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Many years ago, during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, someone at Impact Wrestling had an idea: why don't we work with other promotions to benefit each other? Yes, we all know when Kenny Omega showed up on AXS TV with his newly-minted AEW World Championship, but around the same time David Finlay and Juice Robinson came over to challenge for the Impact World Tag Team titles, which they won! Since then, NJPW and Impact have been good partners, with talent appearing on each others' shows occasionally. Now, for the first time not during WrestleMania weekend, we have a Multiverse show featuring wrestlers from not only both promotions, but from World Wonder Ring Stardom! The PPV is only available on Fite here in the States, so apologies in advance for those who thought it would be free with a subscription to NJPW World or Impact+. (formatting shamelessly stolen from Thauros) Impact Wrestling x New Japan Pro Wrestling Multiverse United 2 - For Whom the Bell Tolls August 20th at 17:00 EDT/22:00 BST/August 21st at 6:00 JST 2300 Arena Kickoff Matches (30 minutes before gong): Yuya Uemura, Heath, and Joe Hendry vs. Rocky Romero and Six or Nine Impact Digital Media Championship: Kenny King (c) vs, Yohinobu Kanemaru DOUKI vs. Sami Callihan Catch 2/2 vs. TMDK (Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita) X Division/Junior Heavyweight Scramble: Frankie Kazarian vs. BUSHI vs. Kevin Knight vs. Chris Sabin vs. El Desperado vs. Mao vs. Rich Swann vs. YOH NJPW Strong Women's Championship: Giulia(c) vs. Momo Kohgo vs. Deonna Purazzo vs. Giselle Shaw TMDK (Zack Sabre, Jr. and Shane Haste) vs. Eddie Edwards and Moose Bullet Club vs. the World: Bullet Club (David Finlay, KENTA, Clark Connors, Alex Coughlin, Chris Bey, and Ace Austin) vs. Josh Alexander, PCO, El Phantasmo, the DKC, and the Guerillas of Destiny Lio Rush and Trey Miguel vs. Hiromu Takahashi and "Speedball" Mike Bailey Impact World Championship: Alex Shelley(c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
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# ? Aug 20, 2023 20:06 |
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# ? May 5, 2024 05:17 |
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There needs to be a bed of music when there's nothing going on in-ring.
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# ? Aug 20, 2023 22:04 |
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A "Holy poo poo" chant for the women's 4-way before the bell rings.
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# ? Aug 20, 2023 22:48 |
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I was worried that Gisele fuckin died on that dive. Show is fun as hell. Blew my voice out already cheering for MAO and Taguchi.
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# ? Aug 20, 2023 23:04 |
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Bat vs. bat incoming with DOUKI vs. Sami Callihan
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# ? Aug 20, 2023 23:08 |
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Whoever here started an E-A-G-L-E-S chant for Robbie Eagles is a loving genius
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# ? Aug 20, 2023 23:39 |
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Good to see Lio Rush not being held back by his permanently injured shoulder right now.
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# ? Aug 21, 2023 00:23 |
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That was exactly what I want to see from a Tanahashi match in 2023. A bunch of limb work and submissions and one High Fly Flow into nothing.
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# ? Aug 21, 2023 02:14 |
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# ? May 5, 2024 05:17 |
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https://twitter.com/dajosc11/status/1693456612902555912
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# ? Aug 21, 2023 18:18 |