Impact Wrestling Homecoming (2019)

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Homecoming (2019)
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Promotional poster featuring various Impact wrestlers
Promotion Impact Wrestling
DateJanuary 6, 2019
City Nashville, Tennessee
Venue The Asylum
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The 2019 Homecoming was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on January 6, 2019, at The Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] It was the first event in the Homecoming chronology.

Contents

Production

Other on-screen personnel
Commentators Josh Mathews
Don Callis
Ring announcer Jeffery Scott
Referees Brandon Tolle
John E. Bravo
Kris Levin
Harry Demerjian
Interviewer Alicia Atout

Background

Initially Impact Wrestling, then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), produced weekly pay-per-view shows which operated as the company's main source of revenue, in place of monthly pay-per-view events used by other promotions. These shows took place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, nicknamed the "TNA Asylum". The name "Homecoming" comes from their return to the Fairground for the first time since 2010. [2]

Storylines

The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. [3] [4]

On the November 15, 2018 episode of Impact! , Brian Cage defeated Sami Callihan to retain the Impact X Division Championship. After the match, he announced that he would use his Option C privilege, voluntarily vacating the X Division Championship, to challenge Johnny Impact at Homecoming for the Impact World Championship. [5]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [6]
1 Rich Swann defeated Ethan Page, Jake Crist and Trey Miguel Ultimate X match for the vacant Impact X Division Championship [7] 13:40
2 Allie and Su Yung defeated Jordynne Grace and Kiera Hogan by technical submission Tag team match 8:53
3 Eddie Edwards defeated Moose Falls Count Anywhere match 13:20
4 Sami Callihan (with Dave Crist) defeated Willie Mack Singles match 10:15
5 Eli Drake defeated Abyss Monster's Ball match 12:15
6 The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) (c) defeated The Lucha Bros (Fénix and Pentagón Jr.)Tag team match for the Impact World Tag Team Championship 11:20
7 Taya Valkyrie defeated Tessa Blanchard (c)Singles match for the Impact Knockouts Championship with Gail Kim as special guest referee 10:25
8 Johnny Impact (c) defeated Brian Cage Singles match for the Impact World Championship
This was Cage's Option C World Title match [5]
20:15
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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