Hard To Kill (2020)

{{short description|2020 Impact Wrestling pay-per-view event}} {{Infobox wrestling event |name = Hard to Kill (2020) |image = Impact Wrestling Hard to Kill.jpg |caption = Promotional poster featuring oVe (Madman Fulton, Sami Callihan, Dave Crist and Jake Crist) and Tessa Blanchard |tagline =  |promotion = Impact Wrestling |attendance =  |date = January 12, 2020 |venue = The Bomb Factory |city = Dallas, Texas |lastevent = Bound for Glory |nextevent = TNA: There's No Place Like Home (cancelled) |event = Hard to Kill |lastevent2 = ''First'' |nextevent2 = 2021 }} The 2020 '''Hard To Kill''' was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on January 12, 2020, in Dallas, Texas.<ref name="Htk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/131183/impact-wrestling-hard-to-kill-main-event-officially-announced.html?p=1|title=IMPACT WRESTLING HARD TO KILL MAIN EVENT OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED|date=November 11, 2019|website=Pwinsider.com|access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name = "HTK">{{Cite web|title=Hard To Kill|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/hard-to-kill|date=November 11, 2019|website=impactwrestling.com|access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref> It was the inaugural event under the Hard To Kill chronology.

Nine matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Tessa Blanchard defeated Sami Callihan in an intergender match to win the Impact World Championship, becoming the first female world champion in Impact history.

==Production== {| align="right" class="wikitable" style="border:1px; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;" ! width="250" colspan="2" |'''Other on-screen personnel''' |- | rowspan="2" |Commentators |Josh Mathews |- |Don Callis |- |Ring announcer |Jeffery Scott |- | rowspan="3" |Referees |Brandon Tolle |- |Kris Levin |- |Harry Demerjian |- |Interviewer |Gabby Loren |- |} ===Background=== At Bound for Glory, Impact Wrestling announced Hard To Kill would take place in January 2020, however no specific date or location was announced.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sapp|first=Sean Ross|title=Impact Wrestling Announces "Hard To Kill" PPV For January 2020|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/impact-wrestling-announces-hard-kill-ppv-january-2020|work=Fightful Wrestling|access-date=October 20, 2019}}</ref> It was later announced to take place on January 12, 2020, in Dallas, Texas.<ref name="Htk" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilen|first=Jerome|title=IMPACT Results – 11/5/19 (Sami Callihan celebrates, Ken Shamrock vs. Joey Ryan)|url=https://www.wrestleview.com/impact-results/141221-11-5-19-impact-results/|work=WrestleView|date=November 6, 2019|access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref>

=== Storylines === The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Rich Swann was originally going to compete against the North with his partner Willie Mack, but he suffered an ankle injury two nights before at Bash at the Brewery 2. Doctors decided to not allow him to compete. Brian Cage also suffered a torn bicep in the weeks leading up to the show and was also unable to compete in an official match. Daga took his place to wrestle Rob Van Dam.<ref name="HSW">{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |title=How Pro Wrestling Works |last=Grabianowski |first=Ed |work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. |publisher=Discovery Communications |accessdate=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |archivedate=2013-11-29 |date=2006-01-13 }}</ref>

==Results== {{Pro Wrestling results table |times = <ref name="HTK2020">{{cite web|last=Moore|first=John|title=1/12 Impact Wrestling Hard To Kill results: Moore’s live review of Sami Callihan vs. Tessa Blanchard for the Impact World Championship, The North vs. Rich Swann and Willie Mack for the Impact Tag Titles, Ace Austin vs. Trey for the X Division Championship, Rob Van Dam vs. Brian Cage|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/01/12/1-12-impact-wrestling-hard-to-kill-results-moores-live-review-of-sami-callihan-vs-tessa-blanchard-for-the-impact-world-championship-the-north-vs-rich-swann-and-willie-mack-for-the-impact-tag-tit/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=January 12, 2020|accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref> |match1 = Ken Shamrock defeated Madman Fulton (with Dave Crist and Jake Crist) by submission |stip1 = Singles match<ref name ="HTK" /> |time1 = 9:19 |match2 = Ace Austin (c) defeated Trey Miguel |stip2 = Singles match for the Impact X Division Championship<ref name = "HTK" /> |time2 = 12:55 |match3 = Taya Valkyrie (c) (with John E. Bravo) defeated Jordynne Grace and ODB |stip3 = Three-way match for the Impact Knockouts Championship<ref name = "HTK" /> |time3 = 11:37 |match4 = Brian Cage vs. Rob Van Dam (with Katie Forbes) ended in a no contest |stip4 = Singles match<ref name = "HTK" /> |time4 = |match5 = Rob Van Dam (with Katie Forbes) defeated Daga |stip5 = Singles match |time5 = 4:11 |match6 = Eddie Edwards defeated Michael Elgin |stip6 = Singles match for Edwards' Call Your Shot Trophy<ref name = "HTK" /> |time6 = 19:53 |match7 = Moose defeated Rhino |stip7 = No Disqualification match<ref name = "HTK" /> |time7 = 13:00 |match8 = The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) (c) defeated Willie Mack |stip8 = Handicap match for the Impact World Tag Team Championship<ref name= "HTK" /> |time8 = 10:37 |match9 = Tessa Blanchard defeated Sami Callihan (c) |stip9 = Intergender match for the Impact World Championship<ref name="Htk"/><ref>{{cite web|title=IMPACT Wrestling to Make History as Tessa Blanchard Challenges Sami Callihan for the IMPACT World Championship at ‘Hard to Kill’ On Sunday, January 12|url=https://impactwrestling.com/impact-wrestling-to-make-history-as-tessa-blanchard-challenges-sami-callihan-for-the-impact-world-championship-at-hard-to-kill-on-sunday-january-12/|website=impactwrestling.com|publisher=Impact Wrestling|accessdate=November 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109015629/https://impactwrestling.com/impact-wrestling-to-make-history-as-tessa-blanchard-challenges-sami-callihan-for-the-impact-world-championship-at-hard-to-kill-on-sunday-january-12/|archive-date=November 9, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/new-match-official-for-impact-hard-to-kill New match official for Hard to Kill - 411 Mania.com]</ref><ref name = "HTK" /> |time9 = 23:49 }}

==See also== *2020 in professional wrestling

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.impactwrestling.com/ impactwrestling.com]

Category:2020 Impact Wrestling pay-per-view events Category:2020 in Dallas Category:Professional wrestling shows in Dallas Category:January 2020 sports events in the United States Category:TNA Hard To Kill