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Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Masha Slamovich - Last Knockout Standing Match
They went nose to nose at the bell, staring each other down before slugging it out. They battled to the floor where Grace nailed several knee strikes and kicks, focusing on Slamovich's leg. Grace suplexed her over, holding Masha up for a delayed execution. They brawled on the floor and up the entrance ramp with Masha gaining control. They returned to the ring where Masha nailed a fisherman's buster and continued working over Grace.
Grace made a comeback and went back after the legs, suplexing her in a way they snapped into the ropes, Masha was counted down but returned to her feet at nine. Grace drilled her and knocked her back to the mat. Grace nailed her with a shinbreaker and grabbed several chairs from under the ring. She nailed a Dragon Screw Legwhip on Grace. Grace nailed a series of strikes but Masha fired back. Masha went for a DVDR but Grace turned it into a sunset flip and attacked the leg again. Grace powerbombed her across two chairs that were set up back to back. The referee began counting her down.
Masha made it to her feet but Grace drilled her with some of the remnants of one of the chairs. Masha fought to her feet. Grace went for another shinbreaker but Masha pummeled her with elbows. Masha nailed an Air Raid Crash through a chair sitting in the corner. There's some damn brutal bumps in this sucker. Masha made it back to her feet. They beat the hell out of each other with strikes and kicks. Masha was hit with a vertebreaker onto a trash can. Somehow, she survived that.
They battled back and forth and Grace locked her in a figure four as they rolled back and forth, reversing the momentum. They rolled under the ropes to the apron and Slamovich was sent to the floor, hanging while still in the hold. Grace said she's not getting up. Masha was able to get back up at nine. Jordynne went for the Grace Driver on the floor but was shoved into the apron. Masha nailed a reverse piledriver on the floor. Grace made it to her feet to beat the count.
Masha pulled a door out from under the ring and bridged it from the ring apron to a trash can. She smashed a toilet seat over Grace's back. Masha wanted to put her through the door. Grace fought back but was shoved into the ring post face-first. Masha pulled her up to the apron and attempted a piledriver through the door. Grace escaped and set up for a muscle buster off the apron through the door, which looked INSANELY painful.
Masha couldn't answer the bell.
Your winner and still Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace!
This was an absolutely great FIGHT. Masha and Grace are just killing it lately.
Impact Wrestling Champion Josh Alexander vs. Frankie Kazarian.
They locked up and grappled with a lot of intensity, crashing through the ropes to the floor. They returned to the ring and went back and forth with some really nice wrestling. Alexander worked over Kazarian's arm. Kazarian took over, locking Alexander's arm up and controlling him down on the mat. They battled back and forth. Alexander finally caught Kazarian with a big German suplex, then repeated the feat. They battled to the floor, where Kazarian cut off Alexander with a big clothesline.
Alexander nailed a slingshot legdrop for a two count. Kazarian beat down Alexander's back and suplexed him again for a two count. Kazarian worked over Alexander but was caught with a kick to the head. Kazarian nailed a slingshot legdrop for a two count. Kazarian went for a move but Alexander escaped and nailed another German suplex. He charged Kazarian but was caught with a big overhead belly to belly, exploding into the buckles.
Alexander fought back and went for the C4 Spike, but Kazarian battled against it. Alexander adjusted and nailed a butterfly suplex. He nailed a big bodydrop and peppered Kazarian with forearms. He sent Kazarian into the ropes, launching him with another pair of German suplexes when Kazarian rebounded. Then a third. More and more suplexes. Ten in all. Kazarian endured all that and went for the cross face chickenwing. Alexander escaped and whipped Kazarian into the ropes but drilled the referee by accident.
They continued battling. Kazarian went for a leaping DDT over the ropes into the apron but the way they landed, Alexander looked as if he caught himself on the corner of the apron and crashed down in front of his family. Kazarian grabbed the World title belt but Alexander's wife was yelling at him not to do this in front of Josh's son. Conflicted, he returned the title to the timekeeper. He tossed Josh into the ring and went for the chickenwing but Josh evaded and turned it into the anklelock. They went back and forth with counters. Still no referee.
Kazarian drilled Josh and his mouthpiece went flying. Kazarian nailed a Tomakaze but Josh kicked out at the last second. They battled to the apron. Kazarian teased hitting Alexander's own finisher, the C4 Spike on the apron. Alexander escaped it but was drilled with a knee to the face. Alexander avoided a legdrop on the apron and nailed a crossbody through the ropes, driving Kazarian to the floor.
Back in the ring, Kazarian was caught in the anklelock but Kazarian made it to the ropes. Kazarian went for a right hand but was caught with an exploder style suplex. Kazarian was placed on the ropes and chopped hard over and over by Alexander. Josh went for a superplex but they instead crash to the ring. Kazarian rebounded and hit Back to the Future for a two count. They continued battling back and forth. Kazarian nailed a slingshot cutter for a close two count. He locked on an anklelock but Alexander reversed it. Kazarian went for the ropes but was pulled away. Kazarian finally makes it to the ropes.
Kazarian and Josh battle. Kazarian nailed a big lariat and hits a Styles Clash for a close two count. They battled to the top where Alexander went for a C4 Spike off the top but Kazarian backdropped him into the ring. Kazarian nailed a legdrop off the top for a two count and immediately snatched Josh into a crossface chicken wing submission. Alexander fought his way out and ran up the buckles and pushed off, the Roddy Piper-Bret Hart Wrestlemania 8 finish, but Kazarian escaped and held onto the hold. Kazarian used a backslide for a two count. Alexander finally nailed the C4 Spike and scored the pin.
Your winner and still Champion, Josh Alexander!
A truly excellent back and forth in-ring contest that felt like a fight for the title. They really pushed the other and this felt like a competition as opposed to a performance. This was really something as they had a lot of time to let it all hang in the ring and was a fun, hard-hitting 40 minutes.
Kazarian took a long time to get up, then got in Alexander's face. He went to leave but turned back around. He finally offered his hand and embraced Alexander, then raised his hand. Kazarian exited.
Bully Ray came to the ring. He said that he just witnessed an incredible professional wrestling match. He said what we just saw is what professional wrestling is all about. He told Josh Alexander that he is the most credible World Champion out there right now. Ray challenged Josh to face him at Hard to Kill in January in Atlanta. Ray said that if Josh shakes his hand, that means Josh accepts. They shook on it.
As Josh left, Bully attacked him. He beat Alexander down with a chair as Josh's wife yelled at him to stop. Bully zip-tied him to the bottom rope and said, "I kept my word, didn't I? Let me ask you a question: why would you ever trust me?" He held up a chair to smash him, then threw it down to attack Josh's wife. He pulled her over the ropes as she screamed for him to let her go. Alexander freed himself but Bully shoved him down and told him that if he moved, he would piledrive Josh's wife on the concrete. He told Josh to hand him the World title belt. Josh handed him the belt and Bully raised it. He let Josh's wife go. Josh grabbed her and embraced her as Bully walked off, then grabbed a steel chair. He told Josh if he moves, his wife is going to "eat this" and said he won't miss from this range. Bully walked off with the belt as Josh consoled his wife.
It was a damn good angle to close the show.
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