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Pre-show match added to TNA Genesis

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A new match announcement has been made for TNA Genesis 2025.

The pay-per-view is being held in Garland, Texas this Sunday night. TNA announced today that, on the pre-show broadcast, Frankie Kazarian vs. Leon Slater will take place. The pre-show has a start time of 7 p.m. Eastern airing for free on TNA’s digital platforms. It will also be shown in Canada on Sportsnet 360.

Kazarian vs. Slater was set up by a backstage interaction on a recent episode of Impact. Saying he sees something special in Slater, Kazarian offered to mentor him. But Slater turned the offer down after Kazarian wanted Slater to run errands for him.

The two faced off on a UK tour for TNA in 2023, where Slater earned a long-term contract with the promotion. Kazarian won both of the matches they had.

Though this bout is happening on the pre-show, Kazarian could potentially play a role in the World title picture at Genesis. He holds the Call Your Shot gauntlet trophy and is able to cash it in for a title shot of his choosing. Kazarian has said he’ll be keeping an eye on the main event of the PPV with Nic Nemeth defending the TNA World Championship against Joe Hendry.

Here is the updated Genesis lineup:

TNA Genesis 2025 (Sunday, January 19) —

  • TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth defends against Joe Hendry
  • Clockwork Orange House of Fun match: TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich defends against Rosemary
  • Jordynne Grace vs. Tessa Blanchard
  • TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) defend against The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel)
  • TNA X-Division Champion Moose defends against Ace Austin
  • Mike Santana vs. Josh Alexander
  • TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Jody Threat & Dani Luna defend against Ash By Elegance & Heather By Elegance
  • Pre-show: Frankie Kazarian vs. Leon Slater

TNA Impact TV taping spoilers: The build to Genesis

Posted on by Josh Nason

The following are spoilers from TNA’s Saturday TV taping in Atlanta, Georgia, where they had the fallout from Friday’s Final Resolution and the full build to January’s Genesis pay-per-view.

With TNA having no more tapings from now through the mid-January PPV, the action taped Saturday, plus some assumed ‘Best of’ episodes, will make up most of the next five weeks of TV.

  • Jake Something defeated Laredo Kid
  • The Rascalz defeated the Good Hands
  • Joe Hendry cut an in-ring promo but was interrupted by Ryan Nemeth which led to the next match.
  • Ryan Nemeth defeated Rhino by DQ
  • Ace Austin defeated KUSHIDA. Austin said he wanted to go after the World title before he was interrupted by X-Division Champion Moose. Santino Marella then made a title match between the two for Genesis.
  • Mike Santana cut an in-ring promo and was interrupted by Josh Alexander and the Northern Armory. This led to a Santana vs. Northern Armory gauntlet match later.
  • Eric Young, Johnathan Gresham & Steve Maclin defeated The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & JDC). The System attacked afterward and took out Gresham by putting his head through a chair and running it into the ringpost.
  • Nic Nemeth cut a promo and was interrupted by Ryan who said they were facing Hendry and Rhino in a tag team match.
  • Lei Ying Lee defeated Savannah Evans. Xia Brookside was supposed to face Evans, but said she wasn’t medically cleared.
  • A Knockouts Tag Team title match between Spitfire and Ash & Heather by Elegance was set up for Genesis.
  • Gauntlet match: Mike Santana defeated Judas Icarus and Travis Williams but the match was thrown out while he was facing Alexander as all three men attacked Santana.
  • Jordynne Grace cut an in-ring promo and was attacked by Tessa Blanchard, followed by a pull apart brawl. They will now square off at Genesis.
  • Moose and Alisha Edwards cut a promo where Moose threw down the X-Division title and said a new championship will debut at Genesis. He was interrupted by Andrew Everett which led to the next match.
  • X-Division Champion Moose defeated Andrew Everett
  • Rhino & Joe Hendry defeated TNA Champion Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth
  • Leon Slater defeated Trent Seven
  • Knockouts Tag Team Champions Spitfire, Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich & Jordynne Grace defeated Heather and Ash by Elegance, Tasha Steelz & Rosemary
  • Eric Young & Steve Maclin defeated First Class
  • Josh Alexander and the Northern Armory were out for a promo and Santana came out, setting up an I Quit match between Alexander and Santana for Genesis.
  • Jordynne Grace came out to the announcers’ table, said something into the headset, and walked off.
  • Joe Hendry and Nic Nemeth were out for a final promo for their Genesis World title match. Ryan came out and he got hit with the Standing Ovation. Nic then landed a superkick on Hendry.
  • Tessa Blanchard then came out to the announcers’ table and also said something into the headset. Jordynne Grace then came out to brawl with her and laid her out.
  • TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys defeated Sami Callahan & PCO. PCO was said to be hurt and had to be helped to the back.

Super X-Cup winner crowned at Impact Genesis

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Ace Austin won the Super X Cup tournament tonight during the Impact Plus Genesis event.

Austin defeated Blake Christian in the finals after a back and forth match. The finish had both men trading strikes in the ring until Austin dropped Christian with a second Fold to pick up the win. Austin had defeated Suicide and Cousin Jake to advance to the finals, while Christian defeated KC Navarro and Crazzy Steve. 

In non-tournament matches that took place on tonight’s show, Jordynne Grace defeated Jazz, and Willie Mack defeated Moose in an I Quit match after Impact World champion Rich Swann said he’d put his title on the line if Moose spared a beaten Mack from further assault.

Impact previously held the Super X Cup in 2003 and 2005. They also held one in 2017 under the Global Force Wrestling banner. Chris Sabin, Samoa Joe, and Dezmond Xavier are previous winners of the tournament.

The company will hold their next big event on January 16 with the Hard to Kill pay-per-view. In the main event,  Kenny Omega will team with Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows to take on Rich Swann and The Motor City Machine Guns.

Impact Wrestling results: World title on the line at Genesis

Posted on by Dave Bath

Previously: LAX defeated OVE in Barbed Wire Massacre III.

Tonight: Impact presents Genesis, which features World Heavyweight Champion Eli Drake defending against Alberto El Patron and Johnny Impact in Six Sides of Steel.

Show Recap —

Matt Sydal defeated Ethan Carter III to win the Grand Championship

The rounds and judges have been dropped. Sydal attempted a standing moonsault, but EC3 got his knees up to take over. Sydal attempted a super hurricanrana, but EC3 slipped out and Sydal took a nasty fall hitting the turnbuckle on the way down.

The finish came when Sydal countered a super TK3 attempt into a powerbomb and hit the Shooting Star Press to win the Grand Championship.

Flashback Moment of the Week: America’s Most Wanted defeated XXX In Six Sides of Steel

James Storm powerbombed Elix Skipper off the top of the cage for a close near fall. Christopher Daniels and Chris Harris fought on the top of the cage when Skipper tightrope walked across the top and connected with a hurricanrana on Harris.

AMW used XXX’s own finisher to score the win.

Knockouts Champion Laurel Van Ness defeated Allie to retain her title

Allie was in control as they brawled around ringside, then Van Ness took over with a boot to the face. Allie made a fiery comeback and scored a close near fall with a suplex in the corner.

Allie accidently elbowed the referee, which gave Van Ness the chance to use the Knockouts belt for the win.

Moose defeated Bobby Lashley (w/ Dan Lambert and KM)

KM interfered to give Lashley the advantage, but Lashley was unhappy KM helped. They argued at ringside until Lambert broke it up.

KM tried to put a table in the ring, but Lashley stopped him and told him not to help. Lashley used a hurricanrana and a spear for a near fall. Lashley collided with KM and Moose hit the Game Changer for the win.

After the match, Lambert blamed Lashley for the loss and slapped him. Lashley speared KM and tossed Lambert in the ring. Moose booted Lambert in the face and Lashley speared Lambert through a table. Lashley and Moose shook hands.

X Division Champion Taiji Ishimori defeated Andrew Everett to retain his title (from Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan)

Everett got a near fall with a perfect looking springboard moonsault. He went for a Shooting Star Press, but Ishimori got his knees up.

Everett made a brief comeback, but Ishimori caught him with a knee and hit the 450 splash to retain the title.

Impact World Heavyweight Champion Eli Drake (w/ Chris Adonis) defeated Johnny Impact and Alberto El Patron in Six Sides of Steel to retain his title

Drake and Patron worked together and sent Impact head-first into the cage. Patron and Drake both tried to escape but failed. Drake took over after a double low blow.

Patron hit the double foot stomp while Impact was in a tree of woe. All three guys tried to escape and fought on the top rope. Impact knocked off Drake and Patron — but instead of escaping, he dove off the top of the cage onto the heels.

Drake tried to climb until Impact stopped him. Patron tried to leave through the door, but Impact stopped him too. Drake was left dangling on the top of the cage. Patron attempted to leave through the door again, but Adonis slammed the door in his face.

Drake and Impact both climbed out of the cage, but Adonis caught Impact and prevented his feet from hitting the floor, which allowed Drake to win.

Next Week: Josh Mathews noted that Impact is going to look a bit different.

TNA Impact Wrestling results: Edwards vs. Lashley headlines Genesis

Posted on by Dave Bath

Previously: Drew Galloway defeated Moose to win the Impact Grand Championship.

Tonight: Impact Wrestling presents Genesis with Eddie Edwards defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Bobby Lashley in a 30-minute iron man match. Plus, Rosemary defends the Knockouts Championship against Jade in Monster’s Ball.

Show Recap —

– The Broken Hardys kicked off Genesis. Jeff had his number one contender’s briefcase and mentioned that he makes his challenge first next week at Open Fight Night. Broken Matt had a premonition that The Hardys went from place to place winning all the tag team championships.

The DCC came out and James Storm mentioned that at Open Fight Night they too can challenge anyone they want because of their number two briefcase. This brought out Decay, who challenged both teams to a match right now. 

TNA World Tag Team Champions The Broken Hardys defeated The DCC (w/ James Storm) and Decay to retain their titles

Eventually the match broke down and everyone started brawling wildly. Broken Matt got the hot tag and ran wild. Eddie Kingston climbed to the second rope but Crazzy Steve spit the green mist in his eyes. Jeff knocked down Steve and James Storm. In the ring, Matt hit the Twist of Fate on Kingston to retain the tag titles.

– Josh Mathews conducted a special sit-down interview with Ethan Carter III. Matthews ran down all of EC3’s recent losses and setbacks. EC3 said he feels that he’s broken and Josh asked if it’s time for EC3 to go away.

EC3 said that after two years of carrying the company on his back, his inability to win the World Championship in 2016 and a bad start to 2017 means that he probably should go away — but he won’t. Even if the new owners want to replace him, he’s not going anywhere. He promised to win the World Championship.

– Laurel Van Ness and Braxton Sutter went on a date. Van Ness was all over Sutter, taking a selfie while Sutter seemed uncomfortable. Van Ness demanded wine from her host and Sutter implied he’s going to need a lot of wine to survive the night.

Grand Champion Drew Galloway defeated Moose to retain his title

Before the match, Galloway made an open challenge to anyone in the back, which former champion Moose accepted. Moose had the advantage on Galloway and won the first round.

In round two, Moose hit the Game Changer but Galloway hit him with a low blow as he went down. The judges took away one point from Galloway. Galloway inadvertently knocked the referee down and then gave Moose a second low blow. Galloway hit the Future Shock DDT to retain the Grand Championship.

– Back to Sutter and Laurel’s date. Van Ness mentioned that her father got her a title shot next week for the Knockouts Championship. She was having fun on their date but Sutter clearly wasn’t. She made him promise not to train Allie again but didn’t let him answer. Sutter drank the wine straight out of the bottle.

Knockouts Champion Rosemary defeated Jade in a Monster’s Ball match to retain her title

Jade hit a dive on Rosemary as she made her way to the ring. Rosemary brought in thumbtacks and spread them in the ring. Jade made a comeback and gave Rosemary a German suplex into the thumbtacks for a near fall.

Rosemary brought in a barbwire board but Jade countered and sent Rosemary through it. Jade trapped Rosemary under the board and then hit a springboard moonsault onto it. Rosemary made a comeback and gave Jade a superplex through a table to win the match.

Post match, Gail Kim came to check on Jade but Rosemary spit the purple mist in Gail’s eyes.

– Back to Van Ness and Sutter on their date. Van Ness wanted to go to her place but Sutter just wanted to get out. He left to pay the bill and she called Maria. They made fun of Allie.

X Division Champion DJ Z defeated Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett, Marshe Rockett, and Caleb Konley to retain his title

In a really cool spot, Konley hooked on a hangman’s DDT on Everett, Lee snuck in and hooked on a reverse DDT on Konley, Rockett came in and locked on reverse DDT on Lee, and finally DJ Z hit a neckbreaker on Rockett, resulting in the rest hitting their DDT’s like dominos falling.

Konley got a fisherman suplex on Lee but Everett broke up the pin attempt with a shooting star press. DJ Z hit the ZDT on Everett to retain the title. After the match, Lee and Shane Helms worked over DJ Z’s leg. Mathews reminded us that Lee has the number three briefcase and can use it next week.

– In the back, Eddie Edwards was getting ready for his upcoming match. Davey Richards promised to help Edwards but he didn’t want the help and asked Richards to stay in the back. Richards agreed but didn’t seem too happy about this.

– Backstage, Jeff and Matt discussed Jeff’s potential opponents for next week. Matt had a premonition of Jeff’s opponent.

Bobby Lashley defeated Eddie Edwards in a 30-minute iron man match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

Lashley scored the first fall in the first ten minutes with a spear to go up 1-0. Lashley powerbombed Edwards on the ramp to win the second fall by countout to go up 2-0.

During the commercial break, Lashley ripped off the middle and top turnbuckles, exposing the steel in one corner. Lashley charged at Edwards, who sent Lashley into the exposed turnbuckle to win the third fall to make the score 2-1 in Lashley’s favor.

With less then six minutes remaining, Edwards hit the Boston Knee Party to tie up the score at 2-2. With less then three minutes remaining, Lashley made Edwards tap to the head and arm trap to go up 3-2. Edwards locked on the guillotine submission with less then one minute remaining, but Lashley managed to hold on, allowing the time to run out to win the World Championship.

Next Week: It’s the return of Open Fight Night. We’ll see Jeff Hardy, The DCC, Trevor Lee, and Eli Drake all make open challenges to anyone they want.