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Six-person Gauntlet match: Moose vs Daga vs Rich Swann vs Michael Elgin vs Brian Cage vs Tessa Blanchard (Part 3)
Brian Cage was the next competitor. Swann struggled to stand, using the ropes for leverage. The former IMPACT World Champion didn't want to continue, but Swann slapped him across the face. Cage responded with a discus lariat attempt.
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Swann countered, rocking Cage with an intense kicking combination and a 450 Splash. Cage kicked out at two. Cage caught Swann coming off the ropes, sending him overhead with a massive choke toss. Swann escaped the corner, rocking Cage with two more superkicks. Cage avoided the third kick for a pump handle slam, but Swann landed on his feet, catching Cage with another kick on the jaw.
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A step up back kick laid out the Machine. Another 450 connected. Cage kicked out and countered the handspring cutter with a German suplex. Swann escaped the F-5, landing a cutter in mid-air. Another kick and a handspring cutter gave him yet another near fall.
Cage rolled away from the Phoenix Splash and drove Swann into the mat with Weapon X, ending Swann's incredible run against three back-to-back powerhouses.
Results: Brian Cage advances.
Grade: B
The final competitor for the night, Tessa Blanchard, strolled down to the ring as we entered another commercial break.
Sami Callihan's two latest rivals tied up, with Cage easily overpowering Blanchard. Cage blocked a hurricanrana, but couldn't get a hold of Blanchard, who escaped Cage's grasp and sent him outside for a triangle dropkick. She followed up with two suicide dives, sending Cage to a knee.
Cage caught the third one and launched Blanchard onto the apron with an F-5. The ref paused everything to check on the former Knockouts Champion as we cut to the final break of the night.
Back from the break, Cage battered Blanchard with chops. Coming in for a running clothesline, Blanchard caught Cage with a boot. A dropkick to Cage's knee set Blanchard up for a dropkick to the back in the ropes. Another boot to the jaw set up for a cutter. Cage caught Blanchard, but a tornado DDT spiked him.
Blanchard earned a near fall and tried to put the former champion away with the Buzzsaw DDT. Cage countered, only to find himself hung up in the corner for a Magnum. A top rope body splash gave Blanchard another two-count.
Blanchard took more punishment but escaped the Drill Claw, dropping Cage with the Buzzsaw DDT. Cage kicked out, revealing a newly busted open bloody mouth. Cage drove her into the mat with a sitout Alabama Slam. On the top rope, Cage set up for a second rope Razor's Edge.
Blanchard countered it into a super hurricanrana, and caught Cage with a top rope Magnum. Cage kicked out at the very last millisecond. A second top rope Magnum was countered, with Cage launching Blanchard into the corner with a buckle bomb. Blanchard was able to escape Weapon X, though, countering it into a sunset flip. 1-2-3, Tessa Blanchard is now the #1 contender to Sami Callihan and the IMPACT World Championship.
Results: Tessa Blanchard defeated Brian Cage via pinfall.
Grade: A
Cage congratulated Blanchard in the middle of the ring before leaving to let her have her moment. Blanchard will get another shot at the Draw, hoping to finally knock off her long time rival and become the first ever women's IMPACT World Champion.
