Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for February 22, 2019

Johnny Impact shows up to start tonight's show. Johnny says he stuck to his promise of being a fighting champion and giving a shot at the Impact World Championship to anybody who deserved it, as that was what he wanted to see when he watched wrestling as a kid. He says that the wrestling business is what we make it, and while things have not always been going his way, he can still look downhill from the top of the mountain and answered the questions after retaining at Homecoming, shutting three mouths and closing a chapter. After Johnny says it is time for the next contender, Moose shows up. Moose says all he hears backstage is Johnny Impact crying and whinng, and tells him he is a crybaby and the worst champion Impact Wrestling has ever had. He says the only reason he is not World Champion is because of Killer Kross - who he thought was his best friend - and "The Machine" Brian Cage. Suddenly, Killer Kross shows up. Kross calls Moose a "defiler," a "betrayer" and a "son of a bitch," and says Moose should know better than anybody else not to cross a killer, and says that dealing with him tests his patience. Johnny stops the argument that happens between Moose and Kross briefly, then Moose tells Kross he "benched" him for going against Johnny twice and says it is his time to become World Champion. Johnny says both Kross and Moose think they are both "A+ talent," but there is always an "A talent" and a "B talent," and both he and the fans would not mind a match between them to see who is the "A talent." Kross tells Johnny he is taking a page out of his book, then tells him to watch him show how it's really done. He then walks into a punch by Moose, then Johnny Impact calls for a match for an impromptu #1 contender's match.

Moose vs. Killer Kross to decide a #1 contender for the Impact World Championship ends after Johnny Impact goes after Kross and Moose for throwing coffee at him and booting him in the face afterwards. After the match, Moose and Kross attack Johnny, but "The Machine" Brian Cage shows off and fights off both men. Johnny and Cage briefly stare down after a double superkick, then hands the World Championship back to Johnny before leaving.

We hear audio from Don Callis' podcast where Callis hires Glenn Gilberti to Impact live on the air.

Konnan talks with Santana and Ortiz, telling them to make this match with The Lucha Bros. (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) their last match against each other as they show what they are made of.

Backstage, Johnny Impact thanks "The Machine" Brian Cage for his help earlier, but tells him that they cannot have a clean one-on-one title match without Moose and Killer Kross running around. He proposes that they team up together and get rid of them, but "The Machine" Brian Cage is reluctant to trust him. Johnny says he knew he would say that, and hands him a contract for such a match. All he has to do is sign it, and it is all official.

The GWN Flashback Moment of the Week is Tommy Dreamer vs. Eddie Edwards from Slammiversary 2018.

The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz) talk about their match with The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh) next week after Zachary Wents proposes that he faces Ethan Page next week, then Gama Singh shows up and, unimpressed with how they are preparing for The Desi Hit Squad, pulls out a hookah and tells them to try it. Ten minutes later, The Rascalz are high as a kite.

Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend) returns to Impact next week!

The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier and Trey Miguel) beat The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh).

Backstage, Melissa Santos interviews Eli Drake. He warns everyone "Thou shalt not raise thy hand at Eli Drake," and that Eddie Edwards learned that the hard way last week. He is not angry with Eddie, but he is taking him by the hand and showing him the way tonight. He plans to show Eddie how hardcore makes him a loser, and says nobody can stop him tonight.

Sami Callihan meets with Rich Swann in the hospital. He says that Swann's family cannot be here right now, and says he did what he did because he loves him and because Swann is not living up to his potential. He says he is not mad; in fact, he is proud of him for standing up to him, and that it is okay now because he is here. He tells Swann to stop with the facade, and tells him that he has always been there for him and that everything happens for a reason. Callihan says that he knows that Swann is the most talented individual he has ever seen, but he is not living up to his potential and that it is time to step up and come home. After a nurse demands Callihan leave, Swann says that Callihan is family, then Callihan leaves an oVe shirt and says "Call me."

Eddie Edwards beats Eli Drake with a jackknife pin.

Backstage, Tessa Blanchard is angry with management, saying she should be Knockouts Championship. She is then interviewed, saying she has been denied her championship rematch and that management wants to protect themselves after what she has done as of late. Tessa says that she will get her rematch one way or another.

Backstage, Glenn Gilberti gets some crazy directions to the management office and follows them only to be locked out of the building.

Alisha Edwards vs. Delilah Doom ends after attacks Alisha Edwards outside the ring, then gets in the ring and fights Delilah Doom, who almost gets the upper hand before Tessa overpowers her.

Ace Austin is coming to Impact!

Backstage, Delilah Doom says tonight was supposed to be a huge opportunity, but if Tessa Blanchard wants to fight her, then she will challenge her to a match next week.

Father James Mitchell comes between Rosemary and the team of Allie and Su Yung, saying that he possesses Allie's soul. Rosemary proposes a deal, and Mitchell says that while he has something she wants, she has something he wants. He tells Rosemary to assemble a dark assembly while he, Allie and Su Yung assembles there in a winner-takes-all battle. If Rosemary wins, she gets Allie back. If he and Su Yung win, they get Rosemary.

Backstage, Melissa Santos interviews Taya Valkyrie. Taya says she plans on not responding to Tessa Blanchard, saying she is like a child throwing a temper tantrum, and that she is Knockouts Champion and she has better things to worry about.

The Lucha Bros. (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) retain the Impact World Tag Team Championships against The Latin-American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz). After the match, The Lucha Bros. taunt LAX, and LAX respond by attacking them before Ortiz rips Pentagon Jr.'s mask off.

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