Impact Wrestling Genesis 2018
The eleventh Genesis professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling aired as a special episode of Impact! on Pop TV on January 25, 2018. Matches were taped for the event on November 8 and November 10, 2017, at the Aberdeen Pavilion in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
| Genesis (2018) | |||
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| Promotion | Impact Wrestling | ||
| Date | November 8, 2017 November 10, 2017 (aired January 25, 2018) | ||
| City | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Venue | Aberdeen Pavilion | ||
| Tagline(s) | Live and Free on Pop TV | ||
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Five matches were contested at the event. The main event was a Six-Sides of Steel match, in which Eli Drake successfully defended the Global Championship against Alberto El Patron and Johnny Impact. Also on the undercard, Moose defeated Lashley, Matt Sydal defeated Ethan Carter III to win the Grand Championship and Laurel Van Ness retained the Knockouts Championship against Allie. The event also featured highlights of an X Division Championship match between Taiji Ishimori and Andrew Everett, which took place at a Pro Wrestling Noah event on January 6.
Genesis was notably the last event to date to use the six-sided ring; Impact Wrestling would revert to using the four-sided ring beginning with the January 10, 2018, Impact! television tapings.