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Big Rhino chant after the match.
Impact Tag Team Champions The North vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack
Backstage Rich Swann was told they would not even allow him at ringside because they knew as soon as Willie Mack was in trouble he would get involved to help.
The North played the numbers game and screwed with Willie, tagging in and out, even when they hadn't made contact with him. As you might imagine, it was all North early on. Alexander tied up Mack on the mat, wearing him down. Mack tried to fire back but was cut off by Page. Just as I wrote that, Mack turned it around and hit a DDT on Page and began working over Alexander with big forearms. He nailed running clotheslines in opposite corners, then nailed a Fallaway slam on Alexander. Mack missed a standing moonsault.
The North tried to double team Mack but he caught Alexander with a sit-down powerbomb. Page interfered and broke up the pinfall but was tossed to the floor. Mack scored with several shots in the corner and nailed an exploder suplex for a two count. Alexander caught Mack with a DVDR. The North double teamed him but again Mack kicked up. The crowd came to life for that.
They set up Mack for a double superplex but he started drilling them with punches to ward them off. Alexander got knocked onto Page's shoulders. Mack dove off and hit a Canadian Destroyer on Alexander, which was AWESOME. The place exploded. Page was tossed to the floor and hit with a flip to the outside. Mack hit a big splash but the referee was pulled outside by Page. The North swarmed him with double team moves and strikes before scoring the pin.
Your winners and still Impact Tag Team Champions The North!
With a challenger unable to work and a champion sick as a dog, this had zero business being as great as it was, but it was great. Fine work by all involved.
They announced the 2020 Rebellion PPV for NYC's Terminal 5 this April.
Impact Champion Sami Callihan vs. Tessa Blanchard
Callihan attacked her before the bell and nailed a piledriver for a two count. Tessa kicked up. He placed her on the top but she bit him on the face and came off, nailing a Codebreaker for a two count. She nailed a pair of dives, but on the second, Sami caught her and tried to swing her into the barricade. She turned it into a rana. Tessa went to the top and hit a flip to the floor on Sami, Tessa chants.
Blanchard worked over Sami with right hands on the floor. Sami grabbed a soda from a fan and smashed her face with it, then ran her hard into the buckles. He shot a snot rocket on her. Blanchard came up selling her knee. Callihan smashed her leg into the ringpost several times. He ripped her kneepads off and locked on a Death Lock submission. Callihan drilled her down with a stiff forearm.
Blanchard tried to fire back with right hands but was caught and driven down to the mat for another two count. The crowd chanted for Tessa as Callihan looked at them with disgust. Callihan placed her leg on the ropes, but then stepped onto her stomach. He leapt and came down on her bad leg several times. Blanchard shoved him away and he missed an elbowdrop. Blanchard fired back with right hands and forearms but was nailed and went down. Callihan tossed her to the floor and followed. She went for a rana but was caught and powerbombed through a table.
Callihan played to the crowd expecting she was going to be counted out but she rolled back in. Callihan went back to the floor and pulled the mats away from the floor. They battled on the apron, ripping at each other's faces. Blanchard nailed The Magnum on the apron. Ouch! The referee almost counted them out but they returned to the ring right before the ten count. Callihan began arguing with the referee.
The crowd began chanting for Tessa. She nailed him with a big right. Callihan fired back with a hard chop across the chest. Callihan teased a punch but faked out and kicked the bad leg. He rebounded off the ropes but she caught him with a Fallaway slam. Tessa charged but he kicked her away. He went to the ropes but she kicked his legs out from under him and nailed a DDT off the ropes for a close two count.
She went to the top but missed and went down grabbing her knee. Callihan picked her up for a double underhook backbreaker over the knee for a two count. The battle continued. Tessa nailed a cutter for a two count. They were both spent and the referee began counting them both down. Blanchard recovered first but Callihan caught her with a powerbomb. He covered her and at the two count, he turned her over into a Stretch Muffler submission. Blanchard fought to the ropes. She began to go down. The referee checked her arms and on the third drop, she came to life. Callihan pulled her hand away from the ropes but she was able to put her leg across the bottom rope.
Callihan grabbed the Impact title belt. The referee tried to stop him and Callihan spit in his face. He took the belt and gave it back to ringside. Blanchard kicked Callihan low and came off the top with another inverted Codebreaker, driving his head into the mat for a close two count. Callihan bit her on the hand and nailed the Cactus Piledriver but again, she kicked up. Tessa caught him with a forward roll for a two count.
They battled back and forth. He spit on Tessa. She drilled him with a series of rights. Tessa nailed a Canadian Destroyer, then hit another. She did Sami's thumbs up, thumbs down, then hit a DDT and scored the pin.
Your winner and new Impact Wrestling Champion Tessa Blanchard!
A really great back and forth match to close the PPV.
Big pop for the title win.
Blanchard cried in the ring over the title belt. Her mother and siblings hit the ring and hugged her. Blanchard took the mic and thanked everyone and said this (chasing the title) has been the last 8 months of her life. She said everyone is human and makes mistakes but if you are going to talk about her, she has one of the strongest minds and she's the best wrestler in the world pound for pound. She said she's the Impact Champion.
Impact stars and producers came out on stage applauding her. She hugged everyone and was then embraced by her future husband Daga. Everyone lifted her on their shoulders and they headed to the back.
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