Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for May 12, 2022

"Inevitable" Ace Austin beats Aiden Prince in the BTI Match.

Tom Hannifan and "The Drama King" Matthew Rehwoldt welcome everyone to tonight's show and run down tonight's card. To determine the #1 contender for the Impact World Championship, a Gauntlet For The Gold Match will take place.

Maria Kanellis-Bennett guests on commentary for the next match.

Kenny King beats Chris Bey to qualify for the Ultimate X Match at for the Impact X Division Championship at Slammiversary following the distraction by Maria Kanellis-Bennett.

Backstage, Alisha Edwards tells "The Quintessential Diva" Gisele Shaw that their match is next. Gisele tells Alisha that "you can't rush perfection."

The Influence (Tenille Dashwood and Madison Rayne) retain the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championships against Alisha Edwards and "The Quintessential Diva" Gisele Shaw.

We hear from Violent By Design (Eric Young, Joe Doering, Deaner). Eric Young says stories are ways to remember and can be beautiful. He says that sometimes, there are periods at the end of the sentence; other times, there are question marks. He then tells The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) that their story will end with Violent By Design taking back the Impact tag titles before stating that he will take his power and control when he becomes #1 contender to the Impact World title and completes the trifecta.

Gail Kim is in the ring. She announces that at Slammiversary, the very first Queen of the Mountain Match will take place and that Tasha Steelz, Chelsea Green, Jordynne Grace and Deonna Purrazzo will take part in the match. Before Gail Kim can announce the fifth and final competitor, Tasha Steelz and Savannah Evans head to the ring. Tasha says that Gail Kim will do anything to take the Knockouts World Championship away from her after she beat Mickie James twice, then announces that Savannah Evans will be the fifth competitor. Gail Kim says she appreciates the suggestion and that all the competitors are former Knockouts Champions, then announces that the final competitor is Mia Yim. Tasha says Gail is pulling people off the street to take the title from her. After Tasha tells Gail that they can get personal if she wants to get personal, Mia Yim shows up and fights off both Savannah and Tasha. Deonna Purrazzo then shows up and makes it a three-on-one beatdown. Suddenly, Taya Valkyrie and Jordynne Grace show up to even the odds, and they and Mia Yim stand tall in the ring.

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Rich Swann. Rich Swann says Gauntlet For The Gold is a huge opportunity, and as a former World Champion that never got a rematch, these opportunities do not come often. He says that other people want this and that this will not be easy, but tonight is all about the Impact World Championship and he is willing do whatever it takes to go all night long.

Tomohiro Ishii and "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander beat Bullet Club ("Switchblade" Jay White and El Phantasmo).

Backstage, we hear from The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe), who say that they are carrying history with the Impact World Tag titles and that next week, Violent By Design (Eric Young, Joe Doering, Deaner)should be scared of them, because the titles are not going anywhere.

Eric Young last eliminates Chris Sabin to win the Gauntlet For The Gold Match and face "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander for the Impact World Championship at Slammiversary. During the match, Johnny Swinger shows up on a pushcart made to look like a wrestling ring only to be eliminated as soon as he enters, do the Bushwhacker walk and get back on the cart. When Matt Cardona's entrance theme plays, "The Drama King" Matthew Rehwoldt takes his place instead. (He is eliminated along with PCO by Steve Maclin.) Moose is eliminated late in the match when the lights go out only for Sami Callihan to be in the ring when they come back on, and after Sami Callihan hits Moose with his bat, Moose gets eliminated by Chris Sabin.

Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for January 27, 2022

Laredo Kid beats Blake Christian (formerly known as Trey Baxter in NXT) in the BTI match.

"The Drama King" Matthew Rehwoldt is the new color commentator for the show.

Jake Something beats Chris Bey after catching him out of the air and hitting Into The Void. After the match, The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa) show up and attack Jake Something. "Speedball" Mike Bailey runs in and fends them off, then "Switchblade" Jay White runs in and hits Mike Bailey with a snap full nelson suplex. Afterwards, The Guerrillas of Destiny tell The Good Brothers ("The Big LG" Doc Gallows and "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson) that they are here, that they want the Impact World Tag Team Championships and that Impact is their house now.

Honor No More (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Vincent, PCO, Maria Kanellis-Bennett) is seen in the crowd, where security tries to stop them. After the match, Honor No More is still in the crowd while Willie Mack, Rich Swann, Rhino, Josh Alexander and Chris Sabin are in the ring, with security in the middle. Rhino tells Honor No More that if they want a fight, they will have to go through them. Rhino tells security to let them through, then Scott D'Amore shows up and says Honor No More do not represent anything, much less ROH. He calls Honor No More a bunch of "piece of shit carnies" who want to cause mayhem, but Maria asks D'Amore why they should play by his rules and want an opportunity. After D'Amore says Honor No More is deserving of nothing, Rhino says all they deserve is an ass-kicking. D'Amore then makes a match between the two teams at No Surrender, and if Honor No More loses, they're gone; if they win, they stay. Sabin then asks why tey can wait when they can havea match right now, and D'Amore sets up a one-on-one match between one member of Impact against one member of Honor No More. PCO climbs over the barricade, and D'Amore makes Sabin vs. PCO official. Sabin says that he will kick PCO's ass tonight, then says his team will beat Honor No More at No Surrender and prove why they are Impact Wrestling.

Backstage, Kaleb with a K - who replaces Tennille Dashwood tonight - talks with Madison Rayne about their match tonight. Madison says the match is about scouting The IInspiration (Jessica McKay and Cassie Lee) to see what she and Tennille are up against, and tells him not to mess it up.

Backstage, Scott D'Amore leads Honor No More (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Vincent, PCO, Maria Kanellis-Bennett) to a room backstage and makes it their locker room when Cary Silkin shows up. It becomes apparently Cary Silkin does not like anyone in Honor No More, going so far as to say Matt Taven never had any honor.

The IInspiration (Jessica McKay and Cassie Lee) beat The Influence (Kaleb with a K and Madison Rayne) after Cassie Lee reverses a powerbomb from Kaleb into a roll-up.

Backstage, Jake Something thanks "Speedball" Mike Bailey when Ace Austin and Madman Fulton show up. After a brief argument between Jake and Austin due to Jake saying Austin is untrustworthy, Bailey says he can appreciate the help against Bullet Club. As Austin says that they would have to get with management, Gail Kim shows up and makes a match with the four of them against Bullet Club.

We see a vignette for "The Quintessential Diva," who is now identified as Gisele Shaw.

Backstage, The Good Brothers talk with Violent By Design regarding The Guerrillas of Destiny. Eric Young tells them The Guerrillas is their business, but they remind Eric of their business agreement and that Bullet Club is one more team in the way. After Doc Gallows says that they need a lethal shot of violence, Eric Young says violence is what they do best and that their business agreement will continue.

Gail Kim introduces Mickie James to the ring, which is surrounded by the Knockouts Division. Mickie James talks about the history that the division has made recently with their first Ultimate X match and Deonna Purrazzo - who Mickie James admits she respects even if she does not like her - winning the Ring of Honor Women's World Championship. As Mickie James thanks the Knockouts Division for all they have been doing, Deonna Purrazzo says this "state of the division" address is a waste of everyone's time and leaves. Mickie then says she is honored to be in the Royal Rumble as Knockouts Champion. Mickie James says she is in it to win and plans to not only win, but put the Impact Knockouts Championship on the line in a title vs. title match to see who the best in the world is if she does. Chelsea Green says it is when she wins and not if, and asks for the first shot at the title before Tasha Steelz boos Mickie James and Chelsea Green, saying nobody cares what Chelsea wants after having beaten her twice. Tasha says Chelsea is a "non-factor" to her and says that she made history when it mattered and that she will be taking the Knockouts title from Mickie's waist at No Surrender. This soon starts a brawl where Tasha Steelz and Savannah Evans fight with Chelsea Green and Mickie James only to get overpowered.

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Steve Maclin, who says he does not care about what the record books say about last week and scares Gia Miller off. Security shows up, but Maclin threatens to beat them up when Jonathan Gresham challenges him to a one-on-one match. Maclin tells Gresham that he knows what his answer is.

We see Jordynne Grace's successful Digital Media Championship defense against Kiera Hogan in Terminus Wrestling.

In backstage footage from earlier today, we see the numerous members of the second recruiting class of The Learning Tree.

Brian Myers guests on commentary for the next match.

W. Morrissey beats all nine members of The Learning Tree in a 9-on-1 handicap match. After the match, Brian Myers confronts and hits Morrissey, but when Morrissey goes for a choke slam, Moose shows up and hits him from behind. Moose hits Morrissey with the World title, then The Learning Tree gang up on Morrissey only to be overpowered. Moose then hits Morrissey with a Spear.

Backstage, Raj Singh says that his luck has been down since Shera got injured and Rohit Raju left, but next week, he has a blue chipper in Bhupinder Gujar showing up. John Skyler says nobody cares about Bhupinder and says that time should be dedicated to him, and Raj Singh tells him that he has a match with Bhupinder next week since he already seems to have a problem with him.

In backstage footage from earlier today, JONAH throws Johnny Swinger into a wall, then Swinger is surrounded by Decay (Rosemary, Crazzy Steve, Black Taurus).

JONAH beats Johnny Swinger as Dan Lambert watches from the crowd. After the match, JONAH tosses Johnny Swinger out of the ring, then Decay (Rosemary, Crazzy Steve, Black Taurus) shows up and surround Johnny Swinger again.

PCO beats Chris Sabin after Team Impact gets ejected following Eddie Edwards tripping PCO in response to Mike Bennett tripping Sabin from the outside earlier and after Maria Kanellis-Bennett distracts the referee so Mike Bennett can push Sabin off the top rope in response to Sabin attacking the rest of Honor No More (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Vincent) for getting physically involved again. After the match, Honor No More attacks Sabin, but the rest of Team Impact shows back up and chases Honor No More out of the ring. Vincent ends up being the last one left in the ring, and Alexander stops him and puts him in an ankle lock until Taven saves him.

Here are all of this week's backstage segments!

Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for December 9, 2021

Lady Frost beats Kimber Lee in the BTI match.

"The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo and Matthew Rehwoldt beats Chris Sabin and Mickie James after Purrazzo grabs Rehwoldt's hand for leverage on a roll-up and the referee cannot see it.

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Matt Cardona, who says that after one year, he has finally gotten a world title opportunity. As he says he will walk out champion, W. Morrissey shows up and mocks him for settling for less and not sticking up for himself. Morrissey says he takes what he wants and deserves, and says that he would not settle for a three-way match, saying he wants a one-on-one match with Moose. Cardona proposes a match between them tonight, and if Morrissey wins, he will bow out of the World title match.

We hear from Violent By Design (Eric Young, Joe Doering, Deaner). Eric Young says that like a rat to the electrified cheese, Rhino cannot learn his lesson after walking away from something special. He says that tonight, Rhino gets him in a street fight, and that it is not a wise move because he is the better man. Doering says he has a design in case Rhino wants to think he is one step ahead with Heath, Rich Swann and Willie Mack.

Rohit Raju vs. Lawrence D ends in a no-contest. During the match, "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander heads to the ring and throws Raj Singh into the ring steps and powerbombs Rohit Raju into his knee. Alexander then calls out Jonah. After the commercial break, Scott D'Amore shows up and says Jonah is not even in the building after he told him to stay home, then tells him he will face Jonah at Hard To Kill. Alexander is not content, saying the longer he has to wait for Jonah, the longer he has to wait for Moose and the World Championship. He says that D'Amore is testing his patience, but D'Amore says he wants him to learn some as he wants him to be World Champion. D'Amore says he and his family consider Alexander family, and says that he has to get his emotions in check. When Raj Singh gets back up at ringside, Alexander gets him in the ring and plants him with a C4 piledriver before saying this is what he calls keeping his emotions in check.

Backstage, Chris Bey and Hikuleo grab a security guard and remove his belt, but Laredo Kid shows up and stands up for the security guard before leaving. When Chris Bey asks what Laredo Kid said, the security guard said "I'd rather not repeat that on TV."

Backstage, Steve Maclin meets with Scott D'Amore, wanting Trey Miguel one-on-one after not having been pinned or submitted. D'Amore tells him he hasn't been beating anybody and that he put his hands on a security guard, and the answer is no. Maclin leaves, then Rosemary and Havok meet with D'Amore, but D'Amore tells them that he is not the person that he needs to talk to regarding the Knockouts Tag Team Championships.

FinJuice (Juice Robinson and David Finlay) beat "Outlandish" Zicky Dice and VSK.

Moose meets with W. Morrissey backstage. He says that he does not want their World Title match to be a three-way match and that Matt Cardona does not deserve to be in it, and he proposes they both take out Cardona. Morrissey says he does not trust him and will take Cardona out himself.

Backstage, Eric Young tells Deaner and Joe Doering to stay backstage, as he will deal with Rhino himself.

Eric Young beats Rhino in a street fight following the involvement of Deaner, Joe Doering, Rich Swann, Willie Mack and - interestingly - The Good Brothers ("The Big LG" Doc Gallows and "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson), who attack Swann and Willie Mack. Ater the match, Violent By Design and The Good Brothers stand tall in the middle of the ring.

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews The IInspiration (Jessica McKay and Cassie Lee) and The Influence (Tenille Dashwood and Madison Rayne). After Tenille and Jessica try to answer at the same time, Madison Rayne says she has high hopes for this match, then both teams try to choose between "IInspirational Influence" and "Influential IInspiration" for their team name.

Decay (Rosemary, Havok, Black Taurus, Crazzy Steve) beat The IInspiration (Jessica McKay and Cassie Lee) and The Influence (Tenille Dashwood and Madison Rayne) in an eight-person tag match after The IInspiration and The Influence are too busy arguing with each other.

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Lady Frost, who is the newest Impact Wrestling signee. Scott D'Amore shows up and welcomes Lady Frost aboard. Lady Frost shows interest in the Knockouts Ultimate X Match, but D'Amore tells her she will have to take that up with Gail Kim. Gail Kim, now part of Impact management, tells Lady Frost she will be part of the match with Tasha Steelz, Rachael Ellering, Jordynne Grace, Rosemary and Chelsea Green.

Matt Cardona beats W. Morrissey by disqualification after Morrissey refuses to listen to the referee's instructions, and after the referee calls for the bell, Morrissey boots the referee in the face. Afterwards, W. Morrissey powerbombs Cardona. Chelsea Green runs into he ring to check on Cardona, then Moose tells Morrissey to pick Cardona up. Morrissey refuses, and boots Moose in the face. Morrissey tells Chelsea to get out of his way, and when Chelsea refuses, Morrissey pulls her off Cardona. When Morrissey approach Cardona, Cardona attacks Morrissey, then lifts up the Impact World Championship.