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Tag Team title defense added to Impact Final Resolution

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ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) will look to extend their second run with the Impact Tag Team titles as they defend them at next Saturday’s Final Resolution.

Bey & Austin will face Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards. Myers held the TNA Tag Team titles for a single day with Trevor Lee in 2015 while Edwards has held the TNA tag titles five times (all with Davey Richards) with his last reign ending 2016.

The two were rivals in 2020 and 2021, ending with a Hold Harmless match Edwards win at 2021’s Sacrifice.

A win will give Bey & Austin their second successful defense of the gold they regained at October’s Bound for Glory.

Frankie Kazarian vs. Sheldon Jean has also been announced for the pre-show. Kazarian is coming off a loss to X-Division Champion Chris Sabin in late-October while Jean is still looking for his first win (0-9).

Final Resolution, set for Saturday, December 9th, in Toronto, Canada, will be the final special event under the Impact banner before the company reverts to TNA.

Here’s the current card for the streaming special:

  • Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. Josh Alexander & Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Trinity & Jordynne Grace vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Gisele Shaw
  • Impact Tag Team Champions ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defend against Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards
  • “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Trey Miguel
  • Moose vs. Rhino
  • Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer defends against Deaner
  • Jake Something vs. Jason Hotch
  • Pre-show: Frankie Kazarian vs. Sheldon Jean

Will Ospreay to face Eddie Edwards at Impact Wrestling Turning Point

Posted on by Joseph Currier

We now know who Will Ospreay will be facing at Impact Wrestling Turning Point.

Impact Wrestling has announced that Ospreay vs. Eddie Edwards will take place at Turning Point in Newcastle, England. The show is being held on Friday, October 27 but won’t air on Impact Plus until one week later (November 3).

The match will be the first time Ospreay and Edwards have ever wrestled one-on-one.

Ospreay is returning to Impact for the first time since 2016. He’s also set to compete at Bound for Glory this Saturday (October 21) and at the post-Bound for Glory television tapings on Sunday (October 22).

Ospreay vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey is set for Bound for Glory. At the tapings the next night, Ospreay is taking on Josh Alexander. That will be an Impact World Championship match if Alexander wins the title from Alex Shelley at Bound for Glory.

Turning Point is part of Impact Wrestling’s UK Invasion tour. The tour begins on October 26 and ends on October 29. It has one show in Glasgow, one in Newcastle, and two in Coventry.

Also announced for Turning Point is a tag team match with Josh Alexander & Eric Young vs. Subculture (Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster).

Two-out-of-three falls match set for next week’s Impact Wrestling

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Frankie Kazarian & Eddie Edwards will square off in a two-out-of-three falls Killer Impact match on next week’s Impact Wrestling. 

After months of feuding, Edwards & Kazarian will settle their beef “once and for all” with the stipulation bout on the Thursday, October 12 Impact episode. The two kicked off their rivalry at June’s Against All Odds event, and have wrestled three times in singles matches and once in a tag since, with Kazarian and wife Traci Brooks defeating Edwards and wife Alisha Edwards at Impact 1000.

The Tag Team Championship will also be on the line next week, as The Rascalz defend against Sami Callihan & Rich Swann. The winners will go on to defend the titles at Bound for Glory on October 21 against Ace Austin & Chris Bey. 

Also set for next week is a five-way intergender match with Bound for Glory implications, as Jordynne Grace faces Jake Something, Dirty Dango, Champagne Singh, and Eric Young. The winner will earn the 20th spot in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match at Bound for Glory, while the loser will enter the gauntlet first. 

Next week’s lineup: 

  • Eddie Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian in a two-out-of-three falls Killer Impact match
  • Impact Tag Team Champions The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) defend against Sami Callihan & Rich Swann
  • Jake Something vs. Dirty Dango vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Champagne Singh vs. Eric Young for no. 1 & no. 20 spots in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match at Bound for Glory

Four matches announced for next Impact Wrestling

Posted on by Josh Nason

Less than two weeks after Emergence, Impact Wrestling will make a quick pivot to another streaming special with the Victory Road go-home edition of Impact on AXS TV next Thursday.

Former Impact World Champion Josh Alexander will team with PCO to take on former Impact World Champions Steve Maclin & Bully Ray. Alexander faces Maclin while PCO takes on Ray at Victory Road.

Former Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo will battle Subculture’s Dani Luna ahead of Purrazzo’s match with Jordynne Grace the next night.

After losing the Tag Team titles to The Rascalz at Emergence, Subculture’s Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster will look to get back on track as they take on former Impact World Champions Sami Callihan & Rich Swann.

Ahead of his title defense against KUSHIDA next Friday, X-Division Champion Lio Rush will be in non-title action against KUSHIDA’s tag team partner and mentee Kevin Knight.

Here’s the current lineup:

  • Deonna Purrazzo vs. Dani Luna
  • Josh Alexander & PCO vs. Bully Ray & Steve Maclin
  • Subculture (Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster) vs. Sami Callihan & Rich Swann
  • X-Division Champion Lio Rush vs. Kevin Knight in a non-title match

Mixed tag match set for Impact Wrestling episode 1000

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A mixed tag team match between two married couples is set to go down at Impact 1000.

Impact Wrestling has announced that their 1000th episode will feature a tag match with Frankie Kazarian & Traci Brooks facing Eddie Edwards & Alisha Edwards. Brooks issued a challenge for the match after Alisha helped Eddie defeat Kazarian at Impact’s Emergence event. Brooks said she won’t be a nostalgia act returning to the ring — she’ll be a pissed off wife who is going to kick Alisha’s ass.

This will be the first time Brooks has wrestled since 2012.

Eddie defeated Kazarian in a Back to School match at Emergence this past weekend. It was taped at Killer Kowalski’s wrestling school in Massachusetts and was billed as a way for Kazarian and Eddie to finally settle their issues. Kazarian and Eddie were both trained by the late Kowalski. 

After helping Eddie win the Back to School match, Alisha attacked Kazarian with a kendo stick.

Impact’s 1000th episode is being filmed at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York on Saturday, September 9. Here’s what’s been announced for the show so far:

  • Team 3D (Bully Ray & D-Von) team together for the first time in seven years
  • Mixed tag team match: Frankie Kazarian & Traci Brooks vs. Eddie Edwards & Alisha Edwards
  • Ultimate X returns
  • Feast or Fired returns
  • The Beautiful People return
  • Awesome Kong returns

Back to School match added to Impact Wrestling Emergence

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Eddie Edwards and Frankie Kazarian are heading back to where their careers began.

Impact Wrestling has announced that Edwards and Kazarian will face off in a Back to School match at Emergence this Sunday (August 27). The match is being filmed at Killer Kowalski’s wrestling school in Massachusetts. Both Edwards and Kazarian were trained by the late Kowalski.

During a segment on Impact last week, Edwards and Kazarian agreed to fight in the ring at Kowalski’s school. Kazarian tried to get Edwards to drop their feud and said they should go their separate ways. Kazarian said it’s what Kowalski would have wanted. Edwards responded by saying that Kowalski would have wanted them to settle their issues in the ring once and for all.

The segment took place one week after Kazarian accidentally struck Edwards’ wife Alisha with a kendo stick.

At Slammiversary last month, Edwards defeated Kazarian after using a kendo stick while the referee was out.

Emergence is airing live on Impact Plus, Impact’s Ultimate Insiders YouTube service, and Fite TV. The rest of the show besides Edwards vs. Kazarian is taking place from the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Here’s the updated card:

  • Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity defends against Deonna Purrazzo
  • Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA, Chris Sabin & Josh Alexander vs. Bully Ray, Moose, Brian Myers & Lio Rush
  • Impact Tag Team Champions Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) defend against The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)
  • SANADA vs. Jake Something
  • Knockouts Tag Team Champions Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly defend against Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans, The Death Dollz (Jessicka & Courtney Rush), and The Coven (KiLynn King & Taylor Wilde)
  • Digital Media Champion Kenny King defends against Johnny Swinger
  • Back to School match: Eddie Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian

Zack Sabre Jr. signed for tag team match at Impact x NJPW Multiverse United 2

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NJPW TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. will be part of this month’s co-promoted Impact x NJPW Multiverse United pay-per-view.

Sabre Jr. will team with TMDK stablemate Shane Haste to take on Impact’s Moose & Eddie Edwards in tag team action on Sunday, August 20th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This will be Sabre Jr.’s first appearance in an Impact ring while Haste will make his first appearance since a short run this past February and March when he appeared in four matches, three of those with TMDK’s Bad Dude Tito.

Moose and Edwards have both feuded and teamed during their extensive runs in the company.

Only three matches have been announced, but former Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo called out the Stardom roster this week to appear at the show which is assumed to be leading to a match.

Here’s the current card:

  • Impact World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Impact X-Division Champion Lio Rush & Trey Miguel vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Mike Bailey
  • NJPW TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. & Shane Haste vs. Moose & Eddie Edwards

Frankie Kazarian vs. Eddie Edwards III set for Impact Slammiversary

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The trilogy match between former Impact World Champion Eddie Edwards and former X-Division Champion Frankie Kazarian will take place at next Saturday’s Impact Slammiversary.

The pay-per-view is scheduled for Saturday, July 15th in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Kazarian won their first-ever clash at last month’s Against All Odds, followed by Edwards getting the win on Thursday’s Impact on AXS, partially thanks to Alisha Edwards’ interference.

Later, Kazarian showed his frustrations and issued a challenge for the PPV, adding that his wife, former Impact star Traci Brooks, would make her return to even the odds. 

She returned at last year’s Slammiversary by Kazarian’s side in a 10-man tag team match and even got physical with Maria Kanellis-Bennett.

Here’s the current card:

  • Impact World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Nick Aldis
  • Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo defends against Trinity
  • X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defends against Lio Rush
  • Impact Tag Team Champions ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defend against Sami Callihan & Rich Swann, Brian Myers & Moose, and Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) in a four-way match
  • Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Coven (Taylor Wilde & KiLynn King) defend against Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly
  • Steve Maclin & Bully Ray vs. PCO & Scott D’Amore with former NHL player Darren McCarty as special enforcer
  • Ultimate X match: Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham vs. Angels vs. Kevin Knight vs. KUSHIDA
  • Frankie Kazarian vs. Eddie Edwards
  • Pre-show: Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry defends against Kenny King

Last Rites match added to Impact Wrestling Rebellion

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A stipulation match has been added to the card for Impact Wrestling’s Rebellion pay-per-view.

Impact Wrestling has announced that Eddie Edwards and PCO will settle their rivalry in a Last Rites match at Rebellion this Sunday (April 16). A Last Rites match is Impact’s version of a cage match.

On last week’s Impact, Edwards defeated PCO after Alisha Edwards interfered and hit PCO with a kendo stick. PCO chased Eddie and Alisha out to the parking lot after the match, but they drove off before he could get to them.

Impact Wrestling wrote:

For months, the intense rivalry between former Honor No More allies Eddie Edwards and PCO has sprawled across the IMPACT Zone, the parking lot and even the Las Vegas desert. After failing to bury PCO alive, Edwards recruited Kenny King to join his cause. But when King fell to PCO at Sacrifice, Edwards made a move that would shock the IMPACT faithful. During a singles bout against PCO on IMPACT!, Edwards reunited with his wife, Alisha, as she cracked PCO in the back with the couple’s signature kendo stick. But after scoring the victory, Edwards was reminded that PCO is not human as he sat up and chased them off the property. At Rebellion, it all comes down to this as Eddie Edwards and PCO settle the score once and for all in the infamous Last Rites match, where the only way to win is to put your opponent inside of a casket and close the lid.

Rebellion is taking place at Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The updated card for the PPV is listed below:

  • KUSHIDA vs. Steve Maclin for the vacant Impact World Championship
  • Knockouts Champion Mickie James defends against Deonna Purrazzo and Jordynne Grace in a three-way match (if James isn’t cleared to compete, it will be Purrazzo vs. Grace for the vacant title)
  • X-Division Champion Trey Miguel defends against “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Jonathan Gresham in a three-way elimination match
  • Hardcore War: Team Bully Ray vs. Team Tommy Dreamer
  • Ultimate X match: Impact Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey defend against Motor City Machine Guns
  • Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Coven defend against The Death Dollz
  • Last Rites match: Eddie Edwards vs. PCO
  • The Design vs. Joe Hendry, Dirty Dango & Santino Marella

Eddie Edwards signs new contract with Impact Wrestling

Posted on by Ian Carey

Eddie Edwards will be remaining with Impact Wrestling for the foreseeable future. 

The 39-year-old confirmed that he’s signed a new deal with the promotion to PWInsider on Friday. He’s been with the company since January 2014 when he debuted along with his tag team partner, Davey Richards, as The Wolves.  

Edwards said:

“I’m doing good. I am happy that it’s, you know, we’re at the point where I got to sign a new deal. Clearly, Impact and myself, we have a pretty good relationship. It’s been, what, nine years at this point? Basically, we’ve been together and obviously, you know, the front office has changed time and time again, but I can comfortably say that right now is the best relationship I have had with the front officea nd I think that it’s that way for a lot of people in the locker room. There’s a very open door policy, and I think that shows in the locker room that we have, and it shows. It shows a lot of faith in our locker room and in the front office that we can go back and forth to things. I think I’ve made it pretty clear to a lot of people that myself and, you know, my wife Alisha, we are Impact Wrestling. We want to be in Impact Wrestling. We want to stay in Impact Wrestling, you know, forever. That is my goal. Luckily, impact has always treated me well, and I’m just glad that I got to sign on the dotted line and, and continue going for them. I’m just excited for the future at this point.”

In his time with Impact, Edwards is a former two-time World Champion, five-time Tag Team Champion (w/ Davey Richards), two-time X-Division Champion, and the eight Triple Crown winner in TNA/Impact history. 

When asked why he chose to re-sign with the company he’s been with for nine years, Edwards responded:

“Man. That’s….that is wild. When you say that, it gets real at that point. :Laughs.: For me, it’s just, since day one, even though, I had a different boss [in charge of Impact] at that time, but since day one, they’ve always treated me with respect. Speaking specifically about now, they’ve always treated me with great respect. I feel very valued in the company where..you know, I don’t want, nobody wants to work in a place where you’re overlooked or you’re taken for granted. That’s what, that has been a thought of mine, because I do like to make it known that I love working for Impact Wrestling, and I don’t want to go anywhere. So a fear could be, I just don’t want to get taken for granted, but I’ve never, you know, I’ve never had that thought here. It’s never even come to that, which, you know, is a good feeling to have.”

Outside of Impact Wrestling, Edwards is a former GHC Heavyweight Champion in Pro Wrestling NOAH, ROH World Champion, two-time ROH Tag Team Champion (w/ Davey Richards), and a one-time ROH TV Champion. In 2009, him and Davey Richards were voted The Tag Team of the Year in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards. 

Six-way number one contender’s match set for Impact Wrestling

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A six-way number one contender’s elimination match has been announced for Thursday’s edition of Impact Wrestling. 

The promotion revealed on Monday that Eddie Edwards, Steve Maclin, Moose, Sami Callihan, Bandido, and Rich Swann will be the participants. The winner will go on to challenge for the Impact World Championship at Bound for Glory.

The match was filmed on Saturday, August 13 at Impact’s Second City Slamm set of television tapings. The event took place in Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois. Impact presented Emergence the night before from the same venue. 

Bound for Glory will take place on Friday, October 7 from the Albany Armory in Albany, New York. 

Next up for Impact Wrestling will be a set of television tapings from Dallas on August 26 & 27. They will then travel to Nashville for Victory Road on September 23. A set of television tapings will take place from the same venue the following day. 

Four matches announced for next week’s Impact Wrestling

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Four matches have been announced for next week’s Impact Wrestling episode. 

In a tag team match, Honor No More’s Mike Bennett and Matt Taven will team against Heath and Rhino. The teams brawled backstage on this week’s episode after Bennett and Taven were denied a Tag Team title match with The Briscoes at Slammiversary.

In another tag bout, Moose and Steve Maclin will team up to face PCO and W. Morrissey. 

In a Knockouts Division match, Mia Yim will take on Savannah Evans, with Deonna Purrazzo announced as a special guest commentator for the bout. 

Rich Swann will look for revenge against Matthew Rehwoldt for costing him a title shot in the Gauntlet for the Gold next week, as the two will meet in singles competition. 

Here is the announced lineup: 

Impact Wrestling, Thursday, June 2–

  • Mike Bennett & Matt Taven vs. Heath & Rhino
  • Moose & Steve Maclin vs. PCO & W. Morrissey
  • Mia Yim vs. Savannah Evans (w/Deonna Purrazzo on commentary)
  • Rich Swann vs. Matthew Rehwoldt

Jonathan Gresham off Impact Rebellion PPV, new match set

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Impact Wrestling has announced a change to the card for tonight’s Rebellion pay-per-view.

Due to being unable to compete, Jonathan Gresham is out of his scheduled match against Eddie Edwards at Rebellion. Edwards vs. Chris Bey will instead take place on tonight’s show.

Edwards vs. Bey will be part of the Countdown to Rebellion pre-show tonight, which airs for free on YouTube starting at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time.

Impact Wrestling wrote: “@TheJonGresham is unable to compete in his scheduled matchup with @TheEddieEdwards tonight at #Rebellion! @DashingChrisBey takes his place and it goes down on #CountdownToRebellion!”

The Influence (Tenille Dashwood & Madison Rayne) vs. The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) for the Knockouts Tag Team titles is also set for tonight’s pre-show.

Trey Miguel vs. Ace Austin vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey for the X-Division Championship has been moved to the Rebellion main card.

Gresham suffered a suspected concussion during his ROH World Championship defense against Dalton Castle at AEW Battle of the Belts II (taped on April 15), but Gresham wrestled at a show for C4 Wrestling in Canada this Friday night.

Earlier this month, it was confirmed that Gresham has signed a contract with AEW and will continue to perform on ROH.

Here’s the updated card for Rebellion:

  • Impact World Champion Moose defends against Josh Alexander
  • AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Deonna Purrazzo defends against Taya Valkyrie
  • Jay White vs. Steve Maclin vs. Chris Sabin
  • Knockouts Champion Tasha Steelz defends against Rosemary
  • JONAH vs. Tomohiro Ishii
  • Violent By Design will defend their Impact Tag Team titles in an eight-team elimination challenge
  • X-Division Champion Trey Miguel defends against Ace Austin and “Speedball” Mike Bailey in a triple threat match
  • Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Influence defend against The IInspiration (Countdown to Rebellion)
  • Eddie Edwards vs. Chris Bey (Countdown to Rebellion)

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Eddie Edwards announced for Impact Multiverse of Matches

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Tomohiro Ishii will face Eddie Edwards over WrestleMania weekend.

Impact Wrestling announced Wednesday that Edwards vs. Ishii has been booked for their Multiverse of Matches show on Friday, April 1. The event is part of WrestleCon and will take place from the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas.

This is the second match Ishii has booked for April 1 as he’s also scheduled to face Chris Dickinson at NJPW Lonestar Shootout earlier in the evening. 

The Lonestar Shootout starts at 5 PM local time while the Impact Multiverse of Matches will kick off at 9 PM.

Ishii is also scheduled to face Timothy Thatcher the night before at the WrestleCon SuperShow on Thursday March 31. 

It was also revealed on Wednesday that Edwards has signed a new contract with Impact. 

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)

New matches, Full Metal Mayhem set for Impact Turning Point

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Several new matches and a change for the main event have been made for Impact Turning Point this Saturday.

After a brawl during Thursday’s show, the title match between Impact World Champion Moose and Eddie Edwards was made into a Full Metal Mayhem match, Impact’s version of TLC.

After getting Scott D’Amore to agree to the stipulation last week, Steve Maclin defeated Laredo Kid Thursday to earn a slot in the X-Division title match between champion Trey Miguel and Kid this Saturday, making it a three-way.

Three new singles matches include Rich Swann vs. Brian Myers; Chris Sabin vs. Ace Austin; and Matt Cardona vs. W. Morrissey, the latter coming out of a recent no. 1 contender’s match. In a new tag team match built on a grudge, Violent by Design (Eric Young and Joe Doering) will take on Heath and Rhino.

The Turning Point countdown show will see Digital Media Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Chelsea Green while FinJuice will face Decay (Crazzy Steve & Black Taurus).

Here’s the updated Turning Point card, set for 10 PM Eastern on Impact Plus from Las Vegas:

  • Impact World Champion Moose vs. Eddie Edwards in a Full Metal Mayhem title match
  • Impact Knockouts Champion Mickie James vs. Mercedes Martinez in a title match
  • Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions The IInspiration vs. Decay (Rosemary & Havok) in a title match
  • Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers vs. Bullet Club (Chris Bey & Hikuleo) in a title match
  • X-Division Champion Trey Miguel vs. Steve Maclin vs. Laredo Kid in a title match
  • Ace Austin vs. Chris Sabin
  • W. Morrissey vs. Matt Cardona
  • Rich Swann vs. Brian Myers
  • Violent by Design (Eric Young and Joe Doering) vs. Heath and Rhino
  • Countdown Show: Digital Media Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Chelsea Green in a title match
  • Countdown Show: FinJuice vs. Decay (Crazzy Steve & Black Taurus)