Always Read The Manual: Impact Wrestling’s pre-Bound for Glory Booking Issues
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Category: Impact Wrestling
The Swingman is Back in Impact Wrestling
On perhaps the most significant week in professional wrestling in two decades, Impact Wrestling saved the best for last: the return of Johnny Swinger!
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Impact Wrestling and the Return of the World’s Most Dangerous Man
Last week’s episode of Impact Wrestling may not have been all-around good but it did feature the return of ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Man’, Ken Shamrock.
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Impact Wrestling, Brian Cage and Presenting Things Properly
Presentation is important, especially so in the modern age. Impact Wrestling would be well-served to remember that ahead of their move to AXS.
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LAX, All Elite Wrestling and a Case of Beautiful Symmetry
While they may not have torn the house down in Mexico, Santana and Ortiz leave Impact wrestling as one of the promotion’s great tag teams. I wish them the best in AEW, a move that they wholeheartedly deserve and one that will give them an even greater platform to excel.
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Impact Wrestling and the Art of Booking Female Wrestlers Well
While women’s wrestling has improved exponentially in recent years, its booking in major promotions has tended to suffer from major flaws.
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Eddie Edwards: The Lost Boy of Impact Wrestling
Eddie Edwards is a star. He shouldn’t feel like a lost boy and proof that time is a flat circle.
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Rhino’s Return and Impact Wrestling’s Continued ECW Fetishisation
Attempts at recreating the model utilized by ECW in the late 90s have been commonplace across the wrestling business for the better part of two decades.
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Mash-up and Impact Wrestling’s Attempt at Innovation
Innovation doesn’t have to mean reinventing the wheel, sometimes it’s just trying something different. Impact might have got it right.
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Impact Wrestling 2019 Mid-Year Awards
Reflecting on an interesting six months for the promotion and the current picks for Wrestler, Knockout, Tag Team, Feud and Match of the Year.
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Impact Wrestling Slammiversary XVII Results & Review
Another Impact PPV and another firm thumbs up for Slammiversary XVII – these Impact shows are becoming one of the safest bets in wrestling right now.
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TJP Returns to Impact, for Now at Least
TJP (TJ Perkins) is back in Impact… for now.
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The Return of Havok and the Importance of Wrestling Canon
We were told that Havok debuted with Impact Wrestling this week… but why would they fail to address Havok’s previous run with the company?
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Aces High: The Continued Evolution of Impact Wrestling’s LAX
In their two years with Impact, LAX has dominated the tag division and every feud they’ve engaged with has allowed them to develop and grow as performers.
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The Rebirth of Impact Wrestling’s Moose
After months of misuse, it appears that Impact Wrestling’s Moose is finally back on track.
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Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer and the Problem of Nostalgia
Over the last week or so, I have to admit I’ve been getting pretty nostalgic. Having now finished...
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Young Man Yells At A Cloud: Impact Wrestling’s Use Of Disco Inferno
The latest episode of IMPACT seemed to be going swimmingly until Disco Inferno/Glenn Gilbertti came out to cut a promo on why women’s wrestling was bad. My objections to Disco’s appearance were manifold. Firstly, what appeal is there to using Glenn Gilbertti in 2019?
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Michael Elgin and the Art of Getting a Debut Right
Michael Elgin has arrived.
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Impact Wrestling Rebellion 2019 (April 28) Results & Review
Whether Rebellion helps Impact get some more buzz we don’t know, but it certainly delivered as a top-to-bottom show.
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Through Joy Comes Disappointment: The Release of Eli Drake
Eli Drake’s departure from Impact Wrestling is a big blow for a company with a lot of positive news lately.
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