5 Talking points from this week's IMPACT Wrestling (December 9, 2021): Chaotic finish to grudge match, High Stakes Main event, Former World Champion returns

#2. Josh Alexander makes his return to IMPACT Wrestling

After being taken out by JONAH at Turning Point, former world champion Josh Alexander returned to IMPACT Wrestling this week. As expected, he was in a foul mood and was out for revenge.

The Walking Weapon interrupted a match between Rohit Raju and Lawrence D and cleared the ring before he called out JONAH. Scott D'Amore made his way out and informed him that JONAH wasn't in the building as he asked him to stay home.

He proceeded to make the match between the two superstars official for Hard To Kill and asked Alexander to be patient. Alexander delivered a C4 Spike to Raj Singh before heading back.

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#1. Matt Cardona puts it all on the line on IMPACT Wrestling

Matt Cardona pinned the IMPACT world champion Moose last week to secure a spot in a triple threat match for the world title at Hard To Kill, also featuring W. Morrissey.

This week on IMPACT Wrestling, Cardona was in a backstage interview when he was confronted by Morrissey who vowed to take him out of the triple threat match.

Cardona challenged Morrissey to a match, stating that if he lost, he'd back out of the title match. Towards the end of the bout, Morrissey pushed the referee, who awarded the match to Cardona by disqualification.

Angered by the referee's decision, Morrissey laid him out with a big boot and proceeded to deliver a powerbomb to Cardona. Chelsea Green came down to the ring to stop the assault. Moose entered the ring and asked Morrissey to help take Cardona out for good but got a big boot from him instead.

Morrissey pushed Green away and was about to attack Cardona, but the latter fought him off and posed with the world title as Moose looked on from the ramp to close out this week's IMPACT Wrestling.