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IMPACT HITS AND MISSES
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND AT THE O2 ACADEMY
AIRED ON AXS TV
OPINION BY JOHN LASLO, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR
(1) JOE HENDRY vs. FRANKIE KAZARIAN – HIT
This was a pretty good opener. I dug the fact that they did a quick tournament for the people in the audience. I’m guessing that with how infrequently that Impact gets to Europe that they gave every stop on the tour a bit of a larger card. It was nice for the home town talent to get the win.
(2) MOOSE & BRIAN MYERS & DEONNA PURRAZZO vs. SUBCULTURE (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews & Dani Luna) – HIT
There was a lot of Deonna and Dani Luna in this match. I’m not sure how I feel about the longer established tag team, and the only trios team, being beat by The Most Virtuous Wrestling Gods. I like that Moose and Brian Myers are getting closer and more aligned as a tag team. It’s an interesting remnant of the short lived scumbag faction- I would have liked to see more of that.
ERIC YOUNG AND JOSH ALEXANDER BACKSTAGE – HIT
Well, ok. Not going to say that I don’t want Josh Alexander as a member of Team Canada, but it is a little late.
(3) GRADO vs. TREY MIGUEL – HIT
Alright, never watched a Grado match. I wasn’t watching when he was with TNA back in the day. He’s turned me into a fan. I thought it was going to be a quick comedy squash, but it was a turn into a really respectable match. I was a bit impressed.
(4) TRINITY vs. EMERSYN JAYNE – MINOR HIT
I was expecting more, for some reason. Emersyn Jayne put on a decent match, and Trinity put on her standard good match. I don’t know why, I can’t put a finger on why I was expecting more.
(5) MOTOR CITY MACHINE GUNS (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. JOSH ALEXANDER & ERIC YOUNG – HIT
Alright, every single person in this match is a triple crown winner. I expect a great match. It was delivered, and it was given the time to really expand and breath. I feel that’s something that Impact does well, just let a match have the time to really get to it’s full potential.
FINAL THOUGHTS – MINOR HIT
Well, besides the normal high quality of matches, this episode of Impact felt weird. It took a little while for me to figure it out. It was because the show felt like a house show that was recorded. It was like the stakes were way way down. The thing is that I don’t feel that anyone phoned it in or didn’t work as hard, it was the opposite in some ways. It just felt off.
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