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Kushida started it off by trying to take out Bailey’s legs, but Bailey avoided his attempts and gained the early upper hand as they traded athletic moves and counters before trading kicks.
Kushida sent Bailey to the floor and hit a dive, then threw him into the ring and locked in a stretch submission on Bailey’s legs and arms before bending him back, but Bailey grabbed the ropes to break the hold.
Following it with a dropkick for a pin attempt, Kushida continued to work over Bailey’s left arm.
Bailey fought back with a single leg dropkick to buy some time, and fired off a series of kicks and a running shooting star for a near pinfall.
.@SpeedballBailey takes to the sky on #IMPACTonAXSTV! pic.twitter.com/b5dTtwxCB0
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They traded chops before Bailey was knocked off the apron, and Kushida rammed Bailey’s left shoulder into the ring post.
Kushida refocused on working on Bailey’s left leg and slammed his knee into the mat, and followed it with a knee buster.
Bailey caught Kushida with a moonsault off the middle of the top rope to the floor.
Bailey missed a double knees to the chest and Kushida locked in a Hoverboard Lock, but Bailey managed to reverse it into an armbar.
After a pin attempt, Bailey went back to the armbar but Kushida reached the ropes with his feet to break the hold. Bailey caught Kushida with a knee to the face, but Kushida grabbed the rope to break the pin attempt.
Kushida prevented an Ultimate Weapon, and hit a Hoverboard Lock off the top rope, and then hit a small package driver for the win.
In an interview with Tom Hanifan, Crazzy Steve talked about being legally blind and how nothing has come easy for him and he keeps hitting roadblocks, like most of the wrestling life is travel and that’s hard enough for people with 20/20 vision.
Samuray Del Sol, Laredo Kid, and Black Taurus vs. Bully Ray, Moose, and Brian-Myers
During the introduction, Del Sol didn’t come out and it was revealed that Lio Rush attacked him backstage, making the match a 3 on 2.
Black Taurus and Myers started it off, and Taurus threw Myers back when they locked up. Myers teased a test of strength and hit a kick, but Taurus didn’t move when he hit a pair of shoulder tackles.
Despite @gloat being taken out at the beginning of the match @Taurusoriginal and @Laredokidpro1 showcase their teamwork on @Myers_Wrestling! #IMPACTonAXSTV pic.twitter.com/VjrWCm5XiN
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) August 11, 2023
Taurus unloaded a combination and a powerslam for a pin attempt.
Laredo blindtagged in and he hit a missile dropkick when Taurus helped Myers after a backstabber. Myers got loos and tagged in Moose.
Moose grounded Alredo early on, but Alredo kept at it and hit a head scissors and Moose headed tot eh floor to regroup.
Moose reentered the ring and Bully Ray tagged in and he shoved Laredo and told Taurus to tag in.
Bully challenged Taurus to hit him and they traded rights with Bully getting the upper hand with several shots, but Taurus hit him with a shoulder tackle off he ropes, and then a second and third one.
Bully turned it around, and Taurus took a beating and they quick tagged in and out as they beat him down.
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— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) August 11, 2023
Laredo was sent into the ref by Bully, and they went to work on Laredo while Myers went after Taurus on the floor.
Bully tried to take Laredo’s mask off when the lights went out and PCO returned and appeared in the ring when the lights came back on.
PCO sent Moose to the floor and then Myers as Bully remained unmoving before he headed to the floor and was chased into the back.
Taurus took out Moose with a dive and Laredo hit Myers with a splash for a near pinfall.
Moose nailed Laredo and Myers hit a Roster Cut to get the win.
Backstage, Bully ran for the exit in shock that PCO was back and commandeered a car and took off as PCO reached him to close out the show.
This was a fun show and we’re looking forward to PCO being a huge X factor for Bully going forward. What did you think about his return? Let us known in the comments below and thank you for joining Impact Wrestling Results.
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