Best and Worst of Impact Wrestling (July 19th, 2019): The Mash-Up Tournament leaves fans wanting more, Tessa Blanchard steps up to Mike Elgin

The main event was a nonstop drag out war

Best #3: The Finals of the Mash-Up

So the finals of the tournament was a Fatal-4-Way Elimination match with Michael Elgin & Willie Mack vs Moose & Eddie Edwards vs Jake Crist & Wentz vs Sami Callihan & Tessa Blanchard. It was messy, it was a car wreck, and it was incredible.

A lot of other promotions slow their performers down, even in huge multi-person matches, to the point where it can take a crowd out of a match. Impact has never been known to do that, and that was the case here. From the moment the finals began, the crowd was hot to see everyone compete. All eight competitors got huge pops and their own chants, and any time someone else was tagged in, they erupted.

.@Willie_Mack soars through the air! WATCH HERE: https://t.co/sWu6SEiYN7 #MashUp pic.twitter.com/uIckE9hsOx

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) July 20, 2019

The crowd and the fast pace of the match allowed for nonstop high energy action that kept me on the edge of my seat all the way through. Whether it was Callihan and Blanchard struggling to work together, Michael Elgin and Moose running through competitors with their freakish power, or Wentz pulling out some great high flying offense, there was enough there to get the attention of every kind of fan.

A handful of storylines played out over the course of the match, too. Earlier in the night, it seemed like Eddie Edwards and Moose were back on the same page, possibly on the path to rekindling their friendship, only for Moose to sacrifice Edwards in order to take out the rest of his opponents. Tessa Blanchard continued to prove that she was ready to stand up to anyone, as she attempted to square off with Michael Elgin before being pushed out of the way by Sami Callihan, who may or may not have been trying to save her.

.@MichaelElgin25 has had enough of jumping through hoops for another shot at the World Title! He left @Willie_Mack to fight on his own!#MashUp pic.twitter.com/iYTnfi7TBz

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) July 20, 2019

Near the end of the match, we even saw a mini-oVe breakdown. Callihan tried the Finger Poke of Doom on Jake Crist. However, he refused to go down like that, rolling Callihan up for a near fall. Callihan was forced to drop his own ally with the Cactus Driver, allowing Blanchard to hit Magnum for the win. Are we seeing a riff begin to form between Ohio Versus Everything? Did Callihan actually try to sacrifice himself to save Blanchard from Michael Elgin?

.@TheSamiCallihan & @Tess_Blanchard have done it! They've won the #MashUp Tournament and will now face each other on August 2nd at @IMPACTPlusApp's Unbreakable for a shot at the World Championship! What a night!#MashUp pic.twitter.com/r0l8A2TgZG

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) July 20, 2019

There was just so much that went down in the main event this week. It was another main event from Impact that, not only delivered, but left me wanting more and eagerly wishing the next seven days could hurry up just so I can see what happens next.