Csonka’s Impact Xplosion Review 1.27.18

Csonka’s Impact Xplosion Review 1.27.18

OFFICIAL RESULTS
– Kongo Kong w/Jimmy Jacobs defeated Kiyomia @ 4:28 via pin [**]
– From Impact (1.25.18) – Six-Sides of Steel Global Championship Match: Champion Eli Drake defeated Alberto El Patron and Johnny Impact @ 18:05 via escape [***½]

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Kongo Kong w/Jimmy Jacobs vs. Kiyomia: Kiyomia is a youngster from NOAH, who recently faced Eddie Edwards here on XPLOSION. Kiyomia is basically a NOAH young lion, who had been working on excursion in Canada for the last half of 2017 before returning to NOAH this month. Kiyomia uses his speed to begin, looking to avoid the monster. Kiyomia lays in strikes and clotheslines. The dropkicks also connect, but Kong catches the high cross and tosses Kiyomia to the buckles. Kong then just runs him over and takes control. Kong starts stomping on Kiyomia’s hands, just torturing this young man. Kong steps on his chest, and is just stalking his prey now. Kong follows with a slam and rolling senton, but Kiyomia gets the boots up and flies off the ropes but is met with a head butt. Kong follows with the corner cannonball but Jacobs makes Kong pull Kiyomia before 3. Kong now hits the top rope splash, completing the squash, quite literally. Kongo Kong w/Jimmy Jacobs defeated Kiyomia @ 4:28 via pin [**] This was a solid little squash for Kong here.

– We now go Around the Ring with KM. KM is from Brooklyn and now lives in New Jersey. He discusses where he lives is where the 1916 shark attacks took place, which were part of the inspiration for JAWS. He’s a movie junkie, and a big fan of The Shawshank Redemption and Will Ferrell movies. He comments on the comparisons to Biff from the Back to the Future movies. They follow with some aimless movie &TV banter and that closes possibly the most boring edition of this segment so far. Just nothing interesting was covered.

– We now go to TNA Against All Odds 2010 for the finals of the #1 contender’s tournament, where D’Angelo Dinero defeated Ken Anderson @ 15:55 in a really poor main event [*¾] to a not very good show. The match was slow, sloppy and disjointed, pretty much a disaster of a main event in all honesty.

Six-Sides of Steel Global Championship Match: Champion Eli Drake vs. Alberto El Patron vs. Johnny Impact: This is pin, submission, or escape rules. If Impact & Patron lose, they cannot challenge Drake again for the title. They brawl at the bell, with Patron and drake climbing early but Impact is back and cuts them off, slamming both to the cage. Impact runs wild, and covers Drake for 2. Impact climbs the cage, but Patron pulls him off and hits a clothesline. Drake is back and lays in rights, but patron hits the back stabber and covers for 2. Patron climbs now, Impact tries to cut him off, but Patron misses the double stomp and Impact hits a double stomp to the back, but Drake cuts him off with a powerslam. Post break, and they are trading strikes. Drake hits a double low blow and takes over, laying in strikes to both. The powerslam on Impact follows, and he then slams Patron and then Impact to the cage. Drake maintains control here, as both challengers are down. Impact battles back, parkouring off the cage and laying the boots to Drake. He takes over, hitting knee strikes on both and covering Drake for 2. Impact climbs, but patron cuts him off and hits an enziguri for 2 as Drake makes the save. Patron repeatedly sends Drake to the cage, hits a DDT and covers for 2. Patron climbs now, Impact follows him up and they trade strikes and kicks. Impact gets crotched into the tree of WHOA and Patron hits the double stomp and then the arm bar on Drake. Impact hits the elbow drop off the ropes to break it up. Impact and Drake climb the cage, Patron joins them and they battle for position, Patron sent to the mat and then Drake. Impact is all the way up top and opts for the high cross onto both! Impact hits a superkick, but Drake hits the gravy train on him and covers for 2. Drake counters moonlight drive, climbs and Impact follows. Impact lays in kicks and Patron starts to climb out the door, but Impact drops down and pulls him back in. Patron hits an enziguri, Drake is on top of the cage and Adonis slams the cage door into patron’s face. Impact & Drake battle up top and over, but Adonis catches Impact as Drake drops to the floor for the win. Champion Eli Drake defeated Alberto El Patron and Johnny Impact @ 18:05 via escape [***½] This was an overall very good main event, with all three working hard, some fun finish teases, and more importantly, they kept a great pace for the whole match. I like the stipulation that Patron & Impact cannot challenge Drake again, as it opens up the title picture and makes things interesting.

– End Scene.

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6.0

The final score: review Average

The 411

Today’s episode of XPLOSION was an overall solid, but skippable show. The opening squash was fine, the Around the Ring segment was boring and the “Classic” match was a poor choice. The cage match from last week’s Impact really saved the show.