IMPACT Wrestling Rebellion 2021: 8 Things That Must Happen

IMPACT Wrestling's 2021 Rebellion pay-per-view is legitimately a must-see event.

The main event pitting IMPACT's World Champion Rich Swann against All Elite Wrestling's World Champion Kenny Omega is worth the price of the show alone. IMPACT have quite rightly promoted the sh*t out of this, using every single opportunity - be it every minute of their broadcasting time or their social media posts - to remind fans of this genuine history-making contest.

Yes, Rebellion will be worth your time just for Swann vs. Omega, but that's merely one of eight contests. There's also four other championship contests, a grudge match years in the making, a last man standing bout, and an eight-man tag that could come with a huge surprise before the bell.

It's going to be a huge night.

Predictions have already been made for the matches themselves, but there's a lot more to a wrestling pay-per-view of this magnitude than just its in-ring competition. How do the storylines post-Rebellion progress? What's going down between the ropes, away from the collar-and-elbows? Most importantly, what's the most logical next step for IMPACT and All Elite Wrestling's working agreement after 25 April?

Well, it's funny you ask that...

It's simple. There's nothing in Rachael Ellering and Jordynne Grace as a tag team, even if it is just for the one night.

Assuming Rachael Ellering is signed to IMPACT for more than just this pay-per-view, it's crucial that she's turned into a huge star early on. That should go down by having her turn on Jordynne Grace before they've had the chance to challenge for Fire N Flava's Knockouts Tag Team Championships, a la Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly at the 2008 Night of Champions.

IMPACT's knockouts division is missing that second or third-generation wrestler; that goes for the entire roster, really, unless you want to include David Finlay as an official IMPACT star. Rachael Ellering has the potential to change this drastically.

She was a nobody in NXT. Relegated to nothing more than untelevised live events and jobbing to higher-ranked stars when she was on television, Ellering was severely underutilised during her time there. In just one IMPACT appearance, though, Rachael has already been made to look like a genuine star.

That has to continue at Rebellion with a heel turn. Jordynne's IMPACT contract expires in May with no word yet on whether she's resigned or not; having Rachael send her packing from the company is the perfect way to establish her as the next top star.