Tonight on a all-new IMPACT! 9/8c on AXS TV and Twitch.
* Chris Bey and Rohit Raju vs. TJP and Fallah Bahh
* TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Moose (c) vs. Heath
* Jimmy Jacobs sit down interview with Impact worls Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns
* Eddie Edwards to defend his Impact World Championship
* Rich Swann will be in the Impact Zone to address what is going on with him
As Impact Wrestling Slammiversary came to a close, a video was shown hyping the return of EC3.
Released by WWE back in April, he previously worked in TNA / Impact from 2013 until 2018. During his run, EC3 won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on two occasions.
While it looks like he’s returned or has come back to Impact, EC3 noted earlier today on social media that is not quite the case.
“I have no home. I’m not ‘back.’ I’m not here for ‘friends’ or ‘family.’ In reality, who I am, has never been here. ‘Nostalgia’ and ‘comfort’ do not interest me. This isn’t what you think this is. This is more. #ControlYourNarrative #FreeEC3”
By the sounds of it, maybe EC3 is planning on showing up in more than one promotion over the next couple weeks.
EC3 dropped his “Choose Your Narrative” video once his 90-day non-compete clause ended with WWE.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tag Team Open Challenge: The Rascalz vs. Motor City Machine Guns ( Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
Winners: Motor City Machine Guns
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (Old School Rules Match): Moose (c) vs. Tommy Dreamer
Winner: Moose
Gauntlet Match (Winner become number one contender for Impact Knockouts Championship): Alisha Edwards vs. Havok vs. Kiera Hogan vs. Kimber Lee vs. Kylie Rae vs. Nevaeh vs. Madison Rayne vs. Rosemary vs. Susie vs. Tasha Steelz vs. Taya Valkyrie, Katie Forbes
Winner: Kylie Rae
As Callis and Mathews are discussing Rae’s win, Heath Miller (fka Heath Slater) grabs a microphone and heads into the ring. He’s a free agent now, and he’s looking for a fight! He would like to compete later on tonight for the Impact World Championship, but Rohit Raju makes his way down to the ring. He informs Miller that if he wants a title shot he’s going to have to wait in line. If anyone deserves a title shot, it’s Raju. Miller blocks out his threat and sends Raju out with a reverse DDT.
Impact X-Division Championship: Willie Mack (c) vs. Chris Bey
Winner and new X-Division Champion: Chris Bey
Rhino and Miller reunite. Scott D’Amore informs Miller that he is not allowed to be on their closed set. Rhino tells Miller to come back on Tuesday.
Impact World Tag Team Championships: The North (c) vs. Ken Shamrock and Sami Callihan
Winners: The North
Post-Match: The North grab two microphones and brag about how they’ve run through the entire tag team division in Impact. Ethan Page says that they are the greatest team in history. All of a sudden, the Motor City Machine Guns come back out. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin inform The North that on Tuesday, they are going to challenge The North for the Impact Tag Team Championships!
Impact Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo
Winner and new Knockouts Champion: Deonna Purrazzo
Impact World Championship (Vacant)- 5-Way Elimination Match: Eddie Edwards vs. Trey vs. Ace Austin vs. Rich Swann vs. Eric Young
Winner and new impact World Champion: Eddie Edwards
Post-Match: Madman Fulton makes his way down to the ring. Fulton comes in to attack the newly crowned champion. As Fulton is attacking Edwards’, the Good Brothers‘ music hit! Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson are here! The Good Brothers help Edwards take out Fulton and Austin. They grab some beers and celebrate.
Before the show ends, the lights go out, and we see a video of EC3 teasing his return.
DATE: July 18, 2020 at 8:00 PM ET
LOCATION: Skyway Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
AVAILABLE ON: FITE, Traditional PPV
Impact World Championship (Vacant): Eddie Edwards vs. Trey vs. Ace Austin vs. Mystery Opponent
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (Old School Rules Match): Moose (c) vs. Tommy Dreamer
Impact Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo
Tag Team Open Challenge: The Rascalz vs. Mystery Opponents
Impact X-Division Championship: Willie Mack (c) vs. Chris Bey
Impact World Tag Team Championships: The North (c) vs. Ken Shamrock and Sami Callihan
Gauntlet Match (Winner become number one contender for Impact Knockouts Championship): Alisha Edwards vs. Havok vs. Kiera Hogan vs. Kimber Lee vs. Kylie Rae vs. Nevaeh vs. Madison Rayne vs. Rosemary vs. Susie vs. Tasha Steelz vs. Taya Valkyrie
It’s the last stop on the road to Slammiversary! Don’t miss all the action this Tuesday at 8/7c on AXS TV and Twitch.
* Before all 10 of these Knockouts compete in the Knockouts gauntlet on July 18th at Slammiversary, they will compete in one of the most star-studded Knockouts tag matches of all time. Taya Valkyrie, Rosemary, Kimber Lee, Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz team up on one side. On the other, Kylie Rae, Susie, Alisha, Havok and Nevaeh prepare for battle. Who will gain momentum heading into the high-stakes Knockouts #1 Contender Gauntlet at Slammiversary?
* Knockouts Championship contract signing for Slammiversary: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Jordynne Grace (c)
* Tommy Dreamer and Crazzy Steve battle Moose and a mystery partner
* Inside look at Ace Austin’s training regimen as he returns to his roots.
* The Deaners vs. XXXL
Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows have reportedly come to terms on a deal with Impact Wrestling. The deal would allow “The Good Brothers” to wrestle on Impact as well as New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Former WWE Superstars Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson are expected to work for New Japan Pro Wrestling and one group here in the United States.
As we’ve noted, Impact Wrestling recently released a teaser for their July 18 Slammiversary pay-per-view, which included shots of several of the recently released WWE Superstars – Drake Maverick, EC3, Eric Young, Mike and Maria Kanellis, Curt Hawkins, Gallows and Anderson, plus a Bulgarian flag for Rusev. We know at least one of those wrestlers will not be appearing for Impact as Drake re-signed to work the NXT brand.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that some wrestlers shown in the promo have not agreed to appear for Impact. There’s no word yet on which of the wrestlers have agreed to appear at Slammiversary.
Regarding Gallows and Anderson, nothing is final but NJPW is probably where they will end up. It was noted that Gallows and Anderson will likely work for NJPW and then for a promotion here in the United States in between NJPW tours.
The 90-day non-compete clauses from these WWE contracts will expire on Wednesday, July 15.
Karl Anderson took to Instagram this week to post a photo of his fellow “Good Brother” Doc Gallows who is in more leaner, muscular shape and shown wearing an Impact Wrestling tank top. Anderson captioned the post by writing, “damn @the_biglg how much s–t are you on? @talknshoppodcast @the_biglg @azucarroc #TalkNShopAManiaTapings.”
Anderson and Gallows have reportedly come to terms on a deal with Impact Wrestling. The deal would allow “The Good Brothers” to wrestle on Impact as well as New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Gallows and Anderson recently also posted a photo of themselves with The Young Bucks.
It was also reported that Gallows and Anderson have already filmed content for Impact Plus, which is the on-demand streaming service that Impact launched in May 2019. It is not clear if they will be making an appearance on Impact’s upcoming PPV, Slammiversary, which will take place on July 18.
“TalkNShopAMania” is confirmed for August 1 on Fite TV. Gallows is also scheduled for an indie show on July 25th in Georgia.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
As Slammiversary draws near, tune in to an all-new IMPACT! this Tuesday at a special time of 9/8c on AXS TV and Twitch.
* Sami Callihan vs. Josh Alexander
* Jordynne Grace vs. Kimber Lee
* Rosemary and Taya Valkyrie w/ John E Bravo vs. Kylie Rae and Susie
* TJP and Fallah Bahh vs. XXXL vs. Reno Scum vs. The Deaners
* Madison Rayne will host a very special edition of Locker Room Talk this Tuesday night when she is joined by the most iconic Knockout in history. Fans around the world have been debating who exactly her guest will be.
Former Impact Wrestling star Michael Elgin has released a video denying claims made against him in the #SpeakingOut movement.
The nearly ten-minute video is titled “Hopefully you’ll listen” and begins with Elgin saying he hasn’t enjoyed thinking about wrestling the past two weeks.
He then addresses the #SpeakingOut movement and says it’s truly terrible that a lot of serious offenses were committed towards wrestlers/fans.
“A lot of things have been said about me,” he said next in the video. “And even though everything is drastically different, a lot of the things that were going on in wrestling were people using their power, using their position, or even taking advantage of younger people, and that sucks. But it was brought to my attention that some girl made claims about a hotel room in 2011.”
“Now, I don’t know if anything had ever happened to this young lady, I hope that it hasn’t and I hope that if it has she’s found some peace and some resolve. And I’m sure that’s impossible, because I can’t speak on anything like that. But what I can say, is that in 2011, I did share a hotel room with the girl and I did share a bed with the girl,” Elgin added. “But what has been left out is there was four other people in the room and I laid down in the bed next to the girl, asked her to come closer, or to have sex, I don’t know the exact verbiage. All I remember is her saying no and me going to sleep and the next morning the four wrestlers asking if we slept together. When I said no, they said, ‘Oh, we know. We heard her turn you down.’ And joked with me for months after about getting turned down.”
“I’m many things and I’ve made many mistakes in my life, but never, ever would I do anything to try and force anybody to do anything. Because, one, it’s not good for either one of us. The act. And, two, I mean, there’s legal consequences behind that,” he continued.
As for allegations made regarding him sending unwanted explicit photos to a female wrestler, Elgin claims to have reached out to the woman saying he didn’t recall doing that. She then told him that it was done as a dare while he was out drinking with wrestlers, as he explained while apologizing after it initially happened. Because of this, he apologized once again, though he says the photo may have been a picture he found online and not his own.
He also says a fan claiming he called her fat wasn’t true, as he grew up obese and knows what it feels like to be picked on for size, therefore he wouldn’t do that to someone.
Lastly, Elgin addressed the infamous video of him claiming to have urinated on a woman in a hotel room who was asking him to stop. Here’s what he had to say in full:
“Yes, I said that story. I said that story in 2013, because at that time those overly sexual stories or overly wild stories were getting massive downloads and massive buys because people wanted to hear them. So a story that happened in Timmins. Myself and two other wrestlers met three girls, and this was like maybe 2007, and we went back to the hotel. And there was joking about peeing on someone consensually on the ride up, and we did definitely joke about it, and somebody pee’ed on a girl in the shower when they were showering together, and joked about it after.
We went out with the girls the next day for breakfast. We saw them the next two times we went to town. It was an over-exaggerated story that I should have never told because now I realize, as I’ve matured, as I’ve growed, that … one, the story is outlandish and paints everybody in a bad light. But at that time, I was trying to sell DVDs. That’s not an excuse, that’s not anything. Because I take full blame for people bringing it up because it was me that said it. But I’ve tried to correct that story a million times, even the person that pee’ed on the girl in the shower corrected the story two years ago. And it just still floats out there. Again, that’s on me. One-hundred percent. I take ownership of that. I’m taking ownership of everything.
As we previously reported, Impact Wrestling says Elgin will not appear in future programming.
Watch his comments in the video below.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
The following is scheduled for tonight’s Impact on AXS TV:
* TJP and Fallah Bahh vs.Reno Scum
* Kiera Hogan w/Tasha Steelz vs. Havok w/Nevaeh
* Moose vs. Crazzy Steve
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