Knockouts Ultimate X match returning for TNA Hard to Kill
For the second time ever, TNA/Impact Wrestling will present a Knockouts Ultimate X match.
It was announced today that the Knockouts Ultimate X match is returning for Hard to Kill 2024. The pay-per-view is taking place from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 13.
The participants for the Ultimate X match have not been revealed yet. The winner will become the number one contender to the Knockouts Championship.
Trinity is the current Knockouts Champion. She’s defending the title against Jordynne Grace at Hard to Kill.
Won by Tasha Steelz, the first-ever women’s Ultimate X took place at Hard to Kill 2022. Grace, Chelsea Green, Alisha Edwards, Lady Frost, and Rosemary were the other wrestlers in that match.
Ultimate X was first introduced in 2003 and is one of TNA’s signature match types. It features an X suspended above the middle of the ring. The person who retrieves it is declared the winner.
Impact Wrestling’s name change back to TNA officially begins at Hard to Kill. Here’s the updated card for the PPV:
- Impact World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Moose
- Knockouts Champion Trinity defends against Jordynne Grace
- X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defends against KUSHIDA and El Hijo del Vikingo in a three-way match
- Knockouts Ultimate X match
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