IMPACT Wrestling merges two titles.
Professional wrestling's residentĀ belt collector Austin Aries has lost two of title beltsĀ so-to-speak but will be receivingĀ a newĀ belt to represent IMPACT Wrestling with. Aries made his return to IMPACT TV in FebruaryĀ of this year and on his first night back he defeatedĀ Eli Drake to become the new IMPACT World Champion. On the following week's show Aries bested Matt Sydal to capture the IMPACT Grand Championship which officially made Ariesš a grand slam champion in the company.
Austin Aries has held onto both championships sinceĀ capturingĀ them and along with those titles Aries is also theĀ holder of the 'DEFY Wrestling' and 'WSW Heavyweight' Championships.Ā "ź¦The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" will be trading in two of hisĀ belts for one belt as IMPACT Wrestling announced over their official Twitter page that they will be merging the IMPACT World and IMPACT Grand Titles and will be rewarding Austin Aries with the IMPACT Undisputed World Championship.
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Shortly after the announcement regardingĀ the merging of the championships were madeĀ at the IMPACT presser earlier today, the main event ofĀ 'Slammiversary XVI' was announced. On July 22ndĀ at the 'Rebel Complex' in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Austin Aries will be defending the Undisputed IMPACT World Championship against Moose.
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IMPACT Wrestling recently held TV tapings in Canada over the weekend. To read up on the spoilers from night one of the tapings, click here, and to view the spoilers from night two, click here.
