AND NEW!
Jordynne Grace is once again the Knockouts Champion, as she won the inaugural Queen Of The Mountain match at Slammiversary.
Grace bested (now former champion) Tasha Steelz, Chelsea Green, Deonna Purrazzo and Mia Yim to win the title. This is Grace’s second Knockouts Championship win, as she also held the title for 182 days in 2020. Tasha Steelz’s first title reign ends at 107 days.
Check out a recap of the match from our coverage page:
Queen of the Mountain Match for the IMPACT Knockouts World Championship: Tasha Steelz (c) (with Savannah Evans) vs. Deonna Purrazzo vs. Chelsea Green vs. Mia Yim vs. Jordynne Grace
Special guest enforcer Mickie James comes to the ring. Steelz leaves the ring right after the bell. She sets up two tables at ringside as her opponents fight in the ring. Purrazzo and Green gain the upper hand and double-team Yim. Steelz dives onto Yim amd Grace. Green takes flight and dives onto her competitors, and Purrazzo follows suit. Green pins Steelz to become eligible, so Steelz has to enter the penalty box. James locks Evans and Steelz in the penalty box. Yim hits Green with a series of strikes. Steelz drops Purrazzo with a big boot and plants Kim with a modified bulldog. James enters the ring and tells Evans to leave; she officially ejects her, and Steelz gets in the legend’s face.
Yim pins Green to become eligible, and she sends the later to the penalty box. Green licks the door into James’ face as she’s being put in the box. Yim tries to hang the title, but Purrazzo stops her. Steelz hits a diving cutter on Yim. Purrazzo makes Steelz tap out to become eligible, and she sends Steelz to the penalty box. Yim gets a two count on a roll-up. Green plays to the crowd, and Yim sends her into the ladder with a missile dropkick. Yim dives off a ladder and lands on Grace and Purrazzo. She plants Grace with a piledriver on the floor and pins her, so she becomes eligible. James stops Green from climbing a ladder and attacks her. She slides the title to Yim, who climbs a ladder until Purrazzo stops her with a powerbomb onto a ladder. Green and Purrazzo climb up a ladder, but Yim sends them crashimng through two tables at ringside. Steelz helps Grace pin Yim, so they become eligible. Grace drops Steelz with a Musclebuster and pins her to send her to the penalty box. Grace hooks the title to win the match.
Winner and new IMPACT Knockouts World Champion: Jordynne Grace
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Leading into the match, Grace appeared on Busted Open Radio and talked about what it would mean to win the Knockouts Championship for a second time. Grace said she felt like she didn’t get a proper chance to show what she’s capable of as champion and hoped to prove herself in front of the fans this time.
“Honestly, I don’t think I got my due in my first Knockouts title run because of the pandemic. I won it and then basically immediately the pandemic happened. I won it in January and the pandemic happened in March and I didn’t really get the chance to defend it in front of any of the live crowds. A lot of my defenses were in front of nobody, which absolutely sucked for me,” she stated. “I feel like this is my opportunity to really show what I can do with the Knockouts title and show that I can be the champion for the fans, if that makes sense.”
