13 Ups & 1 Down From Impact Wrestling (Jun 2)

A surprise twist in the number one contender's tournament sees a star-making performance.

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Obviously, having fans in attendance can make or break a professional wrestling event. However, Impact Wrestling have completely knocked the ball out of the park since the no crowd era became the normality. Exceptional wrestling, great storytelling, a star-making performance for a tag team star in singles action, brothers at war, this week's episode had it all.

The main highlight of the episode was, of course, the much-anticipated tournament finals to determine Tessa Blanchard's next challenger for her World Championship. Ace Austin and Wentz of The Rascalz had a pay-per-view-quality main event, with Wentz stepping in for injured partner Trey. He became a star in that one performance, having traditionally been a doubles/trios wrestler throughout his Impact career. We now have Austin vs. Blanchard to look forward to in the not so distant future.

Elsewhere on the jam-packed episode, Taya Valkyrie and Jordynne Grace both appeared for the first time since in over a month, The Rascalz earned the right to challenge The North for the World Tag Team Championships at a later date, Joseph P. Ryan persuaded a new member to join himself, Rob Van Dam, and Katie Forbes in Cancel Culture, and Rohit Raju scored a singles win. He was ambushed post-match for no reason, but he still won. Amazing!

With next Tuesday's episode also looking set to be an excellent show, let's get to it...

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