While the totals have yet to be calculated, Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that last Sunday’s Impact Rebellion pay-per-view is looking to be one of their most successful in years.
Headlined by Kenny Omega vs. Rich Swann in a title vs. title encounter, Meltzer said the streaming numbers at the start of the PPV were both the largest in company history and ahead of the total amount of PPV buys for any Impact show since Anthem acquired a majority interest from Dixie Carter’s group in January 2017.
Meltzer spoke with one major traditional PPV provider who said that for their company, Rebellion did 2x what January’s Hard To Kill did and 9x the buys of Bound For Glory. Meltzer said that late traditional TV PPV buys could add another ten percent when things are all said and done.
More info is expected in the weeks to come as final numbers come in from those PPV providers.
While the numbers are up, Meltzer said they are still not close to the PPV buys then-TNA was doing for shows in the mid-to-late 2000s when Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Sting, and Jeff Jarrett were in the main event mix.
Even before the title vs. title main event, Sunday’s Impact Rebellion saw a pair of title changes as both the X-Division and Knockouts Tag Team titles changed hands.
In the show opener, Josh Alexander won the X-Division title for the first time, defeating incumbent Ace Austin and former champion TJP in a three-way.
The end saw TJP hit a mamba splash on Alexander but he got pulled out of the ring by Austin cornerman Madman Fulton. Alexander recovered and hit his Divine Intervention finisher to get the pin on Austin to win the title. Austin’s second title reign began at last month’s Sacrifice when he defeated TJP.
Later in the night, the debuting Rachael Ellering and former Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace defeated Fire N’ Flava to win the Knockouts Tag Team titles.
Ellering was introduced Thursday as Grace’s surprise partner as regular partner Jazz retired following a title vs. career match against Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo. Ellering got the win for her team, hitting a suplex version of the Sky High on Kiera Hogan for the pin.
The night’s other title matches saw Purrazzo retain with a win over Tenille Dashwood while FinJuice retained the Tag Team titles with their victory over the Good Brothers.
The title vs. title main event featuring AEW World Champion Kenny Omega vs. Impact World Champion Rich Swann is going on now.
The next step in the belt collector angle Kenny Omega began back in December when he won the AEW World title continues Sunday as he attempts to take the Impact World title from Rich Swann in the main event of Rebellion. It’s a winner-take-all affair as someone will walk away a double champion.
The match is the most high-profile the company has had in quite some time and they are pulling out all the stops, bringing in combat sports announcer Mauro Ranallo to call the match.
Rebellion will also feature several other title matches as Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo defends against Tenille Dashwood; Tag Team Champions FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) return to defend against former champions The Good Brothers in a rematch; Knockouts Champions Fire ‘N Flava (Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz) defend against Jordynne Grace and the returning Rachael Ellering; and X-Division Champion Ace Austin defends against Josh Alexander and TJP in a three way.
Other matches include Matt Cardona vs. Bryan Myers; a last man standing match between Sami Callihan and Trey Miguel; and an eight-man tag with Violent By Design against James Storm, Chris Sabin, Eddie Edwards and Willie Mack.
Our live coverage begins at 8 PM Eastern.
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Josh Alexander defeated X-Division champion Ace Austin (with Madman Fulton) and TJP to win the X-Division title
In what feels like flashbacks to 2000’s TNA, the X Division was revolved around a couple of wrestlers that, no matter the combination, yield top level matches. All three men involved in this match have been trading wins and loses for months now, as of late, Austin defeated TJP to recapture the X Division title, while Alexander has earned wins over both men in the last couple of weeks.
Match was fast paced from the very start, whether it was 3-way action or pair ups between two, it was constant action. The nature of the wrestler saw Alexander go more for submissions and slams, TJP has a signature style combination of submission work and high flying moves, and at the end, Austin is a more flashy wrestler with a couple of dirty tactics at hand.
All men got good near falls towards the end, Austin first hit the fold on TJP, but Alexander cut him off. Alexander got a huge near fall after hitting divine intervention on TJP, only to get stopped by Austin. TJP also had a strong near fall when he hit the mamba splash on Alexander, only to get pulled out of the ring by Fulton.
At the end, with TJP and Fulton both out, Alexander hit divine intervention on Austin for the win and became the new X Division champion! Great match.
– D’lo Brown & Matt Striker ran down tonight’s card. They announced that Eric Young is being replaced in tonight’s match after suffering an injury against Eddie Edwards.
– Violent By Design cut a promo with EY saying that he is injured, but still leading the group. EY addressed his replacement, saying that he’s not ready for the group and truth, but this is his opportunity to show he is.
Violent By Design (Joe Doering, Deaner & Rhino) & W.Morrissey (w/ Eric Young) defeated Eddie Edwards, Willie Mack, James Storm and Chris Sabin
VBD has been antagonizing the Impact roster for months, and slowly, EY has been recruiting more and more people to join his cause. This feud has gone from The Deaners to the Beer Guns to Tommy Dreamer, and now it reaches the peak as they face a team of the most representative wrestlers in Impact.
The man replacing Eric Young is W. Morrissey, FKA Big Cass.
Match started with a couple of pair ups between both teams, mostly going back and forward since the VBD team is now full of big lads. Morrissey paired up with Storm, and while Storm had some speed advantage, Morrissey ran over him like a freight train.
Morrissey successfully cut off Storm from his corner, allowing VBD to work over him for some time, but not long enough to really call him a babyface in peril. Nonetheless, Mack got a hot tag against Deaner, who surprisingly recovered and took down Mack.
Match got really chaotic with the babyfaces running wild, taking down Morrissey and Doering outside by a double dive from Edwards and Sabin. In the ring, the babyface team hit a couple of signature moves on Deaner coming close to the win, but Morrissey came in, destroyed them all, and got himself a tag before the brawl spilled to the floor.
We got a great spot with Sabin Superplexing Deaner into the floor over all men involved.
Back in the ring, Mack took out Doering with the stunner, but Morrissey was the legal man. He blocked Mack’s stunner, hit a big boot, hit the east river crossing, and picked the win. Good match, really chaotic.
After the match, he kept attacking Mack until the referees calmed him down. I think EY is gonna love him for the team. Happy to see Morrissey look great and have a good performance.
Brian Myers defeated Matt Cardona
This is a match that has been brewing for months in Impact, but years between the two. Ever since Cardona came to the company, he and Myers started finding themselves on opposing sides. Myers claims that Cardona came to Impact because he was there and wanted to take his spotlight, while Cardona responded that he wasn’t there for Myers, but for himself as he wanted to wrestle the top competition in Impact. After months of tag matches with Edwards and Hernandez and Myers rejecting Cardona’s challenges, the match finally happens tonight.
With the story between these two being that Myers kept running from Cardona, the start of the match played into it, with him doing hit and runs until he hurt Cardona’s back against the guardrails outside.
Once Myers had control, he worked over Cardona’s back in the ring. Cardona kept trying to start a comeback and gain some momentum, but Myers would cut him off. It was until Cardona had to rely on going after Myers’ newly recovered eye that he got him off his back for enough time to recover and get some offense in.
The match spilled to the floor where Cardona hit radio silence on the ramp, selling that the landing had hurt Cardona’s lower back, but even after that, Myers kept his hit and run approach to once again take down Cardona.
Last couple of minutes saw both men exchange near falls. At the end, Cardona went for radio silence again, only to get tossed over and have a bad landing on his left leg. The fall indeed looked bad, so when the referee hit the arm signal, it felt somewhat legit, instead, Cardona got him up, hit two roster cuts, and picked the win. If the referee hit the arm signals, why didn’t he call for the bell and allowed for the match to continue?
Good match, Myers looked way better than Cardona, even when relying on cheats
– Gia Miller interviewed Tony Khan and company. Schiavone, Lynn, and referee Edwards. They tried to big time Impact whe D’Amore cut him off. The referee tonight on Impact’s side is Brian Hebner, so Khan doesn’t trust him.
Jordynne Grace & Rachael Ellering defeated Knockouts Tag Team Champions Fire ‘n Flava (Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz) to win the titles
Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz don’t have a good relationship with Grace, but ever since Grace started teaming with Jazz, the teasing grew more and more. In yet another act of antagonism, Hogan and Steelz interrupted Jazz’s retirement speech, pushing D’Amore to making an impromptu match between the two teams, where Jazz won the match. Jazz rejected getting a title shot at the champions, since she would stay true to her Impact retirement, but instead, found a partner for Jordynne Grace — Rachael Ellering.
Commentary said that Jazz has filed for a manager’s license and is looking to continue her career as a manager.
This was what seems to be turning into Hogan and Steelz’ specialty. A power vs speed match, that the smaller wrestlers manage to gain control out of their tag team proficiency over their opponents.
Match started with Ellering and Grace overpowering Hogan and Steelz, but a couple of minutes in, Steelz cut off Grace with some help from Hogan, successfully getting her away from her corner. With Grace isolated, they worked over her, going for constant tags, pin attempts, and kicks from all corners. Eventually Grace managed to trick Hogan and Steelz to take each other out and tagged Ellering in.
Ellering had a good hot tag, she and Grace already had some double team moves ready for this match.
There was a scary spot with Steelz being flipped over the ropes and landing ugly on the apron, followed by a dive from Grace that also looked scary. Hopefully, they’re ok.
At the end, it came down to Ellering and Hogan, with the former hitting a suplex version of a sky high for the win. Grace and Ellering win the tag team titles. Ellering is a champ on her first match.
Trey Miguel defeated Sami Callihan in a last man standing match
Ever since Miguel returned to Impact, Callihan started targeting with his aggressive approach at finding protégés. Callihan claims that Miguel has no passion and can’t handle the stress when things don’t go his way, and so Callihan offers Miguel to join him and together they’d capitalize on Miguel’s rage and dominate Impact. Miguel rejected Callihan’s offer, provoking him to come back at him in a vicious way, calling for a Last Man Standing match.
Match started on all cylinders, within a minute, Callihan just tossed Miguel to the floor for a stiff landing. The match continued on the floor with some back and forward action, but whatever Miguel did, it kept ending bad for him. He went for a dive that Callihan moved away from, letting Miguel just crash and burn against the rail. Callihan continued the attack with chains, chairs, and a wrench. At one point, he slammed Miguel into the erected legs of a table, but after all of that, Miguel kept getting up.
There was a spot where Callihan hit a piledriver into the table, but the table, instead of breaking, only got the legs bent. It was just the placing of the weight, but it was a good visual.
Callihan hit a second piledriver on the steel steps, put him under the steps and sat on them to keep Miguel trapped, but it was against the ring, so Miguel just snuck out, and got him from behind with a running cutter on a table, where Miguel was able to stand up, but Callihan couldn’t. Miguel wins. Match had a strong start, but it slowed down as it went. Miguel took a hell of a beating to earn this win.
– Gia Miller interviewed Rich Swann prior to his match. Swann said this was the biggest match in the industry. He said he Callis did get in his head at first, but he is now perfectly focused. He said that tonight is both men’s biggest match in their careers because neither he or Omega have ever been in a title vs title match between promotions. Swann said that this was his house and he wasn’t gonna let Omega win in his house.
Impact Tag Team Champions FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) defeated The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) to retain
A little over two months ago, NJPW’s Juice Robinson and David Finlay, collectively known as FinJuice, debuted for Impact, quickly got themselves a shot at the tag titles, and won them at Sacrifice. After their win, they agreed to give the Good Brothers their rightful rematch, but not until Rebellion, making them wait while FinJuice would go and wrestle in Japan. The last month has been agony for Anderson and Gallows, as everyone makes fun of them for losing the titles and not being able to get even, but now that FinJuice returns, they face a Good Brothers team that is serious and focused, that is not underestimating FinJuice, and ready to show that the title loss was a fluke.
Match started with FinJuice in control, they got a couple of double team moves on both Anderson and Gallows, but after the referee managed to get some control in the ring, Gallows was left alone with Finlay, who he cut off from his corner.
Good Brothers worked over Finlay for a good couple of minutes, took a beating at the hands of Gallows specially, but after pushing Gallows to tag out, he dodged Anderson’s rush and got the tag to Robinson.
Robinson had a strong comeback, he got a near fall on Anderson with the rolling cannonball. FinJuice landed a couple more double team moves on Anderson, took out Gallows, but when they set up the doomsday device, Gallows threw Finlay off the top turnbuckle to the floor.
Good Brothers went for the magic killer, but Finlay made it in time to save Robinson, who used the momentum to roll up Gallows to retain the titles. Great match, didn’t get as much time as I wanted.
– Miller interviewed Don Callis, she hoped for Omega, but obviously Callis was there to do the talking. He said he is the man who put all of this together and once again, they’re ready to make history again. Callis congratulated Swann for getting him out of his head, but he still had to wrestle the greatest wrestler ever.
Callis told Swann that he thinks he has a family in the roster, but will they be there when he loses the title? Callis is fantastic.
Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo (w/ Susan & Kimber Lee defeated Tenille Dashwood (w/ Kaleb with a K) to retain
Not a lot of story between these two, rather two top wrestlers in the division that are to collide for the first time. Dashwood won a 6-way #1 contendership match at Hardcore Justice to earn this title shot.
As usual for Purrazzo, she immediately started focusing on Dashwood’s arm, working towards the Fujiwara armbar or the Venus de Milo. Dashwood showed that she had the speed to counter and escape Purrazzo’s offense, and instead, focused on Purrazzo’s head, working towards the spotlight kick.
At one point, Dashwood locked in a Muta lock on Purrazzo for a near submission, but Susan and Lee distracted the referee. Kaleb tried to take them out, only to get taken out.
Purrazzo went for a diving headbutt, but Dashwood moved out of the way, hit the spotlight kick for a big near fall, only to get pulled by Lee. Dashwood took out both Susan and Lee. Back in the ring, Dashwood escaped the Fujiwara armbar, only to take the queen’s gambit for the 1-2-3. Purrazzo retains.
Match started somewhat sloppy, but it seemed it was a matter of getting accustomed to each other’s pace. Wasn’t a fan of Lee and Susan interfering.
After the match, the trio attacked Dashwood, but out came Taylor Wilder for her big return. She’s wearing her old gear, so even less rockabilly than her vignettes. Wilde took out both Susan and Lee. Purrazzo escaped.
– Brown and Striker announced Under Siege for May 15th, Against All Odds for June 12, and Slammiversary pay-per-view for July. Commercial had footage of Lauren Van Ness and Samoa Joe.
– Mauro Ranallo has joined commentary.
AEW World Champion Kenny Omega defeated Impact World Champion Rich Swann in a title vs. title match to win the Impact title
What else is there to say, this is arguably one of Impact’s biggest matches in their history, if not wrestling history altogether. Not often that you see two promotion’s champions put their biggest prize in a winner takes all match.
The story coming in to this match comes all the way from the Hard to Kill main event, where Omega pinned Rich Swann with the one winged angel, the one thing that both Omega and Callis made sure to remember Swann each and every day since, that Swann can’t get the OWA out of his head and knows that he has no chance at kicking out of the move that no one has kicked out of. However, as many people have pointed since, every time Swann and Omega were in the ring at Hard To Kill, Swann always had the upper hand and only lost it because of the Good Brothers, and so now Swann has Omega alone in the ring, with no Good Brothers, no Storm, and no Sabin, and while he accepts that he may not be able to kick out of the OWA, he has proven now that he can escape it before he gets hit. Omega was the weapon to win, all Swann needs to do is dodge it.
Match started with Omega getting too cocky for his own good, as Swann repaid all of Omega’s cheap shots from the last month. Swann had a good amount of offense for some minutes, but it all turned around when Omega tossed Swann overhead on the floor into the ropes, Swann tried to rebound, but Omega tossed him upwards, having him land head first in the apron, injuring his neck. From there on, Omega started working over Swann’s head and neck.
Swann made a quick comeback, which triggered a series of back and forward spots between both men. Omega started going for V-triggers, OWA attempts, and a couple of big bombs for near falls; on the other hand, Swann kept chasing trying to fully recover, mostly openings to kick Omega down and chase near falls with a frog splash.
There was a botched spot with Omega going for a top rope electric chair, it seemed like Swann was going to counter into either a sunset bomb or a poisonrana, but kinda fell sideways, and Omega just threw himself down.
After recovering, Omega snapped and started landing dragon suplexes, but as Swann countered and went to hit a Lethal injection, Omega pulled Hebner, who took the cutter instead. Omega went to use a chair, but referee Edwards took the chair away from him. The distraction allowed Swann to recover and catch Omega with the cutter and Magistral for a near fall.
Swann dodged a V-trigger, hit a Michinoku driver for a near fall. Swann went for the phoenix splash, but Omega dodged, hit the V-trigger, and Croyt’s wrath. Followed with a Jay driller, but Swann kept kicking out.
Omega landed a series of unprotected V-triggers, until Swann just dropped for the last one. Omega hit a third one in front of Edwards and Mack. As Omega went to the kill, Swann woke up for one last hope spot, going for the phoenix splash, but Omega moved out of the way, hit a V-trigger and the one winged angel for the win.
Omega is now a world champion in three promotions while Swann is going to have to answer to a roster full of disappointed wrestlers.
Rachael Ellering made her return to Impact Wrestling Thursday and will be part of Sunday’s Rebellion pay-per-view, teaming with Jordynne Grace against Knockouts Tag Team Champions Fire N’ Flava in a title match.
Grace and Jazz had initially earned the title shot with a non-title win over champions Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz, but Jazz was retired by Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo earlier this month. She said she would respect the stipulation and thus, Grace had to find a partner.
On Thursday, Grace was competing against Hogan when Steelz attacked her, causing a DQ. The champions then beat Grace down until Ellering came out for the save. After she and Grace ran them off, Grace said Ellering would be her partner for Sunday’s title opportunity.
The 28-year-old was part of the WWE pandemic cuts last spring. She was part of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Tournament, teaming with Dasha Fuentes in a loss to eventual winners Diamante and Ivelisse, and later wrestled a match on Dark, losing to Penelope Ford. She hasn’t wrestled since.
She was in Impact back in 2017 for just two matches, losing to Sienna (Allysin Kay) and Laurel Van Ness (Chelsea Green).
Two new matches have been added to the Impact Wrestling Rebellion pay-per-view, set for Sunday, April 25th.
Sami Callihan will face Trey Miguel in a last man standing match. The two have been at odds for more than a month as Callihan has been trying to get Miguel to raise his game and unleash more violence. On Thursday’s show, he asked Miguel to join him, but Miguel refused. The two brawled and Callihan left Miguel laying after hitting an exploder on a chair.
In an eight-man tag team match, Violent By Design (Eric Young, Joe Doering, Rhino, Deaner) will face James Storm, Chris Sabin, Eddie Edwards and Willie Mack. This was born out of the Hardcore War eight-man match at last Saturday’s Hardcore Justice with all eight men brawling on Thursday’s show to set this up.
Here’s the full card for Rebellion as of now:
Impact World Champion Rich Swann vs. AEW World Champion Kenny Omega in a title vs. title match
Tag Team Champions FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) vs. The Good Brothers in a title match
X-Division Champion Ace Austin vs. Josh Alexander vs. TJP
Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo vs. Tenille Dashwood
Matt Cardona vs. Brian Myers
Sami Callihan vs. Trey Miguel last man standing match
Violence By Design vs. James Storm, Chris Sabin, Eddie Edwards and Willie Mack
Impact Wrestling is pulling out all the stops for its upcoming Rebellion pay-per-view main event that features their World Champion Rich Swann against AEW World Champion Kenny Omega in a title vs. title match.
ESPN’s Marc Raimondi broke the news Thursday that former WWE and NXT broadcaster Mauro Ranallo will be calling the main event on Sunday, April 25th. Impact tweeted about Ranallo shortly after Thursday’s Impact Wrestling wrapped.
This will be the first time the Showtime boxing and Bellator MMA play-by-play man has callled wrestling since he and WWE parted ways last August. In a December interview, he was very complimentary of the company in explaining why he left.
PWInsider reported that Ranallo is only coming in for this match with the deal coming together over the last several weeks. They also said Ranallo was at Impact’s studio Wednesday doing voiceover work for Omega vs. Swann video packages as well as this Tuesday’s preview show on AXS. Some of that content has already been released on their YouTube channel.
A three-way X-Division title match and a battle between former friends and tag team partners have been added to Impact Wrestling’s Rebellion pay-per-view.
Announced Thursday, Ace Austin will defend the title against Josh Alexander and TJP. He recently regained the belt after defeating TJP and has been feuding with both he and former Tag Team Champion Josh Alexander in recent weeks. The three men will be involved in a tag team match Saturday at Hardcore Justice where each of them has to find a partner.
Matt Cardona vs. Brian Myers was also added to the April 25th show. Cardona challenged Myers several weeks ago but his former tag team partner had no interest. Then during Cardona’s match against Jake Something Thursday, Myers ran out and attacked both men and accepted the challenge. He tried to injure both men’s eyes, leading to Tommy Dreamer also booking a Myers vs. Something hardcore blindfold match for Saturday.
Other matches previously announced include Impact World Champion Rich Swann vs. AEW World Champion Kenny Omega in a title vs. title match and Tag Team Champions FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) vs. The Good Brothers.
Impact Wrestling’s next pay-per-view has been pushed back one day.
It was announced today that Impact Wrestling’s Rebellion PPV will now take place on Sunday, April 25. The show had originally been set to take place on Saturday, April 24, which is the same night as UFC 261.
Rebellion will be headlined by AEW World Champion Kenny Omega vs. Impact World Champion Rich Swann in a title vs. title match. Impact Tag Team Champions FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson) defending their titles against The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) has also been announced for the PPV.
Impact notes that Deonna Purrazzo’s Knockouts Championship, Ace Austin’s X-Division Championship, and Tasha Steelz & Kiera Hogan’s Knockouts Tag Team titles will also be on the line at Rebellion.
“Sunday night has traditionally been the night for the big wrestling events in the sport’s history – and REBELLION is as huge of an event as any of them,” Impact Wrestling Executive Vice-President Scott D’Amore said in a press release. “Swann vs. Omega, champion vs. champion, title vs. title is a happening that every wrestling fan will want to witness … it just feels right that REBELLION take place on Sunday.”
A welterweight title fight between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal will main event UFC 261 on Saturday, April 24. Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade for the women’s flyweight title and Zhang Weili vs. Rose Namajunas for the women’s strawweight title are also set for UFC 261.
Rebellion will be Impact’s first major PPV since this January’s Hard to Kill event. Omega & The Good Brothers defeated Swann, Moose & Chris Sabin at Hard to Kill, with Omega pinning Swann after hitting the One Winged Angel. This year’s Hard to Kill drew Impact Wrestling’s second-highest PPV buys since the promotion stopped airing on Spike TV in 2014. Last year’s Slammiversary was the only Impact PPV to draw more buys since the end of the Spike TV era.
Kenny Omega is putting his AEW World Championship on the line in a title vs. title match at next month’s Impact Wrestling Rebellion pay-per-view.
This week’s episode of Impact ended with the announcement that Omega will face either Rich Swann or Moose in a title vs. title match at Rebellion on Saturday, April 24. The AEW World Championship and the Unified Impact World Championship will both be on the line in the match.
Swann is the current Impact World Champion, while Moose is the self-proclaimed TNA World Heavyweight Champion. It was announced on Impact tonight that Swann vs. Moose at this Saturday’s Sacrifice Impact Plus special will be a unification match with both of their titles on the line.
Rebellion will be the second straight Impact PPV that Omega has headlined. Omega made his Impact in-ring debut by teaming with Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) against Swann, Moose & Chris Sabin at Impact Hard to Kill this January. The finish of the match was Omega pinning Swann after hitting the One Winged Angel.
Omega retained his AEW World Championship by defeating Jon Moxley in an exploding barbed wire deathmatch at Sunday’s AEW Revolution PPV. With help from interference by Impact Wrestling executive Don Callis, Omega became AEW World Champion by defeating Moxley in December. Omega then made several appearances on Impact programming leading into Hard to Kill.
After the title vs. title match was announced for Rebellion on Impact tonight, there was a brief segment where Callis was shown talking to Omega on the phone and saying that things went just as they planned.
Omega would become a triple champion if he wins the title vs. title match at Rebellion. In addition to holding the AEW World Championship, he’s also the current AAA Mega Champion.
Impact Wrestling’s next pay-per-view is set for April.
During Hard to Kill tonight, it was announced that Rebellion 2021 will be Impact’s next PPV. It’s taking place on Saturday, April 24.
Rebellion will be Impact’s second major PPV of 2021.
Of note, the logo for Rebellion has an Omega symbol in it. AEW World Champion Kenny Omega made his Impact Wrestling in-ring debut by teaming with Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) against Impact World Champion Rich Swann, Moose & Chris Sabin at Hard to Kill tonight. Omega got the win for his team by pinning Swann after hitting the One Winged Angel.
In 2020, Rebellion was a two-part show that aired on Impact’s weekly television. That event was originally supposed to be PPV, but plans were changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rebellion 2021 will be the fourth major Impact PPV of the pandemic era. The PPVs have been held at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee with no fans in attendance.
