Redemption was a

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pay-per-view Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast. Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guid ...

(PPV)

event Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of eve ...

produced by

Impact Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...

that took place on April 22, 2018 in

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. It was the first event under the Redemption chronology and the first event in the 2018 Impact Wrestling pay-per-view schedule. Wrestlers from

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its or ...

(AAA) and

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, with whom Impact has partnerships, also appear on the card. Eight matches were contested at the event. In the main event,

Pentagón Jr. Pentagón Jr. (born February 5, 1985) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Penta El Zero Miedo ("Penta Zero Fear"), where he currently holds one-third of the AEW ...

defeated

Austin Aries Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion. He is best known for his time with Impact Wrest ...

and Fénix in a three-way match for the

Impact World Championship The Impact World Championship is a professional wrestling Professional wrestling championship#World championships, world championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It is the promotion's principal championship. Like most professional w ...

. In other prominent matches,

Eli Drake Shaun Ricker (born November 1, 1982) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name LA Knight. Ricker is known for his time in Impact Wrestling as Eli Drake. Ricke ...

and

Scott Steiner Scott Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962), better known by the ring name Scott Steiner, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Steiner is perhaps best known for his time in World Championshi ...

defeated

The Latin American Xchange The Latin American Xchange (LAX) is a professional wrestling stable that has wrestled in various incarnations primarily for Total Nonstop Action / Impact Wrestling and currently in Major League Wrestling (MLW). The group achieved initial succes ...

(

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) to win the

Impact World Tag Team Championship The Impact World Tag Team Championship (formally known as the TNA World Tag Team Championship) is a professional wrestling world tag team championship which is owned by the Impact Wrestling promotion. The current champions are The Motor City Mac ...

Ohio Versus Everything Ohio Versus Everything (OVE, stylized as oVe) was an American professional wrestling stable that consisted primarily of Sami Callihan, Dave Crist, Jake Crist, and Madman Fulton. The group's name is based on all four members hailing from the sta ...

(

Dave Crist The Crist Brothers were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers David Crist Jr. and John Crist, who are best known by their ring names Dave Crist and Jake Crist, they are best known for their time with Impact Wrestling ...

Jake Crist The Crist Brothers were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers David Crist Jr. and John Crist, who are best known by their ring names Dave Crist and Jake Crist, they are best known for their time with Impact Wrestling ...

and

Sami Callihan Samuel Alton Johnston (born September 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, currently signed with Impact Wrestling and is a former Impact World Champion. He also wrestled for Luch ...

) defeated Eddie Edwards,

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and

Tommy Dreamer Thomas James Laughlin (born February 13, 1971), is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is signed to Impact Wrestling and is the owner and promoter of the House of Hardcore (HOH) promo ...

in a House of Hardcore match, and

Matt Sydal Matthew Joseph Korklan (born March 19, 1983), better known by the ring name Matt Sydal, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Prior to signing with AEW, Sydal wrestled in WWE as Evan Bourne, and was ...

and

Allie Allie is a unisex given name, a nickname and, more rarely a surname. It is a diminutive form of several names beginning with ''Al-''. It may refer to: Given name or nickname Female * Allie (wrestler) (born 1987), Canadian professional wrestler * ...

retained the

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and Knockouts Championships respectively, with Sydal defeating

Petey Williams Peter Williams III (born August 26, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE as a backstage producer. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, where he is a two-time X Division Champion. He is also k ...

, and Allie defeating

Su Yung Vannarah Riggs (born June 30, 1989) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling under the ring name Su Yung, with the character also having the alter egos of Susan and Susie. Riggs is a former ...

. The event also marked the Impact debut of

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 C ...

Storylines

Redemption will feature

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involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed

villains A villain (also known as a "black hat" or "bad guy"; the feminine form is villainess) is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. ''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'' defines such a character as ...

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

was originally scheduled to defend the

against

Alberto El Patrón José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan (born 25 May 1977) is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter, sports commentator, and mixed martial artist, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as a c ...

. However, El Patrón was released from Impact Wrestling on April 7 after legitimately no showing the

vs. Impact Wrestling event in New Orleans at Wrestlecon the previous night. The match became a

triple threat match Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a ...

between Aries,

and

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, which Pentagon won. Following the match, Aries grabbed the microphone and stated that they should do the match again at Redemption for the Impact World Championship. On March 15 during the

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episode of '' Impact!'',

received the case for the tag team title opportunity. On the April 12 episode of ''Impact!'', Drake announced that he would be cashing in his case at Redemption and he would be teaming with

to challenge

for the

Aftermath

During the event,

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was attacked backstage culminating to a string of LAX losses due to its leaders absence. On the May 24th edition of

, Eddie Kingston returned renamed as King took over as leader of LAX helping the team regain the tag titles on the June 21 edition of Impact Wrestling. On the same night, Konnan returned and accused King of organizing a hit on him which he admitted leading to Homicide and Hernandez attacking

creating a civil war which culminated to a 5150 street fight at

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would attack

on the April 26 edition of Impact, this time debuting her legion of 'Undead Brides' in an attempt to put Allie in a coffin only for

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to make the save, leading to the Su Yung/Rosemary feud that culminated in the 'Death of Rosemary' which led to Su Yung overcoming the Demon Assassin by putting her in a coffin and setting it ablaze in the May 17th edition of Impact. Allie would then have her last stand against Su Yung in a last rites match for the knockouts title, which Allie lost and was buried by Su Yung.

Reception

Redemption was met with primarily positive reviews. Larry Csonka of 411mania rated the event 7 stars out of 10 felt "it was a good return to PPV for the company with a little something for everyone. We had some good wrestling, the debut of Tessa Blanchard, some surprising title changes and retentions, and an overall sense of fun the product has lacked overall on PPV for a long time'. Massive praise went to the Aries-Pentagon-Fenix match and House of Hardcore match." Mike McMahon from PWTorch wrote that "I don't think there's any doubt, this PPV blew Bound for Glory out of the water. Almost every single match delivered, and the main event was well put together. Almost every match told a logical and good story. The action was very good. Everything was solid." Prowrestling.net editor, Jason Powell said, "Redemption on a high note and it was refreshing to see the company go against the grain. Furthermore, it was good to see a title match end with a clean finish rather than the all too typical nonsense we’ve seen on far too many Impact pay-per-views over the years. The main event was highly entertaining and it was nice to end the show in a way that shakes things up in an unexpected manner going into the next set of television tapings."

Results

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