{"id":10838,"date":"2017-12-14T22:43:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T03:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=10838"},"modified":"2017-12-14T22:57:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T03:57:21","slug":"breaking-laurel-van-ness-new-impact-knockouts-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/12\/14\/breaking-laurel-van-ness-new-impact-knockouts-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Laurel Van Ness NEW Impact Knockouts Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On tonight&#8217;s episode of <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong>, <strong>Laurel Van Ness<\/strong> defeated <strong>Rosemary<\/strong> to become the new Impact Knockouts Champion. This is Laurel Van Ness&#8217; first reign as Knockouts Champion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ANDNEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ANDNEW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KnockoutsChampion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#KnockoutsChampion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImChelseaGreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ImChelseaGreen<\/a> is Champion! Did anyone see this coming? Laurel Van Ness has put her name in the history books!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bTpMEY1X6E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/bTpMEY1X6E<\/a> with more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JRLbBJNds5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/JRLbBJNds5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4F5ak80J0a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4F5ak80J0a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/941509385221685248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m goina sip my champ while I leave <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeAreRosemary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WeAreRosemary<\/a> to SIP THAT MIST I just threw in her face \ud83c\udf7e\ud83c\udf7e\ud83c\udf7e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LVNisChamp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LVNisChamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CHELSEA GREEN (@ImChelseaGreen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImChelseaGreen\/status\/941510058638114817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be interesting to see what happens with Laurel Van Ness and her title in the coming weeks, as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2017\/12\/01\/report-laurel-van-ness-requests-release-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it was reported earlier this month<\/a> that <strong>Chelsea Green<\/strong>, the indie wrestler who performs Laurel Van Ness on Impact, apparently requested her release from the company shortly after the Ottawa tapings where she won the title last month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And NEW Knockouts champion &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImChelseaGreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ImChelseaGreen<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IMPACTonPOP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#IMPACTonPOP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QmPdoiiPYa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QmPdoiiPYa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Garrett Kidney (@garrettkidney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garrettkidney\/status\/941504363536769024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the undercard of tonight&#8217;s show, <strong>Allie<\/strong> won a #1 Contenders match against former Knockouts Champion <strong>Sienna<\/strong> and will face Laurel Van Ness, which could end up in becoming Allie&#8217;s second Knockouts title reign should Van Ness get granted her release. Allie as champ could lead to a return heel turn for her <strong>Demon Bunny<\/strong> ally Rosemary, with the two feuding over the title. Allie and Rosemary are no strangers to each other. Outside of Impact Wrestling, they had a year long feud in their home country with <strong>Smash Wrestling<\/strong>, which became the subject of one of Smash&#8217;s best selling DVD collections, <a href=\"http:\/\/smash-wrestling.com\/product\/rosemary-vs-allie-demon-vs-the-slayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Rosemary vs. Allie: Demon vs. The Slayer<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rosemary Vs Allie - Available Now\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Cb4aEmWv5k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, friends in the industry congratulated Van Ness on her win, including her trainer, <strong>Lance Storm<\/strong>, and boyfriend, WWE Superstar <strong>Zack Ryder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LanceStorm\/status\/941508383676362753<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImChelseaGreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ImChelseaGreen<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Champ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Champ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Cardona (@TheMattCardona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMattCardona\/status\/941507055487213570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Proud of you, kiddo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6f1p5UMa5P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6f1p5UMa5P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michin \ubbf8\uce5c (@MiaYim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiaYim\/status\/941508440731549696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shazza_McKenzie\/status\/941508463997337600<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImChelseaGreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ImChelseaGreen<\/a>. Seen her first hand with us at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IWCwrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IWCwrestling<\/a>, glad the rest of world continues to. Hard worker and dynamic character performer.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin LaBar (@JustinLaBar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinLaBar\/status\/941513008286781440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On tonight&#8217;s episode of Impact Wrestling, Laurel Van Ness defeated Rosemary to become the new Impact Knockouts Champion. This is Laurel Van Ness&#8217; first reign as Knockouts Champion. #ANDNEW #KnockoutsChampion @ImChelseaGreen is Champion! Did anyone see this coming? Laurel Van Ness has put her name in the history books!https:\/\/t.co\/bTpMEY1X6E with more: https:\/\/t.co\/JRLbBJNds5 pic.twitter.com\/4F5ak80J0a &mdash; TNA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":10842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,6,321,317],"tags":[226,1792,570],"class_list":["post-10838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-impact","category-north-america","category-tna-knockouts","category-women","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-knockouts-championship","tag-laurel-van-ness"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}