Impact Announces New 8-4-1 Concept For Against All Odds

Impact Wrestling announced a first for the promotion: an 8-4-1 match. The match will be taking place at Impact's next major event, Against All Odds. The 8-4-1 match will start as an eight-man tag team match featuring Bully Ray, Jonathan Gresham, Heath, and Nick Aldis taking on the team of Moose, Mike Bailey, PCO, and Rich Swann.

The winning team will compete in a four-way match, and the winner will be going to Slammiversary to challenge Impact World Champion Steve Maclin for his title. Last Friday at Under Siege, Maclin successfully retained the Impact World Title against PCO in a "no disqualification" match. Maclin has been the champion since April when he won the vacant title by defeating KUSHIDA at Rebellion.

The only other match announced for Against All Odds is Maclin defending the Impact World Championship against Alex Shelley. Shelley earned the title match after he defeated Moose, Gresham, Frankie Kazarian, and Yuya Uemura at Under Siege. While Shelley does have a long history with Impact Wrestling, he has yet to hold the world title, though he is a former one-time X Division Champion and a two-time Impact Tag Team Champion.

Against All Odds is set for Friday, June 9, and will be taking place at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio. The event will be available to watch on FITE, IMPACT+, and YouTube for Impact Ultimate Insiders. The Slammiversary pay-per-view is coming up on July 15 and is taking place at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.