Impact notes: Scott Armstrong, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Masha Slamovich

PWInsider reported several notes following last week’s Impact Wrestling double dip in Chicago, Illinois, that included Friday’s Emergence and Saturday’s TV taping.

One of the notes was that Scott Armstrong started over the weekend  — both behind the scenes as a producer and also as a referee. He worked for TNA as far as back as 2002 before eventually signing with WWE following the WCW sale.

He was released this past January after 15 years in WWE during another round of cuts, alongside his brother Brian “Road Dogg” James and others.

Violence at Victory Road

As noted in the spoilers for the next two weeks of TV, a beaten up Sami Callihan came out near the end of the night to challenge recent adversaries Moose and Steve Maclin to a barbed wire match.

PWInsider reported the date for that three-way will be on Friday, September 23rd at the Victory Road special on Impact Plus.

Jordynne Grace’s next challenger

At the end of the taping during the announcers’ plugs for future action, it was revealed that Masha Slamovich would face someone with a Knockouts title shot on the line.

PWInsider noted that her opponent will be Deonna Purrazzo with the winner moving on to challenge Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace at Bound for Glory. Slamovich confronted Grace at Friday’s Emergence.

That match, the Impact Tag Team title match between champions The Good Brothers and the OGK, and Mickie James addressing her future are all scheduled for their tapings in Dallas, Texas, later this month.

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: CWA Memphis October 19, 1985 review

This week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling show features a look back at a weird time in the fall of 1985 where Southeastern/Continental Wrestling took over Memphis for a few weeks.

This included Mr. Olympia (Jerry Stubbs) coming in as a fake Masked Superstar, Scott and Steve Armstrong, Mongolian Stomper, Mr. Class (Ken Timbs), The Heavenly Bodies (no, not the real ones), and more.

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Scott Armstrong returns to WWE following furlough

Scott Armstrong is back in WWE after being furloughed earlier this year.

Armstrong posted a picture of himself backstage at tonight’s NXT TakeOver 31 event. 

“Back in the saddle and definitely happy to be a part of the @WWENXT Family!!!” he wrote on Twitter.

Armstrong, the brother of NXT producer Brian Armstrong (Road Dogg) was furloughed in April among wide-ranging cutbacks. At the time, WWE cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for the cuts.

Billy Kidman, who was also furloughed, recently returned to work. Pat Buck was also brought back after initially being furloughed. 

Other producers that were furloughed during this period but have not returned to the company include Lance Storm, Mike Rotunda, Fit Finlay, and Shane Helms, among others.

A number of wrestlers were also released in April, who have since gone on to work in other promotions including Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson (Impact) Rusev (Miro in AEW), EC3 (Impact), Zack Ryder (Matt Cardona in AEW), Heath Slater (Impact), Eric Young (Impact), Deonna Purrazzo (Impact),