One of the greatest tag teams of all time is set to be inducted into the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Game Changer Wrestling has announced that The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) will be inducted into the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame over WrestleMania weekend this April. Mark Briscoe will be in attendance at the ceremony to accept the honor on behalf of himself and his late brother.
Jay & Mark started their careers as teenagers on the indies in Delaware. They’d go on to become one of the most decorated tag teams ever, including 13 reigns with the ROH Tag Team titles. The Briscoes were the first act ever inducted into the ROH Hall of Fame in 2022.
Jay Briscoe (Jamin Pugh) passed away in a car accident in January 2023. He was 38 years old. On the one year anniversary of his death, the Briscoe family honored Jay on AEW Dynamite last month.
Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh) is signed to AEW and competes for both AEW and ROH.
Created by GCW and Orange Crush magazine, the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame was first established in 2022. This year’s ceremony is taking place from the Sheraton hotel in downtown Philadelphia on Sunday, April 7. The ceremony will stream live on YouTube for free starting at noon Eastern time.
The late Trent Acid (Michael Verdi) has also been confirmed for this year’s Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame class. Acid is being inducted by his former Backseat Boyz tag team partner Johnny Kashmere.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Mark Briscoe’s appearance and match on Dynamite Wednesday and what changed with WBD, a full recap of AEW and NXT, Rampage spoilers, a Royal Rumble preview, Conor McGregor facing legal issues again, ratings and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: Briscoes unbanned from Warner Bros. Discovery TV
5:44: Royal Rumble is this weekend
23:26: Ratings
27:46: Conor McGregor under investigation for assault
Nearly a week removed from Final Battle, Dax Harwood is reflecting on FTR and The Briscoes’ “masterpiece” double dog collar match.
FTR and The Briscoes completed their trilogy as The Briscoes won the ROH Tag Team titles at Final Battle last Saturday. The dog collar match was rated five and a half stars by Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
In a social media post on Thursday, Harwood wrote that, over every match he’s had in his career, the dog collar match is the one he’s most proud of.
Artists have the one piece they’re the most proud of, and that’s their Masterpiece. This was my Masterpiece. Watching it, honest to God, I’ve laughed, I’ve cringed, and I’ve cried. Over every other match I’ve had, this is the one I’m the most proud of.
2022 has been a storybook year for me. Almost unbelievable at times. Through anger, frustration, joy, and pain, it’s been the greatest year of my life. Thank you all for allowing me to be a part of yours. I hope we could make it a little bit better.
2023 is going to be unknown territory, and I’m not even sure that we can match up to what we’ve done this year, but you all have my word, I’ll do everything in my power to make sure you’re just as entertained as ever.
Harwood & Cash Wheeler’s ROH Tag Team title reign began when they defeated The Briscoes at Supercard of Honor this April. They also defeated The Briscoes in a two-out-of-three falls match at Death Before Dishonor in July.
By defeating FTR at Final Battle, The Briscoes became 13-time ROH Tag Team Champions.
FTR are still the IWGP and AAA Tag Team Champions. They’re set to defend the AAA titles against Dragon Lee & Dralistico in Mexico later this month. In January, FTR will defend the IWGP Tag Team titles against Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI at Wrestle Kingdom 17.
Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including Smackdown from Friday, FTR vs. Briscoes from Final Battle, NXT Deadline, and, yes, a contest to get a new GEEK OF THE WEEK theme! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Huge historical stories on the two promoters voted in talking about wrestling history all over the world
Notes on a lot of the people who were not voted in and their candidacy
Performer and match of the week
Full coverage of Saturday’s UFC show
Cain Velasquez returns to pro wrestling as AAA comes to the U.S., background, future, attendance, audience drawn and more
The most detailed look at the TV ratings from the past week, looking at the whys, what can be learned, segment by segment of the main shows, competition and more
Major mask loss in a cage show coming on January 1 to Arena Mexico
A look at the finals of the Stardom tag team tournament as well as the big show at the end of the year
What Hall of Fame candidate returns to Dragon Gate on Christmas
Several stars leaving All Japan
First IWGP women’s title defense to be held in the U.S.
New Japan tag team tournaments notes
Battle of Los Angeles news
Another major movie being produced on a 90s star and his unique story
Impact has one of its best matches of the year
A detailed look at Tony Khan’s explanation of William Regal’s departure and why he allowed him to go
Khan talks about Rampage going forward
Dustin Rhodes talks retirement
Notes on ROH PPV show
Notes on WWE going to new markets and ticket advances
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Sunday Update
We have two weekend shows up on the site. We have a really strong Hall of Fame show with Garrett Gonzales and John Muse from Friday night and last night’s show with Bryan covers all the big events from yesterday including the ROH Honor Club revival and Sasha Banks/NJPW story in detail.
The Hall of Fame issue, which is actually our largest issue ever, is up on the site. People have been amazed at the story on new inductee Lou Daro and the beginnings of major league pro wrestling in Los Angeles. Also put up on the site today is a back issue from 2005 with one of my favorite bios ever, the story of Reggie “The Crusher” Lisowski, a regional cult hero who is very much a cultural icon in several Midwestern cities.
If you are voting for match of the year this year, you have to watch the Briscoes vs. FTR chain match yesterday at ROH Final Battle. The match was incredible. Now if you don’t like blood, don’t watch it, but otherwise I can’t imagine anyone thinking seeing that match wouldn’t be worth $40.
Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov went off on Dana White after last night’s show claiming that Magomed Ankalaev was denied the UFC title due to politics and demanded they change the result of the fight with Jan Blachowicz. That isn’t going to happen. White doesn’t pick the judges. Ankalev after the fight said he wa so mad about the result he was thinking about leaving UFC, again blaming them for the judging. Since then he’s said he didn’t mean that.
Most of the talk after the show wa about the two top bouts and the judging. The problem, as we’ve only noted for the last 23 years, is that judging with ten point must does not mean the person the judge thinks wins the fight wins it on his card. Now I would say the Paddy Pimblett vs. Jared Gordon fight was bad judging, because Douglas Crosby and Ron McCarthy gave Pimblett round one, which Gordon clearly won. I thought Gordon clearly won the first round and Pimblett won the second. The third could have gone either way. I had Gordon but it was close enough I wasn’t sure he was winning it. Two judges gave that round to Gordon and one to Pimblett. Media scores were 96 percent for Gordon but all three judges gave it to Pimblett. Pimblett got by far the biggest reactions with lots of fans wearing blond wigs. He claimed he won the first two rounds easily, so that got people mad. The reality is that Pimblett has that charisma that some guys have and most don’t, but in UFC, to stay a top star you have to be able to beat the top guys. Pimblett did not seem like someone who could get into the top 15 last night, let alone be a championship contender.
In the Anakalev vs. Blachwoicz light heavyweight title fight, which was ruled a draw, I felt Blachowicz won rounds two and three solidly and Ankalaev won round four and I gave him a 10-8 in round five and also gave Ankalaev round one to end 48-46 for him But round one to me was very close and could have gone the other way, so a 47-47 draw was very possible. It’s wasn’t my score but a draw was not a bad score. All three judges gave the close round one to Blachowicz.
Judge Michael Bell gave Blachowicz the first three rounds, which is plausible, and had him winning 48-47. Judge Derek Clearly gave Ankalaev rounds three, four and five and gave five a 10-8 so he had a 48-46 score for Ankalaev. No way Ankalaev won round three. Sal D’Amato had a draw at 47-47 giving Blachowicz rounds one through three but giving Ankalaev a 10-8 third. 92 percent of media scores were for Ankalaev and not won had it a draw. Ankalaev had a 19-14 edge in significant strikes in round one.
The crazy thing after, which I can’t explain logically, is that after the draw in a title match, White said that he hated the fight and zoned out after the third round. When asked who he thought won, he said, “I don’t even know. I started to zone out after like f***ing three rounds.” Ankalaev’s leg was injured from all the low kicks so he’ll be out for a while. So he announced that Glover Teixeira will face Jamahal Hill, two completely different fighters, for the light heavyweight title, on 1/21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Last night’s title fight made no sense since Teixeira should have been in a title fight and was willing to fight on 1/21. I guess by that logic doing a title fight with him does make sense, but in theory a draw in a title fight should necessitate a rematch of those two for the title. It just keeps making the title look more like a prop than a valid championship.
More UFC notes. Darren Till said he believes he will continue fighting even though he’s lost five of his last six.
Anthony Smith was under contract to face Hill, and literally while working on the post-game show found out about Hill getting the match with Teixeira for the title meaning he was out of his fight. He literally found out on the air when White said what was next.
The New Japan tag team tournament finals are Wednesday morning from Sendai at 4:30 a.m. Eastern time. The heavyweight final is Aussie Open vs. Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi, with the winners facing FTR for the titles at the Tokyo Dome. The junior finals are Chris Bey & Ace Austin vs. Lio Rush & Yoh. Most likely the winners will face TJP & Francesco Akira at the Tokyo Dome show, but that’s not a lock. That’s the show with Karl Anderson vs. Hikuleo for the Never title.
Jamie Noble’s potential last match will take place at the WWE show tonight in Charleston, WV. It’s billed locally as his retirement match. He’s a producer with WWE and actually retired years ago but was being given this as a farewell match.
Last night’s UFC 282 did 650,000 Google searches which is very low for a PPV show. Not a surprise because from a marquee value situation, this was one of the weakest shows, and then putting the light heavyweight title up with Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev when people saw Jiri Prochazka (injured) and Glover Teixeira as the top fighters didn’t help much. Boxer Terrence Crawford was No. 3 last night, Darren Till was No,. 4, Ilio Topuria was No. 8 and Raul Rojas was No. 13, all at 50,000.
WWE results from last night in Saginaw, MI:
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson & Mia Yim b Damien Priest & Dominik Mysterio & Rhea Ripley with a magic killer on Mysterio
Iyo Sky & Dakota Kai b Asuka & Alexa Bliss to keep the tag titles when Sky pinned Asuka
Dexter Lumis b The Miz with the head -and-arm choke
Bobby Lashley b Omos via DQ for using a chair
Johnny Gargano & Kevin Owens b Chad Gale & Otis when Gargano pinned Gable
Bianca Belair b Bayley for the KOD to keep the Raw women’s title
Austin Theory b Seth Rollins with a low blow and A Town Down to keep the U.S. title. Rollins laid him out after the match with the curb stomp
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We’re also looking for reports on these weekend shows: *WWE last night in Wheeling, WV *WWE tonight in Charleston, WV *WWE tonight in Kalamazoo, MI *New Japan tonight at the Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles We’re looking for results, finishes, thoughts and highlights on the event to [email protected]
Other Notes
Smash Wrestling has announced Drago & Aerostar vs. Terbnak de Team for 1/28 at the Toronto Rec Room for a 4 p.m. show. Taylor Wilde vs. Jody Threat was also announced as well as Jake Something. They will also be airing the Royal Rumble on the big screens immediately after the show for all ticket buyers.
Winnipeg Pro Wrestling from Friday night in Winnipeg: Rylie Jackson b Warhorse, Technical Difficulties b Red Hot Summer, Free Range Kara b Laynie Luck, AJ Sanchez b Kody Lane to keep the WPW title, Tommy Lee Curtis b Devon Monroe, James Roth won three-way over Kevin O’Doyle and Josh Holliday, Bobby Schink b Chad Daniels, Jody Threat b Blair Onyx to win the WPW title. Show was sold out with a hot crowd (thanks to Blair Pacheco)
Mission Pro Wrestling from last night in San Antonio, TX: Diego Renay b Joey Hyder, Emmy Camacho b Jade, Casey Blackrose b Devin Carter to keep the Mission Pro Cup, Tiffany Nieves b Mysti Marks, Madi Wrenkowski & Rache Chanel b Dannni Bee & Charity King in a candy cane street fight match to keep the tag titles, Branden Vice & Zakai Living & Jesse James b Don Juan & David Kidd & Jett Black, Jazmin Allure b MJ Santana, JP Harlow b Simon Miller, Jennacide b Janai Kai to keep the MPW title (thanks to Shannon Walsh and No Prima Donna)
XPW from last night in Pomona, CA: Bo Cooper won three-way over Terex and Judge Joe Dred, Juventud Guerrera b Willie Mack-DQ, Original Psicosis won over Vinnie Massaro and Damian 666, Matt Cross b Bestia 666, Kat Martini b Biggie Biggs to keep the TV title, Maga Butcher (formerly Necro Butcher) b The Body, Shlak b Ciclope to keep the King of he Death match title, Ludark Shaitan won a three-way elimination match to win the women’s title over champion Taya Valkyrie and Lindsay Snow, Masada b Drake Younger to keep the XPW title.
There was an interview segment with Guerrera who ranted about CM Punk wasting all his opportunities while he never gets any opportunities. (thanks to Shannon Walsh and No Prime Donna).
The Briscoes are once again the ROH World Tag Team Champions.
Mark and Jay Briscoe defeated FTR in a double dog collar match at Saturday’s Final Battle event to win the championships for the thirteenth time. In a match so bloody that even one of the referees bled, Jay Briscoe got the submission victory over Dax Harwood after Harwood passed out from a crossface, with Jay using the chain for leverage as Mark prevented Cash Wheeler from entering the ring.
This was the third match between FTR and the Briscoes this year. At Supercard of Honor back in April, FTR defeated the Brisoces to win the titles for the first time. In July, the two teams met again in a 2 out of 3 falls match, with FTR retaining. With their loss tonight, FTR’s run with the titles ends at 253 days.
The third match in the trilogy was made after Austin and Colten Gunn announced at the end of Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite that The Briscoes had issued a double dog collar challenge to FTR for Final Battle. After the match Saturday, The Gunns ran in through the crowd and attacked FTR. The two cut a promo saying FTR’s legacy was dying, and they would be the ones to end it.
As Tony Khan alluded to on a media call earlier Wednesday, there was a plan for ROH Tag Team Champions FTR for Saturday’s Final Battle and that plan was a third meeting with The Briscoes.
But the third match has a unique stipulation: a double dog collar match.
While The Briscoes didn’t appear on Dynamite Wednesday, the news of the match was delivered at the end of the show by the Gunns via a holiday card drawn in blood. It came after FTR unsuccessfully challenged The Acclaimed for the AEW Tag Team titles.
The two teams first met at April’s Supercard of Honor when FTR defeated The Briscoes for the ROH Tag Team titles. They met again at July’s Death Before Dishonor in a 2/3 falls match that FTR also won.
The other new addition to the card will see ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dalton Castle & The Boys defend against The Embassy’s Brian Cage and the Gates of Agony. The build began on this week’s AEW Dark: Elevation and Dark and continued between Castle and Cage in Wednesday’s Diamond Diamond Ring battle royal.
Here’s the current card for Saturday’s ROH Final Battle from Dallas, Texas, with Zero Hour pre-show matches expected to be announced Friday:
Here’s the current card for Saturday’s event from Arlington, Texas:
ROH Champion Chris Jericho defends against Claudio Castagnoli
ROH Tag Team Champions FTR defend against The Briscoes in a double dog collar match
ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe defends against Juice Robinson
ROH Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez defends against Athena
ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Wheeler Yuta
ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dalton Castle & The Boys defend against The Embassy
A highly-anticipated match between The Briscoes and the Lucha Brothers that was set for next month’s Warrior Wrestling 25 has been disassembled following an intervention from AEW and ROH.
The promotion announced late-Tuesday night that “after consultation from our friends at ROH and AEW, we have agreed to alter our card for Warrior Wrestling 25.”
It was to be the first time ever the two teams had squared off. It came close to happening in March at a House of Glory show, but due to Rey Fenix’s injury at the time, Arez subbed in for him.
Both teams will remain on the October 2nd show in Chicago, Illinois. Penta El Zero Miedo & Fenix will now take on Brian Cage & Gringo Loco while Jay & Mark Briscoe will face The Rascalz (Myron Reed & Zachary Wentz).
As a make-good, Warrior Wrestling announced that AEW is “sending” Eddie Kingston to compete on the show against Calvin Tankmain in addition to appearing at their pre-show meet & greet.
New GCW Tag Team Champions and a new Ultraviolent Champion have been crowned.
The first night of GCW Homecoming took place Saturday from Atlantic City and featured title changes in two divisions.
The Briscoes are now three-time GCW Tag Team Champions after defeating Los Macizos (Ciclope & Miedo Extremo) for the belts. They were immediately challenged by the Second Gear Crew’s Mance Warner and Matthew Justice for a future title match.
Rina Yamashita is the Ultraviolent Champion after she defeated Alex Colon for the title. Yamashita has now performed on seven shows for GCW since making her debut last November. She regularly performs for promotions such as Ice Ribbon and Oz Academy in Japan as well. Yamashita will face Sawyer Wreck at GCW Homecoming Part Two on Sunday.
The event also saw Jon Moxley successfully defend his GCW World Championship against Effy before agreeing to a title vs. career bout with Nick Gage at a later date.
Here are the full results from GCW Homecoming Part One on Saturday, August 13 from the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City.
Dark Sheik defeated Bradley Prescott IV
Nick Wayne defeated Starboy Charlie
Jordan Oliver defeated Ninja Mack
Gringo Loco defeated Axton Ray, Grim Reefer, Jimmy Lloyd, Joe Londo, & Marcus Mathers in a six-way scramble match
Blake Christian defeated Tony Deppen
The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) defeated Los Macizos (Ciclope & Miedo Extremo) to win the GCW Tag Team Championships
GCW Extreme Champion Cole Radrick successfully defended his title against Charli Evans
John Wayne Murdoch defeated Matt Tremont in a death match
Rina Yamashita defeated Alex Colon to win the GCW Ultraviolent Championship
GCW World Champion Jon Moxley defeated Effy to retain the title
GCW Homecoming Part Two will take place Sunday, August 14 from the same venue. The event begins at 4 p.m Eastern time. The lineup for the show is as follows:
GCW Extreme Champion Cole Radrick defends against Gringo Loco, Axton Ray, Jimmy Lloyd, Masha Slamovich, Alec Price, & Starboy Charlie in a seven-way scramble match
Kevin Blackwood vs. Ninja Mack
GCW Ultraviolent Champion Rina Yamashita vs. Sawyer Wreck
The Briscoes are factored into the long-term plans for Tony Khan’s Ring of Honor.
On a media call to promote this Saturday’s ROH Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view, Khan confirmed on Thursday that The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) are under long-term contracts with ROH. The Briscoes are challenging FTR for the ROH Tag Team titles in a two-out-of-three falls match at Death Before Dishonor.
Khan spoke about The Briscoes’ contract status when asked if there are any wrestlers signed to ROH full-time who aren’t currently appearing on AEW television.
“The Briscoes are under contract to Ring of Honor and they’re long-term contracts,” Khan said. “And I think there are some other developmental wrestlers, but really the key, probably the biggest names, that are exclusively signed to Ring of Honor are The Briscoes. They are some of the biggest names in Ring of Honor history. They are Hall of Famers. There are some others, but I think that would be a great example of a key act where they haven’t really appeared in AEW yet but they are signed to Ring of Honor and me.”
Fightful reported this March that a “person of influence” within WarnerMedia didn’t want The Briscoes signed to AEW because of homophobic tweets that Jay Briscoe had made in 2013. Jay again apologized for those tweets during a March appearance on the Battleground Podcast.
FTR vs. The Briscoes is a rematch from Supercard of Honor, which was the first ROH event of the Khan era. The first meeting between the teams was a match-of-the-year candidate, with FTR defeating The Briscoes to win the ROH Tag Team titles.
The Briscoes are 12-time ROH Tag Team Champions. They were inducted into the ROH Hall of Fame earlier this year as part of the promotion’s inaugural Hall of Fame class.
The Briscoes have also appeared in Impact Wrestling this year, winning the Impact Tag Team titles in May before dropping them to The Good Brothers in June.
FTR and The Briscoes’ ROH Tag Team title rematch will be conducted under two-out-of-three falls rules.
During an open forum between the two teams on Friday, it was announced that FTR vs. The Briscoes at Death Before Dishonor will be a two-out-of-three falls match. Death Before Dishonor is taking place at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts on Saturday, July 23.
FTR proposed the two-out-of-three falls stipulation after The Briscoes claimed that FTR were the fresher team in their first meeting. The Briscoes said they were wrestling multiple times per week while FTR only had to occasionally wrestle on AEW Dynamite. The Briscoes called FTR’s a win a fluke and said Supercard of Honor was the luckiest night of FTR’s lives.
In a match-of-the-year candidate, FTR defeated The Briscoes at Supercard of Honor this April to win the ROH Tag Team titles.
Here’s the updated card for the Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view:
Two-out-of-three falls match: ROH Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) defend against The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe)
ROH Women’s World Champion Mercedes Martinez defends against Serena Deeb
ROH Television Champion Samoa Joe defends against Jay Lethal
ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta defends against Daniel Garcia
FTR vs. The Briscoes part two is official for July 23.
The Briscoes accepted the challenge issued by FTR on last night’s AEW Dynamite in a social media post today, and ROH owner Tony Khan has made the ROH World Tag Team title bout official for Death Before Dishonor on Saturday, July 23.
FTR defeated The Briscoes in their first meeting at Supercard of Honor on April 1 in a consensus match of the year candidate, and now the two teams will run it back.
FTR has challenged The Briscoes for ROH Death Before Dishonor on July 23, plus two title matches are now official for the event.
During a backstage promo segment on this week’s AEW Dynamite, FTR issued a rematch challenge to The Briscoes for the Saturday, July 23 Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view. The two teams last met on April 1 at Supercard of Honor, where FTR defeated The Briscoes to win the ROH Tag Team titles. Although the challenge was issued, the match has yet to be officially announced.
Also announced during Dynamite, Samoa Joe will defend the ROH World Television title at Death Before Dishonor against Jay Lethal.
Another title match was also announced on Dynamite, as Wheeler Yuta will defend the ROH Pure title against Daniel Garcia on July 23.
The lineup for the show so far:
ROH Death Before Dishonor, Saturday, July 23 —
ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Jay Lethal
ROH Pure Championship: Wheeler Yuta (c) vs. Daniel Garcia
A new tag team match has been announced for Jim Crockett Promotions Presents: Ric Flair’s Last Match.
In a bout announced on Wednesday evening, The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe) will face The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich & Ross Von Erich) of MLW.
Eight matches have now been advertised for the July 31 event, which will take place as part of Starrcast V and air on FITE TV pay-per-view.
Here is the lineup:
Jim Crockett Promotions Presents: Ric Flair’s Last Match (Sunday, July 31) —
Ric Flair’s last match (match to be announced)
Impact World Champion Josh Alexander defends against Jacob Fatu
Impact Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Deonna Purrazzo and Rachael Ellering in a three-way match
Rey Fenix vs. Laredo Kid vs. Taurus vs. Bandido
The Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich & Ross Von Erich) vs. The Briscoes (Mark Briscoe & Jay Briscoe)
Killer Kross (w/Scarlett Bordeaux) vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
The Briscoes will defend the Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championships against The Good Brothers at Slammiversary on June 19.
Impact official Scott D’Amore made the match announcement during a backstage segment on this week’s Impact Wrestling episode.
Honor No More’s Mike Bennett approached D’Amore and asked for a Tag title match for himself and Matt Taven at Slammiversary, but D’Amore stated that The Briscoes were already set for a match against Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows at the show.
With the way the angle played out, Bennett and Taven could be added to the match down the line.
Here is the updated Slammiversary lineup:
Impact Wrestling Slammiversary, Sunday, June 19, 8 p.m. Eastern time on FITE TV and pay-per-view —
Impact World Championship: Josh Alexander (c) vs. Eric Young
Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship: Ace Austin (c) vs. Mike Bailey vs. Kenny King vs. Trey Miguel vs. TBA vs. TBA
Impact Tag Team Championship: The Briscoes (c) vs. The Good Brothers
Queen of the Mountain match for the Impact Knockouts World Championship: Tasha Steelz (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Chelsea Green vs. Mia Yim
