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SEASON 14 EPISODE 38

TAPED AT THE IMPACT ZONE IN ORLANDO FLORIDA

The show opens with a recap of The Hardys-Decay “Great War” announcement and angle last week on Impact. The video also includes the injury suffered by EC3 at the world title press conference and his return last week at the end of the show.

We are now in The Impact Zone. The show is starting off with a semifinal Impact Grand Championship tournament match.

IMPACT GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

DREW GALLOWAY VS EDDIE EDWARDS

ROUND ONE

This is single elimination tournament. 3 rounds scored by 3 judges. 3 minute rounds. Rounds judged by aggressiveness, control and physicality.

Eddie Edwards and Drew Galloway go strike for strike early. Drew hits a big overhead suplex and some stiff shots. Edwards battles back and hits a big boot to force Galloway outside the ring. Edwards does a flying dive to the outside but gets caught by Drew and slammed on the apron. Less than a minute remaining in the round. Both men back in the ring. Drew attempts two pinfalls. Edwards back on his feet and tries two covers of his own. Galloway then hits three straight suplexes on Edwards and covers him for a 2 count. The round ends.

Round One Scorecard- Judges 1 and 2 score it 10-9 for Drew. Judge 3 10-9 for Edwards. Galloway wins the round.

ROUND TWO

Edwards attacks Drew quickly as the second round begins. He takes Drew to the top rope and hits a top rope huranacrana and covers Galloway for a 2 count. Edwards back to the top rope. Galloway chases him up to the top. Edwards kicks Drew down and Galloway ends up tied up in the tree of woe. Edwards tries to take but Drew uses his power to counter and throw Edwards off the top rope. Edwards back on his feet, hits the “boston knee party” on Galloway but Drew is knocked outside the ring. Edwards hits two straight dives on Galloway as round two comes to an end.

Round Two Scorecard- Judges 1 and 3 score the round 10-9 for Edwards. Judge 2 10-9 for Galloway. So Edwards wins this round and both men are tied going into the final round.

ROUND THREE

Galloway and Edwards start striking each other in the middle of the ring. Galloway wins the exchange and knocks Edwards down. Edwards rallies and gets a half crab on Drew but Galloway counters and puts Edwards into The Iron Maiden submission. Edwards counters it and applies a submission of his own. Galloway gets out and tries a tombstone piledriver but Edwards escapes. Both men continue to counter each other in a very nice exchange. They are back to striking each other with chops as there is only 1 minute left. Both men slowing down from the hard strikes. Under 30 seconds left, Galloway hits a razors edge styled turnbuckle power bomb on Edwards and then the future shock DDT. Both men are laid out. Drew lays his arm over Edwards and Eddie lifts his arm up at 2 and a half when the bell for round three rings.

Round Three Scorecard- The show goes to break before this announcement…. Back from the break. Edwards and Galloway in the ring with the ref. Drew and Eddie waiting for their hands to be raised.

Judge 1 scores the bout for Drew Galloway…. Judge 2 scores the bout for Eddie Edwards…. Judge 3 scores the bout for Drew Galloway.

DREW GALLOWAY DEFEATS EDDIE EDWARDS BY DECISION TO ADVANCE TO THE IMPACT GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AT BOUND FOR GLORY

Post match. Jeremy Borash is in the ring with Drew Galloway. Borash asks Drew his thoughts and preference for the final. Drew says that nothing has changed. He is the same man he has always been. Calls TNA a rigged system. Says he was the main soldier for the company before it turned on him. Drew tells TNA management to put The Grand Championship Tournament Final on last at the pay per view because EC3 and Lashley will not be able to follow his performance.

Out comes EC3. He arrives on the scene. Drew lays on the mat waiting for EC3 to enter the ring. EC3 threatens Drew when he gets in the ring. Drew says that Ethan Carter always gets special treatment from the higher ups in Nashville. Drew tells Ethan that he thinks that Lashley is going to beat EC3 and that when Drew becomes Impact Grand Champion. Carter won’t need to politic to get a title shot. Drew will gladly give him one. Galloway then says that Carter wouldn’t be able to last 2 rounds with him in a Impact Grand Championship styled match. As Galloway walks away and leaves the ring. Carter says that the last time they faced, He beat Galloway and will do it again.

Out comes Bobby Lashley and he is headed towards the ring. While Carter is waiting on Lashley. Mike Bennett sneaks into the ring and attacks EC3 from behind. Both Lashley and Bennett start beating down Carter. Bennett holds up Carter and Lashley spears him. Out comes Moose to even the odds. Moose throws Lashley out of the ring and then goes after Bennett. Bennett kicks Moose, Lashley runs in and spears Moose. Carter and Moose are left laying in the ring while Lashley and Bennett leave. This is the scheduled main event for later on tonight with Lashley and The Miracle taking on Moose and Ethan Carter III.

Backstage is Allie and she is on her cell phone as Maria is walking towards her. Allie is on the phone with a local wrestler who is scheduled for a public workout for Knockouts Champ, Maria. Allie is making sure that the person on the other end of the phone doesn’t have a lot of wrestling experience because that’s what Maria has requested. Maria interrupts Allie as she is spelling out her name to the person on the phone. Maria spells out Stupid to insult Allie. Allie says that tonight’s public workout is going to be super amazing for Maria. Maria says that she wants to send a message to Gail Kim and prove that she is the greatest champ ever. Maria forces Allie to agree with her.

Video package now with Aron Rex talking about the importance of The Impact Grand Championship tournament. The video is a preview of tonight’s upcoming Aron Rex-Eli Drake tournament match. Drake plays the heel talking about his greatness. Rex talks about how the 6 sided ring is a new experience for him. Rex puts over Drake’s talking skills but he’s not sure of his in ring ability. Drake says that the match will not last long and that he is going to showcase how good he really is.

Back from the break. Mike Bennett is over joyed talking to Bobby Lashley backstage about what they just did to Moose and Carter. Bennett proclaims that maybe he and Lashley can become friends. Lashley is not going for it. Takes full credit for the beating put on Moose and Carter. Bennett asks for a future world title match. Lashley trash talks Bennett. Mike Bennett backs down.

We are now back ringside. Eli Drake makes his way to the ring for The Grand Championship tournament. Followed by Aron Rex.

Drake takes the mic before the match begins. Drake “properly” introduces himself to Aron Rex. Drake tells Rex to not get “lost in the sauce” and try and grab the mic and talk him down. Rex grabs a mic and tells Drake that Eli’s insults were weak. That he could have eaten a bowl of alphabet soup and crapped out better insults than the ones Drake just used on him. Rather than insult Eli, Rex says that he is going to tell the tale of Eli Drake. Rex tells Drake “Welcome to The Big Leagues”.

Aron Rex says that an out of work Chippendales dancer and a muppet got busy and 9 months later, Eli Drake popped out. Rex says that Drake puts on way too much body oil and bought his thin knee pads from the boy’s volleyball department at K Mart.

IMPACT GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL MATCH

ARON REX VS ELI DRAKE

ROUND ONE

The round starts after the commercial break. Side headlocks and counters to start the round. Both men basically working in offense from side headlocks. Under a minute left, Rex gets momentum with a few knees. He gets a Russian leg sweep. Rex goes for an elbow. Drake crawls outside the ring. Rex chases him down and brings …

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