Throwback Throwdown
{{short description|Impact Wrestling event series}}
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Throwback Throwdown is a professional wrestling Impact Plus event, produced by American professional wrestling promotion Impact Wrestling. The event was created in 2019 and since its inception, the event features wrestlers portraying 1980s characters and gimmicks in the fictional Impact Provincial Wrestling Federation (IPWF). Each event features talent from Impact competing in various professional wrestling match types. Due to the nature of the event, the storylines for Throwback Throwdown have been self-contained and independent from the rest of Impact's programming.
History
Throwback Throwdown is a professional wrestling event consisting of a main event and undercard that feature championship matches and other various matches. The first Throwback Throwdown was a special episode of Impact that aired on November 26, 2019 and saw wrestlers portraying 1980's characters and gimmicks in the fictional Impact Provincial Wrestling Federation (IPWF).{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestleview.com/impact-results/142667-impact-results-11-26-19/|title=IMPACT Results – 11/26/19 (IPWF Special Throwback Throwdown themed show)|website=WrestleView|last=Wilen|first=Jerome|date=November 26, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128042038/https://www.wrestleview.com/impact-results/142667-impact-results-11-26-19/|archive-date=November 28, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://en.superluchas.com/resultados-impact-wrestling-26-11-2019/?clab=1&domain_gtranslate=en.superluchas.com|title=Results IMPACT! Wrestling (26/11/2019) - Throwback Throwdown|website=Súper Luchas|author=Self High Five|date=November 27, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219144816/https://en.superluchas.com/resultados-impact-wrestling-26-11-2019/?clab=1&domain_gtranslate=en.superluchas.com|archive-date=December 19, 2021|url-status=live}} Throwback Throwdown II was held at Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky on December 18, 2021 as an Impact Plus Monthly Special.{{cite web|url=https://impactwrestling.com/2021/11/21/go-back-in-time-at-throwback-throwdown-ii-live-december-18-on-impact-plus/|title=Go Back in Time at Throwback Throwdown II LIVE December 18 on IMPACT Plus|publisher=Impact Wrestling|author=Impact Wrestling Staff|date=November 21, 2021|access-date=December 19, 2021}}{{cite web|last=Guzzo|first=Gisberto|title=IMPACT Wrestling Announces 'Throwback Throwdown II' For December|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/impact-wrestling-announces-throwback-throwdown-ii-december|website=Fightful|date=November 20, 2021|access-date=November 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028173606/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/impact-wrestling-announces-throwback-throwdown-ii-december|archive-date=October 28, 2023|url-status=live}} On November 2, 2022, Impact announced that Throwback Throwdown III would take place on November 25 at Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina as a part of WrestleCade, with the matches from that event set to air on December 2 as an Impact Plus Monthly Special.{{cite web|last=Middleton|first=Marc|title=Impact Wrestling Announces Throwback Throwdown III Event with IPWF Stars|url=https://wrestlingheadlines.com/impact-wrestling-announces-throwback-throwdown-iii-event-with-ipwf-stars/|website=Wrestling Headlines|date=November 2, 2022|access-date=November 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119041907/https://wrestlingheadlines.com/impact-wrestling-announces-throwback-throwdown-iii-event-with-ipwf-stars|archive-date=November 19, 2022|url-status=live}} On September 26, 2023, Impact announced that Throwback Throwdown IV would take place on November 11 at Don Kolov Arena in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada as a television special.{{cite web|url=https://impactwrestling.com/2023/09/26/pro-wrestling-returns-to-toronto-on-saturday-november-11-stars-from-the-1980s-impact-provincial-wrestling-federation-ipwf-are-in-action/|title=Pro Wrestling Returns To Toronto On Saturday, November 11: Stars From The 1980s IMPACT Provincial Wrestling Federation (IPWF) Are In Action|publisher=Impact Wrestling|author=IMPACT Wrestling Staff|date=September 26, 2023|access-date=September 26, 2023}}
Events
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|{{sort|Throwback Throwdown 2019|Throwback Throwdown (2019)}} |{{dts|2019|10|27}} |Don Kolov Arena |Julian Cumberbun (Ethan Page) vs. Downtown Daddy Brown (Willie Mack) in a Loser Leaves Town match for the IPWF International Commonwealth Television Championship |Aired as a special episode of Impact!. |
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|{{sort|Throwback Throwdown II}} |{{dts|2021|12|18}} |Davis Arena |Santa Claus{{efn|After the match, Santa Claus removed his mask to reveal that he was in fact Downtown Daddy Brown.}} (Willie Mack) vs. Sex Ferguson (Doc Gallows) in a North Pole Street Fight for the IPWF International Commonwealth Television Championship | |
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|{{sort|Throwback Throwdown III}} |{{dts|2022|11|25}} |Winston-Salem, North Carolina |Benton Convention Center |Team Impact Provincial Wrestling Federation ("Cowboy" Colt McCoy (Eddie Edwards), Tim Burr (Josh Alexander), Frank the Butcher (Rhino), and Giuseppe Scovelli Jr. (Josh Mathews)) defeated Team Great Lakes Unionized Wrestling (Devon Damon (Crowbar), Neptune (Shera), Lord Humongous (Big Kon), and Manfred The Mad Mammal (Beer City Bruiser)) in an eight-man elimination tag team match | |{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/impact-wrestling/impact-notes-moose-vs-ace-austin-throwback-throwdown-3|title=Impact notes: Moose vs. Ace Austin, Throwback Throwdown 3|website=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online|first=Josh|last=Nason|date=November 2, 2022|access-date=November 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202181302/https://www.f4wonline.com/news/impact-wrestling/impact-notes-moose-vs-ace-austin-throwback-throwdown-3|archive-date=December 2, 2022|url-status=live}} |
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|{{sort|Throwback Throwdown IV}} |{{dts|2023|11|11}} |Don Kolov Arena |Tim Burr (Josh Alexander) vs. Boris Alexiev (Santino Marella) |Aired as a special episode of Impact! |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.impactwrestling.com ImpactWrestling.com - the official website of Impact Wrestling]
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