Impact Wrestling Emergence (2023)
2023 Impact Wrestling event
The 2023 Emergence was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on August 27, 2023, at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired on Impact Plus and YouTube. It was the fourth event under the Emergence chronology.
Eleven matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show and one taped as a digital exclusive. In the main event, Trinity defeated Deonna Purrazzo to retain the Impact Knockouts World Championship. In other prominent matches, Lio Rush, Brian Myers, Bully Ray and Moose defeated Josh Alexander and Time Machine (Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley and Kushida), The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz) defeated Subculture (Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster) to win the Impact World Tag Team Championship, Sanada defeated Jake Something; and Eric Young defeated Deaner in a No Disqualification match in the opening bout. The event also marked the return of Sanada and the return from injury by Steve Maclin to assault Josh Alexander. It was also announced during the show, that Jordynne Grace would return at Victory Road.
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Background
Emergence is a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. The first event was held in 2020, and it is annually held during the month of August.
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