The Good Brothers and Motor City Machine Guns Make Their Presence Known at Pay-Per-View; EC3 Appears, Bringing Mystery with Him
Eric Young is Back; Heath Boasts He is The Hottest Free Agent on the Market
Nashville
– (July
18, 2020) –
The long-awaited mystery of which free agents will appear at
Slammiversary
2020 was
answered during the three-hour live pay-per-view event, as
established stars crashed the party, causing chaos and bringing more
questions to the IMPACT
Wrestling
roster.
The
flurry of IMPACT newcomers started moments after midnight on July 18
when The Good Brothers, the team of Doc
Gallows and
Karl
Anderson,
confirmed
they were bound for IMPACT Wrestling. A powerful pair that has
been teaming together since 2013, Gallows and Anderson have worldwide
history and fame, competing in New Japan Pro Wrestling and the U.S.
with multiple championship reigns.
Slammiversary
2020 also
featured the return of one of the most popular tag-teams in company
history – Alex
Shelley and
Chris Sabin,
a.k.a., the Motor City Machine Guns. The Guns accepted
an open challenge from The Rascalz (Dez
and Wentz)
and immediately made their vision clear: the Guns want the gold!
Following
their Slammiversary
win, the Motor City Machine Guns are set
to challenge reigning champions The North (Ethan
Page and
Josh
Alexander)
for the IMPACT Tag Team Championship this Tuesday, July 21 on IMPACT!
on AXS TV
at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Detroit
natives Shelley and Sabin are former TNA World Tag Team Champions and
have previously won the prestigious Tag Team of the Year Award from
Pro Wrestling
Illustrated.
The
IMPACT singles division also was rocked at Slammiversary
2020, as
the show ended with the returning EC3
on the screen.
EC3
is a two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion and former IMPACT Grand
Champion, among other accolades – and also will return to IMPACT!
this Tuesday on AXS TV.
Another
returning
former World Champion was Eric
Young (EY),
the proud charismatic Canadian who made his TNA debut in early-2004
and has 12 years of history in the IMPACT Wrestling ring. EY is a
former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, a former X-Division Champion
and two-time former World Tag Team Champion. He also is a TNA Triple
Crown Champion and TNA Grand Slam Champion.
Heath
arrivedand quickly
proclaimed
he is the hottest free agent on the market and ready to silence any
skeptics. Competing since 2004, Heath has had considerable in-ring
experience in tag team wrestling, with multiple tag championship
runs, including
a long history teaming with IMPACT star Rhino.
The
event also featured the
in-ring return of former X-Division Champion Rich
Swann, who
has been out of action since late last year due to injury. Swann was
a late entrant into the main event to crown a new IMPACT World
Champion.
“Slammiversary
2020 will go down as the biggest game-changing event in IMPACT
Wrestling history,” said IMPACT Executive Vice President Scott
D’Amore.
Slammiversary
2020 was an
action-packed extravaganza that featured multiple title changes,
including Eddie
Edwards
reclaiming
the IMPACT World Championship, defeating Ace
Austin, Trey
Miguel
and the returning EY and Swann. Edwards’ main event victory further
secured his legacy as one of the best-ever to compete in an IMPACT
ring. He is now a two-time World Champion to go with his two
X-Division and five World Tag Team Championship reigns.
Additional
Slammiversary
2020
highlights include:
**
Deonna
Purrazzo
defeated Jordynne
Grace to win
the Knockouts Championship.
**
Chris Bey
claimed
the X-Division Championship with his victory over Willie
Mack.
**
The North
retained
the World Tag Team Championship against the team of Ken
Shamrock and
Sami
Callihan.
**
Kylie Rae
stood
victorious in the 11-person Knockouts Gauntlet Match, thus
becoming the No. 1 Contender.
**
Moose
“retained”
the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Tommy
Dreamer in
an Old School Rules match.
**
The returning Motor
City Machine Guns defeated The Rascalz.
Viewers
across the globe can watch IMPACT Wrestling content on a variety of
platforms and devices including the IMPACT Plus SVOD service and
digital channel for $7.99 a month; on the promotion’s
highlight-packed YouTube Channel; and on twitch.tv. IMPACT Wrestling
can also be seen throughout the United States via Anthem’s AXS TV,
one of the nation’s largest independent cable channels as well as
on Roku devices and mobile iOS and Android apps. IMPACT Wrestling is
broadcast globally in over 120 countries.
About
IMPACT Wrestling
IMPACT
Wrestling is one of the world’s most significant wrestling
entertainment properties, creating more than 200 hours of original
content annually across television and other digital platforms.
IMPACT Wrestling specializes in creating premium content, events,
products, merchandise, and music, as well as the management and
promotion of professional wrestlers. Its highly successful flagship,
IMPACT!,
is broadcast globally, including AXS TV and Twitch in the United
States, Fight Network and GameTV in Canada, Sony Ten 2 and DSport in
India, 5STAR and Fight Network in the United Kingdom, e.tv in Africa,
MVStv in Mexico and TAPDMV in the Philippines. IMPACT Wrestling is a
subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Inc.
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