6 Reasons You Should Be Watching Impact Wrestling

Speaking of long term storytelling, a story is only ever as good as its ending. For many fans of New Japan, the destruction of Tetsuya Naito at last year’s Wrestle Kingdom was a low point. For some of us it has felt like everything since then was a part of a bizarre alternate timeline, the kind of thing The Ancient One warned us about in Endgame. Ring of Honor has grown notorious for never pulling the trigger on its talent when they’re at their hottest.

This trend has grown alarmingly high this decade in wrestling and is something Callis’ Impact has thus far avoided. Both Johnny Impact and Brian Cage were built up smartly and dramatically for their world title wins, conquering the main event scene at the peak of their popularity with audiences. Sami Callihan’s devastating victories over Tessa Blanchard recently have rallied more and more fans to her cause as the anticipation for her eventual victory builds.

Better still is the fact the TV episodes are used to build up the big events where the climaxes for major plotlines are reserved. In an age of pay per views promoting weekly TV the next night, this is a far more refreshing template than it should be.