Impact Wrestling Results returned as Gi Miller asked Gail Kim if she was taking over for Scott D’Amore, and she said she can’t but we’ll find out who will fill in for him at Hard To Kill.
Mike Bailey vs. Anthony Greene
They started it out with them feeling each other out with holds and exchanges before Greene took advantage of Bailey adjusting his knee pad to get in some shots but ran into a kick off the ropes.
Bailey fired off some machine gun kicks, but Greene avoided his dive to the floor and threw him into the ring steps and then hit a dive.
Back in the ring, Greene hit a crossbody off the top rope for a pin attempt.
An incredibly inventive way to set up a sitout powerbomb by @alternative_ag. #IMPACTonAXSTV pic.twitter.com/6HwhTKnu84
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) January 13, 2023
Greene locked in a single leg Boston Crab, but Bailey made it to the ropes to break the hold. Greene sat back to get in some extra punishment before releasing the hold.
Bailey fired up and hit a missile dropkick and a series of kicks before hitting a twisting shooting star press for a near pinfall.
They traded shots, and Greene ducked a roundhouse to hit a sitout powerbomb for a pin attempt.
Bailey hit a series of kicks followed by his spinning kick in the corner and he closed it out with a Ultimate Weapon.
Eddie Edwards, Moose, and Steve Maclin vs. Jonathan Gresham, Joe Hendry, and Rich Swann
After Joe Hendry’s entrance, the fans chanted “Dancing Moose” and when they went quiet, Hendry said usually Friday the 13th is bad luck, but when facing Moose and his backup dancers it’s hard to say anything other than “we believe”.
Of course, everyone believed in Swann, Gresham, and Hendry.
When the match started, Gresham and Edwards faced off and they circled each other until Edwards tagged in Macklin.
Gresham gained the upper hand with his mat skill and hit a dropkick to Macklin’s knee and tagged in Hendry.
Hendry picked up the pace with a couple of shoulder tackles and a body slam followed by a stalling suplex with a squat thrown in before going for a pin attempt.
Edwards tagged in after Swann came in, and Swann’s speed gave him the edge as he hit a couple of dropkicks and tagged Gresham in.
Edwards poked Gresham in the eyes to tag Mackling in, and Gresham locked in an octopus stretch Moose and Edwards broke up and a brawl broke out.
Moose dropped Swann with a boot and it set off a series on one shots as everyone got into the fun and Swann took out Edwards and Moose with a senton to the floor.
It was an ALL-STAR preview of #HardToKill as @TheMooseNation, @TheEddieEdwards and @SteveMaclin defeated @GottaGetSwann, @joehendry and @TheJonGresham. #IMPACTonAXSTV pic.twitter.com/4HmbDsx5qv
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) January 13, 2023
Macklin nailed Swann with a boot to put an end to the first round of the chaos.
Back in the ring, Macklin worked over Swann before tagging in Edwards.
While the ref was detained, Edwards choked Swann with his wrist tap while Moose stomped away and pulled at Swann’s dreadlocks.
They continued working over Swann every chance they got, but Swann hung on through it all and fought free with a double clothesline on Macklin and then hit a step up kick on Edwards to tag in Gresham.
Gresham cleared off the apron and hit Macklin and Edwards with a double dropkick off the top rope. Gresham backed into Moose and Moose threw him to Edwards for a Blue Thunder Bomb.
Mackling tagged in and Gresham fought free and tagged in Henry and he cleaned house as he hefted Mackling up for a Trust Fall. He sent Moose to the outside and hit a fallaway slam on Mackling for a pin that Moose broke up.
Everyone fired off shots with Gresham hitting a cutter on Edwards and Moose blond tagged in to hit a spear on Hendry for the win.
After the match, Edwards remined in the ring and the lights flickered as thunder sounded to hint at PCO’s possible return.
This was an awesome match and everyone worked together perfectly like well oiled machines as they set Hard To Kill up perfectly.
What did you think about it? Let us know in the comments below and thank you for joining Impact Wrestling Results. We had a blast and can’t wait for next week.
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