{"id":21454,"date":"2018-07-05T17:37:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T21:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=21454"},"modified":"2018-07-05T17:41:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T21:41:20","slug":"ove-vs-bullet-club-marty-scurll-answers-sami-callihans-open-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/07\/05\/ove-vs-bullet-club-marty-scurll-answers-sami-callihans-open-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"oVe vs. Bullet Club: Marty Scurll Answers Sami Callihan&#8217;s Open Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sami Callihan<\/strong> has emerged as the ultimate villain of 2018 in <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong> since his baseball bat incident with <strong>Eddie Edwards<\/strong> (and subsequent actions in the indie circuit) and early in June, he threw down a huge gauntlet when he called out <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong> for not inviting Impact Wrestling &#8211; and specifically &#8220;The Draw&#8221; Sami Callihan himself &#8211; to appear on Jericho&#8217;s <strong>Rock N&#8217; Rager Cruise<\/strong>. Jericho responded and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/06\/05\/breaking-chris-jericho-announced-impact-wrestling-part-of-jericho-cruise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ultimately invited the roster of Impact to get their sea legs<\/a>, but it seems it wasn&#8217;t enough. Callihan continued to call out Jericho, after the <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> <em><strong>Sea of Honor<\/strong><\/em> tournament was announced and still no mention of any Impact talent. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/07\/05\/cruise-of-jericho-sami-callihan-calls-out-chris-jericho-ring-of-honor-and-bullet-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Callihan went so far as to challenge Bullet Club themselves<\/a>. Well, it appears that Sami has finally gotten a response and it came from within the ranks of Bullet Club &#8211; 2018&#8217;s villain of the year was called out by\u00a0<em>The<\/em> Villain, in Bullet Club&#8217;s resident Englishman, <strong>Marty Scurll<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartyScurll\/status\/1014925842047209474<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Scurll&#8217;s challenge was heard by everyone and Jericho and Impact seem genuinely excited of the proposition of Scurll facing Callihan, in the ultimate Villain showdown.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s OFFICIAL!  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartyScurll?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MartyScurll<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSamiCallihan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheSamiCallihan<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jericho_cruise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@jericho_cruise<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impactwrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IMPACTWRESTLING<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringofhonor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ringofhonor<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yxIXhDLSN0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/yxIXhDLSN0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAmJericho\/status\/1014927642167046144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 5, 2018<\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheDraw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TheDraw<\/a> vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheVillain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TheVillain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>oVe vs. The Bullet Club<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSamiCallihan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheSamiCallihan<\/a> vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartyScurll?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MartyScurll<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Now THAT sounds like one hell of a cruise! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jericho_cruise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@jericho_cruise<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAmJericho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IAmJericho<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d7jflaGtaP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/d7jflaGtaP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1014928684342566912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sami Callihan was less diplomatic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019ll never be a Villain to me&#8230; I know the real you. You\u2019ll always be \u201cParty Marty\u201d aka the wrestler dude that was on that one British game show. See ya in October. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheDRAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TheDRAW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h9kCDlw35x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/h9kCDlw35x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sami Callihan (@TheSamiCallihan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSamiCallihan\/status\/1014928992762318854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 5, 2018<\/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\">You bring your umbrella. I\u2019ll bring my bat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h9kCDlw35x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/h9kCDlw35x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sami Callihan (@TheSamiCallihan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSamiCallihan\/status\/1014929707853320193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This will mark the second interaction between an Impact star and a Bullet Club member this year, as the newest member, <strong>&#8220;Bone Soldier&#8221; Taiji Ishimori<\/strong> is returning to Impact for <em><strong>Slammiversary XVI<\/strong> <\/em>on July 22 in Toronto as part of an amazing four way match between Ishimori vs.<strong> Johnny Impact<\/strong> (Morrison) vs. <strong>Rich Swann<\/strong> vs. <strong>Fenix.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21458\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21458\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/Dg0m5xQW4AYuwFw-e1530826353415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Impact Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With Callihan vs. Scurll now booked as the first non-<em>Sea of Honor<\/em> match, it will be interesting to see if it stays a singles match or if Callihan&#8217;s oVe partners &#8211; <strong>Dave &amp; Jake Crist<\/strong> &#8211; get inserted to make it a 6-man tag match, with Scurll either alongside<strong> Cody Rhodes<\/strong> and <strong>Hangman Page<\/strong>, or with <strong>The Young Bucks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can get more info on the last remaining tickets at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisjerichocruise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cruise of Jericho&#8217;s official website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sami Callihan has emerged as the ultimate villain of 2018 in Impact Wrestling since his baseball bat incident with Eddie Edwards (and subsequent actions in the indie circuit) and early in June, he threw down a huge gauntlet when he called out Chris Jericho for not inviting Impact Wrestling &#8211; and specifically &#8220;The Draw&#8221; Sami [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":21459,"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":[2,7,6,8],"tags":[107,2972,226,327,61,488],"class_list":["post-21454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-impact","category-north-america","category-roh","tag-chris-jericho","tag-cruise-of-jericho","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-marty-scurll","tag-ring-of-honor","tag-sami-callihan"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21454","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=21454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}