Impact Wrestling has been taping episodes of TV in advance, along with its Victory Road and Knockouts Knockdown PPV events. During the taping for the Knockouts PPV, Awesome Kong was inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame. During her speech, Kong dedicated her induction to fellow former Knockout Daffney, who passed away on September 1 at the age of 46.
Kong joins past HOF inductees Sting (2012), Kurt Angle (2013), Jeff Jarrett (2015), Earl Hebner (2015), Gail Kim (2016), Abyss (2018) and Ken Shamrock (2020).