Impact Wrestling 1000 live results: Dudley Boyz in action, Feast or Fired match
For two straight weeks, Impact Wrestling will celebrate their 1000th TV episode with several returns, title matches and plenty of nostalgia.
For the first time in seven years, Bully Ray & D-Von Dudley will reunite as Team 3D and will be in action. This will be their first appearance together in Impact since October 2014.
X-Division Champion Lio Rush will defend the title against multi-time champion Chris Sabin.
The infamous Feast or Fired match returns as 20 wrestlers will compete for four briefcases hung above the ring. Three will contain slips for future Impact title matches while the other will have a “fired” slip.
Former Knockouts Champion Traci Brooks will wrestle for the first time in 11 years as she teams with husband Frankie Kazarian against the husband/wife duo of Eddie & Alisha Edwards.
After defeating Steve Maclin last Friday, Josh Alexander will share thoughts on what’s next.
The BTI pre-show match will feature KiLynn King vs. Jody Threat.
Our live coverage will begin at approximately 8:30 PM EST.
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Jody Threat defeated KiLynn King on the BTI pre-show
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The opening video highlighted some of the greatest personalities and moments in the history of Impact Wrestling followed by a brand new opening theme for Impact.
The show opened with Impact Wrestling president Scott D’Amore in the ring with a microphone greeting all of us to Impact 1000. D’Amore stated that it would be a two week celebration of the history of Impact and then stated that you couldn’t have Impact without the ground-breaking Knockouts division. D’Amore then introduced former Knockouts world champion and Impact Hall of Famer Gail Kim.
Kim thanked the fans and then introduced a tribute video highlighting some of the greatest stars and moments in the history of the Knockouts division.
After the video ended, D’Amore stated that watching it went straight to his heart before being interrupted by the return of Angelina Love and Velvet Sky, The Beautiful People.
D’Amore had left the ring as Love and Sky made their way down to the entrance ramp. The fans chanted “Welcome back!” as Love and Sky entered the ring to confront Kim. They said the video package was great but didn’t feature enough footage of The Beautiful People. After multiple put downs but Love and Sky, Kim stepped up and stated they could physical if they needed to. Before anything further could take place, the Shawtourage’s music hit.
Gisele Shaw made her way to the ring with Savannah Evans and Jai Vidal and thanked The Beautiful People for paving the way. She then stated that because of herself, the Knockouts division had improved. Sky took exception and we then heard the familiar music of a “Juggernaut”.
Jordynne Grace came down to the ring and put over O.D.B., Tara, Traci Brooks and Gail Kim. Before she could say too much more, Deonna Purrazzo made her way down to the ring and confronted Grace stating that she became Knockouts champion by defeating her. The lights then went out and we were now being greeted by current Knockouts champion Trinity.
Trinity took the mic and thanked every Knockout in the ring for paving the way for her in Impact. Purrazzo put down her only title run and stated to come talk to her when she had three. Kim then stated that Purrazzo could talk to her when she had seven. If tensions weren’t high enough, we heard one more theme music hit and it was that of the one and only Awesome Kong alongside Raisha Saeed as we headed to commercial.
We’re back from commercial and the fans are greeting Kong with a huge “Welcome back!” chant. Saeed grabbed the mic and asked if anyone was going to be brave enough to challenge Kong. Before any of the Knockouts could answer, Tasha Steelz made her return to Impact. Steelz stated that she was going to be the final member on Team Beautiful People. Steelz then stepped up to Kong but again, before she could go any further, we hear another familiar entrance theme take place and it’s the return of Mickie James after a 6-month absence.
James came down to the ring and stated that she was now the fifth member on Team Over alongside Trinity, Kong, Grace and Kim. James stated that their 5-on-5 war next week was going to be the greatest battle in Knockouts history.
– Backstage, Eric Young was with Chris Harris and James Storm, known better as America’s Most Wanted. As the three men were chatting, Impact D.O.A. Santino Marella greeted them as we heard the sound of a bottle smashing in the background. As the camera zoomed up from the broken beer bottle, we see the return of Shark Boy to Impact. Marella stated that he was looking for a deputy D.O.A. and Shark Boy accepted.
Alpha Bravo, Bhupinder Gujjar, Black Taurus, Brian Myers, Chris Bey, Crazzy Steve, Heath, Jai Vidal, Joe Hendry, John Skyler, Johnny Swinger, Jonathan Gresham, Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, Laredo Kid, Moose, PCO, Sami Callihan, Steve Maclin & Yuya Uemura in a Feast or Fired match
For the first time in 5 years, Feast or Fired returned!
There were four individual briefcases hung high above each corner. Three of the cases contained future championship opportunities that included the Impact world, Impact world tag team and Impact digital media titles. The fourth case contained termination papers. To capture a briefcase, you had to grab the case and manage to escape with the case to the floor outside of the ring.
PCO was the final entrant to make his way to the ring and after the bell rang, he nailed several of his opponents with a cannonball over the ropes to the floor.
Chris Bey was the first to attain a briefcase after a battle with John Skyler, grabbing briefcase #3. After dropping down to the mat with the case and seeing his hungry opposition, he jumped over the top rope and crashed onto several of his opponents on the outside to secure the case. Bey celebrated as we headed to commercial.
Back from commercial and Crazzy Steve had briefcase #1 in his hand, threatening to stab Moose with a fork. Moose stepped aside and Steve jumped to the floor officially winning the second briefcase.
Moose was now alone in the ring but as he attempted to go after briefcase #1, Steve Maclin caught up with him and nailed him with the Caught in the Crosshairs followed by his K.I.A. Gresham then attacked Maclin followed by a sequence of Gujjar, Vidal, Swinger and Bravo getting the upper hand before Callihan caught up with Bravo and nailed him with Cactus Driver ’97.
Skyler attacked Callihan followed by KUSHIDA and Knight with a double-team on Skyler. Taurus and Laredo Kid then got involved but JOYA was quick to enter the melee and as Hendry guarded the ring, Uemura grabbed briefcase #4.
Uemura dropped down to the mat but Callihan was waiting for him and it was soon a game of keep away. Hendry took one for JOYA as he was charged by Callihan. Yuya Uemura capitalized on the advantage and dropped to the floor to solidify the third victory in this match.
PCO looked to be the final competitor to achieve potential greatness in this match as he stood tall in the middle of the ring before being met by Jai Vidal’s dancing. PCO would have none of it however as he chokeslammed Vidal before heading to grab the final case.
Callihan caught up with PCO and drove him off the top rope hard to the floor below. Before Callihan could capitalize, it was once again a melee of offense by various competitors before Heath battled it out with Maclin.
Maclin managed to grab briefcase #2 and as he headed to the mat, drove the case into the head of Heath. Maclin then looked for a way to escape with the final case to the floor but he was in no man’s land. PCO re-entered the ring but before he could attack Maclin, Rhino appeared out of nowhere and nailed Maclin with a massive gore!
As Rhino nailed Maclin, briefcase #2 flew out of the ring and into the hands of Moose as he was declared the final winner in the match.
– Backstage, Gia Miller was with Chris Sabin and Miller stated that Sabin had the opportunity to become a 10x Impact X-Division champion tonight. Sabin stated that he didn’t respect Rush and he would make history and become the first ever 10x X-Division champion.
In the ring, Champagne Singh was in the ring with Rohit Raju, better known as the Desi Hit Squad. Raju asked for anyone to name a tag team that had done more for the company than them.
Hmmmm…
Team 3D’s music hit and we saw the return of Brother Ray and Brother Devon for the first time in seven years!
Team 3D defeated Desi Hit Squad
While the Desi Hit Squad showed some offence, this match was all about nostalgia. After hitting their patented “WASSUP”, it was followed up by “Devon… Get the Tables!”
Devon grabbed a table from underneath the ring and after it was setup in the ring, Devon and Ray hit the 3D on Singh to score the quick victory over the Desi Hit Squad but the victory however wasn’t through the table.
Hmmmm…
Devon grabbed Roju and after Ray planted himself on top of the turnbuckle, Devon tossed Roju to Ray as Tom Hannifan stated ‘Somewhere Dixie Carter is having a heart attack watching this”.
– Backstage, Josh Alexander was walking around as The Rascalz were chilling on the floor eating pizza with a mess around them. Alexander wasn’t impressed and tossed Trey Miguel’s backpack down the hallway and told them to step up before he headed to the ring.
– Josh Alexander was in the ring. He stated that every time he walks down the ramp and into the ring it’s surreal. An emotional Alexander looked into the camera and stated just like everyone in the arena, he was an Impact fan. Alexander then stated that he never lost his Impact world championship but before he could continue, Alex Shelley’s music hit and he made his way to the ring.
Shelley stated that when people would think about Impact 1000, they would think of him. Alexander touted Shelley’s success, winning the title but Shelley ran him down asking him if he was an Alex Shelley fan or an Alex Shelley mark?
Alexander stated that he got the ball and carried the ball for the past four years. Shelley said that if Alexander wanted the match for the world title then he wanted it to. Before anything could be finalized however, The Rascalz attacked both men leaving Alexander laying in the ring as Shelley ungracefully headed up the entrance ramp, world title in hand.
– Backstage, The Rascalz were greeted by deputy D.O.A. Shark Boy. He said he saw what happened and told Trey Miguel that he would face Josh Alexander next week. Santino Marella arrived on scene and told Shark Boy that he was a natural as a deputy before being interrupted by Kenny King and Sheldon Jean. King demanded matches against Heath and Tommy Dreamer but Marella ignored his requests and stated that King would face Eric Young next week.
Frankie Kazarian & Traci Brooks defeated Eddie & Alisha Edwards
Brooks played honor to her Ms. Brooks character in her attire, returning to action for the first time in 12 years. Traci and Alisha began the match and as you would expect, it was a house of fire from the get go.
It was your typical bad vs. good match with Eddie not caring who his opponent was in the ring and Alisha doing whatever she could to attempt to gain the victory.
Final moments of the match saw Eddie attempt to nail Brooks with the Backpack Stunner, Traci countered with the X-Factor. Kazarian then followed up with a running knee, knocking Eddie to the outside. Alisha attempted to capitalize and attempted to pin Brooks but could only manage a two count. Traci recovered and nailed Alisha with the Fade to Black to land the 1-2-3.
After the match, Kazarian stated the match felt good celebrating 1000 episodes of Impact before directing everyone to the entrance screen. A video package was shown on the Impact Wrestling career of the original Knockout Traci Brooks before it was announced that she would be entering the 2023 Class of the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame.
An emotional Brooks was then shown in the ring being celebrated by her son as the fans in attendance applauded the announcement chanting “You deserve it!”.
– Backstage, Gia Miller was with current Impact X-Division champion Lio Rush. Rush stated that Chris Sabin was scared of him and that he was coming in hot like he always does.
– A video promo was shown of Tommy Dreamer praising his newly won Impact digital media championship, thanking his fans and potentially asking for a physical length extension on the title.
Chris Sabin defeated Lio Rush for the Impact X-Division title
It was back and forth in the beginning until Sabin was sent to the outside and Rush attempted to capitalize the same way he did at Slammiversary. It wasn’t meant to be however as Sabin countered and attempted to nail Rush with the Cradle Shock but Rush luckily escaped.
Rush countered with a submission counter and followed up with a back suplex before going back to his submission attack. Sabin countered with his power and then hit a missile dropkick before attempting to hit the Cradle Shock once again. Rush countered with his own illegal counter by attacking the eyes and after sending Sabin to the outside, he followed up and nailed Sabin with a moonsault.
We’re back in the ring and Rush attempted the Cradle Shock but Sabin countered but Rush followed up with a grounded spin kick. Sabin followed up with a running boot in the corner followed by an attempted Cradle Shock but couldn’t follow through. Sabin locked in a submission but Rush wouldn’t give up.
Sabin nailed the Clothesline from Michigan and followed up with a successful Cradle Shock but Rush kicked out at two! Rush then followed up by nailing Sabin with the Final Hour but Sabin would kick out!
Both men looking for what it would take to be THE X-Division champion and Sabin dug deep. Sabin hit the Tanaka punch followed by the Shell Shock followed by the Cradle Shock and FINALLY it was it for Lio Rush as Chris Sabin became the 10x Impact X-Division champion!
After the match, members of the Impact Wrestling roster came out to the ring to celebrate Sabin’s historic win.
Final Thoughts:
I had the honour of spending a good part of the day with Chris Sabin back in March of 2006. Yes, a very long time ago but as a fan of his back then and now, he was one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. Not just talented but appreciative of his opportunities in the wrestling business. On top of that, a HUGE fan of the Cadbury McFlurry and Smarties.
To watch him win his tenth X-Division championship in 2023… On week one of IMPACT 1000… Are you F’N kidding me?!?
IMPACT Wrestling has done an amazing job promoting IMPACT 1000 and their drops on X have been awesome showcasing their stars on IMPACT 1 vs. IMPACT 1000. The transition of Moose has been great as well.
The return of Traci Brooks tonight and the announcement of her being inducted into the IMPACT Wrestling Hall of Fame brings back memories as well of her career in Canada and how far she went in the industry.
#CongratsTraciBrooks #YouDeserveIt
Finally, Week One of IMPACT 1000 was amazing in so many ways!
From the return of Team 3D, The Beautiful People, Awesome Kong & Feast or Fired to Chris Sabin winning the X-Division championship to the potential of Josh Alexander battling Alex Shelley for the IMPACT World Championship at Bound For Glory next month…
#ThankYouIMPACT #IMPACT1000
Next Week:
- Josh Alexander vs. Trey Miguel
- Eric Young vs. Kenny King (w/Sheldon Jean)
- Jake Something vs. Dirty Dango (w/Alpha Bravo)
- Results of Feast or Fired
- Ace Austin, Zachary Wentz, Rich Swann, Alan Angels, Mike Bailey & Samuray Del Sol in an Ultimate X Match
- Team Over (Awesome Kong, Gail Kim, Mickie James, Jordynne Grace & Trinity) vs. Team Beautiful People (Angelina Love, Deonna Purrazzo, Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans & Tasha Steelz) (w/Jai Vidal & Velvet Sky) in a 10-Knockout Tag Team Match