Best & worst of Impact Wrestling- Another character killed off, champion destroyed in main event

Best #3: Michael Elgin vs Rich Swann

Rich Swann avenged Willie Mack with a huge underdog performance tonight

It would be unfair for me to say that this is what every promotion should try to have in their main event because this was honestly a PPV quality match. When Rich Swann attacked Michael Elgin earlier in the night, I kind of assumed it would be a seven-minute showcase, giving us more of Elgin's freakish strength and athleticism while Swann tried to weather the storm.

.@MichaelElgin25 puts his strength advantage to use by brutally tossing @GottaGetSwann on his head! #IMPACT▶️ - https://t.co/sWu6SEiYN7 pic.twitter.com/CWVNm9dbop

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) May 18, 2019

Well, change seven to thirty, and turn it into a huge back and forth struggle between two of Impact Wrestling's top guys, and that's what we got tonight. Michael Elgin overpowered Swann early, as we all assumed he would. However, even though I thought I knew how this was going to play out, I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what Swann would do to bring the fight to the Unbreakable One.

For a while there, Elgin looked unstoppable. However, Swann managed to rock him with a strong right hand and a kick, chipping away at the armor of the psychopath that stood before him. Slowly but surely, he wore down the stamina of Elgin, until he finally set him up where he wanted.

Swann played possum, seemingly out on his feet after three rough clotheslines. Elgin set up for a fourth, running off the ropes, only to be sent through the ropes when Swann leapfrogged over him. He hit the ground running, bouncing off the other side of the ring and delivering two pin-point dives on top of Big Mike, followed up by a Swanton Bomb from the top rope to the outside. Elgin was tossed back in, and, again, I expected to see him roll away and pick up the win quickly.

.@MichaelElgin25 has brutalized @GottaGetSwann throughout this match, but Swann still has some fight left! What a main event! #IMPACT ▶️ - https://t.co/sWu6SEiYN7 pic.twitter.com/cKNVMznkPL

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) May 18, 2019

That's not what I got, and I feel like that's how most of this show played out. I expected to see something completely predictable, but what I got was one of the best David-vs-Goliath matchups that I've seen in months. It's early, but this is going in my list for possible match of the year contenders.

We never got a real finish to the match, though. Elgin was DQ'd after putting his hands on Kid Ref and powerbombing Swann into the ring post three times. And at this point, Josh Mathews said something along the lines of "Someone can tell Swann when he wakes up that he won, but Elgin has destroyed him tonight."

I hope that's not how we're going to have to look at this in the future, because Rich Swann took the fight to Elgin, even taking his biggest moves, and never got pinned. This was a huge match for him, as it showed he can hang with the biggest men on the roster.