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This week's edition of IMPACT Wrestling served as the go-home show for the company's all-women pay-per-view, Knockouts Knockdown. We saw a six-woman tag team action with Kimber Lee, Brandi Lauren, and Lady Frost taking on the team of Tasha Steelz, Savannah Evans and Mercedes Martinez. The build-up to Bound For Glory continued with IMPACT Wrestling World Champion Christian Cage teaming up with his challenger, Josh Alexander, to battle Ace Austin and Madman Fulton.
After making his stunning return last week, Heath addressed the IMPACT Zone. The X-Division tournament continued with the second Triple Threat match between Black Taurus, Steve Maclin, and Petey Williams.
It was another excellent edition of IMPACT Wrestling, so without further ado, let's go through some of the talking points from the show. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below.
#5 Heath addressed his situation with Rhino on IMPACT Wrestling
The fallout between Rhino and Violent By Design (VBD) was caused due to Eric Young blaming the former for VBD's loss in a tag team match weeks ago. This was followed by a heinous attack on Rhino by Young and his crew.
Last week on IMPACT Wrestling, they demanded an answer from Rhino and had him cornered. Heath made his stunning return to save him from a dangerous position, but as he stared at him, Rhino left through the crowd without answering which side he chose.
This week, Heath came down to the ring to address the situation and stated that he had not heard from Rhino throughout the past year during his injury and believed that it was due to VBD.
He called out Rhino, but Young and his faction showed up instead. They demanded Heath to leave the ring, but he didn't budge, leading to a three-on-one assault on him while Rhino was nowhere to be found.
#4 Mercedes Martinez debuts on IMPACT Wrestling; Monster's Ball match added to Knockouts Knockdown card
Ahead of the Knockouts Knockdown tournament, the participants were involved in six-woman tag team match with Mercedes Martinez making her IMPACT Wrestling in-ring debut. Tasha and Savannah took turns to attack Brandi and keep her away from her corner, but Lauren fought them off to tag Kimber who went on the offensive.
Tasha and Savannah, however, refused to tag Martinez in so she decided to enter the ring and took Kimber out with a Double underhook suplex. Tasha rolled up the latter to secure the win.
After the match, Alisha attacked Kimber and Brandi and demanded a match. Gail Kim upped the ante and announced a Monster's Ball match involving Alisha, Kimber Lee, Jordynn Grace, and Savannah Evans to honor the late great Daffney.
#3 X-Division Tournament: Round Two on IMPACT Wrestling
Last week on IMPACT Wrestling, it was Trey Miguel who secured the win over Laredo Kid and Alex Zayne to advance to the finals at Bound For Glory.
On the latest episode, Steve Maclin battled Petey Williams and Black Taurus. Maclin gained the upper hand early on by taking out both of his opponents. All three stars built momentum at some point in the match with Maclin gaining back control following an Olympic slam on Williams.
In the closing moments, Williams hit a Canadian Destroyer on Taurus and Maclin hit Mayhem For All on Petey to secure the pinfall.
#2 Josh Alexander and Christian Cage battled Ace Austin and Madman Fulton on IMPACT Wrestling
In the main event of IMPACT Wrestling, both Christian Cage and Alexander had their moments of control in the match against Austin, but both times a distraction from Fulton enabled Ace to regain control. Ace and Fulton dominated Cage before he speared Ace in mid-air to find an opening to tag Alexander in.
In the match's final moments, Alexander hit a Chaos Theory Suplex on Ace, but Cage tagged himself in and delivered a Killswitch to secure the win for their team. Both superstars were left arguing as IMPACT Wrestling went off-air.
#1 No-contact clause added for Mickie James and Deonna Purrazzo on IMPACT Wrestling
The feud between Mickie James and Deonna Purrazzo has been heating up ever since The Virtuosa attacked the former during NWA 73. After attacking each other for weeks, it was announced that the two would be facing off at Bound For Glory for the Knockouts championship.
But last week on IMPACT Wrestling, things took a wild turn as The Virtuosa lodged a vicious attack on Mickie at her home. On the latest episode, Purrazzo was reprimanded by Scott D'Amore and Gail Kim for her actions. Mickie attacked her, but the two were separated, with D'Amore introducing a no-contact clause between the two stars.
He stated that Mickie would lose her title shot if she attacked Deonna, and the Champion would be stripped of her title if she did the same. Gail suggested a 'Pick Your Poison' series with each superstar picking the other's opponent. Deonna Purrazzo will be in action at Knockouts Knockdown against an opponent of James' choosing.
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