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Tag: Impact Wrestling
Tag team match to headline Impact Wrestling on AXS TV
The full lineup for Thursday’s Impact Wrestling on AXS TV has been announced featuring action from last week’s UK tour kickoff in Glasgow, Scotland.
Former Impact Tag Team Champions the Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) take on former Impact World Champions Josh Alexander & Eric Young.
Shelley defended his Impact World title against Alexander at last month’s Bound for Glory.
Before she defends against former champion Deonna Purrazzo at Friday’s Turning Point, Knockouts Champion Trinity will take on Scotland native Emersyn Jayne in non-title action.
In a mixed trios match, Purrazzo will team with Moose & Brian Myers against Subculture (Dani Luna, Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews).
In the finals of the Glasgow Cup tournament, Frankie Kazarian will face native son Joe Hendry.
Former X-Division Champion Trey Miguel will take on the returning Grado, also a Scotland native. He will be making his first Impact appearance since a September 2018 event in Mexico.
Here’s the full lineup:
- Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) vs. Josh Alexander & Eric Young
- Knockouts Champion Trinity vs. Emersyn Jayne in a non-title match
- Deonna Purrazzo, Moose & Brian Myers vs. Subculture (Dani Luna, Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews)
- Glasgow Cup Finals: Joe Hendry vs. Frankie Kazarian
- Trey Miguel vs. Grado
Gigi Dolin, Zachary Wentz announce engagement
Gigi Dolin and Zachary Wentz are engaged.
The couple announced the news via social media on Tuesday. Yesterday, Dolin posted a video of the couple on a Disney Cruise and revealed that Wentz proposed during the trip.
Dolin wrote:
Disney Wish Cruise: Halloween On The High Seas Part One This has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl. Sorry, not sorry, I am fully a Disney adult, because I was a Disney kid
And for me it’s filled with nostalgia, warm fuzzies and family memories for generations and I have been lucky enough to find a guy who is the exact same way. It was the most amazing weekend of my life.
I have been through a lot of heartache and so has @ZacharyWentz over the years. With each other we found peace, a best friend, we found home. And of course, he popped the question on the first night at The Rose. (Very fitting)
There’s so much I could say, but the bottom line is my heart is so full, I couldn’t have asked for a better human. Now it’s time to take on the world because “Adventure is out there!” Stay tuned for part two and three. Happy Halloween!
Disney Wish Cruise: Halloween On The High Seas Part One 🎃🛳️🌊🖤
This has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl. Sorry, not sorry, I am fully a Disney adult, because I was a Disney kid. *see the rest 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/TN3VwIwRhW— Priscilla Kelly (@HellsFavoritePK) October 31, 2023
Both Wentz and Dolin had the week off from their respective promotions. Dolin lost to Blair Davenport in a Lights Out match at Halloween Havoc night one last week and Wentz took part in Impact Wrestling’s Chicago TV tapings last weekend but did not travel with the promotion for its UK Invasion tour.
Alex Shelley taking ‘a little bit of time’ to recover from calf injury
There is no timetable for when Impact World Champion Alex Shelley will return from an injury that resulted in him being pulled from last Friday’s Turning Point.
Impact head Scott D’Amore said an interview that Shelley will “need a little bit of rest and a little bit of time” before he needs to return to Impact, adding “it’s going to be a good change for him to rest and recharge.”
According to PWInsider, Shelley suffered an “extremely pulled” calf muscle during he and Chris Sabin’s tag team bout against Josh Alexander & Moose on Impact’s October 26th UK tour opener in Scotland.
The 40-year-old was then pulled from Turning Point the next night in Newcastle, England, as he and Sabin were set to face Brian Myers & Moose. Frankie Kazarian took his place. Shelley made an appearance Friday, but did not wrestle for the remainder of the tour.
Working in Shelley’s favor is that Impact has just two live events remaining this year: the comedy Throwback Throwdown 4 on Saturday, November 11th and Final Resolution on Saturday, December 9th. There are no TV tapings scheduled for the rest of the year as the company prepares to return to TNA branding in 2024.
Shelley has been champion since this past June’s Against All Odds and has six title defenses under his belt.
Sonny Kiss gives update on Impact Wrestling status
Sonny Kiss is still a free agent.
Despite having debuted for Impact Wrestling at Bound for Glory, the 29-year-old says she has not signed with the promotion.
“I am not signed to Impact Wrestling,” Kiss said on Women’s Wrestling Talk recently. “Let me just give that disclaimer right now.”
“I’m open to wherever I’m supposed to be,” she continued.
Kiss had been with AEW from 2019 until her contract expired earlier this year. When asked about Kiss at the All Out post-event presser, Tony Khan said he likes Kiss and it’s possible they will return to AEW some day. When asked if she heard Khan’s comments, Kiss responded that she had.
“I did, and I want to say this too, I am so grateful for Tony Khan,” Kiss said. “Tony Khan has always been great to me in the sense of …first of all, he helped pay my bills during a global pandemic . You know, there’s so many great things about Tony Khan and people expect me to say something negative about him, but no he’s given me my life… he gave me stability in my life. Like I said he helped pay my bills during a time where a lot of people were not, you know, things weren’t so uncertain. So, yeah, no, I’m forever grateful for Tony Khan.”
Kiss appeared on Busted Open Radio shortly after her departure from AEW. Show host Tommy Dreamer hinted that he’d like to bring Kiss into Impact during the interview.
“Tommy Dreamer, a good friend of mine. Always loved him. He has been such a shining light, in my life and in my career for a long time. Since way back when Sonny Kiss was first a thing,” Kiss said. “So he’s always been there in some kind of guidance, you know, like helping me out, giving me ideas, telling me you know, to try certain things. I did Busted Open and then Tommy was like, ‘Text me after this’. And that’s what I did. I texted him after that. And we talked about it and he was like, the entire staff thinks you’ll be great for the call your shot. And I said yes, sir, sign me up for it; I would love that. And then it happened and it was a wonderful experience and the Impact locker room is absolutely amazing.”
Kiss wrestled Trinity at the Bound for Glory Fallout show on October 22 but she did not take part in Impact’s UK Invasion tour last week. She continued to say that she would like to team with Trinity and win the Knockouts titles.
“Honestly I would love to team with Trin and become Knockouts Tag Team Champs,” she said. “I think that that would be really fun, like a really fun feud with Gisele and Jai Vidal and Savannah. That would be really, really fun.”
Impact Wrestling Turning Point, UK Invasion taping spoilers
The following are spoilers from Impact Wrestling’s UK Invasion tour.
Thursday’s show took place at the 02 Academy in Glasgow, Scotland. Results were provided via Julian from wrestling-infos.de in Germany.
Impact Wrestling UK Invasion October 26, 2023, results:
- Glasgow Cup 2023 semifinal: Joe Hendry defeated Rich Swann via pinfall
- Glasgow Cup 2023 semifinal: Frankie Kazarian defeated Heath via submission
- Moose, Brian Myers & Deonna Purrazzo defeated Subculture (Mark Andrews, Flash Morgan Webster & Dani Luna)
- Moose pinned Andrews
- Eddie Edwards defeated Rhino via pinfall
- Jordynne Grace defeated Gisele Shaw via pinfall
- Grado defeated Trey Miguel via pinfall
- Knockouts World Champion Trinity defeated Emersyn Jayne
- Glasgow Cup 2023 final: Joe Hendry defeated Frankie Kazarian via pinfall
- Scott D’Amore came out and presented Hendry with the 2023 Glasgow Cup trophy.
- The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) defeated Josh Alexander & Eric Young via pinfall
Impact Wrestling’s Turning Point show was taped on October 27 and will air on Impact Plus on November 3. It took place at the Walker Activity Dome in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Spoilers courtesy of ImpactAsylum.net.
Impact Wrestling Turning Point results:
- Grado & Rhino defeated ??? & ???
- North Champion Leon Slater defeated Mark Haskins
- Eric Young & Josh Alexander defeated Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews)
- Gisele Shaw defeated Alex Windsor
- Rich Swann defeated Trey Miguel
- Jordynne Grace defeated Dani Luna
- Joe Hendry defeated Simon Miller
- Moose & Brian Myers defeated Frankie Kazarian & Chris Sabin
- Impact Knockouts World Champion Trinity defeated Deonna Purrazzo to retain her title
- Will Ospreay defeated Eddie Edwards
The promotion then traveled to Coventry for a show on Saturday. Spoilers courtesy of Cagematch.net.
Impact Wrestling UK Invasion October 28, 2023, results:
- Frankie Kazarian defeated Leon Slater
- Emersyn Jayne & Jordynne Grace defeated Deonna Purrazzo & Dani Luna
- Rich Swann defeated Amir Jordan
- Brian Myers defeated Grado
- Moose defeated Rhino
- Eddie Edwards defeated Joe Hendry
- Knockouts World Champion Trinity defeated Gisele Shaw in a non-title match
- Eric Young & Josh Alexander defeated Chris Sabin & Frankie Kazarian, and Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) in a triple threat tag match
Impact Wrestling will be back in Coventry for the final night of the tour tonight. The lineup for Sunday’s show is below.
Impact Wrestling UK Invasion October 28, 2023, lineup:
- Jordynne Grace vs. Gisele Shaw vs. Deonna Purrazzo
- Brian Myers & Moose vs. Grado & Joe Hendry
- Rhino vs. Eddie Edwards in a street fight
- Trey Miguel vs. Leon Slater
- X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defends against Frankie Kazarian
- Eric Young, Rich Swann, & Trinity vs. Subculture (Dani Luna, Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews
Alex Shelley was scheduled to defend the Impact World Championship against Josh Alexander on Sunday. However, Shelley was pulled from shows on Friday and Saturday due to injury and it is not clear if he will wrestle on Sunday’s show.
Leon Slater signs long-term contract with TNA Wrestling
One of the United Kingdom’s top up-and-coming wrestlers has signed a contract with TNA Wrestling.
At Impact Wrestling’s UK Invasion tour show in Coventry on Saturday, it was announced that the 19-year-old Leon Slater has signed a long-term contract with TNA. Slater made his Impact Wrestling debut on night one of the tour this past Thursday.
Slater signed his TNA contract in the ring at Saturday’s show. He faced Frankie Kazarian at the event.
BREAKING: @LEONSLATER_ HAS SIGNED FOR TNA WRESTLING pic.twitter.com/bi0BOAjvgy
— BLCKSMTH (@BLCKSMTHApparel) October 28, 2023
Earlier this month, Slater was crowned the winner of Revolution Pro Wrestling’s British J-Cup tournament. He also made his NJPW debut this month, competing at Royal Quest III in London. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney retained their titles against Slater & Cameron Khai.
TNA Wrestling will make its return starting with Hard to Kill 2024 in January. The name changed was revealed at the end of Impact’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view last weekend.
It was announced this Tuesday that PCO has signed a new contract to remain with TNA. That was touted as the first signing of the new era of TNA Wrestling.
Alex Shelley misses Impact Turning Point due to injury
Update —
Alex Shelley did not wrestle at Saturday’s UK Invasion tour show in Coventry. Frankie Kazarian again replaced him and tagged with Chris Sabin.
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An injury caused Impact World Champion Alex Shelley to miss Friday’s Turning Point event in the United Kingdom.
Shelley was supposed to team with Chris Sabin at Friday’s show in Newcastle, but Frankie Kazarian replaced Shelley in the match. Sabin & Kazarian faced Moose & Brian Myers.
Kazarian vs. Rich Swann vs. Trey Miguel was supposed to take place at Turning Point. With Kazarian replacing Shelley, the three-way bout was changed to a singles match between Swann and Miguel.
Cultaholic reports that Shelley suffered a leg injury during night one of Impact’s UK Invasion tour.
“Shelley was backstage at Turning Point and he was said to be ‘really badly limping.’ The IMPACT World Champion was also extremely frustrated about being unable to wrestle at Turning Point,” Cultaholic wrote. “It is unclear how long Shelley will be out of action and if he will be in action at the remaining two shows of the UK Invasion Tour in Coventry is unknown.”
PWInsider described Shelley’s injury as “an extremely pulled muscle in his calf.”
Shelley & Sabin faced Josh Alexander & Eric Young in a tag team match at night one of Impact’s UK Invasion tour in Glasgow on Thursday.
The Turning Point special from Friday will be available to watch on Impact Plus starting on Friday, November 3.
The UK Invasion tour concludes with shows in Coventry on Saturday (October 28) and Sunday (October 29). Shelley & Sabin vs. Alexander & Young vs. Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster is scheduled for Saturday. Shelley defending his Impact World Championship against Alexander is scheduled for Sunday. Impact hasn’t announced if Shelley will still be competing in those matches.
Bound for Glory main event to air on Impact Wrestling
The Bound for Glory main event will be shown in its entirety on this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling.
At Bound for Glory, Alex Shelley defeated Josh Alexander to retain the Impact World Championship. That complete match will air on Impact this Thursday (October 26). Impact has also announced that “exclusive highlights” from Trinity vs. Mickie James and Will Ospreay vs. Mike Bailey will be shown on Thursday’s episode.
Impact Wrestling wrote:
Relive the earth-shattering event that was Bound For Glory 2023, featuring an unforgettable night of action from Chicago. See exclusive highlights from the Knockouts World Championship match as Trinity defended against Mickie James, and the epic showdown pitting Will Ospreay vs. ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey. Plus, the IMPACT World Championship match between Alex Shelley and Josh Alexander will be shown in its entirety! Tune in to IMPACT! this Thursday at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders.
Bound for Glory took place on Saturday night and ended with the announcement that TNA Wrestling will be making its return starting with Hard to Kill in January 2024.
Impact held a set of television tapings the day after Bound for Glory. Those matches will air on Impact in the coming weeks. Spoilers from the tapings can be found here.
Scott D’Amore: TNA Wrestling would ‘love’ to have Will Ospreay
Scott D’Amore would “absolutely” love to have Will Ospreay in TNA/Impact Wrestling.
Ospreay competed for Impact twice over the weekend, defeating “Speedball” Mike Bailey at Bound for Glory and then facing Josh Alexander at a television taping. After those matches, Ospreay made a post on social media saying that he’s “had the best time” competing for Impact.
Ospreay’s NJPW contract is scheduled to expire in February 2024. Ospreay is looking to explore every possible option in contract talks, including potentially signing with Impact.
During an interview with Tom Hannifan on Tuesday, D’Amore — the president of Impact Wrestling — stated that Ospreay is arguably the best wrestler in the world right now. D’Amore said any pro wrestling company would love to have Ospreay at the center of its universe.
I mean, look, Will Ospreay is arguably the greatest wrestler in the world right now. And I don’t think anybody — I don’t know if it’s even disputable — that 2023 Will Ospreay is having one of the greatest years of any wrestler in history. So I think any company that said they didn’t want Will Ospreay at the center of their universe would be lying.
Will’s kind of been pretty honest and upfront about what’s happening and the fact that he’s going to be a free agent soon. And the second that his contract expires, he becomes the hottest free agent in professional wrestling. Would we love to have Will Ospreay? Absolutely. Will Ospreay is a great talent. You saw two examples of that this weekend. You saw him and Mike Bailey put on a match of the year candidate. Only the people there have saw it live so far, but you’ll see it on an upcoming week of Impact weekly television, Will Ospreay and Josh Alexander went out there and put on an unbelievable match.
D’Amore thinks it’s cool that Ospreay wanted to come to Impact Wrestling and dreamed of being in a TNA ring when he was younger. D’Amore said that’s an opportunity that’s open to Ospreay when TNA Wrestling makes its return. It was revealed at Bound for Glory that the TNA name is coming back starting with the promotion’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view in January 2024.
That opportunity is open to Will Ospreay. And I can tell you that I’ve had conversations with Anthem Sports (Impact Wrestling’s parent company) and everything else and let them know. And they’re well aware of who Ospreay is and what Will Ospreay is. And, you know, don’t know where Will Ospreay is going to end up. But there’s certainly a seat at the table here and a meaningful one where he could be at the center of a lot of that advancement and change that we talk about.
Ospreay will be in action again for Impact this Friday (October 27). He’s facing Eddie Edwards at Impact’s Turning Point special in Newcastle, England. The event will be available to watch on Impact Plus starting on Friday, November 3.
Ospreay is NJPW’s current IWGP UK/US Heavyweight Champion. He’s wrestled several matches for AEW this year as well.
While speaking with the Metro recently, Ospreay said he’d be open to the idea of signing with WWE and potentially moving to the United States.
“It’s on the table, that’s all I can really say,” Ospreay said about possibly relocating to the US. “That means I am open to all options going forward.”
Scott D’Amore: TNA Wrestling ready for ‘second golden era’ under true name
During an interview with Tom Hannifan on Tuesday, Impact president Scott D’Amore discussed the return of TNA Wrestling.
It was revealed at the conclusion of Bound for Glory that Impact Wrestling is changing its name back to TNA. The name change will officially go into effect starting with the promotion’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view in January 2024.
D’Amore addressed what went into the decision to revert to the TNA name.
When I got here and took over the helm going into 2018, the company had gone through so much. It had been TNA Wrestling, then Impact Wrestling, then I think it might have briefly been TNA, then it was GFW, then it was Impact. Coming in, the last thing it needed was another name change. What it needed was to figure itself out. What it needed was stability, it needed consistency, it needed respectability. And we spent a lot of time under the Impact banner doing that. And I think we’ve proven ourself.
But the fact is, when this company was formed, when this idea was first hatched — three men on a boat with Jeff and Jerry Jarrett and Bob Ryder — it was Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. That’s what they were looking for. And I think that while we found that stability under the Impact banner, and very proud of that, I think what we now have is we’re ready to go there and have our growth and our true success. Our true second golden era under our true name. TNA Wrestling.
D’Amore said he thinks the Impact and TNA brands both have value, but TNA is who the company really is at its core. Their weekly television show on Thursday nights will still be named Impact.
“I think TNA at our core is who we are,” D’Amore said. “And I think it gives us back that swagger that maybe we’ve lacked. When I talk about too much apologizing, that’s done. Are we going to make mistakes? Absolutely. But when we do we’ll get up, we’ll dust ourselves, and we’ll just get back at it.”
D’Amore pointed to how TNA changed the industry by pushing smaller wrestlers, showcasing tag team wrestling, and giving women a platform to be athletes. D’Amore said people have asked for a long time what the identity of Impact Wrestling is. He believes you’ll now see a clearer vision of that.
D’Amore was asked what he’d say to those who assume this means a return to the Dixie Carter/Jeff Jarrett/Vince Russo era.
This isn’t about looking back, this is about looking forward. Certainly TNA/Impact Wrestling has had its ups and downs over the years. But we’re looking at taking the things that worked, bringing them back. We’re looking at doing a better job of managing how things are handled. And like I said, are we going to make mistakes? Absolutely. But we’re going to do more great than we do missteps.
This isn’t about any one person. It’s not about Jeff Jarrett, it’s not about Vince Russo, it’s not about Scott D’Amore. This is about a locker room and a company that feels something special. And this is about a fan base that I think is starting to feel something special.
D’Amore stated that new title belt designs for the promotion’s championships will be unveiled. The current champions will all remain champions and the lineage of the titles will continue.
TNA will also be debuting a new set. D’Amore said it will honor the promotion’s history while also being forward-looking.
D’Amore confirmed that the six-sided ring will not be making a return. D’Amore said the six-sided ring causes more injuries and wear and tear on the wrestlers.
D’Amore said the idea for the TNA name to return was first formulated in early 2023. He thinks it’s a testament to the type of people they have in the company, both on camera and behind the scenes, that the news never leaked before their announcement.
Hard to Kill 2024 is taking place from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 13.
The full interview with D’Amore can be watched below:
Impact Wrestling taping Glasgow UK Invasion event for TV
Impact Wrestling’s upcoming show in Scotland will be taped to air on television.
Impact is heading to Glasgow this Thursday (October 26) for a stop on the promotion’s UK Invasion tour. It was announced today that the Glasgow event is being taped for TV. It will air on the Thursday, November 9 episode of Impact.
“Breaking News: The live IMPACT Wrestling show on Thursday, October 26, at the O2 Academy in Glasgow, Scotland will be a special taping for the company’s flagship weekly TV Show, Impact!, that will air on Thursday, November 9, starting at 8 p.m. EST on AXS TV,” Impact Wrestling wrote.
“The Glasgow stop on the UK Invasion Tour features the Motor City Machine Guns battling the team of [Josh] Alexander and Eric Young, plus Grado vs. Trey Miguel, Rhino vs. Eddie Edwards, Jordynne Grace vs. Gisele Shaw, and more.”
The four-show UK Invasion tour runs from October 26 through October 29. The October 27 show in Newcastle is an Impact Plus special named Turning Point. Turning Point won’t air on Impact Plus until Friday, November 3.
This is the first time Impact Wrestling has been to the United Kingdom since 2018.
PCO signs new contract with Impact Wrestling
PCO has decided to stay with Impact Wrestling.
Impact announced on Tuesday that PCO has signed a new contract with the company. Further details about the terms of the new deal were not disclosed.
“I really wanted to be part of the new era of TNA Wrestling and Scott D’Amore made me an offer I could not refuse,” PCO said.
PCO’s previous Impact contract was set to expire on October 30. As of last month, PCO had given notice to Impact and was expected to depart the company at the end of his deal. But PCO giving notice “reopened” the discussions between the two sides. PCO spoke about the negotiations with Impact during an interview with Les Anti-Pods de la Lutte.
At Impact’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view over the weekend, PCO won a Monster’s Ball match against Moose, Rhino, and Steve Maclin.
Impact hyped that PCO is the first signing of the new era of TNA Wrestling. At the conclusion of Bound for Glory, Impact Wrestling revealed that it’s changing its name back to TNA Wrestling. The name change starts with the promotion’s Hard to Kill PPV in January 2024.
PCO started with Impact in the beginning of 2022. Previously best known as a former WWF Tag Team Champion as part of The Quebecers, the 55-year-old PCO has gone through a career resurgence in recent years. That included an ROH World Championship reign for PCO from December 2019 to February 2020.
Report: CM Punk was backstage at Impact TV taping in Chicago
CM Punk was reportedly in the Impact zone this weekend.
Haus of Wrestling is reporting that Punk was backstage when Impact presented its Bound for Glory Fallout TV taping on Sunday. The show took place at Cicero Stadium, just outside Punk’s hometown of Chicago.
Punk reportedly arrived just before the taping began in order to avoid making a scene. He is said to have spoken with anyone there who wanted time with him including “key Impact talent” who he spoke with throughout the evening.
Punk’s longtime friend, Ace Steel, worked the taping as a producer. Impact considered having Steel enter the Call Your Shot Gauntlet at Bound for Glory but decided against it as they didn’t want to get fans’ hopes up that Punk would be there. Steel is said to have been warmly received backstage.
Punk was not backstage on Saturday when the promotion presented Bound for Glory. He was in attendance at the Chicago Blackhawks home opener that night and voiced the team’s opening video.
Punk was also backstage when Impact Wrestling held a set of TV tapings from Chicago in April. Shortly after Punk was fired from AEW, PWInsider reported that Impact was “super excited” about the possibility of working with Punk. Earlier this month, it was revealed that WWE has decided against hiring Punk for the time being.
Following Punk’s backstage visit at Impact’s TV tapings in April, our own Lance Storm revealed a conversation he had with Punk at the show.
Will Ospreay has ‘had the best time’ competing for Impact Wrestling
Will Ospreay enjoyed his weekend competing for Impact Wrestling.
Ospreay wrestled for Impact twice over the weekend. He wrestled at Bound for Glory on Saturday night and at Impact’s Bound for Glory fallout television tapings the next day. Both shows were held in Cicero, Illinois.
In social media posts on Monday, Ospreay reflected on his experience. He noted that Impact Wrestling is “one big team.”
I have had the best time at @IMPACTWRESTLING from fan experience to quality of wrestling.
I honestly believe that the reason they have climbed back from such a deep trench… is because that place is one big team.
The moment they said ‘we are TNA’
I said ‘yes they are’
I’m so happy for all of that crew because they all work so hard and are grateful for the fan support.
TNA was the reason I wanted to become a wrestler.
With that team, they will inspire brand new TNA kids.
Ospreay defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey in a show-stealing match at Bound for Glory. Ospreay then faced Josh Alexander at Sunday’s TV tapings.
Ospreay will be in action for Impact again at Turning Point in Newcastle, England this Friday (October 27). He’s facing Eddie Edwards at the event. The show won’t air on Impact Plus until November 3.
The match at Bound for Glory was the first time Ospreay has wrestled for Impact since 2016.
Ospreay, who is contracted to NJPW, recently told Sports Illustrated that he’s “looking to explore every single option” when his contract is up. Ospreay said his NJPW contract is up in February and he’s still in negotiations with them.
“The deal is up in February, and we’re still in negotiations,” Ospreay said. “I’m looking to explore every single option and every single avenue. Impact Wrestling is in the running for my next home. I’m willing to test the waters. So this match against Mike Bailey is a real treat for me, and I’m excited to do it, especially with what could happen next year.”
Ospreay is NJPW’s IWGP US/UK Heavyweight Champion. He’s also wrestled several matches for AEW in recent months.
At the conclusion of Bound for Glory, Impact Wrestling revealed that it’s changing its name and will once again be TNA Wrestling starting with the promotion’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view in January 2024.