Final IMPACT - IMPACT Wrestling recap for August 10, 2023

Kevin Knight beats Champagne Singh in the BTI Match after sending him into Shera, knocking Shera off the ring apron.

Rich Swann and Sami Callihan beat ABC ("Inevitable" Ace Austin and Chris Bey) to advance in the IMPACT World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament after The Good Hands (Jason Hotch and John Skyler) show up, pull the referee out of the ring and lay Ace Austin out behind the referee's back.

Backstage, Director of Authority Santino Marella is met by The Coven (Taylor Wilde and KiLynn King). KiLynn says that the energy in IMPACT has been off-kilter recently and that they are owed a Knockouts tag team title rematch due to being past champions. The Death Dollz (Courtney Rush and Jessicka) show up, also wanting to be part of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship match at Emergence, also due to being former champions, thanks to Santino Marella joining in on their huddle. Masha Slamovich and Killer Kelly then show up, saying they will take them all.

Dirty Dango beats Bhupinder Gujjar after John E. Bravo gets on the apron and shines a flashlight in Bhupinder's eyes. After the match, Dirty Dango says that he hates professional wrestling even when he wins, then proceeds to make fun of the fans before Jake Something shows up and confronts Dango for his words before telling him to get out if he hates pro wrestling so much before he makes him. Dirty Dango leaves the ring while Jake is focused on John E. Bravo, then slips back into the ring. Jake sees it coming and punches Dango.

We hear from The Design (Deaner and Kon). Deaner says some things matter more than life and death and that Eric Young is a sheep who saw greener pastures, saw who the shepherd was and fled, and not the phoenix he sees himself as, and says his presence will not accentuate his failures. He says that Sami Callihan, Alan Angels and Eric Young have betrayed him, but Kon will not, for he defines what what The Design is about after he mentored him into the monster that he is. After Deaner entertains the idea of the monster he mentored destroying the one who mentored him, Kon calls Eric Young a sheep who has lost his family, and all Eric Young will see is the big bad wolf. He says everyone knows how this story will end and that Eric Young's ass is his.

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Johnny Swinger, who says that he is training hard for his World title match when Kenny King and Sheldon Jean show up and Kenny brags about being the Digital Media Champion and the Internet. After Kenny King and Sheldon Jean leave, Swinger asks "What's the Internet, daddy?"

Jody Threat beats Alisha Edwards after Frankie Kazarian runs out and attacks Eddie Edwards for tripping Jody on the outside with a Kendo stick after Alisha rakes Jody's eyes. After the match, Eddie reaches for his Kendo stick, but Kazarian keeps him from grabbing it. When he rears the Kendo stick back, he inadvertently hits Alisha, and multiple referees have to check on her while security has to get Kazarian to the back.

Backstage, we hear from "The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo, who challenges KiLynn King to a one-on-one match next week. She hopes that Trinity is watching in order to get a glimpse of her future at Emergence.

KUSHIDA beats "Speedball" Mike Bailey with a Fisherman's Suplex into an inside cradle.

In footage from earlier today, Tom Hannifan interviews Crazzy Steve. Steve calls Hannifan "the voice of IMPACT" and says he needs his help. He says he can reach out to Rosemary and Havok, but they are off doing their own thing, and Courtney Rush and Jessicka are doing the talking while Black Taurus is heading to the ring without him. Steve admits that he feels forgotten and abandoned and that his friends are becoming strangers, and also admits that he is legally blind, which brings its own set of challenges. He says nothing has come easy for him and that he keeps coming upon roadblock after roadblock, and the interview stops before he can mention if anyone in his family supports him.

We see footage of Subculture (Mark Andrews and "Flash" Morgan Webster) retaining the IMPACT World Tag Team Championships in Attack! Pro Wrestling, then we hear from Subculture (Andrews, Webster, Dani Luna). Dani Luna says they are not resting on their laurels and taking their titles worldwide. "Flash" Morgan Websters say that they are fighting champions and will continue to retain their titles. Mark Andrews says they are keeping their eye on the #1 contender's tournament and that they will come out on top against whoever wins.

Joe Hendry shows up in the middle of a backstage quarrel, followed by Yuya Uemura. Hendry is still fuming that Uemura cost him his one rematch for the Digital Media Championship, but Uemura mentions the idea of them becoming tag team champions. Hendry slowly begins to entertain the idea.

Before the next match, Lio Rush attacks Samuray del Sol backstage.

Bully Ray, Moose and Brian Myers beat Black Taurus and Laredo Kid in a three-on-two handicap match as "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander, KUSHIDA and The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) watch from backstage. During the match, Bully Ray whips Laredo Kid into the referee and knocks the referee out, then the lights go out. When they come back on, PCO has returned. He chases Bully Ray to the back after beating up Moose and Myers, but Moose and Myers are still able to win the match regardless After the match, Bully Ray is still running away from PCO, and he gets away in a vehicle just before PCO can catch him.

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