Impact Wrestling

Impact Wrestling
Date: November 23, 2023
Hosts: Matthew Rehwoldt, Tom Hannifan

This is another special show, in this case because of Thanksgiving. Impact has a history of looking back at some, ahem, classic Thanksgiving moments of the years and that is likely going to involve a bunch of Turkey Suit matches. There are worse traditions out there and it’s just goofy fun. Let’s get to it.

Impact Wrestling
Date: November 16, 2023
Location: Cicero Stadium, Cicero, Illinois
Commentators: Tom Hannifan, Matthew Rehwoldt

Things got more interesting last week as we are on the slow road towards Hard To Kill and the return of TNA. Last week saw a heck of a main event as Alex Shelley successfully defended the World Title against Jonathan Gresham. He’ll probably need a new challenger before he faces Moose in January though and we might find out who that is tonight. Let’s get to it.

Impact Wrestling
Date: November 9, 2023
Location: Cicero Stadium, Cicero, Illinois
Commentators: Matthew Rehwoldt, Tom Hannifan

We’re finally back to the regular shows after two weeks of one offs. That means we can get the first week of fallout from Bound For Glory as we start the long road towards Hard To Kill. That also means the road towards the return of TNA Wrestling, which will likely get a lot of talk this week. Let’s get to it.

Impact Wrestling
Date: November 2, 2023
Location: 02 Academy, Glasgow, Scotland
Commentators: Tom Hannifan, Matthew Rehwoldt

We’re done with Bound For Glory and ready for a different kind of show after last week’s abridged version of the pay per view. This week’s show is also from the European tour, which should give us a bit of a different feeling. It’s also the go home show for Turning Point, which takes place tomorrow night. Let’s get to it.

Happy Saturday Everyone!

We’ve got a TNA review for you this week, as we take a look at Bound For Glory 2009, an event that you can view for free on IMPACT Wrestling’s YouTube page, which is very nice of them. Search it out and give em some clicks if you like the sound of this. The main reason I’m reviewing this one is that Matt Morgan apparently has a 4 star match on it, and that’s something I just HAVE to see to believe.

The lads over at OSW Review are actually going to review this, although I’m writing this before their review has been posted. If it is up by now, then seek them out, as they do some cracking long-form reviews of wrestling shows and they’re always good fun. Plus, I’ve totally nicked some of their verbiage in my reviews, so I feel it’s only fair to direct you to them so you can enjoy things like “Aloha-enter-wrestler-name-here” from the pros.

Bound For Glory 2009 took place either during or just after the whole Main Event Mafia Era of TNA, where established stars such as Kurt Angle, Sting, Kevin Nash, Booker T and Scott Steiner all aligned with one another in order to take on the younger less established stars of TNA, with the idea being that the TNA guys would defy their more decadent superiors and eventually knock them down a peg. I honestly can’t remember if that happened or not as I tapped out on TNA somewhere around 2008 and never really got back into it after that.

Thus, most of this will be new to me!

If you’d like to view the card for the event, you can do so by clicking below!

https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=35371&page=3

Impact Wrestling
Date: October 26, 2023
Location: Cicero Stadium, Cicero, Illinois
Hosts: Matthew Rehwoldt, Tom Hannifan

Bound For Glory has come and gone and the big story is somehow about the company’s name. The big announcement at the end of the night was that Impact Wrestling would once again be known as TNA Wrestling starting at Hard To Kill in January. In addition, Hard To Kill’s World and Knockouts Title challengers are already set. Let’s get to it.

Bound For Glory 2023
Date: October 21, 2023
Location: Cicero Stadium, Cicero, Illinois
Commentators: Tom Hannifan, Matthew Rehwoldt

It’s the biggest show of Impact’s year and things are getting interesting around here. The main event here will see Josh Alexander challenging Alex Shelley for the World Title that he never lost. Other than that, we have Trinity defending the Knockouts Title against Mickie James, who never lost her title either. Let’s get to it.

Impact Wrestling
Date: October 19, 2023
Location: Graceland Live, Memphis, Tennessee
Commentators: Tom Hannifan, Matthew Rehwoldt

It’s the go home show for Bound For Glory and that should mean things are ready to go. This week will be about the final push towards the show and that means we should be in for a lot of talking and some basic matches that advance the card we already have. Impact has done well with these over their last few chances so hopefully it continues here. Let’s get to it.

Impact Wrestling
Date: October 12, 2023
Location: Graceland Live, Memphis, Tennessee
Commentators: Matthew Rehwoldt, Tom Hannifan

We’re just over a week away from Bound For Glory and that means we should be in for some more of the build towards the show. This week will include a five way match to decide the first and last entrants in the Call Your Shot gauntlet match. Some of the other matches need some build to them as well though so let’s get to it.

Happy Saturday Everyone!

We’re going to review Bound For Glory 2005 today, as IMPACT has been nice enough to put the full show on their YouTube channel and I don’t believe I’ve ever watched the show in full. Bound For Glory was kind of supposed to be TNA’s WrestleMania equivalent, with this being the first pay per view since they started airing on SPIKE TV.

There was some commotion in the build-up to Bound For Glory 2005, as Kevin Nash was supposed to take on Jeff Jarrett for the NWA Title, but then he was ill/injured and couldn’t take part, so they had to scramble with a way to fix it on the night. We’ll get to how they dealt with that as the show goes on.

You can view the card for Bound For Glory 2005 by clicking below;

https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=4440&page=3

Impact Wrestling
Date: October 5, 2023
Location: Graceland Live, Memphis, Tennessee
Commentators: Matthew Rehwoldt, Tom Hannifan

The road to Bound for Glory continues as we have a main event of Alex Shelley defending the World Title against Josh Alexander all set. This week, Alexander has a long term warmup match this week against Kon, which isn’t what what I would expect for someone set for the biggest match of the year. Let’s get to it.

Impact Wrestling
Date: September 28, 2023
Location: Graceland Live, Memphis, Tennessee
Commentators: Matthew Rehwoldt, Tom Hannifan

We’re done with the 1000th episode celebrations and after all that fun, it’s time to look ahead towards Bound For Glory. The main event is officially set but we need to build up a lot more before the show. As for tonight, Alan Angels is challenging Chris Sabin for the X-Division Title. Let’s get to it.