The 2021 Knockouts Knockdown was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling . It was taped on September 17, 2021, at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee , and aired on October 9, 2021, on Impact Plus and YouTube . It was the sixth event in the Knockouts Knockdown chronology, the first event to be held since 2017 , and the first to be held since the discontinuation of Impact's One Night Only series in 2019.
76-569: Ten matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Decay ( Havok and Rosemary ) defeated The Influence ( Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood ) to retain the Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship . In other prominent matches, Mercedes Martinez won the Knockouts Knockdown tournament by defeating Tasha Steelz in the final, and Savannah Evans defeated Alisha Edwards , Jordynne Grace , and Kimber Lee in
152-552: A Monster's Ball match for TNA World Tag Team Championships in a losing effort. On the Maximum Impact 8 tour, Decay would be confronted by Jimmy Havoc , who implied a past relationship with Rosemary and attempted to get her back. Abyss would go on to defeat Havoc in a No Disqualification match on the March 1 episode of Impact Wrestling . On the April 12, Decay challenged Beer Money for
228-461: A Monster's Ball match in tribute to Shannon "Daffney" Spruill . The event also featured special appearances by Christy Hemme and Awesome Kong , the former announcing the latter's induction into the Impact Hall of Fame . Knockouts Knockdown was an annual professional wrestling event originally held by Impact Wrestling , then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2013 to 2017. It
304-462: A belly-to-belly and vertical suplex that forces her out of the ring. Slamovich lands a rolling senton on Rehwoldt, but gets caught with a kick from Purrazzo, who then works on Slamovich's arm after she re-enters the ring. Purrazzo gets out of a knife-edge pin and applies the Koji clutch on Slamovich, who manages to use her foot to reach the ropes. Slamovich hits a running spin kick on Purrazzo, followed by
380-456: A frog splash that gives Steelz the victory. Christy Hemme made her way to the ring, announcing the next inductee into the Impact Hall of Fame , revealed to be Awesome Kong . Following a video package highlighting her run with the company, Kong appeared and went into the ring, giving a speech about opening the door for the next generation of Knockouts. The eighth match involved Alisha Edwards, Jordynne Grace, Kimber Lee, and Savannah Evans in
456-471: A last woman standing match . On December 23, 2023, at wXw 23rd Anniversary , she faced Robert Dreissker in a winner-takes-all match also disputed for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship . Dreissker won the bout and unified both championships, subsequently retiring the wXw Women's Championship. Slamovich made her first appearance for Impact Wrestling during the 14 June 2019 episode of Impact! where she lost to Havok . She also appeared on
532-463: A muscle buster and gets forced onto them. Alisha enters the ring to hit the Downward Spiral on Grace for two, goes for a DDT on the plate but gets face-planted onto it instead. Evans throws chalk into Grace's face and hits a full nelson slam on Alisha to win the match. In the penultimate match, Mercedes Martinez and Tasha Steelz compete in the finals of the Knockouts Knockdown tournament, where
608-616: A weapons match to determine a number one contender for the Knockouts Championship , which was won by Dashwood. On the Countdown to Rebellion pre-show, Rosemary teamed up with Havok to defeat Kimber Lee and Susan . On May 15, at Under Siege , Taurus was defeated by Brian Myers and Havok lost to Deonna Purrazzo for the Knockouts title. At Against All Odds , Taurus and Steve lost to Violent By Design ( Deaner and Rhino ) for
684-487: A "Pick Your Poison" series between James and Purrazzo, with the latter facing James' handpicked opponent, Masha Slamovich , at Knockouts Knockdown. The event began with Gail Kim and the Knockouts in the ring together, with the male members of the Impact roster standing outside the ring. Kim dedicated the show to all the wrestlers who have passed, and welcomed Lexie Fyfe , representing the friends and family of Daffney. Fyfe began
760-490: A 10-bell salute in honor of Daffney and led a "Thank You Daffney" chant. The opening match was a Knockouts Knockdown tournament quarterfinal between Lady Frost and Rachael Ellering. After trading wristlocks with each other, Ellering takes Frost down with a headlock and a shoulderblock for consecutive two counts. Frost counters Ellering's headlock with a headscissors and dropkicks her out of the ring, before Ellering returns with an uppercut for another two count. Ellering delivers
836-617: A K , now known as The Influence, would begin to set their sights on Decay 's ( Havok and Rosemary ) Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship , titles Dashwood had her eyes on for some time. They attempted to gain a title match at Knockouts Knockdown through Gail Kim on the September 23 episode of Impact! , but were instead booked for a number one contender's match next week against Jordynne Grace and Rachael Ellering, who joined Wilde in her feud with The Influence. Rayne and Dashwood would win, and were set to challenge Decay at Knockouts Knockdown. On
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#1732869416097912-661: A Monster's Ball match on the July 28 episode of Impact Wrestling . In July, Rosemary started a relationship with Bram , attempting to court him into joining The Decay. Eventually, Rosemary would turn on Bram and have Crazzy Steve and Abyss attack and abduct Bram. After "Broken" Matt Hardy and Brother Nero won a tag-team number one contenders match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Decay at Bound for Glory , Decay would go on to declare their intention of taking Matt Hardy's son, King Maxel from his family. On
988-677: A Street Fight and failed to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship. On April 20, 2017, Steve confirmed that he had departed from the company. After their match, L.A.X. hosted Decay's funeral, disbanding the team. On October 7, 2017, Abyss and Crazzy Steve unsuccessfully challenged DBA and Malcolm Monroe III for the XICW Tag Team Championship in a steel cage match. On August 29, 2018, Abyss and Crazzy Steve were reuniting in Ohio Valley Wrestling . On
1064-414: A couple chops to Frost, with the latter giving back chops of her own, but Ellering counters an arm drag with a senton for two. After being whipped into the corner, Frost dropkicks Ellering and performs a cartwheel into a low dropkick, but only gets two. Following a handstand double knee and a standing moonsault for consecutive two counts, Frost climbs to the top but gets pulled down by Ellering, who misses
1140-511: A disqualification as the trio continued to assault The Wolves and steal their titles, thus forming a new stable called Decay . On the February 2 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay with Eric Young and Bram defeated The Wolves and Beer Money in a Hardcore War match. On the February 9 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay were defeated by Beer Money by disqualification. On the March 16 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay challenged The Wolves in
1216-507: A double clothesline on Rayne, who manages to tag Dashwood in the match. Havok rag dolls Dashwood by the hair around the ring, hits a backbreaker clothesline combo for two, and tags in Rosemary to deliver smashes in the corner. After applying the " Upside Down ", Rosemary's leg is grabbed by Kaleb at ringside, who gets chased and allows Rayne to hit a clothesline. The Influence take the advantage, with Rayne delivering knee strikes and Dashwood hitting
1292-402: A handshake before hitting her stomach, but gets thrown with arm drags and a hesitation dropkick that sends her out of the ring. Green lands a dive on Steelz, who stops a second attempt with a forearm shot, and gets some kicks onto Green for a two count. After consecutive pin attempts, Green and Steelz collide with headbutts that knock them down. As both women get up and exchange strikes, Green gets
1368-470: A jumping forearm and uppercut in the corner, and lands a kick for a near fall. Steelz delivers forearms and jabs on Senegal, who fights back with a spinning side fist, an arm drag, and the Hosaka kick , but only gets a two count. Senegal gets another two count following a German suplex , but her attempt at a sliced bread gets countered, and Steelz delivers a few knee strikes followed by a springboard bulldog for
1444-473: A knee strike and big boot in the corner, and a spinning heel kick for a two count. Purrazzo blocks a suplex attempt, hits a knee lift and a Russian legsweep on Slamovich before locking in the Fujiwara armbar , but she manages to slide out to hit a Snow Plow for a near fall. Slamovich goes for a piledriver attempt, but Purrazzo fights out of it to get a cross arm-breaker , which Slamovich breaks up by grabbing
1520-557: A match who also included The Helms Dynasty ( Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett ) and Marshe Rockett . On the November 24 episode of Impact Wrestling , they were defeated by Go for Broke in a match who also included The Helms Dynasty and Marshe Rockett in three corners elimination match, and lose the Team X Gold. On the December 15 episode of Impact Wrestling dubbed " Total Nonstop Deletion ", Decay
1596-449: A match who also included the DCC, and failed to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. On the February 2 episode of Impact Wrestling , The Decay were defeated by the DCC in a Fall Count Anywhere match. On the February 16 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay were defeated by Moose and Brandi Rhodes . On the March 23 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay were quickly defeated by Reno Scum . On
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#17328694160971672-538: A month later. On August 8, 2024, Crazzy Steve and Havok made their debut in Verano de Escandalo earning the opportunity for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship after defeating a Aero Star and Estrellita and Negro Casas and Dalys . On October 6 at Héroes Inmortales , they managed to win the titles after defeating Abismo Negro Jr. and Flammer , being their first AAA championship as
1748-466: A near fall. Senegal almost gets the win with a schoolgirl , but Steelz plants her with a cutter for another near fall. Steelz hits the " Blackout Crucifix Bomb " for three and advances to the next round. The fifth match was contested between Deonna Purrazzo (with Matthew Rehwoldt ) and Masha Slamovich. After some back-and-forth mat wrestling, the two then go through multiple Greco-Roman style pinning predicaments, with Slamovich laying Purrazzo out with
1824-481: A neckbreaker on Rosemary, both getting consecutive two counts. Rosemary and Dashwood collide into each other with double clotheslines that takes them down. Havok and Rayne get the tag from their respective partners, the former hitting offensive shots to the latter, before landing multiple boots to the face in the corner. Kaleb distracts Rosemary as she carries Rayne on her shoulders, allowing Dashwood to save her partner and send Rosemary into Havok, before Kaleb gets sent to
1900-467: A neckbreaker on Steelz who avoids a stomp on the apron, and hits a cutter that sends them to the floor. Back in the ring, Green hits a missile dropkick on Steelz but gets caught in the "Blackout Crucifix Bomb" for two, later hitting the "Unprettier" for another near fall. Steelz counters a flying crossbody into a pin attempt for two, then lands a pump kick on Green. On the top rope, Green attempts an avalanche "Unprettier" but Steelz throws her off, leading to
1976-413: A pump kick but lands a lariat that takes them both down. Both make their way up before landing strikes on each other in the corner, with Ellering hitting a spinning springboard leg drop on Frost, who manages to kick out at 2.9. Ellering gets kicked into the corner by Frost, who signals for the " Snowball Fight " but gets covered for two, and Ellering hits a spinebuster for another two. Frost heads outside
2052-456: A pump kick. Green goes for multiple covers but Michelle kicks out of them, leading to a jumping enzuigiri for another kick out. Michelle escapes the " Unprettier " attempt and hits Green with a spinning back kick, but she manages to grab the bottom rope to break the count. Green gets a headbutt on Michelle and lands the "Unprettier" for the win to advance to the next round. The third match saw Mercedes Martinez against Brandi Lauren. Martinez gets
2128-413: A sunset flip before hitting Martinez with a cutter. Both women are on the top rope, Steelz escapes from it to land a hurricanrana on Martinez, followed by a Stratusfaction for a near fall. Steelz goes for a moonsault attempt, but Martinez roll out on the apron, leaving her open to the "OG Drop" that allows Martinez to win the Knockouts Knockdown tournament. After the match, Gail Kim presents Martinez with
2204-448: A team. Masha Slamovich Ann Khozine ( Russian : Анна Хозина , Anna Khozina ; born 18 June 1998) is a Russian-American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Masha Slamovich . She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is the reigning TNA Knockouts World Champion in her first reign , as well as a former three-time TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion . She also makes appearances on
2280-502: A third attempt, leading to them exchanging strikes on the apron before Martinez lands a spear on Ellering. Martinez targets Ellering's ribs with strikes before hitting a DDT for a two count. Ellering counters the Fisherman buster with a small cradle for two, before landing a pump kick on Martinez for another near fall. Martinez hits a rope-assisted neckbreaker for two and applies a modified Regal Stretch on Ellering, who breaks it by grabbing
2356-477: A threat to Rosemary afterwards. On the January 6 One Night Only: Live PPV, Abyss and Crazzy Steve would ambush the DCC after James Storm 's victory over Jessie Godderz , misting Storm and Bram, incapacitating them while Abyss chokeslammed Kingston . On the January 12 episode of Impact Wrestling , the match between Decay and the DCC ended in a double count-out. At Genesis , Decay were defeated by The Broken Hardys in
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2432-416: The Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship along with Taya Valkyrie as The Death Dollz . On the January 18, 2016 episode of Impact Wrestling , Crazzy Steve and Abyss attacked TNA World Tag Team Champions The Wolves during a backstage promo. The next week on January 26, Rosemary would make her presence known leading to a match between Abyss, Crazzy Steve and The Wolves. The match would end in
2508-603: The Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship . They would hold the titles until 13 January 2024, at Hard To Kill , when they lost the titles to Havok and Rosemary , only to regained them a month later. On March 8 at Sacrifice , Slamovich and Kelly were defeated by Spitfire ( Dani Luna and Jody Threat ), ending their reign at 14 days. Slamovich turned on Kelly and attacked her to end MK Ultra. In April 2024, The System tried to convince Slamovich to team up with Alisha Edwards to challenge for
2584-706: The X Division Championship in a losing effort, and Rosemary and Steve lost to Purrazzo and Matthew Rehwoldt in a tournament final to crown a Homecoming King and Queen. On August 20, at Emergence , Decay defeated Fallah Bahh , No Way , Savannah Evans and Tasha Steelz in an eight-person tag match. On September 18, at Victory Road , Taurus competed in a five-way scramble match that was won by Laredo Kid, and Havok and Rosemary successfully retained their Knockouts Tag Team Championship against Evans and Steelz. At Knockouts Knockdown , Havok and Rosemary successfully retained their tag titles against The Influence ( Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood). At Bound for Glory , they lost
2660-606: The independent circuit and performs for Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), where she is the current JCW World Champion , in her first reign. Ann Khozine was born in Moscow , Russia, and has dual U.S. and Russian citizenship. Khozine began training as a professional wrestler at age 16, training under Johnny Rodz . In 2021, she earned a degree in criminal justice . In 2016, Khozine made her in-ring debut in Japan , wrestling on an independent women's professional wrestling show named Reina under
2736-559: The 29 June episode of Xplosion where she was defeated by Jordynne Grace . Slamovich made her return to Impact Wrestling on 17 September 2021, during the Knockouts Knockdown event, where she unsuccessfully challenged Deonna Purrazzo , who was the AAA Reina de Reinas Champion and Impact Knockouts World Champion at the time, in a non-title match. After impressing Impact Wrestling officials, Hall of Famer Gail Kim came out after
2812-462: The January 12, 2021 episode of Impact! , Crazzy Steve prevented Kaleb with a K from interfering in his former ally Rosemary 's match against Tenille Dashwood , which allowed Rosemary to win the match, thus marking a reunion of Decay. This led to Decay reuniting at the Hard To Kill pay-per-view and winning against Dashwood and Kaleb in an intergender tag team match . On February 9, Black Taurus
2888-543: The Knockouts World Championship, but was unsuccessful. On April 16, at Rebellion , Slamovich fought for Team Bully and lost a 10-wrestler Hardcore War against Team Dreamer . On the May 11 episode of Impact! , Slamovich pinned Killer Kelly in a match while trapped in the latter's Killer Clutch submission, though Kelly refused to release the hold afterwards. Some weeks later on May 25 and into Under Siege ,
2964-527: The March 30 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay were defeated by The Latin American Xchange (LAX) in a match who also included Garza Jr. and Laredo Kid and Reno Scum and failed to win the vacant Impact World Tag Team Championship . On the April 13 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay suffered a second loss against Reno Scum, in a match who also included Garza Jr. and Laredo Kid. On the April 28 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay were defeated by LAX, in
3040-540: The May 31 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay were defeated by Drew Galloway in a handicap match. Decay would retain their titles against The BroMans at Slammiversary . On the Impact Gold Rush special episode, Decay retained their titles against The BroMans, Grado and Mahabali Shera and The Tribunal in a four-way match. After being defeated by The BroMans and Raquel on the July 5 episode of Impact , they successfully retained their titles against The BroMans in
3116-826: The September 1 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay received an invitation from the Broken Hardys, to go to the Hardy Compound for a plotted brawl dubbed, "Delete or Decay." At Bound for Glory, Decay lost the titles against The Hardys. Decay would have their rematch the following episode of Impact Wrestling taking on the Hardys in a " Wolf Creek cage match," in a losing effort. On the October 27 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay took part at Team X Gold, but were defeated by "Go for Broke" ( DJZ , Mandrews and Braxton Sutter ). The following week, they were defeated once again by Go for Broke in
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3192-571: The September 23 episode of Impact! , it was announced that Deonna Purrazzo would defend the Impact Knockouts Championship at Bound for Glory against Mickie James . The following week on Impact! , Purrazzo would invade James' ranch and attack her, but James would continue to fight back. On the October 7 episode of Impact! , Impact EVP Scott D'Amore enacted a no-contact clause between the two, meaning they could not touch each other until Bound for Glory. That night, Gail Kim organized
3268-653: The Shannon "Daffney" Spruill Memorial Monster's Ball match. Alisha and Lee go to the outside, while Grace and Evans battle in the ring, the latter hitting a pop-up powerbomb . Lee uses a pool cue on Evans, heads outside to grab a trash can to put over her head, and hits Evans with a crowbar before getting her pin attempt broken up by Alisha. Lee sets up a barbed wire-wrapped chair in the corner but Alisha sends her face into it. Alisha brings in Kenny (her husband Eddie 's kendo stick) and Kendra (her own kendo stick; wrapped in barbed wire) into
3344-591: The TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship, alongside Tasha Steelz (who took the place of Alisha Edwards due to her not being medically able to compete) against Spitfire in a losing effort. After the match, Alisha and Steelz turned on Slamovich and attacked her, thus kicking Slamovich out of The System. On 26 October at Bound for Glory , Slamovich defeated Jordynne Grace to win the TNA Knockouts World Championship for
3420-430: The TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship. On the Countdown to Rebellion pre-show, after Spitfire retained the titles against Decay (Havok and Rosemary), Slamovich and Edwards confronted Spitfire from the entrance ramp. On May 3 at Under Siege , Slamovich and Edwards defeated Spitfire to win the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship, this marked her third reign with the title. At Victory Road , Slamovich defended
3496-511: The TNA World Tag Team Championships, in a match also involving Eric Young and Bram and The BroMans , in a losing effort. At Sacrifice , Decay defeated Beer Money in a Valley of Shadow match to win the TNA World Tag Team Championships after coercing Beer Money into a match by kidnapping Gail Kim . On the May 10 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay successfully retained their titles against Jeff Hardy and James Storm . On
3572-517: The World Tag Team Championship, and Rosemary failed to capture the Knockouts title from Purrazzo. On the July 15 episode of Impact! , Havok was inducted into Decay by James Mitchell . Two days later, on the Countdown to Slammiversary pre-show, Havok and Rosemary defeated Fire 'N Flava ( Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz ) to win the Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship . On July 31, at Homecoming , Taurus fought Josh Alexander for
3648-423: The apron regarding issues with her back, uses the referee's call for separation to take out Ellering, and hits a blockbuster from the top for a near fall. Ellering blocks Frost on the top rope by putting her in the electric chair position, drops her on the turnbuckle and lands the " Boss Woman Slam " to win the match. Next, Renee Michelle went up against Chelsea Green. The two get into a tight lockup that goes to
3724-526: The back by Taurus and Steve. The Influence hit " The Collab " on Rosemary, but the referee is distracted by the commotion on the outside, allowing Havok to knock them into each other. Havok and Rosemary hit a Russian legsweep/Spear combo on Rayne to win the match and retain their titles. Before the event ended, Impact announced that The IInspiration ( Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay ), formerly The IIconics (Peyton Royce and Billie Kay) in WWE , would make their debut for
3800-445: The early advantage with a running dropkick and a powerslam but Lauren kicks out at one. Lauren fights back with a neck snap and corners Martinez with a foot chokehold, who manages to escape on the apron and land a few blows on Lauren, setting her up for the "OG Drop" to get the win. The fourth and final first round match of the tournament involved Jamie Senegal and Tasha Steelz. Both trade side headlocks with each other, Senegal getting
3876-416: The early advantage with an arm drag and a dropkick, sending Steelz outside on the apron. Senegal slides out of the ring but gets kicked by Steelz, who sends her into the ring post before pinning her in the ring for a two count. Senegal fights out of a chinlock and lands an enzuigiri on Steelz, who manages to trap and bend her on the ropes. Steelz gets some stomps on Senegal as she re-enters the ring, followed by
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#17328694160973952-662: The event 4 out of 5 stars and wrote that "it's great to see the company's commitment to the division continues and gives women the opportunity to shine brightly." On October 13, Impact announced that The IInspiration will be challenging Decay for the Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship at Bound for Glory. Decay (professional wrestling) Decay was a professional wrestling stable that performed in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). They made their debut on January 26, 2016 as
4028-485: The finals, winning the title in the process. Slamovich competed in Westside Xtreme Wrestling 's wXw Femmes Fatales tournament, making her first appearance at the 2022 edition in which she defeated Ava Everett in the first rounds, Anastasia Bardot in the semifinals and fell short to Aliss Ink in the finals. On November 11, 2023 at Broken Rules XXI, she won the wXw women's title, defeating Ava Everett , in
4104-575: The first round, followed by a victory over Mike Bailey in the semi-finals. Slamovich defeated Marcus Mathers in the tournament final to be crowned the inaugural champion. On 2 January 2023 at Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)'s 56 Nights, Slamovich defeated Cole Radrick, later that night she won a "Do or Die" battle royal match to become the No. 1 contender for the GCW World Championship . On March 17, Slamovich defeated Nick Gage at Eye for an Eye to win
4180-399: The mat before separating from each other. A second lockup leads to Green dropping Michelle on her face, maintaining the advantage by applying several side headlock takeovers. Michelle takes control after Green rams her injured arm into the ring post, with the former slamming it on the side of the ring. Michelle gets a bridging top wristlock on Green's arm, who manages to fight out of it and land
4256-520: The match in an unaired segment and offered Slamovich a contract with the promotion. Throughout the first half of 2022, Slamovich went on an undefeated streak as she defeated various jobbers as well as contracted Knockouts such as Alisha and Havok. On the 1 September episode of Impact! , in the main event match, Slamovich defeated Deonna Purrazzo to become the No. 1 contender for the Impact Knockouts World Championship, which
4332-404: The promotion at Bound for Glory. Steve Cook of 411Mania gave the event an 8 out of 10. He wrote: "Good showing for the ladies up & down the card tonight, and if I wasn't excited enough about things...THE IINSPIRATION IS COMING! Any promotion smart enough to book Jessie & Cassie is going to get nothing but hype from me. All hail the Knockouts." Bob Kapur of Slam Wrestling was mixed about
4408-570: The promotion in 2022. She lost to Ivan Markov in an intergender match at IWF Strike 119, which aired on 10 February 2022. On 3 December 2021, Slamovich made her debut for Expect The Unexpected Wrestling (ETU), being defeated by Billie Starkz . On 9 September 2022, she competed in a one night, ten wrestler tournament to crown the first ever ETU Keys To The East Champion. The tournament also included Mike Bailey , Akira , Alec Price, Gabriel Skye, Brandon Kirk, Scoot Andrews, Danny Demanto, Marcus Mathers, and Matt Tremont . Masha defeated Brandon Kirk in
4484-683: The ring name Skinripper. She also appeared in other promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave and World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana . In February 2020, she returned to Japan and trained in the Marvelous Dojo under Chigusa Nagayo . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Slamovich stayed in Japan and toured with Marvelous throughout the year. In 2019, Slamovich debuted for the Russian Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF), later returning to
4560-485: The ring to avoid being pinned. Martinez hits the Fisherman buster and applies a guillotine choke on Ellering, forcing her to tap out. Both women embrace after the match. In the other semi-final round match, Chelsea Green fought against Tasha Steelz. The two lock up before Green gets a waist lock takedown on Steelz and they exchange headlock takeovers with each other. After multiple near fall pin attempts, Steelz offers Green
4636-428: The ring, and uses them to repeatedly attack Lee. Grace lands a double knee drop on both Evans and Alisha in the corner, before hitting a Vader Bomb on Evans for two. As Grace brings a powerlifting plate into the ring, Lee takes her out with some kicks for a near fall, before bringing in a bag of thumbtacks and emptying them in the ring. Lee attempts to suplex Grace onto the thumbtacks, but she instead gets hoisted up into
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#17328694160974712-415: The ropes. After some forearm shots in the corner, Martinez misses the big boot and gets caught by Ellering with strikes, a sling blade , an STO , and a springboard leg drop, but manages to kick out. Martinez hits a spinebuster for a near fall before getting hit by Ellering, who delivers a twisting suplex and a spinebuster for another near fall. Ellering gets the "Boss Woman Slam" on Martinez, who rolls out of
4788-416: The ropes. Purrazzo locks in the "Venus de Milo" to make Slamovich submit and win the match. The semi-finals of the tournament began with Mercedes Martinez taking on Rachael Ellering. After the two shook hands, they trade arm drags and headlocks with each other, before Ellering gets a head scissors takeover on Martinez, who gets out of it and slaps her. Martinez hits two butterfly suplexes but Ellering blocks
4864-530: The title, becoming the first woman in the company's history to do so. On June 4, Slamovich defended the GCW World Championship against Rina Yamashita at Cage of Survival 2, but then lost it to Blake Christian when he cashed in his Brass Ring for a title shot any time he wanted, turning the match into a triple threat. On 10 February 2024, Slamovich won the 16th annual Jersey J-Cup tournament where she defeated JCW World Champion Jordan Oliver in
4940-648: The titles to The IInspiration ( Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay ). On the August 31, 2023 episode of Impact! , Steve turn on Taurus, leading to a match at Victory Road which Steve would win. Black Taurus' profile would be removed from the IMPACT roster page in January 2024. On January 13, at Hard To Kill , Havok and Rosemary revived the Decay name and won the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship, defeating MK Ultra (Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich), only to lose it back to them
5016-478: The tournament, praising Martinez's bouts and her winning the tournament, but found the other matches to be fine overall, giving note of "Senegal's limitations" during her quarterfinal round with Steelz. He praised the Monster's Ball match for being "a fun little brawl" but considered the main event to be "a regular TV match" that felt like "a bit of an underwhelming way to end the show", despite its good quality. Kapur gave
5092-540: The trio of Abyss , Crazzy Steve and Rosemary . As members of the stable, Abyss and Crazzy Steve won the TNA World Tag Team Championship , while Rosemary won the TNA Knockouts Championship . In early 2021, Decay reunited as a duo without Abyss who had left the company, adding Black Taurus to the group on February 9 of that year, and Havok on July 15. Rosemary and Havok would go on to win
5168-495: The trophy. In the main event, Decay (Havok and Rosemary) (with Black Taurus and Crazzy Steve ) defended the Knockouts Tag Team Championship against The Influence (Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood) (with Kaleb with a K). Rosemary and Rayne start things off, the former landing a couple lariats on the latter, biting on her face and hitting a T-Bone suplex for a two count. Havok tags in, and she and Rosemary hit
5244-420: The two were found to be brawling throughout the crowd, with a chain being used as a weapon by both women. On June 9, at Against All Odds , Slamovich defeated Kelly in a dog collar match . Slamovich turned face and joined forces with Kelly on June 22 episode of Impact! . On July 15, at Slammiversary , Slamovich and Kelly who are now known as MK Ultra, defeated The Coven ( KiLynn King and Taylor Wilde) for
5320-400: The winner receives a future Knockouts Championship match. Martinez brushes off Steelz's attacks with a right hand blow followed by an overhead slam. After some strikes in the corner, Martinez lays out Steelz with a delayed vertical suplex and three butterfly suplexes for two. Steelz fights back with a head scissors takedown and a tornado DDT on Martinez for two. Steelz counters the "OG Drop" into
5396-492: The winner would earn a future shot at the Impact Knockouts Championship . The tournament consisted of staple Impact Knockouts against talent from around the world. The following competitors would participate in the tournament: On the August 12 episode of Impact! , Madison Rayne came out of retirement and attacked Taylor Wilde to help Tenille Dashwood win the match. Since then, Rayne, Dashwood, and Kaleb with
5472-518: Was announced that the event would feature a Monster's Ball match in honor of Shannon Spruill, better known in professional wrestling as Daffney , who was one of the first women to compete in a Monster's Ball against Taylor Wilde . On the October 7 episode of Impact! , Alisha Edwards , Jordynne Grace , Kimber Lee , and Savannah Evans were announced as participants. On the September 23 episode of Impact , producer Gail Kim announced an eight-woman, one night tournament for Knockouts Knockdown, where
5548-442: Was held by Jordynne Grace. Slamovich challenged Grace for the title on 7 October at Bound for Glory , but was unsuccessful, thus ending her winning streak. On 13 January 2023, at Hard To Kill , Slamovich defeated Deonna Purrazzo, Killer Kelly , and Taylor Wilde in a four-way match to become the #1 contender for the Impact Knockouts World Championship. On February 24, at No Surrender , Slamovich challenged Mickie James for
5624-444: Was introduced as the newest member of Decay, scoring a quick win over Kaleb that night. Taurus teamed up with Steve and Rosemary for the first time on February 13 at No Surrender as they faced Tenille Dashwood and XXXL ( Acey Romero and Larry D ) in a winning effort. On March 13, at Sacrifice , Taurus and Steve defeated Reno Scum. On April 10, at Hardcore Justice , Taurus lost a match against Doc Gallows and Rosemary competed in
5700-471: Was one of the many tag teams to answer The Broken Hardys open invitational known as Tag Team Apocalypto, losing to The Broken Hardys as the last eliminated tag team. After defeating The Helms Dynasty on the January 5, 2017 episode of Impact Wrestling , Decay's celebration was cut short by the sudden arrival of the DCC , who ambushed Abyss and Crazzy Steve by smashing beer bottles over their heads, with Bram issuing
5776-627: Was traditionally an all-women's event showcasing the company's women's division, dubbed the Knockouts . Knockouts Knockdown was itself part of the One Night Only series of pre-recorded specials introduced in 2013, after the promotion discontinued most of its monthly pay-per-view events. The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines . Storylines were produced on Impact's weekly television program . On September 13, it
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