IMPACT WRESTLING - October 18, 2018

IMPACT! WRESTLING REVIEW - October 18, 2018:  BOUND FOR GLORY FALLOUT

Bound For Glory was not quite as good as Slammiversary, but DID provide some interesting stories going forward for IMPACT!, as well as a lot of water cooler talk with the Austin Aries controversy at the end of the show.  However, let's dive into the fallout of BFG, and see what this week's edition of IMPACT! brought us:

Tonight's show came from the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, NY, and the show featured highlights from Bound For Glory, as well as Rich Swann taking on Brian Cage for the X-Division Title in the main event, Taya Valkyrie facing Katarina, Allie going up against Alisha Edwards, Ethan Page locking up with Trevor Lee, and Scarlett Bordeaux continues her talent search.

Make way for the Champ:  The show kicked off with new IMPACT! World Champion Johnny Impact in the ring talking about his victory at BFG.  He discusses his love for the business, doing things many thought he shouldn't have done, like "Survivor" and "Boone", but stated he isn't a flake champion.  He won't hide behind goons---taking a shot at Austin Aries.  He then lays down the gauntlet and said he'd hold and open challenge for anyone willing to step into the ring with him.  No mean tweets, no politicking.  He feels if someone deserves it, he'll give them  a shot.  Music hits, and out comes Fenix.  Fenix comes up to the Champ, congratulates him, and says he's willing to take him on.  Johnny says that he respects Fenix, and though they're buds, when they step into the ring, it's all business. So next week, Fenix gets his shot at the title!

IMPACT!  Will move to 10pm EST starting next week...or, as Josh Matthews states:  "IMPACT After Dark".  How this will help with their ratings is anyone's guess...

Moose & Violence:  McKenzie Mitchell is interviewing Tommy Dreamer backstage, and Dreamer is throwing down the challenge to Moose, saying that he's going to kick the hell out of him, and threatening to beat him with a chair and give him a concussion.  Eddie Edwards is not here this week, because of the powerbomb he took on the apron at BFG at the hands of Moose and Kross.  Mitchell then interviews Moose and Kross outside, and respond to Dreamer's challenge.  Kross says that Moose isn't accepting...they BOTH are!

Taya Valkyrie v. Katerina: Katerina got in the early offense in this match, and tried to sustain it for awhile, but Valkyrie was just too much for her, and eventually hit the Road to Valhalla for the pin.  Afterwards, she was interviewed, and said she makes no excuses for her Knockouts Title match with Tessa Blanchard, and that Tessa didn't need to use the apron to distract the ref, and gain an advantage to win. She feels Tessa's better than that, and has now lost all respect for her.

In Tune With Their Third Eye:  Matt Sydal & Ethan Page are out back, saying that their loss at BFG Sunday was a learning experience, and helped Sydal get in tune with his "third eye".  Sydal said he's using Sunday's loss to show he's grown.

Ethan Page (w/Matt Sydal) v. Trevor Lee:  The announcers say that Trevor Lee is due for a win.  Apparently he's been on a losing streak as of late.  Never heard of the guy, and doesn't look like anything special.  Page comes out with Sydal, and the match begins.  Lee gets his offense in, and his big move was when Page was on the outside of the ring, and Lee hit him with a boot to the face from the ring apron.  He got Page back into the ring, got in a little more offense before Sydal used the mask he was carrying to distract Page, and see if he wanted to get in tune with his Third Eye.  The distraction was enough for Page to turn the tide, and earns the win with a Big Urange to score the pinfall.

Swann & Mack:  Rich Swann & Willie Mack are backstage, boasting about Swann's big win Sunday night.  Mack said that Swann's got this, in regards to the title match he has tonight with Cage.  Mack said he was gonna hang back, and let Swann take care of business.

Dark Allie?:  Keira Hogan sees Allie bounce in, but is taken aback by the fact that Allie has a new dark hairdo.  Hogan asks what's up with her, since she hasn't heard from her.  Allie said all is cool, and she's got a match tonight.

Scarett Bordeaux is on the hunt for talent---and apparently she isn't limiting it to wrestlers.  She bumps into Petey Willaims, who feels he could be the right fit.  She says leave a video, and at her viewing party next week, she'll take a gander.  How sporting of her.

Raju what?:  Rohit Raju was backstage, trying to get his mind right, when Gamma Singh shows up and starts beating on him again.  Singh tells him he has one test to get through next week:  Singh himself.  Raju is left wondering just what in the hell is going on.

Tommy Dreamer v. Killer Kross (w/Moose):  Kross and Moose come out, with Moose looking like one of P. Diddy's entourage with the white satin looking pajama suit thing he has on.  Dreamer comes out with his kendo stick.  Announcers remind everyone Eddie Edwards is out this week with an injury, so Dreamer's on his own.  There's a bit of back and forth that goes on, and spills out of the ring.  Dreamer takes a sip of water from a left over water bottle, intending on spitting it in Kross' face, but Kross gets him up and split legs him onto the railing outside, resulting in Dreamer spitting the water out.  Action gets back into the ring, and Dreamer gets the upper hand.  At this point, Moose comes in to interfere, but Dreamer catches him and puts him AND Kross into a double neckbreaker/RKO kind of move.  Dreamer then grabs the kendo stick, intending on pounding both  Kross and Moose with it, but Kross catches him.  As Kross goes to deliver the Doomsday Saito, Dreamer catches him and bites him.  But the numbers game is too much for Dreamer, and Kross delivers the Saito...but doesn't cover Dreamer.  Instead, him and Moose go to work on him, he delivers another Doomsday Saito, and the ref calls for the match.  Kross wins by ref stoppage.  But they didn't stop there.  Moose and Kross continue to work over a helpless Dreamer until the refs from the back come into break it up.

Eli Whine:  Eli Drake is backstage bitching about how Abyss put him through a table, even though he already beat his challenger.  He feels it's an unsafe work environment, and plans on suing IMPACT!.  He feels there's a conspiracy against him.  Hey, you issue an open challenge for a Hall of Famer...what the hell did you expect?  

War Over?:  LAX is celebrating it's victory over the OGz in their Concrete Jungle match in a bar when the OGz enter.  King says he talked to the boss, and said that the OGz can keep a piece of New York, but they have to stay in their own territories.  Konnan reminds him he's in LAX territory and that he needs to leave.  The OGz leave, and LAX continues to party.  What's next for LAX?  Is the war finally over?  And what about the OGz?  where do THEY go from here?  


Jordyanne Grace is soon to make her IMPACT! appearance, according to Josh Matthews.  She's a bright star on the horizon, and will look to make waves in the Knockouts Division.  She's recently coming back from an injury, so she'll be looking to work off the ring rust, and be ready to beat down the opposition.

Allie v. Alisha Edwards:  Allie comes out all peppy and cheery with Keira Hogan, as she looks to get back on track with a victory over Alisha Edwards, who's also on an upswing as of late.  There's some early back and forth between the two, until Edwards gets a bit more aggressive, and takes advantage.  She gets Allie into a sleeperhold in the corner, and Allie moves out to try and break the hold.  Allie does by flipping Edwards over.  It's then that we see the results of Allie leaving her soul in the Demon Realm---she starts slapping herself, and has a crazed look in her eye.  She immediately goes after Edwards with reckless abandon, and kicks her into the bottom turnbuckle.  Edwards gets a slap on Allie, but all it seems to do is enrage Allie.  Allie runs her hands over her face as if she seemed to ENJOY the pain and punishment.  She then grabs Edwards and delivers the Codebreaker for the pin and the win.  But she wasn't done.  Allie's mind had gone into the dark place, and she immediately attacked Edwards by crawling on her and pounding her.  Keira Hogan was in shock, but snapped back just enough to break up Allie's assault on Alisha.  Allie snaps back to normal, and can't believe what she's done.  Hogan helps Edwards up the ramp as Allie, still in shock, can't believe what she's done.  Does this promp a heel turn of sorts for the Bunny?  Is the darkness and lack of soul going to be too much for her to handle, and snap her mind from reality?  Can Keira save her, or will it have to be Rosemary's resurrection that finally gets Allie her soul back?  Has her feud with Su Yung finally been too much?

Rich Swann v. Brian Cage (C) for the X-Division Championship:  Cage suffered a defeat at Bound For Glory, and had his left leg wrapped up due to the beating he took Sunday night, but was ready to defend his title against Rich Swann.  This was power vs. speed and agility.  Cage got the upper hand early with his power game, but constant kicks to the head by Swann kept him in this match.  One of the more brutal aspects of this match was when Cage was on the outside, and Swann dove on him to perform a Hurricanrada, only to be caught by Cage in midair as Swann locked his legs around Cage's head, only for Cage to then proceed to powerbomb Swann into the outside post...and I mean TOSS him into it.  It looked extremely painful.  There was another spot in the match where Swann once again tried an aerial attack, only to be caught by Cage, and quickly slammed to the mat.  Cage took his share of head blows, as well has some kicks to his injured leg.  In the end, Swann's quickness wasn't enough as Cage delivered the Weapon X for the victory.

After the match, Sami Callahan comes out to confront Cage, and challenge him to a title match.  He reminds Cage of how he beat him Sunday by showing the video clip of him pinning Cage.  Callahan then kicks Cage in his injured leg, and then tries to nail Cage with the title belt, but Cage overtakes him with a clothesline.  Callahan's cronies The Crists show up to try and join in on the potential beatdown, but Cage isn't having any of it.  Jake Crist ends up taking a Drill Claw for his troubles.  Callahan and Crist then drag Jake back up the ramp as Cage looks on.  

That's the end of the show.  It was an alright show for a PPV fallout.  The Singh situation is kinda boring...Bordeaux's story isn't anything to write home about, and she seems more there for looks and as a manager than anything else.  A real bummer that there wasn't more on the Austin Aries situation---IMPACT! has dropped the ball with that one.  Swann & Cage's match was pretty good, with some decent high spots in it.  Allie's descent into madness is compelling, wondering if/when/where she'll end up turning on Keira Hogan, and will she head back into the Demon Realm to find Rosemary?  Taya's feud with Tessa Blanchard seems like it's about to heat up, and after their match at BFG, I'd like to see more.  Johnny vs. Fenix looks to be like a damn good match for next week.  But again...will we get ANYTHING on the Austin Aries situation?  And after the OGz/LAX feud coming to an apparent end...what's next for BOTH the factions?  Will Tommy Dreamer be able to respond to Moose & Kross' attack next week, or is he on the shelf like Eddie Edwards?  And do we really need Matt Sydal and his "Third Eye"?  

This is my first IMPACT!  Review, so I hope you like it, and drop me comment...good or bad, I appreciate it.  I'm new at this, so I hope you give me time to find my rhythm.  Thanks so much!