The fallout from Hard to Kill

The big takeaways:

• Private Party and Matt Hardy made a surprise appearance with Private Party challenging Chris Sabin and James Storm for the no. 1 title at the Impact World Team Championships. Private Party won the match thanks to interference from Hardy and Jerry Lynn (who was there with Tony Khan in the front row).
• Don Callis vowed to return soon, but said he and Kenny Omega were focusing on AEW for a little while.
• Impact world champion Rich Swann & Moose had a confrontation and will soon face each other.

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The show kicked off with a video recap of Hard to Kill, ending with Kenny Omega beating Rich Swann in the six-man main event. Don Callis, Omega and the Good Brothers were seen backstage on Saturday telling them they should return to the hotel and celebrate. Callis then explained how everyone got a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes plans as they saw the fruit of the things they had planned. Callis then said they were going to Jacksonville for a while, but be patient as we’ll see what he has in store soon. It was a great promo.

Eric Young (with Violent By Design) defeated Rhino (with Cousin Jake)

Young controlled the early parts of the match, but missed a bend in the middle rope, which resulted in Rhino hitting clotheslines and a stomach-to-stomach suplex. As Rhino searched for a Gore, Deaner came into the ring to distract the referee, which led to Joe Doering tripping Rhino and crushing his leg in the ring post. Young took advantage and locked himself on a kneepad, forcing the faucet out. Jake tried to make the stop, but VBD beat him. Young grabbed a chair and they pillaged Rhino several times, leaving him to scream in the middle of the ring.

It was nothing, but the angle afterwards was a good angle of heat. It’s a bit odd to see Rhino typing since it’s Rhino, but it worked given what happened to him to make it happen.

– Impact world champion Rich Swann and Moose were backstage after the main event of Hard to Kill and the interviewer asked them about the game. Moose attacked Swann and left him lying down, saying he had kept his promise and was now coming for the Impact World Championship.

– Acey was backstage with Tommy Dreamer as they continue to investigate who shot John E. Bravo. It was horrible. They know it sucks, so at least they lean into it and don’t take it seriously.

The Good Brothers / Private Party / Chris Sabin and James Storm segment

The Good Brothers came out and talked about Hard to Kill, claiming that they were doing what they always did when they got together with Omega: They made headlines around the world. Gallows said they’ve been partying since Saturday and will keep the tag titles for as long as they want. Sabin came out and said the titles belonged to the Motor City Machine Guns because when they lost them, none of them were pinned. With that in mind, Sabin saw them as the best contenders.

The Good Brothers have said that Alex Shelley is not there, so while they understand they want to do business with BC, he has no partner. Sabin informed them that he did, which led James Storm to return to the Impact. Storm cut a promo on the Good Brothers, saying he wanted the tag team titles and was going to team up with Sabin to make it happen.

As Storm was about to end Matt Hardy’s music hit and he came out with Private Party. “Big Money Matt” was back at the Impact and he brought Private Party to the Impact for a warm-up game for tomorrow on Dynamite. Hardy took credit for the Impact still being in business because he carried them in 2016. Hardy also argued that he never lost the titles either because they were stripped. stupid teleportation! ” The Good Brothers then noticed that there were two teams in the ring who wanted a chance on them, so maybe they would have to fight with the winner to take the title.

It was a great segment. Everyone behaved well and the arrival of Hardy and Private Party was unexpected and exciting. I like the idea of ​​Private Party working matches at Impact, as it will help them get the reps they need to gain experience.

– Matt Cardona was backstage and explained how he was at the Impact to get an opportunity. He wanted to put the fans and himself first.

– New Knockouts tag team champions Tasha Steelz and Kiera Hogan were preparing the Fire and Flava Festival, inviting Tenille Dashwood, who declined to come. Johnny Swinger arrived and scared them. Fallah Bahh claimed they owed him money, but said he had better join them for the Festival. Brian Myers walked in, refused to go to the Festival, then sentenced Bahh to a game.

Kimber Lee & Susan beat Jordynne Grace & Jazz

This match had a sloppy start with Lee leading Grace around the corner and hitting her with strikes. They went for a break as the action spilled over to the ground and returned with Lee to warm Grace up. They kept her stranded for a bit before Grace made her comeback, hitting a Vader bomb on Susan and logging into Jazz. Jazz hit a DDT on Susan, but Lee made the stop. KO champion Deonna Purrazzo jumped onto the apron and hit Jazz with a weak belt shot which led to Susan rolling her for the win.

Who Shot John E. Bravo Case Solved

Taya Valkyrie was backstage and was confronted by Bravo who said she was the one who shot him. Tommy Dreamer has confirmed that they found her fingerprints and she admitted to doing so to prevent Rosemary from marrying Bravo. Security then took her away. Dreamer said if she was lucky she would be taken to Jacksonville Penitentiary (AEW), but if she wasn’t lucky she would go to Stamford Prision (WWE) for two years with an option for a third in a funny line. As Valkyrie exited the building, Rosemary met her and asked her why. Valkyrie claimed she was only protecting her and they hugged.

Tony Khan is at the Impact

AEW’s Tony Khan and Jerry Lynn were backstage at the Impact with a paid commercial for Dynamite. Khan said he wanted to see the Private Party match and would deliver the money for the paid ad next week in person.

Rich Swann and Moose face off

The Impact world champion came out and talked about the fact that Omega wasn’t here tonight, so he had a night off and wanted to fight. Moose came out and said he wanted his title shot. Swann stressed that he was trying to give it his shot and that he wanted to fight now. Moose refused, saying he dictated the terms of when and where the fight was going. They started to scuffle as the segment went BACKWARD ~!

Rohit Raju gets revenge against TJP

Scott D’Amore was backstage with Rohit Raju, upset that TJP holds the X-Division Championship. TJP then came in with the title and Raju shouted that there was a stipulation that he couldn’t get a title shot and he violated it by being Manik. D’Amore claimed everyone knew TJP was Manik, but he was going to make up for it against Raju by giving him a match against TJP. As Raju left happy, D’Amore wondered if he would be happy if he knew this was a game without a title.

– Steelz and Hogan were backstage finalizing plans for their Fire and Flava festival. Neveah and Havok, whom Steelz and Hogan beat on Saturday, showed up to ask for platinum tickets. Steelz and Hogan told them to take the “copper pack” and sit at the house and watch with their cats. It was good.

Brian Myers defeated Fallah Bahh

It was nothing, because neither of the two guys did much. Myers took the win after a low blow.

– Ace Austin was backstage talking about how he should have been the center of attention and nobody wanted to see guys like Josh Alexander. Alexander showed up and they got into a fight. Fulton helped Austin beat him, but Matt Cardona ran and made the save.

– Eddie Edwards was backstage being watched by the doctor when Myers walked in, asked the doctor to look at him because Bahh punched him in the eye. Edwards stood up and challenged him to a game from a simple and effective angle.

For the next week:

• Matt Cardona and Josh Alexander vs. Ace Austin and Madman Fulton
• Joe Doering vs. Cousin Jake
• Tenille Dashwood vs. Rosemary
• The Fire n ‘Flava festival

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Private Party (with Matt Hardy) defeated Chris Sabin and James Storm to win an Impact Tag tag team title shot

The match was joined in progress with Isiah Kassidy & Sabin in the ring exchanging multiple armdrags. Marq Quen scored and soon they had the advantage over Sabin, hitting him with their camel clutch / double stomp on the back of the head. Sabin quickly joined Storm, but Private Party hit the Silly String on Storm. As Storm poured out, Jerry Lynn and Tony Khan walked to the ring and took their seats in the front row. Khan took notes throughout the match as Private Party used heel tactics on Storm to maintain control of the match.

Matt Striker commented that he was talking to Kassidy and that his grandmother told him to stay away from Matt Hardy. I wonder when Striker got the chance to do this as he hasn’t met them yet and they just made their debut on the show by surprise.

The storm backed Kassidy back, but Kassidy landed on his feet and scored Quen. Sabin managed to score too and struck a DDT tornado over Kassidy. Sabin had a near crash on Quen, but he managed to send off. Storm dragged Kassidy to the ground and Sabin hit Quen at sunset, which sent him into a Storm lung blower. Kassidy went for a twist of fate on Sabin, but Sabin countered him with a vertical suplex. Quen hit a Fosbury Flop on Storm on the ground.

Hardy distracted the referee as Lynn grabbed Sabin’s feet, holding him to the center turnbuckle. Private Party then hit Gin & Juice for the pin, winning the tag team title in the future. The Good Brothers came down and took on Private Party, but Storm and Sabin attacked and the three teams erupted into a brawl as the show ceased airing to end a very solid show.

Final thoughts:

The AEW / Impact partnership and Invasion Angle continue to grow with more crossovers between the two shows. Can we expect the Impact to respond by sending more wrestlers to AEW? I guess we’ll find out soon. I found this to be quite interesting overall, and there were several good stories put together, but I can’t help but think that the only really hot angle in Impact is related to AEW rather than one. of their own talents.