Impact Wrestling Rumor Roundup: Former IC Champion's heartbreaking message; AJ Styles and another top WWE Superstar get a major offer - 24th October 2019

Welcome to another edition of the Impact Wrestling Rumor Roundup where we try and bring you the biggest stories chronicling the Impact Wrestling roster.

With a very successful Bound For Glory PPV behind and a new era starting on AXStv for Impact Wrestling, there is an undeniable new excitement and energy in the product. Let us go ahead and take a look at the 5 most interesting stories from The Impact Zone this week:

#5 Ken Shamrock sends a heartfelt message

The Most Dangerous Man On Earth made a remarkable return to in-ring action at Impact Wrestling's recent PPV - Bound For Glory. Ken Shamrock took on Moose who he had been engaged in a war of words for quite some time.

While the match in itself was far from spectacular, the 55-year-old Shamrock's performance was praised by fans. The match saw the former IC Champion going for high-risk maneuvers such as top rope suicide dives, which was a pleasant surprise for the viewers.

However, Shamrock was unable to best Moose and come out victorious in his return match. The former NWA Champion took to Twitter and sent out a message, which was possibly targeted towards all the 'critics' of his match.

Thank you to the fans for your support. I gave it my all tonight but it just wasn’t enough.I don’t know what comes next

— KEN SHAMROCK (@ShamrockKen) October 21, 2019

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#4 Kylie Rae returns to Instagram

Kylie Rae, who recently made her debut for Impact Wrestling and even competed at the BFG event, is now back on Instagram after a long hiatus.

The former AEW star had gone off Instagram in August after her request for a release from the company was granted to her. Rae has been a great addition to an already bustling Knockouts division in Impact, and it will be interesting to see what Impact will have in store for her.

Here is the latest message Kylie Rae had for Impact! on her Instagram:

"'Strength made perfect in weakness'. Thank you Impact Wrestling"

#3 Scott D'More's offer to WWE Superstars

As revealed by Scott D'Amore, Impact Wrestling will be bringing back the TNA name for the one night only special planned for the Wrestlemania 36 weekend. The co-executive vice president of Impact Wrestling recently spoke to ProWrestling.com and revealed that he will be open to any former TNA Superstar returning for this event.

He extended his offer not only to WWE Superstars like AJ Styles and Bobby Roode but also AEW stars The Young Bucks:

Let's remember the positive times that made us love some of those moments in TNA. Matt & Nick Jackson are two cool dudes. They, like all of us, are wrestling fans. When they tweeted the photo of them with the TNA logo, how could I not respond? Certainly, the door is open on our end if they want to come in. No politics, no BS, just wrestling. Sometimes we can't do that, but if it's possible and Matt & Nick want to come down, if somebody in the tower wanted to let Bobby Roode do a Team Canada reunion or [AJ Styles] come back to where he was the face originally, then the doors are open,"

(H/T: Fightful)

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#2 Tessa Blanchard on her father being part of AEW

While Tessa herself has become one of the most integral members of the Impact roster, her father, the legendary Tully Blanchard is working for AEW as the manager of Sean Spears. Speaking to Chris Van Vliet, Blanchard talked about how she feels about her father being part of another company:

So, for AEW to have him, he's so valuable, his mind is just.. the way that he thinks in wrestling, it's incredible, I've learned so much from him

#1 Johnny Swinger reveals why he joined Impact

Johnny Swinger is a former WWE and WCW Superstar who recently returned to pro-wrestling and has been entertaining the Impact Wrestling fans with his hilarious vignettes. He was part of the BFG event and while the veteran did not really get a chance to showcase his in-ring skills at the event, there is no doubt that he is one of the funniest men in Impact today.

In an interview with Wrestling Inc, Swinger talked about a variety of topics including the reason for signing with Impact Wrestling:

It’s not just Scott as Don Callis also. I go back to day one with him as he was the booker in Winnipeg, Canada for my first match ever. He was always a big fan of my talents and then we worked together in ECW and TNA. So we go way back and Tommy Dreamer is involved in the creative process and he was my boss and friend in ECW. So, if you stick around long enough, you get better, you’ve got good friends and all of the stars align

He also spoke about the entire process of returning to Impact, the similarities between Impact and ECW among other topics. You can check out the full interview here.

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