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7 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 10/4

Impact Wrestling from October 5th, 2019 took place inside Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas. Michael Elgin vs TJP headlined the show.

Here are 7 takeaways from Impact Wrestling 10/5:

Brian Cage Arrested For Attacking Fan He Thought Was OVE Member

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mON48r1q0jk

Last week on Impact Wrestling, Sami Callihan swung a beer bottle at Brian Cage but missed and hit Cage’s newlywed wife Melissa Santos. This week Cage came looking for Callihan and let his emotions get the better of him.

As Cage hit the ring to confront Callihan, the members of OVE attempted to fight him off while Callihan eventually tried to flee through the crowd. As Cage was near the guardrail chasing after Callihan, a fan patted him on the back and Cage mistook him for a member of OVE. Cage tossed the fan from the stands into the ring area and police in attendance ended up taking him away in handcuffs.

Later in the night, Callihan was seen in the back trying to tell Mellissa Santos what happened was an accident.

Tessa Blanchard Backs Up Daga Against OVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9sjVJc8a6M

Daga qualified for the X-division ladder match at Bound for Glory by defeating Chris Bey this week. X Division champion Jake Crist was at ringside and he and his brother attempted to soften up Daga before the Pay-Per-View after the match. Daga received some backup from another wrestler who has qualified for that match, however, Tessa Blanchard.

It looks like it Jake Crist’s title reign could be coming to an end in Chicago and it looks like Tessa won’t stop until she’s gotten revenge on the members of OVE.

Michael Elgin Is Ready For Marufuji

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5rjvYTfOsg

Michael Elgin has a dream match upcoming at Bound for Glory when he takes on Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Naomichi Marufuji. This week Elgin defeated TJP in the main event and sent a message to his upcoming opponent for the PPV.

Eddie Edwards Teams With His Kendo Stick And Defeats Reno Scum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDnSWip3Grw

Eddie Edwards was seen in the back this week talking with Tommy Dreamer. He told Dreamer that he wasn’t drunk last week at the wedding but had actually been drugged by the members of Reno Scum. He told Dreamer he learned this by watching Impact Wrestling on TV. This also means Edwards has likely witnessed Ace Austin making “advances” on his wife since the summer.

Dreamer offered to team with Eddie to take on the members of Reno Scum this week but ultimately Eddie decided to team with his inanimate object kendo stick named Kenny instead. Not only that, Eddie and Kenny would pick up the victory utilizing some slick double team maneuvers on the Nevada-based tag team. While the win was likely cathartic for Edwards, He’s likely got his eyes on Ace Austin next.

Ace Austin was also seen in the back this week speaking with Alisha Edwards. As usual, Austin was not altogether genuine in his words or actions.

Tenille Dashwood is Ready For Taya But The Champ Has A Plan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYaaC13Bh4o

Tenille Dashwood picked up a win in triple threat action to kickoff Impact Wrestling this week. Dashwood managed to take advantage of Kiera Hogan and Madison Rayne’s enemy/friend relationship and pinned Rayne to win the match.

Dashwood will challenge Knockouts champion Taya Valkyrie in Chicago at the Bound for Glory pay-per-view. While Dashwood is coming into the match on a roll, we would see Taya Valkyrie enlist the help of Havok later in the show. Taya was shown in the back explaining to Havok and Father James Mitchell that if they take out Dashwood before Bound for Glory, they can have the title shot in her place.

Moose & Ken Shamrock Come To Blows Ahead of Bound For Glory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vKrc_eiiwo

Moose announced that Frank Trigg will help train him for his upcoming match against Ken Shamrock. Shamrock interrupted Moose’s promo, however, and belittled Moose’s NFL career.

Moose refused to answer questions but Josh Matthews attempted to organize a face-off for a photo-op but the disdain between the two was too intense and things came to blows.

Johnny Swinger Is Stuck In the 80s But Back In Impact Wrestling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqUBO-yIFuo

Johnny Swinger is stuck in the 1980s but despite this managed to pick up a victory over Owen Travers this week in his return to the promotion. We have seen several vignettes in recent weeks featuring Swinger doing “curls for the girls” and generally seeming stuck in a decade fans under 30 never experienced.

In addition to being a regular on the ECW roster, Swinger was also with TNA from 2003-04.

Quick Results:

  1. Tenille Dashwood defeated Madison Rayne vs Kiera Hogan (triple threat)
  2. Johnny Swinger defeated Owen Travers 
  3. Eddie Edwards & Kenny defeated Reno Scum 
  4. Daga defeated Chris Bey
  5. Michael Elgin defeated TJP

Next Week:

Posted October 5th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: , , .

6 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 9/27

Impact Wrestling this week emanated from Sam’s Town live in Las Vegas. The episode featured several segments from the wedding of Brian Cage and Melissa Santos.

Here are 6 takeaways from Impact Wrestling 9/27:

Sami Callihan Hits Melissa Santos With A Bottle At Wedding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGJ3PSoKQyI

Sami Callihan will challenge Brian Cage for the Impact World Championship at Bound for Glory and found it necessary to involve himself in Brian Cage and Melissa Santos’ wedding reception this week.

After comedic interruptions from Taya Valkyrie and Ethan Page, an intoxicated Eddie Edwards vomited on Cage’s brother who was acting as the minister. Edwards then took a swing at Ace Austin and accidentally hit the minister. Tommy Dreamer then called for a new minister to officiate the wedding which led to James Mitchell entering the room dramatically and marrying the couple. The reception then took place in the ring during the show’s final segment.

Sami Callihan then interrupted the proceedings as the couple was enjoying their first dance. He brought out an empty bottle he said had been intended as a wedding gift for the couple but he and OVE weren’t invited. Callihan called Santos a “b**ch” during his toast and when Cage confronted him Callihan swung the bottle at him but hit Melissa instead. The show went off the air with several people attending to Santos.

Tenille Dashwood to Challenge Taya Valkyrie At Bound For Glory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8x757IwzoA

Tenille Dashwood defeated the locker room leader Madison Rayne this week. The win pushed Dashwood to the top of the knockouts division rankings and it was announced that she’ll face the champion Taya Valkyrie at Bound for Glory.

Tessa Blanchard Qualifies For X-Division Ladder Match At Bound For Glory

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

Tessa Blanchard defeated Dave Crist this week in a qualifying match for the upcoming X-Division ladder match at Bound For Glory. Title-holder Jake Crist and his OVE stablemate Madman Fulton then attacked Blanchard after the match.

3 other challengers for the 5-person ladder match have yet to be named.

Moose Interrupts Ken Shamrock’s Promo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPH_xDsUH4M

Ken Shamrock cut a promo this week about what led to his coming to Impact Wrestling. He was interrupted by a video featuring Moose, however, who infiltrated an MMA gym and assaulted several of the employees and people training there as a message to Shamrock. Moose and Ken Shamrock will face each other in singles action October 20th at Bound for Glory.

RVD & Rhino Defeated The Tag Champs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25kTMKKp06Y

Ethan Page and Josh Alexander kicked off Impact Wrestling this week coming out to the ring dressed as LAX. They were confronted by Konnan who then introduced Rhino and Rob Van Dam as their opponents for this week.

The ECW Legends then defeated the Impact tag team champions which creates an interesting scenario at the top of the division. On commentary, it was noted that Rich Swann and Willie Mack had been named the new number one contenders for the titles after defeating LAX last week.

Mahabali Shera Defeated Cousin Jake

Mahabali Shera defeated Cousin Jake this week. Earlier in the back, Great Gama Singh berated the rest of the Desi Hit Squad for their losing ways. It looks like big things could be in store for the Desi Hit Squad with Shera in their ranks now, however.

Quick Results

  1. Rhino & RVD defeated the North
  2. Mahabali Shera defeated Cousin Jake
  3. Tenille Dashwood defeated Madison Rayne
  4. Tessa Blanchard defeated Dave Crist

Next Week:

Posted September 28th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: .

Sami Callihan Explains Why He Supports Inter-Gender Wrestling

Sami Callihan is scheduled to face Brian Cage for the Impact Wrestling world championship at Bound for Glory in Chicago on October 20th. He earned the right to challenge for the title by defeating Tessa Blanchard at Unbreakable. Blanchard and Callihan had won the mash-up tag team tournament on an earlier episode of Impact’s weekly show to set-up their #1 contender match.

Callihan was a guest on today’s episode of Busted Open Radio. He talked about Impact’s move to AXS TV and his views on inter-gender wrestling.

“I actually thoroughly enjoy inter-gender wrestling,” Callihan said on the show. “If you look at my company, the Wrestling Revolver, I don’t even really book just women vs women matches, I book everyone as they’re professional wrestlers.”

“I don’t believe there should be a difference between male and female, I believe we’re all Marvel characters and at the end of the day we can all find something that will work to make everybody happy,” he continued.

Callihan would continue to talk about the excitement in the locker room at Impact on the heels of the move to AXS.

“I think right now Impact has the best locker rooms it’s ever had because for the most part, everybody is on the same page and everybody’s friends. That’s one of the biggest things, there’s not a lot of people trying to stab each other in their backs, there’s not a lot of people trying to bitch and complain. Everyone in that company right now for the most part is friends and they’re all working together to get to that next level together because we all put this company on our back and want to give it a chance to be what it used to be and maybe possibly better.”

Posted September 18th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: .

8 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 9/13

Impact Wrestling 9/13 took place from Mexico City and featured a main event of Sami Callihan and Jake Crist against Tessa Blanchard and Tommy Dreamer in a street fight.

Here are 8 Takeaways from Impact Wrestling 9/13:

RVD & Rhino Provide Back Up For Tessa Blanchard & Dreamer

Sami Callihan has a title match coming up on October 20th at Bound for Glory in Chicago. He’s still deep into a tense rivalry with Tessa Blanchard, however. Callihan picked up the win in this week’s main event after delivering a piledriver to Tommy Dreamer, the same move he used to pin Tessa Blanchard twice.

After the match, OVE tried to use the numbers advantage to continue the onslaught on Dreamer and Blanchard but Rhino and RVD made the save.

Michael Elgin Wants Marufuji At Bound For Glory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjWmn-rja_A

Michael Elgin defeated AAA Minis champion Dinastia this week. Elgin didn’t use his normal Elgin bomb to get the win, however. Instead, Elgin delivered an “Emerald Flowsion” a move associated with Naomichi Marufuji.

After the match, Elgin cut a promo about how he beat the best of the best in Japan but he never got to face Marufuji. Elgin then put down the challenge for Marufuji for Bound for Glory October 20th in Chicago.

Dr. Wagner Isn’t Retired Yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s6O3G3AzoA

Impact will co-promote an event from MSG’s Hulu Theatre Sunday night. Dr. Wagner Jr. is scheduled to face Blue Demon Jr. on the show.. Tonight, Wagner Jr. got in the ring with Texano Jr. and picked up the victory after delivering the Wagner driver.

Eddie Edwards Sends Ace Austin To The Hospital (With His Wife)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6kONLnZn5g

Eddie Edwards has had a lot of personal and professional issues to overcome throughout the last year and a half in Impact Wrestling. He’s currently dealing with 22-year-old blue-chipper Ace Austin trying to have “relations” with his wife.

This week Austin and Edwards met in single’s action. Edwards couldn’t contain himself during the match, however, and took a chair to Austin’s arm, leading to the disqualification. Eddie kept up the beating after the match, even turning his attention to referees and security who tried to break it up.

Later on, Alisha Edwards was tending to Ace Austin as he was being loaded into an ambulance. As Alisha left in the ambulance with Austin, she turned to Eddie and said “You’re not my husband, you’re a cheating bastard!” as Austin made pelvic thrusting motions inside the ambulance.

Mahabali Shera Returns, Aligns With The Great Gama Singh & Desi Hit Squad

Things had not been going well for the Desi Hit Squad as of late leading up to this. The team had dropped an important match to Cody Deaner and Cousin Jake, leading to them having to go work on the Deaner compound. They then had to wrestle this match against Big Mami and Nino Hamburguesa while wearing overalls.

After the match, the Desi Hit Squad would get the last laugh, however. Mahabali Shera returned to the organization and took out the Deaners. He then aligned with Gama Singh and the other members of the Desi Hit Squad to end the segment.

Tenille Dashwood Defeats Kiera Hogan

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

In the opener this week, Tenille Dashwood picked up a win against Kiera Hogan. Dashwood has previously said in promos that she does not plan to start at the bottom and wants a shot at Taya Valkyrie’s title sooner rather than later. Her win against Hogan this week could put her closer to making that title shot happen.

Hogan’s Frenemy Madison Rayne wasn’t pleased with the result:

One More Match For LAX

Despite losing to the North in a match which had their Impact careers on the line, LAX aren’t quite gone from the promotion yet. This week, LAX agreed to face Willie Mack and Rich Swann in another match for the promotion so they can tear down the house one last time. Konnan agreed to speak with management to make the match happen next week.

Victory Road Lineup

https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1172857532613910529

Impact Wrestling is back with a live show tonight on Impact Plus. The following matches have been announced for the show:

  • Moose vs Stephan Bonnar
  • Sami Callihan vs Hawk
  • The North vs Rich Swann & Fuego Del Sol
  • TJP vs Michael Elgin
  • Eddie Edwards vs Rohit Raju
  • Kiera Hogan vs Desiderata

Quick Results:

  1. Tenille Dashwood defeated Kiera Hogan
  2. Michael Elgin defeated Dinastia
  3. Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Texano Jr.
  4. Ace Austin defeated Eddie Edwards via DQ
  5. Big Mami & Nino Hamburguesa defeated the Desi Hit Squad 
  6. Sami Callihan & Jake Crist defeated Tessa Blanchard & Tommy Dreamer

Next Week:

Posted September 14th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: , .

Brian Cage vs Sami Callihan Official For Bound For Glory

Brian Cage addressed his status as Impact World Champion this week on Impact’s weekly show on Twitch and Pursuit. Cage has been dealing with injuries since winning the title at Rebellion this spring. He stated on Impact this week that his title defence against Michael Elgin then pushed his recovery time back further. Cage would say he will be cleared to compete in time for Bound for Glory, however, where he will face Sami Callihan for the title.

After announcing he would face Callihan at the PPV, Cage then proposed to Melissa Santos.

Callihan qualified for the title match after he and Tessa Blanchard won a one-night tag title tournament and then Callihan defeated Tessa at Unbreakable with a title shot on the line.

Impact World Championship 2018-2019

Since the end of the Dixie Carter-era of Impact Wrestling, 5 wrestlers have held the Impact World Championship. Eli Drake entered the new Don Callis-led era of Impact as the champion but quickly lost the title to Austin Aries. In the months that followed, Aries would drop the title to Pentagon Jr. but regain it shortly after.

Aries then dropped the title to Johnny Impact at Bound For Glory last year who then dropped it to Cage at Rebellion this April.

Posted September 8th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: , .

10 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 8/9

Impact Wrestling presented a taped show last night from Windsor, ON, Canada. The show was headlined by a tag team title match between the North and Daga and Ortiz.

Here are 10 takeaways from Impact Wrestling 8/9:

Daga To Carry On LAX Legacy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJd-w_X9KQ

Daga joined Ortiz as Santana’s replacement in LAX this week. The pair accompanied by Konnan would challenge Josh Alexander and Ethan Page, who defeated Ortiz and Santana for the belts at Bash at the Brewery last month.

The North pulled off the win and retained their titles. There was no under-handed tactics here, the North had the experience edge over Daga and Ortiz and used it to their advantage. Despite the loss, Ortiz led the crowd in a chant for Daga, who looks like he could be carrying on the LAX legacy moving forward.

Tessa Blanchard Reflects On Loss To Sami Callihan

Blanchard had Sami Callihan beaten at Unbreakable. She hit him with 3 straight Magnums, one from a standing position, then from the second rope, and finally again from the top rope. Ultimately, Callihan’s run-in buddies from OVE saved the match for Callihan and stopped Blanchard from earning a title shot.

This week, Blanchard cut a promo saying she thought it would be one-on-one at Unbreakable and that she is not done with Sami.

The Rascalz Were Excited To Have Rob Van Dam In Their Clubhouse

Rob Van Dam visited the Rascalz clubhouse this week. The trio could not contain themselves and ended up demonstrating RVD’s moves on each other.

Here is some of what they had to say about RVD before he entered the room:

  • “I hear he can roll inside a $1 bill,” Trey said.
  • “I heard he sweats CBD oil,” Wentz added.
  • “I heard he can roll his armpit must,” Trey also said.

Brian Cage Injury Update

Melissa Santos provided an injury update on Brian Cage this week. Santos let us know that Cage has been dealing with an injury in his back and hip. Santos said there is no timetable for Cage’s return as they don’t know exactly where his injury is coming from.

Jimmy Jacobs conducted the interview and asked Santos what will happen if Cage can’t defend the title. Santos said there are more important things than championships and money.

Su Yung Crashes Havok’s Title Shot

Havok should be Knockouts champion but twice now she’s unfairly come away from a title match without the belt. At Unbreakable last week on Impact plus, Taya bailed on a title defence and retained via count-out. This week Su Yung interrupted the match just when Havok look like she had the champ beat. It looks as though the undead bride and Havok are on a collision course.

Jake Crist Defends X-Division Title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHV1K2k8EVU

This week of Impact Wrestling kicked off with Jake Crist successfully defending his X-Division championship. He defeated local talent Aiden Prince who’d won a #1 contenders match to earn the shot.

An interesting question might be what Sami Callihan is thinking in regards to Crist’s title reign. Callihan seems a little jealous that Jake was able do beat Swann for the belt when he wasn’t able to.

Jordynne Grace Sets Her Sights On Madison Rayne & Kiera Hogan

Alexia Nicole, local talent from Toronto, had a shot to defeat a multi-time former Knockouts champion this week when she took on Madison Rayne. Ultimately, it would be Rayne who would pick up the victory while Kiera Hogan was on commentary. According to Hogan, she’s the one teaching Rayne to be more aggressive lately. The two women argued after the match but then joined forces to take their aggression out on Nicole. This led to Jordynne Grace running in and making the save.

The storyline with Rayne and Hogan appears to be that they don’t get along but will team up to take out others in the division. Callis said they don’t get along unless they are bullying someone else together.

Rhino and Michael Elgin Brawl In Windsor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSgRwYTE2JI

Rhino gored both Stone Rockwell and Nate Madsen this week. Rockwell attempted to appease the man-beast with food but it didn’t work. Rhino then cut a promo calling out Michael Elgin leading to a brawl between the two.

Moose and Fallah Bah Brawl In Catering

Fallah Bah has lost over a hundred pounds but he’s gained an enemy in Moose. This week, we saw Moose attack Bah while he was eating and a brawl breaking out between the two at catering. Moose was upset at Bah’s recent victory over him last week. A rematch between the two is likely in the works.

Eddie Edwards Disqualified Against Ace Austin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-flk5mwGKNI

Eddie Edwards couldn’t control his temper in his match against Ace Austin this week. Austin has been seen in the back trying to impress Eddie’s wife Alicia with magic tricks. This week Edwards would not stop beating on Austin and the ref called for the bell.

Alicia Edwards ran out and tried to stop Eddie but when Eddie asked Alicia if she was with Austin, she didn’t give an answer. Later in the show, Austin was heard telling people in the back he was going to sleep with Eddie’s wife.

Quick Results:

  1. X-Division Championship
    Jake Crist (c) defeated Aiden Prince
  2. Ace Austin defeated Eddie Edwards via DQ
  3. Madison Rayne defeated Alexia Nicole
  4. Knockouts Championship
    Taya Valkyrie (c) vs Havok – No Contest
  5. Stone Rockwell vs Nate Madsen – No Contest
  6. Impact Tag Team Championships
    The North (c) defeated LAX (Daga & Ortiz)

Next Week:

Posted August 10th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: , , .

Sami Callihan Defeats Tessa Blanchard, Impact Wrestling Unbreakable Results

Sami Callihan defeated Tessa Blanchard for the second straight time last night at Impact Wrestling Unbreakable from Santa Ana, California. Callihan had previously defeated Blanchard in the main event of last month’s Slammiversary PPV.

With the win, Callihan earns a shot at the Impact Wrestling World Championship.

The match got off to an auspicious start as neither competitor moved or stopped staring the other one down for over one minute after the bell rang. Eventually Callihan gave his thumbs-up thumbs-down taunt, Blanchard flipped him off, and the two began brawling.

Callihan would work Blanchard’s leg for much of the match. Blanchard would make a comeback, however, including hitting 3 Magnums in a row, first from a standing position, then from the second rope and then again from the top rope. OVE’s Jake Crist distracted the ref, however, allowing Callihan to recover and regain the advantage. He would pin Blanchard after delivering a piledriver, just as he had at Slammiversary.

After the match concluded, Tommy Dreamer broke up an OVE attack on Blanchard and cut a promo on how impressive Blanchard is.

Impact Wrestling Unbreakable Results

  1. Peter Avalon & Ray Rosas defeated Chris Bey & Watts
  2. Impact X-Division Title Scramble 
    Jake Crist (c) defeated Ace Austin and Adrian Quest and Danny Limelight and Trey 
  3. Madison Rayne defeated Ayoka Muhara 
  4. Michael Elgin defeated Eddie Edwards 
  5. Jordynne Grace, Petey Williams & Scott Steiner defeated Dicky Mayer, Jervis Cottonbelly & Ryan Taylor
  6. Impact Knockouts Title
    Jessicka Havok defeated Taya Valkyrie (c) by Count Out 
  7. Rhino defeated Moose
  8. Impact World Tag Team Title
    The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) (c) defeated Reno SCUM (Adam Thornstowe & Luster The Legend) and Rich Swann & Willie Mack
  9. Impact World Title #1 Contendership Match
    Sami Callihan defeated Tessa Blanchard

Posted August 3rd, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: , .

6 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 7/26

Impact Wrestling was inside Windsor’s St. Clair College for this week’s episode. The show featured an X-Division title match and a street fight between Michael Elgin and Brian Cage.

Here are 6 takeaways from Impact Wrestling 7/26:

Rhyno Officially Joins Impact Wrestling

Michael Elgin’s street fight with champion Brian Cage never really officially started this week. The main event began with an injured Cage crawling to the ring area while being beaten by Elgin.

Melissa Santos eventually attempted to get Elgin to stop the attack but it was a masked man who looked much like Rhyno who would divert his attention. Unfortunately, Elgin hit the masked guy with a chair. That masked guy was not the real Rhyno, however, and the real one then gave a Gore to Elgin and celebrated in the crowd to end the show.

Jake Crist Wins X-Division Title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6slTEdvUBP8

Rich Swann’s X-Division title reign came to an end in Windsor. Swann’s loss of the championship was in part due to interference from OVE’s Madman Fulton.

Madman Fulton pushed Swann off the top rope and into a cutter by Crist. This allowed Crist to then hit the Buckeye Drop and win the title.

Swann’s title reign ends at 194 days and 11 title defences.

Tessa and Sami Preview Their Rematch

Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard will face each other again on August 2nd at Unbreakable. The show will air live on the Impact Plus streaming app. This time the winner of their match will earn a title shot at the Impact World Championship. Callihan and Blanchard earned the right to face each other for a title shot after winning the Mash-Up tournament together last week.

Sami praised Tessa before disrespecting her at the end of the promo, leading to a brawl between the two. Later in the show, Callihan said he’s going to sick Madman Fulton on her next week.

Moose Wants Stronger Competition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ypdPpXTwU

Moose won a squash match this week over Ray Steele. After the match, however, Moose cut a promo about how thought that after beating Rob Van Dam at Slammiversary he would get a chance to earn a title shot. Had he and Eddie Edwards won the Mash-Up tournament they would face each other for the next title shot but that was little consolation to Moose, who feels Impact managment has been disrespecting him.

Moose then sent a message to Impact management by further delivering a beatdown to Steele.

Rob Van Dam Back In The Win Column

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loUtKWyj5Fw

Rob Van Dam defeated Willie Mack this week. The win gets RVD back in the win column after dropping a match to Moose at Slammiversary.

RVD had been complaining in the past about Impact wrestlers using his moves. This may especially be the case for Mack, who has a “6-Star Frog Splash” as part of his arsenal. RVD would manage to win the match with his 5-star version of the move, however. The two would show respect to one another in the ring after the match.

Jordynne Grace Defeats Kiera Hogan, Madison Rayne on Commentary

Madison Rayne, fresh off her heel turn, was on commentary for this match. She also rolled Kiera Hogan back in the ring when it appeared she was going to get counted-out. Despite Rayne’s help, however, Hogan got caught in a clever pinning combination by Grace.

Later in the show, Hogan was interviewed in the back and Rayne interrupted. Although Rayne started off insulting Hogan, the two ended up turning their attention to Melissa Santos. Hogan and Rayne could turn out to be allies rather than enemies in this story, it’s still not clear.

On commentary, Don Callis noted to Josh Matthews that he might not know how to handle himself around a woman as beautiful as Rayne (the two are married in real-life, though this doesn’t appear to be something Impact acknowledges.)

Quick Results:

  1. Jordynne Grace defeated Kiera Hogan
  2. Moose defeated Ray Steele
  3. Rob Van Dam defeated Willie Mack
  4. X-Division Championship: Jake Crist defeated Rich Swann (c) – New Champion
  5. Street Fight: Michael Elgin vs Brian Cage – No Contest

Next Week:

https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1154968352126918657

Posted July 27th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: , , .

Tessa Blanchard vs Sami Callihan II Booked For August 2nd

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

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

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

Tessa Blanchard vs Sami Callihan II

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

The promotion is currently in Windsor filming TV this weekend.

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

Posted July 20th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: , .

8 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 7/19

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

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

Moose & Eddie Edwards Advance To Finals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6NruROOq0A

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

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

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

Madman Fulton Turns On Partner, Jake Crist & Wentz Advance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXcvIwCxSo

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

Nobody Said “Adventure” – Mack & Elgin Advance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uXZNqLfQMg

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

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

3 Sami Callihans vs Tessa Blanchard – Blanchard & Callihan Advance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9zqI_ws_o4

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

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

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

Is Taya Valkyrie Afraid of Havok?

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

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

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

Moose Turns On Eddie Edwards

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

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

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

Michael Elgin Walks Out Willie Mack

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

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

Tessa Blanchard & Sami Callihan Win The Mash-Up Tournament

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

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

Quick Results:

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

Next Week:

Posted July 20th, 2019 in News, TNA. Tagged: , .

Impact Wrestling “Mash-Up Tournament” To Air Tonight

Tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling will feature Tessa Blanchard and Sami Callihan teaming together to face Dave Crist and Trey Miguel. The odd pairings are part of Impact’s “Mash-Up” tournament”, where unlikely tag partners are paired with each other.

Other matches scheduled to air tonight on Pursuit, Twitch, and Impact’s international broadcasters include Eddie Edwards & Moose going up against Rohit Raju and Cody Deaner. The Deaners and Raju’s Desi Hit Squad have been feuding in the promotion as of late.

Rich Swann will team with OVE’s Madman Fulton to go up against Wentz from the Rascalz and Jake Crist from OVE.

Impact Wrestling Friday, July 19th, 2019

Tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling is the first to have been filmed since Slammiversary. Last week’s episode was a recap show which also aired the Kiera Hogan vs Madison Rayne vs Jordynne Grace match which was filmed before the PPV started in Dallas. Grace picked up the win in the match but fell victim to a double-team from Hogan and Rayne after.

Tonight’s episode emanated from the Don Kolov arena in Mississauga, ON. Anthony Carrelli (Santino Marella) runs a promotion and school (Battle Arts) which runs the venue frequently.

Tessa Blanchard On Teaming With Sami Callihan

Blanchard sent out the following about teaming with Callihan tonight:

https://twitter.com/Tess_Blanchard/status/1151708022877519873
https://twitter.com/Tess_Blanchard/status/1152000310853849089

Posted July 19th, 2019 in News. Tagged: , .

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary XVII Results

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

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

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary XVII Results

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

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Posted July 8th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: , .

Sami Callihan Explains Why He Spit On Jim Cornette

During his ring introduction from MLW’s Fury Road event on June 1st, Sami Callihan spit a mouthful of water at Jim Cornette. Callihan also did damage to the venue during his hardcore match with Mance Warner that night, leading to his dismissal from the promotion. He recently appeared on Konnan’s “Keeping it 100” podcast and explained his altercation with Cornette.

Callihan was upset at comments Cornette made during his review of AEW’s Double or Nothing about Sonny Kiss.

“Sonny Kiss, who apparently got off his day job at the drag show at the f**king Tropicana,” Cornette said on his YouTube channel. “And I don’t know, but they’re not explaining any of this … the transvestite, or Exotico as they would say at AAA. Did anyone bother to explain why he looks like that? No! They just accepted that, ‘Here’s another member of our roster, no reason to — nothing to look at here, folks.”

Sami Callihan on Jim Cornette’s Comments About Sonny Kiss

Callihan had the following to say on Cornette’s comments while on Konnan’s podcast:

“In 2019 we don’t have to explain what someone of homosexuality or anything is because it’s 2019, everything is accepted on that terms,” Callihan said. “And then he wanted to just call him a transvestite, not even knowing what he was, and say ‘he got off, looks like he just got off from working a day shift at the f**king Tropicana as a drag queen.’”

“I’m like, that’s just ignorant, like that’s speaking ignorant,” Callihan continued.

Callihan would continue to give his opinion on why Cornette is so often critical of modern day wrestling:

“He goes after anyone that has any sort of notoriety because he hasn’t done anything in his career in the last 20 years to be worth s**t. So he wants to make money off of other people.”

The full interview can be listened to below:

Posted June 21st, 2019 in News, MLW. Tagged: , .

Sami Callihan Done With MLW, Court Bauer Comments

Sami Callihan is no longer working with Major League Wrestling (MLW).

Callihan lost a Falls Count Anywhere / Loser Leaves Town match against Mance Warner this week on MLW Fusion. You can watch the full episode below. In addition to competing in-ring for MLW, Callihan also worked behind the scenes as an agent.

There were plans for Callihan to return to MLW under a mask this summer. However, that won’t be happening as a result of his reckless behavior during the match.

A fan on Twitter accused Bauer of “ditching” Callihan to appease Jim Cornette, MLW’s outspoken commentator. Callihan spit water onto Cornette during his entrance this week, as seen below.

According to MLW CEO Court Bauer, Callihan’s beef with Cornette was not the reason for his departure. Callihan caused thousands of dollars in damage to the Waukesha Expo Center during the brawl with Mance Warner. Two $15,000 bleachers were “severely damaged” as well as other property owned by the building.

Bauer said, “That makes it very, very difficult to return to the venue which is disappointing as I enjoyed working with Sami. He was an agent and worked hard. Fans would’ve enjoyed the next chapter.”

Watch: Sami Calihan vs. Mance Warner on MLW Fusion

Posted June 18th, 2019 in MLW, News. Tagged: .

Sami Callihan Spit On Jim Cornette Due To Comments Regarding Sonny Kiss

Jim Cornette’s review of AEW’s Double or Nothing PPV drew criticism from fans and wrestlers regarding his comments directed at Sonny Kiss. One of those wrestlers was Impact and MLW’s Sami Callihan.

Callihan, who wrestles with MLW where Cornette is a commentator, posted the following to Twitter over the weekend:

Jim Cornette Reviews AEW Double or Nothing

Cornette was not impressed with the Casino Battle Royale when he got to his comments regarding Sonny Kiss. He was quoted as saying the following during his review of Double or Nothing:

“Sonny Kiss, who apparently got off his day job at the drag show at the f**king Tropicana,” Cornette said. “And I don’t know, but they’re not explaining any of this … the transvestite, or Exotico as they would say at AAA. Did anyone bother to explain why he looks like that? No! They just accepted that, ‘Here’s another member of our roster, no reason to — nothing to look at here, folks.”

Sonny Kiss has previously wrestled for Lucha Underground as XO Lishus.

Joey Ryan and Others Respond to Jim Cornette

Several others have responded to Cornette’s comments.

Joey Ryan had the following to say:

https://twitter.com/JoeyRyanOnline/status/1134261298592530432

AEW’s Luchasaurus also commented:

Sonny Kiss responded to Sami Callihan:

https://twitter.com/Kimber_Lee90/status/1135447631566725122

Jim Cornette Responds To Joey Ryan

Cornette issued several responses to Joey Ryan and others who have been critical of his comments.

Posted June 4th, 2019 in News. Tagged: , .

Sami Callihan Discusses “Unfinished Business” With Dean Ambrose

Current Impact and Major League Wrestling wrestler, Sami Callihan, has some thoughts on his former partner, ex-WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose (now known once again as Jon Moxley)

The two teamed together as part of “The Crew” in Heartland Wrestling Association, as well as the Switchblade Conspiracy in Combat Zone Wrestling, but despite this history together, Callihan has admitted that even he doesn’t know what Ambrose’s next move will be before calling him “the weirded human being” he’s ever met.

“No One Really Knows What Jon Moxley’s Gonna Do”

Speaking with the WINCLY podcast, Callihan said:

“The thing is with Moxley is that you don’t know what the hell he’s gonna do. He is the weirdest human being I’ve ever met in my life. I wouldn’t past him to do a fight with the UFC at this point. No one really knows what Jon Moxley’s gonna do. But I know if he wants to throw hands or jump into oVe, the door’s always open for him.”

He then commented that if Moxley were to end up with Impact Wrestling, he would be an undeniable asset to the promotion.

“It would be a huge get for Impact Wrestling and I don’t even know if I’d wanna him in oVe as I’d rather go toe-to-toe with him as there’s unfinished business between me and him and I wanna shut his damn mouth,” Callihan declared.

He continued, “It’s a weird relationship of ‘little brother, big brother’ and it’s always the two of us striving to see who’s better. We’re both weird human beings and messed-up individuals. One day we’re gonna get back in the ring together as grown-ass adults and see who’s better.”

With Dean Ambrose now no longer a part of WWE, the possibility of seeing Callihan and Moxley reignite past feuds, partnerships, or rivalries on the independent scene may actually have a chance at happening.

https://youtu.be/yA7XmsOMUcc

Thanks to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

Posted May 15th, 2019 in News. Tagged: , , .

Match Added To Rebellion PPV, Sami Callihan Won’t Spoil Avengers: Endgame

Management has given in to Sami Callihan’s demands. Callihan had demanded Impact Wrestling management make his X-Division title match with Rich Swann tonight a no-DQ match or he would reveal spoilers to Avengers: Endgame live on PPV.

Impact Wrestling: Rebellion

Impact Wrestling has also added another match to their Rebellion PPV tonight from Toronto. Scarlett Bordeaux will wrestle in an inter-gender match against Rohit Raju of the Desi Hit Squad.

Bordeaux defeated Disco Inferno on Impact Wrestling programming recently and her and Fallah Bah defeated the Desi Hit Squad as well.

A live edition of the Smoke Show was announced for tonight’s PPV on Impact Wrestling this week as well.

  • Impact World Champion Johnny Impact vs. Brian Cage with Lance Storm as the special guest referee
  • Impact World Tag Team Champions The Lucha Bros (Fénix and Pentagón Jr.) vs. The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana) in a Full Metal Mayhem Match 
  • Gail Kim vs. Tessa Blanchard
  • Impact X Division Champion Rich Swann vs. Sami Callihan 
  • Impact Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie vs. Jordynne Grace 
  • Scarlett Bordeaux vs Rohit Raju
  • The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) vs. Moose and ‘The North’ (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page)

Posted April 28th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: , .

Sami Callihan Threatens To Reveal Avengers: Endgame Spoilers

If Sami Callihan doesn’t get what he wants, he will reveal spoilers to the much anticipated Avengers: Endgame. The latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe debuted in theatres yesterday. Callihan has told Impact Wrestling management that if his match with Rich Swann isn’t changed to a no rules/no disqualification match, those who order the PPV will be exposed to spoilers for the blockbuster movie.

Callihan initially said if his demands weren’t met, he’d simply no-show the event:

He then CC’d Jimmy Jacobs:

Callihan has now increased the stakes regarding his demands. After not receiving a response, he upped the stakes by adding in the threats regarding Avengers spoilers.

Swann and Callihan have been involved in a months-long rivalry as of late on Impact programming. Callihan originally recruited Swann to join OVE as the two were friends earlier in their careers. Swann rejected the offer, however, kickstarting their feud. Swann won the X-Division championship by winning Ultimate X at Homecoming in January.

Impact Wrestling – Rebellion PPV – April 28th, 2019

  • Impact World Championship: Johnny Impact (c) vs Brian Cage (Referee: Lance Storm)
  • Knockouts Championship: Taya Valkyrie (c) vs Jordynne Grace
  • Impact Tag Team Championships: Full Metal Mayhem – The Lucha Bros (c) vs LAX
  • X-Division Championship: Rich Swann (c) vs Sami Callihan
  • Gail Kim vs Tessa Blanchard

Killer Kross will face Willie Mack and Rosemary will be in action as well this week on Impact.

Posted April 26th, 2019 in TNA, News. Tagged: , .

Eddie Edwards Reacts To Sami Callihan Winning Impact Wrestler Of The Year

Eddie Edwards received a broken orbital bone in January after a botched baseball bat spot with Sami Callihan. At Impact Wrestling’s January 2018 tapings, Callihan struck Edwards in the eye with a baseball bat. Callihan had been swinging at a chair which was positioned atop Edwards at the time.

This week, Impact Wrestling fans voted Sami Callihan as the promotion’s MVP of the year. They also voted the infamous baseball bat spot as “Moment of the Year”.

Eddie Edwards Reacts To Sami Callihan’s Awards

Edwards, who will face Moose at Homecoming, reacted to Callihan’s awards.

Edwards spoke to Sports Illustrated not long after the incident. He said his initial concern was losing his eye.

“Losing my eye was my immediate concern. As soon as I got hit, I put my hand over my eye, started walking up the ramp to the back and all I was thinking was that I really hoped my eye was not hanging out of my head or in my hand.”

Callihan also spoke with TMZ Sports not long after the botched spot took place.

“I hit this man in the face with a baseball bat and in the last 24 hours I’ve been getting all this hate and all this negativity online and Impact says ‘Yo, you have to go out of your way to make this right,'” Callihan said. “People are saying we crossed the line, so from the bottom of my heart, I have to tell each and every one of you that I’m not sorry for a single thing that happened. Look at me and tell me I’m not being serious. I do not feel bad. TMZ is messaging and interviewing Eddie Edwards when they should be interviewing me. The most dangerous man in professional wrestling today. Oh yeah, and Jim Cornette, you can kiss my ass too.”

Posted December 22nd, 2018 in News, TNA. Tagged: , .

LA Park Vs Sami Callihan, Falls Count Anywhere, Booked For MLW Never Say Never

A Falls Count Anywhere match between LA Park and Sami Callihan will take place on December 13th in Miami. The match has been booked as part of MLW’s Never Say Never event the night before their live special on December 14th for BeIN Sports.

https://twitter.com/MLW/status/1069230773876731904

Park had previously been booked to wrestle PCO that night. PCO has signed with Ring of Honor, however, and has since pulled out of the event.

An MLW press release explained PCO’s departure as follows:

“PCO has withdrawn from his December 13th Falls Count Anywhere in Miami bout and has suspiciously vanished from the league. ”

LA Park vs Sami Callihan

“As league officials worked through the weekend on a new opponent for LA Park,” An MLW press release reads. “Rumblings about a falling out between Salina de la Renta’s Promociones Dorado and their hired mercenary Sami Callihan began to surface.  Some claim Saline de la Renta was furious with Callihan failing to take out Lawlor last month in Chicago.  Another source claims LA Park was disrespectful towards Callihan backstage and it triggered Callihan into demanding a match.  While details are sketchy, one thing is for sure: there is bad blood between Callihan and Promociones Dorado.”

The match will be taped as part of the promotion’s Fusion tapings. Fusion airs Friday nights on BeIN Sports and full episodes are posted to YouTube the following day at 6:05 PM.

Posted December 2nd, 2018 in News, MLW. Tagged: .

Impact Wrestling 11/15 Preview

Impact Wrestling will present its first show from their Las Vegas tapings tonight. The promotion held tapings at Sam’s Town Casino from November 11th to 13th.

Impact Wrestling 11/15 Preview

X-Division Championship – Brian Cage (c) vs Sami Callihan

Previously on Impact Wrestling, Brian Cage traveled to Ohio to confront Sami Callihan. Cage was greeted by Callihan’s numerous Ohio-based minions. Tonight, the X-Division title is on the line, however. Callihan is the only man in Impact Wrestling to ever pin Cage, if he does as such tonight he’ll be the new X-Division Champion.

Johnny Impact vs Matt Sydal – Non-Title

Johnny Impact’s World Championship won’t be on the line in his match with Matt Sydal tonight. If Sydal comes out victorious, however, he’ll likely put himself in title contention. We are just over 7 weeks until the Homecoming PPV in Nashville and somebody will likely be declared the new #1 contender in the coming weeks.

Johnny suggested he might be stretching himself a little thin recently on Impact Press Pass.  He’s already had to fend off Fenix and Killer Kross since winning the title and a match against Matt Sydal isn’t any easier.

Tessa Blanchard In Single’s Action

The Knockouts Champion will also be in action tonight. Her opponent for tonight’s non-title match has yet to be announced, however. Blanchard still has unfinished business with Taya Valkyrie. She lost to Taya previously via DQ in a rematch from Bound For Glory. At some point, Blanchard will have to defend the title once more against Valkyrie.

Eli Drake Has Requested Time On Impact Wrestling Tonight

Last week, Eli Drake attacked Joseph Park. Drake said he doesn’t like the hardcore wrestling style Abyss was famous for. He especially didn’t appreciate Abyss attacking him at Bound For Glory.

Tonight, Drake has requested time to speak and explain his actions.

Posted November 15th, 2018 in News, TNA. Tagged: , .

10 Takeaways From Impact Wrestling 10/25

Impact Wrestling presented their second show from the Melrose Ballroom tapings held in the days following Bound For Glory. Johnny Impact vs Fenix for the world title was the night’s main event.

Here are 10 Takeaways from Impact Wrestling 10/25:

Killer Kross Attacked Johnny Impact In The Back

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

Killer Kross is a frightening individual. The final scene of Impact this week was Killer Kross standing over an unconscious Impact World Champion, Johnny Impact.

Kross then said the following to the knocked out champion, “I don’t like that word (crazy), I find it offensive because when someone calls you crazy they’re insinuating that you’re not very intelligent. In this particular circumstance, I’d call you crazy because you really believe that you can change things and you can’t because I am the change and all paths moving forward lead to damnation.” Creepy guy.

A title match was then made official between the two for the November 8th branded-edition of Impact named “Final Hour.”

Knockouts Championship Rematch Next Week

Tessa Blanchard cut a promo on Taya Valkyrie in the back. The Knockouts Champion was not happy with what Taya said last week about her using underhanded tactics in their match at Bound For Glory. Blanchard said she doesn’t need shortcuts to beat Taya and said she’d put the title on the line again next week.

The OGZ Get To Konnan Through Fenix

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

Earlier in the night, King told Homicide and Hernandez he had an idea about how they can get to Konnan even though the bosses say they can’t touch him or LAX. Then after Johnny Impact and Fenix had a stellar main event match, the OGZ hit the ring and continued the attack on Fenix until Pentagon came in with a chair to make the save. It looks like King and the OGZ will look to get at Konnan by attacking his longtime allies, Pentagon and Fenix.

Allie Backs Away From Su Yung

Last week, Allie continued to attack Alisha Edwards after defeating her. This week when she attempted to prevent Su Yung from giving Kiera Hogan a Panic Switch off the entrance ramp she stopped in her tracks at only a creepy stare from Yung. Allie uncharacteristically backed away and left Hogan alone.

Yung would pin Hogan after giving her a Panic Switch moments later.

Sami Callihan’s Bat Is Ineffective Against Brian Cage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FRXIUJUOKA

Sami Callihan defeated Trevor Lee in single’s action this week. After the match, however, Brian Cage hit the ring to attack the guy who pinned him at Bound For Glory. Callihan was ready with a bat but even that wasn’t effective against the X-Division Champion. Cage stood in the ring as Callihan and OVE backed off to close the segment.

Eddie Edwards Has Come Back For Moose

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

Killer Kross and Moose defeated KM and Fallah Bah this week but it’s not clear if Moose knows that or not. Eddie Edwards returned during this match and dragged Moose away. Kross then choked out Fallah Bah to end the match.

Moose and Edwards then continued to brawl throughout the backstage area and eventually onto the roof. Moose eventually locked Edwards on the roof and got away. Alisha Edwards would later berate Edwards for being out of his mind.

LAX Defend Against Matt Sydal & Ethan Page Next Week

Sydal and Page confronted LAX in the back and said they were destined for greatness. Konnan said they were consuming too much peyote and/or mushrooms. Despite this, a match between the two teams for the tag-team titles was made official for next week.

There Is A New Member Of The Desi Hit Squad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIe0h6flNn4

The Great Gama Singh took on Rohit Raju this week. While the 63-year-old may not be as athletic as he once was he still knew to have a devious plan to get the victory. Someone who appears to be a new recruit into the Desi Hit Squad attacked Raju from behind and gave him a super gut-buster. Gama Singh then lifted Raju up and the three of them left the ring together.

Scarlett Bordeaux’s Talent Search Open To Everyone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMJfEZ9Gbnk

Scarlett Bordeaux continues to scout for talent both from the Impact roster and also from fans submitting their videos. She was watching a few of such videos in the bath this week.

Eli Drake’s Lawsuit Against Impact Continues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwG8a1jZS9Y

Eli Drake is suing Impact Wrestling. This was revealed last week but this week Drake still decided up to do commentary for LAX’s victory over the Heavenly Bodies. Josh Mathews was critical of Drake’s lawsuit but Drake insisted he’s just one of a few to sue the company.

Quick Results:

  • Sami Callihan defeated Trevor Lee
  • LAX defeated the Heavenly Bodies
  • The Great Gama Singh vs Rohit Raju – no contest after interference
  • Killer Kross and Moose defeated KM and Fallah Bah
  • Su Yung defeated Kiera Hogan
  • Impact World Championship
    Johnny Impact (c) defeated Fenix

Next Week:

  • Willie Mack vs Rich Swann
  • Impact Tag Team Championships
    LAX (c) vs Matt Sydal and Ethan Page
  • Knockouts Championship
    Tessa Blanchard (c) vs Taya Valkyrie

Posted October 26th, 2018 in News, TNA. Tagged: , .

Sami Callihan Wants To Bring The X-Division Title Back To Prominence

Sami Callihan had plenty to say on today’s Impact Wrestling Press Pass. Perhaps the most impactful statements he made, however, were in regards to the X-Division. Callihan echoed sentiment previously expressed by Brian Cage in regards to wanting to bring the title back to the prominence it once enjoyed.

Sami Callihan On The X-Division And Wrestling Kangaroos

I had the chance to ask Callihan on today’s call about what competing in the division means to him.

“I remember being a young little death machine and watching Impact and TNA PPVs back before I was even in the wrestling business,” Callihan said. “The X-division title was something I always wanted to be a part of. Now, getting a chance to actually make this division mean something again, that’s exactly what I’m going to do.”

Callihan then spoke about how the importance of the X-Division decreased for a period.

“The fact the X-Division Championship isn’t up to where it used to be is sad,” he continued. “And I want to be one of the people, just like I’m saving Impact Wrestling, I want to be one of the people that saves the X-Division title.”

At this point, Callihan received a text message which he felt contained some disturbing information. He learned from the text that there are roughly 40 million people worldwide and only 8 million people in Ohio. Callihan then did some surprisingly quick math to work out each person from Ohio would have to fight 5 kangaroos. He was quick to say he felt OVE vs a trio of kangaroos would do great buyrates on PPV.

https://youtu.be/1IjpPakgm9g

Sami Callihan vs Brian Cage – X-Division Championship

At Bound For Glory, Sami Callihan became the first man in Impact Wrestling to pin Brian Cage. It took a barrage of super-kicks from OVE and a Cactus Driver from Callihan to do it, however. Last week on Impact, Callihan made his intentions to challenge for the X-Division title known.

X-Division History

When TNA Wrestling debuted in 2002, many feel it was the X-Division matches which separated it from other promotions. The early X-Division was dominated by guys like AJ Styles, Low-Ki, and Jerry Lynn. Other names such as Christoper Daniels, the Amazing Red, Frankie Kazarian, and Chris Sabin would follow.

The X-Division became so popular many felt it had risen to the same level (if not greater) that the World Title. Over time the title’s importance faded, seemingly relegated to mid-card status. 2018 has seen a change in how the division has been handled, however. With names such as Brian Cage and Matt Sydal leading the charge, the division has a larger spotlight on it now than it has in years. If Sami Callihan gets his way, the title will be back to main event PPVs sooner rather than later.

Posted October 25th, 2018 in News, TNA. Tagged: .

Tom Lawlor Attacked By Sami Callihan During MLW Media Day (Video)

Tom Lawlor and other members of the MLW roster were in Chicago yesterday to promote MLW: Fightland on November 8th. The event will be held in Chicago’s Cicero Stadium.

Lawlor confronted MLW Champion, Low-Ki, during a backstage promo but was then attacked from behind by Sami Callihan. The incident was caught on camera and posted by TMZ.

MLW Fightland

The promotion also announced Brian Pillman Jr. of the new Hart Foundation will face Tommy Dreamer at MLW: Fightland. Rush will also make his MLW debut against Sammy Guevara on the show.

  1. No DQ
    PCO vs Brody King
  2. MLW Tag Team Championships
    Fenix & Pentagon Jr. (c) vs LA Park & El Hijo de LA Park
  3. Tommy Dreamer vs Brian Pillman Jr.
  4. Rush vs. Sammy Guevara
  5. Size Matters (Joey Ryan & Swoggle) vs The Dirty Blondes

MLW Fightland will be filmed for future episodes of MLW Fusion. The promotion’s weekly show airs Friday nights on BeIN Sports. Full episodes are released on their YouTube channel at 6 PM every Saturday.

Following their Chicago show next month, MLW’s December tapings will be held in Miami. Their Miami Fusion tapings will be held over a 2-day period and travel packages are available for fans wishing to attend the shows as part of a winter vacation to Florida.

Posted October 25th, 2018 in News, MLW. Tagged: , .

Sami Callihan Signs New Deal With Impact Wrestling

Sami Callihan became the first man in Impact Wrestling to pin Brian Cage on Sunday at Bound For Glory. According to a recent report from PW Insider, Callihan has also come to terms on a new contract with Impact Wrestling.

Impact Wrestling contracts allow talent to work for other promotions provided they make Impact TV tapings their first priority. Callihan also competes regularly for promotions such as MLW and Lucha Underground.

Other Impact Wrestling talent also frequently appear on MLW and Lucha Underground as well. Additionally, Tessa Blanchard is primed to become the face of the WOW promotion next year. The all-female promotion debuts on AXS this January.

Sami Callihan in Impact Wrestling

Sunday at Bound For Glory, Callihan and OVE teamed up against Brian Cage and the Lucha Brothers. After his trio had taken out Pentagon and Fenix, they triple-teamed Cage. After a barrage of super-kicks, Callihan gave Cage his Cactus Driver and pinned him. Previously, nobody in Impact had pinned or submitted Cage.

This could set-up a future X-Division Championship match between Brian Cage and Sami Callihan.

Callihan is approaching his 1-year anniversary with Impact. He debuted in November last year along with Dave and Jake Crist, entering into a rivalry with LAX.

Posted October 18th, 2018 in News, TNA. Tagged: .

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