Monday, January 15, 2018

And here's some more Impact Wrestling stuff

A clarification on Barbed Wire Massacre 3, featuring LAX vs. OVE.  The match will indeed air in some countries on this week's episode of Impact Wrestling, but not in the United States as Pop TV has declined to air it due to the obvious content.  The match will be made available via Twitch.tv in the United States.  No word yet what the Impact Twitch channel will be.  The Fight Network in Canada (which is owned by the same corporate owner as Impact) has already stated the match will air in Canada.

With all the recent departures over the course of this week's tapings, the major names left to keep an eye on are Eddie Edwards, Eli Drake and Alberto el Patron.  The belief among everyone is that Patron is the highest paid talent on the roster and cost-cutting has been the norm here.  His deal, I believe, is up in March, but he's been announced as headlining the April PPV (see below), which is a sign that they are at least all under the belief Patron will be remaining.  Edwards' deal was up later this month and he was slated to discuss a new deal over the course of last week's tapings.  He is advertised for the 2/3 WrestlePro event in New Jersey that is doubling as an Impact taping.  Drake's deal is up towards the summer.

Impact Wrestling is moving to 10 PM local time on SpikeTV in the UK effective this week.

WrestlePro will working with Impact Wrestling for an event that will feature a lot of Impact talents coming in to be filmed for future installments of Impact's TV series  Scheduled to appear on the 2/3 WrestlePro "Brace for Impact" event in Rahway, NJ are Eli Drake, Moose, Alberto el Patron, Allie, KM, Braxton Sutter, Eddie Edwards, Matt Sydal, Fallah Bah and more.   Bobby Lashley had been advertised for this date, but that's obviously up in the air as it appears he finished at last night's taping,  Also appearing on the event at the Rahway Rec Center is the former "Emma" in WWE, Tenille Dashwood.  Dashwood will be facing Angelina Love in the main event of the taping, a match that is not slated to be taped for Impact TV,  Dan Maff and more will also be appearing.   For ticket information, visit www.WrestleProOnline.com

There was talk backstage at the tapings that there may be house shows in California forthcoming, possibly as soon as March.

The 4/22 PPV title has been changed to Redemption.  It was originally slated to be Lockdown but the current regime opted against locking themselves (no pun intended) into the Steel Cage format that has traditionally been the centerpiece of that event.   The top two matches are Impact Wrestling champion Austin Aries vs. Alberto el Patron and Impact Wrestling X-Division champion Matt Sydal vs. Petey Williams.

Dave Lagana was at yesterday's taping as he filmed an Empty Arena match between Tim Storm and NWA champion Nick Aldis prior to fans being let in the Impact Zone for the Impact taping. 

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