Rich Swann never did recover from getting buried during the AEW deal. His stock has fallen big time.
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Sadly, Rich did everything he could in Impact (unless they give him another world title run) he might have to spread his wings and see what other companies can offer.
Eric Young's promos are really good.
You're right. I'm sure that Swann would get snatched up really quickly if he hit the free agent market.
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I notice the hard cam isn't facing the crowd. 
They should've kept it that way.
They should've kept it that way.
It looks like they drew a good crowd, but it's hard to tell because Impact only lights thr first few rows of the audience.I notice the hard cam isn't facing the crowd.
I was at the tapings this weekend. It was probably a 150 max in there. It was only about 4 rows per side with about 20 seats per row and then bleachers on both sides. Not every seat was taken
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With Swann, I can see either AEW/ROH, MLW or NJPW getting him.
In MLW, he can go after the World heavyweight , National Openweight, Tag Team due to Willie Mack being there and the World Middleweight title.
AEW/ROH he has more of an ceiling in AEW sadly as he most likely will be going after the All-Atlantic and TNT title, while in ROH however, he can go after the World, Television and Pure title.
Lastly with New Japan, there's the IWJP Junior Heavyweight, US, Never Openweight, Strong Openweight and Television title.
How's the fan experience at an Impact show? Do they have signings or meet & greets?
Apparently they have vip that included meet and greets, autographs and pictures in the ring. I bought it day of so it wasn’t an option for me. The first night the instructions wasn’t clear but on the second night they offered meet and greets to the general public for $40. First night it was Bully Ray and Mickie James. Second night was Bully and Rosemary’s group. Apparently they had meet and greets before the show. They encourage cheering and booing and even do a plan spot where the have everyone cheer and boo so they can record reactions and sounds. The only crappy part is we don’t see the vignettes so we don’t fully get the storylines while watching the show.
Also saw Sammy take the razor blade from his wrist and slice himself. Pretty obvious when you see it up close lol. Also, Sami and Eric Young had a match where you can’t pin your opponent unless they are bleeding. Eric Young cut himself so bad, it was disgusting up close. Definitely the worst blade job I’ve seen live (not deathMatch bad, but huge difference between his and Sami’s blade job in their match. Should be coming on in 3 weeks
Impact Wrestling will present a new episode on AXS TV tonight, along with several other Impact-related programs on the network. It stars at 7 PM with an episode of Impact in 60 about Desmond Wolfe.
At 8 PM ET is a new Impact Wrestling. That includes:
* X Division Title Tournament: Trey Miguel vs. Mike Bailey
* Impact Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Gisele Shaw
* Impact Digital Media Championship: Brian Myers (c) vs. Joe Hendry
* Mickie James vs. Chelsea Green
* Bhupinder Gujjar vs. G Sharpe
* Bully Ray vs. Zicky Dice.
There will then be a replay at 11 PM, followed by a replace of Impact in 60 at 2 AM. Another replay of last week’s Impact in 60, covering Tasha Steelz, airs at 3 AM.
At 8 PM ET is a new Impact Wrestling. That includes:
* X Division Title Tournament: Trey Miguel vs. Mike Bailey
* Impact Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Gisele Shaw
* Impact Digital Media Championship: Brian Myers (c) vs. Joe Hendry
* Mickie James vs. Chelsea Green
* Bhupinder Gujjar vs. G Sharpe
* Bully Ray vs. Zicky Dice.
There will then be a replay at 11 PM, followed by a replace of Impact in 60 at 2 AM. Another replay of last week’s Impact in 60, covering Tasha Steelz, airs at 3 AM.
In an interview with Bobby Fish’s Undisputed podcast (via Fightful), Steve Maclin spoke about his run in Impact Wrestling and how he wants a shot at Impact World Champion Josh Alexander.
He said: “I’m gunning for Josh Alexander at IMPACT, he’s the World Champion. He has a big match coming up at Over Drive. I don’t know, that’s up to Scott D’Amore to make that match. I’ve been beating all these former World Champions and everybody just keeps waltzing in and gets their shot. You would think after you would win matches, you would eventually get a title shot. It doesn’t seem to be working that way right now.“
He said: “I’m gunning for Josh Alexander at IMPACT, he’s the World Champion. He has a big match coming up at Over Drive. I don’t know, that’s up to Scott D’Amore to make that match. I’ve been beating all these former World Champions and everybody just keeps waltzing in and gets their shot. You would think after you would win matches, you would eventually get a title shot. It doesn’t seem to be working that way right now.“
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