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Welcome to PWInsider.com's live, ongoing coverage of the 2020 Impact Wrestling Final Battle PPV, airing live on Impact+, which you can subscribe to at www.ImpactPlus.TV.
We are "live" from Skyway Studios in Nashville, TN. Josh Mathews welcomes us to the broadcast. He and Madison Rayne will be the announcing team tonight.
Tommy Dreamer vs. Larry D - Old School Rules
There are weapons around the ring, so it'll be a hardcore match. The storyline is that if D wins, he will earn his freedom but if he loses, he'll be taken to jail for shooting John E. Bravo.
No Acey Romero with D as he comes to the ring. They have a cool production technique where the camera shakes every time D stomps as he walks towards the ring.
They lock up but neither man gets the advantage. They go to luck up again but D drills Dreamer in the mid-section and beats him down. He screams, "This is your icon?" at the cameras. Dreamer pulls D to the floor and smashes him over the head with a cookie sheet. Dreamer smashed D's head into the ring steps and went to send him into the ring post. D blocked him and smashed Dreamer into it, then drilled him across the back with a weapon.
D grabbed a cardboard box and smashed it over Dreamer. D wound up for his big right hand but Dreamer used a garbage can lid as a shield to block it. D rolled back in the ring. Dreamer began tossing weapons and garbage into the squared circle but was cut off by D. Larry drilled Dreamer with meaty forearms and stomped him. He smashed Dreamer over the head with a cookie sheet. D continued mauling Dreamer over the head.
D maintained control and wedged a chair between two of the buckles. He began whipping Dreamer with a heavy weight-lifting belt and Dreamer screamed in pain. Dreamer absorbed the shots but fought to his feet, only to be scooped and slammed back down to the mat. D went for a big elbow drop but Dreamer rolled out of the way at the last second. Dreamer nailed a clothesline and began nailing some Clubbering shots before nailing D with the belt. He nailed the Bionic Elbow and then a big elbow drop for a two count.
Dreamer was whipped into the corner towards the chair but stopped himself, grabbed the chair and nailed D with it. He caught D with a DDT for a two count, then set up a chair in the center of the ring. He went for another DDT but was tripped backwards onto the chair with a heel trip. Dreamer kicked up at the last second.
D went to the top for a...moonsault perhaps?..but is crotched and tied to the tree of woe. Dreamer placed a chair over his face and nailed a skateboarding dropkick in the corner. Dreamer went to the floor and pulled a table out from under the ring. Dreamer slid it into the ring but Acey Romero hit the ringside area and attacked Dreamer. Since it's a Hardcore match, there's no disqualification. D drilled Dreamer with a discus lariat as Romero set up the table in the corner.
Romero prepared to spear Dreamer through the table but John E. Bravo made the save. He grabbed Romero's leg and tried to nail a double clothesline on XXXL. No effect. They rammed him but when Romero charged, Bravo moved and Romero crashed through the table. The idea was that Bravo, even though he had remotely no chance, stood up for himself. Bravo tried to step to D but was caught and drilled with a big headbutt and went down. Dreamer lowblowed D with a Singapore Cane and DDT'd D for the pin.
Your winner, Tommy Dreamer!
Bravo handed Dreamer a pair of handcuffs. Dreamer cuffed D as Josh Mathews said he was going to jail and we wouldn't be seeing him for a while. D left in cuffs with Dreamer and Bravo as Dreamer warned Romero to stay away.
This was totally fine for what it was. The storyline with Bravo has been over the top but they did evolve him as a character. Dreamer is obviously hurting but still worked hard here and D is always solid in the ring and plays his role well. I guess he’ll be visiting The Mountie in jail.
We go back to Madison Rayne and Josh Mathews, who ran down tonight's lineup. As they did, Josh Mathews stated they just learned AEW Champion Kenny Omega and Don Callis' bus was outside. Mathews said that this show just became a must see.
The Sea Stars vs. Havok & Neveah
Neveah and Delmi Exo started out. They go back and forth with Neveah being caught with a rana into the corner. Neveah overpowers her with a snapmare and a kick to the back of the head, then followed up with a bulldog for a two count.
Neveah was sent into the Stars' corner. Ashley Vox tagged in and brought the fight to Neveah with a series of forearms and a dropkick. Neveah staggered back into her corner and tagged out to Havok. Vox was all celebratory until she realized Havok tagged in. Havok controlled her with her power until being stomped on the foot. Vox tried to use her finesse to catch Havok in different holds but Havok was too powerful. Vox avoided a sit-down splash and tagged back out to Delmy.
Delmi went after Havok but was cut off after a double-team maneuver and trapped in the wrong corner, hit with a series of Avalanche splashes. Delmi still kicked out at the last second but was trapped in a side chinlock. Neveah sent her into the ropes and nailed a back elbow. Neveah and Havok tagged in and out, controlling the ring. Havok nailed a series of kicks and shoulderblocks in the corner.
Vox finally made the hot tag and showed some nice fire going after Havok. Havok charged her but Vox ducked and Havok went to the floor. Vox went for a dive but was caught in mid-air and slammed down on the apron. Havok brought her back into the ring and placed Vox on the top, not realizing it wss The Stars' corner. Delmy blind-tagged in, allowing the Stars to nail a Codebreaker/senton combination. Havok caught Vox charging towards her with a big uranage. Delmi dropkicked her but sent Havok into her own corner. Neveah was now the one making the blind tag, allowing Havok and Neveah to catch her with a wheelbarrow into a cutter double-team.
Your winners, Havok and Neveah!
A solid tag match. The SeaStars showed a lot of promise as babyfaces trying to overcome the veteran team in Neveah and Havok. No word if they have been signed here but they certainly have made a case for themselves in recent appearances. Havok and Neveah looked good as well.
Backstage, Kiera Hogan was dressed as a referee talking to Tasha Steelz, who was holding the big wad of cash they stole from Fallah Bahh, who had stolen it from Hernandez.
They wondered what they should do. Steelz said that perhaps they should just give the money back. Kiera began questioning what Steelz was thinking about. Steelz asked if she had a better idea. Kiera said they can come up with something, told her to put the money away and they went to get through Hogan's refereeing gig.
They announced a Genesis PPV on 1/9/20 on Impact+. That will be a week before the Hard to Kill PPV.
Tenille Dashwood & Kaleb with A K vs. Eddie & Alisha Edwards
Kaleb wrestled in jean shorts and a t-shirt, playing off his current Impact persona.
Dashwood teased starting out with Alisha but then tagged out to Kaleb. Kaleb was all confident until realizing Eddie Edwards had also tagged in.
Edwards was caught with an elbow but Kaleb, too confident, tried to take off his t-shirt but couldn't get it off. He needed the referee's help. Edwards worked over Kaleb, which given the character, made sense. Kaleb gained control and chopped Edwards but hurt his own hand. Edwards fired up but was kicked in the mid-section. Edwards was tripped into the ring ropes. Dashwood choked him on the ropes and looked to take a photo but there was no one there to help her.
Edwards caught Kaleb with a Blue Thunder Bomb. He was still sporting the shiner from the Sami Callihan attack on TV. Alisha and Dashwood tagged in. Alisha had control early, including a bulldog and a senton back splash but Kaleb pulled her off as she went for a pinfall cover. Alisha drilled him with some hard forearms and sent him to the floor, but Kaleb tripped her as she rebounded off the ropes. That allowed Tenille to gain control and score several two counts. Tenille beat her with elbows and worked over Alisha on the mat, including doing the Dash Woogie (a noogie to the head).
Dashwood nailed a Butterfly suplex for a two count, then drilled Eddie. He went to hit the ring, forcing the referee to admonish him. That allowed Dashwood and Kaleb to double-team Alisha and tie her to the tree of woe. Dashwood teased doing her splash in the corner but instead slid to the outside and ripped at Alisha by the hair. She then nailed the splash and tagged in Kaleb. Kaleb came off the top but was kicked in the face.
Eddie Edwards made the hot tag but Dashwood stepped in the way. Edwards told her to move. Kaleb dove at Edwards and missed...badly. Edwards cleaned house on him and nailed a big backdrop. Dashwood distracted him, but when Kaleb tried to charge, Eddie dodged and Kaleb ended up in the corner, trapping Dashwood behind him. Edwards did the rapid-fire chops on Kaleb with Dashwood trapped and taking the brunt as well. Eddie went for the Tiger Driver but Dashwood interfered. She and Kaleb went for a double clothesline but Eddie ducked under and slid to the outside.
Alisha hit the ring and sent Dashwood out with a STO, then hit a big tilt-o-whirl DDT on Kaleb, who also rolled to the floor. Eddie nailed a big tope suicida to the floor. Alsha went to the top for a move but Sami Callihan "hacked" in and the lights went out. When they came back, Dashwood was back in the ring and attacked Alisha, knocking her down into the ring. She nailed the spotlight kick and scored the pin.
Your winners, Tenille Dashwood & Kaleb with A K.
Sami Callihan emerged from under the ring with a bat and smashed Eddie with the bat. He then nailed the Cactus Jack-style piledriver. Callihan went to leave but spied Alisha, then grabbed her for a piledriver. A ton of officials and security hit the ring and prevented it from happening. Callihan blew a kiss at Alisha and shoved some security members down as he left. Edwards sold that he was out cold.
A solid, enjoyable tag match with some nice comedy spots from Kaleb. He’s always been a great hand but never really had the opportunity to showcase himself consistently on a national basis and has made the most out of this new character. You can see he and Dashwood are finding their groove together as well. Edwards is always good in whatever role Impact requires of him and Alisha showed some nice fire as the take-no-guff babyface.
The post-match angle made sense as they are obviously building to some Edwards vs. Callihan blowoff.
Outside, Gia Miller tried to get inside Kenny Omega's bus. Don Callis emerged and said he knows everyone wants to see and meet Kenny Omega. Callis said Omega is inside but there's not a chance in hell he'll be going inside and getting involved. Callis said Kenny was "visiting family" and he told Miller he wasn't going to allow her to stop him from having his family time with Kenny. He went back on the bus.
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