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Mustafa Ali to defend TNA International title against mystery opponent

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

New title match announced for TNA International champion Mustafa Ali.

While Mustafa Ali is scheduled to defend his TNA International title on the April 30 episode of TNA Impact against Adam Brooks, he has now also been announced for another title match.

On social media, it was announced that Ali will defend his TNA International title against a mystery opponent at the May 15th TNA Impact taping in Sacramento, California. Ali also claimed that the person who accepted the challenge currently holds a major championship outside of TNA.

“I have received word that a mystery opponent has answered the International Open Challenge. He himself holds a major championship outside of TNA. Who is he?” he wrote on social media.

As of now, there are no confirmations regarding Ali’s mystery opponent for the TNA International title.

After winning the TNA International Title at TNA Rebellion, Mustafa Ali instituted an open challenge to all independent wrestlers.

BVV: Super fun episodes of TNA Impact, AAA

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

If you like fun wrestling shows with great matches, then I have two primo suggestions for you!

We’ll start with TNA Impact, which opens with an exciting contest between Nic Nemeth and Bear Bronson, then closes with an excellent Mike Santana title defense against Rich Swann.

Mind you, it’s still TNA, so there’s also a downside—Matt Hardy looking completely immobile against Dutch and an insufferable promo segment with Lei Ying Lee and Xia Brookside. But what can you do?

Then it’s off to Mexico City for AAA, my favorite show every week. We get Money Machine vs. La Parka & Rey Fenix; Laredo Kid vs. Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. in a blast of total insanity; and a main event tag match that pits El Grande Americano & Texano Jr. vs. El Masias & Mecha Wolf, setting up a tremendous postmatch angle.

Come join the fun on the Big Vinny V Show!

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Motor City Machine Guns expected to sign with AEW following WWE exit

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

The Motor City Machine Guns were released by WWE last Friday. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin confirmed their exit via social media while promoting their band’s new EP. 

According to Fightful Select, sources at Shelley and Sabin’s former promotion, TNA, are open to the tag team’s possible comeback. However, they expect Motor City Machine Guns to eventually sign with AEW. There is no confirmation on whether any deal has been made yet. 

Shelley and Sabin were largely associated with TNA from 2007 until 2012 and then brief stints from 2022 onwards. The duo signed with WWE in September 2024 and a month later won the Tag Team Titles on SmackDown. 

Between their TNA return and wrestling on independent promotions nearly four years ago, Motor City Machine Guns also debuted in AEW. They participated in the six-man tag team match, partnering with Jay Lethal against FTR and Wardlow at All Out 2022.

May 14, 2007 Observer Newsletter: The curse of the WWE SmackDown World title, TNA vs. ROH conflict

Posted on by F4W Staff

Nearly 19 years later, the entire 2007 run of the Wrestling Observer Newsletters is complete with the May 14, 2007 issue.

And given the past month, it’s an interesting one for sure.

Dave Meltzer did a deep dive into what he called the “cursed” WWE SmackDown title due to injuries to Undertaker and Mr. Kennedy that threw everything into a bit of chaos which didn’t just start with them.

He also discussed the start of a bit of a war/conflict between TNA and ROH after the latter announced a bi-monthly taped PPV deal that TNA didn’t like one bit. Given TNA’s last month+ of news, this seemed oddly timely.

Dave also has more information on 2006 WWE financials, the financial success of WrestleMania 2007 (spoiler: it wasn’t as big as this year’s but it makes for a good read of how things used to be), plus news and reviews from around the wrestling and MMA world.

One more missing 2008 issue will be uploaded over the next two weeks, but 2007 is now complete as is every year from 1991 to current.

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TNA International title match and more part of next week’s Impact lineup

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Mustafa Ali is scheduled to defend his TNA International Championship on next week’s episode of Impact.

Toward the closing moments of the April 23rd episode of TNA Impact, the lineup for next week’s April 30 episode was revealed.

Mustafa Ali announced his TNA International title open challenge, which was answered by Adam Brooks. Allie is also set to return to action next week in a trios match. This will mark her first match since September 2025 and also her first in TNA since February 2019.

Other matches on the card include a Walk with Elijah Guitar Strap Match between Elijah and Frankie Kazarian, as well as Jeff Hardy versus Vincent.

TNA Impact next week’s lineup

  • Mr. Elegance in singles action
  • Mustafa Ali (c) vs. Adam Brooks for the TNA International title
  • Elijah vs. Frankie Kazarian in a Walk with Elijah Guitar Strap Match
  • Jeff Hardy (w/ Matt Hardy) vs. Vincent (w/ Dutch)
  • Mara Sadè, Rosemary & Allie vs. Tessa Blanchard, Victoria Crawford & Mila Moore

Carlos Silva reimbursed WrestleCon for Leon Slater’s flight and hotel

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Booked to face Ricochet at WrestleCon on April 16, 2026, in Las Vegas during WWE WrestleMania week, Leon Slater was pulled from the match just days before the scheduled date.

Not only Slater, but also multiple other TNA wrestlers booked to face AEW talent were pulled from recent events by the TNA President. Carlos Silva soon received major backlash for it, but WrestleCon has now come forward and revealed that Silva reimbursed them for Slater’s expenses.

“He took a beating the last few weeks, so I want to give [Carlos Silva] his props today. A week ago, he called me personally to explain his reasoning for pulling the match. He then asked if there was anything he could do to make up for it. I simply asked that he reimburse me for Leon’s flights/hotel since he was no longer wrestling for us. Today, I was reimbursed for the flight/hotel as promised. Thank you Carlos,” it said.

The WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow on April 16 was previously supposed to be headlined by Ricochet and Slater. However, after things got scrapped, The Demand vs. Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, & Michael Oku main-evented the show.

TNA announces number one contender’s match for live Impact in Sacramento

Posted on by Ian Carey

TNA Wrestling has announced a match for its next live episode of Impact.

On May 14, Impact will air live from the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California.

On Thursday, TNA announced that a number one contender’s battle royal for a shot at the TNA World Championship will take place on the show.

TNA wrote:

“SACRAMENTO! A #1 Contenders Battle Royal for a shot at the TNA World Championship will go down on May 14 as #TNAiMPACT will be LIVE from the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. 
Head to http://TNAWrestling.com for tickets and details!”

Following the live episode of Impact on May 14, the promotion will return to the same venue on Friday, May 15 for another set of TV tapings.

TNA will then head to Denver on June 6 and 7 for another set of television tapings ahead of Slammiversary on June 28 in Boston.

TNA Impact lineup for May 14, 2026 in Sacramento, California:

  • Number One Contenders Battle Royal for a shot at the TNA World Championship

TNA’s Steve Maclin cleared from injury for in-ring return

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Around a month ago, at TNA Sacrifice, Steve Maclin got knocked out within minutes of his World title match. Now recovered, Maclin is ready for his in-ring comeback.

Despite fearing a concussion, Maclin was later provided a positive update on it and was not diagnosed with a concussion. Almost a month later, he has now been cleared for his comeback.

On Wednesday, April 22, 2026, Maclin shared an update on his social media announcing his clearance. ‘”AIN’T FOUND A WAY TO KILL ME YET.’ Cleared & ready to get back to work,” Maclin wrote.

The injury took place at TNA Sacrifice during his World Championship match against Mike Santana. Maclin was caught with a superkick from Santana that knocked him out.

Shortly after, he had trouble standing up while being tended to by officials. As an improvisation, Eddie Edwards ran out to brawl with Santana, and the match was thrown out. TNA referee Alice Lane was also heavily praised after the match for her quick action in recognizing Maclin’s injury.

Hulk Hogan was taking ‘deadly’ amount of fentanyl while with TNA

Posted on by Joseph Currier

While he was with TNA Wrestling, Hulk Hogan was using a dangerous amount of fentanyl to deal with all of the pain his body was in.

Netflix’s new “Hulk Hogan: Real American” docuseries premiered today with all four episodes now available to stream. In the final part, Hogan, in one of his final interviews, opens up about the difficult time he went through after getting divorced from his first wife Linda. Joining TNA helped save Hogan financially, but his body was in tremendous pain whenever he had to get physically involved in the ring.

Hogan said there were times where — after so many hip, knee, and back surgeries — he had to sleep in a chair because the bed was too painful. At other points, Eric Bischoff had to help Hogan get out of bed and get ready.

“I was taking 80-milligram fentanyls, two in the morning, stuffing them under my gums,” Hogan said. “I had two 300-milligram patches of fentanyl on my legs. And they gave me six 1500-mg fentanyl lollipops to eat. And I went to the pharmacy, he goes, ‘You should be dead. We have never seen a human being take this much fentanyl.'”

Hogan was with TNA from 2009-2013 and had the final match of his career there in 2012. He passed away at 71 years old in July 2025, with his death coming after several weeks of complications following another surgery.

Brooke Hogan regrets being cut from Hulk Hogan’s will

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Hulk Hogan’s daughter, Brooke Hogan, feels that while walking away from his will felt right at that point in time, she regrets doing it now.

Last year, in 2025, the Hall of Famer passed away in his home in Florida. An integral part of the pro-wrestling and entertainment industry, Hogan’s passing away became worldwide news. Soon after, his daughter Brooke Hogan also opened up and shared her statements on his death.

Months after Hogan’s passing away, she recently appeared on the Hollywood Raw Podcast with Dax Holt and Adam Glyn, where she opened up about removing herself from Hogan’s will. Justifying the action, Hogan claimed that she did it fearing for her safety and not because she did not want the money.

“There were situations that had me so scared,” she said. “I really took myself off the will because I was actually scared for myself, my family, my safety.”

“There’s not enough money in the world that would matter with what I felt I was facing,” she said. “I regret that decision,” she added. “Not because of the money — I’ve never been about the money — but because now I don’t have a seat at the table.”

Hogan passed away at the age of 71 in his Florida home after suffering a cardiac arrest. WWE recently honored his legacy by unveiling a new bronze Hogan statue, while Netflix is also set to release a documentary celebrating his life and career.

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TNA’s Trey Miguel to miss events due to laceration injury

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

TNA’s Trey Miguel suffers an injury and is sidelined from in-ring action.

At TNA Wrestling’s Rebellion PPV, Miguel defended and lost the TNA International Championship against Mustafa Ali.

Ali emerged victorious in the match and ended Miguel’s title run at 57-days. Midway through the match, fans witnessed Miguel perform a Meteora on Ali onto the steel ring steps. Landing and bouncing brutally off the steps, Miguel suffered a deep laceration on his knees.

He later shared an image of the injury as well as a photo of him with a crutch. During the recent April 16 episode of TNA Impact, it was announced that Miguel has now been pulled from TNA events due to the injury.

There are currently no confirmed updates on Miguel’s in-ring return, although he is scheduled to be at WrestleCon in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the WWE WrestleMania week.

Miguel, earlier this year, joined AEW as a part of The Rascalz. However, he was soon let go from the promotion and made his way back to TNA.

ODB has pushed for one WWE or NXT appearance before retiring

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

ODB has been lobbying for one WWE or NXT appearance through TNA’s ongoing partnership with the promotion.

Speaking on SoCal Val’s The Velvet Ropes on WrestlingNews.co, TNA veteran ODB opened up about asking for at least one WWE appearance, while also noting that she was one of the wrestlers who spent their entire career in TNA.

“It would be cool. And that’s something I’ve brought up, and I’m gonna keep bringing it up. Hey, just one appearance or something. Even if it’s NXT or just something. I mean, come on.”

Despite her brief appearances for multiple promotions, including AEW, ROH, and others, ODB remained a loyal part of TNA’s roster throughout her career.

“I’m pretty much probably one of the only wrestlers that’s only been in TNA. You don’t really hear that a lot. A lot of people did TNA, then did WWE, or WWE then TNA, and AEW. And I’ve just been a TNA Knockout. I’ve never been anywhere else,” she said.

A wrestling veteran for over two decades, she recently returned to TNA, which is now being described as her final run.

TNA announces return of Lockdown PPV

Posted on by Joseph Currier

TNA Lockdown is returning this August, with every match once again set to be held inside of a steel cage.

It was announced today that Lockdown 2026 will take place from Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago on Sunday, August 23. This was one of four new pay-per-view dates recently confirmed by the company, though the name of the PPV was not disclosed when that initial announcement was made.

Lockdown first took place in 2005 and existed as an annual event through 2016. For this revival, it will keep its original theme with every bout being a steel cage match. The Hardys, Nic Nemeth, Mustafa Ali, Moose, AJ Francis, Mike Santana, Steve Maclin, Brian Myers, Eric Young, Leon Slater, Ash By Elegance, Tessa Blanchard, Elayna Black, and Indi Hartwell are the first names advertised.

Tickets for the show are going on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, April 24. A ticket pre-sale will begin at that same time on Wednesday, April 22.

“The 2026 Lockdown is TNA’s first live event held at the venue formerly known as the UIC Pavilion, an on-campus arena steeped in pro wrestling history,” TNA wrote in a press release. “Chi-Town Rumble from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1989, for instance, was held at the UIC Pavilion, featuring Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat against Ric Flair for the NWA World Championship in the main event.”

TNA’s updated PPV schedule for 2026 is available below:

  • Sunday, June 28 at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts (Slammiversary)
  • Sunday, August 23 at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois (Lockdown)
  • Sunday, October 11 at Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida (Bound for Glory)
  • Sunday, November 15 at Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (name to be announced)

TNA TV taping spoilers from Syracuse, New York

Posted on by Ian Carey

TNA Wrestling held a TV taping on Tuesday, April 14 at the Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse, New York.

Spoilers for the show are available below and come courtesy of TNAAsylum.net.

Filmed for Xplosion:

  • Elayna Black defeated Sofia Rose
  • The Righteous defeated The Verdict
  • BDE vs. Mr. Elegance vs. Jason Hotch vs. The Hometown Man had no result available

Filmed for future episodes of Impact:

  • KC Navarro defeated AJ Francis with a roll-up.
    • Nic Nemeth was on commentary, and Francis and Nemeth argued during the match
  • A backstage promo with EC3 aired. He said his plan is to finish what he started in TNA
  • The System cut an in-ring promo.
    • Eddie Edwards said he would be TNA World Champion right now if it had not been for Moose
    • Cedric Alexander addressed his loss to Leon Slater, which brought out the X-Division Champion. Slater said he is on the verge of becoming the longest-reigning X-Division Champion of all time
    • Moose came out to confront the group as well, and Slater called for a tag team match
  • In a backstage segment, Elijah asked for a rematch with Frankie Kazarian, but Daria Rae called Kazarian and he turned the match down
  • Mustafa Ali and Order 4 cut an in-ring promo where Ali announced an open challenge to any member of the TNA roster or independent talent
  • Elijah defeated Frankie Kazarian in a Walk With Elijah match.
    • The wrestlers were bound together by a guitar strap. There were no disqualifications or countouts, and the winner had to touch all four turnbuckles in succession
  • Mr. Elegance defeated The Hometown Man after a distraction by Ash By Elegance
  • Leon Slater cut an in-ring promo and said he will become the longest-reigning X-Division Champion of all time on May 15.
    • He also said he would grant Cedric Alexander another shot at the title. Alexander came out and they agreed to a match on May 14, one day before Slater would set the record
    • The System then attacked Slater from behind, but Moose came out to even the odds. Moose attempted to spear Alisha Edwards, but Eddie Edwards pulled her to safety
  • Jeff Hardy defeated Vincent.
    • During the match, the lights went out to reveal Broken Matt Hardy. The lights flickered again and Jeff hit Vincent with a Swanton Bomb for the win. After the match, Broken Matt Hardy joined his brother in the ring and said The Righteous are going to get The Broken Hardys.
  • Jada Stone defeated Tasha Steelz
  • A Rosemary vignette featuring Tessa Blanchard aired
  • In a backstage segment, Nic Nemeth helped KC Navarro when he was confronted by The System, then said he would fight them anytime, anyplace
  • Mike Santana cut an in-ring promo.
    • Rich Swann came out and said he would make Santana fight “all night long”
  • Lei Ying Lee appeared in a vignette addressing Xia Brookside turning on her at Rebellion.
    • Brookside also walked away from a backstage interview when asked why she turned on her former partner
  • EC3 vs. Eric Young ended in a no contest
  • Another vignette featuring Rosemary and Tessa Blanchard aired. This time, Mara Sade, Mila Moore, and Allie were also present. Blanchard choked Rosemary with a chain, but Mara and Allie freed her. Blanchard and her group then left the undead realm and came out from under the ring in a puff of smoke
    • This led to a brawl with Tessa Blanchard, Mila Moore, and Victoria Crawford against Rosemary, Mara Sade, and Allie
  • Matt and Jeff Hardy cut a backstage promo
  • The System defeated Leon Slater and Moose in a four-on-two handicap match after Cedric Alexander pinned Slater
  • In the main event, Mustafa Ali defeated Adam Brooks to retain the TNA International Championship

TNA holds another set of tapings in the same venue on Wednesday evening.