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Two days away from IMPACT Wrestling's biggest pay-per-view of the year, Bound For Glory, we had a fantastic go-home show to build towards the mega event. We saw a hard-fought battle between Bullet Club and FinJuice in the number one contender's match for the Tag Team championships.
Over the last few weeks, we have seen the feud between VBD and Heath heating up. We saw another confrontation between them, but did Rhino come to the aid of his former best friend? We also saw the competitors of the Digital Media Championship involved in a triple threat tag team bout ahead of the finals.
Mickie James made her long-awaited in-ring return to IMPACT Wrestling after 6 years against an opponent hand-picked by Knockouts champion Deonna Purrazzo. Following their heated war of words, Josh Alexander and the IMPACT World Champion Christian came face to face once again.
So without further ado, let's go through the 5 Talking points from the go-home edition of IMPACT Wrestling ahead of Bound For Glory. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below.
#5 VBD confront Heath and Rhino on IMPACT Wrestling
It was previously announced that Heath will be facing Violent By Design at Bound For Glory with an opponent of his choosing. The question thus was whether Rhino would decide to join Heath in his crusade against VBD.
The War Machine hit the ring to address his future but before he could utter a word, he was interrupted by Heath, who went on to speak about his friendship with him and said his kids missed 'Uncle Rhino' which caused Rhino to smile gently. But before he could provide an answer, VBD interrupted him.
Eric Young and Heath went back and forth, leading the VBD to attack Heath as Rhino stood there reluctantly. For a moment, it looked like he would join Young but he left the ring, leaving Heath to take a vicious beating at the hands of VBD.
#4 Triple Threat Tag Team match on IMPACT Wrestling
IMPACT Wrestling recently announced the fourth singles championship for its roster, called the Digital Media Championship. A single-elimination tournament was held consisting of 6 matches with the winners facing off in a six-way elimination match at Bound For Glory to be crowned the first champion.
We had a preview of the bout as the competitors teamed up in a triple threat tag team match. John Skyler and Tenille Dashwood secured the win with the latter pinning Fallah Bahh. However, in a last-minute change, IMPACT Wrestling announced that Madison Rayne will be replacing Dashwood in the finals.
#3 Controversial finish on IMPACT Wrestling
Bullet Club and FinJuice had a budding rivalry and it looked like we would finally have our winners move on to face The Good Brothers for the Tag Team titles at Bound For Glory. However, we saw a controversial finish courtesy of a classic ref-bump.
We saw two referees count the fall for either team leading up to the lack of a definitive winner. Scott D'Amore announced that he would be making the decision towards the end of the show. It was later announced that both FinJuice and Bullet Club will receive a Tag title shot in a triple threat tag team match at the pay-per-view.
#2 Mickie James' in-ring return on IMPACT Wrestling
Mickie James made her long-awaited in-ring return to IMPACT Wrestling after six years. She battled Savannah Evans and was able to pick up a win over her despite interference from the Knockouts champion Deonna Purrazzo.
Following the match, Purrazzo poked a finger at her, seemingly violating the no-contact agreement between the two. Courtesy of the distraction, Matthew Rehwoldt was able to lay James out.
Backstage, IMPACT Wrestling's Executive Vice President Scott D'Amore threatened to strip Purrazzo of her title for violating the agreement but decided not to as he wished to see her drop it to James at Bound For Glory and also banned Rehwoldt from ringside for the match.
#1 Christian Cage and Josh Alexander get physical on IMPACT Wrestling
Following their summit last week, Christian Cage and Josh Alexander came face to face once again ahead of their big clash on Saturday. They traded verbal jabs at each other, with Cage stating that Alexander would fail to deliver under pressure. The challenger stated that Cage would never be the face of IMPACT Wrestling as long as he cashed in on another billionaire's paychecks.
Cage went on to say that Alexander is not the best wrestler in the world like he thought himself to be, and is certainly not even the best wrestler standing in the ring. A fired-up Alexander said he had heard enough and attacked Cage leading to a brawl between the two. Security and other superstars headed out to separate the duo. Cage held his title high to close off the show.
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