446 Captures | 8 Digitals | Segment Video
Jeff Returns/Matt Makes a Stipulation
JEFF HARDY RETURNS to Impact!
Jeff tells EC3 that his overconfidence will kill him. Jeff says he’s healing – and that he’ll be wrestling before he knows it; Jeff says he’ll be World Heavyweight Champion again, but for now, Matt Hardy will be the change – the end to EC3.
Matt Hardy enters the Impact Zone. He says he’s been told he can’t his whole life, yet he has done. He says next week will be no different; he pulls a table, chair and ladder from beneath the ring. Then, he references the stairs and the rest of the Impact Zone. Their title match will be Full Metal Mayhem with nobody ringside.
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407 Captures | Digitals | Match Video
No. 1 Contender’s Tables Match | Bobby Roode vs. Matt Hardy
Roode pummels Hardy with a clothesline and both competitors find themselves outside. Hardy slams Roode’s face-first into a table. Then, he attempts to suplex Roode through the table, but Roode counters by suplexing Hardy onto the steel stairs!
Roode folds a table and slams it on top of Matt Hardy, who’s still draped across the stairs. Roode stands on the table, then uses the ropes for leverage to leap into the air and come crashing down onto the table and Hardy. He rolls Hardy back into the ring.
Roode chokes Hardy before mounting a table in the corner across the ring. Roode turns into a diving clothesline, which Hardy follows-up with a running clothesline. Hardy attempts a bulldog, but Roode counters, nearly sending Hardy through the table. Hardy turns into a spinebuster!
With Hardy down, Roode places the table leg over Hardy’s throat, choking his opponent! Hardy counters with a low-blow and then he shoves table up, into Roode’s face. Hardy drops him with a Twist of Fate He rolls Roode onto the table and climbs the turnbuckle for a moonsault. Roode counters and knocks Hardy to the mat.
Roode attempts a Roode Bomb, but Hardy counters by sending Roode flying over the top rope. Roode crashes through the table at ringside and Matt Hardy becomes the No. 1 Contender for EC3’s World Heavyweight Championship.
Winner: Matt Hardy
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299 Captures | Digitals | Match Video
Matt Hardy vs. The Dirty Heels
He says he’s never been pinned or submitted; he’s unbeatable. He claims to be the undisputed champion and greatest wrestler alive. Carter says despite his Aunt Dixie [Carter] making her return tonight, he’s been left in charge – and that he’ll defend his newly won title in three separate matches, thus making history.
Matt Hardy interrupts claiming to have softened Kurt Angle and saying he should be next in line for a title opportunity. He mocks, “#MattForChamp.”
EC3 credits Hardy for taking Angle to the limit, but claims to have taken Angle to the max before declining Hardy’s challenge. He says he already booked Hardy in a tag match. It’ll be The Hardys vs. Dirty Heels – except, Jeff Hardy is still out with a broken leg, so EC3 regretfully informs him it’ll be a handicap match.
The Dirty Heels are on the offense early as they charge into the ring. As Hardy begins building momentum, the Dirty Heels take control. Aries and Roode trade tags and batter Hardy around the ring. EC3 looks on from commentary.
Aries boxes Hardy’s ears before distracting the official, allowing Roode a cheap shot. Roode becomes the legal man, only to find himself caught in a chicken wing body scissor. He tags back out to Aries, who finds himself in the same hold. Dirty Heels then resort to dirty, double team tactics.
Hardy drops Aries with a bulldog, while connecting with a dropkick to Roode. Hardy nails Roode with a Twist of Fate, but then Aries drills Hardy with a discuss forearm. Hardy attempts to suplex Aries, but Roode trips him from the outside and holds his feet while the official counts the three.
Winner(s): The Dirty Heels
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569 Captures | 2 Digitals | Match Video
Jeff Jarrett vs. Eric Young vs. Bobby Roode vs. Matt Hardy vs. Drew Galloway
King of the Mountain Match
Winner and New King of the Mountain Champion: Jeff Jarrett
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498 Captures | Digitals | Match Video
Main Event | Matt Hardy vs. Kurt Angle
Angle applies a chin lock but Hardy powers out and delivers a swinging side Russian leg sweep. Hardy and Angle exchange a series rights, culminating in three German suplexes to Hardy.
Hardy regains his footing and drops Angle with a Side Effect! Angle powers out of the pin attempt and connects with an Angle Slam! Following the slam, Angle applies the Ankle Lock! Hardy rolls through into a pin attempt; Angle’s out at two.
Hardy misses a moonsault and Angle catches Hardy with two more German suplexes. Hardy counters a third and then he counters another Angle Slam attempt. Hardy connects with two more Side Effects and a Twist of Fate!
Angle’s shoulder barely comes off the mat. When Hardy attempts another Twist of Fate, Angle drops him and applies the Ankle Lock to earn the submission.
Winner: Kurt Angle
Post-match: EC3 and Tyrus attack Kurt Angle. Matt Hardy fends off Tyrus though and Angle applies the Ankle Lock to EC3. EC3 taps as Impact goes off the air.
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