Impact Wrestling "Bound for Glory" 2023 - 10/21/23

[DreamBroken]

Impact Wrestling Bound for Glory 2023 - October 21, 2023
Chicago, IL

IMPACT WORLDS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Alex Shelley(c) vs. Josh Alexander

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Trinity(c) vs. Mickie James

IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Chris Sabin(c) vs. KENTA

IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS MATCH
The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)(c) vs. ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey)

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS MATCH
MK Ultra (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly)(c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Tasha Steelz

MONSTER'S BALL
Steve Maclin vs. PCO vs. Moose vs. Rhino

Will Ospreay vs. Speedball Mike Bailey

CALL YOUR SHOT GAUNTLET
featuring: Jake Something, Champagne Singh, Shera, Eric Young, Jordynne Grace, Brian Myers, KiLynn King, Jody Threat, Bully Ray, Joe Hendry, Frankie Kazarian, Kenny King, Gisele Shaw, Eddie Edwards, Dirty Dango, + 5 TBA

PRESHOW:
Scott D'Amore inducts Mike Tenay & Don West in to the Impact Hall of Fame
Gail Kim inducts Traci Brooks in to the Impact Hall of Fame

[Wee Bey]

 

[Curt McGirt]

CM PUNK TO IMPACT~!

[DreamBroken]

Sabin/KENTA was a nice solid opener. Thought it'd go a little longer, surprised Sabin got the win when he did. Monster's Ball was fun, surprised PCO got the win if he's on the way out but I guess if they write him out it will be on Impact.

Ospreay/Speedball was absolutely epic, lived up to all expectations.  Loved the superkick exchange leading into the outta nowhere Hidden Blade. Speedball's rana counter was so perfectly smooth. Ospreay busting out the Styles Clash. Finishing sequence was killer. Amazing match, definite showstealer.

Call Your Shot is always fun, pretty good surprise entrants.  Only terrible disappointment of the night was the Knockouts Tag titles getting bumped off to dark match status, was looking forward to that one. 

Trinity vs. Mickie was pretty good.  Great main event, absolutely shocked by the outcome with Shelley retaining straight up just using his finish. Thought it would take a lot more to put Josh down. 

The ending vignette/announcement was odd but I guess TNA is BACK!

 

Full results BFG:

Spoiler

Preshow featured the Hall of Fame inductions of Traci Brooks + Mike Tenay & Don West.

Impact Wrestling Bound for Glory 2023 - October 21, 2023 from Chicago, IL

*Chris Sabin(c) def. KENTA (11:19) with the Cradle Shock to RETAIN the X Division Championship.

*PCO def. Moose, Rhino, & Steve Maclin (11:07) in Monster's Ball after a top rope flip on Moose. During the match, Bully Ray interfered and put Maclin through a barbed wire table.

*ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) def. The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)(c) (9:38) when Ace pinned Wentz after the 1 2 Sweet to WIN the tag team championships.

*Will Ospreay def. Speedball Mike Bailey (17:53) after the Storm Breaker

*Jordynne Grace won the Call Your Shot Gauntlet (29:08) pinning Bully Ray with the Grace Driver. After the match, Jordynne immediately announced she is calling her shot for the knockouts championship at Hard to Kill in January. 
#1. Jake Something #2. Eddie Edwards #3. Kenny King (w/ Sheldon Jean) #4. Juventud Guerrera #5. Johnny Swinger
*Juvi eliminated Kenny King
-Crazzy Steve interfered to attack Swinger & Juvi, then brawled with Tommy Dreamer
#6. Gisele Shaw (w/ Savannah Evans & Jai Vidal)
*Gisele eliminated Swinger
#7. Jody Threat #8. KiLynn King #9. Sonny Kiss
*Sonny eliminated Gisele
#10. Bully Ray #11. Matt Cardona #12. Jordynne Grace #13. Eric Young
*Young eliminated Edwards
#14. Joe Hendry #15. Brian Myers
*Myers eliminated Hendry, *Myers & Cardona eliminated Sonny Kiss
#16. Heath
*Myers & Cardona eliminated Heath
#17. Frankie Kazarian #18. Rich Swann #19. Jonathan Gresham
*Gresham eliminated Jody Threat
#20. Dirty Dango (w/ Alpha Bravo & Oleg Prudius)
*Myers eliminated Swann
*Cardona eliminated Eric Young, *Myers eliminated Gresham, *Cardona & Myers eliminated Something, *Cardona eliminated Myers
*Bully eliminated Cardona / Grace eliminated KiLynn

*Trinity(c) def. Mickie James (11:55) via Starstruck submission to RETAIN the knockouts championship.

*Alex Shelley(c) def. Josh Alexander (22:39) after two Shellshocks to RETAIN the worlds heavyweight championship. After the match, they shook hands and hugged as Josh put the title around Shelley's waist.

*Long vignette aired with wrestlers talking about going back to where it began and then opening a box leading to old clips and a graphic that "TNA Wrestling" presents Hard to Kill on January 13 from Las Vegas. They then cut back to the ring where Scott D'Amore was with various wrestlers and proclaimed "We're back!" It has since been stated that beginning with Hard to Kill, TNA Wrestling is back.

 

[Shartnado]

Holy crap! For whatever reason, Bound For Glory is available on DAZN with no extra cost! Yeah, I'm so there! I may have to continue later on, but this was a wonderful surprise!

Watched this until the end of Osprway vs Bailey! Damn, everything was stellar up to this point, but I needed a break to stop my brain from boiling, after that one!

Edited October 30, 2023 by Shartnado
Ospreay vs Speedball did not dissapoint!

[Shartnado]

Juggernaut Jordan and Trinity with huge wins!

Alex Shelley seems to be in a phenomenal shape, Walking Weapon seems to be his usual cyborg self. Between the main event, X-division opener, the insane tag title match AND Ospreay vs Bailey, this was definitely worth every penny, especially for free like this!

 

Oh, and Shelley legitimized his reign here with a big win. Just hoping that Moose won't ruin things for him at Hard to Kill!

Edited November 4, 2023 by Shartnado
Shelley is legit now!