HARD TO KILL | Kenny OMEGA & The GOOD BROTHERS vs MOOSE, Chris SABIN and Rich Swann | Jan 16, 2021

a new year is upon us but unrest and uncertainty fill the air [Music] the wounds and scars of 2020 still linger the winds of war blow fiercely at our door [Music] lines were crossed paradigms shattered i've known this man since he was 10 years old and i watched him as he became a world-class athlete i watched him as he became the best wrestler in the world i was there like an invisible hand all the paradigms are being broken unholy alliances formed a champion from another world was welcomed and taking advantage of tony carl's hospitality welcome to the wrestling business kid we just been jobs all the paradigms are being broken ruthless renegades with a ravenous appetite for destruction oh my god anderson they don't even work here what is this an impact trap no not look at this on look at this and fierce there are certain things in life that are just out of our control and unfortunately my ability to compete at heart to kill has been dropped into that bucket i promise you that no matter what i'll be back in impact moose bro i tried to go really moose one thing that he loves more than himself is winning [Music] [Music] so hello sports fans you are looking inside the famous skyway studios in beautiful and resilient nashville tennessee the eyes of the world are fixed on impact wrestling as we embark on a historic and groundbreaking night in the great sport of professional wrestling [Applause] ladies and gentlemen this is the opening contested hard to kill a tag team match scheduled for one fall introducing team number one rosemary and crazy steve dk [Applause] my name is matt stryker i am joined by a veteran of the ring wars over three decades to provide analysis the one and only d-lo brown d-lo tonight such an important night in our sport you said it earlier the eyes of the wrestling world are focused squarely on impact wrestling and i guarantee you we're going to show the world exactly what we are made of we're going to show the world impact wrestling is hard to kill absolutely look at it like a nine course meal it will build to the main event that has taken the foundation of our sport and absolutely fractured it as you look at the eerily seductive macabre of rosemary and the outside the box thinking of crazy steep what great verb would you use right there tremendous way to set this up that is the whistle that's amazing i appreciate it d lo brown i'm going to be leaning on you for a lot of your analysis you have had such a great career across the world so you're truly going to be a valuable tool here tonight but you know what i mean their opponents to neil deshwood and caleb with a k dilo i don't know if you're so inclined on social media but have you ever checked out to neil dashwood's instagram you know i have looked at her instagram and this young lady has been all over the world one day i look at she's standing in a rain forest the next day she's standing next to the pyramids in egypt she's in he's like this woman is everywhere and caleb k is right there documenting it all for us to share in yes from the lens of caleb caleb known for following fully at least his namesake is and look at caleb he really understands how to make a brand and the brand that we're looking at is indeed to neil dash and he's an influencer and he's influenced neil's career and and she's got tremendous instagram following because of it look at him he's perfect with the camera too by the way speaking of our social followings of course our hashtag tonight is hard to kill make sure you use it use it often we'll be interacting with you all night long caleb gets his accessories out of the way our referee will get this started tag team match one fall to the finish let's tag in and out disqualifications and count outs of course are enforced here there's the bell you know a bit of a history lesson here it's been four long years since rosemary and crazy steve have teamed up to form the team of decay um i wonder if there's any ring rust in there in their cohesion in the ring we'll find out as it looks like it's going to be caleb and crazy steve to start things off yeah he's definitely crazy i could definitely see that there we go the headlock now crazy steve is going to try to alleviate the pressure he does just that right there a little spin through into a drop toe hold crazy steve showing some wrestling prowess okay maybe he's not that crazy he's a good technician in the ring i like how crazy steve cuts off the ring on his taller opponent stays close his knee to the gut flips caleb with the k right over you know did you notice the speed and intensity with which a crazy steve went after caleb there that that knee to the to the lower lower solar plexus was placed perfectly and there is rosemary has such an interesting trajectory of her career here in impact another quick tag made to crazy steven it's interesting to see because everything informs everything else later on tonight knockouts tag team titles on the line later on tonight diana perazzo knockouts champion and i think that rosemary deserves some credit for establishing what madison reigns so eloquently said on the pre-show is that this division here this knockouts division is growing by leaps and bounds without a doubt i mean the skill level of our knockouts rivals any company anywhere in the world is caleb going to dive no if so who's going to get the picture he's thinking about it no no he got no he changed his mind and got cut off for his uh for his efforts listen you know sometimes you have to be bold you cannot be apprehensive the entire world is changing including the sports world and now is the time to take advantage caleb now trying to find some reprieve tag made and here comes the influencer to neil dashwood right there she walks right in to a side slam and you were mentioned that rosemary has gone through an entry trajectory she morphs it seems like every week into a different version of herself well you have to reinvent yourself especially as athletes now as the game changes i've said this before i think the very best athletes in the world are competing today that's not taking anything away from the athletes of yesterday but the game has changed the athletes have changed well the athletes today are bigger stronger and faster and so oh now smarter and apparently smarter and and will take any shortcut out there now to neil will take advantage of an opportunity created by caleb with the k cover here is this enough referee down just two and two she's not just an influencer and a girl takes pictures and has her photo taken to neil is a great tactician in the ring as you can see right he's taking advantage of the situation and there's something about bringing personality out you know to neil yes i understand she she is beautiful the human form is beautiful independent of gender but when you think about it to neil's personality has to come out at some point yeah i mean like right there look at this pulling the hair i mean to neil is just being watch out watch out for caleb watch out for caleb whoa and tenille right there with the with the boot to the solar plexus snap now taking control of the back insult to injury just given the the rub of the head there cover here and i said that this is a sport but the noogies while they're ha ha there's psychology there it's about getting in and messing with the psyche getting in your head it's not about inflicting pain right there it's just saying i can do it because i can double under hooking out here what does denial have in mind a modification on a on a tiger driver a little bit of a double underhook suplex instead tag made now caleb trying to reposition rosemary it's almost says tate to neil isn't used to taking direction no and then there you're good good good for you for trying to even do that yes and now the opportunity presents itself for rosemary she must make it across the ring tag to crazy steve get there could you get there denial realizes the jeopardy pulls rosemary back rosemary kicking to kneel off and tag me here comes crazy steve house of fire coming in there leave with the clothesline sends caleb down another clothesline steve commanding the ring his presence is felt go behind into the full nelson snapmare exposing the back and now crank there by crazy steve what innovative offense there by crazy steve you know it's so easy to dismiss people because you think they're different or they don't fit into your little box but when you get to know someone you can be surprised at what they can bring to your world crazy steve embodies that basically paraphrase by saying don't judge a book by its cover particularly when it comes to crazy steve caleb was able to shift his way oh is it enough that's gotta be it cover oh look at crazy steve so smart daniel daniel got caught straight up and down like six o'clock but here's the thing with steve his mentality is so frazzled at times he should stay focused on his opponent in the ring and that's that could be the opportunity that they're looking take nothing away from caleb a great athlete is the dropkick enough has it stunned crazy steve no i gotta say i'm quite impressed by the the speed and veracity in which crazy steve is moving tonight his his rate of just his offense off the charts well it's hot out the box and we talked about on the pre-show everyone understands what this night means to our sport and these four athletes they have to walk back through the locker room they have to say hey we set the pace for the rest of the people the first match on a show a televised show is incredibly important well i always say i always always want to be the first match you know why so i could walk back and say top that follow that follow that and if you can great if you can't follow that side russian leg sweep by caleb with the k and now the arrogance no he should have gone for the cover there no well one thing about this this new age is we can actually hear what goes on in the ring so it's listening [Music] what the hell are they doing are you ready all that all that to hit the canvas and here we go rosemary tag to neil tag they're about to collide in the middle of the ring left-handed clothesline by rosemary and here we go now the mistress of the macabre on the move slingblade there it is [Applause] to neil now groggy but has enough wherewithal to get her back to the corner rosemary takes advantage of that now head in arm modification on an exploder suplex rosemary is bringing heavy heavy offense here like we said it has set the table for the night that is to come and this is just the beginning i can only imagine what comes next caleb is tagged in now he is met double mandibles wow wow believe crazy steve is the legal yes cover of nowhere to neal coming in making that nice save there spear spear let's not lose sight of i believe it is yes it is rosemary our referee suppose rosemary and caleb that are legal these two renew hostilities now in the middle of the ring against the backdrop of hard to kill did you see that stuff kick caught right under the chin my goodness i felt that now caleb turns his attention back to crazy steve ooh clubbing blow what does studio got what does tdog well that's goes on crazy steve spins out of the way caleb slightly distracted oh the green mist oh my god the mist the mist the different colors have legendary tails from the far east some of them burn some of them uh immobilize you but back to the ring right now here caleb with a rear back fist crazy steve is down caleb now looking for rosemary knows that she is legal dragging her back into the ring at least attempting to if you listen you can hear teneal screaming in agony oh my goodness the double mist the beauty of professional wrestling is that you never know what's going to happen and just like that i believe that it is crazy steve that is legal you'll pardon me but it's an amazing night sometimes we get caught up in the action my goodness here are your winners rosemary and crazy steve d k as the green mist spewed into the face of teneal dashwood the favor was returned into the mug of caleb with a k and now as teneal screams in the sky decay cast their eyes upward as well but i think their intentions are far [Music] my goodness man striker did you see that this was a hell of a way to start the show absolutely this is this is the anticipated kill and thinking about it with tag team wrestling being a focal point of our show it's it's easy to lose track of who's legal and who's not and i have to believe that the other matches certainly are watching this and realize if they can take advantage of the referees they can certainly take advantage of where they want to go in their careers ladies and gentlemen welcome inside the skyway studios what a treat for me to return to television on such a monumental night for our sport and dilo brown you have 30 years of experience both here and abroad i think your insight is going to be priceless well thank you striker i think together we're going to make a great team being here for hard to kill our first night together i'm truly excited i can't wait to see what's going to happen unfold tonight absolutely and of course we do a little business all that will be available right here as well as some bonuses all kinds of easter eggs and nuggets get it while you can make sure you go to shopimpact.com ladies and gentlemen our focus tonight is about the wrestling sodilo brown let's run down the card are you ready i am ready to do a nice little run down here ladies and gentlemen tonight i will start out with this it's the finals of the knockouts tag team title tournament as keira hogan and tasha steele the newly minted fayan flava take on havoc and nevaeh and there will be new champions crowned tonight all right ladies and gentlemen manic is the best wrestler in the activities x division thus he is the champion but chris bae is young and bold and rohit is obsessed the triple threat rules pose a great threat to manic's title mind games and more families stand across the ring from each other tonight and things are going to get a little hardcore as eric young joe doering and deaner face off against rhino cousin jake and tommy jimmer and striker yes it's old school rules cannot wait for that folks if you love pure wrestling if you love the nuances of strategy in battle then this is for you two of the very best athletes compete on the global stage with the knockouts title hanging in the balance in a fight no one saw coming not even me tonight ethan page will battle the karate man all right ladies and gentlemen the flesh of impact wrestling has been scarred by the infamous rivalry between the cruel and sadistic sammy callahan and the heart and spirit of eddie edwards tonight a final chapter is written in razor sharp steel and hatred it will be barbed wire massacre and in a match the entire wrestling world has been talking about for weeks tonight we get the good brothers and by god kenny omega the a e w world champion versus the impact world champion rich swann chris saban and the wild card and all of this moose absolutely so many moving parts were just merely 48 hours away from groundbreaking news that has changed everything here and in this world everyone has a camera now and i understand that cameras were able to catch earlier today the good brothers and don kallus and their arrival you see don walking in holding the door and that man right there is what they call the straw that stirs the drink that's kenny omega and you could just see disrespecting our long time friend brian allen there's the good brothers this is the way these guys behave and i honestly am not sure that if things like that are what we need with eric young triple crowd heavyweight champion in all japan pro wrestling joe doering is here at impact wrestling and he's aligned with eric young this world doesn't belong to you i've seen what you guys did early i know what this is all about it's not going to happen not around here not around here [Music] it belongs to us but we will win the quicker the new year this world doesn't belong to you it belongs to us it belongs to us i'm going to baptize you in the holy water of change you ever get that feeling you're not sure if you're awake or you're dreaming all i'm offering is the truth you are no longer sick you are no longer contaminated you have awakened you are aware things are clear this world doesn't belong to them it belongs to us with the arrival of eric young deaner and joe doring it's like a dark cloud arrives over impact wrestling and cousin jake has finally had enough takes out the legs of dana doesn't jake visit to get thousands of bells dater's gonna drop his own family with the deaner ddt cousin jake hard to kill it's going to be violent by design this saturday hard to kill old school effin rules [Music] it's about six-man tag team matches and this one here is gonna have seismic ramifications moving forward look at those faces look at those names and think about what they're capable of doing ladies and gentlemen the following six-man tag team grudge match will be fought under old school rules and is scheduled for one fall introducing team number one eric young joe doering deaner violent for design d-lo in a day and age where branding is so important i think this name violent by design it goes beyond a brand this speaks to the intentions of this trio this speaks to intent they're telling you what they are they're telling you what they are going to do and how they're going to approach things they are violent by design and they want the world to know it the mind control of eric young he claims that the business is sick no it's not the sport the business and these men are the vaccine they will inoculate the industry until the sickness is eradicated dilo for my money the linchpin here is the big man on the left joe doering and as this match goes on we will begin to talk about how important joe is but before we get there let's look at these men [Music] their opponents first from yonkers new york tommy dreamer i don't think there's anyone in sports that has done what tommy has done for 30 years at such a high level he's given so much to this sport and he continues to do it picking his partners fighting for what's right and the man that's about to come out next can certainly learn and i think he will his tag team partner from the dinner compound cozy jake dilo how important is family especially you know family is incredibly special and you have to have family here but when family turns on you it can drive you absolutely crazy absolutely [Music] their tag team partner from detroit michigan the war machine ruined oh a lot of times when we talk about family and pro wrestling it isn't so much blood it's about sharing a locker room and the history between rhino and tommy dreamer is long the ecw locker room helped change this sport and now change is coming again but it's not lost on me what rhino and tommy dreamer mean and the fact that they're here tonight in this match is incredibly important yeah without a doubt rhino and tommy jr family not by blood like you said they are chosen family they choose to be together and and represent who they are look at this it looks like jake and deaner are look at what eli did before jake could get his hands on dinner ey cut across and nailed jake and here we go old school rules no disqualifications no count outs i believe it's just anything goes literally just buckle up go for a ride see what happens it's old school rules here we are joe dorey for my money the best kept secret in wrestling a former triple crown champion nearly two decades of kicking ass all over japan and now he's here in impact now talk about dinner talk about this transformation d-lo it is hard to even comprehend what diener has gone through it seems like eric young has has closed on over the top wow and now if we can get back to the ring i believe the moment that jake has waited for look at this here it is the moment i've waited for him we've seen deaner slap jake before will jake finally do something [Applause] here we go and you have to believe that the venom and the ire inside of cousin jake is going to boil over dina realizes that he scoots out the way ladies and gentlemen just getting a note that hard to kill is about to crack the top ten in trending topics worldwide we thank you so much keep it going hard to kill look at this full disclosure i gotta tell you i have spent time in the ring in japan with joe doering and i've never been hit so hard in my entire life this man joe doering is one one great professional wrestler and yes you said earlier one of the best kept secrets but now the world's about to find out exactly who he is and what he's about i love our try screen there kudos to everyone in the truck giving us all the action it's not easy to follow here but this story here between cousin jake and deaner that is definitely something but there on the bottom right hand side of your screen tommy dreamer and eric young this to me is a story that needs to be told tommy dreamer we mentioned 30 years of service eric young over 20 years of service half of his life 25 titles eric young hates the fact that everyone loves tommy dreamer and no one ever gives ey the credit yes uh without a doubt there's a shade of jealousy there but you gotta remember tommy dreamer is what we call in his business the heartbeat he's the heartbeat of every locker room he's ever been in he is what you represent the company the business and the boys and yes eric is a little jealous of that because he doesn't get that same respect man the action is everywhere i can't keep track of any of this just make sure that none of it comes flying over here eric young and cousin jake deener and tommy dreamer you know one thing about tommy dreamer no one loves pro wrestling more than him look in the last five years we've lost like roddy piper and dusty rhodes brodie lee and tracy smothers tommy's always out there on social media with a picture or a video saying celebrate their life that's who tommy dreamer is to this sport because tommy celebrates the boys and the business and he celebrates the companies and he's he wants to be part of everything and yes he pays respect to everyone who's come before him and uh honestly for me those names and more we will never forget you for what you have given to our sport without you wouldn't have things like hard to kill we wouldn't have things like impact plus it's just a new way to watch no matter how you watch it that right there resonates tommy tremor cutter out of nowhere polka dot pants go flying the homage to dusty rhodes and now where is dreamer going as the referee checks on eric young and as i look up i get a big man walking in front of me and that's scary absolutely that big man is joe doering and that big man there is cousin jake tommy dreamer gets a chair from underneath the ring it always surprises me the things underneath the rest why is all this stuff under the ring oh look at this look at this tommy has never backed down tommy has gone to war with guys like mike awesome rest his soul he's gone to war with big men before but tommy let's let rhino come here's 25 plus years of rhino 30 years of tommy dreamer and in comes cousin jake all wheels and chairs look at joe though three guys with chairs and joe still wants a fight he's just he doesn't care oh [Applause] joe doering has not left his feet one knee down it's like gulliver's travels [Music] back of joe doering hardened from the backs of all japan wrestling his soul hardened from a lifetime in the sport kicks away right punches away jake and now grabs tommy dreamer takes a bite out of history on the move now erases tommy dreamer how many people make dreamer look small you know that's a hard thing to do but but when you're six foot seven you're here right look at that yeah that's why eric young is down that's why joe doren was left to fend for himself as tommy dreamer's cutter dispels the leader but now look at the picture violent by design is united and back again our heroes are down and our villains are standing talk and do you hear that eric young always says this world doesn't belong to you belongs to us he truly believes he is the cure to the to this to this disease that is the business of all wrestling you're the perfect person to ask you've seen this sport over three decades is the sport sick is the business sick it's two entirely different thoughts no the business is not sick but in in eric's delusional mind he is seeing sickness he thinks he's bringing a cure to something that that is not not diseased at all to the gigantic back of rhino and look at there eric young being just orchestrating everything putting people in positions [Applause] cousin jacob on the second rope on the top rope he's fighting back oh and that's just family punching family they say we hurt the ones we love the most steel chairs that did not even move what moved with the internal organs of cousin jake what moved was his spine it like twisted and snapped that is just the level of pain that must have gone through jake's body right then it's just incomprehensible and jake look at that joe and eric took their eyes off of their opponent and cousin jake made them pay and inside the ring tommy dreamer is alone with deaner that was like a 7 47 on a crash dive wow ascending tommy dreamer stirring smart enough to cut dinner off tommy still can't get to his feet though jake strong blow from cousin jake what's going on here what is he thinking looks like he's going for a super plex you can see dean's holding on to the top rope and joe doren he said no oh [Applause] was in the wrong place the wrong time and caught just a foot to the face how about joe doerring being able to take out cousin jake and inadvertently tommy dreamer and now that leaves rhino and joe doering now rhino has a background in germany and catch wrestling if anyone can stand with joe during it rhino my goodness and you see that rhino came with those kendo sticks and was just just going blows on on he said the hell with that and broke the kendo stick of course joe doering is a man that dominates standing alone in the middle of the ring come and get me if you can he seems to say see in this business we call a guy like joe during the heater he's the guy who inflicts the pain but he is still human and flesh will never budge against steel well steel's always going to win that battle you can see over joe during shoulder tommy dreamer still stirring referee checking on dreamer this six-man tag team match old-school rules setting the stage for our huge six-man main event as tommy dreamer begins to decorate the ring oh my ears the one thing just i don't like tacks i'm gonna put it out there full disclosure i don't like it tommy with the dusty jabs he's flip-flopping and flying to his heroes he came out with the headband for terry funk this is what tommy dreamer is about wrestling lives forever within tommy dream now eric young is going to try to change that whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa oh my god this attacks flew everywhere they're in the back of eric young look at that joe doering just cleaned oh my god [Music] rhino needs to turn around as deaner comes from behind her ddt and now it's deaner that stands tall but as you saw cousin jake slid in dean are on the move now ropes are momentum oh my goodness slam cover them cover them is this it referee is down and no young made the save with the mask it's all legal here eric young taking stolen valor from cousin jake [Applause] wow here are your winners violent food designs you can see eric young say something to the referee and i'm sure it was derogatory but eric young is hurting right now the entire violent by design team are hurting right now but the victory will help to soothe the wounds joe doering the only man standing and now the leader eric young pulls himself up referee will raise their hands as this group is victorious dilo take a look and walk us through the replay like right here you see the back body drops into the kind of attacks that it's painful followed by the clothesline from hell and then here it is piledriver by ey and it's good night irene right there you're one two three winners violent by design [Music] ladies and gentlemen what an amazing night hard to kill will certainly never let you down the industry changing the sport is changing and we're happy that you're a part of it right here on impact wrestling ladies and gentlemen it's gonna be great again as we hold on the shot of violent by design our social media is fluttering [Music] we might been given moose but you know we gonna go out there we gonna take it to the club we gonna go out there we gonna kick their ass just like i said we go you know what that's right i'm just flying take all this frustration and focus yeah debates what you doing in here we're a team we're a team we're a team yeah you expect me to trust you after everything you did throughout the past couple weeks you expect me to trust you let me tell you something moose once we found out that alex shelly couldn't make this match you want to know who would have been right here by our side willie mack but you took him out and you expect me to let you be with us huh rich calm down calm down i had to do what i had to do the willie but that's beside the point let me tell you guys something about me both of you by now know my past and i've won a lot of football games with guys i did not like hell some of those guys are despised but when that whistle blew i would die for them and one thing i'm not going to do is let an outsider come to my company and disrespect disrespected saban you've been here from the very beginning rich you're the impact world champion and i'm mr impact wrestling and rich last week you said it best we're gonna kick their ass all night long we gonna do that that's what we gonna do that's what we gonna do you know what do it what are we gonna do [Applause] you better bring what you talking boy because i know you lose i ain't playing no games impact wrestling is bringing back the knockouts tag team titles in january live on pay-per-view and hard to kill so alicia and tanil coming together they're going to take on an established team in havoc and debate looking to go for that wheelbarrow and this time they had it scouted there's a cover and there's a victory and havoc and debaya are moving on tasha kira we're gonna shut you up once and for all our second opening round match in the knockouts tag team title tournament and they may have themselves a victory kierra and tasha are moving on folks going down is we gonna walk into hard to kill we gonna step in that ring we're going to do our dance and we're going to win them titles kiera hogan natasha steele's defeated the sea stars they now face the team of taya and rosemary kiera hogan catch blocks the hands and kiara and tasha are going to the finals trust me when i tell you that the team of havoc and nevaeh will be walking out of hard to kill your new knockout tag team champions at the powerhouse havoc looking for a two stone pile driver in the center of the ring and havoc and nevaeh will be hard to kill on the 16th titles and be like we won right at the top where we belong ain't that right and that's only one period who will become the new knockouts tag team champions it'll be havoc and nevaeh versus kiara hogan and tasha steele these two teams couldn't be any more opposite their styles are opposite the appearance is opposite but their goal is the same to become knockouts tag team champions and dilo i'm a big fan of tournament wrestling and now this is what it's all about right here you want to thank zebro for these championship belts now growing up i was a big belt mark you used to love the old national tag team titles or the national title tommy richward and boxing the wbc title these are fantastic these look at these beautiful championships this is the prize that they're these young ladies are fighting for and in just a short while we're gonna have brand new knockouts tag team champions all right that time is upon us let's do it ladies and gentlemen heart to kill continues with the following match to crown the new knockouts tag team champions and his schedule for one fall introducing team number one kara hogan and tasha seals fire flavor say it will be one time say it with me fire fire and flavor flavor come on come on again no o.r no no no oh yeah you got to get in there look at these young ladies they are charismatic they are beautiful but they are hard-hitting hey take a look you know it's a big night when brian hebner returns from the legendary hebner family we're all wrestling family here so welcome back brian welcome home he's gonna have your hands full in this one my man what a way to come back all right knockouts tag team titles on the line let's meet the next team [Music] for me having a debater are like the the doc and gordy of the knockouts division remember intense hard-hitting and i think that's a very interesting force that they bring to the tournament finals great analogy there yes they are that hard-hitting strength team they will use their size for their advantage they will use their power advantage to me they're the odds on favorite to win these championships tonight yes i'm also enraptured with both of them as well it's almost something eerily beautiful it's almost like watching a hurricane but from the safety of your own bedroom you know it's something it draws you in you know it's dangerous you know it's going to hurt you but you still are just enjoying what you're seeing kiera and tasha are are very chatty oh a lot of the natural sounds will play out here here we go smart strategy there do you agree yeah i i think you get right on them and you set the tone brian is going to have to uh sort things out here we need to get two wrestlers in the ring it looks like it's going to be nevaeh [Music] again from the athletic perspective just looking at the pictures on the screen it's going to look like havoc and nevaeh are going to enjoy a power advantage and fire and flavor will have a speed event yeah without a doubt i mean you definitely thought around the head fire and flavor are the quicker more athletic of the team but they and havoc bring that strength they bring that hard-hitting action tag made now and here comes kira hope if you think tasha has spunk what do you get hello to kira hogan let's take nothing away from havoc in today of both of them 17 years of service to the sport elected so many championships perhaps the knockouts tag title is next no you see the intensity that that sliding clothesline there that was just they're they're bringing it tonight you can see it's a championship feel it's a big fight feel right now let me ask dilo is there anything to where an athlete is raised how they grow up that that informs their in-ring abilities i i think i think like if you're a blue if you grow up in a blue collar you work hard is it enough go ahead sometimes you grow up on the west coast you're a little more flashy so yeah i think there's something to where you come from and your wrestling style the pride or perhaps the shade the defiance of ohio kicked to the back of the head otherwise known as insecurity and now have it oh it's wise here they've isolated fire and flavor and now havoc is taking full advantage havoc is just inflicting pain slow and torturously on oh big leg drop missed though might be enough now fire and flavor are going to need to change the speed of this match i think i think they need to up the pace here because havoc and nevada excel when things are at a slower pace referee's back was turned good double team cover here yeah without a doubt a fireplace need to up the tempo and bring it the game to where they need it and try to make the van have it work their game little thing there kira hogan went around havoc and blocked the position between havoc and duvet and that's smart tags wrestling that's called being a ring general knowing where you are in the ring at all times making it your opponent have to go the longest and most difficult route to get back to their partner like floyd mayweather there is this enough leg is hooked [Applause] creep in understands that as the match wears on do you agree that it favors fire and flavor you know i it's hard for me to i would say that as the match wears on it would give it would give havoc and they have more time to inflict damage i think fire and flavor want this match over quickly interesting insight that's why you are the man right now tasha steals talking a little trash moving in now trying to bring havoc down havoc now fighting out how smart is havoc she waits didn't make a move there she waited for her opponent well and that's just she's conserving energy no wasted motion it was a tag made there was a tag [Applause] but that right there to me i'm not going to say it's a rookie mistake but it could be because kira and tasha they're very passionate i guess that was the word i wanted to use and kira started to jaw with nevaeh it forced referee brian henry to take his focus off of the cover he could have had the end of the match though yes uh that that to me is a tactical error i don't think that that will bother him in the long run you can see there's anger in tasha steele's eyes what is going on here her mouth is wide open and havoc does what she needs to do have it now needs to make a tag tasha realizes that tag not made and back to the action between tasha and havoc havoc needs to make a tag here back elbow stop [Applause] here attempted across bodybuilder caught havoc oh my goodness wow and now the momentum shifts whomever rises to their feet first is one step closer to becoming knockouts tag team champions i i can't believe what i just saw there i mean havoc just caught two women and just held it in the air a vulgar display of power from havoc as nevaeh has her hand stretched out there's a tag made and now nevaeh is in and look at the venom in her eyes and nevaeh comes in like a house of fire she wants these knockout tag team championships they are commanding the middle of the ring that's that heartland wrestling training that old left that's your way wow bless thatcher what a blast i think it's important to talk about who trains these athletes it informs what they're going to do in the ring tandem offense here nicely done by nevaeh forces tasha to ddt kira cover that was a two for one there and now you were talking about it social media is buzzing the strength of havoc here mine the hashtag havoc is starting to trend now as well h-a-v-o-k look at that back to live-action now here in nevada perched up high kira with a kick to the back now fire and flavor working together and it's it's something that they need to do but they took too long oh my goodness because here comes jessica havoc [Applause] oh what the hell are we seeing here what we are seeing is perhaps the most powerful woman in our sport talking about havoc she has single-handedly changed the momentum of this match not once but twice and now nevaeh the cerebral thinker will try to take advantage here and here it is oh is that enough cover oh smart kira was able to roll out of the way perhaps instinct perhaps skill we may never know because it looks like tasha may suffer the same fate no back into the corner tasha realized if she got hit with that there would be no end and just as i say that the end walks in havoc the story here for me has been the strength of havoc we have so many instances in this match where she has just been dominant absolutely game-changing just shifting momentum in a heartbeat with a display of strength kicking in the legs changes the weight distribution only region was able to get out of there oh that caught havoc i think on the cheek bone oh man wow a jumping neck breaker is this it two no have it finally taken off of her feet nevaeh had to make that save because i totally believe that was gonna be the one two three smart we talked about how nevaeh is the thinking woman's wrestler that right there evident havoc now stirring but keeping eyes on her partner that's why these two have nearly 20 years of experience they've held countless tag team titles perhaps the knockouts titles are next they're loading up for some kind of double team here whoa smart there by tasha to take advantage to realize opportunity waits for no gunner [Applause] stuff kick havoc looks for reprieve on the outside while i have this moment i just quickly personally want to thank madison rayne for her many years of service for her dozen titles one of the top five in the world thank you so much what you've done for this division here is your work for you to see cool i totally second that madison arena has been nothing but the the epitome of but here it is it's this here they got a knockout champions new knockout stacking champions here are your winners and new knockout tag team champions fire good i think it's so appropriate that as we were singing the praises of those that have come before us we now stand here for the future of the knockouts to every knockout that has ever walked through these doors we thank them and now it is time for fire flavor and look at that there is madison rain i do believe that's gayle king that is gayle in gold nonetheless and they had the championship belt with them this is perfect this is an amazing historical moment let's let this moment play out congratulations fire in flames [Music] the hard work and the trail blazed by those before us will not go unrewarded what a moment what a picture d lo brown your fox struck i have just two words that's a passing of the torch that is the knockouts of the past handing it off to the knockouts of the future congratulations ladies and i believe the knockouts are in great hands oh there'll be no rest for the worry i'm sure plenty of teams will be looking for fire and flavor and speaking of looking something interesting happened earlier with taya and a few other people oh hello hi look we told you we'd figure something out about our little dashwood problem didn't we and now the shadow has sent our brother with us to help you tonight well here's the thing rosemary crazy steve i know you guys have all the greatest intentions but i i think no i know i can defeat diana perasso i know that i can become a two-time knockouts champion your abilities are not in question here valkyrie it's the little cronies she'll have at ringside that could use a little decay yeah that's true okay just promise me one thing after i win let's celebrate in slam town you need to see slam down so good okay romero doing what would happen if someone snuck into the knockouts locker room when you were in the locker then it got their wig split well ladies and gentlemen it's all about championships here tonight as we make history and impact wrestling and i think the x division title is one that a lot of people can say has helped to change and revolutionize the sport the best athletes in the world are in the x division absolutely it's one of the most unique championships and it's right here in impact wrestling and those who compete for it those who go after it are the some of the best athletes right i'm sorry i don't have this on our format here this is not a all run this is on schedule it was gonna be such a big show without ace austin did you no absolutely not now since my interview on the countdown panel earlier got cut a little short i'm going to say what's on my mind now you mean to tell me you mean to tell me that the best use of ace austin's time on a night like this is to sit on a countdown panel and talk about a a josh alexander match you know there's a reason that match was on the countdown show okay that's not what we're talking about one week ago i went through three other men to become the 2021 super x cup champion and now tonight i'm gonna go through three more men to become the x division champion once again scott damore make it happen i'm the number one contender and you can't tell me otherwise look at this cup right here tell me i'm not the number one contender huh come on where's scott where's scott does he have music hit his music if he does come on there he is there he is let's get this show on the road look ace i'll be honest i appreciate your passion i do and last saturday i walked down this ramp got right in the ring and shook your hand when you won the super x cup because you're good you're damn good and look the way you're going about this isn't right this isn't the way you should have came to my office you should have knocked on the door you should have tried to talk to me but you bypassed you know you're young you're you're excited you're eager i get that and i'll acknowledge you've raised some good points you're a great athlete you're a star here in impact wrestling and the hard to kill pay-per-view needs an ace austin match but the fact is it's not going to be the x division title match that boat sailed but look i see you're here see you're all geared up and i see you're ready so for you right now i got a special opponent and he's always ready [Applause] holy what the hell this is a mark out moment and i'm marking out bro that is matt cardona anything can happen eddie what is he doing here this is amazing ace austin came out and said that this show needs to have more ace awesome scott deborah then replied and said this man is always ready matt cardona stands high above an impact wrestling ring but matt cardone has ever ever wrestled to anyone like asos no without a doubt he's also one of the most unique athletes this business has ever seen but macardona this man is a star ace austin also a star one of the top 100 wrestlers in the world today the 2021 x cup coming an x division star match of the year an ex-division champion and here we go and matt was right at it has he taken the rim jacket off and he's going right into the action you know one thing about matt cardona i've said this without guys like matt cardona and colt cabana i don't think there'd be guys selling t-shirts and doing podcasts and youtube shows and supplementing their income matt cardona went into business for himself and made a career at oh and right there the athleticism ace austin as that said matt cardona comes out and pops the internet hard to kill has been trending all night long that neck breaker had more intensity not only because it was on the floor but it just had a snap on it and man fulton able to save ace austin to me mad man fulton is a diamond in the rough just waiting to explode yeah without a doubt he is going to be the future of impact wrestling he just needs a little more time and hang on a guy like ace austin he will learn quickly how to be an impact player separate shoulder there matt get up to a vertical base taller than his opponent as matt cardona but ace austin never let that fight this is now an intense young man i happen to love the hpk glasses what the hell back of the head of cardona bounces off the impact wrestling canvas this is hard to kill history being made one of the most important nights in our sport the sport is professional wrestling and the very best in the world are here ace austin cover is this enough no you see there was the young arrogance holding that number one finger up in the air not not completely locking in the cover that's that young arrogance there there's that veteran wherewithal of cardona rolling in away from his flying opponent look at all the distance now let's see who can make up the distance cardona poised moves in waits catches ace with a flapjack [Applause] oh he's on the corner viciousness here we go used to be called the broski boot now it's a reboot [Applause] [Applause] oh wow history of concussions for cardona [Music] [Applause] fulton is intense well i think fulton has a lot of pent-up rage as well he and ace austin feel disrespected not being a part of this night well now they are fulton definitely making his presence fell nice you don't realize how long and tall matt cardone [Applause] i do believe it's a disqualification and i believe that matt cardona is victorious in his first match ever here at impact [Music] what an amazing night already we are breaking the internet surprises galore yes folks matt cardona is here at impact if for one night only or for the future that remains to be seen but what we do know for sure is our main event tonight it's certainly something that a lot of people looking forward to as is the x division triple threat match because there's so many unanswered questions and for my money these guys are the best athletes in all the world kilo closing thoughts what a debut for matt cardona and i can't believe it he's in impact wrestling is the final defeat rohit challenge of 2020 and it's open to anyone anyone except you tjp there's a covering manic sex division champion so manic is ex-division champion and hard to kill guess what i get my rematch for my x division championship belt what do you do if you take manic pull that stupid mask off and prove to the world that's tjp i'm certain they're just gonna hand you back the title i just need to unmask him and feel that it's tj and then boom the belt comes right back to me i'm on my way to wrestlemanic so maybe you can come with me rohit believes that under the mask of manic lies tjp oh and there's a low blow by chris bay bro he'd sit inside the ring bro he was gonna go for the mask he's caught right-handed chris bay and rohit obeyed disrespecting the cheap shot chris bay finesses himself a victory here tonight over maniche having a conversation after my victory against manic thanks for the assist by the way i touch people now it's like your match at hard to kill next division championship has been finessed into a triple threat all right ladies and gentlemen it is all about the man in the middle he is the ex-division champion the man on the left he is bold and brash the man on the right is obsessed triple threat rules never benefit the champion dylo brown this one's going to be interesting yeah there's no championship advantage here and and just triple threat rolls with some of the best high flyers and hard hitters in this industry i am so looking forward to this match all right well good things come to those who wait we're ready so let's kick it off the next contest is a three-way ex-division championship match scheduled for one fall introducing challenger number one from the bay area ava the ultimate finesser chris this young man is confident braggadocious but you know what one thing is good about him he's a damn good professional wrestling absolutely not even 25 years old just under five years as a pro recently coming off a great performance in the new japan pro wrestling super j cup defeating clark connors on his way to the semifinals but now the focus is on the x division title for chris bennett [Applause] [Music] challenger number two is from hyderabad india that jessie hitman it has been quite a career for rohit raju he has earned nearly a dozen titles but none more important than the x division championship he lost that title to manic at final resolution and now he has been obsessed with what is under the mask of manic as the world knows and rohit believes that it is tjp no i'm not sure of his tjp or just one of his friends that happens to have similar tattoos and stand the exact way and wrestle the exact same way but that's the thing no one wrestles like tjp he's so unique he's so good if manic wrestles like tjp then manic has to be teaching how do you know manic's not a mimic [Music] ladies and gentlemen rohit raju is poised as is chris bay now let's meet the champion [Music] their opponent he is the defending x-division champion dilo for my money this is one of the most entertaining wrestlers to watch just as an athlete the things that he thinks of just amazed me and that's why i love our sport yeah he's tremendously technically sound he can manipulate body parts in ways that i've i've seen very few do he can fly when he has to and he can ground and pound manic is an all-around great wrestler and it he's exactly what the exhibition needs as their champion there you see the title held up high triple threat rules champion does not need to be pinned to lose the title i'm sure that is weighing on the minds of all three of these athletes as we are set for yet another championship match and a night that will make history hard to get all right one fall to a finish as we mentioned the triple threat we're gonna see a lot of the the wrestlers trying to get rid of one trying to keep the numbers well you is no there's no advantage when you're fighting off two against one so you try to eliminate one out of the equation so you can have a one-on-one encounter which is more than likely the way we get a pin once the clothesline doesn't drop down designed to trick the opponent now it doesn't fall forward slot go behind his direction now finds himself on his back and bay finds matic and manic right back up almost as if the bat was made of lava these three men are giving you everything and more for the x division title right there standoff in the first 10 seconds of this match you know what i like about chris bae is i think he represents the future we saw tommy dreamer and rhino and they are i don't want to say the old guard but they are that past guard sami cow and eddie edwards they are the now i think chris bae is the future of our sport without a doubt okay oh nicely done innovative offense he knocks the hick and sits it enough is it enough for the cocky young man who has a lot of training over at the future stars wrestling academy in las vegas nevada and as a trainer yourself what do you see in chris bay that tells you how good this young natural talent you can see it at full disclosure i've seen chris bay's entire career coming up training and i've seen this man just fly just flourish and grow all right ladies and gentlemen of course go to shop impact.com the microbrawlers are available monday i'm pretty sure by monday night they will be sold out rohit raju on the other hand maybe x division champion d-lo do you think they'll make a micro brawler out of you i don't know i hope so but i got one right here eddie edwards just pretty damn cool i'm gonna take this home i gotta i got a classic legend of this i just stuck it in my pocket right now just going home with me admitting to crime it's okay i guess in this day and age it's really doesn't matter anyway back to the big right hand by bay now extending with the arms trying to whip rohit and rohit changes his weight and changes the momentum flying foreign up and over onto the imprint matic steps out row heat knocks bay off the apron the distance between panic and rogi will be filled by manic [Applause] nice great counter cover is this it no added the tilt-a-whirl head scissors rohit was able to shift his weight now dilo for years when master wrestlers come on the scene announcers talk about how hard it is to breathe and i think now more than ever all of us can understand what master wrestlers are going through i see people walk out of the stores they rip their mask off they they suck in the air now of course manic's mouth is exposed but his nose is covered it makes it very difficult and i think it's like now we can all kind of we can all get it because we're all used to wearing masks now but imagine wrestling 25-20 minutes in a hot building and doing that with someone else beating on you and still trying to breathe it is a very difficult prospect okay dispatches raju and now enters the fray as manic backs up and uses the ropes for momentum and support all three how do you know because i've watched tjp matches my entire life what they someone else could have learned the same thing because i choose to try to copy tjp's moves you can't do it it's just impossible oh look at going for double leg nelson there no kick out arms are up the fingers are locked here and if we know chris bay and manic slash tjp we know that some good grapplings coming you just call him manic don't spec your life aaron don't speculate beautifully done modification only guys like tjp and manic pull off moves like this that is a modified texas clove relief it's one of the most incredible things i've ever seen now trap [Applause] like a little leg lock there leg lace leg snap throw he sees it coming wait i'm reminded of ultimately an octopus who are able to utilize things like this guys like tjp and manic they're students of the game but look at rohit how do you keep branching them together and lumping tjp and medic together it is manic fair enough but it is rohit now trying to modify who to our armbar manic is able to take out as long as mata can grab a light you are in trouble did you notice on on that back suplex there the legs were still locked so that in you know inflicted damage on chris bay's legs here we go now manic the champion brings himself so smoothly to his feet assessing the situation now manic on the move look at him the thing about mannequins is once again i say this there is no wasted motion everything he doesn't intend [Applause] what an elbow from chris bay free kill and now chris has an opportunity the ring is all his but he needs to get one wrestler back in the ring and press his shoulders to the mat for a three count and bait will attempt to do it any way he knows [Music] [Applause] the how and core strength of chris bay on display rohit raju taking advantage of what's been presented i was just about to say it's going to end poorly for somebody see we've been singing the praises of manic and chris bay but at the end of the day rohit may be the best fighter in this match it's still pro wrestling yeah rohit may be the best fight he's the best scrapper of all of you he's a like you know manic is a technical wrestler bae's a high flyer rohit is right there in the middle a combination of both of them you know fireman's carry now he trying to fight out he's going for the mask he's going to prove to the world who is under the mask of mack and if he gets that mask off he's going to show her body i don't know who he's gonna show he's to the gutter smart because it lowers mannequin he gives row heat leverage coming oh leverage to pull there [Applause] camera guy if we can get a shot of the face get in there cameraman zoom who is it [Music] [Applause] we may not know but again the resemblance is uncanny [Applause] ddt wow that's good what's manic doing he's going to the top watch chris pay though oh my god nailed it my gosh manic still on his feet bay realizes the situation the intensity the opportunity cover cover the sea art of the finesse look what they went to do he went to cover the champion so there'd be no excuses wow chris bay look at this from the mamba splash catches with the cutter and then went for a double cutter art of finesse and then went to champions choice went to pin the champion it's hard for me to speak because it's just so darn exciting man the action here is intense and off the charts i don't think i've seen a cutter like that in a long time he went for a leg sweep forced his opponent to jump and then caught him on the way down with a kick bay rolls through to create some space now the flashy young and bold chris bay trying to become x division champion you can see chris bay wants to become a two-time x division champion it is it is all he's working for he is intent on regaining that title let me ask you what does the international experience do for chris babe we've been talking about it all night there's an international flavor here our main event is really going to see it chris bay has international experience and exposure now what does that do for when you travel around the world you and you compete in different rings it gives you more confidence if you can compete not only just here but abroad it allows you to gain that confidence and that's quite frankly breaking down obey is left to hang out to dry mounted taking advantage of opportunity now [Applause] is it enough the weight is on the stomach and chris is there to break it up as the night rolls on we're going to pay attention to how wrestlers cover each other covering on the stomach just makes it hard to breathe debris covering on the chest makes it hard to kick out which is better i i both are good i like covering on the chest because i want them to they're going to kick out i want them to exert as much energy every time the more i cover them the more they get worn down and eventually if you do it enough times they're going to be like well that's it i'm done well i think the chest protection in this door definitely added some weight brother chris bae pulling himself through his feet man it comes clear across the ring and look at the athleticism of manic here whoa tombstone he's able to stop that we may never know when chris base shifted his weight able to turn it around manic kicking his feet as well it's all about physics folks nice back mule kick for manic just what oh she basically shaking [Applause] great job by our referee did you see that row he covered manic kicked out and fell right into a cover on chris may perfect i i always say that i think that the professional wrestling referee definitely deserves a tip of the cap you guys are fantastic and this match here no different brandon told doing a heck of a job we saw brian hebner return i give brandon told creditor that keep his eye on the ball and see the and see and notice the pin attempt what a great refereeing right there trying to bring himself to his feet chris bay trying to bring himself back to reality manic trying to hold on to the x division title look at the intensity in their face look at just the intensity in both their faces you can almost feel the studio television screen what's going on here underneath a lot of action going on in and out spike ddt bay is up but he may be out into roshu onto the floor manic now working through what does he have in mind here crucifix bob two no my goodness i thought that was it it was a thumbelina crucifix bomb i don't know any other way to call it or describe it but if you're telling me that that's not tjp you're out of your mind no one wrestles like tjp what the hell did you just call that i don't even know [Music] tjp you mentioned no wasted [Music] [Applause] [Music] to the match that manic and rohit had that slide by knee that goodbye from mumbai was what was the move that really cemented this insanity inside rohit my goodness you have three world-class athletes competing for the exhibition title right now and they're leaving it all on the line look at what rohit realizes [Applause] what he gonna do you can feel the mood settle here yeah you feel momentum shifting you can see the field tilting towards rohit right now wow look at the athleticism of matt oh look at the resiliency of rohit big kick from from from bay to merity of chris there's just so many there aren't enough adjectives to describe these three you know the best edge dude damn good there you go that's oh and now hung up in the tree of woe is chris bae and this does not bode with this is not good rohit has made quite the career hurting people locking in a submission a modification on the regal stretch here is this going to be enough you can see a little bit of daylight between the wrists of rohit and the face of mannequin that may be the only reason manik is not tapping as he crawls to the bottom rope trying to get a reprieve smart by roman did you see that murray brilliant technician oh my goodness he knew exactly what he was there and chris bae understood it as well my oh my rohit has come such a long way from those desi hit squad days yeah he's he's enjoying a renaissance of his career and when he's got on his own he's blossoming into a inside cradle small package no he couldn't lock his ankles oh jumping knee kick there's another slide by knee manic full body weight he got him oh my goodness what a match here is your winner in still ex-division champion [Applause] rohit was stringing together a combination of moves and manic realized that sometimes simple works he put all his body weight and forced the shoulders of rohit to the mat and that picture tells you everything you need to know manic is still the ex-division champion and rohit is still obsessed look at that manik is staring a hole through or heat showing you the championship belt showing rohit i am the ex-division champion and you're not let's take a look at some of this incredible action throughout this match as manic holds the title high again we talk about each match and forms the next huge leaping ddd that got chris bay rattled rohit was sent out and then we saw this unique pinning predicament from manic but this was not enough and then delo the end was nine and right there you got the big mama splash right there with the drive-by boot they're good for buy from mumbai big kick out absolutely and as the frustration built it was manic using all of his body weight and simple maneuver to remain ex-division champion call him manic call him tjp but you still have to call him champ hilo that's all you can call him you call him ex-division champ and you put some stank on that when you call absolutely a huge win for tjp and manic and ladies and gentlemen it's all about emotions here tonight nothing more important than family and what we are about to see speaks volumes to that very point eddie i'm really worried about tonight i i get it i i i get it i'm worried too okay but i just can't let you go out there by yourself like i really lish you can't get involved in this i mean i didn't get myself involved in this sammy and ken god so what are you gonna do are you gonna go out there you're gonna fight ken shamrock is that what you're gonna do you're gonna fight sammy in a barbed wire match is that what you're gonna do you cannot get involved lis you can't get involved this i don't know i admit i don't know what's gonna happen to me tonight i don't know how i'm walking how i'm getting home i know i don't know but i know that you need to be home you need to go home you need to take care of our daughter you cannot get involved in this match we cannot risk it we cannot risk it you need to promise me you need to promise me that you will not go out there we can't risk it promise me lish okay i promise okay okay i promise i promise i will not go out there i got this tonight i do for us tonight i have this i promise you that okay i prophesized about this for the last two months that when jordan grace stepped in the ring with me i was playing chess and the end game was me becoming the knockouts champion [Music] josh that's it diana perazzo uses cosa nostra and defeats rosemary here tonight i've done exactly what i've set out to do since i arrived here and that's become the greatest tactical village wrestler in the world i have valkyrie a vision in neon green here tonight the former longest reigning knockouts champion in impact wrestling history and quite honestly i might be on my way to becoming the greatest knockouts champion in impact wrestling history oh oh this fire deanna perazo just kicked kimberly parker and rosemary dropping kimberly shoulders down and rosemary picks up the win i think 2021 should be called the age of the virtuosa keira hogan and tasha steals they now face the team of taya and rosemary that's fiona perazzo the knockouts champion and kimberly and olaf the landliner on the stage here a hogan connects locks the hands and kierra and tasha are going to the finals deanna perazzo the knockouts champion cost rosemary and taya a chance of tactic titles this saturday at heart kill it's la virtuosa versus la huera loca for the first time ever and i am going to become a two-time knockouts champion now taya sees what susan and diana perazzo have done with rosemary they've got her in her clutches take down by kimberly shoulders down and kimberly sends time to valkyrie and hard to kill with the defeat i have all the tricks up my sleeve all of the cards are in my pocket taya there's nothing you can do to dethrone the virtuosa hard to kill as the makings of a pure wrestling classic i've said it before if you love the fight within the match this one's going to be for you diana is poised to move into the future is the very best taya may have something to say about it this is going to be the ultimate chess match i'm enjoying i can't wait for this it's going to be off the chain [Music] the following contest is for the impact wrestling knockouts championship it is scheduled for one fall introducing first the challenger accompanied to the ring by rosemary crazy's theme from slamtown valkyrie dilo brown the sport of professional wrestling has often been likened to physical chess will we see a queen's gambit or a sicilian defense that we don't know but it is truly the art of manipulating your opponent taya one of the very best you agree without a doubt she is a ring general a tactician in there this woman is accomplished in her sport and in our game and on any given day kaya valkyrie can take you out perhaps that day or night is today or tonight and i do believe that tiana ferrari [Music] her opponent accompanied to the ring by kimberly and susan she's from hackingstown new jersey he impact wrestling knockout champion good for jerusalem with just under 10 years as a pro this athlete here has already amassed 14 championships she is considered one of the very best trained under that rick rogers tree from the school of damien adams diana perazza is the future dilo brown your thoughts see deonto came to impact wrestling with a lot of hype with a lot of fans there with a lot of prompt and circumstance and all she did was back it up every time she stepped in the ring yes diana perazzo is the future and the future is bright for diana perazzo [Music] her opponent challenger has a dozen years of experience trained by the legendary lance storm the longest reigning knockouts champion but her story goes deeper than that left british columbia went down to mexico slipped on the floor tried to make it in the sport toiled in mexico finally became almost like an icon and then broke out here in the states and here she is here we go going right at it starting like a buzz saw [Music] dilo as you know i always like to hearken back to the glory days of russia look at diana perazzo the wrestling reminds me of nick winkle wow just very seamless and clean yeah that is one of the great tacticians in this business and to make that comparison is is a nod a tip of the cap and and quite frankly a compliment this double leg there taya is certainly going to have the upper body advantage he's going to be stronger but it looks to me like tiana is going to have the lower vertical base advantage what is what is susan doing oh gosh there's kimberly wherever deanna goes kendra is never far behind [Applause] [Music] there's so many moving parts here i just want to see the wrestler and it's turning into a donny brook out here [Applause] the focus here it should be on diana i'm sorry on there is an air of confusion in the arena as the knockouts title match what is up oh what the referee just went down [Applause] there you go there you go a little low in order get control of this mr spencer so crazy steve is kimber kimber's out so crazy steve has been told to go to the back as has kept barriers to me that rosemary as well have been ejected from ringside okay okay karen you can stop recording now susan sorry fair enough i'm not sure if we've had a bell to start this match up here i would actually prefer for us to reset here because now we get the match that we signed on for i'm being told there was a bell so the match is official here we go now well the referee was given great latitude there because given the enormity of this match i don't think he wanted to end in disqualification so we kind of gave it a little attitude to just get us straightened out hard thunder clap oh that's designed to skip a breath on your opponent once your opponent's breathing and rhythm is off everything else comes with it and ty knows that it turned her back expecting ty to come back instead slips out onto the aim from this tie tried to go low tiana had it scout left knee strike hangs ty a valkyrie out to dry the middle rope the only thing holding off the challenger now the story is going to be the arm if you've never seen deanna pirazzo wrestle you have to know that she attacks a body part in this case it is the arm she likes to use the fujiwara armbar pressure on the elbow wrist and shoulder i will i will tell you this right now it's the playbook for as long as this match goes you're going to see deanna go directly at the arm she will not attack anything else she's going to wear the arm down she's going to wear that arm down to try to get taya to submit yeah you can see the discoloration and tie his elbow already bruising and blood starting to cool and form here diana is going to be hyper focused on the choice anyone that that studies jiu jitsu any kind of combat sports martial it's controlling the joints it's like a steering wheel it's called joint manipulation and dion is one of the best when i was in college joint manipulation was something entirely different whoa back to the action in the ring now diana perrazzo friendly the left arm of tai about also taya has a slight height advantage and the fact that is down now against that yeah there's no height advantage when you're laying on the mat [Music] [Applause] but still very much so tai could not wrap that other arm around to make a complete cradle yes she put all her weight on her chest but still it was not a complete cover moving in now trying to figure out a way you can see right there she tried to go for the irish whip but the stress on the arm was too much deanna countered beautifully done the roll through off the side russia luxury but look what diana continues to have and control of the left it is body controlled you see that the whole time diana never lost contact with taya she held on to her manipulate that arm to put herself in this position now don't be fooled this is not just working on the knee the arm is still trapped look at this it's trying to rhythmize yourself and get yourself regulated so you don't get exhausted quickly this pace suits diana's champion breaking down the challenger for a couple you can almost see diana thinking thinking of what to do next thinking how she's going to manipulate taya's arm or leg was that a leg systematic dissection and we've often heard that beautifully done it's a modification on a knee bar and taya has to be careful it doesn't turn into a field yes we've heard uh diana use this term kosovo which translates to this thing of ours yes and i think diana believes that this thing the sport of wrestling is ours meaning i agree i totally believe she is trying to prove that this is her business her sport her division and she's the leader of the of the knockouts division she wants everyone to know ladies and gentlemen don't forget still to come ethan page versus karate man sammy callahan eddie edwards barbed wire massacre and then our huge main event team impact three men that have helped built this company champion rich swan chris saban and now moose take on the good brothers and kenny omega that's just uh you know a lot of traffic is coming from the websites seeing a lot of increased traffic here of course new items come all the time covered here i'm wondering are we going to get a d lo brown t-shirt you know i i petition the office for it i might have to we have to get a commentary caller commentary team t-shirt you know the pace of this match is what our sport was born from when you go all the way back in the day yeah frank gotchas and the farmer burns of the world and even the billy robinsons if you go that pace is really to good wrestling yeah you see there's no high flying here there's no up on the top rope here it is just sound technical wrestling these chops there you see how taya hits the ropes [Applause] [Music] good job see ty is still favoring that arm there and the knee separation yes you can see this there's a lot of punishment that's happened to the arm and the leg and tai is really really feeling on the net see ty i think was going for the road to valhalla signature maneuver but her knee may have buckled under the pressure of dionne double leg nelson's had a package piledriver no diana [Applause] did roll through for a drop uh you know one-legged dropkick on the mat you know it shouldn't be lost every time a wrestler grabs another wrestler they don't just stay still they're moving they're shifting their weight they're trying to get out so a lot of times when the moves come out the way they do it's a product of the weight distribution is there enough weight distribution to keep diana down the answer is no no taiya is trying to just get blood flow in the entire left side of her body the great hardport fought match we have seen the story has been diana perazo's systematic attack on taya valkyrie's left side her left lips her left arm and her left leg taiya now is trying to find her place in this match she's just been chopping meat thus far yes but it looks like whoa whoa wow it looks like ty is trying to get into the mind game of of diana perazzo and put put diana oh that was just a curb stomp may have taken a lot out of time i think the only thing here is that diana can't see the taya is in pain because of where diana's eyes are facing it's like a modified stf there time-honored submission hole and right now ty is just just wrenching on on on diana's back shot of her hand she has that s grip in there the back of the hand is pushing onto the face that's just added pain now your back hurts and oh by the way my face hurts too it's making it extremely uncomfortable for the champion as you see the long nails of diana perazzo she makes a fist and continues to find a way to the rope the champion resilient as ever at her mouth residual effect of the hold taya cannot even traverse the length of the ring no that that leg is hurting badly you see it wobbling right there she can't even can't even put full weight on it without almost buckling is it blasting me to suggest in a match like this it's a championship match you go you go and go into that lake falls off that's what you do these two athletes battling it out jumping pumpkin by diana oh comes back you can see them both are wobbling out of space redirection taya pause saw where she was coming from until the world heads into the armbar the sweat slipped off fujiwara on bar look at the shoulders shoulders are down great wrestling there from diana chain wrestling if you will now switching the hold wasn't able to get the concession and now going for a double arm bar here the shoulder blades together this has got to be it taya valkyrie her entire legacy on the line and she has just said i quit [Applause] [Music] here is your winner and still knockouts champion the virturosa diana rozzo dilo brown we asked the question if you quit in a match like this you said no it's a championship match taya had to think about where she goes from here the rest of her career does she risk career-ending injury or does she say i quit and acquiesce to the fact that diana perazzo is the very best in the knockouts division right there that was decision made of survival and i'll tell you with that victory diana perazo just cemented herself as one of the best knockouts this company has ever seen take nothing away from taya valkyrie her contribution to everything i understand the pain going through you right now but understand there are people watching that appreciate what you have given to our sport there's no shame in losing to that woman right there deanna perazzo dilo brown there's so much going on here at impact it's hard to keep track but i know cameras are everywhere and i understand a little insight is about to be bestowed upon us let's take a look [Music] hey rob brother nice you again shut up listen i hear what you're telling people in the locker room you can't convince them you're not going to convince me larry d shot me i know what i smelled bruh you see the hat i think i'm just wearing it just for fun i don't know maybe listen maybe larry did shoot you yeah he did he's been set up oh okay your conspiracy 101 right what proof do you have you don't have anything crazy guy in case you haven't realized i've been lurking to the shadows and guess where i just came from i don't know where the knockouts woku and look what i found the ring rust cologne whose bag did you find that in that's interesting part the way things have been going lately we haven't really been getting a lot of good news and guess what today things change because i have amazing news doc gallows out of action four to six weeks somebody made sure that dr gallows is gonna need a doctor somebody messed up somebody wasn't thinking we got this josh i promise you we got this i promise you we got this who is we there's the gun stone and it's gonna be a victory for the machine gun carl anderson i just feel after we lost the titles it's just like everything has just started unraveling i've been looking everywhere for you because i owe you an apology okay i know we're not number one contenders because we lost that final resolution you need to get help we cannot be a team right now even when things get back on path they just instantly derailed i just i i that's the karate man that's ethan page's alter ego the crotty man i don't know what's going on anymore gifts in life are wrapped and then unraveled are you even listening to me i have been listening to a [ __ ] i'm sick of taking advice from you you know what i think it's time for ethan page to beat the crap out of the karate man we will do this on my terms at hard to kill [Music] well stranger things have happened the karate man against ethan page pay no mind to the fact that they look exactly alike this is going to be an interesting match on a historic night right here at hard to kill ladies and gentlemen we present to you ethan page versus the karate man take a look [Music] you picked a place you picked the time well karate man are we gonna do this or what ethan page [Music] you are weak you are stupid and you karate man is this all you got ah the day is the day you died impressive you mother what are you waiting for hey [ __ ] hey jay bro oh oh that was harder than i thought [Music] the karate man has died a thousand deaths but he will never perish [Music] now ugh [Music] [Music] not so hard to kill [Music] [Music] joined by the stars and moonlight moose hey my man whoa what's going on here you've been training hard what is this like a keto thing you got going on maybe you give it i mean that's like an eight pack my god you just keep getting better and better look at that jack i mean you look like you could still play in the league they could use you right now playoffs and all that that's all i'm saying listen i was looking for i want to have a little chat it's funny we should run into each other i was just looking over your contract here you know we got you another couple of years here i mean very excited very excited you're the future you got a very bright bright future here moose and i know you're you're pretty jacked up about being in this main event tonight with kenny omega the god of pro wrestling and and and i'm excited too because i said to kenny i said moose is just the best athlete we got i'm so happy that you're in this main event and i know that you're a smart guy miss you like to look at the big picture just like the invisible hand so i think that you and i need to get kind of on the same page all i'm saying is we got a long time ahead of us big future two years i got you here let's not cut off our nose despite our face now i'm just saying i know you're excited about this opportunity but i would hate to see things get out of hand here tonight kenny maybe gets hurt something costs everyone a lot of money and then we got this contract i don't know what i would do with that then so all i'm saying is you know i guess we brother it up a little bit tonight you know what i'm saying look you you good with that good i like it i think it's fantastic you're looking good kid i'm going to put in a word with kenny for you i'm going to talk to kenny i'm going to tell you yeah yeah you of all people should know this about me every game i ever played in regardless of who my team was i played to win and that's exactly what i'm going to do tonight yeah so that means you're still listening and after i win tonight i'm gonna go after what's rightfully mine the impact world perspective i love that i love it impact wrestling beautiful belt maybe i would just show up to aw and take your kids title from them and that hey bro come on look don't be like that look we got two years together come most brother [ __ ] a rivalry renewed it has changed the lives of eddie edwards and sandy callahan sandy callahan tried to end the career of eddie edwards and now callahan with a throw [Music] shamrock here comes kent shamrock there's an ankle lock snap crackle pop i wish edward sometime what no where is he where's callahan tanil's got alisha and tanil steals one for her team there he is oh he's got that baseball bat in hand [Music] sammy callahan his quest to destroy eddie edwards tonight me and eddie edwards one more time let me give you a piece of advice if i were you ready i make sure my wife is nowhere around greece eddie edwards didn't wait for the match to start he found sammy backstage and started this fight early the rivalry has spanned the past few years it has to find impact wrestling after what we've seen these two men put each other through i don't know how either one of them still have an active career i don't know how they're still standing and the hacker that is callahan manipulating the rights that's delish edwards oh and there's a shot by eddie edwards he's got to go find his wife [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] on one of the most important nights in our sports history two men who are woven into the fabric of this company go to war d-lo brown this has been an infamous rivalry and tonight i believe it just gets worse it's gonna get worse and ladies and gentlemen wait till you see what this ring looks like there you see it ladies and gentlemen the concept is called barbed wire massacre let the pictures tell the story and understand that two human beings are about to enter the fray i've never ever seen anything like this in all my years of professional wrestling this is just it's sickening to look at and i am now in fear i'm now in fear of the two competitors that are about to come in the ring [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] ladies and gentlemen this is the barbed wire massacre introducing the participants first from an undisclosed location somewhere close to anonymous ohio he is the draw callahan 16 years a pro over 30 championships around the globe he calls himself the most versatile wrestler in the world others call him maniacal sadistic ego driven but at the end of the day he is still the draw sammy callum he is a draw san miguel and he's sick and sadistic and he tears no one and some say he does not feel pain tonight we're going to test that because that that that ring has pain written all over [Applause] see the bat shaking ominously swinging in the ring his opponent from boston massachusetts [Music] nearly 20 in the sport of years wrestling a two-time impact champion but this man cut his teeth in the rings of japan and pro wrestling noah and dilo you know the mileage that that puts on the soul the scar tissue that's immeasurable is that and this man eddie edwards will not back down from anyone you see him walking to the ring surveying what he's about to walk into but yet he's still walking in to the ring great point eddie edwards of course great friends with tommy dreamer i'm sure tommy dreamer spoke to eddie about a show called born to be wired that featured terry funk and sapoo it was a violent carnage build match eddie edwards has to know what he's getting into his wife has to know what he's getting into this kid at home has to know what he's getting into dilo your thoughts right now if i'm alicia wherever she's at i know she's probably watching she has to be watching or maybe she can't even watch games and watch it but i know she is scared for her husband's safety i know she is fearful of what may happen how much should be paid how much attention should be paid the fact that eddie edwards eddie edwards is an angry fighter and an angry fighter is a sloppy fighter can you afford to be sloppy with sandy callahan you can't be sloppy but an angry fighter is also a dangerous fighter and never lose that perspective there eddie edwards and sam mcallian are both dangerous individuals inside that square circle there's a deep and rich history here sammy callahan nearly ended eddie edwards career for the back to the eye and then just a few short weeks ago did it again now there's the old saying exodus i for an eye it appears a little bit because of deuteronomy as well and it means that an eye is worth just as much as in mind i think people sometimes misconstrue the saying but here it applies it doesn't vlog oh be careful look at sammy though completely just just unbothered just just didn't even care if the bobwhites fall on the street was on eddie edwards will attempt to use the boston knee party it is a signature trademark maneuver of his of course the homage to his home in boston massachusetts collar and elbow tie up which seems strange in a match like this it does but it seems like they're both men both men are trying to feel it out and it's about intimidation factor yes it seems a little weird with with the color noble lockup in this type of match but still these two know each other so well i don't think there's any new ships they can show each other but they don't know each other in this environment so it's a reintroduction and i think that's important that we should lose sight of that also the ropes no longer come into play as they normally would everything is different yeah oh that there it is there it is the first first touch of the barbed wire i'm not so sure that that leather vest protects sami callahan and how about both guys normally you'd see in the old texas death matches and things like guys coming fully dressed both of these guys showing flesh i don't think either are afraid to spill blood and leave flesh behind for their legacies in our sport no i think they're both willing to all to leave it all in the ring tonight to prove a point that i'm going to beat you or you're going to beat me but somehow this rivalry is going to come to an end tonight you know the rest of the locker room watching this there are monitors all over the building of course with protocols in place people aren't congregating but the entire locker room looks to these two as as the guys right now yeah but just like every nature show the lions the wolves circle don't know eventually the lions their place is taken look at that picture oh goodness that just you can already see the blood flowing oh my goodness what does this do to your career we mentioned sami callahan about 16 17 years of pro eddie edwards nearly 20 years ago just over that a match like this at this point in your career why it shortens what's left of your career it shortens it down this is the equivalent of 50 matches what you're about to put your body through what you're about to endure but to be willing to do it and both of these guys they don't need to prove anything anymore in this sport i think that's a safe assumption here but the fact that they're willing to go into this match i think it shows that hatred the literal pure vitriol that they have for one another yes no they don't have to do it but they need to do it they need to do it to prove it to each other because this rivalry has spanned over three years it is the most violent rivalry in the history of impact wrestling and somehow someway it has got to end callahan and very smartly astutely sends the barbed wire board out of the ring sami callahan constantly thinking at all times ladies and gentlemen i've just been informed that we have cracked the top five trend in on twitter hashtag hard to kill dilo brown what do you think [Music] [Music] oh [Applause] why not there is no laughing matter though [Applause] as these two have a notorious hostility boots to the face and ladies and gentlemen when the board was sent out one of our wires are here i understand we have lost hilo brown that very board is sitting right behind eddie edwards and sammy callahan now sammy now sees his blood and perhaps that only inspires this maniacal sadistic cruel sammy callahan and i thank our staff here we've got our wires back and going d lo brown do we have you back i am back and i'm in living color here i go yeah when that board came flying out it came towards our desk and it just knocked our headsets out so but i'm back we're good to go and and there's the n64 controller in play wrapped in barbed wire nonetheless amazing you can see that the kendo stick and the bat the preferred weapons of these respective wrestlers it is is sammy going for a suplex of the world that barbed wire board is set up along our barricades and you can see that eddie is dropping his rear and that makes his weight go closer to the mat harder for sammy to pull him over yeah he lowered he lowered his level what is that he doing and he is going to fly this sammy callahan is outsmarting eddie edwards it's not because he's a better wrestler it's because eddie edwards is fighting angry and sammy's a master manipulator he knows that he needs an advantage and this is the advantage and look sami just reveling it well you would reference it earlier that that eddie sometimes is reckless because he's angry that is a moment right there he was reckless he just wanted to go and flick damage on on sammy and it just it backfired but it's reckless because sammy made it let's take a look again and there's the impact landing hard on his lower back and now back to the live action pressing down on that very lower back look at that and ramming the barbed wire into eddie's back you know you don't have to like sammy callahan but you have to respect oh without a doubt oh cactus elbow onto the floor this rivalry has reached a crescendo barbed wire massacre timing is everything in our sport folks this is just quite frankly disturbing eddie edwards is laughing he is laughing at the pain let's take a look one more time i called it the cactus elbow because that's who made it infamous as you saw a little bang bang you know bang think about the influence of what is called the death match if you will or hardcore wrestling and it really has forged a spot in our sport i know a lot of purists may boo boo it but at the end of the day to be a quote-unquote hardcore wrestler not implying that both of these guys are being able to do it it makes you versatile right if you don't just have a fastball have a curveball have a slider it makes you multi-dimensional in this business and there's nothing wrong with that and i am not opposed to hardcore matches like this particularly in this situation this instance with a rivalry that's that's gone through every gambit that's gone to every incarnation of a match there's got to be some way to end this and you elevate up the stakes are higher so you need this type of match to end this rivalry over the shoulder of sammy callahan we appear inside the ring adorned with barbed wire and other accessories eddie edwards writhing in pain blood dripping from his face staining the mat sammy callahan stalking [Music] looking around where do i want quicken where do i want to hurt well i mentioned it at the top of the show that this rivalry has scarred the flesh of impact wrestling and i think it's appropriate that a match like barbed wire massacre now embodies that [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this style of match matches [Applause] all night long we've been touting the sport of professional wrestling but there comes a time where where that devolves and it unravels eddie edwards is a better wrestler than sammy callahan is that a fair statement without a doubt yeah so what does eddie need to do to change the momentum in this type of match he's got to get control and just control this match he's got it like right now this is where this is where sammy flourishes look at this oh my goodness i i am at a loss for words [Applause] sami callahan has been so vicious throughout this match here's just one example turning over a suplex dumping eddie onto the top rope strewn in barbed wire and then whipping eddie edwards with a video game controller wrapped in barbed wire yes i just said that yes i did not think i'd ever hear those words come out of your mouth and i just heard them stick around [Applause] we talked about what does eddie need to do he needs to turn this into a wrestling match and now here it is piggybacks could this be what eddie edwards needs could this be where eddie edwards begins to find his heart to kill moment in the in the game of football we can say momentum shifts you can see the field tip to one side or the other right now the field tip completely towards eddie edwards with that backpack stunner but eddie edwards is in a position to use your football analogy where the running game hasn't worked and if that's the case then play action won't work and a quarterback can't go down the field eddie edwards needs to change his game plan and do it now he needs to air it out let it go let it fly and this is what eddie edwards looks like he's doing he's going after the chair he's going after that barbed wire rap chair is it safe to say that eddie edwards almost needs to become sammy callahan he needs to devolve into sammy gallagher and fight sami's game [Applause] and again i love the international influence we talked about eddie's experience in japan and i think it's okay to mention wrestlers all around the world because it puts moves into contact absolutely did you see the way eddie was trying to cover there he wasn't covering to win he was covering blue thunderbomb right here if we see the cover he wasn't covering to win he was covering to inflict damage with that barbed wire smart great wasn't about that wasn't about getting the victory right there was about inflicting damage now eddie with a barbed wire steel chair in hand tosses in the side sees that sami callan is in a precarious position here trapped between the ring ropes and the panel of the steel cage and again sammy out quickens or outsmarts eddie edwards he baited eddie in and eddie took the bait and ran just one head first into that siding of the steel cage look eddie edwards isn't that much better than sammy but he is better and sami knows it and he has to even the playing field barbed wire massacre isn't enough it has to be a mental game for sandy callahan to succeed sammy is being very cerebral right now he is in eddie's head he's in his head oh he's also in his head yeah let's ease it yes no disqualifications obviously if you have to figure that out by now eddie edwards what a career if it ends like this tonight he has nothing to be ashamed of sami callahan on the other hand will maybe one day look back with some remorse no i don't think he'll ever look this in good and evil is a matter of perspective and in sammy's perspective he's doing what's right he'll never look back on this and say oh man with any kind of remorse well it's interesting when we ate from the tree of knowledge we as humans decided what was right and wrong and thus the world went to hell in a handbasket notice there look eddie has barbed wire cuts on his ankles on his calves we talked about exposing flesh in this kind of match eddie's lower extremities are suffering look at they're both ripping bobwhite off the cage [Applause] bloody tape bloody barbed wire bloody face this is hard to kill [Applause] just let this breathe for a second look what these two men are doing to each other [Music] [Applause] [Music] you have to you have to admire it and neither man is going to back down they both want to end this semi with kendo stick wrapped in barbed wire that is the third weapon of eddie edwards and eddie in a juxtaposition eddie now has a preferred weapon of sami callahan and they're squaring off with each other's weapons [Music] [Applause] how about eddie edwards here man live by the sword die by the sword you want this here's yours i'll take mine let's fight if i am i wrong there's a slight not a respect between the two of them it says that eddie edwards no matter what we've used this word devolve eddie edwards will always remain steeped in morals and ethics and sometimes pro wrestling isn't a place for someone like that oh look how he pulls it out that's ripping the ripping at him that's ripping it sammy [Applause] [Music] diana match when is enough enough eddie just got guillotined by that chain that's just strung from corner to corner wow [ __ ] full disclosure i'm going to let the world know you jumped out of your seat when that happened because that's not something that you i mean look and let's look at this of course i'm going to jump out of my seat that's a human being i've come to know eddie edwards and his wife we share a lot of conversations laughter candy all these things it hurts to see your friend in there but sometimes you got to put that aside so i apologize it's nothing wrong with it no need to apologize you are a human being as well and you're reacting i don't think i've ever seen anything like that in in my time in the business i i'll be the first one to say that now sonny cowan [Applause] what does sammy callahan have in mind here a thumb to the eye right there look at that dilo it's a crappy move but it's smart it's effective you blind your opponent you caused pain is he going for the pile driver no shoulders down leg covered two [Applause] there is something called fighting spirit and eddie edwards has it and if he'd been missing it this entire night finally he has woken up finally eddie edwards realizes what's in front of him and eddie edwards does not care about anything other than tonight piledriver through a barbed wire board and eddie edwards still is alive i don't know what i just saw i don't know how eddie kicked out but it has to be that fighting sphere it has to be the will to win we talk about japanese wrestling we'll see a lot of it in our main event tonight that fighting spirit is huge it's the energy that a fighter gives off and the crowd and the world feeds off of that energy as well energy is contagious and right now eddie edwards may be fading here it is oh that is a callback to the first time sammy blinded eddie edwards and he would have none of it eddie is just fighting he's setting him up is this [Applause] boston knee party on the chair barbed wire rolling over shoulders down leg is hooked kicked out of one you talk about fighting spirit you talk about dark energy sami callahan has it sammy is showing that same thing hey [Applause] [Music] here is your winner edward how fitting that we talked about eddie edwards career in japan it's the move that he used to win the global honor crown title so many years ago he puts it as his own and cross-legged emerald flows and there you see his wife coming to his aid eddie edwards for what you've given to our sport on behalf of everyone we say thank you and sammy callahan as well you might not like him dilo but you have to respect what he's given to our sport no i don't like him one bit but i respect what those two men just put themselves through the match the pain the intensity and the throwback to the great misawa by the edwards to win this match with the emerald closing just tremendous and there you see eddie's wife alicia she said she would not come in the during the match she came down to take a look right there that boston knee party into the chair and then there's the emerald flossing and the one two three what a tremendous match what a what a just look at that picture wow the edwards family has to rejoice wherever they are right now understand whoever raised eddie edwards whoever raised that young man raised him well and it's an honor and a privilege to be a part of a sport when you meet people that do the right thing that stand up for honor i just think that's something that honestly hilo for me it truly means that professional wrestling is really really where it's at today as i look down at my notes what a night it's been d-ro brown uh so far it's been amazing hard to kill has been off the charts we're trending in the top five in the world thank you hashtag hard to kill and and with action like we just saw there what is in store in the main event well the main event is coming up and the next time we come your way on pay-per-view is in april and ladies and gentlemen if you like what you're seeing here tonight get ready for what we're about to give you [Music] let it loose [Music] all right ladies and gentlemen cannot wait for april ladies and gentlemen this entire night has been built around a concept and that concept is our main event what it has done to the sport our sport will never be the same let's take a look at this story ladies and gentlemen hard to kill is trending we're making history the greatest sport in the world professional wrestling i've known this man since he was 10 years old and i watched him as he became a world-class athlete i watched him as he became the best wrestler in the world i was there like an invisible hand you see kenny and don callis we're family you were on impact wrestling on access tv with that belt what we do is change history all the paradigms are being broken it was all part of the plan for me to come to impact wrestling it was all part of the plan when tony kahn invited me into his house very graciously at kenny's request don callas has led a screw job here and taking advantage of tony kahn's hospitality welcome to the wrestling business kid we've just been jobs all the paradigms are being broken that's kenny omega's bus kenny omega he's here carl tonight i got you one-on-one and you know we're gonna give you a little preview of what it's gonna be like when you lose those tag team titles to us in the future you don't talk to the 2012 g1 finalists like that you get him go gang man handful of tights and carl anderson steals one from chris saban and there's rich swan there's the world champ i'm kind of pissed off i'm oh yeah yeah i'm not gonna bridgewater i'm not gonna let this guy run around and run the show spoiling the party for carl anderson he's a champ he kind of does what he wants sometimes you're right about one thing jeff does what he wants i need to cheat like this may be your house yeah you may be the champion as long as you're a wrestler this is my world and you're just living it there are certain things in life that are just out of our control and unfortunately my ability to compete at hard to kill has been dropped into that bucket i owe an apology to chris saban i owe one rich swan i owe one of the fans and i owe a receipt to the good brothers and kenny omega [Music] moose bro i tried to go really moose what do you mean you tried to understand i didn't get no phone call i didn't get no email this is the guy that beat that crap out of willie mack one of my best friends dog and you expect me to stand alongside this dude fake world champion a doodle carries the tna world title do you want to win this match do you remember lying out on the ground down here when those guys jumped you you need somebody that can have your back and if there's one thing that he loves more than himself is winning i'll work with music but i hope you're right i hope this is the right decision because we know how unstable moose is got this rich [Music] the moment we have been waiting for is finally upon us we thank everyone for joining us around the globe this is the night that you have waited for from that cold december night on an aew broadcast to right here we are hard to kill [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] ladies and gentlemen this is your heart to kill main event of the evening it is a six-man tag team contest scheduled for one fall introducing team number one first he is the tna world heavyweight champion he stands six feet six and a half inches tall he weighs in at 270 pounds he has dropped 20 pounds he truly is hyper focused on being the best drafted in 2006 for the national football league it wasn't rough enough for him so moose found the sport of professional wrestling and he's here tonight at heart to kill [Music] [Applause] his tank team partner from detroit michigan chris saban with 20-plus years of experience this young man certainly has left an indelible mark on our sport he is a former iwgp junior tag team champion and the reason that statement carries weight is because he did it with alex shelley who was supposed to be in this match now he's no longer in this match so dilo brown chris saban has to find a different gear i certainly believe he's capable oh i have no doubt that he will find that gear and he will execute it to perfection i have no doubt [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and their tag team partner from baltimore maryland he is the impact world champion you know dilo so many experts are saying tonight is such a big night for impact such a big night for impact i think tonight's a big night for aew as well because their fans and their champion get to see the very best wrestler in the impact locker room they get to experience rich swan and i don't think that's something people should sleep on absolutely the aew fans get to see the best that impact wrestling has to offer the world gets to see the best that impact wrestling has offered and right there you're looking at him the impact world champion nearly 20 titles none more prestigious than the one he captured recently of course the impact title rick swan trained by our friends adam flash and ruckus shouting out some of those old maryland and northeast [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] their opponents first from tokyo japan the big lg doc gallows machine gun carl anderson they are the impact world tag team champions they are good good brothers on the left you see carl anderson a veteran of 21 years trained under the watchful eye of roger ruff and he has captured nearly 25 championships he has recently made the stateside transition because carl anderson has forged his career in the rings of japan that man right there doc gallows six feet eight inches tall 300 pounds also nearly 20 years of experience and essentially this is just a farm boy from the mid-atlantic who has turned into a good brother yeah he is just one of the toughest sobs i've ever seen around wrestling both of these men are great professional wrestlers they've been all over the world but their home is impact wrestling [Music] [Applause] they will tell their children where they were the night kenny omega stepped inside of an impact wrestling ring [Music] ladies and gentlemen i am going to introduce to you a man so special there is only one person on earth that has a linguistic capacity to do a proper introduction this man is a legend in his early 30s gotch hackenschmidt fez race flare hogan all pale in comparison and are all insects in the shadow of the god of professional wrestling ladies and gentlemen from winnipeg manitoba canada the wrestling capital of the world at 224 pounds he is your a aew [Music] world champion [Music] kenny by god oh mega [Applause] [Music] and ladies and gentlemen here is the moment the world has been waiting for kenny omega the aew world champion is about to walk out on an impact wrestling stage this is a big fight field can you feel it can you feel the energy he's making everyone wait a true superstar knows how to make an entrance a man that has revolutionized our sport kenny omega if you want to go and research his career once this show is over please do so understand the trials and tribulations the miles this man has put underneath his waistline to carry that prestigious title that sits along his waist kenny omega from winnipeg canada giving all young kids in winnipeg another athlete to look up to back in the day they grew up looking at dale howard shop or maybe now blake wheeler now you look at a guy like kenny omega and you have something to attach yourself to beyond the great sport of hockey he's giving the youngsters out there something that they can attain something they can look forward to and here he is kenny omega circling the ring once again making everyone wait ladies and gentlemen all i can say is just sit back let's watch and let's see how this plays out and i guarantee we're all going to be entertained by what we're about to see [Music] having someone like kenny omega in this match it changes everything having someone like kenny omega walk through the halls of impact having someone like kenny omega have his own private dressing room in the back of skyway studios i can't sit well with all the other men and women that have built this company look at save and look at moose look at swan forget their differences impact was built on their backs they cannot feel good about that as brian hebner's takes a quick tumble he's been assigned this task dilo break this down for us but right now it's you see the lines are being drawn on one side you've got moose and saban and rich swan and they are standing up for the pride of impact wrestling and the other side you've got the good brothers who are almost turncoats and by god kenny omega coming to prove that he thinks aew is the more powerful more prestigious championship and company this is going to be one hell of a battle i don't see a chess match here i see a bunch of fists flying and feet flying and clotheslining and people getting a snot knock out here now and this is going to be one hell of a match of course this match a joint promotion if you will all elite wrestling and impact and with that we say hello to jim ross tony chavanni and excalibur they do the commentary for all elite wrestling what i like that aew does is they give wrestlers without a contract a chance you know and i saw guys like mike magnum from new york get an opportunity things like that what does that mean for wrestling when aew gives people opportunity well once again opportunity breeds place to go it gives you something to aspire for and when they're giving guys opportunities like that like we do hit impact wrestling it gives you something to strive for so i i i my hat's off to them i tip my hat to them but you know powering up a lockup see carl anderson controlling the arm of chris saban both of these guys have made careers as tag team wrestlers but make no mistake they're equally as effective on their own [Applause] you see save and elevate the pace of the match up real quick and take anderson out of his game plan because anderson wanted to slow this match down grind it down right and save it had nothing to do with that you know we saw don cowan's trying to pander the boots my question is what becomes of the useful idiot when he is no longer useful you know he gets thrown out of the pasture [Applause] carl anderson controlling the risk of chris him into the turnbuckle saving using the bottom ropes to get away into the opposite side that's the clothesline another deep arm drag from christie this headset is counter there by colin back to the headlock taco this is evenly matched absolutely right there you see a standoff both men are evenly matched so they always try to watch a wrestler's belly their major see if they're breathing hard carl anderson hasn't cracked a sweat no he he he cut his teeth in in the doges of japan cardio is the one thing they do over there better than anybody else and now here because moose is in this match this part of the match changes the big man here we go [Applause] [Music] gallows on the move this is more about machismo and bravado than anything else how often do you see someone look eye to iowa gallows and eye to eye with moose i mean look at them they are both six foot six monsters see gallow has a much longer strike range moose likes to use the forearm on gallow with the fa uppercut and some sign language and moose will have none of it you have to also remember that the brothers came into this company not too long ago they commanded big money big contract that can't sit well as well with guys that have laid their lives on the line for impact yeah absolutely he's got to run people the wrong way in the locker room where you see you worked and you toiled and you built this company and these two guys come in with all the fanfare and get the big contracts and get all the opportunities and then they turn their backs on the company they came to here we go the patrick of wrestling all my hockey fans out there and you see the t-shirt it references a movement now a few weeks ago five men stood in the middle of the ring and held up a universal sign and i have heard a lot of people say that that moment allowed them to forget the negative themes that have been thrown at us this past year and reminded them that the common denominator amongst us all is that we all love professional wrestling and that's that's an important thing that's what we're all watching tonight that's why you and i are here tonight we all love this business boiling down to your point who's only a matter of time here we go and let's not forget that the concept of that group that we're talking about was foreigners infiltrating and i guess art imitates life because that's going on so they're technically foreigners you know invading our territory here at impact wrestling so look at kenny so smart front chancery on rich swan the champion the fact that these two are touched is monumental in and of itself carl anderson now and stalking rich schwab i will ask you this right could you receive think you'd see the day when you would see world champions from two different companies in the same ring at the same time look as a kid i grew up reading wrestling magazines and i remember i was like wrestled harley race or if rock record wrestling that to me was always special and rich swan is a special wrestler as was displayed right there taunton kenny tag made here comes chris saint looks like moose is coming in as well uh moose just said the hell with it i'm going in i think that's smart again remember what these three men are fighting for they're fighting for the honor of impact but they're also fighting for the respect of what people have given to this sport you cannot walk into a locker room anymore and expect something to be handed to you and dilo i think those old antiquated more racers oh my god oh my [Applause] the god i was gonna make is those old ways are gone guys like moose now are the sport walking in giving the limp handshake or giving up your seat or carrying someone's bag i get the respect but the sport is evolving and these six men are right here right now at the height the zenith of it if you will absolutely they're they're right at the the leading edge of what this business is evolving too is it cena let's okay if you're canadian so many times and you know it's been interesting uh moose has been working well with swan and saban as evident by the pictures on your screen and then this and this just one of the most athletic things i've ever seen for men six foot six 270 pounds from a standing moonsault you know moose said something interesting that he played in the nfl with guys he didn't like he played in the nfl guys he hated but once that whistle sounded they were all his brothers and i think that mentality applies without a doubt you can see he's a it's about winning the man is this enough here a back breaker from the all-elite wrestling champion dealer i got a question for you yeah i know it'll probably you know cause some controversy but hey is kenny omega pound for pound the best wrestler in the world you know many people debate you can debate either way i've seen him go out there and have some of the best matches in the world in japan and he's gone there toe to toe with some of the best wrestlers in the world by god kenny omega is one of the best out there [Applause] that's don kallas john kells he can't stay away from the mic kenny but he brings up a good point you know look the brothers are a tag team they understand tag team wrestling sabin is without alex shelley so of course the brothers are going to control the ring cut it off look where carl anderson is he's between saban and his corner it's basic it's rudimentary but it works and it's perfect positioning you see that right there karl energy's got his back to his opponents because he knows his teammates are watching his back kenny omega nodding and approval he knows the brothers so well now saban continues to fight double closed lines both athletes down now brian hebner checks the corner and begins his count the wrestlers have to the count of 10 to rise to their feet a decided advantage will be won by who can get to their corner get to their feet first tag made here's kenny here's rich swan world champ versus world champ right here we ask the question is kenny omega pound for pound the best friend so we have to ask the same question about rich swan and then it begs the question what can rich do that can he can't and vice versa right we're gonna find out right now aren't we jump up kick there stunts oh megan saban down started swan now dealing jump up sends omega on to anderson gallows in now he shuts down swan moose neutralizes gallows presence shadows to the floor back into the fray is chris saban what is going on here saban is going to use swan as if he were shelley nice assistant ddt omega down to the floor sabin and swan working together again anderson now caught head trapped ddt look at that stephen are working well together and don is panicking look where don goes right to kenny right to kenny [Applause] beautiful attack by swan saban on the other side [Applause] [Music] everybody is down moose is up moose is checking on her body swan back to kenny omega to me this is the money match i think this is the match that people want to see take a look at our world champion taking out the all-elite wrestling world champion frog splash blocked by kenny omega take nothing away from kenny i understand that he has the quote-unquote outsider stink on him but kenny omega is a bright talented young man and whether you like him or not you have to respect the fact that he loves wrestling he loves his fans he interacts with them all the time that's something that that's hard to dismiss without a doubt i mean kenny omega is one of the best wrestlers on this planet bar none no mistakes about it he does interact with his fans he cares about this business you may not like him you may not even respect him oh boy but he's we're using damn terms the world champion all around the world different companies have their champions uh over in new japan ibushi is the champion he's actually a dual title holder a lot of people talk about the connection between abushi and kenny omega i think it'd be interesting to have champions from all around the world compete here on impact wrestling perhaps maybe a tournament on paper tag made gallows now approaching from the rear clasping the head and chin picking up rick swan with one hand i don't know about you but it seems like when doc alice gets the ring i almost hear the theme song from jurassic park when the t-rex is chasing people down like that's what he looks like when he walks in the ring like a giant dinosaur [Music] these three men have stood in rings around the world they stood in rings in a tokyo dome in hanover germany and now if here in nashville tennessee jacksonville florida everywhere they go their wrestling is a universal language swan slips out from the slam big right hand kenny has his hands up trying to defend [Music] [Applause] and there's the low road right there with the boots in the back sleeping leg lariat kenny with a cover deep hey one thing i notice about kenny omega every time he covers he covers for the win he covers with the intent to win he makes you you know exhausts a maximum effort to kick out of his pin attempts of course folks if you're liking this wait till the next time that you see us on pay-per-view a call to arms has been put out it's time for a change it is time for a rebellion a triple splash cover ryan hebner right in there and chris saban able to break it up [Applause] you know i i like a pissed off saving oh i love piss off savings a good saving he takes he steps his game up he works harder he's more intense he's so quiet but they say still waters run deep the quiet ones are the one you have to watch out for we'll have to watch out for kenny omega as he stomps the back of the impact champion rich swamp swan says no as brian hedner asks him the question of do you want to quit over the shoulder of don kalas we see kenny omega trapping the left ankle of rich small [Applause] and right there swan is trying to get out oh look at that great move by swanny gets want to make the tag he's got to tag the moose the big man blows right through kenny omega wow pounce like shoulder tackle sends the aew champion down urinagy on anderson gallows in now head butt wow moose is on fire right now you know i have to admit when this match started i didn't like moose in it but now i think this is an ingredient that we needed it's bad look at that wow so impressive and look at the mockery a triple kick in the corner [Music] omega staggers back out discus clothes look at moose's face moose is so confident in his skills he thought that was over and now moose making the tag to saban saban directing traffic these three working well together thus far absolutely right and it's literally team impact going for the win kenny wise to get out of trouble the brothers now trying to rectify the wrongs that have been done here just like that now it is the brothers and kenny omega that fill the ring and chris saban is the one to suffer cover here [Music] dilo i've noticed kenny omega has gone for every cover it's as if this team needs and wants kenny to get the vic it feels that way and it feels like it's it's a statement if kenny gets the win it's a statement statement win in this gut wrench holding saving feeder over the shoulders chris saban kicks out [Applause] maybe it's an orchestrated plan that that kenny omega is going to go for every cover because they need him to get the win as moose and gallows fight in front of us kenny omega has his sights set on chris saban but moose cuts him off nice thrust kick dry on sabin nicely done sure you can spin swan got caught done but swan was able to block it nice turn around the trigger is that enough let's go swan stirring rolling away middle of the ring kenny omega to the top moose coming in gosh how athletic is good [Applause] standing c4 spanish fly off the top rope sabin has omega now could we be witnessing history here this is it drop them come on [Applause] my goodness ladies and gentlemen six of the finest athletes in our sport giving you everything let's take a look at the replay look at this look at the athleticism for a moose the spanish fly at the top my gosh look at the impact oh look at that it's just crazy that man that big can move as nimble as he can see kenny omega now struggling to make the tag saban trying to stop him the long arms of doc gallows come into play hands up now [Applause] shin kick let's see what the brothers have in mind here tandem offense signature cover here no ski almost had it there yeah that was close it looked like swan was caught in between making the save and i don't know what happened you just got caught up a little bit you know as well as i do sometimes when you get your bell wrong there's that like cognition knockout you know tag made [Music] legal man they're going for the magic killer no saban knew it had it scouted of course from the gun brothers have a deep history saban now has only one man that he needs to get to and it's fitting that it is the world champion rich swan you see his handout stretch sabin crawling now tag made to kenny omega tag made to rich swan these two renew hostilities [Applause] and look at two world champions going toe to toe right there exchanging blows one for one one for one neither backing down and these are two great wrestlers the fact that they're resorting to pi oh my goodness that's the difference for kenny omega oh that has to be it is that enough nothing oh my gosh what rich swan has been through physically in the last year is compounded by the damage that has been inflicted upon him in this match what is what is omega planning next what is he going to do take a look at the eyes he's like wild he's just got these wild eyes but they say that the great ones are always a little bit a little low but swan his right hand is the only thing that is holding him on right now he's lost it he's anchored into that top rope thank goodness because it's a long way down and the omega beating upon the back of rick swan trying to gain the advantage rich swan now headbutt to the bridge of the nose electric chair from moose that's six foot eight coming into play here kenny's in a bad spot slips off the sweaty back and uses moose as a battering ram oh boy it's one wing is he over the one winger how is he he's going to do this oh slips off now kenny in a bad place modification on the doomsday two no don was almost on to the ron was scared right there he thought that was it i think don callas realizes that what he has done if it's ever revealed if there is ever a disclosure don kallus is in for it because some people feel he's betrayed impact wrestling well and i think that's why the boys from impact are fighting so hard tonight to prove donkeys wrong you picked the wrong side combination there by rich swan [Applause] what's the kick this kenny he triggered again now one wing is this it [Applause] another one down goes kenny omega rich swan now goes up only one thing left to do finish this one what is it going to take to end this match [Applause] these six men have left it all out there rich swans going back up again we talked about what can rich swan do that kenya man what makes rich different than kenny i think that rich believes it's the top rope maneuvers gallows though that's the killer killer is this it sabin out shoulders down [Applause] no [Applause] how about the fact that moose saved rich swan that shows he's all in in this match [Applause] [Applause] now with moose removed once again we go back to omega and whoa v-trigger i think swan is out on his feet that's it one two three [Music] [Applause] ladies and gentlemen your winners the good brothers and the aew world champion kenny baker the all-elite wrestling champion kenny omega has just pinned the impact wrestling champion rick swan let that statement sink in that's an amazing amazing accomplishment this has been an amazing night and that was an amazing match honestly on behalf of everyone in the wrestling community take a look at how this match ended take a look at how he did it one wing in angel right down on the back of the net rich swan is out three seconds is all it takes for history to be made and ladies and gentlemen dilo i know you can agree this is a great sport we love it from independent wrestling all the way to the top this sport is amazing and i can't think of a better time to be a fan what a time to be alive hard to kill impact wrestling what the hell did we just watch it was a great match i cannot believe what we put out here tonight for impact wrestling for the world when all the eyes of the wrestling business focus squarely on this company [Music] as we take a look at the good brothers kenny omega and don kallas making sure they bring the prestigious all-elite wrestling title with them on behalf of d-lo brown all the wrestlers in the impact locker room everyone in the production truck we thank you so much for making hard to kill such a success ladies and gentlemen good night [Music]

Channel: IMPACT Wrestling

Views: 270,649

Keywords: TNA, IMPACT Plus, WWE, AEW, ROH, NJPW, New Japan, MLW, Wrestling, Pro Wrestling, world wrestling entertainment, ring of honor, all elite, Knockouts, NXT, Raw, Smackdown, WWF, Extreme Championship, fight, monsters ball, young bucks, kenny omega, cm punk, STING, GOOD BROTHERS, NICKIE JAMES, moose wrestler, Kurt Angle, AJ styles, moonsault, canadian destroyer, title match, cage match, women's wrestling, IIconics, IIspiration, Death Match, Josh Alexander, Rich Swann, Sami Callihan

Id: 062VVG-48K8

Length: 173min 23sec (10403 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 08 2022

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[u/RobertStonetossBrand]

This is the opposite of a hot lead in, lol

[u/gothamsteel]

It will be on at 4pm EST.

[u/Duckman_XXX1979]

I don't understand why Impact still hasn't tried to do blu-ray's (Selling dvd's in 2022 is so silly) They air the PPV in 1080p so they have the HD print sources to do blu-rays