IMPACT Wrestling Best of 2021 Part 2 Recap
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Decay (Black Taurus & Crazzy Steve) w/ Havok & Rosemary vs The Learning Tree (VSK & Zicky Dice) – BTI Exclusive
Tag teams jockey for position in hopes of moving up the ladder! Steve bites Zicky’s head before delivering tandem offense alongside Taurus. The momentum continues in Decay’s favor as Taurus hits a thunderous powerslam to VSK. The Learning Tree turn the tide as they provoke Steve on the apron. Taurus creates separation and makes the tag to Steve. The pace quickens as Steve snaps the neck of VSK. Taurus whips Steve into the corner with a cannonball. Taurus spikes Zicky into the mat to score the victory!
Decay (Black Taurus & Crazzy Steve) w/ Havok & Rosemary def The Learning Tree (VSK & Zicky Dice) – BTI Exclusive
Josh Mathews and IMPACT Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore return as they relive more of 2021’s greatest matches and moments! Plus, the winners of the remaining Year End Awards will be revealed.
Best of 2021: IMPACT World Champion Moose def Eddie Edwards (Full Metal Mayhem) – Turning Point
The Best of 2021 Part 2 kicks off with a look back at Moose’s first IMPACT World Title defense at Turning Point as he renewed his epic rivalry with Eddie Edwards in a brutal Full Metal Mayhem match. Tables, ladder, chairs and even kendo sticks were legal as Moose went on to retain the gold following a powerful spear!
Before they clash for the Knockouts World Tag Team Titles at Hard To Kill LIVE January 8th on pay-per-view, The IInspiration interrupt The Influence’s photo shoot. Much to the dismay of Kaleb With a K, the Knockouts World Tag Team Champions reveal that they have their own personal photographer and his name is Jai With an I. The IInspiration tell the world to tune in to their new talk show on next Thursday’s IMPACT! on AXS TV.
Best of 2021: The IInspiration def Knockouts World Tag Team Champions Decay – Bound For Glory
Speaking of The IInspiration, they made their IMPACT in-ring debut at IMPACT Wrestling’s biggest event of the year, Bound For Glory. Not only were they victorious but they dethroned the dominant duo of Havok and Rosemary to become the new Knockouts World Tag Team Champions in their very first match!
Knockouts Tag Team of the Year: Jordynne Grace & Rachael Ellering
As voted by you, our incredible IMPACT Wrestling fans, former Knockouts World Tag Team Champions Jordynne Grace and Rachael Ellering are revealed as the 2021 Knockouts Tag Team of the Year!
Eddie Edwards, Rich Swann, Willie Mack, Heath and Rhino prepare for Hardcore War against the unholy alliance of IMPACT World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers and Violent By Design at Hard To Kill!
Best of 2021: IMPACT World Champion Kenny Omega def Sami Callihan (No Disqualification) – Slammiversary
The earth-shattering IMPACT World Title reign of Kenny Omega continued at Slammiversary when he went one-on-one with Sami Callihan in a match that heavily favored the “Death Machine”, a No Disqualification match. Callihan vowed to bring the IMPACT World Title back home to where it belonged but after a violent collision like no other, it was Omega who drove Callihan into a pile of thumbtacks with a One-Winged Angel to retain the championship!
Best of 2021: JONAH decimates Josh Alexander in his IMPACT debut – Turning Point
The self-proclaimed “Top Dog” of professional wrestling shocked the world when he made his IMPACT Wrestling debut at Turning Point, blindsiding and annihilating former IMPACT World Champion Josh Alexander in the process. The two powerhouses will be unleashed when they collide in singles action at Hard To Kill.
X-Division Champion Josh Alexander def Petey Williams, Ace Austin, Chris Bey, Trey Miguel & Rohit Raju (Ultimate X) – Slammiversary
The high-flying, high-wire spectacle known as Ultimate X came to Slammiversary as surging champion Josh Alexander put his title on the line against Petey Williams, Ace Austin, Chris Bey, Trey Miguel and Rohit Raju. With the odds stacked against him, the “Walking Weapon” overcame the adversity to retain his championship in a match that produced countless jaw-dropping moments!
Men’s Wrestler of the Year: Josh Alexander
After a hard-fought year that saw him win the X-Division and IMPACT World Championships, Josh Alexander is revealed as the 2021 Men’s Wrestler of the Year!
Best of 2021: IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann def TNA World Heavyweight Champion Moose (Title Unification) – Sacrifice
Rich Swann and Moose were on a collision course in the first quarter of 2021 and it all came to a head when they competed in a high-stakes Title Unification match at Sacrifice. In a career-defining performance, Rich Swann defeated Moose to become the new Unified IMPACT Wrestling World Champion!
W. Morrissey challenges IMPACT World Champion Moose and Matt Cardona in a huge Triple Threat showdown at Hard To Kill, LIVE January 8th on pay-per-view!
WARNING: Masha Slamovich arrives in IMPACT Wrestling next week!
Mercedes Martinez challenges Deonna Purrazzo to a match next Thursday on IMPACT!
Men’s Match of the Year: X-Division Champion Josh Alexander def TJP (Ironman Match) – BTI & IMPACT! June 3rd
History was made on June 3rd when Josh Alexander defended the X-Division Title against TJP in IMPACT Wrestling’s first-ever 60-minute Ironman Match. It was a grueling contest that spanned two programs as both competitors took each other beyond their absolute limits. Following a sudden death overtime round, Alexander would remain the X-Division Champion of the world!
Su Yung destroys Kimber Lee and Brandi Lauren for not delivering her the souls she demanded. Su reveals that she’s pregnant before uttering the words “Your time is near”.
IMPACT! goes off the air.
Next Thursday at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders, don’t miss the final IMPACT! before Hard To Kill featuring a loaded all-new lineup!
IMPACT Wrestling Brings 2 Nights Of High-Energy Pro Wrestling Action To Fort Lauderdale
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IMPACT World Champion Moose & 2-Time Former Knockouts World Champion Deonna Purrazzo Will Be In South Florida For Media Tour, January 11-12
IMPACT Wrestling returns to Fort Lauderdale for the first time in almost 10 years.
IMPACT Wrestling presents two nights of action-packed live pro wrestling on Friday and Saturday, January 21-22, live at the Charles Dodge Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The shows are IMPACT’s first in the Fort Lauderdale area since April 2012. In fact, when the first match starts on January 21st, it will be the first IMPACT show in Fort Lauderdale in 3,546 days.
The action both nights will be taped to air on IMPACT’s flagship weekly TV show, Impact!, which airs every Thursday night (8-10 p.m. ET) on AXS TV in the U.S., Fight Network in Canada and Impact Insiders on YouTube.
In advance of the shows, IMPACT World Champion Moose & two-time former Knockouts World Champion Deonna Purrazzo will be in South Florida for a 2-Day Media Tour, January 11-12.
Moose is in his first World Championship run after winning the title at the Bound For Glory pay-per-view in Las Vegas this past October.
Quinn Ojinnaka, the real-life Moose, played for four teams over seven seasons in the National Football League, including the New England Patriots, before transitioning to pro wrestling, making his debut in 2012. His NFL career included time as teammates with legendary quarterback Tom Brady while playing for one of the best NFL head coaches in history, Bill Belichick.
An offensive tackle/guard, Ojinnaka played in 62 NFL games after playing at Syracuse University. He was selected in the fifth-round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. Moose & Bill Goldberg are the only former NFL players from the modern era to have gone from the NFL to become the World Champion of a pro wrestling company.
In fact, there are only four others in addition to Moose & Goldberg to have ever gone from the NFL to World Championship glory in pro wrestling, including Bronko Nagurski, who is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The others are: Ernie Ladd, Dick the Bruiser and Gus Sonnenberg.
Sports Illustrated in November spotlighted Moose and his record-setting journey from the NFL to IMPACT World Champion: https://tinyurl.com/r8hdutuy.
Deonna Purrazzo is a 2-time former Knockouts World Champion and now the reigning Reina de Reinas Champion for Mexico City-based Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.
A New Jersey native who has been wrestling professionally since 2013, Purrazzo was ranked No. 3 of 150 female wrestlers in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Women’s 150 in 2021.
“IMPACT Wrestling and pro wrestling as a whole has a long, rich history in the state of Florida, so everyone is thrilled to return to the Sunshine State,” said IMPACT Executive Vice-President Scott D’Amore. “Florida was the company’s home for many years; it’s great to return.”
IMPACT was last in South Florida in March 2014 for the Lockdown pay-per-view, which was held in Coral Gables.
All the IMPACT stars will be in Fort Lauderdale for the January shows, including all of the reigning IMPACT champions: World Champion Moose, Knockouts World Champion Mickie James, World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers, X-Division Champion Trey Miguel, Knockouts World Tag Team Champions The IInspiration and the Digital Media Champion Jordynne Grace.
Plenty of title-contenders also will be in action in Fort Lauderdale, including Matt Cardona, W. Morrissey, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, Chris Sabin, Eric Young, Heath, Rhino, Josh Alexander, Rich Swann and more. All of the Knockouts will participate in Fort Lauderdale, including Rosemary, Madison Rayne, Deonna Purrazzo, Tasha Steelz and others.
Many of the matches for the Fort Lauderdale shows will be announced in the coming weeks, but surprises are a certainty, too, including wrestlers making their IMPACT Wrestling debut.
Tickets for the IMPACT shows in Fort Lauderdale on Friday & Saturday, January 21-22, are now on-sale. For Tickets:
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This Thursday at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders, the hits keep on coming with another must-see holiday edition of IMPACT!
Celebrate the moments, the memories and the monumental matches that defined IMPACT Wrestling in the Best of 2021 Part 2. Last week, Josh Mathews and IMPACT Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore relived the historic first half of the year and now their look back will continue. It was a year that IMPACT fans will never forget, featuring the biggest names in pro wrestling like Kenny Omega, Josh Alexander, Deonna Purrazzo, Christian Cage, Moose, Mickie James, Rich Swann, The Good Brothers and so many more!
Plus, the 2021 Year End Awards continue as the Wrestler of the Year, Knockouts Tag Team of the Year and Men’s Match of the Year are revealed! After Deonna Purrazzo won Knockout of the Year, Mickie James vs Deonna Purrazzo at Bound For Glory won Knockouts Match of the Year and The Good Brothers won Men’s Tag Team of the Year, who will take home a trophy this week?
The action begins Before the IMPACT this Thursday at 7/6c on AXS TV and 7:30pm ET on YouTube! In a clash between two teams determined to move up the ladder, Black Taurus and Crazzy Steve of Decay battle The Learning Tree’s VSK and Zicky Dice! Plus, Gia Miller, Josh Mathews and George Iceman get you ready for all things IMPACT with a recap of the latest action, a new Iceman’s Intel and more!
The action doesn’t stop once IMPACT! goes off the air. Stay tuned to AXS TV at 10/9c for IMPACT in 60, featuring some of the greatest holiday-themed matches and moments in IMPACT Wrestling history!
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Havok Goes to War in an Exclusive Triple Threat Match from The Wrestling Revolver
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Streaming now on IMPACT Plus and YouTube for IMPACT Ultimate Insiders, witness Decay’s powerhouse in action as Havok battles Charlie Evans & Billie Starkz in a hard-hitting Triple Threat match from The Wrestling Revolver!
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Meet The Good Brothers, The IInspiration & More During Hard To Kill Weekend Meet & Greets
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On Saturday, January 8th and Sunday, January 9th, IMPACT Wrestling takes over Dallas for Hard To Kill weekend, featuring a series of can’t miss Meet & Greets. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet your favorite IMPACT stars and Knockouts!
All Meet & Greets will take place at The Factory before and after Hard To Kill and the IMPACT! on AXS TV tapings.
Saturday, January 8th at 5:30pm CT – The Good Brothers
Saturday, January 8th at 10pm CT – The IInspiration
Sunday, January 9th at 5:30pm CT – Mickie James & Rosemary
Sunday, January 9th at 10pm CT – Deonna Purrazzo & Chelsea Green
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IMPACT Wrestling Best of 2021 Part 1 Recap
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The action begins Before the IMPACT.
Pelvis Wesley w/ Colonel Corn vs DJ 2 Large – BTI Exclusive Match
Go back in time with Throwback Throwdown II bonus action as Pelvis Wesley takes on DJ 2 Large in a bout between two of the IPWF’s hottest musical talents! After Corn gets involved, DJ chases him around the ringside area. Pelvis capitalizes off the distraction with a karate chop to the neck. Pelvis tries to hit DJ over the back with his guitar but referee Fred Franklin stops him in the nick of time. Pelvis inadvertently takes out Corn on the apron. DJ follows up with a wind-up clothesline to win!
DJ 2 Large def Pelvis Wesley w/ Colonel Corn – BTI Exclusive Match
It’s time to celebrate the holidays, IMPACT Wrestling style! Over the next two weeks, join Josh Mathews and IMPACT Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore as they relive the greatest matches and moments of the historic year that was 2021. Plus, the winners of the Year End Awards will be revealed!
Best of 2021: AEW World Champion Kenny Omega & IMPACT World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers def IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann, Chris Sabin & Moose – Hard To Kill
IMPACT kicked off 2021 in a big way as the Forbidden Door was opened. At Hard To Kill, AEW World Champion Kenny Omega competed in his first-ever match in IMPACT Wrestling as he joined forces with IMPACT World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers to battle IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann, Moose and Chris Sabin. When the dust had settled, it was Omega who defeated Swann with a V-Trigger and set the stage for the unforgettable year to come.
As she prepares to compete in the first-ever Knockouts Ultimate X match at Hard To Kill, IMPACT Digital Media Champion Jordynne Grace asks X-Division veteran Chris Sabin for advice. He says that the key to victory in the high-risk matchup is upper-body strength, something that Grace has no shortage of!
2021 proved that anyone can step foot into IMPACT Wrestling, such as Matt Cardona, Kenny Omega, W. Morrissey, Jay White, Frankie Kazarian, Mickie James, Christian Cage, Christopher Daniels and JONAH!
Best of 2021: IMPACT World Tag Team Champions FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson) def The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) – Rebellion
At Rebellion 2021, New Japan Pro Wrestling’s FinJuice and The Good Brothers found themselves on a collision course for the IMPACT World Tag Team Titles! The rivalry raged on for much of the year but on this night, Juice Robinson would roll up Doc Gallows with a small package to remain on top of the mountain.
Men’s Tag Team of the Year: IMPACT World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers
The Good Brothers are revealed as the Men’s Tag Team of the Year in the 2021 Year End Awards!
Best of 2021: AEW World Champion Kenny Omega def IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann (Title vs Title Winner Take All) – Rebellion
The history-making moments continued at IMPACT’s second pay-per-view of 2021, Rebellion, as IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann battled AEW World Champion Kenny Omega in a monumental Title vs Title Winner Take All match! After a hard-hitting affair, Omega further cemented his legacy as one of the greatest of all time when he pinned Swann to become the new IMPACT World Champion.
Deonna Purrazzo vows to regain the Knockouts World Title from Mickie James when they collide in a Texas Death Match at Hard To Kill, LIVE January 8th on pay-per-view! Until then, a no-contact clause has been put in place by IMPACT management.
Knockouts Match of the Year: Mickie James def Knockouts World Champion Deonna Purrazzo – Bound For Glory
The Year End Award for Knockouts Match of the Year goes to Deonna Purrazzo vs Mickie James for the Knockouts World Title at Bound For Glory 2021! “Hardcore Country” defeated “The Virtuosa” to once again become queen of the Knockouts division but will lightning strike twice when they meet in a Texas Death Match at Hard To Kill?
As the newest member of the IMPACT management team, Gail Kim grants Trey Miguel his wish and announces that he will defend the X-Division Title against Steve Maclin one-on-one at Hard To Kill!
Masha Slamovich is coming soon to IMPACT Wrestling!
Moose puts the IMPACT World Title on the line against Matt Cardona and W. Morrissey in a star-studded Triple Threat showdown at Hard To Kill!
Best of 2021: Josh Alexander def X-Division Champion Ace Austin & TJP – Rebellion
It was a match that had wrestling fans on the edge of their seats as Josh Alexander defeated Ace Austin and TJP in a Triple Threat match to become the new X-Division Champion at Rebellion 2021! Many looked at this match as the launching point for the incredible year that Alexander had, which included capturing the IMPACT World Title in the main event of Bound For Glory.
The Good Brothers and Violent By Design agree that while they don’t like each other, they dislike their opponents in Hardcore War, Rich Swann, Willie Mack, Eddie Edwards, Heath and Rhino even more. The match that’s all about violence goes down LIVE January 8th at Hard To Kill.
Best of 2021: Jordynne Grace def John Skyler, Chelsea Green, Crazzy Steve, Madison Rayne & Fallah Bahh – Countdown to Glory
The first-ever IMPACT Digital Media Champion was crowned at Countdown to Glory when Jordynne Grace outlasted five other competitors in the conclusion of a grueling tournament!
Knockout of the Year: Deonna Purrazzo
In one of the closest votes in IMPACT Year End Award history, Deonna Purrazzo is announced as the back-to-back Knockout of the Year!
The Best of 2021 and the Year End Awards continue next Thursday at 8/7c on another special edition of IMPACT. Don’t miss the Knockouts Tag Team of the Year, Men’s Match of the Year, Men’s Wrestler of the Year, as well as more unforgettable matches and moments that defined IMPACT Wrestling in 2021!
Best of 2021: Josh Alexander def IMPACT World Champion Christian Cage – Bound For Glory
Following a career-defining run with the X-Division Title, Josh Alexander exercised Option C to challenge Christian Cage for the IMPACT World Title at Bound For Glory. With his family in the front row, Alexander realized his dream when he forced Cage to submit with an ankle lock to capture the top prize for the very first time.
Best of 2021: Moose def IMPACT World Champion Josh Alexander – Bound For Glory
But the feel-good moment wouldn’t last as moments after the bell, Moose “called his shot” for an IMPACT World Title opportunity anyplace, anytime and defeated Alexander to close out IMPACT’s biggest event of the year as World Champion.
X-Division Champ Trey Miguel Goes One-on-One With Steve Maclin to Settle the Score at Hard To Kill
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The undefeated Steve Maclin has been a thorn in the side of Trey Miguel ever since “Spider-Trey” won the title for the very first time at Bound For Glory. While Trey was victorious at IMPACT’s biggest event of the year, he did not pin or submit Maclin in the multi-man match to become the champion. One month later at Turning Point, Trey won another multi-man match but once again, did not defeat Maclin to obtain victory. After being denied any further title opportunities by IMPACT Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore, Maclin took things into his own hands and abducted Trey in order to get what he desired. As a result, it was Trey who demanded a one-on-one title defense against Steve Maclin and that’s exactly what will happen at Hard To Kill, LIVE January 8th on pay-per-view. Who will leave Dallas as the X-Division Champion when Trey Miguel and Steve Maclin settle the score once and for all?
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ROH World Title to be Defended in IMPACT for First-Time Ever as Jonathan Gresham Takes On Chris Sabin at Hard To Kill
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IMPACT Wrestling’s first pay-per-view of 2022, Hard To Kill, is shaping up to be a historic night you have to see to believe. For the first-time ever, Jonathan Gresham will defend the ROH World Championship on an IMPACT event as he squares off with one of the greatest X-Division Champions of all time, Chris Sabin in a highly-anticipated dream match. Who will score the victory in this monumental showdown between two of the most athletic professional wrestlers of this generation? Find out LIVE January 8th on pay-per-view.
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The IInspiration Defend the Knockouts World Tag Team Titles Against The Influence at Hard To Kill
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When Tenille Dashwood brought The Influence together with the reigning Knockouts World Tag Team Champions and fellow Australians, The IInspiration, many thought that they would dominate the Knockouts division for years to come. But much to their dismay, the friendly alliance lasted a whopping seven days before the two teams found themselves at odds. On January 8th at Hard To Kill, The IInspiration will put their Knockouts World Tag Team Titles on the line once again as Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay square off with Tenille Dashwood and Madison Rayne in a star-studded championship encounter!
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Hardcore War Comes to Hard To Kill as Good Brothers & Violent By Design Battle Swann, Mack, Edwards, Rhino & Heath
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Brace yourself for a Hardcore War LIVE January 8th on pay-per-view! Violent By Design always has a plan and this one may have been the most nefarious of them all. After the group led by Eric Young formed an unholy alliance with IMPACT World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers, they didn’t waste any time in attempting to eliminate their competition in the tag team division, Rich Swann, Willie Mack, Heath and Rhino. But there to even the odds was IMPACT’s resident guardian, Eddie Edwards. Now the two armies turn their attention towards Hard To Kill where they will collide in a match with no disqualifications, no count outs, plenty of weapons and anything goes! Who will declare victory in Dallas, Texas?
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