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PURRAZZO VS. SHAW, MACHINE GUNS VS. ABC & MORE: COMPLETE IMPACT WRESTLING DOWN UNDER NIGHT TWO COVERAGE FROM AUSTRALIA

Impact Wrestling Tag Team Champions ABC vs. The Motor City Machine Guns, Impact Wrestling Champion Alex Shelley & X-Division Champion Chris Sabin.

The crowd chanted "This is awesome" before they even locked up.

Chris Bey and Alex Shelley kicked things off.   LOTS of back and forth chants.  Some really good back and forth action.  Shelley nailed a big forearm.  Bey, not happy, responded.   Sabin got involved and it got pretty physical.  The story was Sabin was taking his anger over Lio Rush attacking him on AXS TV out on Bey.    Ace Austin tagged in and controlled Sabin with a side headlock.  Austin had control but was eventually trapped by the Guns as they tagged in and out, working him over.

ABC finally regained control, doubleteaming Shelley while Sabin was dispatched to the floor.  Shelley tried to fight them off.  Sabin tagged in and hit a bodypress off the top on ABC.    The Guns cut Bey off and nail a double clothesline on him.  Sabin drilled him with a neckbreaker, scoring a two count.  Sabin tied him up, trying to force a submission before nailing yet another neckbreaker for a near fall.  Bey finally avoids a move, sending Sabin into Shelley.  Bey then hits a drop toehold, drilling them into each other again.

Austin tagged in and tagged Sabin with a series of kicks and a legdrop.  He nailed a missile double dropkick.  The Guns were sent to the floor.  Austin nailed a series of kicks from the apron to the floor on the Guns.    Back in the ring, ABC worrked over Sabin, scoring several two counts.  There was a flurry of moves that left everyone wiped out on the mat.  The crowd chanted, "This is awesome."

The Guns had another miscommunication, allowing Bey to nail The Art of Finesse on Sabin but it's broken up.  Sabin caught Bey with a Cutter.  The Guns nailed the Dream Sequence.  The Guns nailed a double-team powerslam, neckbreaker combo for another near fall.  This is really getting damn good.  Everyone attacked each other with kicks and leaping forearms.  ABC nailed the Art of Finesse followed by The Fold on Sabin and Austin scored the pin as Bey held Shelley back.

Your winners and still Impact Tag Team Champions, ABC!

Really strong match that built well.  ABC are really something to behold right now as a team.

Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw

Shaw went right to the floor, trying to mind games with Purrazzo.  If she wins, the Slammiversary PPV evolves into a three-way with Trinity.  

The story is that Shaw wanted to break Purrazzo by beating her at her own game, technical wrestling.  They had some solid back and forth with Purrazzo taking her to the mat but Shaw kept escaping.  Shaw was able to hold Purrazzo down with leg scissors but Purrazzo escaped and tied up Shaw on the mat.  If you like technical mat wrestling, this was very good early on.  Shaw escaped trying to shake out her arm.  They faced off.

They locked up again, going into a series of near falls.  Shaw tied up Purrazzo's leg but Deonna was able to counter and cinch one of her own.  They faced off again.  Shaw drilled her and took control briefly but was snapped into an armbar by the champ.  Shaw was under the ropes so Deonna had to break it.  Shaw stomped her arm and used the ropes to bend it and wear down Deonna's arm.

Shaw controlled Deonna on the mat, focusing her attack on the arm.  Purrazzo fought back but missed a charge in the corner and hit her shoulder into the ring post, further aggravating the shoulder.  Shaw worked over Deonna on the floor and tossed her back in, scoring several two counts.  She went back to attacking the arm, manipulating the wrist and fingers.  Deonna tried to fight back but Shaw cinched in a deep armbar.  Shaw grabbed a hammerlock and went to charge Deonna into the corner but Deonna reversed and now it was Shaw hitting the ring post shoulder first.

Purrazzo had control but when she went for the Fujiwara armbar, her arm was too hurt to properly cinch it in.  That allowed Shaw to attack and lock in her own armbar.  Purrazzo made it to the ropes to break it.  Deonna kept kicking Shaw away and caught her with a pump kick.  Shaw fired back with a superkick but was snatched in a Flatliner into a Koji Clutch.  Shaw battled out and went for a full nelson but Purrazzo started slugging it out with her.  They fired back and forth with big forearms.

Shaw caught her with Shock & Awe, the backbreaker combination, scoring a close two count.  Purrazzo was almost caught in an armbar but escaped, only to almost be pinned and then locked into the armbar.  Deonna tried to fight to the ropes but Shaw grabbed her by the hair.  By doing so, she allowed Deonna chance to escape and grab her in the Venus di Milo, forcing Shaw to tap.

Your winner and still Knockouts Champion, Deonna Purrazzo!

A fine main event focused more on submissions and grappling.  

Overall, a very strong pair of live house shows from Australia this weekend if you wanted fun in-ring action.  Impact put their best foot forward with these shows.  

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