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EDDIE EDWARDS VS. ERIC YOUNG, PURRAZZO VS. SUSIE AND MORE: COMPLETE IMPACT WRESTLING VICTORY ROAD PPV REPORT

Impact Wrestling's Victory Road 2020 opened with a video feature previewing Eddie Edwards challenging Eric Young in an attempt to regain the Impact Championship.

The Rascalz' Dez & Wentz vs. XXXL

Wentz and Romero started out with Wentz trying to use his speed and some kicks to offset Romero's size.  Neither man gained much of an advantage early.  Wentz started to stick and move with strikes and dazed Romero with a dropkick.  He rebounded off the ropes but was blasted down.

Dez tagged in and nailed a suicide dive to the outside, but was nailed with an elbow as he went for a second dive.  Went dove off the apron on Romero but was caught and was slammed onto the floor atop Dez.  Dez was dumped back into the ring.  Larry D tagged in.  They worked over Dez in the corner.  Larry nailed a hard strike on Dez, rocking him, and controlled the ring with a series of shots to the mid-section.  Dez was worked over for a long time, trying to fight but always getting beaten down.  Dez tried to fight back from underneath and finally began scoring with some shots.  He tried to use a head scissors takedown but was caught and powerbombed.  Dez finally caught him with a kick to the back of the head.

Wentz finally gets the hot tag and begins cleaning house.  Everyone battled.  XXXL double-teamed Dez and elevated and dropped him.  They each splashed Dez but Wentz broke up the pinfall. They battle continued.  Dez nailed a series of cartwheels into a kick.  He nailed Larry with the Final Flash off the top and scored the pin.

Your winners, The Rascalz!

This was a hell of a tag match.  XXXL played great heel bullies here and this may have been the best Larry D has looked in Impact to date.  Dez was awesome as the babyface in peril.  Great work all around.

Josh Mathews and Madison Rayne welcomed everyone to the show officially on Impact+. 

Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Myers

They went back and forth on the mat but Myers grabbed the ropes when Dreamer gained the advantage.  Dreamer used a Fireman's Carry takedown to bring Myers into an armbar.  Myers backed Dreamer into the ropes but snapped Dreamer's throat into them to gain the advantage.  He began stomping Dreamer on the shoulder and hand.  Myers worked over Dreamer in the corner with right hands.  Dreamer began firing back and charged.  Myers moved and Dreamer hit the ring post shoulder-first.

Myers continued the assault on Dreamer, stomping away at him.   He suplexed Dreamer over for a two count and began drilling him with knees in the back.  Myers cinched on a rear chinlock, trying to wear Dreamer down.  Dreamer fired back with shots to the mid-section and rebounded off the ropes but Myers tripped him up.  Myers scored another two count with an elbow.  He worked over Dreamer.  Dreamer made a comeback and sent Myers to the floor.  Dreamer came off the apron but was nailed as he came off.  

They returned to the ring, exchanging blows.  Dreamer began nailing some clubbering blows.  Dreamer nailed a sit-down slam but Myers kicked up at the last second.  Myers nailed Dreamer with a DDT for another two count, but Dreamer grabbed the ropes.  Dreamer drilled Myers with a Cutter for a two count.

Dreamer went for the Spicoli Driver but Myers slipped out and kicked him in the chest for a two count.  They continued to battle until Myers nailed a blasting lariat for the pin.

Your winner, Brian Myers!

Solid. 

Backstage, Moose wanted to know why he has a match while his title is being held hostage.  Scott D'Amore told him he hasn't wrestled in a month.  Moose said there's going to be a funeral on Tuesday for his title and he wants to know what Scott is going to do about it.  Scott said that's Tuesday's problem but his problem tonight is Trey Miguel.  

X-Division Champion Rohit Raju came to the ring for the first ever Defeat Rohit Challenge.  Raju took the mic and said he's going to give what no one would give him - an opportunity.  He offered for anyone in the back who believes they can beat him to come out.  Willie Mack emerged from the back.

X-Division Champion Rohit Raju vs. Willie Mack.

It was all Mack early until he missed a pescado to the floor.  Back in the ring, Raju unloaded with a series of kicks but is unable to score the pinfall.  Raju locked in a chinlock on the mat.  Mack started to fade out but made his way back to his feet.  He nailed a series of elbows to the mid-section and went for a Fall Away Slam but Raju slipped out.

Raju took Mack down and scored several two counts, getting frustrated that he was unable to make the pinfall.  He began psyching himself up and nailed a series of elbowstrikes.  He scored another two count after dropping another big elbow.  Mack nailed an inverted atomic drop and nailed several leaping back elbows.  Mack nailed an atomic legdrop and nailed a Samoan Drop followed by a standing moonsault for a two count.

Raju went for a kick but Mack blocked it.  He went for a stunner but was kicked.  Raju took him down with an armbar and locked in a crossface, trying to force a submission.  Mack struggled to make it to the ropes but Raju used the ropes himself, kicking him off to the center of the ring.  Raju kept control and nailed a running cannonball in the corner for another near fall.  Raju continued to get frustrated by his inability to score the pinfall.

Raju went to the top rope but missed an attempted double stomp.  Mack elevated him and nailed a big elbow strike.  Mack nailed an exploder and scored a near fall.  Mack missed a running charge in the corner but avoided Raju's charge as well.  They clunked heads while battling in the corner and Raju was knocked to the floor.  Raju heard the countout was close to ten so he decided to fall back to the floor and take the loss, taking the fall.

Your winner by countout, Willie Mack.

Obviously, Raju retains the title.  

The match was solid and felt more like the kickoff to a larger story.

Gia Miller interviewed Ken Shamrock and Sami Callihan about attacking Eddie Edwards.  She asked Shamrock but Callihan answered for him while Shamrock glowered in scary fashion.  He said that they were this-close to winning the Impact Tag Team Championship as the World's Most Dangerous Tag Team but even Shamrock would admit he didn't have the old killer instinct.    So, Sami got in his head to convince him who he was.  To get back there, you had to do something radical, and that was attacking Eddie Edwards.  He said Shamrock was his best friend and he was just looking out for Shamrock's best interests.  He blew off the idea that he was doing this because of his past issues with Edwards.

Kaleb with a K came to the ring to introduce Tenille Dashwood.

Jordynne Grace vs. Tenille Dashwood

They locked up and Grace took her down with a headlock takeover.  Tenille fought to her feet and grabbed a hammerlock but was taken down to the mat again, where she was controlled with a head scissor.  Tenille slipped out and dove atop Grace, grabbing a headlock and even giving her a noogie.

Grace powered out and nailed a running lariat in the corner, then smashed Dashwood's face into the corner.  She nailed a double knee strike to her back but missed a Vader Bomb off the ropes.  Dashwood recovered and covered Grace but wasn't able to score the pinfall.  Dashwood began stomping her back.  They battled to the apron, where Grace went for a shoulderblock but was kicked.  Grace overcame Dashwood and nailed a neckbreaker in the ropes.  

Grace went for a suplex to the outside but Dashwood blocked and nailed her with a series of forearms that knocked her to the apron outside.  Dashwood nailed a sliding kick, sending Grace to the floor.  They fought outside.  Dashwood was sent into the railing.  Grace charged but Tenille moved and Grace crashed hard into the barricades.  Grace slammed her into the ring and then instructed Kaleb to show her the video of her beating down Grace.

Grace returned to the ring and was covered for a two count.  Dashwood mocked Grace, who tried to fight from underneath.  Dashwood held Grace down on the mat but wasn't able to score a three count.  Grace bridged up and rolled through and they battled back and forth with pinfall attempts.  Dashwood rebounded off the ropes with a low clothesline for another near fall.  

Dashwood went Grace into the buckles, beating her again and again into them.  Dashwood went for a back suplex but Grace nailed her.  Grace was tied to the tree of woe and battered with kicks.  Tenille went to the floor, where she grabbed Grace's hair and yanked it for a photo-op with Kaleb shooting.  Dashwood went to the top rope but was snared and pulled down by Grace.

The competitors were down in the ring trying to recover.  Grace made a comeback and fired back with some explosive slams.  She went for a Grace Driver but Tenille slipped out and nailed a big boot.  Grace nailed her with a spinebuster.  Grace nailed a back elbow and drove her into the ring post shoulder-first.  Grace nailed a Vader Bomb off the ropes but Kaleb jumped on the apron to distract the referee.  Grace locked on a rear naked choke and Dashwood tapped but the referee missed it.  Grace let the move go and argued with the referee. 

Grace went for the Grace Driver but was rolled up for a two count.  Dashwood nailed the Spotlight Kick for the pin.

Your winner, Tenilla Dashwood!

Dashwood is now 2-1 in their series.

Another really good bout in their recent series.  They've had some really nice chemistry and this has been the best Dashwood has looked in a long time, so her extended time off really helped her reboot.

Coverage continues on Page 2!

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