Several championship matches have been added to the upcoming IMPACT Wrestling events in Australia, streaming live on FITE on both June 30 and July 1.
On the June 22 episode of IMPACT on AXS, IMPACT Wrestling announced several Championship matches that will take place during their upcoming events in Australia. First, Eddie Edwards will look to become IMPACT Wrestling Digital Media Champion on June 30 as he challenges Joe Hendry. Also set for June 30, two pioneers of the X-Division will once again throw down for the IMPACT X-Division Championship as Chris Sabin defends against Frankie Kazarian.
Joining the IMPACT Knockouts Championship match between Gisele Shaw and Deonna Purrazzo on July 1 will be an IMPACT Wrestling Tag Team Championship match between defending champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey and the team that they beat for the Tag Team Championship, the Motor City Machine Guns, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin.
.@SuperChrisSabin vs @FrankieKazarian for the X-Division Championship is next weekend at the IMPACT DOWN UNDER TOUR!! #IMPACTWrestling #IMPACTonAXSTV pic.twitter.com/reV69A9iOd
— Xylot Themes (@XylotThemes) June 23, 2023
IMPACT further fleshing out promotion and @FiteTV shilling for the Down Under Tour. #ImpactWrestling pic.twitter.com/mN2ERZ0z2l
— Cameron Archer Gloryosky (@gloryosky) June 23, 2023
Should everything go the way Sabin & Shelley are hoping for, they will walk out of Australia holding all of the major championships in IMPACT.
Later in the evening, IMPACT announced more matches for the upcoming event on July 1, including Moose challenging the winner of Joe Hendry vs. Eddie Edwards for the IMPACT Digital Media Title, Steph De Lander facing Killer Kelly, and Steve Maclin facing Frankie Kazarian, regardless of whether or not either man walks out with a title on June 30.
BREAKING: Four new matches have been CONFIRMED for the July 1 Down Under Tour event at the Equex Center in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia!
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) June 23, 2023
FULL DETAILS: https://t.co/gk2aZnqvXp pic.twitter.com/2A1GntFTca
Check out the full cards below:
Down Under Tour (6/30)
- IMPACT World Championship: Alex Shelley (c) vs. Steve Maclin
- IMPACT Digital Media Championship: Joe Hendry (c) vs. Eddie Edwards
- IMPACT X-Division Championship: Chris Sabin (c) vs. Frankie Kazarian
Down Under Tour (7/1)
- IMPACT Knockouts Championship: Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Gisele Shaw
- IMPACT World Tag Team Championship: ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey)(c) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
- IMPACT Digital Media Championship: Joe Hendry/Eddie Edwards (c) vs. Moose
- Steve Maclin vs. Frankie Kazarian
- Killer Kelly vs. Steph De Lander
Keep track of everything happening on tonight's episode of IMPACT by checking out Fightful's live coverage. We will also have a post-show review which can be found here.
