PCO beats Jessie V in the countdown.
We hear from Jake Something, who is taking on Jason Hotch tonight. He looks forward to the return of TNA next month before he is suddenly hit in the back with a chair by Hotch, who tells Jake Something there is no bigger picture for him before security drive him away as they check on Jake Something.
Jake Price beats Aiden Prince in the countdown and scores his first win in Impact.
Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Jordynne Grace and Trinity. Trinity says this is not her first rodeo teaming with a future opponent, as she has done the same with Mickie James, but she did her part and they were both victorious. Jordynne agrees, saying that one must play many different parts and that your partner tonight may be your opponent tomorrow, as everyone wants what you have when you are the Knockouts Champion. As Jordynne states that she has been a two-time Knockouts champion, Trinity says that she has not lost the title. Jordynne says there is a first time for everything, and Trinity says Hard To Kill will be the frist time that "Trini-TNA" will beat her.
Frankie Kazarian beats Sheldon Jean with the crossface chickenwing in the countdown.
ABC ("Inevitable" Ace Austin and Chris Bey) retain the IMPACT Wrestling World Tag Team Championships against Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers. After the match, ABC are attacked from behind by The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz).
Backstage, we hear from "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander and Zack Sabre Jr. Alexander says tonight is about making a statement by defeating The Motor City Machines (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley). Zabre says he has waited a long time to come back to IMPACT, and that he could not refuse teaming up with Alexander when he found out who their opponents her. He says he will show why he is the best technical wrestler of all time. Alexander says the standard is back and that he is setting the standard for TNA.
Eddie Edwards, Alisha Edwards and Brian Myers are still in the ring. Alisha says it took fifteen hours to get to "this disgusting place" before making fun of the crowd's Canadian accents, and Myers says he is glad that a Canadian baseball team did not get Shohei Ohtani today. Alisha then threatens to boycott and hijack the show before Director of Authority shows up before telling her, Eddie and Myers to get out of the ring after calling them freaks for having American accents. When Alisha questions Santino's authority and refuses to leave the ring, she puts Alisha in a match right now against Jody Threat.
Jody Threat beats Alisha Edwards.
Tommy Dreamer retains the IMPACT Wrestling Digital Media Championship against Deaner after Deaner ties the Digital Media title around the top turnbuckle only for Dreamer to use it against him before hitting the DDT to win and retain.
Backstage, we hear from The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz). Zachary Wentz says ABC ("Inevitable" Ace Austin and Chris Bey) are not done with them and that tonight is just a small taste of their resurgence. Director of Authority Santino Marella shows up and tells them they have a contractually obligated tag team title rematch before telling them to go to the ring for an impromptu tag match with "Speedball" Mike Bailey and a surprise tag team partner.
"Speedball" Mike Bailey's tag team partner is revealed to be Trent Seven.
"Speedball" Mike Bailey and Trent Seven beat The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz). During the match, ABC ("Inevitable" Ace Austin and Chris Bey) show up with security holding them back, and this distracts The Rascalz enough to allow Speeball and Seven the win. After the match, Scott D'Amore shows up. He talks about how he first met Anthony Carelli 24 years ago and how he first saw and signed "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander and "Speedball" Mike Bailey among other memories in the Don Kolov Arena, then brings up Trent Seven and how Trent Seven understood the business, then pulls out a Trent Seven towel and reveals a TNA logo above Trent Seven's and pulls out a TNA contract. Trent Seven signs the contract on Mike Bailey's back.
We hear from The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley). Chris Sabin says he knows Zack Sabre Jr.'s reputation and has earned it, while "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander's reputation speaks for itself, and says that while both men are great singles wrestlers, they are stepping into the tag team world where they are the best. Alex Shelley says that Alexander may be the longest-reigning World Champion, but right now, he and Sabin are the best and that Alexander and Sabre had best not miss.
Before the next match, Jason Hotch says he hates being the bearer of bad news before annoucing he does not have a match tonight any more because his opponent suffered a very gruesome injury. We then see footage from the countdown of Jason Hotch hitting Jake Something with a metal folding chair before Jason Hotch says the injury was unavoidable. As Hotch is about to get things off his chest, Jake Something shows up and gets in the ring for a match.
Jake Something beats Jason Hotch.
Rhino beats Moose by disqualification with a low blow. After the match, Rhino says he did not come to Toronto to win by disqualification and demands Moose get back in the ring for a street fight. As Moose heads to the back, it is announced that Director of Authority Santino Marella has officially restarted the match as a street fight, and that Santino has also announced that if Moose does not get back in the ring, he will lose his shot at the IMPACT/TNA World Championship against Alex Shelley at Hard To Kill. Moose gets back in the ring.
Moose beats Rhino in a Street Fight. During the match, Rhino inadvertently whips Moose into the referee, squashing him in the corner. A second referee shows up, but Rhino inadvertently Gores him through a table. After Moose hits a spear, the first referee comes to and makes the three-count.
Backstage, we hear from Frankie Kazarian, who talks about how he left "somebody else's vanity project" to come back home to IMPACT and how one year after his return is the rebirth of TNA after having witnessed the birth of the company in the past. He says that he did not come this far just to come this far and that 2024 will be the year of Frankie Kazarian.
Trinity and Jordynne Grace beat "The Quintessential Diva" Gisele Shaw and "The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo. After the match, Gisele gets angry at Deonna for being the one pinned, and when Deonna offers to shake Gisele's hand, Gisele shakes it only to pull Deonna towards her and lay her out.
Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Moose. Moose says that he will put to bed every version of himself the fans have ever known in TNA, and at Hard To Kill, he will simply be known as "Moose, the new TNA World Champion."
In what is billed as the last match ever in the IMPACT Wrestling era, "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander and Zack Sabre Jr. beat The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley).
Here are the highlights from tonight's show!
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.