Throwback Throwdown

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.

Throwback Throwdown
PromotionsImpact Wrestling
First eventThrowback Throwdown (2019)

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).[1][2] Throwback Throwdown II was held at Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky on December 18, 2021 as an Impact Plus Monthly Special.[3][4] 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.[5]

Events
# Event Date City Venue Main Event Notes Ref
1 Throwback Throwdown (2019) October 27, 2019
(aired November 26, 2019)		 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 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!.
2 Throwback Throwdown II December 18, 2021 Louisville, Kentucky Davis Arena Santa Claus[lower-alpha 1] (Willie Mack) vs. Sex Ferguson (Doc Gallows) in a North Pole Street Fight for the IPWF International Commonwealth Television Championship
3 Throwback Throwdown III November 25, 2022
(aired December 2, 2022)		 Winston-Salem, North Carolina Benton Convention Center Team Impact Provincial Wrestling Federation (Colt McCoy, Tim Burr, Frank The Butcher, and Giuseppe Scovelli Jr. vs. Team Great Lakes Unionized Wrestling (Devon Damon, Neptune, Lord Humongous, and Manfred The Mad Mammal) in an eight-man elimination tag team match

Notes
  1. After the match, Santa Claus removed his mask to reveal that he was in fact Downtown Daddy Brown.

References
  1. Wilen, Jerome (November 26, 2019). "IMPACT Results – 11/26/19 (IPWF Special Throwback Throwdown themed show)". WrestleView. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  2. Self High Five (November 27, 2019). "Results IMPACT! Wrestling (26/11/2019) - Throwback Throwdown". Súper Luchas. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  3. Impact Wrestling Staff (November 21, 2021). "Go Back in Time at Throwback Throwdown II LIVE December 18 on IMPACT Plus". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  4. Guzzo, Gisberto (November 20, 2021). "IMPACT Wrestling Announces 'Throwback Throwdown II' For December". Fightful. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  5. Middleton, Marc (November 2, 2022). "Impact Wrestling Announces Throwback Throwdown III Event with IPWF Stars". Wrestling Headlines. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
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