The North vs. Good Brothers rivalry will continue at Final Resolution.
On Tuesday’s Impact Wrestling, Ethan Page challenged Karl Anderson to a singles match at the December 12th Impact Plus show. If Page wins, he and Josh Alexander will earn a future Tag Team Title shot. Later in the show, Anderson accepted because the North injured his partner Luke Gallows and he wants revenge.
The Good Brothers defeated The North for the titles at November’s Turning Point, ending their three week run as champs.
No other matches have been announced, but based on Tuesday’s show, World Champion Rich Swann vs. Chris Bey and Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo vs. Su Yung will likely be announced next week.
This will be the first Final Resolution since 2013 when the event was still a pay-per-view. The show was already filmed in Nashville, TN, as the company is done taping for the duration of 2020.
Impact Wrestling returns from Nashville, TN for this week’s episode.
Opening video recapped the conclusion of the John E. Bravo investigation and trial, Rich Swann defending the title against Ken Shamrock, and the consequent attack on Eddie Edwards by Callihan and Shamrock.
The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) defeated XXXL (Acey Romero & Larry D)
About a month ago, XXXL re-injured Alex Shelley as a statement that they were serious about chasing the tag team titles. Last week, Shelley announced that he was cleared to wrestle and they are here for revenge.
Good speed vs. power match. MCMGs had early advantage, displaying their tag team proficiency. All good action. XXXL cut off Shelley and worked over him for a couple of minutes before Sabin got the hot tag. Last few minutes were great, with both teams getting a chance to hit their double team moves. MCMGs hit skulls and bones for the win.
Shelley and Sabin could either go back to the tag title scene, or keep feuding with XXXL, who shouldn’t be happy about this loss.
– Josh Matthews and Madison Rayne ran down tonight’s card.
– We saw Sami Callihan and Ken Shamrock arrive at the arena, but Scott D’Amore and security were there to greet them. D’Amore told Shamrock that he was suspended for attacking an official last week when he took out D’Lo Brown.
– Backstage, John E. Bravo confronted Larry D about shooting him. D attacked Bravo, but Tommy Dreamer jumped in to break it up. Dreamer tried to get Larry D to deal with the Bravo situation. Instead, D took out Dreamer.
Jordynne Grace & Jazz defeated Killer Kelly & Renee Michelle in a Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament first round match.
Renee Michelle is making her in-ring debut tonight, while we saw Killer Kelly take a loss last week against Kimber Lee. Likewise, Jazz made her return last week announcing that she was teaming up with Grace on the tournament. Michelle and Killer Kelly look like stars.
The match initially gave us a promising tease of a Grace vs. Killer Kelly match. Jazz was portrayed as a total dominant force when paired up with Michelle.
Match saw a basic formula with Grace getting cut off from her corner, being worked on until she made a short comeback to tag in Jazz, who came in and ran wild against the competition. Finish saw Michelle save Killer Kelly from getting pinned after a Grace driver, only for her to tag in and take an X-Factor by Jazz for the pin. Ok match. While a bit slower than the others, Jazz looked good in the ring.
Jazz and Jordynne Grace advance in the tournament and will be wrestling Havok and Neveah in the semi finals.
– Impact+ flashback moment of the week was the Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me in a Full Metal Mayhem match from Final Resolution 2010.
– Ethan Page cut a promo saying that everyone likes messing with him and accepted that he was the one that took out Doc Gallows. He challenged Karl Anderson to a match at Final Resolution, and if he wins, he and Josh Alexander get a shot at the tag titles. Good promo.
– Somewhere backstage, Alisha Edwards was waiting for Sami Callihan. Tenille Dashwood and Kaleb with a K were there trying to talk to her, but Edwards had her focus on Callihan, who she attacked as soon as he walked by. Edwards was pulled off by security while Dashwood and Kaleb walked away.
Johnny Swinger vs Cody Deaner (with Cousin Jake) ended in a no contest
This was your weekly midcard match that got interrupted by Eric Young and Joe Doering. Swinger tried to make friends with Doering, but was still taken out. Young said that they will continue this until ‘we’ learn that this world belongs to them. I really don’t know what he’s talking about.
– Deonna Purrazzo and Kimber Lee approached Father James Mitchell to ask if he had already taken care of Su Yung. Mitchell said that these things take time and that he didn’t even know where Su Yung was, to which Purrazzo said she knew how to find her.
– Backstage, the Deaners talked in the locker room about having to do something about EY and Doering. Cody Deaner said this wasn’t a ‘we’ problem, he was the one that had to do something about EY next week.
– Purrazzo and Lee came down to the ring and called out Su Yung to come down to the ring if she wanted her contractual rematch. The trap was set and when she got to the ring, out came Father James Mitchell.
Mitchell cut a promo on Yung, saying that she had been a thorn in his side for too long. Tonight, she’d pay for her sins. Mitchell summoned Yung’s bridesmaids, who surrounded the ring. Purrazzo and Lee couldn’t wait and attacked Su Yung, leaving her for the bridesmaids to take her away.
– Moose approached Chris Bey about Bey’s tactics to get himself a World title match. Moose told Bey that if he were to win, Moose would take the title from him.
– Gia Miller interviewed Karl Anderson about Ethan Page’s challenge. Anderson accepted the match because he was out there to take revenge for what he did to Gallows.
X Division Champion Rohit Raju defeated Crazzy Steve to retain the title
Crazzy Steve won himself a title shot against Raju last week when he fought under the Suicide mask and got a quick roll-up after a distraction from TJP.
Match was a clash of styles, where Raju had a lot of trouble countering Steve’s unorthodox style until he managed to cut him off and keep him down with constant kicks and knees, focusing on Steve’s arm. Eventually, Steve powered up and made a comeback, getting a decent near fall with a Koji clutch. Soon after, Raju scored a roll-up and grabbed the ropes for the win. This was surprisingly good for Crazzy Steve.
– Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz revealed that they still had Hernandez’s money. Fallah Bahh approached them about this. When Hogan and Steelz tried to pretend they didn’t, Bahh said he went back and watched the show, and so Hogan and Steelz had to accept they had indeed stolen the money.
They said they didn’t have the money, but that they’d give it to him next week. I hope we are done with this story.
– TJP approached Crazzy Steve and once again, Brian Myers walked by and made fun of them. TJP challenged Myers to a match next week.
– Matthews and Rayne announced next week’s matches, including Eric Young vs. Cody Deaner, Brain Myers vs. TJP, Josh Alexander vs. Chris Sabin, and Deonna Purrazzo & Kimber Lee vs. Taya and Rosemary in the Knockouts Tag Team title tournament.
Willie Mack defeated Chris Bey
In the last couple of weeks, Chris Bey has been trying to get a title shot from Rich Swann, and last week, he happened to talk trash to Willie Mack, which led to this match.
Bey worked over Mack’s leg after he caught him with a low dropkick while Mack was in between the ropes on the apron. Bey dominated most of the match, with the exception of a couple of small comebacks that Mack initiated. The finish, which came out of nowhere, saw Bey go for his finish but Mack blocked, hit a pop-up forearm and landed the stunner for the win. Good match, mostly because of Bey. Seems like a really bad decision to pin Bey right before he goes and challenges for the title.
After the match, Moose came in and hit the lights out on Mack, which brought out Rich Swann, who ran off Moose. Out of nowhere, Chris Bey jumped in with the art of finesse and took out Swann. Bey posed with the title as the show went off the air.
Final thoughts —
Okay show, it went by fast. Most of the storyline developments were to build Final Resolution.
Ethan Page announced on Twitter Sunday that he has come into contact with someone that has COVID-19 and is canceling his remaining wrestling date for the year.
He didn’t say when the interaction happened, but that he plans to quarantine for 14 days. Page’s final date was for ACW Wisconsin this Friday against Swoggle.
He is one half of The North with Josh Alexander in Impact Wrestling, but the promotion recently held tapings that will carry them through the end of the year.
It was also recently reported that his Impact contract is up at the end of the year. The North lost the Impact Tag Team Titles to the Good Brothers at the recent Turning Point event on Impact Plus and have continued their rivalry on TV since then.
Page has worked consistently for Impact throughout the pandemic in addition to select indie dates for GCW, AIW, Black Label Pro, and the second Talk’N Shop A Mania.
Bob Ryder, who was one of the founders of TNA Wrestling and still worked for Impact Wrestling more than 18 years later, was found dead today by police at his home in Nashville.
Ryder, who has battled cancer for years, had not attended a live show in a long time due to intense chemotherapy.
Ryder suffered a fall yesterday and was unable to get up, but apparently texted people that he was okay. But after that, no phone calls or text messages to him were answered. The company sent someone who knew him to his home and knocked on the door and got no response. They then called police and found that he had passed away.
Ryder was a pioneer of websites with 1wrestling.com in the 90s, and did web radio and worked for WCW where he was close with Eric Bischoff. After the folding of the company in 2001, Ryder and Jeff Jarrett, who were not hired by WWF, convinced Jerry Jarrett to start TNA Wrestling with the idea of it being a PPV-exclusive promotion.
The initial idea didn’t work and both Jarretts were close to filing for bankruptcy when Dixie Carter, who they had hired as their publicity director, informed them she was from a wealthy family and got her father to buy the promotion. Eventually the company was sold to Anthem Entertainment.
Ryder worked handling the travel along with numerous other duties for the company.
Former WWE and NWA Women’s Champion Jazz is taking part in Impact Wrestling’s Knockouts Tag Team title tournament.
On tonight’s episode of Impact, it was announced that Jazz will make her Impact Wrestling in-ring debut as Jordynne Grace’s partner in the Knockouts Tag Team title tournament. They’re facing Killer Kelly & Renee Michelle in a first round match on Impact next Tuesday. The winning team will advance to face Havok & Nevaeh in the semifinals of the tournament.
There had been a teaser on last week’s Impact where Grace revealed she would be teaming with someone who recently said they were retiring. Jazz did an interview on tonight’s show and said she wants to end her career on top by winning the Knockouts Tag Team titles.
Jazz had announced her retirement during an interview with Chris Van Vliet last month: “Honestly, I just had my last match this past Sunday. I am done in the ring. I was going to do a whole tour in 2020, but with the pandemic happening, that screwed everything up. I’ve been having issues with my knees and my back and a lot more issues physically, mentally and emotionally. That’s why I had to forfeit the NWA title. I have two beautiful daughters and I have to focus on them right now.”
Deonna Purrazzo & Kimber Lee vs. Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary is the only other remaining first round match in the Knockouts Tag Team title tournament. The team that wins that match will advance to face Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz in the semifinals.
The finals of the Knockouts Tag Team title tournament are taking place at Impact’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view on Saturday, January 16.
Next week’s edition of Impact Wrestling will feature the debut of a former two-time WWF Women’s Champion, an X Division title match, and the return of Alex Shelley.
Jazz will make her promotional in-ring debut next Tuesday, teaming with Jordynne Grace in the Knockouts Tag Team Title tournament. She was seen with Grace watching a tournament match on Tuesday when it was revealed she was indeed teaming with the former Knockouts Champion — a pairing teased on last week’s show as Grace alluded to teaming with someone who was thinking about retiring.
The 48-year-old has worked sparingly this year and had announced her retirement on a podcast just one month ago. The two will face Killer Kelly and Renee Michelle in the first round of the tournament.
Also announced for the show:
X Division Champion Rohit Raju vs. Crazzy Steve: Raju was doing one of his challenges Tuesday when Suicide made his return. After TJP appeared on the stage to distract Raju, Suicide beat Raju and revealed himself to be Steve, earning a title shot.
Motor City Machine Guns vs. XXXL: After being on the shelf due to an injury, Alex Shelley announced on Tuesday’s show he was returning to action to team with Chris Sabin against the men that helped put him out in Acey Romero and Larry D.
Chris Bey vs. Willie Mack: Both men will be looking to get back on the winning track next week.
Impact Wrestling returns from Nashville, TN for this week’s episode, main evented by the Impact World Champion Rich Swann defending the title against this year’s Hall of Fame inductee, Ken Shamrock.
Opening video was a recap of John E. Bravo’s shooting investigation, Joe Doering’s debut, the farewell of The Rascalz, and the closing attack on Rich Swann at the hands of Callihan and Shamrock.
The show opened with D’Amore being told that Bravo is in stable condition, but that if he wakes up from the coma, he may not be the same Bravo as before.
Matt Striker is replacing Madison Rayne this week on commentary. Rayne is taking the night off as she will be part of Wrestler’s Court.
Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz defeated Sea Stars (Ashley Vox & Delmi Exo) in a Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament first-round match
This is the Sea Stars’ debut for Impact Wrestling as a team, though Ashley Vox worked some dates back in 2019.
Match saw Exo dominate early on, but once Vox and Steelz tagged in, Vox was cut off and was separated from her corner. Hogan and Steelz worked over Vox for a couple of minutes before Exo got the hot tag, with the Sea Stars getting some near falls. In the end, Steelz managed to take out Vox outside the ring, making an opening for a double team and swinging neckbreaker pin for the win by Hogan. Good opener, Sea Stars looked good.
Hogan and Steelz advance to the semifinals. They will face the winner of Purrazzo & Lee vs Taya & Rosemary.
– Backstage, Jordynne Grace and Jazz, her partner for the tournament, were watching the match that just ended. Gia Miller approached Jazz about teaming with Grace. Jazz said that she wanted to end her career as the Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champion.
– Josh Matthews and Matt Striker ran down tonight’s card, plus a quick rundown of the Knockouts tag team tournament brackets.
– Ethan Page and Josh Alexander talked about Doc Gallows being injured and having to be gone for 4-6 weeks. Alexander was mad because it meant they couldn’t challenge for their titles until then.
– We got the first segment of Wrestler’s Court. Madison Rayne is representing Swinger, while D’lo Brown is representing ‘the boys’. Rayne objected that Dreamer is the one doing the investigation and couldn’t be the judge, so Dreamer ended up switching places with Brown.
Rayne’s argument was that Swinger was too dumb to carry out any plan that would end with Bravo’s shooting. Dreamer brought up that a gun was found in Swinger’s fanny pack.
– Rohit Raju came out for a new Defeat Rohit Challenge. He cut a promo putting himself over before someone accepted his challenge. Suicide came out, accepting the challenge. Raju said that he knew who was under the mask and that it was a trick, and so he took the title off the line for the challenge.
Crazzy Steve defeated X Division Champion Rohit Raju in a non-title match
Going by last week’s segment with D’Amore and TJP, we are to believe that TJP is under the mask, and Raju believed it too.
The story of the match was that Raju kept going for Suicide’s mask while he was on the offense. Suicide’s arsenal was really similar to TJP’s and commentary sold it like that. Raju at the end managed to take the mask off Suicide, but it wasn’t TJP, it was actually Crazzy Steve. TJP walked down the aisle, distracting Raju long enough for Steve to cradle Raju, pinning him for the win.
With a pin on Raju, Crazzy Steve could be getting a title shot soon, but there is the argument that it was booked as Suicide, which could open the door for the old Conquistadors swerve and have TJP win the title under the Suicide mask next.
– Backstage, Sami Callihan pumped up Ken Shamrock for tonight’s title match. Moose approached them and told them that they’re fighting for the second most important title in the company. Moose said that it was unfortunate that it wasn’t him who will face Rich Swann, but reminded Shamrock that once he wins, he’ll come for him and remind him of what happened when Moose and Shamrock fought last year.
– Tenille Dashwood and Kaleb with a K were taking some photographs backstage when Alisha Edwards approached Dashwood about tagging again. Dashwood told her to get the hint, but Edwards kept insisting, leading to Dashwood considering teaming with her again.
Kimber Lee (with Deonna Purrazzo) defeated Killer Kelly (with Renee Michelle)
This is both Killer Kelly and Renee Michelle’s debut, who are joining Impact for the Knockouts Tag Team Championship tournament. Purrazzo and Lee are also feuding with Su Yung, who threatened them last week.
The match was good but too short. Back and forward action between the two. Some mat wrestling early on with pin reversals and submissions, leading to a couple of bigger spots towards the end, which saw Lee get the win with a swanton bomb.
After the match, Susie came out and told Purrazzo and Lee that they hurt her friends, and so instead, their friends are going to attack them. They did a great edit to make it seem like Susie was on the ramp while Su Yung attacked the ring and sent Purrazzo and Lee running away.
– Gia Miller interviewed the Motor City Machine Guns. Alex Shelley said that he was cleared to return to action, and they were going after XXXL, The North, and The Good Brothers.
– Rich Swann and Willie Mack met backstage. Swann said he was sorry he couldn’t help Mack with Moose, but Mack said it was ok, he’d been fighting all his life. Chris Bey came in and tried to talk Swann into a title match at the expense of calling Mack a loser, which made both men get defensive and kick him out of the room.
Swoggle (with Karl Anderson) defeated Ethan Page (with Josh Alexander)
Last week, Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows told Page that if they wanted another title match, they had to defeat someone of their choosing, and they had hinted that Page would be facing someone ‘Phenomenal’. That person wasn’t AJ Styles, but Swoggle dressed as AJ Styles. We at least got to hear the old AJ Styles theme.
The match saw Page not take Swoggle seriously, so Swoggle took advantage and got some hits early on. Alexander cut Swoggle off and allowed Page to regain composure and work on Swoggle for a bit. In return, Anderson distracted Page, allowing Swoggle to schoolboy Page to score the upset win.
Page seemed to be having a breakdown after the match.
– Back at Wrestler’s Court, Swinger is being interrogated. Swinger made a case that Dreamer and himself went way back and that Dreamer knew that as much as Swinger cheats, he’d never shoot someone.
Dreamer called up Rosemary, who accepted that she never loved Bravo, but she wanted his virgin blood. At this perfect timing, Bravo returned and confronted Rosemary about being used. Bravo said he knew who shot him and it was revealed that it was Larry D’s alter-ego, Lawrence D, and he had done it out of jealousy. Months worth of programming just for this? Total waste of time.
Fallah Bahh vs Daivari ended in a no contest
This only lasted maybe one minute before Joe Doering and Eric Young ran down and took out both men. Young started cutting a promo, but Rhino ran down to attack them. The numbers game was too much and instead, they laid out Rhino. Young ended with a cryptic promo saying the world belongs to them.
– Backstage, TJP approached Crazzy Steve and Swoggle for help. Brain Myers walked up and made fun of all three of them.
– Somewhere else backstage, Purrazzo and Kimber Lee approached James Mitchell about dealing with Su Yung. Mitchell said he’d offer help for a ‘price’, but didn’t go into details.
– Matthews and Striker ran down next week’s card, which includes XXXL vs. MCMGs, Rohit Raju defending the title against Crazzy Steve, Killer Kelly & Renee Michelle vs. Jordynne Grace & Jazz in the Knockouts Tag Team Championship tournament, and Willie Mack vs. Chris Bey.
Impact World Champion Rich Swann defeated Ken Shamrock (with Sami Callihan) to retain the title
Sami Callihan has been manipulating Shamrock for a couple of months now. Callihan and Shamrock set their sights on Swann after he won the title, attacking him on a couple of occasions, leading to this match.
Callihan interjected himself into the match in the opening minutes and wound up being ejected from ringside. The distraction was enough for Shamrock to attack Swann and gain control of the match, immediately going after Swann’s bad leg. Shamrock had control for about half of the match, he switched from legs to guillotines and back to the leg, just anything to keep Swann down.
Swann eventually used his speed to make a comeback, but every now and then, Shamrock would still find counters and would reverse into submission, only for Swann to escape. In the end, Shamrock had the ankle lock, but Swann rolled over Shamrock and got the win. Well wrestled match, but a bit one-sided considering the champion was involved.
After the match, Shamrock attacked the referee. Callihan came out and hit Swann with the cactus special. He teased attacking Swann with a bat, but Eddie Edwards came out for the save. Callihan and Shamrock took down Edwards and tied him down to the ropes, then proceeded to take out Edwards’ eye once again. D’Lo Brown and security came down, but Shamrock took down Brown. Security finally got Callihan and Shamrock off Edwards as the show went off the air. Interesting angle, one would imagine that this could write off Edwards for a while.
Final thoughts —
Okay show by Impact, nothing really outstanding. It was entertaining and it went by fast. The direction of most of the storylines right now are pretty hard to read.
More than 18 years after he won the inaugural TNA World Championship, Ken Shamrock will have the opportunity to win what it eventually evolved into.
On Tuesday’s Impact Wrestling, it was announced that Rich Swann will defend the Impact World title against Shamrock next week.
Swann has been feuding with both Shamrock and Sami Callihan in recent weeks with Swann besting Callihan in his own title challenge at Saturday’s Turning Point. The recent inductee into the Impact Hall of Fame has never won an Impact belt in his three tenures in the company.
Swann won the title at October’s Bound For Glory.
In other action and storyline advances announced for next week:
Jordynne Grace and her mystery partner will face the debuting duo of Killer Kelly and Renee Michelle in the Knockouts Tag Team Championship tournament.
In the ongoing search for the killer of John E. Bravo, Tommy Dreamer will hold a wrestlers’ court, overseeing the case of Johnny Swinger vs. The Boys.
Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo will apparently be confronted by former champion Su Yung who left her a threatening message on a mirror Tuesday.
Impact Wrestling returns for the fallout of Turning Point, where two championships changed hands and Eric Young introduced his new reinforcer — Joe Doering.
The opening video was a recap of Purrazzo regaining the Knockouts title from Su Yung, Rohit Raju retaining the X Division title from Cousin Jake, Joe Doering’s debut, the Good Brothers winning the Impact tag team championships from The North, and Rich Swann’s successful title defense against Sami Callihan.
Moose defeated Willie Mack in a No DQ match
This is a rematch from Turning Point, where Moose beat up Willie Mack. This, however, is a no DQ match. These two have been feuding since Moose started to antagonize the Impact World Champion Rich Swann, and Mack made a stand to support his friend.
Match saw a far more motivated and dominant Mack early on, but once Moose cut him off and gained control, it was once again all Moose. Every time Moose would hit a big move, he would call out Rich Swann, telling him that this is what pain looks like.
Mack started a short comeback, injuring Moose’s left shoulder, but when he went for the six star frog splash Moose moved out, hit the Lights Out, followed by strikes until the referee stopped the match. This was shorter, but better than the Turning Point match.
With two dominant wins over Mack, it’s just a matter of time before they kick off the Moose vs Swann feud.
– Josh Mathews and Madison Rayne ran down tonight’s card.
– We got one final Treehouse with The Rascalz, remembering some of their best moments in the Treehouse. They’re gonna be missed.
– The Bravo shooting investigation continues with Dreamer. The Deaners approached Dreamer about the gun they found at Turning Point.
Suicide vs Gio ended in a no contest
Not even a minute in, Eric Young and Joe Doering hit the ring and took both men out.
EY cut a promo saying that everything was Impact’s fault for interfering with his plans because the world belongs to them.
– Gia Miller interviewed Deonna Purrazzo (with Kimber Lee) about regaining the title. Purrazzo said she felt fantastic for being a two-time champion in only six months. Kimber Lee said that tonight, they’re going after the Knockouts tag titles. The lights then went all crazy and when they returned, a message was written on the mirror saying “Next week, ur time haz come”, bad spelling and all.
– Heath and Rhino were chatting backstage. Heath told Rhino that he would be rehabbing with Swann’s doctor. After that, Rhino walked out and confronted Erich Young and Joe Doering, telling them they wouldn’t get away with it. EY and Doering responded by beating up Rhino and went after Heath next.
Brian Myers defeated Crazzy Steve
At Turning Point, Myers defeated Swoggle in a singles match, but after he kept attacking Swoggle post-match, Crazzy Steve made the save.
The story of the match was that Myers wanted a straight collar and elbow match, but Steve went at him with his unorthodox style, annoying Myers, so he cut Steve off and worked over him.
Crazzy Steve made a comeback and came close to winning, but Myers resorted to poking Steve’s eyes before hitting his new lariat finisher for the win.
No idea where this is going, but the ‘professional wrestler’ gimmick seems to be working for Myers.
– Impact+ Flashback Moment of the Week was Tara & Brooke Tessmacher vs Gail Kim & Madison Rayne from the November 3, 2011 edition of Impact for the Knockouts Tag Team championships.
– Dreamer interrogated Johnny Swinger and asked to go over his fanny pack. Swinger straight up had a gun in there and said it was a gimmick, but Dreamer wasn’t having it and said that next week, Wrestler’s Court is coming back for Swinger.
Havok & Nevaeh defeated Tenille Dashwood & Alisha Edwards (with Kaleb with a K) in a Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament first round match.
Dashwood and Edwards became a tag team during Turning Point after Dashwood and Grace failed to get along as a team.
The story of the match was virtually the same one we’ve seen in the last month with Dashwood controlling early on, but once things get hard, she will tag out and leave her tag partner dry. Dashwood did at one point try to join Edwards on double teaming Nevaeh, but in the end, it’s all about her, and she left Edwards to get pinned by Havok.
The match was ok, Dashwood’s performance was good, and Edwards looked better than usual.
Havok and Nevaeh advance to face the winners of the team of Killer Kelly and Renee Michelle vs. Jordynne Grace and a mystery partner.
– We saw Jordynne Grace backstage talking to whoever her teammate will be next week. They hinted that this person was thinking about retirement before Grace contacted her.
Hernandez defeated Fallah Bahh
These two have been feuding ever since Fallah Bahh stole a roll of money from Hernandez.
Basic match, Hernandez dominated early on, Bahh made a comeback. Hernandez cut him off and won with the Superman splash. If anything else, this was Hernandez’ best performance so far and Bahh wasn’t doing comedy.
Hopefully this finishes the feud and they can move into something better, but we know that Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz are in possession of the money, so we can’t be sure just yet.
– Backstage, Rohit Raju is complaining to D’Amore about being attacked by Eric Young and Joe Doering. D’Amore told Raju off, but was then approached by TJP, who was reminded that no one named TJP could get a title shot again. D’Amore brought up the question of what Dusty Rhodes would do? He couldn’t have spelled it out clearer for TJP.
– We got a video package recapping the Good Brothers’ path to the tag team championships.
– Ethan Page went for D’Amore and requested The North’s Tag Team championship rematch against the Good Brothers. Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows were there and said that Page should have to go through someone of their choosing before they could earn a title shot. They hinted at someone that was “phenomenal”.
– Mathews and Rayne ran down some of the matches for next week, including Rich Swann vs. Ken Shamrock.
Rich Swann & Trey Miguel defeated The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) in the Rascalz’s farewell match
This is The Rascalz’s final match with Impact Wrestling. In the storyline, they’ve been evicted from the Treehouse and thus can’t stay with Impact anymore. Last week, they saved Rich Swann from a beat down at the hands of Callihan, Shamrock, and Chris Bey, and so in return, he wanted to close off this chapter of the Rascalz’s career with them.
The match was great, it was just a celebration of the Rascalz’s spots. Early on, all four men paired off with each other for some fast-paced sequences of reversals. The meat of the match would see the team of Xavier and Wentz gain control when working more as a team doing double team moves or cutting the ring in half, but once either of them wanted to go one-on-one with either Swann or Miguel, it was the latter that would dominate. Highlights of the match saw all four men trade strikes on one another until they all hit stereo superkicks and they all fell to the mat knocked out.
Finish saw Xavier and Wentz go for a second hot fire flame, but Miguel managed to take down Xavier with a top rope meteora, only for Swann to jump in with his new shotgun superkick for the pin.
After the match ended, all three Rascalz just sat on the ring shedding tears and hugging each other. They all celebrated together in the ring for a couple of minutes, leaving their jackets in the ring before heading to the back. Really emotional.
Backstage, Sami Callihan and Ken Shamrock beat them all down. Callihan then threatened Swann to close out the show.
The way that commentary put over the Rascalz on their way out was a complete 180 from what we see in every other promotion. Even when they did the job, commentary still celebrated the relationship between the promotion and the wrestlers.
Final thoughts —
Good show. Strong inside the ring, especially the main event. Storyline wise, we have some hints towards Hard To Kill, but with Final Resolution happening early December, nothing is set.
Impact Wrestling’s Knockouts Tag Team title tournament will kick off with Tenille Dashwood & Alisha Edwards facing Jessicka Havok & Nevaeh.
Impact Wrestling announced today that Dashwood & Edwards vs. Havok & Nevaeh will air on this Tuesday’s episode of Impact. The tournament features eight teams and will play out over the next several weeks on Impact, leading into the finals taking place at the promotion’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view on Saturday, January 16.
The bracket for the Knockouts Tag Team title tournament was revealed at Turning Point this past Saturday. The first round matchups are:
Dashwood & Edwards vs. Havok & Nevaeh
Killer Kelly & Renee Michelle vs. Jordynne Grace and a partner to be announced
Deonna Purrazzo & Kimber Lee vs. Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary
The Knockouts Tag Team titles are making their return after having been deactivated in 2013. They were first introduced in 2009.
This week’s episode of Impact will feature The Rascalz’s final match in Impact with Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz facing Trey Miguel & Rich Swann. Hernandez vs. Fallah Bahh and Brian Myers vs. Crazzy Steve are also set for the show.
Update —
A no disqualification match between Moose and Willie Mack has also been added to this Tuesday’s episode of Impact.
Two new champions were crowned tonight at Impact’s Turning Point event.
The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) won the Impact Tag Team titles, defeating the North following a Magic Killer on Ethan Page. The North only held the titles for 21 days, regaining the titles in a fatal four way match on Impact that also involved Ace Austin & Madman Fulton and The Good Brothers.
This marks the first time both Gallows and Anderson have won the Impact Tag Team titles.
Deonna Purrazzo regained the Knockouts title at Turning Point, defeating Su Yung to win the championship for the second time. In this no disqualification match, Purrazzo pinned Su Yung after catching her with a cradle piledriver. Yung held the championship for 21 days, winning the title at Bound for Glory.
Yung was a replacement at Bound for Glory for Kylie Rae, who did not appear at the event. Rae later announced on her Patreon page that she had retired from wrestling.
Impact held their Turning Point event tonight on Impact Plus, featuring three title matches
The main event featured new Impact World champion Rich Swann defending the title against Sami Callihan. It also featured a rematch from Bound for Glory, where Su Yung defended the Knockouts title against Deonna Purrazzo in a no disqualification match.
Here are the results:
Eddie Edwards defeated Shawn Daivari
– Edwards defeated Daivari with the Boston Knee Party.
– Grace was pinned after Dashwood ignored her attempts to tag out, instead focusing on taking selfies.
Backstage, Cody Deaner and Cousin Jake decided to go find Johnny Swinger. Deaner was angry that he had lost to Swinger last week.
Brian Myers defeated Swoggle
– Myers pinned Swoggle with a lariat. Myers continued to beat on Swoggle until Crazzy Steve made the save.
Chris Sabin and James Storm defeated Team XXXL
– Storm and Sabin won following stereo superkicks.
Backstage, the Deaners discovered a gun in Swinger’s belongings.
Rohit Raju defeated Cousin Jake to retain the X Division title.
– Raju retained the title after connecting with a shining wizard.
After the match, Eric Young came down with former Triple Crown champion Joe Doering. Both took out the Deaners.
Willie Mack defeated Moose by disqualification
– Moose continued to beat on Mack until the referee called for the DQ.
Eddie Edwards backstage wished Swann the best of luck prior to his title match later tonight.
The Good Brothers defeated The North to win the Impact Tag Team titles
– Page was pinned following The Magic Killer.
Jordynne Grace was shown trying to get into Dashwood’s locker room. Both she and Kaleb with a K mocked her. Grace left. Alicia Edwards emerged and mocked Grace, leading to both she and Dashwood forming an alliance.
Deonna Purrazzo defeated Su Yung in a No DQ match to win the Knockouts title
– Purrazzo regained the title after landing a cradle piledriver.
Rich Swann defeated Sami Callihan to retain the Impact World title
– Swann retained the World title after four spin kicks. Ken Shamrock tried to interfere, but was met by Eddie Edwards.
On their Saturday Turning Point show on Impact Plus, Impact Wrestling unveiled their eight team bracket for the Knockouts Tag Team Titles.
The belts are returning for the first time since 2013, announced at October’s Bound For Glory.
The bracket order from top to bottom:
Tenille Dashwood and Alisha vs. Havok and Nevaeh
Dashwood teamed with her rival Jordynne Grace at Saturday’s show but ended up on the losing end against Taya Valkyrie and Rosemary.
Killer Kelly and Renee Michelle vs. Jordynne Grace and TBA
The wXw, NXT, and indies alum will make her Impact debut alongside fellow WWE alum and the also debuting Michelle against the former Knockouts Champion and a partner to be announced.
Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz vs. Sea Stars (Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo)
The Stars are a sister duo that have worked regularly on the indies with Vox also doing some NWA dates as well. Hogan and Steelz are Impact regulars.
Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo and Kimber Lee vs. Taya and Rosemary
Purrazzo regained the belt Saturday at Turning Point and has been aligned with Lee in recent weeks. Taya and Rosemary are also Impact regulars.
The tournament kicks off this Tuesday on Impact with the finals set for January’s Hard To Kill pay-per-view.
Impact Wrestling continues to add more matches to Saturday’s Turning Point event on their Impact Plus streaming service, announcing two more bouts on social media Wednesday.
After his successful defense of the title Tuesday in a win over TJP, X Division Champion Rohit Raju is reopening his “Defeat Raju Challenge”, opening it up to anyone on the roster to challenge for the belt.
The other new match will feature Chris Sabin and newfound partner James Storm against XXXL (Acey Romery and Larry D). Sabin found himself partnerless due to Alex Shelley’s recent neck injury, but after defeating Romero Tuesday, XXXL beat him up and left him laying. He asked Storm backstage if he would help back him up against his enemies and the “Cowboy” accepted.
The matches round out an already deep card for Saturday:
World Champion Rich Swann vs. Sami Callihan
Knockouts Champion Su Yung vs. Deonna Purrazzo
Tag Team Champions The North vs. Good Brothers
Jordynne Grace/Tenille Dashwood vs. Rosemary/Taya Valkyrie
The Rascalz, along with Rich Swann, will compete in a match next week that will serve as the Rascalz’s Impact farewell match.
During a Treehouse segment that took place tonight on Impact, it was revealed that the Rascalz were evicted from their treehouse, and were out of Impact Wrestling.
The expectation right is that their Impact deals are up, and barring a change, are leaving the company, according to Dave Meltzer.
Later in the show, Dez, Wentz, and Trey Miguel came to the aid of Rich Swann after he was attacked by Sami Callihan, Ken Shamrock, and Chris Bey. Callihan was going for a baseball bat and was set to attack Swann when the trio showed up.
Backstage, Swann thanked the Rascalz for showing up. After they mentioned that next week would be their final day with Impact, Swann suggested a tag team match to close out their tenure with the company: Swann & Trey Miguel vs. Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz. Everyone ended up agreeing.
As a trio, The Rascalz have been regularly wrestling for Impact Wrestling since the fall of 2018. Earlier this year, Miguel was a part of a scramble elimination match for the Impact World title, however that was won by Eddie Edwards.
