Recapping American wrestling since 2013. Not only following the current stuff in WWE, Impact and ROH but also going back in time and doing stuff from back then as well.
Jordan Castle and "One in a Million" Maximilien head to the ring to start this week's show. The UWN Heritage Championship is on a table in the ring along with an ice bucket with a bottle of wine inside, and Castle hands the title to Maximilien before telling the fans to shut their mouths. Jordan Castle then announces that Maximilien has been Heritage Champion for one year, then says the fans do not have to like it, but they have to respect it. He then says the fans will never get respect while Maximilien has defended with honor, class and dignity and that the fans should be honored to be in the same building as him. Jordan Castle brags about Maximilien beating Mathias three times as well as recently making Fidel Bravo tap out, then says that he and Maximilien should take the night off and celebrate with some wine. Jonny Laquasto shows up, much to Castle's chagrin, and gives a lot of credit where credit is due to Maximilien and says that Maximilien should have a special guest in the form of a mystery opponent. He says that there will be a non-title match next week with a mystery opponent with Mathias as the special guest referee to call things down the middle, then says that they can't drink wine while celebrating on the clock and takes the wine away.
Matty Ice beats BYP. After the match, Richard Holliday shows up and mockingly congratulates BYP, then leaves.
Delilah Doom beats Alex Gracia. After the match, Gracia attacks Delilah and says it is not over.
Mariachi Montaña (Juli and Ro Montaña) beats Jake Maze and Yassim Khan.
Backstage, Olivia Onassis interviews Richard Holliday, who gives a round of applause for BYP, then says that at the end of the day, he came out on the better end and he is on to bigger and better things. He says that next week is an opportunity for Evan Daniels to get in the ring with a real star like him and learn that nobody is exempt.
Javi vs. Ray Jaz for the UWN Television Championship ends in a television time limit draw. Ray Jaz retains the UWN Television Championship. After the match, both Ray Jaz and Javi want five more minutes.
In loving memory: Nestor Bustos "SoCal Crazy," 1979 - 2026.
Backstage, Olivia Onassis interviews Jordan Castle and "One in a Million" Maximilen, who calls Jake Redondo "another San Diego goof" like Mathias. Redondo immediately confronts Jordan Castle, then says he will take the Heritage Championship from Maximilien.
Before the next match, Jordan Castle forces ring announcer Will Madson to the corner, then notices Mathias in the crowd with a ticket and says that Mathias is "a mark nerd" like the rest of the fans and says that this is the closest he will get to the Heritage title before introducing "One in a Million" Maximilien.
"One in a Million" Maximilien retains the UWN Heritage Championship against Jacob Redondo by submission with the Max Factor after catching Redondo out of the air for a second application of the hold. During the match, Jordan Castle confronts Mathias on the outside, and when security stands between them, Castle spits in Mathias' face before Mathias is forced out of the building.
Backstage, we hear from Delilah Doom, who is here to show everyone what she is made of. She may have lost at Red Carpet Rumble due to Simone's press-on nails, but she is here to win some championship gold.
Delilah Doom beats Nina, and is attacked by Alex Gracia after the match.
Backstage, Olivia Onassis interviews Transcendence (Bryce Saturn and Damian Desire). Saturn says he would like to say they are the future of UWN, but he beat Rob McKnight and Damian dropped the ball against Bateman. Saturn wants Evan Daniels as far away from him as possible, then says every ring he steps into is "Saturn's Ring."
The Epic beats Yassim Khan.
TJP vs. Jordan Cruz for the UWN World Championship from September's Sunday Night Slam is replayed.
5150 (Danny Limelight and Slice Boogie) retain the UWN World Tag Team Championships against Thunder and Lightning ("All Day" Will Allday and Cam Cole).
Jonny Loquasto introduces both Marty "The Moth" Casaus - accompanied by his Director of Physicality, Shane Hartline - and "Outlandish" Zicky Dice for a Slapfight rematch. Zicky Dice will slap first due to winning the coin toss, then referee Chris Massie takes over as the official. At the first two attempts, Casaus flinches, and the third time, Shane Hartline stops Zicky, and Casaus takes the table and retreats. Effy shows up to stand up for Zicky, and he tells Zicky that he has an idea.
Backstage, Zicky Dice and Effy meets with Jonny Loquasto, with Zicky wanting something to be done regarding Marty "The Moth" Casaus and Shane Hartline. Effy proposes a tag team match against Casaus and Hartline, and Loquasto says he will get it done.
Simone beats Delilah Doom. After the match, Simone tells Big Mama she is next and that she wants her title shot at the next Sunday Night Slam, stating that the UWN Women's Championship is hers.
Backstage, Jonny Loquasto confronts with Marty "The Moth" Casaus and Shane Hartline for avoiding all physicality, and Hartline says that the conditions must be perfect for Casaus to uphold the contract for the Slapfight rematch. Loquasto tells Casaus and Hartline that the conditions are perfect for a tag team match against Zicky Dice and Effy. Hartline threatens to sue Loquasto as Loquasto leaves.
"Outlandish" Zicky Dice and Effy beat Marty "The Moth" Casaus and Shane Hartline after Effy kisses Shane Hartline as Casaus holds Zicky down, distracting referee Chris Massie so that Zicky can kick Casaus low and win with a schoolkid pin.
Jonny Loquasto in the ring to start this week's show. He says that the Red Carpet Rumble is coming and that the winner will receive a guaranteed opportunity at the UWN World Championship, then introduces Jordan Cruz, who has now held the title for a full calendar year, to the ring. Jordan Cruz yanks the microphone out of Loquasto's hand and berates the fans, then says the Red Carpet Rumble has nothing to do him and that he has handled his business. He also says that if Che Cabrera sticks his nose in his business again, he will rip it off his face.Che Cabrera shows up and heads to the ring, then yanks the microphone out of Cruz's hand and reminds Cruz that he stuck his nose "all up in [his] meat," and if he wanted a fight, all he had to do was ask. He says that Cruz talks trash about his opponents, but this is different because he is in Cruz's face and he is "the meat that you can't beat." Loquasto makes it official that Jordan Cruz will defend the UWN World Championship against Che Cabrera at Red Carpet Rumble. Che offers to shake Cruz's hand, but Cruz laughs and has a staredown with him after he pulls him forward. Jordan Cruz then tries to hit a cheap shot on Che Cabrera, but it has no effect and he quickly runs out of the ring.
Delirium (Slade and McCalleon) beats DREtino (DRE and Kid Destino) (This is the Delirium debut of Buck Skynyr, who now wears a half-white, half-black mask with an uppercase D on the center of the forehead and goes simply by "Skynyr".) After the match, Skynyr choke slams DRE on the ring apron on the outside.
Backstage, we hear from Delilah Doom, who has finally arrived in Championship Wrestling. She says she is taking over the women's division, and no matter who she faces in the ring, she will run circles around them, because "Doomies never say die."
Bad Dude Tito beats Angel Verduzco. After the match, Tito says it is Red Carpet Rumble season, and that he cannot think of a better way to celebrate than winning the Rumble and cashing in his title shot. Regardless of who he faces, he is here for his legacy, and he will see everyone at the Rumble.
Delilah Doom beats Candy Girl.
5150 (Danny Limelight and Slice Boogie) beat Mariachi Montaña (Juli and Ro Montaña). After the match, Danny Limelight berates the fans for living in Oxnard, California because they are too broke to live in the better parts of California, then says he is happy 5150 are not coming back because he cannot stand them. He then says that 5150 are defending the UWN Tag Team Championships against Will Allday and Cam Clarke, and says that when they are stepping into the bodega for a beatdown regardless of how good they are. Slice Boogie mocks a nearby table for having twelve beers, then says that 5150 is the best tag team in the country.
Backstage, David Marquez interviews "Benevolent" Jack Banning, Hunter Freeman and Brendan Devine. Jack Banning says that there are more people to come and that only a select few known as "the privileged" control everything. He says that those who think they have a semblance of control have been spoonfed propaganda and that he used to eat from the same table, then says that things have changed now. He says that he does things as a unit now and that he will make his point known.
Backstage, Howdy Price advertises his managerial services to Reka Tehaka and Savannah Stone, but they are having none of it.
Before the next match, Flex McCalleon says that he and Richie Slade did what they said they would do and that they are now tag team champions. Suddenly, The Midnight Heat ("Rockin'" Ricky Gibson and "Precious" Eddie Pearl) show up. Gibson says that Beef Candy did not pin the legal man and that his tights were pulled, and that The Wolf Zaddies (Che Cabrera and Bad Dude Tito) were not supposed to be part of that match. He demands a rematch, and Richie Slade accepts on Beef Candy's (Flex McCalleon and Richie Slade) behalf. Gibson then says "Next week, when we're ready" before hitting Beef Candy with a cheap shot, starting the next match.
Beef Candy (Flex McCalleon and Richie Slade) retain the United World Tag Team Championships against The Midnight Heat ("Rockin'" Ricky Gibson and "Precious" Eddie Pearl) when the ring bell is almost used as a weapon.
Johnnie Robbie, Mylo Matters and Delilah Doom beat Reka Tehaka, Savannah Stone and Marina Shafir in a six-woman tag match after Reka Tehaka and Marina Shafir brawl on the outside while Mylo Matters pins Savannah Stone with a schoolkid pin.
Backstage, David Marquez interviews Willie Mack. Willie says that this is a good homecoming for him and that gold has been attracted to him, and that he is not losing on his return as he brings the United World Championship home next week.
Raymond Jazikoff - accompanied by Mike Goga - rolls up and pins Invictus Khash in a matter of seconds. After the match, Jake Farmer interviews Invictus Khash, but Khash brushes him away and walks off.
Ray Rosas beats "Poppin'" EJ Sparks by submission following the Bed of Rosas.
Willie Mack beats Jake Crist by disqualification after Dave Crist pushes Willie Mack off the top rope. As the Crist brothers attack Willie Mack, they are suddenly chased out of the ring with a Kendo stick by Tommy Dreamer. He says that it has been 30 years since he's started wrestling, and it all started here in Las Vegas, Nevada. After saying that whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, he challenges the Crist brothers to a tag team match.
Willie Mack and Tommy Dreamer beat oVe (Jake and Dave Crist).
Backstage, Johnny Impact says that the only thing that has changed around here is people's attitude, and insists that he gives title shots to people who deserve it, which makes people uncomfortable. He says that Killer Kross and Moose are the only reason "The Machine" Brian Cage has yet to get his title shot, and tonight, he and Cage will team up to take Kross and Moose down once and for all.
Members of the Las Vegas, Nevada chapter of the NFL Alumni Association are in the front row.
Fallah Bahh and KM beat Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster and Legend). After the match, Reno Scum attack Fallah Bahh and KM.
Backstage, Glenn Gilberti asks Ethan Page where the management office is, and is led to it. He meets D'Lo Brown, then finds out he is a week late before having his worst ideas ever brought up. He then finds out he was really hired to be a production assistant, not and is told to fetch some coffee.
Backstage, KM says he and Fallah Bahh have clawed their way up the ranks in Impact, and that Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster and Legend) will not make their names at their expense.
The GWN Flashback of the Week is Jade vs. Rosemary for the TNA Knockouts Championship in a Monster's Ball Match.
Backstage, Eli Drake confronts Eddie Edwards and says that while Eddie won, so did he, as he told Eddie that all he needed was a little bit of "the old Eddie" to come back, which he saw last week. He then says that they can win together, but Eddie Edwards says he has his tag team partner and that them teaming together is not going to happen.
We hear from "The Smoke Show" Scarlett Bordeaux, who says that she will announce who the unlucky person she is facing for her televised in-ring debut.
Tessa Blanchard beats Delilah Doom.
Backstage, Melissa Santos interviews "The Machine" Brian Cage, who says that he and Johnny Impact can get along as a team, and that everything Johnny Impact has said is true. He says when he and Johnny win, he will make sure Johnny lives up to his promise.
Backstage, as Rosemary goes to war against Father James Mitchell, Kiera Hogan shows up with Jordynne Grace and says she has a team in them. Rosemary tells Kiera this is not her fight, but Kiera says Rosemary fought for her and she wants to return the favor. Rosemary relents, then tells Kiera to back off once Allie is back on their side.
Zachary Wentz beats Ethan Page after Ethan Page mouths off NFL Alumni Foundation member Morlon Greenwood and nearly gets beaten up for it.
Backstage, Glenn Gilberti meets Tommy Dreamer...and the Anthem owl, who nearly tears Gilberti apart.
Ace Austin debuts next week!
We hear from Sami Callihan, who says that he took Rich Swann in when he was seventeen years old and that Rich used him - not the other way around - and that he should show a little bit of gratitude. He says he tossed Rich Swann off the side of the stage because he loves him, and says it it time he welcomed Swann to the oVe family.
Backstage, Killer Kross tells Moose that they will go out there tonight and that he will not be made into a loser again. Moose compares Johnny Impact to the hot girl in the bar who winks at all the guys and walks away when they approach, and says that he and Kross will take "The Machine" Brian Cage out.
Backstage, Santana and Ortiz tell Konnan that they did to The Lucha Bros. (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) what they would do to any other team, but Konnan says that The Lucha Bros. were family and that he will ask for another rematch and be the one to handle everything.
Moose and Killer Kross beat Johnny Impact and "The Machine" Brian Cage with a Kross Jacket to Cage after Johnny hurts his neck and Cage's forehead is busted open with the Impact World Championship.
Here are the top five moments from tonight's show!
Johnny Impact shows up to start tonight's show. Johnny says he stuck to his promise of being a fighting champion and giving a shot at the Impact World Championship to anybody who deserved it, as that was what he wanted to see when he watched wrestling as a kid. He says that the wrestling business is what we make it, and while things have not always been going his way, he can still look downhill from the top of the mountain and answered the questions after retaining at Homecoming, shutting three mouths and closing a chapter. After Johnny says it is time for the next contender, Moose shows up. Moose says all he hears backstage is Johnny Impact crying and whinng, and tells him he is a crybaby and the worst champion Impact Wrestling has ever had. He says the only reason he is not World Champion is because of Killer Kross - who he thought was his best friend - and "The Machine" Brian Cage. Suddenly, Killer Kross shows up. Kross calls Moose a "defiler," a "betrayer" and a "son of a bitch," and says Moose should know better than anybody else not to cross a killer, and says that dealing with him tests his patience. Johnny stops the argument that happens between Moose and Kross briefly, then Moose tells Kross he "benched" him for going against Johnny twice and says it is his time to become World Champion. Johnny says both Kross and Moose think they are both "A+ talent," but there is always an "A talent" and a "B talent," and both he and the fans would not mind a match between them to see who is the "A talent." Kross tells Johnny he is taking a page out of his book, then tells him to watch him show how it's really done. He then walks into a punch by Moose, then Johnny Impact calls for a match for an impromptu #1 contender's match.
Moose vs. Killer Kross to decide a #1 contender for the Impact World Championship ends after Johnny Impact goes after Kross and Moose for throwing coffee at him and booting him in the face afterwards. After the match, Moose and Kross attack Johnny, but "The Machine" Brian Cage shows off and fights off both men. Johnny and Cage briefly stare down after a double superkick, then hands the World Championship back to Johnny before leaving.
We hear audio from Don Callis' podcast where Callis hires Glenn Gilberti to Impact live on the air.
Konnan talks with Santana and Ortiz, telling them to make this match with The Lucha Bros. (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) their last match against each other as they show what they are made of.
Backstage, Johnny Impact thanks "The Machine" Brian Cage for his help earlier, but tells him that they cannot have a clean one-on-one title match without Moose and Killer Kross running around. He proposes that they team up together and get rid of them, but "The Machine" Brian Cage is reluctant to trust him. Johnny says he knew he would say that, and hands him a contract for such a match. All he has to do is sign it, and it is all official.
The GWN Flashback Moment of the Week is Tommy Dreamer vs. Eddie Edwards from Slammiversary 2018.
The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz) talk about their match with The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh) next week after Zachary Wents proposes that he faces Ethan Page next week, then Gama Singh shows up and, unimpressed with how they are preparing for The Desi Hit Squad, pulls out a hookah and tells them to try it. Ten minutes later, The Rascalz are high as a kite.
Reno Scum (Adam Thornstowe and Luster The Legend) returns to Impact next week!
The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier and Trey Miguel) beat The Desi Hit Squad (Rohit Raju and Raj Singh).
Backstage, Melissa Santos interviews Eli Drake. He warns everyone "Thou shalt not raise thy hand at Eli Drake," and that Eddie Edwards learned that the hard way last week. He is not angry with Eddie, but he is taking him by the hand and showing him the way tonight. He plans to show Eddie how hardcore makes him a loser, and says nobody can stop him tonight.
Sami Callihan meets with Rich Swann in the hospital. He says that Swann's family cannot be here right now, and says he did what he did because he loves him and because Swann is not living up to his potential. He says he is not mad; in fact, he is proud of him for standing up to him, and that it is okay now because he is here. He tells Swann to stop with the facade, and tells him that he has always been there for him and that everything happens for a reason. Callihan says that he knows that Swann is the most talented individual he has ever seen, but he is not living up to his potential and that it is time to step up and come home. After a nurse demands Callihan leave, Swann says that Callihan is family, then Callihan leaves an oVe shirt and says "Call me."
Eddie Edwards beats Eli Drake with a jackknife pin.
Backstage, Tessa Blanchard is angry with management, saying she should be Knockouts Championship. She is then interviewed, saying she has been denied her championship rematch and that management wants to protect themselves after what she has done as of late. Tessa says that she will get her rematch one way or another.
Backstage, Glenn Gilberti gets some crazy directions to the management office and follows them only to be locked out of the building.
Alisha Edwards vs. Delilah Doom ends after attacks Alisha Edwards outside the ring, then gets in the ring and fights Delilah Doom, who almost gets the upper hand before Tessa overpowers her.
Ace Austin is coming to Impact!
Backstage, Delilah Doom says tonight was supposed to be a huge opportunity, but if Tessa Blanchard wants to fight her, then she will challenge her to a match next week.
Father James Mitchell comes between Rosemary and the team of Allie and Su Yung, saying that he possesses Allie's soul. Rosemary proposes a deal, and Mitchell says that while he has something she wants, she has something he wants. He tells Rosemary to assemble a dark assembly while he, Allie and Su Yung assembles there in a winner-takes-all battle. If Rosemary wins, she gets Allie back. If he and Su Yung win, they get Rosemary.
Backstage, Melissa Santos interviews Taya Valkyrie. Taya says she plans on not responding to Tessa Blanchard, saying she is like a child throwing a temper tantrum, and that she is Knockouts Champion and she has better things to worry about.
The Lucha Bros. (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) retain the Impact World Tag Team Championships against The Latin-American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz). After the match, The Lucha Bros. taunt LAX, and LAX respond by attacking them before Ortiz rips Pentagon Jr.'s mask off.
Here are the top five moments from tonight's show!
