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As we continue the march towards Bound for Glory, the Impact stars continued to deliver with some pretty incredible in-ring action. Michael Elgin and Rhino look to finally end their war tonight as they go head-to-head in a Falls Count Anywhere match. This Hoss Fight is sure to deliver and may end with someone getting hospitalized if Elgin has anything to say about it.
As of tonight, Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie was only days away from a record-breaking reign. At 236 days as champion, she only had to survive her match tonight in order to become the longest-reigning champion by the beginning of next week. However, she claimed that she'd be facing a "big surprise" in tonight's title bout, teasing the debut of Tenille Dashwood.
We kicked off the night with the former X-Division Champion TJP taking on one-third of AAA's Trios champions, Golden Magic, Trey of the always entertaining Rascalz, and AAA's Taurus. The last time Impact was in Mexico, Taurus put on an incredible showing, and was one of the favorites heading into the match, along with Impact's TJP.
TJP vs Golden Magic vs Trey vs Taurus
Taurus was sent outside by Trey & TJP but were unable to keep up with Golden Magic. Luckily for them, Magic set his sights on Taurus, taking down the big man with a springboard moonsault. This allowed TJP and Trey to take each other on. Both men managed to flip out of head scissors spots, and before they could continue, Magic jumped back inside.
A pair of cutters from Magic took out Impact's X-Division stars, and brought TJP up top for a super hurricanrana, taking out Trey in the process. As he went for the pinfall, Taurus finally came back in the match, storming the ring and breaking up the pin. A massive headbutt laid out Magic.
A strong right hand leveled Trey, and some heavy kicks left TJP and Magic on their backs. Trey tried to rush him, but was sent into Magic with a snap powerslam. A pumphandle facebuster to Trey nearly got the pinfall. Luckily for him, TJP broke it up. TJP managed to take out Taurus with a top rope springboard arm drag, also knocking over Magic in the process.
TJP had Trey & Magic locked up in the middle of the ring with a pair of submission holds. However, Taurus came back in and rushed him. TJP broke the holds and looked to Magic for a double suplex. Taurus countered, sending both men to the mat. Trey finally got some offense in, taking out the monstrous Taurus with a series of kicks and rocking the other competitors with a double pele kick.
TJP made it back to his feet and stunned Trey with a spinning back kick. As Taurus stood up, Trey sent him into TJP, who caught him in a DDT set up. Trey connected with a leaping back kick to TJP followed by a neckbreaker, also bringing down Taurus.
Magic stepped up to challenge the Rascal, taking him out with a springboard corkscrew crossbody. A double underhook spinout cutter almost ended the bout. However, Taurus broke up the pin before Trey could be defeated. Taurus then showed off some incredible athleticism, leaping up to the ropes for a springboard crossbody on Magic.
TJP prevented Taurus from putting Magic away and sent him outside, leading to a one-on-one show between he and Trey again. Trey stunned him with a package superkick and followed up with the Tiger Feint Kick. As he went up top to finish TJP, Magic leapt up. Trey managed to fight him off, and targeted him instead. Magic rolled away and TJP delivered the Detonation Kick. Taurus tried to rush TJP but was tripped up, allowing TJp to lock him in the TJP Clutch.
Sadly for him, Golden Magic took advantage of the Detonation Kick from earlier, landing on Trey with a 450 Splash.
Results: Golden Magic defeated Trey via pinfall.
Backstage in the women's locker room, Kiera Hogan was seen belittling Chica Tormenta for sitting in her seat. Vanilla joined in, translating Hogan's rant in spanish. Jordynne Grace came to the aid of Tormenta, leading to a tag team match later on in the night.
Michael Elgin cut a promo backstage on his match with Rhino later tonight. The Unbreakable One will be battling the War Machine in a Falls Count Anywhere match.
Elgin warned him that his patented Elgin Bomb can now take place through a stage, a table, even in the crowd. Tonight, he finally makes the former Heavyweight Champion extinct.
The Rascalz vs Rich Swann & Willie Mack
Wentz and Mack started off, with the former MMA competitor (thanks, Josh Mathews) hoping to take Chocolate Thunda off his feet. Mack countered an arm drag with one of his own and fought out of a tilt-a-whirl headscissors by landing on his feet. Swann and Dez tagged in here.
Dez brought Swann overhead with a headscissors takedown, sending him outside. Swann came back in and returned the favor. Wentz rushed Swann with a hurricanrana, leading to another hurricanrana from the big man Willie Mack. All four men stared each other down as we went to commercial break.
As we cut back in, Dez and Wentz were lighting up Swann in their corner. A bronco buster from Wentz after a series of kicks from Dez led to a nearfall. In their corner, Wentz connected with a running elbow strike.
Dez tagged in and Swann was tripped up by Wentz as Dez cam ein with a kick to Swann's head. A running moonsault connected, but Swann avoided another dive from Dez, tagging in Mack.
Mack bounced Wentz off the ropes for a German suplex, then dropped Dez with a Samoan drop, following up with a standing moonsault. He picked Dez up over head and Swann leapt off the ropes with a super neckbreaker. Wentz broke up the fall.
Swann tossed Wentz out, allowing the duo to target Dez two-on-one. Dez lit up Swann, but one strong right to the jaw from Mack left him dazed. He stumbled into his corner where Wentz tagged him in, though Mack didn't notice.
As he went in to continue the punishment, Wentz caught him with a kick, allowing the Rascalz to set up a kicking combination. Dez tagged in only for Swann to rush back inside to stop Wentz before the slingshot superkick, sending him outside once again.
Swann and Mack left Dez on the top rope for a pair of enziguris. A hurricanrana off the top from Swann allowed Mack to hit the frog splash for the win.
Results: Willie Mack & Rich Swann defeated The Rascalz via pinfall.
All four men showed each other respect and celebrated in the ring before we cut to promo cut by Ken Shamrock.
Shamrock said that Moose had no right to come after him or Tommy Dreamer. He knows what tough guys look like, and Moose isn't one. Shamrock then listed off his accolades, including being the first ever World Champion for Impact Wrestling back when the company began.
Moose responded backstage and figured that Shamrock was only trying to fight him for some publicity. He then listed some facts of his own, namely his size and athletic ability. Before he could continue to run down Shamrock, Fallah Bahh stepped up and demanded one more match between them, surprisingly saying more than just "Bahh." At the moment, their series is tied 1-1.
A vignette played for a new Impact star, Johnny Swinger, who will be debuting soon.
Taya Valkyrie was backstage with Melissa Santos and John E. Bravo, who was holding a sign saying 236. At the moment, Valkyrie was only a few days from breaking the record as longest reigning Knockouts Champion of all time. On Monday, she will accomplish that, but only if she can win tonight against her "big surprise."
We saw some footage from the Deaner compound where the Desi Hit Squad were busy working as a trio of hired hands. Cody Deaner and Cousin Jake said that they had worked hard, and deserved a day off. Rohit Raju was seen near the end admiring the horses and saying "I'm going to start my own stable," leading to anger from Gama Singh.
Sami Callihan cut a promo on Tessa Blanchard who interrupted his beat down of Tommy Dreamer last week. Callihan said that he and oVe are done with Dreamer, and he thought he was done with Blanchard when he beat her for the #1 contendership. However, it's been four weeks and he still hasn't been given the date of his title shot, and Tessa Blanchard is still in his hair.
The Draw wants to beat Brian Cage for the Impact World Championship, but at this point believes that he should be stripped of the title if he can't defend. Regardless of how he gets the belt, Callihan will be the face of Impact, and oVe will take over everything.
Knockouts Championship Match: Taya Valkyrie vs Big Mami
Valkyrie's big surprise was none other than Big Mami, a former mixed tag team champion from AAA. Mami danced around, and when Valkyrie began to twerk, knocked the champion into the ropes. An impressive Matrix bend from Mami allowed her to avoid a clothesline. However, Valkyrie kicked her legs out from under her, and took over there.
Mami was pelted with kicks to the back and head, followed up by a kick to the arm. Valkyrie worked over her arm, tying it up in the top rope. Mami tried to fight back with some chops, but the champion responded with some elbows to the jaw.
Valkyrie ran in for the double knees, but Mami escaped the corner, dropping her head first onto the mat. As the champ was set up in the corner, Mami connected with a stink face and a bronco buster. However, the moonsault was missed as Valkyrie rolled away.
Valkyrie leveled Mami with a knee to the jaw and forced her to tap with an STF.
Results: Taya Valkyrie defeated Big Mami via submission.
Valkyrie rubbed her victory in the faces of Big Mami and the crowd, but was cut short by the appearance of Tenille Dashwood. Dashwood strolled down to the ring where Valkyrie cut a promo on her in spanish. Dashwood brought her down with a double leg takedown and pelted her with a flurry of punches.
Bravo tossed her aside, allowing Valkyrie to escape. However, he took the shining wizard to the face for his trouble. Dashwood held the Knockouts Championship above her head as Valkyrie backed away.
Kiera Hogan & Vanilla vs Jordynne Grace & Chica Tormenta
Vanilla went under for a waist lock on Tormenta. Tormenta overpowered her, setting her up top on the turnbuckle. Vanilla brought her over for a sunset flip, but Tormenta rolled out and caught her with a kick to the back after a penalty kick was ducked.
Vanilla countered a suplex with a fisherman suplex and leveled Tormenta via clothesline. Hogan tagged in, attempting a superkick. Tormenta blocked it and leveled Hogan, but as she moved over to her tag team partner, Madison Rayne yanked her off the apron. She, Vanilla, and Kiera Hogan assaulted Grace and Tormenta, but they were interrupted by Rosemary.
Results: No contest.
Rosemary dropped Hogan face-first on the ramp with a flapjack. The Demon Assassin then chased Madison Rayne around the ring, who escaped to the ramp with Vanilla and Hogan. However, Impact Management didn't let them get off that easy, making it a Trios match.
Kiera Hogan, Vanilla, & Madison Rayne vs Jordynne Grace, Chica Tormenta, & Rosemary
Back from commercial, Rosemary was in the ring with Rayne. Rosemary blocked a sunset flip, picking her up and bringing her to the corner. Rayne avoided two clotheslines and stopped Rosemary with a boot. She yelled "Allie Allie Allie Allie Allie" before tagging in Kiera Hogan. A tilt-a-whirl sideslam immediately took Hogan to the ground, and Rosemary tagged in Jordynne Grace.
Grace launched Hogan shoulder first into the ring post, following up with a running double knee strike and a running sliding elbow strike. However, Hogan avoided the Vader Bomb and hit both Tormenta and ROsemary. She then traded pinfall attempts with Grace before catching her with a superkick. Vanilla and Tormenta tagged in here, with Tormenta delivering a leg draped keylock driver.
Vanilla kicked out and went up top, attempting a rolling stunner, but didn't get all of it. Tormenta kicked out, but Vanilla kept up the onslaught by hanging her throat up on the ropes and diving onto her with a springboard elbow drop. Tormenta kicked out and both women took each other out with a pair of clotheslines.
Tormenta reached to tag Grace but Rosemary took the spot. Vanilla, however, was left on her own as Hogan and Rayne wanted nothing to do with Rosemary. A double underhook Voodoo Drop put Vanilla away.
Results: Rosemary defeated Vanilla via pinfall.
Ace Austin was seen on the beach working out when Alisha Edwards ran up to him asking if everything was okay. Austin had apparently sent twenty-five messages claiming that it was an emergency. Austin tried to reveal his feelings to Alisha, but before he could, her purse was stolen by two masked thieves. He held her back, exclaiming "Hold back, I've got this!"
Austin then chased down both men and beat them down, with the latter ending up in the ocean, setting up a Baywatch inspired slow-motion scene for Austin. Alisha thanked him before leaving for her match. The thieves were revealed to be Reno Scum, who Austin had paid off to stage an attack.
LAX were backstage when the North invaded their area. Konnan held back Ortiz & Santana, revealing that he invited them. He said that LAX deserves a title match. Ethan Page claimed that they already beat LAX two weeks back, though Santana was actually replaced by Daga at that point.
Ortiz decided to lay down an incredible challenge. If they can't defeat the North for the titles, they'll leave Impact for good. Konnan and Santana weren't too excited about it, but the North accepted, leaving the former champions in the stairwell.
Falls Count Anywhere Match: Michael Elgin vs Rhino
Rhino didn't even get to the ring before Elgin rushed him. Rhino bounced his head off the barricade and ring post. Elgin ducked a clothesline on the post, though, damaging Rhino's arm. He continued to wear down Rhino's left shoulder, driving his own shoulder into it and slamming it off the apron.
Elgin's assault was stopped when Rhino picked him up for a backdrop on the apron. The first cover of the match was broken at one. Elgin escaped Rhino's clutches, sending him shoulder-first into the post and bringing the War Machine inside the ring. A leaping clothesline and body slam set up for the slingshot body splash.
Rhino kicked out and sent Elgin into the corner, following him for a clothesline. Elgin walked up to Rhino and the two behemoths traded punches. A massive enziguri from Elgin took Rhino down. Back to his feet, Rhino sent Elgin out to the apron and knocked him off with a shoulder tackle. Following him outside, Rhino tossed Elgin into the barricade. Big Mike shook it off and the two men traded chops as we headed into the final commercial break.
As we came back, Michael Elgin was down on one knee as Rhino was searching for some weaponry. He pulled out a steel chair, but was hit in the gut before he could use it. Elgin set up the chair and sat Rhino down, pelting him with punches and chops. Up on the apron, he dove on to Rhino with a clothesline. Rhino kicked out at two.
Elgin brought Rhino outside the barricade, brawling in the crowd. They made their way to the second barrier on the next level where Rhino tossed a drink into Elgin's face. With Elgin wobbling back and forth, Rhino pulled him higher up, maybe hoping to send him crashing down to the concrete.
A headbutt from Elgin stopped Rhino in his tracks. The fans chanted for Rhino, allowing him to recover as Elgin sneered at them. The War Beast hit Elgin with a purse then went down to the second barricade for a suplex to the chairs. Elgin held on, blocking it and catching Rhino with an elbow and headbutt, sending him crashing to the floor below.
The two continued to brawl, leading back to the ringside area. Rhino took Elgin up to the stage for a piledriver, but Elgin escaped and nearly decapitated him with a clothesline. Rhino's head bounced off the stage, nearly knocking him out. Elgin picked him back up and sent him careening down the ramp with a rolling elbow. Rhino broke out the pin at two.
Rhino countered a suplex with one of his own, bringing him down onto the ramp. Elgin kicked out. A superkick from Elgin sent Rhino back to the ring. Elgin tossed him in and brought in a table and chair. The chair was placed on Rhino's chest as Elgin tried to hit a running seated senton. Rhino set the chair up right, leaving Elgin doubled over in pain.
Elgin stood up near the table, and was able to dodge the Gore. Rhino ran through the table, and an Elgin Bomb finally put him down.
Results: Michael Elgin defeated Rhino via pinfall.
