IMPACT! Wrestling
May 27th, 2021
Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
Commentary: Josh Mathews & D’Lo Brown
Before The IMPACT! – Eddie Edwards def. Sam Beale by pinfall at 7:39
Sami Callihan Kicks Off the Show
Josh Mathews replaces Matt Striker on commentary this week who they say is on assignment. Callihan grabs a mic and asks for a chair as he sits down in the middle of the ring. He says ever since Kenny Omega got to IMPACT Wrestling all ‘The Draw’ has been seeing is bull crap and that’s why the Good Brothers caused him the match at Under Siege. They are afraid of the ‘Death Machine’. He’s not normal, you can play against guys like Moose and Rich Swann, but you can’t plan for Callihan. He talks directly to Don Callis and tells him he’s going to do everything in his power to keep Omega in the ring with him, they are afraid, and everybody knows what would happen if Omega got in the ring with him. Callihan calls out Omega if he isn’t a chicken, but instead, we get Moose.
Moose says that Sami has been doing a lot of complaining and nobody cares. The last time he checked, Sami wasn’t the #1 contender for the IMPACT World Championship, and he didn’t beat five other men at Under Siege, Moose did. Moose tells Sami to stay out of his business as Omega is his business, and after he beats Omega then Sami can continue his complaining and he’ll beat him too. Callihan admits Moose is big and athletic but asks him if it’s suspicious that the Good Brothers are attacking Sami and not Moose. The Good Brothers music hits as Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows come out. Anderson asks them if when you can’t catch a fish or your wife divorces you, will you blame the Good Brothers as well? Doc Gallows does this whole ‘preachy’ type promo and tells Sami to stay out of the Wrestling God’s business, as the Good Brothers are on the side of Moose. Moose says the problem with that is, he isn’t on their side as Moose and Sami attack the Good Brothers until they retreat to the back.
We see the Good Brothers in the back complaining but Don Callis stops them and says they don’t need Scott D’Amore, he can make a match tonight, as he makes the Good Brothers vs. Moose & Sami Callihan.
The Golden Bookers
Back from the commercial, Gia Miller stops Don Callis and asks if that tag match is official as we don’t usually see him make matches. Callis says he’s the Invisible Hand, just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Scott D’Amore jumps in and says he was shocked that Callis made the match, as usual, they talk about it first. D’Amore loves it and Callis says that’s why they call them The Golden Bookers and says he must go get Kenny ready, where D’Amore questions get ready for what?
TJP & Fallah Bahh vs. Petey Williams & Josh Alexander
Alexander and Bahh start the match, with Bahh quickly tossing Alexander in the corner. Alexander tries to take Bahh down, but Bahh just toys with him. Alexander just takes him down with a dropkick before tagging in Williams. Bahh hits a shoulder tackle to knock Alexander to the outside as he tags in TJP. We get a bit of double teaming from TJP and Bahh before we go to commercials.
When we come back, Alexander is in control over Bahh. Williams and Alexander take turns battling Bahh, but Bahh back body drops Alexander and sits on him before tagging in TJP. Williams meets him, but TJP hits a springboard crossbody and boot washes Williams in the corner. Alexander and TJP go at it, clotheslining each other down in the middle of the ring. Williams tags in gets a 2 count on TJP with a roll-up, hits a code breaker on TJP, as Alexander tags in, hits a German Suplex. They try to double team TJP, but Bahh is able to take out Williams and hits Alexander with a Samoan Drop. TJP comes in and hits the Mamba Splash on Alexander for the pin.
Winners: TJP & Fallah Bahh by pinfall at 11:35
Sit Down with W. Morrissey
Gia Miller is sitting down with W. Morrissey. Morrissey says everybody is ‘happy to be here’ and ‘work here’ and go to bury them behind their back when the cameras stop rolling. He mocks her for being ‘happy to have him here’, but he’s not happy to be here as all he cares about is people hearing what he has to say. Miller says it sounds like he might be bitter. Morrissey says some might say that, but it’s realistic. Every time he makes headlines for the wrong reasons people kick him down and bring up his seizure in Philadelphia, and the fans instead of dialing 911 they recorded it and put it up on YouTube. His former co-workers saw the video and laughed at him, and nobody reached out to him. People he thought were his friends didn’t contact him in 3 years. And low and behold when he came back to wrestling, everybody reached out and said he looked great and always knew he’d come back strong. Miller says when she looks at the locker room, she does see friends and brings up Rich Swann and Willie Mack. Morrissey cuts her off and says Swann just needs the validation from the fans to boost his ego and it has nothing to do with friendship and Willie Mack and if Mack wasn’t here tomorrow, Swann wouldn’t care. Mack & Swann are like everybody else in the industry, the people who would laugh when he was at his lowest point. Morrisey starts screaming a bit before intensely looking into the camera and says, ‘who’s laughing now?’ As the camera is zoomed into Morrissey’s face, we get a superkick out of nowhere from Rich Swann as security must split up their brawling.
The Substitute
Gia is backstage with Rosemary, Havok, Tenille, Rachael Ellering, and Kaleb with a K and asks where Taylor Wilde is. Tenille says she doesn’t know, and Kaleb says it’s getting kind of late, and they might want to find a replacement. Ellering says she can go get Jordynne Grace, but Tenille says he doesn’t think that might be a good idea since they just lost the tag titles and maybe Tenille & Rachael can team up. Jordynne walks in and says ‘Oh, so you just want me to be a substitute then’, as Rachael says that’s not the case before Grace begrudgingly agrees.
Fire ‘n Flava (Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz), Deonna Purrazzo, Kimber Lee & Susan vs. Rosemary, Jordynne Grace, Rachael Ellering, Havok & Tenille Dashwood (w/ Kaleb with a K)
Kimber Lee starts the match by running into the boot of Havok and quickly tags out to Susan. Havok takes her out as Kiera tags in who gets rag-dolled down for a 2 count. Ellering tags in and hits a gut wrench drop and a senton on Kiera. Tasha tags in but quickly get taken down by Ellering who hits a running low dropkick for a 2 count. Tenille tags herself in as she and Ellering hit some double team moves on Tasha. Grace comes in as she and Ellering try the same double team, but the referee stops them as we go to the commercial.
We come back and Tasha is working on the back of Grace before stomping her in the heel’s corner. Kiera tags in, but Grace rolls back and tags in Rosemary who takes down Kiera with a couple of clotheslines and sling-blade. Rosemary hits a throw on Kiera but misses a splash in the corner. Rosemary puts the Upside Down on Kiera, but Tasha is able to kick Rosemary to break it up. Rosemary gets set up in the corner and hits with a running boot from Kiera. Kimber Lee comes in, hits a suplex on Rosemary for a 2 count. Susan comes in, places Rosemary on the top rope, and starts biting her before Kimber Lee and Havok run in and Havok ends up hitting a Tower of Power with Susan, Lee, and Rosemary. Ellering and Purrazzo come in, as Ellering quickly tags in Grace as they double team Purrazzo in their corner. All the women get in the ring, including Susan throwing her shoe at Havok causing everybody to brawl outside as well. Rosemary comes in and hits a Wing Clipper on Purrazzo for the win.
Winners: Rosemary, Havok, Tenille Dashwood, Rachael Ellering & Jordynne Grace by pinfall at 13:20
Before the IMPACT’s Ironman Match
Josh Alexander backstage admits that TJP got the pin on him, and it should get him a title shot. TJP and Fallah Bahh walk in and TJP agrees that he does deserve a title shot. Alexander says that one-on-one this would go a different way. Scott D’Amore walks in and says these two are the flag bearers of this company and division and would want to see them go all night long so next week on Before the IMPACT pre-show, they will do the first-ever Iron Man Match for the full hour. TJP says that’ll be the last round for a while, so he’s down to make it a good one.
Tables = Personal
We see a pre-produced video package with Rohit Raju and Jake Something talking about how close they were and how they got started in this business together with pictures of their career. Something admits this is not the same Raju he used to know, and it might be the X-Division title reign that warped his mind. Raju says Something believes that his spotlight belongs to him. Something says it will be just him vs. Raju like it was in the beginning. They talk about it being a Tables Match to settle their score and it’s more than a match, it’s personal.
VBD Addresses IMPACT + Kojima
Violent by Design make their way to the ring; Eric Young, Deaner, and the new IMPACT World Tag Team Champions, Rhino & Joe Doering. Young grabs the mic and says that Violence might mean scary, unpredictable, and chaotic but to them, Violence is a tool, a vehicle, a well-lit path from where they are to wherever in the hell they want to go. When he started this war, he needed people with their eyes open, and that knew the sickness existed and it needed to be removed. Doering was his first choice because he cut a path of Violence through Japan and his vision is pure and his mind is clear. Deaner, he found when he was sick and at his weakest with no path and no drive, and he opened his eyes and showed him the truth. He allowed him to become his pure self. And the version you see now is the most diabolical, the most violent, the most righteous, the most perfect version of Deaner. Rhino was sick and weak and a shadow of his former self, but he opened his eyes and the War Machine returned. That was all By Design, and when he came over he came with the Call Your Shot Trophy by design. They waited and waited to use that trophy by design. They waited until FinJuice was at their weakest and called their shot by design. Now that FinJuice is back in Japan, they can’t use their rematch clause. The quicker you realize that this world and the next belong to them, the easier this will be. He told you that they will be back and a pure, more violent version of what they were both. IMPACT Wrestling belongs to them, all wrestling will belong to them. Mexico, Europe, Japan, they will all belong to us as the lights go out.
Satoshi Kojima’s music plays, and he makes his way to the ring. Kojima gets in Doering’s face and says ‘Against All Odds’, as commentary brings up the history between them as it seems a one-on-one match between the two will happen on June 12th.
Prognosis from Dr. Ross (or Dr. E Forman)
Gia Miller is backstage with Dr. Ross (who has a jacket that says Dr. E Forman) and starts talking about Matt Cardona’s prognosis after last week’s attack by Brian Myers and says he has a broken orbital bone and will be out for 12 weeks. Myers walks in and starts screaming about Cardona and what he must do to put him out forever until Sam Beale interrupts. Myers says he should smack his tattoos off his body but instead says he won’t do that but instead will teach him how to be a professional.
Always A Shadow
Violent by Design is walking backstage and Joe Doering says he is accepting the match with Kojima at Against All Odds. Black Taurus and Crazzy Steve walk past VBD who say they have a match, as Deaner gets upset that they interrupted them and should know better. Steve and Deaner start trading insults, with Steve saying Deaner will always be in someone’s shadow, first Jake something and now Eric Young before walking away.
Decay (Crazzy Steve & Black Taurus) vs. Johnny Swinger & Hernandez (w/ Alisha)
Swinger and Steve start the match with Steve going for the pin attempt right away before tagging in Taurus as they hit some double team moves on Swinger, as Taurus hits a senton for a 2 count. Steve rolls up Swinger for the pin but didn’t realize Hernandez had tagged himself in as he and Swinger keep trading tags. Swinger goes on the shoulders of Hernandez but gets a little scared and tells him to bring him down. Taurus comes in and takes Swinger down with a couple of clotheslines before hitting a springboard crossbody to Hernandez. Taurus takes out Hernandez on the outside, as Swinger takes his straps down but gets reversed into a back body drop by Steve. Steve hits an inverted DDT off the corner for the pinfall on Swinger.
Winners: Decay (Crazzy Steve & Black Taurus) by pinfall at 3:51
Next Week
- IMPACT X-Division Championship – Ironman Match (BTI): Josh Alexander (c) vs. TJP * if the match goes beyond the hour time limit, it will continue on the main broadcast of IMPACT
- Tables Match: Jake Something vs. Rohit Raju
- Satoshi Kojima vs. Deaner
- IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Fire ‘n Flava (Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz) (c) vs. Jordynne Grace & Rachael Ellering
I Don’t Even Watch This Show
Don Callis and Good Brothers are backstage where Callis says they are family and Moose and Sami Callihan can’t keep it together so they will be broken down easily, Callis admits that he doesn’t even watch this product before giving them one last pep before their match.
Moose & Sami Callihan vs. The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson)
Callihan and Anderson start the match with Callihan quick with the offense including trying to dig his fingers in the ear of Anderson. Moose tags himself in and slams Anderson. Callihan gets upset that Moose tagged himself in, so Moose body slams Callihan on top of Anderson. Anderson and Gallows go to the outside to regroup as Moose and Callihan start bickering in the middle of the ring, as we go to the commercial.
We come back, and Moose chops Callihan to make the tag, but Gallows quickly gets on the distracted Callihan. Gallows starts choking out Callihan with his boot before Anderson tags in and starts stomping away. Gallows keeps Callihan down in the middle of the ring with a sleeper hold. Callihan hits a jawbreaker to get out and hits Gallows with a big boot and a clothesline off the second rope. Anderson and Moose tag in, as Moose hits a Uranage and starts taking out both Good Brothers, as Moose hits a big cross body to Gallows. As Moose gets ready to take out Anderson, Callihan tags himself. Moose gets upset and he and Callihan start shoving each other. Callihan tries to go for his finisher, but Moose hits him with a kick. Moose and Callihan continue to attack each other until Moose leaves the ring. The Good Brothers hit the Magic Killer on Callihan as Gallows got the pin.
Winners: The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) by pinfall at 10:20
After the match, Moose comes in and hits a Lights Out spear to Sami Callihan and tells him to stay out of his business.
