Category: Impact

Former Knockouts Champion Rosemary Re-Signs With Impact Wrestling

Impact Wrestling held a media call earlier today and announced former Impact Knockouts Champion, Rosemary, has re-signed with the company. On the call it was noted she will “be around for awhile.” She first debuted with the company in 2016.

Wrestling Inc. asked Rosemary if she would be reuniting with former Decay member, Crazzy Steve, since he appeared for the promotion back in January at the Nashville TV tapings. Rosemary said she was very interested in that happening and noted they’ve teamed on the indies.

Rosemary was out of action for eight months after sustaining a torn ACL, but made her return to TV at last month’s Impact Homecoming PPV where she saved Kiera Hogan from an attack by Allie and Su Yung. Rosemary is currently trying to save Allie from the “darkness.”

Sami Callihan and Fallah Bahh have also re-signed with Impact Wrestling.

Jeff Jarrett Wants A Judge To Give Him Back The Rights To His Name

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As part of an ongoing legal battle, Jeff Jarrett is trying to win back the rights to his own name and likeness from Anthem Sports & Entertainment — the parent company of IMPACT.

According to PWInsider, Jarrett and Global Force Entertainment filed an amended lawsuit on February 22 against Anthem. Jarrett and GFE had initially filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthem in August ’18 over the use of Global Force Wrestling’s Amped series, which was acquired by the company when they took ownership of Impact Wrestling from Dixie Carter.

Here’s a few interesting details from the amended lawsuit:

  • The lawsuit included a response from Anthem dated 11/30/18 in which they claim “the sixteen one-hour Episodes of Global Force Wrestling Amped content sought in this question no longer exist. It was deleted in the normal course of business, long prior to the onset of this litigation, in order to free up storage space on Anthem Wrestling’s systems.”
  • In a declaration, Anthem’s Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm explains “Anthem Wrestling was formed in order to acquire the assets of an entity called TNA Entertainment LLC, when Fight Media foreclosed on certain loans to that entity.”
  • Jarrett is now requesting a ruling that will cancel IMPACT’s trademark on his name and hand the rights back to him. Jarrett was recently hired to work as a backstage producer for WWE, so this ruling would make it easier for them to manufacture Jeff Jarrett action figures and include his likeness in video games/other media.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Sami Callihan Re-Signs With Impact Wrestling

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Wrestling Inc. confirms that Sami Callihan has signed a new multi-year deal with IMPACT Wrestling. Wrestling Inc. also reports that more signings are expected this week including a former Impact Wrestling Champion.

Callihan made his Impact Wrestling debut on November 5, 2017, at Bound for Glory. He has since gone on to be named Impact Wrestling’s 2018 Wrestler of The Year. He also won the 2018 Impact Wrestling Moment of The Year award, for smashing Eddie Edwards in the face with his baseball bat.

Currently, Callihan leads oVe on Impact Wrestling TV and is attempting to bring Rich Swann into their ranks. His last Impact PPV match saw him picking up a victory over Swann’s friend, Willie Mack. For those who are interested, we are told that Callihan re-signing with Impact will not affect his ability to work with MLW.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling Preview 2/22/19

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Scheduled for tonight’s Impact on the Pursuit Channel and Twitch at 10/9c.

* Impact World Champion Johnny Impact to kickoff Impact

* Alisha Edwards vs. Delilah Doom

* Eli Drake vs. Eddie Edwards

* The Desi Hit Squad vs. The Rascalz

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Impact Wrestling Hall Of Famer Gail Kim Announces Return To In-Ring Competition

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Impact Wrestling Hall of Famer and former WWE Superstar, Gail Kim, announced at last night’s Impact Wrestling tapings that she has resigned as a backstage producer and will be returning to the company as an in-ring competitor.

The announcement came after Tessa Blanchard came down to the ring and claimed that she would finally be getting justice on Gail Kim for both her unjust suspension and her Knockouts Title loss at Homecoming. Gail would come out to confront Blanchard and apologize for wronging her in the past, however, Blanchard started screaming how she wasn’t being specific enough. Gail delivered a more specific apology to Blanchard but was shortly thereafter encouraged to resign from her position as a backstage producer. Gail revealed that she did indeed resign from her role as Impact producer, but the stipulation was added that she would be returning to the company as an active wrestler. After yelling, “I’m coming back to kick your a–,” Gail pummeled Blanchard with shots and stood tall in the ring.

In a recent interview that Gail did Wrestling Inc’s WINCLY Podcast, Gail specifically mentioned how similarities between her and Blanchard have enticed her to step back in the ring for another match. Gail even went as far as to say that Blanchard is “going to be the best female wrestler in the world one day.”

“[Blanchard] came in [to Impact] and I kinda caught that itch and was thinking, ‘Wow, I would like to wrestle her,'” Kim said to Wrestling Inc.’s Nick Hausman. “I saw the same commonalities within us: we both want to be the best in the world and have the best matches…She’s the total package. She looks great. She’s great on the mic and she can go in the ring. I think she’s going to be the best female wrestler in the world one day.”

Source: WrestlingInc

Impact Wrestling “Uncaged” Preview 2/15/19

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Tonight Impact Wrestling presents “Uncaged” at 10/9c on Pursuit and Twitch

* Impact World Championship – Fatal 4-Way: (C) Johnny Impact vs. Brian Cage vs. Killer Kross vs. Moose

* Impact Knockouts Championship – Street Fight: (C) Taya Valkyrie vs. Tessa Blanchard

* Ethan Page vs. Willie Mack

* Sami Callihan tells all – Sami Callihan and Rich Swann have a storied past. We have learned pieces of the story, but not the whole story. What is their past all about? Who helped who? Who owes what? We can’t seem to find out what the situation really is between these two men. We know that Sami wants rich to come home to oVe. Will Rich join oVe? Will Rich follow Sami Callihan? Will Sami tell us more about their past to bring this story together so it all makes sense? There are so many questions that we hope to have answered on Friday at Uncaged.

* World Cup 2019: Team Impact (Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, Eli Drake & Fallah Bahh) vs. Team AAA ( Psycho Clown, Aerostar, Puma King & Vikingo)

Rob Van Dam & Sabu Announced For Impact Wrestling’s “United We Stand” Event

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The main event for Impact Wrestling’s United We Stand was announced on this Friday’s episode of Impact Wrestling. The main event will see Rob Van Dam & Sabu vs. The Impact World Tag Team Champions The Lucha Bros. (Rey Fenix & Pentagon Jr).

Impact has been teasing for some time about the main event including a former champion, which was revealed to be RVD. RVD won the Impact World Title back in 2010 after defeating AJ Styles.

Rob Van Dam and Sabu have had a long history together starting back in ECW, where the two won the ECW Tag Team Titles on two separate occasions. RVD and Sabu also wrestled as a tag team in both WWE and Impact Wrestling.

Earlier this week, Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr. were at the AEW Double Or Nothing” Ticket Announcement Party. It was reported that The Lucha Bros. had agreed to non-exclusive deals with All Elite Wrestling days before the event.

United We Stand will air live on Impact’s Twitch channel on April 4 at the Rahway Rec Center in Rahway, New Jersey.

Source: WrestlingINC

Impact Wrestling Preview 2/8/19

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Tonight on Impact Wrestling at 10/9c on Pursuit and Twitch.

* Impact World Tag Team Championship: (C) LAX vs. Lucha Bros

* Puma King vs. Sami Callihan

* Rich Swann & Willie Mack vs. oVe

* Dark Allie vs. Kiera Hogan

* Trey vs. Rohit Raju

* United We Stand Main Event announcement tonight that will feature the return of a former world champion on April 4

Impact Wrestling Teases The Return Of A Former World Champion

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Impact Wrestling tweeted out a statement teasing the return of a former world champion and guaranteeing that they will be in the main event at Impact Wrestling United We Stand on April 4. The individual will be revealed on this Friday’s episode of Impact Wrestling.

As seen below, the tweet reads, “A former World Champion in IMPACT Wrestling will return to main event United We Stand on April 4th! Find out who this Friday on IMPACT!”

Impact Wrestling United We Stand takes place on Thursday, April 4th at the Rahway Rec Center in Rahway, NJ and will stream live on Twitch.

Pentagon Jr And Fenix Will Wrestle In AEW, But They Don’t Have Exclusive Deals, Finished Up With MLW

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Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed Pentagon Jr and Fenix are not locked down to exclusive AEW contracts at this point.

In case you missed it, The Young Bucks made an appearance at Friday night’s “Come Hell or High Water” event in Atlanta after the Lucha Bros defeated SCU.

The AEW VPs stated Pentagon and Fenix are the second best tag team in the world, but they’d have to join All Elite Wrestling if they want to prove they’re number one. The Bucks then said they didn’t have formal AEW contracts to offer, but a handshake agreement would work.

Before that could happen though, the group were attacked from behind by local wrestlers. SCU, The Young Bucks and Lucha Bros fought them off … then the two tag teams shook hands.

Things got confusing hours later, however, after Chris Jericho tweeted saying the tag team had signed exclusive agreements with AEW — which would call their statuses with AAA, CMLL, Impact and Lucha Underground into question.

According to Lucha Central, Pentagon and Fenix will work dates for AEW but they’ve yet to sign an exclusive agreement. This means they’ll continue to fulfill promised dates in 2019 and work for a multitude of companies.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Yesterday, MLW CEO Court Bauer thanked Pentagon and Fenix for their time in MLW, reigning as tag champs for over seven months. Bauer continued, “Wherever you go next always know you both are 1000000000% leyendas de Lucha Libre!” so it looks like the duo is finished up with MLW.

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