Impact Wrestling live results: The fallout from Rebellion
The reign of new Impact World Champion Steve Maclin will begin on tonight's Impact on AXS TV as the events of last Sunday's Rebellion are felt.
Maclin will be part of a "Changing of the Guard" ceremony to celebrate his win Sunday which was followed by a face-to-face confrontation with the returning Nick Aldis.
Aldis will be on hand Thursday to share his thoughts about why he is back in Impact Wrestling.
In trios action, X-Division Champion Trey Miguel teams with "Speedball" Mike Bailey and Jonathan Gresham against Time Machine (KUSHIDA and the Motor City Machine Guns).
Coming out of Hardcore War, Moose will take on Yuya Uemura while The Good Hands will face Frankie Kazarian in a handicap match.
Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry will defend against Sheldon Jean.
The BTI pre-show will see Heath and Rhino take on Jack Price and Shogun.
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Rhino & Heath defeated Shogun & Jack Price
This was a simple tag team match to open BTI with Rhino and Heath looking good.
Main Show –
Impact opened up with a recap of Rebellion, showing Steve Maclin defeating KUSHIDA and Deonna Purrazzo defeating Jordynne Grace to win their respective titles.
Time Machine (Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA) defeated Jonathan Gresham, Mike Bailey & Trey Miguel
I am not sure why Miguel was teaming with Gresham and Bailey here, but it didn’t take away from this being a great match. Sabin might be getting a shot against Miguel next.
Shelley & Gresham started the match with a technical exchange before the other men in the match tagged in and out, with Miguel and KUSHIDA, and Sabin with Bailey. KUSHIDA immediately attacked the arm of Miguel, setting up for the hoverboard lock. Miguel escaped to tag out to Mike Bailey, but Time Machine continued to attack arms, going after Bailey’s arm.
Bailey and KUSHIDA exchanged kicks until Sabin and KUSHIDA hit a double cutter on Bailey. Sabin then hit a suicide dive onto everyone. Bailey backflipped through the arms of the Motor City Machine Guns and kicked both of them to send them to the floor. Gresham and KUSHIDA came in and exchanged shoulder tackles.
Miguel hit a low-pe on MCMG, while Bailey hit a moonsault onto everyone. Gresham had KUSHIDA in an octopus stretch, but Miguel blind tagged in. Miguel ended up in the hoverboard lock, while MCMG locked Gresham and Bailey into submissions. They went to an ad break and KUSHIDA and Miguel were the only ones in the ring after.
Sabin tagged in with Bailey, and they exchanged strikes in the middle of the ring. Sabin hit a German suplex off the top rope on Bailey. Miguel fought with Gresham about being tagged in, and he shoved Gresham away only to eat a clothesline from Sabin and immediately try to tag out. Bailey hit Ultima Weapon on Sabin, but since he wasn’t legal, he tried to get Miguel to tag out. Time Machine recovered and Sabin hit the Cradle Shock on Miguel for the pinfall.
– Gia Miller was with Santino Marella who talked about how he wasn’t going to be wrestling often despite his win at Rebellion. Alisha Edwards walked up to complain about PCO, but walked away with a match instead.
Johnny Swinger and Zicky Dice walked up and said they were going to fly in the top luchador in the world for Swinger to face.
Alisha Edwards defeated Tara Rising
This was a fairly quick squash match with Edwards destroying Tara Rising. Jody Threat ran out to save Rising afterward.
Moose (w/ Brian Myers) defeated Yuya Uemura (w/ Bhupinder Gujjar)
This was a great match, with Uemura looking like a star, and Moose worked very hard to make him look good.
Moose and Uemura started with a fast pace. Uemura tried to hit a dive on Moose, but Myers pushed Moose out of the way to eat it. Moose powerbombed Uemura on the apron and then started working over Uemura in the ring with chops and yanking the hair. Moose got the heat over the next few minutes.
Gujjar tried to get the fans behind Uemura as Moose continued to get the heat. Uemura and Moose exchanged forearms until Uemura hit a flying forearm on Moose. Uemura hit a bulldog on Moose before going for an arm trapped suplex, but Moose powered out. Uemura hit a German suplex instead and then a side suplex for a 2-count.
Uemura hit a double underhook suplex from the top rope for a 2-count. Moose ran up the ropes as Myers distracted Uemura, but Uemura shoved him off and hit a beautiful flying crossbody. Uemura rolled up Moose and got a near fall that convinced everyone here in my living room that Uemura was winning. Moose hit a stungun and a spear on Uemura.
– Nick Aldis was backstage and talked about how he was finally back in Impact and wanted to face Impact World Champion Steve Maclin as soon as possible. He wants to reclaim the title he once held and prove that he is the standard in wrestling.
Frankie Kazarian defeated The Good Hands (Jason Hotch & John Skyler) in a handicap match
The Good Hands came out and confronted Frankie Kazarian, claiming that they built the company…even though they have only been with the company for less than a year.
Given this was a handicap match Hotch and Skyler got the heat on Kaz for a little bit, but it wasn’t long before Kazarian hit a slingshot cutter and then a crossface chicken wing on Skylar for the win.
– The Coven cut a spooky promo about Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo saying that she was a fraud. Okay. Not the first feud I’d book for her following her third title win.
– Sami Callihan cut a really good promo about how he was going to destroy The Design with references showing how he winked at the camera during some of the The Design segments. I’m glad this storyline is almost over.
Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry defeated Sheldon Jean to retain the title
Jean yanked the nose of Hendry and then hit a flying kick on Hendry. Hendry hit a running cutter and then a fallaway slam. Hendry then hit the standing ovation to win not long after.
Steve Maclin Changing of the Guard ceremony
The new champion came out for his “Changing of the Guard” segment with several indie guys working as soldiers. The fans chanted “We want Josh!” Maclin talked about how his mission to become champion wasn’t complete. He wanted to beat Alexander in his hometown, and that was the only thing left for him to do.
Maclin then issued an open challenge, and taunted a child in the crowd, threatening to beat him up. Scott D’Amore came down to the ring, and said Maclin was running his mouth about opportunities, and that D’Amore was the one who gave him the opportunities. D’Amore said that he knew Maclin had what it took to be a world champion, but he made excuses for not getting his shot for the entire time he was there.
Now that Alexander was out, D’Amore accused Maclin of trying to dodge Nick Aldis. Maclin said that he was hoping D’Amore was going to stand up and fight him, coming out of retirement, but D’Amore said that while he was tempted, but Maclin did absolutely nothing while they were face to face and attacked him from behind at Rebellion. D’Amore then said if Maclin wanted a Canadian, he could face Perfect Creation One, PCO.
Maclin’s fellow soldiers attacked PCO, but couldn’t beat him down, and just as PCO was about to powerbomb Maclin, he slipped away. It looks like we will be seeing Steve Maclin against PCO at Under Siege.
Final thoughts:
There were a lot of squash matches on this episode of Impact, but it wasn't a bad show overall. It looks like we have the long term direction of Nick Aldis against Maclin which should be fun to watch.
Next week:
Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo defends against Taylor WildeJordynne Grace vs. Masha SlamovichImpact Tag Team Champions ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin vs. The Design (Kon & Angels) in non-title actionClick Here: rugby league jersey sale
