Impact Wrestling 12.13 Review: Moose vs Cage

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Impact Wrestling 12.13 Review: Moose vs Cage

Post by cero2k » Dec 14th, '18, 10:36

Impact Wrestling
December 13, 2018
Las Vegas, NV

F4WOnline Recap: https://www.f4wonline.com/tna-results/i ... nix-272331

Ultimate X qualifying match
Rich Swann vs Dave Crist (w oVe) - 5/10
Good opener, but didn't go that long. Dave looked like a killer in this match, I'd love to see him do more singles matches. Finish saw Jake Crist attack Swann while Dave had a sleeper locked in for the DQ.

Post-match - Sami Callihan got in the ring and pushed away both Crist brothers, likely mad because Jake cost his brother the match, but the announcers sold it as being out of Callihan's usual behavior. Willie Mack made his way to the ring and got in a fight with oVe, ending with Callihan and Mack having a small pull-apart before oVe walked away to the back.

Moose Interview - He talked about not being worried about Eddie Edwards in tonight's main event against Brian Cage since Edwards is locked up in an insane asylum. Moose told Cage that machines die, but legends are forever.

Back from commercial, Swann and Willie Mack were backstage talking. Mack was asking why Swann kept him from fighting Callihan. Swann answered that he's known Callihan for many years and doesn't want to start a war against him or oVe. He told Mack to let it go.

Taya vs Tessa Face-Off - Josh Mathews introduced Taya Valkyrie and Tessa Blanchard to the ring. Mathews started the interview with Valkyrie, who said that this rivalry has seen Blanchard constantly cheat to win and disrespect authority in order to retain the Knockouts Championship, but come Homecoming, she is taking the title.

Blanchard's response was that Valkyrie wouldn't even know how a champion behaves. Blanchard said that ever since Valkyrie came to Impact, she just loses, so she won't be losing the championship against Valkyrie. Both wrestlers came face-to-face, but Mathews separated them and announced that their match at Homecoming will have an added stipulation. To make sure there are no more issues with referees, Mathews introduced the special guest referee for Homecoming -- Gail Kim.

Back from commercial, Blanchard was saying backstage that no one has been able to take the Knockouts Championship from her, and now Impact is stacking the odds against her. She said that she respects Gail Kim, but she'll run through her if Kim gets in her way.

Ultimate X qualifying match
Trey Miguel vs Trevor Lee - 6.5/10
Great match. This was Trey Miguel's debut and most likely, Trevor Lee's final match with Impact before becoming a jobber in WWE. The match really showcased Miguel's athleticism and technical work. Finish saw Miguel set Lee's head in the corner like Will Ospreay usually does for a superkick, but Miguel hit a 619 into the corner instead, followed by a dragonrana for the win.

Pentagon Jr. and Fenix Promo - They said that their match with LAX at Homecoming will be friendly, but the Lucha Brothers are walking out the champions. Fenix addressed tonight's match with Santana and said he'll show Santana what is coming for them come January 6.

Dark Allie and Su Yung Promo - This was from an unknown location. Dark Allie said that Allie is gone and got into riddles about the beginning and the end, and how the ending is the beginning of the end. There was no substance to this promo, but it seemed like a threat to Kiera Hogan.

The GWN Flashback Moment of the Week was the Ultimate X match with Amazing Red defending against Homicide, Chris Sabin, Suicide, Alex Shelley, and Christopher Daniels.

LAX and Konnan were in their clubhouse. Konnan scolded them about challenging the Lucha Brothers, saying that all partnerships will be broken once the titles get in the way, and so Konnan won't be backing them.

Fenix (w/ Pentagon Jr.) vs Santana (w/ Ortiz) - 8/10
Fantastic match. This got a good amount of time and we got a clean finish at the end. Arguably a spot fest, both men are babyfaces and there is no beef between them so far, so it was a lot of lucha spots, dives, and a whole lot of kicks. Ortiz and Penta never got involved. Finish saw Fenix kick Santana about five times and hit the Fenix Driver for the win. This was a must-watch match.

Killer Kross Interview - Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell was interviewing Killer Kross. She asked about Kross' actions from last week, but Kross ignored her question and instead talked about Johnny Impact not being able to defeat Brian Cage on his own. Johnny Impact interrupted him, telling Kross to stay away from him and Taya Valkyrie.

Kross talked some trash to Impact, forcing Impact to get physical. Kross told Impact that it is this aggressive side that he will need if Impact hopes to defeat Cage.

Kiera Hogan was backstage. She realized that the real Allie is gone and that her promise to have Allie's back until the end was real, but the end is here, and now it's time to fight.

Eli Drake visits Raven - We went to Shady Acres Psychiatric Hospital, where Raven was playing chess with some random guy talking about aliens. Suddenly, Eli Drake of all people interrupted him. Drake was paying Raven a visit to see another one of those guys that started the whole hardcore craze.

Drake told Raven to watch Drake at Homecoming -- so he can witness him ending Abyss and hardcore wrestling. This was weird, but if you have Raven wearing a hospital robe, you have to get as much out of it as you can.

Jordynne Grace vs Ruby Raze (w/ Katarina) - 4/10, but could pass as a squash
This was a women's hoss fight. Early on Raze established that she had the power advantage over Grace, so that later on when Grace fired up, overpowering out of Raze's chokeslam attempt seemed like a big deal. Katarina tried to get involved, but she was blocked and dropped with a Muscle Buster on top of Raze. The finish saw Grace hit a Vader Bomb for the win. This was an okay hoss fight, but overall a great showing for Grace, this chick can be gold is well booked.

Back from commercial, The Desi Hit Squad were all talking about Scarlett Bordeaux, so she suddenly appeared. They all tried to make a case for the talent search. Bordeaux brought up that KM and Fallah Bahh were trying to get some momentum back, so she proposed that The Desi Hit Squad take on KM & Bahh.

Moose vs Brian Cage - 7/10
Good main event. Moose was great here, he's really turned a page as a heel. He hurt his hand early in the match chopping the ring post, and sold it perfectly the rest of the match, until he didn't and Callis and Matthews sold it better saying that he's taken so much punishment that his hand has gone numb.

Later in the match, Moose and Cage started chopping each other, hitting forearms and headbutts, but they ended up hitting each other with crazy lariats. Cage seemed to have injured his wrist in one of those lariats, but then Cage hit an powerbomb with his knees buckling under him with Moose mid-air -- thankfully Moose landed okay. Moose responded with a spear and they went to the floor. Around this point, the match got weird since Cage was visibly hurting and everything they did looked dangerous since Cage relies a lot of tossing people and Moose ain't small.

Finish saw Eddie Edwards return out of nowhere, wearing a hospital gown, ran down and attacked Moose. Edwards ran wild on Moose, hitting some suicide dives and bringing out his kendo stick, which he used on Moose to chants of "Whack-a-Moose," until Moose ran away and Edwards celebrated in the ring to close the show. Good match until the finish, but a necessary finish to set up Moose vs Eddie at Homecoming.

OVERALL THOUGHTS
Overall, this was a great show inside the ring. Most of Homecoming's card has taken shape as the Ultimate X match was finalized tonight, as well as Impact confirming that Gail Kim will be the referee for the Knockouts Championship match and the Eddie vs Moose match. I'm only expecting for Callihan vs Mack and some sort of Rascalz match to be announced.

Next weeks of Impact are Best Of 2018 shows, so not likely getting full reviews.
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