Impact Results – Feb. 1, 2018 – Eli Drake vs. Austin Aries

Feb 2, 2018

IMPACT Results
February 1, 2018
Orlando, FL
Results by impactwrestling.com

Tonight, it’s a new era in IMPACT Wrestling and it begins with the return of the four-sided ring.

A mystery man is seen arriving to the arena. Who could it be?

Grand Championship Match
Grand Champion Matt Sydal vs. Fallah Bahh

Sydal reveals a new set of rules for Grand Championship matches – judges will no longer score the bout and the first pinfall or submission wins it. Bahh misses a leg drop, Sydal follows up with a standing Moonsault. Sydal hits flying double knees off the top rope. Sydal jumps off the second rope but Bahh catches him and hits the Samoan drop. Bahh is perched on the second rope but Sydal kicks him to the floor! Sydal connects with the Shooting Star Press to win the match and retain the title.

Winner: Matt Sydal

Backstage: Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley

Backstage, Trevor Lee tells Caleb Konley that even though he may not be X-Division champion anymore, he has a lot in store for the two of them.

Lashley vs. KM

Lashley is no longer apart of American Top Team and is out for revenge! Lashley charges at KM in the corner but he sidesteps him, causing Lashley to crash into the steel ring post. KM launches himself over the top rope, taking out Lashley on the outside! Lashley hits a big powerslam for a near fall. Lashley counters a pump-handle slam into the Spear to win.

Winner: Lashley

Backstage: Jimmy Jacobs, Kongo Kong, Joseph Park

Jimmy Jacobs and Kongo Kong interrupt Joseph Park backstage. Jacobs apologizes for having Kong injure Chandler Park but says he won’t stop until Joseph Park’s monster, Abyss comes out to play! Jacobs gives Park until next week to make a decision.

Backstage: Lashley and Eddie Edwards

Lashley reveals that he’s going to compete in both professional wrestling and MMA. Eddie Edwards tries to have a conversation with Lashley but he ignores him.

Laurel Van Ness vs. Kiera Hogan

This is Kiera Hogan’s IMPACT Wrestling debut! Laurel drives Hogan into the corner turnbuckle. Hogan hits a superkick for a near fall. Hogan is perched on the top rope but Laurel throws her off and hits the curb stomp. Laurel goes for the Unprettier but Allie appears on the ramp and distracts her! Hogan rolls up Laurel to pick up the upset victory!

Winner: Kiera Hogan

The mystery man is seen entering the IMPACT! Zone.

Backstage: EC3 and Alberto El Patron

Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Alberto El Patron and EC3 ahead of their all-star tag team match against Johnny Impact and Moose tonight. Patron and EC3 argue about having to team with each other.

In-Ring: LAX, OVE, Lee and Konley

The tag team champions, LAX are in the ring. Konnan reflects on LAX’s brutal feud with oVe that culminated with Barbed Wire Massacre a few weeks ago. Sami Callihan and oVe interrupt. Callihan says they’re moving on to bigger and better things but they will be coming for the tag team titles at some point in 2018. Callihan and oVe leave up the ramp but then, Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley attack LAX from behind! Konnan and Homicide attempt to make the save but Lee and Konley escape with LAX’s flags in-hand.

Backstage: Johnny Impact and Moose

McKenzie Mitchell interviews Johnny Impact and Moose before they face Alberto El Patron and EC3 tonight. Impact and Moose are on the same page, unlike Patron and EC3.

Backstage: Eli Drake and Chris Adonis

Chris Adonis and Eli Drake are backstage preparing for the “Facts of Eli Drake’s Life” segment tonight. Drake asks Adonis who the special guest is. Adonis tells Drake he doesn’t have one but Drake doesn’t believe him.

Johnny Impact & Moose vs. Alberto El Patron and EC3

EC3 throws Moose to the outside and Patron attacks him behind the referee’s back! Impact is getting fed up as Patron and EC3 continue to break the rules. Patron and EC3 wear down Moose with a series of double team moves, including a big double vertical suplex. Moose reverses EC3’s suplex attempt into his own and gets the tag to Impact! Impact hits EC3 with a standing Spanish fly for a near fall. EC3 stops Impact’s Starship Pain but Impact is still able to hit a springboard kick. Impact successfully hits the Starship Pain on Patron but EC3 pulls Impact off the pin. EC3 pulls Moose off the apron before Impact can tag him in. EC3 hits Impact with the TK3 but Moose breaks up the pin attempt. Patron hits Moose with the backcracker and sends him into the steel ring post. Patron connects with the top rope double foot stomp on Impact but gets caught with a huge clothesline from Moose! Moose scores the pinfall on Patron to pick up the win for his team.

Winners: Impact & Moose

In-Ring: Eli Drake, Chris Adonis, Austin Aries

It’s time for Chris Adonis presents “The Facts of Eli Drake’s Life”. Drake and Adonis are in the ring as Adonis praises him for being the greatest world champion, wrestler and friend that’s ever lived. Adonis shows video tributes of Drake but someone switches the last one for embarrassing footage of the two. Then, the mystery man reveals himself to be the returning Austin Aries! He questions Drake calling himself the greatest man that ever lived. Aries reminds them that he’s the longest reigning X-Division champion in IMPACT Wrestling history and a former tag team and World Heavyweight champion. Aries says that if Drake wants to call himself the greatest champion that ever lived, he has to defeat him – tonight! Drake refuses, then Adonis cracks Aries in the back of the head with the title belt! With Aries laid out, Drake changes his mind and this Global Championship match is on!

World Championship Match
World Champion Eli Drake vs. Austin Aries

Drake immediately goes for the pin but Aries kicks out! Aries turns the tide with a huge burst of momentum. Aries dropkicks Adonis off the apron and hits Drake with the Brain Buster to win the match and become the new World champion!

Winner and New World Champion: Austin Aries