{"id":68330,"date":"2020-05-12T15:48:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=68330"},"modified":"2020-05-13T11:17:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T15:17:51","slug":"report-tasha-steelz-joins-impact-knockouts-division-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/05\/12\/report-tasha-steelz-joins-impact-knockouts-division-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasha Steelz Joins IMPACT Knockouts Division (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>UPDATE: Since the original writing of this article, <a href=\"https:\/\/impactwrestling.com\/tasha-steelz-signs-with-impact-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMPACT Wrestling has confirmed<\/a> Tasha Steelz signing with the company.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was exciting news for fans of indie star <strong>Tasha Steelz<\/strong> to see she was returning to <strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> on Tuesday night to face <strong>Kylie Rae<\/strong>, after making an appearance a year ago on IMPACT TV as part of a Knockouts Battle Royal. But according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwinsider.com\/article\/136342\/another-new-impact-signing-announced-more.html?p=1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a new report from PWInsider&#8217;s Mike Johnson<\/a>, it appears she may be back for more than another one-shot. In his report, Johnson stated that Steelz &#8220;will be a regular for the company going forward.&#8221; She will join two other recent additions &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/04\/29\/killer-death-machine-nevaeh-makes-impact-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Neveah<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/05\/05\/kimber-lee-debuts-on-impact-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kimber Lee<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; in arguably pro wrestling&#8217;s strongest women&#8217;s divisions that also feature <strong>Tessa Blanchard, Jordynne Grace, Taya Valkyrie, Rosemary, Tenille Dashwood, Kiera Hogan, Jessicka Havok, Madison Rayne<\/strong>, Kylie Rae, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/05\/11\/su-yung-re-signs-with-impact-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently re-signed <strong>Su Yung<\/strong><\/a>. According to PWInsider Elite last week, it appears that neither Kimber Lee or Neveah have officially signed with IMPACT as of yet, which may be the case with Steelz as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealTSteelz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RealTSteelz<\/a> is ready to prove she&#39;s the brightest star in the sky against Kylie Rae NEXT on IMPACT! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IMPACTonAXSTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#IMPACTonAXSTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E8LL14kATT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/E8LL14kATT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1260363377253199878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey&#8217;s Tasha Steelz began wrestling in 2015, training with <strong>Kevin Knight<\/strong> and <strong>International Wrestling Federation (IWF)<\/strong>. By 2016, she was breaking out into the US indies beyond regionally, working with <strong>Beyond Wrestling, Women&#8217;s Wrestling Revolution (WWR)<\/strong>, <strong>New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC) <\/strong>and <strong>RISE Wrestling<\/strong>, as well as working several dark matches for <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Free Match] Jordynne Grace vs. Tasha Steelz | Women&#039;s Wrestling Revolution #TFT\u2640\ufe0f (SHIMMER Stardom)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hm2arkq_jW8?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>She expanded her Eastern presence adding Massachusetts&#8217; <strong>Chaotic Wrestling<\/strong> and New York&#8217;s <strong>House of Glory (HOG)<\/strong> and <strong>Battle Club Pro (BCP)<\/strong>, becoming Chaotic and BCP ICONS Champion. In her first reign as Chaotic Women&#8217;s Champion, she held the title for 320-days, including a fierce rivalry against AEW star <strong>Kris Statlander<\/strong> throughout 2019. In December of 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/12\/13\/penelope-ford-leads-latest-class-of-indie-wrestlers-at-wwe-tryout-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she took part in a WWE Tryout<\/a> and last fall spent some time <a href=\"https:\/\/squaredcirclesirens.com\/tasha-steelz-touring-with-wwe-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">touring with WWE<\/a>, including being backstage at NXT, but never made it to television.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kris Statlander vs Tasha Steelz Ladder Match + More | Elevated Ep. 15 (Womens wrestling)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RzXm28xuJlw?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>In 2019, she really broke out nationally, working several televised ROH events, including a victory over <strong>Angelina Love<\/strong> and <strong>Karissa Rivera<\/strong> at <em><strong>ROH Mass Hysteria<\/strong><\/em> and then unsuccessfully challenging Women of Honor Champion <strong>Kelly Klein<\/strong> at <em><strong>ROH Summer Supercard<\/strong> <\/em>last year in Toronto. She also began working with <strong>Queens of Combat (QOC)<\/strong> and made her IMPACT Wrestling debut on the May 17 episode of\u00a0<em><strong>IMPACT! Wrestling<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in the Knockouts Battle Royal that was ultimately won by former WCW Superstar <strong>Disco Inferno<\/strong> (Glenn Gilbertti) during his brief feud with Tessa Blanchard.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Women of Honor: Brandi Lauren vs Tasha Steelz\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RNVh8vvF4Fo?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>Last December, she debuted with the rebooted <strong>National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)<\/strong> in a match against <strong>Thunder Rosa<\/strong> at <em><strong>NWA Into the Fire<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and continued to work with the NWA on multiple episodes of <em><strong>NWA Powerrr<\/strong><\/em>. Her last televised appearance in the NWA was on February 11, 2020, when she lost to former WWE Women&#8217;s Champion <strong>Melina<\/strong>. Tasha Steelz is also currently in her second reigns as both Chaotic Women&#8217;s Champion and BCP ICONS Champion and continues to work in the US indies, debuting with both <strong>Women&#8217;s Superstars Uncensored (WSU)<\/strong> and Chicago&#8217;s <strong>Warrior Wrestling<\/strong> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nULje232Xkg<\/p>\n<p>Another top prospect in women&#8217;s wrestling joins the strongest women&#8217;s division in North America, as IMPACT continues to bolster its roster throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world.\u00a0 We provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can watch IMPACT every Tuesday on AXS-TV and see past episodes of IMPACT Wrestling on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/impactplus.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMPACT+<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Since the original writing of this article, IMPACT Wrestling has confirmed Tasha Steelz signing with the company. It was exciting news for fans of indie star Tasha Steelz to see she was returning to IMPACT Wrestling on Tuesday night to face Kylie Rae, after making an appearance a year ago on IMPACT TV as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":68332,"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":[7,6,321,317],"tags":[226,3651],"class_list":["post-68330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impact","category-north-america","category-tna-knockouts","category-women","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-tasha-steelz"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68330","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=68330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}