The latest episode of Impact Wrestling on Pop! was taped in beautiful Mumbai, India! This week, we saw an X-Division Championship match between Low-Ki, Rosemary defend her Knockouts title, and Alberto Del Patron defending his GFW title against Chris Adonis. Let’s start at the beginning...
The show opens with Bruce Pritchard confronting feuding announcers Josh Matthews and Jeremy Borash and informing them that if the two of them get into a fight with each other before Slammiversary, they’ll be fired immediately.
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Alberto heads to the ring to declare his intention to win the Impact World Heavyweight Championship. Needless to say, current champ Bobby Lashley didn’t take to kindly to this and stormed the ring himself. After some back and forth between the two, Bruce Pritchard comes out and informs the two that both men will be defending their individual titles against mystery opponents tonight.
Then, after the break, we get this...
X-Division Championship Match: Low-Ki (C) vs Caleb Konley
This turned out to be a pretty brutal match between the two – at one point, Low-Ki is busted open after landing face first into one of the ring ropes. Eventually, Low-Ki is able to land the Warrior’s Way on Konley for the victory, but not before both men put on one hell of a match. Low-Ki defeats Konley to retain.
Following the match, Sonjay Dutt approaches the ring – microphone in hand and eyepatch on face – and confronts the suit-clad X-Division champ. Dutt reminds him that Low-Ki is responsible for said eyepatch and then he’s due a title shot. Low-Ki shakes Dutt’s hand and agrees to the match on next week’s episode.
Segment: Swoggle and Rockstar Spud
The feud between Swoggle and Spud continues as the former Hornswoggle reacts to Spud’s attack on him last week. Here’s the video:
Davey Richards vs Vikas Kumar
Richards doesn’t appear to be in a good mood – most likely since Bruce Pritchard told Davey’s wife to stay home this week. While Richards puts up a ton of offense early on, Kumar is able to make a comeback. However, a missed moonsault and a kick to the head by Richards, and Kumar ends up tapping to an ankle submission.
Richards defeats Kumar
Kumar’s night is about to get a lot worse, however, as Ethan Carter heads down to the ring with a strap. The former World Champion lays into Kumar with the strap repeatedly. Timely intervention by James Storm, however, causes Carter to beat feet and race out of the ring.
Video and live promo segments
- Eli Drake (with Chris Adonis in tow) approaches Bruce Pritchard backstage, demanding to be one of the contenders for the two titles matches that evening. Pritchard tells him that he’ll think about it.
- A video package hyping up the Slammiversary announcement of the next Impact Wrestling Hall of Fam inductee.
- A promo with Matthews and Borash where Matthews plus a special “sparring session” between him and Scott Steiner, while Borash reminds us of next week’s previously mentioned X-Division title match. Then, Swoggle runs out and chases Rockstar Spud through the crowd.
- A video package featuring Mahabali Shera and what it means to be a part of Impact while the company is filming in his home country. It’s actually really cool.
- A video package of Borash and his Slammiversary tag team partner, Joseph Parks, training for their match at the upcoming PPV.
Impact World Heavyweight Championship Match: Bobby Lashley (C) vs Moose
Lashley’s mystery opponent for the night was Moose, and the two powerhouses put on an awesome show. After a long, but clean, bought, Lashley managed to avoid Moose’s finisher and nail him with a running spear to pick up the victory. That means that Lashley will go on to face whoever wins the later match between El Patron and his own mystery opponent.
Following the match, we cut to a backstage segment where LAX is celebrating the fact that they are both Impact and GFW tag team champions. Konnan comes out and is all like “we have all the power in Impact Wrestling”, despite the fact that they just have tag team titles. Way to go, Konnan, you dummy.
Knockouts Championship Match: Rosemary (C) vs Laurel Van Ness w/ Sienna
Rosemary and Van Ness start their match out with your typical back-and-forth. Eventually, Van Ness’s buddy, Sienna, hops to the ring apron to distract the ref. Not surprisingly, this doesn’t work and Rosemary pushes Van Ness into her and then rolls her up for the pin.
Rosemary (C) defeats Van Ness to retain
Sienna and Van Ness proceed to assault Rosemary after the match. Allie, carrying a stick, rushes in to make the save, with Rosemary grabbing said stick to chase off her attackers. Rosemary then turns to Allie and, smiling, drops the stick in front of her before leaving.
GFW Global Championship Match: Alberto El Patron (C) vs Chris Adonis
While Adonis was backstage with Eli Drake while Drake was demanding the spot in this match, it was actually Adonis himself picked. Which makes sense. I guess. Adonis attacks Patron early on and, eventually, the match ends up out in the crowd.
Both guys seem pretty tired throughout the match, which the commentary team tries to cover up by blaming it on “jet lag” (I guess the rest of the Impact locker room is immune to jet lag, then?). Eventually, Patron blocks Adonis’s attempt at the Master Lock and nails him with a double foot stomp to get the victory.
Alberto El Patron defeats Chris Adonis to retain.
Afterwards, Eli Drake enters the ring to attack Patron, along with Adonis, while Bobby Lashley comes out from the back to watch. Lashley’s opponent from earlier, Moose, comes to the ring to fend off Patron’s attackers, sending them from the ring. Lashley continues to look on as the show ends.
