Impact Wrestling Report, 3/30/23 MULTIVERSE UNITED show with NJPW

Join us tonight for the Impact Wrestling show with NJPW!

The purpose of this show is to hype Multiverse United!  Santino Marella, Tom Hannifan and Mathew Rehwoldt are in studio.

Fred Rosser is in studio with the Impact Wrestling team to hype his match.

Lots of highlight packages from the featured wrestlers on the card.

Mickie James is interviewed on the broadcast.  They address the injuries of former Impact World Champion, Josh Alexander and Knockouts World Champion, Mickie James.  Mickie mentions that the Knockouts top girls will on be featured on the next cover of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.  It looks like they were paying tribute to a UWF cover from the late 80’s for you historians.  The Knockouts division is as good as any in wrestling presently.

Highlights are shown from a Killer Kelly match.  She is facing Miyu Yamashita.  The two seem very evenly matched.  Miyu is one half of the current TJPW Princess Tag Team Champions.  The crowd is behind Kelly.  She finally gets a pin attempt after a butterfly suplex.  Miyu hits a spin kick.  Kelly pump kicks Miyu.  The two start trading strong style blows.  They both spill to the floor, where the action continues.  Kelly hits a fisherman’s suplex for a two count.  Miyu hits a thrust kick.  Kelly slips behind and locks on the Killer clutch.  Miyu escapes and hits a Yoshi throw and a skull kick.  It is over just like that.

Miyu gets the win by pinfall.

Tommy Dreamer enters the studio and talks about the upcoming battles with Bully Ray.

We get a promo package for the Jeff Cobb VS Moose match.  This one will be physical.  Moose is interviewed by Gia Miller.  Moose calls out Tommy Dreamer for thinking Jeff Cobb will win the match.  He says the match will be hard hitting.  He then tells Cobb to bring his  because he is a wrestling God.

Scott D’Amore joins the panel.  Tommy asks Scott to join his team that will face Bully’s team later tonight.  Scott politely turns down the offer, so Tommy exits to find someone else.  Scott gives an update on Josh Alexander.  He then talks about the upcoming match between Leo Rush and Kushida.

Next we get the last title defense of Josh Alexander before his injury.  NJPW Strong Openweight Champion, Kenta VS then defending, Impact World Champion, Josh Alexander.  This match has never been aired.  This match was for the Impact World Title only.

Kenta is firmly entrenched in the Bullet Club, and his fans are cheered loudly.  The two spend the first few minutes jockeying around for position.  We go to break.  Once back, Kenta kicks Alexander to the floor.  He then rams Josh, head first, into the post.  Back inside the ring, Kenta gets a 2 count off a neck breaker.  Kenta continues on the kicks.  He is working the back.  Kenta starts punk slapping Josh, which backfires.  Josh boils a comeback and hits a rolling senton.  Some cheers for Josh break out.  Kenta exposes a turnbuckle. Kenta hits a top rope lariat after a tornado headlock, spinning Josh’s neck on the top rope.  Josh refuses to give up, but is seriously slowed.  We go to another break.  Josh and Kenta now shown going back and forth with stiff exchanges.  Both end up down for the count.  They crawl to each other and slug it out from their knees.  They get to their feet.  They continue the back and forth.  Kenta then hits a DDT.  After a series of stomping dropkicks to Alexander prone in the corner, Kenta does a double stomp off the top rope.  Josh blocks a GTS.  Kenta lays in some insane slaps.  Josh reverses another GTS and has a ankle lock.  Kenta gets to the ropes and rolls up Josh for a two count.  Kenta hits a knee strike.  After some spinning backfists Kenta gets reversed into a face plant in the corner.  Josh hits a C4 and gets the pin.

Winner by pinfall, Josh Alexander.

The show ends with another lead in to Multiverse United.