Over Drive
Promotional poster featuringJosh Alexander andFrankie Kazarian
Promotion	Impact Wrestling
Date	November 18, 2022
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Venue	Old Forester's Paristown Hall
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Over Drive was aprofessional wrestlingevent produced byImpact Wrestling. It took place on November 18, 2022, at Old Forester's Paristown Hall inLouisville, Kentucky, and aired onImpact Plus andYouTube. The event also featured wrestlers from partner promotionsLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) andNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

Ten matches were contested at the event, including two on theCountdown to Over Drivepre-show and one taped as a digital exclusive. In the main event,Josh Alexander defeatedFrankie Kazarian to retain theImpact World Championship. In other prominent matches,Jordynne Grace defeatedMasha Slamovich in aLast Knockout Standing match to retain theImpact Knockouts World Championship,Trey Miguel defeatedBlack Taurus to win the vacantImpact X Division Championship,Mickie James defeatedTaylor Wilde in aCareer Threatening match, andBully Ray defeatedMoose in aTables match in the opening bout.

The event received positive reviews from critics, with much praise being directed to the X Division Championship Tournament final, the Last Knockout Standing bout, and the Impact World Title main event.

On July 18, 2022,Impact Wrestling announced that Over Drive would take place on November 18, 2022, at Old Forester's Paristown Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.^[1][2]

The event featured severalprofessional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on Impact'sweekly television program.^[3]

On the October 13 episode ofImpact!, afterJosh Alexander successfully defended theImpact World Championship againstBobby Fish,^[4][5]X Division ChampionFrankie Kazarian invokedOption C, vacating the X Division Championship the following week for a world title match at Over Drive.^[6]

As a result of Frankie Kazarian invoking Option C, an eight-man tournament was organized to crown a new X Division Champion, with the finals set to take place at Over Drive.^[6]Black Taurus,^[7][8]Trey Miguel,^[7][8]PJ Black,^[9][10] andMike Bailey^[9][10] advanced to the semifinals by defeatingLaredo Kid,Alan Angels,Yuya Uemura, andKenny King, respectively. Miguel advanced to the final by defeating Bailey via disqualification after King threw the former into the ring steps,^[11][12] and Taurus advanced to the final by defeating Black.^[13][14]

On the October 20 episode ofImpact!,Heath and Rhino won theImpact World Tag Team Championship by defeatingThe Kingdom (Matt Taven andMike Bennett).^[15][16] The following week,The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley andChris Sabin), who lost to The Kingdom atBound for Glory, looked to gain another title match from the new champions. However,The Major Players (Brian Myers andMatt Cardona) also wanted a shot, so Shelley and Cardona faced off in singles competition later that night. There, Cardona picked up the win after Myers hit Shelley with theImpact Digital Media Championship belt.^[7][8] This win earned The Major Players a tag team title match against Heath and Rhino at Over Drive.^[17]

At Bound for Glory, The Death Dollz (Jessicka andTaya Valkyrie) (accompanied byRosemary) defeated theKnockouts World Tag Team Champions VXT (Chelsea Green andDeonna Purrazzo) to win the titles.^[18][19] On the November 3 episode ofImpact!, Jessicka answered an open challenge to faceSavannah Evans, which was offered by Evan's allyTasha Steelz, but was unsuccessful.^[9][10] Following Jessicka's loss, it was confirmed that Evans and Steelz would challenge The Death Dollz for their title.^[20]

At Bound for Glory,Bully Ray returned to Impact in theCall Your Shot Gauntlet, last eliminatingSteve Maclin to win a championship match of his choosing at any time. Later in the night, after Josh Alexander retained the Impact World Championship againstEddie Edwards,Honor No More attacked Alexander from behind, appearing to let Ray invoke his title match right then and there. However, Ray instead helped Alexander fend off Honor No More to close out the show.^[18][19] On the subsequent episode ofImpact!, Ray explained to Alexander that, due to his checkered past in Impact as someone who will do anything to get what he wants, he wants to use his opportunity the right way in order to preserve his legacy.^[4][5] However, many questioned Ray's true motives, includingMoose, who called Ray nothing but a "scumbag". On the October 20 episode ofImpact!,Ace Austin was attacked in the parking garage before atag team match withChris Bey against Ray andTommy Dreamer, leading to more suspicion being put on Ray.^[15][16] The following week, Ray tried to explain that he was not the culprit, and arbitrarily blamed Moose for the attack. Later, Moose came out during a match between Dreamer and Bey, with Ray in Dreamer's corner. There, Moose swept Bey's legs and walked off, making it seem that Ray had committed the act instead.^[7][8] On November 4, Impact announced that Ray and Moose will meet one-on-one at Over Drive.^[21] On the November 10 episode ofImpact!, after Ray defeatedZicky Dice, Moose would deliver a low blow to Ray before spearing him through a table.^[11][12] As such, their match would later turn into atables match.^[22]

At Bound for Glory,Taylor Wilde made her return to Impact in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet, where she was eliminated 12th byMatt Cardona.^[18][19] On the October 20 episode ofImpact!, after Wilde defeatedMia Yim, Wilde was welcomed back byMickie James, who is in her final run before retiring (dubbed "The Last Rodeo".) Before James could challenge Wilde to a match, both were attacked by VXT (Chelsea Green andDeonna Purrazzo) andGisele Shaw up until theKnockouts World ChampionJordynne Grace made the save.^[15] This led into asix-woman tag team match between all involved on the following episode ofImpact!, which Grace, James, and Wilde were victorious.^[7] On the November 10 episode ofImpact!, after James defeated Green,^[11][12] Impact confirmed that James would face Wilde at Over Drive.^[23]

At Bound for Glory, Jordynne Grace successfully defended the Impact Knockouts World Championship againstMasha Slamovich, breaking the latter's undefeated streak.^[18][19] Several weeks later on the November 10 episode ofImpact!, Grace defended the title against Gisele Shaw. After the match, Slamovich returned and attacked Grace on the entrance ramp with steel chairs.^[11][12] On November 14, Impact announced that Grace will once again defend the title against Slamovich in aLast Knockout Standing match.^[24]

Before the event went live, Joe Hendry defeated Shera to retain the Impact Digital Media Championship, which was aired as an Impact Digital Exclusive on November 22.^[25]

Two matches were contested on theCountdown to Over Drive pre-show. In the first match, Bhupinder Gujjar, Jason Hotch, Kenny King, Mike Bailey, Rich Swann and Yuya Uemura competed in an X Division six-way match. In the end, Swann delivers the "Lethal Injection" to Hotch and picks up the win.^[26]

In the second pre-show match, The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) fought Bullet Club (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) to determine the number one contenders to the Impact World Tag Team Championship. In the end, Sabin pins Bey and wins the match for his team.^[26]

The opening match of the event was Bully Ray against Moose in a tables match. Moose delivers alow blow to Ray from behind, and hits thespear afterwards. Moose brings two tables into the ring, setting up one in the corner, but gets speared by Ray. Outside the ring, Moose attempts to suplex Ray into the timekeeper's table, but gets suplexed on the floor. Back in the ring, Ray delivers abody slam to Moose and lands a headbutt into his balls, but gets hit with a steel chair when setting up a table. Ray counters auranage into the table, delivers aGerman suplex to Moose, and uses the steel chair onto his back. Moose escapes a uranage and lands apump kick on Ray, catches him with adropkick on the top rope, but Raypowerbombs Moose off the top rope. After exchanging strikes with each other, Moose escapes from the "Bully Bomb" and goes to the top rope, but gets caught in mid-air with a cutter. Ray charges at Moose who avoid him and goes through the table, but the referee does not give Moose the win because he did not put him through the table himself. Moose sets up another table in the corner, but gets speared by Ray through it, giving him the win.^[26][27][28]

Next, The Death Dollz (Jessicka and Taya Valkyrie) defended the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship against Savannah Evans and Tasha Steelz. The Death Dollz get the early advantage after hitting Steelz with running strikes into their corner, and Jessicka delivering asidewalk slam for a two count. Jessicka tosses Steelz into her corner and demands Evans tag in, which she does and the two trade blows with each other, before Jessickascoop slams Evans and lands aleg drop for two. Jessicka tags Valkyrie in and deliver a double hip attack to Evans. Evans retakes control after delivering a headbutt and a kick to Valkyrie before tagging Steelz. Steelz lands a dropkick on Valkyrie for two, tags Evans in the match to continue the assault in their corner, but Valkyrie manages to clothesline Evans. Jessicka and Steelz tag in the match, with the former managing to set up the latter and Evans for a double running crossbody. Jessicka counters a cutter attempt by Steelz, and hits the "Sick Driver" for the win to retain the tag titles.^[26][27][28]

The third match involved Mickie James and Taylor Wilde in a Career Threatening match. The two lockup before trading wristlocks and arm drags with each other. After hitting each other with ahurricanrana, James sends Wilde to the outside on the floor, but gets dragged outside herself by Wilde who rams her into the ring apron. Back in the ring, Wilde goes for James's back with asnap suplex, a surfboard and abackbreaker that results in two counts. James and Wilde exchange strikes to each other, the latter getting the upper hand after some blows to the lower back, but James lands aThesz press and aneckbreaker on Wilde. Wilde counters the "Mick-DT" and hits a running knee on James, who answers back with aflapjack on Wilde. James goes to the top rope, Wilde catches her up top before getting dumped off it, avoids James's move and hits a German suplex for two followed by aCamel clutch. James escapes to hit some kicks and the "Mick-DT" for three to win the match. After the match, Deonna Purrazzo enters the ring and confronts James, calling her a "selfish bitch" for only being in the company for herself, and being hellbent on ruining Purrazzo's career. Purrazzo declares she wants to end James's career.^[26][27][28]

The fourth match saw Heath and Rhino defending the Impact World Tag Team Championship against The Major Players (Brian Myers and Matt Cardona). Rhino and Myers start the match with the former landing some big moves on the latter. Heath tags in and gets pummeled by The Major Players, but manages to put Myers into theTree of Woe, allowing he and Rhino to send Cardona into him. The Major Players regain control after taking Heath to the floor, and Cardona hits Heath with a clothesline. Back in the ring, The Major Players continue to apply more damage to Heath, with Cardona catapulting Heath's throat into the bottom rope, and keeping him from tagging Rhino into the match. Heath gets a brief reprieve after sending Cardona into Myers' boot in their corner, but gets cut off from getting to Rhino. After Cardona pulls Rhino off the apron to prevent him from tagging Heath, The Motor City Machine Guns arrive with chairs to sit on while watching the match. Cardona goes for theReboot, but Heath counters it by sending him over the top rope to the floor, and tags in Rhino who delivers abelly-to-belly suplex to Myers. Myers hits aflatliner for two and delivers a double DDT alongside Cardona for another nearfall that gets broken up by Heath. The Guns prevent Cardona from using a steel chair in the match, allowing Rhino to hit the "Gore" on Myers for three and retain the tag titles.^[26][27][28]

The fifth match involved Black Taurus and Trey Miguel competing in the tournament finals for the vacant X Division Championship. The two match each other move for move, trading shoulder tackles, arm drags andheadscissors before coming to a standoff. Taurus delivers abulldog, asling blade and a backbreaker to Miguel for two. Taurus climbs the ropes to hit aflying headbutt followed by asnap powerslam for another two count. Taurus applies a modifiedTexas Cloverleaf to Miguel, who manages to reach the ropes, but gets caught with apop-upSamoan drop for two. After receiving some chops, Miguel lands a flurry of kicks to Taurus, and both men are down. Miguel continues the offense with multiple shots in the corner, and hits a runningmeteora for a nearfall. The two exchange forearm strikes in the middle of the ring, and knock each other out after a double headbutt. Miguel avoids a "Destination Hellhole" attempt and gets asunset flip on Taurus for two, followed by anenzuigiri for another two count. Both men go up top, with Taurus hitting agorilla press slam on Miguel for a nearfall. Taurus misses a running knee in the corner and goes over to the outside, with Miguel going over the top to hit a hurricanrana on the floor. Back in the ring, Miguel goes to the top rope to hit a meteora for another nearfall. Taurus gets Miguel on his shoulders and both men go to the outside, with Taurus sending Miguel back-first into the ring post. Back in the ring, Miguel blinds Taurus with spray paint, and hits the "Lightning Spiral" for three to win the vacant title.^[26][27][28]

The penultimate match saw Jordynne Grace defending the Knockouts World Championship against Masha Slamovich in a Last Knockouts Standing match. The two immediately brawl on the outside, with Grace avoiding a steel chair attack, and hitting Slamovich with a delayedvertical suplex. Slamovich prevents apiledriver attempt by back dropping Grace on the ramp, applies a stretch muffler and drives Grace into the ring post. Back in the ring, Slamovich delivers a swinging neckbreaker on Grace, who answers back with a snap suplex. Grace brings in several steel chairs into the ring, sets two up and powerbombs Slamovich through them, who barely stops the ten count. Grace sets up a chair in the corner, but Slamovich catches Grace with anair raid crash on the chair, who breaks the ten count. After some exchanged strikes, Grace hits Slamovich with avertebreak-her on a trash can. Grace attempts to set up Slamovich for themuscle buster, but she blocks it and lands aMoscow Sunrise on Grace. Grace goes after Slamovich's leg before applying thefigure-four leg lock that goes to the outside. Slamovich blocks a "Grace Driver" attempt and hits Grace with areverse piledriver, who barely breaks the ten count. Slamovich sets up a door bridge and wraps a toilet seat around Grace's neck and drags her to it. Grace gets Slamovich into the muscle buster position, climbs the ring steps to walk across the apron, and slams her through the door. Grace gets to her feet to beat the ten count while Slamovich could not, winning the match to retain her title.^[26][27][28]

In the main event, Josh Alexander defended the Impact World Championship against Frankie Kazarian. The two charge at each other for an intense lockup that ends up outside the floor. Back in the ring, they chain wrestle to jockey for position, ending in a standoff. Kazarian gets aFujiwara armbar on Alexander who escapes out of it and applies a wristlock on Kazarian, who then delivers some arm drags followed by a key lock, which Alexander then goes for theankle lock followed by abig boot. Alexander hits a backbreaker for two before landing some German suplexes, but gets sent to the outside and Kazarian catches him with a slingshot leg drop, a slingshot hurricanrana and a clothesline. Kazarian hits another slingshot leg drop on Alexander in the ring for two, followed by afisherman's suplex for another two count, and then a swinging neckbreaker. Kazarian lands his springboard leg drop for a two count, gets caught in another German suplex by Alexander, but manages to apply anoverhead belly-to-belly suplex into the turnbuckles. Alexander goes for the "C4 Spike" that gets blocked by Kazarian, so he delivers abutterfly suplex instead. Alexander sends Kazarian up high with aback body drop, and then hits ten consecutive German suplexes. Kazarian applies achickenwing on Alexander who gets to the ropes, then goes for aflying forearm that inadvertently hits the referee. Both men crash to the outside, Kazarian grabs the Impact World Title and thinks about hitting Alexander with the belt, but Alexander's wife Jade pleas with him to not do it. Back in the ring, both men exchange each other's submission holds, with Kazarian landing a forearm that sends Alexander's mouthguard flying, and hits theKillswitch for a nearfall. On the apron, Alexander avoids Kazarian's leg drop, and hits him with a running crossbody through the ropes onto the floor. Back in the ring, Alexander hits a modified UFO powerbomb for a nearfall, gets caught by Kazarian in the chickenwing, but manages to get the ankle lock on before Kazarian reaches to the ropes, and Alexander suplexes him out of the corner. Kazarian hits the "Back to the Future" for a nearfall, avoids theStyles Clash but gets caught with a piledriver for another nearfall. Outside the ring, Alexander drags Kazarian back inside, who catches him with a slingshot cutter for a nearfall. Kazarian applies an ankle lock on Alexander, who counters into one of his own, but Kazarian grabs the bottom rope. Kazarian hits the Styles Clash for a close nearfall, sets Alexander up top for the "Flux Capacitor" who attempts to turn it into a "C4 Spike", but Kazarian back drops him into the ring, and lands a top-rope leg drop followed by a chickenwing. They begin trading nearfalls before Kazarian hits a shotgun dropkick on Alexander, who block aTornado DDT attempt and delivers the "C4 Spike" for the win to retain his title.^[26][27][28]

After the match, Kazarian shows frustration at first, but the crowd's adulation for his effort has him shake and raise Alexander's hand in a show of respect. Bully Ray shows up with his Call Your Shot Gauntlet trophy, praises Alexander for the performance he had tonight, and called him the most credible world champion in all of professional wrestling. Ray challenges Alexander for the world title atHard To Kill, and they shook hands. Ray attacks Alexander at ringside with multiple chair shots, zip-ties him to the bottom rope, and then grabs Alexander's wife Jade from the guardrail. Ray threatens to piledrive Jade on the concrete if Alexander does not hand him the Impact World Title. After holding up the belt, Ray shoves Jade into Alexander's arms, and teases him with a chair before leaving.^[26][27][28]

Steve Cook of411Mania reviewed the event and gave it a 7 out of 10, saying: "What we got was a couple of good hours of wrestling action with minor complaints, and a main event that is definitely worth watching."^[27] Bob Kapur ofSlam Wrestling gave it 5 out of 5 stars, praising the Last Knockout Standing bout for being "a must-see slobberknocker" and "a late contender for women's match of the year" and the Impact World Title main event for not only giving both Alexander and Kazarian one of their career-best but "one of the best matches in the history of the company." He concluded that: "It's easy to "sleep on" Impact Wrestling, as the kids say. But when the company puts on a show like OverDrive, it would be a shame to do so. The show was chock full of strong matches, but the last two were simply *chef's kiss*. Go out of your way to watch this one."^[29] Kristian Thompson ofTJR Wrestling gave the event an 8 out of 10, commending the "two really solid pre-show matches" and the "perfectly acceptable" undercard, but gave high praise to the final three bouts, calling it "another very good monthly special from Impact Wrestling."^[30] Darrin Lilly ofPro Wrestling Torch also highlighted the last three matches as standouts, saying the event "continues the streak of good Impact Plus specials. A fun evening of wrestling."^[31] Chris Vetter ofPro Wrestling Dot Net felt the show had a "really slow" start but picked up with the last three matches: calling the Impact World Title bout a "tremendous main event" and the Last Knockout Standing contest a "hard-hitting match" with a "fresh and innovative" finish. He critiqued that there was a "lack of suspense" when it came to the match outcomes.^[28]

After the event, Impact announced that Josh Alexander will defend the Impact World Championship against Bully Ray in the main event of Hard To Kill.^[32] On the December 22 episode ofImpact!, Alexander would be attacked by Ray, Jason Hotch, and John Skyler. Tommy Dreamer, Ray's former friend, tried to intervene, but Ray dispatched of him using a steel chair and ladder. Alexander would go to Impact Executive Vice PresidentScott D'Amore, demanding his match with Ray at Hard To Kill be upgraded to aFull Metal Mayhem match, which D'Amore made official.^[33]

On the December 1 episode ofImpact!, New X Division Champion Trey Miguel explained what he needed to do to regain the title and defaced the title belt with green spray paint.^[34] He would continue his feud with Black Taurus on the December 15 episode ofImpact!, when he went after him and hisDecay partnerCrazzy Steve during an entrance for a tag team match against The Major Players (Brian Myers and Matt Cardona), striking Steve with the spray paint can before tagging him, with the lingering effects causing Decay to lose their match.^[35][36] On the subsequent episode ofImpact!, it was announced that Miguel and Taurus will have a rematch for the X Division Championship at Hard To Kill.^[33]

On the December 8 episode ofImpact!, Heath and Rhino defended the Impact World Tag Team Championship against The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin), but the match went to ano contest due to interference from The Major Players (Brian Myers and Matt Cardona).^[37][38] The former two teams would have a rematch the following week, with Sabin pinning Rhino to earn the Guns their third Impact World Tag Team Championship.^[35][36]

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