Tessa Blanchard & Daga Vs. Ace Austin & Jake Crist

Blanchard was greeted with respectful applause. She was in early on against Crist and there was a chain wrestling exchange between the two. Seeing Blanchard in the ring against men so often, I really don’t consider it inter gender wrestling now because she works so well with people in the ring.

Daga was isolated in the heel corner after a cheap shot kick by Austin. They worked him over for a long time before he made the hot tag to Blanchard. The referee didn’t see the tag and he made her go back to her corner. The heels pulled Daga back to their corner to beat on him some more.

Daga finally made the legal tag and Blanchard cleaned house taking on both guys as Daga recovered. She gave Crist a mini Magnum and a tilt a whirl DDT to Austin.

Winners: Tessa Blanchard & Daga

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Loren interviews Tessa Blanchard, Trey, and Tommy Dreamer, who will have a main event match tonight against Ace Austin and Reno Scum. Loren asks them how they’re preparing for their match. Dreamer answers by saying that they’re going to win clean and fair. Trey wants to take out Austin since he wanted to bang his mom. Blanchard wishes the better man to win, which might just be a woman.

Ace Austin & Reno Scum vs. Tessa Blanchard, Tommy Dreamer & Trey

Trey and Adam Thornstowe start the match. Both men exchange back-and-forth strikes. Trey tags in Blanchard. Blanchard quick tags Dreamer. Dreamer with an elbow strike tags Trey back in again. Thornstowe tags in Austin. Austin runs back to his corner and tags in Luster “The Legend.” Luster steps in. Trey tags in Dreamer. Blanchard, Trey, and Dreamer land triple elbows on Austin and Reno Scum. Their match will continue after the break.

Back from the break, Luster grabs Dreamer and drags him towards his corner. Luster tags in Austin. Austin kicks Dreamer down. Austin tags in Thornstowe. Legend locks Trey up. Trey fights back with a few quick elbows to break out of the hold. Trey tags in Blanchard. Blanchard sends them all down with clotheslines. Blanchard counters Thornstowe with a DDT. Dreamer takes Luster out on the outside with an elbow drop. Austin kicks Blanchard right in the face. Trey then kicks Austin in the face. Trey takes flight and lands on everyone on the outside. Trey sends Austin into the ring. Austin counters Trey’s move and lands the Fold. Austin covers Trey and wins the match for his team.

Winners: Ace Austin & Reno Scum

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Gabby Loren interviews Tessa Blanchard about her upcoming match with Ace Austin at Sacrifice. Loren asks if she is prepared for Austin’s mind games. Blanchard says that for months, she has dealt with Sami Callihan and his mind games, so she is ready for what Austin is going to bring. Austin interrupts the interview and throws out a few insults, including how he likes girls that have daddy issues. Blanchard starts hitting Austin and several guys from the roster break them apart.

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Tessa comes out to the ring and addresses her Champion vs Champion Match against Ace Austin at Sacrifice. Tessa says she may be hard to kill but she’s not hard to find and calls out Ace. He comes out with Reno Scum by his side. They discuss amongst themselves who is going to face Tessa in an impromptu singles match. Adam Thornstowe is the man for the job and the match is on.

Tessa Blanchard vs. Adam Thornstowe (w/Ace Austin & Luster The Legend)

Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Thornstowe shoves down Blanchard. Thornstowe talks smack to Blanchard. Blanchard applies a waist lock. Thornstowe backs Blanchard into the turnbuckles. The referee calls for a clean break. Thornstowe decks Blanchard with a back elbow smash. Blanchard ducks a clothesline from Thornstowe. Blanchard with forearm shivers. Thornstowe reverses out of the irish whip from Blanchard. Blanchard dives over Thornstowe. Blanchard with a running forearm smash. Blanchard is distracted by Luster. Thornstowe inadvertently knocks Luster off the ring apron. Blanchard with a chop/forearm combination. Blanchard dropkicks the back of Thornstowe. Blanchard kicks Thornstowe in the face. Thornstowe negates The Buzzsaw DDT. Blanchard with a Tilt-A-Whirl HeadScissors TakeOver. Luster catches Blanchard in mid-air. Luster drives Blanchard back first into the edge of the ring frame.

Thornstowe slams Blanchard’s head on the ring apron. Thornstowe rolls Blanchard back into the ring. Thornstowe is mauling Blanchard in the corner. Blanchard with a chop/forearm combination. Thornstowe drops Blanchard with a forearm knockdown for a one count. Thornstowe applies the cravate. Blanchard with heavy bodyshots. Thornstowe pulls Blanchard down to the mat. Thornstowe stomps on the left shoulder of Blanchard. Thornstowe hooks the outside leg for a two count. Thornstowe with a back chop. Thornstowe kicks Blanchard in the gut. Thornstowe applies a rear chin lock on the middle rope. Blanchard is fighting from underneath. Thornstowe punches Blanchard in the back. Thornstowe bodyslams Blanchard for a two count. Thornstowe toys around with Blanchard. Thornstowe delivers another bodyslam. Thornstowe walks over Blanchard.

Thornstowe goes for a Standing MoonSault, but Blanchard ducks out of the way. Blanchard is trying to build momentum. Blanchard with a running clothesline. Blanchard is fired up. Blanchard with a HeadScissors TakeOver. Blanchard hits The Samoan Drop. Blanchard SuperKicks Thornstowe off the ring apron. Blanchard lands Two Suicide Dives. Blanchard follows that with a Cannonball Senton to the floor. Blanchard ducks a clothesline from Thornstowe. Blanchard connects with The Cutter. Blanchard plants Thornstowe with The Buzzsaw DDT to pickup the victory.

Winner: Tessa Blanchard

After the match, Luster rag dolls Blanchard. Ace Austin with a straight right hand. Austin is directing traffic. Austin kicks Blanchard in the gut. Tommy Dreamer storms into the ring to make the save.

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New World Champion Tessa Blanchard arrives to kick off the show. Tessa says it feels good to stand here as the world champion. It was a hell of a journey to get here, but it’s just beginning. Because now she has a target on her back and Sami has a rematch coming for the championship. She knows he’s listening, and he should be watching his back. They had the fight of a lifetime, and what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and she can’t wait to end this for good. Get your ass out here and lets do this. Taya arrives and the champions have stare down. Taya says Sami can’t come out right now, but she’s here and is even better. Taya puts herself over and then talks about how far Tessa has come in the last year, but the truth is that Taya is the one setting the standard and beat Tessa for her championship and beat her in Mexico last year. She also beat her for the AAA women’s championship, and doesn’t think Tessa can hang with the women anymore, and her world championship is a consolation prize. Tessa tells her to put her money where her mouth is; Ace Austin arrives and says he didn’t get his invite to the winner’s circle as they are all champions, Tessa finally did it and became world champion. He has something in common with Taya as Tessa has failed to beat them both. He hits on Tessa, she drops him and Taya attacks Tessa. They beat down Tessa and Trey makes the save. He dumps Ace and Tessa dumps Taya.

Tessa Blanchard & Trey vs. Taya & Ace Austin

Bravo is at ringside. Taya and Tessa begin, they trade and Tessa hits a clothesline. Ace in and Tessa grounds him until Ace escapes. Off the ropes and Trey tags in, he and Ace work into counters and Trey hits a dropkick. He follows with rights, RANA by Trey and Tessa dumps Taya. Suicide dives by the faces follow. Post break and double teams to Ace follow as Trey covers for 2. Taya attacks Tessa and slams her to the barricade and nails Trey as Ace connects with a spin kick for 2. Ace isolates Trey, works him over in the corner and the suplex follows for 2. The backdrop suplex and leg drop also gets 2. Taya tags in and maintains the heat on Trey and follows with the basement dropkick for 2. Taya hits a knee strike and again covers for 2. Ace tags in, double teams follow and Ace lays in ground and pound. He follows with corner kicks, takes him into the tree of WHOA and Ace chokes him out as Taya hits the dropkick; Ace covers for 2. Ace maintains control with another suplex for 2. He keeps Trey grounded, cuts him with the laminated playing card but Trey counters back and hits a PELE. Tessa tags in but the ref didn’t see it as Bravo took the ref. Ace maintains control until Trey counters back with a basement dropkick. Tag to Tessa and Taya joins her. Tessa hits a high cross, RANA and cutter. Tessa up top and Magnum misses as Ace tags in. Tornado DDT by Tessa. Ace posts her and Trey fights on his own, Taya cuts him off as he heads up top and Tessa attacks her. The suicide dive follows but Ace finishes Trey with the fold.

Winners: Taya & Ace Austin

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We got footage of the World Title aftermatch from Hard to Kill, showing Tessa’s celebration with her family and the Impact roster and officials.

Josh Mathews interviewed Tessa Blanchard in Nashville. Mathews asked about if Tessa ever thought things would end like this and about oVe. Tessa said that she doesn’t think that she’ll ever be done with oVe, but her goal now is to set goals for females and wants to lead Impact as the face of the company and Tessa accepts being now the ‘hunted’ backstage.

Mathews asked about breaking the gender wrestling barrier, but Sami Callihan interrupted by playing a video on a screen they had there.

Callihan talked about how everyone talks about Tessa and Impact making history but it’s him that has been making history all along, bringing Impact back to life and carrying it for over two years (hes not wrong). He said that Tessa may be the champion Impact wants but he is the champion that EVERYONE needs.

Tessa started talking back to the television but Sami actually responded and revealed that he was in the production truck, telling her to come out looking for him. Tessa went looking for him but Sami wasn’t there at all. Sami told Tessa that she’ll never see him coming.

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Pre-show opening with a video package hyping Impact World Champion Sami Callihan vs. Tessa Blanchard.

Earlier today, Impact World Champion Sami Callihan shows up with the rest of oVe. We also see Tessa Blanchard enter the building.

Sami Callihan (c) vs. Tessa Blanchard For The IMPACT World Championship

Callihan drops Blanchard with The Pump Kick before the bell rings. Callihan hits The Cactus Special for a two count. Callihan blasts Blanchard with a knife-edge chop. Blanchard bites Callihan’s forehead. Blanchard drops Callihan with Magnum for a two count. Blanchard with forearm shivers. Blanchard ducks two clotheslines from Callihan. Blanchard with a Tilt-A-Whirl HeadScissors TakeOver. Blanchard with a SpringBoard Dropkick. Blanchard lands Two Suicide Dives. Callihan catches Blanchard in mid-air. Callihan goes for a PowerBomb, but Blanchard counters with a Hurricanrana on the floor. Blanchard with a SomerSault Senton to the outside.

Callihan drives Blanchard knee first into the steel guard rail. Callihan talks smack to Blanchard. Callihan blows his snot at Blanchard. Callihan takes a bow. Callihan repeatedly wraps the left leg of Blanchard around the steel ring post. Callihan starts punching the left knee of Blanchard. Blanchard kicks Callihan in the face. Blanchard is fighting from underneath. Callihan applies The Indian Death Lock. Callihan chops Blanchard in the back. Blanchard with forearm shivers. Callihan drops Blanchard with a forearm smash. Blanchard is displaying her fighting spirit. Callihan with a SitOut Knee Breaker for a two count. Callihan continues to attack the injured knee of Blanchard.

Callihan abuses the referee’s five count. Callihan goes for a running elbow drop, but Blanchard ducks out of the way. Blanchard with a Desperation Boot. Blanchard with a chop/forearm combination. Callihan slaps Blanchard in the face. Callihan dumps Blanchard out of the ring. Callihan goes for a PowerBomb, but Blanchard blocks it. Blanchard SuperKicks Callihan. Blanchard goes for a Flying Cannonball Senton, but Callihan counters with a PowerBomb through the table on the floor. Blanchard gets back in the ring at the count of nine. Blanchard is pissed. Chop/Forearm Exchange on the apron. Callihan rakes the eyes of Blanchard. Blanchard returns the favor. Callihan walks into a boot from Blanchard. Blanchard hits Magnum on the apron.

Blanchard and Callihan are trading back and forth shots. Callihan thrust kicks the left knee of Blanchard. Blanchard answers with a Samoan Drop. Callihan kicks Blanchard in the face. Blanchard with a Running Draping Magnum for a two count. Callihan connects with Get Out Of Here for a two count. Second Forearm Exchange. Callihan with a Snap German Suplex. Blanchard ducks a clothesline from Callihan. Blanchard drops Callihan with The Cutter for a two count. Callihan kicks Blanchard in the gut. Callihan with a SitOut PowerBomb for a two count. Callihan locks in The Stretch Muffler. Callihan transitions into The STF. Blanchard refuses to quit. Callihan starts bending Blanchard’s fingers. Blanchard puts her foot on the bottom rope to force the break.

Callihan spits at the referee. Callihan is trying to hit Blanchard with the impact world title. Blanchard low blows Callihan. Blanchard with The Flying Magnum for a two count. Blanchard applies The CrossFace. Cactus Special for a two count. Blanchard with a jackknife cover for a two count. Blanchard with forearm shivers. Callihan spits at Blanchard. Callihan gives Blanchard the middle finger. Blanchard tees off on Callihan. Callihan with a Pump Kick. Blanchard responds with The Canadian Destroyer. Blanchard follows that with Canadian Destroyer off the second rope. Blanchard plants Callihan with The Buzzsaw DDT to pick up the victory.

Winner: New IMPACT World Champion, Tessa Blanchard via Pinfall

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We get a big recap video for the Callihan vs Blanchard world title match. We get a recap of the Callihan vs. Brian Cage steel cage match, alongside Callihan vs. Blanchard from Slammiversary. Callihan blames Blanchard for taking his moment away from him and Blanchard talked about growing up in North Carolina and how her mother says she is as stubborn as her father. Her sister talked about how her kids love Blanchard. Tessa said she only saw one of Tully’s matches live before Magnum TA talked the famous I Quit match with Tully Blanchard.

Callihan said that he did everything he could as a kid to eventually get to pro wrestling. His family loved wrestling and his brothers grew out of it, but he didn’t. Both of his parents died when he was in his 20s and his family is now pro wrestling. He was on a tour of Germany when his mother died and his father said that he should stay there because she wouldn’t want him to miss out on his dream. His father died when he was in WWE developmental, but his father said before that to stay there and not deal with him.

We get a recap of their street brawl on the streets of New York is and she said that she knows what his goons are capable of, but they can’t stop her at Hard to Kill. Callihan said that everyone’s a sinner, but he’s a saint and the savior of Impact Wrestling. Blanchard said that she’ll make history not due to her gender, but because she ended the reign of the most vile champion in company history. Sami closes the segment by saying that he will bash her skull in.

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Backstage: Gabby Loren interviews Tessa Blanchard. She asks Blanchard if she is nervous about what Sami Callihan is going to say about her later on tonight. Blanchard isn’t worried, in fact, she believes he’s the one that’s worried.

Here’s Sami Callihan to “expose” Tessa. She’s a fake and a phony, just like everyone sitting here today. People are saying this is something about gender but Sami should be looked at as a hero for spitting in her face, just like he’d do to any man in the back. The fans cheer for Tessa but they have more in common with him. Tessa is the daughter of Tully Blanchard and was raised by Magnum TA.

Sami earned everything he has and became the face of the company by winning the World Title. His dad never got him a tryout so here’s a livid Tessa. Mad Man Fulton jumps her from behind though, meaning the beatdown is on. Ken Shamrock makes the save but Fulton goes after his bad ribs. Sami and Tessa fight to the back where they brawl in front of some fans. Sami punches one of them by mistake before sending Tessa face-first into the production truck.

Tessa shrugs that off and they brawl on the sidewalk. Another ram into the truck rocks Tessa and Sami chokes her with some caution tape. Tessa gets in another shot though and they brawl down the sidewalk with Tessa diving out of the back of a truck. Sami chokes her down and Tessa goes after him until referees FINALLY break it up to end the show.

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