PREVIEW: We are in for an exciting episode of Impact Wrestling tonight as we head into No Surrender! Tonight’s episode presents Gisele Shaw making her Impact Debut, Kenny King and Chris Sabin go against each other and lastly in a triple threat match for a spot in the X Division #1 contender fatal four way match, Ace Austin, Laredo Kid and Blake Christian will face off
AVERAGE The opening segment starts with a contract signing between Moose and W. Morrissey. Moose comes out to talk about Morrissey and how he won’t show up at No Surrender. Moose signs the contract and leaves. As soon as he leaves, W. Morrissey comes out and gets revenge on Moose.
AVERAGE Gia Miller is backstage with Bullet Club to talk about their six man tag match tonight. They switch the conversation about winning gold and bringing the Impact World Championship from Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows at No Surrender. Jay wraps up the discussion by talking about Eric Young and talking about their upcoming encounter with Violent By Design tonight.
SQUASH Masha Slamovich and Kiah Dream: This was a squash match with Masha Slamovich remaining undefeated in Impact.
RESULT: Masha Slamovich wins by pinfall against Kiah Dream
GOOD Ace Austin, Blake Christian, Laredo Kid: Great action in this triple threat match. Everyone looked impressive during this match and they pulled out all the stops to put on a great match.
RESULT: Ace Austin wins by pinfall.
Aaliyah Alexander WR Star Rating: – 3.0 Stars.
AVERAGE The IInspiration come to talk Kaleb K and to thank him for the photos he took of them. They still try to talk him into joining them. The segment ends with Kaleb saying that he is a loyal person and IInspiration telling him that they know and thats what they like about him.
AVERAGE Gisele Shaw and Lady Frost: Before the match starts the crowd cheers and chant for Lady Frost. The crowd seemed to be behind Lady Frost, but Gisele won the match. The match was solid and had some good moments in it.
RESULT: Gisele Shaw wins by pinfall against Lady Frost
Aaliyah Alexander WR Star Rating: – 2.5 Stars.
AVERAGE Team Honor No More stands backstage with Gia Miller. Gia asks them about the attack on Johnathan Gresham. Matt Taven changes the conversation about Kenny King’s match with Chris Sabin tonight. Kenny says that Chris is a guy with two bum knees and he will make Chris bend one of his knee to the King.
GOOD Kenny King and Chris Sabin: The rivalry continues to heat up between Team Impact and Team Honor No More as Chris Sabin picks up the victory in an exciting match between Chris and Kenny.
RESULT: Chris Sabin wins by pinfall against Kenny King
Aaliyah Alexander WR Star Rating: – 3.0 Stars.
AVERAGE After the match Team Honor No More gets in the ring and Maria congratulates Chris Sabin. She tells him that in a one on one match that he is pretty good. She says that at No Surrender that Team Honor No More is walking in as a cohesive unit. She then tells Team Impact to get their house in order before they get in the ring with Team Honor No More.
AVERAGE Team Impact is talking among themselves about if they can trust Steve Maclin. Steve comes up and tells them that Maria is just stirring the pot. Team Impact voices their concern with Steve. Steve tells them that they have two choices. They can all go to war together or they can go find another partner. They end the segment with coming together and putting their hands together in the middle.
AVERAGE Tasha Steelz and Savannah Evans and Chelsea Green and Mickie James: A good women’s tag match between these two teams. Tasha ends up winning the match by pinning the Impact Knockouts Champion Mickie James, giving her some momentum in her match with Mickie at No Surrender.
RESULT: Tasha Steelz and Savannah Evans win by pinfall against Mickie James and Chelsea Green.
Aaliyah Alexander WR Star Rating: – 2.75 Stars.
GOOD Violent By Design and Bullet Club: A fantastic six man tag team match with Bullet Club and Violent By Design. The match ends with Bullet Club standing tall and The Good Brothers coming out and having a stare down with Bullet Club.
RESULT: Bullet Club wins by pinfall against Violent By Design
Aaliyah Alexander WR Star Rating: – 3.0 Stars.
Overall, this was a great episode of Impact Wrestling. Some of the positive things in tonight’s episode of Impact was Team Impact and Team Honor No More’s rivalry continue to progress, The tension between Steve Maclin and Team Impact, and the rivalry between Bullet Club and Violent By Design also continues to progress as well. Something negative about tonight’s show was the squash match with Masha Slamovich and Lady Frost, if the match was a little longer we could see more from Masha and what she can do. Again this was a great episode of Impact as they head into No Surrender!
Matches: .75/1 Stars
Show Structure: 1/1 Stars
Atmosphere: .75/1 Stars
Storytelling: 1/1 Stars
Production/Theme: 1/1 Stars
Overall Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Feature Photo Credit: AEW
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