Though GFW has already announced that John Hennigan will debut next week, the following post contains minor spoilers for next week’s Impact episode.
John Hennigan/Morrison/Mundo will make his TV debut for GFW next Thursday, participating in GFW’s 20-man gauntlet battle royal for a shot at the GFW World Championship.
He will go by the name “Johnny Impact.”
Next Week. @TheRealMorrison #JohnnyIMPACT comes to @GFWWrestling pic.twitter.com/w82qY8pY1b
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 18, 2017
Spoiler 46: Johnny Impact is out next! pic.twitter.com/aMWIiCUs4L
— TheRogueFan (@TheRogueFan) August 18, 2017
Interestingly, Johnny Mundo is the current Lucha Underground Champion on TV, but they are apparently allowing him to work for GFW while he is under contract until next year. In the past, Lucha Underground has been strict with not allowing their wrestlers to wrestle on TV in the US.
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