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Impact Champion Moose vs. W. Morrisey vs. Matt Cardona
Cardona went right after Moose but was tossed to the floor. W drilled Moose with a big boot but Matt broke up the pinfall. Moose and Cardona brawled to the floor. Moose powerbombed him on the floor. W went for a big boot but Moose nailed him with one at the same moment on the floor. It's all big moves early with the idea they are all trying to take each other out.
When they returned to the ring, Moose showed off his physical skills nailing a big bodypress on Cardona and nailing a Go To Hell on W. Cardona nailed Radio Silence on Moose to break up the pinfall. Cardona nailed Reboots in the corner on both men. W muscled him to the back. Cardona kicked him away while on the ropes.
On the floor, Moose sent Cardona into the barricades. Moose was going to powerbomb him on the floor near the stage. Chelsea Green asked Moose not to do it. Moose told her, "F*** you!" so she dove off the stage onto Moose. Cardona and Moose battled back towards the ring. W nailed a pescado to the floor onto them. That dude is TOO MASSIVE to be doing that.
Morrisey worked over Cardona and went for a powerbomb but Cardona shocked him with a double leg takedown into a jacknife cover for a two count. W was drilled with a boot and went to the floor. Moose and Cardona battled. Green came to ringside. They battled. Moose went for a moonsault but was shoved off and crashed through a ringside table but looked like he overshot most of it and crashed on the floor.
A fan tossed a prosthetic leg into the ring. W nailed Cardona with it. Cardona shocked him by coming back with Radio Silence for a close two count. The crowd chanted for Moose, who was still out on the floor. Morrisey blew a kiss at Green and kept working over Cardona, who was out on his feet. Cardona came back and nailed Radio Silence off the top and covered Morrisey but Moose pulled the referee out of the ring to halt the count.
Cardona and Moose battled back and forth. Cardona escaped his uranage attempt. Cardona scored several near falls. Moose went to spear him but Cardona moved and the referee ate it. It was a great spot as it didn't look overly obvious it was coming. Cardona nailed Radio Silence. Morrisey dispatched him and powerbomed Moose but there was no ref to make the count. A second ref ran down to check on our fallen, broken zebra.
Morrisey went to the floor and pulled some chairs out from under the ring. He piled the chairs and went for a powerbomb but Moose lowblowed him. Moose began drilling him across the back over and over with the chair. Cardona swung a chair and drilled Moose. He went for another but now Moose low kicked him. No babies on the Cardona honeymoon! The crowd chanted for Moose.
Moose went to use the chair but Green grabbed it. He shoved her away. Cardona and Moose fought over chairs and almost drilled her. Cardona rolled up Moose and the second referee counted two. The referee told Green to get out of the ring as Cardona went for Radio Silence. Moose caught him and powerbombed Cardona into referee #2 Brandon Tolle and Chelsea.
Moose speared Cardona and pinned him with the original referee Daniel Spencer returning to the ring.
Your winner and still Impact Champion Moose!
This was a hell of a bout. They all worked their asses off. They really put on a hell of a show here.
They announced Rebellion for April in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Texas Death Match: Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Mickie James vs. Deonna Purrazzo.
This is the first time the Knockouts title has ever closed an Impact PPV.
They showed ROH World Women's Champion Rok-C sitting at ringside.
They faced off and Deonna was stalling. Mickie told her let's go. Deonna said "F*** you Mickie" and went to the floor. She tossed a chair in. Mickie followed suit. They kept going. Good thing they aren't in ECW in 1994 in Philly or there would be 500 chairs in the ring by now. Mickie nailed her with a chair on the floor as Deonna was trying to pull out a table and choked her against the guard rails.
A wheelbarrow ended up in play. James was whipped into the guard rail. Deonna controlled her on the floor but saw Rok-C and exchanged words with her. Deonna nailed James with a golf club. James came back and smashed her into the ring steps. She ran Deonna up the ringside entrance ramp. Deonna rammed James with a road case that was on wheels, pinning James.
They began counting James out but she made it to her feet at nine, busted open. Deonna went right after her with right hands, beating her down. They battled down to the ring. Deonna went to nail her with a chair but James ducked and grabbed a single-leg Boston Crab. Deonna grabbed the ropes to pull herself up. Mickie dropkicked her through the ropes to the floor.
When Deonna returned, James nailed a series of knee strikes over and over. She set up a table but was caught and smashed face-first into it over and over and over. Deonna brought thumbtacks into the ring. James tried to catch her with a tornado DDT into them but Deonna escaped and pump kicked her into them with James taking a back bump into the tacks. You could see the tacks in James back. Deonna choked her out with Mickie's own cowboy chaps and Mickie tapped to save herself.
The referee began counting her out but James got to her feet at 8.
James grabbed a guitar but Purrazzo attacked her and began beating James' knee with a chair. Purrazzo wrapped her knee with the chair and went to the top. James escaped and smashed Purrazzo across the head with the chair, sending her to the floor. James told her "F*** you" and nailed a Thesz Press off the apron to the floor for a pinfall.
Deonna, now bleeding, was being counted out but Matt Rehwoldt darted down and pulled her up before the ten count. Mickie nailed a dive out on everyone. Mickie set up a table. Fans chanted for her to light on fire. Come on now, Texas!
Deonna was placed atop the table but attacked Mickie as she made her way to the top. Deonna attempted the Queen's Gambit but it ended up more a powerbomb attempt with each crashing through. Purazzo pinned James.
They began counting Mickie down but she used the ropes to pull herself up at 9.
Purrazzo to use a chair but Mickie grabbed it and they had a tug-o-war. Purrazzo was smashed down into the tacks. Mickie nailed Purrazzo. Matt said he was sick of this and was going to take Mickie out but she smashed him over the head with the guitar and it looked BRUTAL. Purrazzo went to hit Mickie with the chair but missed and smashed herself off the ropes. James kicked the chair into her and went for a big DDT for a three count.
Now, it was Purrazzo being counted down. Mickie buried her under chairs and tables. Purrazzo never even tried to get up.
Your winner and still Knockouts Champion, Mickie James!
Man, what a main event. I could have done without the chair to the head on Purrazzo personally and there were times it was rough in spots but everything was presented as if they went to war and that is what a true Texas Death Match should be. They went for it with full gusto and I respect the hell out of that. From an emotional and intensity perspective, this was a hell of a lot better than their Bound for Glory match and a worthwhile, true main event.
This was easily the best Impact PPV in forever. I can't recommend checking it out enough.
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