IMPACT - weekly tv thread

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The wrestling world has changed AGAIN!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Slammiversary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Slammiversary</a> was a smashing hit! See the fallout tonight on <a href="https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IMPACTWRESTLING</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/AXSTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AXSTV</a> 8PM EST <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/brotherrating10?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#brotherrating10</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MachineGunKA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MachineGunKA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottDAmore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottDAmore</a> <a href="https://t.co/AUcaJIErbs">pic.twitter.com/AUcaJIErbs</a></p>&mdash; “The Big LG” Doc Gallows (@The_BigLG) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_BigLG/status/1285635894427488256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TONIGHT at 8/7c on <a href="https://twitter.com/AXSTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AXSTV</a>🇺🇸/<a href="https://twitter.com/fightnet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fightnet</a>🇨🇦/Twitch! <br><br>It's a DREAM MATCH for the IMPACT World Tag Team Championships as The North defend against The Motor City Machine Guns! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMPACTonAXSTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IMPACTonAXSTV</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/fakekinkade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fakekinkade</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SuperChrisSabin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SuperChrisSabin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialEGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OfficialEGO</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Walking_Weapon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Walking_Weapon</a> <a href="https://t.co/dOjUEohiE0">pic.twitter.com/dOjUEohiE0</a></p>&mdash; IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) <a href="https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1285635658548011009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

I have learned the weekly show also airs on TWITCH the same time as TV.

That is pretty smart of IMPACT to give people more ways to watch.

[Evil Vito]

It's a smart decision since a lot of people don't get AXS, myself included.

[erickman]

It's a smart decision since a lot of people don't get AXS, myself included.

yeah and brian cages wife hosts the twitch show and thats better then the axes shows ads.

[slik]

here we go

[erickman]

starts with ec3

[slik]

watching on twitch instead of axs, over 7k people watching so far

[slik]

https://www.twitch.tv/impactwrestling

[erickman]

poor heath can't use his last name

[slik]

Let Heath in the building, he has kids to feed...

[erickman]

i am glad they did not give him a last name.

[slik]

Madison Reyn really annoying voice

[slik]

The Josh/Madison commentary team could keep me from tuning in weekly tbh

[slik]

RVD looks out of it

[slik]

Eric Young vs Eddie Edwards

No Thanks

​​​​​​​Likely my first and last week watching Impact

[slik]

ECIII attacks Moose, he wants the TNA Title bc he didn't sacrifice for THIS BUSINESS to see it end up like this

[slik]

Ok, Wrestle House was 100% the best part of the show

[slik]

Alright tag match time

[slik]

Good main-event tag match

Positives - MCMG vs The North was really good, Wrestle House

Negatives - Josh Matthews and Madison Rayne are horrible on commentary, Eddie Edwards has no personality

[slik]

Did a good job trending

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[Evil Vito]

So right at the 90 day no compete window they've signed:

-Karl Anderson
-Luke Gallows
-Heath Slater
-Eric Young
-EC3
-Curt Hawkins

[Volare]

Still got a feeling Cody will get Ryder.

[erickman]

So right at the 90 day no compete window they've signed:

-Karl Anderson
-Luke Gallows
-Heath Slater
-Eric Young
-EC3
-Curt Hawkins

i am surprised they got as many as they did, wonder what they will do with curtguess he will go for the x belt.

[erickman]

Madison Reyn really annoying voice

yeah her voice sucks but if you get past that what she says is good heel color.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I don't care about any of those signings except Heath Slater. I'm really surprised the WWE did not re-sign him. He should have been in a tournament for the vacated North American Title. Instant ratings success for NXT.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Pro Wrestling Torch, this week's episode of Impact did around 163k viewers based on some ratings numbers he managed to grab for AXS TV.

[Volare]

Nice!

[erickman]

so is silk here tonight or did josh and madison chase him off

[erickman]

wrestle house is great dreamer got the house before the ecw check bounced.

[slik]

I have it on mute but un-muted for Wrestle House segments, very entertaining stuff

[slik]

Crazy Steve is my favorite so far

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wrestle House begins TOMORROW at 8/7c on <a href="https://twitter.com/AXSTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AXSTV</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMPACTonAXSTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IMPACTonAXSTV</a> <a href="https://t.co/as6jU5SCBq">pic.twitter.com/as6jU5SCBq</a></p>&mdash; IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) <a href="https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1287855544494108672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Volare]

Steve vs Acey for rights to sleep in the ring with Kylie Ray as special ref...hey why not I guess...

[Volare]

I'm honestly just waiting for some Good Brother action and that's it.

[erickman]

let's see how heath gets screwed tonight.

[Simple Fan]

Been watching but just to busy to really get on here and talk about it to no one.

[Emperor Smeat]

Several of GCW's regulars showed up at Impact's tapings earlier today.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When I said today was a big day for independent wrestling, I meant it. Thank you, <a href="https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IMPACTWRESTLING</a> for recognizing hard work, drive, talent, and doing things the right way. Chambers, roll out. <a href="https://t.co/Qz1psec0pJ">pic.twitter.com/Qz1psec0pJ</a></p>&mdash; @Lx$ (@fakekinkade) <a href="https://twitter.com/fakekinkade/status/1295152227921821696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

From left to right, Benjamin Carter, Tre Lamar, and Lee Moriarty.

GCW wrestlers getting some quality exposure from the bigger promotions recently. NJPW had Blake Christian and Alex Zayne appear on last week's NJPW Strong show.

[erickman]

rebuilding the x div

[erickman]

this is a pretty good ep, new x champ, an ec3 steals tna belt from moose.

[erickman]

the mics did not work for madison and josh 1st match tonight it was great

[erickman]

mics still out matches with out anoucers,

[Volare]

I did chuckle at Kylie finally getting "mad" lol.


Good Brothers better get the straps at BFG.

[erickman]

after tonights impact they will have talking shop on axis it should be a hoot.

[erickman]

wow there womens champ since july gets her contract today 4 months after winning it. impact is lucky she did not leave.

[erickman]

damn ken shamrock got a vid from the hitman heart as well is getting one from the rock.

[erickman]

matt striker is back with don calling matches on pre show

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently Kylie Rae got yanked from Bound For Gory.

Either she recently tested positive for the coronavrus since she worked at GCW's The Collective shows that quickly became a hotbed for the coronavirus or Impact simply decided to just do a bait-and-switch for the Knockout title tonight.

Shame either way since her vs. Deonna Purrazzo was the match I was interested the most for Bound for Glory and why I decided to watch it tonight.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to the Observer, Kylie Rae got quietly pulled due to an unknown injury.

Impact Wrestling fans tuning into Bound For Glory Saturday were surprised to see that the top challenger to Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo -- Kylie Rae -- didn't challenge the champion as advertised.

While explained on the pay-per-view as a no show, Bryan Alvarez is reporting she was off the show due to an injury that isn't considered to be serious. No other details are available.

Rae has been active on the indies between Impact taping dates, wrestling as recently as two weeks ago.

[erickman]

yeah i wanted a su yung slow build or she should have changed mid match. i could see it being coronayrus

[Droford]

damn ken shamrock got a vid from the hitman heart as well is getting one from the rock.

If this was old tna

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[erickman]

Apparently Kylie Rae got yanked from Bound For Gory.

Either she recently tested positive for the coronavrus since she worked at GCW's The Collective shows that quickly became a hotbed for the coronavirus or Impact simply decided to just do a bait-and-switch for the Knockout title tonight.

Shame either way since her vs. Deonna Purrazzo was the match I was interested the most for Bound for Glory and why I decided to watch it tonight.

it is still unknown what happened to kylie, this is looking like what happend to kylie at aew.

[erickman]

so will the kenny segment be last again? will tony buy another nwo type ad? will josh leave with madson or will he work with striker

[Jordan]

I'll watch whatever happens that might be interesting on twitter. I can't subject myself to any more hours of Impact.

[erickman]

no madison at the year end thing guess tv time is up. wonder what full time job she got what was she in school for?

[xrodmuc316]

Let me guess, Kenny showed up and cut the same promo he has been for a month....

Did I get it right?

[erickman]

so josh was moved up and matt striker and dlo brown will be com that will improve the show. josh can be a good heel going against aew have him do somthing tony

[erickman]

to add to striker sounds like they added crowd noise, took them 6 months

[erickman]

moose is such good tv let him go for swans belt

[erickman]

matt hardy and priv party in the impact zone

[Volare]

So it was Taya....wow.

[erickman]

tayas goodbye from impact going to jail, ether going to jacksonville or stanford if unlucky.

[Volare]

Some of the tongue in cheek stuff if good, other stuff is...meh.

[Volare]

For anyone interested coming in late...


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[erickman]

paid zach rider not to wrestler wow good one ace.

[Volare]

Hardy's theme not PP's....hmmmm.

[Volare]

TK AND LYNN RINGSIDE!!

[Volare]

OMG IT HAPPENED!!!

[erickman]

lynn heeling it up, i think i will like this set of tapings by impact.

[erickman]

this is a pretty good show tonight the fake fan noise helps

[erickman]

well one of the rascals stayed in impact. to bad tray was not signed to a bigger company.

[Volare]

Cardona looked pretty damn good.

[joshwoodsrohfandm]

The change at the commentary table has been fantastic and feels fresh. The AEW/Impact crossover is doing fine although I'd like to see more impact stars win over the AEW talent but i can see where they are going. Good stuff.

[erickman]

i love fire and flav there mouths never shut

[Emperor Smeat]

Based on that clip after last week's show went off the air, Ken Shamrock needs to visit Dr. Shelby to sort out his anger issues.

[erickman]

what are they going to do with crazy ken, he is an old guy who might have a story.

[Emperor Smeat]

Catering backstage must be lacking tonight if Crazzy Steve is having to resort to trying to eat Larry D during this match.

[erickman]

odb in the house

[Emperor Smeat]

Sleazeball "Big Money Matt" is probably Matt Hardy's best gimmick or persona since he left Impact several years ago.

"Broken" Hardy never worked that well in WWE while the lack of crowds killed a lot of potential it could have had in AEW plus the bad luck he had with injuries.

[erickman]

Catering backstage must be lacking tonight if Crazzy Steve is having to resort to trying to eat Larry D during this match.

wonder how they do food now do they do cookouts in the parking lot at tapings. now odb is there they have a food truck

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Tony Schiavone's look during this AEW paid ad segment.

:lol: at Tony Khan saying his time on Impact has started to make him feel a bit crazy and now making decisions he'd never consider doing before like being nice to NJPW.

[Emperor Smeat]

wonder how they do food now do they do cookouts in the parking lot at tapings. now odb is there they have a food truck

Probably a mix of takeout catering like before and ODB making meals for those who want something different.

ODB mentioned recently about AEW letting her have her food truck at AEW shows to help her earn some extra cash on the side.

[erickman]

Probably a mix of takeout catering like before and ODB making meals for those who want something different.

ODB mentioned recently about AEW letting her have her food truck at AEW shows to help her earn some extra cash on the side.

last weeks team taz beatdown would have been cooler at odbs food truck, that would be funny if she got involved.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at this Fish Market Street Fight classic highlight video.

[Emperor Smeat]

Moose & Bey vs. Dreamer & Swann was pretty good despite the weak finish.

That finish sort of made Dreamer look like a moron for costing his team the match.

Impact's show this week was fine. Nothing really special and somewhat skippable but enjoyable still.

[erickman]

wonder if they got rid of melisa santos this is the 3rd week of no pre show

[Emperor Smeat]

wonder if they got rid of melisa santos this is the 3rd week of no pre show

Think her contract expired around the same time as a few others in the company like Ethan Page.

[erickman]

wow the new aew ad

[erickman]

Think her contract expired around the same time as a few others in the company like Ethan Page.

figured they would keep her, with the aew new japan impact work togather.

[Emperor Smeat]

Missed the first half of tonight's show but Hogan vs. Neveah was decent despite that weak DQ ending.

:lol: at the start of this Happy Birthday video for Tommy Dreamer.

[erickman]

decays new abyss the bull from aaa

[Emperor Smeat]

Black Taurus joining Decay is pretty cool.

Seen him a few times in the indies & AAA and he was very entertaining in the ring.

[Emperor Smeat]

Tag title match was pretty good despite the lame DQ finish.

Impact creative was a bit lazy tonight when it came to Men's & Knockouts tag title related stuff tonight since both had matches end via DQ.

[erickman]

i saw it a 3 way tag match

[joshwoodsrohfandm]

If this was old tna

https://i.imgur.com/a0kk7.gif

speaking of the old TNA for a minute; I love that AXS TV plays these older episodes of the TNA era with Taz and Tenay really fun to watch BUT it can feel out of place to where they are now...

The show tonight is fun---Sami doing his heel promos like a boss---my goodness the dude just goes bananas and it's so epic to see how intense he was talking to Miguel earlier tonight

[Volare]

TK is getting really good at this.

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[Volare]

And I hope to god this continues. Just let Taurus murder everyone.

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[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Trey Miguel's nuts during this Triple Threat Revolver match at Impact's No Surrender show right now.

Josh Alexander fell really hard on Trey's groin area when he pulled off that suplex and hugging back drop looking combo to Trey and Chris Bey.

[Emperor Smeat]

Good Brothers retained the Impact Tag titles over Private Party and James Storm & Chris Sabin at No Surrender.

Match itself was very good and Good Bros retaining via a Dusty-like finish made sense based on how the booking for this title feud and match went down. Also for why Storm & Sabin were needed since AEW didn't want Private Party to suffer a clean loss this soon nor Impact wanting Good Bros to suffer a clean loss and/or lose their tag belts this early into the AEW-Impact storyline stuff.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dreamer vs. Swann was like a slightly better version of Undertaker vs. Reigns at Mania 33. Similar issues in terms of match quality and length but Dreamer not being as sluggish or sloppy as Taker was in his match.

Moose wrecking both guys after the match was the real highlight of that whole match.

The Triple Threat Revolver match and Impact Tag Title matches would probably be the only stuff I'd really recommend from this show. Rest of it was okay to mostly entertaining but overall felt more like an episode of Impact.

[Volare]

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Hell the fuck YES!!

[erickman]

good to see they have a new pre-show

[Emperor Smeat]

TJP vs. Josh Alexander for the X-Division belt was very good.

Maybe the best start to an Impact show since I started watching Impact again a couple months ago.

[erickman]

davari is jacked wonder when he is going back to the wwe.

[Emperor Smeat]

4-way match was pretty good.

With the way Impact has been pushing Trey Miguel since his return, wouldn't be surprised if he's the one to take the X-Division belt off of TJP.

[Emperor Smeat]

Poor Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards won't stop attacking his injured eye every chance he gets.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Tony Khan during this week's AEW paid ad segment.

The evolution of his big egotistic delusional owner persona has been great in Impact.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Watching. Didn’t TNA used to have a different double mohawked team at some point

[Emperor Smeat]

Reno Scum vs. FinJuice was pretty good although David Finlay's new porn mustache is a bit goofy looking.

Good Bros vs. FinJuice should be good when it happens based on this post-match stuff.

[Emperor Smeat]

Watching. Didn’t TNA used to have a different double mohawked team at some point

Seems so based on a quick google search.

Ink Inc. which was Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore.

I remember Moore wearing a mohawk back in the day but barely remember anything about the other guy.

[Emperor Smeat]

Going to assume Sammy Guevara was originally meant to debut during tonight's episode to set up his 6-man tag match next week since that match with Black Taurus on the heel side doesn't really make sense as is.

[IC Champion]

Why is tommy dreamer wrestling matches in 2021 still a thing?

[erickman]

Going to assume Sammy Guevara was originally meant to debut during tonight's episode to set up his 6-man tag match next week since that match with Black Taurus on the heel side doesn't really make sense as is.

yep could be, i hope sammy did'nt bitch about being in a 6 man tag though.

[erickman]

Why is tommy dreamer wrestling matches in 2021 still a thing?

he booked himself in a match

[IC Champion]

It needs to stop.

[Emperor Smeat]

Old School Rules match was decent at best.

This week's show was mostly fine overall. A few good to great matches and a couple funny comedic segments with the rest being skippable.

They should have had FinJuice's debut match and post-match stuff be the main event tonight instead of the Old School Rules match since it was a lot more entertaining.

[erickman]

swinger has some ugly ring girls

[Emperor Smeat]

Jake Something's new theme sounds way too generic.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Jake running face first onto the edge of the table.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Scott D'Amore swerving Moose's demand for an Impact title match tonight by reactivating his TNA title instead for his title match tonight.

Guess the rumor of a TNA champ vs. Impact champ match at the next PPV with the winner to face Omega afterwards is true.

[erickman]

that would be the belt for omega to take the tna belt.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Willie Mack's neck from that flipping neck breaker by Ace Austin.

Bit surprised Chris Bey, Ace Austin, & Black Taurus team's won. Guess Trey Miguel's big push is on hold until his feud with Sami Callihan is over first.

[erickman]

are decay heels now like to see them have the x belt

[erickman]

the whole aew crew is in the ad

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Tony Khan.

The two Tonys brought some friends for this week's AEW paid ad segment.

[Emperor Smeat]

This AEW-Impact partnership even benefits lawyers since MJW's lawyer now works for Brian Myers.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Scott D'Amore referencing how bad Myers' lawyer was in the past and him not reading the fine print again in a contract.

Also :lol: at D'Amore throwing a bit of shade at WWE over the absurd wrestling logic of an "eye vs. eye" match.

[Emperor Smeat]

Susan & Kimber Lee vs. Jordynne Grace & Jazz was pretty good.

Grace & Jazz vs. Fire N'Flava for the Knockouts Tag belts should be good when it happens.

The card for next week's show looks nice.

[Emperor Smeat]

TNA title match was a pretty good and way better than last week's main event.

Guess no Moose vs. Swann title unification match at Sacrifice and instead only Swann's belt is on the line at the event.

This week's show was fun overall.

[erickman]

poor james storm is on the pre show match tonight.

[Emperor Smeat]

Black Taurus vs. Ace Austin vs. Chris Bey was pretty good overall.

[erickman]

twitch is crap tonight may have to watch on axis

[Emperor Smeat]

Yeah had some issues watching the show on Twitch after the opening Triple Threat match but its been mostly okay since then.

That Sami Callihan segment dragged on way too long.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the Swinger's Palace sign randomly falling down in the background during Swinger's speech.

[Emperor Smeat]

This Violent By Design stuff with Eric Young is what his character and Sanity should have been in WWE when they got called up to the main roster.

[Emperor Smeat]

Tony Khan finally being nice to Impact for once with this new AEW paid ad.

[erickman]

Tony Khan finally being nice to Impact for once with this new AEW paid ad.

wonder who the them is.

[erickman]

all big guy 8 man tag match

[Emperor Smeat]

wonder who the them is.

WWE

[Emperor Smeat]

Women's triple threat match was very good.

This week's show was mostly average overall. Two good matches and a couple of good segments while the rest was mostly skippable or forgettable.

[erickman]

fire and flave start the night thats good

[Emperor Smeat]

Missed the first 30 minutes or so of tonight's show but this Violent By Design segment was pretty good.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Scott D'Amore suggestion that killing someone during a match would be legal in a Hold Harmless match.

[erickman]

packed crowd what is sammi smoking

[Emperor Smeat]

Sami Callihan suddenly has Broken Hardy and Fiend-like powers since he can apparently teleport now.

[erickman]

poor kingston

[Emperor Smeat]

That might have been the first contract signing segment in wrestling to end via the signees trying to get drunk ... nevermind FinJuice & Good Bros brawled right after.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ace Austin vs. Chris Bey was very good but don't understand why Impact booked Ace to lose the match considering he's challenging for the X-division belt at Sacrifice this weekend.

Makes Ace look a bit weaker than he should be going into that match.

[erickman]

the many faces of su yung

[erickman]

uh oh poured out odb's booze

[Emperor Smeat]

Took a while but the rumor of a title unification match between the TNA and Impact belts and winner takes on Omega ended up being true after all.

[Emperor Smeat]

Based on what I was able to watch tonight, this week's show was fine overall.

That TNA/Impact title vs. AEW title match in the future is very interesting. Moose vs. Omega would be a way more interesting matchup but would be a bad idea to end a Moose reign that early nor have Omega lose a title shot with his belt collector storyline going on. Swann vs. Omega wouldn't have that problem since Swann's reign has gone on long enough where you could drop it without any issue and build up Moose to eventually bring back the TNA/Impact belt to the company.

[erickman]

the thing with moose is his contract is about up. i would like aew to pick him up, an he be a goon for a heel tony khan. i just hope wwe don't pick him up.

[Volare]

Ummm....holy fuck!!!!


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: The winner of <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMooseNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheMooseNation</a> vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/GottaGetSwann?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GottaGetSwann</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sacrifice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sacrifice</a> THIS SATURDAY will face <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEW</a> World Champion <a href="https://twitter.com/KennyOmegamanX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KennyOmegamanX</a> in a TITLE vs TITLE match at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMPACTRebellion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IMPACTRebellion</a> on April 24th! <br><br>ORDER HERE: <a href="https://t.co/iDC3E0mJ6B">https://t.co/iDC3E0mJ6B</a> <a href="https://t.co/ET4asU1YFF">pic.twitter.com/ET4asU1YFF</a></p>&mdash; IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) <a href="https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1369485661909086214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Jordan]

the thing with moose is his contract is about up. i would like aew to pick him up, an he be a goon for a heel tony khan. i just hope wwe don't pick him up.

Yeah Moose is great.

[Emperor Smeat]

Latter half of Impact's Sacrifice show was very good.

Kenny Omega's challenger for the AEW title vs. TNA/Impact title winner takes all match at Impact's next event:
Rich Swann defeated Moose to retain his Impact belt and win Moose's TNA belt

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Oh that’s a bummer. Would’ve preferred Moose and Omega

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Rich Homie Swann is good but he’s not a threat

[Emperor Smeat]

Oh that’s a bummer. Would’ve preferred Moose and Omega

Yeah Moose vs. Omega would have been way more interesting but would have also been one of those lose-lose type situations.

Moose losing the Undisputed Impact month a little over a month later would have been a big waste of a reign while Omega losing his first big title match shot would have deflated his belt collector storyline.

At least now, Impact can build up Moose to be the guy who takes the belt off of Omega in the future and give him a proper reign as champ assuming he signs a new deal.

[erickman]

yeah i want to see what happens to moose, he should stay with impact and maybe work japan and aew with the door now open. he can chase kenny other places.

[erickman]

so rhino is brainwashed now that should be fun. an finjuice have the tag belts, do they take them to new japan?

[erickman]

black taurus is an upgrade on abyss in decay, watching there videos is just wild.

[Emperor Smeat]

No FinJuice until April makes sense since Finaly wouldn't have been available for this week's set of tapings because he's still active in NJPW's New Japan Cup tournament.

[erickman]

so they will defend the tag belts in japan

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at that little dig at ECW by Scott D'Amore

[erickman]

build a bridge with a company that hates us

[erickman]

good to see heel rhino

[Emperor Smeat]

Whenever someone references Jake Something's name, it sort of sounds like as if they keep forgetting what his actual last name is.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Don Callis' puffy hair back in the day in TNA during this "Wildest Moments" video.

[erickman]

:lol: at Don Callis' puffy hair back in the day in TNA during this "Wildest Moments" video.

johny fairplay getting thrown out never gets old

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Man how much could Impact and AEW’s women benefit from having Tessa Blanchard

There is no star quality there at all except for Thunder Rosa who is unsigned

[Emperor Smeat]

Don't think Impact would want Tessa back after the shenanigans she pulled plus her past controversial stuff involving racial slurs resurfacing.

AEW already has Ivelisse who is like a mini-Tessa in terms of how much of a bad rep she has in the indies and being a pain to work with.

:lol: at this wedding-like music for Callis' entrance.

[erickman]

69 me don

[Emperor Smeat]

12-women tag match was pretty good although probably could have been a few minutes shorter.

Didn't really need to do the rapid fire spot where one person attacks another and then gets attacked themselves and it keeps going until everyone got involved twice during that match, especially since the routine looked worse the second time around.

[erickman]

main event match is early

[erickman]

another hebner screw job

[Emperor Smeat]

Trey Miguel vs. Sami Callihan was all right but would have been way better if it was half the length instead. Went way too long and was mostly sluggish in action.

This week's show was entertaining overall. Callis' promo to Swann was the best thing about tonight's show.

[erickman]

since don brought up swans wife, rich with su yung, or suzzy susan or all 3. he is maried to the undead bride kenny does not scare him.

[erickman]

starts with don and kenny

[erickman]

damn james storm had a 1000 matches for tna impact

[erickman]

i would like to see decay vs good bros

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at this Swinger's Palace ad segment.

Johnny Swinger and Moose have been the two guys I've enjoyed watching the most on Impact these past few months.

[Emperor Smeat]

X-Division title match was pretty good despite the lame DQ finish.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder if Ryder saying he's signed with Impact was a slip up by him since he still wasn't signed to an actual deal with them going into last week's set of tapings.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Dreamer booking an exploding ring match for Impact's Mania week PPV and the digs at AEW for their dud at Revolution.

[erickman]

exploding barbwire match yeah that worked out well last time.

[erickman]

Wonder if Ryder saying he's signed with Impact was a slip up by him since he still wasn't signed to an actual deal with them going into last week's set of tapings.

yeah i did not think he was signed

[Emperor Smeat]

Tony Khan's messy hair during this AEW ad segment reminds me that I need to get a haircut this week since its been too many months since my last cut and its getting just as curly and messy looking as his.

:lol: at zoom in on Omega's goofy looking shoes.

[Emperor Smeat]

:y: at Omega with the M. Bison "But for me, it was Tuesday" line.

Callis & Omega's promo segment was nice.

[Emperor Smeat]

Violent By Design really is what Sanity should have been in WWE after their time in NXT.

[Emperor Smeat]

Watching this Drew Galloway Impact debut clip during the commercial break and think Impact might have accidentally given Drew a real steel pipe to use against Samoa Joe's group.

No way would a fake pipe cause a bloody result without a blade job done which Low Ki didn't do.

Drew also didn't hold back at all on that swing to Low Ki which would make it even more crazy if that really was a legit steel pipe.

[erickman]

that's a good 1000 th match

[Emperor Smeat]

Karl Anderson vs. Eddie Edwards was pretty good but can't say the same for FinJuice's post-match video promo.

This week's show was mostly entertaining overall.

[owenbunny]

No Bad Bunny on this show

[Emperor Smeat]

Impact is officially moving to Thursdays starting early next month.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IMPACT Wrestling announces its flagship show is moving to Thursdays beginning April 8 at 8 pm ET <br><br>That night's episode will feature Kenny Omega &amp; The Good Brothers vs. Rich Swann, Eddie Edwards &amp; Willie Mack</p>&mdash; John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamjohnpollock/status/1375172299515650058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[erickman]

i so hope they do ads on aews wed show, let dreamer cut on them.

[Emperor Smeat]

Might be a bit tricky since Impact doesn't tape weekly but it would help make the two shows feel a bit more connected.

Maybe wait till after Omega takes the belt off of Swann to start Impact's ads on Dynamite and Dreamer in a Tony Khan-like role for them. That's when this AEW vs. Impact storyline is going to really get heated up.

[erickman]

walker is back, amw reunion

[erickman]

good they show the tag belts defended in japan.

[Emperor Smeat]

Tony Khan probably should cut back on the coffee since he sounded like he was in the midst of a huge buzz during that AEW paid ad segment.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Callis making fun of Swinger's Palace.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Callis trolling Willie Mack and Rich Swann.

"Kenny likes your finishing move. Kenny can't wait to kick out of it"

[erickman]

what's that tgt coming soon

[Emperor Smeat]

Eric Young vs. James Storm was pretty good.

This week's show was fun overall.

[erickman]

wonder if amw will tag togather soon

[Emperor Smeat]

what's that tgt coming soon

Based on the rumors from Impact's recent set of tapings, its likely the return of

Taylor Wilde

[Volare]

Eric Young vs. James Storm was pretty good.

This week's show was fun overall.

"Young said that he suffered the injury during a match with James Storm, but finished the match then wrestled two more matches at the tapings with a torn ACL."

Just watched it, and that's fucking insane.

[erickman]

"Young said that he suffered the injury during a match with James Storm, but finished the match then wrestled two more matches at the tapings with a torn ACL."

Just watched it, and that's fucking insane.

the crazy thing is thats the 1st time he has been taking out in wrestling. i can't belive all the years he has been wrestling something happens in the ring.

[erickman]

Based on the rumors from Impact's recent set of tapings, its likely the return of

Taylor Wilde

the video would be good for her or the other woman that was at nxt, and now popped up at impact tapings this go around. impact is getting the womens wrestlers.

[erickman]

wow jazz was the last wwf womans champ and the 1st wwe womans champ

[Emperor Smeat]

TJP vs. Josh Alexander was a very good opener.

Tenille having her own talk show segment but with the guests interviewing her is an interesting twist on that format.

[erickman]

good bros fighting with decay i thought that was a one shoot deal

[erickman]

they took out the part of joe being a fat ass

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Petey Williams doing the Steiner Math promo for this Swinger's Palace segment.

[erickman]

guess jazz is not going to retire

[Emperor Smeat]

Jordynne Grace mentioning "you talk too much" to Fire N'Flava is soo going to be used by Botchamania as the new intro video clip for the "You Talk Too Much" portion of the show.

[erickman]

i am so ready for fire and flava vs kay and royce

[Emperor Smeat]

Jazz turning down that one last match offer by D'Amore but having someone in mind to be Grace's tag partner is probably how Rachael Ellering debuts in Impact.

[Emperor Smeat]

Feels like Impact forgot to add another match or segment to tonight's show and only realized it very late since that Matt Cardona vs. Sami Callihan match went way longer than it should have.

Them going straight into the Callihan vs. Trey Miguel feud also made Cardona feel like an afterthought.

[Emperor Smeat]

:y: Tony Khan showing up to the Omega vs. Swann press conference.

Wonder if he will randomly start insulting Impact since his screen time got cut back alot due to the lack of AEW ads now that Impact airs after Dynamite.

[Emperor Smeat]

One of the Impact security guys at this press conference has a mullet.

[Emperor Smeat]

Omega vs. Swann press conference was great.

This week's show was very fun to watch overall.

[Volare]

Gotta catch the tidbits on Tube. Stupid work.

[Volare]

Mauro doing the voiceover work....interesting!

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[Volare]

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[Volare]

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[erickman]

:y: Tony Khan showing up to the Omega vs. Swann press conference.

Wonder if he will randomly start insulting Impact since his screen time got cut back alot due to the lack of AEW ads now that Impact airs after Dynamite.

i think if kenny wins the impact belt, tony will show up alot on impact. i think he loves being on tv. impact has some good writers he can learn from to bring to aew.

[erickman]

wonder if aew will help with this ppv buys. impact put a ppv ad on tnt so it may do something.

[Emperor Smeat]

Violent By Design vs. Sabin, Storm, Mack, & Edwards hype video for their match at Rebellion was really good.

Might not be at the same level or consistency like WWE for their PPV matches hype packages but Impact has had some pretty great hype packages for some of their PPV matches in recent months.

[erickman]

good to see moose back hope he signed a new contract

[Emperor Smeat]

Moose's surprise return and promo to Swann about the Impact title and him better not lose it to Omega was great.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bit surprised Impact didn't hold off until Rebellion to reveal Jordynne Grace's mystery tag partner.

Rachael Ellering as the surprise makes sense since she was at the recent tapings.

[Emperor Smeat]

Eric Young vs. Eddie Edwards was pretty good overall. Kind of crazy that Young wrestled this match with an ALC injury since he really hasn't shown it these past couple weeks.

This week's go-home show was okay overall. Felt more skippable than usual mostly because the bulk of the show was just videos and stuff hyping up Rebellion and had very little must see worthy stuff.

[Volare]

Rachel.....


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[erickman]

jr wondered over to the impact rebellion pre show he is all over the place on this show.

[Volare]

If anyone is actually watching and has a link....

[erickman]

yeah and sounds like we allready missed a good x div match

[Emperor Smeat]

Alexander's Divine Intervention to TJP was brutal looking. Almost looked like he accidentally spiked TJP's head a bit too hard.

X-Division title Three-way match was very good.

Impact lost a good tag team when Ethan Page left but it did give them the prime opportunity to create a new singles star in the making with Josh Alexander.

[Volare]

Caz is fucking back!!

[erickman]

thanks smeet

[erickman]

Caz is fucking back!!

an with a great heel team

[Emperor Smeat]

Big Cass/CazXL debuting as the new hire gun big man for Violent By Design is interesting.

[Volare]

Fun little match there.

[Emperor Smeat]

Storm, Sabin, Edwards, &amp; Mack vs. Violet By Design was a nice entertaining match.

CaZXL/Big Cass looked good in his debut for Impact.

[Volare]

MAJOR BROTHERS IMPLODE!

[Emperor Smeat]

Matt Cardona channeling his inner Road Warriors with that bootleg looking spiked shoulder pads entrance gear.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's uncanny how much the former Big Cass looks like a GIANT EDGE.</p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1386480503608385539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Volare]

Nice E&C tributes there, Spear by Myers and Killswitch by Cardona.

[Volare]

Lol Myers being the ultra dick.

[Emperor Smeat]

Brian Myers vs. Matt Cardona was decent. The fake injury stuff killed all the momentum and pacing the match had until that point though.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Tony Khan.

[erickman]

hey tony earl heberner works for you