Impact Wrestling Review – August 31, 2023
Knockouts Title #1 Contenders 10 Woman Battle Royal
Knockouts Tag Team Champion Masha Slamovich vs. Knockouts Tag Team Champion Killer Kelly vs. Alisha Edwards vs. Gisele Shaw vs. Jessicka vs. Kilynn King vs. Jody Threat vs. Savannah Evans vs. Vanna Black vs. Courtney Rush
Savannah Evans eliminates Killer Kelly, Gisele Shaw eliminates Masha Slamovich, Courtney Rush eliminates Gisele Shaw but also herself in the process. Kilynn King eliminates Jessicka Havok.
Kilynn King & Jody Threat are the last two remaining & King hits a Neutralizer and goes for a King’s Curse but Threat gets out of it and hits the double knees.
Threat looks to eliminate King but Alisha Edwards comes up from behind and eliminates them both to get the win.
Winner & #1 Contenders To The Knockouts Title: Alisha Edwards
Motor City Machine Guns are backstage and Josh Alexander comes up to them and apologizes for the loss. Alexander says he needs to get his emotions in check. Alex Shelley says he touches the Impact World Title like its his and that Alexander thinks Shelley is a transitional champion. Shelley tells Alexander to ask his previous challengers if he’s a transitional champion before Impact World Tag Team Champions The Rascalz come up and Chris Sabin says they’re they’re an embarrassment to the Impact World Tag Team Titles. Trey Miguel says they have to go celebrate.
Backstage Eddie Edwards is waiting for Alisha who is ecstatic and says she defeated 9 other women to win the Battle Royal and sends out a warning for Trinity.
Crazzy Steve vs. Mike Bailey
Mike Bailey goes for a Tornado Kick but Crazzy Steve gets his thumbs in Bailey’s eye into the corner so the ref does the 5 count and gets disqualified.
Winner By DQ: Mike Bailey
After the match Steve pulls out of fork and says that he wants Bailey’s eyes but Bailey catches his hand and gets out of the ring. Black Taurus comes to the ring to stop him and Crazzy Steve gets his thumbs in Taurus’ eyes. A bunch of referee run to the ring and Steve gets out.
Brian Myers, Moose & Eddie Edwards are backstage. Edwards says he is on a roll. He says he taught Kazarian a lesson and his wife is the #1 Contender for the Knockouts Title. Bully Ray comes in and says he wants to talk to Myers & Moose. Bully says they have a problem in PCO. Moose says he has a problem with PCO and that Bully has a long list of burned bridges and Moose & Myers are a part of that. PCO is heard screaming for Bully.
PCO is seen chasing Bully and Bully hides behind a door. Bully says enough. PCO says Bully tried to kill him. Bully calls him by the name Paul and says he tried to kill the monster. He says he put him on fire and put him through a table because he cares about him.
Kon vs. Eric Young
Kon launches Eric Young over the top rope as we go to a commercial break.
After the break Young hits a Death Valley Driver then goes for the cover but it gets a two count then Young goes to the top rope but Kon catches him.
Young bites on Kon’s head and hits an elbow drop but only gets two. Young goes for a piledriver but Kon flips him over and hits a full Nelson slam for a two count.
Young clotheslines Kon over the top rope and hits a suicide dive. Young hits a piledriver to Kon outside the ring and gets back in the ring.
Kon gets in the ring at the count of 9 & Young hits another piledriver in the ring to get the win.
Winner: Eric Young
Backstage X Division Champion Lio Rush asks why Chris Sabin is getting in the ring with Zachary Wentz. He says he knows he is shook after Slammiversary but he is insane if he thinks he can beat Lio Rush. Kushida comes up with the Ultimate X sign and says Victory Road.
We go backstage Gia Miller is with Deonna Purrazzo and asks where her head is right now. Purrazzo says she has faced setbacks before but she remains the face of the Knockouts Division. She says she was part of the 1st ever women’s PPV main event. Purrazzo says the division has moved past Jordynne Grace and that if she wants to re emerge that’s fine before she challenges Jordynne Grace for a match at Victory Road.
Impact World Tag Team Champion Zachary Wentz vs. Chris Sabin
Chris Sabin takes Zachary Wentz on his shoulder for the Cradle Shock but Wentz gets out out it and hits a superkick followed by a half Nelson slam for a two count. Wentz gets a handspring off the ropes with a knee and Sabin comes back with a kick.
Wentz & Sabin hit forearms on each other before Sabin rolls Wentz through for a STF but Trey Miguel comes in with the spray paint cant and Sabin runs with a kick on Miguel. Sabin hits a missile dropkick on Wentz follow by the Cradle Shock for the win.
Winner: Chris Sabin
After the match Miguel attacks Sabin until Impact World Champion Alex Shelley comes in and they leave the ring.
ABC are backstage and Chris Bey says he has to congratulate The Rascalz for winning the Impact World Tag Team Titles but it will be sweeter now for them to take the Impact World Tag Team Titles from them. Bey says they will have to pay very soon just like they paid The Good Hands. The Good Hands come up and take offence to that and Bey challenge them to a match and John Skyler says not yet.
Subculture come up to Santino Marella and want their rematch before Sami Callihan & Rich Swann come in and Callihan says The Rascalz screwed them out of a Impact World Tag Team Title shot so they need a Impact World Tag Team Title match. Marella books Subculture & Callihan & Swann in a match against each other.
Digital Media Champion Kenny King & Sheldon Jean are in the ring. Kenny King says he beat Joe Hendry, Yuya Uemura and he sees why the people hate him. He says he beat Johnny Swinger and afterwards he gave him a beating so he doesn’t come for him ever again. He says in King’s Impact the only 3 letters they are about is DMC.
Tommy Dreamer comes to the ring and says before the match Johnny Swinger receives a news that his father in law passed away. He talks about the main event where the women are killing it. He says he saw King in the bar and they were not watching the main event. He says King used to be a guy who asked for advice and had respect for the people in the business. Kenny King says he had no idea Swinger’s father in law passed away or else he would have been taking shots. He says King should have been in that main event spot. He says Dreamer doesn’t want to give his spot to someone like King. Dreamer says the problem with King is he always wants to take shortcuts. He asks King how many main events he has been in. He says he gave up on millions of dollars from WCW & WWE. He says he’s old and he’s damn proud of it. He talks about Sting, Chris Jericho & PCO. He says if King wants his spot why not knock him out before he challenges Kenny King to a Title vs. Career match.
Steve Maclin is backstage and he says time makes his dangerous. He says the golden boy of Impact Wrestling Josh Alexander is back but he’s back too. He says it is tag em, bag em and mayhem for Josh Alexander.
6 Man Tag Team Match
Frankie Kazarian, Jake Something & Sanada vs. Eddie Edwards, Brain Myers & Moose
Moose looks for a powerbomb on Sanada but Sanada gets out of it then Moose tags to Eddie Edwards & looks to clear Frankie Kazarian from ringside but Kazarian punches Edwards and gets the tag from Sanada & Kazarian hits Unprettier on Edwards for a two count.
Kazarian & Edwards both hit a running crossbody on each other. Brian Myers & Jake Something get the tag. Something hits a pop up powerbomb on Moose then Moose hits a powerbomb on Something.
Sanada hits Shining Wizard on Moose before Myers hits Roster Cut on Sanada before Something hits Into The Void on Myers for the win.
Winners: Frankie Kazarian, Jake Something & Sanada
Next Week’s Impact
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Dani Luna
Tag Team Match
Joe Hendry & Yuya Uemura vs. Champagne Singh & Shera
Tag Team Match
Subculture (Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster) vs. Sami Callihan & Rich Swann
Non Title Match
X Division Champion Lio Rush vs. Kevin Knight
Tag Team Match
Steve Maclin & Bully Ray vs. Josh Alexander & PCO
Victory Road Card (Sept 8th)
Knockouts Title Match
Trinity (c) vs. Alisha Edwards
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Jordynne Grace
X Division Title Match
Lio Rush (c) vs. Kushida
Impact World Tag Team Titles Match
The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Impact World Champion Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
Digital Media Title vs. Career Match
Kenny King (c) vs. Tommy Dreamer (Career)
Josh Alexander vs. Steve Maclin
Anything Goes Match
Bully Ray vs. PCO
