TNA World Tag Team Champions Jeff and Matt Hardy now have a new challenge ahead of them.
On Thursday, March 5, 2026, episode of TNA Impact, The System (Brian Myers & Bear Bronson) faced off against the Righteous (Vincent & Dutch), Sinner and Saint(Judas Icarus & Travis Williams), and Rich Swann and BDE in a Four-Way tag team number one contenders match for the TNA World Tag Team titles.
In the final moments, Myers and Bronson teamed up on BDE to keep him down for the three-count pinfall. Myers and Bronson of The System are now the number one contenders for Jeff and Matt Hardy’s TNA World Tag Team titles.
Despite the win tonight, it is currently not confirmed when Myers and Bronson of The System will face Jeff and Matt Hardy for the TNA World Tag Team titles.
A new match has been added to this week’s TNA Impact lineup.
Elijah, formerly known as WWE’s Elias, will face The System’s Brian Myers on the show. The two will also be on opposite sides of a tag team match at TNA Sacrifice later this month, where Elijah will team with Joe Hendry and two mystery partners against The Colons, Myers, JDC, and Eddie Edwards.
Elijah made his TNA debut on the February 20 live episode from Full Sail University, rescuing Joe Hendry from a two-on-one attack by The Colons. Last week, TNA confirmed Elijah has signed with the promotion.
The announced lineup for the Thursday, March 6 TNA Impact:
Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy vs. Primo Colon & Epico Colon
Eric Young, Judas Icarus & Travis Williams vs. Ace Austin, Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz
TNA Wrestling has provided a medical update on several wrestlers who sustained injuries at Rebellion.
The finish of Eric Young’s match with Frankie Kazarian on the show saw him take a Flux Capacitor onto a table. Young’s head appeared to strike the edge of the table and began bleeding heavily after. According to TNA’s medical update, a plastic surgeon was needed to re-attach his ear.
“Eric Young suffered a severe laceration to his ear. He did see a local plastic surgeon who helped to attach the severed ear. He is no longer medically cleared to wrestle,” Gia Miller said.
Brian Myers suffered a shoulder injury during the tag title match. Myers and Eddie Edwards retained their titles against Mike Bailey and Trent Seven on the show.
“Brian Myers suffered an undetermined shoulder injury. He will be undergoing an MRI to determine what is going on there but for now, Brian Myers is not medically cleared to wrestle,” Miller said.
Josh Alexander and Alex Hammerstone both suffered injuries during their Last Man Standing match on the pay-per-view. However, they are still medically cleared to wrestle.
“Josh Alexander suffered a severe ear laceration as well as contusions to his ear and ear drum. Josh Alexander is medically cleared to wrestle.”
“Hammerstone passed all concussion protocol tests. Hammerstone is medically cleared to wrestle.”
Both Alexander and Hammerstone wrestled on TNA’s TV tapings on Sunday.
Sacrifice is taking place from Windsor, Ontario, Canada next Friday (March 8). The show will air live on TNA+ and for subscribers to TNA’s Ultimate Insiders YouTube service.
It was announced today that TNA Tag Team Champions ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) will defend their titles against Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers at Sacrifice. The match was made official after Myers pinned Bey on this week’s Impact.
The main event of Thursday’s Impact episode was The System (Moose, Edwards & Myers) defeating Eric Young, Austin & Bey. Young is challenging Moose for the TNA World Championship at Sacrifice.
Austin & Bey are two-time TNA Tag Team Champions. Their current reign with the titles began at Bound for Glory last October.
Recently, ABC retained their belts against The Grizzled Young Veterans in a best-of-three series. The series ended with ABC winning 2-1 after Austin & Bey defeated The Grizzled Young Veterans at No Surrender.
Edwards & Myers picked up a victory over KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight on the No Surrender pre-show.
Here’s the updated card for Sacrifice:
TNA World Champion Moose defends against Eric Young
TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Tasha Steelz and Xia Brookside in a triple threat match
TNA Tag Team Champions ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) defend against Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers
Nic Nemeth vs. Steve Maclin
Josh Alexander vs. Alex Hammerstone
Mustafa Ali, John Skyler & Jason Hotch vs. Chris Sabin, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight
One day before No Surrender, a six-man tag match headlines tonight’s episode of TNA Impact.
The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) are taking on Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight. It comes in advance of Moose defending his TNA World Championship against Shelley at Friday’s No Surrender special. In that match, Edwards and Myers will be in Moose’s corner and KUSHIDA and Knight will be in Shelley’s corner. The match can only end when one of the cornermen throws in the towel.
On the pre-show for No Surrender, KUSHIDA & Knight are facing Edwards & Myers.
Ash By Elegance (the former Dana Brooke) officially arrives as she makes her TNA in-ring debut tonight.
Chris Sabin vs. Jason Hotch is part of tonight’s lineup as well. At No Surrender, Sabin is putting his X-Division Championship on the line against Mustafa Ali.
Also tonight, Steve Maclin faces Trent Seven. Simon Gotch will be in action as well ahead of his match against Josh Alexander at No Surrender.
Chris Sabin defeated Jason Hotch (w/ John Skylar)
Chris Sabin, again, is so good. This one was a little more back and forth than the match with Skylar, but did have some of the same problem of no one believing Hotch could win. It helped this was faster paced, though.
This match was really good from a fundamental perspective like the one Sabin had against Skylar a few weeks ago, but had the same problem as the Skylar one – mainly that no one believed Hotch had a chance of winning, and the heat Hotch go on Sabin in this was not believable. The fans popped for Sabin’s big moves, with particular note for a tornado DDT in the middle of the match, but were silent when Hotch hit a Chaos Theory for a near fall.
It is perfectly fine to give a guy a chance to get over, but this is not the kind of match to do it in. Unlike a Kenny Omega vs. Alan Angels, this never worked to the level of that. That said, crowd did get into the cheating from Hotch and Skylar, booing, and cheering quite loudly when Sabin side stepped a suicide dive and Hotch accidentally took out his own partner.
Sabin hit a missile dropkick off the top rope to Hotch, and then followed up with the Cradle Shock for the win. Good match, all things considered. Very good, even.
–Mustafa Ali had a hype video for his campaign to become X-Division champion, and said that at No Surrender, they better declare “In Ali We Trust.” This was good.
–The System cut a promo about their 6-man tag team main event match tonight, and how the match between Moose & Alex Shelley is a No DQ match. Santino walked up and told The System that the match would be No DQ, yes, but if anyone interfered on behalf of someone else, they would lose. So, it is a No DQ match, with the exception of interference.
–Chris Sabin was backstage and talked about how Mustafa Ali confused him, acting like a politician, and that Ali was going to find out at No Surrender why he was a 10-time X-Division champion. This was great.
Simon Gotch defeated Jack Price
Gotch is a perfectly fine worker, but he is no Jon Moxley, and it is rather amusing using a finishing sequence that Moxley uses frequently.
Josh Alexander came out to join the commentary booth, and explained how Gotch has been holding a grudge for 5 years now, saying that he was the one that helped Alexander earlier in his career. Gotch laid out Price with a dropkick and beat him around ringside with some hard European uppercuts. Alexander explained that he defeated Gotch 5 years ago, and it was that night that he was given his TNA/Impact contract, and Gotch took credit for it, thinking he brought something special out of him. Gotch was beating Price around the ring before hitting the Gotch Style piledriver on Price and locking on a bulldog choke to get the submission over Price.
–The GYV was backstage, and they talked about how they needed the TNA World Tag Team Championships. They promised that the Grizzled Young Veterans were going to take what was there, and they were going to rip the limbs from Ace Austin, or the head of Chris Bey. I liked this promo. It was simple, but sold the match.
–We got another Kon hype video, highlighting his ongoing feud with PCO.
Steve Maclin (w/ The Rascalz) defeated Trent Seven (w/ Mike Bailey)
Steve Maclin came across as a killer in this match, and it is so abundantly clear that he is the guy that TNA should be building around. Too bad that I don’t think they think the same.
Maclin opened the match quickly, hitting a big back elbow to Seven. Seven hit a crossbody and a leg drop after bouncing off the ropes. Maclin hit a knee to the face of Seven and followed up with a clothesline. Maclin followed up with a hard chop that dropped Seven to his knees and hit a suplex. Maclin choked Seven on the ropes, and stomped Seven when he rolled away from the ropes.
Seven kicked out after an axe handle, and chopped Maclin, who completely no sold it and resumed offence. Seven responded with another hard chop, and Maclin no sold it again. Maclin looks like an absolute monster in this match, and he dominated Seven until the ad break, where the Rascalz started stomping on Seven. Seven hit a few strikes on the floor, but Maclin sent Seven into the steel post and had the advantage again. Maclin hit a back suplex on the apron, and Seven kicked out.
This continued for a few more minutes as Maclin took 90% of the match, just crushing Seven throughout. Seven fired up with some chops again, but Maclin hit the ropes and took his head off with a lariat, but Seven kicked out. Maclin hit a uranage into a backbreaker, but Seven cut off Maclin on the top rope.
The Rascalz got involved but before they could attack Seven, Bailey hit a triangle moonsault onto them on the floor. Seven then hit a corkscrew flip off the top rope onto everyone. Seven hit the Seven Star Lariat (a Rainmaker. I see what you did there, Trent). Maclin hit a flying knee to the face after Seven got distracted by some of the things going down with the Rascalz and Bailey, and he followed up with a spear in the corner and a KIA for the win.
–Gisele Shaw was backstage, saying that the Shawntorage was no more. Gail Kim walked up and said that Shaw could do with a little humility, but doing it alone was a marked improvement. Shaw rejected Gail’s advice, and said that the Knockouts Championship would be changing hands at No Surrender.
–Trent Seven and Mike Bailey were backstage, and Bailey said that there was a fundamental difference between them and The Rascalz, as they saw wrestling as an opportunity to push and better themselves, while the Rascalz did not respect the sport. Seven then invited them to meet at the peak of Speedball Mountain (still a terrible tag team name) and see who the better team was.
–Frankie Kazarian came out to the ramp for his match against Eric Young, saying that he wasn’t in the mood to fight, so he was letting one of the ghosts of Eric Young’s past face him instead.
Eric Young defeated Big Damo
Eric Young is a pro, protecting Damo like he did when Young knew he couldn’t hit the piledriver the way he wanted.
The crowd did not react to Big Damo at all, and I’m not sure they realized they were both in Sanity in NXT. It doesn’t help that Damo is bald now. Damo dominated Young in the early parts of this match, hitting a crossbody and a big corner charge. Damo yelled about Young going soft, but Young ducked under a clothesline and hit a flying forearm.
Young hit a Death Valley Driver for a 2-count, but Damo kicked out. Young cut Damo off at the top rope and hit a superplex. Young botched a piledriver soon thereafter for the win, but like a pro, instead of dropping Damo on his head, Young realized he couldn’t keep him up, so he squeezed his knees together and fell forward in a Queen’s Gambit type move for the win instead. Good on Young for protecting Damo there.
–Eric Young said that he didn’t quite understand what was happening with Kazarian, but he said that since he couldn’t fight tonight, that Kazarian could take his pretty boy self to No Surrender.
–Tasha Steelz talked about Xia Brookside getting the win in their first match, and how Steelz evened it up. Steelz thought that was going to be it, but Brookside wanted the rubber match, so Steelz and Brookside would meet again at No Surrender, and Brookside would learn that Steelz was in charge of the Knockouts division.
–Jody Threat and Dani Luna were backstage, talking about how they thought they were on the top of the Knockouts tag division, noting that Luna has a win over one of the tag team champions, and said that Threat would have won if it wasn’t for Killer Kelly, so in their mind that makes them the top. I don’t think that is how that works.
–George Iceman introduced Ash by Elegance, the former Dana Brooke, for her first match in TNA.
Ash by Elegance (w/ George Iceman) defeated Savanah Thorne
When Thorne tried to fight Ash, Matthew Rehwoldt said, “How dare she?!” and I laughed. Ash obviously dominated this, as it was a match designed to introduce this new character to TNA, and Ash hit a senton bomb called Rarified Air for the pinfall. All credit to the former Dana Brooke – this is absolutely not the character Ash had in WWE. Time will tell how well it works, but it is drastically different, which is a good thing.
-A hype video aired for TNA No Surrender, running down all the major matches.
The System (Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, & Moose) (w/ Alisha Edwards) defeated Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA) & Kevin Knight
This match was great, especially with its closing sequence. The last few minutes were very exciting, and I wasn’t sure if Knight or Myers was taking the loss here, but Moose getting the win over Knight did surprise me a little, ass having Shelley in a losing match before facing Moose is a bit backwards, but he was saved with the post match angle.
Shelley and Moose started the match, and Shelley immediately went for the Border City Stretch, but Moose quickly retreated to the ropes. Moose missed a corner charge, and Shelley drove Moose into the middle turnbuckle, attacking the shoulder like he did in the TNA Hard to Kill match. Moose tagged out to Myers, and Shelley simply resumed attacking the arm, but on his new opponent.
Knight tagged into continue the assault, but Myers broke away and tagged in Edwards. Edwards, unfortunately, got hit with an arm drag from Knight, and then the work on the arm continued as Shelley and KUSHIDA exchanged tags and worked over Edwards’ arm. Edwards gouged the eyes of KUSHIDA, and Knight blind tagged in. Knight and KUSHIDA then double teamed Edwards, including KUSHIDA helping Knight springboard off the ropes, causing him to launch even higher into the air for a springboard crossbody, which was cool.
Edwards was able to isolate KUSHIDA and the System got the advantage when Moose hit a pump kick while KUSHIDA was on the apron. The System got the heat on KUSHIDA for the next several minutes, prompting the crowd to chant that The System sucked. KUSHIDA dodged a corner charge and Edwards crashed into the corner post, and then he dumped Myers to the floor. KUSHIDA countered a powerbomb and went for the tag, but Myers and Edwards pulled Shelley and Knight from the apron.
KUSHIDA hit a big right hand on Moose and tagged out to Shelley, who ran wild, taking everyone out and then locking the Border City Stretch on Myers. Alisha Edwards distracted the referee, but Shelley did not stop, locking the move on Edwards who was stacked on top of Myers. Moose finally broke it u, but Shelley dumped him to the floor, and Shelley snapped the arms of both Myers and Edwards before tagging out to KUSHIDA.
KUSHIDA hit a handspring back elbow on Edwards and hit a big right hand and a seated senton to Myers on the floor. The Tim Splitters then hit a moonsault/neckbreaker combo for a 2-count, but Moose came in and threw Knight onto KUSHIDA to break the pinfall attempt. Edwards tagged out to Moose while KUSHIDA tagged out to Knight, and Moose blocked a corner charge, but got hit with a hurricanrana, but Moose icked out at 1.
Knight hit a few clotheslines and countered a uranage. Knight did a top con giro, but Moose caught him in a powerbomb position, but Knight countered into a hurricanrana. Knight then hit a huge dive to the floor onto everyone, assisted by KUSHIDA again, and it was awesome. Knight almost got the win with code red, but Edwards broke it up. Shelley and KUSHIDA came in and took everyone out, and Knight was left alone with Moose, but Alisha Edwards got on the apron to distract him, and Moose hit a spear on Knight for the win. Great match.
–The fighting continued after the match, as Alex Shelley put Moose into the Border City Stretch, and Moose required the help of Edwards and Myers to escape, which his not something he will have on Sunday, which establishes that Shelley can very well beat Moose in storyline. I suspect Moose will win, but this was the right way to do it.
Final Thoughts
This was a solid, but mostly missable episode of TNA Impact, with the exception of the excellent main event. I suspect No Surrender will be an excellent show from an in ring perspective as well, but the build has been a bit lackluster.
TNA No Surrender – February 23, 2024
TNA World Championship: Moose (c) vs. Alex Shelley in a No Surrender Rules match
TNA X-Division Championship: Chris Sabin (c) vs. Mustafa Ali
TNA Knockouts World Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Gisele Shaw
TNA World Tag Team Championship: ABC (c) vs. The Grizzled Young Vets
TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship: The Decay (c) vs. MK Ultra
KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight will team up against Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers on Countdown to No Surrender next Friday (February 23). The pre-show starts at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time and will air for free on TNA+ and YouTube.
Edwards and Myers are part of The System in TNA, a new faction that also includes Moose and Alisha Edwards.
Moose is defending his TNA World Championship against Alex Shelley at No Surrender. The match has a “No Surrender” stipulation, which means that it can only end when either Moose or Shelley’s cornermen throw in the towel. Edwards and Myers will be in Moose’s corner. KUSHIDA and Knight will be in Shelley’s corner.
Moose defeated KUSHIDA in the main event of this week’s Impact episode. The show ended with Shelley and Knight saving KUSHIDA from an attack by The System.
No Surrender is a TNA+ special. The show is taking place live from the Alario Center in Louisiana.
TNA No Surrender 2024 (Friday, February 23) —
No Surrender rules: TNA World Champion Moose defends against Alex Shelley
TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Gisele Shaw
TNA X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defends against Mustafa Ali
Best-of-three series finals for the TNA Tag Team titles: ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) defend against The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake)
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Decay (Havok & Rosemary) defend against MK Ultra (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly)
Josh Alexander vs. Simon Gotch
PCO vs. Kon
Countdown to No Surrender: KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight vs. Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers
I am back reviewing another episode of TNA Impact on this week’s Big Vinny V Show.
Our main event sees “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada return to TNA for the first time in a decade to team with the Motor City Machine Guns. Also, after 20 years in the business, Nic Nemeth wrestled his first match outside the WWE umbrella.
Plus, Jordynne Grace defended the Knockouts title against Trinity in what turned out to be a Royal Rumble preview, and we got one of the wackiest tag teams of ex-WWE guys you could ever imagine.
Brian Myers is sticking around for the new era of TNA Wrestling.
It was confirmed on Tuesday that Myers has signed a new TNA Wrestling contract. Formerly known as Curt Hawkins, Myers has been part of the Impact Wrestling roster since his release from WWE in 2020. He previously had a stint in TNA in 2015.
“This is the most fun I’ve had in my entire career,” Myers said. “The past three-and-a-half years, it’s been a perfect fit. I get to be the best version of myself while being a TNA Wrestling star, so this decision was pretty easy for me.”
Impact Wrestling’s name change back to TNA officially goes into effect starting with Hard to Kill on Saturday, January 13. TNA is also holding a set of post-PPV television tapings the next night. Myers is set for a big six-man tag match at the tapings, teaming with Moose & Eddie Edwards against Kazuchika Okada, Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin.
Outside of the ring, Myers hosts The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast with Matt Cardona. He also owns the Create-A-Pro Wrestling Academy with Pat Buck.
“With success of the podcast and the success of the toy business, it’s almost like we found a cheat code in pro wrestling,” Myers told Sports Illustrated. “In this business, decisions aren’t always in your hands. You’re not always doing what you want to do. So this outside endeavor is a healthy balance for us, and we get to control it. It took a long time for us to figure out, but it is an incredible source of creativity.”
Myers noted that becoming a World Champion is his goal in pro wrestling.
“Every day I show up to TNA, that is the goal,” Myers said. “But that’s not necessarily my focus–I’m focused on controlling what I can control. That’s my attitude, my work ethic, my performances in the ring, my look, eye-catching gear, all of that. Myself and Eddie Edwards have a really bright future as a tag team, but I’ll never lose sight of the world title. There is nothing I want more professionally. That’s always my goal, and I’m working my ass off to get there.”
Edwards also recently signed a new TNA Wrestling contract. KUSHIDA, Trent Seven, and Leon Slater have been announced as new additions to the TNA roster.
In case you missed it, TNA Wrestling is returning this January.
The current Impact Wrestling announced at late-October’s Bound for Glory that they would revert back to its old name starting with January’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view from Las Vegas.
It will be their first event under the TNA banner since 2017.
Along with the name change, company officials confirmed in a press release that there will also be a new look “from the entrance ramp to turnbuckles in the ring to larger, more prestigious venues and much, much more.”
Following the announcement, I talked with several members of the roster about their reaction to next month’s change.
Former Impact Digital Media Champion Brian Myers
“I was hyped, man, especially being there live in Chicago for the announcement. It was a real goosebump moment and I think we all were under the impression that it would just get drowned out with CM Punk chants or something or that the crowd wouldn’t get what was going on, but they were with it and super excited and the excitement hasn’t stopped.
“Everywhere we’ve gone — an entire UK tour, Mexico — the TNA chants haven’t stopped. People stop me when I see them and want to talk about it and they’re thrilled. I love saying that I’m a ‘TNA wrestling star.’ The feedback has been unbelievably 100% positive across the board, so people are just excited. I think it’s just such a great step and a huge, huge step, a big leap for the company, for everything.
“The company has a 20+ year history with some, legendary moments and performers. So to not lean into that, I think would have been foolish, right? People grew up on this product. They are now old and grown-ups and have kids and lives of their own. So, they’re sentimental about it, so it means something to them and it’s really worked.”
Former Impact World Champion Steve Maclin
“It’s awesome and is a question that I always get when people are like, ‘Who do you work for?’ (I tell them) ‘Impact Wrestling.’ (They say) ‘Oh, I don’t know them, but do you remember TNA?’
“So it’s something that’s been kinda talked about where they wanted to go back to it a couple years back, and there was talk about it during Covid times, when I first got there, and you would hear rumblings of the changes and different things coming. It’s just cool to be part of something that’s changing, because I was part of that time in NXT when that boom happened when the indie folks came in and NXT became something bigger. Now I am part of TNA and to take the phrase: ‘We’re f**king back.'”
Knockouts Tag Team Champion Masha Slamovich
“Oh, I was jumping up and down with joy. I mean, I grew up watching the X-Division in TNA with the likes of Amazing Red and Chris Sabin and a bunch of other wrestlers. I’m extremely happy and honored to be a part of TNA Wrestling going forward in the year 2024.”
Impact Tag Team Champion Chris Bey
“I couldn’t believe my ears. The heart and soul of Impact/TNA Wrestling has been always TNA Wrestling. Since I signed with Impact four years ago, people go, ‘Oh, you work for TNA.’
“They still believe that. They still breathe that. When I have done stuff in the Impact Wrestling ring and the crowd goes crazy, they chant ‘TNA, TNA.’ I chant ‘TN Bey,’ but that’s that’s another story. But the crowd goes crazy. They love it. They have always felt that inside.
“I went into my closet once that was announced and I got home off the road and I went back to Las Vegas. I went into my closet and I pulled out my Shop TNA bag that I ordered off of Shop TNA back in 2010 when I did an unboxing on my YouTube channel. Young Chris Bey, 14 years old, 14 years young. I was an itty bitty Bey and I look at that signed Don West bag, RIP Don West, and I think ‘You are working at this place. You are a champion at this place.’
“And I believe firmly that myself and Ace Austin are the very best tag team of this generation. So going back to TNA Wrestling, like I mentioned, the Motor City Machine Guns earlier being the best tag team of TNA Wrestling’s history, we get to start the new era, the new generation of TNA Wrestling.
“We get to be the ones that are the best tag team of TNA Wrestling and we get to inspire the next generation, the next crop. It’s just so sweet and I’m so grateful that I’m the one to be able to represent the company, man.”
ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) will look to extend their second run with the Impact Tag Team titles as they defend them at next Saturday’s Final Resolution.
Bey & Austin will face Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards. Myers held the TNA Tag Team titles for a single day with Trevor Lee in 2015 while Edwards has held the TNA tag titles five times (all with Davey Richards) with his last reign ending 2016.
The two were rivals in 2020 and 2021, ending with a Hold Harmless match Edwards win at 2021’s Sacrifice.
A win will give Bey & Austin their second successful defense of the gold they regained at October’s Bound for Glory.
Frankie Kazarian vs. Sheldon Jean has also been announced for the pre-show. Kazarian is coming off a loss to X-Division Champion Chris Sabin in late-October while Jean is still looking for his first win (0-9).
Final Resolution, set for Saturday, December 9th, in Toronto, Canada, will be the final special event under the Impact banner before the company reverts to TNA.
Here’s the current card for the streaming special:
Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. Josh Alexander & Zack Sabre Jr.
Trinity & Jordynne Grace vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Gisele Shaw
Impact Tag Team Champions ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defend against Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards
“Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Trey Miguel
Moose vs. Rhino
Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer defends against Deaner
Ahead of next Sunday’s Emergence, the Impact World title will be on the line on next Thursday’s Impact on AXS TV.
While the challenger — Brian Myers — is confirmed, his opponent is not. Current titleholder Alex Shelley is defending his title against NJPW legend Hiroshi Tanahashi this Sunday at Impact x NJPW Multiverse United 2. The winner of that bout will defend against Myers next Thursday.
Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity will face Jody Threat in non-title action just days before she defends the gold against former champion Deonna Purrazzo at Emergence.
For the first time ever, former X-Division Champion Chris Sabin will face Samuray del Sol, the former Kalisto in WWE, who made his Impact debut last Thursday.
Former Tag Team Champions ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) will take on recent antagonists The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch)
The card is rounded out with Deaner vs. Laredo Kid.
Here’s the current lineup:
Impact World Champion Alex Shelley or Hiroshi Tanahashi defends against Brian Myers
Knockouts Champion Trinity vs. Jody Threat in a non-title match
Chris Sabin vs. Samuray del Sol
ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) vs. The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch)
Impact Wrestling presented its second night of television tapings from Chicago’s Cicero Stadium on Saturday.
There was one change from the advertised lineup for the show. Taylor Wilde had been scheduled to face Knockouts Champion Trinity in a non-title match but was replaced by Jody Threat. It is not clear what led to the change.
Samuray Del Sol made his Impact debut this weekend. The former Kalisto wrestled Chris Sabin on Saturday.
The results of night two of the tapings are below courtesy of Impact Asylum:
Gisele Shaw defeated Heather Reckless
Champagne Singh defeated Russ Jones
KUSHIDA defeated Mike Bailey
Deonna Purrazzo defeated KiLynn King
Killer Kelly defeated Jessicka & Savannah Evans in a three-way
Moose defeated Kevin Knight
Kon vs. Eric Young went to a no contest
Bully Ray defeated Black Taurus in a no DQ match
The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) defeated Rich Swann & Sami Callihan
Knockouts Champion Trinity defeated Jody Threat to retain
Deaner defeated Laredo Kid
ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defeated The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch)
Chris Sabin defeated Samuray Del Sol
Impact World Champion Alex Shelley defeated Brian Myers to retain
Spoilers for night one of Impact Chicago Heat on July 28th have not come out. Matches from the tapings will begin airing on AXS TV on Thursday.
The promotion is building to Impact x NJPW Multiverse United 2 on August 20th from Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena, followed by Emergence the week after in Toronto.
The Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA) will be teaming up on this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling.
It was announced today that Shelley & KUSHIDA will face Moose & Brian Myers on this week’s edition of Impact. The show airs on AXS TV on Thursday nights at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Shelley is the current Impact World Champion. He retained the title against Nick Aldis at Slammiversary earlier this month. Following the match, Shelley was confronted by the returning Josh Alexander.
KUSHIDA won an Ultimate X match at Slammiversary, earning him a future shot at X-Division Champion Lio Rush.
Rush teased on last week’s Impact episode that he could end up cashing in his X-Division title for a shot at the Impact World Championship. KUSHIDA interrupted and said Rush would have to go through him first. The episode ended with Moose, Myers, and Bully Ray beating down Shelley, KUSHIDA, and Alexander. Rush watched the attack but declined to lay out Shelley.
Moose & Myers and Bully Ray lost their respective matches at Slammiversary.
Gisele Shaw vs. Masha Slamovich has also been confirmed for this Thursday’s Impact. The updated lineup for the episode is listed below:
Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Moose & Brian Myers
Eric Young vs. Nick Aldis
Trinity & Dani Luna vs. The Coven (KiLynn King & Taylor Wilde)
Loser Leaves Impact match: Johnny Swinger vs. Zicky Dice
Outside the big news that Mickie James is out of Sunday’s Impact Rebellion and relinquished the title, one new match has been announced for the pay-per-view pre-show while the official particulars for a main card match were clarified.
Heath & Rhino will face Champagne Singh & Shera in a rematch from a late-March edition of Before The Impact. The match was announced for the Countdown show, joining the previously announced Knockouts Tag Team title rematch between The Coven and the Death Dollz.
Also on Thursday’s Impact on AXS, the man advantage for Sunday’s Hardcore War match between Team Tommy Dreamer and Team Bully Ray was decided as Kenny King defeated Frankie Kazarian to give Team Bully the edge.
Additionally, two new members of Team Bully were introduced as Moose and Brian Myers will replace The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch). Bully Ray added the two Thursday after they aided King in getting the win.
The aforementioned note on James relinquishing the Knockouts title means former champions Jordynne Grace and Deonna Purrazzo will battle over it Sunday instead.
Here’s the card for Sunday from Toronto, Canada:
KUSHIDA vs. Steve Maclin for the vacant Impact World Championship
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Jordynne Grace for the vacant Knockouts title
Hardcore War: Team Bully Ray (Bully Ray, Moose, Brian Myers, Kenny King & Masha Slamovich) vs. Team Tommy Dreamer (Frankie Kazarian, Killer Kelly, Tommy Dreamer, Yuya Uemura & Bhupinder Gujjar)
X-Division Champion Trey Miguel defends against Mike Bailey and Jonathan Gresham in an elimination match
The Design (Angels, Deaner & Sami Callihan) vs. Joe Hendry, Dirty Dango & Santino Marella
Impact Tag Team Champions Bullet Club (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defend against Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) in an Ultimate X match
Eddie Edwards vs. PCO Last Rites match
Countdown show: Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Coven (Taylor Wilde & KiLynn King) defend against The Death Dollz (Jessicka & Rosemary)
Countdown show: Heath & Rhino vs. Champagne Singh & Shera
The 37-year-old confirmed the news with SI.com on Thursday. He is now under contract with the company through the end of 2023.
“This was an easy decision for me,” Myers said. “It’s a place where my talent is going to get the most opportunity. That’s what is important to me.”
Myers briefly performed with Global Force Wrestling and TNA in 2015 before returning to WWE for his second stint with the company in 2016. After WWE released him again on April 15, 2020, Myers returned to Impact that July.
“Hands down, my goal is to become the Impact Wrestling world heavyweight champion,” says Myers. “I’ve been an absolute workhorse for Impact Wrestling, and I truly believe this is my time.
“I have my eyes set on Josh Alexander. We’ve been wrestling for years, but this is our chance to do it on Impact’s grandest stage. I am ultimately going to be everything Impact wishes he was. I’m the complete package, and I’m going to prove that.”
Myers and his longtime tag team partner, Matt Cardona, have been wrestling in Impact’s tag team division as of late. He says one of his goals is to win the promotion’s tag titles.
“The Impact tag scene is pretty loaded right now,” says Myers. “Matt and I, we are very eager to get in there with those guys. And Matt is incredible, especially the way he recovered from a torn bicep. The wrestling world didn’t really give him his due while he was out with his injury, but he still didn’t miss a booking. That goes to show the kind of performer Matt Cardona is. And the most important thing for us is to become Impact Wrestling tag team champions.”
In 2014, Myers and Pat Buck opened the Create A Pro Wrestling Academy in New Jersey. Myers says he hopes that students from the school are given a look in Impact.
“One of my goals for 2023 is to get a Create A Pro talent with me at Impact Wrestling,” says Myers. “[AEW owner] Tony Khan has scooped up every single one so far, but I’d like to get to the point where there is a Create A Pro talent in every promotion, starting with Impact.”
Myers also spoke about being consulted on Impact’s merchandising deals.
“When I first came in was a real down time for Impact in their overall merchandising,” says Myers. “To me, as a lifelong Impact fan, I grew up with Don West hustling everything imaginable. They were the kings of merchandise. But when I came in, there wasn’t a Don West-type guy. Matt and I built something special with our podcast and toy line, turning our passion into business. We almost became toy insiders. So we helped Impact relaunched the Micro-Brawlers. We helped initiate the Impact Wrestling action figure deal with Asylum Wrestling. Luke Gallows really helped out with the t-shirts. We hooked them up with a VHS deal that was a cool collectible. Now it’s really rolling, and I appreciate being part of that team as a consultant.”
