Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for August 9, 2019

Jake Crist retains the Impact X Division Championship against Aiden Prince.

Konnan is talking with Daga about The Latin-American Xchange's (Konnan, Santana, Ortiz) current situation. He tells Daga that he will talk to Ortiz, who suddenly shows up. Daga tells Ortiz he wants no apologies; he just wants the tag team titles. Ortiz, who is already drinking liquor, hands Daga a bottle and they both drink to it.

Backstage, Jimmy Jacobs interviews Taya Valkyrie, who states that management wants her to defend the Knockouts Championship against Havok again after walking out of their match.

Ace Austin beats Eddie Edwards by disqualification after Edwards shoves referee Brandon Tolle away as Tolle tries to stop him from pounding on Austin. After the match, Alisha Edwards runs into the ring and confronts Eddie before telling him to stop. Eddie wants to know if Alisha is with him, but Alisha does not give him an answer. Eddie tells Alisha "Stay with him" and walks away.

We hear from Tessa Blanchard, who says that she should be one of the best wrestlers in the world, but Sami Callihan had some tricks up his sleeve in the form of Jake Crist interfering. Tessa says that she is now coming for Sami.

In footage from earlier today, Moose makes fun of Fallah Bahh for eating a salad, saying that if he loses weight, Impact will replace him with another joke. After telling him he will always be a fat joke, Bahh attacks Moose, but Moose gets the upper hand.
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Madison Rayne beats Alexia Nicole. After the match, Madison Rayne and Kiera Hogan have an argument. as they do, they both kick at Alexia Nicole, who fight them both. Hogan and Rayne suddenly get along and gang up on Alexia Nicole before Jordynne Grace runs into the ring. Grace tosses Madison Rayne out of the ring, forcing her and Hogan to retreat.

At the treehouse, Zachary Wentz tells Dezmond Xavier and Trey Miguel that he has met Rob Van Dam, who suddenly shows up. The three of them then fight over how to do RVD's self-double thumb point right in front of RVD, who is so amazed by what is going on that he says "I thought this stuff was supposed to mellow you out."

Havok vs. Taya Valkyrie for the Impact Knockouts Championships ends with the arrival of Su Yung. During the match, Su Yung shows up with undead brides and an undead flower girl. Su Yung and Havok have a staredown, then Su Yung and Havok brawl until Su Yung knocks Havok out of the ring, forcing her to retreat.

Jimmy Jacobs interviews Melissa Santos in Chico, California. Melissa Santos talks about her relationship with "The Machine" Brian Cage, and says that Cage's career is everything to him. She says she had to stop Elgin from ending it, and that other than his family, wrestling is Cage's life, and she has seen the toll this has taken on him. She says there is no timetable for Cage's return, as they have no idea where his injury is and that Cage is mobile on some days and others not. She says there may come a time where Cage's life may become more important than his career.

In footage from earlier this week, The Deaners (Cody Deaner and Cousin Jake) are met by The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raju Singh), who proceed to make fun of them before starting a bar room brawl. The Deaners get the upper hand before focusing on Gama Singh, who runs into the door as he runs away. When the Deaners get back to drinking beer, The Desi Hit Squad smash beer bottles into their heads, knocking them out before telling them that they should be underneath them. We then see more recent footage of The Deaners, where Cody Deaner calls out The Desi Hit Squad for jumping them before challenging them to a match in the Deaner compound where they will show them what hard work is all about.

Stone Rockwell vs. Nate Madsen ends with Rhino showing up and Goring both men. Rhino then says Michael Elgin is talking trash saying he is hiding under a hood, and calls him out so he can beat him up. Elgin shows up and says he is impressed with Rhino for not attacking him from behind, and says Rhino made himself relevant by coming after him. Elgin says that everyone put in front of him is sent to the hospital, and that he does what he wants when he wants. Rhino says that if Elgin doesn't want to come into the ring, he'll come to him and beat him up. Both men brawl outside of the ring, and security and referees have to keep both men apart.

Backstage, Ace Austin brags about beating Eddie Edwards - albeit by disqualification - and says that he has a foolproof plan for Eddie Edwards: having sex with his wife Alisha.

The Impact Plus Flashback is the Four-Way Monster's Ball Match between Rhino, Sabu, Jeff Hardy and Abyss from Bound For Glory 2005.

Backstage, The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh) tell Gama Singh about The Deaners' (Cody Deaner and Cousin Jake) recent challenge. Rohit Raju says there is no way The Deaners will beat them, and Gama steals Rohit's idea of making The Deaners their servants if The Desi Hit Squad wins.

We hear from oVe (Sami Callihan, Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Madman Fulton). Sami Callihan mentions his win against Tessa Blanchard at Unbreakable, then says oVe will take its rightful place in the company and make sure Tessa Blanchard will not stick her nose in their business again. He then says that Jake and Dave Crist will end Tessa Blanchard and Tommy Dreamer once and for all next week.

Next week: Moose vs. Fallah Bahh! The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh) vs. The Deaners (Cody Deaner and Cousin Jake) with the losers becoming the winners' servants! Rich Swann, Rob Van Dam and Willie Mack vs. The Rascalz!

The North ("All Ego" Ethan Page and "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander) retain the Impact World Tag Team Championships against Ortiz and Daga. After the match, Daga earns Ortiz's respect.

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