Impact – July 28

Impact – July 28

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(BTI)  Bhupinder Gujjar def. Vincent…Vincent hits the redruM senton…Heath’s music plays & distracts Vincent when he fails to appear…Gujjar grabs an Inside Cradle for the Roll Up win (06:13)…AFTER…Heath comes through the crowd from behind & hits Vincent with the Wake Up Call.

(1)  Eddie Edwards def. Ace Austin…about the midway point of the match Chris Bey & Kenny King get sent backstage for shenanigans at ringside…Eddie hits the Tiger Driver for 2…follows with Die Hard Flosion for the win (16:56).

*Heath backstage with Gia…says you can’t fight fair when your opponents have no honor.

*Josh Alexander backstage with Gia…Alex Shelley interrupts, tells Josh to take care of business with Shera tonight, because he wants him at 100% at Emergence.

(2)  Trey Miguel & Laredo Kid def. Johnny Swinger & Zicky Dice…Swinger & Dice put on studded, leather bondage masks (so their opponents won’t be able to tell them apart)…unfazed, Trey hits a top buckle Meteora on Dice…Laredo Kid follows with  Frogsplash for the win (03:59).

*Bryan Myers runs into Bhupinder Gujjar backstage…Myers claims he issued an open challenge, but Gujjar wasn’t in the room so he missed out…pushed to reveal who it was that stepped up, Myers hesitates & Crazzy Steve interrupts to tell Gujjar that it was Black Taurus…but Myers reminds everyone that wrestlers don’t make the matches, so you never know…just then Scott D’Amore walks by & without picking his head up from his paperwork proclaims, “Match approved.”

(3)  Tiffany Nieves def. Jada Stone…Nieves hits a DDT on Stone, rolls her near the ropes & stacks her up while holding the middle rope for the win (02:03)…AFTER…the lights go low & Killer Kelly returns…she gets face-to-face with Nieves…Nieves swings but quickly finds herself being smothered with a straight-jacket sleeper…Kelly delivers a shotgun dropkick to Stone in the corner & follows with a front-falling Angel’s Wings…Tasha Steelz doesn’t like what she’s seeing from the announce desk, but doesn’t do anything about it.

*Violent By Design are game-planning in a stairwell…Deaner says they were taken by surprise by Kushida, but now they know what must be done…Eric Young says the Machine Guns are first…then Kushida.

(4)  Josh Alexander def. Shera…Alexander grabs an Ankle Lock for the submission win (03:13).

*Moose backstage with Gia…says there’s no alliance between him & Steve Maclin.

*Eddie Edwards fires up Honor No More…they’re off to find Scott D’Amore to get a tag title match for OGK…they find Scott but get distracted when Bennet & Kanellis wander off.

*Jessicka interrupts VXT planning Deonna’s bachelorette party…Rosemary does not approve.

*Raj Singh is holding the show hostage until he gets justice for Josh injuring Shera…LIGHTS OUT…Sami Callihan attacks Raj with a bat, follows with a Cactus Driver…then Sami warns Moose & Maclin that they both have a date with the Death Machine.

*Ric Flair Moment of the Week…June 17, 2010…Flair forms the Fortune/Fourtune faction & verbally spars with Jay Lethal in the greatest segment in TNA/ Impact history.

*Mia Yim backstage with Gia…she respects Jordynne, but at Emergence she’ll show why she’s the HBIC…cut short when AXS experiences technical difficulties.

*Honor No More attack the broadcast trailer…Scott D’Amore flips out on them, says he’ll give them another chance to earn what they want…5-on-5 with Bullet Club at Emergence…a win gets OGK a tag title shot…a loss & they disband forever.

(5)  Kushida def. Rich Swann…Kushida sinks in the Hoverboard Lock for the submission win (20:30).

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iMPACT! PREVIEW – August 4, 2022

+ Bryan Myers (c) vs. Black Taurus – for the Digital Media Championship

+ Deonna Purrazzo vs. Rosemary

+ Gisele Shaw vs. Masha Slamovich

+ PCO vs. Doc Gallows – Derby City Street Fight

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iMPACT!+ EMERGENCE PREVIEW – August 12, 2022 – Cicero Stadium, Chicago

+ Josh Alexander (c) vs. Alex Shelley – for the Impact World Championship

+ Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Mia Yim – for the Knockouts Championship

+ Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary (c) vs. VXT – for the Knockouts Tag Team Championship

+ Bandido vs. Rey Horus – in a AAA Special Attraction

+ Honor No More vs. Bullet Club – in a 10-Man Tag Match (if HNM loses, they disband)

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