Taping Results for the August 24 “Impact Wrestling” Tapings *SPOILERS*

It’s another big one. With Destination X in the books, things are starting to move towards “Bound For Glory 2017”, the biggest show on the Global Force Wrestling calendar. Next week’s show is going to feature the crowning of a new World Champion, which will be decided in a Gauntlet for the Gold match. As it turns out, this show has already been taped and we’ve got you covered on the spoilers.

The August 24 episode of “Impact Wrestling” was taped after this week’s “live” episode. The episode features the Gauntlet for the Gold, along with updates on various other storylines that were introduced on this week’s show. Here are the spoilers, courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com:

* JB interviewed Taryn Terrell in the ring regarding her interference in the Knockouts title match. Terrell took the mic and cut a promo ripping Gail Kim and said that she’s here to help speed up Gail’s retirement. Gail charged the ring, but Terrell ran.

Here’s what Terrell had to say to Kim after this week’s show:

Taryn Terrell is BACK and Has Words For Gail Kim | #LastWord August 17, 2017

* OvE d The Heatseekers in a squash match

* Grado cuts an extremely lengthy farewell America speech in the ring alongside Joseph Park. A cleaned up Laurel Van Ness interrupts and comes to the ring. Laurel claims she’s a changed woman because of him and proposes marriage. Grado accepts and the three celebrate in the ring until Kongo Kong interrupts. Mahabali Shera cuts off Kong on the ramp. A new rivalry has now formed.

* GFW CHAMPIONSHIP 20 MAN GAUNTLET: Eli Drake emerges as the new GFW Champion. Interestingly, the crowd cheered for Drake for most of the match. A decent pop for John Hennigan’s entry, but the crowd didn’t continue the support once he was in the ring. Participants listed in order of appearance were:

1) Eddie Edwards (Who made the final 2)
2) Eli Drake (WINNER)
3) Boykara
4) Kingston
5) Braxton Sutter
6) “Standby Wrestler” Richard Justice
7) EC3
8) Kongo Kong
9) Suicide
10) Mahabali Shera
11) Chris Adonis
12) El Hijo del Fantasma
13) Johnny Impact (Final 3)
14) Garza
15) Fallah Bah
16) KM
17) Ishimori
18) Lashley
19) Moose (Final 4)
20) Low Ki (now sporting a gun holster)

Opinion: I’ve been a Drake fan for a long time now so this is quite the nice surprise. Drake has been one of the best talkers in the company for well over a year and it’s cool to see him finally get some recognition. It’s also nice to not have someone come in from outside the company and be handed the World Title their first night there. Let them earn it for a change.

Do you like the choice for the new champion? Who would you have had win? Let us know in the comments below.