A slow-motion recap of last week's show airs before tonight's main event is hyped. Eddie comes out to defend his title in an open challenge. Josh talks about finding another program with the World title on the line in an open challenge. He's right that you won't do that - because that's the kind of shit you do FOR A SECONDARY TITLE, so it makes the World title seem secondary. Actually, both World titles - and one is a maybe it is/maybe it isn't title. RVD is out with Katie in a thong twerking.
RVD eats a suicide dive, which is terrifying with his concussion history. Katie distracts Eddie and RVD posts him. Ringpost guillitone legdrop hits for RVD. Eddie is draped on the rope and gets an ass to the face by Katie. Eddie lands a forearm series and a Tiger driver gets 2. Ryder kick off the second rope and the rolling thunder hits. The five star with a slick corner cam shot doesn't, but the knee party ends it. Better than expected - RVD can do most of his signature stuff, but he can't play the music between the notes anymore. EY jumps Eddie and we'll get EY-Eddie next week.
Josh and Madison hype that match up and hype up Brian Myers vs. Willie Mack. YAY WRESTLE HOUSE! The Deaners are SHARP DRESSED MEN and want a Toga party. Swinger and Steve argue about togas. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I BACK-TALKED BABA-SAN!? I'D HAVE BEEN SLAPPED STATESIDE!" Dreamer and Alisha have wacky banter and Taya drinks more. Steve is blinded by Swing-man's powder and Dreamer says he's already blind, so it's MATCH TIME. Steve wants a blindfold match and Tommy makes the stips that the loser has to dress like the winner next week.
They do the Martel/Roberts boo/yay bits and lie to Swinger so he runs into the buckle and gets schoolboyed. I like Jake telling Steve to keep the hood on for no good reason. Eddie demands to know where Eric is and chases him throughout Skyway Studios. Overly-dramatic prison-themed video for EY not being a prisoner anymore to hype up BFG. Rhino wears a Heath shirt and wants Heath 4 Impact to face Reno Scum. GORE GORE GORE so his usual promo for 20 years. Eddie comes out and accepts the challenge and wants it now. EY comes out and just stops his music and says Eddie isn't a martyr - he's pathetic. Can they buy back the Legends/Global/World TV/King of the Mountain Title to give these guys something non-World Title-level to do? Eddie says he'll give him his shot next week - and his ass-whooping early.
Rohit Raju is intereviewed and says he's now the Desi Hitman and he'll give chances to anyone. HOW MANY OPEN CHALLENGE TITLES CAN ONE COMPANY HAVE?! Madison brings in The Rascalz for Locker Room Talk. We get a goofy treehouse bit and she isn't a fan of the green, but she does enjoy Ace and Fulton. They argue and Ace asks Fulton to respect Madison's space. Madison asks them about all the greenery in the tree house.
Sami bitches about 2020 sucking and RVD costing him the Impact title against Eddie. He says that he was in RVD's head and RVD lost and now he's in Katie's head too. He wants RVD next week. An EC3 video airs showing off him beating Kurt Angle for the TNA World Title in July of 2015. He holds Moose's TNA Title and says it's still something he can't let go. He got pain and regret and he wants the title to be free. He says the belt represents, pride and love and this will control him for as long as it exists. He says the wrestling God Moose is a false idol.
Myers is out in his slick blue and orange mask to face Mack. Josh says the iron man match tonight will have as much ring time as Madison's had in his career and Josh puts over Brian's podcast. Myers gets a WWE mid-card chinlock while Josh hypes up the RVD greatest hits show after Impact. Sky high to Myers and gets a Samoan drop and standing moonsault for 2. Myers shoves him off the top and gets an Aldis-style elbow for 2. Myers talks shit and gets an O'Connor roll using the tights to win. Heath hypes up Heat4Impact
At Wrestle House, the Deaners chat about Family Matters. Alisha chats about Rosemary breaking Larry D's heart. Tommy tells Bravo to man up if he wants her and then Bravo mans up and slaps him and then a match happens and John E eats a beating. Bravo tells Rosemary he should've been honest to her and Taya is shitfaced and he hopes Rosemary has feelings for him too. NEXT WEEK THEY FACE OFF IN A WINNER TAKES ALL MATCH! INCLUDING BRAVO!
Jordynne's out in new gear to face Deonna. Madison hypes this up as a first-ever match and they start off with a tie-up after a big match feel intro. Jordynne gets a long headscissors with some intensity and gets a half-crab for an ad break. They fight over a countout break to lead to a pump kick for Deonna. Deonna gets the arm and starts getting to work before stomping the hand. During the break, Deonna stomps the arm. One thing I really like about this match is that yeah it's an iron man match - but they're not working in a sprint format where it's a billion pinfalls in a half hour. They're working it like they're having a long match and have the time to tell the story they want to tell in that time - and if they go to multiple falls, cool.
Jordynne fights to nip up, but Deonna traps the arm to prevent it. She recovers and forearms her in the corner before hoisting her up for a superplex. SNAP SUPERPLEX from Grace! They hoist each other up from the mat anf fight! Jordynne gets an RNC and gets a passout fall with under 5 minutes left! The champion is now the underdog and Deonna gets a Koji clutch on the ground, but Jordynne gets to the rope and Deonna knows she has to break to avoid a DQ loss for the second fall. Deonna puts the ref in front of her on a corner charge to take him out. Grace driver, but there's no ref. Deonna goes for the belt and clocks her!
A BELT SHOT GETS A PIN IN 2020 and I love it! A second cover only gets 2 for Deonna and she gets a Fujiwara before Grace gets a cradle for 2. Pump kick and German lead to a Fujiwara and she locks on Venus DeMilo for a last-second tap - literally! This was the best match of the year in Impact and one of the best non-AEW TV matches of the year.
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