Final IMPACT - IMPACT Wrestling recap for August 24, 2023

Champagne Singh beats Russ Jones after raking Jones' eyes. After the match, Champagne Singh says that the last time he was in Chicago, Illinois, the fans were unappreciative when he was named #1 contender to the IMPACT World Championship and he was booed out of the building. He then says he and Singh are the best wrestlers Chicago has ever seen before PCO suddenly shows up.

The main show starts with PCO stepping into the ring with Shera and Champagne Singh. Shera gets clotheslined and sent running, and Singh meets the same fate before PCO takes them out with a somersault senton to the outside between the ropes. PCO soon takes out members of security and places Singh on a table before putting him through it with the Deanimator. Suddenly, Bully Ray shows up on the video screen and states that he, not Singh, is the one PCO wants to put through a table. Bully Ray then states that he will not leave his hotel room due to IMPACT not being able to guarantee his safety. He says that PCO will not be able to find him, but he will find him, and that he will prove that he is the only one who can take out Perfect Creation One. PCO then runs to the back.

Trinity beats Jody Threat.

We hear from Jake Something, who talks about his upcoming match with Sanada, and while not everybody knows who Jake Something is, he will take Sanada down at Emergence.

In memory of Terry Funk, 1944 - 2023.

We see a quick recap for Multiverse United 2.

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander. Josh says it took five long months with his own thoughts, nerves and doubts to get back to Impact, but everything went away in an instant at Multiverse United 2, for he was back where he belongs. He has the Impact World Championship on his mind, and after Emergence, he will keep an eye on the title to see who he will challenge next.

Deaner beats Laredo Kid after Laredo Kid takes out Kon on the outside before rolling back into the ring and rolling right into the Antidote. After the match, Deaner calls out Eric Young, telling him that when the story began, Eric Young was the author and the designer and he created him in his own image, yet it got him lying on a floor with a knife in his heart and left for dead. He then says that Eric Young decided to rise again and finish his story, but in this story, he is no longer the author and that he, not Eric Young, is the author and the designer and in control, and that he is the design. Deaner then dictates that only he choose how this story ends, and states that the story will end at Emergence in a no-disqualification match.

We see a very weird and very 1990s video package for Johnny Swinger prior to his Digital Media Championship match with Kenny King.

Backstage, Gia Miller tries to interview PCO as he looks for Bully Ray.

Before the next match, Jason Hotch tells ABC that they were not paid off by The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz), calling it as much of a lie as Chicago, Illinois being clean or safe, and states there is a reason Michael Jordan never came back to Chicago after he retired.

ABC ("Inevitable" Ace Austin and "Dashing" Chris Bey) beat The Good Hands (John Skyler and Jason Hotch).

We hear from Subculture (Mark Andrews, "Flash" Morgan Webster, Dani Luna). Webster says they have defending the IMPACT tag tiles left, right and center and look forward to defending at Emergence. Mark Andrews says that they will wipe the slate clean after The Rascalz tainted their titles, and Dani Luna says Subculture will prove why they are the best.

We see a video package chronicling the events leading to "The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo vs. Trinity for the IMPACT Knockouts World Championship at Emergence.

Chris Sabin beats Samuray del Sol.

We see more of Tom Hannifan's interview with Crazzy Steve. Crazzy Steve says that Tom is "the voice of Impact Wrestling" and that his voice has been taken along with his sight, and that he is tried of being abandoned, forgotten and on the receiving end of evil, and if he cannot be the antidote to evil, then perhaps that he needs to be the plague. He says mankind's greatest casualty is the casual blindness for the misfortunate of others, but he finds this blindness to be quite deliberate. As he continues to grasp Tom Hannifan's hands firmly, security moves in only for Crazy Steve to fend them off and spit green mist into one member's face, and demands Tom and everyone tells everyone else that he is comfortable with violence.

We hear from MK Ultra (Masha Slamovich and Killer Kelly). Killer Kelly says that the numbers are against them, and that their first title against is defense three teams as she translates for Masha Slamovich. She says they are not scared and that it means more toys to play with, which means more control and pain, and that Emergence will be their next experiment.

We see a video package chronicling the events leading up to Eddie Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian in a "Back To School" Match.

PCO makes it to the hotel room where Bully Ray is staying.

Alex Shelley retains the IMPACT World Championship against Brian Myers with the Border City Stretch. After the match, Moose and Bully Ray rush in and attack Shelley, even though Bully Ray claimed earlier in the show that he was at his hotel room. Josh Alexander and KUSHIDA try to make the save, but cannot. Backstage, Lio Rush has attacked Chris Sabin.

Here's tonight's post-show!