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Hello Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up! Slammiversary is this coming Sunday and the road to the Championship Unification matchup between Sienna and Rosemary is starting to take shape.
On the last Impact from Mumbai, India and the final one before Slammiversary, we had a taste of Women’s Title Unification match as the GFW Women’s Champion Sienna will team up with the loaded but stable “Hot Mess Express” Laurel Van Ness and her cousin KM to face off against Braxton Sutter, Allie, and the Knockouts Champion Rosemary. Let’s go straight to the action.
First we see the team of KM, Sienna and Laurel Van Ness ever the ring; with Laurel falling off the wagon after that disastrous wedding, she needs to hold it together for this matchup. Next up we see Braxton Sutter and Allie make their way to the ring, receiving a huge welcome from the Mumbai fans. Next comes Rosemary, and before going to battle, she gave both Braxton and Allie a little tap on the head and the battle begins with a riot.
First off we see Laurel and Allie go at it, but seconds later she tags KM. Allie went on to tag Braxton because men aren’t allowed to hit girls on IMPACT. As Braxton dishes out some hurting sandwiches to KM, the cocky one tried to powerbomb Sutter only to end up on a wrong end of a rollup attempt, which happened to be a near-fall.
As KM delivered huge moves such as the Sit-out Full Nelson Slam as well as the Vertical Suplex, it looked like Braxton would end up being a victim of KM’s all-out assault. But Braxton battled back, however, giving KM a Snap Suplex to the turnbuckles. Both men tagged their respective partners (KM tagged LVN, Braxton tagged Rosemary) and the scrap was on.
While everybody was brawling in the middle of the ring, Braxton nailed KM with a Slingshot Crossbody, LVN has Rosemary in the Unprettier, Allie plants Laurel with a Samoan Powerslam, Sienna laid Allie with a kick, and right before Sienna was about to put Rosemary out with the AK47, Rosemary countered it. But then came her poison mist, she nails Laurel with it, not Sienna. Sienna tried again with the AK47 but Allie came flying in with a Ruining Codebreaker. And once Laurel was alone with the Demon Assassin, Rosemary finished off the Hot Mess with the Red Wedding for the win.
After the match, the trio celebrated, though Rosemary is not much of a hugger. Instead, the Hive Queen patted both Braxton and Allie on the head before focusing on Sienna before their collision course this Sunday.
Thoughts: To me, the beginning of the match looked like a Pier 4 Brawl than a traditional 3-on-3 match. You can actually feel the tension between the two champions leading up to Slammiversary, and it hopefully it doesn’t stop there.
I’ve been a fan of both Sienna and Rosemary during their Independent heydays, but now they take their acts on the big stage on Sunday. While Sienna may be getting more heat as the top heel of the fabled Knockouts division, I like how the people behind the scenes are building up the face turn of Rosemary. The differences in fan support will often be the deciding factor, but their talents are the foundation.
As for Allie and Laurel, I’m hoping they will make their Slammiversary appearance in some fashion, I don’t know at this time. But let’s hope they show up in some capacity.
Slammiversary is this Sunday, and it won’t be pretty.
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