{"id":98556,"date":"2021-08-20T20:37:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T00:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=98556"},"modified":"2021-08-20T20:37:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T00:37:53","slug":"ace-austin-impact-world-championship-number-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/20\/ace-austin-impact-world-championship-number-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Ace Austin Becomes IMPACT World Championship Number One Contender at Emergence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ace Austin<\/strong> is the number one contender for the <strong>IMPACT<\/strong> <strong>Wrestling<\/strong> World title. Austin defeated <strong>Sami<\/strong> <strong>Callihan<\/strong>, <strong>Moose<\/strong>, and <strong>Chris<\/strong> <strong>Sabin<\/strong> in a fatal four-way match at <em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/20\/impact-emergence-2021-card\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Emergence<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>to earn the title of Number One Contender.<\/p>\n<p>Austin will not have to wait long to find out who he will take on for the title. IMPACT World Champion <strong>Christian<\/strong> <strong>Cage<\/strong> is competing against <strong>Brian<\/strong> <strong>Myers<\/strong> for the title in the main event of the show tonight. Whoever has their hand raised at the end of the match will take on Number One Contender Ace Austin for the IMPACT World title.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_Ace_Austin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@The_Ace_Austin<\/a> is number one contender! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Emergence?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Emergence<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G70KvZ49ah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/G70KvZ49ah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RHylD1DX1B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/RHylD1DX1B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1428875244585066496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The action was fast and furious as the four men left it all in the ring. There were plenty of near falls that left the crowd and fellow wrestlers on the edge of their seats. In the end, Ace Austin picked up the victory after pinning Moose with a hand full of tights after Moose took a chair shot from Callihan. This earned Austin the next shot at the IMPACT World Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Austin has never held the IMPACT World title but is a former 2x X-Division Champion. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/01\/09\/ace-austin-super-x-cup-tournament-2021\/\" target=\"_self\">won the <strong><em>Super X Cup<\/em><\/strong><\/a> earlier this year and won the Number One Contenders tournament last year. Austin would love to add the title to his young and ever-growing resume.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to Last Word on Sports for more developments from <em>Emergence\u00a0<\/em>as they become available.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ace Austin is the number one contender for the IMPACT Wrestling World title. Austin defeated Sami Callihan, Moose, and Chris Sabin in a fatal four-way match at Emergence\u00a0to earn the title of Number One Contender. Austin will not have to wait long to find out who he will take on for the title. 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