Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for July 13, 2017

In footage from earlier today, Grado and Joseph Park make their way to the arena in an old Volkswagen Beetle. We find out that Grado will have to get married, as he is about to be kicked out of the country unless he does so.

The Latin-American XChange show up. Last week, Konnan promised a new soldier in LAX, and introduces that new soldier: Alberto El Patron. El Patron shows up, and wants to know what Konnan is doing, as they have both friends for years. He then says Konnan did not even ask El Patron if he wanted to join. El Patron says he is a leader, not a follower. Konnan asks El Patron if he has forgotten the problems he had with WWE and the problems he himself had with TNA, and asks him to join. El Patron says he has not forgotten, and thinks about it every day, but it is in the past and he is in a better place with better opportunities. El Patron tells Konnan his problem is that he has become a bitter man. As for himself, he will stay a loner. El Patron tells Konnan his problem is that he has become a bitter man. As for himself, he will stay a loner. Konnan tells El Patron that he is no longer alone, and that LAX is his family. All he has to do is say yes. El Patron tells him "The answer is no, you son of a bitch!" Konnan then sics LAX on El Patron. Suddenly, Lashley rushes into the ring and fights off all of LAX by himself, saving El Patron. Lashley then hands one of the world titles to El Patron and leaves.

Orlando, Florida Mayor Buddy Dyer declares July 5th "Impact Wrestling Day" in the city of Orlando, and one of the survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting unveils a new memorial for the victims of that shooting.

We get a closer look at ACH, who plans to springboard his career with the Super X Cup.

We get a closer look at Andrew Everett, who wants to win the Super X Cup to get one step closer to the X Division Championship.

ACH beats Andrew Everett to continue to the second round of the Super X Cup Tournament.

Jeremy Borash introduces Gail Kim back to Impact Wrestling. She says that she has been so grateful with the most talented, respected people in the business and travel the world to perform for millions of fans, and has given his soul, mind and body to wrestling, and does not regret it. She announces that at the end of 2017, she will officially be retiring from the ring. She thanks the women of the Knockouts division that she has worked with through the years, and thanks everyone in the company for allowing her to be her. She says that this is not the end, and that she plans to go out on top in Impact Wrestling.

Chris Adonis shows up, and messes with the two stars of Swole Mates, Andya Velcich and Freddie Hardy. Both men get in, and this starts a pose-down between the stars of Swole Mates and Chris Adonis. Adonis gets physical with one guy, but the other one confronts him. Eli Drake shows up and tells Adonis to head back to the back, and referees show up to restore order before this gets worse.

Octagoncito beats Demus.

Joseph Park has to get Grado fired up to ask a Knockout for their hand in marriage, but he has no luck, especially with Allie when Braxton Sutter is seeing what is going on. The huge stretching man from last week is in the background. Park hands Grado some champagne and chocolate, as he has an idea.

Matt Sydal talks about his early days in Impact Wrestling.

Ethan Carter III shows up and guests on commentary for the next match.

Naomichi Marufuji vs. Moose for the Impact Grand Championship ends when EC3 attacks Marufuji with the ring bell in the middle of Round 3. He goes after Moose after the match ends, but Moose hits him with a bicycle kick.

The Latin-American Xchange talk about El Patron outside of the arena. Konnan says Alberto El Patron should stop pandering to the fans, and realize that LAX is his family. He then tells LAX to show some tough love and send a message by putting El Patron in the hospital.

Before the next match, Trevor Lee - with the Impact Wrestling X Division Championship around his waist - says he has decided to become the fighting champion the X Division deserves. He has looked far and wide for an opponent to defend the title against...and finds William Weeks. He plans to be a real champion, unlike Sonjay Dutt, and tells the referee not to put the belt on the ground or else someone will steal it. William Weeks attacks Trevor Lee form behind, and the match begins. We then see footage of Sonjay Dutt being taken out of the building by security.

Trevor Lee beats William Weeks. After the match, Sonjay Dutt shows up through the crowd and goes after Trevor Lee to get the Impact Wrestling X Division Championship back, but falls just short and Trevor Lee makes it up the entrance ramp with the title still in his possession.

Laurel Van Ness beats Ava Storie, then Grado shows up with Joseph Park. Grado introduces himself to Laurel, then butters her up. He then asks her out, but before Laurel can answer, Kongo Kong shows up, and Grado and Joseph Park have enough sense to get out of the ring.

Alberto El Patron and Lashley beat LAX (Santana and Ortiz). After the match, both Lashley and El Patron show respect to each other, and as Lashley leaves, El Patron tells Lashley they make a great team. As he says this, he is attacked from behind by LAX (Konnan, Santan, Ortiz, Homicide, Diamante), and this time, Lashley just smiles and refuses to help El Patron. Konnan tells El Patron that if he turns his back on him, this is what he gets, and LAX hold El Patron down and drape his face with the Puerto Rican flag to end the show.

Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for December 30, 1996

The show begins with The New World Order outside of the arena. They boast that they are stonger than ever. The Giant says he knows he dropped the ball last night, and that he is still waiting for his World title shot from World War 3. "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan tells The Giant that his win at World War 3 is a bye for them, and that it gives them more time to do what they want, and that even though they may have "stutter-stepped a bit," they're still on their way to the top as they still have all the power. Hulk tells The Giant he dropped the ball once, and that he can't drop it again. Ted DiBiase wants the camera turned off so as not to record any more internal dissent within The New World Order.

The Amazing French Canadians (Jacques Rougeau and Carl Ouellet) beat Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock) after Rougeau dodges Public Enemy's double team attack into the table.

The Ultimate Dragon beats Jushin "Thunder" Liger.

Before the next match, Michael Wallstreet shows up and tells Konnan that Big Bubba can't make it tonight, but that Big Bubba is not afraid of him or the leather strap in his hand and that he'll eventually have the chance to prove it to him. Wallstreet effectively substitutes for Big Bubba in this match.

Konnan steals a victory from Michael Wallstreet in a leather strap match by touching all four corners of the ring despite being choked out with the strap after Wallstreet pushes Konnan into the fourth corner. After the match, Wallstreet thinks he has won, but finds out he has not.

"Hollywood" Hulk Hogan shows up with Eric Bischoff. They both boast about Hogan "beating" "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, and insist that Hogan won last night at Starrcade. Hogan says that he lost a lot of respect for Piper just for showing up for one night, taking a beating and leaving. Eric Bischoff considers having a moment of silence for Piper, but then doesn't. Hogan then poses for the crowd. Tony Schiavone and "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko know Bischoff and Hogan are lying.

Hugh Morrus beats Kensuki Sasaki by disqualification after Sonny Onoo hits Morrus with the pole of his Japanese flag to absolutely no effect. During the match, Eric Bischoff shows up on commentary with a black clamshell VHS case in his hand (which contains the footage of Hogan vs. Piper at Starrcade), telling Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko that he's got the master tape and that they're not proving anything, and that possession is nine-tenths of the law. Schiavone find out that they do have stills from the match between "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper at Starrcade, and show them after the match.

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Dean Malenko vs. Eddie Guerrero for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship! Masahiro Chono! "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson! Lex Luger! "Lord" Steven Regal vs. Ice Train!

Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) beat The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) despite Col. Robert Parker and Jacques Rougeau throws black powder in Stevie Ray's face.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Diamond Dallas Page. He tells Okerlund not to worry about what he is going to do about The New World Order, and says he's going to fix things and move on. Page says he's a bit stubborn, and that sometimes he doesn't get it right away. He says the nWo is too strong, and he knows what he has to do and what's going to happen. Page then refuses to elaborate further.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour. It is soon announced that "Rowdy" Roddy Piper is in the building tonight.

The encore of Starrcade will be on pay-per-view on January 2, 1997 at 5 PM Eastern, 4 PM Central.

Before the next match, Disco Inferno says he has perfected his leg hold for the last two weeks, and tells him to leave the ring and let him dance before he embarasses him. Glacier puts him in a wrist lock instead, and makes Disco mad.

Glacier beats Disco Inferno.

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit beats Chris Jericho. After the match, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Debra McMichael, Benoit, Woman and Steve "Mongo" McMichael. Debra says she was just talking about him, but Woman tells her and Mongo to shut their mouth as they don't have a vote here as they haven't been in the Four Horsemen long enough. As Flair tries to break it up between Benoit and Mongo, Jeff Jarrett shows up and brings up "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson's attack on him at Starrcade. When Woman asks where Anderson is, Flair says he's at the Hyatt with a Miller Lite in his hand that is so cold it would freeze the hand off an Eskimo. Benoit tells Jarrett that he proved himself, and that he can be anything but a Horseman. Debra says Woman is angry because of recent weight gain and says Mongo should be glad she got between him and Benoit. Flair says that the Horsemen are going to do what they do best: staying all night and staying a little longer.

Lee Marshall calls from Monroe, Louisiana - the site of next week's Nitro - for the 1-800-COLLECT Road Report.

Octagoncito and Mascarita Sagrada beat Jerito Estrada and Piratita Morgan after Mascarita Sagrada rolls up Estrada.

Dean Malenko and Rey Mysterio Jr. wrestle to a ten-minute time limit draw.

Lex Luger beats Greg "The Hammer" Valentine with the Torture Rack.

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper shows up. He says he has heard "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff have insisted Hogan have won, and Piper says that this proves that there is indeed life on Mars as he had Hogan in a sleeper the last time he checked. He is glad history reads that he is the icon, and he is proud that he have been "the Braveheart" of professional wrestling. He says that this is his last fight, and jokes that he's getting too old for this. As he says that he is glad to have his match at Starrcade, Bischoff and Hogan show up. Hogan says it's not going down that way, but Piper says history is history. Hogan tells Piper he is a lucky, lucky person, and the only reason that he didn't end his rivalry with Piper for good is that Piper's son told him to take it easy on him. Piper tells Hogan that they can fight right now, and as that is about to happen, Piper is attacked from behind by the rest of the New World Order. Syxx and The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) join in first, followed by The Giant and Scott "Flash" Norton. Hogan brings a steel chair into the ring and smashes it into Piper's leg. Hogan then commands The Giant to choke slam Piper, but Piper refuses. At this point, Nick Patrick shows up in black denim jeans and a New World Order shirt, and Marcus Bagwell and "Sting" can also be seen. Hogan tells The Giant that he dropped the ball again as Piper is put on a stretcher. Hogan tells him that last night was strike one, and not choke slamming Piper was strike two. He then slaps The Giant, saying "three strikes!" The Giant then grabs Hogan by the throat, and The Giant tells everyone to clear the ring as he tells Hogan to give him his World title shot. Hogan says he's sorry and tells The Giant he's got his title shot as he begs for forgiveness, then Hogan sics the rest of the New World Order on Giant. The numbers game eventually works against The Giant, and Hogan smacks The Giant in the back with the World Heavyweight Championship before everyone else in the nWo stomps on The Giant and rips his nWo shirt into pieces. Hogan speaks into the camera, saying he warned The Giant about messing with him before hitting The Giant with the World Heavyweight Championship again. He tells The Giant that the World title is his. The last thing we see is Piper being transported to the hospital in an ambulance.