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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

Posted on by Jeremy Peeples

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. 

Mustafa Ali’s Rebellion Referendum set for TNA Impact

Posted on by Joseph Currier

On TNA Impact this week, a new title match for Rebellion will be confirmed.

TNA has announced that “Mustafa Ali’s Rebellion Referendum” will air on Impact this Thursday. It’s a multi-man number one contender’s match to determine who will challenge Ali for the X-Division Championship at next month’s Rebellion pay-per-view.

The participants for the match have not publicly been revealed. It was taped at TNA’s television tapings in Windsor, Ontario, Canada earlier this month. Spoilers from the taping can be found here.

In his debut match for TNA, Ali defeated Chris Sabin to win the X-Division Championship at No Surrender this February. Ali then retained against Sabin in a rematch on Impact last week.

Rebellion is taking place from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on Saturday, April 20.

The updated lineup for this Thursday’s Impact episode is listed below:

TNA Impact (Thursday, March 21) —

  • Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Tasha Steelz
  • Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA) vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake)
  • Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve defends against PCO
  • Mustafa Ali’s Rebellion Referendum
  • Ash By Elegance in action

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

The Big Vinny V Show: TNA Impact with Mustafa Ali championship aftermath

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

It’s a weird episode of TNA Impact squeezed in between two PPVs. 

What is the fallout after Mustafa Ali’s historic X Division Title win at No Surrender, and with a crowded field of challengers, what does the future hold for him at Sacrifice? And speaking of Sacrifce, Moose will defend the TNA championship against Eric Young, but it sure feels like Kazarian has been a bigger part of the show than either of them. 

The Grizzled Young Veterans are conspicuous by their absence, IWGP Global Heavyweight champion Nic Nemeth is ready for Steve Maclin, and the Knockouts tag division is a complete disaster. All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!

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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: Best-of-three series begins

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

A best-of-three series for the TNA Tag Team titles kicks off on Impact tonight.

The belts are being contested in a series between champions ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) and challengers The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake). Gibson & Drake were one of ABC’s challengers in a fatal four-way match at Hard to Kill last month. Upset that they didn’t get a straight-up title shot, GYV launched an attack on ABC last week.

Nic Nemeth is set to compete in his second-ever TNA match tonight. He made his debut by defeating Zachary Wentz last week. Tonight, Nemeth goes one-on-one with Trey Miguel.

Brian Myers vs. Kevin Knight and Masha Slamovich vs. Jody Threat are also set to air tonight. Plus, new Knockouts Tag Team Champions Decay (Havok & Rosemary) will be in action.

We’ll hear from Frankie Kazarian following his recent heel turn. And a new talk show will debut as Josh Alexander appears on the Sound Check with Alan Angels.

TNA will also look back at Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace’s appearance in the WWE Royal Rumble.

Nic Nemeth defeated Trey Miguel (w/ Zachery Wentz)

Good match to open the show tonight. Trey Miguel was a great opponent to work with him. Time will tell if Nemeth has long term success in TNA, but he is off to a good start.

Wentz immediately distracted Nemeth and Miguel attacked, hitting a tope con giro. After that, the first few minutes of the match featured Miguel getting heat on Nemeth, often with the help of Wentz. Nemeth went for a fireman’s carry, but Miguel raked the eyes and threw Nemeth into the ring post. Miguel went for a springboard into the ring and Nemeth jumped up and hit a dropkick on Miguel as he was stretched out for a crossbody. That was cool.

Nemeth hit a Stinger Splash in the corner and a neck breaker before hitting 10 elbow drops in a row, but Miguel kicked out. Nemeth called for a superkick, but Wentz grabbed his foot and stopped it again. This time it was in front of the referee though, and the referee ejected Wentz, who threw a great classic heel temper tantrum. This allowed Miguel to hit a meteora for a 2-count. Miguel called for a superkick but as he went in, Nemeth hit one of his own and managed to get the pin.

–Steve Maclin came out and took out Nemeth from behind, offering some payback for the results of their brawl last week. The Rascalz teamed up with him, superkicking Nemeth at Maclin’s direction. Maclin nailed Nemeth with the KIA as the fans booed. I’m liking this feud so far. It shows how much Maclin has grown and how he very much so is a TNA guy, while Nemeth is trying to earn his way.

–Deaner was backstage with Kon and Kon interrupted his promo, saying that The Design was dead, and it was time to remind the world who the baddest man in TNA is. They “TO THE BREAK~!’ed” this segment fast, with Hannifan pitching it to break after saying “A relationship severed” with no emotion. I laughed.

The Decay (Rosemary & Havok) defeated Mila Moore & Savannah Thorne

Rosemary and Moore started the match, with Rosemary biting, choking, and overall being very violent to start. Thorne tagged in and hit a hard forearm to Rosemary, who no sold it and then tagged out to Havok. Thorne tried to run away, but Moore dropped off the apron to avoid being tagged in. Havok hit a Death Valley Driver on Thorne and then hit a combo chokebomb for the win.

–MK Ultra were shown to be watching the match closely, and Kelly and Slamovich claimed they wanted their rematch at No Surrender. Jody Threat and Dani Luna walked up and said they wanted to be in the picture again. Slamovich and Threat got into a shoving match, and it was announced that they would be facing each other tonight.

–Alan Angels was with Josh Alexander on the first episode of The Sound Check. Angels talked about how Alexander had to squash some bugs to get to the top of the business. Alexander said that it wasn’t about nefarious means, but working hard to get your shots. Angels said that Alexander didn’t give credit to people he should have, and he knew ho he was talking about. Alexander said he didn’t know what he was talking about, and Angels said that Alexander was not being a good example to his family, and at this Alexander walked out.

Brian Myers defeated Kevin Knight

This was a mostly nothing match when they went to picture in picture after Myers threw Knight into the apron and hit a back suplex on the floor. Like many of Knight’s matches in TNA/Impact, he got to show a lot of what makes him very good, but he loses in the end with Myers hitting a roster cut for the win. That said, Knight did look good, but I’d like to see them do more with him.

–Alisha and Eddie Edwards came down to the ring after the match and looked to be ready to lay a beatdown on Knight, but KUSHIDA came down and made the save as Myers and Edwards bailed.

–Chris Sabin was with Gia Miller, talking about Mustafa Ali indicating he was coming for the TNA X-Division championship. As Sabin was talking about how he knew who Ali was, Mustafa Ali’s political ad started playing on the TV with clips of Chris Sabin getting beaten down in the ring as Ali delivered a monologue about how he was going to bring something new to TNA to take out Sabin.

Jason Hotch and John Skyler came up laughing, and Sabin said that if they were so confident he could face Skyler next week, and Skyler did not look pleased about having to wrestle Sabin, but Hotch assured him that he would do fine and that Ali would be watching.

–Kazarian said that fans were not going to like his explanation about why he turned on Eric Young, but that he is the reason TNA exists today. He said he was the one in the video going into the water to dig up TNA in their original announcement video, and that he was done giving, and he was going to start taking. He said he had been overlooked, and that it stopped now, and he had zero desire to be the hero to the people, so he was going to become the monster he needed to be to succeed.

–The System was celebrating backstage, and Alex Shelley broke up the party to challenge Moose for a rematch for his TNA World Championship. Shelley said that he would be fighting Moose at No Surrender, but could go tonight if Moose wanted to, and Moose rejected it.

–A hype video aired for Ash by Elegance.

–Deaner came down to the ring looking distressed. He said that he had to admit that The Design was done now, and some fans gave a dramatic (and sarcastic) “Noooooooooo!” and I laughed. Deaner said he was wrong when he thought he could resurrect Violent by Design, and that if something was dead, it could never come back to life. Of course, this resulted in PCO’s scientists electrifying him and he rose up.

PCO defeated Deaner

PCO hit a code breaker in the corner and an inverted DDT before setting up Deaner for the PCOsault and nailing him for the win.

–Kon ran down after the match to take out PCO, but he also laid out Deaner. Kon wrenched the neck of Deaner, implying that he broke his neck like you do in the movies, and Kon then hit a chokeslam on PCO before doing The Iron Claw on PCO, attempting to squeeze the life out of him.

–AJ Francis walked up to Rich Swann, and Francis offered to manage Swann again, addressing Swann losing to Hendry on Xplosion. Swann said that whatever Francis was selling he wasn’t buying. Rhino walked by and Francis asked him if he needed help with Crazzy Steve and Rhino said, “**** off” before walking away. Francis then said, “See, that is why rhinos are going extinct. Can’t trust them.” That was hilarious. I like Francis here in TNA, especially if he is not wrestling.

–Jordynne Grace talked about her experience at the WWE Royal Rumble, and she said that she was so surprised when WWE wanted her to be in the match. They actually showed Grace watching footage of it on her phone, which is the first time I think I can ever recall actual WWE footage being on the air in TNA.

They showed the stadium, and Grace walking around backstage, and had actual footage of the Rumble itself with Michael Cole and Corey Graves talking about how she beat Naomi for the TNA Knockouts Championship. This was very cool, and the first example of WWE giving footage to another company to show like this, that I can recall.

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

This was a hard hitting, quick match, with Slamovich getting the win to continue to build to MK Ultra’s rematch for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship.

This was not a long match, though more competitive than some of the squashes on this show. Slamovich managed to hit the Snow Plough after Killer Kelly distracted Threat, despite Luna taking out Kelly to make the save.

–The System were shown backstage beating on KUSHIDA. I guess they didn’t like him saving Knight earlier in the show.

Grizzled Young Vets (James Drake & Zack Gibson) defeated ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) in a Best 2/3 Series Match

Excellent match to start this best of 3 series, and GYV going up 1-0 is the perfect start to it.

The first in this 3 match series (should it require 3 matches) started here, with GYV immediately isolating Austin, and attempting to hit a double suplex on him. However, as they had Austin up in the air, Austin kneed both of them in the heads, causing them to stumble backwards into a blind tag from Bey while Austin was upside down in the suplex position. That was cool.

Beya and Austin exercised quick tags to isolate Gibson. Drake blind tagged in as Gibson hit the roes, and Bey did not notice, and turned right into a dropkick to the knee from Drake. Another cool spot there. Drake and Gibson started getting the heat on Bey. GYV are doing a great job getting over here in TNA, which is not a surprise since they are great, but it is so interesting to see how badly WWE fumbled them with the Dyad where here they are just the violent tag team looking for titles, and it works far better.

GYV continued their heat on Bey, hitting a series of double team moves before taunting Ace Austin. Bey managed to crawl through the legs of Drake and make the tag to Austin, who ran wild, hitting a double dropkick to Drake and Gibson. Austin hit a double stomp to Drake for a two count, but Gibson broke it up. Austin called for the 1-2-Sweet, but Drake cut it off. Bey, however, came in with a frog splash for a 2-count.

Gibson and Drake managed to shove Austin back to the corner, and as he was trapped with a shoulder tackle, Drake hit a flying kick to the face of the trapped Austin for a two count. Drake screamed that Austin was going to learn what it meant for the champions to be the underdogs before setting up a doomsday device. Austin hit a superkick to Gibson to break it up.

All 4 men faced off in the middle and started brawling, with both teams hitting double team moves and helping their own partners dodge and counter attacks. Drake smashed Bey into the steps after Bey hit a suicide dive to the floor. Austin hit a Fosbury Flop to the floor, but GYV were able to hit Grit Your Teeth back in the ring after clotheslining Austin with a scarf.

Final Thoughts

There were a lot of squash matches on this episode of TNA Impact. That isn’t to say there isn’t room for that, but if you cut one squash and gave a little more time to Threat and Slamovich, ti would have made the show a little better. However, this was a very watchable show, and another good episode of the new TNA Impact.

Best-of-three Tag Team title series to kick off on next TNA Impact

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A best-of-three series for the TNA Tag Team Championship begins on the Thursday, February 1 edition of Impact. 

Authority figure Santino Marella announced a best-of-three series during this week’s Impact with TNA Tag Team Champions ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) defending against Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson). The series will begin with the first match on next week’s TNA Impact. 

Also set for next week, Frankie Kazarian will explain his actions in turning on Eric Young as part of last week’s Impact. 

After defeating Zachary Wentz of The Rascalz in his in-ring debut on this week’s show, Nic Nemeth will take on The Rascalz Trey Miguel on the February 1 Impact episode. 

Additionally, Brian Myers vs. Kevin Knight in singles competition is set for next week’s show. 

The announced card for the Thursday, February 1 TNA Impact: 

  • Match one in a best-of-three series for the TNA Tag Team Championship: ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) defend against Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson)
  • Frankie Kazarian explains his actions in turning against Eric Young
  • Nic Nemeth vs. Trey Miguel
  • Brian Myers vs. Kevin Knight

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.

Full lineup revealed for Knockouts Ultimate X match at TNA Hard to Kill

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All six competitors for the Knockouts Ultimate X match at TNA Hard to Kill have now been revealed.

Dani Luna is the sixth participant announced for the match, joining Gisele Shaw, Xia Brookside, Jody Threat, Tasha Steelz, and Alisha Edwards. The winner of the match will become the number one contender to the Knockouts Championship.

Trinity, the current Knockouts Champion, is defending her title against Jordynne Grace at Hard to Kill.

It was confirmed last month that Luna has signed a TNA Wrestling contract. She made her Impact debut in May of last year.

Luna was part of the NXT UK roster before being released by WWE when the NXT UK brand ended in 2022.

Luna is a member of Subculture with Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster.

This will be the second-ever Knockouts Ultimate X match in TNA/Impact Wrestling history. Steelz won the first Knockouts Ultimate X at Hard to Kill 2022.

Hard to Kill 2024 is taking place from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas next Saturday (January 13). That night, Impact Wrestling’s name change back to TNA officially goes into effect.

Here’s everything that’s been announced for the pay-per-view:

  • TNA World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Moose
  • Knockouts Champion Trinity defends against Jordynne Grace
  • Three-way match: X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defends against KUSHIDA and El Hijo del Vikingo
  • Four-way match: TNA Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey defend against The Rascalz, The Grizzled Young Veterans, and “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Trent Seven
  • Knockouts Ultimate X match: Gisele Shaw vs. Xia Brookside vs. Jody Threat vs. Tasha Steelz vs. Alisha Edwards vs. Dani Luna
  • Josh Alexander vs. Alex Hammerstone
  • PCO vs. Dirty Dango
  • Pre-show match: Rich Swann vs. Steve Maclin
  • Pre-show match: Eric Young & Frankie Kazarian vs. Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards
  • Pre-show match: Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer defends against Crazzy Steve

Alisha Edwards added to Knockouts Ultimate X at TNA Hard to Kill

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The Knockouts Ultimate X lineup for TNA Hard to Kill is almost complete.

It was announced today that Alisha Edwards will be competing in the Knockouts Ultimate X match at Hard to Kill on Saturday, January 13. Gisele Shaw, Xia Brookside, Jody Threat, and Tasha Steelz have also been announced for the match.

This is the second time that a Knockouts Ultimate X match has ever taken place. Steelz won the first Knockouts Ultimate X at Hard to Kill 2022.

If there are six participants like the first Knockouts Ultimate X match, there’s only one spot remaining.

The winner of the match becomes the number one contender to TNA’s Knockouts Championship. Current champion Trinity is defending her title against Jordynne Grace at Hard to Kill.

Ultimate X is one of TNA Wrestling’s signature match types. 

Impact’s name change back to TNA officially goes into effect starting at Hard to Kill. The pay-per-view is taking place from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Here’s the updated lineup for the PPV:

  • TNA World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Moose
  • Knockouts Champion Trinity defends against Jordynne Grace
  • Three-way match: X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defends against KUSHIDA and El Hijo del Vikingo
  • Four-way match: TNA Tag Team Champions Ace Austin & Chris Bey defend against The Rascalz, The Grizzled Young Veterans, and “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Trent Seven
  • Knockouts Ultimate X match: Gisele Shaw vs. Xia Brookside vs. Jody Threat vs. Tasha Steelz vs. Alisha Edwards vs. TBA
  • Josh Alexander vs. Alex Hammerstone
  • PCO vs. Dirty Dango
  • Pre-show match: Rich Swann vs. Steve Maclin
  • Pre-show match: Eric Young & Frankie Kazarian vs. Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards
  • Pre-show match: Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer defends against Crazzy Steve

TNA Wrestling announces Sacrifice event for March

Posted on by Ethan Renner

TNA Wrestling is bringing a live TNA Plus special and an Impact taping to Windsor, Ontario, Canada in March. 

TNA announced Thursday night that this year’s Sacrifice special event will air live on the TNA Plus app from Windsor on Friday, March 8. A TV taping for Impact will be held the next night in the same building on the campus of St. Clair College.

Brian Myers, KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Moose, Tommy Dreamer, and Jordynne Grace are mentioned in the official announcement as appearing at the events. 

Tickets for the shows will go on sale on Saturday, January 13. 

Here is TNA’s schedule for the first three months of 2024:

  • Saturday, January 13: Hard to Kill pay-per-view at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
  • Sunday, January 14: TV taping at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
  • Friday, January 19: TV taping at Osceola Heritage Park in Orlando, Florida
  • Saturday, January 20: TV taping at Osceola Heritage Park in Orlando, Florida
  • Friday, February 23: No Surrender (Impact Plus special) at the Alario Center in New Orleans
  • Saturday, February 24: TV taping at the Alario Center in New Orleans
  • Friday, March 8: Sacrifice (TNA Plus special) at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario
  • Saturday, March 9: TV taping at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario

The Grizzled Young Veterans making TNA debut at Hard to Kill

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The Grizzled Young Veterans are coming to TNA Wrestling.

TNA shared a promo on Tuesday with The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) revealing that they will debut for the promotion at Hard to Kill 2024. Gibson & Drake declared that they’re coming for the Impact Tag Team titles.

“TNA has a long history of working with the top veteran teams in this industry, some for better and some for worse,” Gibson said. “We might not be the veterans that TNA are used to working with, but let me promise you this: we are the Veterans that TNA needs to work with to steer this ship in the right direction. Because God only knows teams like The Rascalz or The ABC are simply not the right men for the job.

“January 13, Hard to Kill, The GYV are coming to TNA. And we are coming for the TNA Tag Team titles.”

ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) are the current Impact Tag Team Champions. The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) are the other team that The Grizzled Young Veterans mentioned in their promo.

Gibson & Drake became free agents this October when they departed WWE. They had requested their release from the company in April, but the request was denied and they remained with WWE/NXT until their contracts expired.

The Grizzled Young Veterans are former NXT UK Tag Team Champions.

Hard to Kill is being held at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 13. Impact Wrestling’s name change back to TNA Wrestling officially goes into effect that night.

Here’s everything that’s been announced for the pay-per-view so far:

  • Impact World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Moose
  • Knockouts Champion Trinity defends against Jordynne Grace
  • X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defends against KUSHIDA and El Hijo del Vikingo in a three-way match
  • Knockouts Ultimate X match (participants to be announced)
  • PCO vs. Dirty Dango
  • The Grizzled Young Veterans make their TNA debut
  • Pre-show match: Rich Swann vs. Steve Maclin
  • Pre-show match: Eric Young & Frankie Kazarian vs. Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards
  • Pre-show match: Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer defends against Crazzy Steve