Kushida will finally get his shot at the X-Division Title later this month.
As PWMania.com previously reported, Kushida defeated Chris Sabin in a six-man Ultimate X match at Impact Slammiversary on July 15 to become the new #1 contender to X-Division Champion Lio Rush, who defeated Chris Sabin that same night to begin his first reign with the title.
In an update, this week’s post-Emergence edition of Impact included a backstage segment in which Rush discussed a potential rematch with Sabin. Kushida then interrupted, stating that he wanted Rush at Victory Road and was cashing his X for the title match.
Impact has now confirmed Kushida vs. Rush for the X-Division Championship.
This will be Kushida and Rush’s third career singles match. On March 30 of this year, Kushida won their first match at the Impact x NJPW Multiverse United I event, but Rush defeated Kushida on May 19 of this year during Day 7 of NJPW’s Best of The Super Juniors 30 tournament.
Kushida will be looking to win his first Impact title at Victory Road, as well as his first X-Division title. Rush will face Kevin Knight in a non-title match on next week’s go-home Impact, making Victory Road his first title defense since winning the championship at Slammiversary.
The 2023 Impact Victory Road pay-per-view will take place at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York on Friday, September 8.
The updated card is below:
Impact Knockouts World Title Match
Alisha Edwards vs. Trinity (c)
Impact X-Division Title Match
Kushida vs. Lio Rush (c)
Career vs. Title Match
Tommy Dreamer vs. Impact Digital Media Champion Kenny King
Dreamer must retire if he fails to win the title.
Jordynne Grace vs. Deonna Purrazzo
