Impact World Championship: (C) Austin Aries vs. Moose
Impact Knockouts Championship: (C) Su Yung vs. Madison Rayne
International 4-Way: Rich Swann vs. Johnny Impact vs. “Bone Soldier” Ishimori vs. Fenix
Mask vs. Hair: Pentagon Jr. vs. Sami Callihan
X Division Championship: (C) Matt Sydal vs. Brian Cage
House of Hardcore Rules Match: Eddie Edwards vs. Tommy Dreamer
Impact Tag Team Championship – 5150 Street Fight: (C) LAX w/Konnan vs. OGz w/King
Tessa Blanchard vs. Allie
At last night’s Major League Wrestling Battle Riot event, Rich Swann was taken to the hospital by ambulance after his match, according to PWInsider. Early word was Swann had a bad concussion that he sustained towards the end of his tag match (Swann and ACH vs. Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr.).
Swann was scheduled to be involved in this Sunday’s Impact Slammiversary XVI PPV in a Four-Way Match against Johnny Impact, Rey Fenix, and Taiji Ishimori. As of this writing Impact is watching the situation and working on a replacement if Swann isn’t able to compete this weekend.
Swann debuted with Impact last month where he defeated Trevor Lee in his first match. We will have full live coverage of Slammiversary this Sunday beginning at 8pm ET.
Source: WrestlingINC
Tonight on Pop TV, the final Impact before this Sunday’s Slammiversary pay-per-view:
* Austin Aries and Moose confrontation
* Joe Hendry makes his Impact in-ring debut against Eli Drake
* Desi Hit Squad vs. KM & Fallah Bahh
* Konnan will speak his mind about King and the OGz
* Tessa Blanchard & Shotzi Blackheart vs. Allie & Kiera Hogan
* Killer Kross vs. Petey Williams
Austin Aries is set to defend his title at Slammiversary on this Sunday. Aries will put his Impact World Championship on the line against Moose in front of a sold-out Toronto crowd.
Aries was released from WWE in 2017 after a year-and-a-half with the company. He never picked up a title in WWE, but that soon changed when he hit the independent wrestling scene.
The Belt Collector took part in a media call today where I had the chance to ask about other WWE Superstars who might not be happy and ready to strike out on their own. Aries said at this point there is such a vibrant array of options that it gives someone a world of possibilities outside of Vince McMahon and Company.
“I mean listen, if there’s a number of men and women over there who feel they’re in a position where they’re spinning their wheels,” Aries said. “Or maybe not getting the opportunities they feel they earned that are immensely talented. I’m not gonna name names but I think anyone in that position who wants to better themselves, I think Impact Wrestling provides a platform at least that’s not gonna tie you down and lock you in and give you the opportunities to actually go and prove that.”
While Aries declined providing specifics, he noted that talent have other options if they feel that they’re not being utilized properly.
“They go and do that also independently across the world. So you know it’s a unique opportunity. Listen, there’s a lot — they have a huge roster and there’s a lot of talent on there. There’s only so many spots and so many hours of television. So you know I’m sure there are people who feel like they’re getting left out or they’re not getting the shots that they want, and if they find themselves free and clear, it’s cool. There’s a nice vibrate professional landscape right now for people to go out and apply their craft.”
Source: WrestlingINC
Former two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Ayako Hamada has been sentenced to 18 months in prison over drug charges, according to Yahoo Japan.
Hamada, the 37 year old daughter of the legendary Gran Hamada, was arrested at home in Tokyo back on May 13th. This led to her Pro Wrestling Wave departure and Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling stripping her of their world title.
Police were called to Hamada’s home back in May after she told a promoter that she would miss their event because she was being held at knifepoint by someone. Police found Hamada acting strange and that led to her testing positive for drugs. She admitted taking drugs through her nose.
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Source: WrestlingINC
* DeAngelo Williams returns to Impact
* Rich Swann, Pentagon Jr. & Fenix vs. Sami Callihan & oVe
* Allie in singles action
* The World Champion Austin Aries, speaks the truth
Tonight IMPACT Wrestling on Pop TV once again calls St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada home as the road to Slammiversary continues to blaze a trail through Canada. The night after America celebrates it’s Independence Day, the Stars and Knockouts of IMPACT Wrestling will be ready for action:
* Rich Swann vs. Fenix
* Killer Kross makes his Impact in-ring debut vs. Fallah Bahh
* Su Yung & The Undead Maid of Honor vs. Madison Rayne & Allie
* Konnan says he knows who took him out at Redemption and plans on telling the world who that person is tonight.
* Tommy Dreamer will speak about what happened last week when he was attacked by Eddie Edwards in Philadelphia.
* Kongo Kong vs. Brian Cage
Former Impact Wrestling stars Robbie E and Chelsea Green are among the wrestlers attending a tryout this week at the WWE Performance Center.
NXT‘s Instagram account shared videos from the first day and both Chelsea — aka Laurel Van Ness — and Robbie are seen working out with other WWE hopefuls.
As you may recall, Green was on the 2015 season of Tough Enough alongside current NXT/WWE stars Velveteen Dream, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville. She made her departure from Impact earlier this year and filmed episodes for the current season of Lucha Underground.
Robbie left Impact in September of last year and has since focused on outside projects related to fitness, while still wrestling on the independent scene.
Both can be seen in the video (Chelsea is in a Disney shirt and Robbie is on the ring apron) at the link below:
The following is scheduled for tonight’s Impact on Pop TV:
* First ever Impact broadcast from Windsor, Ontario – St. Clair College
* Rich Swann debuts
* Desi Hit Squad debuts
* Moose talks about World Title
* Matt Sydal vs. Dezmond Xavier
* Pentagon Jr. vs. Sami Callihan at PCW Ultra in Los Angeles
* Eddie Edwards goes to House of Hardcore in Philly
Eli Drake had signed a new deal with Impact Wrestling
Drake’s new contract with Impact, it is said per a new report by Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com that the new contract for Drake is for a long-term deal.
It was originally believed that Drake would be signing a short-term extension through July 31st, which would get Drake and Impact through the Slammiversary PPV and subsequent TV tapings in Toronto from July 22 to July 26.
It was also said that WWE had interest in Drake for NXT should he have departed Impact. Drake (Shaun Ricker) had been under a NXT developmental deal from May 2013 to August 2014 and then debuted for TNA/Impact in 2015.
Source: WrestleView
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