Impact Wrestling runs their last monthly PPV/premium event before their major “Bound For Glory” PPV in a couple weeks tonight, “Victory Road” which serves as the last live go-home event for the major PPV. Although there is only one title match scheduled, there are still plenty of big matches on the card with at least 7 matches currently scheduled.
Today’s event will be held at Skyway Studios in Nashville, TN and can be watched LIVE on Impact+ (subscription required) or on YouTube if you are an Ultimate Insider subscriber. Impact+ costs &7.99/month of $71.99/year while Ultimate Insider costs $4.99/month if you subscribe through the YouTube website. Otherwise costs may vary. If you are not a subscriber, the event is also available on FITE for $9.99-you get the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays with purchase. There also will be a FREE 30-minute pre-show on YouTube with 2 matches scheduled.
Tonight’s current lineup (subject to change):
Tasha Steelz vs. Killer Kelly
Mickie James vs. Gisele Shaw (like with every match now, James will retire if she loses)
Josh Alexander, Heath & Rich Swann vs. Eddie Edwards & The OGK
X Division Triple Threat Revolver Match. Participants: Frankie Kazarian, Kenny King, Laredo Kid, Alex Zayne, Mia Yim, Black Taurus, Trey Miguel, Yuya Uemura. The winner gets an X Division Championship shot at Bound For Glory
Impact X Division Champion Mike Bailey vs. Delirious for the title
Impact Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Max The Impaler in a Pick Your Poison NON-TITLE Match
Sami Callihan vs. Moose & Steve Maclin in a 3-way Barbed WIre Massacre
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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT.
Click below to watch the FREE Pre-Show on YouTube (scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSMrXXBnetQ
7:30 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin below.
We are LIVE from Skyway Studios in Nashville, TN. Your hosts are Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt.
Pre-Show:
Match 1: Ace Austin, Chris Bey & Juice Robinson vs. 3 jobbers
Result: Ace Austin, Chris Bey & Juice Robinson beat 3 jobbers.
Grade: Squash
Match 2: Tasha Steelz vs. Killer Kelly
Result: Tasha Steelz beat Killer Kelly by DQ. Ref assault. She snapped after Steelz used a chain and, after using it on Steelz, Kelly rear naked choked the ref with it.
Grade: B-
End Pre-Show. Updates will resume momentarily (switching to FITE for PPV).
PPV:
Match 1: Impact X Division Champion Mike Bailey vs. Delirious for the title
Result: Impact X Division Champion Mike Bailey beat Delirious to retain the title.
Grade: B+
Commentary mentions an exclusive aBay auction going on now to help raise funds for Joe Doering, who is out battling a recurrence of brain cancer. All proceeds from the auction go to help Doering.
Non-PPV Impact news: The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) are done in the promotion for now. Headed back to New Japan Pro Wrestling for a while.
Honor No More promo.
Match 2: PCO & VIncent vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
Result: Motor City Machine Guns beat PCO & Vincent. Shelley pinned Vincent.
Grade: C+
Match 3: The Last Rodeo Continues-Mickie James vs. Gisele Shaw. James will retire if she loses
Result: Mickie James beat Gisele Shaw
Grade: B-
Match 4: Triple Threat Revolver Match. The winner faces Mike Bailey for the X Division Championship at Bound For Glory. 3 start, eliminations by pinfall or submission, a new wrestler enters after each elimination. Once the match is down to the last 3, it becomes a regular 3-way where the first pinfall or submission wins.
Order of entry: Mia Yim, Laredo Kid, Trey Miguel, Alex Zayne, Kenny King, Yuya Uemura, Frankie Kazarian, Black Taurus.
Order of elimination: Kid by Yim, Zayne by Yim, Yim by King, Uemura by Miguel, Miguel by Kazarian (last elimination before final 3, when it became a 1 fall 3-way).
Result: Frankie Kazarian beat Kenny King & Black Taurus by pinning King. As a result, Kazarian will face X Division Champion Mike Bailey for the title at Bound For Glory.
Grade: A (but Yim gets an A+ for her efforts)
Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary get a Knockouts Tag Team Championship match at Bound For Glory.
Bobby? Go Fish…Bobby Fish comes out. He apparently was just released from All Elite Wrestling, or is about to (expired/expiring contract). With microphone. He takes a thinly veiled shot at AEW & Warner Bros. Discovery with uncensored use of profanity among other things. He does note he doesn’t work here. Someone in the crowd shouts “Bobby Flay” and gets a “You F*cked Up” chant (it’s a very small crowd because the venue is very small-Impact used it for TV tapings during the pandemic). Fish says he’s here to pick a fight, which brings out Shera and Raj Singh. Singh with microphone. He tries to talk down Fish and gets “POS” chants. Fish says let them talk. Singh says Shera will gladly rip Fish’s head off. Singh tries to take a cheap shot at Fish to set up Shera for the ambush, but Fish gets the better of them…all while losing his shoe on a kick to Singh’s back before he makes Singh tap to Fish Hook before Shera drags him out. Fish brings up not needing both shoes to tap him out to wrap it up.
So from the AEW perspective, it sounds like Fish may either be heading to Impact soon or is at least setting the table. If nothing else it’s more Forbidden Door goodness.
Match 5: Josh Alexander, Heath & Rich Swann vs. Eddie Edwards & The OGK (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven)
Result: Eddie Edwards & The OGK beat Josh Alexander, Heath & Rich Swann. Edwards pinned Alexander after Die Hard Driver.
Grade: B
Match 6: Impact Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace vs. Max The Impaler in a Pick Your Poison NON-TITLE match. Max was picked as Grace’s foe by Masha Slamovich, who faces Grace for the title at Bound For Glory
Result: Jordynne Grace beat Max The Impaler
Grade: B-
Raven will be inducted into the Impact Hall of Fame at Bound For Glory.
Main Event: Sami Callihan vs. Moose & Steve Maclin in a 3-way Barbed Wire Massacre MatchResult: Steve Maclin beat Sami Callihan & Moose by pinning Callihan.
Grade: B- (absolute garbage hardcore, but damn it was fun)
Overall show grade: B
If you don’t keep up with Impact you may not get as much out of this as you otherwise would, but on it’s own this was a solid PPV and, at $5-10 depending on how you watch, an absolute bargain. Definitely worth the money and 2 1/2 hours. The Revolver match is must-see and also watch Bailey-Delirious, and check out Steelz-Kelly on the YouTube pre-show just for that match ending. These mid-major PPVs always seem to deliver a fantastic value and, even on demand, usually are worth watching.
End Show.
