The following is scheduled for tonight’s Impact on AXS TV:
* The #1 Contenders Tournament
Michael Elgin vs. Sami Callihan
Rhino vs. Ken Shamrock
* X-Division Championship: Willie Mack (c) vs. Johnny Swinger
* XXXL vs. TJP and Fallah Bahh
* The North defends the Tag titles again in Canada
* Madison Rayne and Johnny Swinger host a episode of Locker Room Talk
The following is scheduled for tonight’s Impact on AXS TV:
* The #1 Contenders Tournament to determine the next challenger for Tessa Blanchard‘s World Title will begins
Hernandez vs. Madman Fulton
Rohit Raju vs. Trey
* Self-Proclaimed TNA World Heavyweight Champion Moose vs. Suicide
* Havok vs. Kimber Lee
* Kylie Rae vs. Tasha Steelz
* The North defended their Tag Team Titles
* Madison Rayne and Johnny Swinger host the third episode of Locker Room Talk with guest Ken Shamrock
Wrestling Inc. has confirmed that Crazzy Steve has signed a new, multi-year deal with Impact Wrestling.
Crazzy Steve previously worked for Impact Wrestling, then TNA, intermittently from 2014 until 2017. Steve initially debuted as part of The Menagerie stable alongside Knux (aka Mike Knox), The Freak (aka Rob Terry) and Rebel.
After turning heel on The Menagerie at “One Night Only!: Live” in 2015 Steve would then become a member of Decay in 2016. During his time with Decay he was flanked by Abyss and Rosemary. Steve and Abyss defeated Beer Money on the March 19, 2016 edition of TNA to win the TNA World Tag Team Championships. Decay was also featured in The Hardys “Tag Team Apocalypto” which took place on The Hardy Compound.
Steve’s last match for Impact wrestling was on April 20, 2017. He re-emerged as the mystery tag team partner for Tommy Dreamer and Rhino at TNA Rebellion this past month. Steve was able to help the ECW originals pick up the win over oVe’s Madman Fulton, Jake and Dave Crist.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Suicide vs. Chris Bey vs. Trey vs. Rohit Raju
Winner: Chris Bey
Joseph P. Ryan vs. Cousin Jake
Winner: Joseph P. Ryan
Full Metal Mayhem: Rosemary vs. Havok
A woman names Neveah (Hazard in WOW Women of Wrestling) appeared near ringside and watched part of the match. Madison Rayne on commentary recognized her as Neveah but didn’t say from where she knew her.
Winner: Rosemary
Michael Elgin makes his way down to the ring. Elgin grabs a microphone, and says that last year at Rebellion, he came to Impact to make a statement – that statement was that he was going to become the next World Champion. He calls for a referee to come down to the ring. Next, he grabs ring announcer David Penzer. Now that he has both a ref and Penzer in the ring, he wants them to make a professional call, and announce him as the winner. As Penzer is about to announce Elgin as the winner, Moose’s music hits. Moose reveals that underneath his robe, he’s wearing the former TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
Moose tells Elgin that he understands his pain of waiting for a chance at gaining a title opportunity. Elgin thinks Moose wearing the former TNA Championship is hysterical. Moose says he has every right to wear it because he’s beaten several TNA originals. Then, we hear Hernandez’s music hit. Hernandez doesn’t say too much before he runs into the ring and all three men start fighting.
Michael Elgin vs. Moose vs. Hernandez
Winner: Moose
Tonight’s Night 2 (4/28) of Rebellion on AXS TV:
Suicide vs. Chris Bey vs. Trey vs. Rohit Raju
Joseph P. Ryan vs. Cousin Jake
Full Metal Mayhem: Rosemary vs. Havok
The Future of the World Title
oVe vs. Tommy Dreamer, Rhino and Crazzy Steve –
Winners: Tommy Dreamer, Rhino and Crazzy Steve
Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard was not able to be there, she iwas stuck at home in Mexico.
Eddie Edwards was not there. In an interview with Josh Mathews, he said he made the decision to not appear because it was what was right for his family.
Despite Tessa and Eddie not being there, Michael elgin said that he would be the Impact world champion by the end of Rebellion.
The Rascalz (Wentz and Dez) vs. XXXL (Acey Romero and Larry D) vs. TJP and Fallah Bahh –
Winners: The Rascalz
X-Division Championship: Ace Austin (c) vs. Willie Mack
Winner and new X-Division Champion: Willie Mack
Kiera Hogan vs. Kylie Rae –
Winner: Kylie Rae
Unsanctioned Match: Ken Shamrock vs. Sami Callihan –
During the match, oVe interfered, attacking Shamrock. Callihan laid out oVe with some type of wooded object. Shamrock and Callihan continued to fight.
Winner: Ken Shamrock
Next week on Night 2 (4/28) of Rebellion:
Suicide vs. Chris Bey vs. Trey vs. Rohit Raju
Joseph P. Ryan vs. Cousin Jake
Full Metal Mayhem: Rosemary vs. Havok
The Future of the World Title
Impact Wrestling announced that the Rebellion event will continue as a two-night event on AXS TV, airing on Tuesday, April 21 and Tuesday, April 28.
Rebellion was originally scheduled as a pay-per-view from New York City on Sunday, April 19. It will now air for free on AXS TV, Twitch and The Fight Network, along with Impact’s other international broadcast partners. The event will be held on a closed-set with essential personnel only due to the coronavirus pandemic.
IMPACT: Rebellion Update
In light of the restrictions placed upon live events as a result of the coronavirus, IMPACT Wrestling will hold its next major spectacular—IMPACT: Rebellion—on a closed set with only essential personnel in attendance, as per the guidelines put in place by the CDC.
Originally planned as a pay-per-view special, Rebellion will now expand into a two-part television event airing April 21 and April 28 as part of the weekly flagship series IMPACT!
Rebellion will air for free on AXS TV and Twitch in the U.S. and Fight Network in Canada, along with international IMPACT! broadcast partners.
The safety of IMPACT’s wrestlers, personnel, and fans is of the utmost importance, and while it is with some disappointment that we must scale back our original plans for the event, we are proud to have the opportunity to provide our loyal and passionate audience with some much-needed entertainment during this time. We look forward to producing a proper pay-per-view event once this crisis has passed.
Night One (April 21st)
Kiera Hogan vs. Kylie Rae
Rhino & Tommy Dreamer vs. oVe
X-Division Championship
Ace Austin (c) vs. Willie Mack
Main Event
Sami Callihan vs. Ken Shamrock
Additionally, Impact advertised a four-way match that will take place on night two (April 28). That match will be:
Chris Bey vs. Trey vs. Suicide vs. Rohit Raju
The triple threat main event between Tessa Blanchard (c), Eddie Edwards and Michael Elgin for the Impact World Championship is still up in the air as of this writing.
AXS.com, the website that handles tickets for Impact Wrestling Rebellion, posted that the April 19 event in New York City is cancelled.
Impact Wrestling has now announced the PPV is indeed not happening due to the coronavirus pandemic. Also, Against All Odds on April 17 and the April 24 and 25 TV tapings in Columbus are also not taking place.
Below is Impact Wrestling’s full statement:
As a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, IMPACT Wrestling will not be hosting “Against All Odds” on April 17th in Toronto, the April 19th “Rebellion” pay-per-view event at New York City’s Terminal 5 and the April 24th & 25th TV tapings in Columbus, Ohio. We are monitoring the situation closely and are looking at alternative ways that we can produce the events. All tickets will be fully refunded from point of purchase.The safety of our fans, talent and staff is of utmost importance and we will continue to adjust plans as necessary while still delivering as much IMPACT Wrestling as possible.
As noted, Impact also postponed the Lockdown PPV scheduled for March 28 in Windsor, Ontario, and the March Breakdown event scheduled for March 29 in Belleville, Michigan.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Impact Wrestling has announced that the Lockdown pay-per-view scheduled for March 28 in Windsor, Ontario, and the March Breakdown event scheduled for March 29 in Belleville, Michigan, have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The announcement from Impact noted that they will update plans as the situation evolves.
“As a result of the continuing developments regarding COVID-19, Lockdown on March 28 in Windsor, ON and March Breakdown on March 29 in Belleville, MI have been postponed. Please pursue refunds through your original point of purchase,” the statement on Twitter reads.
They continued, “We continue to monitor the situation actively and are reviewing the recommendations from the appropriate government agencies and local communities, particularly as they relate to There’s No Place Like Home scheduled for April 3 and Rebellion scheduled for April 19. We will continue to update our plans as the situation evolves. In the meantime, you can still join us on Tuesday nights at 8/7c on @AXSTV for IMPACT.”
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight at 8/7c on AXS TV and Twitch, get ready for another high-stakes episode of IMPACT! from Las Vegas.
* Best of 5 Series – Match 5: Eddie Edwards vs. Michael Elgin – the two will compete one final time to determine who will challenge Tessa Blanchard for the World Title at Rebellion
* Madison Rayne has an answer for Jordynne Grace’s Open Challenge
* Desi Hit Squad vs. The Rascalz
* Rhino vs. Madman Fulton
* Johnny Swinger and Glenn Gilbertti vs. Willie Mack
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