Sami Callihan was the hero Impact Wrestling never knew it needed Saturday night as he stepped up to the plate to challenge Kenny Omega for the world title in a No Disqualification match.
The Draw struck early, delivering a piledriver for a close near-fall before producing a pizza cutter and slicing into the forehead of the world champion. He tore up the forehead of Omega and delivered a Death Valley Driver. Omega, reeling, wisely rolled to the floor.
Omega fought out of a rollup, sending Callihan head-first into a steel chair propped between the ropes. The champ followed up by using Callihan’s fork against him, driving it into his forehead and bloodying the challenger. He double-stomped a table into Sami as he continued his onslaught.
Omega set up for a piledriver through a table but the challenger grabbed him low and delivered one of his own. Callihan produced a barbed wire-wrapped chair but Omega delivered a powerbomb on the weapon and followed with a V-Trigger, but could not put him away. A superplex onto a concoction of weaponry failed to put Callihan away.
Blinded by salt thrown in his eyes, Callihan delivered a piledriver to the referee. Chris Sabin and Eddie Edwards fought The Good Brothers off, preventing them from interfering on Omega’s behalf. Don Callis did though, allowing Omega to consecutive V-Triggers, assisted with thumbtacks.
The One-Winged Angel on the thumbtacks put The Draw away as Omega successfully retained his title.
After the match, Omega and The Good Brothers looked to throw up a “Too Sweet” when “Switchblade” Jay White from New Japan Pro-Wrestling made his way to the ring. The NEVER Openweight champion entered the ring and refused the gesture from The Elite as the pay-per-view feed cut.
Result
Omega defeated Callihan to retain
Grade
A+
Analysis
First thing’s first: the match ruled. Omega and Callihan had a violent, bloody Match of the Year candidate that put both men’s intestinal fortitude on full display. Omega looks like a total badass for overcoming what he did, but preserves his heel heat because he still had to rely on Don Callis to help him.
Callihan looked every bit Omega’s equal and will not have to worry about losing momentum moving forward. He is still very clearly one of the top stars in Impact and a cornerstone on whom the company will be built for the foreseeable future.
The big news is the arrival of “Switchblade” Jay White, the leader of the same Bullet Club from which Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers came. The way he looked at Omega’s collection of title belts at the top of the ramp before making his way to the ring and denying the victors a Too Sweet was enough to leave wrestling fans salivating.
That the official announcement of Bound For Glory heading to Las Vegas this October 23 featured a tease for some All Elite Wrestling/AAA/New Japan Pro-Wrestling/Impact mega event suggests we might see a war for dominance between The Elite and The Bullet Club, if Saturday’s tease is any indication.
The forbidden door is wide open and fans are witnessing cohesive partnerships between promotions the likes of which we have not seen since the glory days of the National Wrestling Alliance. This is a special time in wrestling and we are all lucky enough to bear witness to it.
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