Impact Wrestling Results – November 15, 2018

Impact Wrestling
Date: November 15, 2018
Location: Sam’s Town Hotel & Gaming Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Josh Matthews, Don Callis

Last week saw a big show with Johnny Impact successfully defending the World Title against Killer Kross, plus Brian Cage going to Sami Callihan’s promotion in Ohio for a fight. That earned him a beatdown, meaning a title match is likely imminent. Other than that, we’re getting ready to head towards Homecoming in January, which could be interesting. Let’s get to it.

We open with the recap.

Opening sequence.

Tessa Blanchard vs. Ray Lyn

Non-title. Tessa drives her into the corner a few times to start but Ray gets in a few kicks to the ribs. That just earns her a gorilla press gutbuster but Ray escapes a powerbomb out of the corner. A hurricanrana has Tessa in some trouble so she forearms Ray right back down. Now the buckle bomb connects and the buzzsaw DDT finishes Lyn at 3:04.

Result: Tessa Blanchard b. Ray Lyn – Buzzsaw DDT (3:04)

Post match Tessa says Taya has had excuse after excuse for why she hasn’t won the title. The big reason is that Tessa is better and Taya will only ever be known as Johnny Impact’s wife. Taya comes out to chase Tessa off and shout a lot. The title match is confirmed for Homecoming.

The announcers preview the rest of the show.

Fallah Bahh and KM are happy about being in Vegas. KM has gotten them a match against LAX tonight. If they win, they could get a title shot and if they win that, Scarlett Bordeaux will notice them!

Dezmond Xavier and two guys called the Rascals are sitting in a circle with a bunch of smoke where they all keep laughing. Apparently they have a match in two weeks.

LAX vs. KM/Fallah Bahh

Non-title. Bahh works on Santana’s arm to start and Santana’s shoulder blocks bounce off of him. Some armdrags frustrate Santana even more but he avoids a sitdown splash. Ortiz comes in and helps Santana send Bahh outside. He’s fine enough to trip Ortiz down though and there’s the double roll over him to take over.

Bahh splashes KM by mistake though so Santana dropkicks KM in the back for two. A double suplex puts LAX down though and it’s back to Bahh for a running splash in the corner. Rotating running Umaga attacks in the corner set up a Samoan drop for two on Santana. Bahh gets sent outside though and it’s a Lionsault/legdrop combination to pin KM at 7:34.

Result: LAX b. KM/Fallah Bahh – Lionsault/legdrop combination to KM (7:34)

Heather Monroe calls herself the Goddess of Girlpower and is ready to debut. Kiera Hogan comes in to tell her to be worried about Su Yung tonight.

Fans go after Scarlett Bordeaux in the parking lot but she isn’t impressed.

LAX has some tools and talk about the OGz. Konnan says don’t worry about them because the bosses said no more. He mentions Pentagon and Fenix and Santana wants a match but Konnan shoots that down too.

Classic Clip of the Week: LAX vs. OVE from last year.

Matt Sydal and Ethan Page are ready for Matt’s singles match tonight against Johnny Impact. Ethan can’t wait to sit underneath the learning tree.

The Desi Hit Squad is sitting by the pool (or at least in some nice chairs) and talk about food. Rohit can’t wait for Thanksgiving but Gama Singh shoots it down because there’s nothing to be thankful for in America. Also next week: the turkey suit match returns.

Here’s Eli Drake to say the lawsuit is done because that was never the point. Last week he got rid of Abyss because he’s the last of a dying breed. He’s sick of people pretending to be wrestlers and doing a bunch of stupid stuff to make the fans go ooh and ahh. That comes from the nonsense of hardcore wrestling, but Drake is the kind of guy who doesn’t have to do that stuff. Last week was the beginning of getting rid of all that and getting back to wrestling.

This brings out Tommy Dreamer with something to say. Drake points his finger in Dreamer’s face so Dreamer threatens to bite it off. Dreamer: “I bet you it tastes like chicken.” Dreamer talks about how hardcore is a work ethic that was around way before Drake.

He brings up the lucha revolutions and how Konnan brought in people like Eddie Guerrero to ECW, starting the whole thing. Dreamer promises this isn’t an ECW rant and proceeds to talk about Sabu going through tables. All that matters is the fans and Drake insulting hardcore is insulting the fans. That’s not cool with Dreamer, so let’s fight right now. Drake would rather bail.

Alisha Edwards comes in to see Moose and asks him to leave before Eddie Edwards gets here. That’s not happening but legal action is threatened.

The referees get together and deem this place an unsafe working environment when Scarlett shows up to hit on them.

Matt Sydal vs. Johnny Impact

Non-title and Sydal has Page with him. An exchange of wristlocks goes nowhere until Johnny sweeps the leg and gets two off a standing shooting star press. Sydal kicks him to the floor though and gets in a kick to the back. It’s time to start in on the leg to keep Impact down. A dropkick to the knee and a standard basement drop give Sydal two but Impact slugs away in the corner.

The sliding knee misses Sydal but he misses a charge into the corner. That means the sliding German suplex and the Flying Chuck drops Sydal. Page pulls him to the floor before Starship Pain though, earning himself a corkscrew flip dive from the champ. Back in and Sydal hits a middle rope Meteora for two but the Moonlight Drive into Starship Pain is good for the pin on Matt at 8:16.

Result: Johnny Impact b. Matt Sydal – Starship Pain (8:16)

Post match here’s Killer Kross and after a break, he says he’s not here to hurt Johnny. When he got into this business, he thought he was the catalyst of change, but then Johnny beat him last week, fair and square. Maybe Johnny is that catalyst for change. If Kross can’t change things, he’s going to make sure that Johnny does. Johnny isn’t protected like some guys in other companies and there’s no “honor” in that. Whenever Johnny needs assistance, just give him a call and he’ll be there. Kross offers a hand but Johnny is smart enough to realize that would be insanely stupid and leaves.

Katarina congratulates Jordynne Grace on beating her last week and suggests a partnership. This turns into Katarina accidentally getting another match with her in two weeks.

Eddie Edwards arrives but what seem to be mental health workers (who might have injected him with something) drag him off.

Su Yung vs. Heather Monroe

Su takes her straight into the Tree of Woe for some kicks to the back and it’s already time for the bloody glove. Some forearms don’t get Heather anywhere so she knees Su in the ribs and stomps her face into the mat. That just means the Panic Switch and the Mandible Claw to give Yung the win at 2:45.

Result: Su Yung b. Heather Monroe – Mandible Claw (2:45)

Post match Su won’t let go so Kiera Hogan comes in for the save. This brings out Dark Allie (with Rosemary facepaint) to stare at Kiera as Yung lays her out with the Panic Switch. Allie leaves with Su.

X-Division Title: Sami Callihan vs. Brian Cage

Cage is defending and they start fast with Cage running him over with a clothesline. The release fall away slam sends Sami flying and they trade hurricanranas. Sami fights out of a powerbomb so Cage kicks him down. A Dave Crist distraction lets Sami dump Cage to the floor but the Crist Brothers are both ejected. Cage is fine enough to suplex Sami on the floor as we take a break.

Back with clips of Cage’s knee being worked over but managing to run over for an elbow in the corner. Sami slaps on a guillotine choke and then hits a Death Valley Driver into the corner for two. Cage is back up and tries a German suplex but gets rolled into the ankle lock. That goes nowhere and the knee is fine enough for the F5 but Sami gets his foot on the rope.

Sami kicks him eight times in a row and grabs the Cactus Piledriver….for two. Well so much for him winning the title. The ankle lock goes on again and Sami adds a grapevine with Cage getting to the ropes a few seconds later. The middle rope Canadian Destroyer is countered though and the Drill Claw retains Cage’s title at 13:15.

Result: Brian Cage b. Sami Callihan – Drill Claw (13:15)

Post match Cage says he’s cashing in the X-Division Title for a World Title shot at Homecoming using Option C.

Results
Tessa Blanchard b. Ray Lyn – Buzzsaw DDT
LAX b. KM/Fallah Bahh – Lionsault/legdrop combination to KM
Johnny Impact b. Matt Sydal – Starship Pain
Su Yung b. Heather Monroe – Mandible Claw
Brian Cage b. Sami Callihan – Drill Claw

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 2003 Smackdown Reviews.

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