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This week’s show opens with the advertised tag title match.
IMPACT World Tag Team Championship: Heath & Rhino (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns
Rhino and Sabin start the match with a lock up. Shelley comes in and works submissions on Heath. The bout came down to Sabin and Heath when Matt Cardona and Brian Myers attacked both teams. The ref calls for the bell.
No Contest
Josh Alexander confronts Scott D’Amore to tell him he shouldn’t have trusted Tommy Dreamer. Zicky Dice and Johnny Swinger interrupt as Swinger wants a title match. Scott tells him to win 50 matches first.
Jordynne Grace and Mickie James have a face to face photoshoot to hype up Hard to Kill.
Savannah Evans vs. Taya Valkyrie
They go back and forth to start until Taya spears Evans and she falls out of the ring. Evans gets back in and takes control with headlock. Evans delivers several punches and covers. Taya turns it around with a leg lock and pivots to a chin lock. Evans delivers a full Nelson slam and covers for the three.
Winner: Savannah Evans
Delirious cuts a promo backstage and challenges Eddie Edwards to a match.
The Design (formerly known as VBD) make their way down for the next match.
Kon vs. Sami Callihan
Sami ducks a clothesline and delivers several chest chops. Kon clobbers Sami and grips his neck. They go back and forth more until Kon choke slams Sami on the apron. Kon covers him for the win.
Winner: Kon
Gia Miller interviews Trey Miguel in his private room until Crazzy Steve pops up behind his couch.
Josh Alexander cuts a promo in the ring and says he talked to management following the events of Over Drive. He’s agreed to put his title on the line tonight. Bully Ray interrupts on the tron briefly and trolls Josh with a photo of his wife. After, Speedball Mike Bailey comes down and grabs a mic to answer the challenge.
IMPACT World Championship: Josh Alexander (c) vs. Mike Bailey
They lock up before Alexander hits a shoulder tackle on Bailey. Alexander hits a body slam on Bailey before the two exchange forearm strikes. The two exchange chops before Bailey hit side kicks on Alexander before hitting an enziguri to send him out of the ring. Bailey hit a tope suicida on Alexander to the outside before the break. After, Bailey hits a double knee drop on Alexander for a nearfall. Alexander lays in the stomps on Bailey and hit a series of forearm strikes to the head, but Bailey runs the ropes and hit a dropkick on Alexander. Bailey laid in kicks on Alexander before hitting a standing Tornillo Splash for a nearfall. Bailey went for another kick, but Alexander hit three German suplexes on Bailey for a nearfall. Alexander went for the C4, but Bailey countered only for Alexander to try an ankle lock. Bailey targets Alexander’s left shoulder before going for an Octopus Hold. Alexander slams Bailey’s head into the top turnbuckle to break the hold, but Bailey tightened the hold before hitting a Poison Rana on Alexander for a nearfall.
Back from another break, Alexander laid in the knee strikes on Bailey to the head. Bailey hit a chop, a rib kick, and went for a springboard move but Alexander caught him with a forearm strike. Alexander went for a C4, but Bailey reversed it with a small package for a nearfall before hitting a Pele kick. Bailey went for a standing moonsault, but Alexander escaped. Bailey came back with a thrust kick, the spinning roundhouse kick, and went for the Ultima Weapon. Alexander countered and hit a powerbomb backbreaker on Bailey. Alexander went for a C4 spike, but Alexander collapsed while spiking Bailey to the mat on his neck. Alexander went for the Spike again, but Bailey used his weight to send themselves to the outside. Bailey slid back into the ring before hitting. pump kick to send Alexander off the apron before hitting a triangle moonsault on Alexander to the outside. Bailey climbed to the top rope and hit a missile dropkick on Alexander back in the ring. Bailey laid in the kicks on Alexander as the two exchanged slaps, but Bailey responded with a roundhouse kick. Bailey went for the spinning roundhouse kick again, but Alexander caught his leg into an ankle lock. Bailey broke the hold with forearm strikes on Alexander’s head. Alexander dropped Bailey with a forearm strike before firing away two more strikes. The two exchanged strikes furiously before Bailey hit a pump kick and a roundhouse kick to separate them.
After a bit, Alexander stomps away at Bailey, but Bailey powered through before hitting a Frankensteiner. Bailey climbed to the top rope before hitting Ultima Weapon, but Alexander got a rope break at the last second. Bailey applied a Kimura lock on Alexander before firing away with a series of kicks. Bailey placed Alexander on the top rope before going for the Flamingo Driver, but Alexander rolled over and hit a Styles Clash to apply ankle lock again. Bailey kicks Alexander’s head to break the hold, but Alexander caught Bailey and hit a wicked piledriver on Bailey. Alexander hit a series of knee strikes before connecting with the C4 spike. Alexander hit a second C4 spike on Bailey for the three count after a lengthy match that put IMPACT in an over run.
Winner: Josh Alexander (c)
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