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Josh Alexander vs. TJP: Ironman Match for the X-Division Championship

This week’s Impact uniquely begins on Before the Impact, the weekly recap preshow for Impact Wrestling. Josh Alexander defends his X-Division Championship in a historic one-hour Ironman Match. The match starts with some old-school grappling, with each opponent reversing each hold until Alexander sneaks a roll-up to get the first fall. The second fall continues amateur grappling, where it has been difficult for anyone to get the advantage. Even with being up one to nothing, Alexander becomes more aggressive bring the pain to TJP with so much time left on the clock. The champion seems to become confident when he holds TJP up in a vertical suplex for almost two minutes straight. Both competitors have had enough and end up in the front of the stage/ TJP flattens Alexander with some sort of tombstone piledriver and almost tied up the match with a count-out. Slowly most of the Impact roster come to ringside, so the conclusion of the match. TJP frustrated in the last 8 minutes, as the conclusion bleeds into this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling. In these final minutes, TJP hits all of his greatest hits on Alexander, and it is not enough to take the champion out. Alexander locks in his Ankle Lock in the final minute, and TJP rolls over to finally getting a pinfall in the last three seconds. Meaning this match is heading into sudden death. Alexander gives everything, and TJP still kicks out until he hits the final Devine Intervention to win the Ironman Match 2-1. Great way to start Impact cementing Josh Alexander as legitimate champion months into his reign.

Winner: Still X-Division Champion Josh Alexander

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