The Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship will be on the line at “Ric Flair’s Last Match.”
It was announced today that Jordynne Grace will defend her Knockouts title against Deonna Purrazzo and Rachael Ellering in a three-way match on the undercard for “Jim Crockett Promotions Presents: Ric Flair’s Last Match.” The event is taking place as part of Starrcast V in Nashville on Sunday, July 31.
Grace won the Knockouts Championship in a Queen of the Mountain match at Slammiversary this past Sunday.
This is the second Impact title match that’s been confirmed for the “Last Match” event. Josh Alexander is also set to defend his Impact World Championship against MLW’s Jacob Fatu.
“Ric Flair’s Last Match” was originally set to be held at the Nashville Fairgrounds but has been moved to the larger Nashville Municipal Auditorium. The pay-per-view will be available to watch live via Fite TV.
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
The Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
Heads up, it’s Wednesday which means it’s time for AEW DYNAMITE! Join Denise Salcedo on Speak Now Pro Wrestling as she does an honest, in-depth recap of the show while sharing her analysis on stories and matches. She also engages with the live audience! Tune in for a good time.
Some of the items talked about on the show include lots of Owen Hart Cup talk, AEW Double or Nothing build up, Wardlow facing W. Morrissey, did Hangman Adam Page turn heel, Julia Hart’s storyline, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Mercedes Martinez, and more!
Mercedes Martinez closed out Dynamite tonight as the undisputed ROH Women’s World Champion.
Martinez, who was the interim champion, defeated Deonna Purrazzo in Baltimore tonight to unify the titles in the main event. Martinez scored the win after placing Purrazzo in a modified dragon sleeper.
Purrazzo, who primarily wrestles for Impact Wrestling, defeated Rok-C to win the championship back on January 9 during a taping of Impact, holding the championship for 115 days. When she was unable to appear at ROH Supercard of Honor on April 1, an interim title match was scheduled, with Martinez defeating Willow Nightingale to win the interim championship.
The Supercard of Honor event was the first held under the ownership of Tony Khan, who announced he had purchased the company in March. The ROH World (Jonathan Gresham), Pure (Wheeler Yuta), Tag Team (FTR), Television (Samoa Joe), and Women’s champions have all made appearances on AEW television in the weeks since the purchase.
An ROH Women’s World Championship unification match, two Owen Hart Cup qualifiers, and more are set for tonight’s AEW Dynamite.
Deonna Purrazzo will make her AEW debut, facing Mercedes Martinez in the ROH Women’s title unification match. Purrazzo holds the ROH title, but Martinez won an interim title match at Supercard of Honor last month to set up this bout.
Two qualifying matches for the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament will take place tonight. Jeff Hardy faces Bobby Fish in one qualifier, while Rey Fenix takes on Dante Martin in the other.
Blackpool Combat Club will be in action in a trios match, as Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson, and Wheeler Yuta face The Butcher, The Blade, and Angelico.
Former Inner Circle stablemates will do battle tonight, as Chris Jericho takes on Santana.
Wardlow will face a mystery opponent of MJF’s choosing on Dynamite. It was heavily teased on last week’s programming that the mystery opponent will be W. Morrissey, formerly Big Cass in WWE.
Varsity Blonds, with Julia Hart, will also call out The House of Black on tonight’s show.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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Show Report —
Adam Cole joined commentary.
Owen Hart Foundation Cup qualifier: Jeff Hardy (w/ Matt Hardy) defeated Bobby Fish (w/ Kyle O’Reilly)
Fish took Hardy down early on with a dragon screw before turning his attention to Hardy’s midsection. Hardy avoided a slingshot senton, but Fish hit another dragon screw on the floor, sending Hardy into the barricade. Darby Allin and Sting were shown looking on ahead of a commercial.
Once back, a jawbreaker from Hardy bought him some time, but he was taken down with high kicks. Hardy came back with strikes and his leg drop for two. He climbed to the top turnbuckle, but Fish knocked him down and hit the avalance falcon arrow for two. Hardy kicked out right into a knee bar and had to fight to reach the ropes.
Hardy hit the Whisper in the Wind, then climbed the ropes again, crushing Fish with a Swanton Bomb for the win.
– After the match, the Young Bucks walked out and exchanged glances with the Hardys before checking on Fish.
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A William Regal video promo played where he was shown training Wheeler YUTA. He talked about their unique brand of violence. Regal spoke quite fast and it was difficult to keep up with, but this was so entertaining for the time it was on the screen.
Regal subsequently joined commentary.
Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, & Wheeler YUTA) defeated Andrade Family Office (The Butcher, The Blade, & Angélico)
A.F.O. attacked before the bell. Angélico tried a llave submission on Danielson, who returned fire with mid kicks. YUTA unloaded a flurry of offense on Blade but was overwhelmed by his opponents ahead of the break. Once back, YUTA dumped Butcher on the back of his head and reached Moxley for the hot tag.
Moxley tossed Blade all over the ringside area, over the timekeeper’s table and into the ring steps. Back in the ring, Moxley hit a cutter and bit at Butcher’s face before taking out Angélico with a lariat. Danielson tagged back in and landed a missile dropkick before kicking Angélico’s head in and locking on a triangle for the stoppage.
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Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs of Team Taz were backstage and asked about their tag title challenge. Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus, and Christian Cage interrupted, with Jungle Boy offering to spice things up with a shot at the FTW Championship. Starks accepted the challenge.
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Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland were backstage. Swerve said they had unfinished business with Team Taz. Lee said they would “Swerve in their glory.”
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Wardlow came out handcuffed, accompanied by security, and with no music as usual.
MJF and Shawn Spears emerged. He insulted the fans and said he’d watch the match in the back. MJF said Wardlow should be scared of the man coming out, the seven-foot-tall W. Morrissey (formerly Big Cass in WWE, currently with Impact Wrestling).
Wardlow defeated W. Morrissey
Morrissey used some surprising agility early on to dispatch Wardlow to the outside. Back in the ring, Morrissey continued to dominate. A black hole slam got two. They jockeyed for position on the top rope before Wardlow took Morrissey out with an imperfect but thrilling moonsault. Wardlow then hit a single solitary powerbomb for the win.
– After the match, Wardlow refused to be handcuffed and attacked all the security. MJF and Spears called in reinforcements, like an absurd amount of people, and Wardlow took out them all, powerbombing one of them out of the ring onto a pile of them.
Wardlow grabbed a mic and said he wouldn’t stop until he gets his hands on MJF or he releases him from his contract. MJF said Wardlow would have to do another match before that happens, and he’s got a couple conditions — which he will go over in a contract signing on Long Island next week.
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Four of the qualified women for the Owen Hart Cup were backstage — Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter will take on Toni Storm and Ruby Soho on Rampage in a preview tag. Soho can’t wait to get her hands on Baker.
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Hangman Page promo
The champ was brought out by Schiavone and asked about CM Punk’s challenge. Page said it’d be easy to talk about how excited he was to face Punk and how much he was looking forward to the match, but that’s not going to happen. At Double or Nothing, there’s not going to be a handshake or a “masturbatory Bret Hart tribute match,” because at Double or Nothing, Page is going to destroy Punk.
Page noticed a fan with a Punk shirt and said that after the match, he’d be running to the merch stand to get a refund. Punk’s not here tonight, and Page suspects he’s out filming another television show. Page is going to embarrass Punk and give him the fight of his life at Double or Nothing.
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Konosuke Takeshita was announced for AEW Rampage.
The cameras cut backstage for Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh. Dutt and Lethal asked where their red carpet was before Lethal challenged Takeshita to a match on Rampage.
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Chris Jericho (w/ Jericho Appreciation Society) defeated Santana (w/ Ortiz)
Santana attacked with a dive before the bell and the two teams brawled on the outside. There was a funny moment where Jericho’s camera middle finger spot was immediately countered by Santana. The match finally got underway after Jericho used the official as protection, and then a distraction allowed Jericho to hit his springboard dropkick and take control leading into the commercial.
Back from break, a corner bulldog from Santana started a comeback. He followed it up with the Three Amigos suplexes, then a frog splash got two. Jericho fought out of a fireman’s carry and locked on the Walls of Jericho. Santana reached the ropes and the two men traded chops before a reverse rolling cutter from Santana got two.
Ortiz stopped Angelo Parker and Daniel Garcia from using Floyd the Bat as Santana dispatched Jake Hager and hit a discus lariat for two. A distraction from Matt Menard allowed Jericho to hit a low blow and the Judas Effect for the win.
– After the match, the Jericho Appreciation Society continued to beat down Santana and Ortiz. The announcers said Eddie Kingston couldn’t be here as he recovered from a fireball. Jericho whacked both men with Floyd as the Jericho Appreciation Society stood tall.
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Samoa Joe addressed Jay Lethal. He said he was coming for Lethal on Rampage.
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The Gunn Club were backstage, and they approached The Acclaimed with gifts. The gifts were scissors, and then they all celebrated. I don’t really understand what that meant but it made me laugh.
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Varsity Blonds call out House of Black
The Varsity Blonds and Julia Hart were in the ring. Pillman said he was humbled by his encounter with the House of Black, but now he’s watching everything he has torn apart little by little. He’s reminded of a quote by the best friend of his late father, John Harbaugh. “Attack with all the enthusiasm known to mankind.” Pillman didn’t do that, and the House of Black drove them apart. But now, he’s feeling enthusiastic, and he wants a fight with the House of Black.
The lights went out and House of Black made their entrance. They surrounded the Blonds in the ring and beat them down. Hart, still in the ring, didn’t even react. Black approached Hart, who was shaking, but then Murphy brought her into the fold. King gave her a chair and demanded she attack Garrison with it, but she took too long, so Black snapped and ripped her eye patch off.
Death Triangle ran down and House of Black retreated.
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Jade Cargill, Mark Sterling, and the Baddies were backstage. Sterling put over the group’s accomplishments, and Jade said Red Velvet would win the tournament.
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Owen Hart Foundation Cup qualifier: Rey Fénix (w/ PAC & Penta Oscuro) defeated Dante Martin
It’s so great to have Fénix back.
Fénix landed a rope-run dive early on to take control into the break. During commercial, Dante came back with a tope suicida. Upon return, Fénix hit an inverted springboard Spanish Fly for two. Dante returned fire with kicks and a top-rope crossbody for two of his own before an inverted gutwrench got two more. Fénix cradled Dante with a hurricanrana for yet another two-count.
They jockeyed for position on the apron, with Fénix eventually popping Dante up into a cutter for a near fall. Dante countered a driver into a cradle before landing a thrust kick. He climbed the ropes but was stopped by Fénix, who went for the inverted Spanish Fly again, but both men landed on their feet.
Dante hit a poisonrana and wanted the Nose Dive, the double jump moonsault, but Fénix avoided it. Fénix got Dante in position for an elevated Fire Thunder Driver for the win.
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Owen Hart Foundation Men’s tournament first-round matches:
Rey Fénix vs. Kyle O’Reilly
Jeff Hardy vs. Darby Allin
Adam Cole vs. Dax Harwood
Samoa Joe vs. *JOKER*
Darby Allin addressed Jeff Hardy, saying it would be a special night. Sting said both men would pull out all the stops.
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Thunder Rosa came out to the stage. She said that everyone has a story, and she stands in front of everyone as their world champion. Today, she’s “La Mera Mera” despite coming in with no expectations. She’d like to call out the number one contender, someone she drove eight hours to see at one point in her career: Serena Deeb.
Deeb came out. She said she truly believes that AEW can have the best women’s division in the world, but to make that happen, the best wrestler in the world needs to be champion. Deeb’s on another level, in a class all her own, and it’s time she had the championship to show that. At Double or Nothing, she’s taking the title.
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AEW Rampage (5/6) lineup:
Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. & Jamie Hayter vs. Toni Storm & Ruby Soho
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Jay Lethal
HOOK vs. JD Drake
Owen Hart Foundation Cup qualifier: Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki
AEW Dynamite (5/11) lineup:
Owen Hart Cup quarterfinal: Darby Allin vs. Jeff Hardy
Owen Hart Cup quarterfinal: Adam Cole vs. Dax Harwood
MJF vs. Wardlow contract signing
FTW Championship: Ricky Starks (c) vs. Jungle Boy
CM Punk vs. John Silver
AEW Double or Nothing (5/29) lineup:
AEW World Championship: Hangman Page (c) vs. CM Punk
AEW Women’s World Championship: Thunder Rosa (c) vs. Serena Deeb
Men’s Owen Hart Cup final
Women’s Owen Hart Cup final
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John Silver addressed CM Punk. He said they’d be wrestling in his hometown next week, and he’s the meat man.
They performed back-and-forth chain wrestling early on, with Purrazzo eventually gaining the upper hand into the commercial. During the break, Martinez speared Purrazzo on the apron. They traded forearms in the center of the ring until Martinez hit clotheslines, a back suplex, and corner boots for two.
Purrazzo came back with a moonsault press for two. Martinez escaped a piledriver and hit a running knee followed by a fisherman’s buster for two more. Purrazzo hit an exploder suplex for a near fall. They traded cradles until simultaneous clotheslines led to the double down.
Martinez hit a Samoan driver and a curb stomp before the Romero Special into the dragon sleeper finished it.
Deonna Purrazzo will make her AEW debut on next week’s Dynamite in Baltimore.
ROH Women’s World Champion Purrazzo will face interim ROH Women’s World Champion Mercedes Martinez in a title unification match on Dynamite. Martinez was crowned interim champ after Purrazzo was unable to defend the title at Supercard of Honor earlier this month.
Also announced for next week, Jeff Hardy will face Bobby Fish in an Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament qualifier.
Additionally, Wardlow will be in action against a mystery opponent of MJF’s choosing next week. It was heavily suggested on this week’s show that the mystery opponent will be W. Morrissey of Impact Wrestling, formerly Big Cass in WWE.
Here is the announced lineup for next week:
AEW Dynamite, Wednesday, May 4 —
ROH Women’s World Championship unification match: Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. interim title holder Mercedes Martinez
Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament qualifier: Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Fish
The former Impact Knockouts Champion confronted ROH Women’s World Champion and AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Deonna Purrazzo following Purrazzo’s match at Friday’s Multiverse of Matches event, issuing a challenge for the AAA title at Impact’s Saturday, April 23 Rebellion event.
Purrazzo retained the AAA title at Multiverse of Matches, defeating Faby Apache. As she was addressing ROH crowning an interim Women’s World Champion in Mercedes Martinez, Valkyrie made her surprise return.
Valkyrie was written out of Impact storylines in January 2021 after a run of three-plus years with the company. She signed with WWE in February 2021, then debuted on the NXT brand in April 2021. She was released by WWE in November 2021.
Six matches are now set for Rebellion. The lineup:
Impact Rebellion, Saturday, April 23 —
Impact World Championship: Moose (c) vs. Josh Alexander
Impact Knockouts World Championship: Tasha Steelz (c) vs. Rosemary
Impact X Division Championship: Trey Miguel (c) vs. Ace Austin vs. Mike Bailey
AAA Reina de Reinas Championship: Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie
During a Friday podcast appearance, Ring of Honor head Tony Khan gave an update on the situation regarding reigning ROH Women’s Champion Deonna Purrazzo who is under contract to Impact Wrestling.
Khan was on the Strong Style YouTube show and was asked what was going on considering both ROH and Impact Wrestling are both holding pay-per-views next Friday night.
Purrazzo is booked for the Impact show in a Champ-Champ Challenge where she will defend either the AAA Reina de Reinas or ROH title against a mystery opponent.
“When Deonna won the Ring of Honor title, when they booked that match, I did not have an agreement in place to buy Ring of Honor yet and was not booking the matches,” Khan said. “With them having a show the night of our pay-per-view, I don’t know how it’s going to work out. Scott [D’Amore] and I are still talking about that because I completely respect their position that they have an event that night too.”
Khan has announced a handful of matches for his Supercard of Honor event that begins at 8 PM Eastern while the Impact Multiverse show starts at 10 PM Eastern.
“I question the wisdom at the time, maybe, of doing a match where there is a possibility of someone taking the belt of another company that’s running a show the very same night but again now I’m doing the booking (for ROH),” Khan continued. “So, we’ll see how that shakes out.”
Khan said that he would love to have Purrazzo in ROH and that he would like her to defend the gold on the Supercard show. However, “I don’t want to put her in a tough position where she has to wrestle twice in a span of a few hours but that could happen. Scott and I are still talking.”
Deonna Purrazzo’s ongoing Champ Champ Challenge will continue at Impact Wrestling’s Multiverse of Matches.
The promotion announced Thursday that Purrazzo will defend either her AAA Reina de Reinas or ROH Women’s title in an open challenge on the Friday, April 1st show.
Multiverse of Matches is part of WrestleCon at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas. which takes place over WrestleMania weekend.
The former Impact Knockouts Champion won the Reina de Reinas title last summer from Faby Apache at AAA TripleMania XXIX. She then defeated Rok-C for the ROH Women’s title on an early-January episode of Impact on AXS.
Here’s the updated lineup for the Multiverse of Matches card:
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Eddie Edwards
Jay White vs. Chris Sabin
The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) vs. The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe)
Ultimate X match (participants to be announced)
Deonna Purrazzo vs. TBA in a Reina de Reinas/ROH Women’s World Championship open challenge
Taya Valkyrie officially returned to AAA tonight, winning a five way match for a future shot at the AAA Reina de Reinas championship.
During tonight’s Rey de Reyes event, Fenix came out and announced he would be unable to compete tonight due to a dislocated elbow he suffered last month during an episode of AEW Dynamite. He instead introduced Taya, who came out for the five way match that opened the show. She proceeded to defeat Lady Shani, Keyra, Maravilla, & Flammer to win the number one contendership to the title.
The Reina de Reinas title is currently held by Deonna Purrazzo. She also holds the ROH Women’s Championship, defeating Rok-C on an episode of Impact that aired on January 13.
Valkyrie left AAA last year when she signed with the WWE in February. However, her run in WWE was short lived as she was cut on November 4. She made a brief appearance at Triplemania Regia II via video in December, challenging Purrazzo.
The two call Impact Wrestling their primary working home while also doing indies.
The 27-year-old Purrazzo spent three years in WWE developmental from 2018 through April 2020 when she was part of the big round of pandemic cuts. She returned to Impact that same year and re-invented herself, winning the Knockouts title and later the ROH and AAA women’s belts as well.
The 34-year-old Maclin (Stephen Kupryk) was in WWE from 2014 through 2021, spending most of his time in NXT and making his main roster debut in April 2020. He was cut in February 2021 and later signed with Impact.
Maclin will be part of next Saturday’s No Surrender as part of Team Impact vs. Honor No More. Purrazzo isn’t booked for the show as of now.
The lineup for next Thursday’s Impact Wrestling will feature two women’s matches featuring some of their top stars.
In one, Ring of Honor Women’s Champion and AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Deonna Purrazzo will put either of her titles on the line in an open challenge. In a promo Thursday, she addressed walking out of Mickie James’ “State of the Knockouts division” promo last week and that she is actually the state of the Knockouts division.
In the other, James, the current Knockouts Champion, will be in non-title action as she faces Chelsea Green.
James offered Green the match Thursday after top contender Tasha Steelz and Savannah Evans were confronting her, prompting Green to back her up and offer to face them in a tag team match before they walked away. James thanked her and said she heard last week Green wanted to wrestle her, so they should tear it down next week.
Next Thursday will also see no. 1 World title contender W. Morrissey against Brian Myers in a no DQ match after Morrissey again ripped through Myers’ Learning Tree faction. Myers escaped and Scott D’Amore offered to make the match if Morrissey would calm down.
The show will also feature Honor No More members Mike Bennett and Matt Taven against Rich Swann and Rhino in another preview of the Team Impact vs. ROH faction match at this month’s No Surrender.
Here’s the current lineup:
Knockouts Champion Mickie James vs. Chelsea Green in a non-title match
ROH Women’s Champion/AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Deonna Purrazzo open challenge for either title
W. Morrissey vs. Brian Myers no DQ match
Mike Bennett and Matt Taven vs. Rich Swann and Rhino
“The Virtuosa” defeated Rok-C for the ROH Women’s title in the main event of Thursday’s edition of Impact Wrestling. It was a title vs. title match with Purrazzo putting her AAA Reina de Reinas championship on the line.
The end came when Purrazzo submitted Rok-C with the Venus de Milo armbar following some failed attempts at the Fujiwara armbar.
Afterward, Maria Kanellis-Bennett and a contingent of ROH talent that weren’t welcome in Impact confronted her with Kanellis-Bennett saying she was taking the titles. Despite some Impact help, the group was laid out by the ROH invaders to end the show.
It’s the first ROH title reign for Purrazzo who is also a two-time Impact Knockouts Champion. She lost the title to Mickie James at last October’s Bound for Glory and was unable to reclaim it in a rematch at last Saturday’s Hard to Kill.
The loss ends Rok-C’s short reign with the new title she won in a tournament final. She defended the title successfully nine times, mainly in indie promotions outside ROH. Purrazzo challenged her to the winner take all match at December’s Final Battle.
Former Impact Knockouts Champion and current AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Deonna Purrazzo’s road to her January 8th Hard to Kill pay-per-view challenge of current champion Mickie James will go through Mercedes Martinez on next Thursday’s show.
The hopeful champion-to-be also has her next challenge lined up the week after as she will face Ring of Honor Women’s Champion Rok-C in the latter’s promotional debut in what will be a winner takes all match.
Martinez appeared via video on Thursday’s Impact, saying she heard Purrazzo mention her last week when being given the Knockout of the Year award and challenged her to the match next week.
While the two have never squared off in Impact, they have had several singles matches through the years including for Purrazzo’s then-Knockouts title on a WrestlePro show this past October. It was announced on Wednesday that Martinez has signed with AEW, but this match had already been taped prior to that announcement.
It will be a winner take all match on the January 13th edition of Impact when Purrazzo faces ROH titleholder Rok-C. As part of ROH Final Battle, Purrazzo made a surprise appearance and challenged Rok-C to put her title on the line against her AAA Reina de Reinas title. Depending on the outcome of the James match at Hard to Kill, the Knockouts title could be on the line as well.
That match will be taped on Monday, January 9th at the post-Hard to Kill TV tapings.
Saturday night’s “End of an Era” Final Battle pay-per-view included a surprise appearance by Deonna Purrazzo.
Purrazzo made her return to Ring of Honor after Rok-C retained the ROH Women’s World Championship against Willow Nightingale at Final Battle. Purrazzo issued a challenge to Rok-C for a winner-take-all title match.
Purrazzo came out to the ring at Final Battle with her AAA Reina de Reinas Championship belt. While confronting Rok-C, Purrazzo said she wants the ROH Women’s World title. Purrazzo said that, when she defeats Mickie James for the Knockouts Championship at Impact Wrestling’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view, she’s challenging Rok-C to face her in a winner-take-all title match.
Purrazzo implied that the match would be taking place in Impact Wrestling. Rok-C accepted Purrazzo’s challenge and shook her hand.
Hard to Kill is taking place in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, January 8.
Purrazzo is a two-time Impact Knockouts Champion. She won the Reina de Reinas title from Faby Apache at Lucha Libre AAA’s Triplemania XXIX this August.
Rok-C became the inaugural ROH Women’s World Champion by defeating Miranda Alize in the finals of a tournament at Death Before Dishonor this September. The title replaced the old Women of Honor Championship.
Final Battle was the final live ROH event before the promotion goes on hiatus for the first quarter of 2022. ROH has said that it will be taking that time to “reimagine” the company. ROH talent contracts aren’t being renewed after Final Battle.
Impact has announced Knockouts Knockdown, an all-women event that will tape this coming weekend to air in October.
Gail Kim was joined by former Impact star Christy Hemme live on Impact’s Facebook page this afternoon. The show will air on October 9 on Impact Plus and will tape this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Kim announced that Deonna Purrazzo would be on the card, defending the Impact Knockouts title against a mystery opponent. Ticket information for the tapings can be found here.
Other names that Kim mentioned during the stream include Lady Frost, Renee Michelle, and Mercedes Martinez, all of whom will be appearing on the show. Additionally, a Monster’s Ball match will take place that will be dedicated to the memory of Daffney, who was the first woman to take part in a Monster’s Ball match against Taylor Wilde back in 2009.
NWA EmPower, which also had an all-women’s card, took place last month. Deonna Purrazzo successfully defended the Impact Knockouts title on the show, defeating Melina.
