Code Red was a

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produced by

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, in conjunction with

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, which aired exclusively on

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. It was the first special for Impact Plus, a streaming service launched as a successor to the

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. The event took place on May 5, 2019 at the NYC Arena in

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. Eight

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were contested at the event featuring wrestlers from Impact Wrestling and HOG. The

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was an oVe Rules match between

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and

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. In other prominent matches on the undercard,

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defeated

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, Anthony Gangone defended the HOG Heavyweight Championship against Ken Broadway and

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and Mantequilla defended their

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and

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in a six-way match respectively,

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and

Taya Valkyrie Kira Renée Magnin-Forster (born October 22, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler, fitness competitor, and model better known by the ring name Taya Valkyrie. She is currently appearing for Impact Wrestling, where she is a current two-tim ...

defeated Alisha and Eddie Edwards in a mixed tag team match and

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(

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) defended the

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against

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( Dave Crist and Jake Crist) and The New York Wrecking Krew (Chris Seaton and Smooth Blackmon) in a three-way match.

Production

Background

On March 27, 2019,

announced on its

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account that it would hold an event with

called "Code Red" on May 5 at the NYC Arena. The event's name Code Red was a reference to House of Glory founder and former

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's finishing move '' Code Red'' as Red was supposed to return to Impact Wrestling at

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and win an

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to face

for the X Division Championship at Code Red, but he was forced to retire due to a severe neck injury and withdrew from the event, thus altering the plans. On May 1,

replaced its video streaming service

with

due to a lawsuit by

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owner

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. Along with the launch of the streaming service, it was announced that the May 5 event Code Red would be the first original monthly special for Impact Plus.

Storylines

The main event of Code Red was announced on May 1 as an oVe Rules match between

and the

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leader

. At

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and The North defeated

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in a six-man tag team match. This set up a tag team match between North and the Rascalz members Dez and

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at Code Red. On May 1, it was announced that Eddie Edwards and Alisha Edwards would take on

and

in a mixed tag team match at Code Red. On May 1, a match was announced between

and

for Code Red. On May 1, a three-way tag team match was made between

( Dave Crist and Jake Crist) and HOG's The New York Wrecking Krew (Chris Seaton and Smoothe Blackmon) at Code Red. On May 1, it was announced that an interpromotional match would take place between Moose from Impact Wrestling and Ken Broadway from HOG. After the supposed match between

and

for the

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at Code Red was cancelled due to Red's legitimate retirement, it was announced that Swann would defend the X Division Championship against

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, Smiley, Evander James and Mantequilla in a six-way Scramble match at Code Red. On May 1, a knockouts tag team match was made for Code Red pitting

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and Violette against

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and Sonya Strong at Code Red.

Event

Preliminary matches

The opening match of the event was a six-way Scramble match, in which

defended the

and Mantequilla defended the

against

, Evander James, Smiley and

. The match stipulated that if Swann got pinned or submitted then he would lose the X Division Championship and if Mantequilla got pinned or submitted then he would lose his Crown Jewel Championship. Swann nailed a 450 splash on James for the win to retain the X Division Championship, resulting in Mantequilla retaining the Crown Jewel Championship as he had not been pinned or submitted. Next, Anthony Gangone defended the HOG World Heavyweight Championship against Ken Broadway and

. After initially teasing a '' No Jackhammer Needed'', Moose left the match and walked off, leaving it to Gangone and Broadway. Gangone hit a fireman's carry knee strike for the win to retain the title. Sami Callihan July 2019

Next, The North (

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and

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) took on

( Dez and

). An assisted

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by Rascalz led to Wentz pinning Alexander but Page pulled out the referee at the two count and then North delivered an aided spinebuster to Wentz for the win. Next,

and Sonya Strong took on

and Violette. Tessa nailed a '' Magnum'' and a hammerlock DDT on Strong for the win. Next,

took on

. Elgin nailed a turnbuckle powerbomb and an '' Elgin Bomb'' on Mack for the win. Later, Alisha and Eddie Edwards took on

and

in a mixed tag team match. Alisha covered Impact for the pinfall after a

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but John E. Bravo distracted the referee, allowing Valkyrie to hit Alisha with a red X and Impact pinned her for the win. In the penultimate match,

(

) defended the

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against

( Dave Crist and Jake Crist) and The New York Wrecking Krew (Chris Seaton and Smooth Blackmon) in a three-way match. LAX beat Jake after double teaming him to retain the titles.

Main event match

The main event was an oVe rules match between

and

. After a back and forth match, Callihan hit Dreamer with a bat and nailed a '' Cactus Special'' for the win.

Reception

''Code Red'' received mostly negative reviews from critics. Larry Csonka of ''411Mania'' rated the event 5.6, considering it "an overall lackluster show, lacking in consistency" and featured overall bad wrestling. He further added that "The positive was that the Impact Plus stream worked just about perfectly."

Aftermath

Santana tore his MCL during the World Tag Team Championship match at Code Red and he took some time off to recover from his injury. He recovered from his injury and was cleared to wrestle by May 23. The rivalry between Callihan and Dreamer continued on the May 10 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', where

defeated Dreamer, Rich Swann, Willie Mack and

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in a street fight.

Results

References

External links

Code Red official website
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