Category: Impact

Alberto El Patron On Why He No-Showed Last Friday’s Impact Wrestling Vs. Lucha Underground Event

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Alberto El Patron was interviewed by Sporting News to promote tonight’s Combate Americas MMA event. Below are a couple of highlights:

No-showing last Friday’s Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground card, which resulted in Impact releasing him:

“I had a family situation that I needed to attend (to). As you know, my family, my kids are my priority. The situation was involving them and that’s why I decided to take care of business and take care of my family situation. And that’s all that happened. And that comes to what I was just saying to you. I know people wanted to know absolutely everything. This only concerns my family: my parents, my sister, myself and my kids. And that’s the way it’s going to stay.”

How he is doing now following the events from last weekend:

“I’m fine. Of course, it’s difficult because it’s never good to go that way. Our relationship wasn’t pretty good or completely good. And this was just something that ended up breaking it. I’m fine, I guess. I’m going to do what I was planning on doing, as everybody knows I planning on leaving the pro wrestling business in the next year. I have said it several times over and over. And it’s because of some of these things where everybody thinks they can get their nose into your business. Is it right to know absolutely everything about you? It’s not.

“I’m just going to continue to do that and doing my stuff here, in Mexico like exactly how I was doing it and sometime next year and say goodbye to the pro wrestling business.”

Source: WrestlingINC

Tommy Dreamer And Scott Steiner Appeared On Last Night’s Impact, Both Set For Matches At Redemption PPV

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Tommy Dreamer appeared on Last Night’s episode of Impact to help out Moose and Eddie Edwards after an attack from oVe (Sami Callihan, Dave and Jake Crist). Dreamed challenged the three to a House of Hardcore Match at Impact Redemption PPV on April 22.

“Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner also made an appearance. He was named as Eli Drake’s tag team partner for when Eli cashes in his Tag Title briefcase at Redemption PPV on April 22. They will face Steiner’s old NWO buddy Konnan’s group the Impact Tag Team Champions LAX.

 Below is the updated card:

* Austin Aries (c) vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Fenix (Impact World Championship)
* Matt Sydal (c) vs. Petey Williams (Impact X Division Championship)
* LAX (c) vs. Eli Drake and Scott Steiner (Impact World Tag Team Championship)
* Allie (c) vs. Su Yung (Impact Knockouts Championship)
* Tommy Dreamer, Eddie Edwards, and Moose vs. oVe (House of Hardcore 6-Man Tag Match)

Impact Wrestling Preview 3/12/18

* Josh Mathews challenges  Petey Williams

* Moose vs. Sami Callihan

* Tyrus, Fallah Bahh & “Stand by Wrestler” Richard Justice vs. KM, Trevor Lee & Caleb Konley

* Demon’s Dance Match: Rosemary vs. Tya Valkyrie

Al Snow Purchases Ohio Valley Wrestling, Talks Future Plans For The Company

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Last weekend, it was announced via WDRB 41 that former WWE European and Hardcore Champion Al Snow is buying Ohio Valley Wrestling. OVW was founded by former wrestler “Nightmare” Danny Davis in 1997, and has been one of the longest-running televised wrestling shows ever since.

Over the years, OVW is also known for being the developmental territory for both WWE and Impact Wrestling creating WWE stars such as Brock Lesnar, John Cena, and WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix, among many others. For many years, Snow was a trainer in OVW, and helped build several successful WWE names.

After 21 years as the founder of OVW, Davis is now retiring to Florida, and Snow will take over as the lead executive. Currently, OVW features mostly indie talent. However, former WWE and Impact Wrestling star Elijah Burke is active in the company.

“What I have in mind is to create a great developmental center for wrestling talent to come find themselves, learn their craft, and learn it from truly experienced professional wrestlers,” said Snow in an interview with FITE TV. “I’ve always said that when you attend a wrestling school, or a wrestling training academy of any sort, that you take it much like if you were going to a university. If you want to go for accounting, you go in, you pay your tuition, you ask the Dean, ‘Ok, what’s my professor?’ and he goes, ‘this guy’s really good, he’s very talented.’ Well great! Who’s he work for? What’s he done? What kind of experience he has?

“Well, he’s never really went anywhere, he’s never really done anything, but he’s really good, he’s at the top of his class. That’s great, but if he doesn’t have experience, that means he has no real knowledge. If he has no real knowledge, there’s no way that he can communicate to you what you need to know. So you better take advance of any opportunities that may come up for you.”

The announcement of Snow taking over was well-received by both the current roster, as well as former Impact Wrestling stars, with names such as Hornswoggle and Madison Rayne sending their congratulations. As far as when the first show of Snow taking over will be, he stated, “it will be soon and I will let everyone know.”

Source: WrestlingINC

Ex-Impact Star Garza Jr. Reportedly Signs With WWE

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Garza Jr. — who had most recently been appearing on Impact Wrestling — has reportedly signed a deal with WWE and will soon begin training in NXT.

According to Spanish publication Diario Pasala — via SuperLuchas.com —  Garza allegedly said he recently passed his medical exam and the signing announcement will be made soon.

The wrestler also allegedly told the publication that his cousin Ultimo Ninja is WWE bound as well.

The 25-year-old last competed for Impact at their tapings in November.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Wrestling INC reports that both Garza Jr. and Ultimo Ninja recently took their medicals in Birmingham, Alabama. Garza Jr. told Diario Pásala of Super Luchas that they passed their medicals and will have an official announcement in the next few days.

 

Impact Wrestling Announces It Has Officially Parted Ways With Alberto El Patron On Saturday

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Impact Wrestling issued a statement on Saturday evening confirming the official departure of Alberto El Patron (former WWE star Alberto Del Rio) from the company.

The official statement reads:

“IMPACT Wrestling announced today that it has terminated its agreement with Alberto El Patron, effective immediately.”

This announcement comes just 24 hours after Patron reportedly no-showed last night’s Impact vs. Lucha Underground special that aired live on Twitch.

Patron had been scheduled to face Austin Aries for the Impact World Championship in the main event of the Redemption PPV on April 22. That match is now off.

It was reported earlier this month that Patron was at WWE Headquarters in Stamford to film footage for an upcoming project involving Rey Mysterio. Patron’s deal with Impact was already scheduled to expire in April. He did take part in a press conference on Friday in New Orleans to promote the Redemption PPV, but apparently something changed quick.

Source: WrestleView

Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground Results

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Impact X-Division Champion Matt Sydal vs. MOOSE vs. Caleb Konley vs. Matanza Cueto vs. Jack Evans vs. Chavo Guerrero – Winner: Matanza

* Impact Knockouts Championship: Allie (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie – Winner: Allie

* Scott Steiner & Teddy Hart vs. oVe – Winners: Scott Steiner & Teddy Hart

* Drago, Aerostar & King Cuerno vs. Andrew Everett, DJZ & Desmond Xavier – Drago, Aerostar & King Cuerno

* Trevor Lee vs. Marty “The Moth” Martinez – Winner: Trevor Lee

* Impact Tag Team Championship: LAX (c’s) vs. Killshot and The Mack – Winners: LAX

* Eli Drake vs. Brian Cage – Winner: Brian Cage

* I Quit Match: Eddie Edwards vs. Jeremiah Crane (Sami Callihan) – Winner by Forfeit: Jeremiah Crane (Sami Callihan) – Crane pulls out the bat from under the ring! Crane sets the chair up over Eddie’s face again and then Crane decks the referee with the bat as he begged Crane not to do it. Don Callis comes out and screams at Crane not to do it. Callis throws a towel in the ring to call the match. Crane decides to hit Eddie with the bat anyway but Moose hits the ring with a chair and chases him off.

Alberto Del Rio was not there main event changed to a Triple Threat Match

* Triple Threat: Impact World Champion Austin Aries vs. Fenix vs Lucha Underground Champion Pentagon Jr. – Winner: Pentagon Jr.

Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground At WrestleCon 4/6/18

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The following card will air on tonight’s Impact vs. Lucha Underground live special on Twitch from WrestleCon in New Orleans, beginning at 10:00 PM ET:

* Impact World Champion Austin Aries & Fenix vs. Alberto El Patron & Lucha Underground Champion Pentagon Jr.

* Impact Tag Team Championship: LAX (c’s) vs. Killshot and Da Mack

* Impact Knockouts Championship: Allie (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie

* I Quit Match: Eddie Edwards vs. Jeremiah Crane (Sami Callihan)

* Scott Steiner & Teddy Hart vs. oVe

* Eli Drake vs. Brian Cage

* Trevor Lee vs. Famous B

* Impact X-Division Champion Matt Sydal vs. MOOSE vs. Caleb Konley vs. Matanza Cueto vs. Jack Evans vs. Chavo Guerrero

* Drago, Aerostar & King Cuerno vs. Andrew Everett, DJZ & Desmond Xavier

Impact Wrestling Preview 4/5/18

* Road to Redemption: ALL ACCESS PASS

* Lashley wants revenge on Brian Cage

* Case vs. Case: Moose vs. Eli Drake

* Allie summons the Undead Bride

* Taiji Ishimori vs. Johnny Impact

WWA Rock N’Roll Forever At Evansville, IN – Featuring Rock N’ Roll Express, oVe, Kongo Kong and Gangrel

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I had another great time at a World Wrestling Alliance event in Evansville, In – WWA Rock N’ Roll Forever. WWA put on another great show that featured WWE Hall of Famers the Rock N’Roll Express vs. oVe from Impact Wrestling and Impact Wrestling’s Kongo Kong vs. former WWE star “The Vampire Warrior” Gangrel.

Check out my photos from the event below:

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Here is a photo that a WWA fan posted on Twitter of Rock N’ Roll Express and oVe:

W.W.A uploaded the video from the show: