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X-Division title triple threat match set for Impact Hard to Kill

Posted on by Josh Nason

New Impact X Division Champion Manik will have not one, but two former champions as challengers in his first title defense at January’s Hard To Kill pay-per-view.

Announced Tuesday during the first of two yearly recap shows, a segment was shown where Chris Bey came out of Scott D’Amore’s office. Rohit Raju walked up and Bey told him that based on his DQ win over the champion in a non-title match on last week’s show, Raju’s rematch was now being made a triple threat match.

Manik (aka TJP) defeated Raju for the title at December’s Final Resolution event. The same three men did battle in October with Raju winning the title in a three way when Bey was the champion.

The January 16th show is headlined by AEW World Champion Kenny Omega teaming with Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers against Impact World Champion Rich Swann and the Motor City Machine Guns.

The only other announced match is the finals of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship tournament with Tasha Steelz and Kiera Hogan going up against the winners of the Havok & Nevaeh vs. Jordynne Grace & Jazz semifinal.

Two more matches official for Impact Hard to Kill PPV

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Two more matches have been officially confirmed for Impact Wrestling’s first pay-per-view of 2020.

Impact Tag Team Champions The North (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page) will defend their titles against Rich Swann & Willie Mack at Hard to Kill. Michael Elgin vs. Eddie Edwards has also been confirmed for the PPV.

During an interview that aired on last night’s Impact, Elgin challenged Edwards to put his Call Your Shot title shot on the line against him at Hard to Kill. The title shot lets Edwards challenge for the Impact championship of his choosing.

Swann & Mack defeated oVe (Jake & Dave Crist), The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz), and Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe & Luster the Legend) in a fatal four-way number one contender’s match that aired last night. There was an injury angle where Swann won the match on his own after Mack couldn’t continue.

The North have been Impact Tag Team Champions since winning the titles from Santana & Ortiz in July.

Hard to Kill is taking place at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, January 12. The show will be headlined by Tessa Blanchard challenging for Sami Callihan’s Impact World Championship. Ace Austin defending his X-Division title against Trey Miguel and Taya Valkyrie defending her Knockouts title against Jordynne Grace and ODB in a triple threat match are also set. 

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

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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.