10 Best IMPACT Wrestling Matches Of The Empty Arena Era

Following on from the pair's Slammiversary classic - it just missed out here - Deonna Purrazzo and Jordynne Grace's Iron Man match was an epic, setting the precedent for 'The Virtuosa' as the queen of the knockouts division. Given the main event spot of Emergence's second night, both Deonna and Jordynne laid everything out here as if this was a Bound For Glory main event, rather than a special AXS TV episode.

Falling to only one Iron Man match trope - the first fall didn't come until twenty-six minutes after the opening bell - this banged. Jordynne attempting constant pinfalls and submissions told a corker of a story opposite Deonna's slower pace; Deonna knew she couldn't possibly drop the title if she was incapable of being pinned, hence why she wasted time wherever possible. It meant that Grace was going for a pinfall before she'd even landed a running Senton at one point, grabbing 'The Virtuosa's' leg mid-jump.

While it didn't make sense for a technical knockout to be the first fall - Deonna passed out via rear naked choke - this was met by the champion going for two pinfalls off the same blow, having used the title belt to knock Jordynne out. This worked to great effect, cementing Deonna as a tactile champion as she progressed through her initial title reign.