Join 411’s Live Impact Turning Point Coverage

Hello Impact fans, and welcome to our live Impact Turning Point coverage right here on 411! Jeremy Thomas here, and tonight Impact presents its post-Bound for Glory special event. Tonight’s show is short on title matches but big on potential hits as Will Ospreay will face off with Eddie Edwards, Josh Alexander & Eric Young take on SubCulture, and Jordynne Grace faces Dani Luna. We do have one title match as Trinity will defend the Knockouts Championship against Deonna Purrazzo with Gail Kim as the special guest referee.

We also have Frankie Kazarian and Chris Sabin battling Moose & Brian Myers, Joe Henry taking on Simon Miller, Gisele Shaw vs. Alex Windsor, and Rich Swann facing Trey Miguel. That’s a big card, and hopefully it should be a fun show. Anyway, we’re gonna have a lot to cover tonight so let’s hop right in.

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* Of note, I won’t be doing full coverage of the two Countdown to Impact matches but will put the quick results in here.

* Grado & Rhino def. Mike D & Ryan Richards

* North Wrestling Championship Match: Leon Slater def. Mark Haskins

* We get an opening video previewing the matches, particularly the Knockouts Title match and Ospreay vs. Edwards.

Eric Young & Josh Alexander vs. SubCulture

Alexander is starting with Webster. They circle and lock up, Alexander backs Webster into the corner but he escapes out. Lock back up, Webster with a waistlock but Alexander reverses and drops him to the mat. Webster back up and they lock up once more, Webster with a wristlock. Alexander rolls through and flips Webster to the mat, then twists the wrist. Back up, headlock to Josh, Webster shot into tthe ropes and Alexander drops him. Into the ropes again, Webster with an armdrag and a senton. He charges into a back elbow, but Alexander with a big boot.

Andrews tags in and Alexander tags in Young. They circle and lock up, Young with a headlock, shot into the ropes and Andrews with an armdrag and another. Rana by Andrews, but EY with a big punch to follow up. Andrews put in the corner, he reverses an Irish whip and hits the apron where he nails a charging Andrews. Into the ropes and Young with a dropkick.

Young tags in Josh, they send Andrews into the rope and drop him with a double shoulderblock. Alexander with elbows to the back of the head and a chop to down Andrews. Andrews fires back with punches but Josh blocks him. They go into the corner, Webster tags in and they kick Josh in the knee. Into the corner, Webster up and over and Andrews tags in, double team splash and a cover gets two.

Webster tags back in, he comes off the top but Josh moves and drops him. EY back in for a chinlock on the mat to slow things down. Webster comes off the ropes and is dropped with an elbow, cover for two. Josh tags in and nails Webster, he wraps Webster up and applies a shoulderlock. Webster back to his feet and fights out, but he is grabbed for a back suplex.

Alexander tags in EY, they pull the legs apart and Young sends Webster into the corner. BIG shot to the head, and then a slam head-first into the hostile corner. Josh back in and he snapmares Webster, then drops the knee on his head. Young back in and he puts Webster in the hostile corner again. But Webster is fighting his way out, he flips over Young and crawls to his corner — Josh cuts him off and throws him in the corner. He charges but is sent to the outside, Andrews gets the hot tag and nails Young, then hits a moonsault off the apron to Josh.

Back in the ring, chops by Andrews, Alexander with picks him up but he comes off and hit a DDT on Young! Code Red to Alexander, cover gets a nearfall. Alexander fights back, but Webster tags in and they plant him with an assisted Falcon Arrow for two.

Alexander manages to his a German suplex on Webster, then two on Andrews. Andrews grabs the ropes, Josh slaps his sides but Andrews with a roll-up. Alexander with a rolling senton and Young with a splash, Alexander covers — nearfall!

Double suplex but Webster saves Andrews. They’re brawling in the ring, SubCulture off the ropes but get knocked down. Stereo Sharpshooters! Andrews and Webster managed to crawl to the ropes to get the break. Young tags in proper and they send Webster into the ropes, he fights them off and counters a suplex into Stundog Millionaire on Young! Another to Alexander! Webster tags in, Shadows Over Malice, cover gets two.

My feed went weird by EY with a piledriver, cover and Andrews breaks it up. Andrews sent outside, Alexander tags in — he goes up top but Webster catapults Young into Josh! Webster up now, superrana! Big knee by Andrews, one to Young. They go for the knee but a miscommunication and Webster hits Andrews! Josh with a backbreaker, but Andrews with a backslide. Alexander with the C4 to finish it.

Winner: Eric Young & Josh Alexander (14:20)
Rating: *** 1/4
Thoughts: Good, solid tag team match here. Both teams got to do their stuff, the storyline of the flow was a bit lacking here but in terms of individual spots this was great.

* We get a clip set of Leon Slater’s match with Frankie Kazarian. He lost the match but was offered a contract by Scott D’Amore afterward, and Slater signed it on D’Amore’s back.

* Slater says he’s over the moon. He remembers watching TNA with his mother when she was at work because no one was able to look after him. And now he’s part of the Total Nonstop Action roster.

Gisele Shaw vs. Alex Windsor

These two have previously faced off and Windsor is 2 – 1 in their matches, we learn. They circle and lock up, Gisele with a wristlock reversed, she goes into a headlock. Windsor reverses the headlock, gets shot into the ropes and goes under. Shaw with a tilt-a-whirl into an armdrag, Alex with an armdrag, double dropkick attempt.

They’re back up and stare off, then start circling again. Lock up, Shaw backs Alex into the corner. Knife-edge chops from Shaw, whip across the ring, Windsor up and over and an armdrag. She hits a dropkick and then chops Gisele on the ropes. Windsor sent into the ropes and runs Shaw over, cover for one.

Windsor up top, Shaw cuts her off with a slap that knocks her all the way to the floor. Shaw outside now and grabs Alex, rolling her on. Cover gets one again. Shaw with a whip into the corner, she comes in with an elbow and then another, off the ropes for a back elbow for two.

Shaw with a chinlock, Alex elbows out of it but gets hit across the back. Shaw sends Alex into the corner, charges and puts Alex in the ropes. Kick to the back, draping DDT, cover for two.

Shaw up now and goes in but Alex dodges, thrust kick by Shaw but Alex fires back. She comes off the ropes with a clothesline. Back up and she ducks a clothesline, then batters Shaw in the corner. Whip across the ring and a splash, off the ropes for a flying clothesline and Shaw escapes to the outside for a breather. Windsor goes up top, Shaw dives inside and eats a missile dropkick. Cover gets two.

Windsor is up now and grabs Gisele, fisherman’s suplex but Shaw escapes. Alex ducks a kick but Shaw springboards off into a cutter for a nearfall. Shaw now grabs Alex and kicks her in the head a few times, off the ropes but Alex follows and plants Gisele with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a nearfall.

Windsor up now and grabs Shaw in a front facelock, but Shaw with a roll-up for two. Kick to Shaw’s head, another two-count. Alex pulls Shaw up, fisherman’s driver attempt but Shaw breaks it and hits a spinning backfist, twisting neckbreaker. Shaw goes for the Denouement, Windsor dodges but eats a knee. Denouement hits this time for three.

Winner: Gisele Shaw (8:38)
Rating: ** 1/4
Thoughts: Their timing was a bit off in spots but all in all this was fine. Shaw has had better matches, but it worked okay and it’s nice to see her get a win.

* Simon Miller cuts a promo saying he has bad news for Joe Hendry because a few weeks ago Hendry was offended by something Simon said about him online. He asks if Hendry is thin-skinned because he doesn’t like thin-skinned people. His choice of pet would be an elephant. So Hendry brought Miller here. He doesn’t believe in Joe Hendry, but Hendry will believe in him.

Trey Miguel vs. Rich Swann

Swann and Miguel work the crowd a bit before they lock up. Swann with a wristlock, Miguel escapes and shoves Swann back. Lock back up, Trey works Swann’s wrist and hits a headlock takedown. Swann escapes and hits his own, then a second one when Trey gets back up. Into the ropes and Swann goes up the corner for another takedown.

Swann shot into the ropes, he is taken down with an armdrag but hits his own. They mirror each other for a few moves and then step back. Trey into the ropes, he flips over a Swann, some acrobatics and Swann hits a dropkick. Miguel escapes to the outside and Swann goes to dive through the ropes — but Trey leaps up and snaps Swann down with a cutter into the middle rope. Trey with a chop on the outside, then slams Swann backfirst into the apron. He drops Swann down onto the apron and rolls into the ring for the count to begin.

Swann in at six and Trey jumps on him, beating on him before sending him back to the floor. The ref starts the count and Swann is in at six. Trey goes to toss him again, Swann on the apron and then knocked to the floor with a handspring bump. Swann tries to climb in but is nailed with a baseball slide dropkick.

Trey throws Swann to the stage but he flips onto it! Trey with a superkick, then rolls in for another ten-count. Swann gets in at the last second, and Miguel kicks away at his head. Swann into the ropes but hits a single-leg dropkick. That buys him time to get up, he gets a boot up at a charging Trey but eats a kick. He shoves Trey back, then hits a leaping lariat and a kickback, cover gets two.

Swann grabs Trey and pulls him to the corner, he goes to the second rope and goes for a 450 but Trey dodges. Rapid fire kicks by Trey, a double stomp to the back and cover for two. Trey is up now and talks trash, kicking Swann in the head. He says “Stop being a bitch” and Swann is pissed. Trey tells him to show him he’s a man, and Swann chops Trey! They’re trading chops and now strikes, Swann kips up into a kick and comes off the ropes into two superkicks. Poison Rana but Trey reverses it and hits his own! Both men down, but Trey manages to get to his feet.

Trey kicks at Swann, Swann eventually catches one but Trey hits a Lightning Spiral! Nearfall but Rich kicks out. He covers again, Swann kicks out at two. Trey is frustrated now, he grabs Rich and pulls him up for a chop. Swann in the corner but he dodges a splash. Trey to the top but is caught with a cutter! Swann goes to the second rope — 450! Trey got his shoulder up too late.

Winner: Rich Swann (11:40)
Rating: *** 1/2
Thoughts: You get these two in the ring, they’re going to deliver. This did exactly that. They were holding back just a touch, but they still gave us a real story and good in-ring action to go with it

* Dani Luna says everyone’s been talking about them since they came to Impact. But she can’t get a word in without being compared to JHordyne. She’s going to prove why she’s not the next Jordynne Grace. She will prove she’s the one, the ever Dani Luna.

Dani Luna vs. Jordynne Grace

Show of respect and then they lock up, jockeying for position. Grace backs Luna into the corner, they go across the ropes and spill through the ropes to the outside with the lockup still on! They finally push off and dive into the ring to beat the 10 count, then lock up again. Grace with a headlock, shot into the ropes and collides with Luna. Neither go down, Luna tries to roll Grace up but she holds onto the ropes. They go into the corner, Grace out and runs Dani over for a two-count.

Grace batters Dani and goes for a powerbomb, but Dani blocks it and hits a backdrop. Clothesline off the ropes for two, and Dani right into a front facelock. She goes for a suplex but Grace blocks it, so Dani with a fist and then a splash in the corner. Suplex attempt blocked and tried back and forth, Grace with a rollup for two and Dani kicks out the knee right after. She picks Grace up — BIG suplex for two.

Luna goes for a powerbomb but can’t so slams her fists on Grace’s back. Into the corner, she lays in some firts and goes for a whip but Grace blocks it. Backfist by Grace, they hit double clotheslines and then a double headbutt to both go down.

Dani gets the first shot once they’re back up but Grace fires back and asks for more. Dani goes apeshit, Grace flips to the apron and eats a slam into the turnbuckle. Dani pulls Grace THROUGH the ropes for a German suplex and clothesline! Cover gets a nearfall!

Dani grabs Grace and goes for the Luna Landing, but Grace blocks it. Dani charges into a back elbow, Grace with a reverse Gory lock into a neckbreaker for a nearfall! Another cover gets two. Grace pulls Luna up for the Juggernaut Driver but Dani blocks it. Grace batters Dani with clubbing forearms, she goes for a clothesline but Dani blocks and hits a back elbow. She goes for the Luna Landing but Grace rapid-fire strikes out. Spinning backfist, Juggernaut Driver for three.

Winner: Jordynne Grace (8:36)
Rating: ***
Thoughts: That sloppy Juggernaut Driver aside, this was a hoss fight and did well in that respect. These two match up well and it was appropriately hard-hitting. God stuff all in all.

Luna gives Grace a sign of respect after.

* We get a montage recapping the Joe Hendry vs. Simon Miller feud.

Before the match, Miller cuts a promo saying he wants to apologize to Joe Hendry. He’s sorry he’s more popular than all the wrestlers in the back, and makes more money from YouTube than all the wrestlers. Don’t hate the player, hate the Subscribe button. And he’s sorry he didn’t have to wrestle in front of goobers like these idiots to get his opportunity. Then he drops the mic and the fans shit on him.

We then get a music video from Hendry mocking Miller, calling him Steve Austin ordered from Wish. He thinks he’s a tough guy but looks like Mister Clean. He then shows a picture of Miller from 2012.

Joe Hendry vs. Simon Miller

Miller attacks Hendry before the bell and gets the mic, saying he’s got some games — it’s time for the first-ever live something. He enters the ring but Hendry is back up and levels him. Hendry kicks at him and Miller comes to, Hendry slaps the kickpads and goes for a kick, but Miller rolls out of the ring. Hendry chases after him and Miller into the ring, Hendry fakes going in and Miller misses an elbow.

The bell rings finally, Hendry spins and slams Miller. Chop to Miller, and then “I Believe” chops. Plenty of them. Delayed vertical suplex by Hendry — very delayed, as Hendry uses him as weights to lift, then finally drops him. Hendry rolls Miller over, Miller kicks out at two.

Hendry gets MIller up but Miller with a kneelift and bodyslam. Miller off the ropes, elbowdrop but Hendry sits up. Miller begs off and hits a thumb to the eye where the ref can’t see, sides lam and cover for two.

Miller right to the chinlock, Hendry to his feet and fights out. Euro uppercuts to Miller, off the ropes but Miller with a clothesline. Miller with a bodyscissors sleeper, Hendry gets up with Miller on his back and spins him around — and lifts him into a suplex! Clothesline and another to Miller, modified fallaway slam and a kip up.

Hendry pumps up the crowd and grabs Miller who’s on the apron — Miller hangs Hendry on the top rope and comes in for a spear. Miller charges in but is caught with a cutter, Hendry with kicks to the chest of a kneeled Miller. Miller goes down, Hendry sends him into the ropes but Miller with a shoulder tackle and another. Back suplex by Miller. He’s doing the Five Moves of Doom but he pauses to mock the fans and Hendry kips up — Standing Ovation for three.

Winner: Joe Hendry (6:41)
Rating: ** 1/4
Thoughts: This was just to get the crowd hot, and it worked. It wasn’t the best match but it played out well enough and the crowd was happy.

* We get a look at the Gut Check Challenge, which Mike D. and Harley Hudson won.

Chris Sabin & Frankie Kazarian vs. Moose & Brian Myers

Myers starts off against Kaz. Lockup and they break, Myers is pissed at the crowd chanting at him so Moose holds his ears. Kaz talks to the crowd and they go louder, so Myers and Moose yell at the crowd.

Lock back up finally, Myers puts Kaz in the corner and breaks — he swings but Kaz ducks and hits a couple armdrags into an elbowlock. Myers back up, he flips Kaz over but Kaz rolls through and puts Myers on the mat. Back up, Myers with a wristlock, Kaz flips out of it but gets kneed in the cut. Whip into the ropes, Kaz blocks a hiptoss and flips Myers over for a one-count.

Kaz back in control and tags in Sabin, Myers into the ropes for a shot to the gut and neckbreaker, cover for two. Sabin with a wristlock, Myers escapes and falls to the mat before tagging in Moose. The Wrestling God in now, he taunts Sabin for his size and the crowd chants for Sabin. Moose calls for the test of strength, Sabin goes for it and gets kicked in the gut. Wristlock by Moose, Sabin flips through and hits an armdrag on Moose to send him to the apron.

Moose in now, Sabin off the ropes to run into him, he doesn’t budge. Sabin tries again and slides under, he hits some shots and goes into the ropes, right into a dropkick. Sabin on the turnbuckle, goes for Sky High but Sabin with a rana. Kaz in now, they double suplex Moose and Sabin with a legrop, Kaz with a springboard legdrop, Sabin covers for two.

Myers tags in but gets put in the Tree of Woe, Moose chops Sabin and sends him to the outside. The ref checks on him while Kaz whips Moose into Myers, they trip Moose and pull him and Moose into a 69. That was apparently Moose’s football number.

Dueling corner 10-counts, Sabin with an elbow off the ropes for two. Sabin hits a back suplex but Myers was able to blind tag Moose, who knocks Sabin down and beats on him. Myers tags in now and chokes Sabin with a T-shirt. He locks in a chinlock on the mat but Sabin with a jawbreaker, Myers with a back elbow and tags in Moose who knocks Kaz off the corner.

Moose starts to pick apart Sabin, choking him against the bottom rope. He grabs Sabin’s foot, but Sabin with an enzuigiri. Moose shuts it down and goes for a powerbomb, Sabin escapes and goes for the tag but Myers pulls Kaz off the apron. Moose whips Sabin hard into the corner, then does it again and charges in but hits a boot. Sabin with the Tornado DDT!

Sabin gets the hot tag, Myers is in but Kaz cleans house. Off the ropes for a flying forearm, followed by a bodyslam. He goes for a springboard legdrop, Myers avoids but Kaz with a cutter for two. Moose tries to get in, Kaz with a guillotine legdrop. DDT to Myers gets two.

Sabin tags in and they sent Myers into the corner. SPlashes to Myers and a side Russian legsweep by Kaz, leaping kick by Sabin, cover but Moose breaks it up. Moose with fists and a kip up, he goes for a spear but Sabin with roll-up. Sabin with the Code Red, cover but Myers breaks it up!

It gets chaotic, Kaz goes for the chickenwing but Moose breaks it, he goes to the middle rope and leaps INTO A CUTTER by Kaz! Backstabber by Kazarian, he leaps over the top to Moose but gets caught for a bomb into the turnbuckle. Sabin takes out Moose but Myers spears him and rolls him in. Myers lying in wait, he charges but Kaz ducks and locks in the chickenwing. Myers leaps to the outside, Kaz turns around into the spear for three.

Winner: Moose & Brian Myers (XX:XX)
Rating: *** 1/2
Thoughts: Very good match here, to no surprise. It makes sense to put Moose & Myers over the two that aren’t a team; I have no complaints here.

* We get a vignette hyping the Knockouts Title match.

Knockouts Championship Match
Trinity vs. Deonna Purrazzo

Trin and Deonna circle and lock up, Trinity backed into the ropes but turns it around and backs Deonna up. They break in the center of the ring and stare off, then circle and Trin takes a moment to work the crowd. Lockup, Deonna with a wristlock, Trinity reverses and Purrazzo reverses it back. Trinity turns it around and puts Deonna on the mat, but Deonna gets the lock and starts to work the knee and ankle. Trin kicks her off.

Trin shoots for the lock and quickly covers but gets only two. Deonna gets Trinity up in a headlock, shot into the ropes and Trinity Matrix dodges, they trade armdrags and then both go for a dropkick.

Back to the lockup, Trinity flips Deonna over but Deonna with a headscissors to counter. Trin escapes, Deonna trips her, Trinity back up and goes for Starstruck but Purrazzo escapes to the floor.

Deonna back in and they lock up, Trinity backed into the corner and then hits a double throat thrust which earns a Gail Kim scolding. Into the corner, Deonna chases but Trinity leaps up and catches Deonna in her feet, shoving her off and hitting a sliding clothesline, then a throat thrust of her own. Split legged legrop for two.

Trinity right into the shoulderlock, Deonna up and fights free, sending Trinity to the apron and then kicking her off to the floor. Deonna mocks the crowd and taunts them as Kim counts, Trinity in at six and Deonna goes on the attack with stomps. She wraps Trin’s arm up and double kicks it, cover for two. Deonna right back on the attack by wrapping the arm in the ropes, but Trin fights back with elbows until am arm wringer puts her on the mat.

Deonna wraps the arm up in her legs and works it over, then drops the knee onto it before a two-count. Trinity fights back and springboard off the corner for a Stunner, cover gets two. Trinity with slaps to the chest, off the ropes but caught with a back elbow. Deonna covers for two.

Purrazzo right back to the arm, Trin to her feet and gets yanked back to the mat. Deonna with elbows to the shoulder and then she traps the arm in an overhead chickenwing, Trinity manages to snapmare Deonna off and Deonna charges but Trin moves and she hits the post shoulder-first. Kim counts with both down, they get up at six and Purrazzo hangs Trinity out on the top rope.

Purrazzo is on the outside and the count starts, she’s in at seven and eats a single-leg dropkick. Trinity charges and goes for a spinning bulldog. Short-arm clotheslines and a double stomp — Rear View gets a nearfall. Trinity grabs Deonna and goes to ccome into the corner, she sends Deonna to the center and goes up top — she leaps, Deonna ducks and hits a pump kick for a nearfall.

Deonna gets Trin on her shoulders but Trin off and pushes Deonna into the ropes — Samoan Drop gets two. She grabs Deonna and puts her on the apron through the ropes, but Deonna pushes her off and then comes in for a side Russian legsweep into the Fujiwara armbar! Trinity scrambles and gets her hand on the rope!

Purrazzo calls for Queen’s Gambit but Trinity counters out and they trade shots in the center of the ring. Trin with a roundhouse kick, inverted Facelock into a drop for two. Trin grabs Deonna in a headscissors but Deonna to her feet, kicks the left arm, QUEEN’S GAMBIT! Cover gets almost three but Trinity kicks out!

Deonna isn’t happy and gets in Gail Kim’s face. Deonna charges at Trinity but Trin gets her feet up and kicks Deonna, titl-a-whirl facebuster into Starstruck! Purrazzo counters into a pin, Trinity plants Deonna and locks in Starstruck, that’s it!

Winner: Trinity (16:15)
Rating: *** 1/2
Thoughts: Great work by these two, who work fantastically together. I don’t think the ending was the strongest, it felt a little lacking in climactic built but everything up to that was fantastic.

Deonna attacks Trinity after the match, Gail gets in her face. Deonna shoves Gail and then does it again — Gail shoves her back! Slap to Gail,, and Gail with EAT DEFEAT!

* Ospreay says Eddie Edwards is forever a young boy according to Marufuji.

Will Ospreay vs. Eddie Edwards

The crowd is all Ospreay here, obviously. Lockup, they jockey against each other, Ospreay backed into the ropes. Edwards teases a chop but doesn’t. They circle and lockup again, Ospreay backed into the corner and teases nailing Edwards, who shoves hi and locks a headlock. Shot into the ropes, Eddie runs Ospreay over but he flips back to his feet so Edwards nails him. Off the ropes and Ospreay with a big rana.

Ospreay chops Edwards around the corners, hits a bodyslam and a kneedrop for two. Ospreay works the crowd but gets chopped. He asks for ano9ther and then another! Ospreay fires back with a forearm, off the ropes and kicks Eddie in the head. Back into the ropes, Eddie with an inverted atomic drop and a release belly to belly suplex. Ospreay into the ropes and Eddie with a high knee, he covers for two.

Eddie puts Ospreay in the corner and hits a bit chop to the chest that floors Ospreay. Cartwheel by Eddie to taunt the fans and then a stomp to the chest. Ospreay is firing up though and lays in some shots. Into the ropes, Edwards with a kneelift that puts Ospreay on the mat, cover gets two. Suplex by Eddie gets another two, he goes for two more covers and then locks in a chinlock.

Ospreay fights to his feet and lays in punches, but gets headbutted. Ospreay into the ropes but Ospreay with a handspring kick! Ospreay is getting fired up with crowd chants and hits a Phenomenal Forearm for two. Power bomb gets blocked so Ospreay kicks him and then comes off the ropes with a boot to the face. Eddie escapes to the outside, Ospreay dives onto him!

Eddie rolled back in, Will goes up top and leaps for a shot to the back of the neck. He signals for the Hidden Blade — but Eddie escapes to the outside. Ospreay out and Eddie slams him back-first into the apron, then nails him and rolls him in. Eddie mocks the crowd and rolls back in, then is distracted by the crowd. He charges at Will who gets a foot up, enzuigiri by Edwards and Backpack Stunner! Cover for a nearfall.

Eddie kicks at Will’s head mockingly and then hits a chop to Ospreay on his knees. Ospreay psyches up and asks for another, and Eddie obiliges. Eddie goes for a third and Ospreay catches him! But Eddie hits the chop, Eddie into the ropes and Ospreay flips over for a kick. Oscutter, Eddie blocks it but Ospreay with Stundog Millionaire!

Both men slow to get up, but Ospreay is running off the crowd and he charges in for a Helluva Kick. Ge catches Eddie on the top and gives him a kick through his legs to the head! Ospreay goes up top but Eddie crotches him, then goes up top. Ospreay fights him off and knocks him down, Ospreay for the spinning moonsault but Eddie moves — SPANISH FLY by Ospreay for two! Kicks to the face, Oscutter! Cover gets a nearfall!

Ospreay up now and grabs Eddie, he goes for a Storm Breaker but Eddie floats through. Ospreay with a kick to the face, Ospreay handsprings off the ropes INTO A BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Ospreay with the Hidden Blade and Eddie with the Boston Knee Party in desperation!

Both men to their knees now and are trading shots. They get to their feet and continue it, Ospreay winds up and gets a hard one. Back and forth, Eddie with a chop now. Ospreay returns with kicks to the head, Eddie with chops to the chest. They’re alternating their attacks — Ospreay with a superkick! Storm Breaker, Eddie floats through and hits the Tiger Driver! Ospreay kicks out at two-plus!

Eddie up now and lowers the kneepad. He hits knees to Ospreay’s chest and backs up, lying in wait — he moves in but Ospreay with a Hidden Blade! Eddie kicks out, but Ospreay grabs him for the Styles Clash! Cover for two-plus! The elbow pad is gone! HIDDEN BLADE! Storm Breaker! That’s it.

Winner: Will Ospreay (18:24)
Rating: ****
Thoughts: Ospreay and Eddie killed it, as expected. This was a fantastic back and forth affair that was laid out incredibly well in terms of pacing and spots. Excellent work, top-notch match.

Ospreay pays tribute to the Impact logo on the mat as the announcers question where Ospreay will call home in 2024.

Ospreay cuts a promo after the match saying there’s a lot of rumors spreading around, and he has a little announcement to make. People have been asking him for a while now and he’s finally ready to tell the people — he’s finished his kitchen. He jokes that there’s a leak in the roof here and leaves the fans with this — because of these fans, places like this thrive. And he says before this was Impact, we all now — the crowd chants TNA. He says those chants remind him when he was 14 and watched AJ Styles. And it was because of those letters that he and so many backstage were inspired to take this to the next level. Regardless of what happens come February, he wants to be clear it’s because of all the guys backstage and all the people. They’ve begged for TNA to come back, and it’s effin’ back. And for his part, he’s always in TNA’s corner. He’s Will Ospreay and he’s on another level.

And with that, we’re done for the night!