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Andrew’s Impact Results & Match Ratings: 7.29.2021

With dance partners being finalized and paired off for Homecoming, what other surprises does Impact have in store tonight?

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3 years ago

July 29, 2021

Andrew Balaz

With dance partners being finalized and paired off for Homecoming, what other surprises does Impact have in store tonight?

We know we’re getting Moose and Sabin in the main event, we know BeyBlade is going to get their first shot at teaming up and Taylor Wilde has to start with Kaleb before finally getting her hands on Tenille! What else could go on?

Do we see the Drama King reveal himself? (yes I know it’s Aiden English or…Mike…whatever he’s going as now, just Kayfabe it brother).

Let’s get to the show!

.@iPeteyWilliams and @JordynneGrace gave us the #Homecoming tournament odds in Swinger's Palace…but the mood changed when @TheCaZXL arrived. #IMPACTonAXSTV pic.twitter.com/bRR7KqZJbi

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) July 30, 2021

Ratings:

Good Brothers vs BeyBlade: Good Brothers win via Magic Killer – ** 1/2
Taylor Wilde vs Kaleb w/Tenille Dashwood: Taylor wins via Bridging German Suplex – ** 1/4
Fallah Bahh, No Way Jose & FinJuice vs Shera, Rohit Raju, Ace Austin & Madman Fulton: Finlay wins via Trash Panda – ***
Deaner & Rhino w/VBD vs Willie Mack & Rich Swann: Swann wins via 450 Splash – ** 3/4
Moose vs Chris Sabin: Moose wins via Lights Out – *** 1/2

Results:

Good Brothers vs BeyBlade

I can’t totally tell, but I really hope the crowd was calling Bey and Jay, BEYblade. That’s a great name.

Bullet Club leaders start off, and it’s somewhat even with Jay eventually getting a little bit of the upper hand. So with a small advantage, Bey gets tagged in and then the wheels fall off a bit. Karl manages to get in LG, and the size difference makes most of the difference in the match. Bey is getting pummeled, eating Lariats and Boots and getting stifled when he goes to the air.

Bey does find a way to getting Jay back in to give the REAL Bullet Club a small opening, but again, once Bey gets back in the Good Brothers try to smother him. Jay makes a few saves, but he can’t overcome the fact that Chris is getting slaughtered and not able to help a ton. Jay gets dumped out, Chris tries to make a comeback but he gets Chokeslammed and then we see the Magic Killer end things.

Good way to cause some strife for Jay early before shooting him to some main scenes.

We get a small backstage segment with Fire N Flava trying to hype up getting the belts back. Fallah walks in with flowers, asks Tasha to Homecoming, and Kiera is a little slighted. Tasha takes a few jabs at the fact that Kiera is the one who ate the last few pins, so Fallah picked the right girl. So the seeds are being sown in an amusing High School antics kind of way.

Taylor Wilde vs Kaleb w/Tenille Dashwood

Kaleb is trying to defend Tenille after Taylor cost them the match at Slammiversary. Kaleb does a decent jobs just countering Taylor and not swinging, until he wants the heat. He hits Taylor with a lariat to a chorus of Boos, and then goes into Heel 101. Short cuts, cocky covers, arrogance after landing a move; but Taylor stays resilient.

Kaleb goes to the fanny pack to cheat, Taylor counters and gets in her best offense with a Tornado DDT off the apron. Then after we’re back in, Taylor hits a Poison Rana followed by the German Suplex Hold, and Taylor wins! Plays well enough into Kaleb selling neck injuries for the last few weeks.

.@DashingChrisBey isn't in The Bullet Club…yet. But @JayWhiteNZ is a fan of redemption. #IMPACTonAXSTV pic.twitter.com/ayYCh6SvAJ

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) July 30, 2021

Fallah Bahh, No Way Jose & FinJuice vs Shera, Rohit Raju, Ace Austin & Madman Fulton:

Well it’s one of those weird situations, where if they weren’t trying to keep Finlay hot leading into his NEVER match against Jay, Fallah and No Way would just have jobbed out.

So the face team tries to keep things fun and light, even using the Japanese style locomotion corner spot, punctuated with the other three men launching Fallah into Madman. After that there was some decent trades. Most of the time was showing off Fulton and Shera’s strength coupled with Rohit’s craftiness and Ace’s athleticism. The heels definitely came off as the smarter and better wrestlers, but Finlay manages to kick out of a Cradle with tights from Rohit, fights back a bit, hits Trash Panda and the match is done.

The dorky but fun faces come out on top!

Kenny Omega promos give me cancer. Jesus H Christ. I get the gimmick that he’s a diva and full of himself, but he does it in such an over the top campy way…it comes off fake. Like you’re already in a sport that’s called fake, and half your moveset and your elementary school grasp on English comes off even more fake. Hot damn…I wish Omega would never talk.

.@JayWhiteNZ just sent a VIOLENT and PERSONAL message to @THEdavidfinlay. #IMPACTonAXSTV @DashingChrisBey pic.twitter.com/uRWnWtq7lh

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) July 30, 2021

So the biggest dorks in the business head to the ring to fellate one another. Sami Callihan thankfully interrupts, talks about a rematch, talks about setting up a match next week between the Good Brothers & Omega vs Sami and two partners. Mentions attacking them from all angles, including jumping the rail from behind, the dorks laugh it off, but someone hits the ring! Sami rushes with the baseball bat, so the hoodie guy and Sami stand tall, and hoodie guy is Frankie Kazarian the Elite Hunter!

.@Myers_Wrestling attempt to get The Queen of Extreme" @ECWDivaFrancine to be his #Homecoming partner didn't go to plan. #IMPACTonAXSTV @sambeale23 pic.twitter.com/bZ9V41VgJ1

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) July 30, 2021

Deaner & Rhino w/VBD vs Willie Mack & Rich Swann

Willie and Rich start hit, wipe out Rhino, double team Deaner! Deaner gets dumped out, Rich hits a 450 into the pile of bodies and then Willie and Rich stand tall as we go to break. After the initial rush we see the heel group take a few short cuts, notably Eric Young’s good ole trip during a rope run which sets up for Deaner to hit a Running Neckbreaker.

There’s a few big spots from everyone, but Rhino missteps, Willie and Rich take advantage of it. Hit a Handspring Cutter, into Stunner into 450 Splash to keep Deaner down.

Moose vs Chris Sabin

The early going was all Sabin. Multiple cradle variations, La Magistral, Victory Roll, Sunset Flips and even a quick reference back to the Slammiversary match when Sabin countered the Electric Chair into the Double Legged Cradle, but Moose kicked out of all of it. Once Moose took some control, more callbacks this time, the chop on the apron in the ropes spot. And just like Slammiversary, once the crowd started chanting for one more, Moose didn’t deliver to play heel.

Sabin did the stick and move thing, causing Moose to hit the ring post, swing wildly and then an Escalera from Sabin kept the momentum in the Hail Sabin realm of the match. The familiarity of the two was kind of cool, since Moose hit a few of his moves to counter Sabin, and Sabin went for big High Flying moves, but everything got re-countered or kicked out of. A Flying DDT almost looked to give Sabin the win, but Moose kicked out, and Sabin miscalculated. He tried for Cradle Shock, but Moose got out of it pretty easily, a few choice spots and the Lights Out spear means that Moose has now evened up their score!

Moose tries to throw Sabin out of “his ring” Sabin holds on and they brawl. So we’re probably seeing a rubber match in the near future.

Overall Score: 7.5/10

Solid in-ring action in tandem with fun backstage segments and a really cool return! The Kaz return was only marginally spoiled because their third seems to be Eddie Edwards and not Christopher Daniels. It’s smart to bill in two of the main players in Impact and someone being billed as a returning TNA Superstar, so it terms of branding its fine; but I’d have preferred a Bad Influence reunion. Cause ya know, SCU had to disband, but Bad Influence can run strong…or even The Addiction.

Plus we also get to see a nice culmination in the Sabin/Moose gap filling feud. Because even if it’s nothing more than a time sink, the matches are great cause both men are fantastic. Then there’s the case of BeyBlade, they need to let it rip as soon as possible. If BeyBlade can take out FinJuice, and then maybe work through the other heel teams to get back to the Good Brothers, that can fill plenty of TV time.

Anyway, good product between the ropes, interviews and vignettes were funny and making Sam Beale look like a total dweeb worked a lot better this time. So a big step up from their first Post-Slammiversary show.

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Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 4.18.2024

Motor City Machine Guns either go out on their backs, or head to Rebellion as champs! Lets see how they finish their current run in TNA!

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22 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Andrew Balaz

No burying the lead here! The Main Event is The System versus Motor City Machine Guns, and it’s the Go Home episode before Rebellion! So we’re guaranteed a damn good tag match, and we should get either new wrinkles, or ways to keep the storylines cooking going into the Pay-per-View.

With all the rumors and innuendo about the Guns being on their way out, I think we all assume that MCMG is losing, but my inner fanboy is still excited.

Part Three: Acceptance @TheJonGresham #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/NE9FPzCCz2

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 19, 2024

Ratings:

Little Guido w/New FBI vs Hammerstone: Hammerstone wins via Torture Rack – SQUASH
LSG vs Joe Hendry: Hendry wins via Standing Ovation – SQUASH
Mustafa Ali & GYV vs Cody Deaner, Jake Something & Rhyno: Ali wins via 450 Splash – ** 3/4
Rosemary w/Havok vs Jody Threat w/Dani Luna: Rosemary wins via Spear – ***
Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) vs The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) w/Alisha Edwards: System wins via Roster Cut + Knee Party – *** 1/4

Results:

So we kick off the match with Josh coming out to commentary again to watch Hammerstone’s match. They really need a new way to try and keep heat without reusing the same tired gimmick of “ring side seat” to a Squash match.

Little Guido w/New FBI vs Hammerstone

Guido tries to shoot the half, but Hammerstone shrugs him off, lifts him like a child and runs him into a corner, few short shots and then just tosses him across the ring. Hammer gets a little distracted talking smack to Josh and eats a foot, but then tosses Guido with the ole Sack of Shit move and keeps working over Guido.

Hammer shoves Clayton, and provokes him to push him back right in front of the referee. She ejects them, Guido tries to take advantage but when he goes for the pinfall Hammer kicks out immediately and presses Guido out of thing through the ropes. Continues to dog walk Guido, puts the head gear on the ECW Original and then Torture Racks him while staring directly at Josh, and of course picks up the submission victory.

.@XiaBrookside and @Ashamae_Sebera face off NEXT WEEK on #TNAiMPACT! pic.twitter.com/Q0S3wSRpeu

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 19, 2024

LSG vs Joe Hendry

Hendry cuts a little promo, mentioning the Fat Uncle Phil joke…something about shopping at the TOP Dollar Store. Solid mic work.

LSG is a damn good local talent, he’s been seen in ROH and AEW in the past (perhaps others, but that’s what comes to mind immediately for me), but we all know this is an enhancement match. A few nice chain wrestling spots early, but Hendry uses his power to stop the smaller wrestler, Sack of Shit into Standing Ovation and the match is over quickly.

Mustafa Ali & GYV vs Cody Deaner, Jake Something & Rhyno

Well okay, having Deaner ask the crowd if they wanted a 3v2 or their third member…RHYNO…is pretty much a no brainer in Philly. But at least the gimmick isn’t quite as cringe as I expected.

Jake starts with Zack Gibson and throws him around. Jake goes for the tag and Deaner asks the crowd who Jake should tag, and the crowd picks Rhyno. Rhyno Whips Gibson into a corner, Drake actually softens the impact, allowing Gibson to fire back, tag out, but Rhyno levels both GYV members and then even knocks Ali off the apron. Rhyno tries to call to the crowd to tag in Deaner and that goes over like a fart in church. He tags him in anyway, and the crowd is kinda dead and doing whatever it wants after the obvious ECW chants when Rhyno tagged in.

GYV take a couple lumps but they of course start to work over Deaner and capture some momentum. Solid tandem work from GYV, they cut off Deaner from making a tag and goad Jake a little to cause the ref to block off the babyfaces so the heels can take a few shortcuts. Cody eventually makes the tag to Rhyno, hot tag, he tries to set up the Gore but the GYV manage to stop him in his tracks and hit an Enzuigiri to daze the Man Beast, he falls to his corner and Jake tags himself in. Jake literally runs them all over, tags in Cody and Launches him from the Top Rope into Zack Gibson. Ali makes the save and Jake tries to get his hands on Ali, but the GYV keep throwing themselves at him, literally. The triple team finally gets the best of Jake, they hit 3 Dives and then post Jake, so they gather around Cody like hyenas.

They forgot about Rhyno, he’s set up for a Gore, he Gores Drake, Gibson and Ali take out Rhyno, but then Cody starts to fight back. Ali stops Deaner’s offense with an Avalanche Sunset Bomb, then hits his 450 Splash. Jake barely misses being able to break up the pin.

.@TheEricYoung channels "The Sickness" as he prepares for FULL METAL MAYHEM with @FrankieKazarian at #Rebellion! #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/tm1TqxZBLo

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 19, 2024

Rosemary w/Havok vs Jody Threat w/Dani Luna

Jody tries to start quickly with Shoulder Tackles, Lariats and Scoop Slams, and it does seem somewhat effective. Rosemary is having trouble finding offense against the intensity, but she keeps kicking out. Shotgun Dropkick finally gives Rosemary an opening, she goes into full mount and rains down strikes. Rosemary shoves Jody into a corner and Bites her in the corner. Jody tries to fight out, they go across and Rosemary catches her with the legs and puts her in the Upside Down. Splash in the corner from Rosemary, Exploder Suplex and Jody is eating a lot of offense.

Rosemary looks like she’s caught after she gets tripped up into the ropes and Jody goes for her Rope Knee into the German, but Rosemary dodges. Rosemary hits her own suplex and pulls out a beautiful Last Chancery! I haven’t seen her do that in a long time. Jody manages to fight to the ropes, Rosemary is a little slow to capitalize and eats a Pump Kick. Rosemary goes flying into the ropes, Jody hits the Double Knees into the German this time for 2, and they trade a few haymakers after that. Jody folds Rosemary with a low Lariat, Zombie rise spot a few times, Jody goes for a pinfall and Rosemary kicks out.

Havok jumps up on the apron, Dani meets her and they decide to step down, but the distraction was enough. Jody turns around and eats a Spear. Rosemary wins!

Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) vs The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) w/Alisha Edwards

Eddie and Shelley start off, and its a very simple slow start. Mostly an early stalemate, the typical Japanese style the TNA seem to love to employ. Starters tag out, but then Shelley with the blind tag, Sabin Baseball Slides out, picks Eddie’s ankle and sends his face bouncing off the apron, while Shelley sneaks up being Myers and they hit a tandem move before we cut to commercial. Off of the commercial it looks like Eddie and Myers regained control. But a nice Jawbreaker from Shelley sends Eddie falling back into the MCMG corner. Dragon Screws to both legs from Sabin and Shelley, and we get the Dragon Screw dissection spot for the Guns.

Myers gets sick of things, tries to get involved, but Simultaneous Figure Fours from the MCMG makes The System look silly. Alisha does the classic “push the rope forward” gimmick to assist Eddie in breaking the hold. She keeps chirping at Shelley until she finally grabs his foot. Shelley doesn’t take kindly, tries to grab her by the hair but she gets away, Shelley eats a strike and falls back to the ropes so Lish can just throttle him with the rope, Sabin walks over and acts like he’s going to PK her and the look of disgust on her face is hilarious, like “how dare he threaten to kick her”. Would I be mad is Masha decides to team with Lish and they win the Knockouts Tag titles? No, because the Knockouts Tags are trash. But I still prefer Lish as valet/manager.

Shelley starts fighting back after another commercial break, Eddie tries to cut him off, but Sabin clocks Eddie and Shelley manages to make the tag and Sabin comes in. Lights up both System members, Kick off Tornado DDT, into a Running Gamengiri. Eddie tries to counter but Shelley assists, tandem strikes, Double Baseball Slide into the classic MCMG spot 5 Hole Dive! Keeping up with the classics Shelley stacks the System members on each other and hit the Missile Dropkick/Flatliner spot. As the Guns are rolling, Sabin accidentally catches Sabin with his foot and The System take control! They hit their pieces of the System Overload spot, but Sabin kicks out. Roster Cut attempt from Myers, but Shelley is back. High Speed Dirt, Machine Gun Sandwich, but Lish grabs Shelley’s foot when they’re setting up Skull and Bones. Shelley gets dropped on the turnbuckle and thrown out, Sabin eats the Roster Cut followed up with Boston Knee Party and System retains!

Its a little weird to have had the two commercial cuts and the fact there’s still Nic Nemeth to follow. So it feels a little flat, I hope this wasn’t their swan song match, because it was nice to see some classic spots, but it was entirely too abbreviated.

Nemeth comes out, goes into the crowd and finds a kid with a kendo stick and borrows a beer from someone, so he does a bit of a Sandman tribute. Moose cuts off his promo basically immediately. He throws out the “can’t beat the system” line again, and Nic rolls with the punches well. Moose uses a few cute analogies about Nic having a failure laden past, but Nemeth bites back and its really damn good. He says he can see it in Moose’s eyes that he thinks he’s getting in the ring with Dolph Ziggler, but no, there is no more old Dolph Ziggler, just the new Nic Nemeth. And Moose’s cool seems to be slightly shaken after those words. Good promo.

Overall Score: 6.5/10

So this was okay, if it didn’t end as strongly as it did, I would’ve rated this much lower. Two squash matches in the beginning, reusing the Josh comes out to the announce table to watch trope is boring, hell even Clayton’s shove to Hammerstone was super lame looking. The Deaner match was luke warm at best, but things picked up around the Rosemary match.

Lets also not overlook the segments with ASH & Xia, Jonathan Gresham’s whole deal and EY having to return to the violence/sickness/world class maniac, whatever you want to call it, were all great building blocks. This definitely wasn’t what I would call a strong Go Home, but it didn’t hurt things for Rebellion. The whole injury of Cardona was addressed, which honestly sounded weird since Jordynne basically said she was expecting them to have a backup plan so she has a backup plan. I don’t really like how that video package came across.

But who knows, all I know is, this wasn’t an awful episode, it just wasn’t really strong either. Here’s to hoping Rebellion Saturday is still strong.

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