{"id":3322,"date":"2017-03-25T23:15:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T03:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2017-03-25T23:15:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T03:15:43","slug":"breaking-news-chris-masters-debuts-impact-indie-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/03\/25\/breaking-news-chris-masters-debuts-impact-indie-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Chris Masters Debuts For Impact at Indie Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight at <strong>Border City Wrestling<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<em><strong>March Breakdown\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>event\u00a0in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, former WWE Superstar <strong>Chris Masters<\/strong> seemingly debuted for <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong>, attacking Impact Grand Champion <strong>Moose<\/strong> following a title defence against Canadian indie wrestler <strong>Randy Reign<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3324\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3324\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3324\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17498688_10154733563641284_7482697033186886299_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17498688_10154733563641284_7482697033186886299_n.jpg 426w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17498688_10154733563641284_7482697033186886299_n-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17498688_10154733563641284_7482697033186886299_n-233x420.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Angelo Verardi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The capacity crowd was informed prior to Moose&#8217;s title defence &#8211; the first time the Impact Grand Championship was defended in Canada &#8211; that it was being taped for the <strong>Fight Network<\/strong>, home to <em>Impact Wrestling<\/em> in Canada (and flagship channel for <strong>Anthem Entertainment<\/strong>, owners of Impact Wrestling. Border City Wrestling is co-owned by current Impact Wrestling\u00a0Vice President of International Development, <strong>Scott D&#8217;Amore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3325\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3325\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17457588_10154733563321284_4055287701032729241_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17457588_10154733563321284_4055287701032729241_n.jpg 426w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17457588_10154733563321284_4055287701032729241_n-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17457588_10154733563321284_4055287701032729241_n-233x420.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Angelo Verardi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following a three round, pinfall win against Reign, Moose was blindsided by Masters following his victory, who put Moose to sleep with the Masterlock before posing with the Impact Grand Championship title and leaving. Masters announced that he was now known as <strong>Chris Adonis<\/strong>, the name he&#8217;d mentioned going by several days ago when he announced he&#8217;d signed with Impact Wrestling.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3326\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3326\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17458297_1637766019584052_7388720680623583833_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17458297_1637766019584052_7388720680623583833_n.jpg 426w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17458297_1637766019584052_7388720680623583833_n-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17458297_1637766019584052_7388720680623583833_n-233x420.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Tanner Orr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No word on when the segment will air, but Adonis did tell Moose he&#8217;d be following him to wherever he defended the belt, be it in the United States or even Japan (alluding to Impact&#8217;s recent partnership with <strong>Pro Wrestling NOAH<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3323\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3323\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17458417_10155222670659791_9126035538830253254_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17458417_10155222670659791_9126035538830253254_n.jpg 576w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17458417_10155222670659791_9126035538830253254_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17458417_10155222670659791_9126035538830253254_n-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/03\/17458417_10155222670659791_9126035538830253254_n-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Border City Wrestling Facebook Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Main Photo:\u00a0Impact Wrestling<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight at Border City Wrestling&#8216;s\u00a0March Breakdown\u00a0event\u00a0in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, former WWE Superstar Chris Masters seemingly debuted for Impact Wrestling, attacking Impact Grand Champion Moose following a title defence against Canadian indie wrestler Randy Reign. 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