Josh Alexander returns at Impact Slammiversary

Former Impact World Champion Josh Alexander has returned after making a surprise appearance at Saturday’s Slammiversary.

After Alex Shelley was celebrating his successful World title defense over Nick Aldis to close the show, Alexander’s music hit and he came out to confront Shelley, later grabbing a microphone to say, “I’m back.”

Alexander is “back” from injury as he had to relinquish the title in late-March due to a torn triceps for which he had to undergo surgery. Instead of facing Alexander, Steve Maclin defeated KUSHIDA to win the vacant title at April’s Rebellion before losing it to Shelley at June’s Against All Odds.

The question of whether Alexander is set to return to in-ring action now will likely be answered Sunday during Impact’s post-Slammiversary TV taping in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 

If not, their next set of TV tapings is set for the end of the month in Chicago while their next non-co-promoted monthly event is August 27th’s Emergence.

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Josh Nason
Josh Nason

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.