The 2019 Against All Odds was a

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television special produced by

Impact Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busine ...

, which took place on February 17, 2019 at Sam's Town Casino in

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. It was the ninth event under the Against All Odds chronology. Unlike the previous events, this event was a special episode of the weekly ''

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'' television broadcast, airing on Pursuit Channel and

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on March 29. Three

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were contested at the event. The

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featured

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Joseph ButtonKiller Kross Kevin Robert Kesar (born July 19, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Karrion Kross. Prior to his time at WWE, Kesar performed for Impact Wrestling, Lucha Libre ...

, which Cage lost after interference by

Johnny Impact John Randall Hennigan (born October 3, 1979), better known by his ring name John Morrison, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Johnny TV. He also perfo ...

and

Taya Valkyrie Kira Renée Magnin-Forster (born October 22, 1983), better known by her ring name Taya Valkyrie, is a Canadian professional wrestler, fitness competitor, and Model (people), model. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where she is one-half ...

. On the undercard, Valkyrie retained the Knockouts Championship against

Jordynne Grace Patricia Forrest Gresham (née Parker, born March 5, 1996), better known by her ring name Jordynne Grace, is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and powerlifter. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand. She is best ...

by getting counted out and

Scarlett Bordeaux Elizabeth Chihaia-Kesar (born May 13, 1991) is an American professional wrestler, Model (person), model, singer and ring announcer, better known by the ring name Scarlett Bordeaux. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw (WWE brand), ...

defeated

Glenn Gilbertti Glenn Gilbertti (born November 12, 1967) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Disco Inferno (briefly changed to Disqo) from 1995 to 2001. During his six-year tenure with ...

in an intergender match. The event featured the final appearance of

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in Impact Wrestling.

Production

Background

Against All Odds was held as a

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event by Impact Wrestling (then known as

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busines ...

) between 2005 and 2012 until TNA discontinued most of its monthly pay-per-view events in 2013 in favor of the new pre-taped One Night Only pay-per-view events. On November 8, 2018, Impact Wrestling announced the dates and venues of its February 2019 television tapings for '' Impact!'', with the tapings taking place between February 15 to February 17, 2019 at the Sam's Town Casino in

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. It was later announced that Against All Odds would return as a special episode of ''Impact!'' which would feature a portion of the February 17 tapings and would air on March 29.

Storylines

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successfully defended the

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against

attacked Impact and

after the match which concluded with Kross

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ing Valkyrie into the crowd. Cage continued to demand a rematch with Impact claiming that he was screwed out of the title while Kross and

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also pursued the title, leading to a

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for the title at Uncaged, which Impact won to retain the title. On the March 1 episode of ''Impact!'', Kross and Moose defeated Impact and Cage in a tag team match in which Cage was outnumbered due to Impact's injury. On the March 15 episode of ''Impact!'', Impact was set to defend the title against Cage but Kross instead brought out a downed Impact and Cage attacked him until Valkyrie turned on Cage by low blowing him and Impact then attacked Cage to reveal that it was a set up between Impact, Kross and Valkyrie to double cross Cage. It was later announced that Cage would face Kross in a match at Against All Odds. At Homecoming,

defeated

Tessa Blanchard Tessa Blanchard (born July 26, 1995) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is a former Impact World Champion, and a former Impact Knockouts Champion. She previously performed for ...

to win the

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. Valkyrie successfully defended the title against Blanchard in a street fight at Uncaged. Blanchard demanded a rematch for the title and it was announced that Blanchard would face

in a match to determine the #1 contender for the Knockouts Championship on the March 15 episode of ''Impact!'', which Grace won, thus setting up a match between Grace and Valkyrie for the Knockouts Championship at Against All Odds. On the March 8 episode of ''Impact!'',

declared herself the winner of her talent search and said that

's video was the most embarrassing, which led to Gilbertti insulting Bordeaux specifically and women's wrestling in general, claiming that women needed to stay at home and remain housewives and women's wrestling was nothing more than bra and panties matches, resulting in a confrontation between the two, leading to a match between the two at Against All Odds.

Event

Preliminary matches

The event kicked off with an unsanctioned brawl between

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(

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) and

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( Pentagón Jr. and Fénix). LAX would drive both members of Lucha Brothers through the tables and then

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challenged Lucha Brothers to a

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for the

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. Next was the opening match of the event between

and

. As Gilbertti was hitting mounted punches to Bordeaux in the corner, Bordeaux countered by

ing him for the win. It was followed by a confrontation between

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and

, in which Blanchard demanded apology from Kim and her resignation from Impact Wrestling and Kim said that she resigned from Impact to take on Blanchard and challenged her to a match at Rebellion, which Blanchard accepted. Next was the penultimate match of the event, in which

defended the Knockouts Championship against

. Grace avoided a

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by Valkyrie and attempted to nail a '' Grace Drive'' to Valkyrie but Valkyrie avoided it and then

checked on Valkyrie and took her backstage, thus causing her to get counted out. As a result, Grace won the match but Valkyrie retained the title.

Main event match

attacked him from behind. Cage nailed a '' F5'' to Kross to pin him but Impact put Kross' foot on the ropes. The referee was distracted, allowing Valkyrie to hit a low blow to Cage and Kross delivered two '' Doomsday Saitos'' to Cage and covered him for the pinfall but Cage kicked out and two but the referee still awarded the win to Kross and claimed that Cage's shoulders were down for the three count. Impact attacked Cage after the match. The match was followed by a segment, in which

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dragged

to the Undead Realm to retrieve her soul but

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intervened despite Rosemary's warning, which distracted Rosemary and allowed

Su Yung Vannarah Riggs (born June 30, 1989) is an American professional wrestler best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Su Yung, with the character also having the alter egos of Susan and Susie. Riggs is a f ...

in "

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" Allie.

Reception

According to Steph Franchomme of ''Vulture Hound'', ''Against All Odds'' "was not the best special event" but Impact "definitely moved forward" and "took the right direction", which could lead everyone "to a major and unforgettable PPV (

Aftermath

Most of the matches and angles at Against All Odds led to the

pay-per-view event. Johnny Impact and Brian Cage continued their feud over the Impact World Championship, leading to a rematch between the two set for Rebellion. On the April 5 episode of ''Impact!'', Jordynne Grace earned herself a rematch for the Knockouts Championship at Rebellion by defeating the returning

Madison Rayne Ashley Nichole Lomberger (née Simmons; born February 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Madison Rayne, where she is also a coach for the women's division. She is best known for her t ...

to become the #1 contender for the title. The two teams collided in a mixed tag team match on the April 12 episode of ''Impact!'', where Impact and Valkyrie defeated Cage and Grace. Rosemary vowed revenge on Kiera Hogan holding her responsible for Allie's "demise" and continued her feud with Su Yung over the next few weeks while continuing to berate Hogan for her actions. On the May 3 episode of ''Impact!'', Rosemary had a match with Hogan, which ended in a disqualification after Yung and her Undead Bridemaids interfered. Yung and the Undead Bridemaids attacked Rosemary after the match and Hogan turned on Rosemary by refusing to make the save for her. Rosemary would then defeat Yung in a Demon Collar match on the May 17 episode of ''Impact!''. The Full Metal Mayhem match between Lucha Brothers and LAX for the World Tag Team Championship was made official for Rebellion. Gail Kim's comeback match against Tessa Blanchard was also made official for Rebellion.

Results

References

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