{"id":34262,"date":"2019-01-03T17:22:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T22:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=34262"},"modified":"2021-12-29T09:22:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T14:22:41","slug":"johnny-survivor-impact-world-champion-bringing-backup-to-homecoming-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/01\/03\/johnny-survivor-impact-world-champion-bringing-backup-to-homecoming-on-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Survivor: IMPACT World Champion Bringing Backup to Homecoming on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the summer, John Hennigan<\/strong> brought Slamtown to Fiji as he competed on the 37th season of the CBS hit, Survivor. While Hennigan didn’t win (he was the seventh contestant voted out, ninth to leave the island, and the second member of the jury), he did have some memorable moments along the way, including most notably alongside his fellow Brochachos, Dan Rengering\u00a0<\/a>and Christian Hubicki<\/a>. But ultimately, Hennigan was felled by a perfectly executed blindside that he really had no reason to even see coming. Ironically, it was a blindside that was made possible due to Nick Wilson and Davie Rickenbacker<\/a>, the two Survivor contestants who will be in Hennigan, or rather Impact’s corner, this Sunday at Homecoming<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> released the following press release on Thursday afternoon:<\/p>\n

TORONTO | NASHVILLE<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Johnny Impact\u00a0is getting support from two former foes in his main event World Championship title match against \u201cThe Machine\u201d\u00a0Brian Cage\u00a0on Sunday, January 6, at IMPACT Wrestling\u2019s\u00a0Homecoming\u00a0pay-per-view event.<\/p>\n

Nick Wilson \u2013 the $1 million winner of Survivor: David vs. Goliath, the just-finished 37th season of the hit reality TV show \u2013 will be sitting in the front row at Homecoming, which will be held at the famed Asylum Arena at the Nashville Fairgrounds. Wilson is bringing 10 other loyal Impact fans and even fellow Survivor contestant Davie Rickenbacker.<\/p>\n

Wilson and Rickenbacker were aligned on the original David tribe, while Impact battled on the TV show as part of the Goliath tribe. Impact was the seventh voted off the island, on day 22, and the second member of the jury, which ultimately voted Wilson as the Sole Survivor and $1 million winner.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited that Nick and Davie will be in my corner for the Homecoming pay-per-view match,\u201d said reigning World Champion Johnny Impact. \u201cAlthough I was rivals with both at the start of Survivor, we ultimately became good friends and I know each will have my back. Brian Cage won\u2019t be able to blindside me with Nick and Davie watching my back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Impact has dipped into the Survivor well for additional support in his Homecoming match. Impact has talked at-length with Professor Christian Hubicki about how to defeat a Machine.<\/p>\n

The Homecoming pay-per-view features all of the Superstars and Knockouts of IMPACT Wrestling, including Impact\u2019s real-life wife,\u00a0Taya Valkyrie, who challenges\u00a0Tessa Blanchard\u00a0for the Knockouts Championship.<\/p>\n

Impact and Valkyrie, married days after he returned from filming Survivor in Fiji, are looking to be the company\u2019s first husband-wife duo to simultaneously hold major championship titles \u2013 and one of the first-ever in any pro wrestling promotion.<\/p>\n

The Homecoming pay-per-view also features a four-man Ultimate-X match to crown a new X-Division Champion, plus LAX (Santana and Ortiz) defends the Tag-Team Championship against the Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix), while Eli Drake battles Abyss in a Monster\u2019s Ball Match.<\/p>\n

Homecoming, the three-hour extravaganza kicks off at 8:00 p.m. ET and will be distributed on cable, satellite and digital pay-per-view, including DISH, DirecTV, iN Demand, Vubiquity, Rogers, Bell, Shaw and Sasktel across North America, and streaming live globally exclusively on the FITE.tv<\/a> app and if you order on the FITE.tv app, be sure to look for your code for a FREE 2019 IMPACT Calendar!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Professor Christian Hubicki on How To Beat a Machine: https:\/\/t.co\/xYAuLXElIg<\/a> via @YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

— John Morrison (@TheRealMorrison) January 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n