Impact Wrestling Sacrifice Review – March 24, 2023
Eddie Edwards vs. Bhupinder Gujjar (Pre Show)
Eddie Edwards starts the match in command with wrist control until they start running the ropes with Bhupinder Gujjar getting the upper hand. Gujjar takes Edwards down with a dropkick but only gets a one count. They have a bit more of a back & forth but Edwards gets the upper hand and starts delivering chops to Gujjar in the corner before he comes back with a clothesline and a ripcord knee for a two count.
Gujjar heads to the top rope, but Edwards knocks him down and hits him with a superplex followed by the Tiger Driver for a two count. Gujjar dodges the Boston Knee Party as he hits a sling blade and heads to the top rope. Edwards puts his knees up and hits the Boston Knee Party for the win.
Winner: Eddie Edwards (7:26)
Rate: 5
Tom Hannifan & Matt Rehwoldt goes over the recent news of Mickie James not being able to compete tonight due to injury as well as Josh Alexander having to relinquish the IMPACT World Title but did say he had successful surgery this morning before going over the card changes for tonight as well as Rebellion.
We go to Gia Miller is with Rich Swann & Frankie Kazarian and asks where their heads are at with plans changing for tonight. Kazarian says he was in the same position as Alexander even with the same injury, hospital and doctor and they talked to Alexander after his surgery. Swann says they are going to due this match for Alexander tonight and they don’t know how to feel about teaming up with Steve Maclin tonight.
We see a video package going over the history of Josh Alexander & Steve Maclin story ending with Maclin giving a smirk into the camera and saying mayhem for all.
Knockouts Tag Team Champion Kilynn King vs. Rosemary (Pre Show)
Rosemary starts biting away at Kilynn King, before they go spilling to the outside. Taylor Wilde gets involved on the outside attacking Rosemary, as King gets a two count. King stays in control until Rosemary stops her in the corner and puts her in the Upside Down, but King powers out and slams Rosemary back inside for a two count. Bit of a back & forth until King hits a missile dropkick for a two count.
They go into a forearm exchange before knocking each other down with pump kicks. King comes back with a rolling senton but misses a top rope senton. Rosemary climbs the top rope and hits a crossbody but King comes right back.
Wilde gets on the apron to distract Rosemary as King hits her with a kick. Rosemary & Wilde get into it on the outside which distracts King long enough for Rosemary to hit the spear for the win.
Winner: Rosemary (9:06)
Rate: 6
Jonathan Gresham vs. Mike Bailey
Jonathan Gresham & Mike Bailey quickly start running the ropes hitting arm drags until having a stand still then they lock up and start rolling around the mat until eventually rolling up to the outside without breaking it up. Gresham hits a cheap shot to Bailey but right away apologizes and shakes his hand and says it was a mistake. Gresham starts working on Bailey’s left arm and backs him up into the corner before taking him to the mat and start stretching him out in a leg lock.
Bailey has to get the referee involved to break it up and starts having a shoving match with Gresham thinking there was malice in the way he was handled by him. Bailey comes back with a flurry of kicks, before sending Gresham to the outside where he meets him with a moonsault. They had back inside, where Gresham takes advantage and repeatedly slams Bailey’s left knee into the mat before he starts to pulling back on Bailey’s toes & foot before eventually working on his entire leg.
Bailey makes a come back and hits a missile dropkick from the second rope. Bailey continues with more kicks and a running shooting star press for a two count. They go back and forth with waist locks until Gresham hits a DDT then follows another attack with a kick to Bailey’s left leg to stop his offense. They start trading kicks and strikes until Gresham ties up Bailey in a Figure 4 but is able to roll over into the apron to break it up where Bailey sweeps Gresham and hits him with a backflip, dropping his knees into Gresham’s head.
Bailey heads to the top rope, but Gresham stops him and drops him down onto the apron by his knee. They fight on the outside for a bit and both get inside right before the 10 count then they go back & forth with pin attempts until Bailey lands a bunch of kicks but misses Ultima Weapon. Gresham goes right into a Figure 4 but Bailey turns it right around as Gresham immediately taps out.
Winner: Mike Bailey (19:30)
Rate: 9 (Recommend)
Gia Miller is backstage with Brian Myers who said he will beat Joe Hendry for the Digital Media Title. Moose walks in and said he helped Myers win last night and will do the same. Santino Marella walks in and says he heard that and has forbidden Moose from going to the ring for the match.
Before the match Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry gets a mic before the match and talks about the British Government sending someone to Canada to speak and this year it was him and he will give them a proper education by slapping Brian Myers’ face and the professors name is Joe Hendry.
Digital Media Title Match
Joe Hendry (c) vs. Brian Myers
Joe Hendry & Brian Myers take it to the outside right away and start brawling near Darren McCarty. They keep brawling around the ring, as Hendry body slams Myers on the outside. They head back inside where Myers hits a flatliner, before they both block each other’s finisher with Myers hitting a chop block to stop the momentum. Myers stays in control, hitting a suplex for a two count.
Hendry mounts a comeback and hits a fallaway slam and a cutter for a two count. Myers comes back with an implant DDT which Hendry kicks out at two. Hendry dodges a Roster Cut but Myers hits a spear for another two. Hendry tries to stop Myers on the top rope but gets pushed off as Myers jumps off, Hendry catches him with a cutter followed by the Standing Ovation to get the win.
Winner & Still Digital Media Champion: Joe Hendry (8:50) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 5
We go backstage where Gia Miller is sitting down with Santino Marella & Knockouts Champion Mickie James and asks James’ about her status. James says not good and disappointed and it turns out that it’s a broken rib. It won’t be a long time but long enough that she can’t defend the Knockouts Title tonight and was warned by Jordynne Grace to not fight before and is disappointed. James confirms she won’t be able to defend at Multiverse United but hopes she would be good in time for Rebellion. Marella says how Jordynne Grace will face the winner of the match at Multiverse United (which they later confirm to be a Fatal 4 Way with Masha Slamovich,Deonna Purrazzo,Gisele Shaw & Miyu Yamashita) at Rebellion for the Knockouts Title but if James is cleared by then it becomes a triple threat.
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw
Match begins with Deonna Purrazzo & Gisele Shaw running the ropes and having a flurry of pin attempts. They trade arm bar attempts until Gisele Shaw ends up on the outside where Deonna Purrazzo hits her with a dropkick. Savannah Evans tries to get involved, but Purrazzo fights her off as the referee is checking on Shaw, Evans takes Purrazzo down with a clothesline. Shaw stays in control with multiple pin attempts as Purrazzo shows fatigue before she is finally able to stop Shaw with a neckbreaker.
They go back & forth with kicks, but Deonna is able to catch Shaw and puts her into the Koji Clutch but Shaw gets out. Deonna calls for the Queen’s Gambit but Shaw gets out and puts on a full nelson. They start trading blows with wrist control as the crowd boos and cheers along until Shaw hits Shock & Awe for a two count. Deonna blocks The Denouement attempt and puts on an arm bar that quickly turns into the Venus De Milo as Shaw taps out.
Winner By Submission: Deonna Purrazzo (9:41)
Rate: 7
After the match Savannah Evans jumps in and attacks Purrazzo but Tasha Steelz makes her return and joins the ring. Steelz teases joining up with Evans but attacks her from behind. Jai Vidal tries to get involved but Steelz fights them both off taking Vidal out with a DDT and a cutter.
PCO vs. Kenny King
Kenny King attacks PCO from behind before the bell rings as King heads to the outside to take a breather, Eddie Edwards distracts PCO just for King to attack him from behind again. PCO starts going after Edwards on the outside but King takes out PCO with a dive. Back inside, they go back and forth until PCO sends King to the outside. PCO teases diving, but starts ‘short circuiting’ and instead dives to the other side where there is no one on the outside. PCO gets right back up and does indeed dive onto King next.
Back inside PCO hits a DDT, a clothesline and a lung blower to King in the corner. PCO follows with a draped leg drop before setting up King on the apron. Edwards tries to stop him but gets kicked off into the camera man. King follows this by tossing PCO off the top rope, making him bounce off the apron. King tosses PCO into the steel steps and starts exposing the floor where he hits PCO with a suplex and a Blue Thunder Bomb.
PCO barely beats the 10 count as King gets a two count followed by a snap suplex for another two count. King follows with a frog splash but PCO powers out and kicks out again. Edwards tosses in a kendo stick but as the referee is distract, King smacks PCO’s back with a chair. King goes to use it again on PCO but he punches it, knocking out King for the win.
Winner: PCO (10:38)
Rate: 6
We see a video that Jody Threat is coming soon to Impact Wrestling.
We head to the back where Steve Maclin,Rich Swann & Frankie Kazarian are in the locker room and says he didn’t want this to happen to Josh Alexander and says he wants to keep his eyes on Kushida and they will get the job done tonight.
X Division Title Match
Trey Miguel (c) vs. Lince Dorado
Lince Dorado sends Trey Miguel to the outside with a dropkick. They fight on the apron, where Miguel sends Dorado flying with a hurricanrana takedown before tossing him right back inside as Miguel is hitting offense he’s talking trash out loud to Dorado and the crowd. Miguel puts on a half Boston Crab before turning it into a two count. Dorado sends Miguel off the apron with a dropkick before flying off the top rope onto him with a twisting splash.
Back inside, Dorado hits a crossbody for a two count, followed by a power slam for another two. Dorado follows with moonsaults, but misses the 3rd one. They go back & forth until Miguel hits a flurry of a kicks for a two count. They head to the top rope where Dorado hits a hurricanrana, heads right back up and hits Lucha Lit but Miguel rolls right to the outside. They fight in the corner where Miguel hits a springboard sunset powerbomb for a two count. They run the ropes a bit until Miguel hits a hurricanrana to put away Dorado.
Winner & Still X Division Champion: Trey Miguel (11:49) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
Backstage Gia Miller is with TMDK as Shane Haste says he brought Bad Dude Tito for back up and asked him if he wanted to win gold as Tito says he’s a leprechaun and asked if the Bullet Club was still around, and they called them the micro mini Bullet Club and they will see them next week at Multiverse United as well.
Impact World Tag Team Titles Match
Bullet Club (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) (c) vs. TMDK (Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito)
Chris Bey & Bad Dude Tito starts the match off as they start running the ropes but Tito uses his strength to press slam Bey all the way to his corner where he tags out to Ace Austin. Shane Haste tags in and keeps Austin in his corner then Bey gets tag in as they take out Tito from the apron and start double teaming on Haste. Haste tries a comeback but Austin hits a back rake.
Haste is able to tag out to Tito who comes in and hits a standing Blue Thunder Bomb for a two count. They keep Austin in their corner as Haste tags right back in. Austin tries to fight off Haste and eventually hits him with a knee before tag in Bey. Bey takes out Tito off the apron followed by a hurricanrana on Haste before diving onto Tito on the outside. Bey follows with the Finesser for a two count.
Haste comes back with a Saito Suplex to Bey before tagging out to Tito. Tito comes in and hits a Gut Wrench power bomb to Austin for a two count, picks him up but Bey helps out Austin. Haste sends Bey to the outside where Tito launches onto him. TMDK double team on Austin as Tito hits a frog splash on Austin that Bey breaks up the pin for.
They start double teaming on Tito then both teams brawling in and out of the ring until Bullet Club hits a double kick to Tito then they follow with the Art Of Finesse & The Fold scores the victory.
Winners & Still Impact World Tag Team Champions: Bullet Club (12:25) (STILL CHAMPIONS!!!)
Rate: 6
Busted Open Match
Tommy Dreamer vs. Bully Ray
Bully Ray attacks Tommy Dreamer from behind going right after a chair to hit Dreamer with. Dreamer takes control and sends Ray and chairs into the ring to start the match. Dreamer also brings in a replica ECW World Title he got from the crowd and puts it in his corner, as they now both have chairs and start swinging away at each other. They head outside, where Dreamer attacks Bully with the ECW Title.
They keep fighting in the corner, until Bully grabs a beer and spits it into McCarty’s face before pie facing him down. McCarty tries to go after Bully, but security holds him back. They head back inside, where Bully uses a step ladder to mock the Superfly Splash but Dreamer gets out of the way. Dreamer grabs a bag of thumbtacks and spills them on the mat. Dreamer tries a piledriver but Bully gets out of the way and goes to grab a cheese grater.
They fight in the corner, where Dreamer takes out the referee with a splash by accident. Dreamer goes right after Bully with the cheese grater. We cut to the outside where Bully is busted open, but the referee isn’t there to see it. The Good Hands come out to help Bully, handing him a towel to wipe off the blood.
Bully follows this by throwing thumbtacks into the eyes of Dreamer before trying to drive Dreamer’s face into them. Dreamer gets the cheese grater and tries to dig it into Bully’s face, but he starts pleading for him to not do it as Dreamer’s daughters are watching, just to hit Dreamer with a low blow.
Bully smashes Dreamer’s arm into the tacks and sends him into the post. The Good Hands get the referee’s attention as Bully Ray is hiding and he sees Dreamer is busted open and stops the match.
Winner: Bully Ray (11:13)
Rate: 6
After the match The Good Hands bring a table into the ring but Yuya Uemura comes out to stop them before being taken out by Bully Ray. Darren McCarty tries to get into the ring again, and Bully tells security to let him in. Bully and McCarty start to brawl until The Good Hands stop him and help Bully Ray put McCarty through the table with a powerbomb. Scott D’Amore makes his return and sends out Heath,Joe Hendry,Jonathan Gresham,Rhino & Mike Bailey to chase off Bully & The Good Hands. Jason Hotch tries to attack D’Amore from behind, but D’Amore takes him out with a Canadian Destroyer.
They announce that they will return to St. Clair College in Windsor for Slammiversary on July 15th.
6 Man Tag Team Match
Time Machine (Kushida,Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. Steve Maclin,Rich Swann & Frankie Kazarian
Alex Shelley & Rich Swann starts the match off with Shelley tries to put on an STF right away, but Swann grabs the ropes. They show a bit of sportsmanship before tagging out to Chris Sabin & Frankie Kazarian. They go back & forth a bit before Kushida & Steve Maclin finally tag in and face off and take it to the mat. Shelley comes in and they double team Maclin a bit.
Swann comes in and starts kicking away at Shelley but Shelley catches him into a single leg Boston Crab before Kushida & Sabin all get involved as well, which causes Maclin to come in and take them out. Kazarian tries to calm down Maclin and tells him to go back to his corner, before going at it with Shelley. Time Machine continue to triple team Kazarian in their corner before Kushida tags in and goes face to face with Maclin again.
Maclin tosses Swann to Time Machine who beat him down. Shelley starts bending Swann’s fingers back as he screams in pain before turning it into a pin attempt as Swann kicks out at two. Swann is able to fight them off and tag out to Kazarian who takes out Time Machine including a backstabber to Kushida in the corner and 2 back 2 back springboard leg drops to the Motor City Machine Guns before hitting a 3rd one to Kushida.
Both teams get in the ring and start going at it until Motor City Machine Guns hits a flatliner/dropkick combo on Kazarian for a two. Swann tags in and goes after Sabin in the corner and hits a hurricanrana for a two count. Shelley & Maclin tag in as everybody goes at it again. Kushida tags in and starts kicking away at Maclin before hitting the palm strike.
Maclin stops Kushida’s Hoverboard Lock attempt and puts him in the corner for the crosshairs before tagging out to Kazarian. Kazarian hits a cutter on Kushida followed by a springboard cutter from Swann. Swann goes to the top and hits the 450 splash for a two count on Kushida. Both teams come in again as Time Machine puts on triple submissions before Maclin breaks it all up.
Time Machine starts triple teaming Maclin and send him to the outside before going after Swann. Maclin breaks it up again and tags himself in where he joins Kushida on the top rope. Both teams go at it again with crazy offense until Kushida gets monkey flipped onto Maclin to put on the Hoverboard Lock as Maclin taps out
Winners By Submission: Time Machine (21:55)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
