14 Ups & 2 Downs From IMPACT Wrestling Rebellion 2021

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14. Oh, Hey Aubrey

The main event had to have a definitive winner. How do you accomplish such a thing? Two referees, of course – IMPACT’s Brian Hebner and AEW’s Aubrey Edwards.

Gia Miller interviewed Tony Khan backstage, flanked by Aubrey, Tony Schiavone, and Jerry Lynn, confirming that Edwards would be the title vs. title match’s official, soon interrupted by Scott D’Amore and Hebner. A nice touch by Khan to question the down the middle officiating skills of a Hebner. D’Amore and Khan instead agreed to have two officials, and that was that.

A nice little segment here to get Khan and co. some proper air time on IMPACT Wrestling. The paid ads have been missing from IMPACT programming since the AXS TV show moved to Thursdays, so this was a fine welcome back for the two Tonys. Having two referees in the match made the bout feel a whole lot bigger, too, as if it needed that.

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