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Impact Wrestling star Eric Young is currently out of action with a torn ACL.
Young recently appeared on The Wrestling Perspective podcast and said he suffered a torn ACL at the recent set of Impact TV tapings. He then revealed that he will be on the shelf for 6-9 months.
Young noted that this is the first time he’s been injured in his lengthy career. He is scheduled to undergo surgery soon, and is hoping to be back in the ring in 6 months.
“At the last tapings I tore my ACL,” Young said. “It’s the first time I’ve ever been injured. I missed my first wrestling show this Friday that I was booked on in 24 years of doing it. So, it’s frustrating, man. I’ve never been injured. I’ve been hurt lots, but I’ve never been injured. I have to have surgery in like a week and a half. And it’s going to be a long, long road. So, we’ll see, man. It’s going to get real interesting for me.”
Young revealed that he suffered the injury during a match against James Storm. He continued to work the tapings, wrestling in a Hardcore War eight-man tag team match the next day, and then a singles match against Eddie Edwards. The match with Storm will air on this week’s Impact as the main event because it is Storm’s 1,000th career bout.
“My ACL is completely torn, which I didn’t know,” Young said. “That happened on Monday during the match with Storm. I finished it like nothing happened. I wrestled a hardcore war eight-man tag the following day, then I wrestled Eddie Edwards on Tuesday in a singles match. It was like 20 minutes — on one leg. And I would put that match against anything that airs anytime, for any wrestling company, anywhere in the world, and I did it on one leg. And I’m very proud of it.”
Young couldn’t say for sure if he will remain on Impact TV while injured, but he said he imagines he will. He is the current Violent By Design leader, a stable that also features Joe Doering, Rhino and Cody Deaner.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
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* Luster The Legend vs. Black Taurus on Before The Impact, which airs on AXS TV at 7pm ET
* Fallout from Sacrifice
* Sami Callihan vs. Trey Miguel
* 12-woman tag match: Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo, Knockouts Tag Team Champions Fire ‘N Flava, Kimber Lee, Susan and Tenille Dashwood vs. Jordynne Grace, Jazz, ODB, Havok, Nevaeh and Alisha
* New Impact Tag Team Champions FinJuice vs. Team XXXL in a non-title match
* Rohit Raju vs. Shera
Decay (Crazzy Steve and Black Taurus) w/Rosemary def. Reno Scum
Tenille Dashwood and Kaleb with a K def. Havok and Nevaeh
VBD (Deaner and Joe Doering w/Eric Young) def. James Storm and Chris Sabin w/Jake Something
HOLD HARMLESS MATCH (NO RULES)
Eddie Edwards def. Brian Myers
IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Fire ‘N Flava (c) def. Jordynne Grace and Jazz
IMPACT X-DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Ace Austin w/Madman Fulton def. TJP (c) to win the Impact X-Division Championship
IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Deonna Purrazzo (c) w/Kimber Lee and Susan def. ODB
IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
FinJuice def. The Good Brothers (c) to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP UNIFICATION MATCH (Winner faces AEW World Champion Kenny Omega at Rebellion in a Title vs. Title Match)
Impact World Champion Rich Swann def. TNA World Heavyweight Champion Moose to become the Unified Impact World Heavyweight Champion
DATE: January 16, 2021 8:00 pm
LOCATION: Skyway Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
AVAILABLE ON: IMPACT Plus
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP UNIFICATION MATCH (Winner faces AEW World Champion Kenny Omega at Rebellion in a Title vs. Title Match)
Impact World Champion Rich Swann vs. TNA World Heavyweight Champion Moose
IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. ODB
IMPACT X-DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
TJP (c) vs. Ace Austin w/Madman Fulton
IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The Good Brothers (c) vs. FinJuice
IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Fire ‘N Flava (c) vs. Jordynne Grace and Jazz
HOLD HARMLESS MATCH (NO RULES)
Brian Myers vs. Eddie Edwards
James Storm and Chris Sabin w/Jake Something vs. VBD (Deaner and Joe Doering w/Eric Young)
Decay (Crazzy Steve and Black Taurus) w/Rosemary vs. Reno Scum
Tenille Dashwood and Kaleb with a K vs. Havok and Nevaeh
Before concluding last night’s go-home show before Sacrifice this weekend, Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore has announced that Rich Swann and Moose will defend both their Impact World and TNA World Heavyweight Championships in a Unification Match. The winner will go on to face the AEW World Champion Kenny Omega in the main event of Rebellion on Saturday, April 24 in a Title versus Title Match.
After a back and forth exchange since Hard To Kill, Moose has been targeting Swann for a World Title shot. Coincidentally, this feud arose just after they took a major loss to Omega and the Impact World Tag Team Champions, The Good Brothers, in that main event.
Moose, who originally brought back the retired TNA World Heavyweight Championship last April at Rebellion, has called himself the “Self-Proclaimed” Champion and has defended it countless times against TNA veterans. It wasn’t until last month that D’Amore sanctioned the title again. It’ll be interesting to see who will be the first in the company’s history to unify the top titles.
Omega, on the other hand, has been on a roll since winning the AEW World Championship off of Jon Moxley last December. This past Sunday at Revolution, Omega retained his championship against Moxley in a rubber match which saw both men compete in AEW’s first-ever Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match.
Sacrifice will be live exclusively on Impact Plus this Saturday.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
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The legendary pro-wrestling promoter Jim Crockett Jr. has tragically passed away at the age of 76.
Crockett’s death from organ failure was confirmed by multiple sources on Wednesday evening.
Jim’s father — Jim Crockett Sr. — started the hugely influential Jim Crockett Promotions in 1931. Crockett Sr. passed away in 1977, and Crockett Jr. officially took the reigns of JCP in 1977. The company, which ran affiliated with the NWA, was started by his father, and was sold in 1988 to Ted Turner, who re-named it WCW. Crockett Jr. was a three-term NWA President, last serving in the role in 1991.
In the wake of his passing, tributes poured in from Jim’s fans, friends, and colleagues.
“Rest In Peace Jim Crockett Jr. You will be missed by so many,” Robert Gibson of The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express wrote on Facebook.
“If not for my love of Jim Crockett promotions I doubt I ever would have considered a pro wrestling career,” Lance Storm tweeted. “Thank you Jim Crockett jr. May you Rest In Peace.”
WWE issued a statement:
WWE is saddened to learn that Jim Crockett Jr. passed away at the age of 76.
An influential promoter who helped champion the careers of WWE Hall of Famers such as Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat and The Road Warriors, Crockett Jr. stewarded the family’s Crockett Promotions from 1977 to 1989. As part of the promotion’s affiliation, Crockett Jr. was later named President of the National Wrestling Alliance in 1980. During his tenure, Crockett Jr. helped expand the promotion’s footprint and held the inaugural Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Under Crockett Jr.’s leadership, the NWA would eventually be sold and renamed as World Championship Wrestling.
WWE extends its condolences to Crockett Jr.’s family and friends.
AEW and Impact Wrestling also issued statements via Twitter.
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