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Bound for Glory is finally here, and as always, this Impact PPV is action-packed. All four Championships are on the line, and we have two incredible dream matches on the card as well. Moose will go one-on-one with the legendary Ken Shamrock, while NOAH's Marufuji will face off against the incredible might of Big Mike Elgin.
Taya Valkyrie, The North, and Jake Crist will put their belts on the line tonight, as well as the World Champion Brian Cage. Cage has been tormented by Sami Callihan as of late, with The Draw attacking his new bride Melissa Santos repeatedly. Tonight, Cage hoped to get some much-needed revenge and prove once and for all that this Machine will never break.
Kicking off the show is the Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match where twenty performers will fight for a shot at any Impact Championship of their choosing. On the previous episode of Impact, Eddie Edwards was the final man to be eliminated, with Mahabali Shera emerging the victor. With that, Shera was given the #20 spot in the bout while the runner-up was forced to start the match at #1.
Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match
Due to technical difficulties, we missed the opening of the match. However, as we finally came into Bound for Glory, Eddie Edwards was getting slaughtered by Reno Scum in a two-on-one situation. Thankfully for Edwards, Cousin Jake was out next at number four, saving the former World Champion.
Number five was Desi Hit Squad's Rohit Raju. Raju was tossed in the air by Jake but managed to drop down on Edwards for a DDT. A kicking combination left Jake in the corner. However, as he showed off to the crowd, he was met by a vicious shoulder tackle from the big man.
Reno Scum and Raju took over here just in time for Joey Ryan to make his return to Impact Wrestling. Ryan's..."unique" offense took out both members of Reno Scum. With all five competitors being trapped in a line, Joey Ryan sent all men overhead with the phallic flip, eliminating Cousin Jake and Rohit Raju.
Havok came out at number seven, denying Ryan's move, opting to chokeslam him instead. Rosemary followed, lighting up Thornstowe with a series of punches followed by an exploder suplex. Ryan made it back to his feet as Rosemary and Havok began to brawl, and the two enemies teamed up to take out Ryan with a clothesline.
Next up was oVe's Madman Fulton, who lit up everyone and eliminated Rosemary and Havok with a double clothesline over the ropes. Thornstowe was dumped over the ropes, but as Fulton turned around, Ryan placed his sucker in the big man's mouth. A superkick stunned him, but only momentarily. Fulton launched him over the ropes, sending Ryan crashing into Rosemary and Havok.
Cody Deaner came in at number 10 and surprisingly put up a good fight against oVe's monster. However, a chokeslam on the apron was enough to send Deaner to the back. Number eleven was Johnny Swinger, who decided to stand outside the ring and flex while Fulton brawled with Luster the Legend and Eddie Edwards. Fulton demanded Swinger get in the ring, but he was too smart for that.
Jordynne Grace was the next competitor. As she rushed the ring, Swinger went under the ring. Thick Mama Pump went toe-to-toe with Fulton. After an enzuiguri from Edwards, Grace sent Fulton on his head with a German suplex.
Swoggle was revealed as the next entrant, but he didn't emerge from the stage. Instead, he chased Swinger out from under the ring. Swinger smacked Grace on her keister, leading to a slap across the Swing Man's face.
Swoggle hit him with a German of his own, and he and Grace eliminated him. Swoggle then turned on Grace with a kick to the knee and a superkick to the jaw. Kiera Hogan came in next, distracting Swoggle with her assets before kicking him in the head.
Grace quickly eliminated her former friend just in time for Raj Singh to emerge at number fifteen. Swoggle kicked him in the shin for laughing at his height. Singh responded by slamming him face-first on the canvas. Tommy Dreamer was out at number sixteen, lighting up Singh with a patented combination. Fulton tried to bring him in for a chokeslam but was sprayed in the face by Dreamer with some strange liquid.
Kylie Rae was the next surprise, and the smiling sensation set her sights first on Singh. Ducking a clothesline, a superkick left him sitting in the corner. A superkick to Dreamer followed, and Rae bowled into Singh with a cannonball senton. Fulton had enough, though, and brought Rae into the corner for some classic choking. Dreamer eliminated Singh and was then dumped over the ropes by Fulton.
Fallah Bahh rushed the ring and lit up Fulton with a series of chops to the chest. The two men traded shoulder tackles, with Bahh getting the better of Fulton. Fulton went up top but was caught diving, with Bahh turning it into a Samoan drop. Fulton was left in the corner where Bahh, Swoggle, and Rae launched themselves into him.
Sabu came in at number nineteen. Super Genie tossed him a chair, and the ECW Legend battered both Bahh and Fulton with hard steel. Edwards was next with the chair getting propelled into his face. A tornado DDT spiked him, with Sabu the lone man standing as number twenty, Mahabali Shera, came out.
Shera took out Sabu, Bahh, and Edwards, but as he went after Kylie Rae, was attacked by Grace. Shera countered a double suplex attempt, taking them over the ropes and eliminating them with elbows and boots. A vicious clothesline sent Sabu to the floor, leaving Shera, Fulton, Bahh, and Edwards as the final four.
Shera sent Bahh overhead with a fireman's carry as Edwards battled both he and Fulton, the latter of whom mowed him over with a leviathan-sized clothesline. He and Shera finally squared off, trading lariats back and forth. Edwards caught Fulton bouncing off the ropes, eliminating him with a clothesline of his own. Fulton dragged him under the ropes and chokeslammed him on the apron.
Shera went out to bring in the carcass of Eddie Edwards. However, as Shera rushed the former champion, Edwards avoided a spear, rolling him up and connecting with the Boston Knee Party.
Results: Eddie Edwards defeated Mahabali Shera via pinfall.
Eddie Edwards defied the odds, going all the way from #1 to the winner's circle. He now has a title shot for any Impact Championship of his choosing.
The longest reigning Knockouts Champion in Impact Wrestling history has definitely not had an easy reign. Defeating the likes of Tessa Blanchard, Jordynne Grace, Madison Rayne, Su Yung and more, Wera Loca may go down as the greatest Knockouts Champion of all time.
Tonight, she faced one of the best performers in the wrestling world, Tenille Dashwood, who has been nothing short of impressive since debuting with the company earlier this summer.
Knockouts Championship Match: Tenille Dashwood vs Taya Valkyrie (c) w/John E. Bravo
Valkyrie attacked Dashwood just before the bell rang, getting a big advantage early. The challenger escaped Valkyrie's grasp, and the two traded elbows and boots. A double-underhook suplex gave Dashwood a one-count. Valkyrie avoided an attack in the corner and slid around Dashwood for a German suplex, earning her a near fall.
An elbow-spinning back kick-knee combination left Dashwood stunned in the ropes. Dashwood avoided the champion's next attack, though, hanging her up in between the ropes for a neckbreaker. As Valkyrie fell to the floor, Dashwood moved up for a dive. Bravo saved Valkyrie, pulling her out of harm's way.
Dashwood climbed down to the apron where Valkyrie dropped her face first. Inside the ring, a backstabber gave her another two-count. Dashwood fought out of a seated full nelson and brought Valkyrie down with a tilt-a-whirl armbar. Valkyrie countered with a roll-up, then when Dashwood broke the hold, hit the challenger with a knee to the jaw.
Valkyrie couldn't keep Dashwood in the corner, and the two fought back into the middle of the ring. Dashwood sent the champ into the corner for the Tarantula. As she broke the hold before the five-count, she moved to the top rope for a diving crossbody. Valkyrie kicked out at two.
Dashwood lost control again, being left in the bottom of the corner, allowing Valkyrie to connect with her running double knee strike. As she was brought up top, though, Dashwood fought out of a superplex, attempting a sunset flip powerbomb. Though Valkyrie held on, she was eventually pulled away from the corner where she was driven into the mat with a sit-out powerbomb. Again, Valkyrie kicked out at two.
Valkyrie countered a cutter with a Blue Thunder Bomb. As both competitors rolled to the apron, they hoped to finish each other off with a package piledriver. Dashwood managed to prevent Valkyrie from lifting her up fully but was still spiked on her head, sending her body to the floor in a crumpled mess.
Valkyrie re-entered the ring looking for a count-out victory. Dashwood wouldn't let her win that easy, getting in and breaking out of a pinfall at two and a half. As she brought Dashwood over to the turnbuckle for a Canadian Destroyer, she was dropped head first on the top turnbuckle.
Dashwood hit two running body splashes in the corner and the Spotlight. She nearly picked up the win, but Bravo yanked Valkyrie's arm into the ropes. The referee sent Bravo out, and just as he left, sent a chain into Valkyrie's hands. Though Dashwood avoided a strike with the weapon, the second Spotlight Kick missed, and the Road to Valhalla ended Dashwood's championship dreams.
Results: Taya Valkyrie defeated Tenille Dashwood via pinfall.
The North has soured the Impact Wrestling Tag Team scene, eliminating one of the best tag teams in the company's history from the roster. After sending LAX packing, Ethan Page and Josh Alexander have continued to dominate the division. However, tonight, they face one of their toughest challenges yet.
Just like in their first title defense, The North must defend the Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championship against two teams; Rob Van Dam & Rhino and Rich Swann & Willie Mack.
Impact Wrestling Tag Team Championship Match: Rob Van Dam & Rhino vs Rich Swann & Willie Mack vs The North (c)
Willie Mack and Josh Alexander started the match. The powerhouses of their respective teams traded heavy-hitting moves, but Mack wound up getting the upper hand with a hurricanrana and a springboard arm drag.
Alexander tagged in Page, who was immediately placed in a compromising position. Page was placed in the ropes where a 619 from Mack led to a leaping neckbreaker. Swann followed up with a Rolling Thunder into a body splash. Page kicked out and hit Swann with a piledriver, allowing Rhino to tag himself in.
The War Machine worked over Mr. All Ego, but a distraction from Alexander allowed Page to get back in the match, isolating Rhino from the rest of the ring. A spinebuster from Rhino allowed him to tag Rob Van Dam, who came in just as Alexander got in the ring. A series of kicks and the Rolling Thunder set up for the split-legged moonsault. Alexander kicked out at two.
A running spinning kick to the jaw allowed Van Dam to send Alexander overhead with a monkey flip. As he got up, Swann tagged himself in, taking Alexander down with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors and a step up kick to the jaw. Swann attempted the springboard cutter, but Page held onto him as he jumped on the ropes, allowing Alexander to catch him. The double spin out powerbomb left Swann down for a two-count.
Page came in and dumped Swann with a backdrop, sending him flying 450 degrees. Alexander continued the punishment of Swann, with the North hitting an elevated spike DDT. The champs knocked their challengers off the ropes, but Swann countered the Loch Ness Lowdown by dropping Page head first with a DDT.
A reverse rana spiked Alexander as Mack tagged in. Chocolate Thunda left both members of the North in opposite corners, running into each with multiple body splashes. A cannonball left Alexander rolling outside while a Samoan drop gave Mack a near fall on Page. Swann tagged back in for a flapjack/facebuster combo, but RVD and Rhino broke up the pin.
Rhino sent Swann & Mack outside as Rob Van Dam rocked Page with a kick to the jaw. As he moved up top for the FIve Star Frog Splash, Alexander held onto his leg. Mack leapt onto Page instead with the Six Star Frog Splash. Swann followed up and gained a near fall. Rob Van Dam and Rhino cleaned house until Mack sent Rhino outside with a standing dropkick.
Mack leapt over the ropes with a tope con hilo, taking out RVD, Rhino, and Alexander. Swann moved up for a dive, but was stopped by Page. An exploder attempt was blocked. Page, however, sent Swann crashing down to the mat with a military press slam. Alexander followed up with a powerbomb backbreaker. A senton bomb from Page got a near fall.
The North attempted the Monster Mash, but Mack stopped them. As Page was dumped outside, Mack & Swann hit Alexander with their finisher. RVD and Rhino broke up the pin and Rhino set up for the Gore. Before he could hit it, RVD knocked him outside with a superkick.
RVD followed up by taking out Mack and Swann with kicks. As he stood over Rhino, the North put away Swann with the Loch Ness Lowdown, retaining their titles.
Results: The North defeated Rich Swann & Willie Mack via pinfall.
Michael Elgin vs Marufuji
Elgin was tripped up by Marufuji but avoided a dropkick. Both men dodged each other's strikes, leading to a stalemate early on. They moved to the corner where Marufuji popped Elgin with chops to the chest.
Marufuji cranked Elgin's neck with his feet, but when he got back to his feet managed to catch the NOAH legend with an exploder suplex. Dumped to the outside, Marufuji was hit by a suicide dive. Back on the inside, a top rope dropkick sent Marufuji flying across the ring.
As Marufuji got to a vertical position, he and Elgin traded strong strikes. A handspring dropkick sent the Unbreakable One outside where a tope con hilo brought the big man to the ground. Elgin beat the ten count but was hit by a running elbow in the corner. A series of kicks left Elgin dazed, earning Marufuji a two-count.
Marufuji blocked a German and dragon suplex, then landed on his feet following a German suplex. Elgin bounced off the ropes and was met by a superkick. He sent his opponent into the ropes, using the momentum to finally hit the German suplex. In the corner, a huge clothesline almost sent Marufuji over the ring post. A Falcon Arrow gave Elgin a near fall.
The Elgin Bomb was blocked but Marufuji was sent into the corner with a vicious knee to the jaw. Marufuji responded by avoiding an attack in the corner, hitting a knee of his own. On the apron, Marufuji tried to bring Elgin down to the floor with a sunset flip powerbomb. Elgin held onto the ropes, but as he tried to counter, missed Marufuji, who caught him sitting with a leaping kick to the head. A Sliced Bread #2 left Elgin out on the floor.
The ref began the ten count, but Elgin came in at nine, where Marufuji was waiting. A springboard curb stomp nearly put Big Mike away. Elgin withstood another superkick but blocked a few moves of Marufuji, dumping him on his head with a dragon suplex.
Marufuji was battered with several elbow strikes but avoided the running clothesline. After both men blocked the other's heaviest strikes, Elgin finally hit a clothesline. A second one allowed him to connect with the Elgin Bomb. Miraculously, Marufuji kicked out.
A buckle bomb connected, but Mirafuji exploded out the corner with two leaping knees. A kick to the face through Elgin's legs set up for another knee strike to the back of the head. Sliced Bread #2 connected again, but Elgin kicked out.
Marufuji and Elgin traded elbows and chops again. The big man was met by a spinning heel kick and a leaping knee, but a second leaping knee was countered. Elgin spiked him with a powerbomb. Another massive lariat seemingly ended Marufuji's night.
Marufuji kicked out. Elgin launched him into the corner with another buckle bomb and hit a second Elgin Bomb. Somehow, Marufuji broke out. A spinning back fist from Elgin left Marufuji out on his feet. Elgin took him up to the top and hit the Burning Hammer. One, two, three.
Results: Michael Elgin defeated Marufuji via pinfall.
Five-Way Ladder Match for the X-Division Championship: Tessa Blanchard vs Ace Austin vs Acey Romero vs Daga vs Jake Crist (c)
Daga and Austin sent Romero into the corner with double dropkicks. Blanchard took out Austin while Crist sent Daga to the floor. A cutter from Blanchard brought down the champ. A pair of suicide dives connected to Crist on the outside, but he countered the third with the Crist Cutter.
Inside the ring, Daga took on Ace Austin. Austin avoided a back suplex, diving over the ropes with a space tiger drop, taking out the champ. Acey Romero finally got some offense in, hitting Daga with a massive dropkick. Daga sent Romero into the ropes and vaulted off of his back for a dive, taking out Austin and Crist.
Daga and Blanchard fought for a ladder as Romero leaped through the ropes. Blanchard and Daga saw just in time, tossing the ladder into him in mid-air. Inside the ring, They took Crist into the corner with the ladder. Austin ran up and kicked Crist in the jaw. Daga and Blanchard took out Austin with a backstabber/Magnum combination.
Romero came in and bowled over Blanchard. Daga leapt at the big man but was nearly launched outside the ring when he bounced off of him. Romero went out and brought in a ladder, but as soon as he set it up, Crist launched a chair into his face. Romero withstood the damage, but a series of kicks followed by the spinning back kick left Acey Baby out cold. Crist climbed the ladder only to be caught by the Ace of the X-Division. Ace Austin brought down the champ with a back suplex.
As Austin ascended the ladder, Daga dragged him down to the ground for a kicking combination followed by a double foot stomp to Austin's back. Austin countered a powerbomb, though, sending Daga to the floor below with a hurricanrana. Blanchard rolled in here, leaving Austin trapped in the corner for the Magnum. A triangle dropkick sent Austin crashing to the floor.
As Blanchard moved up the ladder, Acey Romero caught her, placing her on his shoulders. A gigantic Samoan drop nearly broke her in half. Austin tried to hit Romero with a ladder, but Romero caught it. Daga leaped off the turnbuckle and stomped the other side, sending it into Romero's face.
Daga brought out a table. As soon as it was set up, Crist sent him into the wood with a baseball slide. Crist went for a dive, but was stopped after a ladder shot from Austin. As he joined Crist at the top of the turnbuckle, Blanchard joined in, as did Daga, with Blanchard and Daga standing on the ladder positioned in between the ropes.
Acey Romero came in to finish the tower of doom. Ace Austin held onto the ropes while Daga, Blanchard, and Crist crashed into the mat. A dropkick from Austin stunned Romero. However, Romero recovered, countering a springboard hurricanrana with a powerbomb into a reinforced black ladder.
Romero grabbed a second black ladder, setting them up side by side. The nearly 500-pound man moved up the ladders but was met by Crist, who took him back to the mat below with a super Crist Cutter. Blanchard and Daga climbed the two ladders. Austin knocked one down, forcing Daga to leap to the other one. Austin then knocked the second ladder down, sending Daga and Blanchard into the ropes.
Daga planted Austin with a Death Valley Driver and drove Crist through a ladder on the outside with a leaping Canadian Destroyer. Somehow, Daga made it back to his feet. Austin recovered and ran up the ladder to leap onto Daga. Romero grabbed one of the black ladders again, looking to pick up championship gold.
Blanchard shoved the ladder over, sending Romero crashing into the table on the outside. She dumped the ladder as well, assuring Romero wouldn't be getting back in the ring. Blanchard set up another ladder. Dave Crist ran in only to be hit with a suicide dive. As she climbed up the ladder, Madman Fulton rushed the ring, yanking her off the ladder and bouncing her face off the turnbuckle.
Fulton set up a table and caught Blanchard going for a top rope Magnum. Blanchard countered a powerbomb with a hurricanrana into the ladder. As Blanchard ascended the ladder, Crist chased her, only to be sent through the table Fulton had set up. As Blanchard reached for the X-Division Championship, Ace Austin leaped onto the ladder, bashing her over the head with his cane.
Results: Ace Austin is the new X-Division Champion.
Moose w/Frank Trigg vs Ken Shamrock
Shamrock lit up Moose with a series of strikes. A tilt-a-whirl set up Shamrock for the armbar. Moose blocked, attempting to lift him up for a powerbomb. Moose was trapped in an ankle lock but made it to the ropes.
Moose rushed Shamrock and got launched over the ropes. A tope from the World's Most Dangerous Man left moose out on the floor. Shamrock got to his feet and was met with chops that Shamrock was easily able to withstand. However, an eye gouge was enough to give him the upper hand over the former World Champion.
Shamrock blocked a few suplex attempts and dumped Moose onto the ramp with a back body drop. As he tried to bring Moose toward the ring, Moose shoved him off, sending him shoulder-first into the ring post.
Moose sent Shamrock back inside and tried to catch his breath, but another dive from Shamrock surprised the former NFL star. However, as they both moved back inside, Moose caught the legend, injuring his left leg. Frank Trigg took off the turnbuckle pad in one of the corners, where Moose tried to drive Shamrock's head into the steel.
Shamrock blocked it and sent Moose across the ring with a hurricanrana. A belly-to-belly set up for the Ankle Lock, but Moose yanked the referee into Shamrock, breaking the hold and taking the ref out in the process. With that, Moose was able to hit Shamrock with a low blow. Trigg sent in a steel chair. Moose flipped off Shamrock and dodged a steel chair shot.
Moose ran in but was launched into the turnbuckle. Another Ankle Lock was set in. The ref kept away from Moose's grasp. Though he got to the rope, Moose was yanked away by Shamrock, who kept the hold in place.
Trigg entered the ring, forcing Moose to break the hold to take him out with a punch. As he turned around, a pump kick stunned him. Moose hammered Shamrock with punches, but Shamrock avoided a step up moonsault from the corner. The Ankle Lock was synched in for the fourth time.
Moose rolled forward, sending Shamrock into the exposed turnbuckle. A spear from Moose put away Shamrock at BFG.
Results: Moose defeated Ken Shamrock via pinfall.
Brian Cage won the Impact World Championship from a former best friend turned backstabbing enemy earlier this year. Following that was Michael Elgin, a man who was dead set on leaving the Machine crippled. Brian Cage has survived it all and come back stronger every time.
Sami Callihan, though...is an entirely different beast. Instead of going after Cage, the Draw went after the Champion's wife. After "accidentally" bashing Melissa Santos with a champagne bottle following their wedding, Callihan grabbed a hold of Melissa's hair on the next Impact and hit her with a piledriver, all the while forcing Cage to watch thanks to oVe.
Callihan has said before that the man he is now isn't the man he wanted to be. The Callihan we see is the one that we created. Tonight, regardless of what's happened in the past, everyone will have to recognize him as the best. Tonight...we'll have to call him Champion.
No Disqualification Match for the Impact World Championship: Sami Callihan vs Brian Cage (c)
Callihan kickstarted the match with a Yakuza kick. Cage bounced off the ropes and leveled his challenger with a clothesline. Callihan withstood an onslaught and spit in the face of the champion. Cage responded by biting Callihan's face.
Cage stood across the ring as Callihan flipped him off. A discus clothesline turned him inside out while the blood began to spew from Callihan's forehead. Cage picked up a wolverine claw that he wore to the ring, then used it to create three more gashes across Callihan's head, leaving him bleeding like a stuffed pig. Callihan was left on the ropes where he dumped Cage overhead. A step up clothesline sent Cage to the ground, and a suicide dive launched him into the ramp.
Cage responded when he was sent inside by bouncing off the ropes for a tope. The two men continued to trade dives until Callihan was left on his back. Cage bounced Callihan's head off the apron and battered him in the jaw with a strong right elbow strike. With Callihan against the ring post, Cage tried to crush his head with a steel chair. Callihan ducked and took the chair, cracking it across the back of the Machine.
A second chair shot only angered Cage, who lifted his wife's assailant up and bounced him off the steel post with a powerbomb. Cage set up the steel stairs, but when he went around the corner, Callihan hid near the apron. When Cage returned, Callihan leaped off the steps onto Cage. A chair was bounced off his skull, but Cage responded by hitting Callihan with two back-to-back back suplexes. Callihan's head bounced off the ring bell both times.
Cage picked up a piece of the guardrail and set it up between the steps and two chairs. Though he set up a powerbomb, Callihan trapped him in a Groin Claw. He then drove Cage through the guardrail with the Cactus Special.
Inside the ring, Cage was met at the bottom corner by two running boots. A third one was countered by Cage, who came back to life with a short-arm clothesline attempt. Callihan ducked but found himself on the apron where Cage delivered a deadlift suplex. In the corner, Callihan was hit with an enzuiguri, back elbow, and a German suplex. Callihan escaped an F-5 attempt but was dropped by a spin-out pump-handle slam.
Callihan kicked out at two. Cage was caught by Callihan with a Death Valley Driver. As he rolled to the apron, Callihan rushed in to finish him off. Cage nearly dumped him overhead onto the broken barricade, but Callihan brought him down on his head with a modified piledriver.
Cage caught Callihan running in, popping him up for an F-5. Callihan kicked out at two, forcing Cage to roll outside and launch the broken barricade into the ring. Callihan found himself at the top rope but bit into Cage's ear to block a superplex. The sunset flip powerbomb was blocked, but a low blow to Cage allowed Callihan to hit a Cheeky Nandos kick and a powerbomb into the barricade. Cage kicked out at two and a half.
Callihan brought a bag of tacks in and spiked the champion with the Cactus Special on top of a pile. Cage kicked out at one and powerbombed Callihan. Drill Claw on top of the tacks ended Callihan's night.
Results: Brian Cage defeated Sami Callihan via pinfall.
Melissa Santos came down to the ring to celebrate with her husband. With this chapter over, Cage can now move onto his next challenge, as it seems that he's finally back to 100%.
