The 2021 Against All Odds was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on June 12, 2021, and aired exclusively on Impact Plus. It was held at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, except for the main event, which was held at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the 10th event under the Against All Odds chronology and the first to be held since the 2019 event.
Nine matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Kenny Omega defeated Moose to retain the Impact World Championship. In other prominent matches, Violent By Design (Deaner and Rhino) defeated Decay (Black Taurus and Crazzy Steve) to retain the Impact World Tag Team Championship, Joe Doering defeated Satoshi Kojima, and Deonna Purrazzo defeated Rosemary to retain the Impact Knockouts Championship. The event also marked the return of The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson; formerly known as Max and Jeremy Buck of Generation Me).
Against All Odds received positive reviews from critics, with much praise being directed to both the Knockouts and Impact World title matches.
Production
Background
Against All Odds was an annual professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling (then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) between 2005 and 2012. In 2013, TNA discontinued most of its monthly pay-per-view events in favor of the new pre-recorded One Night Only events. It was revived as a special episode of Impact! that aired on March 29, 2019. On April 25, 2021 at Rebellion, it was announced by Impact that Against All Odds would take place on June 12, 2021 at the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
Storylines
The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on Impact's weekly television program.
At Under Siege, Moose defeated Chris Bey, Chris Sabin, Matt Cardona, Sami Callihan, and Trey Miguel in a six-way match to become the number one contender for the Impact World Championship at Against All Odds. During the go-home show of Impact! ahead of the PPV, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan appeared to confirm that the main event match between Moose and defending champion Kenny Omega, an AEW wrestler, would take place at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida, the home of AEW, to ensure that Callihan would not interfere. It was also announced that the winner of the match would defend the title against Callihan in the main event of Slammiversary. Callihan himself was scheduled to team with Tommy Dreamer in a street fight against The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson) at Against All Odds.
On the May 20 episode of Impact!, it was announced that New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) legend Satoshi Kojima would make his Impact debut the next week. During his debut, Kojima confronted new Impact World Tag Team Champions Violent By Design (Eric Young, Deaner, Joe Doering, and Rhino), and stood up to old rival Joe Doering, laying down a challenge for Against All Odds. On the June 3 episode of Impact!, after Kojima defeated Deaner, VBD was confronted by Decay's Black Taurus and Crazzy Steve, who challenged them to a tag team title match at the event, which Young accepted.