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Mike Santana wins World title at TNA Bound for Glory

Posted on by Josh Nason

Mike Santana can now call himself a singles champion in a major promotion after defeating Trick Williams for the TNA World title in the main event of Sunday’s TNA Bound for Glory from Lowell, Massachussetts.

Santana picked up the win after Williams charged in for a Trick Shot, but Santana ducked. Santana blocked another uranage, hit a flying lariat, and then hit his discus lariat to get the pin and win.

As TNA head Carlos Silva was going to present Santana with his title, Nic Nemeth teased cashing in his Call Your Shot gauntlet title shot. The lights went out and Elias returned from injury to take out Nemeth. Co-winner Frankie Kazarian then was also going to try and cash in, but he wasn’t able to since he didn’t have the trophy. Santana took him out with a lariat, was presented with his title, and then handed the belt to his daughter in the ring.

Prior to the match, Santana found AAA’s Konnan in the crowd and brought him down to the ring for his entrance.

Santana previously failed to win the title in a three-way with Williams and Joe Hendry at July’s Slammiversary which surprised some fans since it was held on Long Island, New York. He kept picking up wins and was later announced as challenging Williams one-on-one.

The loss ends the 140-day reign of NXT’s Williams who defeated Hendry for the gold at this past May’s NXT Battleground. He had six successful defenses going into Sunday.

TNA Bound for Glory quick results:

  • The IInspiration defeated The Elegance Brand to retain the Knockouts Tag Team titles
  • Kelani Jordan defeated Indi Hartwell to retain the TNA Knockouts title
  • Tessa Blanchard defeated Gia Miller
  • Nic Nemeth and Frankie Kazarian were co-winners of the Call Your Shot gauntlet
  • The System defeated Order 4 in a Hardcore War match
  • X-Division Champion Leon Slater and Je’Von Evans went to a no contest
  • TNA & NXT Tag Team Champions The Hardys defeated Team 3D in a tables match to retain
  • Mike Santana defeated Trick Williams for the TNA World title

Steve Maclin wins International title at TNA Bound for Glory

Posted on by Josh Nason

Steve Maclin is now a two-time TNA International Champion after regaining the title at Sunday’s TNA Bound for Glory.

Maclin defeated Frankie Kazarian in the pay-per-view opener, hitting the KIA after a shoulderblock in the corner for the pinfall. He and his mother celebrated afterward, both flipping off the camera.

Maclin is also a former TNA World Champion, having held the title for 54 days in 2023.

The 38-year-old Maclin was the inaugural champion, winning the title in April’s Unbreakable in a three-way. In his tenth defense of the gold at September’s Victory Road, Kazarian ended his run but never defended the title before Sunday.

Kazarian’s night was not done, however. He entered the Call Your Shot gauntlet match and was the co-winner along with Nic Nemeth after a double pin which the live crowd didn’t like.

TNA Bound for Glory ongoing results:

  • The IInspiration defeated The Elegance Brand to retain the Knockouts Tag Team titles
  • Kelani Jordan defeated Indi Hartwell to retain the TNA Knockouts title
  • Tessa Blanchard defeated Gia Miller
  • Nic Nemeth and Frankie Kazarian were co-winners of the Call Your Shot gauntlet

TNA Bound for Glory live results: Trick Williams vs. Mike Santana, Hardys vs. Team 3D

Posted on by Joseph Collins

TNA’s annual Bound for Glory emanates from the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachussetts, tonight with a card featuring title matches, surprises, and the final meeting between two legendary tag teams.

The main event will feature TNA World Champion and WWE NXT star Trick Williams defending against Mike Santana.

TNA & NXT Tag Team Champions The Hardys put both titles on the line against Team 3D in their final clash, fittingly a tables match.

Other main card title bouts include TNA Knockouts Champion and NXT’s Kelani Jordan defending against Indi Hartwell, International Champion Frankie Kazarian defending against Steve Maclin, and X-Division Champion Leon Slater defending against NXT’s Je’Von Evans.

A Hardcore War match will see Order 4 (Mustafa Ali, Special Agent Zero, Jason Hotch, John Skyler & Tasha Steelz) against The System (Eddie Edwards, Moose, Brian Myers, JDC, & Alisha Edwards).

The annual Call Your Shot gauntlet match, plus Tessa Blanchard vs. Gia Miller rounds out the PPV card. The pre-show will see Knockouts Tag Team Champions The IInspiration defend against The Elegance Brand.

Our coverage begins with the pre-show at 6 PM Eastern.

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Pre show.

There was a modest set-up for the Hall of Fame inductions, with a small podium in the back of the arena so it looked like they were surrounded by fans. 

Tommy Dreamer inducts the Beautiful People into the TNA Hall of Fame. Dreamer is accompanied by Jazz and TNA President Carlos Silva. Dreamer is here to induct the Beautiful People despite being ugly because Billy Gunn was unavailable. Dreamer quickly brought out Angelina Love & Velvet Sky, who put a paper bag over Tommy’s head. This is a full-circle moment for the Beautiful People, who debuted at Bound for Glory in 2007. Love thanked all the women who were in the “Gauntlet for the Gold” match in 2007, and her trainer. She also thanked her trainer, Tommy Dreamer for hiring her (she was his first hire), and “Cute Kip” (aka Billy Gunn). She also thanked The Jarrett Family and Vince Russo, the composer who created their entrance music, and all the production people. Love introduced her family to the crowd and thanked them her support. She apparently bit her sister to get the remote back when she tried to change the channel from wrestling (wish I’d thought of that). She thanked the fans and her partner Velvet Sky, and turned the podium over to her. 

Velvet Sky also thanked all the people behind the scenes, and again noted it was a full circle moment for her having gotten her start at Bound for Glory. She also thanked Dreamer and Terry Taylor, Jeff Jarrett and Vince Russo, Jeremy Borash, Mikey Tenay, Don West and Taz. She thanked her parents for their support when she left college to chase her dream as a pro wrestler, her trainer Jason Knight. She thanked Afa and his family for inviting her to wrestle on her WXW shows, where she won her first wrestling championship. Sky also thanked her partner, and told the young girls out there to never stop chasing their dreams. She thanked her extended family and the fans, her “Pigeon Army.” She led the crowd in a chant of “Let the pigeons loose!” to end her speech. 

Lisa Marie Varon inducts Mickie James into the TNA Hall of Fame. Varon, who was very emotional,  brought out a copy of the TNA Knockouts Championship. Varon wanted to be comfortable so she tossed her heels into the crowd. Varon threw her speech away and spoke from the heart about how James came into WWE “like a Tennessee Tornado.” They did whatever it took to prove that they weren’t just the best match “for a women’s match” but for the best match, period. Varon described James as a friend that is there, who shows up.  Varon described Mickie James as a role model “not just in wrestling, but in life.” Honestly, even though she was very emotional,  you couldn’t have asked for a better induction from Varon. 

The crowd chanted “you deserve it!” for Mickie. James described TNA as “a family.” She thanked Jeff and Jerry Jarrett for taking a chance on “Alexis Laree” and thanked Raven, Julio and CM Park for her early days in TNA (the weekly-ppv days). That was her launching pad to WWE. She then thanked Dixie Carter for convincing her to come back to TNA in 2010 and reinvent herself as “Hardcore Country.” She praised TNA as a company in 2010 who didn’t just give women four minute matches, but main events. James got emotional talking about her last TNA run, how she came into a locker room feeling defeated but left feeling vindicated. She praised the loyalty of the TNA fanbase and the “Hardcore Country” fanbase. James thanked her parents for instilling her love for wrestling and not to listen to the naysayers who are afraid to go after your dreams. For her haters, fakers, and under-appreciators, she finished with the lyrics from her “Hardcore Country” song.   

WWE could learn something from TNA about keeping these things short and to the point.

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary for the pre-show match. 

The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) v. The Elegance Brand (M & Heather) (w/ The Personal Concierge)  for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title (4:37)

Ash walked out with the Elegance Brand but adjourned to the back for the match. Heather and M jumped the IInspiration before the bell. M hit a Van Terminator style coast-to-coast dropkick on Cassie for a  near fall. M tied Lee up in a bow-and arrow type move to allow Heather to come off the top with a double stop for another near fall. 

Finally, McCay got the tag and ran wild on her opponents. She threw Ashley into M, then hit M with a boot so she DDT’d her partner. McCay caught a pump kick from M but kicked out  at two. McKay ducked a shot from Ashley, who hit her partner. Then the IInspiration finished off M with the Idolizer and Lee got the pinfall. 

After the match, TNA President Carlos Silva presented the IInspiration with their tag team title belts. 

Bound for Glory! 

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary.

The US Marines from “Recruiting Station Boston” present the colors and the National Anthem is played. 

Steve Maclin defeated Frankie Kazarian to regain the TNA International Title (7:58)

The anthem and the Marines led right into Steve Maclin’s entrance for the opening match, so it would have been booking malpractice for him not to win the title back. Maclin also has his mother and other friends and family at ringside.

Maclin started off fast against Kazarian. Kazarian caught Maclin with a guillotine legdrop, then hit him with a sunset bomb to the floor. This was barely a minute into the match. Kazarian sent Maclin into the steel stairs, then got into Maclin’s mother’s face. Kazarian offered mom a free shot, and she gave him a double bird instead. Maclin jumped Kazarian tossed him back into the ring. 

Back in the ring, Maclin Kazarian with a  Thez press. Maclin escaped a chicken wing attempt and caught Kazarian with an olympic slam. Maclin hung Kazarian into the ropes for a shoulder block. Kaz tried to duck it, but Maclin went for a chicken wing. Kazarian countered that into a cradle, but got caught using the ropes and the ref stopped her count. Kazarian tried for a springboard, but Maclin pulled him into a Boston Crab, that he refused to break right away. 

Kazarian hit a Pelé kick and the Angle’s Wings for a near fall since stealing people’s moves is all the rage this weekend. Kazarian tried to go for an avalanche Fade to Black, but Maclin broke that up by biting Kazarian. Kazarian dodged a top rope headbutt, then caught Maclin with a cutter for a near fall. Kazarian hung Maclin upside down for a running shoulder block, but Maclin escaped, hung up Kazarian and hit him with the shoulder block. Maclin hit the KIA and got the pinfall to regain the championship. 

After the match, Maclin and his mother celebrated the title victory by flipping off the camera.

— Hannifan and Rehwoldt ran down the card.  When Hannifan and Rehwoldt were running down the card, the only match that got a notable pop was Hardys/Team 3D. 

— Trick Williams and his lawyer ran down the why he wears his championship belt upside down, and if there’s any shenanigans he’s lawyer will be laying down cases on the all the snitches. 

Tessa Blanchard (w/ Victoria Crawford) defeated Gia Miller (w/ Jody Threat) (6:15)

Miller came out with all kinds of intensity, while Blanchard was nonplussed. Miller wrestles “occasionally,” but this is her first match in TNA. 

Blanchard offerend Miller a headlock. Which she took, but Blanchard quickly escaped. Blanchard turned her back and Miller got a quick cradle on her for another near fall. Blanchard then snapped Miller’s neck against the ropes and stopped screwing around. Blanchard pressed Miller’s face into the steel stairs, then suplexed her on the stairs. Blanchard then drug beat on Miller in front of her family, seated at ringside.  

Back in the ring, Blanchard distracted the ref so Crawford could get a shot in. Blanchard hit Miller with a superkick. Crawford interfered in front of the referee, who ejected Crawford. Blanchard dumped Crawford to the floor. Security tried to escort Crawford away, but Blanchard interfered. Threat then came off the top with a forward moonsault to take out everybody. Threat chased Crawford to the back. 

Back in the ring, Miller made a comeback. She hit a Thez press and monkey flipped Blanchard out of the corner. She went for a crossbody that missed badly, but Blanchard still sold it for a near fall. Miller walked into a boot and Blanchard worked her over with right hands in the corner. Miller countered by locking up Blanchard’s arms and hit her with a straight headbutt. Miller tried to power Blanchard out of the corner with a powerbomb, but Blanchard pulled a roll of quarters out of somewhere, knocked out Miller, and got the pinfall. Just like daddy taught her! 

The TNA Injury Report: 

  • Team 3D and the Hardys are cleared, but the Matt Hardy is beat up. 
  • Joe Hendry is hurt after the no-dq match from last week. 
  • Mike Santana and Trick Williams are also cleared for their title match. 

Franike Kazarian and Nic Nemeth co-won the Call Your Shot Gauntlet in a double-pin (30:57) 

Two wrestlers enter. After 2 minutes, a wrestle enters every 60 seconds. Eliminations occur by pinfall until the final 2 wrestlers are left. Then it’s a one-on-one match to determine a winner. And the winner gets a title shot at whatever championship they want for up to a calendar year. 

Léi Yîng Lee was the first entrant by virtue of being the last person eliminated in a qualifying match a few weeks ago. Mara Sadé was the second entrant. They did a basic babyface match for two minutes, teasing near eliminations. After two minutes (no gimmicked clock, or at least it was close enough for now), Ryan Nemeth (3) was next. The knockouts double-teamed Nemeth until Nic Nemeth (4) came in to a huge pop. Sadé dropped Nic with a superkick. Lee and Sadé tried to dump Nic, but Ryan made the save. Nic took out both women with a double clothesline. 

Cedric Alexander (5) came in and dumped both Nemeths with German suplexes. Rich Swann (6) of First Class was nexst, and he had a great exhcange with Alexander. Swann thendug into Alexander’s face with an eye rake. Alexander responded with a big boot. AJ Francis (7) was in next, and they missed an opportunity to do a skit in the preshow of Francis and Swann buying consecutive numbers. Francis tossed Lee to the mat in an ugly visual. Francis then eliminated both Sadé and Lee. Francis then chokeslammed Swann (his partner!) and then dumped him to the floor. 

Travis Williams (8) came in after winning a coin flip against his partner to be the representative for his team. The Nemeths teamed up against Williams while Alexander and Francis went at it in another corner.  BDE (9) was next. He’s a “famous wrestling Youtuber.” I’ve never heard of him. He did a spot with Francis and then ate a superkick from Nic Nemeth. The Rascals (10), all of them, were next. So yes, one tag team was only around one representative in the match, but this team was allowed three. At least these inconsistencies can be explained by Santino being… well, being Santion.

BDE and the Rascals combined to superkick Francis out of the match. 

Dani Luna (11) came in and suplexed two of the Rascals. Williams and Luna did spots while everyone else laid around the ring out of their way.  Eric Young (12) was next and went after former partner Williams. Williams almost eliminated Young with a clothesline. They fought on the apron. Young lowblowed Williams, hit him with a piledriver on the apron, and dumped him to the floor.

Jake Something came in at 13, shout out to Taylor Swift! Something and Luna powerbombed two of the Rascals. They tried to dump Trey Miguel and Myron Reed, but they skinned the cat back in. Young smacked BDE and eliminated him. Rosemary (14) was next. Miguel and Alexander were eliminated by Eric Young. 

The Home Town Man (15) came in with the UMass mascot. Something tried to hold the Home Town Man for the mist from Rosemary. But the Man ducked and Something got misted and eliminated. You could say he got… something in his eyes. 

Zack Clayton (16) came out with Guido from the ECW’s original FBI. He hit Clayton hit the Home Town man with a powerslam and a clothesline. Dani Luna eliminated Rosemary, and the Man eliminated Luna. Jody Threat (17) ran around and around the ring until Frankie Kazarian floored her with a clothesline. She never got in the ring, so Frankie Kazarian took her spot, shoving Santino Marella in the process. So of course, Santino Marella was in at 18. Marella hit Kazarian with the COBRA (which sent Kazarian through the ropes and to the floor, which becomes annoyingly important later). Santino came in… and was instantly eliminated by a Nic Nemeth clothesline. He wasn’t ready!

But do you know who’s always read? Matt Cardona (19), who came in and eliminated Clayton. Cardona pulled Guildo into the ring and eliminated him, too. Mance Warner (20) entered last with Halloween party rejects and his fiancé Steph DeLander. The other Rascals were eliminated while Warner made his entrance. DeLander gave Warner a steel chair. Everyone just let Warner hit them with the steel chair until Cardona caught him from behind with a forearm.

Young tried to toss the Home Town Man, but he skinned the cat to stay alive. They fought out to the apron, and Young eliminated the Man with a low blow. Cardona took out Young, then tossed Warner as well. 

This left Cardona alone with the Nemeths. The Nemeths double-teamed Cardona, who made his won comeback. Cardona tossed Ryan over the ropes but he stayed on the apron. Ryan held Cardona open for a superkick from Nic, but Cardona ducked and Ryan was eliminated BY HIS BIG BROTHER.

It looked like it was Matt v. Nic Nemeth to finish. DeLander and Mance Warner distracted Cardona, and Nic Nemeth dumped him over the top. The ring announcer then announced that Cardona was eliminated. I thought I had the rules wrong, but since Frankie Kazarian was never eliminated by Santino Marella, that meant Frankie Kazarian and Nic Nemeth were the final two. 

Nic and Kazarian wrestled for a bit, and eventually both men did a double-pin after a superplex. Santino Marella then announced both men won, which elicited a huge “bullsh!t” chant from the crowd. They tried to do a comedy spot with both of them trying to hold onto the trophy, but the crowd just booed all of this.

What an absolute dumpster fire of a finish.  The crowd was right to boo this.

Kelani Jordan defeated Indi Hartwell to retain the TNA Knockouts World Championship (12:34)

It took four flights for Hartwell’s parents to get here to see her get an opportunity for the TNA Knockouts World Championship.  

This was a very good babyface match to start, with both women going for near falls off cradles and dodging each other’s strikes early. Jordan hung up Hartwell in the ropes and came off with a legdrop for a near fall. Jordan hit Hartwell in the back with forearms and went for a suplex, but Hartwell escaped and caught Jordan with a spinebuster for a near fall. Hartwell hit Jordan with a boot for a near fall. 

Hartwell stretched Jordan’s back across her knees, practically bending her in half. Jordan fought out and came out of the corner with a clothesline. They did “boo/yay” punches, with Hartwell getting the “yays!” Jordan hit a cartwheel back elbow. Hartwell went for a death valley driver, but Jordan escaped and hit a split jawbreaker for a near fall. Jordan locked in a half-crab, shoutout to Lance Storm! Hartwell eventually  kicked out of that to escape. 

Jordan came off the top with a crossbody, but Hartwell rolled through a powered Jordan up. Jordan turned that into small package for two. Hartwell and Jordan struggled to figure out a powerbomb, but eventually Hartwell hit the move for a near fall. Hartwell went for a boot, but Jordan caught it and hit a spinning kick. Jordan hit a frog splash for a near fall. Jordan kept trying to get the pin off that, but Hartwell kept kicking out. 

Hartwell dropped to the floor. Jordan tried to follow, but Hartwell tripped her up. Hartwell hit Jordan with a boot. Back in the ring, Hartwell hit a top rope elbow for a near fall. Hartwell went for the Hurts Donut, but Jordan countered with a cradle. Hartwell caught Jordan with a Hurts Donut out of nowhere, but Jordan was too close to the ropes and broke the count. Hartwell went to the top again, but Jordan followed her up. 

Jordan tried for a Spanish Fly, but Hartwell elbowed her down. Hartwell went for another top rope elbow, but Jordan ducked. Jordan then hit Hartwell with a split-legged moonsault, and got the pinfall. 

Yes, the flew Hartwell’s parents around the world to watch her lose. 

After the match, Hartwell shook Jordan’s hand and then got consoled by her family on the loss. 

I’m worried for Mike Santana now. 

— The Nemeths and Frankie Kazarian were in the back arguing about who hasn’t been world champion and when they might call their shot. 

The System defeated Order 4 in Hardcore War (19:25)

This is War Games without the cage or double ring, but with weapons.

Jason Hotch started out with a trash can against Eddie Edwards who came with his family, Wally the mascot of the Boston Red Sox,  and a kendo stick. Wally distracted Hotch by shaking his pelvis at him, allowing Edwards to hit Hotch with a dive to start the match. Hotch hit Edwards with a dropkick and went for a dive, but Edwards blocked that by throwing a trash can at his head. Edwards hit Hotch with chops that he sold like gunshots (cause they sounded like gunshots). 

Jon Skyler was next with a steel chair,. Hotch hit Edwards with a spear and choked him with his t-shirt. The Great Hands hit Edwards with their finisher, the Favor (a combined blockbuster/Samoan drop). JDC came in next with a  Patriots helmet. Edwards put the steel chair over Skyler’s crotch, and JDC hit the chair with the football helmet. JDC followed the Great Hands out to the floor with a dive. 

Skyler came up busted open, and JDC pulled a cheese grater out from under the ring and used it to work over the cut. 

Tasha Steelz came in with a Yankees jersey and a bat for her weapon. Skyler was a bloody mess and fans in the front row was concerned. Alicia Edwards came out with her kendo stick. Edwards cracked Steelz in the head. Edwards tried to grab Alicia and caught a kendo stick in the bean. 

Eddie Edwards pulled out a stable gun. He stapled Skyler in the face, JDC stapled Hotch in the crotch, and Alicia stapled Steelz in the derrière. 

Agent Zero  was next for Order 4. He press-slammed JDC and tossed Eddie Edwards into the ringside stairs. Zero tossed the top half of the stairs at Eddie’s head. Zero is wrestling in tights and it’s roughly a 1000% improvement for his look. Brian Myers came out next, without a weapon. Zero didn’t have a weapon, either. Myers tried to use one of the trash cans around ringside, but Zero just put him dow with a boot. Zero dumped Myers with a hanging tree slam on the trash can. 

Alicia rolled into the ring and found herself surrounded by Order 4 as Mustafa Ali was the last entrance for his team, brining a sledgehammer with him. 

Eddie Edwards saved his wife momentarily from an attack from Order 4. The Great Hands and Ali dropkicked JDC in the corner. Moose entered last for his team, with a chain wrapped around him. The Great Hands came for Moose in the aisle way and he destroyed them. Ali tried to catch Moose with a dive, but he caught him and powerbombed him on the apron. Moose stood one-on-one with Agent Zero. After a pretty even standoff, Zero was able to dump Moose to the floor. All the members of Order 4 and the System brawled on the floor, and Zero came over the top rope with a dive onto everyone. 

Back in the ring, Steelz pulled out a kendo stick wrapped in barb wire. Alicia Edwards dumped tacks in the ring. Alicia Edwards hit Steelz with the kendo stick to get rid of her. Alicia found herself alone in the ring… with Agent Zero, who gave her a hanging tree slam into the thumbtacks. JDC and Myers went after Zero with kendo sticks, and Moose rapped himself in the chain to spear Agent Zero. 

Eddie tried to check on Alicia, but Ali hit him with a steel chair and dumped him. Ali dumped more thumbtacks on Alicia Edwards. Ali went for the 450, but Alicia rolled out of the way and Ali dove right into the tacks. 

Eddie Edwards came back up and wrapped his knee in barbed wire. Edwards leveled Ali with a Boston Knee Party wrapped in barbed wire, and got the pinfall. 

Leon Slater and Je’von Evans wrestled to a 20-minute time lime draw for the TNA X-Division Championship, which then became a non-finish (20:05)

The crowd was wild for this before they even touched, cheering and chanting “This is awesome!” Both guys teased big strikes against the other, than mocked their opponent for covering up in a panic. Slater caught Evans with a small package for a near fall, after about six counters and reversals. Evans used a go-behind to get some riding time, but Slater was quick to power up. Finally Slater shoved Evans hard when he was backed against the ropes, and things started to get less friendly. 

Slater caught Evans with a chop, but Evans fired back. Evan sent Slater to the floor and followed him out with a tope. Slater shoved Evans off the ropes when he went for a springboard, then followed him out with a dive. Back in the ring, Slater hit a crossbody for two. 

Slater hit deliberate chops on Evans to slow down the pace. Evans ducked a kick, caught Evans with a step-up springboard rana, and a dropkick. Evans caught Slater with an over the ropes plancha, then came back in the ring with a springboard clothesline on Slater for a near fall. 

Evans hit a suplex and then immediately kipped up. Evans ducked an enziguri but Slater hit a heel kick on the rebound. Slater followed up with a springboard back elbow. Slater caught Evans with a flying boot for a near fall. Slater hit a slingshot cutter for a near fall. Evans went to the top, but Slater blocked it and they fought to the apron. Evans tried a suplex, but Slater escaped and tried for the slingshot cutter again, but this time Evans countered it into a spinning DDT that sent Slater across the ring. Evans then hit an out of the ring springboard cutter but smacked his tailbone against the ring apron and he probably hurt himself legit. Evans struggled to get to his feet. Slater slid in, and Evans came off the top with a splash. Evans then hit a second top rope splash from across the ring, but only got two. 

Slater caught Evans with a boot, Evans responded with a forearm, and Slater hit another kick. Evans snatched Slater up with a rana and a cradle for near fall. Evans came off the ropes with a springboard right into a flying hangman’s neckbreaker from Slater. 

Both men struggled to get to their feet, exchanging strikes along the way. Slater wore out Evans with chops. Slather left himself open for a chop from Evans, so Evans hit him with a cutter, then another springboard cutter, but Slater kicked out at two. 

Evans went to the top, but Slater caught him with an enziguri and followed him up top. They fought and both guys jumped to the floor on opposite sides of the corner. Slater tried for a springboard off the barricade, but Evans shoved him into the crowd. Evans then hit a running dive over the barricade onto Slater in the crowd. Evans jumped the rail, and Slater followed hitting his own dive over the barricade as the bell rang to signify the time limit for the match had expired. 

TNA has time limits? 

Santino Marella came out and announced they would have five more minutes. 

Slater hit Evans with Utopia, and Evans slid to the floor. Slater followed him with his over the post dive. Slater went to the top, but Evans jumped up and pulled Slater down with Spanish Fly. Evans went for the cover… and the lights went out. Dark State ran in and attacked both Slater and Evans. Dark State gave Slater and Evans double-team power bombs. The crowd chanted “F*ck these guys!” in an example of probably the wrong kind of heat. That’s a TV finish, not a pay-per-view finish. The extra time was maybe a minute.

To recap: they did a time limit draw to tease a non-finish, restart the match, and then delivered the non-finish anyway, but a worse version of it!

Chris Bey returned to TNA. Chris Bey announced that TNA has set a new attendance record of 7,794. I’m sure we’re all going to wait for the turnstyle count to verfiy that number.

The Hardys v. The Dudley Boys (Team 3D) to retain the NXT and TNA Tag Team Titles in One Final Table(s Match) (15:41)

Brother Runt (aka Spike Dudley) came out and gave Team 3D their Dudley glasses. The crowd chanted “ECW!” for the reunited Dudley Boyz. The Dudleys set some tables up in the aisle. The Hardys brought a ladder and a steel chair with them.  They set up a ladder in front of those tables. Uh-oh. 

The Dudleys dumped Jeff to the floor and hit Matt with a 3D right away. Jeff tried to go at the Hardys 2-on-1. He tried for the Whisper in the Wind, but the Dudleys did their best impersonation of Samoa Joe and walked away from Jeff, and Jeff hit the mat. D-Von gave Jeff that “Wassup???” headbutt.  At Bubba’s direction, the crowd called for D-Von to get the tables. The Dudleys gave Jeff the 3D through the table, getting the Dudleys are halfway to winning the match. 

Matt came back in with the steel chair. Matt was able to send Bubba to the floor on a miscommunication. Matt and D-Von brawled on the floor. On the floor D-Von took too long setting up a table, and Matt caught D-Von with the Twist of Fate. Matt set up D-Von for an elbow through the table, but D-Von got out of the way and Matt went though the table. But Matt isn’t eliminated since he wasn’t “put through” the table. 

Jeff came back and took out Bubba Ray with a clothesline off the apron. D-Von dragged Jeff around the other side of the ring. Back in the ring, Bubba set up a table in the corner. Matt dodged a charge from Bully, who bounced into the table but didn’t break it.  Back to D-Von and Jeff, and D-Von hit Jeff with a table. D-Von climbed a ladder set up in the aisle way (to dive onto Jeff through a table), but Matt climbed up the other side of the ladder and cut him off. The Hardys set D-Von up on the table. Jeff hit a senton off the top of the ladder through the tables, but he came up a little short. His legs hit D-Von (which counted as D-Von going through the table) and I think he might have clipped the back of his head against the ladder, too. Most of Jeff’s body went through a table that D-Von wasn’t on.

This leaves Matt or Bubba as the last man to eliminate. 

Back in the ring, The Hardys go after Bubba with steel chair shots. They set up another table. Jeff held open Bubba for a chair from Matt, but when Matt threw the chair Bubba ducked and he hit Jeff. Bubba tried to powerbomb Jeff through a table, but Matt moved it. The Hardys regained the advantage, and Jeff hit Bubba with a swanton bomb. 

The Hardys hit Bubba with more chair shots. D-Von was done and Bubba was struggling to get to his feet. Bubba looked defeated; he knew he was done. The Hardy threw down their chairs, and Bubba offered no resistance as the Hardys grabbed him for a double-team uranage through one final table to end the match and the 25-year feud. 

After the match, Carlos Silva presented the Hardys with their tag team title belts. The Hardys helped Bubba Ray to his feet, and eventually D-Von got back to the ring as well. The four men shared an embrace in the ring. The crowd chanted “Thank You Dudleys!” The Hardys were about to leave, but the Dudleys pulled them back into the ring. The Dudleys then took their wrestling boots off in the middle of the ring, signaling the end of their in-ring careers. The Dudleys then handed their boots to the Hardy Boys. Both teams embraced as the crowd cheered. The Dudleys walked off into the sunset one last time while the Hardys celebrated in the ring.

The match was what it was, but the post-match was tremeounds.

— Genesis is coming to Dallas in January, 2026. 

Mike Santana defeated Trick Williams to win the TNA World Championship (15:54)

Santana found Konnan while running around the crowd for his entrance. The crowd was insanely into both men’s entrances and the match had a big fight feel.

Williams grabbed the house mic from the ring announcer before she could announce his presence, then told Santana he would “beat his a$$ like the Boston Red Sox” and did his own ring announcement. Santana cut him off with a right hand and the match unofficially began with a brawl on the floor. 

Santana and Williams fought into the crowd. Williams tried to use a trash can on Santana, but that backfired and he would up covered in trash. They brawled back to the ring area, and Santana dumped Williams onto the ring apron with a back suplex. Santana took a minute to celebrate with a fan, and this gave Williams the opening to hit Santana with the title belt. 

Back in the ring, the referee started the match. Williams hit a Trick Kick and got a near fall. Williams followed that up with a death valley driver for another near fall. Williams dropped Santana with a flapjack. Williams hit a spin kick and a jumping neckbreaker for another near fall. 

Williams hit Santana with a backhand, which only fired up Santana. But Santana charged at Williams and got backdropped to the floor. Back to the floor, Williams used a slingshot to send Santana into the ringpost headfirst. Santana came up bloody, and Williams slammed him on the floor. Williams tried to drive the steels stairs into Santana, but he got out of the way. Santana hit a superman forearm, but Williams backdropped Santana on the steel stairs.

On the floor, Williams whipped Santana into the ring barricade, then took Santana over to his daughter so she could watch him take a beating. Williams asked Santana’s daughter who her daddy was… and she slapped Trick! Stunned, Williams walked into a tope from Santana.

Back in the ring, Santana caught Williams with a powerbomb for a near fall. Santana went to the top again as the crowd did dueling chants for Santana and Williams. Santana hit a 450 splash for a near fall.

Trick’s lawyer came out to distract Santana. Santana went for his discus lariat, but Williams ducked it and hit a pair of uranages. Williams went to the top, but Santana caught him. Williams battled through and drove Santana to the mat with an avalanche uranage. But Williams only got a near fall. 

Williams grabbed his title belt and went for a wild swing, but Santana ducked and rolled up Williams for two. After some more counters, Santana hit the discus lariat, but only got two. The lawyer got up on the apron again, and this time Santana pulled him in the ring and gave him a discus lariat. Williams caught Santana with a Trick Shot, but it only got two. Santana crawled up to his feet, looking at his daughter in the crowd. Williams charged in for another Trick Shot, but Santana ducked. Santana blocked another uranage, hit a flying lariat, and finally, finally, FINALLY hit the discus lariat and got the pinfall to bring the TNA World title home to TNA. 

As Carlos Silva is walking in to award the belt to Santana, Nic Nemeth came out to cash in his stupid title shot. But the lights dropped. When they came back up, Elias was behind Nemeth, and he took him out with a chair shot. Frankie Kazarian came in to also try and cash in, but he could’t since he didn’t have the trophy. So Santana took him out with a lariat. Santana got to hand the TNA World title to his daughter and celebrate in the ring with her. None of that nonsense with Nemeth and Kazarian was necessary. 

Mike Santana is the first TNA World Champion of Puerto Rican heritage. 

There was some abosultely head-scratching booking decisions here. I actually thought the Guantlet match was kind of fun until the ridiculous finish (which the crowd hated), and also thought the X-Division title match was good until we got two non-finishes in less than five minutes (which the crowd also hated). But they stuck the landing with the emotional TNA World title change and the retirement of the Dudley Boys.

Impact Bound for Glory live results: Alex Shelley vs. Josh Alexander

Posted on by Josh Nason

Bound for Glory — Impact Wrestling’s biggest event of the year — emanates from Cicero, Illinois’ Cicero Stadium tonight.

The pay-per-view will be headlined by Alex Shelley vs. Josh Alexander for the Impact World Championship, and Trinity vs. Mickie James for the Knockouts Championship.

Will Ospreay makes his return to Impact, taking on “Speedball” Mike Bailey in a match that could steal the show.

KENTA is also back in Impact for the show, challenging Chris Sabin for the X-Division Championship.

Two Tag Team title matches are set as The Rascalz defend their titles against Ace Austin & Chris Bey while Deonna Purrazzo & Tasha Steelz challenge Killer Kelly & Masha Slamovich for the Knockouts Tag Team titles.

There will be a Monster’s Ball match between Steve Maclin, Moose, Rhino, and PCO in addition to the annual Call Your Shot gauntlet match.

Tonight will see Mike Tenay, Don West, and Traci Brooks inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame. The inductions are taking place on tonight’s pre-show, which begins at 7:30 PM Eastern.

Pre-Show Hall of Fame inductions:

Traci Brooks

Gail Kim, also an Impact Hall of Famer, inducted Brooks. The two worked together extensively and have known each other since 2000 when they started wrestling school together. She said they wrestled in their first bikini match together (which they hated) and their first hardcore match (which they didn’t know about beforehand).

Brooks came out with husband Frankie Kazarian and their son, Rebel. She did the usual, thanking her parents and brothers. She then thanked Kazarian, her in-laws, and told her son to dream big. She then thanked Kim, who was her also her maid of honor. She also thanked Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, The Beautiful People, So Cal Val and others in addition to a slew of men’s wrestlers, executives, the fans, and others.

Brooks is the third-ever woman inducted. This was a pretty straightforward and emotional speech, but you could tell it meant a lot to her to be inducted.

Mike Tenay & Don West

Scott D’Amore inducted the legendary announcing duo. West, of course, sadly passed away in December of last year after a battle with cancer while Tenay has been out of the pro wrestling spotlight since his Impact/TNA days were done, save for a few appearances with Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio.

D’Amore told a story about how West accidentally auctioned off a Team Canada jacket prior to 2017’s Slammiversary that was actually D’Amore’s. He said he was the best salesperson in this or any other business. “He had to be. He sold Scott D’Amore memorabilia!”

Both Tenay and West’s families were in attendance. Tenay then accepted the honor, coming out to the old rap-rock TNA theme which I haven’t heard in decades.

Tenay spent the majority of the speech putting over West, his story and how Tenay’s son said West was his favorite announcer. He said in wrestling, you make many acquaintances but not many true friends but to him, West was a true friend.

Tenay told some Bobby Heenan stories and then thanked some people including Eric Bischoff, Zane Bresloff, the Jarrett family, the Sahadi family, Konnan, Keith Mitchell, and others.

He joked his granddaughter asked him if he should be called “Mr. Hall of Fame” and he said it would be a good idea if she wanted to be in the will. He thanked his wife (“the true Hall of Famer in the family”) to close things out and then pitched to Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt. 

This was a good speech and worth checking out on YouTube.

Main Show:

X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defeated KENTA to retain the title

According to Cagematch, this is their first ever singles match but they did share the ring earlier this year on opposite sides of a trios match.

Sabin set the record tonight with his 13th Bound for Glory match. He’s in his tenth reign as champion so the title might as well be renamed after him at this point.

Since this was the opener, you know it would be good with two veterans. This was competitive with KENTA nearly getting the pin with his feet on the ropes after a roll-up and then again after a double foot stomp to the chest. KENTA called for the GTS (in Chicago, no less) but Sabin got out of it, only to be slapped repeatedly. 

Sabin got the pin after the Clothesline from Hell, Michigan and the Cradle Shock for his second successful title defense.

PCO won a Monsters Ball match over Steve Maclin, Moose and Rhino

PCO’s deal is up at the end of this month after another interesting run in Impact. All four men were kept in separate dark rooms for 24 hours with no food, water or light with all squinting when their doors were opened up. Malnourishment going into a fight is no way to go. 

This was a brawl from the start with Maclin attacking Rhino as he came out followed by Moose laying him out. PCO then came out a few minutes later for his last big entrance. Moose’s attire was akin to plaid pajama pants with red sneakers. I kinda like it! He then backdropped PCO over the top rope into a ladder in a gnarly looking spot.

PCO got on a roll, focusing on Maclin. He hit a De-Animator (swanton) onto Maclin as he laid on the outside of the ring in another gnarly spot. I don’t know how long PCO’s body will hold up, but he is certainly going until the wheels not only fall off but explode into flames.

Moose got the upper hand on PCO and spread thumbtacks onto a bed of cinder blocks on the outside of the ring, followed by a power bomb that saw tacks go into the back of PCO’s head. Ouch. 

Rhino re-entered the fray and answered the fans and got not just a table, but a barbed wire table that went unused…for a few minutes. Bully Ray eventually came out and pushed Maclin off the top rope through the table, revenge for Maclin calling him “soft” recently.

PCO and Moose went at it, made more ridiculous with PCO wearing tacks all over his head and shoulders. Moose then got gored by Rhino with a chair in his hands, laying out both of them. PCO then hit another Re-Animator from the top and got the surprise win to end a pretty wild and entertaining match. How about that?

Chris Bey & Ace Austin defeated The Rascalz to win the Impact Tag Team titles

This feud goes back months as Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz cost Bey & Austin the titles at Slammiversary and then again in their subsequent rematch for the titles. Bey & Austin won a Feast or Fired briefcase and, imagine this, a Tag Team title shot was in there. The Rascalz are looking for their fourth defense of the titles they won by defeating Subculture.

Interesting fact: Wentz and Miguel went into this match undefeated as a duo (8-0) dating back four years. While these four have shared the ring a lot in the past around the world, this is only their second-ever tag match against each other and the first in Impact.

Similar to the opener, this was competitive. All four guys showed out thanks to their athleticism and knowledge of each other. The end came when Wentz accidentally sprayed Miguel with spray paint and then got hit with the Art of Finesse/Fold combo to give Bey & Austin their second title run. 

I think they are running behind on time as they went right to an Ospreay/Bailey video package.

Will Ospreay defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey

This was originally slated for the inaugural Impact x NJPW Multiverse United PPV, but Ospreay had to pull out with a shoulder injury. This is their fourth-ever meeting, but the first outside the UK. Ospreay has won all of them to date.

His NJPW UK/US title was not on the line here. He is scheduled to wrestle as part of Impact’s UK tour for one date for what it’s worth. 

From the start, this had the big fight feeling as the fans kicked it up a notch. Both men were going 100mph at the onset, eventually slowing the pace down for. like, a minute or so. An Ospreay chop knocked Bailey to the floor. However, Bailey avoided a dive, jumped on the top rope, and nailed Ospreay with a twisting leap. 

These two continued to have ridiculous sequences where just as one guy got the advantage, another rallied to regain it like when Ospreay hit an Os Cutter on the ring apron. As Bailey barely made it back in, he hit another one that got two. Later, the two had an incredible “you frickin’ gotta see this” kicking exchange that ended with a Hidden Blade out of nowhere.

Bailey nearly got the win on multiple occasions, including off an Ultimo Weapon and Meteor Rain (flipping fisherman’s buster off the top). Ospreay matched him with a Styles Clash and a Storm Driver ’93. Ospreay followed with another Hidden Blade and a Storm Breaker to get the win to close an excellent match.

As much as Ospreay has got his flowers for being so god damn good at this, Bailey has earned the right to make his name on an even bigger stage. 

Jordynne Grace won the 20-person Call Your Shot gauntlet match

For the uninitiated, this is an intergender match where two wrestlers start and another one enters after two minutes. The final two then go heads up to determine the winner. Eliminations are over the top rope. The winner earns an Impact title shot of their choosing anytime, anywhere over the next year.

Jake Something and Eddie Edwards (the 2020 winner) kicked things off followed by Kenny King (3), complete with a cape. Who doesn’t love a good cape in pro wrestling? Edwards and King used to be in the Honor No More faction and teamed up on Something.

Juventud Guerrera (!) was the fourth entrant, followed by Johnny Swinger (5). Guerrera eliminated King after a sequence and after Swinger randomly hugged the former WCW star, Crazzy Steve attacked both men with a Fest or Fired briefcase. Gisele Shaw (6) came out as security got Steve out of there. Shaw then got Swinger out of there as Steve threatened to attack Swinger with a fork. Tommy Dreamer then emerged to run Steve off as they brawled throughout the crowd.

Jody Threat (7) was up next as these entrances definitely didn’t feel like two minutes each. KiLynn King (8) entered as we’re on a run of female entrants. Guerrera was eliminated by Edwards after stupidly jumping on the ring apron after a move. That led to the debuting Sonny King (9) who tossed Shaw out of the ring.

About 30 seconds later, Bully Ray (10) entered the fray. he immediately squared up with King in a sentence I never thought I’d write in 2023. King danced, Ray danced and then, nothing happened. Matt Cardona (11) returned which led to Ray teaming with King to do the Whazzup drop on the “Indy God.”

Jordynne Grace (12) went face-to-face with old rival Ray, but that got dissipated quickly. Eric Young (13) was up pretty quickly after as these entrance times are all over the frickin’ place. He eventually eliminated Young as Joe Hendry (14) was up next followed by Brian Myers (15). He tossed out Hendry quickly and after hugging Cardona, they tossed out a charging Kiss.

Heath (16) was up next and delivered a slew of Wake Up Calls before getting tossed by Myers. Kazarian (17) and Rich Swann (18) were in next as the ring continued to fill up. Jonathan Gresham (19) came in and got his first elimination on Threat and then got into it with his wife, Grace.

Dirty Dango (20) was the final entrant and was tossed out by Dango virtually the second he got in the ring. Oleg Prudius (the former Kozlov in WWE and Dango’s second) then got in the ring and laid out some wrestlers before security tossed him. Cardona and Myers tossed Kazarian as Gresham and Grace tried to eliminate each other. 

Swann got tossed and then Young got eliminated by Cardona and Myers. Something got rid of Gresham and then went on a run against Cardona and Myers, but a Myers low blow led to his elimination. Cardona then eliminated Myers in a surprise, giving us our final four. Grace eliminated Cardona while Ray took out King, leaving us with Ray and Grace to determine the winner. Again, a sentence I didn’t think I’d type in 2023.

Ray’s power was too much early on, but he kept missing big moves. Grace eventually hit a Grace Driver to get the pin and win, becoming the first women’s wrestler to win it. She then wasted no time in calling her shot: a Knockouts title match at January’s Hard to Kill. Hey now!

This was a fun 30 minutes with some surprises and twists. 

Knockouts Champion Trinity defeated Mickie James to retain

If you’re reading this, you know James never lost the title in the ring and had to vacate the gold earlier this year due to multiple injuries. Trinity has been on a run since debuting with the company in June, defeating Deonna Purrazzo for the title. This a first time ever bout and one has added intrigue considering James’ husband now works on Fridays for WWE.

After the last two matches, the crowd was tired for this early on. An interesting sequence woke them up with Trinity shaking her butt in James’ face in the corner which James retorted to with a lewd gesture to show she was up for it. Or, something like that.

This was entertaining when it was all said and done. After a sequence, Trinity eventually got the tap off her Starstruck submission, reapplying it twice for more leverage. I think this Impact run has been a good experience for Trinity. While she could make her way back to WWE at some point, this run on her own will pay dividends down the road.

– Moose said that no matter what, he is going to walk out of Hard to Kill as the Impact World Champion. He owns one of the Feast or Fired briefcases, you see.

Impact World Champion Alex Shelley defeated Josh Alexander to retain

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but this was a competitive match. The backstory is that Alexander, like James, had to relinquish the title earlier this year due to injury. Shelley defeated Steve Maclin, whom Alexander was set to defend against in April, in June and has defended it ever since.

Shelley worked over Alexander’s surgically repaired arm and also his fingers for some time with Alexander eventually locking in a Bret Hart-esque figure four around the outside ring post to temporarily regain advantage. The injured arm was the focus because even with surgery, it never truly has healed, right?

The closing stretch saw Alexander attempting to ensnare the ankle lock and a leg lock with Shelley escaping and slapping Alexander’s head gear off. Shelley hit Shellshock, but didn’t go for the pin right away and kicked Alexander’s mouthpiece out with a superkick followed by another Shellshock for the definitive pin and win. So, there you go.

Alexander will now face Ospreay at the Bound for Glory TV taping Sunday while we don’t know what is next for Shelley.

Then, we got the most surprising news of the night: Impact is rebranding as TNA starting with January’s Hard to Kill. Yes, you read that right and there’s a video to prove it:

Overall, this was a pretty great pay-per-view leading into what is shaping up to be an interesting year for Impact…err….TNA.

Bound for Glory 2017 live results: Eli Drake vs. Johnny Impact

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Preview by Joseph Currier

Impact Wrestling returns to pay-per-view with their biggest show of the year tonight as the Aberdeen Pavilion in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada hosts Bound for Glory 2017. The venue will also be home to five days of Impact television tapings this week.

Four title matches are set for the Bound for Glory card, topped by Eli Drake defending his Global Championship against Johnny Impact. Former champion Alberto El Patron is also expected to be on the show in some form.

In the night’s other title matches, Sienna will defend her Knockouts Championship against Gail Kim and Allie, the tag titles will be on the line in a 5150 street fight between OVE and LAX, and a six-way match for X Division gold has Trevor Lee defending against Matt Sydal, Dezmond Xavier, Sonjay Dutt, Garza Jr., and Petey Williams.

Moose’s feud with Bobby Lashley and American Top Team will continue as he & Stephan Bonnar face Lashley & King Mo in Six Sides of Steel, Abyss will take on Grado in a Monster’s Ball match, and Ethan Carter III, James Storm & Eddie Edwards team against El Hijo Del Fantasma, Pagano & Texano.

We’re looking for your thoughts on this show, as well as UFC 217 and New Japan Power Struggle for the weekend, so you can send a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected]

Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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The show opened with Alberto El Patron showing up and them asking what is he going to be doing here tonight. 

X-DIVISION CHAMPION TREVOR LEE VS. DEZMOND XAVIER VS. GARZA JR. VS. SONJAY DUTT VS. MATT SYDAL VS.  PETEY WILLIAMS   

They announced this as “Lucha style” meaning no tags but two people legal. However, it’s not an elimination match but the first pin or submission wins. Because they are in Canada, Williams got a huge reaction and came out to “O’ Canada” with the flag.

This was a good match with lots of high flying. Not everything was super crisp but it was a fun match that the crowd liked. Highlights included Xavier doing a Space Flying Tiger Drop, Williams doing a pescado into a huracanrana, and a triple tope spot. Sydal looked good. Garza’s shoulder is messed up from surgery and he clearly wasn’t ready to be back.

The finish saw Williams finally hit the Canadian Destroyer (which the match built to) on Xavier but Lee threw Williams out of the ring and stole the pin.

TYSON DUX VS. TAIJI ISHIMORI

They called Dux the hottest free agent in Canada. NOAH Chairman Masayuki Uchida came out with Ishimori. They pushed that the winner would be in line for a shot at Lee. This was a short match that was more like a TV enhancement match. Ishimori won ith a 450, so they are probably doing Lee vs. Ishimori at TV Monday or later in the week.

Grado saw Abyss, called him Joseph, and said we don’t need to do this. Abyss said, “There’s no Joseph here but you’re about to feel pain and suffering and carnage” and said he’s about to be exported. (Actually, deported). Grado stood up to him, said it’s a different Grado and called him Joseph again.

ALBERTO EL PATRON PROMO

Alberto el Patron is now out and wants to give us a history lesson. He got a good reaction but not overwhelming. He’s doing an anti-authority gimmick. He talked about what the company, the cowards, and the perros did to him. They screwed him and destroyed him because they have no cajones. He called them backstabbers. They believed all the lies instead of reading the reports because “as the reports will tell you, I didn’t do anything but they suspended me and stopped paying me.” The announcers are acting like it’s a shoot and talked about pulling the mic.

Alberto said they stripped him of the title, that the current champion is fake and he has to beat him to be the real champion. He said this place didn’t care about his family, his young children, and said there’s a loser who wanted to spread lies and stuff that never happened. He said after showing that he didn’t do anything, none of them called or texted him and nobody came to his house. He vowed to do something tonight and said the place was filled with losers, cowards and backstabbers.

He went to Jeremy Borash and said he thought they were friends and asked him where he was three months ago. He said JB never called or texted him. Fans wanted him to put Borash through a table. He told Borash to tell the people if he called. Borash said he never called, never texted, and apologized. He and Borash shook hands and Borash acted all nervous. Alberto said he was going to make a statement. JB said they should talk about this tonight, but then Alberto did nothing and said, “Maybe not”. He just said, “Tonight would be amazing” and then he left.

GRADO VS. ABYSS IN A MONSTER’S BALL MATCH WHERE GRADO’S VISA IS AT STAKE

This was a mess. They did the thumbtacks and barbed wire boards including Grado splashing on board with Abyss in the middle, making a barbed wire board sandwich. At one point, Van Ness interfered and gave Grado a low blow for not marrying her. Van Ness got Janice the nail board and then the lights went out. Rosemary came out and attacked Van Ness and saved Grado by blowing mist at Van Ness. Abyss was about to chokeslam Rosemary, but they were a team before and she stroked his forehead.  She went to blow mist at Grado who moved, and Abyss got the mist in the eyes.  Abyss was blinded and chokeslammed Rosemary on thumbtacks instead. Grado then schoolboyed Abyss for a three count and the bell rang.  Borash, who knew it wasn’t the right finish, said he kicked out at two and the timekeeper rang the bell early. Abyss won with a black hole slam on a barbed wire board right afterward.

TEAM IMPACT (ETHAN CARTER III & JAMES STORM & EDDIE EDWARDS)  VS. TEAM AAA (TEXANO & EL HIJO DEL FANTASMA & PAGANO)

Dorian Roldan was out with Team AAA. They mentioned Edwards was going to defend the GHC title on Impact Thursday night, so that’s being taped tomorrow.

This was a long match that was really sloppy a lot of the way. Pagano isn’t good at all and a lot of the other stuff looked mistimed, but they did a lot of big moves and the crowd was into the Impact vs. outsiders idea. Storm pinned Pagano with a superkick that didn’t land solid after ECIII used low blows on Pagano & Texano at the same time that led to a double One Percenter. Early on they teased that ECIII wouldn’t tag in but later he did, and at the end, he was all in on the team and celebrated with Storm. Edwards took a package tombstone from Fantasma and was taken out, although he was celebrating, to set up Storm’s win.  

TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS OVE VS. LAX FOR THE TAG TITLES IN A 5150 STREET FIGHT

The rules basically were that it’s a gang war so everyone can legally interfere. 

OVE retained the titles in a big brawl with all the weapons used again. The finish saw Sami Callihan throw powder in Konnan’s eyes and then throw Santana off the top rope onto a ladder bridge. He then gave Ortiz a piledriver off the apron through a table and both Crist Brothers pinned Ortiz to win. They buried LAX under a Mexican flag when it was over. 

Before the match, Callihan had supposedly hit someone with a pipe and the idea was that it was Homicide backstage buried under a Mexican flag and taken out. Most likely, it was just some extra. At one point, Santana did a New Jack dive on Dave off a light stand through a table after Ortiz had powerbomed Jake off the stage through a table. There was a chair shot to the head as well. These guys took a ton of punishment to get the match over. There was some sloppiness in the sense this wouldn’t be a good match on a major league show but it worked here and the crowd liked it.

KNOCKOUTS CHAMPION SIENNA VS. GAIL KIM VS. ALLIE

Anthony Carelli (Santino Marella) was shown at ringside. They called him Anthony Carelli and Josh Matthews said he’s known him so long he calls him Boris (his OVW name a long time ago).

The match was sloppy. The whole story was about Kim trying to win the title in her final Bound for Glory, which she did, pinning Sienna with the Eat Defeat off the middle rope. When the match was over, Borash said it was Gail’s final match and that was was retiring on top. I guess she’ll retire with the title on TV. The crowd like Kim so the story worked, but it’s not like they went crazy for it.    

Jimmy Jacobs showed up which is interesting that he was on both ROH and Impact. They said how Jacobs doesn’t work here. He said, “I don’t work here? That’s what you think.”

BOBBY LASHLEY & KING MO LAWAL VS. STEPHAN BONNAR & MOOSE

They showed UFC welterweight Colby Covington backstage with Dan Lambert and a couple of other guys as ATT. 

Lashley pinned Moose with a spear after Moose was distracted by Covington. It was a numbers game as there were four ATT guys who interfered and were in the cage so it was 6-on-2 at the end.  Moose and Lashley carried it and would break it up whenever Mo squared off with Bonnar.  When Mo and Bonnar finally went at it after several teases, they did basic MMA stuff and it was okay.  It was more a story match. I wouldn’t call it good or bad but it wasn’t as if the angle was super hot here. 

Moose and Mo ended up going out the door. Lambert then threw Mo in and all the ATT guys (including Lambert) got in the cage and Lambert locked the cage door with Moose out of the cage. Bonnar had a quick spot of cleaning house until he was beaten down. The big spot saw Moose climb the cage and do a crossbody off the top of the cage onto everyone. Moose also did a tree slam off the top rope on John Harnett, a smaller guy who is a manager at ATT who took a good bump.

GLOBAL CHAMPION ELI DRAKE VS. JOHNNY IMPACT

Chris Adonis is in Drake’s corner.  

They were having a good match, but it was nowhere near world title heat.  The finish was overbooked and turned out to be all about Alberto.  They did a ton of near falls. Impact had it won but Adonis interfered. Impact laid out Adonis with a belt shot that Adonis had brought in. Impact later hit Starship Pain and Alberto el Patron showed up and pulled the ref out of the ring. Impact went for a dive on Alberto, who moved, and Impact wiped out the ref. Alberto then nailed Drake with a belt shot, acting like he didn’t care who won. Then, he nailed Impact with a hard unprotected chair shot to the head.  Alberto then put Drake on top of Impact and the ref counted the pin with Drake retaining the title. 

This was a good match but the interference in so many matches earlier made this more annoying than heated by the time they got here.