Impact Wrestling live results: Motor City Machine Guns team with Vikingo
Tonight’s Impact Wrestling on AXS TV will feature an inter-promotional battle between the stars of both Impact and AAA, taped recently in Monterrey, Mexico.
The Motor City Machine Guns (Impact World Champion Alex Shelley & X-Division Champion Chris Sabin) will team with AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo against Los Vipers (Latigo & Toxin) and former X-Division Champion Trey Miguel.
Sabin will double-dip as he teams with Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity against Chik Tormenta & Dinamico.
Former Impact World Champion Josh Alexander will team with Octagon Jr. to battle former Impact World Champion Moose & Toxin, also doing double duty on tonight’s show.
While their matches have not been yet announced, other stars featured on the promotional image include Jordynne Grace, Black Taurus, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, Tommy Dreamer, Deonna Purrazzo, and Laredo Kid.
The broadcast will be the go-home show for Saturday’s Final Resolution streaming special as the company winds down their era as Impact Wrestling ahead of January’s change to TNA.
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Tom Hannifan started the show hyping up the blend of Impact and AAA talent we’ll see before a shot of an Antonio Pena tribute was shown. He says this will be an ultra clash between AAA and Impact. The AAA talent in the opener didn’t get an introduction while Sabin got a full intro and Trinity came out with not only a lucha mask to pay homage to lucha libre, but black and white gear to match with Sabin.
The Glow Guns (Chris Sabin and Trinity) defeated Dinamico and Chik Tormenta
Trinity dances to the annoyance of Tormenta, who takes her down to dance on her own terms before being sent to the floor off a flying headscissors. Dinamico comes in to bring Sabin into the fray where he engages in some fast action with Dinamico. They go back and forth with armdrags after a gator roll by Dinamico. Tormenta lands a codebreaker before a double stomp by Dinamico gets 2. The Glow Guns run wild with tandem offense in the form of a Sabin dropkick and Trinity moonsault. Tormenta works with Sabin and misses a double stomp before a Trinity full nelson bomb and cradle end it.
– Backstage, Josh Alexander says that ever since returning, everyone has called him champ but he lost when given the chance at Bound For Glory. Thus, Alex Shelley is the undisputed champion and his son was disappointed when he lost which was a teaching moment for himself because he realized he needed to become the standard of this company again and he’s coming to Toronto for Saturday’s Final Resolution to face the Motor City Machine Guns with his new partner: Zack Sabre Jr.
Myzteziz Jr. defeated Eddie Edwards and Latigo in a triple threat
Edwards works heel here being cocky before getting thrown into the ropes and coming back with a series of chops. Myzteziz leaps off the second rope to deliver an armdrag to Latigo and use Latigo as a launching pad to do one on Edwards as well. Edwards lands a stinger splash in the corner on Myzteziz before Latigo lands a buzzsaw kick for 2.
Hannifan hypes up the announcement of the TNA Plus app tomorrow before Myzteziz lands a springboard rana to Latigo. Myzteziz lands a run-up flipping armdrag to Edwards before doing a few flips around Latigo to create separation before landing a springboard tornillo to Latigo. Latigo lands a frog splash to Edwards that only gets 2 due to Myzteziz before Latigo lands a second rope Destroyer to the floor on Myzteziz, and eats a brainbuster on the floor by Edwards.
Edwards lands a stacking Tiger driver for 2.5 on Latigo before Myzteziz comes back in thanks to the fans’ applause. Myzteziz wants a rana, but eats a power bomb and Myzteziz stops the count by grabbing the ref’s hand. Latigo traps Myzteziz in a tree of woe and lands a rapid-fire crossbody before a suplex gets 2 thanks to an Edwards save. Myzteziz Jr. takes Edwards down and lands a shooting star press to win an impressive outing on the show.
– Trey Miguel sang a Christmas song about kicking Mike Bailey’s ass and says he’s going to get Bailey a boot, then get himself one to break off in his ass before smoking whatever he’s got handy.
– The Motor City Machine Guns talked about closing out the Impact Wrestling era as the winners of the dream tag team match against ZSJ and Josh Alexander because they’re simply the two best wrestlers in the world.
Sexy Star II & Jordynne Grace defeated Deonna Purrazzo and Maravilla
The heels (Maravilla and Purrazzo) hug the ref. Grace and Purrazzo start off with fast grappling before a schoolboy gets 1 for Purrazzo. Hannifan says that we’ll find out who Ospreay faces at the Snake Eyes TNA Impact tapings on Saturday’s Final Resolution Impact Plus event. Maravilla and Sexy Star come in and we get some arm work from Maravilla before she just twirls Star’s hair around a bit for some comedy.
Purrazzo and Maravilla work over Star’s leg in the corner before Maravilla sends her down with a big boot. Star gets a lariat, but goes down to a yakuza kick from Maravilla that Purrazzo gets 2 on. Star lands a superkick on Maravilla and tags in Grace. Grace hits a sliding lariat for a low 1 count thanks to the referee’s bias. Sexy Star hits a V trigger in the corner before a One Winged Angel gets 2. Sexy Star lands a suicide dive to Purrazzo and Grace hits a Juggernaut Driver on Maravilla to win.
– Scott D’Amore recaps all of the events that led to the AAA/Impact event coming together before Shelley talks about how exciting it is to see Impact and AAA together while Jordynne Grace says that she’s back here after a decade and Brian Myers says it’s a dream to wrestle in Mexico after AAA When Worlds Collide changed his wrestling fandom forever.
Laredo Kid and Tommy Dreamer defeated Brian Myers and Black Taurus
Myers sends Kid down with a shoulder tackle before egging on the crowd with sardonic clapping and shows why he’s a perfect player/coach in the modern era. He gets mocked by the fans and tags in Black Taurus while Tommy Dreamer comes in and Hannifan talks about Dreamer being back in Mexico for the first time since 2020 and before that, his last time was with the ECW Originals against the New Breed.
Dreamer holds Taurus for a Kid double axehandle. Taurus charges into the corner and misses before being sent to the floor. Dreamer teases a dive and is only stopped by a cheapshot by Brian Myers and nothing else. Taurus lands a giant headbutt and stomps away at Dreamer. Is there anyone Taurus doesn’t work well with? Dreamer is incredibly limited and he’s making him look as good as possible here.
Myers slows Dreamer down with a chinlock before a DDT gets 2. Myers gets a Russian legsweep and goes for the Roster Cut, but Dreamer avoids it and lands a counter cutter. Laredo Kid and Taurus come in for some fast action as Kid takes Taurus down twice with armdrags and a third time with a poison rana that gets 2.5. Myers teases a dive and Dreamer stops it with a cookie sheet. Dreamer gets a table and Reihwolt says that he has to wonder if Dreamer hugged the ref before the match. Laredo Kid hits a sunset bomb on Taurus for the win. This was a lot of fun and a good mix of modern action, ECW homages and comedy before Dreamer hits a Spicoli driver through the table to Black Taurus after the match.
– Trinity talks about facing Jordynne Grace at Hard to Kill as the final Impact Knockouts Champion and Grace comes in and says that they’ll do what they can to succeed at Final Resolution on Saturday.
Moose and Toxin defeated Josh Alexander and Octagon Jr
Alexander starts off quickly with an ankle lock on Toxin that gets turned into a back and forth cradle between the two for 2. Moose and Octagon Jr. come in and Moose misses a corner charge before Octagon Jr. sends him down. Moose catches him for a fallaway slam and slams him again to assert more dominance. Toxin comes in for a chinlock as Hannifan talks about Toxin also being in the main event, so he needs to be careful here due to the fast turnaround – that’s a nice little touch.
Moose works on the mask of Octagon Jr. much to the chagrin of Alexander and the fans. Moose clubs away at Octagon Jr. before Alexander comes in to run wild. Alexander avoids the sky high from Moose with a big German suplex. Octagon Jr. hits a 619 to the spine before landing a sliced bread on the apron. The faces hit stereo crossbody blocks on the ropes. A 450 hits for Octagon before Moose breaks it up. Moose’s massive dropkick gets 2 on Alexander.
Moose misses a corner charge kick and eats an Octagon gamenguri before a tornillo splash gets 2 for Octagon. Alexander comes in and charges away at Toxin in two corners before Toxin gets a straight-jacket German into the buckle! Toxin lands a crazy dive on the floor to Alexander , leaving Moose with Octagon. Moose lands a big chop, but eats a massive cutter for 2. Moose’s spear hits and Moose wins it.
Backstage, Tommy Dreamer talks about being in the last Impact Wrestling show ever and he calls Deaner an underrated wrestler. 2023 was the worst year of his life until he won this title – and that gave him his love for pro wrestling back. His final resolution is to take this title into the first TNA show of the new era.
Speaking of the new era, Kazuchika Okada is returning to TNA at the Snake Eyes tapings in Las Vegas on January 14th.
El Hijo del Vikingo & Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) defeated Trey Miguel & Los Vipers (Toxin & Latigo)
Toxin and Latigo are back in action here with Trey Miguel, who starts things off with Shelley. Miguel and Shelley engage in a lot of matwork and Rehwoldt talks about wanting to see this match again in singles form for the World title. Sabin works for a bit with Latigo, who heels it up nicely with the crowd before Sabin fakes him out and lands an elbow drop. Toxin works over Shelley with a grounded octopus stretch before Sabin runs in for a save and more fast action.
Latigo locks on a wacky standing figure four on Sabin before Vikingo comes in to chop Latigo to end that. Miguel works over Sabin from the apron before landing a slingshot double stomp for 2. Vikingo hits Latigo with a crazy headscissors takedown and then a springboard frog splash gets 2. Shelley locks Toxin in a crossface before Latigo saves, only to be locked in an STF alongside Toxin from both Machine Guns.
Vikingo lands a crazy dive onto Miguel before he sends Toxin down with a springboard dropkick. Vikingo aims to cave Miguel’s chest in with a “VIVA MEXICO!” overhand chop, leading to a quick chop exchange and then a variety of back and forth enziguris. Miguel flies, but is caught by Vikingo in a backbreaker-setup GTS. Vikingo’s second-rope phoenix splash ends a very fun episode of Impact.
The main event and the triple threat were both well-worth going out of your way to watch.