9 Ups & 3 Downs From Impact Wrestling (Oct 6)

1. Rohit Raju, Tactical Mastermind

Simply put, you won't have a long title reign if you don't have a perfect game plan in mind. That hasn't been an issue for Rohit Raju, though, as 'The Desi Hitman' seems to have an answer for every challenge that has been thrown his way thus far.

His most recent example of this came on this week's Impact Wrestling, as Willie Mack answered the second Defeat Rohit Challenge, only to be turned away by Rohit seeing as he had his opportunity at Victory Road. Then, in quite the shock, out came Jordynne Grace, who surprisingly pinned the former Desi Hit Squad member in a matter of seconds to become the first Knockout in history to lift the X Division Championship.

One issue with this, however: the match wasn't for the title.

Rohit made the valid point after the bell that while the referee did ring the bell to officially start the match, the title belt was never raised to signify it was a championship contest. Therefore, 'Thicc Mama Pump' didn't actually add her name to the history books, but at least she can say she challenged for the strap.

'The Desi Hitman' now has to combat not only Jordynne and Willie, but also Chris Bey, Trey Miguel, and TJP come 24 October. With that in mind, perhaps the Oprah behaviour wasn't Rohit's best move.

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