7 Ups & 8 Downs From Impact Wrestling (Jan 21)
A mixed night for Impact Wrestling in their return to Mexico, with two outstanding matches.
After last week's Hard To Kill recap show, the fallout from the pay-per-view properly got underway this week, and it made for a reasonably enjoyable episode. The episode emanated from Mexico, something which has proven to be sort of a curse for Impact. Their Mexican shows aren't always that good, considering it's essentially just random matches between the Impact stars and the Mexican performers.
The in-ring action on this week's show was spectacular, with Moose vs. Rhino vs. Taurus, and Tessa Blanchard and Trey vs. Taya Valkyrie and Ace Austin both being incredible encounters. That comes as no surprise given the competitors who were involved in the bout, with every person involved leaving it all in the ring.
Elsewhere on the mixed bag of a show, Joey Ryan battled Maximo in a bit of a sloppy encounter, which came after 'The King of Dong Style' had been threatened with round two of Wrestler's Court from Tommy Dreamer, while the rivalry between Michael Elgin and Eddie Edwards continued, and The North celebrated their victory at Hard To Kill.
It wasn't the greatest episode of all time, as the numbers suggest, but the good parts of the show were really good. Let's get to it though with the downs first...