5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (April 27)
5. "IT'S ALIVE!"
...and the only thing Scott Steiner's fit to flog at this point is "the best smoothie in town" at your favourite local Shoney's.
Jeff Jarrett has just entered the wrestling's most high profile Hall Of Fame, Jeremy Borash's hard graft is currently helping rebuild Bray Wyatt, and Bobby's both Roode and Lashley occupy high level spots on Monday Night Raw. Is Impact Wrestling the beating heart of the industry yet again? Well, no, but its veins were at least on show for the first time in a long time at Sunday's 'Redemption' pay-per-view, and 'Big Poppa Pump' was flexing the hardest.
Rolling back the years with a f*cking brilliant (and only slightly terrifying) Frankensteiner on LAX member Santana, the 'Big Bad Booty Daddy' topped off an unexpectedly great display by scooping the brand new Impact Tag Team Titles with Eli Drake. He later interrupted a Petey Williams promo to reference not only their prior relationship but also pay homage to the chaotic fractions promo that's since made him a meme to a generation of younger fans.
It's these supporters Impact are openly courting, too. Josh Matthews opened up the event almost apologetically stating that "This is just the beginning, our work is never over. It’s one fan at a time. This, is Redemption." It's a long road back, but the Orlando outfit are already 66 and 2/3% of the way there.