IMPACT! Wrestling
September 16th, 2021
Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
Commentary: Josh Mathews & D’Lo Brown
Before the IMPACT! – Fallah Bahh & No Way def. Hernandez & Johnny Swinger by pinfall at 5:11. After the match, Su Yung, Kimber Lee, and Brandi Lauren came out and took one of Swinger’s Swingerellas.
Violent by Design (Rhino & Deaner) (w/ Eric Young & Joe Doering) vs. Decay (Black Taurus & Crazzy Steve)
Rhino and Taurus start the match with Rhino taking control quickly. Steve and Deaner quickly come in, as the ‘bite his face off’ chants start early. Rhino comes back in and starts choking out Steve on the ropes. VBD keeps Steve cornered as Deaner comes in and starts biting Steve’s fingers. Steve comes back with a neck breaker and does the biting of his own. As he climbs the ropes, Eric Young gets on the apron to distract the referee as Rhino holds Steve on the ropes. As he’s holding him for Deaner to attack with the VBD flag, Steve gets out of the way and Rhino gets hit instead. Steve takes advantage of a spinning DDT off the ropes for the pin.
Winners: Decay (Black Taurus & Crazzy Steve) by pinfall at 3:36
After the match, Eric Young started pointing fingers at Rhino for what happened in this match. The crowd starts for Rhino, as Young starts putting his hands on Rhino while continuing to yell. Rhino starts pointing back and they get in each other’s face. Rhino grabs Young’s arm as he’s turning to leave, but Deaner and Doering jump Rhino and attack him. Young takes the VBD flag and snaps it over the back of Rhino as it looks like Rhino has been kicked out of Violent by Design.
Who’s Running this Place?
We go to Swinger’s Palace where the Swingerellas are asking what happened to Swingerella #3. Alisha says she’s impressed Swinger got all the boys addicted to gambling, but what is he going to do when they go to Las Vegas and there’s competition. Swinger starts naming all ex-owners of IMPACT and then is surprised to find out that ‘that guy from Team Canada’ is running stuff. TJP walks in to bet, but Petey Williams stops him and is upset he’s using the money he won from betting against Petey. Petey told him to put money on this, him kicking TJP’s ass tonight. Swinger asks if we aren’t sure the guy from Smashing Pumpkins isn’t running this place.
The New Coalition
Gia Miller is backstage with Christian, Chris Sabin, Josh Alexander, Eddie Edwards & Sami Callihan ahead of their match and asks them if they have what it takes to win tonight’s 10-man tag. They all say they aren’t afraid of a fight, and tonight they are in a fight. Sabin chimes in that these are the men he wants watching his back, but he tells Alexander he’s going to be scouting him and once this match is over their alliance is done and he’ll be coming after the title at Victory Road. Edwards says sometimes they need to team up for the greater good, and they are doing the same against W. Morrissey & Moose at Victory Road. Christian says there’s a reason why he individually picked these guys out, it’s because they are the five best wrestlers in IMPACT Wrestling. Christian says Ace Austin reminds him of a younger version of himself, but the difference is Austin can’t handle it the same way he did and tells him he needs to level up or he’ll get run over.
TJP vs. Petey Williams
They start the match on the mat with Petey in control, but TJP quickly comes back trying to stretch Petey who goes and grabs the ropes. They stay on the mat both keeping each other down with head scissors until they fight on the apron where Petey hits a Code Breaker knocking TJP outside. Back inside, TJP is on the ropes as Petey hits him with a dropkick and a side leg sweep for a 2 count as they go to commercial.
As we come back, Petey is in control but misses a move in the corner as TJP bounces back with a tornado DDT followed by a springboard crossbody. TJP places Petey in the corner and hits a boot wash before going to the top and missing a senton. Petey calls for the Destroyer, but TJP reverses and calls for one of his own, but Petey stops him and puts him in the Sharpshooter. Petey goes for the Destroyer again, but they go back and forth reversing until Petey can cradle up TJP for the win.
Winner: Petey Williams by pinfall at 10:05
Steve Maclin runs out and attacks both Petey Williams and TJP. Maclin takes TJP’s broom and hits him with it as well.
Smacking Bald Heads
Gia Miller is with the Good Brothers backstage where she questioned Karl Anderson needing Doc Gallows help last week, Anderson said, of course, he would it’s his partner and friend and they could have done whatever they wanted since it was a Bunkhouse Brawl and blame Rich Swann not having a friend to do the same. They start walking away and see Willie Mack is back in crutches just for Rich Swann to be revealed by his side and them not needing the crutches at all and run the Good Brothers off.
When we come back from the commercial, Mack and Swann are with Gia Miller and Mack says he’s 100% healthy and he loves smacking bald heads and they are going to take the tag titles away from them. Scott D’Amore walks in and says sometimes you got to do what you got to do, and they did that tonight, and since they beat the Good Brothers in a non-title match, and they got a title shot at Victory Road against them.
John Skyler vs. Laredo Kid
Skyler gets on the mic and says Laredo Kid got lucky when he beat him on BTI, and anybody can get lucky. The difference tonight won’t be because of luck and he’s going to beat him just like he did with Matt Cardona and he’s going to do it all by himself. Laredo starts the match trying to get a handshake but Skyler smacks it away and keeps telling him he got lucky. Laredo comes back with a springboard crossbody and a jumping neckbreaker. Skyler heads to the outside where he gets a dive from Laredo Kid. Laredo hits a springboard splash to the inside for a 2 count. They take it back outside where they go back and forth until Skyler hits an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. They go back and forth until they hit a double clothesline knocking each other down. Skyler ends up twisting Laredo’s mask and using that distraction to roll up Laredo for the pin while holding the tights.
Winner: John Skyler by pinfall at 3:47
Spice World 2
We go to another episode of “All About Me” with Tenille Dashwood, Madison Rayne, and Kaleb with a K where Rayne mentions that it feels like she’s been here before. Today’s ‘host’ is Taylor Wilde who has no place to sit, as Rachael Ellering and Jordynne Grace come in as well and start sitting all in between The Influence. Kaleb mentions this reminds him of Spice World 2. As Tenille is about to sign off from being upset at all this, Taylor stops and says she’s the host so has to ask questions. Taylor mentions that Tenille is scared to fight her by herself, and she’s always used people to do her dirty deeds, and given their history Tenille should have no problem facing Taylor one-on-one at Victory Road.
Keep Your Hands to Yourself
We see footage from earlier today where Matt Cardona attacked Rohit Raju and Shera as they were coming into the building. Gia Miller asked Scott D’Amore if there’s any resolution to this issue. D’Amore says Chelsea’s still at home as Cardona walks in and D’Amore tells him he’s sick of him doing crap like this. Cardona just says he wants a match at Victory Road with Rohit Raju, and Cardona agrees for a No DQ match as long as he doesn’t lay his hands on him until then.
Matthew Rehwoldt vs. Trey Miguel
They start the match locked up and push each other to the corners. Miguel can break out of it, bouncing off the ropes but ends up getting hit with a running boot from Rehwoldt. Miguel can dodge Rehwoldt but gets clotheslined to the outside. Rehwoldt catches Miguel off the apron and drops him from a fireman’s carry right onto the apron. Back inside, Miguel was trying to hit an arm drag but got his arm snapped on the rope and ended up on the outside. Rehwoldt comes back with multiple pin attempts and seems to get a bit frustrated with Miguel. Rehwoldt whips Miguel to the corner and starts stomping and striking down on Miguel for another two-count. Miguel comes back with a missile dropkick, a scorpion kick, and a spinning leg sweep for a two count. Miguel tries a moonsault off the ropes, but Rehwoldt puts his knees up. Rehwoldt hits a modified powerbomb and gets a two, goes to the top but Miguel knocks him down. They start fighting on the ropes, but Rehwoldt knocks Miguel and misses a senton. Miguel applies his Hourglass submission as Rehwoldt taps out.
Winner: Trey Miguel by submission at 7:47
Deonna Purrazzo runs out and hits a low blow on Miguel, as she starts stomping away Mickie James runs in as she and Deonna start fighting. Rehwoldt pulls Deonna out safely, but Mickie hits them both with a flying crossbody from the top rope.
The Rightful Champions
Tasha Steelz and Savannah Evans are backstage with the Knockouts Tag Titles that they don’t own and say they are deserving of these and the rightful champs and for Rosemary and Havok to get them back, they have to beat them at Victory Road.
You Got the Juice Now
Chris Bey and Hikuleo are backstage and tell FinJuice they have two days left until the end of FinJuice. Now they have to put them down for good, and Hikuleo is going to hurt them. They do what they please and tell FinJuice to say their prayers as they are going to go in the ground.
Victory Road Card
No DQ Match: Matt Cardona vs. Rohit Raju
Taylor Wilde vs. Tenille Dashwood
FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) vs. Bullet Club (Chris Bey & Hikuleo)
IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Decay (Rosemary & Havok) (c) vs. Tasha Steelz & Savannah Evans
IMPACT Tag Team Championship: The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) (c) vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack
Moose & W. Morrissey vs. Eddie Edwards & Sami Callihan
IMPACT X Division Championship: Josh Alexander vs. Chris Sabin
IMPACT World Championship: Christian Cage (c) vs. Ace Austin
Ace Austin, Madman Fulton, Moose, W. Morrissey & Brian Myers (w/ Sam Beale, Zicky Dice & Manny Lemons) vs. Josh Alexander, Chris Sabin, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan & Christian Cage
Ace Austin and Sami Callihan start the match with Callihan stomping away at Austin in the corner before quickly tagging in Alexander. Edwards comes in as they all start taking turns on Austin in their corner including double team moves from Callihan and Edwards. As Austin goes for the tag all 10 men enter the ring, and they go to the commercial.
When we come back, all the men are brawling on the outside. Eventually, Austin and Callihan are back in the ring as Callihan knocks down Austin. Sam Beale, who’s not in the match, comes in and gets a low blow and piledriver from Callihan, as Myers uses this distraction to take advantage of Callihan. Fulton comes in and tosses Callihan against the corner, but Callihan comes back with a bulldog off the ropes. Sabin and Alexander argue a bit about who’s going to tag in, but it ends up being Austin and Sabin. Christian tags in but Austin quickly tags out to Fulton. Christian and Edwards double team and can take down Fulton. Edwards gets trapped in the heels corner as Moose takes advantage, but Edwards stops him with a belly-to-belly suplex and a back elbow. Edwards gets to the top but gets distracted by Morrissey which causes Moose to knock Edwards to the outside with a dropkick as they go to the commercial again.
When we come back, Myers has Edwards down but Edwards fights back. Fulton and Moose take turns working on Edwards. Austin comes in, but Edwards reverses his suplex to one of his own before Myers comes in and pulls Edwards right back towards their corner. Morrissey comes in now as it’s his turn to beat down on Edwards. Edwards can fight back with a missile dropkick on Morrissey as they both tag out to Myers and Christian. Christian hits a Frog Splash, but Morrissey breaks up the pin before Alexander comes in to stop him. All the other wrestlers start taking turns coming in here and hitting their finishers. Ace Austin goes to the top, but Edwards knocks him off and hits a superplex to everybody else on the outside. Back inside, Christian hits a spear on Myers, followed by the C4 Spike by Alexander for the pin.
Winners: Josh Alexander, Christian Cage, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan & Chris Sabin by pinfall at 22:20
