Category: TNA

Matt Hardy: Jeff Hardy’s Bray Wyatt tribute in TNA was ‘unbelievably great’

Posted on by Ian Carey

Matt Hardy thought his brother’s Bray Wyatt tribute on TNA Impact this week was “unbelievably great.”

Jeff Hardy wore facepaint on Tuesday’s episode that resembled the mask worn by Wyatt’s Fiend character. Matt says the final product was almost identical to the image Jeff used as a reference.

“It was 100 percent inspired from the Fiend mask,” Matt said on the latest episode of his podcast.

“Jeff said, ‘Hey, do you think this would be cool if did it as a tribute? I said, ‘Yeah man, it would be awesome and I think it would be very cool for your facepaint.”

“It was identical. The image that he used to do his facepaint – and he paints it all himself – it was absolutely identical, it was unbelievably great.”

Matt continued to say that Jeff wishes he’d had the chance to work more with Wyatt, and perhaps while portraying his Willow the Wisp character.

“That’s one of his biggest regrets. The whole time that I was working together with Bray until he actually turned and we were a half-assed tag team, Jeff was out. That’s kind of what started it, Jeff was injured.”

“Jeff really does wish he would’ve gotten a chance to interact (with that). He really would have loved to have done Broken Matt, Bray Wyatt/Fiend whatever, and Willow. Willow is something I think we will see sooner than later in TNA because we have had some discussions about that and that’s something that Jeff is very passionate about.”

Matt would also post the following comments on social media:

“Really wish my brother could have worked with Windham more. Windham was such a special human & gifted performer. I’m still so enamored & impressed by Jeff’s facepaint tribute Thursday night on #TNAiMPACT. I don’t think I’m alone when I really wish we could have seen Willow & The Fiend on the screen together at least once.”

The latest episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy is available below.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Oyp5OsWPXhzWZp74Vyz9d

Former Xia Li’s TNA debut, World title no. 1 contender’s match set for next Impact

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Lei Ying Lee, formerly Xia Li in WWE, will make her TNA debut on next week’s Impact.

After weeks of vignettes, Lee’s debut was officially announced for next week’s Impact during this week’s episode.

In addition to the new wrestler debuting, several matches are set for next week’s episode, including a number one contender’s bout.

Joe Hendry will face Frankie Kazarian on the September 26 Impact, with the winner to challenge Nic Nemeth for the TNA World title at Bound for Glory.

WWE NXT will have a presence on next week’s Impact with a mystery NXT partner teaming with Jordynne Grace against Rosemary and NXT’s Wendy Choo. NXT’s Kendal Grey & Carlee Bright were featured on tis week’s Impact in a Tag Team title match against Knockouts Tag champs Jody Threat & Dani Luna.

Heather Reckless vs. Xia Brookside, Jonathan Gresham vs. Laredo Kid, plus Zachary Wentz & ABC vs. KUSHIDA, Mike Bailey & Leon Slater are also set for next week’s Impact.

The lineup for the Thursday, September 26 TNA Impact:

  • Lei Ying Lee debuts
  • Number one contender’s match: Joe Hendry vs. Frankie Kazarian
  • Jordynne Grace & a mystery NXT partner vs. Wendy Choo & Rosemary
  • Heather Reckless vs. Xia Brookside
  • Jonathan Gresham vs. Laredo Kid
  • Zachary Wentz, Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. KUSHIDA, Mike Bailey & Leon Slater

TNA Impact live results: Mike Santana vs. JDC Texas Death Match

Posted on by Matt Boone

A Texas Death Match between Mike Santana and The System’s JDC highlights tonight’s TNA Impact as the road to next month’s Bound for Glory begins.

Santana has been feuding with The System for the majority of the last month and issued a challenge to the former Dirty Dango for the bout following last Friday’s Victory Road.

After his win over Josh Alexander last Friday, Joe Hendry will be on hand to share what he wants next.

After winning the titles last Friday with a win over Masha Slamovich & Tasha Steelz, new Knockouts Tag Team Champions Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) will defend their titles against opponents to be named.

Matt Cardona will take on Rhino after attacking him last Friday following Stephanie De Lander’s announcement she needs neck surgery.

First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) will look to rebound from their Friday loss to The Hardys as they battle new signees Sinner & Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams).

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The System, The Hardys, Masha Slamovich & Jordynne Grace Kick Off This Week’s Show

An in-depth TNA Victory Road 2024 video package showing highlights from last Friday’s special event in San Antonio, Texas is shown. We then shoot inside the Impact Zone, where Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcome us to the show.

“Do you wanna know something?” Those are the first words we hear as The System’s Alisha Edwards makes her way out with a microphone in-hand. She asks her question-catchphrase once more and then complains about no longer being a TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champion due to Masha Slamovich.

Slamovich makes her way out after Edwards continues verbally dressing her down. She gets in Edwards’ face in the ring, and Edwards chastises her to her face for being the weak link in their former MAlisha duo. She says what’s even worse is, she doesn’t even understand a word she’s saying.

We then get the big reveal from Slamovich, who informs Edwards that she has heard every word that has ever come out of her mouth. She says she’s sick of her. As she continues to defiantly respond to her former partner, she is attacked from behind by Tasha Steelz.

Masha starts fighting back, but is taken out by Edwards’ “Kendra” kendo stick. Steelz and Edwards join forces in beating Slamovich down until we hear the familiar sounds of the siren of “The Juggernaut.” Out comes TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace to make the save.

She comes out, but so does The System duo of Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers. Before anything can happen, the iconic sounds of the theme for The Hardys plays and out comes Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy to a rock star reaction from the Texas crowd.

The System crew bails out of the ring to the floor and the two groups of wrestlers stare each other down. Santino Marella’s theme hits and says if they want to fight, they’re gonna get their wish tonight. He announces a six person tag match with Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers and Tasha Steelz taking on The Hardys and Masha Slamovich.

Santino says as for Jordynne Grace, but before he can say anything, “The NXT and TNA Liaison” Arianna Grace comes out. She announces Wendy Choo & Rosemary vs. Jordynne Grace and one of Arianna’s “very best friends from WWE NXT.” It is never stated who the friend is. Santino says he likes the way she thinks and the segment wraps up on that note.

Eric Young Tells Josh Alexander To Start Acting Like A Leader

Backstage, we see Josh Alexander lost in thought when Eric Young approaches him and asks if he’s got a minute. He tells Alexander he’s been in the same spot he’s in right now. He says they think alike. He says he’s got a lot of guys paying attention to his every word and every move.

He says he’s headed into a place where it’s harder to come back from than he thinks. Young tells Alexander that he’s a leader here, and that it’s time to start taking it serious. He walks off as Alexander seems to be giving that some serious thought.

Hannifan runs down the scheduled lineup for tonight as the official match graphics flash across the screen. The show then heads into the first commercial break of the evening.

First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) defeated Sinner & Saint

When the show returns, Jordynne Grace catches up with Masha Slamovich and tells her she expected her to be one of the people to respond to her many TNA Knockouts Championship Open Challenges in recent weeks/months. She tells her she has a feeling they’ll see each other sooner than later.

The Hardys come out of their dressing room and have a quick chat with Grace and Slamovich. Slamovich says teaming with them is a dream. They tell her to help them continue to show to the world tonight that TNA Wrestling is white hot these days.

Back inside the Impact Zone, the theme for First Class hits and out comes the team of AJ Francis and KC Navarro for our first match of the evening. Their opponents, Sinner and Saint, come out next. Navarro and Travis Williams (Saint) kick things off at the bell.

Navarro starts off strong, but after a handshake goes wrong, Saint takes over and tags in Judas Icarus (Sinner), who picks up where he left off. Francis ends up tagging in and shifting the offensive momentum back in First Class’ favor.

KC Navarro is tossed out to the floor like a rag-doll, and then Sinner hits Francis with a big shot that buys him some much-needed time. He makes it to the corner for the tag and in comes Saint. Navarro also tags back in.

The two mix it up and Navarro is thrown to the floor. Sinner & Saint hit a double-team spot that culminates with a big splash onto Navarro on the floor. Back in the ring, Sinner turns Navarro inside-out for a close two-count.

Moments later, Francis hits the Down Payment choke slam, which Navarro immediately follows-up with a top-rope First Class Splash for the pinfall victory.

Mike Santana Sends A Message To JDC Ahead Of Texas Death Match

Once the match wraps up, we shoot to a shot of someone’s boots backstage. We see a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire clanging off the concrete ground. The camera pans up and we see Mike Santana.

He says tonight we’re gonna find out if JDC is willing to walk through the fire, because he’s gonna baptize him in his own blood. “Cause you motha f**kers, ya’ll locked in this world with me!” After this wraps up, the show heads into another commercial break.

Gia Miller Interviews “Speedball” Mike Bailey

When the show returns, Gia Miller is standing by backstage with new TNA X-Division Champion “Speedball” Mike Bailey. He talks about recapturing the title and how he’s prepared to defend it against the best of the best.

Miller informs Bailey that speaking of the best of the best, she has learned from Santino Marella that Bailey will be teaming up with Leon Slater and KUSHIDA to take on Zachary Wentz and ABC duo Chris Bey and Ace Austin in six-man tag-team action.

Rhino defeated Matt Cardona via Disqualification

Hannifan and Rehwoldt bring up Steph De Lander’s announcement about needing neck surgery and how she’ll be out of action for six-to-ten months as a result. We are shown a digital exclusive from after her announcement at TNA Victory Road where she and PCO talk backstage immediately afterwards. De Lander tells PCO to trust her and be patient.

Back inside the Impact Zone, the theme for “Alwayz Ready” Matt Cardona hits and out comes “The Indy God” for our next match of the evening. He settles in the ring and the theme for his opponent plays, bringing out former ECW legend Rhino.

As soon as the bell sounds, Cardona hops out of the ring and walks around to the entrance aisle. He looks in at Rhino as the referee begins his count. He walks around to the other side of the ring, hops on the ring apron and steps back inside.

He goes to kick Rhino in the bread-basket, but his kick is caught and Rhino starts drilling him with lefts and rights. He backs Cardona into the corner and hip-tosses him out. He backs into the corner himself and stalks Cardona, measuring him for a Gore.

Cardona notices this coming and slides out to the floor to avoid it. Rhino heads out after him and hits a big suplex to Cardona on the unforgiving entrance ramp. Fans break out in the never-ending “ECW!” chants.

What are the odds anyone in that building was alive to watch an ECW show live as it happened? One Night Stand doesn’t count. Rhino heads out under the ring and pulls out a chair. He brings it in the ring with him, but Cardona gets it and hits him with it. The referee calls for the bell.

Post-match, Cardona continues to beat down Rhino with the chair until the lights in the Impact Zone go out. When they come back on, PCO is standing in the middle of the ring behind Cardona. He slaps his hand on the throat of Cardona and hits a chokeslam.

He climbs up for the PCO-Sault, but Cardona exits the ring to avoid it. PCO taps into his inner Ric Flair and starts beating up an inanimate object in the form of the chair Cardona had. It’s not a New York Times best-selling autobiography encouraging readers’ days to be nice, but close enough.

He hits a back-breaker on the chair, a side-slam and a PCO-Sault onto it. That chair learned its’ lesson, and Cardona was up-close to witness it. After this, the show heads into another commercial break.

Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna) (c) defeated Kendal Grey & Carlee Bright to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championship

When the show returns, Spitfire duo Jody Threat and Dani Luna make their way down to the ring for their first scheduled defense of their newly won TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships. The two settle inside the squared circle and await the arrival of their opposition.

Instead, “The Liaison” Arianna Grace comes back out and announces that they will be defending their titles against some fresh blood, two of her best friends from WWE NXT, Kendal Grey and Carlee Bright. The pair of WWE NXT Superstars head to the ring and the bell sounds.

Threat and Grey kick things off for their respective teams. They trade headlocks and then Grey suplexes her way free. Threat goes to whip Grey into the corner, but Grey trips and falls down. Taped show. Wonder what the point of that was? Luna tags in and picks up where Threat left off.

Luna and Threat both end up in the ring and they hit a two-on-one stalled suplex, complete with the free-arm biceps pose for some added arrogance. Bright tags back in and helps shift the offensive momentum into the favor of the WWE NXT team.

The champs take back over and hit the Pressure Drop, the same move that won them the titles at Victory Road 2024 against Masha Slamovich and Tasha Steelz. Afterwards, they go for the cover and score the pinfall to pick up the win and their first title defense. After the match, we head into another commercial time out.

Heather Reckless Approaches Ash By Elegance

When the show returns, we see Ash By Elegance bragging about her looks in a mirror, as George Iceman stands behind her bragging about her some more. In walks Heather Reckless who says she wants to take them up on their offer.

She tells them she has a match next week against Xia Brookside and asks if they’ll watch it. They tell her they’ll think about it. Reckless walks off, Ash and Iceman get back to talking about her looks and the segment mercifully wraps up on that note.

Mike Santana defeated JDC in a Texas Death Match

Inside the Impact Zone, the theme for Johnny Dango Curtis hits and out comes the newest member of The System for our next match of the evening. He settles in the ring and his entrance tune dies down.

The catchy-ass theme for Mike Santana hits next and a spotlight follows him as he walks down the steps in the crowd. He makes the long trip to the ring to a nice reaction from the Texas crowd.

As Santana hops the barricade and enters the ringside area, he is immediately met by JDC and the two trade shots. The bell sounds and our scheduled Texas Death Match is underway. Falls count anywhere and whomever incapacitates their opponent enough to keep them down for a count of ten will be declared the winner.

The two fight into the ring, where Santana settles into the early offensive lead. He beats down JDC until he is slumped in the corner. He backs up and charges at him, blasting him with a knee to the dome. He backs up and stalks him. He charges him again but JDC rolls out to the floor at the last minute.

As JDC walks around the ringside area to clear the cobwebs, he is met by a large body flying through the air, as Santana gets a running start and leaps over the top-rope, splashing onto The System member on the floor. Santana heads back out and grabs a trash can, some steel chairs and brings them into the ring.

Santana unfolds the two chairs and sets them back-to-back in the middle of the ring, ready-to-be-sat on, but something tells me he won’t be using them for that purpose. He hoists JDC up, but JDC escapes out the back door.

Santana climbs on JDC in the corner for the ten-punch spot, but before he gets to ten, JDC scoops him up and walks forward, power-bombing Santana across the unforgiving double-chair set-up. Ouch. Fans are already chanting “This is Awesome!”

JDC takes off his shirt and puts the trash can over Santana. He grabs a kendo stick and begins beating the crap out of the trash can with some vicious batting practice. JDC heads to the ropes again and climbs up. He leaps off with the Down ‘N’ Dirty onto Santana, who is still in the trash can and unaware of the moment of impact.

Santana rolls out to the floor upon impact. He gets the trash can off of his head and in a camera shot similar to the evil Mr. McMahon peaking above the ring apron from WrestleMania-past, Santana’s bloody dome pops into frame and gets a reaction from the crowd and announcers alike.

JDC heads over to draw more blood, but is unaware, as are the viewing audience, that Santana is secretly wielding the barbed wire covered baseball bat he was holding in his pre-match promo earlier in the show. He whacks JDC with it and draws some blood from The System member to even up the crimson mask count.

On that note, the show heads into a mid-match commercial break as this violent spectacle continues. When we return, we see both guys still spilling blood like crazy. In particular, JDC is bleeding an absurd amount.

Things culminate with Santana leaping off a ladder (as a referee and stage-hand held it sturdy for him) and putting JDC through some staging equipment for the ten-count and the win. After the match, as Santana is celebrating, he is attacked from behind by Moose. Moose beats him down with repeated chair shots and leaves him laying.

Josh Alexander Begins His New Role As TNA Locker Room Leader

“The Walking Locker Room Leader” Josh Alexander is shown backstage catching up with Sinner & Saint. He explains to them that the competition level for guys like them is at a whole new standard when you enter a promotion like TNA Wrestling. He tells them to keep their heads up and keep trying. We head to another commercial break.

Lei Ying Lee Is Coming To TNA Impact Next Week

When the show returns, we see the latest vignette hyping the arrival to TNA Wrestling of former WWE Superstar Xia Li, who is now working under the ring name, Lei Ying Lee. It is announced that she will make her TNA Impact next week on the show.

Joe Hendry, Frankie Kazarian & Nic Nemeth Talk TNA World Championship

Back inside the Impact Zone, we hear the familiar sounds of the viral smash hit theme song for the hottest rising star in TNA Wrestling, and among those in all of pro wrestling right now — Joe Hendry. “Say his name and he appears …”

The crowd goes bonkers as he makes his way out and does his full ring entrance routine, complete with the side-to-side hand-waive in the ring, etc. Hendry talks about making a statement with his win over Josh Alexander at TNA Victory Road last Friday night.

Hendry says every time he’s down, the fans lift him back up. He has a feeling they’re going to lift him all the way up to the TNA World Championship. With that said, out comes “The King of TNA.” No, not the TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth. The self-proclaimed “King of TNA” Frankie Kazarian.

Kazarian says it’s funny that he thinks the fans will lift him up to the TNA World Championship, when all of the fans in the crowd tonight, for example, can’t lift up their guts to see their own genitals. He says it’s also funny Hendry thinks he’s next in-line for a title shot after winning one match.

He says he only won the match in the first place because he had a weapon in his crotch. He says it’s probably not the first time he had his crotch loaded. He calls Hendry a cross between Shrek and Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons.

He says if anyone deserves a shot at the TNA World Championship it’s Frankie Kazarian, “because I believe in Frankie Kazarian.” Fans react with a loud “You suck! You suck!” chant. Kazarian demands Nic Nemeth come out and grant him his TNA World title shot.

We hear the familiar sounds of the pants unzipping and a woman moaning as TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth makes his way down to the ring in a sport coat with his title in-hand. He joins Kazarian and Hendry in the ring. After he and Kazarian exchange words, TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella comes out yet again.

Marella announces that it will be Joe Hendry vs. Frankie Kazarian next week on Impact. The winner will move on to challenge Nic Nemeth for the TNA World Championship in the main event of the biggest show of the year, TNA Bound For Glory 2024 in Detroit, Michigan.

The Hardys (Matt and Jeff Hardy) & Masha Slamovich defeated The System (Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards) & Tasha Steelz

It’s main event time!

The theme for The System duo of Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards hits and out they come along with their partner for the six-person tag-team main event match of the evening, Tasha Steelz. They settle into the ring and then Masha Slamovich’s theme hits to bring her out.

The Hardys’ iconic entrance tune plays and the crowd goes wild as Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy emerge. The six competitors scheduled for our final match of the evening are settled inside the squared circle and ready to rock and roll, but first, the show heads into a quick pre-match commercial break.

When the show returns, the bell sounds and Steelz and Slamovich get things started for their respective teams. After some basic back-and-forth action early on, we see things pick up when all six end up getting involved.

The Hardys help Slamovich live a dream spot, as she helps execute Poetry in Motion. Matt and Jeff follow up with another big double-team high spot before the show heads into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues.

When we return, we see The System helping each other out, with Jeff Hardy’s Whisper in the Wind attempt thwarted by a quick step from the intended landing target. Myers goes to work on Jeff Hardy as fans lambast him with “You suck! You suck!” chants.

We see The System enjoy the offensive lead for another minute or two and then The Hardys help shift the momentum back in their team’s favor. Fans pump up Matt Hardy with “DELETE! DELETE!” chants. Before he can go for his finisher, Alisha Edwards gets involved at ringside.

The referee ejects her from ringside and the crowd pops. She makes a big issue out of leaving. Hands on the hips and the whole deal. Out comes ABC duo Chris Bey and Ace Austin, who each hoist her up and carry her to the back.

Steelz attacks Slamovich from behind in the ring. Masha hits a turning splash through the ropes onto Steelz on the floor. Jeff Hardy hits a Twist of Fate on Edwards. Matt Hardy hits one on Myers. Jeff hits a Swanton Bomb off the top-rope.

Matt goes for the cover. 1-2-3. The Hardys and Masha Slamovich pick up the win in a fun main event. The three celebrate their victory as Tom Hannifan mentions the lineup for next week’s show again, noting the Road to TNA Bound For Glory 2024 kicks off next Thursday night. That’s how this week’s show goes off the air. Thanks for joining us, and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter/X.

Next Week On TNA Impact (9/26/2024)
* Rosemary & Wendy Choo vs. Jordynne Grace & NXT Mystery Partner
* Jonathan Gresham vs. Laredo Kid
* Zachary Wentz & ABC vs. KUSHIDA, Leon Slater & Mike Bailey
* Frankie Kazarian vs. Joe Hendry (TNA Title Eliminator)
* Lei Ying Lee (Xia Li) debuts

Eric Young: The secret about TNA Wrestling being an unbelievable product is getting out

Posted on by Denise Salcedo

With TNA Wrestling enjoying a nice run of success that includes multiple sellouts for some of their monthly big events, Eric Young credits the promotion for “putting the right people in the right place.”

During a recent media appearance in Hermosa Beach, California, to promote his upcoming Vinyl Obsession series on AXS TV, I asked the former TNA World Champion about what is powering this run which includes sellouts for June’s Against All Odds, July’s Slammiversary, August’s Emergence and September’s Victory Road.

“I don’t think (the success) is something that has happened just recently. This has been going on for two or three years, maybe longer. It’s doing the right decisions and putting the right people in place and just kind of sticking to what TNA stands for. TNA is a pro wrestling show written, produced and shown to the world for pro wrestling fans in those people’s minds. We have them in mind when they are writing the show. When I’m performing or when they’re writing or I’m cutting a promo, I’m thinking about people that consume the show, and those people are pro wrestling fans.”

He said TNA has not been a secret for fans watching the show for five or six years and that now, the secret is getting out.

“It’s the real world standing up and noticing that this is an unbelievable show, an unbelievable product, littered with unbelievably talented people and the people should be watching it,” he said.

I also spoke to Young about the TNA and WWE relationship which you can read about here.

You can check out the full interview on YouTube below and be sure to watch the second season of Vinyl Obsession on October 6th in addition to TNA Impact every Thursday night:

Eric Young still talks with Triple H, thinks WWE & TNA partnership is good for wrestling

Posted on by Denise Salcedo

This year in wrestling has certainly come with a lot of surprises and some major headlines with one of those being the brand collaboration between TNA Wrestling and WWE.

From Jordynne Grace’s entry into the 2024 Royal Rumble to Joe Hendry generating millions of views on social media for WWE to different wrestlers popping up on each other’s programming, the “NXTNA” collaboration has been making headlines.

Someone who has seen both sides of that is former two-time TNA World Champion Eric Young who also worked with WWE from 2016 through 2020. He briefly returned in November 2022 before being granted his release in April 2023 due to his reluctance to work under Vince McMahon once Endeavor came into the picture.

While appearing in Hermosa Beach, California, to promote his upcoming Vinyl Obsession show on AXS TV, I talked to Young about his thoughts on the partnership where he shared that he still talks to Paul “Triple H” Levesque often, who he said is a good friend, as they both share a love for music but don’t talk about much wrestling.

“(The partnership) is good for both sides. What it’s really good for is pro wrestling because it has people thinking and talking ‘What if this person shows up or that person shows up?’,” he said. “I think this is the tip of the iceberg. It’s cool now, but we’re really just seeing the beginning, the genesis of it.”

While we did see Grace wrestle with main roster talent during the Rumble, most of the appearances have been made between NXT and TNA wrestlers. Given that NXT is the developmental brand for WWE, Young noted that having talents like Hendry appear on NXT adds legitimacy and helps young inexperienced talent grow.

“Joe Hendry is one of the most popular wrestlers in the entire world right now. Him showing up on their show adds a legitimacy to their show because it is populated by a lot of young, inexperienced people. I have been young and inexperienced. You can’t gain experience by not doing it. They’re learning as they go and having people like (Frankie) Kazarian and even now, they had Hammerstone and Jordynne Grace showing up several times, that only adds to them. Them coming over to us and us being in a partnership only adds to our show, and what it does is it has people’s interest and it has people talking about what could happen.”

“It’s a really cool thing to be part of. It doesn’t come to any surprise to me that those guys are in control and now this is happening. It’s a joint venture, a joint business agreement that is beneficial to both sides and for it to not be happening would be foolish. So, yeah, it’s great,” he said.

You can check out the full interview here and the debut of season two of Vinyl Obsession on October 6th.

Report: Main event of TNA Bound for Glory set

Posted on by Ian Carey

The main event of TNA’s biggest show of the year has reportedly been determined.

On Saturday, Joe Hendry defeated Frankie Kazarian in a number-one contender match at the promotion’s TV tapings in San Antonio. Hendry will now challenge TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth in the main event of Bound For Glory, PWInsider is reporting.

After his win over Josh Alexander at Victory Road on Friday, TNA posted a digital exclusive of Hendry vowing to win the company’s world title.

“Tonight I made a statement by beating one of the very best wrestlers to ever lace up a pair of boots in this company. Next, there is only one thing for Joe Hendry. I believe that I am the face of TNA, but to prove it I have to win the TNA World title, and that is what’s next for Joe Hendry.”

The 20th edition of TNA Bound for Glory is scheduled for Saturday, October 26, 2024, at the Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit, Michigan. No other matches have been confirmed for the show.

TNA Impact TV taping spoilers from San Antonio

Posted on by F4W Staff

TNA Wrestling was back in San Antonio on Saturday for a set of TV tapings.

One night after Victory Road, a new number one contender to Nic Nemeth’s TNA World title was determined in a match between Joe Hendry and Frankie Kazarian. Several NXT stars took part as well and the former Xia Li made her in-ring debut.

The show was taped at the Boeing Center at Tech Port.

Spoilers courtesy of BodySlam.net:

Matches filmed for TNA Xplosion:

  • Steve Maclin & Eric Young defeated the Pillars of Destiny (Hunter Gray & Parviz)
  • Nic Nemeth defeated Sami Callihan

Matches filmed for TNA Impact:

  • Alisha Edwards kicked off the show with an in-ring segment. She was upset that Tasha Steelz and Masha Slamovich lost the Knockout tag titles to Spitfire at Victory Road. She called out Masha Slamovich. This led to Slamovich teaming with the Hardys against Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards & Steelz, but we don’t have a match result for this one.
  • Hammerstone defeated Deaner
    • Jake Something was on commentary
  • TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna) defeated NXT’s Carlee Bright & Kendal Grey
  • Joe Hendry cut a promo about deserving a TNA World title shot after defeating Josh Alexander at Victory Road. This brought out Frankie Kazarian, who also wants a shot at the title. TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth then came out and suggested they have a number one contenders match and then Santino Marella made the match official.
  • First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) defeated Sinner & Saint
  • Jonathan Gresham defeated Laredo Kid
  • Wendy Choo & Rosemary vs. Sol Ruca & Jordynne Grace went to a no-contest
    • Tasha Steelz and Masha Slamovich both ran in during the match, leading to it being thrown out.
  • Josh Alexander called out Eric Young after the two were seen arguing backstage. Alexander acted like he was a changed man, but it was only to sucker Young in for an attack. Steve Maclin ran out to make the save and Sinner & Saint came out to help Alexander.
  • Heather Reckless defeated Xia Brookside
  • Zachary Wentz & ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defeated Leon Slater, KUSHIDA & Mike Bailey
  • Lei Ying Lee (FKA Xia Li) defeated Hyan
  • Joe Hendry defeated Frankie Kazarian to earn a shot at the TNA World title.
    • Kazarian was originally declared the winner after using brass knuckles, but then Marella came out and restarted the match.
  • Santana defeated JDC in a Texas death match
    • This may have been a dark match.

WWE NXT stars appear during TNA Impact tapings

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Note: This post contains spoilers.

The relationship between TNA and NXT continued on Saturday.

During the TNA Impact tapings in San Antonio, Texas, Jordynne Grace teamed with Sol Ruca to take on Wendy Choo and Rosemary. Grace successfully defended the Knockouts title against Choo at Victory Road on Friday.

Also during the tapings, Kendal Grey and Carlee Bright competed against Dani Luna and Jody Threat. Arianna Grace, who in storyline serves as the liaison between TNA and NXT, also appeared.

TNA and NXT stars have been regularly appearing on both programs. Rosemary, who has aligned herself with Wendy Choo in both promotions, will face Lyra Valkyria and Tatum Paxley on Tuesday’s NXT. Hammerstone made his NXT debut on the most recent episode of the program, losing to Oba Femi.

After Zachary Wentz defeated Wes Lee at No Mercy, Wes Lee on this week’s show challenged Wentz to a street fight on the CW premiere of NXT on October 1.

TNA Victory Road notes: New champions crowned, Arianna Grace & JBL appear

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Friday’s TNA Victory Road streaming special saw three new champions crowned.

Just two weeks after winning the gold in an Ultimate X match, Zachary Wentz of The Rascalz lost it back to former champion “Speedball” Mike Bailey. The end came when Bailey countered a UFO cutter with a Flamingo Driver to win the title and kick off his third reign as champion.

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Later in the show, Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) avoided having to split up as they defeated the makeshift team of Masha Slamovich & Tasha Steelz for the Knockouts Tag Team titles.

Steelz was a fill-in for Alisha Edwards who wasn’t cleared to compete following a recent injury during a match. After the match, Edwards confronted Slamovich about losing and slapped her. Steelz then attacked Slamovich and aligned with Edwards.

The win ends the 133-day reign for Slamovich and begins a second run for Spitfire after their first one lasted just 56 days.

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The System did rebound as Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards regained the TNA Tag Team titles, defeating ABC. The end came when Alisha got involved during the match, grabbing Chris Bey’s ankle. That gave her husband, Eddie, the opening he needed to hit the Boston Knee Party for the pin and win.

It’s Edwards’ seventh reign with the titles and his second reign with Myers. The win ends the 55-day third reign for Bey and Ace Austin.

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In the other two title matches, TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth successfully defended against Moose in the main event while Jordynne Grace defeated NXT’s Wendy Choo to retain the Knockouts title.

As part of Nemeth’s win, JBL once again appeared for the second straight streaming special, this time getting physical by taking out the aforementioned Edwards and Myers with pair of Clotheslines from Hell so they couldn’t interfere.

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In a full circle moment, TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella reunited on-screen with his daughter, current NXT star Arianna Grace. Earlier this month, Grace was named the official liaison between TNA and NXT with Marella saying he wants to keep things professional between them. The clip was originally shared by TNA on their X account, but they deleted the post.

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Joe Hendry was announced as appearing on this Thursday’s edition of Impact which will be taped Saturday in San Antonio.

Steph De Lander says she needs neck surgery

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During TNA Victory Road Friday, Steph De Lander announced to the crowd that she needs neck surgery.

De Lander was set to be part of a match teaming with Matt Cardona against on-screen husband PCO and Rhino. Before the match started, she took to the microphone to announce the news, saying she was in pain every day.

She went on to say this isn’t a retirement speech and said, “This is not goodbye. This is I’ll see you later.”

On X, De Lander later said, “Yes, this is real” and responded to a negative fan that the reason for needing surgery was “from landing on my head for 7 years to entertain dumbasses like you.”

When she plans to get the surgery, how bad her neck is, and how long she could be out for have yet to be revealed.

The 27-year-old has been in action just once since May, competing in a trios bout in early-August on TNA Impact.

TNA Victory Road live results: Nic Nemeth vs. Moose

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TNA Wrestling returns with their second streaming special in two weeks with tonight’s Victory Road from San Antonio, Texas.

The TNA World title will be on the line as Nic Nemeth defends against former champion Moose.

Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace takes on WWE NXT’s Wendy Choo who will be making her promotional in-ring debut.

In a high-profile clash, former World Champion Josh Alexander will battle Joe Hendry.

After winning the title at Emergence, X-Division Champion Zachary Wentz defends against former champion “Speedball” Mike Bailey.

Tag Team Champions ABC will defend against former champions Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers.

In a change, Masha Slamovich & Tasha Steelz will defend the Knockouts Tag Team titles against Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat). If the former champions lose, they must split up. Steelz is a last-minute sub for Alisha Edwards who recently was legitimately knocked out during a match.

Jeff & Matt Hardy will take on AJ Francis & KC Navarro while Rhino & Digital Media Champion PCO face Matt Cardona & Steph De Lander.

Hammerstone & Jake Something vs. Eric Young & Steve Maclin and KUSHIDA vs. Leon Slater is set for the pre-show.

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KUSHIDA defeated Leon Slater

We settle inside the sold out San Antonio venue with Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcoming us to the show. Leon Slater’s theme hits and he comes to the ring for the first match of the Countdown pre-show. KUSHIDA is out next, and the bell sounds to get this one started.

Both guys start strong, trading shots, but it is KUSHIDA who gets Slater down and controls him for the first definitive offensive lead. He gets him on his knees as he rolls to his back for a submission attempt, but Slater escapes. The two have a stare off and the fans cheer.

Following another exchange, Slater drops KUSHIDA with an enzugiri, and then hits a hand-spring back-elbow to KUSHIDA in mid-air. He goes for a springboard splash to the floor, but KUSHIDA rolls back into the ring, so he pumps the brakes.

KUSHIDA hits a big kick in the corner that sends Slater out to the floor to regroup. KUSHIDA plays to the crowd, who chants his name as climbs to the top and flips off with a senton onto Slater on the floor. Back in the ring, KUSHIDA slaps a leg submission on Slater, who eventually gets to the ropes to force it to be broken.

KUSHIDA also focuses on the arm of Slater, and the commentators talk about him softening him up for the Hoover Board Lock later on. On the mat, KUSHIDA continues to crank on the arm in the directions it wasn’t intended to bend. Slater fights back and hits a huge dropkick in the corner for a two-count.

Slater takes over for a minute or so, and hits a beautiful high spot from the ring to the floor that saw him land on his feet upon connection. Back in the ring, KUSHIDA hits a Spanish Fly into an armbar upon landing. Demetrious Johnson mouse-trap, style. He gets the tap for the win.

Hammerstone & Jake Something defeated Eric Young & Steve Maclin

Josh Alexander gives a brief backstage interview after the pre-show opener. He talks about Joe Hendry being in his world when the bell sounds tonight. He says after he beats him, he can go back to his keyboard and write and make funny videos.

A video package promoting Nic Nemeth vs. Moose for the TNA Championship in the main event later in the evening airs, and then we return inside the Impact Zone where Jake Something and Hammerstone make their way to the ring for the second pre-show match.

All four collide and brawl before the bell. Young and Maclin unload on them in opposing corners, but when they go to whip them into each other in the middle of the ring, they bounce into each other and look up and down before turning and beating down Young and Maclin.

As Young and Something powder out to the floor, the bell sounds and Hammerstone and Maclin kick things off as the legal men in the ring. Hammerstone works over Maclin and in comes Something to give an assist, as Young looks upset. On the floor, Something takes out Maclin and rolls back in as the legal man.

Fans chant “Eric Young! Eric Young!” hoping for the tag. Something punches Maclin a few more times and stops to pose and taunt the crowd, who then fire up a “We want Eric!” chant. Young is pacing on the apron like Hulk Hogan in his 80s prime, playing to the crowd and stealing the scene in the background.

Young eventually gets the hot tag a few moments later and plays to the crowd while firing up and taking it to both Hammerstone and Maclin in the ring. He hits a pile driver for a close two-count, but this one continues. A blind tag from the heel duo leads to Young on the defense.

Hammerstone climbs to the top with Young, but Young knocks him down into the tree of woe and tags in Maclin. Maclin hits a running spear to the upside-down Hammerstone. Young tags in and hits a top-rope elbow drop. He goes for the cover, but Something breaks it up. Nice false-finish there.

Something hits a big spinebuster and then heads back to the apron so Hammerstone can tag him in. Hammerstone gets Maclin in the torture rack, but Young drops Something and hits Hammerstone to free Maclin. He runs into an Into the Void from Something. Something gets the three count and the win.

The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) defeated First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro)

The pre-show wraps up, the cold open for the main show airs and then we shoot inside the Impact Zone again. The iconic theme for The Hardys hits and out comes Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy for scheduled tag-team action. The crowd is explosively loud for these two legends. “DELETE!” and “Hardy!” chants can easily be heard over their theme. Hannifan talks about how electric it is in the sold out building.

We hear the hip-hop sounds of the First Class entrance tune, and out comes AJ Francis and KC Navarro to a ton of boos from the San Antonio crowd. Navarro has v1 on his wrist tape to mock the old Matt Hardy v1. Navarro is apparently “The Blessed One” tonight. Guess he’s never heard of Max Holloway? The best is blessed, baby. It is what it is.

After the bell, Jeff and Navarro kick things off for their respective teams. Hardy does his limp-wrist hand-flick (good description, right?) gesture to play to the crowd chants. A loud “F**k First Class!” chant spreads like wildfire as Navarro disrespects Hardy by doing his limp-wrist hand-flick with his back turned to him. Hardy drops him and does it back. See, that description already paid off!

Hannifan touts the highest ticket sales for any TNA event in the U.S. in 2024 tonight. Hardy makes the tag and hits Poetry in Motion before Matt picks up where he left off, taking it to one-half of First Class. Loud “DELETE!” chants break out as Hardy works over Navarro’s arm. Hardy yells “HUH?!” off the middle rope and hits a Greg Valentine-style elbow on the back of Navarro’s head.

Matt sends Navarro out to the floor, but Francis catches him like a parent cradling a baby. Hardy dives through the ropes with a kick to knock them both down. Back in the ring, Navarro hits a cool kick with Hardy in the ropes. This helps First Class take over on offense. He tags in Francis, and the crowd boos grows as the big man takes over.

Francis hits a big spot from the ring to the floor and yells “Woo-Hah!” in the camera. You know, because he’s got Hardy “all in checks,” Busta Rhymes-style. Back in the ring, he leaps off the ropes and lands directly on his ass after Hardy rolls away. Ouch. Both guys tag out.

Jeff comes in and hits a falcon arrow to Navarro for a two-count. He hits an atomic drop and then the leg-drop through the legs to the no-no-zone. He goes for another cover, but again only gets two. Francis comes back in and hits a World’s Strongest Slam.

He goes for Matt’s middle rope leg drop, but Matt cuts him off. He and Jeff both go up after him and hit a double suplex off the ropes. Ouch again. Francis recovers and fights back with a double Down Payment attempt, but The Hardys low blow their way out. They hit a Twist of Fate. Matt hits another and then Jeff takes the shirt off for a top-rope swanton for the win.

“Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated Zachary Wentz to capture the TNA X-Division Champion

After the commentators run down the lineup for tonight, we hear the familiar sounds of “Speedball” Mike Bailey’s theme and out comes the modern day Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat for our first title bout of the evening. Zachary Wentz of the Rascalz, the reigning TNA X-Division Champion, comes out next.

The commentators promote Wentz vs. Wes Lee in a Chicago Street Fight on the WWE NXT on CW premiere on October 1. The bell sounds and Bailey gets behind Wentz, snaps him down and goes for the cover. Wentz kicks out and pops up annoyed.

They reengage and Bailey continues to sweep him down to the mat with ease, and continues to add to his early frustration. Wentz loses his cool and puts his hands behind his back and encourages Bailey to hit him. Bailey gets frozen up by this and Wentz gets him down and unloads on him.

Wentz super-kicks Bailey out to the floor and hits a dive through the ropes, splashing on him at ringside and ground-and-pounding him upon landing. He rolls him back in the ring and begins focusing his offensive attack on the arm of Bailey.

Bailey fights back and hits an excellent moonsault. He continues to work Wentz over as fans break out in a loud “This is Awesome!” chant. Bailey grapevines the leg of Wentz and drops back into a leg lock, wrenching away on the lower limb of the champ. He eventually escapes.

Wentz fires up again and puts his hands behind his back again. Bailey measures up to hit him with a free shot this time, open-handed, power-slap-style. He ends up deciding against it and puts his hands behind his own back and dares Wentz to do the same. They both snap and start Fyre-Takayama’ing each other, only with slaps instead of turning themselves into the Sloth monster from the Goonies with punches.

On the floor, Wentz hits a BFT to Bailey on the entrance ramp. Bailey just barely makes it back into the ring, and when he does slide in at 9, Wentz immediately hits a double stomp. He hits a cutter off the ropes for a super close two-count. Wentz hits a step-up knee to the grill in the corner. Bailey fights back and hits a running power bomb out of the corner.

He climbs to the top and hits an insanely impressive shooting star press for a beautiful near-fall attempt. The crowd bought into it big, too. Bailey hits a big kick and then a roundhouse tornado kick in the corner. Wentz fights back and rolls up Bailey for a two-count. Wentz hits an insane flipping DDT. Wentz hits some more BFTs for another crazy-close two-count.

Wentz loses his cool and snaps again. He super kicks Bailey and goes for the UFO Cutter, but Bailey counters. Bailey hits a Flamingo Driver on Wentz out of the corner for the win. We have a new TNA X-Division Champion. This is Mike Bailey’s third reign.

Steph De Lander Needs Neck Surgery

A backstage promo from The System is shown to explain Tasha Steelz as the replacement for Alisha Edwards. It also gives Moose an excuse to call Nic Nemeth a “blond b*tch,” and for another dozen System Reboot references.

Back inside the Impact Zone, Rhino makes his way to the ring. After him, “The French-Canadian Frankenstein” PCO emerges and heads to the ring. Matt Cardona comes out with Steph De Lander wearing a “Property of Matt Cardona” t-shirt. He bosses her around as they settle in the ring.

De Lander gets on the mic and tells PCO to trust her. She talks about how he and Cardona need to sort their issues. She eventually mentions how she needs neck surgery. The fans start giving her the “What?” treatment as she tries cutting a serious promo. She says she’s in pain every day…”What?” Ouch.

She turns her attention to Cardona and says while she’s surely not his property, she can’t forget all the moments they did have and all that he did do for her. She turns to PCO and says she didn’t think she would find true love in TNA, but she is so glad she has.

She says she needs them all to be men, stand up and figure this out without her. She says this isn’t a retirement speech. She has more to give to this business and this company. “This is not goodbye, this is I’ll see you later.” I think that one was taken, Steph. She thanks the fans and says she’ll see us later.

She hugs PCO and kisses him. She heads to exit the ring as Rhino holds the ropes for her. PCO walks her to the back. Cardona is shown clapping in the ring, until Rhino goes to exit. When he tries to, Cardona kicks the ropes and low-blows Rhino. He hits his Radio Silence finisher on him and leaves him laying.

Spitfire defeated Masha Slamovich & Tasha Steelz to capture the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships

The Spitfire duo of Jody Threat and Dani Luna come to the ring after a quick backstage interview with Nic Nemeth about tonight’s main event. They settle in the ring for this match, where if they lose, they must break up their team.

Out next is the late replacement for Alisha Edwards, Tasha Steelz, who fills in for The System member alongside Masha Slamovich for the defense of the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships. The bell sounds and off we go.

Luna and Steelz kick things off for their respective teams. Luna out-powers Steelz, shoving her down to her butt off a lock-up. Masha tags in and hits a brainbuster on Threat, who tags in for her team. Alisha Edwards is overheard yelling in the Slamovich-Steelz corner on the floor.

Threat ends up isolated in the ring for several minutes, with Steelz and Slamovich utilizing frequent tags to keep a fresh person on her at all times. Eventually, Luna gets the much-needed tag from Threat. She takes the hot tag and gets the crowd on their feet with a high-impact offensive comeback.

Spitfire hit the ring together and start hitting big double-team spots. They hit their double-team finishing move and score the pinfall victory for the win. With the win, not only do they not have to break up, but they are now the new TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions.

A team that did break up, however, is The Malisha. After the match, Alisha Edwards gets in Masha Slamovich’s face and scolds her for losing their titles. She calls her a loser and slaps her. Masha gets ready to fight back, but is attacked from behind by Steelz, who lays her out and poses with Edwards.

Joe Hendry defeated Josh Alexander

It’s time to get into the thick-of-things for tonight, as we move on to our next match of the evening. “The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander heads to the ring, looking as Kurt Angle from Wish as ever. He settles in the ring to a bunch of boos.

The sold out San Antonio crowd gets rocking from there, as the super catchy-ass entrance tune for Joe Hendry hits to bring out one of the more charismatic stars in the business today, and certainly the hottest star in TNA right now.

Hendry settles in the ring and cuts his usual pre-match promo full of catchphrases. The bell sounds and Alexander smiles and points to the mat, telling Hendry like he said earlier tonight, once the bell rings you’re in my world.

The two get after it and Alexander starts off well, but then the crowd rallies behind Hendry and he hits one of his key five moves of doom, the stalling suplex. Fans chant “Walking Weiner” in San Antonio, proving they’re real TNA fans who watch Impact every week, and not just there because it’s something in town to do on a Friday night.

Alexander takes over and hits a big spot to Hendry on the floor, which shifts the offensive momentum in his favor. He sends Hendry back-first into the ring apron and then verbally taunts Hendry before rolling him back into the ring.

Fans try and rally behind their guy again, singing “I Believe in Joe Hendry,” but to no avail this time, as Alexander gets Hendry in the ankle lock. Hendry escapes but Kurt Angle from Wish goes to his next move in his arsenal, hitting a German suplex.

Hendry fights back with another of his five moves of doom, a fall-away slam. Alexander takes over again and locks Hendry in an ankle lock. He drops down to the mat for added leverage. Hendry struggles but eventually gets to the ropes. The referee is bumped. Hendry gets the ankle lock on Alexander. Alexander eventually taps, but the referee didn’t see it.

The fans chant “You tapped out!” but of course in wrestling, the referee is temporarily deaf when someone runs into him and knocks him down. Alexander kicks Hendry low and taunts the crowd as Hendry pops back up and digs in his tights.

Way too deep for a tight camera shot, by the way. He struggles but pulls out a cup and smiles. The referee gets back up. Hendry slaps the ankle lock back on and Alexander taps again. This time the referee sees it. Hendry wins. He poses with the cup, which has his face on it. Fun match as always with Hendry.

The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) defeated ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) to recapture the TNA Tag-Team Championships

The video package for our next title tilt of the evening airs and then we return inside the Impact Zone in San Antonio, where The System team of Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards, with Alisha Edwards, make their way to the ring.

Reigning tag champs ABC come out next. Chris Bey’s ribs are taped up after the match from this week’s Impact against First Class. The bell sounds and off we go with our next match of the evening. Myers and Bey kick things off for their respective teams.

The commentators talk about Bey starting off for ABC despite his ribs being weakened heading into the match. Myers hits a shoulder tackle off the ropes to send Bey to the mat. Bey fights back with a dropkick. Myers takes over again and Bey finds himself in a bad way until Austin comes in and the two send The System out to the floor.

Fans chant “F**k The System” as Myers and Edwards take over and take turns tagging in and out to keep a fresh man on Bey at all times. Alisha Edwards even gets involved at ringside, choking Bey over the ropes as Myers distracts the referee.

Just as Bey gets close to making a tag, Edwards takes out Austin from the floor so he’s not on the apron when Bey gets there. They bring Bey back to their corner of the ring and distract the ref to continue double-teaming him.

Fans get Rated-R with their chants aimed at Alisha Edwards at ringside, ignoring the action in the ring, which has been all The System taking turns beating down a defenseless Bey. “Take it off!” chants continue as Myers and Edwards continue tagging in and out, taunting Austin all-the-while.

Bey finally knocks Edwards down, which buys himself enough time to get to his corner. Once again, Austin is yanked off the apron before Bey can make the much-needed tag. Moments later, however, he does make the tag and Austin comes in with a ton of energy.

He makes the big fired up offensive comeback for ABC. Bey joins him moments later for a double Art of Finesse on Edwards for a close two-count. Bey tags back in and he and Austin call for it again, but Edwards hits Bey with a Blue Thunder Bomb to counter.

Bey fights back again, only for Alisha to grab his ankle from ringside yet again. This leads to a Boston Knee Party for the finish. The System duo of Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards begin The System Reboot tonight by recapturing the TNA Tag-Team Championships.

Jordynne Grace (c) defeated Wendy Choo to retain the TNA Knockouts Championship

The video package sets the stage for our fourth title tilt of the evening, as the TNA Knockouts Championship will be on-the-line next. Wendy Choo comes out looking as creepy and sinister as ever. The commentators point out she could become the first active NXT star to win and hold a TNA title with a win tonight.

Jordynne Grace’s theme hits next and out comes “The Juggernaut” as Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk about her being in a bit of a home turf situation hailing from Austin, complete with family and relatives in the crowd in San Antonio supporting her this evening.

The commentators point out Grace looking emotional being introduced in front of the home field crowd, who give her a big pop. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with our co-main event of the evening. The two charge at each other and Grace beats down Wendy and roars.

Hannifan reminds fans of the promise “The NXT Liaison” Arianna Grace made “The Juggernaut” ahead of tonight’s match. On the floor, the action continues with Wendy swinging a black pillow case at Grace. Grace ducks and DDTs her on the floor.

Moments later, however, Choo takes over and then gets in Grace’s family’s faces in the crowd. She goes for a cheap shot with the black pillow case as Grace is down on the floor, but Grace’s grandma grabs it as she pulls it back to swing at her.

Grace takes over and poses with Gram-Gram before going back to work on Choo in the ring. In the ring, Choo starts to shift the offensive momentum back in her favor. Grace’s mouth looks to be bleeding a bit. Choo gets Grace in a sleeper, but Grace launches them off the ropes to escape.

Choo hits a big belly to belly suplex off the middle rope for a close two-count. As the action continues, Grace fights back and hits a package suplex that drops Choo on her head in a scary-looking spot. A Juggernaut Driver later and Jordynne Grace is still your TNA Knockouts Champion.

After the match, Jordynne Grace is celebrating her big win in front of her family in attendance, when Rosemary finally appears and spears Grace. Choo slaps the sleeper-hold on Grace once again. She puts her to sleep and they pose over her again. They crawl out of the ring and head to the back as fans boo.

Nic Nemeth (c) defeated Moose to retain the TNA World Championship

It’s main event time!

But first, we see Santino Marella backstage when in walks “The NXT/TNA Liaison” Arianna Grace. Santino is super excited to see her and really likes her. He’s excited to work with her but says he won’t tolerate any shenanigans or monkey business.

Frankie Kazarian’s theme hits inside the Impact Zone and out he comes to join Rehwoldt and Hannifan on special guest commentary for the final match of the show. He gives Rehwoldt a scarf, which makes him happy. He throws some of Hannifan’s crap off the desk and takes a seat.

Moose makes his always awesome ring entrance. The original Oba Femi entrance, for all intents and purposes. The zipper sound affect hits, the woman enjoys herself, and the 80s sounding rock plays as Nic Nemeth makes his way out to continue his run as a fighting TNA World Champion.

The ring announcer handles the final formal ring introductions for the champion and the challenger and then this one gets underway. Moose takes the early offensive lead, brutalizing Nemeth in the corner straight out of the gate.

Nemeth fires up and flurries on Moose, who simply picks him up and walks him out of the corner with a big power bomb. Moose settles into a slow-paced, Roman Reigns style dominating offensive lead for a few moments. He hits a Sky High out of the corner for a two-count.

Moose continues his prolonged offensive beatdown as Kazarian and Rehwoldt have fun bantering on commentary, largely ignoring the action and focusing on roasting Hannifan. Entertaining, but counter-productive. When the action hits the floor, they get focused again. Moose hits a pump kick to Nemeth.

Moose hoists Nemeth up for a power bomb on the floor, but Nemeth counters. He runs and leaps on Moose to follow-up moments later, but Moose catches him and power bombs him on the apron. Ouch. Back in the ring, Nemeth hits a headbutt and knocks Moose out to the floor.

So, of course, while that is going on the commentary is focused on the cologne that Frankie Kazarian is wearing. On the floor, Nemeth muscles Moose up for a belly-to-back suplex. Ouch. Kaz actually puts over the talent now, taking the focus off of himself for a change.

Nemeth looks for a Fame-Asser on the floor, but Moose counters and power bombs Nemeth through the timekeepers table, which quickly explodes into 1,000 toothpicks. Fans react with a loud “Holy sh*t!” chant. Kazarian tells the doctor to sit down because Nemeth is a fighting champion. That was actually a good one.

Back in the ring, Nemeth proves to be exactly that, as he fights back and connects with a FameAsser this time for a close two-count. As Nemeth heads to the top-rope, JDC and Alisha Edwards run down. The temporary distraction allows Moose to recover and get to his feet.

Nemeth hops on his back with a sleeper, but Moose slams him down. Nemeth goes for Danger Zone, but Moose avoids it and turns Nemeth inside-out with a spear for a close two-count. Alisha throws the TNA title into the ring as JDC distracts the ref. Moose grabs it and waits to knock out Nemeth.

Before Nemeth gets up, however, Mike Santana appears out of nowhere and takes the title out of Moose’s hands. JDC goes over to deal with him and the two trade shots and powder out to the back. The camera focuses back in the ring, where Nemeth springs to life out of nowhere and hits a Danger Zone on Moose.

He covers him but Moose somehow kicks out at two. Hannifan says no one has ever kicked out of Nemeth’s Danger Zone in TNA. Moose hits a perfect super-plex off the top. He holds on upon landing and scoops Nemeth up for a power bomb.

Nemeth counters in mid-air and hits his Danger Zone finisher. He goes for the cover, but Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers appear and yank the referee out of the ring before he can count to three. The ref goes to throw out the match, but “Fighting Champion” Nic Nemeth won’t let him.

He does, however, allow him to eject Myers and Edwards from ringside. JBL appears out of nowhere and hits some clotheslines from hell to take out Myers and Edwards. Brutal ones, too. Fans chant “JBL!” as he looks down at his impressive, albeit kind of pointless, actions.

They were already ejected and not doing anything that warranted that. Nemeth is distracted by this and hit with a lariat and spear by Moose. He immediately goes for the cover, but Nemeth kicks out. Moments later, Nemeth hits a lariat and super kick and then hits his Danger Zone for the win to retain. Nemeth celebrates as TNA Victory Road 2024 goes off the air.

Next Week On TNA Impact:
* We will hear from Joe Hendry

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TNA announces change to match for Victory Road 2024

Posted on by Joseph Currier

TNA Wrestling has announced a change to one of the matches for Victory Road 2024.

Alisha Edwards & Masha Slamovich were scheduled to defend their Knockouts Tag Team titles against Dani Luna & Jody Threat on tonight’s TNA+ special. However, Edwards has been pulled from the show due to not being cleared to compete. TNA has announced that the match will still go on with Tasha Steelz taking Edwards’ place.

The title bout has a stipulation where Luna & Threat will have to disband their team if they lose. Luna & Threat were the Knockouts tag champs before Edwards & Slamovich dethroned them for the belts this May.

Edwards being pulled from tonight’s show comes after she was legitimately knocked out during a match at TNA Emergence two weeks ago.

Victory Road is being held in San Antonio, Texas tonight with the main card starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

TNA Victory Road 2024 (Friday, September 13) —

  • TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth defends against Moose
  • Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Wendy Choo
  • Josh Alexander vs. Joe Hendry
  • TNA X-Division Champion Zachary Wentz defends against Mike Bailey
  • TNA Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey defend against Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers
  • Knockouts Tag Team title match: Masha Slamovich & Tasha Steelz defend against Dani Luna & Jody Threat
  • The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro)
  • Matt Cardona & Steph De Lander vs. PCO & Rhino
  • Pre-show: Steve Maclin & Eric Young vs. Hammerstone & Jake Something
  • Pre-show: KUSHIDA vs. Leon Slater

Matt Riddle on not wrestling for TNA yet, awkward Tony Khan interaction

Posted on by Joseph Currier

In an interview with The Takedown, Matt Riddle explained why he hasn’t showed up in TNA Wrestling yet.

Riddle has competed on the indies, for MLW, in Mexico, and had a brief NJPW stint following his release from WWE in September 2023. He told The Takedown that TNA was also interested in booking him, but Riddle had prior bookings on the dates they wanted. Riddle thinks he’ll probably end up competing for TNA in the future, though he doesn’t know how TNA’s relationship with WWE could affect that.

“When I got released, I started getting bookings. If you pay my rate, I don’t care if you’re a hole in the wall in the middle of nowhere. You pay my rate (and) you talk to me like a human, and I’ll accept your booking. I’m very easy to work with, regardless of what people say. But when it came to TNA, I talked to (Tommy) Dreamer at one point. He sent me a plethora of dates for me to do. I have taken so many dates, and usually, they do tapings over the course of a weekend. There was not one weekend that I wasn’t booked at least one or both of the days they wanted me to be at. TNA hasn’t happened yet, but it’ll probably happen eventually,” Riddle said.

“I think once I said, ‘Hey, I’m booked all these days. Let’s try these months.’ I haven’t heard anything back. I think they want me to work there, but it’s more of a scheduling thing. Also, I think right now, with the current relationship between WWE and TNA, I don’t know if they’re interested in me anymore. They’re already cross-promoting. I think Cody’s doing something with TNA eventually. They got the Rascalz in NXT, Joe Hendry. People are believing in him, finally. They [got] a lot going on.”

This month marks one year since Riddle was released by WWE. He was let go at a time when WWE was making roster cuts after being acquired by Endeavor. His release also came shortly after an incident where he appeared to be drunk at JFK Airport in New York City.

On the subject of AEW, Riddle said he did not want the attention of working for another promotion with so much TV after his WWE release.

“With AEW, I think AEW is a fantastic product,” he said. “I know a lot of the people that work there. I like the company. I like the way they work. I like the people that work there. I think with me, and it’s one of the things I’ve noticed, I’ve been relieved after getting fired from WWE. I felt that because I was on TV, and I’m such a provocative character at times, everything was magnified so much because I was on TV. The stress of working on TV two to three days a week was a lot. I like pressure. I like stress too, but it was a lot.

“The best answer would be to go to AEW, get more money, and work a decent schedule. I didn’t want to work on TV again. I didn’t want the attention for a while. I wanted to step away. I just wanted to do indies.”

Riddle detailed an awkward interaction he had with Tony Khan backstage at NJPW Windy City Riot earlier this year.

“I talked to Tony,” Riddle said. “I don’t know if he likes me. He seemed happy. I wrestled Zack Sabre Jr. in Chicago. He seemed cool about it. I don’t know. When you meet me, I’m very sarcastic. But when I met him, I was like, ‘Oh, you like that match?’ 

“But I said it a different way, and he looked at me all confused. And I was like, ‘Never mind, dude.’ I just walked away. So that was my experience with that.” 

Riddle currently holds the Cruiserweight Championship for Lucha Libre AAA. In MLW, he’s in line for a World Heavyweight Championship shot after winning their Battle Riot match. Satoshi Kojima is the current MLW World Champion.

The Hardys vs. First Class, three more matches added to TNA Victory Road

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Four new matches have been added to the Friday, September 13 TNA Victory Road lineup.

First Class’s AJ Francis & KC Navarro issued a challenge to The Hardys for Victory Road during Thursday’s TNA Impact episode, with the promotion confirming the match for Friday’s show:

In another new match for Friday’s main card, PCO & Rhino will team against Matt Cardona & Steph De Lander in an intergender mixed tag team battle.

Two new bouts are also set for Friday’s Countdown show streaming on TNA’s digital media channels.

In tag team action, Eric Young & Steve Maclin will square off with Hammerstone & Jake Something. KUSHIDA vs. Leon Slater in singles competition is also official for Countdown to Victory Road.

Friday’s Countdown show streams at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time, with the TNA Plus portion of the card beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern time. The final card for Victory Road:

TNA Victory Road 2024 (Friday, September 13) —

  • TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth defends against Moose
  • Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Wendy Choo
  • Josh Alexander vs. Joe Hendry
  • TNA X-Division Champion Zachary Wentz defends against Mike Bailey
  • TNA Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey defend against Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers
  • TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Alisha Edwards & Masha Slamovich defend against Jody Threat & Dani Luna
  • The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro)
  • Matt Cardona & Steph De Lander vs. PCO & Rhino
  • Countdown show: Steve Maclin & Eric Young vs. Hammerstone & Jake Something
  • Countdown show: KUSHIDA vs. Leon Slater

TNA Impact live results: The final stop before Victory Road

Posted on by Matt Boone

The final TNA Impact before this Friday’s Victory Road is on tap for tonight featuring a tornado tag team match, The Hardys in action, and more.

Jeff & Matt Hardy will continue their feud with The System as they take on former TNA Tag Team Champions Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers.

Reigning Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey will face First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) in a non-title tornado match.

In an interesting clash, former World Champion Steve Maclin will face Hammerstone who is coming off a loss to NXT North American Champion Oba Femi on Tuesday.

Ash by Elegance will go one-on-one with Xia Brookside while new signing Heather Reckless will battle Gisele Shaw.

Both Joe Hendry and TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace will make appearances. Grace is coming off a successful title defense on Tuesday’s WWE NXT and will next defend against Wendy Choo on Friday. Hendry will take on Josh Alexander at the streaming special.

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Steve Maclin defeated Hammerstone

After the long recap video kicks off the show, the camera shot settles inside the Impact Zone where Steve Maclin makes his way to the ring. Out next is Hammerstone, with the commentators talking through highlights of his debut on WWE NXT earlier this week.

The bell sounds to start things off, and the two both come out strong. Maclin backs Hammerstone into the corner and lights him up with some chops. Hammerstone fights back but runs into a back-elbow. Maclin drives Hammerstone into his knee and blasts him with a short-range clothesline for a two-count.

Hammerstone muscles Maclin up and rushes him into the corner. He drives his shoulder into his mid-section and blasts him with some forearms. He hoists him up and charges across the ring to do the same thing in the other corner before planting him into the mat with a spinebuster.

Tom Hannifan points out the taped up left shoulder of Maclin and mentions he is curious to see how it holds up in this match. Hammerstone blasts Maclin in the bread basket with a knee. He holds onto Maclin’s injured left arm and begins to go to work on it.

Hammerstone hits a belly-to-back suplex for a two-count, and then goes back to work on his weakened limb. Hammerstone looks for a Torture Rack, but Maclin saw it coming and starts a comeback. He uses his good arm to fight off the muscle monster.

He hits a mean back-breaker and then pounds Hammerstone in the corner. He hangs him upside down in the tree of woe and charges at him with a spear for a close two-count. Maclin tries to hook Hammerstone for the K.I.A., but Hammerstone avoids it and hits a power slam.

Maclin clotheslines Hammerstone over the top and out to the floor. He runs back into the ring and hits a big dive. He brings Hammerstone into the ring and heads to the top-rope. Hammerstone cuts him off and climbs up after him. He hits an enormous overhead belly-to-belly off the top.

Hammerstone hits a single-leg dropkick after avoiding a running knee from Maclin. Hammerstone looks for his finisher but Maclin escapes out the back door and rolls him up for the unexpected three-count.

Hammerstone attacks Maclin after the match. He puts him in the Torture Rack until Eric Young runs out to make the save. Jake Something comes down and he and Hammerstone exchange a look while standing side-by-side glaring at Young and Maclin in the ring.

The System Reboot Continues Tonight

Backstage, Alisha Edwards asks if we want to know something. JDC rips off Jim Neidhart’s “we’re gonna get hungry and forget our manners” line when it is his turn to explain, like the rest of The System all do, why tonight The System Reboot continues. Moose confirms JDC’s status in the group. “You can always trust The System!” The show heads into the first commercial break of the evening.

New Tag-Team Bout For TNA Victory Road

When the show returns, Steve Maclin talks backstage about what he said at TNA Emergence about there not being enough good people worthy of trust and respect in this business. Eric Young walks in and he tells him he’s one of them. Young nods and says the same about Maclin. He tells Hammerstone and Jake Something they’ll see them at Victory Road.

Heather Reckless defeated Gisele Shaw

Inside the Impact Zone, the highly-touted new TNA Knockout Heather Reckless makes her way out for her Impact debut. The commentators sing her praises as she settles inside the squared circle. Her entrance tune dies down and out comes Gisele Shaw for her final match in the promotion.

The commentators remind us about Reckless being cut off last week by Ash By Elegance. The bell sounds and off we go with match number two for this week’s show. The two shake hands, circle and lock up. Shaw muscles Reckless down to the mat with ease.

They lock up again and Shaw slaps a side headlock on Reckless. Reckless begins to fight back and hits a big DDT that plants Shaw’s dome directly into the mat. As the action continues, out comes Ash By Elegance and George Iceman to get a closer look at the action.

Reckless hits a big shoulder tackle off the ropes. She hits a moonsault for a two-count and then follows up with a wild Canadian Destroyer for an even closer nearfall attempt. Shaw fights back with a Spinebuster that would make Arn Anderson proud.

Shaw hits Shock ‘N’ Awe for a close two-count, but Reckless somehow kicks out. George Iceman hops on the apron to distract the referee. While this is going on, Ash By Elegance decks Shaw on the top-rope. Reckless runs up and hits somewhat of a Spanish Fly, which she calls “Recked,” for the win.

Matt Cardona And His Property Set For Action At TNA Victory Road

After the match, we see a new Xia Li “Coming Soon” vignette and then the show heads into another break. When the show returns, “Alwayz Ready” Matt Cardona comes out with his “property,” Steph De Lander. She looks miserable has he orders her around. He makes her hold the ropes for him.

In the ring, she begins to speak first and he yanks the microphone out of her hands and says, “I do the talking around here!” He boasts returning from a life-threatening injury and thinks Santino Marella has it out for him.

Cardona brings up a match with PCO and Rhino against himself and a partner of his choosing for TNA Victory Road. He does a big build-up for the partner reveal, points to the tunnel and then turns to De Lander and says it is her.

He says if she Finger Poke of Dooms him or turns on him, he’s sending her back to Australia. The theme for “The French-Canadian Frankenstein” hits and out comes PCO. Wasn’t Frankenstein the doctors name, by the way?

De Lander low-blows Cardona as PCO enters the ring. He chokeslams Cardona into the mat and gives De Lander a big hug as fans chant his name.

ABC defeated First Class in a Tornado Tag-Team Match

Gia Miller has a quick sit-down interview in the empty arena for a taped segment with Spitfire duo Jody Threat and Dani Luna, who talk about their high stakes tag-team title tilt against TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions Masha Slamovich and Alisha Edwards at TNA Victory Road 2024. If they lose, the team must break up.

Inside the Impact Zone, the theme for First Class hits and out comes AJ Francis and KC Navarro for scheduled Tornado Tag-Team action. The reigning TNA Tag-Team Champions ABC come out next. Chris Bey and Ace Austin settle in the ring and the match gets started with a bang.

ABC and First Class all end up on the floor almost immediately, and the brawl is on all over the place. Francis and Navarro settle in the early offensive lead. The show heads into a mid-match break as the fight continues.

When the show returns, Francis and Navarro are in a comfortable offensive lead and talking all kinds of trash in the ring. Bey tries fighting back on the floor, but Navarro maintains control of things. Francis continues a slow domination in the ring on Austin, while Navarro keeps stopping Bey from coming in the ring to help.

Moments later, Bey finally does get in the ring and he and Austin hit a double-suplex on Francis. Bey hits a big cutter. Austin follows up with a big spot of his own and the two both cover Francis at the same time for the win. After the match, the show heads into another commercial break.

Joe Hendry & Josh Alexander Talk TNA Victory Road

The show returns with a Jonathan Gresham vignette about him continuing the rebirth and shedding the mask persona. Back inside the Impact Zone, Joe Hendry’s theme hits and he comes out for his scheduled segment.

He settles in the ring after his full entrance and then calls out Josh Alexander. “The Walking Weapon” appears in the rafters and says he’s up there for Hendry’s own protection. He says, “Now make me laugh, funny man.”

Hendry says he wouldn’t make a video making fun of Alexander …or would he? He introduces The Josh Alexander Story. It’s a music video with Hendry calling Alexander a Jesse Pinkman look-alike who is slowly turning into Walter White. His big claim is Alexander doesn’t ever smile. He calls him Kurt Angle From Wish.

Alexander is shown very much not smiling in the rafters when it wraps up. He talks about everyone loving Hendry because he had a couple of videos that went viral. He didn’t earn it like Alexander, making towns and fighting his way to the top the right way.

He says he’ll be smiling ear to ear when he beats Hendry at Victory Road. Hendry says Alexander sounds upset because the fans aren’t chanting “Walking Weapon.” He says he saw a sign earlier that said, “Walking Weiner.” Of course, that starts a loud “Walking Weiner” chant. Alexander says Hendry just dug his grave a little deeper.

Arianna Grace Makes Jordynne Grace A Promise

The commentators talk about Wendy Choo being announced as Jordynne Grace’s opponent for TNA Victory Road in the TNA Knockouts Championship match. We see Grace confront NXT and TNA liaison Arianna Grace about the pillow appearing last week.

She asks who else carries around a pillow other than Choo. Arianna says The Sandman. Grace gets a promise from Arianna that there won’t be any funny business at Victory Road during her match. The show heads into another commercial break.

Ash By Elegance defeated Xia Brookside

When the show returns, Mike Santana is shown in a vignette talking about Nic Nemeth’s commendable run thus far as TNA World Champion. He mentions how he is going to punish Moose. Back inside the Impact Zone, George Iceman introduces Ash By Elegance.

Xia Brookside is out next and then the bell sounds to get this one off-and-running. The two trade shots and then Ash runs into a big boot from Brookside in the corner. Brookside slams her down and then hits a cross body splash for a two-count.

Brookside blasts Ash in the back with a big kick. She rolls her up for two and then blasts her with another kick. Iceman trips up Brookside and Ash starts to take over. She stomps a mudhole in Brookside. She does not, however, walk it dry. She goes for a cover for a two-count.

Brookside fights back and takes over. She hits two Broken Wings to the back of Ash as she is kneeling in the corner. She goes for a third but is stopped by Iceman who hops on the apron and begs her to show mercy to the lovely Ash. She eventually goes for it, but misses. Heather Reckless runs out and cheap shots her and Ash rolls her up for the win. Reckless stands next to Ash as she poses in victory at ringside.

The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) defeated The System (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards)

It’s main event time!

But first, Nic Nemeth is shown backstage for a go-home promo for Victory Road. He talks about Moose having the chance to handle things like a man, but opting to go a different route.

He mocks The System Reboot and talks about Moose tagging his heroes like The Rock and Triple H, who he points out he shared the ring with and beat in the past. After he wraps up, the commentators hype tonight’s tag-team main event and the show heads into another commercial break.

When the show returns, Ash By Elegance is complaining about her hair to George Iceman when Heather Reckless walks in. They both liked her helping Ash by agree she needs a makeover. Iceman offers to give her one if she wants some time.

Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt run down the lineup for TNA Victory Road. The Hardys vs. First Class in a main card bout and KUSHIDA vs. Leon Slater and Steve Maclin & Eric Young vs. Hammerstone & Jake Something is confirmed for the “Countdown” pre-show.

The System theme hits inside the Impact Zone and out comes Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards accompanied by Alisha Edwards. The three head to the ring for our scheduled tag-team main event match of the evening.

The iconic entrance tune for The Hardys plays next and out comes Matt and Jeff Hardy to the ring to a big pop from the Louisville crowd. As the four men are in the ring and ready to rock and roll, Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk us into one final pre-match commercial break.

When the show returns, fans chant “Happy Birthday” to Jeff Hardy. Hannifan says on commentary they’re wishing him a happy belated birthday. Nice. We’re live .. as far as you know! Evil laugh! Matt and Myers kick things off for their respective teams.

Matt takes the early offensive lead, isolating the arm of Myers and working it over while fans chant “DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!” Jeff tags in, the happy birthday chants spread like wildfire again, and he picks up where Matt left off. After taking it to Myers a bit, he tags Matt right back in.

Myers takes over and brings Matt to The System corner of the ring, where he tags in Edwards. Edwards goes to work on Matt with chops until Matt fights back and tags Jeff back in. The two hit a double-team spot on Edwards. Jeff settles back in the offensive lead.

The Hardys hit their trademark Poetry in Motion double-team spot and then dump Myers and Edwards out to the floor. Jeff dives off the apron with a double clothesline to take out both members of The System. Edwards trips Jeff up as he re-enters the ring and Jeff walks into a super kick from Myers.

As The System settles into the offensive lead, Hannifan talks us into a mid-match commercial break as the main event of the evening continues. When we return, we see Matt fighting from underneath and beginning to make a comeback, only for Alisha Edwards to get involved at ringside and cut it short.

The System settle back into a comfortable offensive lead, utilizing frequent tags and keeping Matt cut off on their side of the ring. Matt hits a right hand a neck-breaker minutes later to finally crawl to his corner for the much-needed tag.

The (belated)-birthday boy gets the hot tag and brings the fans out of their seats with his white-hot babyface comeback. He rolls through his greatest hits of trademark spot, such as the crotch leg drop, Whisper in the Wind and Twist of Fate. He takes the shirt off for the female pop. The works, folks.

His attempt at a top-rope Swanton Bomb is broken up by interference from Myers. Edwards tries capitalizing with a pin, but only gets two. Fans break out in a random-ass “Brother Nero” chant. The System Over-Load attempt is broken up by Matt.

Matt hits a Twist of Fate to Myers off the ropes. He’s sent to the floor and Hardy hits a Twist of Fate on Edwards. Jeff hits the top-rope Swanton Bomb for the win. We all go home happy. And TNA’s Victory Road go-home show ends on that note.

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