Impact Wrestling Victory Road Results (09/28/2017): Johnny Impact takes on Eli Drake for the Global Championship

Eli Drake defends his Global Championship against Johnny Impact
Eli Drake defends his Global Championship against Johnny Impact

The show started with Johnny Impact entering the Impact Zone in Orlando, California. His opponent for tonight Eli Drake — who he'll be taking on in the main event for the Global Championship — was backstage talking to someone on his phone.

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They aired a video package hyping-up tonight's Victory Road event.

#1. Trevor Lee (c) (w/ Caleb Konley) vs. Petey Williams for the X-Division Championship

The first few minutes saw Williams take control of the match as he whipped around Lee with a bunch of hurricanranas. Lee's aide — Caleb Konley — distracted Williams to give Lee the upper hand. Lee attempted several big moves but could only get a two-count out of Williams.

Williams worked his way back into the match by nailing Lee with a barrage of chops and kicks. He went on to finish Lee with the Canadian Destroyer, but Konley stepped up, thus causing a distraction again.

Williams, frustrated by Konley's constant interferences, took him out with a Suicide Dive. With Konley out of his way, Williams finally nailed Lee with the Canadian Destroyer, but couldn't get the three-count as Konley snatched the referee onto the outside via the bottom rope.

Amidst all this chaos, Lee gained back his momentum and smashed Williams with the X-Division Title, but could only extract a two-count. In the end, The Carolina Caveman won the match by pinning Williams after knocking him out with the Double Foot Stomp.

Result: Trevor Lee def. Petey Williams to retain the X-Division Championship

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The LAX in their hideout joked about defeating oVe at CRASH in Tijuana, Mexico. Konnan instructed Ortiz & Santana to takedown oVe "LAX Style" and then talked about partying after their match tonight.

#2. Rosemary, Gail Kim & Allie vs. Taya Valkyrie, Sienna & Taryn Terrell in a Six-Woman Tag Team Match

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In the second match of the night, Rosemary, Gail Kim & Allie took on the heel team consisting of Impact's newest acquisition Taya Valkyrie, Knockouts Champion Sienna & Taryn Terrell in a Six-Woman Tag Team Match.

Throughout the match, the momentum swung back-and-forth between the heels and the babyfaces. In the final moments of the contest, amidst all the chaos surrounding the ring, Sienna (the legal contestant) sneaked in and rolled-up Allie for the winning pin.

Result: Taya Valkyrie, Sienna & Taryn Terrell def. Rosemary, Gail Kim & Allie

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Backstage, Eli Drake claimed that Impact Wrestling was trying to take the Global Title off him via Johnny Impact. He announced that nobody, including Johnny Impact, can take the title away from him.

They aired a replay from last week, showing James Storm's return to the Impact Zone to help out Eddie Edwards & EC3 from the on-going assault of the AAA Superstars. Backstage, Storm was heading out to the ring when he spotted EC3 on his way. They stared at each other for a second before going their separate ways.

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The next video featurette chronicled the adventures of Grado and his employer Joseph Park.

Backstage, McKinzie Mitchell and Johnny Impact conversed about his match tonight. Impact informed her that he was going to win the Global Championship.

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James Storm came out to the ring and cut a promo on the rogue AAA Superstars. He informed them, quite aggressively, that they disrespected him with their actions last week. Texano Jr. ran in to take down the Cowboy but got bested by the veteran. Texano's AAA compatriot El Hijo del Fantasma ran in and took down Storm via the numbers game. EC3 came in to make savings and the segment ended with him and Storm shaking hands with each other.

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Inside Jim Cornette's office, James Storm demanded a tag-team match against the AAA Superstars. Cornette gave in to Storm's demands and booked the match. Cornette told Storm to win the match without doing something drastic that may ruin the relationship between Impact and AAA.

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They also aired the third episode of Global Forged. Scott D'Amore selected three finalists from his school.

#3. LAX (c) vs. oVe for the Tag Team Championships

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oVe started off the match by diving onto LAX onto the outside. However, surprisingly LAX quickly got the upper hand and began working on Dave of oVe. They threw him around the ring and put him through several moves and holds before Jake gained some momentum and tagged in his brother Jake.

Jake came in swinging and swiftly took down Ortiz & Santana. Several high-moves and near falls later, Dave got the win for his team by nailing Ortiz with a DDT.

Result: oVe def. LAX to become the new Global Tag Team Champions

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They aired a video of Bobby Lashley training with American Top Team.

#4. Eli Drake (c) (w/ Chris Adonis) vs. Johnny Impact for the Global Championship

This turned out to be a pretty solid professional wrestling match. Both Drake & Impact proved that they belonged in the main event scene. During the match, Drake fell into an altercation with the referee, which ended up with Drake punching the referee. Surprisingly, this act of defiance did not end with Drake getting DQ'd.

In the end, Drake won the match by pinning Johnny after kicking him in the groin and putting him through the gravy train.

Result: Eli Drake def. Johnny Impact to retain the Global Championship

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Post-match, Drake & Adonis continued with their violence by assaulting Johnny Impact. Fortunately for Impact, Garza Jr. ran out to the ring and took out both Drake & Adonis. Surprisingly, LAX came out and took down Garza Jr.

Konnan got into an altercation with a fan at ringside, which led to the involvement of the security. In the ring, Chris Adonis locked an official in the Adonis Lock, while Drake on the other hand, amidst all the chaos, held the Global Title high over Johnny Impact. Following that, Jim Cornette resorted to shouti at Drake & Adonis for causing all this chaos.

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