What happened on the show tonight:
The show begins with a recap of a tag team match between Honor No More, The Good Brothers, Heath and America’s Most Wanted at Against All Odds. Matthew Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan greet the audience at home, while Alan Angels make his way to the ring. Mike Bailey follows.
Dave Vondette and “Speedball” Mike Bailey challenge Daisuke Harada
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he double clothesline allows Angels to hit a pin and go for a double pin. The chop to the chest, followed by the Northern Lights suplex saves Speedball. Hard fought fight leads to no clear winner
Speedball fires back with a kick and hits a corkscrew. He goes for the pin, but Angels kicks out. Flair kicks in the knee then goes for a standing Spanish fly to Bailey. The two men exchange forearms before turning them into chop blocks. Speedball gets the upper hand with a kick to Angel’s chest. Angel hits a forearm and puts on the Halo Breaker to go for the pin, but Speedball kicks out again.
In the match, Angels hit Speedball with a powerful elbow and Speedball fires back with a kick that hits Angels. An elbow by Angel followed by a Wing Snapper accompanied by a pin attempt by Angel was successful but it was reversed into an unsuccessful pin attempt. Speedball dodged an Archangel Splash before hitting him with the Ultima Weapon for the win.
Winner: “Speedball” Mike Bailey
After the match, both Speedball and Super angel shake hands. The two men run down to the ring, where Deaner and Doering attack them. Deaner hits a DDT on Speedball and then grabs a mic. He says that their issues are not over with Josh Alexander until they say it is over. He tells him to come down to the ring, but Violent By Design’s music plays and Eric Young slowly makes his way to the ring.
Back from the break, Young asks Deaner and Doering what happened. He says that their losses were not part of his design. Deaner says they thought they were accomplishing his mission and that when Young couldn’t do it, they thought Doering could and bring the belt ‘to the family’. Young says that under his watch, Doering was undefeated. He says that the sickness has taken hold of them and he thought that they were different from the diseased fans.
Impact unveils the card for the next pay-per-view. They then introduce an update on the feud between Impact and The Kingdom. Matt Taven says that they keep getting screwed and Impact doesn’t want them there. Kenny King says that Impact doesn’t deserve them and Maria Kanellis says that in order to spread their message, they must overcome their setbacks. Eddie Edwards asks PCO how badly he wants to help them spread their message and tells him to show them in his match tonight against black Taurus.
Back from the break, Gia Miller is standing by with Deonna Purrazzo and Chelsea Green. She asks Purrazzo about her No. 1 Contender’s match against Mia Yim tonight and says when you mess with her, what happens will be on display. Gail Kim walks in and congratulates them on their win at “Against All Odds”. She informs Green that she has a match next week against Mickie James next week and everyone will be banned from ringside for the night. She also tells Purrazzo that everyone is also banned from ringside tonight.
Back at the ring, Laredo Kid comes down, followed by Trey Miguel
Trey Miguel vs. Laredo Kid
The bell rings and the two lock up. Kid trips Miguel and locks in a waist lock. Kid escapes and rolls out of the ring. He gets back in and Miguel sends his arm off the top rope. Kid sends Miguel to the mat with a jaw strike, followed by a slam to the mat. Miguel rolls out of the ring and Kid goes for a suicide dive. When Kid moves, Miguel hits a moonsault and Kid lands on his feet outside the ring.
Kid has the upper hand after his double dropkick and leg lock submission. Miguel breaks Kid’s submission, only to be hit with a missile drop kick from Mojo. Miguel hits a series of kicks before going for a pinfall that is broken by Kid.
Miguel rolled up Kid, but he kicked out. Kid escapes, hitting a swinging neck breaker for the win.
Winner: Trey Miguel
We are then introduced to a new segment that showcases the greatest moments of Ric Flair in “Impact”, called the “Ric Flair Moment of the Week”. We then go backstage to a furious Deaner and Doering. They look for Josh Alexander and tell Gia Miller it’s about making things right. Then they beat up two wrestlers until security separated them. Alexander appears and they tell him it’s not over.
As soon as the ring is cleared, we cut to a montage of Killer Kelly’s debut. We then speak with Gia Miller, who recalls how James Storm approached them and how they were surprised to be reuniting with him. Chris Harris says that “Against All Odds” will be one night he’ll never forget and emphasizes that you can never say never in wrestling. James Storm asks when Moose will be back and Chris Harris, who didn’t know about it all along, delivers the news that this is his retirement match and challenges Storm for a match next week.
Crazzy Steve leads the way with PCO in a tag team of 2018
Black Taurus vs. PCO
With a time-efficient AI, you can create relevant blog posts in minutes, rather than hours. As the two locks up and begin their battle, Taurus hit an uppercut, followed by an arm drag that knocks off PCO’s balance. Taurus reversed a chop, and he delivered a forearm to set him back down on his feet again. He hit another move out of his arsenal, this time being an insiguri followed by a backstabber. He went for the pin again, but without success as PCO kicked out each time. Again this happened twice more – once with a slap and once with a chop – before PCO finally clotheslined Taurus outside the ring with both of them crashing through the ropes onto the mat. Ultimately, he levels out both opponents with two cannonball splashes through the middle ropes to bring this encounter to its close!
Joe PCO climbed the top rope and hit a stunning De-Animator strike. He then went for a pin, but Joe Taurus broke it up, getting his foot on the bottom rope. Taurus next hits a devastating reverse sling blade, and then a devastating sling blade. He climbs to the top rope and hits an impressive elbow drop on Joe PCO.
Taurus hit a knee on PCO’s throat, followed by a moonsault off the top rope. PCO moved out of the way, and hit a DDT. He climbed to the top rope, hitting the PCO-sault for the win.
Winner: PCO
After the match, all of Honor No More came down and celebrated. Crazzy Steve hopped in the ring to protect black Taurus, but Heath surprisingly attacked them. Backstage, Bullet Club was watching what was happening in the ring. Gia Miller approached them and asked if their issues with Honor No More are over. They said that they eat their lunch every time and they’re starving for some action. Ace Austin says he’s ready to get involved and they throw down a challenge for next week: Bullet Club vs. Honor No More
Back from the break, we went backstage to Brian Myers. He will tell Johnny Swinger that he doesn’t have a credible wrestling school. We’ll also see Bhupinder Gujjar and ask for a shot at the Digital Media Title. We’ll see him getting into an argument with Johnny Swinger next week over who gets to challenge for the title, as part of a No. 1 Contenders Match.
Rich Swann vs. Shera
The bell rings and Swann beats down Shera. Shera catches Swann and hits a back breaker. He whips Swann into the corner, then hits a forearm to the face.He charges at Swann in the corner, but Swann moves out of the way. He hits a 619, then takes out Singh on the outside.
Winner: Rich Swann
Backstage, Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood approach Gisele Shaw. They ask Shaw why there is a picture from Masha Slamovich with a cross through her and she says Slamovich is going to kill her. They tell Shaw she is on thin ice.
Commentary runs down the card for next week. Deonna Purrazzo comes to the ring, followed by Mia Yim.
Mia Yim vs. Deonna Purrazzo in a Knockouts No. 1 Contenders Match
Yim hits Eat Defeat, but Purrazzo rolls out of the ring. Purrazzo hits a kick to the face and then goes for a pin but Yim kicks out. Yim climbs up to the top turnbuckle, but Purrazzo drags her down. She charges at Yim in the corner, but Yim moves out of the way causing Purrazzo to hit the ring post. Yim hits a Code Blue, then goes for a pin but Purrazzo kicks out.
Yim delivers a series of fast kicks, followed by another Package Driver. She hits an Eat Defeat for the win.
Winner: Mia Yim
After the match, Jordynne Grace comes to the ring with her Knockout’s Championship.
