AEW has a few key members of their roster on the shelf for one reason or another. This week on AEW Dynamite, the Death Triangle reunited for the first time in months.
The Bang Bang Gang, Jay White and the Gunns, have been enjoying their time in AEW as a heel faction. They needed a wheelbarrow to carry all of their gold to the ring. During the May 22 episode of AEW Dynamite, the trio took the ring.
Their attention soon shifted to Pac, and they began berating the British star. Unexpectedly, Pac appeared on the entrance ramp, but he was not alone. Penta and Fenix were by his side, reuniting the Death Triangle. The faction has been absent as a trio for quite some time.
Fenix’s injury had kept him from competing alongside his brother and their partner, Pac. Now, they are back together. It didn’t take long for the Bang Bang Gang to make it clear that they didn’t want to fight that night.
They instead challenged a match for the AEW Unified Tag Team Titles. This set up a match for this Saturday at Double or Nothing.
It's ON! Death Triangle challenges The Bang Bang Gang for the Unified Trios Championship THIS SUNDAY at Double or Nothing!
The Death Triangle held the AEW Trios Championship for 126 days before losing to The Elite. Their defeat came in an Escalera de la Muerte, which was the seventh and final match in a Best of Seven Series for the championship in January 2023.
Las Vegas will once again host AEW Double or Nothing on Sunday, May 26, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. You can find the card below.
Roderick Strong (c) vs. Will Ospreay – Singles match for the AEW International Championship
“Timeless” Toni Storm (c) (with Luther and Mariah May) vs. Serena Deeb – Singles match for the AEW Women’s World Championship
Adam Copeland (c) vs. Malakai Black – Barbed Wire Steel Cage match for the AEW TNT Championship
Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita – IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Eliminator match
Trent Beretta vs. Orange Cassidy – Singles match
Chris Jericho (c) (with Big Bill) vs. HOOK vs Katsuyori Shibata- FTW Rules match for the FTW Championship
Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Mercedes Moné – Singles match for the AEW TBS Championship
The Elite (Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry, Matthew Jackson, and Nicholas Jackson) vs. Team AEW (Bryan Danielson, Cash Wheeler, Dax Harwood, and Darby Allin) – Anarchy in the Arena match
Swerve Strickland (c) (with Prince Nana) vs. Christian Cage (with Killswitch, Nick Wayne, and Mother Wayne) – Singles match for the AEW World Championship
Triplemania XXIX took place inside Arena Ciudad de México in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico. The event featured an AAA Megacampeonato title match between Kenny Omega and Andrade. Also featured on the card was a mask vs. hair match between Psycho Clown and Rey Escorpion.
Impact Knockouts Champion Deoanna Purrazzo shared the ring with AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Faby Apache in a title vs. title match. Also, Fenix and Pentagon defended the AAA Tag Team Titles.
The show even featured a surprise appearance from wrestling legend Ric Flair. Flair was recently released from his WWE contract. Flair was in Andrade’s corner after “El Idolo” had a disagreement with Konnan, who ended up cornering Omega.
Here are quick results for AAA Triplemania XXIX.
Mask vs. Hair: Psycho Clown def. Rey Escorpion
AAA Megacampeonato: Kenny Omega (c) def. Andrade
Lucha de Empresas: La Empresa (Puma King, Sam Adonis, & DMT Azul) def. Team AAA (Pagano, Murder Clown, & Chessman)
AAA Tag Team Championship: Fenix & Pentagon (c) def. Hijo del Vikingo & Laredo Kid, Taurus & Brian Cage
Deonna Purrazzo def. Faby Apache – For Impact Wrestling Knockouts & AAA Reina de Reinas Titles
Tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling was taped in Windsor as the company builds towards Rebellion on April 28th. Following the PPV, Impact will tape one night in Toronto before heading to Philadelphia for 2-nights of tapings from the 2300 Arena.
Here are 8 takeaways from Impact Wrestling 4/19:
Lance Storm To Referee Johnny Impact (c) vs Brian Cage – Rebellion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RQ2iPfkUn0
After Impact Senior Referee, Johnny Bravo, cost Brian Cage a match in the main event last week, Cage threatened Impact management this week until Lance Storm intervened. Storm told Cage to calm down and conduct himself as a professional. D’Amore then volunteered Storm to be the special guest referee in the main event at Rebellion to prevent Cage from getting screwed by a corrupt referee again.
Tessa Blanchard cut a promo on Gail Kim this week and then visited her famous husband’s restaurant. Kim is married to celebrity chef Robert Irvine. Blanchard proceeded to cause quite the scene and even ate food off the plates of some people while at the restaurant. She then fired a dishwasher before being told that Mr. Gail Kim was not there at the time.
Kim would later tell Melissa Santos that she and her husband will not be pressing charges against Blanchard for the damage she did to the restaurant. Instead, Kim said, she’s going to teach Blanchard a lesson herself.
Lucha Bros Pick Up Win In The Main Event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrw6zXDpfEk
Despite interference from Santana and Ortiz, the Lucha Bros were able to defeat Eli Drake and Eddie Edwards in the main event this week. LAX and the brothers then took the fight all the way to the back as they gear up for their Full Metal Mayhem tag title match at Rebellion.
Evidently upset after not beating the Lucha Bros, Drake turned on Eddie Edwards to close the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLbCWcCG1c8
Madison Rayne Pinned Knockouts Champion, Taya Valkyrie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNITqeXYbY
Taya Valkyrie attempted to say she would not wrestle against Madison Rayne this week. She cut a promo saying she was happy to have left Canada when Jordynne Grace ran down the ramp and forced Taya into the ring where she was promptly pinned via roll-up by Rayne. The win should put Rayne in a position to challenge whoever wins between Grace and Valkyrie at Rebellion.
Rosemary Attacks Kiera Hogan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li_ZPR9LNmI
Rosemary attempted to tell Kiera Hogan to not get involved with her rivalry with Su Yung, James Mitchell, and Kevin Sullivan but Hogan wouldn’t listen. This led to Rosemary attacking Hogan to prevent her from doing so again.
Sami Callihan Breaks Tommy Dreamer’s Arm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X23THGgqpk
Madman Fulton defeated Tommy Dreamer this week. After the match, he attempted to continue the beatdown but Willie Mack made the save. This brought in the members of OVE and eventually Rich Swann attempted to make the save for Mack and Dreamer as well.
After OVE got the advantage, Callihan put Dreamer’s arm in a chair and bashed it with a baseball bat while Swann watched. OVE is more dangerous than ever now that they have Fulton but what will that mean for Callihan’s X-Division title match against champion, Rich Swann at Rebellion.
Later in the show, Killer Kross and Willie Mack got into an argument in the back. Kross sugested to Mack that he doesn’t really know Swann like he thinks he does. This led to the two agreeing to a match for next week.
The Rascalz Get Revenge On Moose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF4G94aPrwE
Dez from the Rascalz pulled off the upset win over Moose this week. Wentz and Trey both got involved in the match, causing the distraction and allowing Dez to roll-up Moose for the win.
How will Moose respond to losing in such an embarrassing fashion? The Rascalz may soon have to face an even angrier version of Moose somewhere down the line.
Later in the evening, Moose promised that he can play the numbers game too.
Scarlett Bordeaux & Fallah Bah Defeat The Desi Hit Squad
Scarlett Bordeaux picked up another victory this week. She teamed alongside Fallah Bah and defeated the Desi Hit Squad. With the victory the Smokeshow and Bah move up in the tag team division rankings.
Quick Results:
Scarlett Bordeaux & Fallah Bah defeated the Desi Hit Squad
Rey Fenix was sustained an injury at Friday night’s AAW live event from Austin, TX. Fenix was injured while taking a cutter and had to be stretchered out of the ring area. Fans were asked not to take pictures as an unmasked Fenix was helped into an ambulance.
An MRI would reveal Fenix suffered a muscle contusion and he’ll just need to rest for a few days. He is scheduled to take part in the Impact Wrestling TV tapings in Las Vegas from February 15-17 next week.
These last few days have been a period of transition for Pentagon and Fenix. One week ago today the brothers lost the MLW Tag Team Championships to Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr. Then in a match which aired last night on Impact Wrestling, however, they defeated LAX to win the Impact Tag Team Championships.
Both Pentagon and Fenix were in Las Vegas on Thursday night as well for the All Elite Wrestling rally at the MGM Grand. The Lucha Bros attacked the Young Bucks during the rally, likely setting up a match between the two teams of brothers at Double or Nothing on May 25.
Here are a few news items for Major League Wrestling:
– Former PROGRESS World Champion Jimmy Havoc returns to MLW soon. Havoc had memorable battles with Sami Callihan, Tom Lawlor, Joey Janela, Shane Strickland and Darby Allen last year.
– Earlier this week, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor was attacked during his first press conference as the new World Heavyweight Champion. No further details are available at this time.
– MLW returns to Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena on Saturday, June 1st. Tickets for this MLW Fusion TV taping go on sale this Friday morning at MLWNOW.com.
– MLW continues to express gratitude for Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix. The Lucha Bros. lost the MLW World Tag Team Championships to the Hart Foundation at Superfight. The former champions have agreed to work for All Elite Wrestling (MLW).
Click here for more details on Pentagon & Fenix to AEW.
This past Saturday night’s MLW Superfight event from Philadelphia, PA was a huge success for the promotion. The show was very well received by fans online and MLW broke its all-time box office record. You can watch MLW Superfight in its entirety below.
In addition to action-packed card, there were several announcements made about upcoming MLW events:
MLW: Intimidation Games: March 2nd
MLW’s next live event will be the return of Intimidation Games on Saturday, March 2nd from Chicago, IL at Cicero Stadium. This will be another live event on beIN SPORTS.
Hot of the success of MLW Superfight, Major League Wrestling returns to the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on Saturday, June 1st.
MLW SuperFight II: February 2020 In Los Angeles
MLW Superfight is poised to become an annual show. During the MLW Superfight broadcast, the promotion announced MLW Suoperfight II will be taking place next February from Los Angeles, CA.
Watch: MLW Superfight
MLW World Tag Team Championship:
Pentagón Jr. & Rey Fenix (c) vs. Hart Foundation
Grudge Match:
Ricky Martinez “El Sicario” vs. “The Haitian Sensation” Kotto Brazil
MLW World Heavyweight Championship: Low Ki (c) vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor
Court Bauer Thanks Pentagon, Fenix and Low Ki
Following MLW Superfight, MLW CEO Court Bauer took to social media to thank Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix for their 7-month MLW tag team championship reign.
The brothers lost the MLW Tag Team championships this weekend to the Hart Foundation team of Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Teddy Hart.
Bauer wishes Pengaton and Fenix well “wherever they go.” As we covered over the weekend, the Lucha Bros. have agreed to wrestle for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It’s believed those deals are non-exclusive and they should be able to continue working for MLW, Impact Wrestling and other non-WWE companies.
Court Bauer also thanked Low Ki for all the hard work that went into his MLW World Heavyweight Championship reign. He was defeated by “Filthy” Tom Lawler at Superfight.
When Major League Wrestling invades the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on February 2nd, the Hart Foundation will look to win the MLW tag-team championships from the Lucha Bros.
MLW recently announced the title match for their Philadelphia Fusion tapings which will also include Tom Lawlor challenging Low-Ki for the MLW World Championship. Pentagon and Teddy Hart are scheduled to go one-on-one on Fusion tomorrow night as well.
“This is a big match,” said MLW CEO Court Bauer. “Fénix and Penta have practically cleaned out the division while the Hart Foundation have not just dominated but straight up decimated everyone we’ve thrown at them. Philly is in for something special when these four throw down.”
The Hart Foundation In MLW
Teddy Hart, Davey Boy Smith Jr, and Brian Pillman Jr make up the new incarnation of the Hart Foundation.
MLW locked up Teddy Hart to a deal last month. “I love a good comeback story,” said Court Bauer when speaking of Hart’s signing. “Teddy has lived up to his end and has brought it in every match. He’s hands down one of the most talented wrestlers of his generation and his commitment to MLW has been exceptional so we’re committing to him.”
MLW also recently signed Davey Boy Smith Jr. to a multi-year deal. “He’s been a part of MLW dating back to when he was just 18 and I know I speak for fans and the league when I say we’re very excited to see what the big guy does in 2019 and beyond,” Bauer said regarding Smith.
After this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling, there are just 3 shows left before Homecoming on January 6th. Here are 10 takeaways from Impact Wrestling 12/13:
Gail Kim To Referee Tessa vs Taya III
Gail Kim was announced as the special referee for the Knockouts Championship match between champion, Tessa Blanchard, and challenger, Taya Valkyrie at Homecoming. This coming on the heels of the champion getting purposely disqualified in their Bound For Glory rematch at the New York tapings and then subsequently strangling a referee two weeks ago.
With Kim serving as referee and Taya debuting a new submission hold recently, it’s looking as though she could walk away from Homecoming the new champion.
Killer Kross Wants To Bring The Devious Johnny Impact To The Surface
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUrTpa6m-dg
Killer Kross is fast becoming my favorite promo on Impact. He has continuously offered to watch Johnny Impact’s back ever since losing to him at Final Hour last month. The Impact champion wants nothing to do with him, however. This week he threatened Kross to stay out of his business but it’s just that kind of attitude Kross is trying to bring out of Johnny.
Johnny Impact will defend his title against Brian Cage at Homecoming and Kross believes the champ will need his help to retain. What role will Kross play at Homecoming?
Dark Allie Is Coming For Kiera Hogan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ym0rPTYYw
Kiera Hogan was wrong, there is no good left in Allie. This week, Allie and Su Yung cut a backstage promo which would give small children nightmares. Allie said something along the lines of “the end of the beginning is the beginning of the end” in multiple ways before making it clear she is targetting her former friend, Kiera Hogan.
Eli Drake Visited Raven In Shady Acres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFnNOvbAgUw
Last week, Raven helped Eddie Edwards escape from a mental institution. Evidently, Eli Drake watched last weeks episode and decided to pay Raven a visit this week.
While Drake would give Raven his due as a trendsetter and legendary hardcore wrestler, he also said he wants to rid pro wrestling of the wrestlers who were inspired by people like Raven.
Drake’s quest to end hardcore wrestling will continue at Homecoming when he faces Abyss in a Monster’s Ball match. He told Raven to watch.
Eddie Edwards Returned To Attack Moose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lye18AUUi8
Moose vs Brian Cage – No Contest
After escaping Shady Acres last week, Edwards attacked Moose in the night’s main event this week. He didn’t even bother to take off his hospital gown. Edwards has been spiraling downward mentally all year, ever since his rivalry with Sami Callihan. He’ll look to get revenge on his former friend Moose at Homecoming. Their match has now been made a “Falls Count Anywhere” match.
Konnan Won’t Be In LAX’s Corner At Homecoming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlrWqKV0aFw
Konnan never wanted LAX to defend their tag belts against the Lucha Bros. Santana and Ortiz went against his wishes and challenged them anyway, much to Konnan’s disliking. This week, Konnan informed the team that he will not be in their corner at Homecoming.
Fenix also defeated Santana in single’s action this week.
Rich Swann Does Not Want To Go To War With Sami Callihan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K68RL5GgHGs
Rich Swann defeated Dave Crist
Swann defeated Dave Crist this week to qualify for Ultimate X at Homecoming. With all four spots in the match now confirmed, Swann could be considered the favorite to walk away from Nashville as the new champion.
After the match, the Crist brothers attacked Swann. Willie Mack came out to help but both Swann and Callihan stopped their allies from attacking the other side. Swann and Callihan have a long history on the independent scene, especially with Combat Zone Wrestling. Swan again told Mac this week in the back that he does not want two “go there” with the devious Sami Callihan.
Jordynne Grace Is Still Very, Very, Strong
Jordynne Grace defeated Ruby Raze
Katarina thought she could bring in a ringer to face Jordynne Grace this week. After all, she had success sticking Murder Clown against her enemies in Mexico. This week didn’t go as well, however.
Jordynne Grace improves her Impact record to 3-0 as she defeated Raze this week, letting everyone in the Impact Knockouts division know she is moving her way up the rankings as quickly as possible.
Trey Miguel Qualifies For Ultimate X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E05RnYiJBU
Trey Miguel defeated Trevor Lee
We may have seen Trevor Lee’s last match in Impact this week. He was defeated by Trey from the Rascalz in an Ultimate X qualifier. The win gives the Rascalz their first shot to bring home gold at Homecoming. Trey likely still wants to impress Scarlett Bordeaux, who showed up in the trio’s “That 70s Show” style smoking session.
Scarlett Bordeaux Has The Desi Hit Squad Fighting Over Her
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHqUH9ZOdpU
The Desi Hit Squad is going to fight over Scarlett Bordeaux next week. The Smokeshow visited the team in the back this week and said she loves it when men fight over her. Thus, the Desi Hit Squad will do just that next week.
Quick Results:
Rich Swann defeated Dave Crist
Fenix defeated Santana
Jordynne Grace defeated Ruby Raze
Moose vs Brian Cage – No Contest
Confirmed Matches for Homecoming (Non-Spoiler):
Impact World Championship
Johnny Impact (c) vs Brian Cage
Knockouts Championship
Tessa Blanchard (c) vs Taya Valkyrie (Gail Kim as Special Referee)
X-Division Championship
Ultimate X Match
Jake Crist vs Ethan Page vs Rich Swann vs Trey Miguel
Impact Tag Team Championships
LAX (c) vs Pentagon and Fenix
Against Konnan’s best wishes, Santana and Ortiz challenged Pentagon and Fenix to a match at Homecoming last night on Impact. Two weeks ago, LAX told Konnan they wanted to face the Lucha Brothers for the titles but Konnan said he didn’t want to see that match. Evidently, LAX chose to ignore his advice and challenged the brothers to a match at Homecoming anyway.
Pentagon and Fenix had just defeated Willie Mack and Rich Swann when LAX made the challenge. Impact Wrestling management would make the match official shortly after.
BREAKING: It's OFFICIAL for Homecoming on January 6th.
@SantanaLAX and @Ortiz5150 will defend the IMPACT World Tag Team Titles in a dream championship match against @PENTAELZEROM and @ReyFenixMx! #IMPACTonPop
Impact Wrestling Homecoming – January 6th, 2019 – Nashville, TN
Impact World Championship
Johnny Impact (c) vs Brian Cage
Knockouts Championship
Tessa Blanchard (c) vs Taya Valkyrie
X-Division Championship
Ultimate X Match
TBD vs TBD vs TBD vs TBD
Impact Tag Team Championships
LAX (c) vs Pentagon and Fenix
LAX – Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championship Reign
LAX is on their 3rd reign as Impact tag champs. They defended the belts 3x. LAX has defended the belts successfully against the OGZ, Brent Banks & Tarik, and Jonny Storm and Jody Fleisch. They also beat Matt Sydal and Ethan Page in a non-title match recently.
Out of the last 636 days, LAX has held the Impact tag belts 551 days, the longest of any team in the promotion’s history. They broke Beer Money’s record of 514 combined days last month.
Last week, Impact Wrestling featured mainly GWN flashbacks to previous Thanksgiving-themed matches. Tonight, the promotion is back with a full episode featuring previously unaired matches.
Impact Wrestling Preview 11/29
The Lucha Bros vs Willie Mack & Rich Swann
Two of Impact’s top tag-teams will face each other tonight. Granted, Mack and Swann have only teamed up once before. They were victorious over the team of Matt Sydal and Ethan Page at Bound For Glory, however.
2 weeks ago on Impact, LAX told Konnan they wanted to defend their tag belts against Pentagon and Fenix. Konnan said he didn’t want that match to take place, however. We’ll see if anything changes regarding the LAX/Konnan/Lucha Bros situation tonight.
Eli Drake vs Tommy Dreamer
Eli Drake wants to rid professional wrestling from hardcore matches. Tommy Dreamer made his name from such a style of wrestling and plans to defend it tonight. Dreamer previously interrupted an anti-hardcore wrestling promo by Drake, leading to tonight’s match.
The Rascalz Debut
A few weeks ago we saw Trey Miguel, Dezmond Xavier, and Zachary Wentz in a “That 70s Show” style smoke circle. This week they will be in action, though their opponents have yet to be named. This could be the beginning of a good run with the promotion for 3 wrestlers who have impressed many on the independent scene.
Jordynne Grace vs Katarina
This is a rematch from Grace’s first match in Impact. Grace was victorious but the next week Katarina approached Grace in the back and let the newcomer know she thinks she can beat her. “Thick Mama Pump” seemed amused by this and a rematch was scheduled for tonight.
Taya Valkyrie In Single’s Action
Taya Valkyrie is preparing for her rematch with Tessa Blanchard at Homecoming. In the meantime, however, she’ll be in single’s action tonight, though her opponent has yet to be revealed.
Knockouts Champion, Tessa Blanchard, will likely be watching this match closely as she prepares to face Taya for the 3rd time in Nashville.
Gold Rush On Friday
Impact Wrestling is actually back tomorrow as well for a live special on Twitch. Impact Gold Rush will start at 10:30 PM est and 7:30 PM local time from Newark, CA.
Impact Wrestling presented the first of four shows to emanate from Mexico City last night. Following the next 3 shows in Mexico, the promotion will head to NYC for a PPV and 2 nights of tapings.
Impact Wrestling 9/20
Abyss To Be Inducted Into Impact Hall of Fame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhyc6x1DEk8
The top story coming out of Impact Wrestling last night was the revelation that Abyss will be the next person to be inducted in the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place the week of Bound For Glory.
Abyss joins the following names who have previously received the honor:
Gail Kim
Earl Hebner
Jeff Jarrett
Kurt Angle
Team 3-D
Sting
Johnny Impact Jumps Austin Aries In Mexico City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5osF2f-4_Q
Impact World Championship
Austin Aries (c) defeated El Texano
Aries has now been Impact Champion for 150 days. In that time he’s successfully defended the title 11 times. It was after the match, however, that Johnny Impact got the jump on Aries. A video played on the big screen that said Johnny was in LA but Aries didn’t buy it. Aries began scanning the crowd to see if Johnny was going to run through the arena and jump him. As Aries was scanning the crowd, however, Johnny came right down the entrance ramp and jumped the champ.
Last night was the first time in awhile that anyone has been able to outsmart the champ and his 2 allies Moose and Killer Kross.
The Lucha Brothers and oVe Earn Victories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4apQDLeV-Ik
Sami Callihan & oVe defeated Aerostar, El Hijo Del Viking, & Laredo Kid
The Lucha Brothers defeated Rich Swann & Matt Sydal
Callihan and oVe opened up this week by defeating a trio of luchadors consisting of Aerostar, El Hijo Del Viking, & Laredo Kid. Later in the show, the Lucha Brothers defeated the team of Matt Sydal and Rich Swann. Instead of facing each other as Swann wanted, Sydal arranged for the two to team up last night.
After the Lucha Brothers defeated Sydal and Swann, oVe hit the ring. Their 3-on-2 attack was broken up by Brian Cage, however.
Faby Apache Will Challenge Tessa Blanchard Next Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pQz0rLmIZM
Faby Apache defeated Alisha Edwards
AAA’s Reina De Reinas Champion, Faby Apache, defeated Alisha Edwards and then challenged Tessa Blanchard to a match for next week. Blanchard and Apache got into an argument in the back when the Knockouts Champion was acting entitled in Apache’s locker room.
King Wants Konnan To Break The Ceasefire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvjJpq-K_Ak
King defeated Kronos
King sent a message to Konnan and LAX this week by defeating heavyweight luchador Kronos in single’s action. Homicide and Hernandez did most of the heavy-lifting in the match before it began, however. King then finished him off with a spinning back fist.
In the back this week, we saw King tell the OGZ he plans on getting Konnan to break the ceasefire.
The Desi Hit Squad Will Face LAX Next Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4JPgHrVUZU
We learned this week that the Desi Hit Squad will face LAX in a non-title match next week. A win would likely put the team in a position to challenge for the Impact tag-team titles sometime in the near future.
The Great Gama Singh forced the faction to end their massage session early and train.
Eli Drake Continued His Open Challenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_8rP-gdoa0
Eli Drake defeated Trevor Lee
Eli Drake continued his open challenge this week. He defeated former 3x X-Division Champion Trevor Lee. In previous weeks, Lee and Caleb Konley had attempted to align with Drake only to be rebuffed.
Joe Hendry & Grado Are Good Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTXYMZqEiQg
Joe Hendry and Grado debuted a new music video this week. This video focused on the good friendship between the two and how they would never let the affections of a woman come between them.
Next Week’s Impact Is Stacked
Finally, the lineup for next week’s episode from Mexico City looks stacked. Here is what has been announced thus far:
Su Yung & Udmoh vs Allie & Kiera Hogan
Brian Cage vs Jake Crist
Desi Hit Squad vs LAX
Scarlett Bordeaux’s announcement
Knockouts Championship
Tessa Blanchard (c) vs Faby Apache
Quick Results:
Sami Callihan & oVe defeated Aerostar, El Hijo Del Viking, & Laredo Kid
Eli Drake defeated Trevor Lee
King defeated Kronus
Faby Apache defeated Alisha Edwards
The Lucha Brothers defeated Rich Swann & Matt Sydal
Impact World Championship
Austin Aries (c) defeated El Texano
Bound for Glory October 14th
Impact World Championship
Austin Aries (c) vs Johnny Impact
Sami Callihan & oVe vs Brian Cage & the Lucha Brothers
Concrete Jungle Deathmatch
LAX & Konnan vs OGZ & King
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.
Impact Wrestling is back in Rebel Nightclub in Toronto for 2 straight nights of television tapings. Tonight, Impact presents two championship matches and a Mexican Death Match in the main event.
Tomorrow night, Impact has the Lucha Bros, Brian Cage, Matt Sydal and Rich Swann in action as well.
On August 19th, 2018, WWE will present SummerSlam. Just hours beforehand, however, Impact Wrestling will team up with Next Generation Wrestling and present a live show from Knoxville, TN to air on Twitch.
The SummerSlam preshow will likely get underway at 6 pm whereas bell-time in Knoxville is 4 pm.
Hoodrich vs Moose (provided Moose is medically cleared after suffering a concussion at Slammiversary)
Joey Ryan vs Eli Drake
Matt Cross vs Sami Callihan
Menace & AR Fox vs Rich Swann & Matt Sydal
Nicole Pain vs Knockouts Champion, Su Yung
Lenny Stratton vs Eddie Edwards
Trevor Lee vs Myron Reed
Impact Wrestling Twitch Specials
Uncivil War will take place just days after Impact will film 4 episodes over the course of 2 nights in Toronto’s Rebel Nightclub on the 12th and 13th. Following Uncivil War, Impact will head to Binghamton New York for a One Night Only show titled “Night of the Dummies” on August 25th.
Also on the 25th of August, many of Impact Wrestling’s stars will be in Mississauga, ON for a joint-show with Anthony Carelli’s Destiny Wrestling. Sami Callihan and Josh Alexander are being advertised for the show in Mississauga whereas Moose and Eli Drake are the featured stars for the show in Binghamton.
Finally, Impact Wrestling’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view takes place October 14th in the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, NY. Several members of Impact’s roster will then set sail on Chris Jericho’s cruise not long after.
Following tomorrow’s Slammiversary pay-per-view, Impact Wrestling will run two consecutive nights of television tapings. The promotion has recently announced several matches for the shows.
Impact Wrestling- Television Tapings
Rebel Nightclub
Toronto, ON, Canada
July 23rd, 2018
Kongo Kong vs Stone Rockwell
Kongo Kong defeated Abyss earlier this year only to lose to Brian Cage recently. He’ll be looking to reaffirm his status as Impact’s monster here.
Stone Rockwell has competed on 3 Impact Wrestling shows this year. He lost on an episode of Xplosion to Rohit Raju of the Desi Hit Squad. Then he lost a tag match to the Desi Hit Squad on a One Night Only show from Windsor. He teamed with Fallah Bah at the One Night Only show in Mississauga and defeated the Fraternity.
The debut of Scarlett Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a Chicago-based indie wrestler. She previously worked as Matt Taven’s valet in Ring of Honor.
July 24th, 2018
Sami Callihan vs Fenix
Just two days after Pentagon and Sami Callihan will collide with a Mask vs Hair stipulation at stake, Callihan will face his brother, Fenix.
Matt Sydal vs Pentagon Jr.
Sydal may or may not still be X-Division Champion when this match takes place.
Pentagon may or may not still have his mask when this match takes place.
Petey Williams vs Tyson Dux
The Canadian Destroyer takes on one of the top stars from Toronto’s Smash Wrestling in Dux.
Dux wrestled singles matches against Matt Sydal and Taiji Ishimori last year in Impact, dropping both matches. He defeated Braxton Sutter on a Twitch special in March.
Earlier this summer, Dux won the Northern, a 16-person tournament with similar rules to BOLA. Notable participants in the tournament included Matt Riddle, Joey Janela, Kimber Lee, Mia Yim, Andrew Everett, Brent Banks, and several others.
The Cult of Lee vs The Deaners
The Cult of Lee will look to get back into the thick of things in the Impact tag-team division.
Cody Deaner has wrestled on a One Night Only and Twitch specials for Impact in 2018. His partner is Jake Something. They have previously lost to the Desi Hit Squad as a team in Impact.
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.
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).
On July 19th, 2018, Major League Wrestling will air a special 2-hour event on BeIN Sports.
The featured match of the evening will be the 40-person Battle Riot match itself but the promotion recently announced 2 new championship matches to take place on the card.
MLW World Heavyweight Champion, Shane “Swerve” Strickland, will defend his title against Sami Callihan.
the New Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart & Davey Boy Smith Jr) w/ Brian Pillman II vs ACH & Rich Swann
MLW World Middleweight Championship (Vacant)
Maxwell Jacob Friedman vs Joey Ryan
MLW Tag Team Championships
Pentagon & Ray Fenix (c) vs Aerostar and Drago
MLW Heavyweight Championship
Shane “Swerve” Strickland vs Sami Callihan
40-Person Battle Riot Match The winner will receive an MLW World Title shot
Battle Riot Confirmed Participants
Tom Lawler
Pentagon Jr.
Pierre Carl Ouellet
Rich Swann
Jason Cade
Joey Ryan
“Taskmaster” Kevin Sullivan
ACH
John Morrison
Lance Anoa’i
Swoggle
Konnan
Jake Hager
“Worldwide Desperado” Sami Callihan
Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Teddy Hart
Barrington Hughes
Jimmy Yuta
“A mash-up of a battle royal, royal rumble and anything goes street fight, this super-sized main event will feature 40 wrestlers with new participants entering the ring every 60 seconds.
Elimination is by pinfall, submission or by throwing an individual over the top rope.”
Court Bauer on MLW Battle Riot Airing Live For Free
“I heavily considered pay per view, but I want to give the fans something special and do it for free,” Bauer said. “Some promoters put a price tag on everything and I could see the temptation here, but I want to reward fans that have been supporting us. Disruption is key for MLW, and a free two-hour special is the ultimate disruption. BeIN is a great partner and I’m glad they agree.”