Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for August 9, 2018

The show begins with a brawl between The Latin-American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) and The OG'z (Homicide and Hernandez) somewhere in the arena. Hernandez also sends Santana falling over a guardrail on a flight of stairs, and when arena security steps in, Hernandez beats them up and Border Tosses one of them into the wall after The OG'z come out on top in this brawl.

"The Bone Soldier" Taiji Ishimori and "The Canadian Destroyer" Petey Williams beat The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Gursinder Singh).

We hear from Pentagon Jr., who says that "Reborn" Matt Sydal was once a champion just like he was. He says that Sydal talks about the cosmos and the universe, but he plans to take Sydal to his universe where only one thing exists: pain. If Sydal does not believe him, he can ask Sami Callihan. He mentions Sydal's "third eye," then says he has two words: cero miedo.

Backstage, Alicia interview Allie and Kiera Hogan. Allie says it is typical of Tessa Blanchard to attack her from behind. She says that Tessa will soon get hers, then says she will not be distracted again. Allie says that she made a promise to stop Su Yung so that nobody else gets stuffed in a casket. Next week, she wants a match against Su Yung. As for Tessa Blanchard, who thinks this is a ploy to get her hands on the Knockouts Championship, she tells her this is about her stopping Su Yung. She does not even care if the title is on the line; she just wants her in the ring. Kiera Hogan tells Su Yung to bring her undead bridesmaids, and is Tessa Blanchard wants a part of it, she can join in, too. Kiera tells Su Yung her time has come, but Allie corrects Kiera, saying Su Yung's time is up.

We see a video package chronicling the events leading up to Eddie Edwards vs. Austin Aries for the Impact World Championship.

Backstage, Alicia interviews Austin Aries, who wants to know what has happened to Eddie Edwards after having known him for years. He says something has happened to him and says what he is doing is lunacy. He would rather get in the ring with the old Eddie Edwards, but tonight, Eddie Edwards is unpredictable and dangerous, and that has him a little worried. However, he is World Champion for a reason, and no matter how unpredictable and dangerous the match will be, he will still come out on top.

Backstage, Grado wants to know from Joe Hendry and Katarina what happened last week. Katarina tells him that Hendry was yanked off the ring apron before saying that Eli Drake never tagged out and Grado still could not beat him. She then says that Joe Hendry has done it, and will do it again next week. Hendry says he will take care of Eli Drake just like he had Grado's back in primary school. Grado says that Joe Hendry has saved him before and will do it again, and promises to do better next time.

Tessa Blanchard beats Alisha Edwards, who is now going simply by Alisha. After the match, Tessa says she made an example out of Alisha, and tells Allie that she may have everyone else fooled, but she has not fooled her as she knows what her intentions are and she can see through her. She says the only thing Allie cares about is helping herself and taking the Knockouts title. Next week, if Allie is going after Su Yung and the Knockouts Championship, then she is coming after her.

Bob Kapoor is seen carrying all of "The Smoke Show" Scarlett Bordeaux's bags.

Alicia interviews "Reborn" Matt Sydal. He may have lost the X Division Championship, but he still has the spirit of the division and he plans to prove that against Pentagon Jr. tonight. He praises the wrestling gods for matches like this, for this is why he wakes up in the morning. He says he does not have a problem with anyone, but he is glad to be in the spotlight with Pentagon Jr. as he will soon open everyone's third eyes.

This week's Global Wrestling Network Flashback Moment of the Week is Chris Sabin vs. Chris Sabin in the 2006 World X Cup tiebreaker.

Backstage, KM and Fallah Bahh have an argument over whether to cheat in their matches when "The Smoke Show" Scarlett Bordeaux walks by, stopping the argument entirely.

"The Smoke Show" Scarlett Bordeaux spends some time with the powers that be, saying that ever since she got here, the other Knockouts have been mean to her and that they are jealous of her, and she does not feel comfortable getting in the ring with them. The two unseen men give Scarlett her own show, which is almost immediately named "The Smoke Show" and is scheduled for next week. Scarlett thanks them, then leaves.

Pentagon Jr. beats "Reborn" Matt Sydal. After the match, oVe (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Sami Calliah) is seen on the video screen, with Sami saying he is tired of losing and that there will be consequences. He demands that one of the Crist brothers shave their head, and gives them both ten seconds to decide. Jake decides at the last second to volunteer to have his head shaved, but Sami, seeing Dave's hesitation, makes Jake cut Dave's head so that they can "look like a family," much to the sadness to Jake.

The Latin-American Xchange (Konnan, Santana, Ortiz) show up. Konnan talks about how they beat The OG'z (Homicide and Hernandez) in the 5150 Street Fight in Slammiversary as well as how The OG'z jumped them in the building earlier today. He then calls King and The OG'z out so that they can finish their brawl, but The OG'z are seen up near the lights. Konnan calls King a "walking, talking glory hole," but King says they have their tag team titles and that LAX won a battle, not the war, and that Konnan was right to believe they were setting LAX up. King tells Konnan to stop being scared and instead of ending the war in the ring, to end it in the streets. Konnan says he raised The OG'z in the streets, and that the streets are not only watching, they are listening, and the only group that runs them is LAX. King says The OG'z are the streets, but Konnan tells him you can kill a revolutionary but not the revolution. This street fight is then announced for next week.

Next week: Fenix vs. Sami Callihan!

We hear from Jimmy Jacobs, who says that he was just doing Johnny Impact a favor last week by giving him fair warning and sparing him from being put on the shelf for three months as Kongo Kong beat him up the last time they met in the ring. He says he is a good guy, but he is capable of veyr bad things, and if Johnny wants the monster, then next week, he gets the monster. Jimmy then tells Johnny to be careful, because he is the monster.

Austin Aries retains the Impact World Championship against Eddie Edwards. During the match, Aries' tried-and-true tactic of teasing using a championship as a weapon, handing the title to the referee instead and going for a low blow as the ref takes the title out of the ring backfires when Eddie Edwards catches and counters it. Eddie Edwards' feet inadvertently knock down the referee as Austin Aries gets him in the fireman's carry position and spins him around. Afterwards, Aries tries to use the Impact World Championship as a weapon, but Eddie blocks it with a kick to the gut followed by a double arm DDT. He goes for a pinfall, but the referee is still down. Eddie takes advantage of the situation by grabbing a Kendo stick and hitting the referee in the back, but Aries kicks him in the groin and goes for the brainbuster. Eddie escapes the movi and hits Aries in the back of the head with the Kendo stick, sending Aries falling into the corner. As Eddie chokes Aries out with the Kendo stkick in the corner, Killer Kross suddenly shows up and grabs Eddie, laying him out with a Saito suplex before leaving the ring and placing the World title in the corner. Aries then goes for the brainbuster and hits it, and the referee come to just in time to count the pinfall that allows Aries to retain the title. After the match, Killer Kross leaves his calling card on Eddie, then celebrates with Austin Aries.

Here are the top five moments from tonight's show!