{"id":90771,"date":"2021-05-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=90771"},"modified":"2021-05-05T20:53:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T00:53:39","slug":"impact-wrestling-card-5-6-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/05\/06\/impact-wrestling-card-5-6-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: IMPACT Wrestling \u2013 El Phantasmo Debuts (5\/6\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong>, live on AXS TV, continues the march to <strong><em>Under<\/em> <em>Siege<\/em><\/strong>. As announced last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/30\/el-phantasmo-impact-debut\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>El Phantasmo<\/strong><\/a> (ELP) will make his debut for IMPACT. We will also see more qualifying matches for the <em>Under Siege<\/em> main event. You can catch all of the action starting at 8 PM EST. The preshow, <strong>Before the Impact<\/strong>, will begin at 7 PM EST and will feature <strong>Jake Something<\/strong> vs. <strong>Shera<\/strong>. Let\u2019s see what the May 6th edition IMPACT has in store for us.<\/p>\n<p>Last week&#8217;s IMPACT Wrestling started with <strong>Scott D&#8217;Amore<\/strong> in the ring, addressing the locker room. After <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/25\/kenny-omega-impact-world-championship-rebellion\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Kenny<\/strong> <strong>Omega&#8217;s<\/strong> historic IMPACT World Championship win<\/a> at <em><strong>Rebellion<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>a new number one contender was needed, as there was no rematch clause between Omega and <strong>Rich<\/strong> <strong>Swann<\/strong>. D&#8217;Amore announced a six-way match for <em>Under<\/em> <em>Siege\u00a0<\/em>where the winner would become the new number one contender, or if Omega didn&#8217;t make it to the building in time that night, the match would be for the title. Omega did make his way to the building that night, interfering in the qualifying match between <strong>Sami Callihan<\/strong> and <strong>Eddie<\/strong> <strong>Edwards<\/strong>. Three more matches qualifying matches will take place this week in IMPACT.<\/p>\n<h2>IMPACT Wrestling Card (5\/6\/21)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<ul>\n<li>Jake Something vs. Shera (BTI)<\/li>\n<li>Rhino vs. Chris Sabin (Six-Way Qualifier Match)<\/li>\n<li>Moose vs. James Storm (Six-Way Qualifier Match)<\/li>\n<li>Trey Miguel vs. Rohit Raju (Six-Way Qualifier Match)<\/li>\n<li>Kiera Hogan vs. Rachael Ellering<\/li>\n<li>Doc Gallows vs. Juice Robinson<\/li>\n<li>Susan vs. Taylor Wilde<\/li>\n<li>ELP Makes His IMPACT debut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/N7Fyf0W.jpg\" alt=\"Rhino Chris Sabin\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Rhino vs. Chris Sabin<\/h2>\n<p>The feud between <strong>Violent<\/strong> <strong>by<\/strong> <strong>Design<\/strong> and <strong>Chris<\/strong> <strong>Sabin<\/strong> and company continues with a spot in the six-way match at stake. The rivalry heated up at <em>Rebellion<\/em>, when VBD took on Sabin and company in an eight-man tag match. VBD came out victorious in that match, thanks in part to the debut of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/25\/w-morrissey-big-cass-impact-wrestling-debut\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>W. Morrissey<\/strong><\/a>. VBD leader <strong>Eric Young<\/strong> delivered a strong message last week ahead of this matchup. Will Sabin be able to overcome <strong>Rhino<\/strong> and the rest of VBD? He will have <strong>James<\/strong> <strong>Storm<\/strong> in his corner to help even the odds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/P0jwq0L.jpg\" alt=\"IMPACT Wrestling Moose James Storm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Moose vs. James Storm<\/h2>\n<p>Sabin&#8217;s new friend and tag team partner, James Storm, will have his chance to qualify for the six-man match on this week&#8217;s IMPACT. He will take on <strong>Moose<\/strong>, who confronted Scott D&#8217;Amore last week regarding his position on the qualifier. Moose insists he will do whatever it takes to get back the IMPACT World Championship. Moose was on the losing end of a unification match with Rich Swann for the IMPACT and TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The former TNA World Heavyweight Champion made it clear to Swann that he needed to bring the titles home at <em>Rebellion.<\/em> He is now looking to get himself back in the title picture, to reclaim what he believes is rightfully his.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/hZSGpMg.jpg\" alt=\"Trey Miguel Rohit Raju\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Trey Miguel vs. Rohit Raju<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Rohit Raju<\/strong> made his presence felt during the qualifying match between <strong>Chris<\/strong> <strong>Bey<\/strong> and <strong>Jake<\/strong> <strong>Something<\/strong> last week. He grabbed Something&#8217;s leg from outside the ring, allowing Bey to pin Something and advance to <em>Under Siege<\/em>. Rohit will now have an opportunity to qualify himself in his match against <strong>Trey<\/strong> <strong>Miguel<\/strong>, who is coming off of a big victory against Sami Callihan in their Last Man Standing Match at <em>Rebellion.\u00a0<\/em>He is looking to build on that momentum and land a spot in the six-man match at\u00a0<em>Under Siege.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90925 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/impact-wrestling-5-6-21.jpg\" alt=\"IMPACT Wrestling 5\/6\/21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/impact-wrestling-5-6-21.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/impact-wrestling-5-6-21-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>ELP Makes His IMPACT Wrestling Debut<\/h2>\n<p>El Phantasmo (ELP) will make his debut for IMPACT Wrestling on this week&#8217;s show. A vignette aired during last week&#8217;s episode of IMPACT, announcing ELP&#8217;s arrival for this week. He joins fellow <strong>NJPW<\/strong> wrestlers <strong>David<\/strong> <strong>Finlay<\/strong> and <strong>Juice<\/strong> <strong>Robinson<\/strong>, who have been working with the promotion lately. <strong>FinJuice<\/strong> captured the IMPACT World Tag Team Titles from T<strong>he Good Brothers<\/strong> at <em><strong>Sacrifice<\/strong> <\/em>and have held them ever since. Will ELP shake up the title picture in IMPACT the same way that FinJuice did? We will find out this week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last 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, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can catch IMPACT Wrestling on Thursday nights on AXS TV and Twitch.TV as well as all the time on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/impactplus.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMPACT Plus<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMPACT Wrestling, live on AXS TV, continues the march to Under Siege. As announced last week, El Phantasmo (ELP) will make his debut for IMPACT. We will also see more qualifying matches for the Under Siege main event. You can catch all of the action starting at 8 PM EST. The preshow, Before the Impact, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3722,"featured_media":90925,"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":[7,6,2192],"tags":[275,2716,1554,184,3968,1997,847],"class_list":["post-90771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impact","category-north-america","category-wrestling","tag-chris-sabin","tag-el-phantasmo","tag-james-storm","tag-moose","tag-rhino","tag-rohit-raju","tag-trey-miguel"],"modified_by":"Robbie Sutter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90771","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\/3722"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}