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''ReDefined'' was a special episode of '' Impact!'' produced by Impact Wrestling, which was taped on August 12, 2018 at The Rebel Complex in
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and aired on August 30, 2018. Five
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were contested at the event. The
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was a
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, in which Eddie Edwards and
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took on
Austin Aries Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion. He is best known for his ...
and Killer Kross. The match ended in a no contest after Moose turned on Edwards. The undercard featured four matches including
Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button
retaining the X Division Championship against Fenix and a three-way match for the Knockouts Championship, in which
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defeated defending champion Su Yung and
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to win the title.


Event


Preliminary matches

The event kicked off with
Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button
defending the X Division Championship against Fenix. Cage nailed a superbomb to Fenix to retain the title.
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attacked Fenix and
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after the match but Cage made the save for Fenix and Pentagon forcing oVe to retreat. After the match,
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cut a promo with two enhancement talents Brandon Tidwell and Mr. Atlantis and challenged one of them for a match. Atlantis wanted to accept the challenge but Drake opted to wrestle Tidwell. Drake nailed a '' Gravy Train'' to Tidwell for the quick win and attacked Atlantis after the match. Later, Su Yung defended the Knockouts Championship against
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and
Tessa Blanchard Tessa Blanchard (born July 26, 1995) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in Impact Wrestling, where she became the first female wrestler to win the Impact World Championship and is also a former Impact Knockouts ...
in a three-way match. Allie escaped a
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by Yung and Blanchard rolled up Allie and pinned her to win the title. In the penultimate match,
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took on
Rich Swann Richard Allen Swann (born February 15, 1991) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling. He is a former Impact World Champion, TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Impact X Division Champion and Impact Digital Media Cha ...
. Swann countered a '' Canadian Destroyer'' by Williams into a Death Valley driver and nailed a '' Standing Shooting Swann Press'' for the win. After the match, Swann declared his intentions of pursuing the X Division Championship and
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offered to help him but Swann declined his help.


Main event match

The main event was supposed to be a tag team match pitting Eddie Edwards and
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against the
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Austin Aries Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion. He is best known for his ...
and Killer Kross but Moose was attacked before the match. Edwards began the match himself. After a back and forth match between both teams, Moose finally joined the match as Edwards nailed a double underhook powerbomb to Kross. Moose then tagged in but turned on Edwards by hitting him with a
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and joined Aries and Kross in triple teaming Edwards.


Reception

Larry Csonka of ''411 Mania'' rated ''ReDefined'' 6.8, considering it "a pretty good show that peaked with the opener" and did a nice job of setting up some angles moving forward. The follow up will be key to its overall success."


Results


References

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