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Impact Rebellion notes: New X-Division champ, night two card

Posted on by Joseph Currier

– A new X-Division Champion was crowned on night one of Rebellion.

Willie Mack defeated Ace Austin on last night’s show to win the X-Division title. Mack sent Austin face-first into the turnbuckle with a stunner as they were fighting up top, then hit a six-star frog splash to win the title.

Mack’s tag team partner Rich Swann came out onto the stage to celebrate with him after the match. There was then a backstage segment where Mack asked if Swann was fine with him winning a singles title. Swann said they were still a team when Swann was X-Division Champion, and Mack being champion doesn’t mean they can’t also focus on the Tag Team titles.

This is the first title Mack has held in Impact Wrestling.

Austin had been X-Division Champion since defeating Jake Crist, Tessa Blanchard, Daga, and Acey Romero in a ladder match at Bound for Glory in October 2019.

– The future of the Impact World Championship will be addressed on night two of Rebellion next week.

Tessa Blanchard defending the Impact World Championship against Michael Elgin and Eddie Edwards in a triple threat match had been set to headline Rebellion, but — amid the coronavirus pandemic — neither Blanchard nor Edwards were able to attend the tapings for the show. Elgin did an interview on Rebellion night one last night promising to still become the new Impact World Champion by the end of the two-part event.

Edwards did a FaceTime interview with Josh Mathews on last night’s show and said if it was only up to him he would have been at Rebellion, but it’s about his family and doing what’s best for them at this point in his life. It was also said that Blanchard wasn’t able to travel to the tapings.

Rebellion night two is airing at 8 p.m. Eastern time next Tuesday. Here’s the announced lineup for the show:

  • Michael Elgin promises to become Impact World Champion
  • Rosemary vs. Jessicka Havok in a Full Metal Mayhem match
  • Joseph P. Ryan (Joey Ryan) vs. Cousin Jake of The Deaners
  • Suicide vs. Chris Bey vs. Trey Miguel vs. Rohit Raju
  • Moose will make a special announcement

Impact Wrestling Rebellion to air as two-part TV event

Posted on by Joseph Currier

With the show unable to be held in its originally scheduled form, Impact Wrestling has confirmed their updated plans for Rebellion.

Rebellion will now air as a two-part television event on AXS TV and Twitch as part of Impact on Tuesday, April 21 and April 28. It will also air on The Fight Network in Canada and Impact’s other international broadcast partners.

Rebellion was originally supposed to be a pay-per-view. It was set to take place at Terminal 5 in New York City on Sunday, April 19, but that was canceled last month due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Impact wrote that Rebellion is taking place on a closed set with only essential personnel in attendance. The promotion held tapings at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee last week, with Dave Meltzer reporting that they were attempting to tape as much as two months worth of content, including Rebellion.

“The safety of IMPACT’s wrestlers, personnel, and fans is of the utmost importance, and while it is with some disappointment that we must scale back our original plans for the event, we are proud to have the opportunity to provide our loyal and passionate audience with some much-needed entertainment during this time,” Impact’s statement said. “We look forward to producing a proper pay-per-view event once this crisis has passed.

Tessa Blanchard defending her Impact World Championship against Michael Elgin and Eddie Edwards in a triple threat match has been announced as the main event of Rebellion, but Meltzer wrote last week that “the word going around which is confirmed is that Blanchard, the Impact men’s world champion, who is based in California, is not leaving the state at this time.”

Jordynne Grace vs. Taya Valkyrie in a Full Metal Mayhem match for the Knockouts Championship, Ace Austin vs. Willie Mack for the X-Division Championship, Ken Shamrock vs. Sami Callihan, and Kylie Rae vs. Kiera Hogan are the other matches that have been announced for Rebellion.

World title match official for Impact Wrestling Rebellion PPV

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The main event of Impact Wrestling’s next major pay-per-view is officially set.

Tessa Blanchard will defend her Impact World Championship against Michael Elgin and Eddie Edwards in a triple threat match at Rebellion. The PPV is taking place at Terminal 5 in New York City on Sunday, April 19.

Elgin and Edwards’ best-of-five series wrapped up on the episode of Impact that aired last night. It was supposed to decide Blanchard’s challenger for Rebellion, but the finish was Edwards submitting to a crossface at the same time as he reversed the move into a pin.

As officials and Scott D’Amore were arguing about who won, Blanchard came to the stage and cut a brief promo saying she’d face both Elgin and Edwards at Rebellion.

Blanchard has been Impact World Champion since winning the title from Sami Callihan at Hard to Kill in January.

Before Rebellion, there will be a King of the Mountain match for the Impact World title at TNA: There’s No Place Like Home in Tampa, Florida on Friday, April 3. Chris Sabin will be the special guest referee for that match.