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We got footage of a press conference for the upcoming Impact World Championship match between Tessa Blanchard and Sami Callihan. Blanchard said that regardless of the respect she had for the Callihan Death Machine, she was taking his belt at Hard to Kill.
The Draw said he didn't dislike Blanchard because of her gender or last name. It's because she's a spoiled brat. Callihan feels that he's vilified, but should be considered as a hero because he's the only man that wasn't afraid to treat Blanchard like everybody else. On January 12th, he's going to do the same, and that means he's cracking her skull.
The segment nearly ended in a brawl but Scott D'Amore and Josh Mathews were able to keep them separated.
Ace Austin & Reno Scum (Luster the Legend & Adam Thornstowe) vs The Rascalz (Trey, Dez, & Wentz)
Trey lit up Thornstowe with a fast striking combination. A hurricanrana form the apron sent him into his corner where Austin tagged in. Trey had his back turned, allowing the X-Division Champion to take over. As he went for the finger slice with the playing card, Trey fought him off and sent him out.
Wentz tagged in, much to the chagrin of Trey, and battered Austin. Dez tagged in for a killer multi-hit double running splash combination. However, Luster the Legend tagged himself in, leading to a brutal German suplex/double foot stomp combo from Reno Scum. Dez kicked out at two.
Luster brought out a classic heart punch and brought in Thornstowe for a headbutt/standing moonsault combination. Wentz broke up the pinfall with a superkick. Dez was brought to his opponents' corner where Austin tagged in, driving his foot repeatedly into the jaw of the Rascal.
When the ref turned his back, Austin sliced open Dez's hand with his playing card. However, Dez responded with a huge spinning back kick, laying out the champ. Thornstowe and Trey tagged in, with Trey tripping him up for a step-up enziguri in the ropes. A back kick and a pop up neckbreaker sent Thornstowe out. Austin prevented a dive to the outside, but as he rolled in was taken out with another combination from Wentz and Dez.
Wentz dove onto Luster, but was taken out when Thornstowe sent Dez crashing onto his partner. Trey finished up the dive fest with a spinning corkscrew press. Back on the inside, Trey set up for his finish. However, Austin distracted him by flirting with his mom.
While Trey was distracted, Thornstowe rolled up Wentz for the win.
Results: Ace Austin & Reno Scum defeated the Rascalz via pinfall.
Jordynne Grace met ODB backstage as she was preparing for her match. Thick Mama Pump has a title bout at Hard to Kill against Taya Valkyrie, so the former "Knocked Up Champ" assumed she was coming in to trash talk. However, Grace was actually coming to support her, revealing that she was a huge fan and even donated to her cause.
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