Kenny King is your new IMPACT Wrestling Digital Media Champion, taking down Joe Hendry in the pre-show to IMPACT’s Slammiversary.
Prior to the start of the IMPACT pay-per-view, King shocked the world by taking down Hendry, ending his reign at 266 days and becoming the newest champion. The win marks King’s first reign as Digital Media Champion, and third overall as a singles champion in IMPACT Wrestling.
For a recap of how the match ended, check out below courtesy of our live, play-by-play coverage of IMPACT Slammiversary:
Hendry chops King to start and then hoists him up for a stalling suplex. King rolls out to regroup with Sheldon Jean. King grabs a Chippendale tie and chokes Hendry for a moment. Hendry gets to his feet and tries for offense but gets hit with a T-Bone suplex, King covers. Hendry powers King up for a suplex and then follows it with a few clotheslines. King gets hit with a fallaway slam. King jumps off the top and gets met with a big chokeslam. Hendry covers, but Jean puts King’s foot on the rope.
Hendry hypes up the crowd before King sidesteps him. King goes to flip out but Hendry moves and King takes down Jean at ringside. Jean pulls Hendry’s foot, but the champ kicks him off. King stacks on top of Hendry as Jean holds his feet on the ropes and the ref counts to three.
Winner AND NEW: Kenny King
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