Impact Wrestling held their first set of Lone Star Stampede themed Impact! tapings on Friday in Dallas, Texas. These tapings will air on September 1st and September 8th on AXS TV.
Among the notable matches held that night included the Impact World Tag Team Championship match and X-Division Championship match.
In regards to the Impact Tag Team titles match, The OGK (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) defeated The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) to be crowned the new Impact World Tag Team Champions. The reason for the title change is likely due to the status of the Good Brothers contracts with Impact, which are currently believed to expire after this weekend’s set of television tapings.
In regards to the X-Division Championship, “Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated Kenny King to retain his title. This match was restarted following King initially defeating Bailey due to interference by Maria Kanellis at ringside.
In regards to new debuts at the tapings, New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Yuya Uemura and indie wrestlers Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) and Mascara Dorada (former Gran Metalik in WWE) made surprise appearances at the tapings.
Full list of results from Night 1 of Lone Star Stampede tapings:
- Before The Impact pre-show: Yuya Uemura defeated Raj Singh
- Before The Impact pre-show: Ace Austin and Chris Bey defeated JD Griffey and Exodus
- Motor City Machine Guns defeated Aussie Open
- Impact World Tag Team Championship – The OGK defeated The Good Brothers (c)
- Impact X-Division Championship – “Speedball” Mike Bailey (c) defeated Kenny King
- Mascara Dorada defeated Alex Zayne
- #1 Contender for Impact Knockouts World Championship – Masha Slamovich defeated Deonna Purrazzo
- Decay (Black Taurus & Crazzy Steve) defeated Moose & Steve Maclin
- Mickie James defeated Hyan
- Digital Media Championship – Brian Myers (c) defeated Bhupinder Gujjar via Disqualification
- Chelsea Green defeated Taya Valkyrie
- Eddie Edwards defeated Heath. Following the match, Edwards called out Impact World Champion Josh Alexander and tried again to recruit him to Honor No More. A large brawl broke out afterwards leading to an Eight-Man Tag Team match being announced.
- Heath, Rich Swann, Sami Callihan, & Josh Alexander defeated Honor No More (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Kenny King, & Eddie Edwards
Source: F4WOnline.com
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