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Impact on AXS this week will be a lead-in to Multiverse United featuring live studio analysis and unaired matches on TV: Josh Alexander vs. KENTA (Taped 2/25/23) Will Ospreay vs. Homicide (NJPW Strong 5/15/22) Miyu Yamashita vs. Killer Kelly (Taped 3/25/23) IMPACT x NJPW "Multiverse United: Only the STRONG Survive" - March 30, 2023 Los Angeles, CA airing on FITE PPV NJPW STRONG OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH KENTA(c) vs. Minoru Suzuki IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS MATCH Bullet Club (Ace Austin & Chris Bey)(c) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) vs. TMDK (Bad Dude Tito & Shane Haste) IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Trey Miguel(c) vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Rich Swann vs. Clark Connors vs. Rocky Romero vs. Kevin Knight KNOCKOUTS #1 CONTENDERS MATCH Deonna Purrazzo vs. Miyu Yamashita vs. Gisele Shaw vs. Masha Slamovich Speedball Mike Bailey vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi Kushida vs. Lio Rush Moose vs. Jeff Cobb Alex Coughlin, Callihan, Fred Rosser, & PCO vs. Eddie Edwards, Joe Hendry, JR Kratos, & Tom Lawlor PRESHOW: Yuya Uemura vs. Gabriel Kidd

Hadn't heard that one, but the original script for Rocky V had Rocky dying in Adrian's arms after the street fight with Tommy killed him, but the studio argued that Rocky was too beloved and iconic to kill off so he changed it.

Stephy Slays & Jennifer Florez fit well as a tag team. Felt bad for Stephy on the terrible botched finish, I don't know why they didn't improvise something else there. The Heavy Metal Sisters look good while commentary talk about their dissension that wasn't really happening, they even win together but then force dissension afterwards for some reason. Holidead/Fierce was solid. Nice to have more of Kandi's revenge. The trilogy bout for the tag titles was fun. I popped for the finish but fully expected the dusty finish. Definitely one of those 'why doesn't this happen every other time' kind of finishes. Loved the ending playing into Coach's pre-match promo about doing whatever it takes to win. Miami Sweet Heat continue to be fantastic heels all around from the entrance on, great presentation. Both teams are great and should make for long term rivals.

Vergara/Lacerda was awesome! I was stunned when Vergara survived the first, only to make the comeback in the 2nd. Super fun fight. Altamirano looked good. Nice win for Maycee. Holly looked great and I'm glad to see Sandhagen with another big win

Noticed on the guide that TBS is listing a "sneak peek" showing the first episode of AEW All Access tonight at 11:30 EST.

Shocked to see Lashley got tossed in to the Andre battle royal for next week's "WrestleMania Smackdown"

Co-signed on that! On the topic of the Rocky 3 build and all that, that was my immediate first thought back during it with Ace as Apollo during that promo where Punk was wanting to give up but Ace had to come out and yell at him to basically find the Eye of the Tiger again. Personally loved it and thought it was great hype for that PPV match. Catching up on the last few pages with stuff like the Fabulous Ones beat it, one thing's for sure and that is wrestling will always need more music videos like back then.

EVENT #37 ONE Fight Night 8: Superlek vs. Rodtang (03/24/2023) - Kallang, Singapore (Singapore Indoor Stadium) ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing Championship: Superlek Kiatmoo vs. Rodtang Jitmuangnon - Kiatmoo, DEC ONE Women's Strawweight Muay Thai Championship: Allycia Hellen Rodrigues vs. Janet Todd - Todd, DEC Seo Hee Ham vs. Itsuki Hirata - Ham, DEC Ho Taek Oh vs. Akbar Abdullaev - Abdullaev, TKO, R2 ONE Kickboxing Rules: Peimian Zhang vs. Torepchi Dogak - Zhang, DEC ONE Muay Thai Rules: Danial Williams vs. Rui Botelho - Williams, DEC Alex Silva vs. Keito Yamakita - Yamakita, DEC EVENT #38 LFA 155: Do Nascimento vs. Hodge (03/24/2023) - Niagara Falls, NY (Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino) Rafael do Nascimento vs. Jerrell Hodge - Nascimento, DEC Rafael Barbosa vs. Mairon Santos - Santos, DEC Joe Taylor vs. Ben Parrish - Taylor, DEC Cody Davis vs. Joseph Camacho - Camacho, DEC Rodney Kealohi vs. Alvaro Prado - Kealohi, DEC EVENT #39 BKFC 39: Barnett Jr. vs. Alvarez (03/24/2023) - Norfolk, VA (Scope Arena) Reginald Barnett, Jr. vs. Frank Alvarez - Barnett Jr., DEC Britain Hart vs. Jenny Clausius - Hart, DEC Dustin Pague vs. James Dennis - Pague, TKO, R2 Will Worley vs. Dimitri Angelini - Worley, TKO, R1 David Simpson vs. Jay Jackson -Jackson, TKO, R4 Ka'Sim Ruffin vs. Trai Santos - Ruffin, DEC EVENT #40 Fury FC 76: Chairez vs. Vasquez (03/24/2023) - San Antonio, TX (Boeing Center at Tech Port) Edgar Cháirez vs. Gianni Vazquez - Vazquez, DEC Isaac Moreno vs. Armus Guyton - Moreno, DEC Zack Borrego vs. Lajuan Davis - Davis, TKO, R2 Zachary Reese vs. Tommie Britton - Reese, KO, R1 Dimitre Ivy vs. Carlton Minus - Ivy, DEC Angel Luis Cruz vs. Marcelo Rojo - Cruz, SUB, R1 John Yannis vs. Casey Jones - Jones, DEC Nico Echeverry vs. Tedrick Macklin - Macklin, TKO, R3 BONUS EVENT #1 Boxxer Presents: Okolie vs. Light (03/25/2023) - Manchester, England, United Kingdom (AO Arena) WBO Cruiserweight Championship: Lawrence Okolie vs. David Light - Okolie, DEC Frazer Clarke vs. Bogdan Dinu - Clarke, TKO, R4 Levi Giles vs. Michael Gomez Jr. - Gomez Jr., DEC Karriss Artingstall vs. Linzi Buczynski - Artingstall, DEC Callum Simpson vs. Celso Neves - Simpson, TKO, R2 Rhys Edwards vs. Brian Phillips - Edwards, DEC Shakiel Thompson vs. Robert Talarek - Thompson, DEC Aaron McKenna vs. Lukas Ndafoluma - McKenna, DEC Samuel Antwi vs. Omir Rodriguez - Antwi, TKO, R5 Casey Brown vs. Harvey Lambert - Lambert, DEC Frankie Stringer vs. Jakub Laskowski - Stringer, DEC BONUS EVENT #2 Top Rank Boxing on ESPN: Ramirez vs. Commey (03/25/2023) - Fresno, CA (Save Mart Center) Jose Ramirez vs. Richard Commey - Ramirez, DEC WBA & WBC Female Strawweight Championship: Seniesa Estrada vs. Tina Rupprecht - Estrada, DEC Antonio Mireles vs. Patrick Mailata - Mireles, TKO, R4 Raymond Muratalla vs. Humberto Galindo - Muratalla, DEC Charlie Sheehy vs. Angel Rebollar - Sheehy, DEC Subaru Murata vs. Jose Negrete - Murata, DEC Ricardo Ruvalcaba vs. Marco Cardenas - Ruvalcaba, DEC Jessie Guerrero vs. Eduardo Alvarez - Guerrero, DEC EVENT #41 UFC Fight Night on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen (03/25/2023) - San Antonio, TX (AT&T Center) Marlon Vera vs. Cory Sandhagen - Sandhagen, DEC Holly Holm vs. Yana Santos - Holm, TKO, R3 Nate Landwehr vs. Austin Lingo - Landwehr, DEC Andrea Lee vs. Maycee Barber - Barber, DEC Alex Perez vs. Manel Kape - Kape, TKO, R1 Chidi Njokuani vs. Albert Duraev - Njokuani, TKO, R2 Daniel Pineda vs. Tucker Lutz - Lutz, DEC Steven Peterson vs. Lucas Alexander - Peterson, SUB, R1 Trevin Giles vs. Preston Parsons - Giles, DEC C.J. Vergara vs. Daniel Lacerda - Vergara, TKO, R2 Victor Altamirano vs. Vinicius Salvador - Altamirano, TKO, R1 EVENT #42 Benavidez vs. Plant (03/25/2023) - Las Vegas, NV (MGM Grand Garden Arena) Interim WBC Super Middleweight Championship: David Benavidez vs. Caleb Plant - Benavidez, TKO, R12 Cody Crowley vs. Abel Ramos - Crowley, DEC Chris Colbert vs. Jose Valenzuela - Colbert, DEC Joey Spencer vs. Jesus Ramos - Ramos, DEC Kevin Gonzalez vs. Jose Sanmartin - Gonzalez, DEC Marcelino Lopez vs. Orestes Velazquez - Velazquez, DEC Demler Zamora vs. Jesus Ibarra - Zamora, DEC Robert Meriweather vs. Jesus Perez - Meriweather, TKO, R3 Daniel Blancas vs. Nicholas Molina - Blancas, DEC

Welcome back Tasha Steelz! Great to see my two favorites stand tall together in Tasha and Deonna. Speedball/Gresham delivers again, shocking to see a figure four turnover actually result in a victory at that. Jody Threat is coming! Awesome addition to a loaded roster. Solid matches from Hendry/Myers and PCO/King. Trey Miguel continues to kill it on another level, loving this run of his. Bully/Dreamer was amusing, the ref goes out forever on the bump. Epic post match chaos with Darren McCarty and the return of Badass Scott D'Amore! McCarty great selling just lying dead in the table remains for so long. Awesome main event. Surprising finish but they've done a pretty great job getting Kushida over as a threat. Time Machine always look excellent together. Fun show even with all the injury chaos and changes. Full results Impact Sacrifice:

Terrible shocking news for Impact. Worst way to end an all time epic reign. I assume it had to have been when he worked AAA this past Sunday. Surprised it went so suddenly to "must immediately vacate", since they're having Mickie address her injury first. Wish Josh could've made it to Rebellion as Maclin felt like the natural next guy to take it and now will feel like a lesser moment for him not to beat The Guy to do it.

Impact Wrestling "Sacrifice" - March 24, 2023 from Windsor, Ontario, Canada Steve Maclin, Frankie Kazarian, & Rich Swann vs. Time Machine (Kushida, Alex Shelley, & Chris Sabin) IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Trey Miguel(c) vs. Lince Dorado IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Bullet Club (Ace Austin & Chris Bey)(c) vs. TMDK (Bad Dude Tito & Shane Haste) IMPACT DIGITAL MEDIA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Joe Hendry(c) vs. Brian Myers BUSTED OPEN MATCH Bully Ray vs. Tommy Dreamer Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw (w/ Jai Vidal & Savannah Evans) Speedball Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham II PCO vs. Kenny King Mickie James will address her injury and the future of the Knockouts Championship PRESHOW: Rosemary (w/ JesSICKa) vs. KiLynn King (w/ Taylor Wilde) Eddie Edwards vs. Bhupinder Gujjar

Forgot to mention the Cole/Garcia segment as something I really liked on the show as well. Thought Garcia did particularly excellent there, loved the bit where he stopped short of calling himself a professional wrestler.

Alex Coughlin has been named as the replacement vs. Moxley