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#3. First Blood Match: Killer Kross vs. Eddie Edwards
Edwards started the bout with Kenny, striking Kross across the sternum. A suicide dive to the outside sent Kross into the barricade. Impact's resident Hardcore Hero then pelted Kross with chops before picking up a steel chair. As Edwards pandered to the crowd, Kross recovered, rushing Edwards and spiking him on the apron with a double-handed choke bomb.
Inside the ring, Kross stalked Edwards, but the former world champion tossed him overhead with a belly to belly suplex. Kross responded with a suplex of his own. Edwards took him outside and set up for another suicide dive, but Kross tossed a chair into his head, leaving him dangling in the ropes.
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From the apron, a gut wrench suplex drove Edwards onto a pile of chairs, leaving him struggling to move as Kross picked up another chair. He went for two shots on Edwards, only to ricochet off the steel barricade and ring post. Edwards picked up a chair of his own, launching it into Kross's head and forcing him to roll inside, hiding his face from the referee.
Luckily for Kross, he wasn't busted open and caught another chair from Edwards. Edwards let go and brought him down with a Blue Thunder Bomb. A series of mounted punches left Kross dazed, but he fought Edwards away as he got back to his feet, connecting with a boot and roundhouse kick. Edwards was launched into the turnbuckle, landing on his neck.
Edwards strained, trying to get to Kenny. Kross tossed it outside after watching him crawl towards it for a few seconds. Placing Edwards on the top rope, he tried to drive Edwards into the ramp with a back suplex. Edwards broke away following a few palm strikes and an enziguri.
Edwards knocked Kross onto the ropes, crotching him, following up with a Boston Knee Party. He then circled the ring until he found Kenny, rolling in and hoping to make Kross finally bleed. Kross ducked, going for the Kross Jacket. Edwards smacked him overhead twice, but Kross held on. The two fell to the outside, where Edwards avoided another Kross Jacket for a tiger driver on the mat outside.
Another pair of Boston Knee Parties on the inside left Kross nearly unconscious. The referee checked but saw Kross was still clean. Edwards picked up Kenny, snapping it across his knee and stabbing at his forehead and mouth with the splintered bits of the kendo stick. Kross's mouth was sliced open, leading to the end of the match.
Result: Eddie Edwards defeated Killer Kross
Backstage, Tessa Blanchard was met by an interviewer, asking about her main event match with Sami Callihan. She shoved him against the wall before walking away.
