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#1 Former IMPACT Wrestling Grand Champion Moose
Former IMPACT Wrestling TNA World Heavyweight Champion Moose has arguably had the greatest year of his career during the pandemic era of IMPACT Wrestling programming.
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Moose's rise into the main event scene began in the early stages of the pandemic. At Rebellion 2020, Moose appeared with the old TNA World Heavyweight Championship and declared himself the new champion. Whilst the championship wasn't officially recognized, Moose continued to refer to himself as a World Champion.
Whilst holding the title, Moose defended it against the likes of Tommy Dreamer, Jake Something, Hernandez, Suicide and more. Moose then entered a feud with former TNA World Heavyweight Champion EC3, who had just returned to the company.
This culminated in a cinematic match at Bound For Glory 2020, in which Moose defeated EC3, reclaiming the TNA World Heavyweight Title that had been stolen from him and 'controlling his narrative.'
Moose then entered a feud with IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann. Moose had earned an IMPACT World Championship match at IMPACT Genesis in January 2021 by agreeing to stop a beatdown of Swann's best friend Willie Mack.
Swann and Moose were forced to become tag team partners at IMPACT Hard To Kill later that month, however. Moose replaced Alex Shelley and teamed with Rich Swann and Chris Sabin in a losing effort against AEW World Champion Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers. Despite losing the match, Moose's performance was widely praised.
The TNA World Heavyweight Championship was eventually officially recognized as a World Championship by IMPACT Executive Vice President Scott D'Amore. This led to a unification match between TNA World Heavyweight Champion Moose and IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann at IMPACT Sacrifice in March 2021. Unfortunately for Moose, Rich Swann left victorious and the unified IMPACT World Champion.
After Kenny Omega won the IMPACT World Championship, Moose eventually earned another shot at the IMPACT Wrestling World Title. This took place at IMPACT Wrestling Against All Odds. However, the Omega vs Moose match took place at AEW's home location of Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida.
The match was excellent but marred by controversy as Omega picked up the victory after interference from AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks. Moose has physically transformed over the pandemic, getting into the best shape of his career. Furthermore, his in-ring work and promos have improved immensely during that time period.
Moose is easily doing the best work of his career right now. With Moose recently re-signing with IMPACT Wrestling for several years, it would appear that the best is truly yet to come.
