Following tonight’s episode of IMPACT Wrestling, more matches are set for the IMPACT Emergence card on Friday, August 12.
3 new matches were made for the card one of which features former AEW wrestler Jack Evans getting an X-Division Title opportunity. His opponent, however, will be determined next week in a match between Mike Bailey and Rocky Romero.
After missing his scheduled return at Slammiversary due to injury, the high-flying Jack Evans is set to challenge for the X-Division Title at Emergence – but who will be the champion? On the final IMPACT! before the big event, current X-Division Champion Mike Bailey will defend his title against New Japan Pro-Wrestling veteran, Rocky Romero. The winner of that match will square off against Evans just 24 hours later in Chicago!
Additionally, Chris Sabin will be teaming with KUSHIDA to take on Joe Doering and Deaner of Violent By Design. Sabin and KUSHIDA’s usual tag team partner, Alex Shelley, will be challenging for the world title on that evening.
Joe Doering and Deaner look to get back into the good graces of Violent By Design‘s leader, Eric Young, when they face off against Chris Sabin and KUSHIDA at Emergence. After coming up short against the Motor City Machine Guns, Doering and Deaner continued their assault after the match but there to make the save was the Guns’ longtime ally, KUSHIDA! With Alex Shelley set to challenge for the IMPACT World Title, Sabin and KUSHIDA will join forces in an attempt to fend off Violent By Design once and for all.
Lastly, it has been made official that Steve Maclin and Sami Callihan will go one-on-one. Absent from this match is Mose, who is still feuding with Callihan
At Against All Odds, Steve Maclin cost Sami Callihan his Clockwork Orange House of Fun match against Moose when he disguised himself as a cameraman and delivered a brutal blindside assault to the “Death Machine”. Since then, Moose and Maclin have denied all allegations that they’re in an alliance – and after Moose and Maclin left the ring separately following another attack on Callihan, the mystery continues. But now Callihan has a chance at revenge as he goes one-on-one with Maclin in a heated grudge match at Emergence!
Here is the updated card for IMPACT Emergence:
- IMPACT World Championship – Josh Alexander (c) vs. Alex Shelley
- IMPACT Knockouts Championship – Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Mia Yim
- IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Championship – Rosemary & Taya Valkyrie (c) vs. VXT (Deonna Purrazzo & Chelsea Green)
- Ten Man Tag (If Honor No More loses, they must disband) – Honor No More (Eddie Edwards, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Kenny King and PCO) vs. Bullet Club (The Good Brothers, Ace Austin, Chris Bey and Hikuleo)
- Bandido vs. Rey Horus
- Steve Maclin vs. Sami Callihan
- X-Division Championship – Jack Evans vs. Mike Bailey or Rocky Romero (c)
- Violent By Design vs. Chris Sabin & KUSHIDA
