at the Toronto tapings, he aligned with both Aries and Killer Kross, turning his back on his former friend, Eddie Edwards, in the process. The trio has attempted to injure Edwards, Johnny Impact, KM and Fallah Bah. Now, Edwards will get a chance for revenge when he and Moose go one-on-one at Impact Wrestling’s next pay-per-view event.

Bound For Glory 2018

Bound For Glory Lineup:

  • Impact World Championship
    Austin Aries (c) vs Johnny Impact
  • Sami Callihan & oVe (Dave & Jake Crist) vs Brian Cage & the Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr, and Fenix)
  • Concrete Jungle Death Match
    Konnan & LAX (Santana & Ortiz) vs King & the OGZ (Homicide & Hernandez)
  • Eddie Edwards vs Moose

Impact Wrestling 9/13 Preview: Brian Cage vs Kongo Kong

Tonight is a big night for Impact Wrestling. In real-time, the promotion will be in Mexico City for the first of two nights of television tapings. On television, Impact Wrestling will present the final show from their extended summer stay in Toronto’s Rebel nightclub.

From July 22nd to August 13th, Impact Wrestling held 5 nights of shows which produced 8 episodes of Impact television and one universally-praised pay-per-views.

Impact Wrestling 9/13 Preview

Update on Johnny Impact

The trio of Austin Aries, Moose, and Killer Kross took out Johnny Impact last week. After Johnny had declared he would be Austin Aries’ challenger at Bound for Glory, it didn’t take the champion long to try and take him out.

We will hear from Johnny Impact tonight and find out if he will be ready come Bound for Glory. It’s going to be a big few weeks for Johnny. His season of Survivor will hit the airwaves later this month.

The Lucha Brothers vs the Cult of Lee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH1QrsZS_LY&t=9s

While there may be rumors of Pentagon and Fenix possibly going to WWE in 2019, they will be in action on Impact Wrestling tonight. They are scheduled to go up against Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley in tag-team action.

Last week, the Lucha Bros extended an invite to Brian Cage to help them in their rivalry against Sami Callihan and oVe. Perhaps Cage and the trio from Ohio will be watching this match closely tonight.

Grado and Joe Hendry Have A Surprise For Katarina

Scarlett Bordeaux whispered something to Hendry and Grado and it doesn’t appear to be working out too well for Katarina. After Hendry and Grado lost to the Desi Hit Squad last week, Katarina belittled Grado and confessed her love for Hendry. Unfortunately for her, Hendry really does only feel platonic love for his best friend’s girl. He was upset at Katarina for attempting to kiss him.

Grado and Hendry will have some type of surprise for Katarina tonight.

Brian Cage vs Kongo Kong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8UnJg1nWPY

Recently we’ve seen Brian Cage tear through the X-Division. He defeated Matt Sydal for the title at Slammiversary and has since defended it twice, once against the Sydal and once against Fenix.

Tonight, however, Cage will be put in the ring with someone much larger than many of his X-Division opponents. It’s Monster vs Machine as Kongo Kong takes on Brian Cage in a non-title match.

LAX In Tag Team Action

A fictional crime boss has ordered the two factions into a ceasefire until Bound for Glory in New York. LAX will be in tag-team action tonight, however. It’s likely the OGZ won’t be too far away, however, as they prepare for the blowoff to this feud in New York.

Also in Impact News:

  • Bound For Glory is officially sold-out.
  • Night of the Dummies debuts on the Global Wrestling Network tomorrow.
    • 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
  • Scarlett Bordeaux was yesterday’s guest on the Impact media conference call.

9 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 8/30: Impact ReDefined

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.

Sami Callihan vs Jimmy Havoc in Manchester

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWDM_3ouBDo&frags=pl%2Cwn

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.

Bad Intentions Debuts Friday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXoaR8RFkRc&frags=pl%2Cwn

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

Impact Wrestling Preview 8/30: Impact ReDefined

Impact Wrestling airs a special branded episode tonight. “Impact ReDefined” will feature two championship matches and a main event caliber tag-team match with Austin Aries and Killer Kross facing Eddie Edwards and Moose.

Tonight’s episode was filmed August 12th, 2018 at Rebel Nightclub in Toronto.

Impact ReDefined Preview

Knockouts Championship
Triple Threat
Su Yung (c) vs Tessa Blanchard vs Allie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIudo0FmZSM

Tonight’s the night. Tessa Blanchard gets her first crack at the Knockouts Championship since arriving in the company. She took a rather odd route to get here, however.

Blanchard was knocked out of title contention for Slammiversary after suffering two losses to Madison Rayne via clever pinning combination. She bounced back by beating former champion, Allie, in a single’s match on the PPV, however. Allie then defeated the champion, Su Yung, in a non-title match, which then put her in title contention despite her earlier loss to Blanchard.

Allie says she only wanted to face Yung to prevent the Bloody Undead Bride from putting any more Knockouts in coffins. Blanchard says Allie was just trying to weasel her way into a title shot. The result is tonight’s triple threat and the toughest test yet for Su Yung’s reign.

X-Division Championship
Brian Cage (c) vs Fenix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FqwN-6bAWU

Cage will look for his second defense of the X-Division title tonight against Fenix. The popular luchador just won the AAA Mega Championship in Mexico and will be looking to add the X-Division title to his list of accomplishments.

Brian Cage was this week’s guest on the Impact media conference call. He spoke about the importance of the X-Division title to him and the promotion.

“I want to make the X-Division so awesome and so entertaining,” Cage said on the call. “That the world title becomes option C because I have option A.”

I asked Cage if he feels he can bring the X-Division title to a level of prominence where it feels on-par with the world title.

“Absolutely,” Cage answered. “I think that’s going to be through the quality and the entertainment and the matches set going forward.”

Cage will look to keep ushering in the “Weapon X” era of the division tonight.

Moose & Eddie Edwards vs Austin Aries & Killer Kross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2waSNkkMqc

Eddie Edwards has been spiraling as of late. The return of his old friend Moose evens up the odds in his rivalry with the Impact World Champion, however.

For two weeks in a row, Aries and his new ally, Killer Kross, have gotten the better of Edwards. They even cost Edwards the Impact World Championship. Now with Moose back by his side, however, Edwards is in prime position to get his revenge.

The Smoke Show with Scarlett Bordeaux
Guests: Joe Hendry, Katarina, and Grado

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCTXB7NEwtk

So far, Scarlett Bordeaux’s advice has worked out great for Fallah Bah and KM. The comedic team scored a victory over the Desi Hit Squad last week after Bordeaux advised KM to start doing things Bah’s way.

Tonight’s guests on the Smoke Show are Joe Hendry, Grado, and Katarina. Perhaps Bourdeaux will help the trio navigate through what appears to be a platonic and non-platonic love triangle.

Rich Swann vs Petey Williams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m__UL61TzU&t=15s

Last week on Impact Wrestling, Rich Swann told Alica Atout that it is his goal to capture the X-Division Championship.

Swann echoed similar sentiment during an Impact media conference call earlier this summer.

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

If Swann wants to join the ranks of those who have held X-Division gold, he’ll likely have to defeat a former champion in Petey Wiliams tonight.

Impact Wrestling Announces UK Event Will Stream Live On Twitch

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.

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.

Moose On Difficulty Of Transition From Football To Wrestling

IMPACT Wrestling star Moose has seen a fair amount of success since joining the professional wrestling world.

The former football player comes off an unsuccessful title bid against Austin Aries at last week’s IMPACT Slammiversary pay-per-view (PPV). Recently, Moose spoke with Wrestling Inc. to talk about the transition from football to wrestling.

Moose (real name Quinn Ojinnaka) is a former NFL offensive lineman that has played for teams such as the Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, St. Louis Rams and Indianapolis Colts.

The lifelong professional wrestling fan admitted that the transition actually wasn’t that hard:

“Honestly it wasn’t hard at all,” Moose said. “When you have a passion to do something, everything that comes along that journey is easy. So I had a strong passion to become a professional wrestler so everything came easy.”

Moose also talks about hating his in-ring name at first and his favorite era of professional wrestling. Read the full interview here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdsWu6B3dzU&feature=youtu.be

Moose Sidelined After Suffering Concussion, Scarlett Bordeaux’s Theme Song Released

– Moose suffered a concussion during Sunday’s Impact World Championship Match at Slammiversary against Austin Aries, IMPACT Wrestling announced Friday.

As a result, Moose will not wrestle at Sunday’s Confrontation LIVE event in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was advertised to face Jaxon Stone at the show, which IMPACT Wrestling is co-promoting with AML Wrestling.

IMPACT adds, “We will provide updates as they become available.”

In the main event, Moose came up short to Aries as the former 205 Live star connected with a second Brain Buster to win the match and retain the Impact World Championship.

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– IMPACT Wrestling has released Scarlett Bordeaux’s theme song and entrance video on YouTube.

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After weeks of mysterious vignettes, Bordeaux made her IMPACT Wrestling debut last Thursday. Calling herself “The Smoke Show” during an interview with Alicia Atout, she vows to make wrestling “sexy again.”

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZBVjbbb9Vg&w=560&h=315]

“I will not be hot shamed,” Bordeaux added.

Moose Injured At Slammiversary? Gives Update On Future

Moose unsuccessfully challenged Austin Aries for the Impact World Championship Sunday night at Slammiversary. The Champion had said he was going to force Moose into his 3rd career during the match, football and pro-wrestling having been his first two.

According to recent comments made by Moose, Aries may actually have knocked Moose out of wrestling.

https://twitter.com/TheMooseNation/status/1021489029391503360

“Gave it my All and came up Short,” Moose Tweeted. “Probably time to reconsider if I still want to do this for a living. Time to make some career and Life Decisions. Thank you All”

Moose Injured At Slammiversary

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Moose is suffering from vertigo today. He previously sent out a now-deleted Tweet which simply read “CTE”, leading many to believe he had suffered a concussion in the match.

Most of the build-up towards Moose vs Austin Aries was done through sit-down interviews. Aries would claim Moose is a failed football player whereas Moose would say he gave up football to chase his wrestling dream.

Moose on Austin Aries

“Aries is known for his trash talk and I’m not gonna go there with him,” Moose said in the weeks leading up to the match. “I mean he can believe whatever he believes, I know what’s true and there’s that.”

“He’s been a good champion,” Moose admitted. “I mean guess so, he’s been a decent champion. I have a lot of respect for Aries. He is the Belt Collector, he does carry all the titles from a lot of independent promotions around. I mean, he’s a veteran of the game.”

“I could sit here and list a bunch of things, accomplishments Aries has had. Or you could Wikipedia it. I know what my game plan is for Sunday and what I need to do to fulfill my game plan to come home with the Impact World Championship.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlOzzfQHSAg/?taken-by=moosenation69

9 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 7/19

Impact Wrestling presented their go-home show before Slammiversary tonight. We are now just 3 days away from Slammiversary and one of the biggest nights in the promotion’s recent history.

Here are 9 takeaways from this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling.

Killer Kross Has No Ceiling in Impact Wrestling

“Besides being a sociopath, besides being a psychopath, besides being a narcissist,” Don Callis said tonight in reference to Killer Kross. “This man is also an accomplished wrestler.”

Kross ran through Petey Wiliams to open the show. He even toyed with his opponent during the match, releasing his Kross Jacket submission even though Williams was clearly unconscious.

“This guy is clinically psychotic, he’s a high-functioning sociopath,” Callis continued to say about Kross. “He’s a very successful guy but does he have a plan? Or is it random violence? That’s the scary part.”

Killer Kross isn’t booked for Slammiversary but seems poised to do big things in the following two days of television tapings.

Real name, Kevin Kross, he was the 2018 recipient of Cauliflower Alley Club’s “Rising Star Award”. It was also his 33rd birthday today.

Pentagon Jr. Is Just As Sick As Sami Callihan

Callihan demonstrated to Pentagon Jr. what his plans are for him on Sunday. After making short work of Greg Osbourne, he informed everyone that Impact management asked him to promote the pay-per-view. He attempted to do this but was interrupted by Pentagon Jr.

Pentagon’s sub-titled promo riled up Sami and the members of oVe. They ran to the back to find him. The Crist brothers got separated from Callihan and thought they discovered Pentagon. They ran up to attack who they thought was Pentagon but it turned out to be Callihan in Pentagon’s mask and tied to a chair. As they were figuring this out, however, Pentagon entered the scene and took out both Crist brothers.

This left Pentagon with Callihan. The only thing left for Pentagon at that point was to inform Callihan that he is Pentagon Jr and he has no fear.

The Great Gama Singh Has The Desi Hit Squad Prepared

The Great Gama Singh has been running the Desi Hit Squad through old-school conditioning drills and tonight they used old-school tactics to get the victory. Old-school dirty tactics mind you, but still.

Tonight, the Desi Hit Squad were victorious over KM and Fallah Bah. With the Great Gama distracting the referee, Gursinder Singh raked Bah’s eyes and Rohit Raju rolled him up with his feet leveraged on the ropes for the pin.

Previously, the Hit Squad defeated the former champions, Z&E as well. They aren’t booked for Slammiversary but their two wins from the Windsor tapings should put them in a position to face top teams at the tapings to be held the following two nights.

Eli Drake Has To Prove Himself All Over Again

“This is a ‘what have you done for me lately?’ business,” stated Don Callis today in reference to Eli Drake. He also said the former Impact World Champion has to prove himself all over again. Callis continued to mention Drake recently re-signed with the company.

After defeating Grado last week, Drake dropped his match tonight to a debuting Joe Hendry.

Eli Drake isn’t booked for Slammiversary but will likely be back in the mix of things over the next two nights of TV tapings.

Before the match, Hendry sang a pop song about Drake’s YouTube channel. There were further hints this week that Hendry and Katarina may not be being entirely up front with Grado…

Eddie Edwards Says He’s the Real “Innovator of Violence”

The match between Andrew Everett and Dezmond Xavier was interrupted by a deranged Eddie Edwards. He took a Singapore cane to the referee and then addressed Tommy Dreamer on the microphone.

Edwards predicted pain and violence for his match with Dreamer at Slammiversary. He continued to make various promises related to how much he would make Dreamer bleed on Sunday.

Finally, Edwards promised he would prove to Tommy Dreamer that he is the real “Innovator of Violence”.

Madison Rayne’s Time Has Come

Su Yung has been haunting Madison Rayne in her dreams. Last week, the Undead Bride lured Rayne into a field where she was surrounded by her army of zombie bridesmaids. They all really wanted to inform Madison that her time has come.

This week, Rayne’s dreams were haunted by visions of Su Yung and her minions as well as seeing her own image in a coffin. When she awoke she was back in the same field as last week. That’s when Yung gave her the Brood’s “Blood Bath” treatment.

Tessa Blanchard Walks Out ON Shotzi Blackheart

After walking out on her tag-team partner tonight, Blanchard offered a simple explanation. “That is not my problem,” Blanchard said. “That is your problem.”

Blanchard didn’t seem to have much interest in softening her opponent up for Slammiversary. That’s clearly the only match coming up which matters to Blanchard as she just bailed on this one tonight.

https://twitter.com/AllieImpact/status/1020119057385877504

For the second week in a row, Allie pinned Shotzi. Allie will be in tough against Blanchard on Sunday, however.

Scarlet Bordeaux Is Coming To Impact Wrestling

The soon-to-debut Knockout was given a name this week. She is Scarlett Bordeaux, a Chicago-based wrestler who has wrestled for ROH, got squashed by Nia Jax on WWE TV, and somehow won the comedic DDT promotion’s Superheavymetalweight championship at one point.

When she was in ROH she was mainly used as a valet for Matt Taven but wrestled a few matches there as well.

Josh Matthews stated that Bordeaux will be on the show next week.

Austin Aries’ Normal Tricks Not Enough To Beat Moose?

Aries used the same tactics he used to beat Pentagon and the same he used last week on DeAngelo Williams. Only this week, they didn’t quite have the same impact.

After tricking Moose into thinking he wasn’t coming into the ring, Aries snuck up from behind and booted the title-challenger low. He then gave him a devastating chair shot and picked up the microphone assuming his opponent was down for awhile. Only Moose got up much faster than Aries expected.

Aries had been confident in the weeks leading up to this match but all of a sudden with just 3 days to go his demeanor appears to have changed considerably.

Impact Wrestling 7/19/18
St. Clair College
Windsor, ON, Canada

  1. Killer Kross defeated Petey Williams
  2. Desi Hit Squad defeated Fallah Bah & KM
  3. Joe Hendry defeated Eli Drake
  4. Dezmond Xavier vs Andrew Everett – No Contest
  5. Sami Callihan defeated Greg Osbourne
  6. Allie & Kiera Hogan defeated Shotzi Blackheart & Tessa Blanchard

Slammiversary XVI
July 22nd, 2018
Rebel Entertainment Complex
Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Mask vs Hair
    Pentagon Jr vs Sami Callihan
  • Impact World Championship
    Austin Aries (c) vs Moose
  • Knockouts Championship
    Su Yung (c) vs Madison Rayne
  • X-Division Championship
    Matt Sydal (c) vs Brian Cage
  • House of Hardcore Match
    Tommy Dreamer vs Eddie Edwards
  • 5150 Street Fight
    The OGZ w/King vs LAX w/Konnan
  • Fenix vs Rich Swann vs Taiji Ishimori vs Johnny Impact
  • Allie vs Tessa Blanchard

Impact Wrestling 7/19 Preview: Slammiversary Go-Home Show

This Sunday, Impact Wrestling will present Slammiversary from Toronto’s Rebel Nightclub. The company announced yesterday the event has sold-out. The current belief is that the set-up for the venue will host 1000 fans for the show.

Tonight is the final episode of Impact before the pay-per-view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4udw8jCJ08c&frags=pl%2Cwn

Impact Wrestling 7/19

Austin Aries and Moose Face-to-Face

Up until tonight the rivalry between Moose and Austin Aries has been contested through sit-down interviews. Last week, however, Aries assaulted Moose’s friend DeAngelo Williams.

Moose has promised to confront Aries tonight about his actions from last week.

Eli Drake vs Joe Hendry

Joe Hendry makes his Impact Wrestling debut tonight and he’s got his hands full. Hendry will face former Impact World Champion, Eli Drake. Last week, Drake defeated Grado and then tried to tell his opponent that Hendry and Katarina had something going on behind his back.

It doesn’t appear Hendry and Katarina have Grado’s best interests at heart. What that will mean for this match, however, remains to be seen.

Desi Hit Squad vs Fallah Bah & KM

This match came about as a result of a backstage interaction last week. The Great Gama Singh said Bah and KM represent Western culture in that one of them can’t control what they put into their mouth and the other can’t control what comes out of it.

Singh has been running the members of the Desi Hit Squad through traditional conditioning drills and will likely have them ready for tag-team action tonight.

Konnan Addresses the OGz

Last week, King said the reason Homicide and Hernandez joined him is Konnan reunited LAX without them. Now, they were out for revenge on him. Tonight, Konnan will address his former tag-team just days ahead of the 5150 Street Fight at Slammiversary between the two teams.

Tessa Blanchard & Shotzi Blackheart vs Kiera Hogan & Allie

Tessa Blanchard and Allie will go one-on-one at Slammiversary. Before Sunday, however, they will meet in tag action tonight.

Allie will team with the young upstart, Kiera Hogan. Blanchard will align with the standout from a recent RISE seminar, Shotzi Blackheart. Allie defeated Blackheart last week.

Killer Kross vs Petey Williams

Before Killer Kross was discovered as the man behind the attacks in the back, there was suspicion on Petey Williams. Tonight, Williams will get a chance for revenge and Kross will get a chance to hurt someone (which he seems to enjoy).

Impact Wrestling (6/14/18) Preview: X-Division Title Clash

Impact Wrestling tonight will feature an X-Division Championship match. Brian Cage, who is undefeated for the promotion, will challenge X-Division champion, Matt Sydal. Moose and Eli Drake will also clash with the winner receiving a title shot against Austin Aries at Slammiversary.

The promotion is beginning the build to their Slammiversary pay-per-view on July 22nd, 2018 from Toronto’s Rebel nightclub.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvR_0EeKaKk

Impact Wrestling (6/14/18) Preview

  • X-Division Championship
    Matt Sydal (c) vs Brian Cage

    • Cage earned this match by defeating Dezmond Xavier on a previous episode of Impact.
    • Lately on Impact, the promotion has been showing footage of Cage wrestling from promotions all around the world. He’s wrestled for companies such as Destiny, World Series of Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling NOAH.
    • Sydal most recently defended the title successfully against El Hijo Del Fantasma. He won the title from Taiji Ishimori, who is also booked for Slammiversary despite now wrestling for NJPW as well.
  • NO DQ
    Tessa Blanchard vs Kiera Hogan

    • Two women in their early-20s just starting to get their careers going will clash tonight with no DQ.
    • Blanchard wants to bounce back from her recent loss to Madison Rayne.
    • ImpactWrestling.com notes the winner of this match could be in a position to challenge Su Yung for the Knockouts title.
  • Eli Drake vs Moose
    • The winner of this match will earn the right to challenge Austin Aries for the Impact World Championship at Slammiversary.
    • As for the champion, he is likely still on vacation this week. That’s where Aries was last week when Josh Matthews conducted a Skype interview with him.
    • Aries has been on vacation since defeating Pentagon Jr for the Impact World Championship at Under Pressure.

Also booked for tonight’s show:

  • Jake Crist vs El Hijo Del Fantasma
  • Update on the mystery attacks in the back
  • Fallout from Sami Callihan and Eddie Edwards’ “Fight in the Woods”.

Zero Fear Friday

Also in Impact news, the company’s One Night Only PPV event “Zero Fear Friday” airs tomorrow. That show featured Austin Aries facing Rich Swann, Sami Callihan vs Josh Alexander, Matt Sydal vs Dezmond Xavier, Su Yung vs Katarina, Madison Rayne vs KC Spinelli, and Eddie Edwards vs Trevor Lee.

Moose Explains Why He Chose To Sign With Global Force Wrestling Over NXT

Global Force Wrestling (GFW) star Moose recently did an interview with Wrestling Epicenter to talk about a variety of professional wrestling topics, including why he chose to sign with GFW over going to WWE’s developmental show on NXT, his thoughts on Eli Drake, and the concept of the Grand Impact Championship. Here’s what he had to say:

Why he chose to sign with GFW over going to WWE NXT:

“I just felt like it was a better situation. That’s all I really want to say about that. I think it was just a better situation for me. That’s why I decided to come to Impact.”

His thoughts on Eli Drake:

“I think he’s a star, man. He’s definitely great on the mic. His in-ring skills are awesome also. I feel like he’s the total package in there. I think there’s nothing but great stuff coming in his future.”

The concept of the Global Impact Championship:

“Yeah, it’s a cool concept they came up with a couple of months ago. I feel like I’ve done a good job making it what it is now. I feel like, if they decide to keep it, it’s only going to get better. It all depends on what management wants to do with it. But, I mean, I’m good either way.”

You can check out Moose’s full interview with Wrestling Epicenter by clicking this link here.

Moose Reveals How He Thinks Impact Can Compete With WWE

Impact Wrestling star Moose recently did an interview with Sporting News to promote his upcoming Tag Team match alongside NFL running back DeAngelo Williams to take on Chris Adonis and Eli Drake at this weekend’s (Sun. July 2, 2017) Slammiversary XV pay-per-view (PPV). You can check out the highlights here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8LT6xVcrqQ

Jeff Jarrett being back at the helm of Impact Wrestling:

“I love being part of Impact Wrestling and especially love that Jeff Jarrett is back with the company,” said Moose. “He’s our leader. It’s awesome because he’s the one who started the company and he’s the one who made the company great. I think we went into a slump when he left it. He’s going to bring us back to where we were when he was there.”

Dixie Carter not knowing much about wrestling:

“I think the biggest thing is just knowing that there’s somebody in the office that actually knows what they’re doing,” said Moose. “Dixie was a great person but I think her only flaw was that she didn’t know much about wrestling. The product actually showed. But I think it’s great now that we have Jeff who knows about wrestling and was brought up in the wrestling business and he’s leading us.”

How Impact and other promotions can compete with WWE:

“It gets me so mad when companies are like ‘we don’t work with this company’ or ‘we don’t work with this company’,” explained Moose. “I think that’s so stupid because as of right now, WWE is the biggest wrestling company in the world. Everybody knows that. I feel like the only way that companies could catch up to WWE is to do a combination. I think it would be great for business for a company like Impact Wrestling to work with Ring of Honor and I think we were close to having that relationship before the Hardy’s left the company. We’ll see. You never say never in wrestling.”

You can check out Moose’s full interview with Sporting News by clicking this link here.

TNA Pay-Per-View Matches Announced For Tonight

Below is the updated card for tomorrow’s TNA “One Night Only: Live! January 2017” pay-per-view event from Universal Studios in Orlando. The event will air via traditional pay-per-view platforms and the Fite app.

TNA will return to pay-per-view on Friday night with “One Night Only: Live!” from Universal Studios in Orlando. The following matches have been announced:

– The Broken Hardys defend the TNA Tag Team Championships against Eli Drake and a partner of his choosing

– DJZ defends the TNA X Division Championship in a Fatal 4 Way against opponents to-be-announced

– Rosemary defends the TNA Knockouts Championship against Sienna

– Impact Grand Champion Moose battles with Mike Bennett in a No Holds Barred Match

ONO will air via all standard pay-per-view outlets and the FITE app.

Update: Eddie Edwards will defend the TNA World Title against EC3 in tonight’s main event:

Spoiler: Title Changes Hand At TNA Impact Tapings Today

Moose is the new TNA Impact Grand Champion. He just defeated Aron Rex for the title at this afternoon’s TNA Impact tapings in Orlando.

The match should air some time in early December.

Rex just won the title by winning the Grand Championship tournament finals at Bound For Glory.

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