10 Ups & 2 Downs From Impact Wrestling (Jun 30)

2. A New Side To Trey

That Trey showed a more intense side to his in-ring work this week was a good sign that the whole 'who attacked Trey' angle wasn't a complete waste. He's been an entirely different performer this year as a whole.

Charging into the ring for his main event bout with attacker Madman Fulton, the Rascalz singles star took out old rival Ace Austin almost immediately with a suicide dive, leaving himself open to be annihilated at the hands of Fulton. The fact that WWE refused to do anything major with the then-Sawyer Fulton is astonishing. Granted, he became injured not long after SAnitY made their NXT debut, but he could have easily rejoined the faction upon return as opposed to being replaced by a debuting Killian Dain. At least Impact have the right idea.

A one-armed gorilla press drop was a major highlight of the bout, providing a great visual for the viewers at home. Matches like Fulton vs. Trey, where it's a proper David vs. Goliath story, never fail to disappoint when done correctly. As Madman was setting up for some sort of move in the corner, that's when Trey completely snapped, using Ace Austin's patented baton to whack Fulton in the face, causing a disqualification. When he began to relentlessly beat him down with a steel chair afterwards, that's when it was clear Trey was a different performer to what we're used to seeing.

Seeing as he has the main event spot on the 18 July pay-per-view, this was vastly needed for Trey. We need to be able to take him seriously if he's going to make for a believable World Championship contender. While the match mainly focused on the destruction caused at the hands of Madman Fulton, the aftermath proved that Trey is more than capable of hanging with the big dogs instead of just hanging around the treehouse.