AJ’s IMPACT Results & Review 6/24/21

Here we go with some more fun in the IMPACT Sun as some former Japanese Promotional Champions go for the World Tag Titles, the Knockouts Champion is in action against Susan and so much more action. Will we get some shouting from Don Callis from his firing, will something happen to the “World Champ” make an appearance? Find out tonight!!

.@TheDonCallis doesn't get an EVP entrance anymore. #IMPACTonAXSTV @KennyOmegamanX pic.twitter.com/II6aOj6OsP

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) June 25, 2021

Results:

• Rosemary vs Kiera Hogan (w/ Tasha Steelz) – Rosemary wins via Butterfly Buster – ** ¾
• Susan (w/ Kimber Lee) vs Deonna Purrazzo – Deonna wins via Fujiwara Armbar – N/A
• Rohit Raju & Shera vs Petey Williams & Trey Miguel – Rohit wins via Drive By – ***
• Sam Beale vs Jake Something – Jake wins via Black Hole Slam – SQUASH
• Eddie Edwards & Kojima vs Violent By Design(c) for the Tag Team Championships – Joe Doering wins via Revolution Bomb – **** – TITLE DEFENSE!!

Review:

Rosemary vs Kiera Hogan-

Some trash talking between the two starts but Kiera runs out and tries to play some mind games with Rosemary with all the running. Rosemary finally gets offense started on Kiera, even hanging her in a Tarantula but near Tasha and the momentum shifts as Rosemary gets distracted by the other half of the tag champions. After a lot of interference of Tasha happens, Jessica Havok comes out to even the odds for Rosemary.

After the cockiness of Kiera comes in too much, Rosemary comes in and gets the offense going on Kieras backs with Suplexes and even a Chancery until it’s broken up and Kiera even gets some offense but falls prey to the Hive Queen.

Susan vs Deonna Purrazzo-

Well… this is going on and Deonna takes the early advantage and Susan reminding us that she is a “Susan” and not much of a wrestler.  Susan tries with all of her… ahem… Might… but Deonna is just belittling her, doing an arm breaker and even hitting a Russian Leg Sweep to send a message to Kimber and Susan with a Tequila Sunrise and pulls the other arm of Susan.

Deonna is just proving a point that she has done everything on her own without Kimber or Susan and instructing Kimber to send Susan back in because Susan wanted the match.  Susan gets back in and wraps Susan in the straight jacket and when Susan tries to reverse it but Deonna hits a Backstabber. Instead of ending it, Deonna breaks her pin attempt and Susan starts getting angry… actually wrestling back! SHE HITS A SUPERPLEX……… and Deonna makes her tap with the Fujiwara Armbar.
(Aftermath: Deonna goes back and applies Venus de Milo and Kimber rolls in to break it up but Deonna keeps talking and walks off, showing she is done with them.)

Looks like @GottaGetSwann and @Willie_Mack vs. @MegaTJP and @FALLAH1 is coming our way next week. #IMPACTonAXSTV @swinger_johnny @JohnEBravo1st pic.twitter.com/vgGKNTvSMD

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) June 25, 2021

Don talks to Tommy backstage and talks to Dreamer about a match between Kenny and the Good Brothers.

Rohit Raju & Shera vs Petey Williams & Trey Miguel-

Rohit and Petey start off and they show off their speed and agility early on until Petey Williams gets ahead of the game with the high speed moves and tags Trey comes in now to take it to Rohit. With another tag into Petey, Rohit gets some separation and tags Shera in and the Indian Lion manhandles Maple Leaf Muscle. As the action goes on, Rohit comes back in on Petey dodges a strike from Rohit and tags Trey in.

Trey rushes in from the hot tag and takes it to Rohit and Shera with a bunch of steam but ROhit catches Trey with a Leaping Flatliner. Rohit goes for too much in the well and the tag is in on Petey before Ace and Fulton comes out and distracts Petey. The distraction was just enough to catch Petey off and get hit by a Drive By.
(Aftermath: Ace, Fulton, Shera and Rohit all come into beat down Petey and Trey and as that happens, Josh Alexander comes in and actually cleans house for an amount of time until Fulton comes in to fight and changes the beat down. Chris Bey comes in and records the beat down as the former X Division Champions and their colossi come in to stand tall.)

Rachael opens up with her problems and getting things off her chest and invites Jordynne to the ring. Jordynne comes in and Rachael is trying to talk to Jordynne but whenever Tenille is mentioned, Jordynne loses her cool and actually says she will drop Rachael. Jazz comes out now to try to both of them to be the voice of reason but is… kind of failing. After giving her side and Jazz talking, Jordynne says she needs to think about it and take some time about it and suddenly… Tenille and Kaleb (with a K) comes out and tries to talk to Rachael about tagging again but Ellering keeps telling her no over and over. Tenille comes in and tries to sucker punch Rachael and gets the opposite.

Sam Beale vs Jake Something-

The match starts and… yeah Jake outpowers Sam the whole way. Sam powders out and even gets the advantage for a second but gets caught by Something and kicks out of the Michinoku Driver. Myers actually slides a chair in but Jake cuts that off, kicks the chair back at Myers and lands a Black Hole Slam to get a win for Something.
(Aftermath: Brian gives some… “advice” to Sam and may lead to another match with Jake Something.)

.@GottaGetSwann and @Willie_Mack had some words of encouragement for @cozy_lariat and @TheEddieEdwards. #IMPACTonAXSTV pic.twitter.com/XIUsN96VGc

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) June 25, 2021

Eddie Edwards & Satoshi Kojima vs Joe Doering and Deaner-

Eddie and Doering come in first and Joe gets the fight started early and tags in Deaner before Eddie swings momentum and gets Kojima in the ring as Kojima takes down Deaner. The challengers come in hot, using frequent tags to each other until Joe Doering comes in and changes the pace to get a slight window of opportunity to tag into Joe Doering. Deaner and Doering are taking it to Kojima more often now as they tag frequently and take it to Kojima even more. Joe Doering putting Kojima in a choke hold and transitions it into a neck crank as Doering grinds his forearm into Kojima and Kojima looks gone, going to the wrong corner momentarily until he reverses a Suplex from Doering and gets the tag into Eddie as Deaner gets the tag now.

Eddie comes in like a house of fire and hits a pouncing forearm and even a Blue Thunder Bomb but Doering comes in and double teams Eddie to a failed effort as both champions go to the outside and both challengers fly to take them down, Plancha from Kojima and Shot of Caffeine from Eddie. EY and Rhino though, get involved and the champions come back with an advantage on the challengers, this time on Eddie. The champions getting more and more tags in frequently but Deaner makes the same mistake as Joe earlier and gets a suplex countered so Kojima gets tagged in and takes it to the champs, even doing Machine Gun Chops on Deaner and Doering tries to interfere and now Eddie and Kojima come in to do Dual Machine Gun Chops, getting a double team doing as Eddie hits a head scissors and Kojima hits an Elbow for a near fall. Eddie gets the tag back in to fight Deaner and Doering interferes one more time to stop Eddie’s momentum and Deaner hits a diving headbutt. Doering tags in after and now the challengers get some double team going and they take down Doering, looking to hit the Boston Knee Party but Doering catches him and hits the Revolution Bomb to retain the tag titles.

Final Thoughts:

Okay… alright. I like it. We have storylines coming into play here for Slammiversary on the horizon. We might get a challenger for Deonna soon if I can predict that the way it’s looking. Tag Titles coming to blows for the Knockouts and some storyline implications next week with Moose, Callihan and Sabin to fight the Golden Good Brothers (I’m going with that. Shush) and finally the X Division is heating up more and more with the Ultimate X Match in the distance.

The main thing I loved with the tag match main event was the Japanese influence being shown all around the match. Obviously, Doering and Kojima with their history in Japan and Eddie wearing Green for Misawa and teasing a Tiger Driver attempt but don’t think I didn’t catch Deaner. I’m not 100% sure I’ve seen him do the move often but the addition of Dynamite Kid’s Diving Headbutt is a nice chef’s kiss for another tie in, Dynamite Kid and his legendary feud with the Original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama and Tiger Mask II being Misawa, someone Eddie is heavily influenced by. Did they mean that? Hell if I know, it made me appreciate it more. That was a banger of a match and hopefully, you will watch it over too.