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-IMPACT World champion Tessa Blanchard comes out to the ring to start the show and addresses comments X-Division champion Ace Austin has made the past several weeks before Ace Austin and Reno Scum come out and surround her.
Tessa Blanchard vs Adam Thornstowe w/Luster the Legend & Ace Austin
Tessa immediately takes Co tell and sends Adam out of the ring with a huricanrrana before Luster sends her into the apron when Ace distracts the referee. Adam tosses Tessa back into the ring and hits her with back elbows in the corner and clotheslines her for two, Adam ripping and tearing at Tessa's face and mouth before she fights her way to her feet out of a headlock. Adam drops Tessa as soon as she gets free of the headlock and chokes her in the ropes before hitting a scoop slam and mocking Tessa before missing a standing moonsault. Tessa comes back with chops and forearms before hitting a huricanrrana and a suicide dive hitting a diving cannonball off of the top. Back in the ring Tessa then hits a buzz saw DDT for the pin and the win.
Winner: Tessa Blanchard defeats Adam Thornstowe via pinfall with a buzz saw DDT.
-Ace and Reno Scum attack Tessa after the match before she's saved by Tommy Dreamer with a kendo stick before we go backstage to Kiera Hogan, Madison Rayne and Taya Valkyrie arguing backstage about getting who will get a Knockouts Championship match if Taya defeats Jordynne Grace.
-We then get an IMPACT Wrestling Hidden Gem between LAX and WWE's Seth Rollins as Tyler Black and his partner where they're destroyed in a matter of seconds.
-We come back to Tessa and Tommy during the break before Tessa Blanchard versus Ace Austin is announced for Sacrifice at the end of the month.
Rhino vs Taurus
They lock up before trying to knock each other over until Rhino drops Taurus with a shoulder block and Taurus runs him over. Rhino rolls out of the ring and pulls Taurus off of the apron before Taurus hits Rhino with clubbing blows and locks in a shoulder lock. Taurus hits an arm breaker for two and starts focusing on the arm of Rhino before Taurus hits a shining wizard for two. Taurus misses a corkscrew senton and Rhino comes back with clotheslines and a shoulder tackle into an overhead belly to belly suplex for two. Taurus drops Rhino with a flurry of strikes and kicks for two before Rhino hits a spinebuster and is attacked by Moose.
Winner: Rhino defeats Taurus via disqualification when Moose attacks Rhino.
-After the match Moose attacks Taurus before he's rocked with a headbutt by Taurus and Rhino Gores him before we go backstage to Michael Elgin cutting a promo in a mirror while we see various stills of his match against Eddie Edwards last week as we go to commercial.
-We come back to Johnny Swinger entering the locker room of Desi Hit Squad before trying to team up with them. We then have this week's Flashback Moment of the Week featuring a triple threat tag team match between Beer Money, Motor City Machine Guns and Team 3D.
-Taya Valkyrie talks to Rosemary who's lying in wait for James Mitchell before attacking him and dragging him into a room and closing the door as we go to commercial.
Rosemary vs Susie
Rosemary tries her best to enrage Susie and make her fight her, grabbing her hair and slapping her and demanding she fight her before Susie put the glove on and takes her down. Susie punches Rosemary hits a running back elbow in the corner before choking Rosemary who mists her hand and they end up brawling outside and up the ramp and to the back as we go to commercial.
We come back to Rosemary choking Susie before she transforms into Su Yung and James Mitchell discovers Rosemary and Havok laid out on the steps with Su Yung no where to be found.
Winner: No contest.
TJP w/Fallah Bahh vs Vikingo
They run the ropes and exchange flips and arm drags before TJP stands on his head to escape a head scissors and they exchange open hand palm strikes. TJP and Vikingo stand on their heads and slap each other before mirroring a dropkick and TJP backs Vikingo into the corner for a clean break. Vikingo hits a slingshot spear into a huricanrrana that sends TJP out of the ring before superkicking him and slamming him onto the floor. Vikingo hits a running shooting star press off of the apron and onto TJP on the floor before tossing him back into the ring and TJP hits a sit-out butterfly gut buster. TJP locks in a stock submission before TJP hits a side Russian leg sweep and they exchange until Vikingo locks in an armbar.
TJP applies a Muta lock before transitioning to an Indian death lock and Vikingo gets to the ropes for the break. TJP and Vikingo exchange open hand palm strikes to the chest before they end up at ringside and Vikingo hits a flipping senton over the turnbuckle and clearing the corner. Back in the ring Vikingo traps TJP in the ropes and hits a diving leg drop for a near fall before TJP hits a tombstone into a frog splash for a near fall of his own.Vikingo knocks TJP from the top and hits running knees in the corner for a near fall before hitting a superplex into an octopus stretch. TJP then counters a spike huricanrrana into a twister for the tap and the win.
Winner: TJP defeats Vikingo via submission with a Twister.
-After the match Vikingo is attacked by The North before he's saved by TJP and Bahh before we go backstage to Joey Ryan talking to Katie Forbes and subsequently being attacked and laid out by RVD from behind before they leave as we go to commercial.
OvE (Dave & Jake Crist) w/Madman Fulton vs Daga & Dr.Wagner Jr.
Wagner starts things off with Dave, the luchador dropping Dave with a drop toe hold and stomping him while playing to the crowd before hitting a powerslam for two. Jake comes in and Wagner chops, punches and headbutts him before hitting a running clothesline in the corner and a regular clothesline after Jake boots him. Daga comes in and runs the ropes with Jake before they exchange DVDs and Jake rolls out of the ring before Daga hits a baseball slide and chases Jake before he's clotheslined by Dave at ringside. Back in the ring OvE isolate Daga before he gets the tag to Dr. Wagner who drops Jake and hits a Samoan drop into a dragon screw. Wagner hits Dave with a dragon screw and he and Daga take turns hitting Jake with moves in the corner before hitting a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
OvE hit Daga with a fear factor for a near fall before Wagner takes out Jake at ringside and Daga hits a butterfly sit-out facebuster for the pin and the win.
Winner: Daga and Dr. Wagner Jr defeat OvE via pinfall.
-After the match Madman Fulton takes out Daga and Wagner before we go backstage to Johnny Swinger meeting with Willie Mack for the third week in a row, trying to team up with him.
Street Fight Match
Tommy Dreamer vs Ace Austin
Tommy dumps Ace over the top rope and down onto the floor before Ace comes back with a boot and Tommy hits a suplex onto the ramp. Tommy leaves and comes back with a plastic trash can of various objects before hitting him with a crutch as they make their way to the back of the arena and into the rafters as we go to commercial.
We return to Tommy and Ace in the crowd before Ace kicks Tommy off of the rafters and crashing down onto the floor. Ace hits a diving cross body off of the rafters, clearing the railing and landing on Tommy at ringside before they counter each other until Tommy trips Ace and sends gin back first onto the edge of the apron. Tommy wedges Ace's arm in a chair and hits it with another chair before Ace slams him onto a chair when he goes for a DDT onto it. Ace cuts Tommy open and sends him throat first into the bottom rope before wedging a chair in the corner and hitting him with another. Ace brings a table into the ring and Tommy knocks him down before hitting a diving elbow drop onto the chair.
They exchange right hands before Tommy drops Ace with a bionic elbow and a cutter for a near fall. Ace hits a diving bulldog for two before setting the table up in the corner and hitting Tommy with the kendo stick. Tommy hits a side Russian leg sweep with the kendo stick before Ace kicks him out of the air for a near fall before Tommy stops Ace from giving him a paper cut and hitting a DDT for a near fall. Tommy hits a running powerslam through the table in the corner a very close near fall before grabbing a ladder and putting it into the ring. Ace hits a back stabber before Tommy rocks him with a right hand and wedges the ladder between the ropes in the corner.
Ace then hits Tommy with his baton and traps him in the rungs of the ladder and hitting a blockbuster off of the top for the pin and the win.
Winner: Ace Austin defeats Tommy Dreamer via pinfall with a diving blockbuster.