Impact Wrestling live results: Chris Sabin vs. Trey Miguel X-Division title match
On tonight’s Impact on AXS TV, the road to both Slammiversary and this weekend’s PPVs in Australia continues.
In a rematch from Against All Odds, X-Division Champion Chris Sabin will defend against Trey Miguel. This will be Sabin’s first title defense in his ninth title reign while Miguel is looking for his third run.
Nick Aldis will attempt to explain his actions to Impact World Champion Alex Shelley after laying him out with the title belt two weeks ago. Aldis was not on last week’s show out of fear of retribution from Shelley’s fans.
Trinity will look to remain undefeated as she faces Jai Vidal in an intergender match.
Masha Slamovich takes on KiLynn King of The Coven as King & Taylor Wilde continue to look for new Knockouts Tag Team title contenders.
Kenny King will continue his run toward a Digital Media title shot as he faces Yuya Uemura.
The BTI pre-show features Johnny Swinger vs. Bhupinder Gujjar.
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BTI: Johnny Swinger defeated Bhupinder Gujjar
Swinger’s Road to 50 wins continued with Swinger having Zicky Dice assigned as the referee following his training last week. Swinger was finally able to get his first win after Swinger rolled up Gujjar for the fast pin.
Main card:
X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defeated Trey Miguel via DQ to retain the title
This match picked up right where they last left off at Against All Odds with Sabin and Miguel grappling all around the ring, including rolling onto the ramp without letting go of the lock up. Sabin hit a back suplex in the ring for a nearfall. Miguel hit a low dropkick for a 2-count. Sabin hit some forearms as he got up, but ate a dropkick to the face and a Death Valley Driver for a nearfall.
Miguel missed a lionsault and Sabin got up and hit two big boots, including a boot as Sabin charged the corner. Sabin hit a huge superplex on Miguel for a nearfall. Miguel hit a series of kicks and a double stomp to the back of Sabin for a nearfall. Sabin had an STF on, but Miguel slipped out. Sabin turned it into an STF again, and after another roll through, went for the Cradle Shock. Just as Sabin was going to hit it, the returning Zachary Wentz of the Rascalz ran down and hit a flying knee on Sabin to drop him and cause the DQ. The Rascalz then went to continue their attack on Sabin, but Alex Shelley made the save.
Later, Wentz and Miguel were backstage and claimed The Rascalz were back and were here to take what was theirs.
Trinity defeated Jai Vidal (w/ Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans)
Deonna Purrazzo joined the commentary desk to talk about the upcoming Knockouts title match against Gisele Shaw (this weekend) and Trinity (Slammiversary). Trinity hit a dropkick on Vidal, but as Shaw was distracting the referee, Evans was able to pull the legs out from under Trinity on the apron, letting Vidal get control.
Vidal hit a running elbow for a 2-count. Trinity managed to duck under an attack from Vidal and hit a springboard kick for a 2-count. Trinity hit a Heat Seeker and then locked on Star Struck for the submission win.
Shaw and Savannah Evans attacked Trinity after the match, and while looking like she was going to ignore it, Purrazzo did come into the ring to make the save.
– Moose was backstage with Brian Myers and The Good Hands who were excited that Moose helped them get a win last week. Moose told Myers that he was glad to be working with Myers, but that he needed to ditch the dead weight, looking at The Good Hands. John Skylar asked what happened and Jason Hotch said “I think we just got jobbed!” Humor!
– Tying back to BTI, Johnny Swinger and Zicky Dice were backstage, and Swinger asked for a “sharpie gimmick” to write a win on his poster. A referee walked up and told Swinger that the win was overturned and that Dice (who called himself Zick Patrick) would lose his referee license if he did that again.
Lio Rush defeated Jack Price
Rush made his debut here and moved so fast that I am going to have difficultly recapping it. He slowed it down with a chop in the corner as the announcers put Rush over as a member of CHAOS in NJPW, and Rush soon thereafter hit a handspring kick on Price. Rush soon hit the Final Hour for the pinfall.
– Dirty Dango was backstage cutting a promo on Santino after getting hit by the Cobra last week. Dango talked about how Santino got a job in WWE, and like how Santino was slapped by Jim Cornette, he wondered if someone was doing the same to his daughter in NXT. This was awkward. Santino later responded saying that he was being pulled back into the ring from the comments about his daughter, and in Windsor, Ontario at Slammiversary, he was going to make Dango pay. This was actually a good promo.
– Frankie Kazarian and Eddie Edwards were backstage arguing about what happened in their tag match last week. Edwards said Kazarian’s ego was too big for a tag team, so maybe they’d be better as opponents.
Masha Slamovich defeated KiLynn King (w/ Taylor Wilde)
Slamovich immediately started beating on King, but King was able to cut Slamovich off on a tope suicida to get the heat back in the ring. King put Slamovich in a full nelson, but Slamovich managed to roll forward and hit a double stomp. King hit a lariat to Slamovich for a 2-count. Slamovich countered out of a pump handle into a big sheer drop back suplex.
Slamovich hit a series of kicks on King, including a spinning heel kick for a 2-count. King blocked the Snow plough and hit a big running elbow in the corner and hit a Death Valley Driver for a 2-count. Slamovich hit a series of strikes, ending with a kick to the head of King for a 2-count. King sent Slamovich to the floor with a forearm, but missed a baseball slide attempt. Slamovich hit a twisting tope suicida to the floor on King.
Slamovich sent King into the ring, but Wilde attacked from behind and sent Slamovich face first into the ring post. As King was setting up to hit the Excalibuster, Killer Kelly came out and started choking Taylor Wilde with a chain. Slamovich then took advantage and hit a Snow plough on King for the pinfall.
Kelly and Slamovich faced off, and Kelly had the dog collar and chain around her neck. Slamovich smiled and put the other half of it on her neck again, but this time, it looks like they will be teaming up.
– A fantastic promo video aired about Scott D’Amore and all the people he trained around the world, and how his own wrestling career was significant. He returns to the ring at Slammiversary.
– Scott D’Amore was backstage talking with Gia Miller, and The Good Hands walked up and challenged D’Amore to a warmup match for Slammiversary. Hotch and Skylar soon regretted this as D’Amore accepted the challenge and said they’d have to take on him and PCO. The second half of the team was something The Good Hands did not take into consideration.
Kenny King (w/ Sheldon Jean) defeated Yuya Uemura
Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry was shown in the production truck, waiting to show something relevant to King, King had the advantage throughout the early portion of the match with King hitting a spinebuster for a two count. Uemura hit a dropkick and then a bulldog for another two count before hitting a DDT when they went to break. Uemura missed a crossbody off the top rope and King hit a Royal Flush soon thereafter for the win.
Hendry came out to congratulate King and introduce his new song celebrating the career of King. By celebrating, I mean making fun of him. It was hilarious.
Nick Aldis/Alex Shelley segment
Aldis came out to explain his recent attack on Shelley, and Shelley came out to hear it face to face. Aldis insisted he wanted to be safe, so he secured a seat in the fans for Shelley. Shelley chose to sit with the fans, saying it was an honor. Aldis claimed that Shelley and Sabin tried to show him up in the 10-person tag 2 weeks ago by refusing to tag him in and doing their double team moves.
Aldis said he decided to put Shelley in his place, and that Shelley was a fake revolutionary, as he tried to show up and get rid of people like him. Aldis talked about how all of Shelley’s friends in the wrestling media praised him, but denounced Aldis, and that Aldis represented tradition in wrestling, and the future Shelley wanted to take the business into was a dark place. Aldis called Shelley a transitional champion, and said he was going to humiliate Shelley at Slammiversary.
Shelley told Aldis to shut up, and that he was whining. Aldis said it was his time, and he left the ring to try and shut Shelley up. Aldis and Shelley started brawling, and Aldis raked the eyes of Shelley before sending him into the ring post. Aldis grabbed the Impact World Championship and went to hit Shelley with it again, but Chris Sabin ran down to make the save, pulling the belt out of the hands of Aldis.
Lio Rush then ran in and attacked Sabin and Shelley, and Aldis and Rush beat down both men. It’s notable that Rush was wearing a suit, like Aldis would, so it seems like there is an alliance forming here. Rush hit Sabin in the face the X-Division title like Aldis did to Shelley with the Impact World Championship 2 weeks ago.
Final Thoughts
This was a good episode of Impact, especially with the closing angle where Aldis and Shelley were both fantastic. The addition of Lio Rush into the feud is an interesting one, as they are clearly setting up The Rascalz against the Motor City Machine Guns down the line. I suspect Rush will be getting the X-Division title match at Slammiversary while Shelley of course defends against Aldis.
Next Week:
- Jonathan Gresham vs. Angels
- Eddie Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian
Impact Slammiversary
- Ultimate X-Match: Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham vs. KUSHIDA vs. Kevin Knight vs. Angels to determine the no. 1 contender for the X-Division Championship