managed to avoid the spoilers and all the posts in here so far so i'm going in with full excitement. let's do this thing!
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- holy shi*t mcmg! if they're sticking around, i'm totally tuning back in on the regular, easy. as per usual, both shelley and sabin looked great! idk much about the rascalz. xavier is pretty good, but the white dude is rather annoying. audibly groaned at him doing the bronco buster and a lot of his other stuff. really good match tho! machine guns didn't miss a beat.
- nice hype package for dreamer/moose. moose seems like a big deal based off that and his entrance. i believe this is the first moose match i've seen since the one with aries (2 years ago?) the dropkick that caught dreamer on the cheek, the cutter to the trash can, and (obviously) the finish were the real standout points of the match. about as good a one you're gonna get out of dreamer these days without going full on ecw-ish hardcore/deathmatch kinda deal. dreamer is this generations terry funk from his "sucks eggs" shirt to his "i'll wrestle 'til i'm dead" mentality lol. i enjoyed it for what it was.
- johnny swinger's weird handshake cracked me up lol
- idk who tasha steels is, but she seems fairly decent. i'm a kylie rae mark (how could you not be?) so that's who i'm rooting for here. her teamwork/high-five spot got a good laugh out of me. i feel like i've heard the name kimber lee a ton before, but never seen her until now; she's pretty good! GOD DAMN, KIERA HOGAN 😍😍 idk susie either but her first palm strike missed by a mile. all i know katie forbes for is being rvd's girl and dat ass; never seen her work. she kinda built like a ford f150 tho. ugh, madison rayne... *thumbs down and a raspberry* i'm okay with havok coming in and steamrolling people! sorta familiar with her from her stuff with su yung bae. i know taya from lucha underground; from what i remember she wasn't bad at all and her look is... unique to say the least. alisha is eddie edwards wife, no? dunno how long she's been around but she looks very out of place and all around awful. nevaeh is one of the most basic names that there is and i hate it. she certainly looks the part as well. i remember rosemary! <3 is this johnny bravo dude's sole purpose just to make you cringe as much as possible? bc that's all he's done for me so far. kylie apologizing was once again pretty funny. she's perfect at playing her character and eliminating rayne makes me love her even more. rosemary's elimination was a neat way to go about it! builds some tension with her and taya. kylie going the distance was the right call! i'd like to see her as champion one day. i love jordynne grace too tho, so i wouldn't know who to root for in that one.
- i hated cyrus the virus back in the day but i love don callis, haha.
- heathy baby! i'm down for a reunion with ryhno but... wasn't the rascals open challenge answered in the opening match? lol. the bigger question is, will heath complete the prophecy, get jacked, over, and become a world champion?! not familiar with this dude cutting heath off, but i can tell that he's a heel that makes good points!
- trey looks like off-brand ricochet... ricotrey? ace austin has a very punchable look going for him - i hope he's a heel. eddie edwards was always impressive to me. hopefully he's still got it. isn't he more hardcore now or something? i vaguely remember sami callihan bashing his skull with a baseball bat and a street fight with dreamer or something like that. the fourth man has to be ec3 or ey, right?
- x division time, nice! not familiar with bey but he's got a super cool look and has/had johnny swinger as a manager, so count me in. i love willie mack! haven't seen him since lucha so it's cool to see he's still around and holding some gold. i was wondering who played suicide these days and apparently it's that annoying wentz dude from the first match. i hope he's better in that role, cos as himself i just wanna tune out lol. chocolate thunder is a great nickname for willie, haha. holy crap, this match is nice and stiff! also, chris bey is money so consider me a fan. very happy for him picking up the well deserved win! match of the night so far, imo.
- really dug heath, rhyno, and scott's backstage segment. rhyno with the line of the night about d'amore being canadian, lmao.
- heard nothing but good things about the north so i finally get to check 'em out! i'll never not love sami and used to like shamrock a lot back in the day so this should be good!! first things first, sami got fat lol. shamrock is in phenomenal shape for his age. alexander has a good look too, but damn ethan page looks great now! from the sound of it on commentary i need to also go back and check out the history between shamrock and callihan. there will probably be more of that to come though cos their chemistry isn't all there. they're bound to come to blows again soon. pretty decent match so far, but far from the best tonight. page being "THE KARATE MAN!!!!!" popped me, lol. things are starting to fall apart now, it seems. confused shamrock is kinda cringe and the ref has given up on the count haha. i like what i saw of the north and they have a cool finish, definitely need to see some more of their matches tho. good post-match promo on their part too! while page was talking about being the greatest i was seriously thinking they'd probably have a dynamite match with the machine guns and welp...there it is! lol. impact has reeled me back in! I'M DEFINITELY IN FOR TUESDAY!!!
- not gonna lie, i totally forgot about rich swann... i was a big fan a few years ago, but then something happened with him and su yung and i stopped caring. don't really see him as a world championship kinda guy, so i'm kinda meh on that promo too. a match with the new x division champ would be a lot of fun tho!
- oh boy, it's that time! heard good stuff about deonna, but i haven't watched nxt in so long that i missed out on anything she ever did there, so i can't judge. i LOVE me some jordynne grace tho, so that alone has me hyped for this. sweet hype package, dis gon b gud! i didn't know she had the big momma pump siren in her theme, haha. sick. very impressed so far, especially with purrazzo's limb targeting to set up for the armbar. that kick to face during the submission looked nasty! really liked the rear naked choke transition by grace. great back and forth action. the german suplex trade-off gets my approval as well as that "pendulum" move purrazzo hit. HOLY SH*T! i didn't think they'd have the title switch hands! that finish too, wow! hell of a match. sucks that my girl lost the belt, but i totally get the hype for deonna. this and the x division match are neck and neck to me. hopefully the world title match is as good or better than these two.
- josh with the dvd of a ppv that still hadn't even finished was dumb, lol. just run a graphic in the bottom corner of the screen or something, ya goofs. i'll definitely be back for bound for glory, they've totally won me over tonight with an awesome show. but checking the time card on the video, how the hell is it main event time with nearly 40 mins left?
- another good hype package here. i hadn't realized how rich edwards history was with impact until this. i mainly knew him as a tag guy with davey. comparing this ace austin kid to aj styles is either a hell of a reach or i'm about to have to sit down and shut up. he looks like a super cocky, create-a-wrestler, prick that needs his ass kicked... but that also could help make him a better heel too. let's see what he's got. ricotrey, never wear that grill again please. has anyone told fulton that he's not in sanity anymore? it looks like he never got the memo. what the
at ricotrey's theme hahaha. was that a fat bong rip? so they're all 3 stoners? why isn't rvd the head of this faction? rich swann as the mystery man was a huge letdown for me. i mean i really don't hate him, but like i said before, not a world title contender in my eyes. right after i type that, here comes ey! lol. good for him, really. impact is where he thrived and will do so again. much better surprise than swann, though admittedly i really wanted ec3. :/ swann and ricotrey's back and forth was really fun! i want swann to win me back over. thank god fulton is out. i've never liked him at all and his rawrs were getting annoying. oh, this is elimination? hell yeah! those are the best kind of multi-man matches. i had to rewind to see when ey got busted open. it was definitely when eddie threw swann down on him. eric took swann's elbow right to the dome and started bleeding instantly. the more this match goes on, the more fitting ricotrey's new nickname becomes, lol. he's fun to watch tho, and that destroyer through the ropes was awesome! the 4 man spot that ended with the piledriver was also sick! trey's out, but got a lot in. i really like this dude. nice table spot from the top to the outside! ey out! i think he and swann could have a fun feud and it looks like that's the route they're eventually taking. that beatdown with the chair really helped make ey seem like a loose cannon. down to two now! cool of commentary to tell us the history between austin and edwards and how it's come to this. great finishing sequence here and the right guy won in eddie. ace austin is actually REALLY good, but there's still plenty of time for him. can't believe he's only 23. as if it needed to be said, this one was the best of the 3 title matches, with the women being second, and x-division third.
- GOOD BROTHERS BABY! HELL YEAH! EC3!!!!!!! EVEN BIGGER HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!
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mannnnnn, what a show. thoroughly enjoyed every single thing they had to offer. this may be my favorite pandemic era wrestling show period. even with no one in the crowd at all, i'll still put this over wwe and aew shows. so glad i gave impact another shot bc this was not only great, but i learned about a good amount of new people too. i really wanna stick around this time. i hope that on tuesday they keep up this kind of momentum and don't let up. for anyone that hasn't watched this, or is on the fence, give it a chance for sure.