Category: Impact

LAX (Santana and Ortiz) Reportedly Done With Impact Wrestling

At Sunday night’s Slammiversary XVII PPV, Impact World Tag Team Champions The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) were able to retain the titles against The Rascalz and LAX. Near the end of the bout, Santana went down with an injury, which was planned out in advance of the match.

Sunday night was also Santana and Ortiz’s final match with the promotion, according to F4WOnline’s Daily Update.

Both WWE and AEW have interest in signing Santana and Ortiz. For WWE, they are looking to pick up as much talent as possible, while AEW is focused on continuing to build up its tag team division.

Santana and Ortiz joined LAX back in March of 2017 and are four-time Impact World Tag Team Champions. They are the longest reigning tag champs (261 days) and longest reigning combined tag champs (662 days).

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Jon Moxley Makes Surprise Indie Appearance To Answer Killer Kross’ Challenge

Killer Kross got what he was looking for last night in Las Vegas after Jon Moxley answered his recent challenge at an indie event.

Future Stars of Wrestling’s “Natural Born Killers” event took place Friday night in Las Vegas and Moxley made a surprise appearance to wrestle Killer Kross, who was there with Scarlett Bordeaux.

Kross made a video last month calling Mox out.

Unfortunately, the match ended in a no contest. Both wrestlers then beat up security guards afterward who were trying to break them apart. Moxley also got on the microphone and said Kross has now earned his respect, so he’d like to finish this in the future.

Watch some of the clips from social media below.

https://twitter.com/AndreasHale/status/1147381393548173312

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https://twitter.com/GlennKingXXX/status/1147570965213110272

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Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary XVII Results 7/7/19 – Rhyno Appears As A Mystery Masked Man

TJP vs. Trey vs. Jake Crist vs. Willie Mack – Winner: Willie Mack

Impact World Tag Team Championship: (C) The North vs. LAX vs. The Rascalz – Winners: The North

First Blood Match: Killer Kross vs. Eddie Edwards – Winner: Eddie Edwards

Moose vs. RVD – Winner: Moose 

Impact Knockouts Championship – Monster’s Ball Match: (C) Taya Valkyrie vs. Rosemary vs. Su Yung vs. Havok – Winner: Taya Valkyrie

X-Division Championship: (C) Rich Swann vs. Johnny Impact – Winner: Rich Swann 

Impact World Championship: (C) Brian Cage vs. Michael Elgin – Winner: Brian Cage

Post-match, Elgin takes the title and smacks Cage in the face with it. Elgin goes over to commentary and yells at Callis while Mathews runs off. Callis goes to take the title, Elgin stops him and tosses him into the ring. Elgin looks to take out Callis and a masked man (Rhyno) shows up and  gave Elgin his signature gore (spear). He’d taunt a bit before running back out through the crowd.

https://twitter.com/bigwillieisms/status/1148055304694902784

Sami Callihan vs. Tessa Blanchard – Winner: Sami Callihan

Post-match, Callihan takes both bats like he’s gonna attack her again. He then hands off the gold bat to Blanchard and heads to the back. Crowd cheers on Blanchard as the show ends.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary XVII 7/7/19

July 7, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET, Gilley’s Dallas, Dallas, Texas – Available on FITE, Traditional PPV

Impact World Championship: (C) Brian Cage vs. Michael Elgin

X-Division Championship: (C) Rich Swann vs. Johnny Impact

Impact Knockouts Championship – Monster’s Ball Match: (C) Taya Valkyrie vs. Rosemary vs. Su Yung vs. Havok

Impact World Tag Team Championship: (C) LAX vs. The Rascalz

First Blood Match: Killer Kross vs. Eddie Edwards

Moose vs. RVD

Sami Callihan vs. Tessa Blanchard

 

 

Impact Wrestling Preview 7/5/19

Tonight on the final Impact before Slammiversary:

* TJP vs. Ace Austin

* Which Rascalz are going to Slammiversary? We will find out when Dez, Wentz and Trey all battle to determine who will advance to Slammiversary to challenge for the World Tag Team Titles. The Rascalz decided to take it to the ring to make this difficult decision. The Rascal that is pinned will be the one who is out.

* Madison Rayne vs. Kiera Hogan

* Johnny Impact & John E Bravo vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack

Impact Wrestling Reportedly In Talks To Move Weekly Show To AXS TV

Impact Wrestling is reportedly in talks with AXS TV to move networks.

According to Voices of Wrestling, Impact has had conversations with the Mark Cuban-backed network about making the switch. So far, the reports have not been verified.

The move is reportedly likely to take place after the Slammiversary pay-per-view in July, but there have apparently been hold ups during negotiations so nothing is official.

Impact currently airs on Pursuit Channel and Twitch.

For those unaware, AXS TV is also the home of NJPW programming and WOW – Women of Wrestling. Both of these shows are moving to Saturday nights this summer.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Impact Wrestling Preview 6/28/19

Tonight on Impact:

* Medical update on Impact World Champion Brian Cage

* Fallah Bahh vs. Sami Callihan

* The North vs. The Deaners

* LAX & Laredo Kid vs. The Rascalz

* Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary vs. Su Yung & Havok w/ James Mitchell

Impact Wrestling Preview 6/22/19

Tonight on Impact:

* Eddie Edwards vs. Madman Fulton

* Tessa Blanchard vs. Jake Crist

* Impact Knockouts Championship: (C) Taya Valkyrie vs. Su Yung

* Rich Swann vs. Michael Elgin vs. Johnny Impact

* Mosse vs. Tommy Dreamer

Konnan Says Impact Wrestling’s New TV Home Will Be “Substantially Better” Than Pursuit

It’s no secret that things haven’t gone well between Impact and Pursuit which was highlighted by the network airing a re-run of Impact instead of a new episode recently. That has sparked more conversation about Impact needing to find a new home and Konnan addressed why Pursuit isn’t the best option when he spoke to Wrestling Inc. on the recent edition of their WINCLY podcast.

“First of all no one can get the channel and second of all it’s a hunting channel,” said Konnan. “It doesn’t matter how good you are if no one is watching you. And that’s a problem because we’re real good right now. …No one can really see it unless you get it on Twitch and a lot of people don’t wanna go on Twitch.

“So, I think them looking for a better platform, which I think they will find, will help image-wise, morale-wise and people will be watching a really good product.”

Konnan was asked which specific channel would be better, but he wouldn’t say it because he doesn’t want to give it away before Impact announces it.

“Just about anything…you could be on MTV3 and that would be better than being there,” Konnan said of Pursuit. “The place they are going is substantially better.”

While Impact doesn’t appear to be a fan of Pursuit, they do seem to be fans of The Rascalz. Konnan talked about Impact embracing stoner humor with the group.

“I think wrestling, sports and politicians have been behind the curve,” Konnan stated. “Let’s get real: [marijuana] is classified as a Schedule 1 narcotic like heroin. Really? Like cocaine, really?”

Konnan then gave the history of marijuana in the United States and how it was made illegal for racial reasons, particularly to keep down Mexicans and other minorities. He then mentioned the medical uses for marijuana and brought up that many NFL players prefer cannabis over opioids.

“I’m a cannabis smoker myself. Not only that, I was a big fan of Cheech and Chong’s Up In Smoke and Half Baked. Those movies were great and they’re stoner-centric,” Konnan said of his love for that culture.

Konnan is 55 now and has gone through numerous health issues, but he seems to be holding up and enjoys working as much as he’s able to.

“[Working] is better than the other option: being unemployed. I just enjoy everything, especially at my age. I’m not an active wrestler but I’m still able to work in what I love to do,” said Konnan.

Konnan can be seen every Friday night, 10 pm EST, on Impact Wrestling via Pursuit and Twitch.

Wrestling Inc’s full interview with Konnan was included in yesterday’s episode of their WINCLY podcast. It can be listened to HERE at this link. During the interview Konnan discusses what’s next for LAX, LAX’s “beautiful” feud with the Lucha Bros, why he told Michael Elgin not to work for Triple A, Impact looking for a new TV home, The Rascalz pushing stoner humor and more.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Scarlett Bordeaux Granted Release From Impact Wrestling

Impact Wrestling has granted Scarlett Bordeaux’s request to be released from her contract.

The company tweeted saying: “Impact Wrestling confirms that it has released Scarlett Bordeaux from her commitments to Impact. We wish her every success in her future endeavors.”

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After a brief run with Impact from 2014-2015, Bordeaux returned to Impact in July of 2018, sporting a “Smokeshow” gimmick that gained a lot of attention. She quickly became one of the company’s more popular acts after being featured regularly on their TV show. One of Impact’s most viral videos was her giving Scott Steiner a lap dance. Over time, however, she started to wrestle more frequently on the program, including against men. She beat Glenn Gilbertti (Disco Inferno) in her debut match.

Bordeaux recently requested her release from the company. Although the contract was due later this summer, Bordeaux’s deal was set to reportedly pay her per appearance and wasn’t a guaranteed contract. She was among a few members of the Impact roster to request their release, including boyfriend Killer Kross.

As we previously reported, Scarlett’s boyfriend Killer Kross has also been wanting out of his contract over financial related reasons.

So far, the company has not been willing to grant his request.

During a recent interview, Kross talked about how Scarlett’s situation with Impact was worse than his and that she was still living at home because of how little she was making with the company.

Sources: Pro Wrestling Sheet and Wrestling Inc.