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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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IMPACT Wrestling and Major League Wrestling Announce Collaboration for April 4 Events

Impact Wrestling issued the following on their website on Wednesday:

TORONTO | NEW YORK CITY – IMPACT Wrestling, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., and Major League Wrestling (MLW), announced today that they will be collaborating for their events on April 4 by coordinating talent and schedules to ensure that fans can attend live events presented by both organizations when virtually the entire professional wrestling world descends upon the New York metropolitan area.

April 4 show details for both organizations are below:

Major League Wrestling
MLW will host “Rise of the Renegades” tapings on April 4 at 7:00 p.m. ET for its weekly television program “Fusion” airing on beIN Sports. Tickets start at $20 and are already on sale at MLWTickets.com. The live event will take place at Melrose Ballroom (36-08 33rd St.) in Long Island City, NY.

IMPACT Wrestling
IMPACT Wrestling presents “United We Stand” on Thursday, April 4 at Rahway Recreation Centre (275 E. Milton Ave.) in Rahway, NJ. The event, in partnership with WrestlePro, begins at 11:00 p.m. ET and streams live on Twitch. Tickets are on sale at www.IMPACTWrestling.com and start at $40. The event will stream live on IMPACT Wrestling’s official Twitch channel – www.twitch.tv/impactwrestling – which also features the flagship weekly show IMPACT!, simulcasting on Pursuit Channel across the U.S. on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. ET.

 

“This arrangement eliminates talent booking conflicts and ensures that loyal and passionate fans of both IMPACT Wrestling and MLW are able to attend our respective live events on April 4th,” said Ed Nordholm, president of IMPACT Wrestling.

“Both promotions believe in putting the fans first,” said MLW COO Jared St. Laurent. “Fans will be traveling from all over the world in hopes of seeing the best of the best. MLW and IMPACT Wrestling agreed without hesitation that the fans deserved to be able to see both of these amazing events without having to choose one over the other.”

IMPACT Wrestling executive vice-president Scott D’Amore added: “Due to the New York curfew preventing us from starting at 11:00 p.m. ET, we have moved our live event to New Jersey. We want to thank our partners at WrestlePro for facilitating this collaboration on April 4th and also thank House of Glory and stress that we couldn’t make this happen for our great fans without their cooperation. We look forward to working with House of Glory in the near future and will have an announcement coming soon about a future event together.”

The two venues are roughly 30 miles apart and travel time between the two is generally about an hour.

Directions from Melrose Ballroom to Rahway Recreation Center can be found below:

By Transit or Subway
• Walk approximately 3 minutes from Melrose Ballroom to 31st & 36th Ave. to the W Train
• Take train approximately 17 minutes to 34th St. – Penn Station.
• Alternate route: N Train also goes direct to 34th St. – Penn Station.
• Take NJ Transit 7 stops approximately 35 minutes to Rahway, NJ.
• Cross the street and enter Rahway Recreation Center on 275 E. Milton Ave.

By Car
• Drive through Manhattan via Lincoln Tunnel or Holland Tunnel.
• Drive through Staten Island via Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
• Both routes will bring you to NJ Turnpike South to Rahway, NJ.

Impact Wrestling Preview 2/1/19

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Impact tonight on Pursuit Channel and on Twitch – 10/9c

* Lucha Bros & Taurus vs. LAX & Daga

* Psycho Clown vs. Fallah Bahh

* Su Yung & Dark Allie vs. Kiera Hogan & Jordynne Grace

* Update on the suspended Tessa Blanchard

* Rascalz vs. Eddie Edwards & Eli Drake

* Friend or Foe? What is the history between Sami Callihan and Rich Swann? Will we ever know the real story? What will happen when the truth comes out?

* Killer Kross & Moose vs. Brian Cage &  Impact World Champion Johnny Impact

Shane Helms Returning to WWE In Backstage Role

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As we previously reported, Abyss and Sonjay Dutt left Impact Wrestling last week and will be starting with WWE in a backstage capacity.

Wrestling Inc. reports that former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Shane Helms will be returning to the company as a backstage producer. Helms had been working with Ring of Honor since this past June.

Helms brings nearly 20 years of experience in the business on a national level, dating back to his signing with WCW in 1999. His biggest career run came when he started dressing as a superhero named “The Hurricane” in the WWF in 2001.

During a recent media call, Paul “Triple H” Levesque discussed the company increasing their efforts in hiring talent in backstage roles.

“We’re always on the lookout for talented people that can contribute to the product and to the WWE as a whole,” Levesque said. “It doesn’t matter where they’re from, the quality people that are talented, that have a passion for this and want it to go to the next level and succeed, I’m always looking forward to those people.”

Helms is expected to begin with WWE today. Wrestling Inc. has learned that Abyss and Dutt are believed to start their new roles by mid-February. Levesque indicated that their roles are not yet fully defined.

“Sonjay coming in here, Abyss coming in here [in] behind the scenes roles, we’re going to see where that best fit is for them,” Levesque said. “I’ve heard of them, I know of them.

“So many people speak highly of them and their jobs over the years, from a talent standpoint and other standpoint, so, I’m looking forward to working with them and seeing where they best fit through all of this, as we all are. Everybody here will determine where they fit, what they want to do, and how they can help contribute in the best way to the product going forward.”

Source: WrestlingINC

Matt Sydal Done With Impact Wrestling, Reportedly Has Offers From WWE And AEW

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Matt Sydal’s contract with Impact Wrestling ended on January 1, 2019, according to Dave Meltzer on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio.

Meltzer reports that Sydal is now a free agent and has contract offers from both All Elite Wrestling and WWE. There’s apparently no word yet on Impact Wrestling coming to terms on a new contract with Sydal.

Matt Sydal was taken out of the Warrior Wrestling event earlier this month due to a knee injury. Sydal announced he scheduled knee surgery to repair some torn cartilage, however, Sydal later tweeted out that the original date of the surgery was postponed because of insurance issues. In another tweet, Sydal noted that he should be back in the ring by March or April.

Sydal has seen success in wrestling promotions all around the world, including the WWE. In 2007, Sydal introduced himself as “Evan Bourne” and showed off his impressive high-flying offense to the WWE Universe. He teamed up with Kofi Kingston in 2011 and “Air Boom” would eventually become WWE Tag Team Champions. Sydal also won Championship gold in New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and a one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. In Impact Wrestling, he is a former Impact Grand Champion and Impact X Division champion.

Source: WrestlingINC

Impact Wrestling Preview 1/25/19

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Impact tonight on Pursuit Channel and on Twitch – 10/9c

* Impact World Championship: (C) Johnny Impact vs. Killer Kross

*  Rich Swann vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

* Ethan Page vs. Trey

* The Desi Hit Squad vs. The Rascalz

* Impact Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie returns to action

News About Impact Wrestling & MLW International TV Deals

Impact Wrestling announced that they’ve renewed their broadcast deal for Mexico with Mexico City-based MVS Comunicaciones MVStv.

“Hot off the heels of a pair of successful events in Mexico City, we are thrilled to extend our partnership with MVStv to broadcast our premier content across Mexico,” said Ed Nordholm, president of IMPACT Wrestling. “We had more than 30 million social media engagements in Latin America across our YouTube, Facebook and Twitter platforms in 2018. We are very pleased that our fans in Mexico will now have an opportunity to see our full lineup of original content.”

MLW also announced an international television deal, as they will partner with Ananey Communications to bring MLW’s flagship weekly series, MLW: FUSION, to Israel on Ego Total.

“This is the perfect home for Major League Wrestling as we keep on our track as the fastest growing wrestling property in sports,” said MLW CEO Court Bauer. “As a combat sport league, this is a great fit for us and for our partners. We’re excited to bring MLW to Israel each and every week.”

“As the home of professional Wrestling in Israel for the past decade, we are proud to add MLW to our broadcast roster and looking forward to a great partnership,” said Adi kfir Ego Total Vice President.

The first episode will air on Ego TV in Israel on Tuesday at 6:10 PM local Israeli time.

– MLW also announced that World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki defending his title against “Filthy” Tom Lawlor will headline the MLW: SUPERFIGHT live national televised special emanating from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on Saturday, February 2nd. Also added to the show was Puma King vs. Gringo Loco. The live broadcast begins at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. Fans can buy tickets starting at $15 at https://www.MLWgo.com. Bell time is 7:15pm.

Source: WrestlingINC