IMPACT Wrestling Results 6/9/20
The Skyway Studios
Nashville, Tennessee
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Transcription by Josh Lopez
First Match: Michael Elgin vs. Sami Callihan vs. Ken Shamrock in a Triple Threat Match
Shamrock charges towards Elgin before the bell rings. Elgin kicks Shamrock in the gut. Shamrock is throwing haymakers at Elgin. Sami Callihan arrives as the lights go out in the building. Shamrock with the irish whip. Shamrock with a corner clothesline. Shamrock punches Elgin in the back. Elgin reverses out of the irish whip from Shamrock. Elgin PowerSlams Shamrock. Callihan with a Pump Kick. Elgin SuperKicks Callihan. Callihan dumps Elgin out of the ring. Callihan with a SpringBoard Clothesline. Callihan follows that with another Pump Kick. Elgin catches Callihan in mid-air. Elgin dumps Callihan back first on the ring apron. Shamrock lands The Leap Of Faith. Shamrock slams Elgin’s head on the apron. Elgin kicks Shamrock in the face. Elgin delivers a Missile Dropkick.
Elgin hammers down on the back of Shamrock’s neck. Callihan hangs Elgin off the top rope. Shamrock with a deep arm-drag. Callihan bumps into Shamrock. Elgin with a double clothesline. Elgin sends Shamrock shoulder first into the steel ring post. Elgin with a Uranage Slam. Elgin with a corner clothesline. Elgin follows that with The Falcon Arrow for a two count. Elgin with a forearm smash. Elgin slams Callihan’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Elgin whips Shamrock into the turnbuckles. Callihan unloads two knife edge chops. Forearm Exchange. Elgin drives his knee into the midsection of Callihan. Callihan reverses out of the irish whip from Elgin. Shamrock with a shoulder block from the ring apron. Callihan and Shamrock are double teaming Elgin. Shamrock with a Side Belly to Belly Suplex. Shamrock is fired up.
Callihan gives Shamrock the middle finger. Shamrock is throwing haymakers at Callihan. Callihan thrust kicks the midsection of Shamrock. Callihan with a Sliding Forearm Smash for a two count. Second Forearm Exchange. Callihan with a Pump Kick. Callihan with a forearm smash. Callihan blocks a lariat from Elgin. Standing Switch Exchange. Elgin with a Release German Suplex. Elgin follows that with a Sliding Forearm Smash for a two count. Shamrock applies The Ankle Lock. Elgin breaks the grip. Elgin with a forearm smash. Elgin kicks Shamrock in the gut. Elgin with Two DDT’s. Shamrock rises back on his feet. Elgin goes for a Step Up Enzuigiri, but Shamrock counters with The Ankle Lock. Elgin pulls off the top turnbuckle pad. Callihan prevents Elgin from tapping out. Shamrock gets Callihan trapped in The Ankle Lock. Elgin shoves Callihan into Shamrock. Elgin connects with The Spinning Back Fist. Elgin plants Shamrock with The Elgin Bomb to pickup the victory.
Winner: Michael Elgin via Pinfall
Jordynne Grace Backstage Interview
The North & The Rascalz Backstage Segment
Second Match: Tasha Steelz w/Kiera Hogan vs. Susie Yung
Steelz immediately starts running her mouth before the bell rings. Steelz ducks a clothesline from Yung. Yung with two side headlock takeovers. Yung with a Running Bulldog. Steelz regroups on the outside. Yung goes for a Suicide Dive, but Steelz counters with a Leaping European Uppercut. Steelz with a forearm smash. Steelz repeatedly stomps on Yung’s chest. Steelz slams Yung’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Steelz with a Flying Forearm Smash. Steelz follows that with a Running European Uppercut.
Steelz drops Yung with a Hangman’s NeckBreaker for a two count. Steelz unloads a flurry of left jabs. Steelz with a Rolling Elbow. Yung rolls Steelz over for a two count. Steelz clotheslines Yung. Yung with a chop/palm strike combination. Yung with a Lou Thez Press. Yung transitions into a ground and pound attack. Back Elbow Smash Exchange. Yung launches Steelz over the top rope. Steelz with an Apron Enzuigiri. Yung connects with The Mid-Air Shotei for a two count. Yung is distracted by Hogan. Steelz plants Yung with The Cutter to pickup the victory.
Winner: Tasha Steelz via Pinfall
– Will Ace Austin battle Moose for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary 2020? Moose certainly thinks so. Moose will battle Hernandez next week on Impact Wrestling.
– Slammiversary 2020 Commercial.
– This weeks IMPACT Plus! Flashback Moment Of The Week is the Michael Bennett/Earl Hebner Match from May 17, 2016 edition of Impact Wrestling.
Nevaeh, Jessica Havok, Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz Backstage Segment
Rhino & Rohit Raju Backstage Segment
Third Match: Willie Mack & Cousin Jake vs. Chris Bey & Johnny Swinger
Mack and Bey will start things off. Never mind, Bey tags in Swinger. Swinger kicks Mack in the gut. Swinger slams Mack’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Swinger drives his knee into the midsection of Mack. Swinger transitions into a corner mount. Mack with an Inverted Atomic Drop. Mack blocks a punch from Swinger. Mack slams Swinger’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Mack tags in Jake. Jake kicks Swinger in the gut. Jake with a forearm smash. Jake sends Swinger to the corner. Jake tags in Mack. Mack with a straight right hand. Mack punches Swinger in the back. Swinger applies a waist lock. Bey drives his knee into the midsection of Mack. The referee admonishes Bey. Swinger with a running fist drop. Swinger slaps Mack in the face. Swinger starts choking Mack. Swinger tags in Bey.
Bey repeatedly kicks the right hamstring of Mack. Bey with a knife edge chop. Bey slams Mack’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Bey delivers a gut punch. Bey tags in Swinger. Swinger with clubbing shoulder blocks. Bey applies a sleeper hold right in front of the referee. Swinger punches Mack in the jaw. Swinger abuses the referee’s five count. Swinger whips Mack across the ring. Mack kicks Swinger in the chest. Mack tags in Jake. Jake with a double clothesline. Jake with the irish whip. Jake drops Swinger with The Big Boot. Jake dumps Bey on top of Swinger. Swinger pulls Bey out of harms way. Bey and Swinger are cutting the ring in half during the commercial break. Wish Bone Attack. Bey taunts Mack. Bey uses the top rope as a weapon. Swinger attacks Jake behind the referee’s back. Bey and Jake are trading back and forth shots.
Bey with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Bey applies a front face lock. Swinger tags himself in. Swinger punches Jake in the back. Swinger with heavy bodyshots. Swinger is choking Jake with his boot. Bey applies another sleeper hold, this time behind the referee’s back. Swinger hooks the outside leg for a two count. Double Irish Whip. Jake drops Swinger with a Body Block. Jake with an Inside Out Lariat. Jake tags in Mack. Mack slaps Bey in the face. Mack with two haymakers. Mack hits The Samoan Drop. Bey goes for a Standing MoonSault, but Mack ducks out of the way. Mack connects with a Standing Double MoonSault for a two count. Jake clotheslines Bey over the top rope. Swinger goes for The Swinging NeckBreaker, but Mack counters with The Stunner to pickup the victory. After the match, Bey chop blocks Mack. Swinger repeatedly stomps on Jake’s chest. Cody Deaner storms into the ring to make the save. Deaner plants Bey with The Deaner DDT.
Winner: Willie Mack & Cousin Jake via Pinfall
What’s The Future Of The IMPACT World Championship?
Scott D’Amore: As reported on ImpactWrestling.com, earlier this week, I am here tonight to address the situation with the Impact World’s Championship. As many of you will recall, at Rebellion, we were unable to deliver the advertised Impact World Championship Match. And subsequently, over these past many weeks of television, we’ve had a number one contenders tournament, which agree with his methods or not, credit where credit is due, was won by Ace Austin. Now, my responsibility as an Impact Executive is not just to the wrestlers in the back, it’s not just to the holder of the Impact World’s Championship, but it’s to you the fans and to the very integrity of the Impact World’s Championship, itself. And the fact is, as I stand here today, the Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard is still not in the building tonight.
Ace Austin: Listen, I don’t want to spoil the surprise. I know you wanted to make the announcement, but let me make the announcement for you. Ladies and gentlemen, Scott D’Amore was out here tonight to crown me, the Impact World Champion.
Michael Elgin: Ace, you’re speaking out of turn. But before that, Scott, you’re right, the advertised match for the World Championship at Rebellion, the one I was gonna win, didn’t happen. So Ace, if you want to come out here and stake claim to a championship that’s rightfully mine, well, then you have to deal with me. See, as far as I see it, you got two choices. One, get out of my ring or two, fight me. And, if you haven’t been paying attention, anybody that decides to fight me, well, they can’t handle me. As a matter of fact, not you, and not a single person back there can step in here and handle Michael Elgin.
Eddie Edwards: Hold on, I hate to ruin a good time, I can see you guys having a good time. But Elgin, I don’t want to scare you, but your short-term memory, it’s gone, pal. Because everybody’s scared, everybody’s afraid of Michael Elgin, right? I’m not of afraid of you, I’ve done battle with Michael Elgin, I have beat The Unbeatable Michael Elgin, I have broken The Unbreakable Michael Elgin. And now you two are out here, asking to be handed a championship from Mr. D’Amore, good to see you, man. To be handed a championship that you haven’t rightfully earned. That is not what Impact Wrestling is about. I know, I have been here longer than you guys. But here, you don’t get handed a championship, Ace, you have to earn it. Here in Impact Wrestling, you have to fight for it.
Scott D’Amore: Well, listen guys.
Ace Austin: Well, actually listen Mr. Scott D’Amore, okay. Before you guys interrupted the boss man here, he was out here for a reason, okay? To make a big announcement, your big announcement, was crowning me the Impact World Champion. I don’t see the title, so let’s go, grab the title and let’s get this done, porky.
Scott D’Amore: Okay, first of all, back up just a little bit for social distancing purposes. Secondly, I hate to admit it, but you’re right, Ace, i’m not the thinest guy in the whole world, i’ll give you credit for pointing that out. But see, what you fail to understand, Ace, and the cornerstone of the company pointed it out to you, but here, you fight to be a champion, you don’t just get handed a championship.
It doesn’t get handed over, its won in the ring. So, i’ll tell you what, you’re not going to be the champion here tonight. At Slammiversary, everyone of you gets an opportunity to prove, to earn the right to be the Impact World Champion, because at Slammiversary, it’s gonna be the champion Tessa Blanchard defending against you guys in a 5-Way for the championship, and we’ll decide who’s best there.
Ace Austin: Are you out of your mind? I went through a whole tournament. What do you mean I didn’t earn it? You’re senile, all right. Not only that, but clearly you can’t even count. There’s isn’t five, there’s only four.
Scott D’Amore: Well, you’ll have to pardon me, because as I’m prone to say, I only passed math in high school because my football coach taught it to me. But before we make a final determination on the numbers, why don’t you just turn around for a minute? Yeah, just turn out.
Trey Miguel clocks Austin with a SpringBoard Missile Dropkick. Miguel is raining down haymakers. A pier six brawl ensues to close the segment.
Its official: Tessa Blanchard (c) vs. Michael Elgin vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Ace Austin vs Trey Miguel in a Fatal Five Way Match For The IMPACT World Championship At Slammiversary 2020.
Cancel Culture Promo
Fourth Match: Jacob Crist w/Cancel Culture vs. Crazzy Steve
Crist attacks Steve before the bell rings. Crist stomps on Steve’s back. Crist whips Steve across the ring. Steve ducks a clothesline from Crist. Steve dropkicks the left knee of Crist. Steve with a Senton Splash. Steve drops Crist with a Side Russian Leg Sweep for a one count. Crist reverses out of the irish whip from Steve. Steve with a waist lock go-behind. Following a snap mare takeover, Steve cranks the neck of Crist. Crist decks Steve with a back elbow smash. Crist puts Steve on the top turnbuckle. Steve applies The Upside Down. Crist slams the left shoulder of Steve on the top rope. Crist applies an arm-bar. Steve is trying to create separation.
Crist with a Hip Toss. Crist applies The Short-Arm Scissor. Steve grabs the bottom rope which forces the break. Crist goes for an Atomic Drop, but Steve blocks it. Crist kicks the left shoulder of Steve. Crist goes for a Belly to Back Suplex, but Steve lands back on his feet. Steve with two running throat thrust. Short-Arm Reversal by Steve. Steve drops Crist with the short-arm clothesline for a two count. Steve is distracted by Joseph P Ryan. Steve side steps Crist into the turnbuckles. Crist kicks Steve in the face. Crist with a Pump Kick. Crist delivers The Hook Kick. Crist connects with The Spinning Heel Kick to pickup the victory.
Winner: Jacob Crist via Pinfall
Fifth Match: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie w/Rosemary & John E Bravo For The IMPACT Knockouts Championship
Valkyrie is not ready to fight. Grace lands The Suicide Dive. Grace is raining down forearm shivers. Grace punches Valkyrie in the back. Grace with clubbing shoulder blocks. Grace buries her shoulder into the midsection of Valkyrie. Grace stomps on Valkyrie’s back. Grace with a Vertical Suplex for a one count. Grace with the irish whip. Grace with a corner clothesline. Grace slaps Valkyrie in the chest. Valkyrie answers with forearm shivers. Valkyrie with Two OverHand Chops. Grace drives her elbow into the midsection of Valkyrie. Grace continues to punch Valkyrie in the back. Valkyrie can’t seem to gain any momentum. Grace with a Side Belly to Belly Suplex for a two count. Grace drops Valkyrie with a forearm smash. Valkyrie regroups on the outside.
Grace attacks Valkyrie from behind. Grace is distracted by Rosemary and Bravo. Valkyrie with a Running Knee Strike. Valkyrie talks smack to Grace. Grace has Valkyrie perched on the top turnbuckle. Grace with forearm shivers. Grace sends Valkyrie crashing to the outside. Grace has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Grace with a Side Walk Slam. Valkyrie decks Grace with a back elbow smash. Valkyrie sends Grace face first into the steel ring steps. Valkyrie rolls Grace back into the ring. Valkyrie hooks both legs for a two count. Valkyrie punches Grace in the back. Valkyrie kicks Grace in the face. Valkyrie uses the middle rope as a weapon. Valkyrie kicks the left hamstring of Grace. Valkyrie is choking Grace with her boot. Valkyrie with a Running Hip Attack. Valkyrie follows that with a ShotGun Meteora for a two count.
Valkyrie applies a rear chin lock. Valkyrie puts Grace on the top turnbuckle. Valkyrie with forearm shivers. Valkyrie goes for The SuperPlex, but Grace blocks it. Grace with Two HeadButts. Valkyrie denies The Avalanche Code Red. Grace PowerBombs Valkyrie. Grace with Two Bodyslams. Valkyrie rises back on her feet. Valkyrie with a forearm smash. Grace goes for another Bodyslam, but Valkyrie lands back on her feet. Valkyrie sends Grace to the corner. Grace with a back elbow smash. Grace kicks Valkyrie in the face. Grace sends Valkyrie shoulder first into the steel ring post. Grace with a ShotGun Meteora. Grace hits The Sliding Elbow Smash. Grace connects with The Vader Bomb for a two count. Valkyrie with clubbing elbow smashes. Valkyrie backs Grace into the turnbuckles. Valkyrie Spears Grace for a two count. Valkyrie with a Pop Up Knee Strike. Grace negates The Road To Valhalla. Grace with combination lariats. Grace makes Valkyrie tap out to The Sleeper Hold. After the match, Deonna Purrazzo makes her Impact Wrestling Debut. Purrazzo wants Grace to shake her hand. Purrazzo applies The Fujiwara Arm-Bar. Purrazzo stands over Grace to close the show.
Winner: Still IMPACT Knockouts Champion, Jordynne Grace via Submission
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