Welcome to Fightful.com's live coverage & discussion for IMPACT Wrestling (5/5/22)!
We'll be bringing you full, fight-by-fight results of every match on the card.
Preview
- Ace Austin (C) vs. Rocky Romero — X-Division Championship
- W. Morrissey vs. Brian Myers — Tables Match
- Bullet Club (Chris Bey & Jay White) vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack
- JONAH vs. PCO — Monsters Ball
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Steve Maclin
Live Coverage
— The show begins and our commentary team of Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt welcome us to tonight's show and it's time for our opening contest of the evening.
W. Morrissey vs. Brian Myers — Tables Match
— Morrissey shows off his power early, sends Myers to the outside then immediately introduces a table into the mix. Morrissey plants Myers with a spine-buster onto the apron and sets up the table on the entrance ramp. Morrissey looks to end this one early and put Myers through a table with a power-bomb but Myers slides out and runs back into the ring. Myers nails Morrissey with a suplex but walks into a big boot from the big man. Morrissey sends Myers back to the outside and looks for the power-bomb once again but Matt Cardona rushes out. The fight gets back into the ring where Myers and Cardona double-team Morrissey, who gets momentum back with a pair of corner splashes on each of his foes. Morrissey takes both Myers and Cardona out with a double choke-slam and Chelsea Green comes down to make the save. Myers, Cardona and Green continue the attack and Jordynne Grace comes down and tries to even the odds as much as possible. Grace takes out Cardona with a spine-buster and leans a table up in the corner and lifts Cardona, Morrissey comes in and drills Cardona with a boot that sends him through the table. Grace chases Green off, Myers clocks Morrissey with a table but Morrissey just gets angry and Morrissey plants Myers with a slam and then sends Myers through a table for the win!
Winner - W. Morrissey
— We then see Willie Mack and Rich Swann backstage who are talking strategy about their match against Jay White and Chris Bey. Matt Cardona and Brian Myers interrupt and call out Mack and Swann.
Ace Austin (C) vs. Rocky Romero — IMPACT X-Division Championship
— Romero goes on the offensive early. Ace comes back and wallops Romero with a bevy of strikes but Romero tosses the champion to the corner and drills him with a pair of clotheslines. Ace comes back with a boot to the face and we head to a commercial break. Back from the break and Romero hits Ace with a hurricanrana on the outside then tosses Ace back into the ring, Romero drills Ace with a tornado DDT then goes for the cover but Ace kicks out. Romero hits Ace with a takedown then locks-in the Boston Crab but Ace rolls out, Rocky lands a kick, Ace comes back with a spin-kick then plants the challenger with The Fold to get the 1-2-3!
Winner - Ace Austin (C) (STILL X-Division Champion)
— After the match, Trey Miguel comes down to the ring and reveals that he’ll be using his rematch clause to face Ace at Under Siege, this Saturday night.
— We then see IMPACT World Champion Josh Alexander backstage who previews his title defense against Tomohiro Ishii, this weekend before we head to a commercial break.
Masha Slamovich vs. Damarus
— Masha tosses Damarus around the ring then drills Damarus with a lariat. Masha lands a Snow Plow and gets the quick win!
Winner - Masha Slamovich
— We then see a promo video hyping up this weekend’s Under Siege event.
— Raj Singh and Shera are shown backstage. Raj says Bhupinder Gujjar had his chance but now he has Shera as a client and Bhupinder has no idea what Shera is capable of. Shera wants Bhupinder and says he’s the lion of this jungle.
Bullet Club (Chris Bey & Jay White) (with Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack
— White and Swann start this one off with a lock-up. White lands a shoulder strike and then a right hook before drilling Swann with some stomps to the chest. White lands some chops to the chest and Swann comes back with some strikes and a drop-kick. Swann makes the tag to Mack, who drills White with a flapjack and goes for the cover but White kicks out. Mack with some knees to White’s back then a neck-breaker before going for another cover but White lifts the shoulders after a count of two. Swann makes the self-tag and lands a bevy of kicks to White’s mid-section. Swann lands a spin-kick, White escapes and makes the tag to Bey, White drills Swann with an elbow then sends him out of the ring and we head to a commercial break. Back from the break and Swann and White are down in the ring and both make tags to Mack and Bey, respectively. Mack lands a clothesline on Bey then an elbow and a slam. White comes back in and clocks Mack with and elbow, Mack takes out both Bey and White with a double-clothesline then plants Bey with a Samoan Drop. Swann lands a standing splash on Bey, Mack hits Bey with a standing moonsault and goes for the cover but Bey kicks out. Bey slides out of a stunner, goes up top and dives down but Mack catches him mid-air and plants him with a suplex. White comes in and drills Mack with a suplex of his own and Bey follows-up with Art of Finesse for the 1-2-3!
Winners - Bullet Club
— After the match, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Eddie Edwards and Kenny King of Honor No More rush the ring and they brawl with Bullet Club as we head to a commercial break.
— Back from the break, commentary runs down this weekend’s card for Under Siege and it’s time for our next matchup.
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Steve Maclin
— A lock-up to start. Maclin with a head-lock, Ishii sends Maclin to the corner and they hit simultaneous shoulder strikes. Maclin lands a uranage and goes for the cover but Ishii kicks out. A forearm exchange ensues, Maclin with a clubbing forearm to the back of Ishii’s neck, sends him to the corner and lands a clothesline. Ishii comes back with a driver and lands a bevy of chops to Maclin’s chest. Ishii with a shoulder strike, Maclin comes back with an Olympic Slam and goes for the cover but Ishii lifts the shoulders at two. Maclin locks-in a Boston Crab, Ishii drags himself to the ropes and grabs the bottom one to force the break. Ishii with some elbows, Maclin with a lariat, Ishii plants Maclin with a German suplex and Maclin fires back with a back-elbow. Maclin drills Ishii with a lariat and goes for the cover but Ishii kicks out. Maclin lines up Ishii for the Mayhem For All but Ishii fights out with some headbutts and then a lariat and a Brain-buster for three-count!
Winner - Tomohiro Ishii
— We then head to a commercial break ahead of our main event of the evening.
JONAH vs. PCO — Monsters Ball Match
— This one starts backstage as the JONAH and PCO brawl throughout the IMPACT Zone. The brawl finally enters the arena area and JONAH drills PCO with a suplex on the entrance ramp. Both behemoths grab steel chairs and start clocking each other with them. PCO drills JONAH with a pair of uppercuts and then a Frankensteiner into the chairs but JONAH comes back and wallops PCO with a sledgehammer. JONAH with a kick, then a slam and a belly-to-belly suplex into a previously setup ladder. JONAH retrieves a table, sets it up and PCO attacks from behind and a bevy of strikes are exchanged. PCO sends JONAH to the corner and lands a clothesline and then plants JONAH onto a trash can with a DDT. PCO with a senton then a Swanton Bomb onto the apron. JONAH grabs a bag of thumbtacks and dumps them onto the mat. JONAH plants PCO with a power-bomb onto the racks and goes for the cover but PCO kicks out at two-and-a-half! JONAH goes up top, PCO uppercuts him off the top turnbuckle and wallops him with a sledgehammer. PCO goes back up top and drills JONAH with a moonsault for the 1-2-3!
Winner - PCO
