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Csonka’s Impact Wrestling Review 12.07.17

December 7, 2017 | Posted by Larry Csonka
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Csonka’s Impact Wrestling Review 12.07.17  

Csonka’s Impact Wrestling Review 12.07.17

OFFICIAL RESULTS
– Taiji Ishimori defeated Caleb Konley @ 6:15 via pin [**¾]
Knockouts Tournament Match: Rosemary defeated Allie and Sienna @ 6:16 via pin [**¾]
Impact Grand Championship Match: Impact Grand Champion EC3 vs. Matt Sydal ends in a draw [**]
– Dan Lambert & Lashley defeated Moose and James Storm @ 5:30 via pin [**]
– Johnny Impact & Petey Williams defeated Eli Drake & Chris Adonis @ 13:30 via pin [***]


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– We open with Patron talking shit on Impact & Drake. After saying his name about 47 times, he vows revenge on Eli Drake.

– We get a big hype package for tonight’s matches.

Caleb Konley vs. Taiji Ishimori: Trevor Lee is out with Konley. They lock up, working some smooth back and forth as Ishimori grounds the action. Konley counters, Ishimori picks up the pace and hits a head scissors and dropkick. Ishimori teases the dive and poses. Konley almost hits Lee, they trade strikes in the corner and Konley slams Ishimori to the mat, taking control. Konley lays the boots to Ishimori, counters a RANA and trips up Ishimori, hits a senton and covers for 2. Konley keeps Ishimori grounded, and then sends him to the floor so Lee can work him over. Back in and Konley covers for 2. Ishimori fires up with rights, takes out Lee and then picks up the pace and takes Konley down. Ishimori misses a knee strike, Konley hits a Gory special variation and into an inverted crab and hits a knee strike. The backhand follows, and then Ishimori sloppily counters the TKO covering for 2. The 450 finishes it. Taiji Ishimori defeated Caleb Konley @ 6:15 via pin [**¾] This was a pretty good match overall, used to build to the eventual Lee vs. Ishimori match.

– Lee and Konley beat down Ishimori post match, but Desmond Xavier is alive and makes the save.

– We see ATT arrive.

Knockouts Tournament Match: Sienna vs. Rosemary vs. Allie: The winner moves on to face Laurel Van Ness for the vacant knockouts title. Sienna bails to the floor, and Allie and Rosemary follow for some brawling. Rosemary and Allie work over Sienna, back in they go and the double teams continue as Allie covers for 2, but Rosemary breaks it up. Sienna takes the chance to attack, sending Allie to the floor. She works over Rosemary, but Rosemary fights back, working the tarantula. Allie cuts her off, and covers Sienna for 2. Sienna runs them together, and then sends Rosemary to the floor. She lays the boots to Allie in the corner, chokes her out and now they trade strikes. Allie hits the boot and then heads to the ropes. Sienna follows her up, and the superplex connects. Rosemary makes the save. Rosemary and Allie work double submissions on Sienna, a Muta lock/cattle mutilation combo, but Sienna escapes. Rosemary and Allie face off and trade strikes. They then take out Sienna and hit a code breaker/German suplex combo. Rosemary hits red wedding on Allie and picks up the win. Rosemary defeated Allie and Sienna @ 6:16 via pin [**¾] This was another pretty good match, with a nice pace and a good dynamic between Allie and Rosemary.

– We crown a new champion next week.

oVe Airs their Grievances: Sami and the Crist boys make their way to the ring. Sami yells a lot, running down Canada and Mexico. He then talks their issues with LAX, noting that they aren’t scared. This is gang warfare, and LAX will get their rematch for the tag titles, but it will be on their terms. They claim that they are from Ohio, the hearts of America. He now runs down Ottawa, calling it Canada’s asshole. Canadian wrestlers TDT (Le Tabarnak De Team [Mathieu St-Jacques & Thomas Dubois]) arrive to defend Canada’s honor. We get a brawl, TDT runs wild until Sami attacks with a kendo stick and takes them down. He then piledrives one of them and then sets up chairs, but LAX makes the save as Ortiz, Santana, and Homicide clean house. Konnan looks to cane Sami, but oVe pulls him to the floor and the kendo flies into the crowd. The Sami promo wasn’t very good, just because you yell doesn’t mean you’re showing emotion. The set up for the rematch, with oVe killing TDT and then LAX getting some revenge was solid. This was an overall mixed bag.

– Gail Kim meets with Allie, Allie says she let Kim down by losing, but Kim says she still believes in her.

– We see KM at the gym as he continues to try and impress ATT. He beats up a guy outside and then tosses guys around in the gym. Good work Biff.

– At the LAX clubhouse, they celebrate. Next week, Konnan will meet with Sami and set up the tag title rematch. He will make Sami an offer he can’t refuse and then talks about moving product.

– Drake and Adonis are interviewed about tonight’s tag team main event. Drake runs down Patron, and both promise to take out Williams for getting involved in their business last week.

– Fallah Bahh will be a guest judge for tonight’s grand championship match; he’s dressed up, wearing a sports coat over his gear.

Impact Grand Championship Match: Impact Grand Champion EC3 vs. Matt Sydal: EC3 stalls to begin, killing 50-seconds or so before they finally lock up. EC3 looks to over power Sydal, but Sydal picks up the pace and hits a standing moonsault for 1. EC3 now works over Sydal in the corner, crotching him on the ropes and then hitting a cutter for 2. EC3 then sends Sydal to the floor, follows and continues to beat him down in front of the judges. The delayed vertical suplex connects as the round ends. Round one: EC3 wins. EC3 attacks as the bell rings for round two, Sydal fires back with chops and his a running knee strike for 2. EC3 cuts him off, and lays the boots to him. Sydal fires up with kicks, taking EC3 down and covering for 2. The RANA follows and Sydal sends EC3 to the floor. He follows and lays in leg kicks. Back in and Sydal hits a head kick, covers but the round ends. EC3 cheap shots Sydal in between rounds. Round two: Sydal wins. EC3 attacks at the bell, and then hits a sitout powerbomb for 2. EC3 misses a corner splash, Sydal hits meteora and covers for 2. EC3 fights back, hitting a flatliner, and that gets 2. Sydal counters the one percenter and gets a cradle for 2. Kicks and knees follow, Sydal up top, but EC3 cuts him off. EC3 follows him up, Sydal knocks him back to the mat and the shooting star press misses and we get a double down to end the round. Impact Grand Champion EC3 vs. Matt Sydal ends in a draw [**] This was another grand championship match that failed to deliver; the match had no flow, and simply felt like a match poorly cut up. There was no drama, no heat and the overall work was ok at best. It was a fun idea that they never booked properly or used the right people for, drop it.

– From the vault, we get Storm vs. Roode from BFG 2012.

– We now get another Park, Park, and Park commercial.

Dan Lambert & Lashley vs. Moose and James Storm: The ATT goons are out with Lashley and Lambert. Lashley and Storm begin. Storm lays in rights, picks up the pace and sling blade follows. Moose tags in, they double-team Lashley and Moose hits the running senton for 1. Moose follows with chops, Lambert gets in a cheap shot on Moose, distracting him and allowing Lashley to take control. Lambert tag sin, covering for 2, Moose kicks out and Lambert immediately tags out. Lashley follows with a suplex, Lambert tag in, covering for 2 ns Lambert runs away, allowing Lashley to cut Moose off on the floor. Back in and Lashley buckle bombs Moose, who rebounds out and spears Lashley. Storm tags in, runs wild on Lashley and hits the running neck breaker for 2. The code breaker follows, the poor gimpy ATT guy rushes in and eats a big boot. Moose press slams him to the floor and ATT really didn’t catch him. Lashley hits a spear on Storm, and Lambert tags in and pins Storm. Dan Lambert & Lashley defeated Moose and James Storm @ 5:30 via pin [**] Lashley wasn’t exactly pleased with Lambert stealing the glory and celebrating. This was ok, they hid Lambert and the other three worked well enough to keep this from being bad. This angle has really overstayed its welcome though and we need to move along from it.

– Petey and Johnny cut a promo about tonight’s main event tag team match.

Eli Drake & Chris Adonis vs. Johnny Impact & Petey Williams: Impact and Adonis begin. Adonis looks to over power Impact, but Impact picks up the pace, hitting a dropkick and following with rights. Petey tags in, he fights off double teams and sends Drake into Adonis. Post break, Petey is running wild on Drake. The jawbreaker connects, but Drake get a powerslam to cut Petey off and tags in Adonis. Adonis hits a side back breaker, and takes the heat, isolating Petey. Petey fights, but Adonis cuts off the tag as Adonis and drake work double teams. Drake takes the ref, allowing Adonis to get in cheap shots; Drake covers for 2. Impact rushes in and makes the save, but it really doesn’t help as Petey continues to take an ass whooping. More double teams from Adonis and Drake follow, but Petey hits a head scissors and a RANA, but again gets cut off by Drake. Petey tries another rally, and finally makes the tag. Impact in and runs wild on Adonis, and tosses Drake to the floor. The running shooting star press gets 2 on Adonis. Impact rolls through on the Thursday night delight, but Drake rushes in and lays him out with a DDT. Petey in and hits the code breaker and Russian leg sweep on Drake. Adonis cuts off the destroyer attempt; Impact takes him out and hits starship pain for the win. Johnny Impact & Petey Williams defeated Eli Drake & Chris Adonis @ 13:30 via pin [***] While nothing spectacular or must see, tonight’s main event was a good match. It had a good pace and an actual heat segment with heat, smartly worked on Petey. Impact picks up another win and despite Patron’s constant involvement, looks primed for a title rematch.

– Patron attacks Drake post match and poses with the title. He then DDTs Drake on the title.

– End scene.

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6.0
The final score: review Average
The 411
Tonight’s Impact started off as a pretty good show with the first two matches, and then went off the rails a bit with the oVe, grand championship and ATT segments before rebounding a bit with a good main event. Not a bad show by any means, just rather average overall.
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