Eli Drake and Petey Williams have words about each other...and they are not good.
Sonjay Dutt, Dezmond Xavier and Garza Jr. beat Taiji Ishimori, Caleb Konley and Trevor Lee.
We see footage of Petey Williams entering the building.
oVe (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Sami Callahan) says their match with The Latin-American Xchange (Homicide, Santana, Ortiz) will be a fight and not a wrestling match, and that regardless of who you are and where you come from, they are equal opportunity haters.
Ethan Carter III retains the Impact Grand Championship against Fallah Bahh with 27 seconds left in the third round after using the ropes for leverage.
It is reiterated that Alberto El Patron and Johnny Impact have been banned from the building following last week's brawl.
The Latin-American Xchange (Santana, Ortiz, Homicide) beat oVe (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Sami Callahan). After the match, Sami Callahan throws chairs into the ring, but Homicide throws one of them back and right into Sami's face.
The GWN Flashback of the Week is Malice vs. Ken Shamrock for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Ricky Steamboat as special guest referee at the very first Impact (then NWA: TNA) pay-per-view.
Dan Lambert shows up. He says that American Top Team would expose professional wrestling for the fraud that is is and, and they did. He said they would expose professional wrestlers as the loud talkers that they are, and they did. He then asks why Impact Wrestling moved their shows from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida all the way to Ottawa, Canada, and says they are not here for Canada's money, which he says is barely worth the paper it is printed on. Instead, he says the wrestling industry still relies on the gullibility of the fans who believe that Vince McMahon screwed Bret "The Hit Man" Hart twenty years ago, even though the rest of the worls saw him tap pout and he heard him quit all the way from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He then asks the fans not to come to South Florida as they create traffic gridlock, crowd the beaches, treat the people like crap and do not even spend any money over there. He wonders if there is a law allowing Canadians to come to south Florida for two weeks every year with only one white T-shirt and $20 Canadian and they are not allowed to change either one while they are there, and says if there is, it would explain a lot. He then gets into why he is here. He says Impact Wrestling made a deal with Lashley and promised him his release, and says Lashley held up his end of the bargain only for Impact to renege. He says it is his fault for taking them to their word and not having it in writing, as he comes from the world of mixed martial arts where your word is your bond and when two people have a problem, they handle it like men, face-to-face. He says he is here for one reason and one reason only, and he is here to get Lashley's release in writing. Until that happens, nobody in the company is safe. He says he is a reasonable man, and he gives Impact one last chance to do it the easy way. He has had his attorney write up the papers for his release, and asks someone from the back to sign the paper so they can be on their way and Impact can recover from the beating American Top Team has given it for the last two months. As he tells someone to run to the ring before he threatens to burn it to the ground and bury it so deeply even a Canadian won't want it, Moose shows up. Moose says Lashley is only saying MMA is better than pro wrestling only because it took six of his men to take him down, then says he used to think he was smart. He then says Lambert is a dumbass for coming to a show that he would be on solo. He asks the crowd if they want to see him beat the hell out of Lambert, then runs into the ring and gets his hands on Lambert. Colby Covington, King Mo and Lashley of American Top Team show up and attack Moose, then "The Cowboy" James Storm shows up and fights them off. Colby Covington gets back in the ring and says nobody puts their hands on Dan Lambert, Storm knocks him out with a beer bottle. Storm says that Lambert wants to talk about killing professional wrestling, but pro wrestling has been here before Lambert was born and it will still be here after he is dead. He says Lambert has no right to talk about professional wrestling and should get out of here, as if anybody should be doing it, it should be him. For twenty years, he has lived the dream of being a professional wrestler, and back in 1996, when he started training, everybody told him he could not do it, but his mother believed in him and told him to work his ass off and make the haters beg you for a job an autograph, which is exactly what he is doing. In 2002, he was in Impact when the doors opened and he worked his butt off with Chris Harris to prove he belonged, and kept at it with Beer Money. He then says that no matter what wrestling you watch, when the men and the women come out of the curtain and come down the ramp, they never think about something going wrong as they live for that moment and the reactions of the people. He takes pride in being a pro wrestler and has done so for 20 years, and not only knows all the people in the locker room, he also knows all the members of the production crew who made him look good. He says American Top Team knows nothing about pride, but a lot about respect, as the pro wrestlers give it to the people and the people give it right back. He then says he respects Colby Convington, and admits he got knocked out by he tried. Moose and Storm then toss his shoes into the the audience, then says that is comedy and what they call "doing it on the fly," and that is also professional wrestling. He says this is how pro wrestling does it.
The Pluto TV rewind of the week is Chris Rock announcing that NWA: TNA is the best wrestling in the world, and dares anyone who thinks otherwise to get in the ring and get their ass kicked.
KM approaches American Top Team, wanting to join their ranks. Dan Lambert wants nothing to do with him, but when KM approaches Lashley, Lashley tells him to prove himself.
Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Eli Drake and Chris Adonis. Eli says the weight of the crown is heavy, but he is still Impact Wrestling Global Champion. He does not want to take anything from Petey Williams, but when he wants to put his hands on him and Adonis and take the Global title, he can make himself a Canadian hero. If he can last three minutes against him, he will be a Canadian hero, but he won't be Global champion, as he doesn't have enough for that one-way ticket on the gravy train.
Allie meets Gail Kim backstage, and says it meant a lot to share the ring with her and calls her an inspiration. Gail Kim thanks Allie for the appreciation, and hopes she likes what she has to say tonight.
We see a video package of Gail Kim through the years in Impact Wrestling.
Jeremy Borash introduces Gail Kim to the ring. Allie shows up, wanting to share the moment as well. Gail Kim says that almost 18 years ago, she was a young girl who grew up in Canada, and she loved wrestling. She saw all the athletic women in the ring, and knew that was she was going to do. She found a wrestling school, trained, and then knew that she really wanted a career in wrestling. She says there are not a lot of people who can say that their dreams come true, but she is living proof that they absolutely can. She could not have done it without the women who paved the road for her like Trish Stratus, Lita, Molly Holly, Awesome Kong and Taryn Terrell, just to name a few. After Bound For Glory, she had a lot of time to reflect, and she has a full heart and a heart of peace with her decision. She is relinquishing the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship, and cannot wait to see what is in her next chapter as well as what is next for the women of the Knockouts Division. She thanks Impact Wrestling, and most importantly, the fans, without whom she would never have made it this far. The fans chant "Thank you, Kim!" Gail Kim says she is proud to be Knockouts Champion one last time, and wishes the women of the Knockouts Division good luck.
Backstage, Grado is talking with some people at a table when Joseph Park shows up. Everybody at the table leaves, but Grado is still seated across from Joseph Park. Joseph Park says he does not blame Grado for being mad, and takes responsibility for all the things he did, saying he knows that he is the monster Abyss and that Grado will never see the monster Abyss again ever in professional wrestling. He says Abyss turned him in a liar and a cheat, and made him hurt the only woman he loved except for Janice. He gives Grado his visa, which allows Grado to stay in the United States as long as he wants. Suddenly, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shows up and arrests Grado, as the visa is only good for the United States. Park tells Grado his jurisdiction does not extend to Canada, and says he cannot help Grado as he is immediately deported.
Jimmy Jacobs guests on commentary for the next match.
Eli Drake retains the Impact Wrestling Global Championship against Petey Williams, having kicked out of the Canadian Destroyer during the match.
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