Alexander, Swann & Kazarian vs. Bullet Club set for Impact TV tapings
The aftermath of this Friday’s Impact No Surrender streaming special is already being plotted out based on a new trios match set for the weekend TV tapings that will follow it.
Announced by Impact on Tuesday, Impact World Champion Josh Alexander, Rich Swann & Frankie Kazarian will take on Bullet Club’s KENTA, Ace Austin & Chris Bey as part of Sunday’s taping.
Both No Surrender and the Saturday/Sunday tapings will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Alexander and Swann will battle for the title Friday while Kazarian faces Kon of The Design. KENTA will make his promotional debut on the show alongside Austin & Bey as they face Time Machine (KUSHIDA & the Motor City Machine Guns).
On Monday, another KENTA match was announced as he will take on “Speedball” Mike Bailey on the Saturday taping. Bailey will face Jonathan Gresham on the No Surrender pre-show.
KENTA’s appearance is the latest in a line of NJPW stars to appear in Impact which includes Tomohiro Ishii, Aussie Open, Jay White, El Phantasmo and more.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.