Tonight’s TNA Impact will feature the fallout from last Friday’s Against All Odds.
TNA World Champion Trick Williams will celebrate his win over Elijah in the First Class Penthouse with AJ Francis and KC Navarro as he awaits what is next for him. Navarro and Francis will then take on Matt & Jeff Hardy.
The 8-4-1 match will return with a future Knockouts title match on the line. Indi Hartwell, Killer Kelly, Jody Threat, Tasha Steelz, Rosemary, Dani Luna, Tessa Blanchard and Xia Brookside will first compete in an eight woman tag match which then breaks down to a four-way between the winning team.
After making their surprise return last Friday, The IInspiration will be in action as they pursue a Knockouts Tag Team title shot against The Elegance Brand.
Santino Marella will celebrate his win over Robert Stone where he cemented his status as Director of Authority. The show will also feature promos from International Champion Steve Maclin and Mance Warner & Steph De Lander.
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Santino Marella Kicks Off This Week’s Show
A recap of TNA Against All Odds is shown and then we settle inside outside the Impact Zone with “earlier today” footage. Santino Marella stops Mike Santana, reminding him he’s been suspended for two weeks. Santana disputes it.
Santino tells him he understands but asks him not to blow it right now. Santana tells Santino he respects him, but he wants revenge. He turns around and sees Robert Stone. He yells for security to throw him out. They lift him up and carry him out as he kicks and screams.
The “Cross the Line” theme and intro video plays to officially start the show. Inside the Impact Zone, the familiar sounds of Santino’s theme hits. Out comes the Director of Authority for TNA to kick off this week’s Impact.
Marella says at Against All Odds, he did what he had to do. He thanks the fans for giving them the extra “umf” he needed to get the job done. He says that cockroach is now gone forever and he’s here as your undisputed Director of Authority.
He talks about TNA Slammiversary and says Moose will be defending the TNA X-Division Championship against Leon Slater. Next week, for the first time since last year they will have the Champions Challenge. On one side it will be the reigning TNA champions.
The other side will be a certified all-star team of big shots facing them in a ten man match. He then gets on to tonight. He mentions an 8-4-1 match and explains the rules behind an 8-4-1 match, where the winner gets a guaranteed TNA Knockouts Championship match.
The IInspiration vs. Brittnie Brooks & Missa Kate
Santino says the next few weeks leading up to TNA Slammiversary are going to be amazing. They are going to be inspirational. Speaking of inspirational, he says it’s time to introduce in their Impact return, The IInspiration duo of Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay.
The duo make their way out to the ring together. They settle inside the squared circle, as Tom Hannifan says they will be in action on Impact for the first time in three years when the show returns. The show then heads into a commercial break.
When the show returns, their opponents, Brittnie Brooks and Missa Kate, are already in the ring. The bell sounds and McKay and Kate kick things off for their respective teams. McKay settles into the early offensive lead and tags in Lee.
Lee picks up where she left off. Brooks tags in, and Lee goes to work on her, before tagging McKay back in. The IInspiration have been in complete control since the opening bell, and they are getting strong crowd support along the way.
After Kate gets in a cheap shot from the apron, she and Brooks begin to shift the offensive momentum in their favor. The two tag in and out to work over Lee until McKay lands a big kick from the apron that sets up the Idolizer for the win.
Match Result: The IInspiration defeats Brittnie Brooks & Missa Kate
The Hardys Ready To Regain TNA Tag-Team Titles
Backstage, The Hardys are shown together. Matt Hardy says they’ve faced some bumps in the road since losing the TNA Tag-Team Championships. He says tonight, they get back on track when they step into the ring with First Class.
He says they’ll beat them and go on to get back into the ring with The Nemeths and regain what is theirs. Jeff Hardy says he couldn’t have said it better himself.
They pose into the camera and the brief backstage segment wraps up. Hannifan promotes action still to come and then the show heads into another commercial break.
First Class Penthouse With TNA Champion Trick Williams
The show returns and Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt set up a recap package, showing highlights of First Class and Elijah on this week’s episode of WWE NXT. After that, the First Class duo of AJ Francis and KC Navarro come out to the top of the stage.
The duo annoyingly introduce themselves and the most cringe talk show segment in all of pro wrestling, the First Class Penthouse. Fans begin giving Francis the “What?” treatment. He gets them to say “What?” if they’re morons, or whatever insult he inserted.
They did, and he boasted being good at this. He shows off some money he has, holding it up to the camera to prove it’s real, and bragging about how other wrestlers come out with fake prop money because they don’t know how to make it.
He says it’s time to give away some money. He has a young fan from the crowd come up. He tells him if he can do a good “Money, money, money!” saying, he’ll give it to him. The kid does, but Francis refuses to give him the money. The crowd boos.
He then gets to the point, and introduces the TNA World Champion and WWE NXT Superstar Trick Williams. His theme hits and out he comes to Francis and Navarro chanting “First Class Trick!” over the beat of his tune, with Francis doing the Booker T hip-hop ad-libs.
They defend their decision to help an outsider beat Joe Hendry to win the TNA World Championship. They bring up how Trick mentioned only coming to TNA if he and his entourage were given “first class tickets.”
They said he mentioned their name, and when someone mentions their name, they show up. They want to know how Trick feels about them. Trick tells them “you light-skinned brothers are alright.” They all suck up to each other and wrap things up. We head to another break.
The System Confront Jason Hotch & Matt Cardona Backstage
The show returns to The System confronting Jason Hotch backstage. They tell him if he takes out Leon Slater, who is scheduled to challenge Moose for his X-Division title at TNA Slammiversary, there might be a System ring in it for him.
As they continue to talk to Hotch, up comes Mustafa Ali, John Skyler and Tasha Steelz. Ali doesn’t say anything, he just stares at Hotch emotionless. He fixes his tie and walks off. The System talk trash as Ali and his group walk off.
The System continues walking and Alisha Edwards asks Matt Cardona, who they see standing by himself, if he wants to know something. But, you know, in nails on a chalkboard Alisha Edwards-fashion. The System ends up challenging him to a tag match.
It will be The System against he and a partner next week. He accepts. The System walks off, except for Brian Myers, who stops and takes a long look at Cardona face-to-face before walking off as well. The show heads to another commercial break.
Jason Hotch (w/ John Skyler) vs. Leon Slater
The show returns and the theme for Jason Hotch hits. Out he comes with his partner from The Great Hands, John Skyler. He settles inside the ring for the next match of the evening. Out comes his opponent, Leon Slater, to a good pop.
A picture-in-picture “earlier today” video airs showing Slater reacting to the news that he will be challenging Moose for the TNA X-Division Championship at TNA Slammiversary. He vows that the match will deliver and says he’s coming to NY to win big or die trying.
Inside the ring, both guys are ready to rock and roll, and thus the bell sounds to get things started. The two waste no time getting after it. Slater takes the early offensive lead, but the more experienced Hotch takes over and begins a prolonged run in control.
As Slater is on the defensive, some random “We want Truth!” chants break out from the crowd. The match was taped before R-Truth returned to WWE. Slater fights back into the offensive lead and hits the Swanton 450 off the top-rope for the win.
Match Result: Leon Slater defeated Jason Hotch
Indi Hartwell, Killer Kelly, Jody Threat & Tasha Steelz vs. Rosemary, Dani Luna, Tessa Blanchard & Xia Brookside
Backstage, Gia Miller is standing by with her guest at this time, Tessa Blanchard. She brings up the 8-4-1 match tonight that she will be a part of. She asks how she feels in a match with so many variables. Tessa doesn’t seem worried.
She says the entire locker room could be out there and the result would be the same. She guarantees victory and says it’s time to remind everyone who built this division. She walks off and the show heads to another commercial break.
The show returns and it’s time for the 8-4-1, as Rosemary makes her way out first. Dani Luna, formerly of Spitfire, is out next. The commentators point out how her former partner, Jody Threat, is on the opposing team in this opening four-on-four team bout.
The lights go out and the theme for Tessa Blanchard hits. Out she comes accompanied by Victoria Crawford to a ton of boos. The final member of the first four-Knockout team, Xia Brookside, is out next. She settles in the ring, and still doesn’t seem fully evil.
After Brookside wraps up the entrances for the first team, the other four random teammates (Indi Hartwell, Killer Kelly, Jody Threat & Tasha Steelz) make their respective ring walks and the bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running.
Kicking things off for their respective teams, ironically enough, are former Spitfire teammates Luna and Threat. They shake hands and bump elbows and then begin getting after it. The two are evenly matched starting off, which the commentators point out.
Threat and Luna know each other so well, and it shows, as they keep knowing what the other is attempting before they try it. Steelz and Brookside tag in. Brookside takes the lead and tags in Rosemary, who simply turns and attacks her own partner.
Steelz capitalizes, and hits a Codebreaker to a distracted Rosemary. Killer Kelly tags in and she begins goes right at Rosemary, not phased by her antics, instead enticed by them. Kelly hits a neck-breaker for a two-count. Moments later, Hartwell gets the win for her team.
Match Result: Indi Hartwell, Killer Kelly, Jody Threat & Tasha Steelz defeated Rosemary, Dani Luna, Tessa Blanchard & Xia Brookside
Indi Hartwell vs. Killer Kelly vs. Jody Threat vs. Tasha Steelz
The 8-4-1 is down to the 4-1 portion of things after the fall in the initial eight-woman tag-team bout. The winning team of Hartwell, Kelly, Threat and Steelz will now do battle in a fatal-four-way match, with the winner earning a guaranteed TNA Knockouts title shot.
The match gets underway next. On that note, the show heads into a quick pre-match commercial break. Hartwell starts off strong. She takes it to Steelz. She hits her Hurts Don’t It finisher on Steelz and appears to have things won, but Kelly steals the victory.
With the win, Kelly, who stole the win in the last possible moment, is now up next for reigning TNA Knockouts Champion and her former MK Ultra tag-team partner Masha Slamovich.
Match Result: Killer Kelly defeated Indi Hartwell, Tasha Steelz & Jody Threat to earn TNA Knockouts Title shot
Masha Slamovich Ready To Put Killer Kelly Back Where She Belongs
After the match, we see Slamovich watching on a monitor. Up walks Gia Miller, who asks Slamovich how she feels knowing someone who knows her so well is going to be facing her next for her title.
Slamovich says this was always meant to be. She knows Kelly better than she knows herself. Slamovich says she’s gonna put Kelly back in her place. On her knees in front of her, being her b*tch.
Steve Maclin, Mance Warner Ready For Battle
The show heads to another commercial break after the Slamovich interview. When the show returns, Steve Maclin is shown talking directly into the camera. He addresses his next challenger, Mance Warner. He holds the TNA International title up to the camera.
“Bulletproof” Maclin says he’s ready to do whatever and take on any challenge that comes his way. He mentions Warner and talks about how he’s ready to bag ’em, tag ’em and give mayhem to whoever crosses his path. He calls himself one of the last pillars TNA Wrestling has left.
Once this wraps up, the show returns inside the Impact Zone, where Warner and Steph De Lander appear. De Lander claims she and Warner are the only ones doing any screwing around here. Things go south quick.
De Lander and Warner punk out a production assistant nearby. This leads to Tommy Dreamer and some other officials coming out. Warner ends up attacking Dreamer and beating him down in violent fashion. We head to another break.
Sami Callihan Sucker-Attacked By Eric Young
The show returns to Sami Callihan talking with passion about a non-TNA talent holding the TNA World Championship in WWE NXT Superstar Trick Williams. As he continues talking, he is cut off by Eric Young, who approaches him with The Northern Armory.
Young talks to Callihan about how guys like them are the heart and soul of TNA Wrestling. Callihan says he doesn’t like the way his dogs Northern Armory are looking at him, but he agrees with him, and says he respects him.
“And I’ll see you next week.” Young slaps Callihan and tells him, “You made your bed!” The segment wraps up there. A video airs announcing matches for next week’s show (see below). The company will celebrate 23 years of TNA Wrestling, as the road to Slammiversary continues.
The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro)
It’s main event time!
For the second time tonight, First Class duo AJ Francis and KC Navarro make their way out to a ton of heat. The team settles inside the squared circle for the scheduled main event of the evening. Their music dies down and they await the arrival of their opposition.
With that said, after a healthy pause, the iconic sounds of The Hardys’ entrance tune hits and out comes the legendary team of Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy. The duo head to the ring to begin their road back to their goal of recapturing the TNA Tag-Team titles.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with the final match of the evening on the post-TNA Against All Odds episode of TNA Impact. The Hardys take the offensive lead straight out of the gate. The duo isolate Navarro in the ring.
Jeff Hardy works Navarro over a bit and then tags in Matt, who picks up where he left off. Matt leads fans in a loud “Delete! Delete” chant. Francis tries to get involved, but things backfire on him, as The Hardys hit their trademark Poetry in Motion to knock him out to the floor.
On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as the main event of the evening continues with The Hardys in a comfortable offensive lead. When the show returns, the momentum is shifting in First Class’ favor.
Francis settles in as the legal man, beating down Matt. Matt hits a Side Effect and the momentum begins to shift. Trick Williams hits the ring and the match is thrown out. As Trick helps First Class beat down The Hardys, the theme for Joe Hendry hits.
Out he comes with Elijah and Leon Slater. The System also runs out. Everyone is fighting in the ring as fans break out in a loud “TNA! TNA!” chant. The heels end up on the floor, while the babyfaces are in the ring.
Leon Slater hits a running dive over the ring post in the corner from the ring to the floor, splashing onto and taking out Trick, First Class and The System. The crowd roars. That’s how this week’s post-TNA Against All Odds show wraps up.
Match Result: The Hardys defeated First Class via Disqualification
Next Week On TNA Impact (6/19/2025):
* TNA celebrates 23 years
* Eric Young vs. Sami Callihan
* Order 4 Summit
* Masha Slamovich & Lei Ying Lee vs. Ash & Heather By Elegance
* TNA Champions Challenge: Trick Williams, Steve Maclin, The Nemeths & Moose vs. Joe Hendry, Elijah, The Rascalz & Mike Santana
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