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Mike's Impact Hard to Kill 2021 PPV Review (@Wrestling5286)


Date: 01/17 8:00 PM
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Written by Mike Poulin

Match 1

Rosemary and Crazzy Steve vs Tenille Dashwood and Kaleb

Steve and Kaleb lock up, Steve does some spinning and gets a nice drop toehold, followed by a series of clotheslines. Steve and Rosemary work the arm of Kaleb early on. Kaleb teases a dive to the floor early but climbs down and Steve lands a series of shots. Rosemary lands a series of shots and Kaleb tags out. Rosemary lands a sidewalk slam and lands a series of shots on Tenille. Rosemary goes for a charge but Kaleb grabs her from outside of the ring sending Rosemary to the mat. Tenille lands a series of shots and the heels take over for a bit until Rosemary fights them off and makes the tag. Steve comes in and lands a series of clotheslines followed by a seated flatliner, but Tenille causes a distraction so Steve gives chase right in to a dropkick from Kaleb. Kaleb lands a series of shots and goes for a big moonsault off the middle rope but misses.

Rosemary comes back in and cleans house of Tenille and Kaleb. All four people get involved with Tenille stopping a cover from Steve, but Rosemary taking her out with a spear, followed by Kaleb with a K landing a SUPERKICK with an S on Rosemary. Kaleb geos after Steve with a series of kicks. Kaleb and Tenille go for a double team but Steve ducks and ends up misting Tenille. Kaleb goes after Rosemary but he ends up also getting the mist to the eyes, leading to Steve landing a big second rope DDT for the win.

Winners Rosemary and Crazy Steve

Match 2

Old School Rules Match

Rhino Cousin Jake and Tommy Dreamer vs Violent by Design-Eric Young Joe Doering and Cody Deaner

All 6 men brawl to start and Rhino, Dreamer and Doering end up getting sent to the floor. Young and Cody go for a double team but Jake catches Young with a shot and sends Cody to the floor. Rhino sends Doering in to the ring and lands a series of shots and a big shoulder tackle in the corner and they spill to the floor and all 6 men brawl on the floor. Dreamer goes after Young and gets a cookie sheet and rolls Young in to the ring. Dreamer sends Young in to the corner and Young does the Ric Flair over the top rope spot, but Dreamer catches him coming off the top with a cookie sheet to the face followed by a cutter,

Doering comes in and Dreamer has a chair and we get a triple team as the faces beat down Doering with a series of chair shots. Dreamer goes for a chair shot but Doering swats the chair away, and squashes Dreamer with a big crossbody on Dreamer. All 6 men are in the match and we get Cody sending Jake through two chairs with a big beal off the top rope through two steel chairs. Rhino goes after Doering but Doering catches the kendo stick and chokeslams Rhino, and breaks the stick. Everyone brawls a little more on the floor. Dreamer dumps out Thumbtacks in the ring, Dreamer goes for a Death Valley Driver but gets caught and Young goes for a piledriver but Dreamer counters with a back body drop on to the tacks. Everyone does big moves as all 6 men get involved again. Jake catches Cody coming off the ropes with a big side slam, but Young catches him with a shot with the mask to the back, followed by a piledriver and scores the win.

Winners Violent by Design-Eric Young Joe Doering and Cody Deaner

We go backstage to Impact Champion Rich Swann and Chris Sabin. Swann says they may have been given Moose but they are going to go out there and kick ass just like they should. Moose comes in to the locker room. Swann asks Moose what he's doing here and he's says they're a team. Swann asks Moose if he expects him to trust Moose after everything that's happened in the last couple weeks. Moose says he had to do what he had to do to Willie but that's not important. Moose says that by now Swann and Sabin know about his past, Moose says that he played on teams with people that he despised, but when that whistle blew, he would die for them. Moose says that he's not going to let an outsider come in to a company he built and take over. Moose says that like Swann said on Impact they're going to kick ass ALL NIGHT LONG. Good promo once Moose got there at least I love the tension between Moose and Swann setting up their eventual match which I assume will take place on Impact Plus in coming months.

Match 3

Finals of the Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament

Havok and Nevaeh vs Fire and Flavor-Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz

All four women brawl to start off with Kiera getting sent to the floor. Havok and Nevaeh double team Steelz and it's Havok with a big splash in the corner. Kiera comes in but gets caught with a sidewalk slam/knee to the head combination from Havok and Nevaeh. Kiera comes back and lands a series of shots but Nevaeh escapes the grasp and makes the tag out. Havok comes in and cleans house of Kiera and Steelz. Havok picks up and slams Kiera but misses a big leg drop, Kiera and Steelz double team Havok with double dropkicks and works her over for a little bit. Steelz goes for a couple sleeper attempts but Havok escapes both. Kiera climbs the ropes but Havok catches her, and then Steelz tries the same and gets caught and we get a double fall away slam from Havok who makes the tag out.

Nevaeh comes in and lands a series of shots on both Kiera and Steelz. Kiera and Steelz come back and we get a double superplex spot, but Havok comes up and catches Kiera and Steelz with a double powerbomb. Nevaeh catches Kiera and lays her out with a DDT variation, but Steelz is able to counter it and force her in to the corner. We get all four women in the ring for a little bit. Havok and Nevaeh go for their finish on Kiera but Steelz drags Havok to the floor. Steelz comes in and drives Nevaeh face first in to the mat with a headscissors, followed by Kiera landing a twisting bridging fisherman's suplex for the win.

Winners and NEW Impact Knockout Tag Team Champions Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz

We go backstage to see Taya Valkyrie arrive at Skyway Studios. Rosemary and Crazzy Steve appear. Rosemary says they took care of their Dashwood problem and now her and Crazzy Steve are here to help Taya take care of her problem. Taya says that she knows she can beat Deonna on her own. Rosemary says they're not questioning Taya's abilities but they want to stop the cronies at ringside. Taya says that's true and after she wins tonight they will celebrate in Slamtown.

Ace Austin and Madman Fulton come to the ring. Austin gets the microphone, Austin says that the best use of him tonight was sitting on a countdown panel talking about a Josh Alexander match and says there's a reason that match was on the pre show. Austin says he went through three men to win the 2021 Super X Cup and he's going to go through three more men to win the X Division Title tonight and calls out Scott D'Amore to make that happen. D'Amore comes out and says one week ago he presented Austin with that Super X Cup Trophy, but will not be in the X Division Title match tonight. D'Amore says that Hard to Kill should have an Ace Austin match on it and Austin's opponent tonight is ALWAYS READY.

Match 4

Matt Cardona beat Ace Austin by Disqualification when Madman Fulton interfered. Cardona fought off both Austin and Fulton eventually landing the ROUGH RYDER on Fulton.

Match 5

Triple Threat Match for the X Division Title

Manik vs Chris Bey vs Rohit Raju

Manik catches Bey with a big dropkick to start. Rohit goes right after Manik with a series of shots and works him over, Each man goes for clotheslines and no one hits and we have a stand off in the early going. Bey goes after TJP and Rohit with shots, and Bey catches Rohit with a series of shots and dropkicks the legs of Rohit, and steps up the back of Rohit and lands a big dropkick off the back of Rohit to Manik. Bey and Rohit trade moves, but Rohit eventually lands PAY DIRT on Bey for a near fall. Rohit lands shots on both Bey and Manik, Manik sends Bey to the floor and tries to fight off Rohit but Rohit blocks a headscissors and drops Manik face first down to the mat. Rohit sends Manik in to the ropes but Manik ties himself between the top and middle ropes and sends Rohit to the floor. We get a double submission spot from Manik who has the legs of Bey locked up while locking in a submission on Rohit. Bey goes for a dive but Rohit catches the legs and powerbombs him on the apron.  

Manik goes for a fireman's carry but Rohit escapes and goes after the mask of Manik and eventually takes it off but Manik's face is painted so somehow we still don't know if it's TJP or not. Manik lands a quick Tornado DDT on Rohit, TJP climbs the ropes and goes for a frog splash but out of nowhere Bey catches him in mid air with a  cutter, followed by the ART OF FINESSE for a near fall. Bey goes for a superplex but Rohit stops him and goes for a double stomp but Manik catches Rohit with a sloppy frankensteiner, followed by a hesitation dropkick on Bey. Everyone does big moves for several minutes. Rohit lands the running knee on Bey for a near fall. Rohit tries to pick up Bey but Bey catches him with a small package for a near fall. Rohit locks in a crossface on Manik who gets to the ropes, but Rohit slides back to the center of the ring and Bey catches him with a running knee, but Manik sneaks in with a quick roll up on Rohit for the win.

Winner and Still X Division Champion Manik

We go backstage to Eddie and Alisha Edwards. Alisha says that she's worried abut the match. Eddie says he's worried too but tells Alisha not to go out there with him. Alisha tries to argue but Eddie asks her if she's going to fight Sami and Shamrock in a barbed wire match. Eddie tells Alisha she needs to be home and worry about their daughter. Eddie says that he doesn't know if he's going to make it home. Eddie says he's got this tonight and he's doing it for him and Alisha.

Taya-Deonna video package

Match 6

For the Knockouts Title

Taya Valkyrie w Rosemary and Crazzy Steve vs Deonna Purrazzo w Kimber Lee and Susan

Taya goes right after Deonna with a series of shots and sends her in to the corner. Taya goes for an Irish whip which Deonna tries to counter but Taya takes her down with a double leg and a series of shots. Taya and Deonna spill to the floor which ends up involving everyone at ringside and everyone at ringside is eventually thrown out.  

Taya catches Deonna as she comes in to the ring with a series of kicks and forearms. Taya goes for an Irish whip and it gets reversed but Taya holds on to the ropes and slides through but Deonna catches her and goes after the arm of Taya. Taya comes back and lands a series of clotheslines and works over the arm of Taya. Deonna sends Taya in to the corner and works the leg and works over Taya. Taya comes back and lands a series of shots and a big spear off the ropes and works over Deonna. Taya goes for ROAD TO VALHALLA but Deonna escapes. Deonna goes for LA COSTA NOSTRA but Taya escapes and lands a big baseball slide dropkick. Deonna locks in the Fujiwara Armbar and Taya tries to counter but Deonna gets the double Fujiwara Armbar and scores the submission.

Winner by Submission Deonna Purrazzo

Match 7 I guess that's what we call it

Karate Man beat Ethan Page  

Sami Callihan-Eddie Edwards video package

Match 8

Barbed Wire Massacre

Sami Callihan vs Eddie Edwards

Sami and Eddie trade shots to start things, and both men try to send each other in to the barbed wire and Eddie eventually kicks Sami in to the barbed wire and lands a series of shots. Eddie gets some barbed wire and rakes it across the face of Sami. Eddie lands a series of shots and tries to send the face of Callihan in to the barbed wire board but Sami blocks and tosses the board to the floor which apparently knocks D'Lo Brown out of sync on commentary for a bit. Eddie goes for a dive to the floor but Sami ducks and sends Eddie through a board against the rail, followed by a Cactus Jack elbow drop off the apron. Sami sends Eddie in to the ring and then suplexes Eddie on the barbed wire ropes.

Callihan gets some barbed wire and wraps it around the hand and violently rakes it across the face of Eddie. Callihan climbs the ropes, but Eddie catches him with a big kick, followed by a Boston back pack stunner for a near fall. Callihan and Eddie both pull off barb wires off of the cage and take each other out with. Eddie goes for a superplex but Callihan slides out and crotches Eddie on the top rope. Callihan props a barbed wire board between two chairs, and lands a super piledriver off the ropes for a near fall. Callihan tries to nail Eddie with a barbed wire bat but Eddie catches him with a low blow. Eddie Boston Knee Parties a chair in to the face of Callihan who defiantly kicks out at one. Eddie lands a series of shots and lands sit out fisherman's buster for the win.

Winner Eddie Edwards

Video package hyping the main event.

Main Event

Moose Chris Sabin and Impact Champion Rich Swann vs AEW World Champion Kenny Omega and Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers-Gallows and Anderson

Anderson and Sabin lock up to start things. Anderson wrenches the arm but Sabin rolls through and gets a quick arm drag. Anderson sends Sabin in to the corner but Sabin leaps over and both men trade moves and tag out. Moose and Gallows trade shots for a bit but then they also quickly tag out. Omega and Swann circle, but the the Good Brothers lower the boom on Swann and attack him. Omega chokes Swann with his shirt and makes the tag out. Anderson lands a series of shots and works over Swann. All 6 men get involved and it ends up with Team Impact getting the edge and doing some triple teaming early on. Anderson comes back and forces Sabin in to the corner and we get triple teaming from that side before Omega enters the ring. Omega lands a big backbreaker and makes the tag to Anderson. Anderson snaps over Sabin and locks in a chinlock. Anderson sends Sabin in to the corner, but Sabin fights out and they both men clothesline each other and make tags out.

Omega and Swann come in and both go for moves and it's blocked, but Swann eventually lands a jumping frankensteiner on Omega on top of Anderson. Sabin and Swann do some double teaming taking out Omega and Anderson, and then double dives to the floor. Swann rolls Omega in to the ring and goes for a frog splash but misses. Anderson comes in and works over Swann in the corner and chokes him. Anderson picks up and slams Swann and tags out to Gallows who does the same thing and then tags to Omega. Omega goes for a bodyslam but Swann escapes and fights back but Omega stops him and lands a big leaping leg lariat on Swann. Heels work over Swann for a bit but Swann comes back and lands a big kick to the head and makes the tag to Moose.

Moose comes in and cleans house of Omega and the Good Brothers. Moose charges and Anderson gets the elbow up, Anderson climbs the ropes but gets caught with a big dropkick. Team Impact triple teams Omega but then he and the Good Brothers come back and triple team Team Impact. Everyone does big moves on each other, Omega climbs the ropes but Moose catches him and lands a SPANISH FLY followed by Sabin with the CRADLE SHOCK for a near fall. Omega and Swann trade shots but it's Omega landing the snap dragon suplex on Swann to stop him. Omega goes for a superplex but Moose comes from behind and eventually we get DOOMSDAY KNEE STRIKE for a near fall. Moose and Omega trade shots but Omega lands a big knee on Moose. Omega goes for the ONE WINGED ANGEL but Swann escapes and lands a reverse frankensteiner. Swann goes for a big move off the ropes but misses, and the GOOD BROTHERS coming in and land the MAGIC KILLER on Swann. Omega lands the V-Trigger and hooks Swann and lands the ONE WINGED ANGEL and scores the win.

Winners AEW Champion Kenny Omega and the Good Brothers-Gallows and Anderson.

That's it for Hard to Kill a solid show overall and I'm guessing Omega will face whomever the champion is in Impact for Rebellion.



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