IMPACT Wrestling 1-14-20
Available on AXS TV, Twitch, and IMPACT Plus
By Dylan Hager
Coming off of a history making "Hard to Kill" ppv on Sunday, it is time for this weeks IMPACT Wrestling. Don and Josh welcome us to the show. They are in a Nashville studio. Later tonight they will have a sit down interview with the new IMPACT Champion, Tessa Blanchard. Also tonight is four way featuring Moose vs Eddie Edwards vs Ace Austin vs Fallah Bahh. They send us back to Dallas for our first match!
The Rascalz vs The Desi Hit Squad vs Reno Scum vs TJP and Daga
This opening match is being competed under lucha tag rules. All eight go right at it to start the match. Dez and Rohit are the last two standing in the ring. Dez and Wentz clear the ring. TJP comes in, but he is taken out by the Rascalz. Shera takes out both Dez and Wentz, but he taken out by Luster. Reno Scum control the ring until Daga takes control. Daga is immediately taken out by the Hit Squad. The Rascalz take the ring from the Hit Squad. This match is chaos in the best way! We get a series of dives from most of the competitors. Daga and Rohit square off. Daga takes out Rohit, but the Rascalz get the best of Daga. Reno Scum takes out the Rascalz, but Shera and Rohit send Reno Scum out of the ring. Shera hits the Sky High on Dez for the win. Great match! Constant action. A lot of fun! Winners: Desi Hit Squad
Moose is backstage cutting a promo. He reminded Rhino that he is the greatest multi-sport athlete of all time. He's not worried about anybody in tonight's four way.
Josh and Don talk about Tessa winning the title. They hype up Johnny Swinger vs Joey Ryan and the four way for later tonight.
Next they show highlights from Ace vs Trey from Sunday. Ace is backstage cutting a promo. He says that tonight it will be "aces up" in the four way.
We take a look at Rich Swann's injury from Friday's "Bash at the Brewery" show, and they show highlights from Willie Mack vs The North from Sunday. Swann catches up to Willie after he match from Sunday. Willie says he let Swann down. Swann says that Willie is the man, and he is proud to to call Willie his tag team partner. When Swann is healthy, they will win the tag titles.
We see Katie Forbes setting up RVD's celebration.
Eddie is cutting a promo backstage. He talks about beating Elgin on Sunday, and says he will win tonight.
We see the finish of Elgin and Eddie from Sunday, and take a look at Elgin in Japan.
We take a look at RVD vs Cage and RVD vs Daga from Sunday. Rob is in a robe in his hotel room. He talks about beating Cage. Katie comes in. Katie's girlfriend comes in. They celebrate with champagne and whip cream. RVD says that modern wrestling is just a tribute to him. This whole segment was weird. Rob and Katie are gross, but at least it is getting heat on Rob.
Josh and Don remind us of the Tessa interview still to come, and they talk about Ken Shamrock. We take a look at Shamrock's history with OVE. Shamrock is backstage for a promo. Shamrock puts over Fulton, and says that Madman would do better without Sami Callihan's influence.
This weeks "IMPACT Plus Flashback Moment of the Week" is Kurt Angle vs Jeff Jarrett from Genesis 2009. I loved the Angle/Main Event Mafia vs Jarrett/TNA rivalry back in the day.
Johnny Swinger is backstage. He talks about the current generation plays games instead of partying. He hits on a female backstage while playing a pinball machine.
Joey Ryan vs Johnny Swinger
Joey vs Swinger! This should be...interesting. Joey wants Swinger to touch it. Swinger refuses. Swinger tries for some chain wrestling, but Joey continues to try forcing Swinger to touch it. Swinger goes for an atomic drop, which of course just does damage to Swinger's leg. Swinger takes the advantage and works over Joey in the corner. Swinger grabs a "big" chin lock. Swinger goes for a low head butt, but that hurts Swinger. Joey makes the comeback. Swinger goes for a school boy with his feet on the ropes, but the ref stops the count. Swinger goes for his finish, but Joey counters and forces to Swinger to grab it. Swinger grabs the ref, but both Swinger and the ref take the dick flip. Joey shoves a sucker into Swinger's mouth and hits Sweet Tooth Music for the win. This was fun. Joey Ryan is so much fun. Good pickup for IMPACT. Winner: Joey Ryan
We take a look at the Knockout's Title match from Sunday. Josh and Don talk about the historical significance of Taya's year plus long title reign.
We see highlights from Sami vs Tessa from Sunday.
X Division Title Match: Ace Austin (c) vs Eddie Edwards vs Moose vs Fallah Bahh
We go to the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia for the four way, which is apparently for Ace's X Division Title. This was recorded at a House of Hardcore show. Moose starts the match off hot, taking out all three competitors. Moose starts chopping Bahh, but the chops have no effect. Moose and Bahh exchange chops and clotheslines until a double clotheslines drops both men. Eddie and Ace come in. Eddie chops Ace in the corner. Bahh charges in and splashes Ace, but he is also met with chops from Eddie. Moose charges in, but Eddie puts him the corner as well and delivers more chops. Moose and Ace are sent to the floor. Eddie goes for a dive, but Bahh stops Eddie so he can dive. After Bahh's suicide dive, Eddie comes off the top on all three men as we go to commercial. Back from the break, Eddie hits a backpack stunner on Ace, but he only gets a two count. Bahh takes down both Eddie and Ace. Fallah splashes Eddie and Ace in opposite corners before eating a big boot from Moose. Moose hits Eddie with a running dropkick in the corner. Ace eats a standing dropkick in the corner from Moose. Moose hits a huge superplex on Bahh that takes both men out. Ace comes off the top on Moose, but only gets a two count. Ace tries pinning Fallah, but Bahh kicks out. Ace hits a running kick on Eddie, but he only gets two again. Ace tries for The Fold on Moose, but Moose counters. Eddie takes Ace, Fallah takes out Eddie, and Moose takes out Bahh as we go to another break. Back from commercial, Eddie and Moose are trading in the middle of the ring. Moose gets the best of Eddie with a discus clothesline. Ace takes out Moose with a kick, but the champ runs into a slam from Bahh. Fallah sets up a Banzai Drop in the corner, but Moose stops him. Eddie hits Moose with the Boston Knee Party, but he runs into a slam from Bahh. Bahh again goes for the Banzai Drop, but Ace pulls Eddie out of the ring and hits Bahh with The Fold from the top rope for the win. Really good match. Constant action between four of the best in IMPACT from bell to bell. Huge win for Ace. Winner: Ace Austin
We take a look at the post-match celebration by Tessa on Sunday. We see her celebrate with her family and some of the roster and agents.
Josh is interviewing Tessa. Tessa says shes on top of the world. She says that OVE has always had a trick up their sleeve. Without his boys in his corner, Tessa defeated Sami to become the World Champ. She knows that Sami will be looking for retribution. She knows the whole locker room is going to be coming for the belt. She says she sees herself as a wrestler. She'll wrestle anybody, guy or girl. Sami interrupts the interview with a video. Sami says he is the only history maker in the company. Sami takes credit for IMPACT's success the last couple years. Sami says Tessa might be the champion the company wants, but he is the champion the company needs. Tessa says anytime, anywhere. Sami says he's not hard to find. Tessa goes through the building looking for Sami. Sami says that it will happen on his time and Tessa will never see him coming.
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