Category: Impact

Impact Wrestling Knockouts Knockdown Results 10/9/2021

The entire roster is stood in and out of the ring, honoring Daffney with a 10 bell salute

Mickie James and Veda Scott on commentary

 Melissa Santos returns as the main ring announcer.

 Knockouts Knockdown Tournament:

Opening-Round: Rachael Ellering defeated Lady Frost

Opening-Round: Chelsea Green defeated Renee Michelle

Opening-Round: Mercedes Martinez defeated Brandi Lauren

Opening Round: Tasha Steelz defeated Jamie Senegal

Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo (w/Matthew Rehwoldt) defeated Masha Slamovich

Semifinals of the Knockouts Knockdown Tournament:

Semifinals: Mercedes Martinez defeated Rachael Ellering

Semifinals: Tasha Steelz defeated Chelsea Green

 Christy Hemme reveals that Awesome Kong will be inducted into this year’s Impact Hall of Fame at Bound For Glory! 

Awesome Kong’s Speech:

Awesome Kong is greeted with a “You Deserve It” chant. She thanks the crowd. She begins by joking about how winded she is coming down to the ring. Kong dedicates this monumental moment to Daffney, who she says opened so many doors in the Knockouts division. She asks everyone to continue opening doors and breaking barriers in this industry and beyond. She thanks the crowd and tells them she’ll see them all at Bound For Glory!

Taylor Wilde takes a moment to reflect on her and Daffney’s first-ever and historic Monster’s Ball Match

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Monster’s Ball: Savannah Evans defeated Jordynne Grace, Alisha Edwards and Kimber Lee

 Knockouts Knockdown Tournament Finals: Mercedes Martinez defeated Tasha Steelz

Mercedes Martinez will now be waiting in the wings for the shot at the Knockouts Championship. She will receive her opportunity after Bound For Glory!

Post-Match: Gail Kim presents Martinez with a trophy! 

Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Decay (Havok & Rosemary) (c)  (w/Crazzy Steve & Black Taurus) defeated The Influence (Madison Rayne & Tenille Dashwood) (w/Kaleb)

Impact Wrestling Knockouts Knockdown 10/9/2021

Impact Wrestling presents Knockouts Knockdown airing Saturday, October 9 via Impact Plus and the Impact YouTube channel for Ultimate Insiders.

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* Knockouts Championship:

Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. A Mystery Opponent (picked by Mickie James)

* Knockouts Knockdown Tournament Opening-Round Matches:

Tasha Steelz vs. Jamie Senegal

Chelsea Green vs. Renee Michelle

Lady Frost vs. Rachael Ellering

Brandi Lauren vs. Mercedes Martinez

* Knockouts Tag Team Championship:

Decay (Havok & Rosemary) (c) vs. The Influence (Madison Rayne & Tenille Dashwood)

* Monster’s Ball Match:

Savannah Evans vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Alisha vs. Kimber Lee

Impact Knockouts Knockdown Tournament Bracket Revealed

Impact Wrestling has announced the bracket for the Knockouts Knockdown tournament to be held on Saturday’s special on Impact Plus.

The first round matches include Tasha Steelz vs. Jamie Senegal, Chelsea Green vs. Renee Michelle, Lady Frost vs. Rachael Ellering, Brandi Lauren vs. Mercedes Martinez.

The winner of the tournament will receive a future shot at the Impact Knockouts Title, currently held by Deonna Purrazzo.

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Knockouts Knockdown will also feature the Shannon “Daffney” Spruill Memorial Monster’s Ball Match with participants to be announced, plus a match for the Knockouts Tag Team Titles with Havok and Rosemary defending against Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood.

Impact Wrestling Preview 10/7/21

Impact Wrestling is tonight at 8 pm ET on AXS TV. This episode will be the go-home show for Saturday’s Knockouts Knockdown event on Impact Plus.

* Impact World Champion Christian Cage & Josh Alexander vs. Ace Austin & Madman Fulton

* Bullet Club (Chris Bey, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) vs. FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) & Chris Sabin

* Kimber Lee, Brandi Lauren & Lady Frost vs. Tasha Steelz, Savannah Evans & Mercedes Martinez (makes her highly-anticipated in-ring debut)

* X-Division Title Tournament Continues: Steve Maclin vs. Black Taurus vs. Petey Williams

* Heath Addresses the Impact Zone

* Matthew Rehwoldt will kick things off with Laredo Kid on Before The Impact at 7 PM ET!

Heath Returns To IMPACT, Saves Rhino From A Potential Attack

Heath has returned to IMPACT Wrestling and in the process, he has prevented Rhino from being attacked by Eric Young and Violent by Design. Heath was out with an injury suffered at last year’s Bound for Glory event, but now he is back and is hoping to reunite with Rhino, but tonight was not the night as Rhino walked away from him with no confirmation of a reunion. Here is how it all went down:

VBD comes out to the ring. Eric Young says they had all the momentum, all the control, but someone made a mistake: Rhino. EY knows that Rhino knows that. Now Rhino has a decision to make. He’s either with them or he walks away (nobody walks away). “Walk away” chants. Rhino comes out. “Gore” chants as Rhino makes his decision. He gets surrounded as the pressure’s on. Suddenly, Heath comes out and he returns. Heath attacks Deaner. He lariats out Joe Doering. The ring is cleared to just him and Rhino. Heath wants a hug. Rhino exits via the barricade.

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Source: WrestleZone

Impact Reveals Digital Media Championship

Impact has added a Digital Media Title to its ranks, and it seems as if both men and women can compete for it.

Impact unveiled its Digital Media Championship this week, and it appears both male wrestlers and Knockouts will be eligible to compete for it.

Every promotion needs a core set of titles. A World Championship, Women’s Title, and tag team belts. As for what a promotion chooses to build on that foundation when it comes to other titles is up to their creativity and imagination. Impact Wrestling has always been pretty creative when it comes to that corner of the business, and it continued to prove that via the reveal of an all-new championship this week.

During this week’s episode of Impact TV, a video package aired announcing a tournament for its new Digital Media Championship. The title’s gimmick is that, for the most part, it will only be defended on shows that air online. Whether it be via Impact’s YouTube channel or on Impact Plus. The package also makes it seem like both men and women will be able to compete for the title.

While that has not yet been confirmed by Impact, the video, which you can check out below, features Knockouts like Tenille Dashwood and Chelsea Green alongside some of the male stars who will presumably be a part of the tournament. The bracket is yet to be announced, but the first matches will take place on October 5. The tournament’s final and the first-ever Digital Media Champion will be crowned later this month at Bound For Glory.

Source: TheSportster

Impact Wrestling Preview 9/30/21

Impact Wrestling is tonight at 8 pm ET on AXS TV as they continue toward the Bound for Glory PPV on October 23.

* Laredo Kid vs. Trey Miguel vs. Alex Zayne (X Division Title Tournament Match)

* Eddie Edwards vs. W. Morrissey (Street Fight)

* Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood vs. Jordynne Grace and Rachael Ellering (Number One Contender’s Match For Tag Titles)

* Madman Fulton vs. Christopher Daniels

Christopher Daniels Returned To Impact

Former four-time X-Division and two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion Christopher Daniels made his long-awaited return to Impact Wrestling last night’s episode.

Daniels helped Josh Alexander and Christian Cage take care of Ace Austin and Madman Fulton after Alexander won his scheduled bout against Austin in the main event. Because of his assistance, Daniels will have a comeback match against Fulton on next week’s show.

It has been seven years since “The Fallen Angel” has been on Impact. His first venture in the company began in 2002-2010. He came back from 2011- 2014. Currently, Daniels is part of the AEW roster. He signed with them in 2019 when they first launched their promotion.

Sami Callihan Injured At Impact TV Tapings

Sami Callihan actually suffered multiple injuries at Saturday’s Impact Wrestling tapings.

Callihan suffered a broken ankle at the tapings, and will likely be out of action until the spring of 2022 following surgery.

PWInsider has confirmed that Callihan suffered the broken ankle, and revealed that he also broke the tibia and fibia bones in his left leg.

Callihan underwent surgery in Nashville and was released from the hospital today. He is now expected to be out of action until the middle of 2022 at the earliest.

The injury came while Callihan was doing a suicide dive from the ring to the floor. There is still no word on who he was wrestling, or if the match will air during an upcoming Impact TV episode.

Callihan was supposed to reunite with Jon Moxley as the Switchblades and face the reunited Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards (The Wolves) on October 30 for The Wrestling Revolver’s “Tales From The Ring” event in Clive, Iowa. No word yet if the match will still take place with a replacement for Callihan.

Tommy Dreamer Releases Statement Regarding Dark Side of the Ring Appearance

Tommy Dreamer took to social media on Sunday to apologize for comments he made during the latest episode of Dark Side of the Ring.

It took a few days, but Tommy Dreamer has released a statement regarding his comments on the latest episode of Dark Side of the Ring. Dreamer has been taking a ton of heat over the past few days after seemingly downplaying the alleged sexual misconduct of Ric Flair during a WWE private charter flight dubbed “The Plane Ride from Hell. Dreamer was suspended indefinitely by IMPACT Wrestling as a result of the fallout of those comments.

Dreamer took to social media a few days after the episode aired. During the show, he suggested that Flair would never force himself upon a woman or act inappropriately when it comes to the topic of sexual misconduct. He called what Flair did a joke and that it was just Flair being Flair. He noted that people nowadays take offense to everything, and while it would be 1000% inappropriate now, it wasn’t really a big deal then and compared the story of Flair running around nearly naked to his own double ponytail. He also noted that perhaps the victim shouldn’t have settled out of court if she was bothered by all of this and charged Flair in an attempt to get him thrown in jail.

Needless to say, the comments were not well received by the massive audience Dark Side of the Ring brings in and Dreamer was suspended. It’s not clear when he’ll be back.

In his statement, Dreamer said, “Regarding my comments on Dark Side of the Ring. It was never my intention to offend, hurt or victim shame anyone.” He adds, “I understand my comments were insensitive and could trigger emotions in someone’s own personal past. I do not condone sexual misconduct of any kind.” He finished with, “I apologize to anyone I offended. From the bottom of my heart, I am so sorry.”

There are mixed reactions on social media to his apology. Some are saying he’s doing the right thing by acknowledging he made a mistake while others are saying he’s apologizing to the wrong person and that it’s hard to believe considering it appears the main reason he went on the show was to play down Flair’s actions.

It’s not clear where this all goes or if, once a certain amount of time goes by, he’ll be welcomed back to IMPACT Wrestling or his work with Busted Open Radio. Flair hasn’t made comments or released a statement since the show aired.

Source: TheSportster