On last week’s episode, Alisha Edwards returned as she took Tessa Blanchard in a grueling match that she lost, Matt Sydal faced former Impact World Champion Pentagon Jr. also in a losing effort, and Impact World Champion Austin Aries successfully defended his Impact World Title against Eddie Edwards.
On this week’s episode, Sami Callihan faces Fenix, Johnny Impact takes on Jimmy Jacobs, Allie faces Impact Knockouts Champion Su Yung in a non-title match and LAX takes on The OGz in a Street Fight. Let’s get right into the action for this week’s episode.
Sami Callihan w/oVe vs Fenix: Callihan kicks Fenix in the face as soon as the bell rings. Callihan chokes Fenix with his boot. Fenix surprises Callihan with a leaping rana through the ropes. Fenix walks the ropes. Jake gets on the apron. Fenix kicks Jake in the face then takes Callihan over with a corkscrew arm drag. Fenix dives over the top onto everyone. Fenix sends Callihan back into the ring. Fenix blast Callihan with a springboard swanton for a near fall. Fenix unloads on Callihan with chop after chop. Fenix tries a handspring but Callihan counters it into a full nelson driver. Fenix tries to fire up but Callihan catches him with a clothesline. Callihan pins back both Fenix’s arms and lands a crushing elbow to the back of Fenix’s head. Fenix kicks out. Fenix manages to superkick Callihan.
Fenix goes up top. Callihan pushes Fenix off the top rope to the walkway. Callihan tries to powerbomb Fenix into the crowd. Fenix escapes and hits a handspring cutter on the ramp. Fenix runs the length of the ramp, springboards off the ropes and drops Callihan with a twisting cutter. Callihan kicks out. Fenix and Callihan trade strikes. Fenix tries another springboard off the top but Callihan kicks Fenix in the face. Powerbomb for a near fall by Callihan. Callihan puts Fenix in the crossface. Fenix eventually gets in the ropes. Callihan sits on the top rope. Fenix lands a palm strike. Fenix goes out to the ramp. Fenix runs back towards the ring and bounces off the top rope into a rana off the top. Sunset bomb for a near fall by Fenix. Callihan kicks out again. The Crist Brothers grab Fenix’s feet while he is on the top rope. Pentagon Jr. runs to ringside and takes out the Crist brothers. Fenix lands the Muscle Driver for the win. Winner: Fenix
UNBELIEVABLE cutter from @ReyFenixMx as he springs and twists into the ring from the ramp. #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/ViXHzAMHxj
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
.@ReyFenixMx defeats @TheSamiCallihan in an AMAZING match!
THAT is how you kick off a pro wrestling show folks! #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/G9ojZ7brNx
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
We head backstage where Fenix is told that he is going to be facing Brain Cage for The X-Division Championship. Cage walks in and raises the belt in Fenix’s face.
We head to another area backstage where Allie says that this is about her promise. Allie also says that nobody else is going to get stuffed in that casket. Kiera Hogan then says that she has Allie’s back.
Jimmy Jacobs vs Johnny Impact: Before Impact could get to the ring Kongo Kong attacks Impact from behind. Kongo throws Impact into the ring and for some reason, the referee rings the bell. Jacobs goes for a pin but Impact kicks out. Jacobs bad mouths Impact. Impact gets to his feet. Kong gets in the ring and hits the Greetings from Asbury Park. The referee calls for the bell. Jacobs has been disqualified. Winner via DQ: Johnny Impact
After the match, Kong tries to powerbomb Impact on the steps. Impact avoids it. Impact sets up a tornado DDT but Kong tosses Impact back into the ring. Impact dives off the top rope and tornado DDTs Kong on the ramp. Jacobs tries to run away but Impact chases Jacobs down. Impact kicks Jacobs in the face. Impact picks up the ring steps and hits Jacobs in the face with them.
Just as Johnny IMPACT was about to get his hands on @JimmyJacobsX, @RealKongoKong DECIMATES him. #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/PuZZopYX1i
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
Revenge for @TheRealMorrison! He takes out @JimmyJacobsX with the steel steps! #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/M1oVe6USKB
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
We head backstage where KM and Fallah Bahh are both on their way on a date. Bahh and KM realize that they are going out with the same person. The doors open and its Scarlett Bordeaux. Bordeaux convinces KM that he needs to do things Bahh’s way using her… um… feminine charms. KM is super motivated and even says that he is going to get the gear that matches Bahh’s gear. KM leaves. Bahh says Bahh to Bordeaux and she slaps him in the face and tells him he is disgusting.
In Ring Segment: Austin Aries
Aries says that he has been bombarded with questions since he was last in the Impact Zone. Everyone wants to know what his connection to Killer Kross is. Aries refers to Kross as his new insurance policy. Kross joins Aries in the ring. Kross says that with new beginnings people’s fear change. The only person who gets it is Aries. Anyone who crosses Aries will be Krossed out. Aries makes a joke about Eddie Edwards wife sliding into his DMs. Aries starts to leave but Edwards walks out from the back with a kendo stick. Aries dares Edwards to try him. Edwards hits Kross with the kendo stick over and over again. Kross catches the stick but Edwards drops him with a cutter. Edwards closes in on Aries. Aries begs off. Kross grabs Edwards leg. Aries hits Edwards with the championship. Kross puts Edwards to sleep with the Kross Jacket Choke.
“If you handled that stick half as well as you think you do, your wife wouldn’t have left you and slid into the champs DMs.” – @AustinAries is holding nothing back with @TheEddieEdwards. #IMPACTonPop ?????? pic.twitter.com/j8SQfrjfLG
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
.@realKILLERkross is taking all these Kendo stick shots from @TheEddieEdwards and almost seems to enjoy them. #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/6Xe3nZ0Icf
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
We head backstage where Alisha finds Eddie Edwards. Eddie Edwards tries to embrace her but she tells him no. They aren’t good. Alisha then says that Eddie Edwards is still being crazy. Eddie Edwards goes nuts and yells about why everyone keeps calling him crazy.
Eli Drake w/ The Cult of Lee Vs Joe Hendry w/ Grado & Katarina: Hendry wrote a song about Drake joining the Cult of Lee because Hendry defeated him a few weeks ago. Drake backs Hendry into the corner. Drake tries to taunt Hendry. Hendry drops Drake down to the mat and locks in an armbar. Hendry manipulates Drake all over the ring. Drake gets to his feet. Drake drops Hendry with a shoulder block. Hendry fires up but Drake surprises him with a leaping neck breaker out of the corner. Drake stands on Hendry’s face. Hendry fires up and drops Drake with a DDT. Grado accidentally distracts Hendry. Drake rolls up Hendry for the win. Winner: Eli Drake
After the match, Katarina rolls into the ring to comfort Hendry. Katarina berates Grado for screwing up. Hendry just walks away. Katarina follows Hendry.
.@joeshendry has prepared something special for @TheEliDrake and The Cult of Lee. And it’s hilarious. #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/8PsFvi7Hen
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
Miscommunication between @gradowrestling and @joeshendry gives @TheEliDrake the victory! #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/WaWo5QtB1K
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
We head backstage where Sami Callihan blames Pentagon Jr. Callihan challenges Pentagon Jr. to a Mexican Death Match.
Su Yung w/The Undead Brides vs Allie w/Kiera Hogan: Yung attacks Allie from behind. Allie sends Yung careening to the mat. Allie gets distracted by the Bridesmaids. Yung neck-breakers Allie on the second rope. Yung catches Allie with a senton off the apron. Yung chokes Allie in the ring. Allie unloads on Yung with right and lefts. Yung obliterates Allie with a palm strike. Allie drops like a sack of bricks. Allie complete shots Yung into the turnbuckle. Running butt kick by Allie. Allie dropkicks two of the Bridesmaids off the apron. Hogan takes out the other two. The Undead Maid of Honor sends Hogan into the ring post. Lung blower by Allie. Allie sets up the superkick. Tessa Blanchard runs into the ring and attacks Allie from behind. Blanchard tries the Hammerlock DDT but Yung puts Blanchard in the mandible claw. Allie Superkicks Blanchard. Yung turns around and Allie drops her with the codebreaker. Winner via DQ: Allie
.@HoganKnowsBest3 takes out The Undead Bridesmaids! #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/raYafi35xT
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
.@Tess_Blanchard looked to jump @AllieImpact but despite @realsuyung intervening – Allie stood tall! #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/wSDOkyUYOR
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
The OGz vs LAX (Street Fight): This match is actually taking place in the streets. Both the OGz and LAX have crews with them. King yells for LAX to show themselves. King and Konnan meet face to face. King says that he is surprised that LAX actually have heart. Since LAX actually came, they can make the rules. Konnan says that the bosses lay back. Hernandez and Homicide battle Santana and Ortiz. Ortiz and Hernandez take turns hitting each other with a sign. Hernandez tosses Ortiz into a fence. King tells one of his goons to help the OGz. Hernandez pulls out a shank (or maybe it was a fork) and tries to stab Santana.
Homicide almost gives Santana the Gringo Killer on the concrete. Hernandez Border Tosses Ortiz into the rest of his crew. Hernandez is about to stab Ortiz in the face. Santana appears out of nowhere and hits Hernandez in the face with the slapjack. Santana hits Hernandez with the slapjack over and over again. Homicide and Hernandez are both down and out. Santana and Ortiz take back their tag titles. King yells at Konnan to do it. King says Konnan doesn’t have the heart. King gets down on his knees and begs for Konnan to hit him. Konnan swings the slapjack at King’s head as the screen goes black. Winners: LAX
.@SuperMexCTM uses @SantanaLAX as a bowling ball to take out ten guys with a Border Toss. #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/6xxfNv5Ue7
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018
What an INSANE Street Fight conclusion to IMPACT.
All the fighting has been done. No matter how much @MadKing1981 talks, @Konnan5150 still rules these streets. #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/G4FWC6wgvm
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 17, 2018