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New match official for TNA Bound for Glory

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A new match has been added to the lineup for TNA Bound for Glory.

Frankie Kazarian defending the TNA International Championship against the former champion Steve Maclin is now scheduled for the show. This comes after Kazarian defeated Maclin for the belt at Victory Road.

Maclin revealed on The Angle Podcast that he’s cashing in his rematch clause. He said:

“It hasn’t been announced, but I’ll announce it for you that that’s the match at Bound for Glory, between myself and Frankie Kazarian, the self-proclaimed King of TNA vs. ‘Bulletproof’ Steve Maclin for the TNA International Championship.”

He added that once he regains the title, he plans to go to AAA to get revenge on El Mesias, whose appearance at ringside at Victory Road led to Kazarian winning the championship.

TNA Bound for Glory, Sunday, October 12 —

  • TNA World Champion Trick Williams defends against Mike Santana
  • TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys (Matt and Jeff Hardy) defend against Team 3D (Bully Ray and Brother Devon) in a tables match
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Kelani Jordan defends against Indi Hartwell
  • TNA X Division Champion Leon Slater defends against Je’Von Evans
  • TNA International Champion Frankie Kazarian defends against Steve Maclin
  • Hardcore War: Mustafa Ali, Agent Zero, Jason Hotch, John Skyler, and Tasha Steelz vs. Eddie Edwards, Moose, Brian Myers, JDC, and Alisha Edwards
  • Call Your Shot gauntlet match

TNA Impact TV taping spoilers from Edmonton

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TNA Wrestling held a TV taping on Saturday night in Edmonton.

The show took place at the Edmonton Expo Center, the same venue that hosted Victory Road on Friday.

Spoilers are courtesy of TNAAsylum.net:

TNA Wrestling TV Taping spoilers from September 27, 2025

Dark Match:

  • Raj Singh defeated Harlan Abbott
    • Before the match, Singh brought out his father The Great Gama and played a trailer for “Singhs in the Ring,” a documentary.

TNA Impact:

  • AJ Francis First Class Penthouse segment with Myron Reed
    • Francis insulted Reed’s “baby mama,” and attempted to put him through a table, but the segment ended with Reed avoiding it and diving onto Reed on the floor.
  • Dani Luna defeated Jody Threat
  • The System defeated The Rascalz, The Great Hands, and Sinner & Saint in a four-way.
  • A Frankie Kazarian King’s Speech segment set up Kazarian, Trick Williams, & Kelani Jordan vs. Matt Hardy, Leon Slater, and Indi Hartwell
  • Trick Williams also revealed during the segment that if Santana touches him before Bound for Glory, their match is off.
  • Matt Hardy, Leon Slater, and Indi Hartwell defeated Kazarian, Trick Williams, & Kelani Jordan with Slater pinned Kazarian
  • Tommy Dreamer cut a promo about the Invasion event.
  • The Iinspiration defeated The Elegance Brand to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championships
  • The Angel Warriors defeated Ava Lawless & Kat Von Heez
  • Nic Nemeth defeated Hometown Man
  • Alisha Edwards defeated Tasha Steelz
  • Trick Williams cut a promo on Santana for Bound for Glory
    • Santana was in the crowd and responded to Williams.
  • Matt Cardona defeated Ryan Nemeth
    • The Nemeths still have the mask they stole from Hometown Man at Victory Road
  • The Iinspiration defending against The Elegance Brand is announced for Bound for Glory
  • Indi Hartwell and Kelani Jordan had a contract signing segment, no physicality, just cutting babyface promos on each other.
  • Zero 4 defeated The System after Ali pinned JDC.
  • Leon Slater cut a Bound for Glory promo
  • Eric Young defeated Joe Hendry in a No DQ match after giving him a piledriver onto a chair
  • Moose vs. Ridge Holland ended early when Holland appeared to injure his ankle. Moose helped carry him to the back.
  • Santana defeated Cedric Alexander in the main event.

TNA TV taping spoilers from Irvine, California

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TNA Wrestling held TV tapings at the Bren Event Center in Irvine, California on Thursday and Friday night.

A live episode of Impact was held from the venue on Thursday night, and matches for future episodes were taped before and after. TNA then returned the following night for another full set of tapings. The results (courtesy of PWInsider) are below:

Taped before live episode of TNA Impact on Thursday, May 1, 2025:

  • Matt Cardona defeated Elijah and Ace Austin in a triple threat match
  • Myla Grace vs. Harley Hudson ended in a 10-minute time-limit draw

Taped after live episode of TNA Impact on Thursday, May 1, 2025:

  • Matt & Jeff Hardy cut a promo stating they will recapture the TNA World Tag Team Championships. This brought out Ryan & Nic Nemeth, who defeated them for the belts at Rebellion. The Nemeths challenged the Hardys to a ladder match at Under Siege in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, only to then mention that Jeff is unable to travel to Canada.
    • Santino Marella then came out and announced future singles matches between the two brother teams, with Ryan Nemeth vs. Jeff Hardy, and Matt Hardy vs. Nic Nemeth
  • Steve Maclin defeated Eric Young in what was described as a “super bloody” dog collar match
  • The show closed with Elijah singing happy birthday to Joe Hendry. It was also revealed that Elijah and Hendry will team together at Under Siege against Frankie Kazarian and Trick Williams

TNA TV Taping spoilers from Friday, May 2, 2025:

  • Leon Slater defeated Royce Isaacs
  • Frankie Kazarian came out to cut a promo, saying Joe Hendry can’t beat him. Trick Williams came out and said Hendry’s name, leading to Hendry appearing along with Elijah. Santino Marella comes out and it looks as though the tag match scheduled for Under Siege is going to happen, but then Robert Stone comes out and overruled Marella.
  • Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Crawford vs. TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich & Nikkita Lyons ended in a disqualification after Slamovich hit Blanchard with a chair. Marella attempted to restart the match but was again overruled by Robert Stone.
  • Mustafa Ali and his entourage cut an in-ring promo calling The Rascalz and their fans “degenerates.” This brings out Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz and we get a tag match between them and The Great Hands, John Skyler & Jason Hotch, with Tasha Steelz in their corner.
  • First Class, AJ Francis & KC Navarro, cut a promo trashing Los Angeles. This brought out actor O’Shea Jackson, who called Francis a “broke ass Uncle Phil.” Mike Santana came out, sending Francis and Navarro scattering from ringside.
  • Indi Hartwell made her TNA debut. She defeated Kelsey Heather.
  • Rosemary vs. Xia Brookside ended in a DQ, with Xia Li getting involved after the bell.
  • Elijah & Joe Hendry defeated Brian Myers & Moose
    • Moose was on commentary
    • After the match, Kazarian ran in and attacked Hendry. Elijah then hit Kazarian with a guitar.
  • Mustafa Ali defeated Ace Austin
  • Octagon Jr. & Laredo Kid defeated The Northern Armoury (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams)
  • Eddie Edwards defeated Jake Painter in a squash match
    • Cody Deaner was on commentary
  • First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) defeated Sami Callihan & Mike Santana
    • Navarro pinned Callihan
    • O’Shea Jackson was on commentary
  • An in-ring debate segment saw Santino Marella, his daughter NXT’s Arianna Grace, the former Alicia Fox (now using her real name Victoria Crawford) and Robert Stone. Tessa Blanchard then attacked Slamovich but Slamovich ended up putting Blanchard through a table.
  • Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna) defeated Mazzarati & Vipress
    • Spitfire was attacked by Ash & Heather by Elegance after the bout.
  • Jeff Hardy defeated Nic Nemeth
    • Ryan Nemeth attacked Hardy after the match but Leon Slater made the save.

TNA Impact spoilers: New championship introduced at TV tapings

Posted on by Ian Carey

TNA Wrestling held TV tapings in St. Joseph, Missouri this weekend.

Friday’s show featured the return of Ethan Page to the promotion for the first time in four years. On the second night of tapings, the company revealed that the first-ever TNA International Champion will be crowned at TNA Unbreakable. Each match in the tournament will be a three-way.

Results from both nights of tapings are available below. Spoilers courtesy of PWInsider.com.

Friday, March 29, 2025, TNA TV taping results:

  • Maggie Lee defeated Savannah Evans
  • Laredo Kid defeated Jason Hotch
  • Frankie Kazarian defeated Elijah
  • Members of The System attacked Cody Deaner in a segment
  • Jordynne Grace & Jakara Jackson defeated Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat)
  • Frankie Kazarian challenged Joe Hendry for a title match at TNA Rebellion, but the segment was interrupted by the returning Ethan Page, who said he was also owed a title shot. A three-way match was made official for Rebellion, with Hendry defending against both Page and Kazarian.
  • Ace Austin defeated Mustafa Ali via DQ
  • Cody Deaner lasted two-minutes in-ring with Moose, which earned him a title shot.
  • X-Division Champion Moose defeated Cody Deaner
  • The System defeated The Rascalz
  • Leon Slater defeated Ryan Nemeth
  • Eddie Edwards defeated Steve Maclin
  • TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) defeated The Great Hands (Jason Hotch & John Skyler)
  • Jacy Jayne, Jasmyn Nyx, & Tessa Blanchard defeated Lei Ying Lee, Xia Brookside, & Masha Slamovich

Saturday, March 30, 2025, TNA TV taping results:

  • Jody Threat defeated Savannah Evans (taped for Xplosion)
  • Ryan Nemeth defeated Jake Painter (taped for Xplosion)
  • Eric Young defeated Laredo Kid (taped for Xplosion)
  • TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella stripped Steph De Lander of the Digital Media Championship
  • A tournament to crown the first-ever TNA International Champion was announced, with each match in the tournament being a three-way
  • Jacy Jayne defeated Rosemary
    • Fatal Influence attacked Rosemary post-match, leading to a save by Lei Ying Lee and Xia Brookside. Marella then booked a six-person match for Rebellion
  • KC Navarro defeated Cody Deaner to qualify for Ultimate X at Rebellion
  • Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley defeated Maggie Lee & Heather By Elegance
  • Dani Luna defeated Jakara Jackson
  • Elijah performed a concert and announced he would hold a Walk With Eilijah open challenge at Rebellion
  • Brian Myers defeated Leon Slater
  • AJ Francis defeated Sami Callihan & Mance Warner in a triple threat.
  • Moose & JDC defeated Trey Miguel & Ace Austin
  • Xia Brookside defeated Jazmyn Nyx
  • Tessa Blanchard defeated Missa Kate
  • Joe Hendry & Elijah defeated Frankie Kazarian & Ethan Page
    • Page refused to tag in, costing him his team the match
  • The Hardys, Mike Santana, & Masha Slamovich defeated Mustafa Ali, The Great Hands, & Tasha Steelz

AJ Francis re-signs with TNA Wrestling

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AJ Francis is not leaving TNA Wrestling anytime in the foreseeable future. 

The former Top Dolla was released by WWE in September 2023 and debuted for TNA at Hard to Kill 2024 the following January. On Tuesday, he revealed to Sports Illustrated that he has re-signed with TNA Wrestling.

Francis said:

“TNA has taken care of me over the last year. A year ago, I wasn’t the most sought after free agent. A year ago, people thought I wasn’t going to wrestle anymore. A year ago, people thought that my wrestling career might be done. And a year ago, TNA took me in for their very first show, Hard To Kill in (Las) Vegas. That was the very first night that I interacted with Joe Hendry. One year later, Joe Hendry’s the biggest star in wrestling. He can still send me a box of cigars for that whenever he wants.”

During the last year in TNA, Francis won the TNA Digital Media Championship and was the self-proclaimed Canadian International Heavyweight Champion during a program he worked on that culminated in PCO beating him for both titles at Slammiversary. He recently headlined TNA Final Resolution 2024, losing a TNA World title match to champion Nic Nemeth in the main event. 

Francis was backstage at AEW Worlds End in Orlando this weekend, Fightful reported. He also mentioned to Sports Illustrated that he’d had offers from other companies but decided he wanted to return to TNA. 

Francis continued:

“I always wanted to go back to TNA. Even though over the past week, I’ve made it clear that I could go anywhere. There were feelers out for me potentially going over to AEW, maybe going back to NXT because I never really got a run in NXT, maybe go back to SmackDown. Obviously going to Netflix for Raw would have been cool too. But there was a lot of options out on the table for me. TNA just feels like the best place for me. TNA has always since the day that I got there changed people’s perception of me. My last match in TNA was for the TNA World Title, an absolute banger of a match in the main event of Final Resolution against Nic Nemeth.”

“It’s funny because a year ago when it was announced I was coming to TNA, the discourse by TNA fans was, ‘Why is he coming? We don’t need him. What’s he doing here’? And then over the last week, when I was out here saying I might be leaving, it became, please come back to TNA. We love you at TNA. It’s been great the TNA. So it’s funny, what a year could change. A year can change everything. There was never anything that made me want to leave TNA.”

The last two weeks of TNA Impact have been “Best of 2024” compilation shows. This week, the promotion presents its first show of 2025, which will also mark the first TNA show to air on Sportsnet in Canada. 

TNA Wrestling to air Best of Bound for Glory special this week

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TNA Wrestling has announced that a special “Best of Bound for Glory” episode will air on Impact this Thursday.

The promotion’s scheduled TV tapings in Spartanburg, South Carolina this weekend were canceled due to the impacts of Hurricane Helene. TNA is now set to run its next set of TV tapings on Wednesday and Thursday this week from Nashville’s Skyway Studios.

Before this weekend’s tapings were canceled, TNA was advertising four segments for Thursday’s episode:

  • Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy vs. Ace Austin & Chris Bey
  • Steve Maclin & Eric Young vs. Judas Icarus & Travis Williams
  • Jordynne Grace, Masha Slamovich & Sol Ruca vs. Tasha Steelz, Rosemary & Wendy Choo
  • Ash by Elegance gives Heather Reckless a makeover

TNA is also building to this year’s edition of Bound for Glory on October 26 at Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit.

TNA Bound for Glory 2024 announced lineup: 

  • Monster’s Ball match: TNA Digital Media and International Wrestling Champion PCO defends against Matt Cardona
  • TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth defends against Joe Hendry

TNA Wrestling cancels TV taping due to Hurricane Helene

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TNA Wrestling has decided to cancel its TV tapings scheduled for Spartanburg, South Carolina.

The promotion twice postponed the event due to Hurricane Helene but sent an email on Saturday announcing the shows have been officially canceled.

“Due to the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Helene, TNA Wrestling is canceling both shows scheduled for Spartanburg, S.C. The safety and well-being of our TNA wrestlers, staff, crew and fans are top priority. TNA will provide an update on refunds for the Spartanburg shows, as well as an update on future/additional shows. We wish the best to everyone impacted by Hurricane Helene.”

As a result of the cancelation, Joe Hendry is now free to to make it to his House of Glory booking this weekend:

The tapings were originally scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. On Thursday, they announced postponing the tapings to Sunday & Monday. Then on Friday, they pushed the tapings back again, rescheduling them for Monday and Tuesday before ultimately canceling them.

MLW also canceled its upcoming show in St. Petersburg on October 4 due to Hurricane Helene.

The Big Vinny V Show: TNA Impact with Nic Nemeth vs. Eddie Edwards

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The Big Vinny V Show has returned with a look back at last Thursday’s TNA Impact.

With Rebellion in the rear view, it’s time to set the stage for next month’s Under Siege which means TNA is devoted to finding a new challenger for Mustafa Ali’s X Division title.

And so, they attempted to do so in a way only TNA would do and because it’s TNA, it still got screwed up.

Elsewhere, Nic Nemeth and Speedball Mountain are still feuding with The System, Frankie Kazarian is still feuding with Eric Young, PCO is still feuding with Kon, and Mike Santana is still feuding with Steve Maclin, as we are all left wondering what in the hell the point of Rebellion was.

At least the Impact main event was good because Eddie Edwards, in fact, can wrestle.

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Figure Four Daily: Lance Storm on nasal issues, Dynamite, Dynasty, Impact PPV, more

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Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including the latest on Lance’s ongoing health issues, a look at AEW Dynamite from Wednesday night, Impact’s Saturday night PPV, a live Q&A and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

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Ace Austin re-signs with TNA Wrestling

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Ace Austin will remain with TNA Wrestling after signing a new contract.

Our Denise Salcedo broke the news Thursday in an interview with Austin, later confirmed by the promotion. The length of the deal was not disclosed, but Austin had previously signed a new multi-year deal in 2022.

The 27-year-old first debuted with TNA in June 2018 and wrestled there sporadically before signing his first contract there in 2019.

He won his first title in TNA at 2019’s Bound for Glory in a five-way ladder match for the X-Division title. After holding that belt for nearly six months, he had two shorter runs with the gold in both 2021 and 2022, both of which lasted less than two months each.

He found success in the tag team division with Chris Bey, holding the TNA Tag Team titles twice in 2023 and into 2024. They lost the gold to The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) at March’s Sacrifice.

Austin told Salcedo that the main reason he re-upped was the “freedom that doesn’t exist anywhere else. If I stay with TNA, my options are still open in the whole world.”

He said in addition to that aspect, he wants to pursue the TNA World title and do both stunt and acting work.

Matt Riddle says he’s had talks with TNA Wrestling

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Matt Riddle says he’s had talks with TNA Wrestling. 

Riddle was released by WWE in September and has since returned to MLW. He is also scheduled to make his NJPW in-ring debut later this month. 

During an appearance on The Sunday Night’s Main Event podcast this weekend, Riddle mentioned that he’s spoken with several promotions since his WWE departure, including TNA Wrestling. 

Riddle said: 

When I got done with WWE, because it’s kind of stressful working on TV all the time, especially with the travel. The money’s awesome, it was definitely worth it, and the experience but now I kind of want to take a break from TV.

So, after the 90 days and during the 90s days I was setting some dates up. And I talked to some places, I’ve talked to TNA, I work with New Japan, I talked with MLW and we do film for TV but it’s not the same as Monday Night Raw, three hours live, anything can happen, people are changing the script here and there, hey you have 10 minutes for your match, now you have five minutes… it’s extremely stressful.

Now, I like the pressure but at the same time, I kind of wanted a little break from all that. So that kind of shows where I’m working now. I’m choosing places that are more pay-per-view based where I don’t have to worry about going to a commercial so we get that Fritos advertisement. Now I just get to do my body of work. 

Riddle is set to make his NJPW in-ring debut on Friday, February 23, at The New Beginning in Sapporo. He is scheduled to face Hiroshi Tanahashi on the first night of the two-night event. 

Riddle has also wrestled with MLW since departing WWE last year. He took part in the promotion’s Kings of Coliseum event in Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena on January 6. He also wrestled on the MLW Reload tapings later that same night. 

JNPO: Pro wrestling year in review finale – Worlds apart

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The time has arrived to wrap up the Josh Nason’s Punch-Out 12-part pro wrestling year in review series with a stop in December.

Joining me for the first time as my co-host: the one & only Ibou of WrestlePurists.

And even though December ended three weeks ago, a lot happened that is worth dissecting, especially with two companies who ended the year worlds apart in many ways.

We talk about the final AEW event of the year: Worlds End, arguably the least well-received AEW PPV in their short history. Samoa Joe dethroned MJF for the AEW World title, Andrade El Idolo competed in his final match, and Chris Jericho had quite the day on social media. We discuss all that without wearing a ridiculous hat and sunglasses.

We also discuss the first full month of new WWE employee CM Punk which included his first two matches there in a decade, an indirect line about “Brawl Out” that fell flat with the live crowd, and an impromptu appearance at NXT Deadline.

We recap Kenny Omega’s diverticulitis diagnosis, the first rumblings about Okada leaving NJPW, the final month of Impact Wrestling before transforming into TNA, Andrade’s return to CMLL, and so much more.

I promise this is unlike any other year-end series you’ll hear or read, so catch up on the full series in the archive and my MMA year in review series as well. Thank you for your support of this endeavor.

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TNA Wrestling TV taping spoilers: Nic Nemeth vs. Trey Miguel

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The following are results and spoilers from Friday’s TNA Wrestling’s TV tapings from Orlando, Florida. The company returns Saturday night with another set.

These come courtesy of PWInsider.

TNA Explosion:

  • Rhino defeated Champagne Singh. Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve attacked Rhino afterward to set up a future match.
  • Jason Hotch defeated Rich Swann. AJ Francis was on commentary and cost Swann the victory.
  • Laredo Kid defeated Jai Vidal
  • Jake Something defeated Shera 

TNA Impact:

  • Nic Nemeth defeated Trey Miguel. Steve Maclin attacked Nemeth afterward and was joined by all three Rascalz members.
  • TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Decay defeated Mila Moore & Savannah Gore
  • Brian Myers defeated Kevin Knight. KUSHIDA came out to save Knight after Myers, Eddie & Alisha Edwards were about to attack him post-match.
  • Frankie Kazarian cut a promo about why he betrayed Eric Young.
  • PCO defeated Deaner. Big Kon attacked PCO afterward and left him laying.
  • Masha Slamovich (w/ Killer Kelly) defeated Jody Threat (w/ Dani Luna)
  • Grizzled Young Vets defeated TNA Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey in a non title match
  • TNA X Division Champion Chris Sabin defeated John Skyler
  • Alex Shelley defeated Eddie Edwards (w/ Alisha Edwards). KUSHIDA and Knight aided Shelley as Myers and Edwards were about to attack Shelley.
  • Zachary Wentz defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey. Wentz and Trey Miguel attacked Bailey afterward and were joined by Maclin when Nemeth and Trent Seven made the save.
  • Josh Alexander defeated Alan Angels. Alexander was attacked by a masked man in the stands who revealed himself to be Simon Gotch. Gotch wrestled in TNA in a single match back in 2006.
  • TNA World Champion Moose defeated KUSHIDA. A brawl between Moose, Edwards and Myers and Shelley, Knight and KUSHIDA then broke out.
  • Steve Maclin (w/ The Rascalz) defeated Trent Seven (w/ “Speedball” Mike Bailey)
  • TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace & Trinity defeated Gisele Shaw & Savannah Evans (w/ Jai Vidal)

Will Ospreay vs. Josh Alexander 2 announced for TNA Impact

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A big match has been announced for TNA Impact this week. 

The promotion’s first show back under TNA branding will feature Josh Alexander vs. Will Ospreay 2. The match was taped on Sunday at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. 

The first match between Ospreay and Alexander took place at Cicero Stadium just outside of Chicago on October 22, 2023. It aired on November 16. Our own Dave Meltzer rated the match four and three-quarter stars.

TNA has also announced that fans will hear from Nic Nemeth on Thursday’s show as well. Nemeth’s in-ring TNA debut against Zachary Wentz was taped on Sunday as well. However, it’s not clear when the match will air. 

An X-Division scramble match featuring KUSHIDA vs. Trey Miguel vs. Laredo Kid vs. Mike Bailey vs. El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Jake Something has also been announced for Thursday. 

TNA’s Snake Eyes TV taping this weekend also featured Kazuchika Okada’s return to the promotion for the first time since 2011. Spoilers from the show are available here.

TNA Impact announced lineup for January 18, 2024:

  • Will Ospreay vs. Josh Alexander
  • Xia Brookside vs. Tasha Steelz
  • KUSHIDA vs. Trey Miguel vs. Laredo Kid vs. Mike Bailey vs. El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Jake Something in an X-Division Scramble match

Up next for TNA Wrestling, will be a set of television tapings at Osceola Heritage Park in Orlando on Friday and Saturday. 

TNA Hard to Kill notes: Xia Brookside, AAA deal, new Knockouts title contender

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On the same night where she made her TNA Wrestling debut, Xia Brookside is now officially under contract, announced by the company afterward.

Brookside was one of several women involved in an Ultimate X match at Saturday’s Hard to Kill for a future shot at the Knockouts title. Terms or the length of the deal weren’t revealed.

Since her run in WWE NXT UK ended with the 2022 dissolving of the brand, the 25-year-old has remained active in Stardom, the UK indie scene, and the United States.

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There is a new no. 1 contender for the TNA Knockouts title.

In a multi-woman Ultimate X match at Saturday’s Hard to Kill, Gisele Shaw survived and won the match, giving her a future opportunity at the gold.

The end came when Shaw, Dani Luna and Tasha Steelz were all vying for the X, leading to Luna and Steelz falling to the mat. Shaw held on and grabbed the X to pick up the win in a match that also included Alisha Edwards, Jody Threat and the aforementioned Brookside.

Despite having several opportunities, Shaw has never held the Knockouts title. It’s unknown when she will challenge new champion Jordynne Grace who kicked off a new reign with her win over Trinity at the pay-per-view.

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TNA & AAA signed a partnership during Saturday’s show — one that AAA head Dorian Roldan Pena hopes will “change the landscape of wrestling.”

During the broadcast, TNA president Scott D’Amore and Pena came out on the stage which led to highlights of past TNA/AAA matches airing. Pena said he wants to bring more lucha libre to TNA before making his statement about changing wrestling.

The two promotions recently held a co-promoted show in Monterrey, Mexico, that was featured on Impact on AXS TV.