Impact Wrestling Results (May 24th, 2019): A legendary return, top star back in title hunt

Next week, Rich Swann and Willie Mack will get their revenge. The X-Division Champion and Chocolate Thunder himself will face the Unbreakable Michael Elgin and the Mayor of Slamtown Johnny Impact.

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Tommy Dreamer vs Rob Van Dam

RVD brought Dreamer down quick with rolling body scissors. Dreamer broke out but was nearly bested by him early. The crowd chanted "You Still Got It" and "E-C-Dub" as both men hit a high-five. RVD brought him down again, but Dreamer escaped a leg drop and a spinning heel kick.

Both men went in for punches, but held back and shook hands. RVD then played to the crowd, allowing Dreamer to roll him up. RVD escaped and was met by a Dreamer combination. RVD stopped him before the elbow but was tossed outside by Dreamer. Dreamer then chased him, spitting water into his face.

RVD managed to get back in the game, leaving Dreamer out after a kick in the corner, connecting with a running Van Daminator. The chair was set up on the bottom turnbuckle, and RVD tried to launch him into it. Dreamer countered it, setting him up in the tree of woe and sending the chair into his face with a running dropkick.

RVD avoided a DDT, taking out the leg of Dreamer. A chair was placed on Dreamer's body for the Rolling Thunder. Dreamer got out of the way and spiked his longtime friend with a Dreamer DDT on the steel chair. RVD kicked out and blocked a piledriver to the chair. However, Dreamer would connect with a leaping piledriver, although not on the steel. RVD kicked out at two.

RVD avoided a diving elbow drop, sending Dreamer crarshing elbow first into the chair. RVD then sent him into the chair with a drop toe hold followed up with the Five Star Frog Splash for the win.

Results: Rob Van Dam defeated Tommy Dreamer via pinfall.

After the match, Ethan Page and Josh Alexander beat down the ECW legends. Dreamer countered a double team spot, dropping both men with clotheslinese. RVD and Dreamer had everything under control until Moose came in, giving the North the numbers advantage.

Moose had Page and Alexander set RVD up for the spear. The lights went out, and Sabu made his return to help his ECW alumni, sending two chairs into the heads of Page and Alexander and tossing a third one too Moose, who caught it. RVD leaped into him with a Van Daminator, sending him outside. RVD, Dreamer, and Sabu celebrated in the ring to end the show.

Next week, Moose & The North will challenge RVD, Sabu, & Tommy Dreamer.