Andrew’s Impact Wrestling Rebellion Night 2 Results & Ratings

Night 2 of Impact Wrestling Rebellion! Who will face Elgin? Where is the Valkyrie? Will the Deaners get #canceled?

With Night 1 of Impact’s Rebellion being received fairly well; one has to wonder what we’re getting tonight. We were supposed to have the Triple Threat for the Impact World Championship, but quarantine measures have made it so only Elgin showed up. Taya and Jordynne Grace couldn’t make it, so Rosemary and Havok will have a Full Metal Mayhem match in their stead.

Card subject to change has never been more true than with Rebellion. That’s not a slight, since Impact has done a pretty solid job at making chicken salad out of chicken…well you know.

Let’s get to Night 2!

Rebellion Ratings:

• Suicide vs Chris Bey vs Rohit Raju vs Trey: Chris Bey wins via Brazilian Kick – *** 1/2
• Joseph P Ryan vs Cousin Jake: Joseph wins via School Boy w/Ropes – ** 1/4
• Full Metal Mayhem: Havok vs Rosemary: Rosemary via Lead Pipe to the Skull – *
• TNA Heavyweight Championship: Moose (c) vs Michael Elgin vs Hernandez: Moose retains? via No Jackhammer Needed – ****

Rebellion Results:

Suicide vs Chris Bey vs Rohit Raju vs Trey

Well the match starts off with a little comedy. We’ve got a 4 man waist lock chain, where everyone takes a few passes as turning it around and changing places. Eventually, Suicide slides through everyone’s legs, then Trey does the same; leaving the two heels to play ring around the rosy alone, basically. Trey and Suicide just sit and stare, the heels eventually notice and stop looking foolish; so the match can really get going.

Early on, Rohit and Bey work together to isolate Suicide and keep Trey on his backside. After Trey finds the opening with a leg pick, we see more back and forth X Division style action. Rohit is underrated because of the fact that he does great character work. Suicide had a double Abdominal Stretch in, Rohit slides in, and before breaking it up; he decides to laugh at Trey and Bey. Little things like that scream old school heel stylings, and it’s kind of refreshing.

Some really solid action happens after that. Suicide pulls off the Suicide Solution, Trey hits a double 619 and then a Meteora on Suicide. Rohit pitches Trey to the outside to try and steal the win, but a swift Brazilian Kick to the back of the head from Bey; breaks up the pin and then Bey wins off that. Pretty good match, especially for an opening match.

Joseph P Ryan vs Cousin Jake

Ryan actually wrestles a smart match. He works over Jake’s left arm and shoulder, rams it into the post a few ties, arm breakers and jaunts over the top rope.Jake’s country strong power still brings him towards a few close pinfalls; but Joseph Ryan manages to find ways out of them. After a One Armed Sit Out Powerbomb, Ryan was looking for an opening. He manages a School Boy, while leaning over to grab the ropes to make sure it’s a 3 count.

Decent enough for what was to be expected.

Rosemary and Taya clarify the card change…sortuv…

.@TheTayaValkyrie had a litany of excuses for why @WeAreRosemary is in the Full Metal Mayhem match tonight instead of her. #Rebellion pic.twitter.com/Y92vjKJoFt

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) April 29, 2020

Full Metal Mayhem: Havok vs Rosemary

Well this match starts off with a lot of Rosemary bargaining. So it’s nice to see her doubling down into the shift in her now kind of drunken and aimless character. The match was kind of plodding, Nevaeh debuted by just standing off to the side and watching for a while. Madison named her, so that viewers knew that much, but wouldn’t go into how she knew her.

Nevaeh is Hazard in WoW, Jake Crist’s wife and former Shimmer tag champions with Madison herself. Aside from a few cute spots, like a hard hat to block with weapon shot, this was really uninteresting. Nevaeh’s debut fell flat to me, Rosemary winning with a well placed pipe and hitting Havok is setting something up; sure I can accept that. I just didn’t care for any of this.

.@nevaehOi4k is here!

She's watching Full Metal Mayhem from afar. #Rebellion pic.twitter.com/UdJsivQh38

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) April 29, 2020

ImpactPlus Flashback Moment: X Division Championship Match: Sami Callihan vs Rich Swann (c), oVe rules, Rebellion April 28,2019

Elgin comes out to announce himself as the winner, Moose comes out with the TNA Heavyweight Championship belt on claiming himself the champion of TNA since he beat all the older wrestlers. Hernandez pops out to make sure we get a 3 way dance…possibly for a title? Yes? No? Lucha o No?

.@TheMooseNation has arrived with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship around his waist. #Rebellion pic.twitter.com/bB481IuYbS

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) April 29, 2020

TNA Heavyweight Championship: Moose (c) vs Michael Elgin vs Hernandez

Now this was a cool set up for the impromptu triple threat. Even though there were three commercials that broke up the flow of the match a bit, it was a really well put together match. Elgin did a lot of good work with both men. Hernandez had some nice athletic moments to prove he can still go in the ring, Moose held his own really well and this was just enjoyable.

Numerous pinfall breakups, Moose hit the Go To Hell, Elgin was never able to finish his Buckle Bomb/Elgin Bomb combo. He did he a great Corkscrew Senton, but it was only for 2. Hernandez hit a Pounce, and wiped out Elgin and the second referee with a big Suicide Dive. Moose drags Hernandez back in, hits No Jackhammer Needed to continue his reign over the TNA originals, and pick up the big Main Event win.

Overall Score: 6.25/10

Impact Wrestling Rebellion night 2, had probably the best match of the whole event…but in total fell short. Bookended with really good matches, the stuff in the middle was definitely more niche. A comedy match and a gimmicked hardcore match won’t be for everyone.

Perhaps Impact is expecting a few more weeks of not being able to get Tessa out of Mexico, so Moose getting a big win and being a focal point for Elgin is a really great pivot. For something that most likely didn’t have a ton of pre-planning, the way they managed to set up future stories; while still making sense with what’s already happened, should really be applauded.

I won’t pretend to have been blown away by this night, but I definitely appreciate the small wrinkles. Rosemary’s personality tweaks, Neveah’s debut and tie to Madison, Elgin losing and Moose walking around with the TNA Heavyweight Championship like he’s cock of the walk. So again, not fantastic, but still a solid show and pretty good with both nights combined.

Looking forward to where Moose, Kylie Rae and Chris Bey are headed!