Impact Rebellion notes: Countdown show, Hardcore War changes

Outside the big news that Mickie James is out of Sunday’s Impact Rebellion and relinquished the title, one new match has been announced for the pay-per-view pre-show while the official particulars for a main card match were clarified.

Heath & Rhino will face Champagne Singh & Shera in a rematch from a late-March edition of Before The Impact. The match was announced for the Countdown show, joining the previously announced Knockouts Tag Team title rematch between The Coven and the Death Dollz.

Also on Thursday’s Impact on AXS, the man advantage for Sunday’s Hardcore War match between Team Tommy Dreamer and Team Bully Ray was decided as Kenny King defeated Frankie Kazarian to give Team Bully the edge.

Additionally, two new members of Team Bully were introduced as Moose and Brian Myers will replace The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch). Bully Ray added the two Thursday after they aided King in getting the win.

The aforementioned note on James relinquishing the Knockouts title means former champions Jordynne Grace and Deonna Purrazzo will battle over it Sunday instead.

Here’s the card for Sunday from Toronto, Canada:

  • KUSHIDA vs. Steve Maclin for the vacant Impact World Championship
  • Deonna Purrazzo vs. Jordynne Grace for the vacant Knockouts title
  • Hardcore War: Team Bully Ray (Bully Ray, Moose, Brian Myers, Kenny King & Masha Slamovich) vs. Team Tommy Dreamer (Frankie Kazarian, Killer Kelly, Tommy Dreamer, Yuya Uemura & Bhupinder Gujjar)
  • X-Division Champion Trey Miguel defends against Mike Bailey and Jonathan Gresham in an elimination match
  • The Design (Angels, Deaner & Sami Callihan) vs. Joe Hendry, Dirty Dango & Santino Marella
  • Impact Tag Team Champions Bullet Club (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defend against Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) in an Ultimate X match
  • Eddie Edwards vs. PCO Last Rites match
  • Countdown show: Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Coven (Taylor Wilde & KiLynn King) defend against The Death Dollz (Jessicka & Rosemary)
  • Countdown show: Heath & Rhino vs. Champagne Singh & Shera