{"id":97976,"date":"2021-08-10T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=97976"},"modified":"2021-08-10T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T17:24:10","slug":"preview-impact-wrestling-number-one-contenders-battle-royal-8-12-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/10\/preview-impact-wrestling-number-one-contenders-battle-royal-8-12-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: IMPACT Wrestling \u2013 Number One Contenders Battle Royal (8\/12\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IMPACT<\/strong> <strong>Wrestling<\/strong> returns to AXS TV this Thursday night for two hours of action-packed wrestling. A new number one contender for <strong>Kenny<\/strong> <strong>Omega&#8217;s<\/strong> IMPACT World Title will be crowned in the Number One Contenders Battle Royal. The newest member of <strong>Bullet<\/strong> <strong>Club<\/strong> <strong>Chris<\/strong> <strong>Bey<\/strong> will also be in tag team action. The action will begin at 8 PM EST. The preshow,\u00a0<strong>Before the<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>IMPACT<\/strong>, will begin at 7 PM EST and feature\u00a0<strong>Sam Adonis <\/strong>against <b>Joeasa<\/b>. Let\u2019s see what IMPACT has in store for us this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THURSDAY at 8\/7c on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AXSTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AXSTV<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p>Number One Contenders Battle Royal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEdavidfinlay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@THEdavidfinlay<\/a> and Juice Robinson vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DashingChrisBey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DashingChrisBey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayWhiteNZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JayWhiteNZ<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Daivari vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Walking_Weapon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Walking_Weapon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TenilleDashwood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TenilleDashwood<\/a> vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealTaylorWilde?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RealTaylorWilde<\/a> <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\/UQu3Wnxg0y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/UQu3Wnxg0y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1423818676428435456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>IMPACT! Wrestling Card &#8211; Number One Contenders Battle Royal (8\/12\/21)<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/is\/podcast\/sam-adonis-trumps-lucha-libre\/id767016946?i=1000489388266\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Adonis<\/a> vs. Joeasa<\/p>\n<p>-Tenille Dashwood vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/25\/taylor-wilde-return\/\" target=\"_self\">Taylor Wilde<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Daivari vs. Josh Alexander<\/p>\n<p>-FinJuice vs. Chris Bey and Jay White<\/p>\n<p>-Number One Contenders Battle Royal<\/p>\n<h3>FinJuice vs. Chris Bey and Jay White<\/h3>\n<p>Chris Bey officially became a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/05\/chris-bey-joins-bullet-club\/\" target=\"_self\">Bullet Club<\/a> last week on IMPACT. He scored a singles victory over <strong>Juice<\/strong> <strong>Robinson<\/strong> last week and became an official member after the match as <strong>Jay<\/strong> <strong>White<\/strong> gave him a t-shirt and a &#8220;Too Sweet&#8221; making it official. The match was made as a result of Bey and White jumping <strong>FinJuice<\/strong> backstage the previous week on IMPACT. Now the newest member of the club will team with the Bullet Club leader to take on FinJuice. Will FinJuice get their revenge, or will Bey and White come out victorious in their first official Bullet Club tag team contest?<\/p>\n<h3>Number One Contenders Battle Royal<\/h3>\n<p>A new number one contender will be crowned this week on IMPACT. A Number One Contenders Battle Royal will take place with the winner challenging Kenny Omega at <em>Emergence<\/em> on August 20th for the IMPACT World Title. <strong>Sami<\/strong> <strong>Callihan<\/strong>, <strong>Chris<\/strong> <strong>Sabin<\/strong>, <strong>Moose<\/strong>, and others will compete to be the last man standing and earn a shot at Omega. <strong>Tommy<\/strong> <strong>Dreamer <\/strong>made the match official after <strong>Scott<\/strong> <strong>D&#8217;Amore<\/strong> tasked him with finding a new number one contender for Omega. Dreamer made this battle royal official, much to the disliking of <strong>Don<\/strong> <strong>Callis\u00a0<\/strong>and Kenny Omega. Regardless of how they feel about it, Omega will find out his opponent for <em>Emergence<\/em> this week on IMPACT.<\/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<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMPACT Wrestling returns to AXS TV this Thursday night for two hours of action-packed wrestling. A new number one contender for Kenny Omega&#8217;s IMPACT World Title will be crowned in the Number One Contenders Battle Royal. The newest member of Bullet Club Chris Bey will also be in tag team action. 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