IMPACT! Wrestling 12/08/2020 - feat. AEW World Champion Kenny Omega

[GD]

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[xrodmuc316]

LMFAO

[Damian Rey 2.0]

If IMPACT gets 200k this week is Omega suddenly a ratings draw?

[GD]

Let's just enjoy this anomaly for what it is worth...

[Emperor Smeat]

For those interested in just watching Omega's part in the show, spoiler on when it actually happens:

Last 10 minutes of the show via a lengthy interview segment with Don Callis.

New details have been revealed on tonight’s Impact Wrestling segment with new AEW World Champion Kenny Omega and Impact Co-Vice President Don Callis, courtesy of Fightful Select.

It was noted that Omega and Callis will be featured in a ten-minute main event interview segment. Josh Mathews will conduct the interview.

Tonight’s Impact will also feature footage from last week’s AEW Dynamite show, where Callis helped Omega win the AEW World Title from Jon Moxley.

The segment with Omega was already completed by 12 noon today. A significant portion of the interview is said to be Callis speaking to kick things off.

[erickman]

i just hope twitch does not crash the impact site there only had 12000 viewers at one time.

[RP]

I hope Rich Swann is there.

[rez]

TNA thread already has more unique posters than a RAW thread and climbing.

loolwwe

[Volare]

Should get to see this bombshell as well...

https://bestofcomicbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Emma-a.k.a-Tenille-Dashwood-hot-booty-pics.jpg

[IC Champion]

I hope Rich Swann is there.

Rich swann is a 205 jobber.

[slik]

I highly expect Impact to blow this opportunity in true Impact fashion

[slik]

Any time I've tried to give Impact a chance Josh Matthews and Madison Reign on commentary would be enough to get most people to quit watching. They usually make Michael Cole seem like Meryl Streep.

[slik]

lol

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[erickman]

Any time I've tried to give Impact a chance Josh Matthews and Madison Reign on commentary would be enough to get most people to quit watching. They usually make Michael Cole seem like Meryl Streep.

i loved when matt striker filled in 2 weeks ago

[rez]

https://www.twitch.tv/impactwrestling

[erickman]

damn no melissa santos preshow tonight

[rez]

WAIT..IS THAT? COULDN'T BE!!

FIGNUTS HAS ENTERED THE IMPACT ZONE! FIGNUTS IS IN THE IMPACT ZONE!

[RP]

Impact has always been underated. Right up there with WWE.

[RP]

This girl on the announcer table is already better than Excalibur.

[Volare]

This girl on the announcer table is already better than Excalibur.

Madison Rayne.

[Emperor Smeat]

Think this might legit be the first time I've actually sat down to watch an episode of Impact right from the start since maybe the last Broken Hardy special a few years ago.

Caught parts of a few other episodes while channel surfing when Impact used to air on POP TV but never from start to finish. Was surprised the first time it happened since I didn't even know I had POP TV as a channel the whole time.

[RP]

Saban vs Alexander was better than anything WWE has done in 6 months.

[slik]

ring is so loud

[Volare]

Madison still looks good as ever.

[RP]

RICH SWANN GREATEST CHAMPION

[Volare]

Oh I miss good Ultimate X matches (on twitch during "commercials")

[Volare]

TONY ON IMPACT LMAOOOOO!!

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Tony Khan

That "AEW paid commercial" spot was pretty cool.

[RP]

Tony Khan giving me Russo vibes.

[Volare]

I'm loving these digs between Impact and AEW.

[slik]

Tony not a bad promo tbh

[rez]

Tony Khan giving me Russo vibes.

same

[RP]

CURT HAWKINS!

[rez]

lol that ad was great

[RP]

TJP!

How did WWE let these guys go?

[Volare]

WWE Creative is a joke.

[erickman]

i guess thats why no melissa santos on twitch aew doing ads

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This aired during IMPACT Wrestling as a &quot;paid ad&quot; tonight. Just fantastic <a href="https://t.co/L14tpNmX9B">pic.twitter.com/L14tpNmX9B</a></p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1336481509130252288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at that insult by Madison Rayne to Josh Matthews.

[erickman]

:lol: at that insult by Madison Rayne to Josh Matthews.

if she had a better voice she would be great with her one liners

[GD]

You guys weren't kidding...Josh Mathews is really bad at this.

[IC Champion]

The commentary though. Jesus.

[slik]

ring so loud

[Emperor Smeat]

TJP!

How did WWE let these guys go?

To be fair a bit, TJP's departure was more due to him being a very annoying person to be around backstage and also being equally as annoying with his takes on social media.

Based on the stories about the 1st CWC, only reason he won it and also the revived Cruiser title was due to the other 3 guys in the Final 4 either didn't want to sign with WWE or needed time to move to the US to be a full-time wrestler for the company.

[GD]

2 pages for an Impact thread in 2020.

[GD]

To be fair a bit, TJP's departure was more due to him being a very annoying person to be around backstage and also being equally as annoying with his takes on social media.

Based on the stories about the 1st CWC, only reason he won it and also the revived Cruiser title was due to the other 3 guys in the Final 4 either didn't want to sign with WWE or needed time to move to the US to be a full-time wrestler for the company.

Let's not forget about his love for fanfiction.

[IC Champion]

2 pages for an Impact thread in 2020.

Half of the posts are people complaining about Josh Matthews, so there’s that.

[slik]

impact trending at number 3 thx to a e dub on twitter

[GD]

Half of the posts are people complaining about Josh Matthews, so there’s that.

Josh Mathews = ratings :?:

[Volare]

AJ at his highest point, ah the good times. (twitch)

[Volare]

42k on Twitch right now.

[GD]

Back when PWI recognized the TNA World Heavyweight Championship as a world title.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the cameraman or someone else yanking a little kid away from the group shot during that recap of Styles title win in 2009.

Styles should bring back the short hair look one of these days in WWE.

[slik]

TJP looks bored but I think that is just how his face looks

[Volare]

Eric F'n Young hell yes!

[rez]

lol what up with Eric Young?

[GD]

Rohit Raju sounds like a made up name. Holy shit :lol:

[GD]

Back when PWI recognized the TNA World Heavyweight Championship as a world title.

Whoa! Wasn't aware that PWI now recognizes the IWGP Heavyweight Championship as a world title. That's something.

[Volare]

EY has some sick ink.

[Volare]

And a sick Piledriver!

[GD]

Josh Mathews is atrocious.

[slik]

Cousin Jake looks like if Hillbilly Jim got eaten by The Butcher

[slik]

where heath slater at

[GD]

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[Volare]

"Officer" Dreamer lmaooo

[Emperor Smeat]

Whoa! Wasn't aware that PWI now recognizes the IWGP Heavyweight Championship as a world title. That's something.

Thought it was considered a world title by them before but guess not since Wikipedia says its a recent addition.

That makes Okada's win a few years ago as their top wrestler of the year even more impressive.

[GD]

That backstage segment was very bad.

[rez]

who da fuq is that big boi

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AEW fans looking at IMPACT's backstage scenes <a href="https://t.co/rSVjfraS8y">pic.twitter.com/rSVjfraS8y</a></p>&mdash; SoDuTw (@SoDuTw) <a href="https://twitter.com/SoDuTw/status/1336487943305908224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

That fat guy who was talking to Dreamer sort of looks like Wolfgang from Gallus in NXT UK.

[GD]

Thought it was considered a world title by them before but guess not since Wikipedia says its a recent addition.

That makes Okada's win a few years ago as their top wrestler of the year even more impressive.

I mean...it is kind of a big deal. It's the first non-American title to receive such a distinction.

[GD]

What's Ken Anderson up to these days?

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Brooke Hogan's shitty crying acting skills during this Bully Ray betrayal recap.

[GD]

Scott D'Amore :lol:

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Josh Matthews makes me grateful for Michael Cole.<br><br>Help.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMPACTonAXSTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IMPACTonAXSTV</a> <a href="https://t.co/APzsW9X7K2">pic.twitter.com/APzsW9X7K2</a></p>&mdash; Dr. Dick (@DickVanKlondike) <a href="https://twitter.com/DickVanKlondike/status/1336490354275737600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[GD]

Yikes! Mathews just killed any excitement I had for Rosemary's presentation.

[Volare]

What's Ken Anderson up to these days?

Runs a wrestling school in Brooklyn Park MN.

[Volare]

Rosemary is nice.

[Volare]

TENILE BE STILL MY HEART!!

[slik]

Emma looks good

[erickman]

where heath slater at

he got hurt

[Volare]

3 pages bitches.

[Heisenberg]

anyone getting ads despite being a Prime member?

[Volare]

ITS STEINER MATH TIME BABY!!!

[rez]

Steiner Math!!!!!!!

[rez]

141 and 2/3's

SEE JOE THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE

[Emperor Smeat]

Put Rosemary on the list of people who can do a spear better than Edge.

Women's tag match was pretty good.

Impact should really borrow a page out of AEW and WWE's book by having a wrestlers crowd for these empty arena shows since they'd help liven things up.

:D Steiner Math video being played. Best thing done on the show so far.

[Volare]

Ohhhhhh good memories :)

[erickman]

samoa joe the fat ass

[slik]

yessss the Scott Steiner math promo

[Volare]

Deonna is pretty cute.

[GD]

3 pages bitches.

Noid's going to quit.

[Volare]

SAMI!

[GD]

Sami coughing on the mic...typical :roll:

[Triple A]

Just turned it on... sucks there is no crowd......... hard to watch with silence

[Volare]

WE are you voices Triple A lol.

[GD]

Why are we reliving that horrendous incident :nono:

[erickman]

42k on Twitch right now.

that has to be a twitch impact record

[Volare]

His wife coming to fight his battles lmaooo.

[Volare]

that has to be a twitch impact record

45k as of this post now.

[GD]

Sami selling Edwards' sneaker like hell :lol:

[Volare]

Those Converses are spikey yo.

[Heisenberg]

Eddie Edwards lol

[slik]

wish they had better lighting....hearing every move in the ring is really distracting

[GD]

Wasn't aware that Omega's appearance was going to be inside the bus. That's a bummer...

[Triple A]

Damn @ that Spanish fly by Fenix on Ortiz through a table

[GD]

Remember when Intercontinental Champion Christian made an appearance at Slammiversary 2012? Prichard said they could've had anyone* and they chose "Captain Charisma."

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[erickman]

moose with the big gold belt

[GD]

Moose's strap is a fake from Pakistan purchased from eBay.

[slik]

off-topic but interesting


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well this is news to me. We’re not involved. <a href="https://t.co/ateunCugsS">https://t.co/ateunCugsS</a></p>&mdash; Jason Eisener (@jasoneisener) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasoneisener/status/1336497311447470081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Triple A]

Really want to like this and for Impact to be "good" but this is "brutal" w no crowd and the loud ass ring...

[GD]

Don't worry...it's bad.

[GD]

Had the biggest crush on Gail Kim back in the day.

[Emperor Smeat]

Does Impact always air these "Greatest moments" videos during breaks on Twitch or just doing it tonight because of all the hype and extra viewers expected for this week's show?

[erickman]

moose is great

[GD]

Remember when they tried to make it seem as if Roode jumped from NXT to GFW?

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[Volare]

Does Impact always air these "Greatest moments" videos during breaks on Twitch or just doing it tonight because of all the hype and extra viewers expected for this week's show?

Just Twitch I do believe.

[slik]

the moose is loose

[Volare]

Sick powerbomb.

[erickman]

Does Impact always air these "Greatest moments" videos during breaks on Twitch or just doing it tonight because of all the hype and extra viewers expected for this week's show?

no most of the time it is brian cages wife chating with the posters and doing highlights of the show.

[Triple A]

46k viewers currently watching on Twitch, seems pretty good... think it's normally like 3k at a time

[GD]

Can you handle this? Can you handle this?

[slik]

k finally time for kenny

[Volare]

I'd die of laughter if every answer was "no comment" tbh.

[Volare]

WTF this Sting theme....(twitch, don't want to confuse anyone lol)

[GD]

I have a sudden urge to revisit Sting's Joker phase.

[slik]

tna sting debut not as good as wwe or aew

[Emperor Smeat]

Main event tag match was pretty good.


no most of the time it is brian cages wife chating with the posters and doing highlights of the show.

Oh. Makes sense on their end to switch things up tonight since maybe a good chunk of these new viewers stick around for the long term and maybe even get some new Impact+ subscribers as well.

[Volare]

I have a sudden urge to revisit Sting's Joker phase.

Wrestling Bios just did a 2 part on YouTube about that.

[Volare]

HERE WE GO!!

[GD]

It's finally happening...

[Volare]

Oh damn VIP list and everything!

[GD]

Way to make your champion look like a chump, Impact Wrestling :lol:

[Triple A]

Don Callis is great... hopefully he becomes Omega's manager on AEW

[Triple A]

Way to make your champion look like a chump, Impact Wrestling :lol:

Yeah that seemed weird/dumb... unless it leads to a match between Swann and Omega

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: at Omega saying Moxley's WWE government name on Impact.

[slik]

Don Callis a good heel manager

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is amazing how much depth to a story a good promo can add. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMPACTonAXSTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IMPACTonAXSTV</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a></p>&mdash; Jon Alba (@JonAlba) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonAlba/status/1336504208237977601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[IC Champion]

Don Callis a good heel manager

Great heel manger.

[Triple A]

Wonder if Rich Swann will appear on AEW... @RP

[Volare]

OMG OMEGA WANTS ALL THE BELTS!

[Triple A]

Hmm @ possible belt collector angle

[slik]

plz don't mention lex express or wwe

[Volare]

BACK TO STANFORD KID! lmaoooooooooooo

[Volare]

Also 52k at the end of that on Twitch.

[GD]

It's their freakin' bus. Why are they leaving their bus?

[IC Champion]

plz don't mention lex express or wwe

Sure, ignore wrestling history why don’t yas.

[rez]

BACK TO STANFORD KID! lmaoooooooooooo

:rofl:

[erickman]

i will watch twitch a little while and see if they do a post show tonight

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Callis telling Matthews to go back to Stanford.

That interview segment was great.

Impact's show was pretty enjoyable overall. It didn't really do that good of a job to make me want to watch next week's show if Omega isn't on it but the show did mostly flow well and the matches were entertaining overall.

[GD]

4 pages for an IMPACT show in 2020 is quite an achievement.

[IC Champion]

It's their freakin' bus. Why are they leaving their bus?

I believe they said they were heading to Stanford. Gosh. They clearly aren’t hanging around a trailer in Florida all night. Grow up.

[slik]

Omega the belt collector

[Triple A]

They're streaming the full show on YouTube now

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[GD]

lol...this is just fun.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The following is a paid advertisement from <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AEW</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TonyKhan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyschiavone24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tonyschiavone24</a> <a href="https://t.co/LVZiXjOn3X">pic.twitter.com/LVZiXjOn3X</a></p>&mdash; IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) <a href="https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1336480959412187136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

Impact still trending at #3 on Twitter, I don't think Impact ever trends on Twitter

[Emperor Smeat]

Hmm @ possible belt collector angle

Sort of hope if that does happen, Omega keeps his AAA Mega title at TripleMania and AEW gives a call to MLW to see if they want to get involved in this inter-promotion storyline considering both are on friendly terms.

Even add in GCW via the Joey Janela connection since AEW did have plans for Nick Gage to show up on one of their shows before he got hurt.

[RP]

Rich Swann was amazing.

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sure if they maintained it for the whole time but at one point, Impact was outdrawing the Cowboys vs. Ravens football game that was airing at the same time on Twitch.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Impact currently outdrawing the Cowboys/Ravens game also airing on Twitch by nearly 5k viewers.</p>&mdash; Trevor Dame (@TrevorDame) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrevorDame/status/1336482258681618432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Triple A]

46k viewers currently watching on Twitch, seems pretty good... think it's normally like 3k at a time

Apparently the normal viewer number is like 800 viewers at once... it was at like 52.5k at the end, good 4 them

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The final viewer count for Impact on Twitch as the show went off the air was just around 52,500 viewers for Kenny Omega, which as noted elsewhere is roughly 65x greater than their usual 800 or so viewers. Mind you, 800 viewers on Twitch is still pretty solid numbers for streaming <a href="https://t.co/KXwQYJ3F1Z">https://t.co/KXwQYJ3F1Z</a> <a href="https://t.co/9g3dVTENf4">pic.twitter.com/9g3dVTENf4</a></p>&mdash; Daryl Surat (@DarylSurat) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarylSurat/status/1336507751183204354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Volare]

I've been waiting for the TPDub civil war to resume in here.....

[GD]

Guys, I am worried about Noid’s wellbeing now. I think 5 pages is a bit too much.

[IC Champion]

Impact still trending at #3 on Twitter, I don't think Impact ever trends on Twitter

I hate you.

[Triple A]

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[Volare]

Guys, I am worried about Noid’s, xrod's, and every other hating ass jabroni's wellbeing now. I think 5 pages is a bit too much.

:lol::lol:

[Tom Guycott]

lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/sbASYDIKEc">pic.twitter.com/sbASYDIKEc</a></p>&mdash; Future Dave Meltzer (@FutureMeltzer) <a href="https://twitter.com/FutureMeltzer/status/1336465470556315650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The only thing that would make that would make this better is if it were written by Jon Bois.

[Tom Guycott]

Omega the belt collector

Sort of hope if that does happen, Omega keeps his AAA Mega title at TripleMania and AEW gives a call to MLW to see if they want to get involved in this inter-promotion storyline considering both are on friendly terms.

Even add in GCW via the Joey Janela connection since AEW did have plans for Nick Gage to show up on one of their shows before he got hurt.

Hopefully it works better than when Austin Aries tried it.

[Tom Guycott]

Don Callis is great... hopefully he becomes Omega's manager on AEW

Don Callis a good heel manager

Great heel manger.

Always has been. Personally thought the only thing better was the weaselly "network yes-man" in ECW near the end. It would have been nicer if WWF put actual talent around him in the Truth Commission days, and even then, he worked wonders with what little he had. Super underrated for a long time.

[Triple A]

If Omega wrestles Swann, hopefully it's on AEW and not Impact with their loud ass ring and no crowd... but I guess it "should" be in Impact tbh since it's the Impact World title

[erickman]

If Omega wrestles Swann, hopefully it's on AEW and not Impact with their loud ass ring and no crowd... but I guess it "should" be in Impact tbh since it's the Impact World title

since impact tape there matches a month in advance, i think matches like that will be done at aew so they can do them live, in a better ring with more viewers.