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ODB added to Knockouts title match at Impact Hard to Kill PPV

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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The Knockouts Championship match at Impact Wrestling’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view will now be a triple threat.

Impact announced today that ODB has been added to the title match for the PPV, making it Taya Valkyrie vs. Jordynne Grace vs. ODB. Valkyrie defending her title against Grace had originally been announced.

After a distraction by Grace, ODB pinned Valkyrie in a non-title match on this week’s Impact.

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Jordynne Grace is getting a Knockouts Championship shot at Impact Wrestling’s next pay-per-view.

Impact confirmed yesterday that Grace will challenge for Taya Valkyrie’s Knockouts title at Hard to Kill. The PPV is being held at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, January 12, 2020.

When Hard to Kill takes place, Valkyrie will have been Knockouts Champion for over a year. She won the title from Tessa Blanchard at Impact’s Homecoming PPV in January 2019.

Grace pinned Valkyrie in a six-woman tag match that aired on Impact’s AXS TV premiere on October 29. She also defeated Grace & John E. Bravo in a handicap match that aired two weeks ago.

In the main event of last night’s Impact, ODB pinned Valkyrie in a non-title match after a distraction by Grace.

Valkyrie vs. Grace is the third title match announced for Hard to Kill. Blanchard will challenge for Sami Callihan’s Impact World Championship in the main event, and Ace Austin will defend his X-Division Championship against Trey Miguel.

Tessa Blanchard to challenge for Impact World title at Hard to Kill

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Tessa Blanchard is getting a World Championship shot at Impact Wrestling’s next pay-per-view.

Impact confirmed today that Sami Callihan will defend his World title against Blanchard in the main event of Hard to Kill. The PPV is taking place at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, January 12, 2020.

The match is being promoted as “the first time in professional wrestling that a woman will challenge a man for the top title live on pay-per-view.”

“IMPACT Wrestling has always been a trailblazer in the professional wrestling world, from our Knockouts division to never-before-seen matches like Ultimate X,” Impact executive vice president Scott D’Amore said. “In her short career, Tessa Blanchard has already demonstrated that she is not only one of the best female professional wrestlers in the world, but one of the very best, period. On January 12th, she will get the opportunity to make history when she challenges for the World Championship live on pay-per-view.”

Callihan won the Impact World Championship from Brian Cage in a steel cage match at last month’s television tapings in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

This will be the second PPV that a Callihan vs. Blanchard match has headlined. Callihan defeated Blanchard in the main event of Slammiversary XVII this July, with that show also being held in Dallas.

General admission tickets for Hard to Kill will go on sale on Monday, November 18. Titanium tickets are going on sale next Friday (November 15).

Impact Wrestling Hard to Kill PPV set for Dallas

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Impact Wrestling has revealed the date and location of their next pay-per-view.

During last night’s Impact, it was announced that Hard to Kill will take place in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, January 12, 2020. The name of the PPV was announced during Bound for Glory last month, but the only detail revealed then was that the show would be held in January.

Slammiversary XVII took place at Gilley’s Dallas this July and was headlined by Sami Callihan defeating Tessa Blanchard.

Callihan became the Impact World Champion by defeating Brian Cage in a steel cage match at Impact’s post-Bound for Glory television tapings in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. That match aired on Impact’s official AXS TV debut last week, with Tessa Blanchard coming to the ring to confront Callihan after he won the title.

Cage will get his rematch for Callihan’s title at Turning Point this Saturday. The show is taking place at the Holy Family Academy in Hazleton, Pennsylvania and will air live on Impact Plus.

Impact notes: Six-man tag to air on TV, next PPV set for January

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– One of the matches that was scheduled for tonight’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view will instead air on television this week.

Instead of it being on the PPV, Impact Wrestling taped The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) vs. Dr. Wagner Jr., Aerostar & Taurus before Bound for Glory went on the air. The six-man tag match will be shown as the main event of the “This is Impact” special that’s airing on AXS TV and Twitch from 8-10 p.m. Eastern time this Tuesday (October 22).

The special is described as: “A preview of IMPACT Wrestling ahead of the weekly debut on AXS TV, plus a look back at Bound For Glory, IMPACT Wrestling’s biggest pay-per-view event of the year on Oct. 20 in Chicago, which featured Brian Cage vs. Sami Callihan for the IMPACT World Title and Ken Shamrock vs. Moose.”

Impact will officially begin airing on AXS TV and Twitch on Tuesdays starting on October 29.

– During Bound for Glory, it was announced that Impact’s next PPV will be called “Hard to Kill.” It will take place in January 2020, though further details about the PPV haven’t been revealed.