Tag: Rebellion

Impact Wrestling Rebellion Results 4/25/2021

PRE-SHOW
Rosemary and Havok defeated Susan and Kimber Lee

IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Josh Alexander defeated Ace Austin (c) and TJP to win the X Division Championship

VBD (W. Morrissey, Deaner, Joe Doering, and Rhino) defeated Chris Sabin, Eddie Edwards, James Storm, and Willie Mack

Former WWE star Big Cass (aka CazXL) made a surprise appearance during Impact Rebellion PPV. He’s going as W. Morrissey in Impact Wrestling.

Eric Young was out of action tonight due to a torn ACL and CazXL was his replacement. He joined Deaner, Joe Doering, and Rhino against Eddie Edwards, Willie Mack, Chris Sabin, and James Storm in an eight-man tag match. Morrissey ended up hitting the east river crossing on Mack to get the pinfall victory.

Brian Myers defeated Matt Cardona

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Jordynne Grace and Rachael Ellering defeated Fire ‘N Flava (Tasha Steelz and Kiera Hogan) (c)  to win the Knockouts Tag Team Titles

LAST MAN STANDING MATCH
Trey Miguel defeated Sami Callihan

IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) (c) defeated The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows)

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Deonna Purrazzo (c) defeated Tenille Dashwood

TITLE VS. TITLE MATCH
AEW World Champion Kenny Omega with Don Callis defeated Impact World Champion Rich Swann to win the Impact World Championship

Impact Wrestling Rebellion 4/25/2021

DATE: April 25, 2021 8:00 pm
LOCATION: Skyway Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
AVAILABLE ON:FITE, Impact Plus, Traditional PPV

CARD

TITLE VS. TITLE MATCH
AEW World Champion Kenny Omega with Don Callis vs. Impact World Champion Rich Swann

Mauro Ranallo to join commentary for the Main Event Title Vs Title Match

IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson) (c) vs. The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows)

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Tenille Dashwood

IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Ace Austin (c) vs. Josh Alexander vs. TJP

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Fire ‘N Flava (c) vs. Jordynne Grace and Rachael Ellering 

LAST MAN STANDING MATCH
Trey Miguel vs. Sami Callihan

Brian Myers vs. Matt Cardona

Chris Sabin, Eddie Edwards, James Storm, and Willie Mack vs. Eric Young Deaner, Joe Doering, and Rhino

Mauro Ranallo - Impact - Rebellion - Main Event

Mauro Ranallo Working The Impact Rebellion PPV

Mauro Ranallo working the Impact Rebellion pay-per-view is reportedly a one-off, at least for now.

Impact announced on Thursday that the former WWE and MMA announcer will join the Rebellion commentary team on April 25 to call the Title vs. Title match between Impact World Champion Rich Swann and AEW World Champion Kenny Omega.

PWInsider reports that Mauro is only coming in to Impact for this pay-per-view, at least as of Thursday evening. However, the door could be open for more work down the line. The gig came together over the last several weeks with the idea of Mauro adding to the grandeur of the Title vs. Title main event.

Mauro was at the Impact studios on Wednesday night, doing voice-over work for the “5 Ways To Win” videos for Omega and Swann, which you can watch below. Mauro also did voice-over work for the “This Is Rebellion” special that will air on AXS TV next Tuesday night.

“Swann vs Omega, champion vs champion, title vs title – this match represents everything I love about professional wrestling,” Ranallo said in a press release. “I have been fortunate to call these two superstar’s matches in the past and I’m very excited to be part of this historic encounter.”

Mauro and Impact Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore go back a few decades after working together in Stampede Wrestling. It’s possible that this is the connection between Mauro and Impact.

“This once in a generation title vs. title showdown deserves to be called by the once in a generation play-by-play announcer,” D’Amore added in a press release. “I’ve known Mauro for over two decades. There are very few people in the world who are as passionate about or know their wrestling history as well as Mauro. This is an historic main event, the world champions of two major organizations putting everything on the line. I’m thrilled that April 25th, at Rebellion, fans will have Mauro’s legendary voice proving the soundtrack to history!”

This will be Mauro’s first pro wrestling work since leaving WWE in August 2020. He has continued to work for Showtime Boxing, and worked the Mike Tyson pay-per-view from Triller last year.

 Below are the new “5 Ways To Win” videos Mauro did for Swann and Omega:

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Kenny Omega Announced For Title Vs. Title Match At Impact Rebellion

Before concluding last night’s go-home show before Sacrifice this weekend, Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore has announced that Rich Swann and Moose will defend both their Impact World and TNA World Heavyweight Championships in a Unification Match. The winner will go on to face the AEW World Champion Kenny Omega in the main event of Rebellion on Saturday, April 24 in a Title versus Title Match.

After a back and forth exchange since Hard To Kill, Moose has been targeting Swann for a World Title shot. Coincidentally, this feud arose just after they took a major loss to Omega and the Impact World Tag Team Champions, The Good Brothers, in that main event.

Moose, who originally brought back the retired TNA World Heavyweight Championship last April at Rebellion, has called himself the “Self-Proclaimed” Champion and has defended it countless times against TNA veterans. It wasn’t until last month that D’Amore sanctioned the title again. It’ll be interesting to see who will be the first in the company’s history to unify the top titles.

Omega, on the other hand, has been on a roll since winning the AEW World Championship off of Jon Moxley last December. This past Sunday at Revolution, Omega retained his championship against Moxley in a rubber match which saw both men compete in AEW’s first-ever Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match.

Sacrifice will be live exclusively on Impact Plus this Saturday.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling ‘Rebellion’ Night 2 (4/28/) Results

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

Impact Rebellion Night 2 (4/28/) Card

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

Impact Rebellion Night 1 (4/21) Results, Night 2 (4/28/) Card

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 Announces Rebellion As Two-Night Event On AXS TV

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.

 

Impact Wrestling Announces More Upcoming Cancellations

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.

Brian Cage Talks Injury At Impact Rebellion, If He’ll Be Out Of Action

Impact Wrestling announced after last night’s Rebellion PPV the new Impact World Champion Brian Cage was rushed to the emergency room after sustaining an injury during his match against Johnny Impact. Earlier today, Cage joined Busted Open to give an update after taking a spanish fly from the ramp down to the floor.

“Right when we hit, I’m rolling and the pain shoots down through my leg,” Cage said. “It’s a feeling I’ve never had before in my life. I’m instantly thinking, ‘ruptured disc or whatever. My back is f—ed, I’m going to have to have surgery or something.’ Then I’m thinking, ‘Maybe it’ll go away,’ and just trying to enter the ring after that moment, I’m bleeding and what not.

“Rolling into the ring, turning my hip over hip and trying to get up, I felt like there was no strength there and the pain shot down my leg again, and I’m like ‘crap.’ But it felt almost a little bit better, so maybe it will subside here in a second, like a flash thing. Then I think was in the corner and I evaded Johnny, and there was no movement, like, I couldn’t. I felt so slow and robotic in my mannerisms and movement because of the pain.”

Cage then said he shouldn’t be out of action for long as he was diagnosed with severe inflammation and a bone bruise. At worst, a small fracture, but there’s not much he can do for that aside from rest.

“Yeah it doesn’t look like I’m going to be out,” Cage said. “[The Doctor] goes, ‘I think you’re going to be fine, you have severe inflammation and a bone bruise, there could be a small fracture there. I would like to rule that out, however, if there is a fracture, I don’t seeing it being any major fracture. Even then, you can’t do much more for that, just err on the side of caution.'”

You can listen to the full clip below.

Sources: Wrestling Inc. and Busted Open Radio