TNA returns to streaming for tonight’s Sacrifice, live from the County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas.
In a ten-man cage match, TNA World Champion Joe Hendry teams with Matt Hardy, Elijah, Leon Slater and Nic Nemeth against The System’s Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers and JDC, and the Colon brothers.
Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich defends against WWE NXT’s Cora Jade while X-Division Champion Moose defends against Jeff Hardy in a ladder match.
Mike Santana will battle former X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali, former World and Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard takes on Lei Ying Lee, and The Rascalz team with Ace Austin against Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe.
In a street fight, Mance Warner goes one-on-one with Sami Callihan while Steve Maclin takes on Frankie Kazarian.
In a handicap match for the Knockouts Tag Team titles, Spitfire takes on Ash & Heather by Elegance and the Personal Concierge.
The pre-show will feature Laredo and Octagon Jr. against First Class.
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First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) defeated The Aztec Warriors (Laredo Kid & Octagon Jr.)
Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcome us into the sold out El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, TX., and then immediately send things down to the ring for the first Countdown pre-show match of the evening. The Aztec Warriors team of Laredo Kid and Octagon Jr. make their way to the ring.
First Class duo AJ Francis and KC Navarro come out cutting a heel promo, but the crowd can’t hear them, so they break out in a loud “WE CAN’T HEAR YOU!” chant. The bell sounds and Navarro and Octagon kick things off for their respective teams. Octagon hits a turning splash off the ropes.
Kid tags in, and Navarro takes over as Hannifan runs down the lineup for the PPV card, announcing that Lucha Rules has been added to the six-man with The Rascalz and Ace Austin against the NXT trio of Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe. Francis tags in and takes over, beating down Kid.
After a comeback from the babyface lucha duo, we see a thumb to an eye and Navarro faking an injury before hitting his Blessing in Disguise finisher for the pinfall victory.
Tessa Blanchard Punks Out “The Liaison”
Backstage, Gia Miller interviews “The Liaison” between TNA and NXT, Arianna Grace. She babbles about nonsense until she is confronted by Tessa Blanchard, who isn’t in the mood for her happy-go-lucky personality. She vows to beat down Lei Ying Lee later, and tells Grace to walk away and go do something useful.
The System With A Message Ahead Of Tonight’s Steel Cage Match
Backstage, we hear the annoying voice of Alisha Edwards saying her usual catchphrase. “Do you wanna know something?!” The System members, along with The Colons, then take turns talking, explaining how they’re going to cause carnage en route to victory in their ten-man steel cage main event tonight.
Ryan Nemeth With An Update On His Big Brother
Inside the building, Ryan Nemeth’s theme music hits. “The Hollywood Hunk” comes out in a suit and stops at the top of the stage. He gets on the microphone. “My big brother returns tonight!” That was it. Hannifan and Rehwoldt introduce a video package promoting the steel cage main event later tonight.
Mance Warner defeated Sami Callihan in a Street Fight
As Hannifan and Rehwoldt run down the lineup for the PPV card, they announce that the Tessa Blanchard vs. Lei Ying Lee match will kick off the show. It appears two others have a different idea, as Sami Callihan and Mance Warner are shown in the midst of a wild brawl backstage.
The camera catches up with them as they fight their way into the arena through the crowd. They make it to the ring, where Callihan throws a couple of trash cans, a couple of chairs and other weapons in the ring. Fans chant “We want tables!”
The referee calls for the bell and with two minutes left in the pre-show, this Street Fight appears to be officially underway. As Callihan powerbombs Warner off the ring apron through a table on the floor, Hannifan wraps up the pre-show and the match continues at the top of the PPV, which starts now.
At the top of the PPV, we see Callihan beating Warner down and then grabbing a piece of paper and slicing it on Warner’s mouth for a paper cut. Fans chant “Holy sh*t!” Callihan goes for a Cactus Driver on a trash can, but Warner counters and Donkey Kong’s Callihan onto the trash can instead.
Callihan fights back and hits a counter into a drop toe-hold onto a chair. Warner hits it throat first while it’s unfolded and sitting upright. Callihan has a staple gun. He allows Warner to get a weapon as well. Steph De Lander hands Warner a staple gun as well.
They have a staple gun duel to the delight of the sold out El Paso crowd. They end up stapling each other in the eyes at the same time for a deafening “Holy sh*t!” chant. They recover and get back to the staple gun duel part deux. Warner hits Callihan in the neck with a few shots.
Warner then grabs Callihan’s hand and starts stapling into his fingers. He has Callihan down but he takes his time and when he grabs Callihan’s hair and picks his head up, Callihan comes to life like a zombie in a horror movie with his staple gun pointed directly at Warner’s no-no zone.
Fans pop. Callihan shoots. “You sick f**k!” Callihan then yanks Warner’s tongue out and staples it to the top turnbuckle. Callihan slams Warner down and goes for the cover, but Warner kicks out. A thunderous “This is Awesome!” chant breaks out. Warner takes over and De Lander hands him a screwdriver.
He heads over to Callihan to use it, but Callihan comes to life and fights back, hitting a stunner out of nowhere for a close two count. Callihan has Warner down but De Lander throws powder in his eyes. Warner hits his finisher and covers Callihan for the win.
Tessa Blanchard defeated Lei Ying Lee
The regular cold open video package airs to get the pay-per-view started as planned following the impromptu street fight. McKenzie Mitchell is shown in the middle of the ring and she begins the formal pre-match introductions for the real opener.
El Paso’s own Krystall Poppin, a female hip-hop artist, comes out and performs live side-by-side with Tessa Blanchard, who is dressed up like her. She heads to the ring to a ton of boos and settles inside for her scheduled showdown against Lei Ying Lee.
The lights go out in the building and Lei Ying Lee begins making her elaborate ring entrance, complete with a fancy hat. She looks pumped up and ready for action. The bell sounds, but Blanchard stops and kneels down, doing somewhat of a Booker T pre-spinarooni pose as fans boo the hell out of her.
Blanchard settles into the early offensive lead. She taunts Lee and the crowd, which only serves to anger her smaller feisty opposition. Lee fights back with chops that gets the crowd on their feet. Blanchard takes back over and plays to the loud chants in the building.
Lee fights back with an airplane spin slam for a two-count. She hits a wild twisting brainbuster super-plex off the ropes for an incredibly close two-count. The crowd loudly booed at Blanchard’s kick out. Blanchard took over from there, hitting her Magnum finisher moments later for the win.
Gia Miller Interviews Joe Hendry, Nic Nemeth, Leon Slater, Elijah & The Hardys
Backstage, the babyface five-man team for tonight’s steel cage main event are interviewed by Gia Miller. Jeff Hardy starts, talking about being the ladder match king and vows to beat Moose and capture the TNA X-Division Championship.
The rest of the team then talks, with Nic Nemeth, Matt Hardy, Elijah and Leon Slater each getting a turn on the microphone. Joe Hendry wraps it up and then the team walks off. Ryan Nemeth comes into the picture and is all fired up.
The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) & Ace Austin defeated Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe in a Lucha Rules match
Back inside the building, the familiar sounds of Wes Lee’s theme hits. Out he comes accompanied by his partners for tonight’s multi-person match, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe. Fans chant “NXT! NXT!” as the trio settle inside the squared circle for scheduled Lucha Rules trios action.
The lights in the building go out. The Rascalz appear in a cloud of smoke and “spraypaint” their names on the LED screens as their theme hits. Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel play to the crowd and their music dies down. ABC’s theme hits and out comes Ace Austin with a hand-spring. The three head to the ring.
Austin and Igwe kick things off for their respective teams, after it first appeared Lee was going to start the match off. Igwe tags in Dupont, who works over Austin. Austin tags in Miguel, who nails the big man sending him to the floor. Wentz takes over as the legal man in the ring.
Wentz hits a big splash for a two-count. The Rascalz go for stereo dives to the floor, but Igwe and Dupont catch them and slam them into the ring apron. Austin fights off both big guys by himself, only for Lee to attack him from behind and send him into the steel steps with authority.
After some more back-and-forth action, all hell breaks loose with all six guys. Austin hits some wild high spots from the ring apron to the floor. Things end up with Austin, Wentz and Miguel in the ring with Lee, who is on the mat with fans chanting “You f**ked up!” Wentz hits his finisher for the win.
Steve Maclin defeated Frankie Kazarian
Backstage, Gia Miller interviews “Bulletproof” Steve Maclin. He says much like Frankie Kazarian, he’s calling his shot now, and vows victory tonight. Inside the arena, Eric Young’s theme hits and he comes out to join Hannifan and Rehwoldt on special guest commentary for this one.
Young insists he’s got Maclin’s back like he said he did. Frankie Kazarian’s theme hits and out comes the self-proclaimed “King of TNA” with his Call Your Shot trophy in-hand. He heads out for the next match of the evening. He stops and jaws at the commentary desk and then settles inside the ring.
Maclin’s theme hits and out he comes in his Rick Steiner-style leather jacket. He eyes Young at the commentary desk before heading into the ring to a good pop from the crowd. The bell sounds to get things started.
Kazarian starts off in a commanding lead, dominating the offense for the first several minutes. Maclin eventually fights back into competitive form, but ends up stuck in a chicken wing from Kazarian. He’s stuck in the hold forever, rolling to the floor to try and escape, but Kazarian held on.
Eventually the referee separates the two. Kazarian gets some brass knuckles and gets ready to use them, but Eric Young pops up from the commentary desk and stops him. He takes them and drills Kazarian with them. Maclin, who didn’t see this, follows up with his K.I.A. for the win.
Ash & Heather By Elegance & George Iceman defeated Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna) in a three-on-two handicap match to capture the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships
Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Spitfire duo Jody Threat and Dani Luna. The fired up TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions assures Miller that they don’t avoid fights, even if it’s a three-on-two match where the odds are against them.
Inside the arena, George Iceman, does the formal ring introductions for his teammates, Ash & Heather by Elegance. The crowd gives him the Dominik Mysterio / Don Callis treatment, but he forges ahead. He introduces the duo, who come out in Three Amigos-style ring gear.
Iceman gets a big reaction from the crowd upon taking his jacket off and showing his chicken-chest, while still wearing a bow-tie. The bell sounds and Ash and Luna kick things off for their respective teams. Ash establishes the early lead and then tags in Iceman.
Iceman hits a move off the ropes and then snatches up a wrist-lock. Luna fights back after Heather tags in. She tags in Threat and the two hit a double-team spot, shifting the offensive momentum into their favor. Iceman ends up creating a distraction, which allows Ash to take over control of the action.
Fans get on iceman’s case with a loud “Put a shirt on!” chant. He tags in and stomps away at an already grounded Luna in the corner. He goes for a third but she catches it and stands up. Ash and Heather attack, allowing Iceman to take over and tags back out.
After some more back-and-forth action, Threat fires up and hits double chops on both ladies. She goes for a double 6-1-9, but Iceman jumps on her back. She fights back and hits an airplane spin into a blue thunder bomb on Ash for a close two-count.
After some more Iceman shenanigans, Ash and Heather end up stealing the win to become the new TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions. After the match, the WWE NXT Meta-Four duo of Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson come out to a huge pop and stare down the new champions.
Mustafa Ali defeated Mike Santana
The pre-match video package airs to tell the story leading up to the next match of the evening, which features Mike Santana going one-on-one against Mustafa Ali. Ali makes his way out accompanied by The Great Hands duo of Jason Hotch and John Skyler, as well as Tasha Steelz.
Somebody named Adrian Ochoa is introduced and he handles the ring introduction for Mike Santana. Santana comes out in a lowrider car in a tip of the cap to the late, great El Paso legend, Eddie Guerrero. Fans chant Eddie’s name and Santana gets super fired up as a result.
The bell sounds and things get officially off-and-running in a hurry, with Santana charging at Ali. Santana hits the Three Amigos almost immediately into the match. The crowd loved it. Ali hit a big high spot from the ring to the floor, focusing on the arm Santana uses to hit his Spin The Block finisher.
Ali follows up with a submission on the same arm of Santana, clearly targeting it. Santana makes it to the ropes to break the hold. Santana ends up countering Ali in mid-air from the floor with a huge cutter, Randy Orton RKO-out-of-nowhere style. Ali smacked the unforgiving floor hard on the way down.
As the action continues, Santana continues to dominate, so The Great Hands hit the ring. Santana easily handles them. He has Ali down and out with a Buck-150. Steelz hops on the ring apron and distracts Santana. She slaps him.
Ali rolls him up and holds the ropes. The referee doesn’t see it. Ali wins. After the match, Ali grabs a cup of beer from a fan and sits on the ring apron and flashes an evil smile.
Masha Slamovich (c) defeated Cora Jade to retain the TNA Knockouts Championship
Now the video package airs to set the stage for our next match of the evening, which features a title on-the-line, as TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich defends against WWE NXT Superstar Cora Jade. Inside the building, “The Liaison” Arianna Grace settles in on guest commentary.
The theme music for Cora Jade hits and out comes the WWE NXT Superstar with a chance to make history as the first active WWE NXT Superstar to possibly win and become an active TNA title-holder.
Out next comes the reigning and defending TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich. When introduced as hailing from Russia, the crowd turns on Slamovich and openly cheers Jade. Jade attacks Slamovich before her introduction is finished to get things off with a bang.
After some back-and-forth action, Slamovich settles into the early offensive lead. Jade takes over and hits an insane destroyer on the ring apron outside of the ring ropes for a loud “Holy sh*t!” chant. Jade lets out a big scream when she’s unable to keep Slamovich down.
Slamovich fights back and hits Requiem for the win. With the victory, Slamovich retains the TNA Knockouts Championship. Hannifan and Rehwoldt tease Slamovich vs. Tessa Blanchard as the next program for the Knockouts title.
Moose (c) defeated Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match to retain the TNA X-Division Championship
Highlights of Moose at WWE NXT Roadblock 2025 earlier this week are shown, and then the pre-match video package airs to set the stage for his TNA X-Division Championship defense in a ladder match against Jeff Hardy.
Inside the arena, the X-Division title is shown hanging above the ring. Hannifan says “hangs in the balance” for the first time in the match, a regular occurrence for ladder matches. The iconic theme for Jeff Hardy hits and the crowd goes bonkers as the pro wrestling legend makes his way to the ring.
Moose’s kick-ass entrance tune plays next and out comes The System leader, accompanied by Alisha Edwards. He settles in the ring and he and Jeff Hardy meet in the middle for an intense pre-match stare down. The bell sounds and off we go.
Fans loudly chant for Jeff as he goes after the much larger Moose straight out of the gate. A ladder is set up under the title in the ring, but not used. The action spills out to the floor, where Moose pulls ahead into the offensive lead. Fans chant “F**k you, Moose!” Hardy trips him up and takes over.
A loud “We want tables!” chant breaks out as Hardy heads under the ring for something specific. He pulls out the painted up ladder from the Full Metal Mayhem match from last year’s TNA Bound For Glory pay-per-view in Detroit, MI.
He bounces the giant colorful ladder off of Moose’s dome. He lays it on Moose and leaps off the apron splashing onto it. Another loud “We want tables!” chant spreads as Hardy brings the colorful ladder into the ring and sets it up. Moose hits Jeff with a chair to stop his climb.
A ladder bridge is set up off the colorful ladder under the title, while laying across the middle turnbuckle. Moose powerbombs Jeff onto the ladder bridge so hard that it literally breaks off the rung on the colorful ladder it was laying on.
Moose heads out and pulls out a table for a big pop. Jeff climbs the ladder bridge and heads up the regular massive colorful ladder. He gets his hands on the belt, but is stopped by Moose, who is climbing across the ladder bridge himself now. Jeff hits Moose with a Twist of Fate off the ladder bridge.
Moose lays the table long-ways in the corner. He picks up a ladder, and while doing so, knocks a camera off the shoulder of a cameraman at ringside. The commentators point it out. Moose throws the ladder out to the floor. He rips Jeff’s shirt off while sitting him on the top-rope.
He climbs up after him and connects with a super-plex. He holds on and stands up. Jeff tries countering into a Twist of Fate, only for Moose to blast him with a Spear. Moose charges at Jeff, but he back body-drops him over the ropes and onto a ladder bridge off the ring apron.
On the floor, Hardy pulls another table out from under the ring and sets it up over Moose. He throws a chair at Moose. He hits a swanton off the top-rope onto Moose on the table, but barely connects, giving himself somewhat of a backwards whiplash effect.
Back in the ring, Jeff begins to climb but is stopped by Alisha Edwards, who whacks him with Kendra, the kendo stick. He climbs down and catches another swing by Alisha, countering and taking her out with a Twist of Fate. He turns around into a spear from Moose through a table in the corner. Moose climbs up and retrieves the TNA X-Division Championship for the win to retain.
Santino Marella Announces Match For Next Week’s TNA Impact
Backstage, a fired up Mike Santana approaches TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella. He says he’s done everything right and he tried to pay homage to Eddie Guerrero, only for Mustafa Ali to steal the win. Santino tells Santana he’s got a rematch against Ali this Thursday on TNA Impact.
He tells him that Tasha Steel and The Great Hands will be banned from ringside. Also announced for Thursday’s show, a taped episode from El Paso, is an appearance by Chavo Guerrero Jr. A video is shown declaring March 14 as TNA Day in El Paso, TX.
First Class Penthouse
Inside the building again, the theme for First Class hits. Out comes AJ Francis and KC Navarro to a First Class Penthouse setup. They pour each other a drink and head to the top of the entrance area.
“Thank you, thank you! Cheers!” They begin, before Francis does his usual Jay-Z “allow me to reintroduce myself” rip-off intro line. They babble about discounts on their new First Class merchandise at TNAMerch.com.
Finally they are interrupted by their opponents from earlier in the pre-show this evening. Out comes Laredo Kid and Octagon Jr. talking trash to them in Spanish. Francis tells them to speak English because they’re in America.
A brawl breaks out and is broken up. The Aztec Warriors theme plays and Francis freaks out at the production people for playing someone’s music besides his on the First Class Penthouse.
Joe Hendry, Nic Nemeth, Matt Hardy, Elijah & Leon Slater defeated The System (JDC, Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards) & The Colons (Eddie & Orlando Colon) in a Steel Cage match
It’s main event time!
The pre-match video package airs to set the stage for the big ten-man steel cage main event match here at TNA Sacrifice 2025. The video wraps up and out first comes Eddie Edwards representing The System and The Colons. He will start things off for his team.
Elijah’s theme hits and out he comes on a horse with his guitar in-hand. He asks who wants to “ride with Elijah” in El Paso, referencing the horse. The crowd pops. He sings a quick impromptu song and then heads into the cage-enclosed ring.
The bell sounds and the main event of the evening gets officially off-and-running. After a couple of minutes, a new member for The System and The Colons team will enter, due to Edwards earning his team the advantage with a win over Leon Slater on last night’s TNA Impact.
Elijah does well early on, but a finger to the eye from Edwards slows him down and allows The System member to take over. The countdown clock appears and winds down, and out comes Brian Myers. He and Edwards hit their double-team finisher on Elijah after a full minute of a one-sided beatdown.
The clock appears again and when it expires, Nic Nemeth’s theme hits. “The Wanted Man” comes out to even things up, but as Hannifan and Rehwoldt point out, with Elijah down and out right now, he too is walking into a two-on-one situation not in his favor.
Regardless, Nemeth handles both guys early on. The clock appears again and when it expires this time, The Colons theme hits and out comes Orlando Colon to make things a three-to-two advantage for The System and The Colons team. The clock appears and this time Leon Slater comes out.
Slater immediately helps even the odds and shifts the offensive momentum. A minute later, which goes by quick once again, the theme for The Colons hits once more and out comes Eddie Colon to give The System and The Colons team the one-man advantage for the next minute.
The iconic sounds of The Hardy Boyz theme hits next and out comes one-half of the reigning TNA World Tag-Team Champions, Matt Hardy, to even things back up. He hits a big Side Effect upon entering the cage. Fans loudly chant “Hardy! Hardy!”
Slater helps Hardy hit The Hardy Boyz’ Plot Twist finisher for a big pop. Moments later, the countdown clock appears again. When it expires, out comes the final member of The System and The Colons team, JDC. He enters the ring with a steel chair. The commentators point out there are no disqualifications.
Finally, the last countdown clock appears. “Say his name and he appears..” blares out of the house speakers, as the sold out crowd inside El Paso County Coliseum loudly sing along. The TNA World Champion Joe Hendry makes his way out, but The System and The Colons hold the cage door shut.
Hendry finally fights his way into the cage. The bell sounds again as now all ten men have entered the cage. Things continue now until the finish where one team are declared the winners. The crowd goes nuts as Hendry makes an immediate impact, hitting any-and-everything that moves.
Hendry hits a big fall-away slam off the ropes. He goes for the big dramatic turn, but is hit with a low-blow first. As the action continues, Ryan Nemeth makes his way out to ringside to a ton of boos. JDC and Edwards have Slater on the tip-top of the cage.
He knocks them both down and stands on the top of the cage. He hits an insane swanton 450 off the top of the cage, taking out a bunch of bodies below for an insanely loud “Holy sh*t!” chant. Slater goes for the cover, but it is delayed after a distraction from Ryan Nemeth at ringside.
Hannifan loses his mind on commentary. Nemeth hits Danger Zone. Myers is sent into the cage and then hit with a Standing Ovation by Hendry. Matt Hardy hits a Twist of Fate. He puts a steel chair around JDC’s neck and follows up with another Twist of Fate for the pinfall victory for his team.
As the winners celebrate as Hardy’s theme is playing, Hannifan and Rehwoldt begin wrapping up the show on commentary, when out of nowhere, Nic Nemeth hits Matt Hardy with his finisher out of the blue. Ryan Nemeth enters the cage and locks it behind him.
He and his big brother beat down Matt with a chair to the shock of the crowd in attendance. Ryan uses a chair and swings wildly anytime Hendry or anyone else tries to come through the door or climb up the cage wall.
Nic and Ryan continue beating Hardy down, throwing him into the cage wall and busting him open. That’s how TNA Sacrifice 2025 goes off the air.
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