10 Best IMPACT Wrestling Matches Of The Empty Arena Era

10. The Motor City Machine Guns Vs. The North (Emergence 2020, Night One)

The Motor City Machine Guns vs. the North is an easy choice if you're looking to promote a banger of a tag team match, something that IMPACT Wrestling found out on the post-Slammiversary 2020 IMPACT episode. The two duos created wrestling excellence there, as they waged war over the World Tag Team Championships.

Their second outing the following month at IMPACT's Emergence special was a considerable step up, with a few callbacks to their original clash spliced in, almost as an indirect way of them saying they don't have to go all out every time. For example, Chris Sabin reversed a Northern Assault attempt by floating over into a small package on Ethan Page - which is precisely how he and Alex Shelley originally lifted the titles - before Josh Alexander flipped the rollup.

At this point, IMPACT was only a few months into their full-time empty arena shows. Their tag team division had taken a bit of a setback because of this, with the North's cinematic defence on the Deaner Compound being the only real standout. At Emergence, it felt as if things were back to the Lucha Bros and LAX days. Combining the classic WCW cruiserweight style of wrestling with the North's intense striking abilities, the quartet helped bring life back into IMPACT's doubles division.