Tag: Moose

Impact Wrestling results: Madman Fulton vs. Trey Miguel

Posted on by Antonio Garza

Opening video recapped The North’s assault on Ken Shamrock, Deonna Purrazzo’s in-ring debut, and the main event between Eddie Edwards and Ace Austin’s new backup — Madman Fulton.

Josh Matthews and Madison Rayne welcomed us to the show by addressing that the Impact World championship has been vacated and that the main event of Slammiversary XVIII will now be a four-way between Eddie Edwads, Trey Miguel, Ace Austin, and a mystery opponent.

Chris Bey (with Johnny Swinger) defeated Suicide

Bey started the match with some early strikes, but took too long to hit a standing moonsault, giving Suicide the time to recover, hitting an atomic drop, and a low dropkick for an quick two count. 

Suicide hit an electric chair drop and a lionsault, but Bey was ready with the knees on Suicide to turn the match around and went back to striking Suicide, earning a two count with a clothesline. 

Suicide caught Bey with an octopus stretch and transitioned into a sunset flip pin for a two count. Bey draped Suicide on the ropes for a spinning kick for another near fall.

Bey hit an high angle backplex, followed by a moonsault, but once again Suicide dodged. Suicide came back with a big shotgun dropkick, a series of chops and palm strikes, a running forearm and kick, but Bey escaped the German suplex. Suicide responded with a foot stomp for another two count.

Suicide faked Bey on the ropes, sending him to the floor, sent Swinger along with Bey, and hit an ugly trust fall from the top rope to the floor.

Back in the ring, Suicide got a near fall with a sunset flip pin. Bey recovered, hitting a spinning knee. Suicide went for the top rope, but Swinger tossed him off behind the referee’s back, allowing Bey to hit the springboard fameasser for the win.

Matthews and Rayne ran down the rest of the card tonight.

Gia Miller interviewed Moose about his match with Crazzy Steve. Moose said that Steve doesn’t take things seriously, but fun and games didn’t make Moose the TNA World champion. Tonight, Crazzy Steve will find out why Moose is the best wrestler on the planet.

Backstage, Johnny Swinger congratulated Bey for winning and that as long as he follows his plans, Bey will become the champion. Swinger said that dealing with Impact referees is a walk in the park and said he would pay them for Slammiversary. One of the referees overheard Swinger and banned him from the Bey vs. Mack match.

TJP & Fallah Bahh defeated Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe & Luster The Legend)

Reno Scum jumped TJP and Bahh during their entrance, but Bahh quickly regained control, throwing out Thornstowe and attacking Luster with a couple of shoulder blocks, feeding him to TJP for the school boy and the early pin attempt. 

TJP and Bahh hit a couple of double team moves on Luster, including a poetry in motion and a double splash for another pin attempt. TJP had some offense on Luster, but Thornstowe interfered, pulled him to the floor, beat him up a bit, and sent him back for Luster in the ring. 

Now under control, Reno Scum worked over TJP with quick tags, some double team moves, and a lot of striking. Luster tossed Thornstowe onto TJP for a senton, but TJP blocked with his knees, twisted Luster’s neck, and tagged Bahh.

Bahh came in strong, splashing Thornstowe with a running hip attack, but when he went for the Samoan drop, Luster blocked him off, setting up a footstomp version of the poetry in motion for a two count when Bahh broke it up.

TJP dropped Thornstowe for a springboard dropkick, but Luster blocked him from following up. Bahh took out Luster with a belly-to-belly. Thornstowe hit Bahh with a superkick, but when he tried to take out TJP, Thornstowe was blocked and ended up being tossed into Bahh’s Samoan drop, followed with a mamba splash for the win. Good match, TJP and Bahh have improved as a tag team.

We had another installment of Madison Rayne’s Locker Room Talk, with special guest John E. Bravo. Rayne asked about having to obey Taya, and about Bravo and Rosemary flirting. Bravo denied there being anything romantic. Madison Rayne brought in a second guest — Rosemary.

Rayne asked Rosemary about her and Bravo. Rosemary didn’t say anything either, but Swinger interjected saying that there was some sexual tension in the room between him and Rosemary, claiming that he had a thing for facepaint and that he and Aja Kong had a thing some time back.

Bravo stepped up and defended Rosemary. Bravo and Swinger got into a face off, while Rosemary enjoyed it. 

Taya interrupted everyone and joined the party. Taya asked Rosemary to tag team together and Rosemary agreed. Swinger’s comedy is seriously underrated.

We got a recap of the ongoing feud between “The Virtuosa” Deonna Purrazzo and Jordynne Grace.

The North came out to address their attack on Ken Shamrock from last week. They said that the legend of Ken Shamrock is over and that he has no friends because he has rage issues and can’t control his anger. 

Ken Shamrock came out and tried to get in the ring, but couldn’t. Sami Callihan hacked the screen and said ‘who needs a friend when you have an enemy’. When the lights came back, Callihan was in the ring, and along with Shamrock, they ran out The North. Afterwards, Callihan gave Shamrock the thumbs down and disappeared again. I guess we have our tag title match for Slammiversary here.

Backstage, The North approached Scott D’Amore while he was talking to some ‘good brothers’. Page complained about being jumped by Callihan and Shamrock. D’Amore made The North vs Shamrock and Callihan official for Slammiversary XVIII.

Impact Plus Flashback Moment of the Week was Magnus vs Eric Young from April 10, 2014.

Jimmy Jacobs tried to interview Trey Miguel, who was extra cautious about surprise attacks. Trey said that tonight, he was going to break his foot on Madman Fulton’s face.

Self-Proclaimed TNA World Champion Moose defeated Crazzy Steve to retain the title. 

Match started with Moose using his strength to push around Steve, but the latter, with the speed advantage, started dodging and striking Moose until he sent Moose to the floor. As he went for a plancha, Moose caught him, slammed him on the apron, got him by the legs and swung him onto the steel steps. Moose punched into Steve’s ribs over and over again before sending Steve back to the ring. Moose suplexed Steve into the ropes ribs-first.

Crazzy Steve tried to make a comeback, striking Moose, but got easily cut off by a running back elbow. Once again, Moose locked in an abdominal stretch and sank his knuckles on Steve’s ribs. 

Moose tried to superplex Steve, who had to rely on biting Moose’s face to stop him. Steve hit a sunset powerbomb, but Moose kicked out at one. Steve once again used his speed to strike Moose and got a two count with a school boy. Steve hit a running knee and a running cannonball to the corner, tried to follow with a crossbody, only for Moose to catch him again. Moose hit a fallaway slam, hit the lights out, and won the match. Arguably a squash, Moose looked really dominant. 

After the match, Moose kept attacking Crazzy Steve until the referees and Tommy Dreamer pulled him off. Moose kicked Dreamer and attacked him before walking away.

Crazzy Steve was helped to the back while Dreamer cut a promo in the ring, calling out Moose for stealing a title because even with his natural talents, he couldn’t cut it in Impact. Dreamer told Moose to be a locker room leader, not a locker room cancer. He said that Moose wasn’t a draw and he wouldn’t even be a footnote in wrestling. This felt unnecessarily dramatic and a bit shooty.

Hernandez and Cousin Jake arm wrestled in the back with Cody Deaner watching along. Hernandez beat Jake. Cody challenged for a double or nothing, and also lost. Arm wrestling is the best use of Hernandez right now.

Kiera Hogan (with Tasha Steelz)  defeated Havok (with Nevaeh) 

Hogan jumped Havok with a dropkick to start the match. She tried to strike down Havok, but got pushed back by Havok’s strength advantage and as soon as she recovered, Havok got a hold of Hogan and tossed her around from corner to corner. Havok then hit a scoop slam. 

Tasha tried to stop Havok by grabbing her foot, but Havok took her out. The interruption was enough for Hogan to recoup and dodged the senton to regain some control. 

Back from commercial, Hogan had Havok in a sleeper hold, right before Havok slammed Hogan back first into the turnbuckle. Hogan used her hair to choke Havok, but once again, Havok managed to get her hands on Hogan and toss her around. She then hit a backbreaker, a running knee, then a couple of running boots to a down Hogan. As Havok prepared to finish her off, Tasha stole Havok’s mask, distracting Havok, Nevaeh, and the referee as she tossed it to Hogan, who used it to take out Havok. Hogan finished her off with kicks to win the match.

Moose cut a promo on Dreamer, saying he doesn’t know anything about him and that Dreamer is nothing while he is the top man in the promotion. He gave Dreamer an ultimatum that if he doesn’t apologize publicly, he would sue him and the promotion.

Matthews and Rayne ran down the current card for Slammiversary XVIII, including the newly added tag title defense between The North and Shamrock and Callihan. Also, for next week, Sami Callihan takes on Josh Alexander in a singles match.

Madman Fulton (with Ace Austin) defeated Trey Miguel by disqualification

Story here is that Ace Austin is taking out each of his opponents for the Slammiversary XVIII main event by using Fulton, who defeated Eddie Edwards last week.

Trey rushed the ring to start the match, dodging Fulton, but took out Ace with a suicide dive, followed by  a second one that was caught by Fulton. 

In the ring, Trey used his speed to dodge Fulton’s strikes and land a kick or two when he had the opening. Trey tried to hit a crossbody, but Fulton caught him. Trey tried to armdrag Fulton, but again, he was stopped, this time with a chokeslam. Fulton hit a one arm military press. Trey went for some bodyscissors, but again, Fulton blocked and hit a reverse suplex. 

Trey tried to strike down Fulton with forearms, kicks, or anything that worked, but Fulton was unstoppable and would flip around Trey as soon as he had a hold of him. 

Fulton slammed Trey’s head to the turnbuckle over and over again, but as he whipped him to the ropes, Trey somersaulted off the ropes and locked in a sleeper hold. Fulton tried slamming Trey down, but he couldn’t break the sleeper off. After multiple slams, Trey eventually did. 

Trey hit a couple of kicks and hit a second rope neckbreaker to bring Fulton down, followed by some buzzsaw kicks and two superkicks. Trey went for a springboard DDT, but Fulton blocked and hit a northern lights suplex for a two count.  

Fulton splashed Trey in the corner and draped him over the ropes, but as he attacked him, Trey sneaked and grabbed Ace Austin’s magic stick and broke it off in Fulton’s face for the DQ. 

Afterwards, Trey attacked Ace and Fulton with a chair until they were both down.Trey survived another day.

We got another tease, this time around, it was Eric Young’s old Super Eric costume. I don’t know if they’re teasing some of TNA’s worst gimmicks as a way to throw a curb ball at us.

Final thoughts — 

Good show. Wrestling was decent to good and we had a lot of storyline developments towards Slammiversary XVIII. Episode went by faster than usual.

Impact Wrestling results: Michael Elgin vs. Sami Callihan

Posted on by Antonio Garza

Impact Wrestling returns from Nashville, TN for tonight’s episode, which features the second half of the World Title #1 contendership tournament’s first round matches. Ace Austin replaces the injured Ken Shamrock to take on Rhino, and Sami Callihan will take on Michael Elgin.

Opening video was a recap of last week’s tournament matches, with Hernandez defeating Madman Fulton, and Trey Miguel getting the win over Rohit Raju. We also got a recap of Elgin attacking Shamrock, as well as the Moose vs Suicide main event.

Ace Austin defeated Rhino in a World Championship #1 contender first round match

Rhino had the early advantage power-wise, forcing Ace to stall outside the ring on several occasions, at one point dodging an early Gore. 

Eventually, Rhino chased after Ace to the floor where he dropped him with a suplex and went for a chair. The referee was there, however, to stop Rhino. The distraction allowed Ace to recover, catch Rhino with a couple of kicks (including the headstand kick) then rammed him into the ring post. 

Rhino made it back at nine, but Ace was ready to attack him and started to work on him. Rhino had some comeback spots, however Ace cut him off to regain control.

Eventually, Rhino managed to connect a clothesline counter as both men went down. Rhino went wild with clotheslines and elbows on Ace and hit a mini-Gore, but Ace still caught him with a jumping leg lariat for a two count. 

Ace went to the top rope, but Rhino stopped him, hitting a superplex for a two count. Ace went for the chair, but the referee distracted him. Rhino took the chair, but once again the referee took the chair, which allowed Ace to hit Rhino with his Gambit stick and hit The Fold for the win. Okay match.

We got an interview between Josh Matthews and Moose, where the former asked the latter when he’ll end his delusions of being the TNA World Champion. Moose said that when he loses the title, he will let it go. Moose brought up the referee making it an official title match when he raised it over his head.

Matthews brought up that Suicide had a visual pin over him. Moose said Suicide didn’t win. Moose said that he’ll give Suicide a rematch to show that he’s a fighting champion.

Tasha Steelz was backstage when she was approached by Kiera Hogan. She told Steelz that she was impressed and offered to guide Steelz, who agreed to partner up.

Josh Matthews and Madison Rayne ran down the card for tonight.

Crazzy Steve defeated Dave Crist (with oVe)

Crist tried to jump Steve, but got caught with a leg sweep, took a couple of strikes, and a cannonball before escaping to the floor. Steve landed a pescado, wiping him out. Unfortunately for Steve, when he went back to the ring through the ropes, Dave kicked the ropes into Steve’s groin and cut him off. 

Joseph P. Ryan came down to the ramp to observe and make notes on the match.

Dave Crist worked on Crazzy Steve for a couple of minutes, getting several two counts and a submission tease with a Kimura. Crazzy Steve would try to kick Dave away, but it wasn’t enough, and when things got bad, someone from oVe would distract the referee, allowing the rest of oVe to attack. 

Eventually, Crazzy Steve got an opening to hit a jumping DDT from the second rope to pick up the win. This was like a reverse squash; Dave did all the work, then lost to one move.

After the match, Fulton berated Dave Crist. Jake tried to stop him. Madman Fulton said he was done with oVe. Jake Crist tried to stop him, but Fulton choked both men and ripped apart his oVe shirt.

Out in the bar, Rosemary was talking to Mr. Mundo when John E. Bravo approached them. Rosemary hit on Bravo, but he was disgusted and weirded out.

Fallah Bahh & TJP defeated XXXL (Acey Romero & Larry D)

Bahh and Acey started the match, a clash of hosses. They went for the lock up, but neither could get the better of the other, so they relied on shoulder tackles and body blocks. 

TJP and Larry D tagged in, with the latter having the easy power advantage, tossing around TJP, but TJP had the speed to dodge and get some strikes on Larry. At one point, Larry went for a sit down pin, but TJP dodged, and followed with a low crossbody for a one count. TJP and Bahh hit the stacked splash, successfully cutting off Larry D. 

TJP and Bahh worked over Larry D with quick tags and double team moves, but eventually Acey Romero got a blind tag on D and saved him.

Back from commercial, Acey and Larry D have cut off TJP and hit a double running splash for a two count. Now in control, Larry D worked over TJP, getting a two count with a huge spinebuster. TJP hit a jumping DDT (jumping off Acey Romero), and dropped Larry D to get the tag to Bahh.

Fallah Bahh came in and took out Acey Romero with a shoulder tackle, sending him to the floor. Bahh continued with a rossbody on Larry D and tried to follow that up with a belly-to-belly, but Larry blocked and allowed Acey to return with a pounce for a two count, broken up by TJP.

XXXL went to double team Bahh, but were caught by a crossbody. Bahh hit the belly-to-belly on Larry D for a two count. Bahh set up the Banzai Drop, but was stopped by Acey Romero, who then dropped TJP with a body slam. Larry D went to the top rope, but Bahh stopped him, hit a Samoan drop and followed that with a bMamba Splash for the win. Good match, Larry D is somewhat underrated.

Self-Proclaimed TNA World Champion Moose defeated Suicide to retain his title.

Once again, Moose forced ring announcer David Penzer to make the proper title match introductions. 

Match started with Suicide dodging some of Moose’s attacks and hitting a rana, but Moose recovered and blocked Suicide’s attacks. Suicide faked Moose to the floor and hit a pescado, but Moose caught him. However, he managed to ram Moose to the ring post.

Back in the ring, Suicide hit a springboard rana and followed with an octopus stretch, transitioning to a pin for a two count. Suicide hit a low dropkick to send Moose out again, but when he went for a rolling senton, Moose caught him and swung him to the guard rail like a ragdoll. 

In the ring, Moose worked over Suicide with chokes and strikes, but he kept distracting himself with the referee. He tossed around Suicide from corner to corner; he legit did this about 10 times before he started talking trash to Suicide. This provoked a comeback from Suicide, with him hitting some clotheslines. Eventually, the fourth clothesline had enough power to spin Moose around.

Suicide dodged Moose’s rushes and hit a couple of running dropkicks, a rolling fireman’s carry slam and a lionsault for a near fall. Moose came back and rammed Suicide to the corner followed by stomps, but distracted himself with the referee once again. In a bit of deja vu from last week, the referee almost got taken out, but they both stopped themselves. 

Continuing his offense, Suicide hit a codebreaker and superkick on Moose. He landed three more superkicks and finally went to the top rope for a crossbody, but Moose rolled over with the momentum and pinned Suicide. Good match, but not as good as their match from last week.

Michael Elgin cut a promo where he talked trash about people waiting for their participation trophies while he puts in the work, then talked about being hated for being the best, like Ali and McGregor once were. But in due time, everyone will appreciate Elgin’s greatness.

Backstage, Chris Bey approached Swinger and told him that if he can’t win, he may as well take out Mack and consider that as a win. Swinger was sure he was winning tonight.

X-Division Champion Willie Mack defeated Johnny Swinger to retain his title

Swinger jumped Mack to start the match, choked him around and started working over him with strikes, clotheslines, and some dirty tricks. Swinger dropped several elbows for a two count. 

Mack eventually tried to start a comeback with a big body slam and leg drop. Mack hit a running splash and went for the Samoan drop, but Swinger blocked and hit a swinging neckbreaker for a near fall. 

Swinger thought he had won. He grabbed the title and celebrated early, but the distraction was enough for Mack to recover, hit the Samoan drop and moonsault combo for the win.

After the match, Swinger wouldn’t let go of the title, so Mack had to rip it apart from his hands. Swinger afterwards jumped Mack from behind. He was joined by Chris Bey as both of them laid out Mack.

We got a promo by The North from the Battlearts Academy. Page said he rented the dojo for a month, but Alexander wasn’t excited for another match. Page said there was no more competition when suddenly Cody Deaner walked in and told them he wanted a title shot. Deaner made the challenge for a match at the Deaner compound. Deaner has a mystery partner for that match.

Also next week, we will have the semifinals of the #1 contenders Tournament.

Michael Elgin defeated Sami Callihan in a World Championship #1 contender first round match

This is a main event in any arena. Callihan walked in limping after the work that Shamrock did on his ankle at Rebellion. 

Elgin had the early advantage in both power and health. He knew that Callihan had a bullseye on his ankle and went after it immediately. Callihan tried to give himself space, but Elgin blocked him and went after his leg again.

Callihan went for the eyes and went for a Cactus special, but Elgin blocked him and went for the leg again. Callihan, however, managed to hit a draping DDT for a two count. Callihan then sent Elgin out with two bicycle kicks.

They brawled for a bit outside the ring, ramming each other to the guardrail and ring post. Callihan started working on Elgin’s arm, but when he went for an apron bomb, Elgin swept him, and once again rammed Callihan’s leg into the apron and guard rail. Elgin tortured Sami’s leg against the ring post but at the very end, Callihan managed to pull Elgin arm first into the ring post. 

Back in the ring, Elgin once again kicked off Callihan’s leg and kept him at bay with kicks. Callihan tried to get into a strike off with Elgin, but was easily taken out. Elgin went for a diving clothesline, but Sami reversed into a crucifix pin for a two count. 

They traded strikes and kicks until Sami landed a big clothesline to finally bring Elgin off his feet. Callihan side-stepped Elgin to the floor and hit a suicide dive.

Once again in the ring, Callihan got a two count with a suplex. Sami went for  another Cactus special, but Elgin reversed into a knee breaker followed by a couple of running clotheslines, then set up Callihan’s knee for a low dropkick.

Elgin dropped Sami on his knee, then followed with a sliding lariat to the back for a two count. Elgin then transitioned to a single leg Boston crab, hinting that Sami would pass out like he did in Rebellion, but Callihan managed to make the ropes instead.

Elgin went for the Buckle-Bomb, but Sami’s knee buckled. Instead, Elgin hit a couple of lariats with Callihan mocking Elgin while he did it. Elgin went for one final lariat, but Callihan collapsed. Elgin lifted Sami, then out of nowhere Sami hit a desperation backplex and a running elbow for a two count.

Sami went for the Cactus special, but Elgin reversed, hitting a Deadlift buckle bomb. Sami came back with a Lariat. Elgin responded with a backfist, but Sami escaped the second buckle bomb. Elgin then hit a second backfist and the Elgin bomb for the win. Great match, this felt like a Japanese match.

Final Thoughts — 

Good show by Impact, it was heavily focused on in-ring action. Three matches that are worth going out of your way to check out.

Impact Wrestling results: Number one contender’s tournament begins

Posted on by Antonio Garza

Impact Wrestling returns from Nashville, TN for tonight’s episode, which kicks off the #1 Contenders Tournament for Tessa Blanchards’s Impact World Championship, and headlined by Moose defending his TNA World Championship against Suicide.

Opening video started as a promo for the #1 contendership tournament for the Impact World championship that starts tonight. However, Moose interrupted the video, called in the former voice of TNA, Barry Scott, to do the introduction. The video became a Moose highlight reel, listing his accolades and featured old footage of Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian,  Bobby Roode, Bully Ray, Jeff Hardy, Jeff Jarrett, Dixie Carter, and Hulk Hogan putting him over. This was a hell of an intro.

Hernandez defeated Madman Fulton (w/oVe) in a World Championship #1 Contender first round match

Collar and elbow to start the match, with Fulton having the early power advantage, pushing Hernandez to the corner over and over again. Hernandez hit a headbutt and clothesline, but couldn’t put Fulton down, who even caught Hernandez mid-crossbody. Eventually, Hernandez hit a pounce out of nowhere to cut Fulton’s momentum.

Fulton hit a deadlift suplex over the ropes, followed with a front slam and a plancha for a two count. He had a choke in when Hernandez started to make a comeback. Fulton stomped him down. Hernandez kept fighting, but the Crist brothers were there to distract the referee and aid Fulton to cut Hernandez off again.

Fulton hit a huge sidewalk slam and went to follow with a second rope headbutt, but Hernandez moved away. Fulton tried to throw Hernandez into the rails, but Hernandez came back with a springboard shoulder tackle. Hernandez hit a chokeslam, but Dave Crist put Fulton’s leg on the ropes.

Hernandez went for a tope con giro on oVe, but the Crist brothers stopped him. Hernandez brought them in, took out Dave, then hit a Border Toss on Jake onto Fulton, but Fulton kicked out at one.

Fulton went back into the attack, hit a running splash to the corner, went for a second, but Hernandez blocked. Fulton went for a superplex, but Hernandez blocked and hit a Supermex Splash for the win. This was much better than I expected.

Michael Elgin cut a promo saying that he should be the #1 contender, but Impact keeps putting speed bumps on his way to the championship. He said that whatever happens to the talent on that way will be on Impact’s hands.

Backstage, Fulton was going crazy over losing. Fulton and Dave argued, while Jake tried to calm them down. Crazzy Steve walked up and told oVe that they seemed to be done and kind of implied that he could lead oVe. Dave Crist vs Crazzy Steve for next week.

Joseph P. Ryan walked up and said that it was offensive for crazy people to be calling others ‘crazy’.

Josh Matthews and Madison Rayne ran down tonight’s card.

Kylie Rae defeated Tasha Steelz

Match starts with a lock up, with a little bit of chain wrestling for wrist control and headlock counters. This went on for several minutes, with both women trading momentum. Eventually, the match picked up speed and Rae got the upper hand with arm drags, but when she thought she had it, Steelz dropped her face first on the turnbuckle to cut her off.

Tasha hit a couple of short-line clotheslines for a quick two count. Tasha locked in a sleeper, but Kylie powered up to her feet and slammed Tasha against the turnbuckles over and over again until she released. 

Rae hit the Kylie Special for a two count. Kylie went for a STTF, but Tasha made the ropes. Tasha kicked Rae and hit a top rope crossbody for a two count. Kylie locked in the Smile To The Finish and Tasha tapped out. Good, short match.

Rohit Raju cut a promo about change coming to Impact now that he will become the #1 Contender. He said that he had been there for 3 years and he had not one t-shirt, but now everyone would realize how good he is. He said there is no more Desi Hit Squad, only the Desi Hitman Rohit Raju. Another awesome promo by Raju.

Backstage, Susie walked up to Kylie Rae. Susie didn’t remember Kylie, so they did some stuff about names. Pointless skit.

Kimber Lee defeated Havok

Lee tried to start the match strong, but Havok’s power advantage cut her off as she tossed Lee around a bit. Lee tried to chop herself back into the offense side, but Havok kept cutting her off.

Kimber Lee went for a rana, but Havok blocked her and hit a sit down powerbomb for a two count.

Kimber Lee connected with a spinning Kick and a step-up kick to bring down Havok. Lee choked her against the ropes, and kept up with strikes. Lee locked in a Koji Clutch around the ropes, dropped Haok with a low dropkick, then connected with a kick. She followed with a swanton bomb for a two count.

Kimber Lee went for a crossbody, but Havok caught her and hit a Swinging Side Slam for a two count. 

Halfway through the match, Nevaeh was seen at the ramp watching the match. Havok eventually saw her and got distracted, allowing Kimber Lee to grab brass knuckles, which she used when Havok went for a superplex. Kimber Lee then rolled up Havok and picked up the win. Interesting that Lee debuted cheating.

We got another great Kiera Hogan vignette. She’s calling herself ‘The Hottest Flame’.

We got another episode of Locker Room Talk, with special guest, Ken Shamrock. Swinger and Shamrock have a past and Shamrock remembers. Madison Rayne asked about the last problems that Shamrock has been involved in, to which Shamrock said that people keep coming for him. 

Shamrock said that he is now focused on the Impact World championship, but suddenly, Michael Elgin walked up and attacked Shamrock with a chair, delivered a con-chair-to, and walked away.

We got a promo by Sami Callihan. He talked about Elgin, who according to Sami, has always been trying to copy Sami’s career, except he always fails. Callihan said that next week, he collides with Elgin and that he’ll do whatever it takes to be champion again.

Trey Miguel defeated Rohit Raju in a World Championship #1 Contender first round match

Fast paced sequence of wrist control reversals into a lucha style armdrag exchange, at least until Raju got tired and took down Trey with his slight power advantage. Trey recovered and used his speed for another quick sequence, hitting a jawbreaker and footstomp. 

Trey went for a dive, but Rohit blocked him, kicking him several times . Rohit, now in control, worked over Trey for a while, mostly strikes, slams, and some submission attempts. Rohit hit a jumping reverse STO for a two count.

Trey tried to make a comeback, but got cut off by a fisherman suplex for another two count. Trey finally connected a full kick combination and neckbreaker to bring Rohit down and get a breather. 

Rohit went for a kick combo, but Trey blocked and dodged them all, connected a Pele kick, and got a two count. Rohit came back with a couple of running attacks and a front suplex for a near fall. Rohit whipped Trey and followed with a forearm, tried to do the same, but Trey countered, hit some Cheeky Nandos and the Trey19.

When he went for the Meteora, Rohit caught him with a jumping knee. Rohit hit a swinging neckbreaker, went for another Front Suplex, but Trey reversed into a roll up for the win. Pretty good match, easily the best of the night so far.

Rohit threw a fit after the match.

We got another video of Cody Deaner during his ‘Kwaranteen’, this time talking about loneliness and mental health during social isolation. He said he calls his fellow wrestlers on the phone, which was more like cutting promos on the phone. We got some footage of Cody learning how to dance and doing DDP Yoga. He also tried to wrestle a tree and the invisible man. These are funny.

Over in Canada, we got another match from The North. Before that however, Page cut a promo saying that he hired someone to get them competition. It was another team of geeks. Page is enjoying himself, while Alexander is getting tired of not having real competition.

Impact Tag Team Champions The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) defeated The Smoes to retain their titles

Page superkicked one of The Smoes and knocked him out with one move. They did a Weekend At Bernie’s match, having the unconscious Smoe pretend to participate in the match. Alexander tagged in and killed his opponent with a powerbomb into the knee, an airplane toss, and Page finished him with a top rope body press into Alexander’s backbreaker. The North then hit their finisher and won. This was at least funny. Can’t wait for some real competition either.

Rosemary was at the bar trying to figure out her Tarot fortune and talking to Mr. Mundo. John E. Bravo walked up. They argued about who missed Taya the least. She wondered if Bravo was the ‘love’ that the cards predicted.

Impact Plus Flashback Moment of the Week was AJ Styles vs Matt Hardy from Victory Road 2011.

Backstage, Swinger and Chris Bey had a discussion, with the latter adding some bad blood between himself and Willie Mack

Swinger found Mack and told him that he was getting a big head since he won the X-Division title and told Mack that he was going to add him to the Royal Humble and win the X-Division title. Mack agreed and made the challenge for next week. 

Also set for next week is Rhino vs. Ken Shamrock and Michael Elgin vs. Sami Callihan in the #1 Contendership tournament. Also, XXXL vs TJP & Fallah Bahh where the winners will become the next contenders for the Tag Team titles.

Self-Proclaimed TNA World Champion Moose defeated Suicide to retain his title.

During his entrance, Moose demanded that ring announcer, David Penzer, make special title match announcements for tonight.

Match started as Suicide got a couple of roll ups on Moose. Moose tried pulling from the mask, but Suicide recovered quickly. Moose hit a big Fenix-like Rana on Moose, sending him to the floor.

They started brawling around ringside, where Moose finally got the upper hand, whipping Suicide into the rails. 

Back in the ring, Suicide recovered, blocking Moose’s rush, but Moose caught him on the top rope and tossed him across the ring to finally cut him off. 

Moose worked over Suicide with chops, punches, and big boots when Suicide tried to make a comeback. At one point, they went back to the floor where Moose swung Suicide into the rails and followed with an apron bomb for a 10 count tease. 

Suicide made it back, but was stomped back to the floor for a second time. But this time, Moose went down to talk trash. He tossed Suicide back to the ring, but kept talking trash to the camera, allowing Suicide to connect with a dive.

Back in the ring, Suicide faked Moose on the ropes and hit an apron senton onto Moose. Suicide hit a leg scissors takedown and went for a German, but Moose easily blocked. Suicide hit a big palm strike for a two count. 

Suicide went to the top rope, but Moose rushed him and went for a pop-up powerbomb. Suicide reversed with a rana, landing on his head. Suicide followed with a rolling fireman’s carry slam and a lionsault for a two count.

Moose rammed Suicide to the corner where he stomped him, but got distracted with the referee, and accidentally slammed him. Suicide hit a superkick and an enzugiri. Moose came back with a big boot, and Suicide responded with a shotei and a backfist. Moose went for a top rope shoulder tackle, but Suicide caught him with a codebreaker for a visual pin. However, the referee was down. 

Moose went for the No Jackhammer Needed, but Suicide reversed with a Code Red for a two count. Moose lowblowed Suicide behind the ref’s back and hit the No Jackhammer Needed to retain the championship. This was surprisingly good given the random pairing.

Given the storyline with the TNA Championship, a lot of recently released wrestlers like Eric Young and ECIII were named as people that could come to tell Moose what they thought about him proclaiming himself the champion.

Final Thoughts — 

Good show by Impact. A positive start to the #1 Contender’s tournament, a great main event title defense, and two good debuts for the Knockout’s Division. I barely noticed that there were no people there.

Impact Wrestling results: Rebellion fallout

Posted on by Antonio Garza

Impact Wrestling returns from Nashville, TN for the fallout of Rebellion. 

Opening video was a quick recap of the second night of Rebellion, where Kiera Hogan said she’d be taking a break after losing to Kylie Rae, while Willie Mack won the X-Division Championship, Shamrock defeated Callihan in a unsanctioned match, and Moose proclaimed himself the new TNA World Champion in the wake of Tessa’s absence.

Sami Callihan came down to the ring to open the show. Callihan cut a promo saying that he had the fight of his life against Shamrock, but he was still standing and it would take a lot more to take him out. Callihan blamed the referee for losing as he stopped the match. He said he didn’t need help from anyone, not the referee nor oVe. 

Callihan called out Ken Shamrock, who came out and got in the ring. Shamrock told Callihan that he is one of the toughest men he’d been in the ring with for not tapping out. Shamrock told Sami that they could go back outside to keep fighting, or they can shake hands and let it go and they can go chase the World Title. Looks like a Callihan babyface run is coming.

Michael Elgin came out to interrupt. He said that he is the only man that is next in line to be the World Champion. He talked trash to Callihan for his antics, because Elgin’s wrestling speaks for him. Shamrock was ready to get in a fight with Elgin.

Elgin attacked Callihan, Shamrock went in for the save and took down Elgin. Callihan was going to deliver the Cactus Special on Elgin, but the latter escaped. Good little angle, with two new names entering the title chase.

Chris Bey cut a promo saying that while there was uncertainty about the next World Title contender, there was no doubt that HE was the no. 1 contender to the X-Division Championship. Bey said that tonight, he was going to challenge Willie Mack for the title. Good promo.

Willie Mack cut a promo. He accepted Chris Bey’s challenge. Mack is such a weird promo.

XXXL (Acey Romero & Larry D) defeated oVe (Madman Fulton & Jake Crist) with Dave Crist 

Fulton and Larry D started off with a clash of big lads. They tried to lock up, but neither had the upper hand until Crist slapped Fulton. They traded some shoulder tackles before Larry landed a scoop slam and tagged in Acey for the senton. 

Jake Crist tagged in, but was easily taken down and tossed around by Acey. XXXL double teamed Crist for a two count. Larry D landed some splashes and sentons. Eventually, Dave Crist saved his brother by pulling him out of the ring before XXXL could double team him again.

Back from commercial, we saw footage of how Fulton tackled Acey Romero into the steel steps and successfully cut him off. 

oVe, now in control, worked over Acey. At one point, Fulton got Acey on the top rope, got him up on his shoulders and hit an impressive Lambeau Leap. Fulton hit a running splash and boot. After some more offense, Acey managed to hit a desperation spinebuster on Fulton to get the tag to Larry D. 

Larry ran wild over Jake Crist, hit a release suplex and plancha for a two count. Jake recovered and hit a kick combo, but was sent outside the ring and taken out by a suicide dive by Larry D. Fulton stopped Larry from hitting a moonsault, and along with Jake Crist, hit a doomsday cutter for a two count when Acey broke it up.

Acey pounced Fulton to the floor. Larry knocked out both Dave and Jake Crist and pinned the latter for the win. Good match towards the end, Larry D is so good. The oVe losing streak continues.

Impact Plus Flashback Moment of the Week was Victory Road 2009’s Kurt Angle vs Mick Foley.

We got another episode of Madison Rayne’s Locker Room Talk show. Havok was the guest tonight, introduced as “dark and boring”. Madison asked Havok about losing to Rosemary and what was next, even brought up the possibility of retirement. Havok said that Madison would end up like the last person that got under her skin, meaning either James Mitchel or Su Yung. 

Rayne asked about Nevaeh, who was there during Havok’s match at Rebellion. Havok said she was an old friend, but didn’t know why she was here. Rayne brought up a surprise guest and brought in Kimber Lee. Lee said she was here to rise to the top. Havok and Lee got face to face. Knockouts’ Division just improved even more!

Jake Deaner cut a promo from outside his trailer. He said that since the “kwaranteen” started, he has been living in the middle of nowhere, but it was more like squatting in someone’s ranch. He now has a merch table in the middle of the highway. This was good.

Suicide defeated Johnny Swinger

Swinger jumped Suicide when the ref was checking in for weapons. Swinger mostly tried to choke and rake Suicide, but Suicide has a full body suit so that didn’t do much harm. 

Suicide came back, sent Swinger outside and hit a Plancha. He went to the top rope, but Swinger hit the ropes and dropped Suicide. Swinger went back for more chokes, hit an Olympic Slam for a two count, then went for a headbutt. Suicide dodged striking his way back.

Suicide finished the match with a couple of palm strikes, a codebreaker, and a swanton bomb for the win.

Swinger kept calling him Spidey, which was funny.

Backstage, Ace Austin cut a promo saying that Bey didn’t deserve a title shot because Bey has only been here a couple of weeks, while Ace has beaten everyone. Ace inserted himself into the X-Division title match with his rematch clause.

Josh Matthews interviewed Moose. After a quick recap of last week’s main event, Josh asked why Moose thought he was the champion. Moose said that he disagreed with Elgin being champion by forfeit while he had been out there beating up legends and that made him the real World Champion, because not even Tessa was there.

Josh said that the TNA title was locked up in a warehouse, it doesn’t really mean anything in the books. Moose said that he was there as THE champion. He won it by beating men all year.

Josh announced that starting next week, there will be a tournament to crown a new No. 1 Contender for Tessa Blanchard’s title. Moose told Josh that he was pulling himself out of the tournament because he was the TNA World Champion and didn’t care about the Impact World title.

This delusional Moose is interesting.

Joseph P. Ryan defeated Cousin Jake

Ryan started the match stalling, but after leaving the ring over and over, Jake got his hands on Ryan and started pummeling him. Jake stomped on Ryan and hit a body block before Ryan once again ran out and asked for a time out.

Ryan went back to work on the same arm he worked on during their Rebellion match, but Jake was still more powerful and took him out with clotheslines, landed a dropkick, and hit a two handed chokeslam. 

Outside the ring, Ryan managed to toss Jake into the ring post shoulder first, and got the chance to work over the injured arm some more. Ryan hit a scoop slam for a two count. Ryan kept working until Jake hit a desperation slam to get some space. 

Jake made his comeback with clotheslines and a discus lariat to take Ryan down. Jake hit a deadlift Powerbomb for a two count. Jake sent Ryan to the floor, but when he went for the dive, he was caught by a superkick by Ryan for a two count.

Blocking a slam attempt by Ryan, Jake instead landed one of his own. Jake went for the pounce, but Ryan pulled the ref in front of him, poked Jake’s eyes and rolled him up, grabbing his tights to steal the win.

We got a vignette for Kiera Hogan. This was fantastic, she talked about being born and raised in Atlanta, about always being in the passenger seat and being ready to be the driver.

We got a match from Canada for The North’s title defense. The crowd was made of dummies with Impact and North shirts on, and fake audience sound bits. Ethan Page played into it, but Josh Alexander no sold it.

Page cut a promo putting over Canada and said that they were the best tag team in the world and that all they wanted to do was to compete. Josh Alexander called out Kurt Angle of all people in tonight’s third name drop of Angle. Interesting.

Out came the challengers, two skinny wimps.

Impact World Champions The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) defeated The Creeps

This was a squash match, but it was shown as a long highlight reel of The North torturing these two guys. Page got the pin for the win. This wasn’t good, segment included.

Rosemary was at the bar. She said that it was nice to be back in the ring last week, and then started to read her tarot cards, which told her to follow her instincts. Too cryptic to be useful.

Rohit Raju cut a promo about being entered as Moose’s replacement in the World Title No. 1 Contender’s Tournament. He said that he’d been there for years and that he would be the Impact World Champion. Awesome promo!

Josh Matthews ran down the #1 Contender’s Tournament matches, with Rohit Raju vs. Trey Miguel and Hernandez vs. Madman Fulton next week. Later on, Sami Callihan vs Michael Elgin, and Ken Shamrock vs Rhino.

Also next week, Kimber Lee debuts versus Havok. Moose will defend the TNA World Championship versus Suicide.

X-Division Champion Willie Mack defeated Chris Bey and Ace Austin to retain the title

Match started with Ace trying to use the title belt to take out Mack. Instead, Mack took both men down. Mack took on both men with chops, forearms, double clotheslines, and at one point, hit a double Samoan drop and moonsault into both. 

Ace and Bey got in each other’s faces, but agreed to team up to take out Mack, but it didn’t last long when Ace sent Bey head first into the ring post.

Mack and Ace went at it one-on-one for now, mostly Mack chopping Ace, but the latter managed to sweep Mack, kick him and lock in an armbar for the card-cutting spot. Ace dropkicked Mack to the floor, but Bey cut him off when he attempted the dive. Bey went for the dive instead, but Mack had recovered and caught him with an uppercut. 

Mack now worked on Chris Bey, but once again fell to a kick combo. Mack then went for a pop-up bomb, but Bey countered into a rana. Ace pulled out Bey and brawled with him for a bit, only for Mack to take both out with a tope con giro. 

Back from commercial all men are in the ring, with Bey taking out Mack with a missile dropkick and stomping on Ace on the corner. Ace came back with a beautiful snap suplex for a two count. Ace went after Bey’s ribs with knees while keeping Mack at bay outside the ring.

Bey got a couple of near falls himself on Ace, but then went after Mack and distracted himself from Ace who took him out again. Ace hit a second rope leg drop for a two count. Ace and Bey then took each other out with synched kicks, allowing Mack to come back to the ring.

All three got into a strike exchange that Ace was winning for a while, but when he started going corner to corner, Mack came back with a palm strike. Mack hit running clotheslines and a cannonball on Ace, followed by an exploder on Bey. 

Mack went for the 6-Star Frog Splash, but Ace cut him off with an enzuigiri. Ace went for a top rope rana, but Mack escaped and went for a powerbomb. Ace blocked, but Bey was there to hit a jumping German. 

Mack hit the stunner on Bey and went for the 6-Star again, but Ace cut him off, with a rana, sending Mack on top of Bey. Ace hit The Fold on Mack, but Bey broke up the pin. Ace got rid of Mack and went for Bey, but Bey came back with a kick. Ace managed to hit a Fold out of nowhere on Bey, but Mack broke up the pin. 

Ace hit a spinning kick on Mack, and a second to set up the top rope tana, but Mack held on, hit the 6-Star Frog Splash, and retained his title. Great match, Bey and Ace Austin were great.

Final thoughts — 

Pretty good show, it was fun and had good in-ring action. Not really hurt by the lack of audience. The direction out of Rebellion is interesting now that they have too fallen into the quarantine taping issues.

A delusional champion and a tournament may be the best way to proceed. In addition, the new members of the Knockouts division seems to be a huge improvement.

Moose declares himself TNA World Champion at Impact Rebellion

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Impact Wrestling’s World Championship picture was addressed with the emergence of an unofficial champion.

Night two of Rebellion saw Moose declare himself the TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Tessa Blanchard is the current Impact World Champion, but — amid the coronavirus pandemic — she wasn’t able to attend Impact’s tapings earlier this month.

Blanchard was scheduled to defend her title against Michael Elgin and Eddie Edwards in a triple threat match in the main event of Rebellion. Edwards also wasn’t able to attend Impact’s tapings. Going into night two of the two-part Rebellion event, Impact was teasing that Elgin was promising to still become World Champion.

Elgin had a referee come out to the ring and wanted to be declared the new Impact World Champion on tonight’s show. As Elgin was getting ring announcer David Penzer to announce him as the new champion, the lights went out and Moose came out wearing the old TNA World title belt.

Moose and Elgin went back and forth before being interrupted by former TNA wrestler Hernandez. That led to a triple threat match between them headlining the show. Moose won the match after hitting his No Jackhammer Needed spear on Hernandez.

Following the main event, Moose had Penzer announce him as the TNA World Heavyweight Champion.

Moose has been feuding with former TNA wrestlers and calling himself better than anyone who ever wrestled for the TNA brand. Impact’s one-night-only TNA: There’s No Place Like Home event was supposed to take place in Tampa, Florida on April 3, but that was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. A one-hour TNA special also aired on AXS TV on March 31.

Impact Rebellion night two results: World title situation decided

Posted on by Antonio Garza

Impact Wrestling returns tonight for part two of Rebellion. 

Last week we saw Willie Mack defeat Ace Austin to capture the X-Division Championship, Ken Shamrock submit Sami Callihan in an unsanctioned match, and Michael Elgin make a promise for tonight: he would leave as the World Champion no matter what. 

Read the full recap of Rebellion Night One here.

Cold open was a video package talking about reinventing oneself. It recapped the happenings of night one, and made special focus towards Michael Elgin’s threat. 

Chris Bey defeated Suicide, Trey Miguel, and Rohit Raju

Match started with all four men in the ring. We got an early standing switch with all of them until the babyfaces tricked the heels to just work on each other while they casually watched. Bey and Rohit took out Miguel and ganged up on Suicide, showing off and one-upping each other on who could hurt Suicide more. 

They discussed this enough to where they gave Suicide time to make comeback. He locked in an Octopus stretch on Bey while Miguel took out Rohit. Suicide locked both Trey and Bey on a double submission, but it allowed Raju to take him out. 

Bey, Raju, and Trey Miguel all exchanged strikes, leading Rohit to kicking both men to adjacent corners and hitting running elbows, sweeping Bey, hitting a Footstomp on Miguel for a two count. 

Suicide came back, hit a Springboard Armdrag on Raju, Rana on Bey, went for the Clothesline on Trey, but Miguel was ready, dodged with the Matrix, hit a kick combo. 

Chris Bey and Miguel went at it, with the latter getting a two count on Miguel. He then sent him out to the floor with a rana. Rohit got a school boy on Bey for a two count, but couldn’t follow up and got sent outside with a dropkick. 

Suicide faked Bey into hitting a dive on Rohit, and followed with a senton from the apron. Trey Miguel followed with a second rope flip over the ropes to take everyone out. 

Back in the ring, Trey got a two count on Rohit, hit the moonsault into a foot stomp on Bey for a two count, and finally went for a tornado DDT on Suicide. He was blocked and instead, Suicide got him up for the suplex and was met by a top rope plancha by Chris Bey. Rohit Raju broke Suicide’s pin over Trey.

Bey took out Rohit with a huge kick and got a two count with a double underhook slam. Rohit connected with a jumping uppercut on Suicide, but was caught by a Pele Kick from Trey. Suicide with the double palm strike, and Rohit with a jumping knee on Suicide. Rohit hit a swinging neckbreaker on Trey. X-Factor for a two count when Bey broke it up. 

Suicide took out Bey and went for the superplex on Trey. He was ready, however, and escaped, hit Cheeky Nandos, tossed Rohit into Suicide, and executed a double Trey19. 

Trey hit Meteora on Suicide, but Rohit tried to steal it, only for Chris Bey to return, kick Rohit, and steal the pin himself over Rohit.

Really good match, but it suffered from the empty arena, this is the type of match that excels when the crowd goes crazy for it. Chris Bey seems to be building to challenge Willie Mack.

Josh Matthews and Madison Rayne walked us through the recap of last week’s Rebellion, and ran down tonight’s card. 

Josh Matthews Facetimed Tessa Blanchard. He asked about not being able to compete. Tessa said that she was torn that she couldn’t be there, but that she was training everyday to come back stronger. Josh asked about Elgin’s threat, to which Tessa said that she’d love to shut him up, so unless he comes to Mexico, she won’t be walking out of Champion. 

We got a video package for #CancelCulture vs The Deaners. 

Joseph P. Ryan defeated Cousin Jake

Ryan started the match berating Jake, but also running away from him when Jake tried to get his hands on him. Jake overpowered Ryan with the lockup, forcing Ryan to once again run to the ropes. 

Jake kept that upper hand, taking out Ryan with a body block and a straight right elbow. Jake tossed Ryan around the ring, whipped him from corner to corner, getting a two count here and there. 

Ryan managed to cheap shot Jake and dodged his shoulder tackle, sending Jake shoulder first into the ring post. 

Back from commercial, Ryan had been working over Jake’s injured shoulder. Ryan went for a shoulder focused body slam. Jake blocked so instead Ryan sent him shoulder first into the turnbuckle. He managed the body slam on the second attempt, then transitioned into a submission. 

Jake would try to mount a comeback, but time and time again, Ryan would use heel tactics to cut him off. Eventually, Jake landed a desperation suplex and a running tackle. He dodged Ryan’s lariat attempt, hit a backplex and finally got Ryan down.

Jake came back with some elbows and a discus clothesline for a two count. Jake clotheslined Ryan to the floor and followed with a plancha. That was followed by a second running plancha on Ryan, who was trying to make it back in the ring.

Cousin Jake hit a deadlift sitdown powerbomb for a two count. Ryan retaliated by snapping Jake’s shoulder on the ropes and hitting Sweet Tooth Music for a two count. 

Ryan went for a second superkick, but Jake blocked. Ryan rolled up Cousin Jake with a hand on the ropes to win the match. 

Pretty good match, especially for Cousin Jake.

Rosemary was at a bar talking about having to be in the Full Metal Mayhem match instead of Taya. She was facetiming Taya, who said that she was going crazy and had started wearing sweatpants. Taya started ranting until Rosemary stopped her. 

Rosemary told her that Grace was replaced by Havok, so Taya could fight her, but Taya refused. Taya told Rosemary that they should go to Las Vegas once she’s done with Havok. Bar Rosemary is the most interesting she’s been for a while.

We got a video package with both Rosemary and Havok, recapping their history together, trying to make sense of this match that improvised. They said that even if Havok helped them get out of the Undead Wastelands, their story was to continue with violence, not peace.

Rosemary defeated Havok in a Full Metal Mayhem match.

Both women had new looks for this fight. Rosemary cut a promo early before the match, telling Havok that they didn’t need to do this, she could chase after Su Yung, and she could go chase after Jordynne Grace. Havok rejected the idea.

Match started and the first move was Rosemary stapling Havok’s hand and stomach, at least until Havok blocked her and took her down with a clothesline. Havok grabbed the stapler, and as much as Rosemary pleaded for forgiveness, Havok stapled her over and over again. 

Rosemary hit a slingblade and followed up with punches. She brought out some transit signs and started striking at Havok, but once again, Havok had the power advantage and took Rosemary down with a big boot.

Havok went for a running tackle to the corner, but Rosemary dodged and Havok crashed into the chair in the buckles. 

Rosemary tied a chain around Havok’s neck and made a pulley to choke down Havok. Rosemary started cutting a promo during this, asking Havok what it felt like to kill James Mitchell. Havok eventually pulled the chain and took down Rosemary.

Havok brought in more weapons to the ring, including a foam pipe that bounced when she tossed it in. 

Havok hit a couple of running boots to the corner, and a third one into a garbage can lid. She smashed Rosemary’s face to a chair and tried hitting her with the chain, but Rosemary escaped, and pulled Havok by the chain into a chair, and from corner to corner. 

Suddenly, we saw Neveah standing close to the ramp, watching the match.  Meanwhile, Rosemary and Havok were brawling up the ramp, where Havok hit a Samoan drop on the ramp. They exchanged some more weapon strikes. At one point, Rosemary protected herself from a garbage can shot with a construction hat. 

Back in the ring, Havok tossed Rosemary into another cornered chair and chokeslammed her into a bed of chairs that didn’t give, all for a two count. She tried to choke Rosemary with the chain and chair, but eventually, Rosemary grabbed the ‘lead’ pipe and took down Havok with it for the three count. 

Another match that suffered from the lack of crowd, as the wrestling wasn’t particularly good, and the weapon spots are usually meant to get live pops. Josh Matthews was insufferable in this match as soon as Neveah came out.

Gia Miller interviewed Willie Mack and Rich Swann about his win last week. Mack said he always looked up to the X-Division champions of the past, and so he was really happy to now be part of that group. Swann told Mack that he had all that he needed to be the champion. Johnny Swinger interrupted them and asked for his promised title shot. 

Impact Plus Flashback Moment of the Week was Rich Swann vs Sami Callihan from last year’s Rebellion. 

Miller tried to ask Elgin again about the championship. Elgin repeated what he said last week and said that it was unfortunate Tessa and Eddie were not there so he could send them to the hospital. He said that results won’t change and he’s still walking out the champion tonight. 

We got a video package for Michael Elgin, from his debut, and through his chase of the World Championship. Great stuff.

Michael Elgin came down to the ring, wearing his ring gear and mic in hand. Elgin cut a promo saying that it was Rebellion when he made his debut and promised to become the World champion. And that for the last year, his sights had not changed.

He called out Tessa and Eddie for being scared of him, and thus neither had shown up to their title match. Elgin brought out a referee and told him to declare him the winner by forfeit. Instead, he started bullying David Penzer. Before the referee could raise his hand, Moose interrupted him. He had the old TNA World Championship belt.

Moose took a mic and told Elgin that he understood the pain of working through and not having an opponent for tonight. They agreed that Tessa was holding the title hostage. 

Moose said that it was wrong to say there was no World champion right now, because he now had the TNA World Championship. 

Elgin cut him off and, in a babyface promo, said that for the last months, Moose had been running over the initials of TNA, but Elgin understood that while TNA was long past, those letters were now Impact.

Moose said that while Elgin was out there trading wins with Eddie, he was there defeating every competitor in front of him. Moose said that if he wanted a shot at him, he just needed to ask. Elgin was about to attack, but instead, Hernandez of all people interrupted them. 

Hernandez said that Moose has never beaten him. He ended up inserting himself into the match.

Moose defeated Michael Elgin and Hernandez in a triple threat match

Match started with all men brawling outside the ring, with Elgin getting the early upper hand with a tope con giro. 

Back in the ring, they took turns tossing each other around. Hernandez hit a springboard shoulder tackle on Elgin, but was cut off with chops by Moose. He hit a beautiful dropkick, but was then hit by a northern lights suplex by Elgin. Hernandez whipped Elgin around and hit an over-the-top bodyslam on Moose. 

Elgin and Hernandez traded strikes in the middle of the ring, with the latter getting the better of the exchange, but was then taken down with a low dropick from Elgin, who sunk in a single leg Boston Crab. Moose tried to break it, but got hit by a dragon screw and fell into a Boston Crab as well. Hernandez took down Elgin with a bodyblock. 

Hernandez went for a superplex on Elgin, but was stopped by Moose. Elgin dropped Moose and Hernandez and hit the latter with a missile dropkick for a two count. 

Back from commercial, Elgin is working over Hernandez in the corner with chops and elbows. Moose came back and inserted himself into the strike exchange, but was taken out by the other two. Elgin hit a couple of running clotheslines, but took a big time boot by Moose on the third. 

Moose hit an Okada dropkick on Elgin and went for the superplex on Hernandez. As he landed, Elgin connected with a twisting senton on Moose, sending all three men down.

All men exchanged strikes before Hernandez dropped them with some offense, getting a two count on Elgin with a senton as it was broken up by Moose.

Hernandez took out Moose with a clothesline as he started to look gassed out. He hit Elgin with a big boot for a two count. Hernandez teased the Border Toss, but Moose blocked him. They exchanged some more strikes. Moose caught Hernandez with two shoulder tackles and a pop-up Powerbomb, followed by a plancha for a two count. 

Moose went for the No Jackhammer Needed on Elgin, but the latter dodged, hit a trio of German suplexes, and went for a powerbomb, but Hernandez stopped him with a German of his own. Hernandez went for another German on Moose, but Elgin powered up and hit a double German on both, covering Hernandez for a two count. 

Elgin hit a kick combo on Moose, then went for a clothesline, but Moose blocked and they exchanged some kicks and elbows. Moose hit the Go To Hell for a near fall. Moose went for the No Jackhammer Needed on Hernandez, but was caught with a pounce for a near fall, broken up by Elgin.

Elgin dropped Hernandez with a big lariat and went for the Elgin Bomb, but was interrupted by Moose. Instead, Elgin hit a pop-up powerbomb on Moose, followed with a buckle bomb, but Moose fired up and came back with a desperation No Jackhammer Needed for a one count as Elgin was next to the ropes. 

Hernandez hit a spinebuster on Moose, but Elgin pulled him to try and steal his pin, but Hernandez was able to take it back. 

Elgin hit a backfist on Hernandez and landed a buckle bomb/Elgin Bomb combo for a near fall when Moose pulled the ref out. Elgin attacked Moose outside and, while rate, attacked the referee. Hernandez took out both Elgin and the new referee with a dive. 

Back in the ring, Moose hit No Jackhammer Needed on Hernandez and picked up the win.

This started off as a great Impact match, but as soon as Hernandez gassed out, the match felt like it was honoring the championship on the line, becoming a slow and boring match that ended with a ton of unnecessary overbooking. Elgin was the MVP of the match, no question about it.

After the match, Moose proclaimed himself the TNA World Champion, establishing him as the interim champion until Tessa can come back.

Final Thoughts — 

Bad show by Impact. The first hour was fun, but then it all went downhill. With half of the original card not taking place, the replacement matches all felt like filler, and the main event was really hurt by the addition of Hernandez.

Left My Wallet: Impact Wrestling’s Moose

Posted on by Antonio Garza

Left My Wallet returns with Impact Wrestling superstar and former NFL offensive lineman, Moose!

We discuss the Titans upset over the Ravens, preview this week’s NFL championship games, and his prediction for the Super Bowl. Having played for the Patriots, Colts, and Vikings, he talks about playing with Brady, Manning, Michael Vick, and Matt Ryan and what set them apart from other players.

He also tells about the difference, if any, between blocking for a dropback passer as opposed to a running quarterback, playing for Bill Belichick, his early days playing football, and more.

Even though he played eight years in the NFL, his first love is basketball. We talk about favorite player (Russell Westbrook), the greatness of Luka Doncic, comparing working in the ring to playing on the field or the court, and his love of the Lakers and Kobe Bryant.

Championship Sunday is here in the NFL and who better in wrestling to preview and predict this weekend’s action than Moose?

Right click save

Two matches added to Impact Wrestling’s Hard to Kill PPV

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Impact Wrestling has announced two additions to the card for their next pay-per-view.

Ken Shamrock vs. Madman Fulton and Moose vs. Rhino have both been announced for Hard to Kill. The PPV is taking place at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, January 12.

Shamrock returned to Impact for a match against Moose at Bound for Glory. He’s since been aligned with Tessa Blanchard during the build to her World Championship match against Sami Callihan in the main event of Hard to Kill.

Fulton helped his oVe stablemate Callihan defeat Shamrock on the Impact episode that aired last week. The show then ended with an angle where Fulton attacked Shamrock. Callihan tried to call Fulton off, but Fulton didn’t listen and suplexed Shamrock out of the ring. Fulton then finally backed off when Callihan told him “no more.”

Moose and Rhino got into a confrontation on last night’s Impact after Moose told Rhino that he should have asked him for advice before his match against RVD the previous week. Moose said it was sad that Rhino’s Gore couldn’t do what Moose’s spear did, and Rhino responded by hitting a Gore on Moose. Later in the episode, they brawled when Moose tried to attack Rhino.

Here’s the updated card for Hard to Kill:

  • Impact World Champion Sami Callihan defending against Tessa Blanchard
  • Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie defending against Jordynne Grace and ODB in a triple threat match
  • Impact Tag Team Champions The North (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page) defending against Rich Swann & Willie Mack
  • X-Division Champion Ace Austin defending against Trey Miguel
  • Michael Elgin vs. Eddie Edwards
  • Brian Cage vs. RVD
  • Ken Shamrock vs. Madman Fulton
  • Moose vs. Rhino

Impact Wrestling results: Six-person gauntlet match

Posted on by Antonio Garza

Impact Wrestling returns from St. Claire College Sportsplex in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Tonight was the big 6-way elimination match to find Callihan’s contender for Hard To Kill. Opening video build such main event, but also recapped Swinger taking a dump in Shamrock’s bag, Jordynne challenging Taya and Bravo, the return of Suzie, and footage of the awesome North title defense from last week.

The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz)  defeated Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju & Raj Singh), The Deaners (Cody Deaner & Cousin Jake), and Reno Scum (Luster The Legend & Adam Thornstowe)

Wentz and Thornstowe started the match with the former hitting a couple of arm drags before tagging in Dezmond for a couple of double team kick combos for a two count. Luster tagged in and now it was Reno Scum getting a two count after a double team move.

Cody Deaner tagged in and along with Cousin Jake, got a two count on Thornstowe. Now it was Rohit and Raj that tagged in and together hit a Backbreaker and running knee combo on Deaner for a two count. Cousin Jake tagged in and run wild over both Rohit and Raj with corner spears, but when he went for the Blackhole Slam, Rohit countered and hit a jumping footstomp. Jake came back with a powerbomb for a two count. 

The match broke down with everyone getting in the ring, brawling to the outside, only for Deaner to follow with a dive. Jake suplexed Thornstowe over the ropes into the pile, and followed with a dive of his own. Rohit teased a dive, but showed off enough to eat a superkick by Wentz who dove next. Dezmond followed with Space Flying Tiger Drop. 

Back in the ring, Desi Hit Squad double teamed Dezmond Xavier, but Jake came in and got rid of Raj, having now the chance to take out Rohit. Reno Scum came in and double teamed Jake, but before they could finish him, Razcals came back, hit Hot Fire Flame on Cousin Jake and took the win. Good action packed opener.

After the match, Reno Scum jumped The Razcals until Trey Miguel came out for the save and took them out with a Double Missile Dropkick. Ace Austin came out and laid out Trey with a belt shot. Ace took out Trey with the loaded backfist. Trey Miguel’s ‘mom’ is in the crowd and she is a terrible actress. 

Jordynne Grace defeated Knockout’s Champion Taya Valkyrie & John E. Bravo in a non-title handicap match

Taya started the match for her team, but quickly tagged in Bravo when Grace pushed into her. Bravo came in and tried to bully Grace, only for Grace to dodge him and take out Taya, sending them both to the floor. That was followed by a suicide dive that Bravo barely caught. 

Back in the ring, Jordynne tortured Bravo with strikes. Taya tried to help him by distracting Grace, and with the numbers advantage, got some chops in, some running elbows to the corner, but Grace came back, got rid of Taya and once again started torturing Bravo with kicks and a Senton. Jordynne tired of playing with Bravo, toss him to the corner to tag in Taya, but Taya walked out on him. 

In the ring, Jordynne kicked Bravo’s toy dog, hit a running double knee to Bravo’s back, sliding elbow, Vader Bomb, and pinned Bravo. Jordynne was dominant, even if it was against a comedy valet.

Backstage, Gama Singh berated Raj and Rohit for losing. Gama told them that they better start producing or they’re being sent back to India. They took it out on Fallah Bahh backstage by jumping him and beating him up in a hallway. 

Rob Van Dam cut another promo from his pool. He said that he won’t actually make it to Impact because he had a really late party last night and his flight was too early today. Ok.

Backstage, Suzie was walking around until James Mitchell finds her. They introduce each other and Mitchell asks her what is she doing in a place like this. Mitchell tells Suzie to not trust anyone and instead, let him take care of her and manage her. Suzie agrees and leaves. 

Rosemary appears and tells James Mitchell to their master wouldn’t like that Mitchell is trying to get to Suzie’s head, and Rosemary won’t allow it. 

Impact Plus Flashback Moment of the Week was Cody Rhodes vs Eddie Edwards for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

We got The Razcals in the Treehouse talking about why everyone is trying to kick their butts. Trey Miguel’s mom showed up and told Trey that she’s too worried about him. This was funny.

Johnny Swinger defeated Buck Gunderson

Total squash. Swinger hit a couple of clotheslines, raked Buck’s eyes, choked him with his own singlet, hit a headbutt to the groin, raked the back, and after Buck had a hope spot with a couple of Dropkicks, Swinger got the win with the Swinger Neckbreaker. 

After the match, Ken Shamrock came out and went after Swinger with some strikes, takedown, and the Ankle Lock. This was what it had to be. 

Next week, Impact is taking the week off to show a retro show Throwdown Throwback from IPWF.

Tessa Blanchard won the six-person elimination match to become the number one contender for the Impact title

This match is gauntlet rules with two wrestlers starting, the winner taking on the third seat, and so on. 

Moose defeated Daga

Moose early on used his power advantage to overcome Daga and chop him around, but Daga had the speed advantage and dodged around Moose, took out his leg and hit a Flatliner and springboard corkscrew press to the outside. Daga hit a moonsault from the apron, once again taking Moose down. 

Back in the ring, Moose pulled Daga into the turnbuckle to turn the match around. Moose chopped Daga and whipped him around the ring. Moose hit a HUGE Dominator. Moose went for the Spear, but Daga dodged, hit a couple of running Superman elbows and kicks, Moose went for the Go To Hell, but Daga countered with a rana and a running delayed dropkick for a two count. 

Moose caught Daga and tossed him on the ropes, hit the No Jackhammer Needed and picked up the win. 

Rich Swann defeated Moose

Swann took forever to get in the ring, which is just time for Moose to rest and recover. Once in the ring, Moose went for the same approach, using the strength advantage, but Swann was faster than Daga and did better escaping Moose’s moves. Swann got two ranas early on and roll up into the foot stomp. Swann hit a dropkick, only for Moose to come back with a far more impressive one. 

Moose now started to work on Swann around and inside the ring with chops. Moose played with the crowd, which allowed Swann to recover and go for a Senton from the apron that Moose caught, but Swann reversed into a rana instead. 

Back in the ring, Moose hit a turnbuckle Okada-style dropkick, tossing Swann to the floor. Swann came back with a Tilt-a-whirl DDT counter on Moose, a couple of chops and strikes, but when he went for a second DDT, Moose blocked him, lawndarted him into the turnbuckle and got a two count. Moose pounded on Swann with closed fists and went for the Razor’s Edge, but Swann broke out, slapped Moose about six times, they traded kicks, but Moose decided to go for a top rope move that Swann caught with a cutter, followed by the Lethal Injection for a two count. This is Awesome chants.

Swann went for the 450, but Moose got the knees up. Go To Hell on Swann for a two count. Moose went for the No Jackhammer Needed, but Swann caught him with a superkick. Moose went for the same combo as with Daga, but Swann countered the spear into a crucifix roll up for the win. 

Rich Swann defeated Michael Elgin by disqualification

Elgin came out with a big smile. Elgin went for an early Burning Hammer, but Swann escaped and superkicked Elgin a couple of times. Elgin hit something like a pop-up thunder bomb. Elgin hit a big clothesline after another until Swann was down. 

Elgin went for a Superplex, but Swann dodged out and kicked Elgin in the back. Swann hit a School Boy into a Bomb to finally rock Elgin. They traded strikes until Elgin blocked a rana and hit a Buckle Bomb. Swann tried to comeback with a Rana, but Elgin transitioned into a Crossface for the submission tease. 

They fought on the apron with Swann trying to hit a roisonrana, but Elgin blocked it and hit a Tiger Suplex on the apron, tossed Swann back to the ring, went for a Phoenix Splash, but Swann moved and went for a Frog Splash, but Elgin also managed to move away. Elgin hit an Enziguri, they traded kicks, Swann escaped another tiger suplex, they kicked each other again until Elgin got the tiger suplex in and a Lariat for a two count. 

Elgin hit a superplex, rolled over for another, but Swann escaped, hit two poinsonranas and got a two count out of it. 

Elgin hit a Deadlift Falcon Arrow for a two count. Elgin went for the burning hammer, but Swann grabbed the rope and accidentally tossed Elgin into the ref. Swann hit a Superkick, but caught a Lariat on the comeback. Elgin started punching out Swann, and when the ref told him to stop, Elgin kept doing it and tossed the ref off, getting DQ’d. Elgin, out of anger, hit a powerbomb on Swann, who is spitting blood. The rest of the referees came out to stop Elgin, who should have powerbombed the ref if you ask me. Great match, but the finished sucked, or at least Elgin’s reaction. It also makes it awkward for either of the two babyfaces left to come in and destroy Swann.

Brian Cage defeated Rich Swann

Brian Cage wasn’t happy to have to take on this Swann, he didn’t rush or anything, but offered Swann to give up. Swann decided to strike Cage, forcing Cage to attack with a Lariat, but out of instinct, Swann hit a Codebreaker to Cage’s arm, a couple of kicks, and a 450 only for Cage to kick out at one.

Swann went for the other corner, but Cage caught him, tossed around Swann, rushed him to the corner, but ate a couple of kicks, countered a Pumphandle Slam to another pair of kicks. Swann went for the 450 again, getting a two count this time.

Swann went for the Lethal Injection, but Cage caught him, tossed him, went for the F-5, only for Swann to counter to a cutter and successfully land the Lethal Injection for a two count. Swann went for the Phoenix Splash, but Cage dodged, hit Weapon X, and finally eliminated Swann. At this point, the fans were behind Swann and were not happy about Cage winning, but commentary sold that performance alone, Swann should get a title shot after Hard To Kill.

Tessa Blanchard defeated Brian Cage

Big pop for Tessa now. Tessa was all business and Cage had a cocky confident face. The match started similar with Cage being forced to bring out the moves, except that this time around, Cage was blocking all of Tessa’s moves with sheer power. Tessa could only rely on strikes, managing to get Cage to the floor where Tessa hit two dives and a third one that Cage caught and turned into an F-5 into the apron. 

Back from commercial, Cage has brought Tessa to the ring where he has been tossing her around, trying to get quick pins. Tessa tried for a crossbody, but Cage caught her again. Tessa finally manages to drop Cage with a tornado DDT for a two count. Tessa cut Cage with the corner Magnum and went for a top rope crossbody for a two count. 

Cage came back with a powerbomb for a two count. Cage hit a deadlift suplex for a two count. Cage’s lip has been busted open.

Tessa dodged a discus lariat, hit a superkick, a cutter, and the buzzsaw DDT for a two count. Cage hit a big Alabama Slam for a two count. Cage went for the top rope Razor’s Edge, but Tessa turned it into a hurricanrana, followed with the Magnum, and pinned Cage, only to get a 2.99 kickout!

Tessa went for a second Magnum, but Cage blocked it, hit a buckle bomb and wanted to follow with the Weapon X, but Tessa rolled over with a Yoshi Tonic and pinned Cage to become the number 1 contender for Sami Callihan’s title. 

Wow, that last hour was PACKED! This was a great gauntlet match, every single pairing was a main event worthy match and I wouldn’t really say that anyone looked weak in defeat. My only gripe was Elgin’s DQ.

Final Thoughts — 

Tonight’s show was all action. The hour long gauntlet was all great wrestling, not just quick pins to get things over. Storyline wise, the show really kept things on the low, mostly building towards the final match.

Ken Shamrock vs. Moose official for Impact Bound for Glory

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Ken Shamrock and Moose are officially set to face off next month.

Impact Wrestling has confirmed Shamrock vs. Moose for Bound for Glory 2019. The pay-per-view is taking place at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois on Sunday, October 20.

The build to Shamrock vs. Moose began via a social media feud between the two, with Shamrock then returning to Impact at their television tapings in Las Vegas earlier this month.

Shamrock became the NWA World Champion on the first-ever TNA show. This is the first time he’s wrestled for the promotion in 15 years.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Shamrock will be working for Impact past Bound for Glory.

Impact World Champion Brian Cage will defend his title against Sami Callihan at Bound for Glory. Naomichi Marufuji has also been announced for the PPV. At August’s Impact tapings in Mexico City, Michael Elgin issued a challenge for Marufuji to face him at Bound for Glory.

After Bound for Glory, Impact’s weekly television series will move from the Pursuit Channel to AXS TV. The show will also continue to simulcast on Twitch. Impact has yet to announced which day of the week the show will be airing on when the move to AXS TV happens.

Ken Shamrock returning to Impact Wrestling for Vegas TV tapings

Posted on by Josh Nason

The first-ever NWA-TNA Champion is returning home for the first time in 15 years.

Former WWE and UFC star Ken Shamrock confirmed via Twitter Friday that he will be part of Impact Wrestling’s two nights of TV tapings at Sam’s Town in Las Vegas, NV, on September 5th and 6th.

It’s unclear whether the 55-year-old will be wrestling during that weekend or if he’s confirmed for both shows. He has been getting into it on Twitter with Moose for several days, and his appearance in Vegas could be a build to a match between the two at October’s Bound For Glory show in Chicago.

As part of the 2002 launch of NWA-TNA, Shamrock won the vacant NWA World title in June 2002 and was recognized as their first champion, leaving after losing the belt to Ron Killings a few months later. He returned for a short stint in 2004 and has worked sparingly in independents over the past few years.

In July, he announced the launch of Valor, his own bare knuckle fighting promotion that will kick off in late-September

RVD vs. Moose official for Impact Slammiversary XVII

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Rob Van Dam vs. Moose is now official for Slammiversary XVII.

After Moose challenging RVD to the match aired on last week’s episode of Impact, Impact Wrestling officially announced that RVD has accepted Moose’s challenge. Slammiversary XVII is taking place at Gilley’s Dallas in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, July 7.

RVD, Sabu & Tommy Dreamer defeated The North (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page) on the May 31 episode of Impact. The North & Moose attacked RVD and Dreamer on the episode prior to that, with Sabu coming out to make the save.

In the promo where he challenged RVD for Slammiversary, Moose said he’s sick of old ECW legends coming to Impact.

RVD returned to Impact at their United We Stand show over WrestleMania weekend in April, teaming with Sabu against Pentagon Jr. & Fenix. Prior to that match, it was announced that RVD had signed an extended deal that would see him stay with Impact past United We Stand.

Slammiversary XVII will be headlined by Brian Cage defending his Impact World Championship against Michael Elgin. The night before the pay-per-view takes place, the opening night of this year’s NJPW G1 Climax will be held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Impact Wrestling TV taping spoilers: RVD teams with Sabu & Dreamer

Posted on by F4W Staff

Results: @DaveMuscarella

Impact Wrestling was back at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday to close out two straight nights of television tapings.

– Tessa Blanchard defeated Disco Inferno

Blanchard picked up a quick win.

– Ahead of their six-man tag match against RVD, Sabu & Tommy Dreamer later in the tapings, Moose & The North (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page) cut a promo in the ring and insulted ECW.

– The Deaners defeated The Desi Hit Squad

– Eddie Edwards defeated Killer Kross in a street fight

The Sandman helped Edwards win, giving him a new kendo stick after Kross broke Edwards’ kendo stick at Friday’s tapings.

– X-Division Champion Rich Swann & Willie Mack defeated Johnny Impact & Michael Elgin

Elgin walked out on Johnny after they bumped into each other. Swann pinned Johnny to get the win.

– Non-title match: Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie vs. Rosemary ended in a no contest

Jessicka Havok came out with James Mitchell. She attacked both Valkyrie and Rosemary, then left with Su Yung. Yung was at ringside with Rosemary on a chain after she lost a demon collar match to Rosemary at Friday’s tapings.

– Madman Fulton won a handicap match

– Jake & Dave Crist defeated Fallah Bahh & Scarlett Bordeaux

Tessa Blanchard made the save when oVe attacked Bordeaux after the match.

– Jordynne Grace defeated Kiera Hogan

Hogan played the heel here.

– Impact Tag Team Champions LAX vs. The Rascalz ended in a DQ

It appeared that The Rascalz won the titles after a ref bump, but the decision was reversed and the match ended in a disqualification.

– Ace Austin defeated Cousin Jake Deaner

The Desi Hit Squad distracted Cody Deaner near the end of the match.

– RVD, Sabu & Tommy Dreamer defeated Moose & The North (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page)

Dreamer cut a promo to close the show, with him saying RVD has suffered over 100 concussions in his career and is still flying higher than ever. Dreamer mentioned that Impact and ECW are similar in how their rosters had misfits and castoffs.

Six-man tag match set for Impact’s Rebellion PPV

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Ahead of the pay-per-view taking place tomorrow night, Impact Wrestling has announced another match for Rebellion.

Moose & The North (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page) will team against The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) at the PPV. It’s taking place at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada tomorrow (April 28).

The six-man tag match was set up by a backstage segment on last night’s Impact, with Moose, Alexander, and Page attacking The Rascalz. Moose called Alexander and Page his new Canadian friends.

Xavier had defeated Moose the previous week. Moose got pinned by Xavier after being distracted by interference from Wentz and Miguel.

A Smoke Show segment with Scarlett Bordeaux has also been announced for Rebellion. Here’s the updated card for the PPV:

  • Impact World Champion Johnny Impact defending against Brian Cage (Lance Storm will be the special guest referee)
  • Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie defending against Jordynne Grace
  • Impact Tag Team Champions The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) defending against LAX (Santana & Ortiz) in a Full Metal Mayhem match
  • X-Division Champion Rich Swann defending against Sami Callihan
  • Tessa Blanchard vs. Gail Kim
  • Moose & The North vs. The Rascalz

Moose signs multi-year deal with Impact Wrestling

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Impact Wrestling announced another piece of contract news today, with Moose signing a new multi-year deal with the company.

Moose did an interview with the Sporting News to reveal that he’s re-signed with Impact. Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, Fallah Bahh, and Rosemary also re-signed with Impact last month. Madison Rayne is returning to the promotion, and Josh Alexander has signed a three-year contract with Impact.

“I definitely want to be the World Champion, first and foremost,” Moose told the Sporting News. “I always said I wanted to help Impact get back to where it was years ago. Everyday we take a step closer to doing that. I don’t want to leave when I know we are so close to getting there. We have some great guys on the roster. We just made some new additions that will definitely help the company and I want to be apart of that.”

Moose signed with Impact in 2016 after leaving Ring of Honor. He’s been involved in a program with Impact World Champion Johnny Impact, Brian Cage, and Killer Kross on television recently.

Moose was an entrant in the Over Budget Battle Royale at All In last year.