Eddie Edwards and PCO are set to meet in a Last Rites match at Rebellion.
IMPACT Wrestling confirmed the match on Monday morning. The Last Rites match is a variation on a casket match where the casket is lowered into the ring instead of being placed at ringside. The winner is determined when one competitor places their opponent inside the casket and raises it to the ceiling.
TNA/IMPACT Wrestling has only hosted one Last Rites match before. That match saw Sting and Abyss face off at Destination X in 2007.
You can watch the original Last Rites match below:
During a recent interview with WrestleZone, Sami Callihan mentioned how Abyss was one of his favorite wrestlers of all time. Callihan was asked if he’d ever consider competing in the Last Rites match since Abyss was in one. Callihan said he’s open to a challenge if it came up… but the match is probably better off left in the past.
“I think that’s one better left alone. There might be a reason that there was only one of those [laughs]. When you really think about it, there might be a reason there’s only one. But hell, if the opportunity presented itself, I’d take a challenge. That’s where I want, I don’t want things to be easy. I don’t want things to be cookie-cutter. If you put me in any match, I’ll keep saying it until I’m blue in the face, I’m the most versatile wrestler on this planet today, and any match you put me in, I’m going to find a way to make it work.
“When you brought it up, I had that picture in my head. That casket being lowered down in the middle of the ring. And I’m like, ‘Oh, I hope he doesn’t bring it up…’ But you brought it up. But good or bad, that is the point of Impact Wrestling history, right? Things like that is what makes IMPACT Wrestling great. They’re not afraid to experiment. They’re not afraid to go out of the norm and think outside of the box and that’s why I love this company in the way I do.”
