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Bullet Club Member Hikuleo Appears At AEW Fyter Fest Night Two

NJPW star and Bullet Club member Hikuleo made a suprise appearance during night two of AEW Fyter Fest and laid down a championship challenge for Fight For The Fallen!

During Orange Cassidy’s clash with The Blade, New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Hikuleo appeared at ringside to take in the action. Later, the 30-year-old was shown at ringside donning a Bullet Club t-shirt with commentary noting he had particular interest in the IWGP United States Heavyweight title showdown between Jon Moxley and Lance Archer.

After a brutal and bloody Texas Deathmatch in the show’s main event, Archer regained the gold from the man he’d lost it to a year and a half earlier before being confronted by the Bullet Club member. The two stared down to close the show and it was later made official that Hikuleo will be Archer’s first challenger next week at Fight For The Fallen, the former’s AEW in-ring debut!

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Despite making his pro wrestling debut in November 2016, the 6 foot 8 star quickly made an impression across the world. Immediately joining his fellow Fifita family members Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa in Bullet Club, Hikuleo faced off against some of the biggest stars in NJPW before leaving on excursion for UK promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling. (They are the sons of Haku)

Most recently appearing on NJPW Strong, he’s picked up wins over the likes of Brody King, TJP and Fred Rosser and most notably made it to the semi-finals of the New Japan Cup USA 2021 before falling to eventual winner Tom Lawlor.

Source: Inside The Ropes

Chavo Guerrero Jr. Makes AEW Debut at Fyter Fest Night Two

Chavo Guerrero Jr. is All Elite, making his AEW debut during night two of Fyter Fest. Last night’s special episode of Dynamite saw Guerrero announced as the advisor to Andrade El Idolo. Guerrero appeared and said that while he’s excited to be part of AEW and praised the talent, none of them were on El Idolo’s level. That brought out PAC and Death Triangle, and Guerrero tried to recruit Penta and Fenix to no avail.

Guerrero returned to the ring in April at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 6, defeating Rocky Romero. He was last seen at Impact Wrestling in September of 2019 and has been working in Hollywood for the last few years, working on shows like Young Rock and GLOW.

Source: 411Mania

AEW Fyter Fest Night Two Preview 7/21/21

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest (Night Two) episode airs on TNT from the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.

* Darby Allin vs. Wheeler Yuta

* Frankie Kazarian vs. Impact World Tag Team Champion Doc Gallows

* The Blade vs. Orange Cassidy

* Five Labours of Jericho, Chapter 1: Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Spears (Only Spears can use a steel chair)

* Britt Baker (c) vs. Nyla Rose (AEW Women’s World Championship)

* Jon Moxley (c) vs. Lance Archer (Texas Deathmatch for the IWGP US Championship)

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary Results 7/17/2021, Chelsea Green, No Way Jose, Thunder Rosa, Mickie James, Jay White

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (PRE-SHOW)
Havok and Rosemary defeated Fire ‘N Flavor (c) to win the Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship

IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP (ULTIMATE X)
Josh Alexander (c) defeated Trey Miguel, Ace Austin, Chris Bey, Rohit Raju, and Petey Williams

Matt Cardona and Chelsea Green defeated Brian Myers and Tenille Dashwood

The Hot Mess, Chelsea Green was Cardona’s mystery partner

W. Morrissey defeated Eddie Edwards

FinJuice defeated Shera and Madman Fulton

Chris Sabin defeated Moose

IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The Good Brothers defeated Violent By Design (c), Rich Swann and Willie Mack, No Way and Fallah Bahh to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship

No Way Jose filled in for TJP

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Deonna Purrazzo (c) defeated Thunder Rosa

Thunder Rosa was the mystery opponent

– Post-match, Purrazzo takes the mic. Mickie James’ music then hits and out she comes! James heads right for Purrazzo. She tells the crowd it’s good to be back in front of a crowd and she knows if there’s one thing Nashville loves is hardcore country! Purrazzo is not happy that James is stepping on her moment. James says she appreciates Purrazzo and lists off her accomplishments. James mentions she’s connected to NWA POWERRR and wants only the best. She invites Purrazzo to the show. Purrazzo says everybody wants her on their show, but she still feels disrespected and tells James to get her trash bag and get the hell out of here! James slaps Purrazzo and then superkicks her. The champ rolls out of the ring and walks up the ramp. She eyes James and heads to the back.

IMPACT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (NO DQ MATCH)
Kenny Omega (c) defeated Sami Callihan

– Post-match, Callis, The Good Brothers, and Omega celebrate the victory. They go for too sweet and the lights go out. Bullet Club music hits and out comes NJPW star Jay White! The group throw up “too sweet” to White, White has his NEVER Openweight Championship with him and looks to be considering what he’ll do as the PPV comes to a close.

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary 7/17/2021

DATE: July 17, 2021 8:00 pm
LOCATION: Skyway Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
AVAILABLE ON:FITE and Traditional PPV

CARD

IMPACT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (NO DQ MATCH)
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Sami Callihan

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Mystery Opponent

IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP (ULTIMATE X)
Josh Alexander (c) vs. Trey Miguel vs. Ace Austin vs. Chris Bey vs. Rohit Raju vs. Petey Williams

IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Violent By Designs (c) vs. Rich Swann and Willie Mack vs. TJP and Fallah Bahh vs. The Good Brothers

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Fire ‘N Flava (c) vs. Havok and Rosemary

Chris Sabin vs. Moose

Eddie Edwards vs. W. Morrissey

Brian Myers & Tenille Dashwood vs. Matt Cardona & A Mystery Partner

Impact Wrestling Drops More Hints On Who Might Appear At Slammiversary

On tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling, several more hints were dropped on which stars might be returning or debuting at Slammiversary this Saturday.

In one of tonight’s segments, the Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo, who is set to defend her championship against an opponent she won’t find out about until Saturday night, and Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore, sat down to sign Purrazzo’s side of the contract going into Slammiversary. Just before she signed the contract, D’Amore told The Virtuosa, “I know sometimes things around here get to be a little bit of a hot mess, but Slammiversary is truly going to be iconic. We’re in Nashville here…might be a little hardcore country.”

In the first part of D’Amore’s statement, “hot mess” was in reference to Laurel Van Ness (fka Chelsea Green in WWE). Ness spent two years in TNA/Impact from 2016 – 2018. She held the Knockouts Championship one time. Her title reign lasted 65 days before dropping it to Allie (aka The Bunny in AEW). Green was one of several who was, unfortunately, let go from WWE in April, which means her non-compete clause has expired. Just recently, Green made an appearance at Ring of Honor’s Best in the World, where she will become one of the participants scheduled to compete in the Women’s World Championship Tournament that will begin soon.

The second phrase mentioned was “iconic,” which belongs to Cassie Lee & Jessica McKay (fka as Peyton Royce and Billie Kay, collectively known as The IIconics in WWE). Like Green, Lee and McKay were released by WWE in April and are now free from their 90-day non-compete clauses. The former WWE Women’s Tag Team champs have mentioned that they would like to remain a team going forward. In a recent interview with Renee Paquette, they both mentioned they would like to compete in Impact, along with other promotions, if given the opportunity.

Lastly, the “hardcore country” reference was made toward Mickie James’ music single, “Hardcore Country,” which was released on her 2013 album, Somebody’s Gonna Pay. James spent roughly two decades on and off with TNA (2002 – 2003, 2010 – 2015). She racked up three separate reigns with the Knockouts Championship and is looked at as one of the founding mothers of the Knockouts division. Currently, James is working as an executive producer and in-ring talent at NWA. She will be in charge of the first-ever all-female event for the company called NWA EmPowerrr on August 28.

It’ll be interesting to see if some or all of these women mentioned on tonight’s program will appear at Slammiversary. Slammiversary will take place this Saturday on FITE TV and traditional pay-per-view.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling Preview 7/15/21

In two days, Impact Wrestling’s world will change once again at Slammiversary. With all the titles on the line and possibly new and former faces emerging, anything can happen on Saturday. But that’s 48 hours away. Tonight, witness the go-home edition of Impact leading up to this altering event.

This week, the main event will showcase a Battle of the Hosses as Fallah Bahh, Willie Mack, Doc Gallows and the current Impact World Tag Team Champion Joe Doering from Violent By Design collide in a four-way match. Before these men and their tag team partners duke it out in a four-way matchup for the tag team titles on Saturday, one man from each team listed will test the waters on tonight’s program.

Last week, the men mentioned above saw their partners compete in the same structure, with Karl Anderson, a former Impact tag champion, win the entire thing. Will Gallows do the same thing his partner did last week, or could we see a new man step up and stake a claim for their team heading into this career-defining matchup this weekend?

Tonight on Impact on AXS TV:

* Havok vs. Tasha Steelz

* Moose vs. Hernandez

* Eight-Man Tag Team Match: X-Division Champion Josh Alexander, Chris Bey, Trey Miguel & Petey Williams vs. Ace Austin, Madman Fulton, Rohit Raju & Shera

* Mixed Tag Team Action: Tenille Dashwood & Kaleb (With A “K”) vs. Jordynne Grace & Rachael Ellering

* Chris Sabin vs. Johnny Swinger will kick things off on Before The Impact at 7 PM ET!

AEW Dynamite Fyter Fest Night One Preview 7/14/21

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest (Night One) episode airs on TNT from the HEB Center in Cedar Park, Texas.

* Brian Cage (c) vs. Ricky Starks (FTW Championship)

* Ethan Page vs. Darby Allin (Coffin Match)

* Matt Hardy vs. Christian Cage

* Penelope Ford vs. Yuka Sakazaki

* Hangman Page to speak

* Jon Moxley (c) vs. Karl Anderson (IWGP US Championship)

* Sammy Guevara vs. Wheeler Yuta

Impact Wrestling Launches YouTube Membership Service

Impact Wrestling has launched their new YouTube membership program.

It was announced today that the “Impact Wrestling Insiders” on YouTube is a part fan-club and part digital subscription service, using the YouTube membership option. Fans will have access to premium content, brand new shows, and exclusive perks on the Impact YouTube channel.

Two membership tiers are available now. Level one, the Impact Insider, is priced at 99 cents per month, and gives fans access to loyalty badges that identify them as members, exclusive Community posts, and access to the two-hour flagship Impact TV show each Thursday.

Level two, the Impact Insider: Ultimate, priced at $4.99 per month, includes all of the above, plus access to more exclusive content, including new Originals featuring The Good Brothers, Sami Callihan, D’Lo Brown and X Division Champion Josh Alexander, every pay-per-view in company history, access to Impact’s “Big Four” pay-per-view event 30 days after they take place, exclusive merchandise, exclusive live chats with wrestlers, and more.

Below are full details on both tiers, sent to us today via Impact press release:

LEVEL 1: IMPACT WRESTLING INSIDER (99c USD per month)

Impact! Weekly Episodes On-Demand
pro-wrestling’s fastest-paced weekly show, premiering every Thursday

Special Loyalty Badges
appear next to Member’s name in comments and live chats

Exclusive Community Posts
fan polls, insider pictures and the latest news direct from IMPACT

LEVEL 2: IMPACT INSIDER: ULTIMATE ($4.99 USD p/m)
All “IMPACT Wrestling Insider” perks plus:

Hard To Kill + Rebellion + Slammiversary + Bound For Glory
IMPACT’s annual ‘Big Four’ available just 30 days after live Pay-Per-View events

Monthly Special Events
The biggest stars on wrestling today collide in must-see match-ups.

The Impact Wrestling Archive
From Kurt Angle to Abyss and Sting to AJ Styles, relive every legendary Pay-Per-View from the last two decades of TNA/IMPACT history.

Brand New Impact Originals Shows
including Callihan Uncensored,

Money Off Impact Merchandise
exclusive offers not found anywhere else

Exclusive GIFs
to use when chatting with wrestlers and other Ultimate Insiders

Impact Wrestling Preview 7/8/21

In less than two weeks, worlds will collide as the Impact World Champion Kenny Omega is set to do battle with “The Draw” Sami Callihan in the main event at Slammiversary. Tonight, these two notorious bruisers will make their match official with a contract signing on Impact Wrestling.

Last week, Omega and Callihan led their respective teams in a six-man tag team match. Unfortunately, Callihan’s team lost at the hands of The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson). But it’s important to note that neither Omega nor Callihan took the pin. These two future opponents missed each other in the match. The only interaction between them was Omega hitting a V-Trigger on Callihan, which helped his team pick up the pinfall victory.

Although this will be Omega’s first contract signing held at the Impact Zone, Omega will have to mind his Ps and Qs against one of the most violent athletes on the Impact roster. Callihan, who is dead set on winning the title for a second time and bringing it back home, is also ready to end Omega and keep him far away from the promotion he spent close to four years perfecting through his blood, sweat and tears. How will “The Best Bout Machine” handle “The Death Machine” tonight?

Speaking of Slammiversary, a Knockouts Tag Team Contenders Match will take place between Havok and Rosemary against Susan and Kimber Lee. Whoever wins will secure their shot at facing Fire ‘N Flava for the titles (Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz) next Saturday. With Lee focused on summoning Su Yung to help her and Susan seek revenge on Deonna Purrazzo, will The Undead Bride arrive to obtain the victory?

Also set for tonight’s show:

* Brian Myers vs. Jake Something

* Steve Maclin vs. Suicide will kick things off on Before The Impact at 7 PM ET.

Source: Wrestling Inc.