Impact Wrestling announced Friday that Moose will replace Alex Shelley in this Saturday s main event of Hard To Kill.
They said Shelley told them last night that due to unavoidable circumstances, he would be unable to travel to Nashville for the high-profile main event that would have pitted himself, Chris Sabin and Impact World Champion Rich Swann against AEW World Champion Kenny Omega and Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers.
In storyline, Moose and Swann are feuding. Moose earned a title shot at last Saturday s Genesis in an I Quit match with Willie Mack despite losing as Swann offered him the opportunity if he quit the match and stopped attacking an unconscious Mack.
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Impact Wrestling s go-home show for Hard to Kill saw an increase from last week in both overall viewership and the 18-49 demo.
Tuesday s episode of Impact averaged 161,000 viewers on AXS TV, up from the 148,000 viewers last week s show averaged. The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.05. That s up from last week s 0.04 rating.
In the 18-49 demo, this week s Impact ranked 126th for the night on cable.
The show featured Impact World Champion Rich Swann facing Karl Anderson in a non-title match. AEW World Champion Kenny Omega also appeared ahead of teaming with Impact Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers (Anderson & Doc Gallows) against Swann & The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) in the main event of Saturday s Hard to Kill pay-per-view.
Impact Wrestling has added a pre-show match to the card for Hard to Kill.
It was announced today that Josh Alexander vs. Brian Myers will take place on Countdown to Hard to Kill this Saturday. Countdown to Hard to Kill is airing on AXS TV and Impact s digital platforms at 7 p.m. Eastern time. The Hard to Kill main card will then begin on pay-per-view at 8 p.m. Eastern. Last Tuesday on IMPACT!, The Most Professional Wrestler Brian Myers went to IMPACT Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore and demanded an opportunity. Moments later, an opportunity presented itself when he was confronted by Walking Weapon Josh Alexander! Now these two top IMPACT stars will settle their unfinished business from a recent episode of IMPACT! where Alexander was disqualified after The Karate Man attacked Myers during their bout, Impact wrote.