Somebody at TNA Wrestling scheduled two app specials in two weeks, leaving the crew scrambling to throw a card together for last Thursday’s Impact with no time to waste.
That means I have no time to waste on this week’s Big Vinny V Show with a recap of the beginning of the final descent into this Friday’s Final Resolution.
We got a five-way match as KUSHIDA, Trent Seven, Ace Austin, Leon Slater, and JDC battled to see who will challenge Moose for the X-Division title; a tag match set up for no reason other than four mean dudes all felt like fighting; a World championship challenge issued by AJ Francis to Nic Nemeth and accepted in a hasty hallway promo battle; a Tag Team championship match between The Hardys and The System with no finish so they could do a rematch eight days later; Tasha Steelz vs. Jordynne Grace in a de facto top contender’s match for Masha Slamovich’s Knockouts title; and a wacky eight-man main event that was supposed to build up a four-way top contender’s match but didn’t do a very good job of it.
We’ll break it all down on the latest Big Vinny V Show!
Five matches are on tap for the Thursday, December 12 TNA Impact.
In a matchup with Final Resolution implications, TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth teams with Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich, and Joe Hendry in a six-person mixed trios bout against AJ Francis, KC Navarro, and Tasha Steelz. Francis is set to challenge Nemeth for the World title at Final Resolution, while Steelz will challenge Slamovich for her title on that show. Hendry will be part of a four-way to crown a new World title number one contender at Final Resolution.
Two tag team matches, plus two Knockouts Division bouts are also set for next week’s Impact.
In tag team action, PCO and Sami Callihan will team against Jake Something and Hammerstone, plus Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz of The Rascalz will take on Laredo Kid and Leon Slater.
In the Knockouts Division, Dani Luna will face Heather Reckless, plus Lei Ying Lee will take on Rosemary.
The announced card for the Thursday, December 12 TNA Impact, the go-home show for next Friday’s Final Resolution special on TNA Plus:
Nic Nemeth, Masha Slamovich & Joe Hendry vs. AJ Francis, KC Navarro & Tasha Steelz
PCO & Sami Callihan vs. Jake Something & Hammerstone
The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) vs. Laredo Kid & Leon Slater
With tapings canceled due to Hurricane Helene, TNA Wrestling presents a “Best of Bound For Glory” episode that attempts to honor history while still promoting this year’s show. That means nothing more than three years old and a focus on current stars such as Speedball Bailey, Jordynne Grace, Eddie Edwards, Josh Alexander, and a whole lot of Moose. It also means some of the best wrestling matches on Impact all year. We break it down on the latest Big Vinny V Show!
The main event of TNA Impact this week sees Joe Hendry take on Frankie Kazarian, with the winner going on to challenge Nic Nemeth for the world championship at Bound For Glory. Sounds simple, but they couldn’t leave well enough alone.
Plus, Jordynne Grace gets a mystery partner from NXT, a challenger for Speedball’s X Division title possibly emerges, Jonathan Gresham and Laredo Kid tear things up, and Josh Alexander firmly picks a direction. All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!
The relationship between TNA and NXT continued on Saturday.
During the TNA Impact tapings in San Antonio, Texas, Jordynne Grace teamed with Sol Ruca to take on Wendy Choo and Rosemary. Grace successfully defended the Knockouts title against Choo at Victory Road on Friday.
Also during the tapings, Kendal Grey and Carlee Bright competed against Dani Luna and Jody Threat. Arianna Grace, who in storyline serves as the liaison between TNA and NXT, also appeared.
Kendal Grey & Carlee Bright faced newly Knockouts Tag Team Champions, “Spitfire” and Sol Ruca tagged with Jordynne Grace against Rosemary & Wendy Choo at the current set of TNA Impact’s tapings. C’mon NXT Representation!!! #NXTNA
TNA and NXT stars have been regularly appearing on both programs. Rosemary, who has aligned herself with Wendy Choo in both promotions, will face Lyra Valkyria and Tatum Paxley on Tuesday’s NXT. Hammerstone made his NXT debut on the most recent episode of the program, losing to Oba Femi.
After Zachary Wentz defeated Wes Lee at No Mercy, Wes Lee on this week’s show challenged Wentz to a street fight on the CW premiere of NXT on October 1.
The Hendry-Gallus feud from NXT spills over into TNA this week with Wolfgang facing Joe Hendry in the main event. Why was this match so perfect for Hendry, and what does that tell us about where his professional future lies?
We also have a pair of qualifying matches for Ultimate X at Emergence, where Speedball Mike Bailey will defend his X Division title, with one of those attempting to qualify being … Speedball himself?
Plus: a major championship match is booked for next week, PCO’s honeymoon with Steph De Lander goes even worse than you might expect, and The System cuts a promo that may still be going on as we speak. All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!
The main event of TNA Impact this week sees Nic Nemeth defending the world championship against Mustafa Ali. Nemeth is the new World Champion making his first title defense. Ali has been the X Division Champion for most of the year. Both spent several years as major names for the world’s largest wrestling promotion. So why was this match not more of a big deal? And what does it say about Ali’s future with the company?
Plus, The Rascalz have another fun match, the best possible use for Rosemary, and the Knockouts tag division treadmill keeps spinning. All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!
Coming off their biggest, most successful show in years and years, TNA Wrestling takes all of that momentum…and does absolutely nothing with it.
The follow-up edition of Impact sees a whole lot of talking (much of it bad), a little bit of wrestling (not much of it good), and barely anything newsworthy, with Mustafa Ali challenging Nic Nemeth for next week’s show the highlight. With little in the present to discuss, it was a show that left us wondering what’s next for the knockouts division, what’s in store for the ABC and the tag titles, and how a theoretical reunion between Josh Alexander and Ethan Page might work. All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!Â
An appearance by the new TNA World Champion will kick off the Slammiversary fallout edition of Impact.
Last weekend’s pay-per-view ended with Nic Nemeth (the former Dolph Ziggler) winning the TNA World Championship in a six-way elimination match. TNA has announced that Nemeth will open Impact this Thursday. The episode airs on AXS TV and TNA+ starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Moose, Frankie Kazarian, Josh Alexander, Joe Hendry, and Steve Maclin are the other competitors who took part in the Slammiversary main event. Going into the PPV, Moose was the TNA World Champion. He was eliminated by Hendry in the match. It came down to Nemeth and Kazarian as the final two.
Alexander turned heel at Slammiversary by giving Hendry a low blow and beating him down after eliminating him. On Impact, we’ll hear from Alexander for the first time since turning heel.
The announced lineup for the episode is listed below. Spoilers can be found here.
TNA Impact (Thursday, July 25) —
New TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth kicks off the episode
We’ll hear from Josh Alexander
Jordynne Grace & Eric Young vs. Ash By Elegance & Alex Hammerstone
Matt Hardy, Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & Johnny “Dango” Curtis
It’s a jam-packed edition of the Big Vinny V show recapping a very busy week in TNA wrestling.
We start with Impact where the Rascalz shine, Speedball Bailey beats up an entire army, and the Hardyz reunite for the first time in TNA in seven years. Then it’s on to Slammiversary, where the Rascalz shine even brighter and we get new tag team champions in the ABC, a new Digital Media champion in PCO, a new X Division champion in Speedball Bailey, and finally a new world champion in Nic Nemeth. All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!
Vincent Verhei discusses the latest edition of TNA Impact, where Joe Hendry teams with Josh Alexander to face Moose and Steve Maclin in the main event.
We also see the fallout of Frankie Kazarian’s attack on Nic Nemeth, outsiders from NXT, for better (Charlie Dempsey!) or worse (Izzi Dame!), a KUSHIDA-Jonathan Gresham-Mike Bailey three-way that thankfully keeps the hocus-pocus stuff to a minimum, and Steph de Lander saying goodbye for now as she returns to Australia to tie up some loose ends. All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!
Between the System’s visit to the Hardy Compound and the events at Against All Odds, it was a weird week for TNA Wrestling.
We begin with Impact, where Eddie Edwards turns into a werewolf and Reby Hardy decapitates Alisha Edwards, and no, we are not making any of that up. It’s then on to Against All Odds, where Mustafa Ali and Trent Seven steal the show, Hendry Mania comes to an abrupt and definitive end, Matt Hardy challenges Moose for the TNA title, and a former TNA champion (spoiler: it’s Jeff Hardy) makes his big return.
On a new Big Vinny V Show, it’s all about TNA Impact with the main event last week pitting Joe Hendry vs. Eddie Edwards (one half of the TNA Tag Team champions) as Hendry continues his climb from comedic novelty act to bona fide main event guy.
Also: Ace Austin faced Chris Bey in a battle of tag team partners, The Rascalz ruined a fun match between Steve Maclin and Mike Santana, X-Division champion Mustafa Ali squared off against Leon Slater, and Jonathan Gresham’s gimmick still sucked.
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.
It’s a special edition of the Big Vinny V Show today with TNA Impact plus Nic Nemeth vs. Tomohiro Ishii from NJPW Windy City Riot.
Impact this week is headlined by Kon vs. PCO in Monster’s Ball, a good old-fashioned extreme-style garbage match with some utterly ridiculous pre-match stips. We also have the setup for the Motor City Machine Guns’ farewell to TNA, Mustafa Ali gathering forces in his war against Jake Something, and Crazzy Steve defending the Digital Media championship against Laredo Kid.
Then it’s time for Nemeth vs. Ishii, an excellent match where the Wanted Man tried to beat the Stone Pitbull at his own game. All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!
