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Welcome to this week's edition of Impact Wrestling. It is a new era and some would say a "new day", for Impact. The weekly episodic series makes its debut on Pursuit and TwitchTV all across the globe. No excuses. No reason not to watch Impact Wrestling any more. One way or the other, you have access from your television screen, phone, tablet, computer, gaming device. You now have all the options to tune in and check out the show. Sportskeeda will have you covered each and every week with your weekly dose of Impact Wrestling immediately following the conclusion of each show. So, without any further ado, let's get started!
Johnny Impact/Killer Kross/Brian Cage segment
We kick things off tonight with Johnny Impact coming down to ringside to cut a promo about the events of Impact: Homecoming, which concluded with an attack by Killer Kross after Johnny successfully defended his championship against “The Machine” Brian Cage. He is interrupted by Brian Cage, who makes the claim that he should be the rightful Impact Wrestling World Champion. Killer Kross makes his way down to ringside next, which triggers Johnny Impact to drop Brian Cage with a Superkick, followed up by a Diving Crossbody Splash over the top rope to the floor on Killer Kross. After the scuffle, Impact is laid out by Brian Cage, who stands over him and holds the Impact World Championship high in the air as we cut a commercial break.
As we come back from break. Johnny Impact is being tended backstage by Impact Wrestling officials. He says he will give Cage what he wants and that’s a rematch for the Impact World Title, but he wants to take out Killer Kross first. We then go to ringside for our first match of the night.
The Lucha Bros. (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) vs The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier)
Pentagon kicks things off and goes Wentz, as Pentagon hits a beautiful suicide dive out onto the floor but is caught with a cutter. Fenix comes in and avoids a superkick attempt from Wentz. Dezmond hits a nice Headstand Kick to lead into a Bronco Buster by Wentz on Fenix. Fenix fights back, connecting with a double cutter that sends The Rascalz crashing down. The Rascalz land a series of kicks on Pentagon that leads into a standing double stomp by Wentz for a near fall. Shortly thereafter Pentagon hits a Superkick on Dezmond that sends him off the apron. Fenix dives out to the floor on Wentz
Pentagon hits a diving senton splash off the apron to Dezmond. Pentagon and Fenix hit a double Rolling Senton combo on Dezmond for a pin attempt, but Wentz hits a diving splash off the top to break up the pin attempt. All four men get into a huge melee. Pentagon goes in for the Pentagon Driver but Wentz breaks it up. Fenix connects with the Rolling Cutter to Wentz. Pentagon and Fenix superkick Dez and Wentz. Finally, the Lucha Bros hit a combination cutter to Wentz to get the pinfall and the victory.
Winners- The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix)
Rich Swann/Sami Callihan segment
After the break, we have Rich Swann make his way to ringside. He cuts a good promo putting over the X-Division and how important it was to win the title and carry the torch that guys like AJ Styles and Samoa Joe once did. He is interrupted by Sami Callihan. He tries to persuade Swann to join the oVe, but he refuses. Swann gets into an impromptu scuffle with Callihan, as Swan spears Callihan as we cut to a break.
Willie Mack vs Sami Callihan
During the break, Rich Swann is escorted to the back as we begin the match between Willie Mack and Sami Callihan. Both men start the match off with a full head of steam. Callihan and Mack go down, with both men exchanging blows. Willie Mack hits the Spinning Forearm, before being caught outside the ring in between the ring apron by Callihan. Willie fights out of it and hits a Uranage Slam on the apron, laying Callihan out hard. Both men exchange blows, as Callihan bounces Willie Mack off the steel steps. Both men fight their way up to the stage entrance, exchanging lefts and rights as Callihan rakes at the eyes. Callihan connects with a vicious Piledriver on the rampway. Callihan heads back to the ring and wants to win this one by a cheap count out. Willie Mack struggles but makes his way back into the ring before the count of ten.
Both men exchange rights and lefts as Willie Mack hits a few good uppercuts. Willie Mack with the spinning discus elbow off the ropes before hitting a running bicycle kick to the corner on Callihan, sending him down to the lower turnbuckle. Callihan gets up and catches him with the right hand, but Willie counters with the Samoan Drop into the kip-up and Standing Moonsault for the near fall.
Armlock into the Lariat Clothesline by Callihan for the two-count. Willie Mack catches Callihan off the ropes with the Sky High Spinebuster Slam for a near fall. Callihan catches Mack off the ropes and Powerbombs him off the ropes into a Running Knee to the face for a two count. Great back and forth action here between both wrestlers. Mack hits a Pop Up Forearm that sends Callihan into the lower turnbuckle and connects with a Somersault. Mack goes for the Stunner but gets countered, after a series of reversals we go into a pinfall reversal series for two counts by both men. This continues until Mack is able to finally get a counter in on Callihan and get the pinfall victory.
Winner: Willie Mack
L.A.X. Segment
We see the L.A.X. celebrate their tag title victory from Impact: Homecoming. Santana and Angel tell Konnan they kept their word, as Konnan says that he was concerned but the match was historic and off the chain, telling them how proud he is of his boys.
Scarlett Bourdeux is shown getting ready as we cut a commercial break.
L.A.X. and oVe confrontation, Scarlett Bourdeux Segment
L.A.X. and oVe have a confrontation backstage that lead into both teams threatening to tear each other apart, as Konnan gets in the middle and breaks it up.
Scarlett Bordeaux comes down to ringside. She announces next week she will decide on a winner of her talent search. Tonight, she wants to celebrate the debut of Impact Wrestling here in Nashville, promising that Impact will be edgier. She teases the crowd and how bad they want to see the whole “smoke show” with the crowd with a count down. Before Scarlett could strip down, the Desi Hit Squad interrupt. They tell her to take a seat and she refuses. The Desi Hit Squad keep belittling her until suddenly Scott Steiner comes out to make the save for Scarlett. He gets on the microphone and says he came here to watch the show, talking about going hunting and pulling a groin muscle. He said they ruined the moment as he wanted to Scarlett get her freak on. Scott takes down the Desi Hit Squad with ease, with a Belly to Belly Suplex and a T-Bone Suplex followed up with a double Steiner Recliner. Scarlett breaks it up and says she loves the violence but wants to put on a show for the people, then begins performing a striptease for the audience and Scott Steiner respectively. We then cut to a commercial break.
Tessa Blanchard vs Calli Owens
Tessa Blanchard is in action next against Calli Owens. After throwing Calli around, she connects with a dropkick into the middle rope. After toying around with Calli, she hits the Eat Defeat, Gail Kim’s finisher on Calli to get the pinfall and the victory to send a message to Gail Kim in a short but sweet squash match to give Tessa some momentum.
Winner: Tessa Blanchard
Eddie Edwards cuts a promo backstage saying that Moose pushed him to the edge but he finished the job at Impact: Homecoming and he ‘s ready to move on. Eli Drake interrupts Eddie and Kenny (his Kendo Stick). Eli talks about how guys like Abyss and Dreamer dropped the hardcore flag, is Eddie ready to be the flag bearer for the future of hardcore wrestling?
Johnny Impact will be facing Killer Kross next in a No DQ match in our main event!
Su Yung/Allie Segment
Back from a commercial break. We have a segment between Su Yung and Allie. Allie says she came back (referring to Rosemary). Allie says she sold the bunny and that she will never leave the shadows. An eerie message appears on the coffin that startles Su Yung and Allie, most likely from Rosemary, as the two knockouts look on rather confused. It appears as though Rosemary is trying to convince Allie to come back to the shadows.
“No DQ Match” - Johnny Impact vs Killer Kross
Both men start off with Johnny going after Kross with a series of rights and lefts, as both men get into an exchange ending with Kross dropping Johnny with an Exploder Suplex. Kross positions Johnny on the top rope and clotheslines him off to the arena floor. With both men outside the ring, Johnny fights back with a Roundhouse Kick to the face, then slams Kross’ head against the steel railing. Johnny measures and hits the Running Knee to the face against the steel railing.
Johnny pulls out the table from underneath the ring and positions the table near the post. Johnny grabs a chair from a fan but has the chair punched to his face by Kross. Kross places the chair around Johnny’s neck and proceeds to choke him out, then slams him against the ring post. Kross threatens the referee, as he checks on the condition of Johnny Impact. Kross drops Johnny across the railing, crotch first. He grabs another steel chair and slams it across the back of Johnny Impact.
Kross grabs the steel steps. He tells Johnny that he brought this on himself, as places Johnny’s head against the steps. He picks up a chair and goes to bash Johnny’s head in but Johnny counters, fights back, grabs the chair and blasts Kross with it. Johnny grabs a series of chairs from the fans at ringside. He proceeds to bury Kross underneath the chairs. Johnny climbs the stairs, with a chair in hand, and hits a phenomenal standing moonsault on Kross and the chairs!
Kross gets back up to his feet and seemingly no sells the previous attack. Both men stare each other down and throw the chairs inside the ring, as we visibly see a cut underneath the eye of Johnny Impact. Both men enter the ring, as Johnny attacks Kross with one of the chairs. He places one of the chairs in the middle of the ring. He connects with a series of short DDT’s, followed up by a Super Kick, as Kross lands seated on the chair. Johnny tosses another chair in the face of Kross, as Kross falls back over the chair in comedic fashion.
Johnny buries Kross under the chairs once again, then takes a chair and slams the chair across the body of Killer Kross. As Johnny climbs to the top rope to execute the final blow, Moose runs down to ringside and shoves Johnny off the top rope through the table on the floor. Moose then sends Johnny back inside the ring. Kross applies the Kross Jacket Chokehold, as Johnny passes out from the pain.
Winner: Killer Kross
After the match, Moose embraces Killer Kross and raises his hand in victory as we end the show with Killer Kross celebrating his victory over the Impact World Champion in this nontitle match.
And that's it for this week's edition of Impact Wrestling! Hope you all enjoyed the show tonight. Let us know what you think in the comments below. As always, continue to follow Sportskeeda for all the latest pro-wrestling news and results!
