Jonathan Gresham returned to Impact on December 15 to confront Eddie Edwards. Gresham made it plain when he signed his contract that he still had unfinished business with Edwards due to Edwards’ betrayal, which resulted in the ascent of Honor No More in IMPACT. Gresham had to wait only a little while for the match to be declared official. A match set at Hard to kill on Friday, January 13, was set less than two hours after he came in IMPACT to protect Delirious from Eddie Edwards. This match was initially scheduled to be at Impacts Rebellion pay-per-view on Saturday, April 23.

Former Ring of Honor champion Gresham successfully defended his championship on IMPACT after Ring of Honor took a break after ROH Final Battle 2021. In his final match for IMPACT, Gresham defeated Rocky Romero on the April 14 edition of IMPACT Wrestling.

Gresham participated in ROH under Tony Khan but left the organization after losing the ROH Championship to Claudio Castagnoli at ROH Death Before Dishonor. He reportedly requested his release after the incident.

Throughout 2022, Gresham has stayed active on the independent scene.

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In AEW, Jack Evans worked as part of the team The Hybrid 2 (TH2) for two years before leaving the company. While signed, he and his partner Angelico aligned with Matt Hardy and The Hardy Family Office as a heel faction.

He would ultimately choose to discontinue his work with AEW this year and left the promotion on good terms. Many wrestlers are keen to mark the differences between Tony Khan and Vince McMahon in terms of leadership.

The two have been opposites to each other since AEW started, with Khan being the more open and accessible boss. While speaking on the Two Man Power Trip podcast, Evans gave his thoughts on working with Khan.

Like many stars in AEW, Evans found Tony to be engaging with a deep love for the business. The only thing he didn’t like about him was his tendency to make last-minute changes.

“I really liked it. It was a great experience. Tony was a great boss. The only complaint I could ever make about Tony for sure is, he is like the king of last-minute mind changes. That would be my one complaint about him as a boss,” said Evans. “But other than that, he was always actually very fair. You always hear the stories about Vince that he has to be the alpha in the room. Tony wasn’t like that. You could go up and talk to him. Obviously, you know he’s the boss, but I mean, he was never like that. When it comes to AEW, it was all pleasant experiences.”

Evans also gave his thoughts on AEW Dark and expressed that it should be used as practice for television.

“Anything you can do to get someone’s character out there, I really think you should. The developmental talent, if you bring them up, and they’re going to be thrown on national television and have to cut these angles and promos, it’s a learning experience. It’s not something most people can just instantly do, just go in front of 1,000 people and cut a promo like that. I always think that if you have angles on Dark, then people that you see yourself investing in in the future, you give them practice right then and there so they don’t have to have baptism by fire right on the main show. I always think you should have angles on Dark, not only just to make Dark a better show, but literally, practice, because doing an angle, there’s a whole bunch that goes into it.”

Finally, on Khan’s approachability, like many other AEW stars, Evans had nothing but praise.

“He hangs out after the show all the time. He’s extremely approachable. If you wanted to pitch an angle, you could just go right up and pitch it. You don’t have to have a meeting on Tuesday or something like that. He really likes talking about wrestling. I think I’d say the only thing he likes more than wrestling is the Fulham team. I do think Fulham is his true passion, even over AEW to be honest, but he definitely has a real true love for wrestling.” (H/T WrestlingNews.com)

While Khan may be universally liked by those around him, he has had performers that have not taken to him. Big Swole, who had a memorable feud with Britt Baker in mid-2020, left AEW in November the following year.

She would later attack AEW for its lack of diversity and structure. More recently, Johnathan Gresham was said to have cursed out Khan and demanded his release after dropping the ROH title.

To hear the full Two Man Power Trip episode, for which Evans also discussed AAA, Konnan, and ROH, click the link below.

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ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham will defend against Dalton Castle in the AEW debut for both men. Gresham defeated Bandido to unify the ROH titles at this month’s Supercard of Honor show, with AEW/ROH owner Tony Khan saying ROH titles can be defended on AEW.

Gresham has been the titleholder since last December’s Final Battle. Castle, a former ROH World Champion, appeared on the Supercard pre-show and picked up a win.

TNT Champion Scorpio Sky will defend the title against former champion Sammy Guevara in a rematch. Guevara and Tay Conti have been pursuing the rematch since Sky won the title last month on Dynamite. Unfortunately, Sammy ruined Dan Lambert’s car and interrupted promos.

This will be Sky’s second defense, while Guevara will be looking for his third TNT title reign.

The two matches join the already announced AEW Women’s title match between champion Thunder Rosa and former champion Nyla Rose.

Here’s the card for Battle of the Belts 2

• AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa defends against Nyla Rose
• ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham defends against Dalton Castle
• TNT Champion Scorpio Sky defends against Sammy Guevara

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Jonathan Gresham became the Undisputed ROH Champion in the main event of ROH Supercard of Honor, defeating Bandido. However, after the match, Gresham was interrupted by Jay Lethal. Lethal wanted to be the first person to challenge for the undisputed championship against his former stablemate.

Lethal got in Gresham’s face, leading to Sonjay Dutt attacking Gresham alongside Lethal. Lee Moriarty tried to make the save, but he was taken out by both Dutt & Lethal.

Samoa Joe’s music hits during the beatdown, and he enters the ring for the save.

Joe returned to ROH, taking out Lethal and Dutt, standing tall alongside Gresham. Joe is the longest-reigning ROH Champion and is part of the inaugural class for the ROH Hall of Fame.

After the confrontation, it was announced that Joe would be appearing on the April 6 episode of AEW Dynamite and that Joe had signed with AEW.

The updated lineup for Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite AEW Dynamite – April 6

– Owen Hart Tournament Qualifiers for both the Men and Women Tournaments
– ROH & AAA Tag Team Championships: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c) vs. Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
– Tables Match: Butcher & Blade vs. The Hardys
– Adam Cole vs. Christian Cage
– An appearance by Samoa Joe

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ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham will defend his title against Chris Sabin. This is the first time that the ROH World Title will be defended in IMPACT Wrestling.

Earlier this week Game Changer Wrestling announced that ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham will defend his title against Blake Christian at the Hammerstein Ballroom event on Sunday, January 23 in New York City

Impact Hard To Kill will take place live on PPV and Fite TV, Saturday, January 8 from The Factory in Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas.

Below is the current card for the Hard to Kill:

–Triple Threat Match for the Impact World Title: Matt Cardona vs. W. Morrissey vs. Moose (c)

-ROH World Championship Match: Jonathan Gresham (c) defends against Sabin

-Texas Death Match for the Knockouts Championship: Mickie James (c) defends against Deonna Purrazzo 

-IMPACT X Division Championship Match: Trey Miguel (c) defends against Steve Maclin 

-Knockouts Tag Team Championships Match: The IInspiration (c) defends against Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood

-Knockouts Ultimate X Match: Chelsea Green vs. Lady Frost vs. Tasha Steelz vs. Rosemary vs. Rachael Ellering vs. Impact Digital Media Champion Jordynne Grace
Winner receives a future title shot.

-Hardcore War Match: Heath, Rhino, Eddie Edwards, Rich Swann and Willie Mack vs. Violence By Design and IMPACT World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers 

Jonah vs. Josh Alexander

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