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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Thursday, August 5, 2021.

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(STINGER: Impact)

It turns out last week’s episode of Impact was the last one that will ever be streamed on Twitch.

Impact is launching a new subscription service on YouTube. 99 cents per month will now get you Thursday night’s Impact Wrestling shows, which also air on AXS TV.

$4.99 per month gets you access to Impact’s pay per view library and other original programming.

The Impact World Champion Kenny Omega will be in action on tonight’s Impact Wrestling. He’s set to tag with the Impact Tag Champs the Good Brothers...against Sami Callihan, Eddie Edwards...and the ELITE HUNTER Frankie Kazarian. It’ll be Kazarian’s first match in Impact since he left the company back in 2014.

Also announced for tonight, a 4-Way X-Division Title #1 Contender Match: Jake Something vs. Daivari vs. Rohit Raju vs. Trey Miguel.

Plus, Chris Bey vs. Juice Robinson. Jay White is set to be in Bey’s corner...and Fire n’ Flava vs. Jordynne Grace & Rachael Ellering.

(STINGER: AEW)

Cody Rhodes appeared to be on the verge of announcing his retirement at the end of last night’s Dynamite. He had removed his boots in the ring...after a loss to Malakai Black in last night’s main event.

However, Cody couldn’t finish his emotional post-match address to the crowd at Daily’s Place before Black returned and cracked Cody across the back with a crutch.

Christian Cage is the new #1 contender to Kenny Omega’s AEW Championship. Christian pinned The Blade on last night’s show.

Omega and the rest of The Elite put a beating on Hangman Page in the ring last night. Dark Order wanted to help out but Hangman had told them earlier that they should “go their separate ways”...at least, for now..

The ELITE HUNTER Frankie Kazarian tried to help Hangman, but couldn’t overcome the numbers advantage of The Elite.

LEGIT Leyla Hirsch is next in line for a shot at the NWA Women’s Championship held by Kamille. Hirsch submitted The Bunny last night. Kamille was ringside and had a staredown with Hirsch after the match. The NWA later announced that title match will happen at its Empowerrr pay per view on August 28th.

Lee Johnson put up a good fight, but Miro was able to put him away with his Game Over submission to retain the TNT Championship.

Chris Jericho pinned Juventud Guerrera with a Judas Effect from the top rope. The 4th “Labour Of Jericho” next Wednesday will be against Wardlow with MJF stationed at ringside.

Also announced for next week’s Dynamite...the Good Brothers are set to defend their Impact Tag Team Titles against Dark Order’s Evil Uno & Stu Grayson.

Plus, MMA trainer Dan Lambert vowed to confront Lance Archer next week. Archer laid out Lambert on a Dynamite episode last month...after Lambert had bad-mouthed AEW.

We got the first match announced for the premiere of Rampage on August 13th. It’ll be Dr. Britt Baker defending her AEW Women’s Championship against Red Velvet.

We also learned the commentary team for Rampage will be Excalibur, Mark Henry, Chris Jericho and Taz.

FTR’s Cash Wheeler is recovering from a nasty gash to his forearm. It happened during a match on last Wednesday’s Dynamite. On his Instagram, Wheeler said he’ll be fine...but he also added that he’s not sure when he’ll be cleared to return to action.

AEW’s Tony Khan is responding to backlash over the latest pre-match rap by The Acclaimed’s Max Caster. It aired during Tuesday’s episode of Dark. But you can’t watch it on AEW’s YouTube now. It was removed from the show after it first aired.

On Wednesday’s Busted Open Radio, Khan called the rap “terrible”...and added that he’ll be taking over editing of Dark and Dark: Elevation to prevent similar issues in the future.

Also, Beyond Wrestling announced Wednesday that Caster will “no longer be appearing” on its show tonight. Beyond did not specify the reason for the change.

(STINGER: New Japan)

It appears former G1 Climax participants Jay White and Juice Robinson will NOT be part of this year’s tournament.

New Japan announced upcoming live dates in the U.S. - at the Curtis Culwell Center just outside Dallas on September 25th and 26th...and at Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena on October 16th & 17th.

White and Robinson are among the names announced for those shows. All four of those dates fall within the G1 schedule, which runs from September 18th through October 21st.

(STINGER: WWE)

Today’s NXT UK has a 30-Minute Iron Man Match between Jordan Devlin and A-Kid.

Plus, Blair Davenport will be in action.

(STINGER: ROH)

Allysin Kay advanced in the Ring Of Honor women’s title tournament...after a submission victory over Willow. The match premiered on ROH’s YouTube on Wednesday.

The Crash promotion in Mexico announced a “first recorded event” in partnership with Major League Wrestling’s Azteca Underground branch. It’ll happen in Tijuana on September 11th.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Thursday, August 5. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

I’m Matt Carlins. Thank YOU for listening.

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