Impact Wrestling 3/30/2021

Impact Wrestling 3/30/2021

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2021/03/impact-wrestling-3232021.html

They run down some of the ongoing storylines to start.

Fire n Flava vs Havok and Neveah

Havok and Neveah have been slowly breaking up as they just can't win together.

Hogan gets tossed around early and takes a lariat while on Havok's knee. Hogan continues to get dominated. They tag out and Havok gets double tripped into the buckles. Hogan then runs around for a fast dropkick into the face.

Havok then gets worked over for a little. Steels tries a crossbody off the 2nd rope but is caught and fallaway slammed. Neveah takes out both opponents and STO's and german's Steelz. Steelz wasn't paying attention and ends up taking a sitout powerbomb from Havok then Hogan reversed something into a DDT on Havok.

Hogan hits a lighting spiral-esque neckbreaker on Havok then  Steelz frogsplashes her and they win it. It was alright.

Hogan twerks with the title after. Havok and Neveah then have a discussion in the ring. They seemingly hug and appear to be okay but Neveah then attacks Havok and spears her. Neveah said she had thought she was the weak link all along but says Havok is the weak link.

We run down the card and James Storm gets interviewed about his 1,000th match. He said this is a dedication. He said he wasn't supposed to have 1 match yet alone 1,000. He put over Bob Ryder for giving them good words and chances and said it is in dedication to Bob Ryder in a nice promo. He says Eric Young better be ready because he is going to beat him up. He says he expects EY to bring his friends and said he is bringing Sabin and Jake Something with him.

They say they have a surprise and Chris Harris appears. They hug each other and say it has been a long time.

Deonna P and susan get interviewed. DP says she is unstoppable. Susan says Jazz is reckless and deserves more than what she got. Jazz then comes in and jumps both of them and nails Susan with a plastic trash can.

Sami Callihan vs Larry D with Acey Romero

They start nailing each other to start. Larry misses a big splash and takes some knees. Sami tope's him but is caught and has his back put into the apron. Larry then backdrops him from the floor to the apron. We go to break and return with Sami getting thrown out.

They fight outside and Sami gets dropped with a forearm. Back in and D is in control with a nice forearm then a spinning clothesline. D does a jumping splash for 2. Sami comes back with a death valley driver for 2. They fight on the apron and Sami goes for the eyes. D takes a piledriver of the middle rope and Sami wins it. This wasn't too bad at all and was a lot more even than I expected as D and Acey are mostly treated as jobbers.

Acey attacks Sami after and side slams him. Why Sami didn't teleport out of this, I don't know. Sami claps for them after.

They show clips of FinnJuice in Japan.

Callis, Omega and The Good Brothers watch their clips and comment. Karl says he isn't impressed but Omega thinks they got better. Callis said it seems like the Good Brothers are angry. They all talk about something that we can't hear and The Good Brothers leave the room.

Trey Miguel has Sami come up to him. Sami said he saved him against XXXL and wants to know why he didn't return the favor tonight. Sami said he isn't the bad guy and said he doesn't have passion. He said he needs Trey to harness his anger and he can be the one who does it. Sami tells him that he wants to be his mentor and says they could carry Impact together. Sami said he is going to ask for a tag match against XXXL and will request Trey be his partner. Trey says no and he tells him to think about it for a week. This was interesting and after some of the lame matches Trey has been having, it can't hurt.

Brian Myers vs Suicide

This gets off to a fast start with Suicide headscissoring him down and dropkicking him in the face. Suicide hits some chest palm strikes and John Woo dropkicks him. Myers hits a falcon arrow for 2. Myers hits a big lariat soon after and wins it in a squash.

Myers gets on the mic after. He says Matt Cardona is trying to get the rub by challenging him to a match. Myers said Impact Wrestling is his and it doesn't include Cardona. This is a dumb storyline because we both know they are friends and business partners.

Jazz goes up to Tommy Dreamer. She wants to get her hands on Deonna P. Tommy says he is booking Hardcore Justice and reminds her of the Ultimate Jeopardy match. He says what if they have a match where if Deonna loses, she loses her title. But says Jazz needs to give up something. Jazz says she will put her career on the line and agrees to it. This was kind of dumb. Dreamer told her not to do this and that it didn't make sense, but Jazz wanted to anyway. I appreciate the confidence, but it seems really risky and short-sighted. I liked the set up to the match though as this was a good way to make this happen.

We get our usual AEW Dynamite hype segment.

We go to Swinger's Palace. The dealer wants to go to the bathroom and Swinger says no. Swinger then hands him a cup to pee in. Callis and Omega arrive at the Palace. Callis says he heard Swinger is taking bets on Omega vs Swann. Callis wanted to know what the odds are and it is supposedly 1:1. Callis shows Swinger a video of the One Winged Angel and Swinger says the odds have swung. Callis puts down $20,000 on Omega and Swinger is thrilled. Swinger's Palace segments are always good though I don't buy the 1:1 odds.

TJP and Josh Alexander vs Ace Austin and Madman Fulton

We have not seen Fulton wrestle for a long time on here. Fulton does a nice throw on Josh early. Fulton hair whips Josh in the face and Josh flying shoulder's him. Fulton charges at Josh but goes head first into the middle rope. They talk more about Impact's move to Thursday nights here which is a good move as NXT is on moving to Tuesday's. I'm a fan of it personally as that prevents me from having to do NWA, NXT, Impact and Dark on the same day.

Anywho, Josh and TJP take down Ace then argue. TJP tags himself in and slingshot senton's Ace. TJP headstands in the corner but gets caught and gut kicked. TJP gets hanging choked off the 2nd rope by Fulton and dangles. Ace slides over Fulton's back for a kick on TJP.

TJP comes back with a nice tornado ddt and tags out. Josh and Fulton go at it. Fulton takes a hard elbow and is suplexed. Fulton face kicks him. TJP prevents a double team and Fulton goes out. TJP facewashes Ace in the face and Josh splashes Fulton and TJP in the corner. Fulton then takes a big bump over the top on a clothesline. Ace hits a roundhouse kick.

Josh rolling fireman's carries Ace and TJP tags himself in. TJP and Josh fight over the pin and after they get done arguing TJP gets rolled up by Ace. They did a good job of pushing the Josh/TJP issues here. Fulton took too many bumps though and didn't get protected as a big man at all.

Willie Mack is checking his phone when Callis walks in. Callis says Mack is fantastic and he's a big fan of his work. He aid he's got big plans for him and opens up Mack's chewing tobacco dip. Callis says Rich Swann isn't listening to him and shows Mack a video of Omega's one winged angel. Swann comes in and argued with Callis. Callis says Kenny can't wait to kick out of Swann's finisher. Callis says he is going to get in Swann's head and Swann said he isn't in his head. Swann said he has the heart and determination to beat up Omega and Callis brings up that he is an executive here. Swann said he would slap Callis if he wasn't his boss.  Callis says he isn't his boss for the next 10 minutes and takes off his glasses and watch. Callis says he is ready to fight then Omega jumps him. Mack tries to make the save, but The Good Brothers help out then Jake Something and Sabin help out too. Mack took some cereal or noodles to the gut here which I found funny. The brawl was cool.

Rohit Raju goes up to Hernandez in the back. He said they should be called "ILX", which is Indian Latin Exchange. Hernandez said they aren't friends or partners, he just wants money. He tells him to leave when he doesn't have money.

Violent by Design does a promo. EY said violence showed Rhyno the way but says Storm has wrestled too long and can't be solved. He said the future of the company hangs in the balance and the world doesn't belong to Storm, it belongs to VBD. Not the greatest material but the way it was shot was great and EY did good here.

Tommy Dreamer met up with the women in the back. He announces Jazz vs Deonna P. Deonna said they should get their goodbye's ready for Jazz. She said she welcomes anyone who wants to step up to the plate. Tommy goes up to Susan and says she wants to talk about "Su", which is who Susan really is. Susan says she doesn't know who that is and calls him crazy, then DP tells her to go. Tommy says there will be a scramble match with weapons legal where the winner is the #1 Contender for the women's title. Jordynne Grace likes it. Kaleb says you don't put weapons around Tenille and says they will go above Tommy. Havok loves the idea and Rosemary does too. Alisha Edwards asks what the rules are here and Tommy calls for Scott D'Amore or Eddie Edwards to help.

James Storm's 1000th Match - James Storm with Chris Sabin, Jake Something and Chris Harris vs Eric Young with Violent by Design

They did a nice job with the build to this match. EY flips out of the corner and runs into a back elbow. Things slow down and Storm goes into the post. The two wrestler's squads face off as we go to break.

Back from break and EY is in control. EY hits a twisting neckbreaker for 2. Storm takes a big northern lights suplex into the buckles. EY neckbreakers him for 2. Storm mounts a comeback and neckbreakers him. Storm hits a spinning razor's edge but EY kicks out somehow. EY goes up top and hits a nice top rope elbow for 2. They exchange shots and Storm backcracker's him for 2. Deaner gets on the apron and Sabin grabs him. EY runs into Deaner and knocks him off. VBD and Storm's crew then go at it.

EY grabs his mask and Harris stops him. Harris nails him and sends him back in, then EY takes a Storm superkick for the Storm win. It had a nice little ending here and the match okay.

Overall thoughts: Good show overall. The wrestling was okay, the James Storm stuff was good and some of the backstage segments were good.