Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for March 23, 2023

Trey Miguel beats Kevin Knight in the BTI match.

Time Machine (Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA) beat The Design (Deaner, Kon, Angels) in a six-man tag team match with a Hoverboard Lock from KUSHIDA to Angels after Sabin kicks Angels' arm off the bottom rope.

We hear from The Coven (Taylor Wilde and KiLynn King). Taylor Wilde says that what The Coven does takes a thousand shapes, and KiLynn King says that what Rosemary does is not much different. Taylor Wilde takes offense to being called a fraud, and KiLynn states that Rosemary sealed The Demon Dollz' (Rosemary, Taya Valkyrie, Jessicka) fate.

We hear from Raj Singh, who says that he turned a few dollars into a bed of cash and that Las Vegas has been good to him and Shera while the city eats other people and spits them out. He proclaims that they now live a life of luxury, then announces that "Champagne Singh" has arrived.

We hear from Kenny King and Eddie Edwards. Eddie says he has tried to end things with PCO, but it has not worked out, so he has brought in Kenny King. Kenny King says that their history as part of Honor No More does not matter and that they realized that they are family when they re-united in the midst of Jay Briscoe's funeral, and that he is stepping up because PCO was never family. King says that at Sacrifice, he will put PCO out when the family comes together.

"The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo beats Savannah Evans with a cruficix bomb after "The Quintessential Diva" Gisele Shaw and Jai Vidal's interference attempt backfires. After the match, Savannah attacks Purrazzo and puts her in the full nelson before Vidal, Savannah and Gisele gang up on Purrazzo. Savannah then hits Purrazzo with the full nelson slam. Savannah then holds Purrazzo down so that Gisele can hit Purrazzo with the Denouement.

The Impact Plus Flashback Moment of the Week is Beer Money ("The Cowboy" James Storm and Bobby Roode) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) vs. Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) from Sacrifice 2010.

Backstage, The Death Dollz (Rosemary, Taya Valkyrie, Jessicka) take offense to The Coven (Taylor Wilde and KiLynn King) taking the Knockouts Tag Team Championships. Jessicka says that they should be winning all the time with Rosemary's magic, and Taya warns Jessicka against approaching magic and promises they will get the titles back if they come up with a plan. Jessicka makes up her mind to go after The Coven herself, and Rosemary has to send Taya after Jessicka. Jessicka soon finds a casket, and when she opens it up, Taya shows up and closes the casket, telling her not to look at the white light. A hand then comes out of the casket and grabs Taya, then pulls her into the casket. The casket lid then shuts, and a distraught Jessicka calls for Rosemary. (This writes Taya Valkyrie out of Impact Wrestling for the second time, with Taya having recently signed to All Elite Wrestling.)

Bully Ray and Masha Slamovich beat Tommy Dreamer and Mickie James with a low blow and a piledriver from Bully Ray to Dreamer behind the referee's back after Dreamer and Mickie try to get a table into the ring. After the match, Masha gets Mickie in the ring as Bully sets up the table, then Bully Ray goes for a powerbomb on Mickie into the table before Jordynne Grace shows up and hits Bully Ray in the back with a Kendo stick. Jordynne, wanting to make sure Mickie is 100% for their match at Sacrifice, decides to fight Bully Ray, but she inadvertently hits Mickie James with a Spear instead of Bully.

Backstage, Rich Swann and Frankie Kazarian talk about Steve Maclin, and Swann thinks that Maclin is getting to him. Kazarian tells Swann to talk to "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander and take care of their Steve Maclin problem before Sacrifice. After the commercial break, Rich Swann finds Steve Maclin going through Josh Alexander's belongings.

It is announced that a special live edition of Impact Wrestling will air next week from Los Angeles, California as a countdown for Multiverse United and will include some never-before-seen matches featuring Miyu Yamashita and Will Ospreay.

Before the next match, Joe Hendry announces that tonight is special as everyone will see the tag team of him and Dirty Dango, and that this is all the motivation to say two magic words. Dango yells "Suck it!", and Hendry thanks Dango for the enthusiasm before Dango says the real two words "We Believe!"

Moose and Brian Myers beat Joe Hendry and Dirty Dango.

Backstage, "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander finds Rich Swann, who tells him that Steve Maclin has been in his belongings. Alexander heads to the ring to get things figured out.

"The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander heads to the ring. Alexander brings up Steve Maclin's history in Impact and admits that he has a ton of respect for Maclin as a wrestler and combat veteran, yet also admits that Maclin has lost him with the complaining and claiming that the deck has been stacked against him. He also says that he has lost respect for Maclin due to Maclin claiming he has ducked him, when Maclin has ducked him to take out everyone else, and states that as long as Maclin stays a challenger, he always has a hypothetical chance of becoming champion. Alexander then tells Maclin that their World title match will finally happen at Sacrifice and that they will see if Maclin has what it takes, and if Maclin loses, he will go back down to the bottom of the ladder. He then accuses Maclin of being afraid of being a soldier with no mission and "a forgotten son."Maclin shows up and says he has had opportunity to challenge Alexander for the title and has watched other people challenge Alexander when he could have. He admits that he is afraid to fail and go back to the bottom, and that he picked the right time so he could be prepared. He says he wants no room for error because he is obsessed with winning the Impact World Championship, then shows some footage of himself scouting Alexander from backstage. Maclin tells Alexander he may have built his legacy becoming Impact World Champion, but he is obsessed with winning the championship. Alexander states that while he has underestimated Maclin, this changes nothing, and he is still a fighting champion. Alexander then asks why they should wait until Rebellion when they could do this match right now, but Maclin says he is doing it his way, and if he is going to take the World title off of Alexander, he will do it in his hometown at Rebellion.