Impact Wrestling United We Stand
United We Stand was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling that took place on April 4, 2019 in Rahway, New Jersey. It was the second event in the 2019 Impact Wrestling pay-per-view schedule. Wrestlers from Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Lucha Underground – with whom Impact has partnerships with – as well as stars from Major League Wrestling (MLW), Dragon Gate and Wrestle Pro also appeared on the card. The event was also streamed live on FITE TV.[1]
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 Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers that are performing at the event. | |||
| Promotion | Impact Wrestling | ||
| Date | April 4, 2019 | ||
| City | Rahway, New Jersey | ||
| Venue | Rahway Recreation Center | ||
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The card had eight matches. The main event featured the "First-Ever" Confrontation between Impact World Tag Team Champions The Lucha Bros (Fénix and Pentagón Jr.) against Rob Van Dam and Sabu. Both the Impact Knockouts Championship and Impact X Division Championship were defended on the card, as Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie defended against Rosemary, Jordynne Grace and Katie Forbes while Rich Swann and AAA's Flamita wrestled for Swann's Impact X Division Championship. The event's undercard saw a six-man Ultimate X match for an X Division Championship match, Tessa Blanchard and Joey Ryan wrestling in an intergender match, and various other matches.
Storylines
| Other on-screen personnel | |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Josh Mathews |
| Don Callis | |
| Ring announcer | Jeffery Scott |
| Referees | Brandon Tolle |
| John E. Bravo | |
| Kris Levin | |
| Harry Demerjian | |
| Interviewer | Alicia Atout |
The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. On February 22, 2019, Impact Wrestling announced the date for United We Stand. On the same day, three matches were announced for the event.[2]
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Impact defeated Ace Austin, A. R. Fox, Jake Crist and Pat Buck[4] | Ultimate X match to determine the #1 contender to the Impact X Division Championship[1] | 12:25 | ||
| 2 | Team Lucha Underground (Aerostar, Daga, Drago and Marty The Moth Martínez) defeated Team Impact (Brian Cage, Eddie Edwards, Moose, and Tommy Dreamer) | Eight-man tag team match[1] | 10:30 | ||
| 3 | Taya Valkyrie (c) defeated Jordynne Grace, Katie Forbes and Rosemary | Four-Way match for the Impact Knockouts Championship[1] | 9:00 | ||
| 4 | The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) (with Konnan) defeated Promociones Dorado (Low Ki and Ricky Martinez) | Tag team match[1] | 12:40 | ||
| 5 | Tessa Blanchard defeated Joey Ryan | Intergender match[1] | 10:30 | ||
| 6 | Rich Swann (c) defeated Flamita | Singles match for the Impact X Division Championship[1][5] | 7:50 | ||
| 7 | Sami Callihan defeated Jimmy Havoc | Monster's Ball match[1] | — | ||
| 8 | The Lucha Bros (Fénix and Pentagón Jr.) defeated Rob Van Dam and Sabu | Extreme Rules match[1] | 8:05 | ||
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References
- United We Stand – Impact Wrestling.com
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- Csonka, Larry. "Csonka's Impact Wrestling United We Stand Review". 411MANIA. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- "IMPACT on Twitter". Twitter. March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- Impact announces new opponent for Rich Swann at United We Stand – 411 Mania.com