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TNA Impact live results: The Trick Williams era begins

Posted on by Matt Boone

After defeating Joe Hendry at this past Sunday’s NXT Battleground, new TNA World Champion Trick Williams will kick off tonight’s edition of Impact as the first-ever active WWE wrestler to have won the title.

The feud between authority figures Robert Stone and Santino Marella continues as Marella teams with Arianna Grace against Stone and Tessa Blanchard.

TNA International Champion Steve Maclin will defend against former Digital Media Champion Matt Cardona in a match originally slated for Under Siege.

In a four-way no. 1 contenders’ match for the Tag Team titles, it will be First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) vs. Aztec Warriors (Laredo & Octagon Jr. vs. The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) vs. The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel).

In a key Knockouts division bout, Lei Ying Lee takes on Ash by Elegance. The Elegance brand will also reveal their new “product.”

The card is rounded out by Mustafa Ali vs. Raj Singh, and Mance Warner in action.

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The “Cross the Line” intro video and theme song plays to get things started as always. The camera shot settles on Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt at the commentary desk.

They give a somber introduction to the show while addressing the TNA World Championship being won by a non-TNA star at WWE NXT Battleground.

TNA Tag-Team Title No. 1 Contender Four-Way
First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) vs. Aztec Warriors (Laredo & Octagon Jr.) vs. The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) vs. The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)

The theme for The Rascalz hits and out comes Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz for the high stakes opening contest, where the winning team will earn the next title shot at TNA World Tag-Team Champions The Nemeths (Nic and Ryan Nemeth) at TNA Against All Odds.

After they settle in the ring, the First Class entrance tune plays and out comes AJ Francis and KC Navarro to a ton of heat. They make their way to the squared circle, and then “earlier today” footage is shown of The System attacking Octagon Jr. backstage.

Hannifan and Rehwoldt announce that due to the attack, Octagon Jr. is not cleared to compete. Laredo has opted to go it alone regardless. Out comes one-half of The Aztec Warriors to bravely attempt this one by himself. The System duo of Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards also come out.

The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running. Miguel and Laredo are the first two legal men. They battle back-and-forth, and then AJ Francis tags himself in, putting Laredo back on the apron. Francis levels Miguel and tags in Navarro.

Navarro quickly finds himself on the defensive, as Miguel and Wentz hit some double-team kicks on the First Class member. Laredo ends up back in the ring and he gets a measure of revenge on The System, blasting them with kicks.

Laredo heads to the top-rope, but is distracted by Alisha Edwards. The referee catches her and ejects her from ringside. Laredo hits a flipping splash to take out The System on the floor at ringside. Francis and Navarro are thrown to the floor. The Rascalz hit a dive to knock them down.

On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-match commercial break as the TNA Tag-Team Title No. 1 Contender Four-Way continues. When the show returns, The System are dominating Laredo. Francis tags in and continues the beatdown on Laredo.

As the action continues, Francis and Navarro appear to be in a big disagreement, when they all of a sudden try to do the “Finger Poke of Doom” to steal the win. This brings in all four teams to beat them down. When the smoke clears, The Rascalz pick up the win to earn the shot at The Nemeths at TNA Against All Odds.

Backstage, The Nemeths are shown watching on a monitor. They are interviewed on the spot about The Rascalz being their next title challengers. They appear fine with it. The show heads to another commercial break. The show returns to Francis and Navarro arguing backstage, when Mike Santana attacks them.

Match Result: The Rascalz defeated The System, First Class & Aztec Warriors to earn TNA Tag-Team Title shot at TNA Against All Odds

A Closer Look At Harley Hudson & Myra Grace

Hannifan and Rehwoldt are shown on-camera at the commentary desk. They bring up the new signees to the TNA Knockouts division, Harley Hudson and Myra Grace.

They mention how fans can log on to the TNA YouTube channel to watch their match on TNA Xplosion. They then introduce a special extended video package giving fans a closer look at the newcomers to the scene in TNA Wrestling.

The two talk, at times emotionally, about their past, as photos from their past are shown, and in some cases, footage. Hudson and Grace vow to make a splash now that they are here in what they call the best women’s division in the world.

As they finish, the personal concierge for Ash & Heather & M By Elegance, George Iceman, rushes in and freaks out looking for TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella. That gives this segment an abrupt ending.

Raj Singh vs. Mustafa Ali

Back inside the Impact Zone, Brampton, Ontario, Canada’s own Raj Singh makes his way out to the ring for his second appearance since returning to TNA at the TNA Under Siege special event, where he filled in for injured Ace Austin.

After he settles in the ring, the grandiose theme for his opposition hits, and out comes Mustafa Ali accompanied by Tasha Steelz and The Great Hands. The bell sounds and Ali rushes across the ring and blasts Singh with a big kick.

Ali proceeds to beat down Singh with ease for another minute or two, with Steelz even getting involved at ringside, leading to Ali hitting his top-rope 450 splash for the easy pinfall victory. He never even took his shirt off, nor broke a sweat.

Once the match wraps up, Ali and The Great Hands continue to beat down Singh. Ali, once again, snaps and gets physical with Steelz. The Great Hands stop and look at him as he continues to show his more intense, psychotic side.

Match Result: Mustafa Ali defeated Raj Singh

Santino Marella & Arianna Grace Will Team Up Tonight

The show shifts gears and heads backstage, where we see a bummed out Arianna Grace talking to her father, TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella, about losing to Tessa Blanchard at TNA Under Siege. Santino tells her how proud he was of her even still.

Arianna surprises Santino with the news that the two will be teaming up together for a match tonight. It will be the first-ever father-daughter team of Santino and Arianna taking on the team of Robert “Sherriff” Stone and Victoria Crawford.

The “TNA Injury Report” then airs, with updates on Octagon Jr. following his attack at the hands of The System earlier today. Once this wraps up, the show heads to another commercial break.

Ash By Elegance vs. Lei Ying Lee

The show returns from the break to George Iceman making his way out with a microphone in his hand. He takes a shot at the local NHL team and then introduces Ash By Elegance. Out she comes for singles action in the next bout of the evening.

After she settles in the ring and proudly shows off her TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championship belt in a pose on the ropes in the corner, her music dies down. The entrance theme for her opponent hits and out comes Lei Ying Lee.

Elegance takes the early offensive lead, taking it to Lee as the commentators remind the viewing audience that Masha Slamovich offered a title opportunity to Lee, but Lee was told she must win a match on Impact first. This is that match.

After some more back-and-forth action, things culminate with Lee no-selling as Ash lets out a crazy-person scream. Lee then beats her at her own game, letting out a war scream of her own before finishing her off with Thunderstruck.

Once the match wraps up, as Lei Ying Lee is celebrating her victory, her music is cut off by the familiar sounds of Masha Slamovich’s entrance tune. Out comes the TNA Knockouts Champion who tells Lee, “I’ll see you at TNA Against All Odds.” The show heads to another break.

Match Result: Lei Ying Lee defeated Ash By Elegance

Trick Williams Addresses TNA World Championship & Mike Santana

The show returns to footage of Mike Santana’s match against Tavion Heights at WWE NXT this past Tuesday night, and his follow-up face-to-face segment with new TNA World Champion Trick Williams later in the show.

Hannifan and Rehwoldt promote Mike Santana vs. Trick Williams for next week’s WWE NXT show. Trick Williams is then shown in a special video promo segment. He talks directly into camera about not being in Brampton for a reason.

He says he demands a first class airplane ticket and a five star hotel, but TNA only wanted to offer coach. He then warns Mike Santana to not get in his face again or he’ll take him out. He taunts Joe Hendry for taking his fans and his brand. “Let’s talk about it!”

Mance Warner (w/ Steph De Lander) vs. Bryce Hansen

Back live inside the Impact Zone, on commentary we hear Hannifan and Rehwoldt with their sad, somber voices still on. Hannifan says “bullsh*t” twice when referencing a WWE contracted talent holding the TNA World Championship. He also calls Trick a “whiny little b*tch.” Yikes!

The theme for Mance Warner hits and out he comes with Steph De Lander to continue the Mance De Lander Era. Already in the ring is his opponent, Bryce Hansen. The bell sounds, and about two minutes later it sounds again, with Warner winning a squash match with ease.

De Lander gets on the microphone after the match and touts the continuation of the Mance De Lander Era. She sends a message to Steve Maclin and Matt Cardona ahead of their TNA International Championship showdown tonight. She says “The Southern Psycho” is taking the title from whoever wins.

Match Result: Mance Warner defeated Bryce Hansen

Rosemary Gloats About Xia Brookside

Footage is shown of Xia Brookside finally snapping at turning dark at the TNA Under Siege special event, whipping everyone in sight with a belt. After the video wraps up, Rosemary is shown in her usual location laughing in sinister fashion.

She gloats about giving Xia the push to turn to the dark side. She says there is only one final step. She asks Xia if she’s ready to fully embrace the darkness. Monster’s Ball next week, she says. After that wraps up, the show shifts gears and heads into another commercial break.

Santino Marella & Arianna Grace vs. Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford

The theme for Santino Marella hits when the show returns, and out power-walking to the ring together are the first-ever father-daughter duo of the aforementioned TNA Director of Authority and Arianna Grace. They settle inside the ring and their music dies down.

Robert Stone’s entrance tune hits next and out comes “Sherriff Stone” accompanied by Tessa Blanchard and Victoria Crawford. He confirms that Crawford, not Blanchard, will be his partner tonight. Alisha Edwards also comes out.

Stone says he doesn’t trust special guest referee Jimmy Korderas, so Alisha will be a special enforcer in case anything fishy happens. He also announces that the match cannot go over ten minutes in length, and that Santino’s “Cobra” is banned. If he uses it, Stone gets his job.

The bell sounds to get things started. Santino and Stone kick things off for their respective teams. Fans loudly chant “San-tin-o! San-tin-o!” as the two circle each other. Stone immediately tags out. Crawford comes in. Santino tags in Arianna.

Within the first minute of the action, Blanchard tries grabbing Arianna from ringside. Korderas catches it and ejects her from ringside. Fans love it. Arianna gets in some good offense and tags Santino. The crowd roars. Santino hits some trademark spots.

He does the split and the goofy power-walking around the ring. He tags in Arianna, who hits a cross-body on Crawford for a close two-count. Stone yanked Korderas out to the floor before he could count three.

He bumps Korderas, as Crawford hits her Axe Kick on Arianna in the ring. Alisha rolls in to make the count. Stone yanks Crawford off and covers Arianna himself for the win, and then over-celebrates.

Match Result: Robert Stone & Victoria Crawford defeated Santino Marella & Arianna Grace

The System Confronts The Northern Armory

Backstage, Eric Young and The Northern Armory are talking, when they are confronted by Moose and The System. The TNA X-Division Champion brings up their impromptu match at TNA Under Siege, and tells Young to make a match for next week and he’ll beat him in his home country.

The System walks off. Young has a weird, smile-filled reaction as he looks directly down the barrel of the camera. The show heads to another commercial break on that note.

Harley Hudson & Myra Grace Spoil Elegance Brand Reveal

The show returns inside the Impact Zone, where George Iceman comes out and talks about how special of an occasion this is. He says due to her tough match earlier tonight, Ash By Elegance can’t be here for this “Elegance Brand Reveal.”

The crowd actually cheers that bit of news. He then goes on to reveal the brand new repackaged M By Elegance, formerly known as Maggie Lee. She comes out dolled up like the other Elegance duo, and her praises are sung by the personal concierge.

Harley Hudson and Myra Grace end up coming out and crashing the party just as the Elegance brand was about to share a celebratory toast. They bring up Iceman interrupting them earlier in the show. They say they know they need to make an impact. They throw the drink in the Elegance brands faces.

TNA International Championship
Steve Maclin (c) vs. Matt Cardona

It’s main event time!

But first, when the show returns, Hannifan and Rehwoldt run down the lineup for next week’s episode of TNA Impact (see below).

Additionally, Joe Hendry vs. Frankie Kazarian and Elijah vs. the winner of Tuesday’s NXT showdown between Trick Williams and Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship was announced for TNA Against All Odds 2025.

The theme for “Alwayz Ready” himself hits, and out comes Matt Cardona for his big championship opportunity in the main event of the evening. He settles inside the squared circle and his music dies down. Steve Maclin’s entrance tune hits.

Before Maclin comes out, however, we see him backstage with his title over his shoulder, when Tommy Dreamer approaches him and fires him up with a pre-match pep-talk. “Bulletproof” makes his way through the curtain and heads to the ring.

The bell sounds and the main event title tilt is officially off-and-running. Maclin and Cardona collide and trade shots. Maclin gets the better of things. He brings the action out to the floor. Maclin launches Cardona overhead. Cardona crashes on the entrance ramp.

On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues with defending champion Maclin in a commanding offensive lead. The show returns to Cardona now in a very dominant offensive lead.

Cardona is focusing his attack on the neck and back-of-the-head of Maclin, with the commentators constantly reminding the viewing audience that Maclin suffered a fractured skull in his Dog Collar match.

Cardona lands several neckbreakers and then running punts to a lifeless Maclin slumped down in the corner of the ring. Cardona starts to fight back, but is slowed down by a low blow from Cardona. Cardona hits the Un-Pretty-Her, for a close two-count.

Cardona, already upset that he only got two, now endures a loud “Chelsea’s Better!” chant, with the crowd acknowledging that he just tried using his wife Chelsea Green’s finisher for the win. Cardona hits Radio Silence on Maclin out of nowhere, but only gets a two-count.

As the action continues, we see Maclin start to fire up for another offensive comeback. This time it only takes one or two moves before he has Cardona primed and in position for his KIA finisher. He hits it and covers him for the win. With the win, Maclin retains his TNA International Championship.

Match Result: Steve Maclin defeated Matt Cardona to retain the TNA International title

Mike Santana Delivers Show-Closing Promise

The show cuts off and footage of Trick Williams at TNA Under Siege is shown, but then it quickly stops. The show returns to the end of the Maclin vs. Cardona main event. We see Maclin hit the KIA for the win again.

After that, the show shifts gears and heads backstage for the originally intended outro, as Mike Santana is shown walking the halls. He vows to live up to his word and win back the TNA World Championship for TNA when he meets Trick Williams next week on WWE NXT. That’s how this week’s show wraps up.

Next Week On TNA iMPACT (6/5/2025)
* We will hear from Joe Hendry
* Heather & M By Elegance vs. Harley Hudson & Myra Grace
* Xia Brookside vs. Rosemary (Monster’s Ball)
* Eric Young vs. Moose (TNA X-Division Title)
* The Nemeths & Frankie Kazarian vs. Matt Hardy, Leon Slater & Mike Santana

Thanks for joining us and don’t forget to follow F4WOnline.com’s Matt Boone on Twitter/X.

TNA Impact live results: Under Siege go-home show

Posted on by Matt Boone

Ahead of his challenge of TNA World Champion Joe Hendry at this Sunday’s WWE NXT Battleground and a tag team appetizer at Friday’s TNA Under Siege, former NXT Champion Trick Williams will appear on TNA Impact.

Williams will be on commentary for Hendry & Elijah’s match against X-Division Champion Moose & Bryan Myers. Hendry and Elijah will take on Williams and Frankie Kazarian Friday.

Robert Stone and Santino Marella will have an in-ring debate ahead of the Tessa Blanchard vs. Arianna Grace match Friday.

In a clash of former X-Division Champions, Mustafa Ali will go one-on-one with Ace Austin.

Before he tries to end Cody Deaner’s TNA career Friday, Eddie Edwards will be in action.

First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) take on Sami Callihan & Mike Santana while the Northern Armory (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams) battle the Aztec Warriors (Laredo & Octagon Jr.).

Before they challenge Knockouts Tag Team Champions Ash & Heather by Elegance Friday, Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) will be in action.

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Mustafa Ali (w/ Tasha Steelz & The Great Hands) vs. Ace Austin

The show settles inside the Impact Zone after the usual “Cross the Line” theme and video intro and recap package for the previous week’s show. The theme for Mustafa Ali hits and out he comes for the first match of the evening.

Ali’s arm is taped up, and he is accompanied by Tasha Steelz and The Great Hands duo of John Skyler and Jason Hotch. He settles inside the ring as the commentary duo of Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt put over Ali looking and being more dangerous than ever.

ABC’s theme hits and out comes Ace Austin. He makes his way to the ring and the bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running. Ali takes the early offensive lead, beating down Austin. Austin starts to fight back, knocking Ali to the floor.

He hits a cartwheel into a handstand to avoid a sweep from Ali from the floor, and then blasts him with a big shot that decks him at ringside. He picks Ali up and rolls him back into the ring. He charges at Ali in the corner. Ali avoids him.

Austin leaps up to the ropes in the corner, only for Ali to hit a leg-DDT. Ali smashes Austin’s leg into the steel ring post. The leg of Austin was already not 100% coming into the bout due to the attack he suffered at the hands of Ali and company backstage on last week’s show.

Ali gets Austin on the ropes hanging upside down in the tree of woe. He puts more pressure on the bum wheel of the ABC member. He backs up and charges at him, looking for a Steve Maclin-style spear to the upside down Austin, but Austin does a sit up and Ali slides and splits the post with his legs.

Ali recovers and locks Austin into the Boston Crab. Austin makes it to the ropes to break the hold. Austin goes to the top-rope and looks for the 450 splash. Austin moves, so Ali lands on his feet. Ali pulls Tasha Steelz into the ring and covers himself with her like a shield.

As Austin gets Steelz up and out of the away, Ali attacks Austin from behind. Ali slaps Austin in a leg submission on his injured leg and cranks back like a madman, forcing the tap out and getting the victory. The commentators once again talk about the look in Ali’s eyes. Ali heads over and yells at them.

Match Result: Mustafa Ali defeated Ace Austin via submission

The System Talk About Their Plans For Tonight

Backstage, we hear the annoying nails-on-a-chalkboard sounds of Alisha Edwards’ voice. “Do you wanna know something?” she begins.

The System members are standing with her and they all mention their plans for tonight. Eddie Edwards vows to get rid of Cody Deaner once and for all. Moose talks to Elijah and says he’s gonna stick his foot straight up his ass.

He says he’ll do the same to Joe Hendry as well. He says after that, they will head to Brampton, Ontario, and will make sure to let all of Canada know that you always “trust the System.” The show heads into a commercial break.

Rosemary Sends A Violent Message To Xia Brookside

When the show returns, Rosemary is shown talking to the camera, sending a message to Xia Brookside. She talks about the power she could wield if she would just choose to.

She says she hasn’t found what fuels her. Then she questions if she has or not, with a sadistic smile on her face. She points down. The camera pans down and we see Lei Ying Lee is laid out and unconscious.

She tells Xia she can come to the light herself, or she can be dragged, kicking and screaming, which she says as she lifts up Lee’s lifeless head.

The Northern Armory (Travis Williams & Judas Icarus) (w/ Eric Young) vs. Aztec Warriors (Laredo & Octagon Jr.)

Back inside the Impact Zone, the theme for The Northern Armory hits. It’s a modified remix-style version of Eric Young’s badass entrance tune. Young accompanies the duo of Travis Williams and Judas Icarus to the ring for scheduled tag-team action.

After they settle inside the squared circle, their music dies down and the lights come back on in the arena. The music for their opponents plays, and out comes the Aztec Warriors team of Laredo and Octagon Jr. The bell sounds and we’re off-and-running with this one.

Fans immediately break out in “Lucha! Lucha!” chants. Laredo and Travis Williams kick things off for their respective teams. The camera focuses a lot on Eric Young seeming on-edge, and irritated with the fans in the Impact Zone early into the match.

Williams handles things early on, but not for long. Fans rally behind Laredo with “Ole! Ole!” chants and he shifts the momentum in his team’s favor. He makes the tag, as does Travis. Octagon Jr. goes to work on Judas, until Judas starts biting him in the corner.

The camera focuses on the bloody shirts worn in the Dog Collar Match a couple of weeks ago. The commentators explain what the viewing audience at home are looking at while they are shown. Williams tags back in and continues controlling the action for his team.

Now we see a close-up shot of Young yelling and arguing with some fans in the front row. Williams gets involved with Young at ringside, while Icarus is getting beat down by Laredo and Octagon Jr. in the ring. A fight breaks out with Young and the fans.

After the camera focuses on the action in the ring again, Octagon is in control of things when he hits a spinning splash over the ropes onto Young and Williams on the floor. Laredo comes off the top-rope with a moonsault to the pile of bodies on the floor.

Icarus is rolled back into the ring. Laredo hits a running Superman forearm on him in the corner. He hoists him up and slams him down. Octagon Jr. comes off the top-rope with his finisher and makes the cover for the pinfall victory.

Match Result: Aztec Warriors defeated The Northern Armory

Xia Brookside Responds To Rosemary

When the show returns from a commercial break, Xia Brookside is shown backstage with a still-recovering Lei Ying Lee.

She responds to the comments made by Rosemary earlier in the show, vowing revenge on her at TNA Under Siege 2025 for all of those who are like her and refuse to sell their soul.

Eddie Edwards (w/ Alisha Edwards) vs. Jake Painter

Inside the Impact Zone, Cody Deaner is introduced alongside Hannifan and Rehwoldt on special guest commentary for the next match of the evening.

With that said, The System theme hits and out comes Eddie Edwards accompanied by Alisha Edwards. Deaner says on commentary he’s ready to beat Edwards and save his career at TNA Under Siege 2025.

In the ring, Edwards’ opponent is already standing. Jake Painter is then introduced and the bell sounds to get things started. Edwards immediately runs across the ring and nearly takes Painter’s head off.

Edwards delivers some more punishment to Painter at ringside, as Alisha yells at Deaner with the most annoying voice ever created. Edwards gets Painter in the ring and quickly finishes him off.

Deaner stands up and tells Edwards he’s going to beat him at TNA Under Siege 2025 because he needs to. The show heads to another commercial break after the match wraps up.

Match Result: Eddie Edwards defeated Jake Painter

Mance Warner & Steph De Lander Era Has Begun

The show returns to a new vignette with Mance Warner and Steph De Lander talking about finding their equal freak in the other. Footage is shown of the carnage that have caused since joining forces.

De Lander says it’s the Mance & De Lander Era now. “If you have a problem, tell someone who gives a sh*t,” are the words from De Lander that this ends on.

First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) vs. Sami Callihan & Mike Santana

Back inside the Impact Zone, the familiar sounds of First Class’ theme hits to bring out AJ Francis and KC Navarro for scheduled tag-team action in our next match of the evening.

As the duo settle inside the squared circle, our second of three scheduled special guest commentator appearances is introduced, as actor O’Shea Jackson Jr., son of Ice Cube and host of the No-Contest Wrestling podcast is shown alongside Hannifan and Rehwoldt.

O’Shea talks about his dislike of First Class after their interaction on the First Class Penthouse on last week’s show. The theme for Sami Callihan hits and out comes the first of First Class’ two opponents. Mike Santana’s hip-hop tune hits next and out he comes through the crowd as always.

The bell sounds to get things started. Santana and Francis kick things off for their respective teams. Santana shoves Francis. Francis is held back by Navarro in the corner. Navarro backs into Santana and stops, realizing he has messed up.

Santana flips him and chops him down, following up with a standing senton. Callihan tags in. Navarro flips over his back off the ropes and taunts him. Callihan responds with a pop-up power bomb that nearly puts Navarro through the mat.

Callihan goes to power bomb Navarro over the ropes and onto the floor, but Francis is out there and he ends up catching him. Navarro goes to work on Callihan in the ring and tags in Francis. Francis and Navarro hit a double-team spot on Callihan and Francis follows up from there.

Santana finally gets the much-needed hot tag. He hits the ring with a ton of energy. He takes out Navarro with a Rolling Buck-50 and then hits the ropes and soars over the top-rope, flipping and splashing onto Francis on the floor at ringside.

Santana hits Outline in Chalk on Navarro for a close two-count after that. Francis hits the ring with a ton of steam, but is sent with just as much energy right back out to the floor. Santana tags in Callihan. The two go for a double-team spot, but Francis yanks Santana out of the ring.

He holds onto Callihan, allowing Navarro to hit a big kick. He follows that up with a Blessing in Disguise on Callihan for the cover and the 1-2-3. First Class gets the win. Afterwards, Santana calls Francis in to fight. Francis teases doing it, but walks off . The show heads to a break.

Match Result: First Class defeated Sami Callihan & Mike Santana

Authority Debate: Santino Marella (w/ Arianna Grace) vs. Robert Stone (w/ Victoria Crawford)

When the show returns, Gia Miller is standing in the ring to moderate the Authority Debate between TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella, and newcomer Robert Stone. With Santino is Arianna Grace, while Victoria Crawford is with Stone.

Miller tells each person they will get two minutes a piece. Santino gets to start. He talks about coming to TNA over two years ago and how he’s proud of the work he’s done. Stone gets a turn and flips out. He calls Santino a joke and says he’s never done anything to make TNA better.

It’s Santino’s turn again, but Stone refuses to stop. He says he’s gonna say his final statement now. He rants about once he’s in full power, he’s gonna fire all of the dead weight and do something Santino couldn’t do, which is create actual superstars.

Santino gets his final turn again and the crowd pops. As he begins talking, we see Arianna fall down behind him. She is dragged out of the ring by Tessa Blanchard, who showed up out of nowhere. She begins an attack and all hell breaks loose.

Masha Slamovich ends up coming down and she beats down Crawford, while Arianna actually recovers and gets her hands on Tessa for a big pop. Arianna and Masha go to double power bomb Tessa through the debate table.

It doesn’t break. The crowd chants for them to do it again, and they oblige. They walk off as Tessa is shown recovering and yelling in anger on the mat in the ring. On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into another commercial break.

Matt Cardona Gets New Date For TNA International Title Match

The show returns to Matt Cardona backstage with a piece of paper in his hands. He says it’s the contract for TNA Under Siege 2025 for his TNA International Championship match that he earned with his win last week.

He says the problem is, there is no match. Not because of him. Matt Cardona is “Alwayz Ready.” He says Steve Maclin isn’t medically cleared because of his Dog Collar Match. He calls Santino Marella on the phone to clear things up.

Santino appears live behind him. He tells him Maclin won’t be cleared by tomorrow, but he will be a few days later. He tells him the TNA International Championship match will take place on next week’s episode of TNA Impact.

Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) vs. Vipress & Mazzerati

The show returns inside the Impact Zone to the familiar sounds of Spitfire’s theme music. Out to the ring for scheduled Knockouts tag-team action are the duo of Dani Luna and Jody Threat. Their opponents, Vipress and Mazzerati are already in the ring.

Before things get started, an ‘earlier today’ backstage segment is shown, where Luna and Threat talk about their urgency in getting back the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships they believe rightfully belong to them.

They determine that like in the past, they have to put their future on-the-line and they know they’ll get it done under that pressure. They agree that if they don’t win back the titles, they will never team again. Back live, the bell sounds to get things started.

Mazzerati and Luna kick things off for their respective teams. Luna takes the early offensive lead as Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk on commentary about how this might be the final time on TNA Impact that fans see Spitfire together as a tag-team.

Threat and Vipress tags in, but it is surprisingly Vipress who takes over control of the offense. She isolates Threat on her team’s side of the ring and begins focusing her offensive attack on the arm of the former TNA Knockouts tag-team title-holder.

Mazzerati tags back in and lands a big kick on Threat, before dropping to the mat and sweeping her legs out from under her. She brings her back to her side of the ring and isolates her in a hold as Luna, and the fans in attendance, try and rally behind her.

Threat finally hits a jawbreaker to break free. She leaps and makes the much-needed hot tag to Luna. Luna hits the ring with a ton of energy and begins taking over, shifting the offensive momentum back in her team’s favor.

Threat and Luna hit their double-team finisher for the win moments later. After the match, Ash and Heather by Elegance run down and try and attack the champions with title-shots. Spitfire sees them coming.

Because Threat and Luna were aware of their presence, they avoid the title swings and end up laying them both out. They pick up the TNA Knockouts tag titles and take a look at them. They clang them together like beers and head off, as the show goes to a break.

Match Result: Spitfire defeated Vipress & Mazzerati

Matt Hardy Gives Leon Slater A Pre-TNA Under Siege Pep Talk

The show returns, and backstage Matt Hardy is seen with Leon Slater. Hardy tells Leon that tag team wrestling isn’t just about tagging in and out, it’s about finding a rhythm. He acknowledges that The Nemeths have that rhythm, but insists he and Leon can match it.

Matt points out that Leon brings youth to the table, while he brings experience and strategy. He warns Leon to keep his eyes on The Nemeths at all times. Leon confidently says he does have the rhythm, prompting Hardy to call him a weapon.

Matt reminds everyone he’s held tag team gold with MVP and Bray Wyatt, and now, at Under Siege, he plans to do it again with Leon Slater. The brief backstage pep talk-style segment wraps up on that note.

Joe Hendry & Elijah vs. The System (Moose & Brian Myers) (w/ Alisha Edwards & JDC)

It’s main event time!

But first, we hear the familiar sounds of Trick Williams’ theme and out comes the WWE NXT Superstar. As Williams makes his way to the commentary desk to join Hannifan and Rehwoldt on the call for the tag-team main event of the evening, Rehwoldt tries doing the Booker T hip-hop ad libs.

“Uh-huh, Yeah, I like it!” Hilarious. He tells Booker he’s sorry, but he had to try. Trick takes a seat alongside Hannifan and Rehwoldt and then his music dies down. The theme for the first team in tonight’s main event hits.

Out comes The System team of Moose and Brian Myers, accompanied by JDC and Alisha Edwards. They settle inside the ring and their music dies down. The lights in the building go out and we hear the familiar sounds of Elijah’s strumming of his guitar.

Out he comes with his trademark guitar in-hand, slung over his shoulder, as he begins his walk to the ring. Elijah settles at ringside, slides his guitar into the ring and claps hands with the entire front row around the ring, before settling inside himself and posing on the ropes.

His music dies down and then the familiar sounds of Joe Hendry’s viral smash hit entrance tune plays. The crowd goes nuts as the TNA World Champion makes his way out and heads to the ring for the final match of the evening.

As the fans do the Hendry entrance routine with him, Trick remarks on commentary, “Here we go again!” He refuses to do the wave, too. The show heads to a quick pre-match commercial break before things get started.

When the show returns, the bell sounds and Elijah and Myers kick things off for their respective teams. Elijah takes the early offensive lead over Myers and then slaps a side head-lock on him. He gets the better of Myers on the next offensive exchange as well.

This leads to Myers backing up and tagging in TNA X-Division Champion Moose. He comes in and Elijah leans back and tags in Joe Hendry for a big pop. The commentators point out it’s champion versus champion in the ring now.

The two lock up and Moose over-powers Hendry. Hannifan points out that Hendry has been dealing with shoulder and arm injury issues, and trying to fight through them for the past several weeks. Williams laughs on commentary, questioning if Hendry will even make it to Sunday.

Hendry tries fighting back with Moose, looking for a suplex, but his shoulder won’t allow it. Moose hits a big kick, but seconds later, Hendry fights back and this time, is successful in hoisting up the big man for a suplex. He tags in Elijah, who walks the ropes and leaps into a tornado DDT.

Myers quickly tags in and Elijah boots him in the gut, grabs his hand and walks the top-rope once again. This time, however, JDC hops on the ring apron and shakes the ropes, leading to Myers pulling Elijah down the hard way. Myers takes over on offense from there.

On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues with The System building on what is turning into a comfortable offensive lead. The show returns to Moose and Myers missing big shots on the floor.

Regardless, The System duo maintain control of the offense in the actual match, keeping Elijah isolated on their side of the ring and dominating the action with frequent tags, keeping a fresh man on him at all times. Elijah eventually makes the much-needed hot tag to Hendry, and the crowd roars.

Hendry hits the ring with a ton of energy, taking it to Moose and Myers. He beats Myers down as the legal man and then hits a pop-up powerbomb before tagging Elijah back in. Elijah hits his tombstone piledriver-finisher and covers Myers for the pinfall victory.

After the match, Frankie Kazarian hits the ring out of nowhere and begins beating down Elijah and Hendry from behind. Trick Williams, who will team with Kazarian against Hendry and Elijah at TNA Under Siege tomorrow night, is enjoying what he’s seeing.

As Kazarian is working over Hendry in the corner of the ring, he is hit by Elijah out of nowhere with a massive guitar shot to the dome. The guitar explodes into 1,000 tiny toothpicks as Kazarian is laid out in the ring.

At ringside on the floor, we see Trick Williams stand up from his seat at commentary as Hendry and Elijah celebrate. He stares and glares at them as they do the dramatic Joe Hendry soap opera-turn at the conclusion of Hendry’s theme. That’s how this week’s show ends. Thanks for joining us!

Match Result: Joe Hendry & Elijah defeat Moose & Brian Myers

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TNA Impact live results: The lead-in to Unbreakable

Posted on by Matt Boone

TNA Wrestling returns with their usual two-hour Impact which will lead into the live Unbreakable streaming special directly afterward.

NXT’s Jakara Jackson will be in singles action against Dani Luna of Spitfire as both jockey for a future TNA Knockouts Tag Team title shot while in another one-on-one match, NXT’s Jazymn Nyx will take on Xia Brookside.

In a tag team bout, NXT’s Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley will team up to challenge Knockouts Tag Team Champion Heather by Elegance & Ash by Elegance substitute Maggie Lee.

Elijah will be on hand to perform a song as the war amidst himself, Joe Hendry and Frankie Kazarian continues.

Laredo will battle Jason Hotch, and Leon Slater vs. Brian Myers round out the show.

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Laredo vs. Jason Hotch (w/ Tasha Steelz)

The show opens up with Jason Hotch coming to the ring with Tasha Steelz. He settles inside the squared circle for the first match of the evening. His opponent, Laredo, comes out to a nice pop from the crowd. The bell sounds to get things started.

Hotch takes the early lead, overpowering Laredo and blasting him with chops in the corner. Laredo begins fighting back, landing a big kick and a neckbreaker. He heads to the top-rope and connects with a missile dropkick that sends Hotch to the floor.

Laredo follows up with a head-first dive through the ropes to the floor for the first loud “TNA! TNA!” chant of the evening. In the ring, Laredo hits a twisting senton off for a two-count. Hotch hits a rolling neckbreaker, Mustafa Ali-style, for a two-count of his own.

Laredo fights back, takes Hotch up to the middle rope and hits a Super Michinoku Driver for a close two-count. Fans chant “Uno Mas! Uno Mas!” but Laredo does not oblige, opting instead to blast Hotch with kicks. Hotch fights back and hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a two-count.

Hotch suddenly gets randomly paranoid about Mike Santana possibly being under the ring. He looks under the ring skirt as Tasha yells at him to focus. Laredo takes over, hits his finisher off the ropes for the pinfall victory.

Match Result: Laredo defeated Jason Hotch

Gia Miller Interviews Leon Slater

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Leon Slater. She mentions his match in the main event of tonight’s Countdown to Unbreakable edition of TNA Impact, as well as his Ultimate X match coming up at Rebellion.

Slater talks about how nice it sounds to possibly be the TNA X-Division Champion. He doesn’t want to get ahead of himself, however, as he’s got business to deal with tonight. He remembers being hit with The System ring, but he’s grown since then and is a different animal.

He tells Brian Myers his focus is on beating his arse tonight and then, and only then, will he focus on becoming the TNA X-Division Champion at Rebellion.

Cody Deaner Approaches Santino Marella For Help

When the show returns, Santino Marella is backstage when he is approached by Cody Deaner, who brings up his TNA contract expiring soon. He asks him to help him out. He says it’s not all about wins and losses, it’s about entertainment and the fans.

He brings up being close to nearly pinning the X-Division Champion Moose. He says that’s got to count for something. Santino tells him he can face KC Navarro in an Ultimate X qualifying match. If he wins that and wins Ultimate X, he’s got a good case to make to get Deaner’s contract extended. Deaner thanks him and heads off.

Jazmyn Nyx (w/ Fatal Influence) vs. Xia Brookside (w/ Lei Ying Lee)

Inside the Impact Zone, the Fatal Influence trio from WWE NXT make their way to the ring. Jazmyn Nyx will be in action in the next match of the evening. Her opponent, Xia Brookside, makes her way out next accompanied by Lei Ying Lee.

The bell sounds to get things started. Nyx takes the early offensive lead, dominating Brookside and verbally taunting her all-the-while. Brookside starts to fight back, but in a Rocky II moment, they land a big kick at the same time that knocks the other down.

Brookside takes over from there, but as she nears a victory, hell breaks loose at ringside with Jacy Jane and Fallon Henley causing a distraction at ringside. Rosemary comes out and mists them, seemingly unexpectedly helping Brookside, who rolls Nyx up in the ring seconds later for the win.

Match Result: Xia Brookside defeated Jazmyn Nyx

KC Navarro vs. Cody Deaner to qualify for Ultimate X at TNA Rebellion

When the show returns, KC Navarro of First Class makes his way down to the ring. He settles inside to boos from the crowd. Cody Deaner is out next with a microphone in-hand. He talks about his job being on-the-line in this match.

Navarro ends up offering Deaner to take a $500 cash bribe to walk away and forfeit the match. He slaps each $100 on his chest for each of his four kids, and the fifth for his “misses.” Deaner says it’s not up to him if he leaves, but the people.

The people decide they want him to kick Navarro’s ass. He punches him and the match is off and running on that note. Navarro quickly fights back and takes over. Deaner eventually fights back and connects with his spinning TKO.

As Deaner seemed to have things won, Navarro wraps his chain around his fist and knocks out Deaner for the cheap victory. With the win, Navarro has qualified for the Ultimate X match at Rebellion.

Match Result: KC Navarro defeated Cody Deaner

Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley vs. Maggie Lee & Heather By Elegance

When the show returns from a break, a digital exclusive interview with KC Navarro gloating about qualifying for Ultimate X is shown. Highlights of George Iceman helping Maggie Lee beat Savannah Evans on TNA Xplosion is shown, and then a digital exclusive interview with Lee vowing no one can change her.

Inside the Impact Zone, George Iceman is on the microphone in the ring, introducing the crowd to Maggie Lee. He calls her an average farm girl. He brings out someone who is elegant, and that is Heather By Elegance. Their opponents, NXT duo Gigi Dolin and Tatum Paxley come out next.

Dolin and Lee kick things off for their respective teams. Dolin takes the early offensive lead over Lee. Lee eventually finds enough time to try and make a tag, but Heather refuses to take it. Eventually, Heather does get involved, hitting a double-team spot behind the referee’s back as Iceman provided a distraction.

In the end, however, it wasn’t enough, as two of NXT’s finest hit a double collision on Heather into a Sanitary Drive for the pinfall victory. With the win, they score a pinfall over one-half of the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions, which the commentators emphasize on the broadcast.

Match Result: Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley defeated Maggie Lee & Heather By Elegance

Heather By Elegance Gives Out Title Opportunity To Multiple Teams

Backstage, The Meta Four, Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley and Spitfire all confront Heather By Elegance, Maggie Lee and George Iceman stating their claims for deserving TNA Knockouts Tag-Team title shots, after Heather and Iceman were already freaking out about Ash By Elegance learning of their loss tonight.

As all the teams are yelling at them, Heather panics and offers all of them a title match in a four-way. “Just stop yelling at me!” They’re all happy and leave. Iceman panics even more at the thought of Ash learning about this now as well.

Dani Luna (w/ Jody Threat) vs. Jakara Jackson (w/ Lash Legend)

After a quick digital exclusive where AJ Francis gloats about buying property ahead of his TNA International Championship match, a lengthy video package is shown documenting the historic AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels match from 20 years ago at TNA Unbreakable.

Another digital exclusive interview airs with TNA World Champion Joe Hendry and TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich promoting their main event mixed tag-team match against Frankie Kazarian and Tessa Blanchard.

Inside the Impact Zone, The Meta Four duo of Jakara Jackson and Lash Legend head to the ring for the next match. As they do, Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt confirm on commentary that the four-way TNA Knockouts Tag-Team title match mentioned earlier is now confirmed for Rebellion.

Dani Luna comes out accompanied by Jody Threat and then the bell sounds for one-on-one action, with Jackson taking on Luna. Jackson immediately settles into the early offensive lead as the commentators spend several minutes ignoring the match to focus on the four-way title announcement.

The referee sees Lash Legend try and get involved one time too many, so she ejects her from ringside. Legend basically refuses to leave at first. Security and other referees come out but she knocks out the security. She ends up leaving anyways. A few minutes later, Luna picks up the pinfall victory.

Match Result: Dani Luna defeated Jakara Jackson

Elijah Takes Center Stage

When the show returns, a big grand introduction is made for Elijah. He appears in the ring with his guitar strapped over his shoulder. He sings one song and then plays to the crowd a bit. He then sings another song dissing Frankie Kazarian as the crowd claps along. “In TNA we Walk This Way!”

He goes on to issue the first-ever “Who Wants To Walk With Elijah” open challenge for TNA Rebellion on April 27 in Los Angeles, California. He mentions the challenge being extended to anyone from any company, whether they’re a legend or a new guy trying to make a name.

Brian Myers vs. Leon Slater

It’s main event time!

The Countdown to Unbreakable special episode of TNA Impact returns from commercial break to a special digital exclusive interview with Ethan Page. He talks about only having to focus on Joe Hendry in ten days. He knows Hendry’s arm is worse than he is letting on.

Inside the Impact Zone, Brian Myers makes his way to the ring for the final match of the evening in St. Joseph, MO., before things switch over to Las Vegas, NV. Because of this, the commentators point out none of his brothers in The System are here tonight to help him.

The rising rookie prospect Leon Slater makes his way out next to a good pop from the crowd. He settles inside the squared circle and the bell sounds to get things started. Slater goes to work on Myers with an assortment of kicks to take the early offensive lead.

Slater knocks Myers to the outside. He nearly does his dive over the ring post spot, but pumps the breaks as he notices Myers seeing it coming. Myers takes over when the match returns in the ring, focusing his attack on the knee and leg of “The Youngest in Charge.”

He ends up blasting him with The System ring for the cheap win. Hannifan and Rehwoldt run down the lineup for TNA Unbreakable and then the Countdown to Unbreakable special episode of TNA Impact wraps up.

Match Result: Brian Myers defeated Leon Slater

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TNA Impact live results: International title tournament begins

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After last week’s announcement that the Digital Media title would become the new International title, the tournament to crown a new champion begins on tonight’s TNA Impact.

In the first bout, Mance Warner faces AJ Francis and Sami Callihan in a three-way with the winner advancing to next Thursday’s Unbreakable streaming special.

Former World Champions will clash at Steve Maclin battles Eddie Edwards while the high-flying Leon Slater will face Ryan Nemeth.

Former Tag Team Champions The Rascalz will take on The System’s Brian Myers & JDC in a key divisional match.

Reigning X-Division Champion Moose will face Cody Deaner in a non-title match as former X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali takes on former X-Division and Tag Team Champion Ace Austin.

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The usual video package recapping the previous week’s show airs to get things started. The show then settles inside the Impact Zone in St. Joseph, MO., where Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcome the viewing audience at home.

Ethan Page, Frankie Kazarian & Santino Marella Kick Things Off

“Well, well, well …look who’s back, baby!” He says he’s back in TNA Wrestling, the company where he truly found out who he was. It’s where he found his ego. It’s where he became “All Ego” Ethan Page.

He cut his teeth here and he’s pretty sure he still holds the record for longest reigning tag-team champion in company history. He’s not here to talk about the past. He wants to focus on the future.

He mentions TNA Rebellion 2025, where he will take on Frankie Kazarian and TNA World Champion Joe Hendry, with the title on-the-line. In Los Angeles, at TNA Rebellion 2025, it will be Ethan Page who finally becomes TNA World Champion.

Fans boo. Page responds, “Boo? BOO?!” He asks if the crowd thinks he can’t beat Joe Hendry. They yell back, “No!” He says he already knows what he needs to about Hendry.

He’s got a catchy song, he’s always wearing a tight shirt, he’s got a Slim Shady haircut. He says he will win the TNA World Championship and bring it back with him to WWE NXT.

Frankie Kazarian’s theme hits and out he comes with his Call Your Shot gauntlet trophy. Kazarian and Page exchange insults until TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella cuts them off.

The TNA shot-caller comes out and tells Kazarian and Page that Joe Hendry will be out here later tonight and he will be talking about something that will affect the both of them.

Gia Miller Interviews Steve Maclin, Eric Young Interrupts

After the opening segment wraps up, the show settles backstage where Gia Miller is standing by with Steve Maclin. He talks about his three-way match in the TNA International Championship tournament tonight.

He says he knows The System will be lurking, but he doesn’t need The Armory or anyone watching his back. Just as he says that, Eric Young and The Northern Armory interrupt him.

Young tells Maclin he knows The System will get involved and it will be bad. He says whether Maclin wants it or not, they will be watching and will have his back.

Maclin tells him he’s gonna tell them one last time, he doesn’t want their help. He warns them to stay out of his business and walks off. The show heads into a commercial break.

Ace Austin vs. Mustafa Ali (w/ The Great Hands & Tasha Steelz)

The show returns inside the Impact Zone to the familiar sounds of Mustafa Ali’s theme music. Out he comes along with The Great Hands and Tasha Steelz.

He settles inside the ring for the first match of the evening. Next, the entrance tune for his opponent, Ace Austin, plays to bring out the ABC member. He takes to the ring and the bell sounds.

Ali immediately charges across the ring and hits a wild kick that flattens Austin, thanks to an assist in the form of a distraction by The Great Hands at ringside.

After being on the defensive end for the first couple of minutes, Austin fires back up on offense. He hits a click-click-boom dropkick. Austin drives Ali face-first into the canvas for a two-count.

Once again The Great Hands provide a distraction at ringside. Ali rolls up Austin, but Austin kicks out and sends Ali out to the floor. Ali is caught by The Great Hands. Austin runs and dives and takes out all three.

Steelz and Austin go face-to-face. John Skyler tries to attack Austin from behind, but Austin moves and decks him. Jason Hotch tries next, but Austin avoids him as well. Ali lays out Austin with a steel chair.

The referee saw Ali’s chair shot and immediately calls for the bell. The Great Hands hit their double-team finisher — The Favor. Ali gives orders to Skyler and Hotch. They hold his arms on the floor while his chin is laying on the bottom turnbuckle.

Steelz hands Ali a steel chair. He takes a step back and gets ready to wind up with the chair, when he slowly starts to realize Mike Santana, without music or any crowd reaction, has emerged at ringside.

Ali tries to turn in mid-motion and sneak in a chair shot at Santana as he approached the ring apron, but Santana avoided it. Ali high-tails it out of there with The Great Hands and Steelz. Santana’s theme hits and he poses on the ropes. The show heads to another commercial break.

When the show returns, Ali, Skyler, Hotch and Steelz are scurrying through the backstage area, trying to get out of there. They make it to the parking lot and reach their car. They quickly get in and tell their driver to hit it. The driver turns to reveal he is actually Santana. “Where we going?!” He says, before beginning his attack.

Match Result: Ace Austin defeated Mustafa Ali

TNA X-Division Champion Moose vs. Cody Deaner

Back inside the Impact Zone, the catchy-tune for Moose hits the house speakers, and out comes the TNA X-Division Champion, accompanied by the other members of The System. He settles in the ring for the next match of the evening.

Moose’s music dies down and the entrance music for his opponent hits. Out comes Cody Deaner. He begins cutting a promo as he enters the ring, only to be cut off by JDC. JDC taunts him, asking when he’s won a match in TNA.

JDC offers Deaner a spot in The System. Not as a member, but as the custodian or janitor of the group. He says he can carry their bags and clean up after them. He tells Deaner he doesn’t have many options. “You need to trust in The System, okay?”

Deaner says maybe he should think about his kids. He says it’s not up to him, however, but rather the fans. He asks the fans if he should be The System’s lackey. He decides against it and claims he can beat Moose for the TNA X-Division Championship.

Moose asks Deaner what makes him think he deserves a TNA X-Division Championship shot? He says he’s a nice guy and in a giving mood. He tells Deaner if he can last two minutes in the ring with him right now, he will give him a TNA X-Division Championship match.

Deaner asks the fans if they think he can last two minutes. “Do you think I can last two minutes?!” he says in excited fashion. Out of context that just sounds horrible. The people have spoken, and the two-minute challenge is underway.

The bell sounds and a two-minute clock appears on the screen. Moose immediately batters Deaner down to the mat. He hoists him up and hits a Last Ride-style powerbomb with authority. Moose then starts to taunt him and take his time, playing with his food.

He hoists Deaner up and hits another massive powerbomb. He covers him but pulls Deaner off the canvas at the count of two. Moose goes for a spear, but Deaner rolls out to the floor. Moose chases after him. Deaner rolls in the ring. Moose does as well.

Deaner rolls right back out. Deaner continues to try and avoid Moose to eat away at the clock. The fans count down from ten and the bell sounds. Deaner survived two minutes, and thus, this match continues and is now for the TNA X-Division Championship. Seconds later, Moose spears Deaner and pins him.

Match Result: Moose defeated Cody Deaner

The System (JDC & Brian Myers) vs. The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)

After the match, The System gang up and look to deliver a post-match beatdown to Deaner. Before they can, however, The Rascalz’ duo of Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel hit the ring with bats to make the save.

The show heads to another commercial, with The Rascalz vs. JDC and Brian Myers in tag-team action when the show returns.

As the show returns, all four men are in the ring and ready to roll. The bell sounds to get things started, and now it’s JDC and Myers’ turns to prove themselves to Eddie Edwards, like each member of The System must do tonight. Moose did in the previous bout.

We see some good fast-paced action in the opening moments, and then JDC and Myers start to settle into the offensive lead. After they enjoy a few minutes in control, Wentz and Miguel begin to fight from underneath back into competitive form.

Wentz and Miguel start to pick up the pace and get the crowd involved in the process. Just as it looked like they were rounding third on their way home, The System pull some cheap heel tactics.

We see an illegal assist during a pin that secured them the three-count. They quickly roll out to the floor and retreat as the show heads into another commercial break.

Match Result: JDC & Brian Myers defeated The Rascalz

AJ Francis (w/ KC Navarro) vs. Mance Warner (w/ Steph De Lander) & Sami Callihan in a TNA International Championship Tournament match

When the show returns, the ring entrances begin for the next match of the evening, which is the opening bout of the tournament to crown the inaugural TNA International Champion.

First Class’ AJ Francis comes out accompanied by KC Navarro. Out next is Mance Warner, who comes to the ring with his new fiancée’, Steph De Lander. Finally, Sami Callihan makes his way out.

The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running. Almost immediately it is clear the three will be leaning on the rule of anything goes in a three-way match. Navarro gets involved, providing an assist that helps Francis settle into the early lead.

As the action continues, De Lander begins playing a big role at ringside in favor of Warner. Callihan cuts off Warner’s momentum. He grabs a flyer and uses it to give Warner a paper cut in between his fingers.

A chair dual between Callihan and Warner leaves them both worse for wears, allowing Francis to finish things off with the TFL for the pinfall victory.

With the win, Francis advances in the TNA International Championship Tournament. The tourney will wrap up at TNA Unbreakable 2025 next Thursday. After the match wraps up, the show heads into another commercial break.

Match Result: AJ Francis defeated Mance Warner & Sami Callihan

Barbed Wire Massacre Announced For TNA Unbreakable

When the show returns, Sami Callihan is in his dressing room when a fired up Santino Marella comes in asking him, “What the hell was that?”

He talks about how violent Callihan and Warner got moments ago during the TNA International Championship Tournament match. Callihan says this ain’t a joke. He wants to finish things once and for all with Warner.

Santino asks Callihan what it is going to take to make that happen. Callihan demands a Barbed Wire Massacre bout with Warner at TNA Unbreakable 2025. Santino gives it the green light. It’s official.

Leon Slater vs. Ryan Nemeth

Back inside the Impact Zone, Leon Slater and Ryan Nemeth make their respective ring walks. The bell then sounds to get the next match of the evening officially off-and-running.

Slater gets off to an impressive start, only for Nemeth to shift the offensive momentum into his favor. Slater doesn’t stay on the defensive for long, however, as he soon begins taking back over.

Slater hits his Twist of Slate homage to The Hardys, and then heads to the top-rope. With the crowd roaring, the young talented TNA prospect hits his 450 swanton bomb for the pinfall victory. The show heads into anther commercial break.

Match Result: Leon Slater defeated Ryan Nemeth

Mike Santana Begins His Revenge On Mustafa Ali

When the show returns, we see a flashback segment with highlights of the classic AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels triple-threat match from the original TNA Unbreakable event.

After that, we shoot to a cinematic experience-style segment, where Mike Santana has John Skyler of The Great Hands tied up in a bunker of some sort. Skyler cries and begs as Santana tells him Ali doesn’t care about him.

He says Ali took one from him, and now he’s gonna do the same to Ali. He’s gonna take his people out one at a time. He stands up with a shovel and winds up to bash Skyler’s head in.

As Skyler flinches and cries some more, Santana stops in mid-swing and sends one final warning to Skyler about Ali.

Eddie Edwards (w/ Alisha Edwards) vs. Steve Maclin

Inside the Impact Zone, the theme for The System hits to bring out Eddie Edwards. He makes his way to the ring accompanied by Alisha Edwards. It’s now his own turn to prove himself.

His music dies down and the familiar sounds of his opponent’s theme plays to bring out “Bulletproof” Steve Maclin. The bell sounds to get things underway.

Maclin starts off strong, but a distraction from Alisha at ringside early into the bout allows Edwards to shift the offensive momentum into his favor.

Maclin takes over again, only for outside interference to once again lead to Edwards in the offensive driver’s seat. The show heads into a mid-match commercial break as Edwards continues to add to his lead.

As soon as the show returns, Edwards lands a vicious chop that echoes throughout the Impact Zone and elicits audible gasps from the crowd. Edwards with a snap-mare to bring Maclin to the mat.

He picks him back up and hits a short-arm clothesline to put him back to the mat. Maclin finally blasts Edwards and decks him. Both guys are down and the fans rally behind Maclin.

They get up and trade shots back-and-forth in the middle of the ring. Maclin comes off the ropes with a Thesz Press and a barrage of follow-up punches on the ground. Maclin with a big slam for a close two-count.

Yet again Alisha gets involved from ringside, and this leads to Edwards to taking back over on offense. He takes too long while climbing to the top-rope, however, and Maclin cuts him off. Maclin climbs up after him but Edwards knocks him off.

Maclin climbs right back up and he hoists Edwards up for a Super-Olympic Slam. Maclin then hangs Edwards upside down in the tree of woe in the opposing corner.

He charges at him and hits a spear to knock him down. The System come out to ringside. They pass Edwards The System ring. Eric Young and The Northern Armory come out.

Young stops Judas and Williams from helping Maclin. Edwards drills Maclin with The System ring and then follows up with the Boston Knee Party for the pinfall victory. The show heads to another commercial break.

Match Result: Eddie Edwards defeated Steve Maclin

Joe Hendry Announcement

It’s main event (segment) time!

When the show returns, matches and segments are announced for next week’s episode of TNA Impact (see below). The familiar sounds of Joe Hendry’s theme song hits the house speakers as the show settles back inside the Impact Zone.

Hendry settles in the ring and talks with a serious voice about suffering a serious rotator cuff injury. He says in this business, you’ve got to take the bad with the good. He says he always claimed he would defend his TNA World Championship against anyone from any company.

He says if you can’t defend the championship, then you shouldn’t be the champion. Fans cut him off with loud “We Believe!” chants. He again mentions having to take the bad with the good. He says the bad news is the medical team has told him he shouldn’t compete.

He says the good news is he told the medical team he will compete at TNA Rebellion 2025. He says he’ll defend his TNA World Championship against two of the biggest scumbags he’s ever met in Frankie Kazarian and Ethan Page.

He vows to walk out of TNA Rebellion 2025 with the TNA World Championship still in his possession. Fans chant “We Believe!” again. Theme for Frankie Kazarian hits and out comes one of his two opponents scheduled for TNA Rebellion 2025.

Kazarian taunts Hendry over his rotator cuff injury. He tells him if he’s not 100 percent, there’s no way he can compete with “The King of TNA.” He tells Hendry he makes the mistake of caring about the stupid fans.

He says he’ll be a beast at TNA Rebellion. He’ll expose of Ethan Page and finally get his hands on Hendry, beat him and become TNA World Champion. Hendry asks if he just said he can’t wait to get his hands on an injured Joe Hendry?

Hendry tells Kazarian one week before Rebellion, at Unbreakable, there is going to be a tag match. It’ll be Kazarian and Tessa Blanchard taking on TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich and TNA World Champion Joe Hendry. Hendry’s theme hits again to wrap up this week’s show.

Thanks for joining us and don’t forget to follow F4WOnline.com’s Matt Boone on Twitter/X.

Next Week On TNA Impact (4/17/2025):

  • Brian Myers vs. Leon Slater
  • Jazmyn Nyx vs. Xia Brookside
  • Jakara Jackson vs. Dani Luna
  • What’s next for Cody Deaner?
  • Elijah has a message ahead of TNA Rebellion

TNA Impact live results: Joe Hendry & Rhino vs. Nic & Ryan Nemeth

Posted on by Matt Boone

As the build to their World title match at Genesis continues, TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth and Joe Hendry will be on opposite sides of the ring tonight on Impact.

Nemeth will team with brother Ryan against Hendry and Rhino in the headliner, made after last week’s show when Ryan attempted to hit Rhino with a chair which escalated into a backstage confrontation.

In a gauntlet match, Mike Santana will attempt to fight through all three members of the Northern Armory: Josh Alexander, Judas Icarus and Travis Williams.

In a key tag team division match, The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) will face The Good Hands (Jason Hotch & John Skyler).

After getting jumped again last week by Tessa Blanchard, Jordynne Grace will share some thoughts.

In a trios bout, The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & JDC) will take on Eric Young, Steve Maclin & Jonathan Gresham.

Savannah Evans will be in action against an opponent to be named.

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Steve Maclin, Eric Young & Jonathan Gresham defeated The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & JDC)

Inside the Impact Zone, Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcome us to the show as the familiar sounds of The System’s theme music hits the house speakers. Alisha Edwards leads out the three-man team of JDC, Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers.

After the heel trio settles inside the squared circle, their music dies down and Eric Young’s entrance tune plays. He comes out and stops, and then Jonathan Gresham comes out and joins him. Their partner, Steve Maclin, is out next and the three head to the ring for our opening contest.

As soon as the bell sounds, Edwards gets the quick offensive jump on Gresham. He blasts him with some stiff forearm shots and beats him down in the corner. He whips him into the opposing corner and charges at him, but runs into a big boot from Gresham.

Gresham takes over on offense and puts the boots to a grounded Edwards in the corner, before tagging Young in. Edwards quickly shifts the momentum back in The System’s favor, taking it to Young and eventually tagging in Myers.

Myers picks up where Edwards left off, but runs into a dropkick from Young that once again sees the offensive momentum swing to the other side. Young gets in some offense on Myers on the floor, but Alisha gets involved with a distraction, which allows The System to take over once again.

JDC tags in and goes to work as the legal man in the ring with the softened up Young. He isolates the arm of Young and focuses his attack on the limb. He brings him into The System corner and tags Edwards back in. The two hit some double-team stomps and then Edwards takes back over.

Maclin and Young butt heads at one point, and Gresham attempts to play peacemaker. After the chaos calms down a bit, Maclin ends up as the legal man in the ring with JDC. He hits his K.I.A. finisher on The System member for the pinfall victory.

Once the match wraps up, The System attack the trio with chairs. After beating down Young and Maclin in the ring, they put the chair over Gresham’s head on the floor and run him into the steel ring post. They all pose and taunt the booing crowd until Young and Maclin run them off with chairs of their own.

The Story Of Joe Hendry

After the opening match wraps up, Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk about Joe Hendry earning the next shot at “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth for the TNA World Championship at the upcoming TNA Genesis 2025 pay-per-view later this month.

A very elaborate, documentary-style video package airs with Joe Hendry telling the story of his emergence on the scene in the pro wrestling business, from a young lad in Scotland with a dream and some hustle, all the way to his present day spot as the number one contender for the top prize in TNA Wrestling.

Once the video promoting Joe Hendry’s side of the equation for the next TNA PPV main event, the show heads into a commercial break.

Lei Ying Lee defeated Savannah Evans

Savannah Evans makes her way out and heads to the ring as we return from the break. Xia Brookside comes out and simply says, “Watch this.” We see footage from TNA Turning Point, where Brookside points out she had her beat until she was screwed.

She mentioned getting injured, and noted someone else did to, and that person is ready to get her revenge on Evans right now. The lights go out. The theme for Lei Ying Lee hits and out comes the former WWE Superstar previously known as Xia Li.

She hits the ring and goes right after the monstrous Evans, taking it to her straight out of the gate. Lee brings Evans out to the floor and hits a running cannonball off the apron for a big crowd pop. Back inside the ring, Lee hits a high spot off the ropes for a close two-count.

As the action continues, Evans gets in some offense of her own for the first time in the bout. Her run in control of the offense isn’t long-lived, however, and Lee ultimately takes back over moments later and finishes Evans off for the victory in her big return appearance.

Jordynne Grace With A Brief, But Stern Message For Tessa Blanchard

Once the Knockouts action in the ring wraps up, we shoot backstage. Gia Miller is standing by and about to introduce her guest, but before she can say much of anything, Jordynne Grace snatches the microphone out of her hand.

“The Juggernaut” leans directly into the camera shot and bluntly states, “Tessa, if you want to fight, let’s fight, b*tch! I’ll be in the ring later, meet me there.” After this brief but to-the-point backstage interview segment wraps up, the show heads into another commercial break.

TNA+ Moment Of The Week: Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett (TNA Genesis 2009)

The show returns directly into a “TNA+ Moment of the Week” segment, which features an extended look at the TNA Genesis 2009 pay-per-view bout between Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett.

The annual TNA Genesis show returns later this month, with TNA Genesis 2025 scheduled for January 19 at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, featuring Nic Nemeth vs. Joe Hendry for the TNA World Championship.

Gauntlet Match No. 1: Mike Santana defeated Judas Icarus

A brief video package airs with Rosemary sending a message to Masha Slamovich, making it clear that she’s still got her sights set on the TNA Knockouts Championship. Once this wraps up, we return inside the Impact Zone for the next match of the evening.

Mike Santana’s theme song hits and the fan-favorite makes his way to the ring for his advertised one-night Gauntlet against Josh Alexander and The Northern Armory. Out next are The Northern Armory duo of Judas Icarus and Travis Williams. No sign of Josh Alexander yet.

The bell sounds and the first of three potential matches in a row gets underway. Santana gets the early and dominant jump on offense, taking it to one-half of the Sinner & Saint duo with relative ease. Within all of two minutes, Santana takes him out with Spin The Block for the win.

Gauntlet Match No. 2: Mike Santana defeated Travis Williams

Santana remains in the ring and waits to see who will be joining him for his second of three potential consecutive bouts. With no “Walking Weapon” in sight yet, it is Travis Williams who steps inside the squared circle.

The bell sounds and Santana’s second Gauntlet match gets underway. Santana gets the early offensive advantage over Williams, but Williams shifts the momentum after a minute or so. As things continue, the show heads into a mid-match commercial break.

When the show returns, it isn’t long before Santana dumps Williams on his dome and begins a fired-up offensive comeback. Moments later he finishes off The Northern Armory member, leaving only one more opponent.

Gauntlet Match No. 3: Mike Santana defeated Josh Alexander via Disqualification

The theme for Josh Alexander hits and out comes “The Walking Weapon.” Before Santana can do anything, he is sneak-attacked and ambushed by Alexander and The Northern Armory duo of Icarus and Williams.

The trio beat Santana down, with Alexander leaving him laying after a C4 Spike. Fans chant “You look stupid!” as The Northern Armory stands over the laid out Santana in the middle of the ring.

George Iceman Announces Pre-Launch Of ‘Championship Celebration Of Elegance’

Backstage, the personal concierge of Ash by Elegance, George Iceman, is shown. He talks directly into the camera to make a brief announcement.

“Something huge, something special that the whole world is going to want to see,” Iceman said. “I’m going to do something unprecedented. Something that takes guts. Something no one in the history of this company has ever done.”

He added, “I see Heather and Ash By Elegance as TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions. Next week, in front of the entire world, we’re going to do a pre-launch of ‘The Championship Celebration of Elegance.'” We head to another commercial break.

Raven Convinces Rosemary To Have Clockwork Orange House Of Fun Match

When the show returns, Rosemary is shown backstage talking in trademark sadistic fashion about how she is coming for TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich.

As she continues talking in her demented-style, in walks pro wrestling legend Raven. Raven and Rosemary talk briefly before Rosemary grabs him and puts a knife to his throat. Raven calmly suggests to her to drag Slamovich into a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. Rosemary likes that idea.

The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) defeated The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch)

Back inside the Impact Zone, The Good Hands team of John Skyler and Jason Hotch come out with a microphone in-hand. They do their usual “Ravishing” Rick Rude entrance routine, complete with the “city-name sweat-hogs” insults.

The popular duo of The Rascalz, Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz, descend from their treehouse to make their way out to the ring next. The crowd gives them a big pop coming out. The commentators mention The Rascalz challenging The Hardys for the tag titles at TNA Genesis 2025.

After the bell sounds, we see The Rascalz get off to the early offensive start. It doesn’t last long, however, as Wentz ends up isolated in the ring while Hotch and Skyler take turns utilizing frequent tags and brief spurts of double-team offense.

Miguel finally gets the much-needed tag and helps The Rascalz shift the offensive momentum back into their favor. They cruise from their en route to a victory, with the super-kick and spinebuster “Feed him to the lions” combo-finisher for the pinfall.

Frankie Kazarian Approaches Rhino Backstage

Following the tag-team tilt, we shoot backstage where Rhino is shown taping his wrists up ahead of his match alongside Joe Hendry against the team of TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth and his brother Ryan Nemeth.

Frankie Kazarian walks up and makes an arrogant comment, making it clear he’ll be watching the main event tag-team bout closely. After this brief backstage interaction wraps up, the show heads into another commercial break.

Moose defeated Andrew Everett to retain the TNA X-Division Championship

When the show returns, we see a quick backstage promo from Eric Young and Steve Maclin, who make a declaration of war against The System. We then return inside the Impact Zone to the single most annoying sound in the world.

“Do you wanna know something?” The line annoyingly yapped by the screechy voice of The System’s Alisha Edwards is, as always, repeated over-and-over-and-over again to growing boos from the crowd in attendance. Moose is then heard and he joins her in the ring.

Moose boasts being the greatest X-Division Champion of all-time and the face of the company. After he rambles on for a while, including a vow to debut a new TNA X-Division Championship belt at TNA Genesis 2025, he is cut off by, of all people, Andrew Everett. He makes his way to the ring and takes issue with Moose claiming credit for any kind of X-Division history.

Everett claims he is a true X-Division competitor, before Moose warns him that one more word is going to get his ass kicked. Everett does not head Moose’s warnings, and gets a big bright yellow sneaker to the grill for it. Moose then tells Everett he just earned himself an impromptu X-Division title shot.

Moose demands a referee get out to the ring. In his street clothes and aforementioned super bright yellow sneakers, The System leader proceeds to lay a beatdown on Everett, as his challenger at TNA Genesis 2025, Ace Austin, is shown watching on a monitor backstage. Moose gets the win and we head to another commercial break.

Santino Marella Approached By Sami Callihan, Makes Announcement

Backstage, we see Santino Marella looking at his phone when he is approached by Sami Callihan. Callihan brings up the TNA Tag-Team Championship picture and the upcoming bout between The Hardys and The Rascalz at TNA Genesis 2025.

Callihan mentions how he and PCO have never been pinned or submitted as a team. Santino offers Callihan and PCO a match against The Hardys next week. If they win, they’ll be added to The Hardys vs. The Rascalz for the TNA Tag-Team Championships at TNA Genesis 2025.

Jordynne Grace, Tessa Blanchard Wild Pull-Apart Brawl

Back inside the Impact Zone, Jordynne Grace walks to the ring and looks all-business. She gets on the microphone and mentions the name of Tessa Blanchard. She says Blanchard should be terrified of what she could say right now.

Instead, she offers Blanchard the same opportunity she’d offer anyone, which is to come to the ring face-to-face so she can say it directly to her. Tessa hits the ring from off-camera, and Grace appears ready for her. Grace begins drilling Blanchard with shots, but Blanchard lands a big kick that momentarily drops “The Juggernaut.”

Blanchard and Grace roll around and fight as officials swarm the ring and ultimately break them up while fans are loudly chanting “Let them fight! Let them fight!” The show heads to another commercial break on that note.

Joe Hendry & Rhino defeated Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth

It’s main event time!

But first, Hannifan and Rehwoldt appear on-camera to make some announcements for matches on next week’s TNA iMPACT (see below), as well as TNA Genesis 2025.

Added to the PPV coming up on Jan. 19 in Garland, TX. is Jordynne Grace vs. Tessa Blanchard, Mike Santana vs. Josh Alexander, Rosemary vs. Masha Slamovich in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match for the TNA Knockouts title, as well as Ash & Heather By Elegance vs. Spitfire duo Jody Threat & Dani Luna for the TNA Knockouts tag-team titles.

Inside the Impact Zone, we hear the familiar sounds of TNA Hall of Fame legend Rhino’s theme music. This brings out the master of the Gore to the ring for our final match of the evening. His popular partner, Joe Hendry, makes his way out next to a big crowd response.

Ryan Nemeth and then his big brother, TNA World Champion “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth, make their respective ring entrances next. The show heads into a quick commercial break before this one gets started. When the show returns, Ryan and Rhino kick things off for their respective teams.

Frankie Kazarian is on special guest commentary for this one. It isn’t long at all before Ryan changes his mind, and reaches over to tag in big brother to deal with “The Man Beast.” Nemeth does exactly that, and ends up enjoying some early offensive control.

Hendry and Ryan end up as the legal men in the ring, and Hendry does his trademark super-stalled walk-around suplex spot. He continues firing up the crowd with the stomp-stomp-clap “We will rock you!” Queen beat, as he looks to finish off Ryan.

He goes for a close pinfall attempt moments later, which Nic hits the ring to break up just in time. After some more chaos ensues, Hendry starts to pick up the momentum some more. All four guys end up in the ring brawling.

When Nic and Rhino powder out, Hendry finishes Ryan off with the Standing Ovation for the win. Hendry’s theme hits and he plays to the crowd. The final shot of the episode sees a disappointed Nemeth looking at Hendry from outside of the ring, as Hendry continues his side-to-side wave routine along with his theme while wearing an ear-to-ear grin.

Next Week:
* Trent Seven vs. Leon Slater
* Laredo Kid vs. Jake Something
* Sami Callihan & PCO vs. The Hardys
* Eric Young & Steve Maclin vs. First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro)
* ‘The Championship Celebration Of Elegance” Pre-Launch with Ash & Heather by Elegance

Thanks for joining us and don’t forget to follow F4WOnline.com’s Matt Boone on Twitter/X.



TNA Impact live results: The fallout from Rebellion

Posted on by Jeremy Peeples

Following Rebellion, a new edition of TNA Impact airs on AXS TV tonight.

Among the news coming out of Rebellion was the return of “Broken” Matt Hardy to TNA Wrestling. At the end of the pay-per-view, Hardy laid out Moose with a Twist of Fate and posed with the TNA World Championship belt. Moose retained the title against Nic Nemeth in the main event of the PPV.

Hardy has announced that his “Broken Brilliance” will be making an appearance on Impact tonight.

Mike Santana and Sami Callihan also made their TNA returns at Rebellion. Santana vs. Myron Reed and a two-on-one handicap match with Callihan facing The Good Hands will air on tonight’s show.

Nemeth vs. Eddie Edwards, Ash By Elegance vs. Xia Brookside, and a Ballot Box Battle to determine the next challenger for Mustafa Ali’s X-Division Championship are also set. And we’ll hear from Josh Alexander following his Last Man Standing victory over Hammerstone at Rebellion.

Rebellion’s biggest moments are recapped to start things off and showcase Mustafa Ali, the return of Mike Santana, Josh Alexander’s win over Hammerstone, Moose’s title retention and the return of Matt Hardy to face off with Moose.

Nic Nemeth started off the show with a promo saying he’s disappointed he didn’t win and his whole family was there and he still didn’t get it done. He stated that he felt broken and then “Broken” Matt Hardy joined him and said he had a premonition about being with the World Champion – but sadly Nicholas didn’t win. However, he would be happy to give him a title shot when he wins it. The System came out and Moose said he won, but it’s four on two now and Edwards got in a great line about Nemeth wanting to be the next Kurt Angle, but he’s not even the next Eric Angle and now Nemeth wants Edwards. Backstage, Ali’s crew met with Santino Marella for a Ballot Box Battle to name a number one contender for Ali before Jordynne Grace took Santino away to chat.

Under Siege is hyped up with a System video package before the return of Sami Callihan gets recapped. Jordynne Grace met with Gia Miller and thanked PCO for being there and was surprised by Sami. Miyu Yamashita comes in next week and that will be a title match before Yamishita walked in and told her she’s taking the gold.  Tom Hannifan hyped up the release of Rebellion on DVD and if any company can make that work in 2024, it would be TNA. 

Mike Santana defeated Myron Reed

Reed jumped Santana with a yakuza kick to the neck thanks to a Wentz distraction, but Santana recovered and hit a corner clothesline. Reed landed a calf kick and a corner codebreaker for one. Reed went for a Fosbury flop cutter on the ramp before getting snatched up and slammed on the apron and Santana flipped onto the Rascalz. Spin the Block hit and ended it – that was a fantastic, if a bit short, showcase for both Santana and Reed. As per the modern-day TNA tradition, Maclin came in for a post-match beatdown, but got thwarted by Santana. 

Steph De Lander challenged Jordynne Grace for a tag match with her and Kon against Grace and PCO at Under Siege. Josh Alexander came out and Hannifan talked about the issues with Hammerstone are now over and he can move on. He got a big “Walking Weapon” chant before cutting an echo-filled promo about wanting the World title again. Frankie Kazarian came out and said Alexander is being entitled and him saying this while in the douchiest furry jacket and scarf combo on Earth was fantastic. Alexander pitched a number one contender match and Kaz said that it’s typical of Alexander because Kaz is hurt and that’s a low move. However, the ref make it a match because I guess he can just do that.

Josh Alexander defeated Frankie Kazarian

Kazrian bum-rushed Alexander and slugged away with a taped-up elbow and they talk about Eric Young having to get rushed to have his ear re-attached. Alexander rebounded during picture-in-picture and after the break, a rope-assisted crossbody by Alexander is avoided and he went sailing outside. Kazarian sent him into the corner for a bounceback Russian legsweep…well that just looks odd given that the momentum fits a bulldog, but it got two. 

Kazarian locked on a front chancery before eating a back bodydrop. Alexander wanted the C4 Spike, but countered it into the chickenwing before that got turned into the ankle lock. Kaz hit a powerslam and wanted the springboard legdrop, but Alexander grabbed the leg a few inches above his face and locked on an ankle lock – okay, that was fantastic! Alexander hit a few Germans and then a half-and-half suplex for two. Kaz hit a slingshot cutter for two before grabbing a chair and chain. The ref took the chair away but Kaz grabbed the chain and EY grabbed it from him and Kaz did a fakeout and the ref tossed out EY before Alexander got an ankle lock and tapped out. That was a pretty nice finishing sequence and a way to keep EY and Kaz’s issues alive with EY out.

Santino met with Jake Something and said he isn’t eligible for the ballot since he lost before Hammerstone argued with him and brawled and Santino made their match for Under Siege. First Class and Bun B arrive to the building before meeting with Gia Miller on the ramp. Francis said that Bun B came for First Class – none of the fans and B just calls him “Dolla” as his nickname, which is a great way to get around WWE owning Top Dolla. Joe Hendry came out and Francis pointed out that they just beat him up and gave him a groin-injuring lapdance. Hendry told him it’s time for an apology in the ring next week. Ash By Elegance’s concierge hyped her fifth TNA match, another match with Xia Brookside. 

Xia Brookside defeated Ash By Elegance

Brookside stomped away at Ash in the corner before Ash landed a tackle and a handstand elbow drop for two. Ash got a suplex for two and missed a corner charge, but landed a boot to the jaw. Ash sent her to the ramp and landed a handspring hidden blade! Brookside got a kick to the gut and a drop toehold into the buckle before a shotgun knee to the neck. Brookside got two off a top rope crossbody, but ate a big boot. Iceman gave Ash a giant ring and the ref caught her, leading to a deep schoolboy cradle and win for Xia Brookside.

 Santino revealed that Trey Miguel won the vote by 60 votes before it’s pointed out that there aren’t 60 people here and Ace Austin got the second-highest amount of votes. Ali said there’s clearly voter fraud and that means he’ll face no one. Austin vs. Miguel next week determines who faces Ali at Under Siege. The Good Hands came out and said they wanted a match with Callihan, who wanted to face both men. This subjected the world to Callihan’s new theme, which is the worst one in TNA since RVD’s “Whole F’N Show” song.

Sami Callihan defeated The Good Hands

Callihan used a photo of PCO on Hotch and Skyar to slice their fingers up. Skylar landed a spear on the apron before Hotch landed a lariat hoping for a countout. Skylar got a slingshot spear for two before tagging Hotch in and wanting a slingshot dive off the ramp into the ring that Callihan avoided. Cactus Driver ’97 hit and won it. 

Maclin met with Kazarian, who blew him off before Maclin played to his ego by saying he is the true King of TNA and he proposed a short-term deal where they are allies only for now until they finish their issues with EY, Alexander, and Santana. 

Eddie Edwards defeated Nic Nemeth

Nemeth outwrestled Edwards to start using his amateur background before Edwards ground away on a headlock. Edwards got a headbutt and a pair of quick two counts and then a snap clothesline for another two. Edwards got a snap suplex before eating a Nemeth lariat. Nemeth landed a series of chops and the heartbreaker elbows for two after landing a neckbreaker. 

Edwards teased a superkick, but ate one of his own and landed an Olympic slam for two. Danger Zone misses as does a Boston Knee Party before they collided in mid-air. Moose hit Nemeth with the belt before the Knee Party ends it and gives The System a bit win. They attack Nemeth with a steel chair before Speedball Mountain and Ryan Nemeth come in for a save. 

TNA Impact live results: Nic Nemeth vs. Alex Shelley

Posted on by Jeremy Peeples

On TNA Impact tonight, fans will be able to watch a first-time-ever matchup between two wrestling veterans.

Nic Nemeth vs. Alex Shelley headlines tonight’s Impact episode on AXS TV. The match was set up last week when Shelley interrupted a backstage interview with Nemeth. After Nemeth said he’d be honored to wrestle Shelley in the future, Shelley forced the issue and said he wanted to face Nemeth now.

Nemeth, the former Dolph Ziggler, is challenging Moose for the TNA World Championship at Rebellion.

Shelley lost the TNA World Championship to Moose at Hard to Kill this January and has been in the midst of a heel turn recently.

At the April 20 Rebellion pay-per-view, Mustafa Ali is defending his X-Division Championship against Jake Something. Ali will be in non-title action against Rhino tonight. It’s an Old School rules match, meaning there are no disqualifications or countouts.

Ash By Elegance vs. Xia Brookside and Chris Bey vs. Frankie Kazarian will also be airing on tonight’s show. Plus, The FBI make their return to TNA.

Nemeth vs. Shelley was hyped up to start the show with Nemeth saying that Shelley is respected around the world, while Shelley pointed out that he did a lot – but only in one place. Nemeth said that Shelley is a tough test for him because of how much world traveling he’s done and tapped folks out across the globe. This was an outstanding way to showcase the similarities and differences of both.

X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali walked out to face Rhino, the former ECW and TNA-era NWA World Champion. Rhino came out and slapped hands with former Philadelphia Flyer Joe Watson while TNA shilled his book on-screen.

X-Division Mustafa Ali defeated Rhino in an non-title Old School Rules match

Rhino overpowered Ali to start amidst an “ECW” chant. They walked and brawled on the floor before Rhino missed a chop on the post, which gave Ali an edge until Rhino tossed him around ringside. Rehwoldt buried an ECW chant saying it’s time to move on and it’s been 20 years while Rhino pulled out weapons. Ali grabbed a copy of Watson’s book and put it in a trash can. Okay, that’s a new one – and he pulled out a giant PWI cover, which makes two new spots in this one already. Rhino grabbed the book out of the trash for a photo op with Watson before just throwing it, which may actually have been funnier than Ali throwing it carefully into a trash can.

Ali set him up for a Van Terminator for two. The fans chant “this is awesome” and after seeing Billy Gunn vs. Jay White, it honestly is compared to that. Ali set up a corner gore into the trash can in a corner, but Rhino avoided it. Rhino hit a corner gore of his own before a table chant leads to Rhino obliging. Rhino took Ali down with a spinebuster before Ali’s secret service bump around for Rhino. Gore through the corner table missed and Ali scored a pin. All right – in theory, they shouldn’t book the X-Division champion to luck his way into a win against Rhino in 2024, but Philly was the place to do it.

As is modern-day TNA tradition, Jake Something came out to brawl with Ali and render the match result largely meaningless. Something broke the cover over Ali and then Something took out more of the secret service with a power bomb. The roster talked about how excited they are for Nemeth vs. Shelley tonight and this is a fine example of how you use the cards you have to make a match feel as big as possible. 

Hammerstone promo

Gia Miller welcomed Hammerstone to the ramp for a chat with him adorning his arm in Josh Alexander’s headgear. Miller asked if he’s afraid of Alexander and he said just look at him – he has no reason to be afraid of him or even wrestle him. He tells Alexander that all of his injuries will feel like nothing when he’s through with him – at Rebellion.

Hammerstone grabbed the camera for the latter-half of the promo before taking out the camera guy with a forearm and camel clutch with the headgear before the torture rack. This was shot really nicely with them going back to the guy’s fallen camera to show the ill-effects of the torture rack. 

– The Rascalz came out to call out Chicago, New York, and then finally Philly before Trey Miguel buried ECW’s tag teams before saying they’ll give Philly a chance to see a real tag team. The FBI came out with Guido and two new members of the FBI that he identifies as Zach Clayton and Ray Jazz. 

The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) defeated The FBI (Ray Jaz and Zack Clayton)

Hannifan hyped up Jaz as being an all-American as he took down Miguel quickly. Miguel raked the face against the top rope, leading to Jaz hitting a Sicilian Slice off the second rope. Clayton tagged in for a double-team on Wentz, but Myron Reed returned to spray paint Guido in the face. It opened the door for a Miguel spinebuster and a double stomp/power bomb to win it. 

– Part one of a series featuring Jonathan Gresham aired, showing him at a group meeting, saying he needs to wear a mask before quick, ominous cuts showed him in blue.

– Speedball Mountain chatted with Gia Miller about Bailey getting cheated out of a win last week against Edwards. Moose said that they’ve got the gold and Seven said they’ll get the tag titles and he’ll knock out Moose next week. 

Frankie Kazarian defeated Chris Bey (w/ Ace Austin)

Kazarian played a nice heel to start things off, bullying Jade Chung that he is the King of TNA. Bey jumped Kaz on the apron and slugged him on the floor. Bey landed a slick sliding dropkick and double stomp before a forearm exchange between the two and Bey sent him down with a diving forearm. Bey went up top, but got tripped up and Kaz played bully heel. With him being so much stockier than Bey, it’s a good role for him in this match.

Kazarian ran him into the corner for an atomic drop/tree of woe and landed a backstabber. Kaz sent him down with a single leg dropkick and rope choke in front of Bey to rub it in. Kazarian grounded him with a surfboard before wanting a crossface chicken wing after the break ended that Bey avoided. Bey landed a slick spin wheel kick before a Stinger splash-style leaping uppercut in the corner. Kazarian hit the slingshot legdrop, but couldn’t land the slingshot DDT but Bey did and got two off of it.

Kazarian avoided the Art of Finesse before Kazarian threw him out for a slingshot cutter. This is an outstanding match and the best singles showcase Bey has had yet in TNA. Kaz wrapped a chain around his hand and Austin grabbed it, which the ref saw and kicked him out. Kaz bragged about it, but ate a Bey flip dive as a result. Bey walked in and ate a low blow before Fade to Black gives Kaz the win.

– MK Ultra’s issues on Xplosion were recapped before Masha Slamovich talked for a bit in Russian. Alisha Edwards told her that they need to be a team now that Killer Kelly is gone since she needs a title for The System.

– Josh Alexander talked about how much he admires Alex Shelley for traveling the world while Nemeth achieved great success in one place. 

– Big Kon cut a promo about being one of two monsters that will fight in a Monster’s Ball match with PCO. That is seemingly set up for next week – which is odd as that feels like a PPV match.

Ash by Elegance defeated Xia Brookside

Brookside was out before Ash’s concierge came out and told everyone to leave because it’s history: it’s Ash’s fourth match in TNA. Tom Hannifan brought up the 8-4-1 match that Ash didn’t wrestle in before wishing harm on the concierge because he’s so annoying. 

The match started with bickering before Brookside avoided a kick and then argued with her some more. Ash stalls on the floor and threatened to leave before eating an elbow by Brookside, who then threatened the concierge. Ash shoved her into the steps for a 9 count and then a two count mid-ring. Ash choked her on the rope and demanded the fans take photos of her. Ash landed a series of iffy kicks for a variety of two counts before a baseball slide to Brookside. 

Ash cartwheeled on the floor before going back in to kill more time. Ash takes a break from cartwheeling to bow for a while and she wanted the somersault senton, but Xia wanted the Brooksie bomb. Ash avoided that, but couldn’t avoid a forearm flurry and flying clotheslines. Boy is this match a lot better with her on offense than Ash. Ash went face-first into the buckle before eating a neckbreaker for 2. Ash grabbed the ring skirt and the ref corrected it so the concierge could throw champagne in Brookside’s face and Ash…gets something resembling a cradle for the win.

– Ace Austin talked to Chris Bey about now that he lost, he needs to focus on the tag titles and hey, maybe it was a bad idea to fight Kazarian. AJ Francis entered and looked 20 feet tall next to Bey. He asks if he’d like to fly first class. Bey said he’s flown with Austin first-class a ton and they’d like a tag match against First Class instead.

– Backstage, Matt Cardona and Steph De Lander hyped up SDL’s power and say they want some money and gold.

– Official for next week’s card:

  • Laredo Kid facing Crazzy Steve for the Digital Media Title
  • Jordynne Grace/Steph De Lander contract signing for Rebellion

Nic Nemeth defeated Alex Shelley

Before the match, they hyped this up more. TNA is doing a lot like New Japan hyping things up with video packages and they’re doing so with Filmpic-style video to make things look even better in slow motion. It’s an impressive use of a smaller budget.

Hannifan hyped up Nemeth’s WWE accolades while Hannifan goes into Shelley’s experience in New Japan while pointing out that Nemeth is now the IWGP Global Champion. Nemeth worked him to the mat for a quick amateur-style two count. Nemeth got custom gear made for this one with an ECW logo-style Wanted F’N Man logo on the back and red, white and blue barb wire across his tights. Shelley sent him outside for an ad break. 

Shelley landed a slick baseball slide before slamming Nemeth’s arm into the post as they talk about Shelley being a physical therapist and understanding anatomy better than anyone to damage it. Shelley worked heel and teased not stomping the arm before doing so as Rehwoldt talked about Shelley being broken since the No Surrender match. Shelley locked in a straightjacket choke mid-ring before Shelley got too cocky on the floor and is pulled into the post by Nemeth.

Nemeth grounded him with a chicken wing on the mat before Shelley escaped with elbows to the gut, but went down off a dropkick. A Nemeth superkick is met with a Shelley chop block that is turned into a figure four. Nemeth recovered with a boot to the face holding the rope before a pair of diving lariats and a Stinger splash in the corner. The heartstopper elbows hit, but Shelley countered the tenth elbow with his knees to damage that arm as well. Shelley turned a Fujiwara armbar into the Border City Stretch briefly, but Nemeth escaped it before going into the buckle with a flatliner.

A tornado DDT gets 2 for Shelley and then the Border City Stretch is locked in mid-ring! Nemeth got to the rope, but started to bite the hand of Shelley to escape the grip. Shelley avoided a jumping DDT with a pumphandle on the bad left arm, but Nemeth snaps a leaping DDT off close to the rope – allowing Shelley to get the rope at 2. Shelley avoided a superkick, but Sliced Bread was avoided and opened the door for a Nemeth superkick to get 2.  

Nemeth avoided Shell Shock and Shelley avoided the Danger Zone before the BC Stretch is turned into a cradle for two. Shelley hit a superkick, but opened himself for the Danger Zone and a Nic Nemeth victory. This was a fantastic TV main event and another strong TNA match in a year full of them.

TNA Impact live results: 8-4-1 match returns

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The 8-4-1 match returns on TNA Impact tonight to decide a new number one contender to the Knockouts Championship

The specialty match starts as an eight-person tag team bout. The members of the winning team then face off in a four-way match to determine the overall winner.

The 8-4-1 is scheduled to start off as Havok, Masha Slamovich, Alisha Edwards & Jody Threat vs. Dani Luna, Xia Brookside, Ash By Elegance & Rosemary. The winner earns a Knockouts Championship shot against Jordynne Grace at next month’s Rebellion pay-per-view. Rebellion is taking place on Saturday, April 20.

At Rebellion, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers are defending their TNA Tag Team titles against Mike Bailey & Trent Seven. Edwards takes on Bailey in a singles match tonight.

A match between Steve Maclin and Chris Sabin has also been announced for tonight’s Impact.

Josh Alexander will respond to Alex Hammerstone ahead of a potential rubber match between the two. Plus, we’ll also hear from new allies Rich Swann & AJ Francis.

A recap of Jake Something getting an X Division Title shot at Rebellion starts things off showcasing everyone in that match – especially Leon Slater alongside a showcase of The System taking out Nic Nemeth and Jordynne Grace beating Tasha Steelz. Ash By Elegance’s concierge lets everyone know that Ash has had cosmetic surgery and she can’t compete – and she’ll be replaced by Steph De Lander. Tom Hannifan recaps the rules for the 8-4-1 match and we somehow don’t get a graphic for this. 

Steph De Lander, Xia Brookside, Dani Luna, and Rosemary win the 8-knockouts tag match portion of the 8-4-1 match

Dani Luna worked over Alisha Edwards quickly to start and got 2 off of a seated forearm. Slamovich tagged in and took Luna down briefly before Xia Brookside tagged in and ate a beating in the corner with a series of lariats by Jody Threat. Brooside worked over Slamovich in the corner with a pair of shotgun knees to the neck getting 2. Luna landed a blue thunder bomb for 2 on Slamovich, who recovered and landed a black mass for 2. Dani Luna locked on a small package to pin Slamovich and move onto the four-way match for the title shot. 

Steph De Lander beat Xia Brookside, Dani Luna, and Rosemary to win the 8-4-1 Match

Since it’s no DQ, Slamovich beat up Luna – much to the amusement of Steph  De Lander. Ash By Elegance briefly got touched and is in complete agony before Matt Cardona ran in and landed Radio Silence before SDL hit a TKO on Rosemary to advance to Rebellion.

In the parking lot, Chris Sabin and Steve Maclin argue and Sabin says he’ll be a man about it and go to Santino to make a match. Shelley met with Sabin and KUSHIDA in his finest “Real Double J” Jesse Jammes shirt while Sabin complained about the issues they’re all having together. 

Backstage, Ace Austin and Chris Bey chatted about Jake Something winning and Austin is upset at Chris Bey was even in the match – and it’s not a matter of him not being talented enough, but they need to focus on the tag titles. 

Zack Gibson complained about Cody Deaner costing them their match last week and Deaner came out and said Santino gave him the chance to pick his opponent today. Gibson said that he was traveling through the city and saw nothing but mutants, but Deaner likes these mutants and he polled the fans on which “loud-mouthed prick” he should beat up. He slugged Gibson before grappling around with James Drake. Hannifan argues with Matt Reihwaldt and said “Shut up you stupid Chicago bald man!” – which is easily his best line in TNA.

The Grizzled Young Veterans defeated Cody Deaner

Gibson slugged away to start, but Deaner blocked a big shot and landed a flurry of punches before an inverted atomic drop. Drake used the scarf and Deaner eats the double codebreaker to win it. 

Gia Miller chatted with Nic Nemeth about facing Moose at Rebellion. He talked about facing Moose before Shelley interrupted him and blamed KUSHIDA for throwing the towel in and costing him the title. Nemeth challenged Shelley to a match and Shelley wanted a date for it, but Nemeth didn’t give him one.

Josh Alexander walked out for a promo in full gear, which the commentary team picks up on as a sign of him wanting a fight. Alexander says that Santino gave him an open contract tonight and he calls out Hammerstone and wants his big ass down here now but instead gets Tracy Williams. Williams says if Hammerstone doesn’t want a fight, that’s fine because he does.

Josh Alexander defeats Tracy Williams in a must-see match

Williams got a nice flash schoolboy off a leapfrog for 2. Alexander hit a low crossbody on a seated Williams on the apron. Alexander landed a deadlift side backbreaker and went for the C4 Spike, but Williams dropped down to avoid it. Williams caught the foot and landed a series of slaps before they went back and forth on them and Williams landed a teardrop suplex. Williams pulled him off the top into a Kimura, which Hannifan brought up as being more serious for Alexander due to the torn triceps from the Hoverboard lock in 2023.

Alexander hit a slick overhead belly to belly before securing an ankle lock, but he ate a turnbuckle when Williams reversed it. Williams landed a sick back elbow before Alexander responded with a forearm shot in the corner. Williams landed a DDT on the top turnbuckle itself and got two! That was a fantastic spot and led into Williams getting an STF and then turning it into a crossface. Alexander recovers and landed another forearm and a release German! Alexander wanted a backslide, but turned it into a C4 Spike for the win. This was one of the best matches on TNA TV or PPV all year. Tracy Williams shined so brightly here as well. The fans chant “both these guys!” and they shake hands – this was incredible!

Hammerstone jumped them from behind with a rabbit lariat and sends Alexander outside before elbowing Williams in the head. Hammerstone put the headgear on Williams and put him in the torture rack. In a new TNA era filled with a ton of post-match interference, this was effective since the match before it was so great. 

TNA hypes up Mustafa Ali being on the cover of PWI – which is a smart way to make your champions seem like bigger stars. Backstage, Santino meets with Ali in a very WWE-like office with the magazine cover behind them and Ali tells him that Jake Something isn’t fit for the X Division. Santino says there are no limits in the division and Samoa Joe proved that, while Ali doesn’t trust him due to his name. He says that Rhino is also a dumb name before Santino freaks out and Ali guesses he’s behind him and praises Mr. Rhinocerus! Rhino wants a non-title Old School Rules match next week and Santino makes the match.

Eddie Edwards defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey in a fantastic match

Edwards started off strong with chops before Bailey shot back with a boot to the jaw. Myers and Alisha distracted Bailey and Edwards landed a powerbomb on the apron. Edwards trapped him on the floor for some crossfaces in front of the fans that would mean more if everything out of the ring wasn’t just a black abyss. Edwards trapped him on top and chopped him before Edwards is sent down and ate a shooting star press for 2. 

Bailey landed a slick Asai skytwister press on the floor! Edwards recovered and landed a backpack stunner for 2. Bailey landed a nice head kick, but ate a lariat from Edwards before Bailey landed a shooting star shotgun knee strike to the gut. Bop and Bang sends Myers down before a sunset flip gets 2 for Bailey. Ultima Weapon misses thanks to Alisha and the Boston Knee Party to the back of the head wins it. This was also fantastic and one of the better blends of story and in-ring work in this era of TNA.

PCO ranted for KON and a monster’s ball match somewhere. The Full Blooded Italians are hyped up for next week. Frankie Kazarian quotes the Bible to reinforce that EY sees himself as the hero and Kaz is wicked – and he may be, but Full Metal Mayhem doesn’t favor EY, it favors Kazarian because he is more violent. He says he’s the king of TNA and Chris Bey says this isn’t a water park – he can’t let that slide and he wants him next week.

Rich Swann’s heel turn is recapped before he and AJ Francis come down and talk. AJ Francis says that this isn’t about the fans – it’s about them and they are First Class. Francis says he hasn’t been this happy since his team beat theirs in the NFL! Swann said he was dealing with a losing streak and Francis took him from being on top to being even higher. He was going to snap the losing streak, but Joe Hendry blind tagged himself in and cost him his first win in months and then Hendry wanted him to sing and dance! He was upset, but AJ Francis was there for him no matter how many times he told him know. He was World Champion when there was no one there – which means he didn’t need any of these people, and TNAJ Francis is money with Rich Swann. Swann as the worker and AJ Francis as his heater works wonderfully.

Tom Hannifan chats with Laredo Kid about his life, as the fans have seen him wrestle, but never seen much about him. He said that he started in 2003 and got signed to AAA. He faced Vikingo over a year ago and had an intestinal injury that almost ended his life and travel issues prevented him from getting the Digital Media Title – but he’ll get a shot again. 

Steve Maclin defeated Chris Sabin in a great main event

Sabin got the edge early on with a snap armdrag off a tie-up. Sabin kept the arm work going by slamming Maclin’s arm into the post, giving him a lot of physical credibility in ways that he doesn’t normally showcase. Maclin recovered and attacked the back with forearm shots and ground away at him with a knee to the back during a chinlock. Maclin put him up top for a chop, but Sabin fought back with a missile dropkick. Sabin fired off a forearm shot to the jaw and to the neck for 2. 

Sabin set him up for the Cradle Shock, but Maclin fought back with elbows to the neck to avoid it. Sabin got a crossface, but Maclin turned it into a cradle for 2. Maclin avoided a dive by nailing a busaiku knee on the floor and a diving headbutt hit for 2. Maclin put him in a tree of woe and wanted a crossbody, but Sabin avoided it and Maclin rolled out. Maclin hit Mayhem for All/Rikishi Driver and only got 2. Back and forth forearm shivers from both men lead to a sole butt from Sabin, but Maclin forearms him to the floor and missed the scud missile dive.

A countout is teased, but Maclin got in at 9 before a satellite DDT hit for 2 on Maclin. Maclin turned a jackknife pin into the KIA/Death Rider and wins it! This was another excellent match and few people in the past decade have had their stock rise as much in Impact/TNA as Steve Maclin – and matches like this show why. 

TNA Impact live results: X-Division title rematch

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

On Impact tonight, Chris Sabin gets his rematch for the TNA X-Division Championship.

Sabin is challenging Mustafa Ali for the X-Division title on tonight’s Impact. Ali made his TNA debut by winning the championship from Sabin in the main event of No Surrender this February.

Ali and Sabin were then on opposite sides of a six-man tag match at Sacrifice last Friday. Ali & The Grizzled Young Veterans defeated Sabin, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA after a miscommunication between Motor City Machine Gun partners Sabin and Shelley.

The fallout from Sacrifice will be featured on tonight’s show. Nic Nemeth was victorious against Steve Maclin at the TNA+ special. Tonight, they face off again as Nemeth teams with Mike Bailey & Trent Seven against Maclin & The Rascalz.

We’ll hear from Josh Alexander following his loss to Alex Hammerstone at Sacrifice. Alexander and Hammerstone now have a 1-1 record against each other.

New Knockouts Tag Team Champions Dani Luna & Jody Threat will be in action tonight. Plus, Ace Austin vs. Frankie Kazarian and AJ Francis vs. Joe Hendry are set.

The post Sacrifice edition of TNA Impact wasted no time in Chris Sabin making his entrance to face Mustafa Ali for the X-Division Championship.

TNA X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali defeated Chris Sabin to retain

Good match, but the finish was weird. It does work if they are slowly teasing a Sabin heel turn, and given his heelish actions in this match, it would fit. It leaves a question about who the top babyfaces in the company would be though, as Alex Shelley was teasing a heel turn too on last week’s Impact.

Sabin started the match taking out Ali’s security and hitting a suicide dive on Ali. Sabin did the old Petey Williams “Oh Canada!” spot in the corner, dodged a dive from the middle turnbuckle, and locked on an arm submission. Ali made the ropes, and Sabin decided to just yank the hair of Ali. Ali rolled to the outside, cut of Sabin before a dive, hit a suicide dive of his own and then rolled into the ring and hit a neckbreaker after returning Sabin to the ring. That was cool.

Ali got the heat for the next few minutes, working Sabin over until he missed a 450 splash, and Sabin hit a kick to the face to drop Ali. Sabin and Ali exchanged superkicks after a blocked powerbomb and both went down. Sabin missed a corner charge, and Ali grabbed the X-Division title and brought it into the ring. As Ali charged for the belt shot, Sabin exploded from the corner and hit a lariat. Sabin grabbed the title and went to hit Ali with it, which was dumb, as he wouldn’t win the title, and Ali dodged, rolled him up, and got his feet on the top rope to chcceat to win.

–Mike Bailey, Trent Seven, and Nic Nemeth were with Gia Miller and cut an absolutely insane promo about how they were going to take the System to the danger zone. After saying they were the best trio in wrestling, they were after tag team gold, and Nemeth is after the world title. Bailey then did his karate bow, and Seven and Nemeth followed, along with Gia Miller, which was quite funny.

–Josh Alexander came down to the ring to address the fans after his loss to Hammerstone at TNA Sacrifice. Alexander said that last year he had given up the championship in Windsor, and in a response to a fan saying he’d win it back, Alexander agreed. He said every match he has had is a rung on the ladder, but Hammerstone actually beat him, though by cheating and then stealing his headgear. Alexander said that he wouldn’t stop fighting, and he will keep getting up, and for the first time in a long time, he’s focused on something other than titles, and is coming for Hammerstone.

Alpha Bravo and Oleg Prudius came out, and I predict that he is about to die. Bravo claimed that Dirty Dango softened him up. Dango attackced Alexander from behind, but got dumped over the ropes to the floor. To Dango’s credit, he took quite the bump to the floor, launching himself over the ropes. Prudius entered the ring and security ran down to separate the two. Santino’s music hit and he booked the match for right now.

Josh Alexander defeated Oleg Prudius

This did not last long, and the bookers were wise to keep it short, as we know Prudius is not a great worker, and now on the wrong side of 50, so he threw Alexander once, but Alexander took out the knee and locked on an ankle lock for the win.

–Crazzy Steve came out to the ramp and spoke a lot of nonsense to say that everyone who has come up against him realized that he wasn’t like the other wrestlers. He also said he was the only champion where if he stepped in the ring, the title was being defended. He said there wasn’t a wrestler alive that could handle that pressure, and the lights went out.

PCO came out to face off with Steve, which may be a very fun hardcore match in the near future. I’d put the Digital Media title on PCO. It’d be fun to see him with that.

–A video aired of ABC confronting Frankie Kazarian, saying that they were going to teach him respect since he doesn’t respect anyone after his interference in the main event, costing Eric Young the title.

Frankie Kazarian defeated Ace Austin (w/ Chris Bey)

This match was really fun. Ace Austin really had turned into an excellent worker, and seeing him in singles matches have shown that clearly. Kazarian, as always, is tremendous. Great heel work from Kazarian here.

A fan had a rather clever sign that said “Killer of Arrogant Zebras” for Kaz, as he has taken out a referee. We found the pro Kazarian section of the audience. Kazarian requested Jade Chung to announce him as the King of TNA. Austin rolled up Kazarian with a La Magistral cradle for a 2-count while he was distracted.

Kazarian locked up with Austin, put him on the top rope and broke clean before shoving Austin off the top rope to the floor for the heat. That was great. Kazarian draped Austin on the ropes and hit a knee lift that sent Austin to the floor. Kazarian taunted Chris Bey while choking Austin on the floor, but got into a shouting match that distracted him and allowed time to recover and hit a back body drop.

Austin hit an enziguri off the middle rope but missed The Fold. Kazarian went for Fade to Black, but Austin rolled out. Kazarian caught him with the chicken wing, but Austin rolled out. Kazarian hit an Ocean Cyclone Suplex for the 2-count, which is a fantastic move, though he did not do it as well as Manami Toyota (which, to be fair, no one can). Kazarian went for an Unprettier, but Austin fought out and dropkicked the knee. Austin tried to bridge backwards into a pinfall, but Kazarian caught him with the chicken wing as he did and got the submission.

–Kazarian continued beating down ABC after the match, but Eric Young ran down to make the save and Kazarian bailed to the floor.

–The System cut a promo about all the championships they have won in their career, from football, to WWE, to ROH, to NOAH, to TNA. This was good.

–Gia Miller walked up to Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, and KUSHIDA and asked them what happened with them lately, but the Grizzled Young Vets walked up and said that they were the new top team in TNA. Shelley said that they could fight the top team in TNA, the Time Splitters, which is a noticeable exclusion of Chris Sabin. Shelley slow burn heel turn seems to be continuing.

–A video aired of AJ Francis joining a celebrity basketball game for charity, which was nice.

–Joe Hendry cut a promo about how he knew that Francis put on a tough exterior image, but that he was sensitive on the inside because he kept whining and crying all the time. Francis attacked Hendry from behind and the next match began.

AJ Francis defeated Joe Hendry

This was a good usage of Francis. He is not a great worker, but he only focused on doing simple things, and Hendry selling for him worked well.

Francis missed a corner charge and Hendry hit 10 punches in the corner. Hendry tried to suplex Francis, but Francis lifted Hendry up with ease and suplexed him. Francis hit a knee strike in the corner and rolled over the ropes to the floor. Francis keeping his offence basic and throwing people around works for him, and as he went for a chokeslam, Hendry slipped out and tried to slam him. Francis was too heavy, and he countered into a back suplex on Hendry.

Francis blocked a second slam attempt by falling on Hendry with his weight for a 2-count. Hendry hit a few clotheslines to try and drop Francis, but Francis responded with a shoulder tackle. Francis went for the chokeslam again, got Hendry up, but Hendry countered into a DDT. Hendry managed to bounce Francis off the ropes and hit a slam for a 2-count. The referee got bumped after Francis pulled the referee into the corner and Hendry hit a splash.

Francis grabbed a chair and tried to use it, but Hendry hit a dropkick to knock it out of his hands. Hendry and Francis went for the chair, but Rich Swann came down, stomped on the chair to stop either man from getting it, picked it up and then hit Joe Hendry to turn heel.

–Alan Angels did The Sound Check with Ash by Elegance and George Iceman, with Ash and George being disgusted at the lack of elegance on set, as it was just the production boxes. Ash had a huge announcement – that she would be having her 3rd match in TNA next week.

–Before the next match, Killer Kelley & Masha Slamovich came down to ringside to observer this match. Before the bell could ring, The Decay made their way down as well to view the new champions.

Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) defeated Beaa Moss & Vanna Black

Moss and Luna started the match, with Luna overpowering Moss early on. Threat and Luna showed some good double team offence, Moss and Black were thown around the ring, including Luna suplexing both Moss and Black at the same time. Threat put Black in position for a burning hammer, bud flipped Black over the shoulder of Luna who turned it into a powerbomb. That was cool!

–Tasha Steelz came down to ringside and said that Jordynne Grace beat Xia Brookside at Sacrifice, and did not pin Steelz. Steelz challenged Grace to a match for Impact next week for the title.

Speedball Mountian (Mike Bailey & Trent Seven) & Nic Nemeth defeated The Rascalz (Zachery Wentz & Trey Miguel) & Steve Maclin

The Old Bryan and Vinny theory of there never being a bad six-man main event on Raw from 2005 has extended to TNA for quite some time, and this was no exception. An excellent main event that saw everyone being given a chance to shine, but a clear direction for the winners, as they were attacked by the System after the match.

Nemeth and Wentz started the match, and Wentz made the mistake of trying to wrestle with Nemeth, who immediately went into his amateur background and rolled with him. Maclin tagged himself in immediately after Miguel tagged in, looking to take on Nemeth, but it did not go well for him or the Rascaalz as Trent Seven and Mike Bailey hit some hard strikes and chops on everyone.

Maclin helped his team take control after stopping a burning hammer, and started working over the knee of Seven. Seven almost made a hot tag to Bailey, but Maclin pulled Bailey from the top rope. Seven continued to fight though, hitting a superplex on Wentz. Seven made the hot tag to Nemeth, who hit an Olympic slam on Maclin and then dropkicks on The Rascalz. Nemeth hit a series of Stinger splashes in the corner, a series of neck breakers on everyone, and a series of elbows on Maclin but Miguel made the save.

Nemeth hit a spike DDT on Maclin, but Wentz hit a flatliner, Bailey hit a kick to Wentz, Miguel hit a handspring kick on Bailey, and Seven hit a seven star lariat before Maclin hit a knee on Seven. Nemeth missed a Fameaser and then hit a low pe on Miguel by accident. Wentz shoved Maclin, and their partnership seemed to end right there, as The Rascalz left and Maclin ate a double team move from Seven and Bailey and then the Danger Zone from Nemeth for the win.

–The System attacked after the match and laid out all 3 winners, with The System posing with all their titles after the match. The direction is clear now – Speedball Mountain vs. Myers and Edwards, and Nemeth vs. Moose. I suspect they will be the two big matches at TNA Rebellion, and the build to it has begun while tying the bow on Maclin/Nemeth and Speedball Mountian/The Rascalz. Well booked main event segment.

Final Thoughts

This felt like an episode of TNA Impact that actually had a direction for what was coming in the next few weeks, rather than rushing to another PPV. Good episode, and I’m looking forward to see how they can build around these two groups in the main event as we go forward.

TNA Impact – March 21, 2024

  • GYV vs. Time Splitters
  • TNA Digital Media Championship: Crazzy Steve (c) vs. PCO
  • Ash by Elegance in action
  • TNA Knockouts World Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Tasha Steelz

TNA Impact live results: Final build to Sacrifice

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

One day before Sacrifice, a new episode of TNA Impact airs tonight.

X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali will be in non-title action against Kevin Knight. The two will also be on opposite sides of a six-man tag match at Sacrifice. Ali is teaming with The Good Hands against Chris Sabin, KUSHIDA & Knight at the TNA+ special.

The Good Hands recently helped Ali win the X-Division title from Sabin.

Moose is set to defend his TNA World Championship against Eric Young at Sacrifice. Tonight, we’ll hear from Young in advance of his title challenge.

Ash By Elegance, the former Dana Brooke, will wrestle her second TNA match tonight. She was victorious against Savannah Thorne in her TNA debut.

Ash By Elegance has her sights set on the Knockouts Championship. Jordynne Grace is defending the title against Tasha Steelz and Xia Brookside in a three-way match at Sacrifice.

Josh Alexander vs. Dirty Dango, PCO vs. Alan Angels, and Masha Slamovich vs. Dani Luna are also part of tonight’s lineup. Alexander is facing Alex Hammerstone at Sacrifice.

Mustafa Ali defeated Kevin Knight

Knight hit a great dropkick when Ali went for a leapfrog, followed by a splash for a two count. Ali dodged a corner charge and rolled into the ring from the apron into a neckbreaker on Knight. That was awesome. Ali hit a DDT on Knight for a two count. Ali went to the middle rope and got cut off by Knight, who jumped into the air and hit a hurricanrana. Ali managed to hit a backstabber for a two count.

Ali trash talked Knight, hitting some punches, but ate a clothesline from Knight. Ali bailed to the floor and Knight hit a dive onto Ali and all his security, while Knight got a two count after a dive. The Good Hands and Sabin and KUSHIDA started brawling on the floor and they all got into the ring and spilled out the other side. That should have been a DQ or No Contest, but the match continued.

The finish was chaotic as John Skylar tried to throw the X-Division title to Ali, but Sabin tried to stop him. Ali kicked Sabin and the belt ended up in the ring, and Ali took the belt and hit Knight to get the win.

–The fighting continued after the match with The Good Hands tying Knight up, and Ali hitting a 450 splash onto the arm of Kevin Knight. Alex Shelley came running out to make the save, holding a crutch for some reason, and he chased them away as KUSHIDA and Sabin checked on Knight.

–Xia Brookside, Tasha Steelz, and Jordynne Grace had a video air for their upcoming match, discussing how Steelz and Brookside were not sure Grace could beat the both of them.

–A doctor was checking on Kevin Knight, and the doctor refused to clear him. Alex Shelley offered to take his place, saying that he would be there for his friends, and Sabin wondered what he meant by that. Shelley said that Sabin wasn’t there to back him up at No Surrender, and he didn’t expect KUSHIDA to throw in the towel. Both KUSHIDA and Sabin were bothered by this, and Shelley said that he was going to go to Santino and get a Time Splitters reunion match against The Good Hands.

Ash by Elegance (w/ George Iceman) defeated Angel Blue

This was a basic match, ending with a senton bomb that Ash called “Rarified Air.” You know, not everything needs a ™ name for each wrestler. That said, Ash has looked perfectly fine in her first two matches in TNA.

–Steve Maclin was in his hotel room, clearly cutting this promo with his laptop. Maclin asked where Nic Nemeth was, and if Nemeth wasn’t going to show up, he wasn’t going to show up. Maclin was suddenly attacked and his stream froze, and it came back to see Maclin on the floor, and Nic Nemeth picked up the camara, looked into it, and then set it down next to Maclin’s unconscious body.

The Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA) defeated The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch)

I’m not sure if I want to see a Shelley heel turn now, but I know he is also an incredible heel. Good tag match though.

Shelley looked frustrated on his way down to the ring, but still did a fist bump with KUSHIDA and played to the crowd. KUSHIDA and Hotch started the match with some fun technical exchanges, with KUSHIDA showing how awesome he is. KUSHIDA and Shelley looked like they never stopped teaming before, with some incredibly smooth segments here against Hotch. The fans chanted “Break his arm!” as Shelley stomped on the elbow of Hotch.

Hotch misdirected KUSHIDA into Shelley and managed to tag out, and Hotch and Skylar got the heat on KUSHIDA for the next few minutes. Shelley made the hot tag after a handspring elbow from KUSHIDA, but was quickly cut off again by a shot from Hotch, who was on the apron. The Good Hands ended up having their own misdirection as Shelley sent them crashing into each other after a dropdown, and the The Time Splitters had a come back, but Skylar dodged a corner charge from KUSHIDA, and Shelley accidentally hit an enziguri on KUSHIDA in the corner for a near fall.

To make up for it, Shelley tripped up Skylar and KUSHIDA punted the arm on Skylar and locked on the Hoverboard Lock for the submission win.

–KUSHIDA and Shelley argued after the match about the accidental hitting of each other.

–Dirty Dango did a promo with Alpha Bravo (who he kept calling Johnny Bravo, breaking the kayfabe of the gimmick change, but it suits him). He also claimed he and Oleg Prudius would face the best tag teams in the world with one year or less experience. He then talked about how he was going to beat Josh Alexander.

–Mustafa Ali was backstage as the Good Hands were apologizing for losing to the Time Splitters. They said think of it as a fact finding mission to help identify the enemy’s strengths and weaknesses. Ali thanked them for this and then told them they were being replaced by the Grizzled Young Vets at Sacrifice. Hotch was disappointed, John Skylar was in awe of Ali.

Dani Luna (w/ Jody Threat) defeated Masha Slamovich (w/ Killer Kelly)

This was not long, but it was good. Slamovich and Luna worked very well together, hit hard, and kept up a very good pace. Really fun match.

Tom Hannifan noted that on Xplosion, Jody Threat beat Killer Kelly, and wondered if that would play into this match. Slamovich distracted the referee and Kelly choked Luna on the ropes, which allowed Slamovich to hit a PK to the back of Luna for a two count. Luna and Slamovich hit each other very hard over the next 2-3 minutes, and Luna won after a lariat and a fireman’s carry into a powerbomb for the win.

PCO defeated Alan Angels

PCO deaded him. With murder. I realize this is not proper grammar (using dead as a verb), but there is really no other way to describe this squash match, as PCO hits a chokeslam and a moonsault.

–PCO and Kon brawled after the match, with Kon snapping the neck of Angels and then PCO and Kon brawling backstage and swinging chairs at each other.

–A recap video aired of Crazzy Steve retaining the Digital Media Championship against Rhino on Xplosion. Steve claimed to be a teacher who specializes in misery. Steve said every time he is in the ring, the title would be defended, he was going to beat them all.

–Eric Young came out for a promo, wearing the least intimidating shirt I have ever seen, which appeared to be a skeletal hand holding a slice of pizza all over it. Young said that he would do everything in his life all over again if it meant him standing right there in a TNA ring, and he wanted the TNA title.

Moose came out and said that no matter how much passion Young has, the outcome would be the same – Moose retaining. Moose suggested he and Eric Young fight tonight in a street fight, and Young agreed, but Moose was simply baiting Young in, and Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards ran in and attacked Young, letting Moose spear Young. Moose was going to use a chain to spear Young like he did Shelley, but ABC r an down to make the save.

Josh Alexander defeated Dirty Dango (w/ Alpha Bravo & Oleg Prudius)

This was a very good main event. Dango had his best match in TNA, and Alexander continues to be awesome.

Alexander and Dango did grapple for a bit, but Alexander came out on top eventually and Dango rolled to the floor. Dango came back in and went after the arm of Alexander. It happened to be the arm that Alexander injured years ago. Dango shoved Alexander to the floor after a distraction from Alpha Bravo, causing Alexander to land awkwardly on his knee.

Dango hit a dragon screw on the floor, and slammed Alexander’s knee on the apron. Dango locked on a death lock on the knee of Alexander, but Alexander chopped his way out of it. Dango did not let that deter him though, as he slammed Alexander’s knee into the ring post repeatedly. Dango charged Alexander, and Alexander turned it into a rolling fireman’s carry. Alexander hit a flying knee off the middle rope for a 2-count.

Dango hit a slingshot leg drop on Alexander, who was propped in the corner, and followed with a falcon arrow. Alexander rolled away from the corner to avoid a guillotine leg drop from Dango, and as Dango went to drag him back, Alexander hit a few German suplexes, but was unable to keep the bridge due to knee. Alexander went to the top rope and Dango cut him off and went for a superplex. Alexander blocked it and Alley Ooped Dango over his head to the floor onto Alpha Bravo. Alexander then flipped off the top rope over the corner and onto everyone.

Alexander ate a tornado DDT in the ring, and Dango went for the guillotine leg drop, but Alexander slipped to the side to dodge it, caught the leg of Dango, and locked on the ankle lock for the submission win. Great match.

Final Thoughts

This was a better episode of Impact than recent weeks, though none of the matches were as good as Maclin and Mike Bailey from a few weeks ago. This PPV being so soon after the last one has not given them much time to build at all, so that has hurt some of it. That said, this was a decent episode, with a very fun main event.

TNA Sacrifice – March 8, 2024

  • Josh Alexander vs. Hammerstone
  • Nic Nemeth vs. Steve Maclin
  • PCO vs. Kon
  • Time Machine vs. Mustafa Ali & GYV
  • TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship: MK Ultra (c) vs. Dani Luna & Jody Threat
  • TNA Knockouts World Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Xia Brookside vs. Tasha Steelz
  • TNA World Championship: Moose (c) vs. Eric Young

TNA Impact live results: Mustafa Ali title celebration

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

On TNA Impact tonight, Mustafa Ali makes his first appearance as X-Division Champion.

The former WWE star won TNA’s X-Division title by defeating Chris Sabin at No Surrender last Friday. Tonight, Ali will hold his official X-Division Championship Inauguration Ceremony. We’ll see if a new challenger for Ali emerges.

We know that Moose’s next defense of the TNA World Championship will be against Eric Young at Sacrifice on Friday, March 8. Moose retained the title against Alex Shelley at No Surrender, while Young defeated Frankie Kazarian in a number one contender’s match.

Moose, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers are facing Young, Ace Austin & Chris Bey in trios action tonight.

Mike Bailey vs. Steve Maclin, Tasha Steelz vs. Xia Brookside, AJ Francis & Deaner vs. Rich Swann & Joe Hendry, and Laredo Kid vs. Jake Something are also part of tonight’s lineup. The matches were taped in New Orleans the day after No Surrender.

Impact opened with a fantastic video package of what happened at TNA No Surrender, with some very high quality video (for the most part, minus one camera) for the videos. If the show looked like this all the time, it would be one of the best visually produced wrestling products on TV. Excellent video package.

Steve Maclin (w/ The Rascalz) defeated Mike Bailey (w/ Trent Seven)

The gave Bailey absolutely everything in this loss, including constant interference to stop him from keeping any of his momentum. This was an awesome match. Maclin looked like a monster, and Bailey looked like he could overcome the world with just a slightly different match.

Bailey was selling his knee a little bit on his entrance and when he launched himself over the ropes, he sold his knee a little bit. I liked that subtle touch, as Steve Maclin took out his knee with a chop block that allowed The Rascalz to get the win over Bailey and Seven at No Surrender. The Rascalz accompanied Maclin to the ring, and were dressed in camo pants they likely bought at a local mall, and toques (beanies for my American friends). They were quite hilarious here.

The Rascalz helped Maclin bail to the floor, but Bailey was not deterred and went to the floor and started chopping Maclin. Maclin, however, had the advantage soon thereafter thanks to the Rascalz, and Maclin took out the knee of Bailey and continued where he left off at the PPV. Bailey managed to hit a kick to the face of Maclin with his right leg on the apron, using the ropes for support, and then launched himself to the floor with a corkscrew moonsault on one leg. Impressive.

Bailey went for a moonsault onto double knees on the apron (while on one foot) to Maclin but Maclin moved and hit the ropes and speared Bailey off the apron to the floor. Maclin hit a Greetings from Asbury Park after a distraction from Miguel. Seven gave Bailey a chance at a tornado kick, but Maclin blocked it and went for a powerbomb, but Bailey turned it into a Poison Rana but missed Ultima Weapon and landed right on the injured knee. Maclin went for KIA, but Bailey countered into a Northern Lights suplex, but Maclin held onto the arms and rolled through into a KIA for the win.

–Steve Maclin claimed that he ran Nic Nemeth off, and that he was not there tonight. Nemeth came on screen and said the only reason he wasn’t there was because he was in NJPW winning the IWGP Global Championship, and he would face Maclin at TNA Sacrifice.

–Frankie Kazarian was seen trying to get past security, and he was informed by Gia Miller that Santino had suspended him for his attack of a referee after the match with Eric Young. Kazarian said that Santino should think very carefully about this being the right decision, which makes me things bad things are coming for Santino.

Jake Something defeated Laredo Kid

Jake Something caught Laredo Kid off a hurricanrana to the floor and picked him up into a powerbomb on the floor after rolling through it, which was incredible, but also probably very painful for Laredo Kid. Kid managed to hit a flipping DDT on Something, but Something kicked out at 1. Something hit Into the Void soon thereafter for the win.

–Kon was with Alan Angels for The Sound Check, and this was very bad. Kon said PCO was finally dead. The lights flickered and went black and white, and PCO appeared. PCO destroyed Alan Angels and then Kon and PCO threw punches and the cameras went off.

Joe Hendry & Rich Swann defeated AJ Francis & Deaner

Francis was not good in this match. He was far from the worst I have ever seen, but he definitely wasn’t good. However, working matches like this with a more comedy bent could be his future, and he could be fun in that role.

Joe Hendry cut a promo about the match, and talked about how AJ Francis’ family and friends were huddled around a TV excited for his debut, so he was asking the fans to not chant “AJ Sucks” which they responded by chanting exactly that. He then apologized to Francis. Francis tagged in immediately to go after Hendry, but Swann was the one who was legal, so Francis knocked Hendry off the apron and tagged back out to Deaner, who unfortunately got chopped by Swann.

Swann went for a dive, but Francis got in his way. Deaner got the heat on Hendry for a few minutes. Swann managed to hit a kick on Deaner and then tagged out to Hendry, who hit a stalling suplex on Deaner, including doing two squats while holding him up. Hendry then hit Francis and knocked him off the apron. Deaner responded by laying out the distracted Hendry and tagging in Francis.

Francis hit a knee strike that appeared to not hit Hendry at all before flipping over the top rope and landing on his feet on the floor. He needs to work on the delivery of the knee itself, but the ending of it looked nice. The fans chanted “Uncle Phil” at Francis, which is an insult to Uncle Phil. Francis missed a knee as Hendry was draped on the ropes. Francis went for a back suplex, but Hendry countered into a DDT. Swann knocked Fracnis to the floor and Hendry hit the Standing Ovation on Deaner for the win.

–The Decay cut a promo on MK Ultra, saying that they were patient, and that they made a deal that will only keep them away from the tag titles for a short time. I assume this was a deal with the Devil. Or James Mitchell. Whichever, in TNA’s canon.

–TNA announced that Alex Hammerstone had signed with TNA, and he would be facing Josh Alexander at TNA Sacrifice.

–Josh Alexander was with Gia Miller to talk about it, saying that it was going to be a hard match. Dango walked up and said that he was launching the Dirty Dango International Wrestling Academy of the Performing Sports Entertainment Arts, and they were only accepting payments via dubious means, and 1-year or less experience. He said that there was going to be an email at the bottom of the screen, but there was not, which was funny. Alexander said that Dango was looking for a match, which Dango denied vehemently. Alexander said it was no problem, and that they would have a match tonight after he cleared it with Santino. Dango looked very unhappy at this, as he knew he was going to die. I laughed at this.

–John Skylar and Jason Hotch were in the ring in suits, ready to celebrate with Mustafa Ali. Skylar got the state they were in wrong, for heat. Ali came out and gave a political speech about how “we have did it!” and that his campaign to be the X-Division champion was a success. Before he could release his first executive order, Chris Sabin came down to the ring. Ali came face to face with Sabin.

Sabin said that change was a common thing between him and Ali, and for Sabin that change is about being unselfish, making the future better for everyone in wrestling, which Ali however, believes it is manipulating people to get what he wants, with the Good Hands being a prime example.

Ali said that The Good Hands were not there because he paid them, but supported the campaign, and Sabin had no one to support him at TNA No Surrender. Some of the fans chanted for Ali here, and he smiled and pointed at them. Sabin said that he respected the fans that supported Ali, but that he was not a politician, and he was here to fight. Sabin attacked Ali, and The Good Hands jumped Sabin, but KUSHIDA and Kevin Knight made the save, as security shuffled an angry Ali away while his cronies got beat up by the babyfaces. This was a good segment. People may point out that Ali did not seem genuine in what he was saying, but that is actually the point of the character, and it worked very well here.

–George Iceman came out and announced that Ash by Elegance was here and was going to make a huge announcement. Iceman said that there was a huge announcement to make, and she would be having her second match in TNA next week.

–Mustafa Ali was backstage with his security, Hotch, and Skylar, and he was upset at Sabin, KUSHIDA, and Knight for ruining his inauguration, and that there were going to be consequences for their actions.

Xia Brookside & Tasha Steelz went to a double countout

This match was not good. I am not sure what happened here, as the other two were fine, but this was not. I saw the finish coming about part way through, but that is fine.

Steelz hit a pump kick after dodging a dropkick, and then hit a jackhammer for a 2-count. Brookside hit a dropkick and a crossbody for a 2-count, but Steelz attacked the eyes and hit a headbutt. Brookside managed to hit a head scissors and then went for the Brooksybomb but Steelz escaped to the floor. Brookside hit a running neckbreaker on the floor, and she initiated the WWE style of selling where you scream as loud as possible that they seem to teach people there. Hopefully she’ll do away with that in time. Steelz and Brookside brawled and got counted out.

–Jordynne Grace came out and said that both of them are getting a title shot at TNA Sacrifice.

–Rhino challenged Crazzy Steve to a No DQ match, which I assume is on Xplosion.

The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards, & Brian Myers) (w/ Alisha Edwards) defeated Eric Young & ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin)

This was a good main event, especially in the closing sequence, as TNA continues their trend of having excellent six-man tags on their shows. I am not sure if it is the right call to have Young in a match were he loses before challenging Moose, but since he didn’t take the pin, I suspect they are setting up Edwards and Myers challenging for the tag titles, so this is fine.

Young and Myers started the match, but it wasn’t long before the babyfaces were isolating Eddie Edwards as Alisa Edwards protested loudly with a Boston accent on the floor. A heel move if there ever was one. Edwards was able to cut off Bey with one hard chop and tagged out to Moose, who continued chopping.

Austin was able to tag in and ABC hit a double dropkick on Myers, but Myers rolled to the floor. Eddie Edwards and Moose were able to tag out Austin while the official was distracted. Myers hit a back suplex and the heat resumed on the babyfaces. Edwards tagged in and continued the assault on the babyfaces. The fans chanted a censored version of a chant, telling The System what to do, which was quite funny. The referee missed a tag due to Edwards and Myers distracting the referee, and as it always does, the fans were enraged and chanted at the referee.

Austin sent Myers crashing into Moose, hit a spin kick, and then tagged out to Eric Young. Young hit a big Death Valley Driver on Edwards, then dodged Myers trying to break the pinfall, hit a Death Valley Driver on Myers onto Edwards, and started a strike exchange. Both men went down with Moose and Bey then facing off. Bey went for a tope con giro to Moose, but Moose caught him and hit a powerbomb on the apron.

Ace Austin hit a kick, then Myers hit a spear, and Young hit a tope suicida to the floor on Myers. Bey and Moose were still not the legal men here, but were in the middle of the ring, and ABC hit some double team moves, including going for the Art of Finesse on Moose, but Edwards broke it up. Moose hit a pump kick on Austin, and a huge vertical dropkick Bey who was on the top rope. Edwards setup a backpack stunner on Bey, and Moose hit a pump kick on Bey, while Edwards hit the stunner, and Myers flew off the ropes with a top rope elbow for the win. Good finish and closing sequence.

Final Thoughts

Like a lot of the weekly TV lately, this was not a must see show, but it was still good. Maclin and Bailey was a great match, and the main event was also very good if you are looking for the best matches to watch. Coming back with TNA Sacrifice so soon after No Surrender makes it difficult to build anything at all, and I was hoping we would see less of this “two weeks between PPVs” that they have done in the past, as it make sit more difficult for them to actually build their stories heading into big shows.

TNA Impact – March 7, 2024

  • Mustafa Ali in action
  • Josh Alexander vs. Dirty Dango
  • Masha Slamovich vs. Dani Luna
  • Ash by Elegance in action

TNA Sacrifice – March 8, 2024

  • TNA Knockouts World Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Tasha Steelz vs. Xia Brookside
  • Steve Maclin vs. Nic Nemeth
  • Chris Sabin & Intergalatic Jet Setters vs. Mustafa Ali & The Good Hands
  • TNA World Championship: Moose (c) vs. Eric Young

TNA Impact live results: No Surrender go-home show

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

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
  • Josh Alexander vs. Simon Gotch
  • PCO vs. Kon
  • The System vs. Intergalactic Jet Setters

TNA Impact live results: Trinity’s farewell match

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

Former Knockouts Champion Trinity competes in a TNA/Impact Wrestling ring for the final time tonight.

At the Royal Rumble, Trinity/Naomi returned to WWE for the first time since 2022. She’s since been confirmed as a new member of the SmackDown roster. Tonight, Trinity has her last TNA match as she teams with Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace against Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans.

Trinity lost the Knockouts title to Grace at Hard to Kill last month. That night, Shaw won an Ultimate X match to earn a shot at the championship. Shaw and Evans attacked Grace and Trinity two weeks ago after Grace defeated Trinity in a Hard to Kill rematch.

Shaw is challenging Grace for the Knockouts Championship at No Surrender on February 23.

Also set for tonight’s Impact: Alex Shelley vs. Eddie Edwards, Josh Alexander vs. Alan Angels, Chris Sabin vs. John Skyler, Tasha Steelz vs. Xia Brookside, and Mike Bailey vs. Zachary Wentz.

TNA Impact opened with Chris Sabin coming out for his match against John Skylar.

Chris Sabin defeated John Skylar (w/ Jason Hotch)

Fundamentally speaking, this was a good match, but Skylar, at this point, is nothing more than a glorified job guy, so the extended heat in the middle of this match for Skylar was not that fun to watch. Still a decent match, but nothing that was must see. Sabin is still one of the best in the world, but I’d much rather a better opponent.

Chris Sabin is still one of the best workers going today, and even his tremendous selling could not get the fans into this match. Skylar got a lot of heat in this match, beating on Sabin for several minutes while Jason Hotch ran interference for him. After one of those spots, Hotch hit a spear through the middle ropes for a 2-count and got a mild “you still suck” chant from the audience. Sabin got the win after a Helluva Kick in the corner and a Cradle Shock as he graciously gave 95% of this match to Skylar, but not something we really needed to see here.

–Alex Shelley talked about how he was a member of different tag teams throughout his career and that he knew what it took to be a member of a team, while The System didn’t. He said that if you take out one part of a system, the whole things fails, and he is starting with Eddie Edwards tonight.

Tasha Steelz defeated Xia Brookside

In traditional Impact fashion, the newcomer that was just establishing a little momentum had been defeated, though it was done with Steelz cheating here, so it looks like it is setting up a program and return matches.

Honestly, it didn’t feel like this match had enough time to get going, but I imagine with the finish we will be seeing more of them again in the future. Steez won by yanking the tights for the win.

–ABC were backstage talking about their best 2/3 series with GYV, and as they were talking, the Vets attacked them, looking like they injured Ace Austin’s shoulder.

–A recap of Kazarian’s heel turn promo aired, with Eric Young looking on from backstage behind the curtain just out of view of everyone.

–Jake Something and Frankie Kazarian had a face off backstage, and he talked about how he used to look up to Kazarian, but now they would fight in the ring since words weren’t working.

Zachery Wentz (w/ Trey Miguel) defeated Mike Bailey

This match was awesome, and a prime example of the kind of matches I love seeing on this show. Either guy could have won, and everyone got a chance to shine.

Bailey blitzed Wentz in the early part of the match, but Wentz as able to turn it around with a distraction from Miguel. Bailey managed to hit the triangle moonsault to the floor on Wentz, but Wentz was able to slam Bailey’s head into the announce table. Wentz hit a hard chop on the floor, and Bailey basically hit a chop with his kicks as he kicked Wentz hard in the chest.

Wentz hit a big suplex on the floor and Bailey made it back in at the count of 7. Wentz pounced into a mounted punching position and he got cocky, shoving Bailey to the floor. Wentz went for a second suplex on the floor, but Bailey hit a snap suplex on Wentz instead. Bailey went to the top rope and hit a missile dropkick on Wentz as he got back into the ring. Bailey hit a great series of kicks but missed a running shooting star press. Wentz clipped the knee of Bailey in a leap frog and hit a German suplex, but missed a running shooting star of his own, and then both men kicked each other and were down.

Bailey missed a big superkick and Wentz hit a full nelson slam for a 2-count. Bailey and Wentz botched a standing Spanish fly and it looked like Bailey landed on his own head, but he was up and moving right away so hopefully he is okay. Bailey blocked a roundhouse kick from Wentz with a spinning kick, which was cool, then hit the tornado kick before going for Ultima Weapon. Migel knocked Bailey from the top turnbuckle which allowed Wentz to hit a UFO Cutter for the pinfall.

–The Rascalz started beating on Bailey, and Trent Seven made the save, as one half of “Speedball Mountain” which may be the worst tag team name I ever heard, Tom Hannifan. Steve Maclin ran down to the ring and took out Seven, but Nic Nemeth ran down, hit superkicks on The Rascalz and cleared the ring. It looks like they’re setting up a six-man tag.

–Kon had a hype video. It did not hype me.

–A recap aired of Crazzy Steve and Rhino from Xplosion. Steve hit Rhino with a low blow and laid Rhino out. They then had Rhino cut a promo from what looked like a 2007 TNA Impact set with Rhino looking like 2007 Rhino. I guess he has a time machine! I could make an old B&V joke here, but I’ll refrain.

Jordynne Grace & Trinity defeated Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans (w/ Jai Vidal)

This is not how you build to an interesting match between Shaw and Grace, but it was a very nice sent of for Trinity as she leaves to return to WWE.

Evans and Grace started the match with Grace brawling with Evans around the ring. Trinity and Grace had the advantage in the early part of the match, but Evans was able to get the heat after Vidal interfered and Shaw yanked Grace by the hair into the apron. Shaw played the cowardly heel here, only tagging in once Grace was immobilized.

Grace was crawling towards the tag, and you could hear all the little kids screaming for Grace to tag Trinity (proving again, that Trinity is a star). Grace hit a back elbow and a lariat on Shaw after blocking a head scissors takedown. Grace tagged out to Trinity, who hit some kicks on Evans, and then a crossbody on Evans for a 2-count. Trinity hit the Rear View on Evans, but Shaw made the save. Grace threw Shaw out of the ring onto Jai Vidal, and then Trinity hit Code Red and locked on Starstruck on Evans for the win.

–Deaner cut a promo backstage, saying he was a man at a crossroads, and before he could keep talking AJ Francis showed up and offered help to Deaner. Deaner said that he clearly needed help with Joe Hendry. Francis said, “Don’t say the name!” and Hendry’s music hit, and he popped out from behind some chairs, and Deaner clapped to his theme. Francis asked, “Why did you clap?” and Deaner looked confused. That was hilarious.

Then Hendry read from social media what people thought about Francis, and it compared Francis to the YouTube comments mating with the ebola virus in terms of how terrible he is. I laughed. Deaner was trying very hard not to laugh, but managed to get by with a smile. Francis said the last time Hendry talked to him like that, he chokeslammed Hendry, and he walked away. Deaner then said that Hendry shouldn’t talk for him, ever.

I hope this leads to a babyface turn and team with Hendry because Deaner is great at comedy wrestling. I really enjoyed this segment, and I don’t care what anyone says.

Kon defeated Richard Adonis & Ori Gold

The last thing I want to see is a Kon push, but here we are. At least this was short.

Kon squashed Adonis in the corner and then dropped Gold on his head with a clothesline. Kon hit a chokeslam and then put the iron claw on Gold. He then snapped the neck of Adonis, apparently murdering him.

–Kon went to do the same to Gold, but the lights went out and PCO was resurrected again by his team of doctors. As PCO sat up, Kon took out the orderlies and a brawl broke out between the two big men. This is something for PCO to do, as he beats the monster of the week like an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

To their credit, the fans really like PCO, so they wanted to see these big men brawl. PCO and Kon beat up security and continued brawling, ending when PCO clothesline Kon over the ropes, and PCO hit a top suicida to the floor onto all the security guards. Kon slammed PCO on the ramp, and PCO sat up and brawled with him to the top of the ramp. They brawled backstage and the segment ended.

Josh Alexander defeated Alan Angels

I am not sure what Angels did in his talk show to justify this violence against Alexander, but Alexander murdered him in this match, and I enjoyed it.

See, sometimes, a squash is fun. This was one of those times, with Josh Alexander beating the crap out of Angels.

–As Alexander was leaving the area, Simon Gotch attacked him and beat him around ringside, throwing Alexander into the stairs after a stiff strike. Okay. I’m not sure about this. Matt Rewoldt claimed he knew nothing about it, as Gotch’s former tag partner.

Alex Shelley defeated Eddie Edwards (w/ Alisha Edwards)

This was a good main event match, but another match with tons of interference on this show. It would be very difficult for Edwards and Shelley to have a bad match though, and this was no exception – it was very good.

I love watching Alex Shelley play the technical game, and this match featured a lot of it. Edwards tried to take it to the floor to get an advantage, but ended up missing a kick and hit the ring post allowing Shelley to attack the leg of Edwards. He then made a very rude gesture from WWF Raw in 1997 at Alisha Edwards to the delight of the crowd.

Shelley took apart Edwards going after the arms and the knee, but Eddie was able to get some of his offence back with a chop on Shelley. Edwards then distracted the referee as Alisha Edwards choked Shelley on the ropes, allowing Edwards to hit more chops in the middle of the ring. Shelley hit a dragon screw to start a comeback, and then hit an enziguri.

Shelley charged Edwards in the corner, but Edwards tried to block it with a kick. Unfortunately for him, Shelley caught the kick, tied both legs together, and hit another dragon screw. Shelley locked on the figure four leglock but Edwards got to the ropes to escape. Edwards managed to hit a belly-to-belly while selling all of his limbs, which was actually kind of impressive.

Edwards hit a knee to the face of Shelley, and you could hear Alisha Edwards calling the spot, saying “Yeah! Knee him in the face!” which is good heel work. Edwards hit another knee for a 1-count, and Shelley fired up, hitting a superkick, but Alisha Edwards interfered for the distraction, allowing Eddie Edwards to go for the Boston Knee Party. Shelley countered it in a very cool way that I can’t quite describe, and ended up pinning Edwards out of nowhere.

Final Thoughts

Every single match on this show that wasn’t a squash had tons of interference, which really didn’t add to much of the heat for any of these feuds. I’m not sure why they booked it that way, but when every match has interference, the interference means a lot less. That said, Mike Bailey & Zachery Wentz was great, and the main event with Shelley and Edwards was also very good. Those are the two most must see things on the show, but I have a soft spot for that Hendry/Deaner/Francis segment as Hendry continues to make me laugh every time I see him.

TNA Impact – February 15, 2024

· Best 2/3 Series: ABC (c) vs. Grizzled Young Vets

· TNA Digital Media Championship: Crazzy Steve (c) vs. Rhino

· Frankie Kazarian vs. Jake Something

· Moose vs. KUSHIDA

TNA No Surrender – February 16, 2024

· TNA World Championship: Moose (c) vs. Alex Shelley

· TNA Knockouts World Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Gisele Shaw

· TNA X-Division Championship: Chris Sabin (c) vs. Mustafa Ali

TNA Impact live results: Will Ospreay vs. Josh Alexander 2

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

Tonight, TNA Wrestling presents the first episode of Impact since the company’s name change.

A new era began at last Saturday’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view. New champions were crowned, new roster additions debuted, and Impact Wrestling officially crossed the line back to TNA. Tonight’s show will feature matches taped the day after Hard to Kill.

Will Ospreay and Josh Alexander clash in a highly anticipated rematch. Ospreay defeated Alexander in their first meeting last fall. Now Ospreay gets to accomplish his dream of competing in a TNA ring.

We’ll hear from Nic Nemeth (the former Dolph Ziggler) after he made his TNA debut at Hard to Kill. The PPV ended with Nemeth debuting and laying out new Impact World Champion Moose.

There will be an X-Division scramble match featuring KUSHIDA, Mike Bailey, Trey Miguel, El Hijo del Vikingo, Laredo Kid, and Jake Something, The winner will likely be in line for a shot at Chris Sabin’s X-Division title.

Xia Brookside vs. Tasha Steelz is also set for tonight, along with The Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Eric Young & Frankie Kazarian.

TNA Impact opened with a recap of the excellent Hard to Kill PPV, running down all the matches, with the biggest news being Moose defeating Alex Shelley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Jake Something defeated KUSHIDA, Trey Miguel, Laredo Kid, Mike Bailey, El Hijo del Vikingo

This was an awesome match. No better way to start off the return of TNA than with the X-Division, and this showed why.

It did not take long for this to descend into chaos with Mike Bailey, Vikingo, and Laredo Kid hitting stereo dives to the floor onto everyone else. Trey Miguel played the annoying heel cutting off the babyfaces and avoiding all the high impact, pardon the pun, offence. Trey Miguel tied up the legs of Laredo Kid, but decided to slap KUSHIDA while doing it. This did not go well. KUSHIDA kicked him in the face.

Miguel still kept the legs of Kid tied and hit a lightning spiral though, and continued his submission attempt, but Jake Something came in and pulled him off. Something cleared the ring with some hard forearms but had a hard time keeping up with Vikingo, which to be fair, no one can. Vikingo went for his imploding hurricanrana but Something rolled through and powerbombed Vikingo over the ropes onto everyone on the floor.

Miguel hit a poisonrana on Something, and KUSHIDA locked the Hoverboard lock on Miguel, but Vikingo cut him off with a rope walk into a double stomp. Everyone exchanged some big moves and it ended after Laredo Kid hit Mike Bailey with a Spanish Fly and Something hit Into the Void on Kid for the win.

–Will Ospreay was backstage and cut a promo on Josh Alexander, and how the last time they faced off, Ospreay left him laying. He was back now for the three letters, TNA, and he was going to defeat Alexander once again. They still need to white balance their cameras.

–A hype video aired for Ash by Elegance. It is going to take a lot to sell me on this gimmick, but it’s nice to see Dana Brooke trying something completely different than what she was in WWE.

–Gisele Shaw cut a promo about winning the Ultimate X match, and said that Jordynne Grace needed to watch out. Gail Kim walked up and said that Shaw should think about doing things alone, because Shaw was able to win without the Shawntorage. Shaw brushed Kim off and walked away.

Xia Brookside defeated Tasha Steelz

Brookside earned the anger of Steelz in the first part of this match, ending with Steelz hitting a pump kick in frustration, as Brookside managed to frustrate every other attempt at offence in the early parts of the match. Steelz ended up hitting the three amigos, and started putting together some heat on the young babyface.

Steelz went for another suplex, but Brookside did a small package for a 2-count, and hit a head scissors. Brookside hit double knees to the back of Steelz in the corner. Steelz hit a jaw breaker followed by a code breaker for a 2-count. Steelz went to the top rope, but Brookside cut her off and hit the Brooksy Bomb off the top rope for the pinfall win.

–A recap of AJ Francis laying out Joe Hendry after Hendry’s music video aired.

–Joe Hendry was backstage, and talked about being chokeslammed by AJ Francis, he said that he didn’t blame Francis because he was the Cheez-it Champion, and had tons of challengers. Hendry said it wasn’t a total loss because he got a free laptop. The laptop was trashed though, so he said he was throwing it out with the rest of the garbage, and the camera zoomed out to show DJ WhooKid in a garbage can, moaning in pain.

The Grizzled Young Vets (James Drake & Zach Gibson) defeated Frankie Kazarian & Eric Young

This was a really solid tag match, and it was designed perfectly for the turn that came at the end. It also put over GYV as a dangerous team.

GYV immediately started working over the arm of Eric Young, showing their technical style of wrestling, but Young bit the fingers of Drake and tagged out to Kazarian who hit a flipping neckbreaker on Drake. Gibson blind tagged in, allowing Kazarian to be pulled from the ring, and Drake hit a tope suicidia on Kazarian.

Drake and Gibson worked over Kazarian for the next few minutes, showcasing their style, with hard strike and breaking down Kazarian bit by bit. Gibson hit a dragon screw on the leg of Kazarian, and Kazarian tried to fire back with a chop, but he got cut off with a hard strike from Gibson. Gibson slammed Drake on Kazarian for a 2-count.

Kazarian finally responded with a suplex when Gibson went for one, and was about to tag out, but Drake pulled Young from the apron. The timing on this was so perfect. Drake hit an assisted Sliced Bread #2 on Kazarian for a 2-count. I missed part of the finish here, as the news of Kazuchika Okada leaving NJPW was sent to me, and I was in shock, but I did see GYV hitting Grit Your Teeth on Eric Young for the win.

–The System were at a restaurant and talked about how everything was going to plan for them, with Moose getting his title win. This was a good segment.

–Nic Nemeth made his entrance, and looked overjoyed to be there. The fans chanted for him, and said them chanting “Nic!” was going to take some getting used to. Nemeth talked about being excited to be in TNA, and that he was there to prove himself. Steve Maclin came out and cut him off, saying that he was just a phony, and that he never took the top spot he supposedly wanted.

Maclin said that if they faced off against each other, all people would be asking was “Whatever happened to Dolph Ziggler?” and Nemeth hit Danger Zone (Zig Zag redubbed) to lay out Maclin. This segment was really good.

–Jordynne Grace was backstage with Gia Miller talking about winning the Knockout’s Championship. Trinity walked up and said that the rematch for the title would be happening next week on TNA Impact.

–Jai Vidal came down to the ring and talked about moving away from Las Vegas because it was filthy. Vidal said that no one could beat him up. PCO came out to interrupt.

PCO defeated Jai Vidal

PCO beat up Jai Vidal, contrary to Vidal’s claims.

–Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin were backstage, and Shelley talked about how they had a big six-man tag next week, and announced they would be teaming with Kazuchika Okada. Okada said that he would be returning to TNA next week. This is astonishing considering the announcement he is leaving NJPW just broke within the last hour, and here he is talking about a six-man tag on Impact next week.

Josh Alexander defeated Will Ospreay

This match was unbelievable and completely stole the show. This will be one of TNA’s best matches of the year, and potentially is one of their best matches ever. Alexander continues to be the best wrestler in TNA history, and Ospreay proves again that he is one of, if not the best, in the world. Outstanding match. This should be on the list for MOTY Candidates for 2024.

The fans were immediately hot for this, seeing as it is two of the best wrestlers in the world. Ospreay and Alexander did not waste time, with Ospreay hitting a hard chop and a standing moonsault for a 2-count. Alexander hit some hard chops of his own and hit a German suplex. Alexander was able to roll through and hit a second, but Ospreay grabbed the ropes before a third.

Ospreay hit the ropes and did a handspring kick that sent Alexander to the floor. Ospreay went for a tope, but Alexander moved then caught the PK. Alexander did an ankle lock on Ospreay on the floor, and Ospreay tried to grab anything to pull away and accidentally pulled a table out from under the ring. The hold broke, and Ospreay was able to hit a tornado DDT on the floor.

Ospreay then setup the table and tried to hit a bomb of some sort off the apron through the table, but Alexander fought out. Ospreay clotheslined Alexander back into the ring and hit a flying forearm for a near fall. Alexander and Ospreay exchanged suplex attempts, but Alexander was able to overpower and hit a vertical suplex on Ospreay.

Ospreay hit a run up kick on Alexander and a back flip before hitting an enziguri. Ospreay hit the ropes and sprung off, but Alexander caught him and hit a German suplex and then a powerbomb into a backbreaker. Ospreay chopped Alexander when they got up, but Alexander ate it and hit a standing backbreaker.

Ospreay and Alexander battled on the apron after this, and Ospreay was able to fire up and hit a Tiger Driver off the apron through the table. The crowd went insane as the referee checked on both. I am not sure why this was a DQ, but the referee decided to allow the match to continue, as he decided the fans deserved a definitive conclusion to the match. I like the explanation on commentary, at least.

Alexander made it back in at the count of 9 but immediately ate a coast-to-coast dropkick from Ospreay, who hit the OsCutter for a 2-count. Ospreay went for the Hidden Blade, but Alexander collapsed before Ospreay could hit it. Ospreay and Alexander exchanged some trash talk, and after a shotgun dropkick from Ospreay, who started to heel on Alexander at this point, looked shocked when Alexander fired up again. Ospreay hit a standing Spanish Fly for a 2-count and went for Stormbreaker, but Alexander countered out into a tombstone attempt. Ospreay countered into a Stundog Millionaire and went for the OsCutter again, but Alexander hit a huge forearm to drop Ospreay right out of the air.

Ospreay and Alexander ended up on the ramp, and Ospreay went for an OsCutter on the ramp, but Alexander cut him off and hit a piledriver on the ramp. Alexander hit a Green Bay Plunge off the middle ropes on Ospreay and locked on an ankle lock in the middle of the ring, but Ospreay refused to give up. Opsreay managed to hit a Cheeky Nandos kick on Alexander, hitting a poisonrana off the top rope on Alexander and a Hidden Blade for a 2-count. Rehwoldt said the Hidden Blade would make Jacob Frye proud, and I’m here for Assassin’s Creed references.

Ospreay hit a second Hidden Blade and a Storm Driver 93 on Alexander, but Alexander kicked out again. Ospreay ripped off his elbow pad and went for the Hidden Blade again, and Alexander hit a lariat instead. Alexander and Ospreay exchanged hard strikes and hit the ropes dodging each other until Alexander took Ospreay’s head off with a lariat and went for the C4 Spike, but Ospreay countered and went for the Styles Clash. Alexander countered into an ankle lock attempt, but Ospreay fought back, so Alexander pulled Ospreay up and hit a Styles Clash for a 2-count. Alexander rolled through the pin attempt and finally hit the C4 Spike for the win.

–Scott D’Amore came down to the ring after the match, talked about how awesome it was, and said that he watched Bruce Pritchard declare that TNA was dead years ago, and that it was guys like Alexander, and now Ospreay, who made sure the spirit of TNA continued, and now it was alive again. D’Amore said Ospreay was a TNA kid, and that “Uncle Allen at home (AJ Styles)” would have loved that match. This was an all time Scott D’Amore promo, putting over TNA, the wrestlers, and that they are far from finished.

Final Thoughts

This was an awesome episode to relaunch TNA Impact, and having Josh Alexander and Will Ospreay tear the house down was the perfect way to cap it off and show that this was not the old TNA, but one that is very much so in good hands, alive and well. They may never reach back to what they were, but my goodness, this promotion is fun to watch when they do shows like this.

Impact Wrestling live results: Hidden Gems

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

With 2023 close to wrapping up, Impact Wrestling presents a special Hidden Gems episode tonight.

Tonight’s Impact consists solely of past matches that have never been seen on television before. That includes a bout between Josh Alexander and Yuya Uemura that took place in September. It was Uemura’s final match in Impact before returning to NJPW following his learning excursion.

A street fight between PCO and Deaner is also set to air tonight. Plus, Alan Angels takes on Samuray Del Sol.

In tag team action, Killer Kelly & Masha Slamovich face off against the team of Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans. There will also be a tag match pitting Tommy Dreamer & Channing Decker against Dirty Dango & John E. Bravo.

Impact is now less than one month away from changing its name back to TNA Wrestling. The name change officially goes into effect starting with Hard to Kill on Saturday, January 13. We’ll see if any announcements regarding Hard to Kill or the post-PPV TV tapings are made tonight.

Samuray del Sol defeated Alan Angels

Solid match here, but nothing special. The crowd in Chicago enjoyed seeing del Sol actually get a win, rather than the typical deal of luchadores losing in Impact.

Del Sol and Angels had a very quick exchange as the start of the match, where neither had the advantage. Sol hit an armdrag that sent Angels to the floor, and as Sol hit a tope suicidia the announcers noted that Angels had only had success at the time by hitting low blows, which lead to speculation that he was compensating for something. I laughed. Angels cut Sol off when he was doing a handstand and threw him into the ring post.

Gia Miller claimed that Angels paid her tons of money to put him over, but she was going to be unbiased, but keep the money. I laughed again. Sol used the bottom rope to pull his shoulder, indicating that Angels may have separated the shoulder when he threw him into the ring post. Angels then hit a shoulder breaker and locked on an arm submission. Sol hit an armdrag and a hurricanrana for a 2-count.

Angels hit a spin kick Hannifan called a halo strike for a two count. Sol hit the Salina del Sol but Angels was too close to the ropes. When Sol went to the top rope, Angels cut him off, but Sol managed to hit a Salina del Sol off the top rope for the win.

MK Ultra (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly) defeated Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans (w/ Jai Vidal)

This was one of the early teaming matches for MK Ultra, but you could see that they had something that worked very early on. Shaw has proven to be a good gatekeeper helping talent adjust to new roles, and this tag match was no different.

Hannifan and Rehwodlt debated the spelling of (SHAWtorage or SHAWntorage) with the latter sounding more like Shawn, as in Shawn Michaels. Killer Kelly and Masha Slamovich showed no interest in this debate though, as they beat on Shaw at the start of the match. Killer Kelly continued the assault on Savannah Evans, but Vidal attacked Killer Kelly behind the referee’s back letting Evans get the advantage.

Kelley managed to hit a DDT on Shaw after some heat, and Slamovich tagged in and hit a huge Yakuza kick in the corner on Evans and then a Death Valley Driver into the corner on Kelley into Evans in the corner, using Kelly as a weapon. Shaw hit a curb stomp on Slamovich to allow Evans to get some control again, but Slamovich hit a double stomp on Evans after kicking out of a pinfall attempt. MK Ultra then hit a double team Ganso bomb for the win.

PCO defeated Deaner in a No DQ match

A rather uneventful No DQ match, but PCO is always fun. I wonder why this one didn’t air on TV until now?

Tom Hannifan said one of the truest things he has ever said when he commented “There is an abnormal brain in PCO’s head.” Correct, my astute friend. Deaner and PCO started this with violence right away, with PCO setting up chairs on the floor, but flying out of the ring into them after a low blow from Deaner. PCO briefly fought back, but PCO was thrown off the top rope into two chairs again, for a two count.

Deaner hit PCO with a chair 3 times and sandwiched a chair between the top and middle rope in the corner. Deaner sent PCO into the chair, but PCO no sold it and hit a clothesline. PCO then hulked up (PCO’d up? Frankenstein’s Monster’d up?) as Deaner hit him with a garbage can. PCO hit a lung blower on Deaner and then a guillotine legdrop from the top rope as the fans chanted for PCO. PCO set Deaner on the apron and hit is flipping senton onto Deaner.

PCO setup a table on the floor and went to the top rope to put Deaner through it, but Deaner cut him off and sent PCO crashing through the table to the floor. Deaner tried to finish PCO off, but PCO fired up and chokeslammed Deaner through a garbage can. The Design ran down and attacked, laying out PCO, but OVE came out to make the save, and Sami Callihan took out Deaner with a Cactus Driver 97 to help PCO. PCO hit a moonsault on Deaner and scored the pinfall.

–A hype video aired for El Hijo del Vinkingo, showing that he will appear at TNA Hard to Kill in January.

–A hype video aired for Will Ospreay vs. Josh Alexander II.

–Josh Alexander cut a promo on Will Ospreay, saying that 2024 is the fresh start he needs after a bad ending to 2023 after his return from injury. Alexander said that he was inspired by the same match Ospreay was – AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels in 2005. This promo was awesome, and about how Alexander wanted to sent Ospreay packing because he is an outsider, despite loving the same company he does.

Dirty Dango & Alpha Bravo vs. Tommy Dreamer & Channing Decker

This was soon after the death of Terry Funk, so it was nice to see Decker and Dreamer honour him here.

I cannot call this a hidden gem, though it was nice to see Channing Decker, a wrestler who has worked the Maritimes scene in Canada. Decker showed some good offence against Dango in the early part of the match, forcing Dango to flee and tag out to Alpha Bravo, who tagged in and wanted Dreamer. Dreamer did an arm wringer and immediately tagged out to Decker, hit a double forearm, and then left the ring. What a worker.

Dreamer tagged back in and hit a hip toss on Dango, before tagging out for Decker to and him to hit a double elbow. Decker then put a sharpshooter on Dango, but Bravo made the save and Dango hit a chop block on Decker. They got the heat on Decker for a bit, but were able to turn it around after a few minutes as Dango stood over his downed partner and Dreamer slingshotted Bravo into the lower regions of Dango as he was standing over him. Decker put the spinning toe hold on Dango while Dreamer hit a DDT on Bravo for the win.

–An awesome hype video aired for Kazuchika Okada coming back to TNA at the Snake Eyes TV taping, and it rightly talked about how Okada is one of the greatest wrestlers to ever do it, being the ace of New Japan, and the leader of a generation of wrestlers. I cannot emphasize how awesome this was, even addressing TNA’s failure to use him well the first time.

Impact Knockout’s World Champion Deonna Purrazzo defeated Taylor Wilde (w/ KiLynn King) to retain

This match was this past summer, and Hannifan and Santino Marella were on commentary. This was a pretty basic match, with Wilde and Purrazzo keeping it simple. Purrazzo outwrestled Wilde in the early portions, but King got involved and allowed Wilde to hit a German suplex after Purrazzo tried to take out King with a heatseaker piledriver. Wilde hit a headscissors into a crossface, and put pressure on Purrazzo, but Purrazo reversed it into a Fuiwara armbar.

Wilde rolled Purrazzo up to escape, and it seemed they lost each other for a split second here, but got back on the same page and Purrazzo hit a Russian legsweep and the armbar again, but Wilde made the ropes. Wilde hit a kick to the head after another distraction from King for a two count. Wilde went for another move, but Purrazzo countered into the Queen’s Gambit for the win.

–Another great hype video aired for Alex Shelley vs. Moose at TNA Hard to Kill.

Josh Alexander defeated Yuya Uemura

This was an awesome match, and a good one to end the episode. The rest of the episode is hit or miss, but this was worth watching.

Rehwoldt noted that he did not get a great send off like this like Uemura did, facing Alexander before he headed back to NJPW. Hannifan noted that no one liked Rehwoldt, and he reluctantly agreed. I laughed. Alexander and Uemura showed a great basic exchange here at the start of the match, but Uemura was not going out quietly, attacking the left arm of Alexander, who had surgery on that arm earlier in the year.

Alexander hit a hip toss and a hard chop, but Uemura fired up with some armdrags of his own, a slam, and an elbow drop for a two count. Uemura controlled the pace for a fair bit here, but Alexander was able to hit a crossbody to Uemura who was seated on the apron. Uemura immediately fired back with a clothesline that sent Alexander to the floor on the other side of the ring. Uemura then hit a tope to the floor.

Uemura went to the top rope for a crossbody, but Alexander dodged. Uemura then hit a flying armbar on Alexander that was reminiscent of Shinsuke Nakamura. Alexander then countered into an ankle lock leaving Uemura screaming in pain. Uemura rolled forward breaking the hold, but ate some hard chops from Alexander. Uemura countered Alexander into another armbar, forcing Alexander to the ropes.

Alexander managed to hit a few German suplexes, but Uemura hit one of his own, dropping Alexander. Uemura hit a dropkick to Alexander, who was in the corner, knocking his headgear off. Uemura trapped the arms and hit an overhead suplex for a 2-count. Uemura went for the crossbody again, but Alexander cut him off. Uemura knocked him off the ropes and then went for the crossbody, but Alexander nailed an elbow as he was coming down, and got a two count. Alexander went for the C4 Spike, but Uemura fought out and hit a weak forearm.

Alexander replied with a knee, but Uemura rolled him up for a two count. Alexander then hit a rip chord elbow and the C4 Spike for the win.