Emergence | |
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Promotions | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling |
First event | 2020 |
Emergence is a professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The first event was held in 2020, and it is annually held during the month of August. [1]
Since of April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Impact had to present the majority of its programming from a behind closed doors set at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. [2] The inaugural Emergence event took place on August 14, 2020, at the Skyway Studios, but aired on tape delay within two nights, with the first being on August 18, and the second on August 25. [3] [4] The second Emergence, which filmed on August 15–16, 2021, at the Skyway Studios, and aired on tape delay on August 20, saw the return of live attendance. [5]
# | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. | ||||
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1 | Emergence (2020) | August 18, 2020 [lower-alpha 1] | Nashville, Tennessee | Skyway Studios | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (c) vs. The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) for the Impact World Tag Team Championship | [3] [4] | ||||
August 25, 2020 [lower-alpha 1] | Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Jordynne Grace in a 30-minute Iron Woman match for the Impact Knockouts Championship | |||||||||
2 | Emergence (2021) | August 20, 2021 [lower-alpha 2] | Christian Cage (c) vs. Brian Myers for the Impact World Championship | [5] | ||||||
3 | Emergence (2022) | August 12, 2022 | Chicago, Illinois | Cicero Stadium | Josh Alexander (c) vs. Alex Shelley for the Impact World Championship | [6] | ||||
4 | Emergence (2023) | August 27, 2023 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Rebel Entertainment Complex | Trinity (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo for the Impact Knockouts World Championship | [7] | ||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | ||||||||||
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