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Cero Reviews Impact Wrestling Rebellion 2021

Post by cero2k » Apr 26th, '21, 11:08

Impact Wrestling Rebellion 2021
April 25, 2021
Nashville, TN

Full Recap: https://www.f4wonline.com/tna-results/i ... tle-339651

X Division Championship 3-way Match
Ace Austin (C) (w/Madman Fulton) vs TJP vs Josh Alexander - 8/10
In what feels like flashbacks to 2000's TNA, the X Division was revolved around a couple of wrestler, that no matter the combination, yield top level matches. All three men involved in this match have been trading wins and loses for months now, as of late, Austin defeated TJP to recapture the X Division title, while Alexander has earned a wins over both men in the last couple of weeks.

Really good opener, fast paced action throughout the match. Whether it was 3-way action or pair ups, they kept the same pace. All three men had slightly different styles, so it was a nice mix up. Layout of the match was just about keeping the same pacing, but increment the near falls as the match went on, so towards the end, Austin got one with a Fold, TJP with the mamba splash, and while Alexander had mostly gone for the ankle lock, he hit Divine Intervention on Austin for the win.

Violent By Design (Joe Doering, Deaner, & Rhino) & W. Morrissey (w/Eric Young) vs Eddie Edwards, Willie Mack, James Storm, & Chris Sabin - 7/10
VBD has been antagonizing the Impact roster for months, and slowly, EY has been recruiting more and more people to join his cause. This feud has gone from The Deaners to the Beer Guns to Tommy Dreamer, and now it reaches the peak as they face a team of the most representative wrestlers in Impact.

Eric Young got replaced after suffering an injury in last show's match with Eddie Edwards. His replacement, while not actually joining VBD, was W. Morrissey, FKA Big Cass. He looked in fantastic shape.

The match was really chaotic with 8 men involved and not a lot of time, but overall, it was about getting Morrissey over as a monster. The tapings where EY got injured where long ago enough that this showcase of Morrissey seemed to be the direction, but if Morrissey is not officially in the group, I don't know if the win would had gone to Doering or EY if not for the injury.

Biggest spots in the match were Edwards and Sabin taking out Doering and Morrissey with piled up dives, then Sabin Superplexing Deaner on top of the rest of the wrestlers. At the end, Morrissey blocked Mack's stunner and hit the East River Crossing for the win.

Bryan Myers vs Matt Cardona - 6.5/10
This is a match that has been brewing for months in Impact, but years between the two. Ever since Cardona came to the company and him and Myers started finding themselves on opposing sides. Myers claims that Cardona came to Impact because he was there and wanted to take his spotlight, while Cardona responded that he wasn't there for Myers, but for himself as he wanted to wrestle the top competition in Impact. After months of tag matches with Edwards and Hernandez and Myers rejecting Cardona's challenges, the match finally happens tonight.

Match was ok, Cardona still feels like a Fed wrestler, there is barely anything new in him, it's not like a Galloway or a Moxley, who turned out to be much better out of there, Cardona is still just the same thing. Myers however does come off as a better wrestler, your basic territory wrestler, but solid.

Match had Myers work a hit and run approach and get a lot of offense that way, with a couple of Cardona comebacks sprinkled around. The finish was the thing that I didn't like that much. Cardona went for Radio Silence, but Myers tossed him over, causing Cardona to take a bad landing, it actually looked gruesome in the replay, so the referee called for a shoot X sign and the referees came down to see him. Myers pretended he was helping Cardona, but instead hit the roster cut twice and pinned him. Referee looked like an idiot, if he called for the X, then you also stop the match, and surely not count a pin.

Knockouts Tag Team Championship Match
Fire 'n Flava (C) vs Jordynne Grace & Rachael Ellering (w/Jazz) - 6.5/10
Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz don't have a good relationship with Grace, but ever since Grace started teaming with Jazz, the teasing grew more and more. In yet another act of antagonism, Hogan and Steelz interrupted Jazz's retirement speech, pushing D'Amore to making an impromptu match between the two teams, where Jazz won the match. Jazz rejected getting a title shot at the champions, since she would stay true to her Impact retirement, but instead, found a partner for Jordynne Grace -- Rachael Ellering.

Jazz seems to be officially going into managerial status. Striker claimed she got her Manager's license, but then again, it's Striker claiming things.

This was your quintessential F'nF match, with them cutting off a bigger opponent with their tag team proficiency. Different from Havok & Nevaeh, the team of Grace and Ellering was just too strong and at the end, they just overpowered them. Ellering got the win over Hogan with sitdown Spinebuster.

There was a scary spot with Steelz having a bad fall on the apron, she kinda landed sideways, but only connected with her head and neck. Hopefully she's ok.

Last Man Standing
Trey Miguel vs Sami Callihan - 7.5/10
Ever since Miguel returned to Impact, Callihan started targeting with his aggressive approach at finding protégés. Callihan claims that Miguel has no passion and can't handle the stress when things don't go his way, and so Callihan offered Miguel to join him and together they'd capitalize on Miguel's rage and dominate Impact. Miguel rejected Callihan's offer, provoking him to come back at him in a vicious way, calling for a Last Man Standing match.

Match had a really strong start, Miguel had a couple of gnarly bumps on the floor and Callihan was vicious, but as the match went on, it slowed down considerably for the dumb stipulation. They used chairs, tables, chains, a wrench, plus the usual hardware around the ring. Callihan controlled about 90% of the match, with Miguel just having a couple of comebacks. At the end, Callihan tried to stop Miguel under the steel steps, but I guess Callihan didn't realize there is a whole in the back, Miguel got out, caught Callihan with a cutter on a table, and while they both struggle to get up, Miguel had the rail for support, while Callihan slipped with his sweat and lost the match.

Rich Swann Interview - Great! He said this was his and Omega's biggest matches of their careers, they were making history tonight. He said he wasn't letting Omega come to his house and win.

Impact Tag Team Championship Match
FinJuice (C) vs The Good Brothers - 8/10
A little over two months ago, NJPW's Juice Robinson and David Finlay, collectively known as FinJuice, debuted for Impact, quickly got themselves a shot at the tag titles, and won them at Sacrifice. After their win, they agreed to give the Good Brothers their rightful rematch, but not until Rebellion, making them wait while FinJuice would go and wrestle in Japan. The last month has been agony for Anderson and Gallows, as everyone makes fun of them for losing the titles and not being able to get even, but now that FinJuice returns, they face a Good Brothers team that is serious and focused, that is not underestimating FinJuice, and ready to show that the title loss was a fluke.

Really good match, but nothing really outstanding, just a professionally wrestled match. FinJuice started with control, Good Brothers cut off Finlay and worked over him, and then the comeback. Finish saw Good Brothers block the Doomsday Device, go for the Magic Killer, but FInlay saved Robinson from it, and with the momentum, Robison came down and rolled Gallows for the pin. Kinda surprised FinJuice retained, but I have a feeling that Impact wants to keep NJPW around.

Don Callis Interview - Awesome, he said the usual thing about Omega's greatness.

Knockouts Championship Match
"The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo (C) (w/Susan) vs Tenille Dashwood (w/Kaleb with a K) - 8/10
Not a lot of story between these two, rather two top wrestlers in the division that are to collide for the first time. Dashwood won a 6-way #1 contendership match at Hardcore Justice to earn this title shot.

Match started kinda sloppy, but I guess it was just a matter of getting accustomed to each other's pace, because it did get better as it went on, they picked up the pace and found themselves in the proper position. As usual, Purrazzo worked the arm towards the Fujiwara armbar, while Dashwood worked the head towards the Spotlight kick.

Ending sequence saw Dashwood get a Muta Lock in, but Lee and Susan distracted her and the referee. Kaleb tried to get rid of them, but got ganged up by them instead. Purrazzo went for a top rope headbutt, but failed and got nailed with the Spotlight, only for Kimber Lee to pull Dashwood out of the ring. Dashwood got rid of them, but once in the ring, she got locked up in the Fujiwara armbar, escaped, but failed to the Queen's Gambit. Wasn't a fan of the convoluted finish, but at least the very finish was clean.

Post-match - Purrazzo and company kept attacking Dashwood until Taylor Wilde made her return to the promotion, got rid of Susan and Lee.

Title vs Title Match
Undisputed TNA & Impact World Champion Rich Swann vs AEW World Champion Kenny Omega (w/Don Callis) - 9/10
What else is there to say, this is arguably one of Impact's biggest matches in their history, if not wrestling history altogether. Not often that you see two promotion's champions put their biggest prize in a winner takes all match.

The story coming in to this match comes all the way from the Hard to Kill main event, where Omega pinned Rich Swann with the one winged angel, the one thing that both Omega and Callis made sure to remember Swann each and every day since, that Swann can't get the OWA out of his head and knows that he has no chance at kicking out of the move that no one has kicked out of. However, as many people have pointed since, every time Swann and Omega were in the ring at Hard To Kill, Swann always had the upper hand and only lost it because of the Good Brothers, and so now Swann has Omega alone in the ring, with no Good Brothers, no Storm, and no Sabin, and while he accepts that he may not be able to kick out of the OWA, he has proven now that he can escape it before he gets hit. Omega was the weapon to win, all Swann needs to do is dodge it.

The match was great, there were a couple of botches that I think came from Swann reaching his limit and Omega kinda wanting to follow through the spots, only to look worse himself. The story of the match was that Omega started cocky, and so Swann got the better of him, as it had been the story all along, that Swann could outwrestle Omega if he wrestled a good match, but unfortunately for Swann, he was dropped on his head early on and from there on, Omega gained some control.

Half of the match was back and forward stuff, Omega started hitting V-Triggers from all sides and chase the OWA, while Swann started going for Splashes and cutters. At the end, Swann failed to land his Phoenix Splash, and the only thing left was for Omega to finish Swann with a V-trigger and OWA combo. Swann had managed to dodge the OWA several times, which was also his game plan, avoid is as much as possible.

Something that happened towards the end of the match was that Omega set up Swann in front of Edwards and Mack while he delivered the final V-Trigger. They had started putting seeds between Omega and Edwards like a month ago, but this kinda felt like a more straight in your face approach to hinting this match. I think Omega vs Edwards could end up main eventing this year's Slammiversary. Best Bout Machine vs The Heart and Soul of Impact Wrestling.

OVERALL THOUGHTS
This was a really good show from Impact, not all matches were above average, but given that this PPV didn't fill the card with matches for everyone like previous shows have, it felt, show-wise, above average. There was no random tag match in the openers, X Division match was kept to the three men that have been feuding and not the usual 6-man, it just felt like something that was more carefully crafted.
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Re: Cero Reviews Impact Wrestling Rebellion 2021

Post by NWK2000 » Apr 27th, '21, 00:48

cero2k wrote: Apr 26th, '21, 11:08


Half of the match was back and forward stuff, Omega started hitting V-Triggers from all sides and chase the OWA, while Swann started going for Splashes and cutters. At the end, Swann failed to land his Phoenix Splash, and the only thing left was for Omega to finish Swann with a V-trigger and OWA combo. Swann had managed to dodge the OWA several times, which was also his game plan, avoid is as much as possible.
My friends and I streamed the show together, and one of the things that we all individually concluded was that these were some of Kenny's best, most meaningful V-Triggers (both in terms of sound they made and the intensity behind Swann's selling) and it's a hell of an improvement from when he first started using the move.
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Re: Cero Reviews Impact Wrestling Rebellion 2021

Post by cero2k » Apr 27th, '21, 08:18

NWK2000 wrote: Apr 27th, '21, 00:48
cero2k wrote: Apr 26th, '21, 11:08


Half of the match was back and forward stuff, Omega started hitting V-Triggers from all sides and chase the OWA, while Swann started going for Splashes and cutters. At the end, Swann failed to land his Phoenix Splash, and the only thing left was for Omega to finish Swann with a V-trigger and OWA combo. Swann had managed to dodge the OWA several times, which was also his game plan, avoid is as much as possible.
My friends and I streamed the show together, and one of the things that we all individually concluded was that these were some of Kenny's best, most meaningful V-Triggers (both in terms of sound they made and the intensity behind Swann's selling) and it's a hell of an improvement from when he first started using the move.
I would agree with that, Swann is a really exaggerated seller, but in a good way, he makes moves look like they really took him out, and I think it helped that Mauro had never called a Swann match before, and so Mauro was reacting to Swann's selling a bit stronger than the other two.
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Re: Cero Reviews Impact Wrestling Rebellion 2021

Post by NWK2000 » Apr 27th, '21, 22:13

cero2k wrote: Apr 27th, '21, 08:18
NWK2000 wrote: Apr 27th, '21, 00:48
cero2k wrote: Apr 26th, '21, 11:08


Half of the match was back and forward stuff, Omega started hitting V-Triggers from all sides and chase the OWA, while Swann started going for Splashes and cutters. At the end, Swann failed to land his Phoenix Splash, and the only thing left was for Omega to finish Swann with a V-trigger and OWA combo. Swann had managed to dodge the OWA several times, which was also his game plan, avoid is as much as possible.
My friends and I streamed the show together, and one of the things that we all individually concluded was that these were some of Kenny's best, most meaningful V-Triggers (both in terms of sound they made and the intensity behind Swann's selling) and it's a hell of an improvement from when he first started using the move.
I would agree with that, Swann is a really exaggerated seller, but in a good way, he makes moves look like they really took him out, and I think it helped that Mauro had never called a Swann match before, and so Mauro was reacting to Swann's selling a bit stronger than the other two.
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