March 19, 2008 Observer Newsletter: Floyd Mayweather/Big Show feud continues, Jeff Hardy suspended

Recognizing the Big Show vs. Floyd Mayweather angle was miscast, WWE changed direction on the 3/10 three-hour Raw from Milwaukee with a double turn.

They also played upon how the UFC audience was and how their audience wanted it, making it an us vs. them angle, and trying to make it like it was a semi-shoot, and to a degree, part of what was on television was.

Mayweather played complete heel, acting like an arrogant punk instead of a fake smiley-faced character of the week before. He dressed in a T-shirt, with shades and gaudy jewelry, playing the arrogant rich guy. Show played the role as the WWE representative, which he should have been all along, including bringing out basically everyone on the roster who isn’t booked on Wrestlemania to be his seconds against Mayweather, who has his entourage as his second. The two sides had a big brawl, the level of realism depends on which version you choose to believe.

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Big Vinny V: Krampus debuts on the strangest TNA Impact of the year

2025 has been a very strange year in the world of professional wrestling and last Thursday’s Thanksgiving episode of TNA Impact may have been the strangest show yet.

  • There was the debut of Krampus, the mythological Alpine spirit who punishes naughty children at Christmastime.
  • There were not one, not two, but three matches built around Ryan Nemeth wrestling in a turkey suit.
  • Andm in perhaps the weirdest single televised segment of the year, there was a Joe Hendry-Jeff Hardy concert in its entirety.

All this plus a Trick Williams & Mustafa Ali vs. Mike Santana & Leon Slater tag match; Lei Ying Lee cutting the most emotional promo you’ll see pretty much anywhere; a replay of a TNA food fight from two decades ago featuring stars from a decade before that; and a wacky eight-man tag with nothing at stake.

We’ll try to make sense of it all on the Big Vinny V Show!

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Matt Hardy says AEW run led him to ask ‘Why am I still doing this?’

Matt Hardy says his latest run with TNA Wrestling has helped both him and his brother Jeff rediscover their love for wrestling.

On the latest episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Hardy explained that during the final stretch of his AEW run, he started questioning whether he wanted to continue wrestling. That has since changed after spending the past year and a half working in TNA.

“During those times in AEW, there were times where both myself and Jeff, especially me when I was there and I wasn’t really do anything, it just made me question, why am I still doing this? I love this, but it kind of doesn’t feel like something I love right now.”

Hardy also said Jeff dealt with feelings of guilt after his DUI arrest in 2022, which led to The Hardys being used less on AEW programming until they ultimately left the company in April 2024 and returned to TNA shortly after.

Matt continued:

“Ultimately, what we needed to do was leave and go to TNA and then we found that again. And I am as much in love with the business as I have ever been this year.”

Matt would like him and his brother to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame while continuing their run in TNA Wrestling.

“I think we would like to do something proper to wind things down. And we’ve said this a couple of times in WWE, and then maybe off into the sunset and do the Hall of Fame. I would want to do the TNA and the WWE Hall of Fame and I think Jeff would as well.”

The Thursday, October 30, edition of TNA Impact featured a special look at the Broken Hardys universe, revisiting four of their cinematic matches from 2016 in TNA. The Hardys are also coming off dropping the NXT Tag Team titles at Halloween Havoc to DarkState.

The latest episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy is available below:

TNA Wrestling’s Carlos Silva teases contract update for Matt & Jeff Hardy

TNA Wrestling’s Carlos Silva says he’s looking forward to many more years with Matt and Jeff Hardy.

Fightful reported last week that the brothers’ TNA contracts were set to expire soon, but that the company was hoping to re-sign them. Silva posted to social media on Saturday that he is looking forward to “many years of positive vibes” with the brothers, leading fans to speculate that a deal may have been reached.

He wrote:

“Thank you to Matt and Jeff for being part of the @ThisIsTNA team. Such a pleasure to work with you and look forward to many years of positive vibes together. @MATTHARDYBRAND @JEFFHARDYBRAND”

Silva’s post came on the same day The Hardys and their Bound for Glory opponents, Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley, appeared at a Bound for Glory Q&A/Hardy Party event held at Kowloon’s in Saugus, MA.

“Thank you Andy and @KowloonSaugus what a great night with @MATTHARDYBRAND @JEFFHARDYBRAND @bullyray5150 @TestifyDVon See you Sunday night for a match for the ages”

The Hardys will defend both the TNA and NXT Tag Team Championships tonight at Bound for Glory against The Dudley Boys in Lowell, MA.

BVV: TNA Impact recap with Nemeths vs. Hardys tag title match

Tuesday means a new Big Vinny V Show and another TNA Impact recap.

The main event last Thursday saw Nic & Ryan Nemeth getting their TNA Tag Team title rematch against the Hardy Boys with Matt Cardona making a cameo appearance.

Elsewhere, Brian Myers battled Mustafa Ali as things heated up between The System and Order 4; Judas Icarus stealing the show in a very fun match against Eric Young; Victoria Crawford continuing to be crazy; the IInspiration teaming with Masha Slamovich against the By Elegance brand; Frankie Kazarian hosting the King’s Speech with the return of Mr. Anderson; Dani Luna squaring off against Indi Hartwell; Lei Ying Lee and Xia Brookside formally annoucing their tag team name; and Mike Santana destroying a jobber but then gets destroyed by an invader from NXT.

All this and more on the new Big Vinny V Show with me, Vince Verhei

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TNA announces Hardys-Dudleys ‘Final Negotiation’

Before their match at Bound for Glory, The Hardys and Dudley Boyz will interact on an upcoming episode of TNA Impact.

TNA Wrestling has announced that Matt & Jeff Hardy and Bully Ray & D-Von will all be in attendance at the company’s TV taping in Minneapolis this Friday night. They’ll take part in a “Final Negotiation” segment to build up their TNA Tag Team title match at Bound for Glory.

Bound for Glory will be the last time The Hardys and Dudleys — legendary rivals dating back to the Attitude Era — ever face each other. The match was set up when Bully Ray confronted The Hardys after their TNA Tag Team title victory this July at Slammiversary.

D-Von Dudley has mostly been away from the ring since 2016. He suffered a stroke in 2020 and underwent spinal surgery in 2022 but had a few matches from 2023-2024. Ahead of returning for this final match, D-Von is feeling good physically after dropping a significant amount of weight.

Bound for Glory is taking place on October 12 in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Minneapolis is hosting a live TNA Impact episode this Thursday and then TV tapings the next night. The live episode will include a six-person tag match with The Hardys & Mara Sade facing John Skyler, Jason Hotch & Tasha Steelz.

The Hardy Boyz, Dudleyz appear at WWE SummerSlam

Two all-time great tag teams were in attendance for night two of WWE SummerSlam 2025.

In honor of August being the 25th anniversary of the first-ever TLC match, The Hardy Boyz and Dudleyz attended SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey tonight and were shown in the front row. Along with Edge & Christian, they pioneered the TLC match with the bout first taking place at SummerSlam 2000.

Edge & Christian, the victors of the inaugural tables, ladders & chairs match, are both signed to AEW and therefore were not at SummerSlam tonight. Michael Cole did mention them on commentary, however.

WWE recently did a countdown of the top 25 matches in SummerSlam history, ranking The Hardyz vs. Dudleyz vs. Edge & Christian at number six.

Matt & Jeff Hardy are the current TNA Tag Team Champions — and they’re set to face off against Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley one last time at TNA Bound for Glory this October. With the close working relationship WWE has with TNA, Cole plugged the Bound for Glory matchup when the two legendary teams appeared tonight.

The SmackDown tag division was featured in a six-pack TLC match on tonight’s card, with Dexter Lumis & Joe Gacy of The Wyatt Sicks defeating Motor City Machine Guns, The Street Profits, DIY, Fraxiom, and Andrade & Rey Fenix to retain the WWE Tag Team titles.

The Hardy Boyz set for GCW return

The Hardy Boyz are set to make an appearance for Game Changer Wrestling during SummerSlam weekend in New Jersey.

GCW has announced Matt & Jeff Hardy for the promotion’s Hit Em Up show on Friday, August 1. It’s stated that The Hardys will be appearing live, but there are no opponents announced or confirmation on whether Matt & Jeff will be competing.

The GCW show is being held at Williams Center in Rutherford, New Jersey and will air live on TrillerTV+.

Jeff Hardy debuted for GCW with an appearance in 2023 while his brother Matt worked a couple of dates for the indie group in 2024. Back in April of this year, the two defeated D-Von Dudley’s sons Terrell & Terrence at a For The Culture event that GCW was involved in promoting.

The Hardys will also be signing autographs and taking pictures with fans at WrestleCon’s SummerSlam weekend convention in Newark, New Jersey on August 1-2. After that, they’ll be in Maine on August 9 to wrestle for indie promotion Limitless Wrestling.

At TNA Slammiversary last night, The Hardys won a four-way ladder match to become the new TNA Tag Team Champions. There was then an angle setting up that Matt & Jeff will face The Dudley Boyz for one final time at TNA Bound for Glory this October.

TNA Impact live results: The Hardys in action, Cedric Alexander’s in-ring debut

With more than a week to go before TNA Slammiversary, tensions are high leading into tonight’s edition of TNA Impact.

Former TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys and The Rascalz will unite against current champions The Nemeth Brothers and First Class with TNA World Champion Trick Williams on commentary.

Former champion Joe Hendry will also be on the show to share some thoughts.

TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich will team with Lei Ying Lee against NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jane and Fallon Henley.

Cedric Alexander makes his TNA in-ring debut, teaming with The Good Hands against Mustafa Ali’s “Secret Service.”

The TNA International Championship will be on the line as Steve Maclin defends against Jake Something and Mance Warner in a three-way.

In a non-title match, Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Elegance Brand faces newcomers Myla Grace and Hayley Hudson while Indi Hartwell vs. Victoria Crawford rounds out the show.

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The “Cross the Line” theme and accompanying intro video airs to get things started after the usual recap package showing key moments from last week’s show.

The Elegance Brand (Ash & Heather By Elegance) vs. Harley Hudson & Myla Grace

Inside the Impact Zone, we see George Iceman already standing in the ring with a microphone in his hand, as Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcome the viewing audience at home. The personal concierge for The Elegance Brand then introduces Ash & Heather by Elegance.

The reigning TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions make their way out accompanied by M by Elegance with “terrible towels” to rile up the Pittsburgh crowd. Iceman also made a callback to Bret Hart’s “stick the hose in Pittsburgh” line in an enema insult to “The Steel City” fans.

After the tag champs settle inside the squared circle for scheduled opening action, the theme for their opponents hits to bring out newcomers Harley Hudson and Myla Grace. As they head to the ring, a split-screen “earlier today” promo from the new Knockouts duo airs.

The bell sounds and it is Heather by Elegance and Myla Grace who kick things off for their respective teams. The reigning champs jump off into an early offensive lead. It isn’t long, however, until Grace and Hudson take over.

Following a decent run of offense for the newcomers, outside interference and distractions from George Iceman and M by Elegance lead to Ash by Elegance hitting Rarified Air off the ropes for the pinfall victory. M by Elegance stopped an attempted save during the pin.

Match Result: The Elegance Brand defeated Harley Hudson & Myla Grace

Backstage With The Hardys & The Rascalz

Backstage, Gia Miller is standing by with The Hardys and The Rascalz. They talk about their match later tonight and their respective goals of capturing the TNA World Tag-Team Championships. After they talk about TNA Slammiversary, the segment wraps up and the show heads into a break.

“Prime” Cedric Alexander & The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch) vs. Mustafa Ali’s Secret Service Detail

The show returns from break to the entrance of “Prime” Cedric Alexander, who comes out to the ring accompanied by his tag-team partners for scheduled six-man tag-team action, The Good Hands team of John Skyler and Jason Hotch, as well as Tasha Steelz.

Mustafa Ali comes out next in a suit, only to turn right back around and head to the back, not even wanting to look at his former members on the other side of the ring from his Secret Servicemen. The bell sounds and Alexander goes to work on the opposition.

After some dominant offensive action from Alexander, Skyler and Hotch, things build to the finish, which sees the team pick up the win, only for Steelz to shockingly attack Alexander from behind, setting an equally shocked Mustafa Ali up to blast him with a chair shot.

Match Result: “Prime” Cedric Alexander & The Good Hands defeated Mustafa Ali’s Secret Servicemen

Lei Ying Lee & Masha Slamovich (w/ Xia Brookside) vs. Jacy Jane & Fallon Henley (w/ Jazmyn Nyx)

The show heads to another commercial break after the previous six-man tag-team bout. When the show returns, Xia Brookside’s theme hits. She makes her way out and stops at the top of the stage. Lei Ying Lee comes out next and stops.

TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich makes her way out next. Slamovich heads to the ring with her partner for this tag bout, Lei Ying Lee, as Brookside accompanies them. They settle inside the squared circle and then WWE NXT trio Fatal Influence comes out.

NXT Women’s World Champion Jacy Jane comes out with Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx. They settle in the ring and pose together. It will be Jane and Henley teaming up to take on Slamovich and Lee. The bell sounds and things get started.

Jane and Lee kick things off for their respective teams. Lee lands a big kick, but Jane quickly takes over and brings her into the Fatal Influence side of the ring. She tags out, and in comes Henley picking up where she left off, taking it to Lee.

The show heads into a mid-match commercial break with Jane and Henley in a comfortable offensive lead, dominating Lee and stopping her from having any chance of tagging in the fresh Slamovich. When the show returns, the Fatal Influence duo are still winning with ease.

Eventually, Slamovich gets the much-needed tag from Lee, and this changed the entire tone of the match. The TNA Knockouts Champion went on an offensive rampage, taking out Jane and Henley before finishing the Fatal Influence duo off with a Snow Plow for the win.

Match Result: Lei Ying Lee & Masha Slamovich defeated Jacy Jane & Fallon Henley

TNA International Championship
Steve Maclin (c) vs. Jake Something vs. Mance Warner

A brief TNA Injury Report airs, with Tom Hannifan running down updates on injured TNA talents. It is noted that Myron Reed will fill in for The Rascalz in their eight-man tag-team match alongside The Hardys against First Class and The Nemeths tonight.

From there, the show heads into another commercial break. When the show returns, Leon Slater runs into Moose and The System backstage. He promises Moose he’s gonna bring him the toughest fight he’s ever had, and vows to become the youngest X-Division Champion ever at Slammiversary.

Inside the Impact Zone, the theme for Mance Warner hits and out comes the wild man accompanied by Steph De Lander. Out next is Jake Something, who immediately brawls with Warner before the match even begins.

The reigning TNA International Champion Steve Maclin makes his way out last, and joins in on the fun already in progress. The bel sounds to officially get the title tilt off-and-running. After some early action, we see a big powerbomb spot onto two unfolded steel chairs.

As the action continues, the show heads into a mid-match commercial break. When the show returns, things build to a big stacked spot off the ropes in the corner. Moments later, things culminate with Maclin hitting the K.I.A. for the win to retain.

Match Result: Steve Maclin defeated Mance Warner & Jake Something to retain the TNA International Championship

Tasha Steelz Reveals Plan To Order 4

In the parking lot, Mustafa Ali chases after Tasha Steelz. He asks her what that was earlier tonight. Steelz then goes on to reveal it was a plan she had devised secretly all along. She knew if she called Cedric Alexander he would come running to “save her.”

She says now Ali has a match at TNA Slammiversary against the one guy he’s never been able to beat, his former 205 Live rival and the man everyone says is better than him — “Prime” Cedric Alexander. The Great Hands come up and are confused and angry as well.

She yells at them to pipe down, too, and points out the amount of 0’s on their paychecks compared to the past. She says an organized Order 4 is the most dangerous group in the world. As they go to leave, we hear the annoying voice of Alisha Edwards.

Edwards, accompanied by the rest of The System, does her usual routine, asking “do you wanna know something?” After some verbal back-and-forth between both groups, a match between them is agreed to for next week’s show.

Fourth Rope Is Coming …

In a weird vignette that almost didn’t feel like part of the show, Fourth Rope appears with his custom title in-hand. The former WWE Superstar once known as Enzo Amore starts off with his “…and you can’t teach that” routine from his old days alongside Big Cass.

As he continues to rant and rave in the style that is truly his own, the former Real1 talks about his past shenanigans at Madison Square Garden as a reminder and a warning of what he is capable of when he goes all out. The show heads to another commercial break.

Indi Hartwell vs. Victoria Crawford

The show returns and out comes Victoria Crawford accompanied by Tessa Blanchard. Blanchard joins Hannifan and Rehwoldt on special guest commentary as the former WWE Superstar once known as Alicia Fox settles in the ring.

Crawford will be competing in singles action against another former WWE Superstar, as the theme for Indi Hartwell hits to bring out the former NXT Women’s Champion. The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running.

Blanchard talks trash about Hartwell the entire time the short bout takes place, with Hartwell winning with ease. After the match, as Hartwell was heading to the back, Blanchard got on the microphone and vowed to beat her at TNA Slammiversary.

Match Result: Indi Hartwell defeated Victoria Crawford

Joe Hendry Sit-Down Interview

After a brief backstage segment where Santino Marella vowed to take action if Eric Young could prove with facts that “The Hometown Man” is really Cody Deaner, the show heads into another commercial break.

When the show returns, the lineup is announced for next week’s TNA Slammiversary 2025 “go-home” episode of TNA Impact (see below). From there, the show cuts to a pre-taped sit-down interview with Tom Hannifan talking to Joe Hendry.

Hendry talks again about how the fans are the reason he became who he is today. He says they were there for him during his ascension. They were there when he stumbled. They’ll be there next weekend when he recaptures the title and brings it home to TNA.

The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) & The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Myron Reed) vs. The Nemeths (Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth) & First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro)

It’s main event time!

After the Joe Hendry interview wraps up, the show heads into another commercial break. When the show returns, the familiar sounds of Trick Williams’ theme hits. The WWE NXT Superstar and reigning TNA World Champion makes his way out.

Williams heads down to the ringside area to loud “Whoop that Trick!” chants from the Pittsburgh crowd. Williams settles in on special guest commentary alongside Hannifan and Rehwoldt for the final match of the evening.

With that said, the theme for First Class hits. Out comes AJ Francis and KC Navarro as their new friend, Trick Williams, sings their praises on commentary. Their partners, reigning TNA World Tag-Team Champions The Nemeths come out next.

Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth join Francis and Navarro in the ring, and the four-man team await the arrival of their opposition. The Rascalz theme hits and out comes Zachary Wentz with an original member of the group, Myron Reed.

As noted, Reed is filling in for the injured Trey Miguel in the scheduled eight man tag-team main event on this week’s show. The iconic sounds of The Hardys hits next and out comes Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy. Even Trick seemed to enjoy their entrance until they dissed him.

With all eight men scheduled for the final match of the evening in the ring and ready to rock and roll, the show shifts gears and heads into a quick pre-match commercial break before things get officially off-and-running.

When the show returns, Myron Reed and Nic Nemeth kick things off for their respective teams. Nemeth takes the early offensive lead, stopping to showboat in typical “Wanted Man” fashion. We see some good back-and-forth action from there.

The Hardys finally get their first action in the match, and Hannifan and Rehwoldt point out on commentary how wild it is the way The Hardys have the ability to completely change the mood and feeling in an arena when they enter the ring.

As the action continues in the ring with The Hardys and The Rascalz settling into a comfortable offensive lead, the commentators begin ignoring the action for a bit, as Trick Williams calls out Tom Hannifan for talking bad about him the past few weeks.

When the focus resumes on the match in progress inside the squared circle, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-match commercial break. When the show returns, we see Nic Nemeth in a comfortable offensive lead, taking it to Wentz.

From there, Francis tags in and takes over, keeping the lead for his team until a few minutes later, when Matt Hardy finally tags in. Matt starts taking out any-and-everything that moves. He goes for a cover, but Francis hits the ring to break it up.

Francis gets in some cheap shots on Matt, but The Hardys icon ends up taking over and firing the crowd up as he hits his signature spots on him in sequence. He goes for the cover on Francis, but now Nemeth hits the ring to break it up.

As things continue to unfold with Hardy taking out everyone and those who interference, we hear Trick Williams say on commentary that he can’t take anymore of this. He pops up, attacks Matt on the ropes, lands a belt shot and sets Francis up for the pin and the victory for his team.

Once the match wraps up, things continue to come unglued. Mike Santana’s theme hits out of nowhere and the crowd roars as he makes his way to the ring through the crowd. The numbers disadvantage is too much for him, however, and Joe Hendry comes out to make the save. That’s how this week’s show goes off the air.

Match Result: The Nemeths & First Class defeated The Hardys & The Rascalz

Next Week On TNA Impact (7/17/2025):
* Sami Callihan vs. Moose
* Dani Luna vs. Tessa Blanchard
* The System vs. Order 4
* Joe Hendry & Mike Santana vs. Frankie Kazarian & Trick Williams

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Jeff Hardy now more than three years sober

Jeff Hardy recently reached a big milestone in his sobriety journey.

During an interview on The Ariel Helwani Show that was taped on June 24 and aired this week, Hardy said he is now more than three years sober. He entered alcohol treatment in June 2022 following a DUI in Florida where his blood alcohol limit was found to be more then three times the limit.

“Three years [and] two days, man,” Hardy responded when Helwani asked how long he has been sober.

The 2022 offense was Hardy’s third DUI. The case was ultimately resolved in February 2023 with Hardy pleading no contest. His license was suspended for 10 years, but he did not have to serve jail time.

Hardy said the third DUI was the rock bottom in his life. Now that he’s sober, he is able to appreciate life more and find the beauty in things. That clarity started to come once he reached one year sober.

“Oh yeah, everything is majestic,” he said. “After about a year of being sober — oh my God, everything is just so vivid and bright and beautiful.”

Matt Hardy expressed how proud he is of the effort his brother has put in toward bettering himself.

“His work on himself has been second-to-none,” Matt said. “And just the place he’s at in his life, I’m just so proud and so happy for him. This is like the best version of Jeff Hardy personally I’ve ever seen that exists right now.”

The 2022 DUI happened while The Hardy Boyz were with AEW, disrupting plans the promotion had for them. After departing AEW in 2024, Matt & Jeff are now both with TNA Wrestling. They will challenge for the TNA Tag Team titles in a four-way ladder match later this month at Slammiversary.

When asked if they would be okay with ending their careers in TNA, Matt Hardy told Helwani that he and Jeff would like to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and have “one last hurrah” with WWE — but that could potentially happen without The Hardys leaving TNA because of the working relationship that exists between the two companies.

The full interview can be watched below:

BVV: A stupid & dumb TNA Impact with a great main event

As a TV show, last Thursday’s TNA Impact was both stupid and dumb, but at least the main event was great. Vince Verhei talks about it all on this week’s Big Vinny V Show.

It turns out Nic Nemeth and Jeff Hardy still know what they’re doing out there, and they had a tremendous match to save the show.

But the show needed saving, because nothing here makes any sense any more. Santino Marella vs. Robert Stone sounds like an awful feud on paper and it’s significantly worse in real life; NXT’s Nikkita Lyons guest starred to do some embarrassing self-parody; and Cody Deaner got neverending promo segments to establish that he’s a bottom-of-the-roster guy at best.

Also, The Great Hands won a match they should have lost after losing a match they should have won; Xia Brookside is apparently turning heel, and Indi Hartwell is there too.

I will try to figure it out on the latest Big Vinny V Show.

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TNA Impact live results: Indi Hartwell debuts, Jeff Hardy vs. Nic Nemeth

Indi Hartwell’s TNA career officially begins on tonight’s TNA Impact from Irvine, California.

After news of her signing was revealed last month, the former WWE/NXT wrestler will compete for the first time as she battles Kelsey Heather.

In their first singles meeting since 2009, Jeff Hardy takes on Nic Nemeth as the feud between their respective teams continue.

Tessa Blanchard teams with Victoria Crawford (the former Alicia Fox) against Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich and WWE NXT’s Nikkita Lyons.

In a four-way International title shot eliminator, it will be Elijah vs. Mance Warner vs. Matt Cardona vs. Ace Austin.

Rosemary takes on Xia Brookside while The Rascalz battle The Great Hands.

Frankie Kazarian will discuss his upcoming Under Siege tag team match with Trick Williams against Joe Hendry and Elijah.

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Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Crawford vs. Masha Slamovich & Nikkita Lyons

The show kicks off with an “In Memory Of” graphic in honor of Terry “Sabu” Brunk. After the usual recap package showing highlights from last week, the show settles inside the Impact Zone. Tessa Blanchard’s theme immediately hits and out she comes for the opening contest.

Blanchard settles inside the squared circle and her music dies down. The theme for Victoria Crawford hits and out comes the former WWE Superstar known as Alicia Fox. TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich is out first for the opposition. WWE NXT Superstar Nikkita Lyons comes out last.

After the bell sounds, Blanchard and Lyons kick things off for their respective teams. Lyons takes the early offensive lead. Blanchard and Lyons both tag out. Crawford takes over on Slamovich initially. Slamovich starts to fight back. She hits a spinning back-fist and a step-up enzugiri.

Both ladies try to head to their corner for the tag, but Blanchard rushes over and yanks Lyons off the apron, where she blasts her face on the corner on the way down. Crawford goes to work on Slamovich. Blanchard slides a steel chair into Crawford.

Slamovich gets a hold of it and whacks Crawford. The referee calls for the bell. Blanchard and Crawford get the win via disqualification. Blanchard yanks Crawford out of the ring to save her from any post-match punishment.

Apparently things aren’t over just yet. TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella’s theme hits and out he comes. He says things won’t end that way. He orders the match to be restarted. Fans chant “Santino! Santino!” Before the match can restart, Robert Stone comes out and says the decision stands.

Blanchard and Crawford remain the winners via disqualification. Santino didn’t like that. Blanchard and Crawford did, and they rub it in on Lyons and Slamovich as they head to the back with their hands raised. The show heads to a commercial break after that.

Match Result: Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Crawford defeated Masha Slamovich & Nikkita Lyons via Disqualification

Cody Deaner Knows Significance Of TNA Under Siege

The show returns to an in-depth sit-down interview with Cody Deaner, who talks about the importance of his match coming up at TNA Under Siege 2025, and how he must win if he wants to continue his future in TNA Wrestling.

He tells a story about the first time his son saw him wrestle. He recalls his son crying afterwards. He thought it was because his son thought he was hurt. It turns out it was because he lost. He says he’s determined to make sure his son doesn’t cry after TNA Under Siege 2025.

The Great Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch) (w/ Tasha Steelz) vs. The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)

Back inside the Impact Zone, the team of The Great Hands make their way out to the ring accompanied by Tasha Steelz. John Skyler talks on the microphone as they settle inside the squared circle about how he blames the fans for Mustafa Ali’s recent change in personality.

The theme for their opposition hits and out comes The Rascalz duo of Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz to a good pop. The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running with this tag-team tilt, and it is Miguel and Skyler who kick things off for their respective teams.

After some good back-and-forth action, we see The Great Hands start to take over. They do a good job of isolating their weakened foe in the ring and preventing him from making a tag. However, the momentum begins to shift, with The Rascalz making a comeback.

Ultimately, Mustafa Ali would interfere, leading to Skyler and Hotch getting the win. After the match, Ali viciously assaults The Rascalz in a continued showing of his new, uncontrollable persona. Ace Austin eventually ran down to make the save. The show went into another commercial break afterwards.

Match Result: The Great Hands defeated The Rascalz

TNA International Championship Eliminator
Matt Cardona vs. Mance Warner vs. Ace Austin vs. Elijah

The show returns to Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt on commentary setting up special video footage that took place during the commercial break. We see Ace Austin backstage still enraged about what just happened.

He looks for The Great Hands, and eventually finds them. Unfortunately, John Skyler, Jason Hotch and Mustafa Ali all beat Austin down until security and officials rush to the scene to break it up. Back in the Impact Zone, we get ready for our next match.

Matt Cardona’s theme hits and out comes “The Complete” Cardona for this high stakes four-way showdown, where the winner will receive a shot at the TNA International Championship currently held by “Bulletproof” Steve Maclin.

Ace Austin comes out still selling the affects of the assault he just endured backstage. Mance Warner comes out with Steph De Lander. Finally, Elijah comes out strumming his guitar to a big pop from the Ivrine crowd. The bell sounds and off we go.

After some back-and-forth action, which sees De Lander get involved a few times on Warner’s behalf, and all four men having their respective moments in the spotlight, it is Cardona who picks up the win after hitting his Radio Silence finisher on Austin for the pin. Cardona has earned a TNA International title shot.

Match Result: Matt Cardona defeated Ace Austin, Elijah & Mance Warner to earn a TNA International Title shot

Tessa Blanchard Slaps The Hell Out Of Arianna Grace

The show heads to another commercial break after the TNA International Championship Eliminator wraps up. When the show returns, Tom Hannifan does a live ad-read to promote TNA’s involvement in the upcoming Border Brawl show.

From there, backstage we see “The Liaison” Arianna Grace is not happy about Santino Marella’s authority being overturned by Robert Stone in regards to the Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Crawford win over Nikkita Lyons & Masha Slamovich.

Blanchard says she’s sick of Arianna’s mouth and smacks the living crap out of her. She walks off as Arianna is on her knees from the slap, possibly with a bloody mouth. The brief backstage segment wraps up there.

First Class Penthouse With O’Shea Jackson Jr.

Back inside the Impact Zone, the theme for First Class hits and out comes AJ Francis and KC Navarro to host the latest installment of their God-awful talk show segment, First Class Penthouse. They begin with their usual boasting.

They then hit the usual pop culture insults for cheap heat, with some rap and basketball references, before bragging about how they always bring the best when they show up. They hype up their special guest as a bonafide movie star.

With that said, after listing his IMDB credits, they introduce O’Shea Jackson Jr. The son of Ice Cube and recent TNA Rebellion 2025 pre-show panelist makes his way out wearing a First Class t-shirt, which Francis and Navarro quickly show off.

Jackson Jr. grabs Francis’ hand and takes it off of his shoulder, Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall-style. Francis asks why they have static. Jackson Jr. tells him that he might think he’s Suge Knight, but he looks more like a “broke-ass Uncle Phil.”

The crowd explodes with “Uncle Phil! Uncle Phil!” chants. Francis has a decent comeback, noting how he should be like Uncle Phil and treat Jackson Jr. like Jazz, and throw his ass out of here. Jackson Jr. breaks bad and Navarro tries keeping him and Francis apart.

On that note, Mike Santana’s hip-hop theme hits to calm things down. Santana makes his way through the crowd, as always, as Navarro and Francis complain about being interrupted by him. In very annoying fashion, by the way.

Santana chases them to the back without saying anything. He and Jackson Jr. shake hands and pose for the crowd to end what was actually the first tolerable First Class Penthouse segment ever. That’s how the talk show-style segment wraps up.

Indi Hartwell vs. Kelsey Heather

Without wasting much time, the theme for Indi Hartwell hits and out comes the former WWE and WWE NXT Superstar to the ring for her highly-anticipated TNA Wrestling in-ring debut. Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk on commentary about how it’s a lifelong dream for Indi to compete in a TNA ring.

Already in the ring is her opponent for this scheduled one-on-one contest in the TNA Knockouts division, Kelsey Heather. The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running. Fans immediately break out with a loud “Indi Wrestling! Indi Wrestling!” chant.

Kelsey slaps Hartwell to get the physicality started, and all this does is anger Hartwell, who quickly goes to work on Heather. She hits a side-slam and some big strikes, but then Heather hops on Hartwell’s back with a sleeper-hold.

Heather taunts Hartwell while holding onto the hold, but Hartwell escapes and shifts the offensive momentum back in her favor. She sends Heather into the ropes and hits a big sidewalk slam.

She hits a running booty to the side of Heather’s head as she was draped over the middle rope. Hartwell hits her “Hurt Don’t It” finisher after that for the pinfall victory. Hannifan and Rehwoldt run through the match highlights while singing Hartwell’s praises. The show heads to another commercial break.

Match Result: Indi Hartwell defeated Kelsey Heather

Tasha Steelz & Indi Hartwell Verbally Clash Backstage

When the show returns, Indi Hartwell is shown backstage talking to the camera about getting her first TNA Wrestling match, and win, in the books tonight. As she sits down to continue talking more, she is cut off by Tasha Steelz.

Steelz puts her hand in Hartwell’s face and says she doesn’t know what Hartwell is talking about, noting “I’m sure it’s a cute promo,” but she claims to have more important matters to discuss. She turns to the camera and mentions that Mustafa Ali has been kicked out of the building.

Before she can say anything else, Hartwell stands up and cuts her off. Hartwell says she just had a successful debut, and Steelz is going to have the audacity to take her camera time? Tasha says she’ll deal with Hartwell later. She heads off looking for Santino Marella or Robert Stone.

Rosemary vs. Xia Brookside

Inside the Impact Zone, the lights go down and the familiar sounds of Rosemary’s theme hits. Out she comes, heading to the ring for the next match of the evening as a split-screen interview she did earlier in the day is shown.

The theme for her opponent hits, and out comes Xia Brookside. Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk about the new side of Brookside that has been seen in recent weeks. The bell sounds and things get officially off-and-running.

Brookside charges at Rosemary, who exits the ring and does a sadistic laugh at Brookside as she avoids the early action on the floor. Back in the ring, the two finally engage and begin getting after it. Brookside takes the early lead, but it isn’t long before Rosemary takes over.

Rosemary grabs some brass knuckles, but before she can use them, Brookside stops her. Rosemary secures a submission on Brookside in the ring, and the two push-and-pull with the brass knuckles inches away. Brookside recovers and begins shifting the offensive momentum into her favor.

Brookside climbs to the top-rope after establishing a comfortable offensive lead. She is stopped when Rosemary once again picks up and puts the brass knuckles on her hand. Brookside hops down and fights with Rosemary over them. She headbutts Rosemary and gets the brass knuckles.

She debates putting them on and eventually does. Rosemary turns her cheek and invites her to blast her with a free shot with the brass knuckles. Rosemary pops up and thumbs Brookside in the eye. Rosemary goes to load up with the green mist, but before she can spray it, Brookside decks Rosemary.

She has Rosemary tied up on the ropes. The referee tries to break things up, but once again Brookside’s darker side shows itself, as she shoves the referee off of her and continues a physical rampage on Rosemary. Lei Ying Lee ends up running out and chasing Rosemary away.

She stands tall in the ring shouting at Rosemary. The post-match scene wraps up on that note, We then see a quick “TNA Injury Report” video package. Steve Maclin suffered a minor skull fracture, lacerations and an extreme loss of blood. The show heads to another commercial break after that.

Match Result: Rosemary defeated Xia Brookside via disqualification

Arianna Grace Wants Tessa Blanchard At TNA Under Siege

When the show returns, Arianna Grace demands a match against Tessa Blanchard at TNA Under Siege. Santino Marella doesn’t like the idea, but agrees to it. Robert Stone comes in and thinks it’s the first smart decision he’s made.

Frankie Kazarian & Trick Williams Confronted By Joe Hendry & Elijah

Highlights are shown of the WWE NXT Battleground 2025 contract signing between TNA World Champion Joe Hendry and Trick Williams is shown. Back live inside the Impact Zone, Frankie Kazarian’s theme hits and he makes his way down to the ring.

The self-proclaimed “King of TNA” goes on to rant and complain about being “robbed” of the TNA World Championship at TNA Rebellion. He then moves on to discuss the upcoming TNA Under Siege show, and mentions how there’s someone who feels the same about Joe Hendry as he does.

On that note, the familiar sounds of Trick Williams entrance tune hits the house speakers in Irvine, CA. The crowd breaks out into a loud “Whoop That Trick!” chant as the WWE NXT Superstar heads down to join Kazarian in the ring.

Trick says it’s no secret that he doesn’t like Kazarian, and that Kazarian doesn’t like him either. He says they’re not out here to be liked. They’re out here to be respected. If they were out here to be liked, they’d be like Joe Hendry.

As always, the rule applies, as someone said his name, and so out he comes to appear. The crowd goes wild as the TNA World Champion settles at the top of the entrance stage. They provoke Hendry, saying he claims to be a fighting champion. They challenge him to prove it.

Before Hendry heads down for a one-on-two impromptu battle, we hear the familiar sounds of a guitar strum off-camera. With that said, Elijah walks … out to join Hendry at the top of the stage. As they get ready to fight, Santino Marella’s theme hits.

The TNA Director of Authority comes out and mentions how the four of them are scheduled to battle it out at TNA Under Siege. He says they all seem ready tonight, so it’ll take place tonight instead. The crowd loves it. Robert Stone comes out and shuts it down. He even mentions “suitable replacements” for next week.

Nic Nemeth (w/ Ryan Nemeth) vs. Jeff Hardy (w/ Matt Hardy)

It’s main event time!

After the show returns from another commercial break, the TNA Moment of the Week segment airs, showing footage of RVD vs. Sabu from years ago. The lineup is announced for next Thursday night’s TNA Under Siege “go-home” episode of TNA Impact on May 22 (see below).

We return inside the Impact Zone in Irvine, CA., where Nic Nemeth’s “Wanted Man” theme hits. Out comes one-half of the reigning TNA World Tag-Team Champions accompanied by his brother, “The Hollywood Hunk” Ryan Nemeth, for our scheduled main event of the evening.

He settles inside the squared circle and his music dies down. The legendary theme for The Hardy Boyz hits next, and out comes Nemeth’s opponent, “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy, accompanied by his brother, Matt Hardy.

Hannifan mentions to the viewers at home that this is only the second ever singles match between Hardy and Nemeth. He mentions how Hardy won their lone singles match from over 16 years ago. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with our final match of the evening.

Hardy immediately takes Nemeth down. He goes to hit the ropes, and Ryan tries grabbing his foot. Jeff catches him, and turns to yell at him, only to then turn around into a big DDT from a prepared Nemeth. Nemeth charges at Hardy after that, but Hardy sends him up and over the top-rope.

Nemeth crashes and burns on the floor at ringside. Jeff hits a follow-up dive from the ring to the floor to take Nemeth out for a big pop. He celebrates that with his brother Matt, as the show heads into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues.

When the show returns, the action is back in the ring, with Nemeth controlling the offense. Hardy begins fighting back, hitting his trademark Whisper in the Wind spot off the ropes in the corner. Hardy looks to follow-up with a Twist of Fate, but Nemeth counters and slaps on a sleeper-hold.

Hardy begins to fade as Nemeth squeezes away. Fans break out in a “Hardy! Hardy!” chant. Hardy fights back to his feet and drops down into a jawbreaker to force Nemeth to release the hold. Nemeth ends up sending Hardy shoulder-first into the steel post.

He immediately follows up with a FameAsser and quickly covers him, only to get a close two-count. Nemeth tunes up the band in the corner waiting for Hardy to get up. He charges at him looking for a super kick, but Hardy avoids it and counters with a Twist of Fate.

He takes his shirt off. He heads to the top-rope. He leaps off for his trademark Swanton Bomb, but Nemeth counters him on the way down and quickly tries rolling him up, again only getting a close count of two.

Hardy rolls Nemeth up out of nowhere seconds later, but Nemeth kicks out before the count of three. Fans break out in a loud “This is Awesome!” chant. Hardy looks for another Twist of Fate, but Nemeth counters with a super kick. He covers him, but only gets two.

Fans break out in a loud “Let’s go Hardy!” chant, rallying behind “The Charismatic Enigma” as Nemeth stalks him, waiting for him to get up. As soon as he does, Nemeth leaps for a Danger Zone, but Hardy avoids it and counters with a Twist of Fate.

He follows up with a Swanton Bomb that connects this time, and covers Nemeth for the pinfall victory. Excellent main event. As soon as the match wraps up, Ryan Nemeth hits the ring for a post-match attack, but Leon Slater runs out to make the save. The Hardy Boyz iconic theme hits again. That’s how this week’s show goes off the air.

Match Result: Jeff Hardy defeated Nic Nemeth

Next Week On TNA Impact (5/22/2025)
* Ace Austin vs. Mustafa Ali
* Sami Callihan & Mike Santana vs. First Class
* Santino Marella & Robert Stone In-Ring Debate
* Joe Hendry & Elijah vs. Moose & Brian Myers

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TNA Sacrifice live results: 10-man cage match, Moose vs. Jeff Hardy ladder match

TNA returns to streaming for tonight’s Sacrifice, live from the County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas.

In a ten-man cage match, TNA World Champion Joe Hendry teams with Matt Hardy, Elijah, Leon Slater and Nic Nemeth against The System’s Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers and JDC, and the Colon brothers.

Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich defends against WWE NXT’s Cora Jade while X-Division Champion Moose defends against Jeff Hardy in a ladder match.

Mike Santana will battle former X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali, former World and Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard takes on Lei Ying Lee, and The Rascalz team with Ace Austin against Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe.

In a street fight, Mance Warner goes one-on-one with Sami Callihan while Steve Maclin takes on Frankie Kazarian.

In a handicap match for the Knockouts Tag Team titles, Spitfire takes on Ash & Heather by Elegance and the Personal Concierge.

The pre-show will feature Laredo and Octagon Jr. against First Class.

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First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) defeated The Aztec Warriors (Laredo Kid & Octagon Jr.)

Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcome us into the sold out El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, TX., and then immediately send things down to the ring for the first Countdown pre-show match of the evening. The Aztec Warriors team of Laredo Kid and Octagon Jr. make their way to the ring.

First Class duo AJ Francis and KC Navarro come out cutting a heel promo, but the crowd can’t hear them, so they break out in a loud “WE CAN’T HEAR YOU!” chant. The bell sounds and Navarro and Octagon kick things off for their respective teams. Octagon hits a turning splash off the ropes.

Kid tags in, and Navarro takes over as Hannifan runs down the lineup for the PPV card, announcing that Lucha Rules has been added to the six-man with The Rascalz and Ace Austin against the NXT trio of Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe. Francis tags in and takes over, beating down Kid.

After a comeback from the babyface lucha duo, we see a thumb to an eye and Navarro faking an injury before hitting his Blessing in Disguise finisher for the pinfall victory.

Tessa Blanchard Punks Out “The Liaison”

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews “The Liaison” between TNA and NXT, Arianna Grace. She babbles about nonsense until she is confronted by Tessa Blanchard, who isn’t in the mood for her happy-go-lucky personality. She vows to beat down Lei Ying Lee later, and tells Grace to walk away and go do something useful.

The System With A Message Ahead Of Tonight’s Steel Cage Match

Backstage, we hear the annoying voice of Alisha Edwards saying her usual catchphrase. “Do you wanna know something?!” The System members, along with The Colons, then take turns talking, explaining how they’re going to cause carnage en route to victory in their ten-man steel cage main event tonight.

Ryan Nemeth With An Update On His Big Brother

Inside the building, Ryan Nemeth’s theme music hits. “The Hollywood Hunk” comes out in a suit and stops at the top of the stage. He gets on the microphone. “My big brother returns tonight!” That was it. Hannifan and Rehwoldt introduce a video package promoting the steel cage main event later tonight.

Mance Warner defeated Sami Callihan in a Street Fight

As Hannifan and Rehwoldt run down the lineup for the PPV card, they announce that the Tessa Blanchard vs. Lei Ying Lee match will kick off the show. It appears two others have a different idea, as Sami Callihan and Mance Warner are shown in the midst of a wild brawl backstage.

The camera catches up with them as they fight their way into the arena through the crowd. They make it to the ring, where Callihan throws a couple of trash cans, a couple of chairs and other weapons in the ring. Fans chant “We want tables!”

The referee calls for the bell and with two minutes left in the pre-show, this Street Fight appears to be officially underway. As Callihan powerbombs Warner off the ring apron through a table on the floor, Hannifan wraps up the pre-show and the match continues at the top of the PPV, which starts now.

At the top of the PPV, we see Callihan beating Warner down and then grabbing a piece of paper and slicing it on Warner’s mouth for a paper cut. Fans chant “Holy sh*t!” Callihan goes for a Cactus Driver on a trash can, but Warner counters and Donkey Kong’s Callihan onto the trash can instead.

Callihan fights back and hits a counter into a drop toe-hold onto a chair. Warner hits it throat first while it’s unfolded and sitting upright. Callihan has a staple gun. He allows Warner to get a weapon as well. Steph De Lander hands Warner a staple gun as well.

They have a staple gun duel to the delight of the sold out El Paso crowd. They end up stapling each other in the eyes at the same time for a deafening “Holy sh*t!” chant. They recover and get back to the staple gun duel part deux. Warner hits Callihan in the neck with a few shots.

Warner then grabs Callihan’s hand and starts stapling into his fingers. He has Callihan down but he takes his time and when he grabs Callihan’s hair and picks his head up, Callihan comes to life like a zombie in a horror movie with his staple gun pointed directly at Warner’s no-no zone.

Fans pop. Callihan shoots. “You sick f**k!” Callihan then yanks Warner’s tongue out and staples it to the top turnbuckle. Callihan slams Warner down and goes for the cover, but Warner kicks out. A thunderous “This is Awesome!” chant breaks out. Warner takes over and De Lander hands him a screwdriver.

He heads over to Callihan to use it, but Callihan comes to life and fights back, hitting a stunner out of nowhere for a close two count. Callihan has Warner down but De Lander throws powder in his eyes. Warner hits his finisher and covers Callihan for the win.

Tessa Blanchard defeated Lei Ying Lee

The regular cold open video package airs to get the pay-per-view started as planned following the impromptu street fight. McKenzie Mitchell is shown in the middle of the ring and she begins the formal pre-match introductions for the real opener.

El Paso’s own Krystall Poppin, a female hip-hop artist, comes out and performs live side-by-side with Tessa Blanchard, who is dressed up like her. She heads to the ring to a ton of boos and settles inside for her scheduled showdown against Lei Ying Lee.

The lights go out in the building and Lei Ying Lee begins making her elaborate ring entrance, complete with a fancy hat. She looks pumped up and ready for action. The bell sounds, but Blanchard stops and kneels down, doing somewhat of a Booker T pre-spinarooni pose as fans boo the hell out of her.

Blanchard settles into the early offensive lead. She taunts Lee and the crowd, which only serves to anger her smaller feisty opposition. Lee fights back with chops that gets the crowd on their feet. Blanchard takes back over and plays to the loud chants in the building.

Lee fights back with an airplane spin slam for a two-count. She hits a wild twisting brainbuster super-plex off the ropes for an incredibly close two-count. The crowd loudly booed at Blanchard’s kick out. Blanchard took over from there, hitting her Magnum finisher moments later for the win.

Gia Miller Interviews Joe Hendry, Nic Nemeth, Leon Slater, Elijah & The Hardys

Backstage, the babyface five-man team for tonight’s steel cage main event are interviewed by Gia Miller. Jeff Hardy starts, talking about being the ladder match king and vows to beat Moose and capture the TNA X-Division Championship.

The rest of the team then talks, with Nic Nemeth, Matt Hardy, Elijah and Leon Slater each getting a turn on the microphone. Joe Hendry wraps it up and then the team walks off. Ryan Nemeth comes into the picture and is all fired up.

The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) & Ace Austin defeated Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe in a Lucha Rules match

Back inside the building, the familiar sounds of Wes Lee’s theme hits. Out he comes accompanied by his partners for tonight’s multi-person match, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe. Fans chant “NXT! NXT!” as the trio settle inside the squared circle for scheduled Lucha Rules trios action.

The lights in the building go out. The Rascalz appear in a cloud of smoke and “spraypaint” their names on the LED screens as their theme hits. Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel play to the crowd and their music dies down. ABC’s theme hits and out comes Ace Austin with a hand-spring. The three head to the ring.

Austin and Igwe kick things off for their respective teams, after it first appeared Lee was going to start the match off. Igwe tags in Dupont, who works over Austin. Austin tags in Miguel, who nails the big man sending him to the floor. Wentz takes over as the legal man in the ring.

Wentz hits a big splash for a two-count. The Rascalz go for stereo dives to the floor, but Igwe and Dupont catch them and slam them into the ring apron. Austin fights off both big guys by himself, only for Lee to attack him from behind and send him into the steel steps with authority.

After some more back-and-forth action, all hell breaks loose with all six guys. Austin hits some wild high spots from the ring apron to the floor. Things end up with Austin, Wentz and Miguel in the ring with Lee, who is on the mat with fans chanting “You f**ked up!” Wentz hits his finisher for the win.

Steve Maclin defeated Frankie Kazarian

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews “Bulletproof” Steve Maclin. He says much like Frankie Kazarian, he’s calling his shot now, and vows victory tonight. Inside the arena, Eric Young’s theme hits and he comes out to join Hannifan and Rehwoldt on special guest commentary for this one.

Young insists he’s got Maclin’s back like he said he did. Frankie Kazarian’s theme hits and out comes the self-proclaimed “King of TNA” with his Call Your Shot trophy in-hand. He heads out for the next match of the evening. He stops and jaws at the commentary desk and then settles inside the ring.

Maclin’s theme hits and out he comes in his Rick Steiner-style leather jacket. He eyes Young at the commentary desk before heading into the ring to a good pop from the crowd. The bell sounds to get things started.

Kazarian starts off in a commanding lead, dominating the offense for the first several minutes. Maclin eventually fights back into competitive form, but ends up stuck in a chicken wing from Kazarian. He’s stuck in the hold forever, rolling to the floor to try and escape, but Kazarian held on.

Eventually the referee separates the two. Kazarian gets some brass knuckles and gets ready to use them, but Eric Young pops up from the commentary desk and stops him. He takes them and drills Kazarian with them. Maclin, who didn’t see this, follows up with his K.I.A. for the win.

Ash & Heather By Elegance & George Iceman defeated Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna) in a three-on-two handicap match to capture the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Spitfire duo Jody Threat and Dani Luna. The fired up TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions assures Miller that they don’t avoid fights, even if it’s a three-on-two match where the odds are against them.

Inside the arena, George Iceman, does the formal ring introductions for his teammates, Ash & Heather by Elegance. The crowd gives him the Dominik Mysterio / Don Callis treatment, but he forges ahead. He introduces the duo, who come out in Three Amigos-style ring gear.

Iceman gets a big reaction from the crowd upon taking his jacket off and showing his chicken-chest, while still wearing a bow-tie. The bell sounds and Ash and Luna kick things off for their respective teams. Ash establishes the early lead and then tags in Iceman.

Iceman hits a move off the ropes and then snatches up a wrist-lock. Luna fights back after Heather tags in. She tags in Threat and the two hit a double-team spot, shifting the offensive momentum into their favor. Iceman ends up creating a distraction, which allows Ash to take over control of the action.

Fans get on iceman’s case with a loud “Put a shirt on!” chant. He tags in and stomps away at an already grounded Luna in the corner. He goes for a third but she catches it and stands up. Ash and Heather attack, allowing Iceman to take over and tags back out.

After some more back-and-forth action, Threat fires up and hits double chops on both ladies. She goes for a double 6-1-9, but Iceman jumps on her back. She fights back and hits an airplane spin into a blue thunder bomb on Ash for a close two-count.

After some more Iceman shenanigans, Ash and Heather end up stealing the win to become the new TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions. After the match, the WWE NXT Meta-Four duo of Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson come out to a huge pop and stare down the new champions.

Mustafa Ali defeated Mike Santana

The pre-match video package airs to tell the story leading up to the next match of the evening, which features Mike Santana going one-on-one against Mustafa Ali. Ali makes his way out accompanied by The Great Hands duo of Jason Hotch and John Skyler, as well as Tasha Steelz.

Somebody named Adrian Ochoa is introduced and he handles the ring introduction for Mike Santana. Santana comes out in a lowrider car in a tip of the cap to the late, great El Paso legend, Eddie Guerrero. Fans chant Eddie’s name and Santana gets super fired up as a result.

The bell sounds and things get officially off-and-running in a hurry, with Santana charging at Ali. Santana hits the Three Amigos almost immediately into the match. The crowd loved it. Ali hit a big high spot from the ring to the floor, focusing on the arm Santana uses to hit his Spin The Block finisher.

Ali follows up with a submission on the same arm of Santana, clearly targeting it. Santana makes it to the ropes to break the hold. Santana ends up countering Ali in mid-air from the floor with a huge cutter, Randy Orton RKO-out-of-nowhere style. Ali smacked the unforgiving floor hard on the way down.

As the action continues, Santana continues to dominate, so The Great Hands hit the ring. Santana easily handles them. He has Ali down and out with a Buck-150. Steelz hops on the ring apron and distracts Santana. She slaps him.

Ali rolls him up and holds the ropes. The referee doesn’t see it. Ali wins. After the match, Ali grabs a cup of beer from a fan and sits on the ring apron and flashes an evil smile.

Masha Slamovich (c) defeated Cora Jade to retain the TNA Knockouts Championship

Now the video package airs to set the stage for our next match of the evening, which features a title on-the-line, as TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich defends against WWE NXT Superstar Cora Jade. Inside the building, “The Liaison” Arianna Grace settles in on guest commentary.

The theme music for Cora Jade hits and out comes the WWE NXT Superstar with a chance to make history as the first active WWE NXT Superstar to possibly win and become an active TNA title-holder.

Out next comes the reigning and defending TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich. When introduced as hailing from Russia, the crowd turns on Slamovich and openly cheers Jade. Jade attacks Slamovich before her introduction is finished to get things off with a bang.

After some back-and-forth action, Slamovich settles into the early offensive lead. Jade takes over and hits an insane destroyer on the ring apron outside of the ring ropes for a loud “Holy sh*t!” chant. Jade lets out a big scream when she’s unable to keep Slamovich down.

Slamovich fights back and hits Requiem for the win. With the victory, Slamovich retains the TNA Knockouts Championship. Hannifan and Rehwoldt tease Slamovich vs. Tessa Blanchard as the next program for the Knockouts title.

Moose (c) defeated Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match to retain the TNA X-Division Championship

Highlights of Moose at WWE NXT Roadblock 2025 earlier this week are shown, and then the pre-match video package airs to set the stage for his TNA X-Division Championship defense in a ladder match against Jeff Hardy.

Inside the arena, the X-Division title is shown hanging above the ring. Hannifan says “hangs in the balance” for the first time in the match, a regular occurrence for ladder matches. The iconic theme for Jeff Hardy hits and the crowd goes bonkers as the pro wrestling legend makes his way to the ring.

Moose’s kick-ass entrance tune plays next and out comes The System leader, accompanied by Alisha Edwards. He settles in the ring and he and Jeff Hardy meet in the middle for an intense pre-match stare down. The bell sounds and off we go.

Fans loudly chant for Jeff as he goes after the much larger Moose straight out of the gate. A ladder is set up under the title in the ring, but not used. The action spills out to the floor, where Moose pulls ahead into the offensive lead. Fans chant “F**k you, Moose!” Hardy trips him up and takes over.

A loud “We want tables!” chant breaks out as Hardy heads under the ring for something specific. He pulls out the painted up ladder from the Full Metal Mayhem match from last year’s TNA Bound For Glory pay-per-view in Detroit, MI.

He bounces the giant colorful ladder off of Moose’s dome. He lays it on Moose and leaps off the apron splashing onto it. Another loud “We want tables!” chant spreads as Hardy brings the colorful ladder into the ring and sets it up. Moose hits Jeff with a chair to stop his climb.

A ladder bridge is set up off the colorful ladder under the title, while laying across the middle turnbuckle. Moose powerbombs Jeff onto the ladder bridge so hard that it literally breaks off the rung on the colorful ladder it was laying on.

Moose heads out and pulls out a table for a big pop. Jeff climbs the ladder bridge and heads up the regular massive colorful ladder. He gets his hands on the belt, but is stopped by Moose, who is climbing across the ladder bridge himself now. Jeff hits Moose with a Twist of Fate off the ladder bridge.

Moose lays the table long-ways in the corner. He picks up a ladder, and while doing so, knocks a camera off the shoulder of a cameraman at ringside. The commentators point it out. Moose throws the ladder out to the floor. He rips Jeff’s shirt off while sitting him on the top-rope.

He climbs up after him and connects with a super-plex. He holds on and stands up. Jeff tries countering into a Twist of Fate, only for Moose to blast him with a Spear. Moose charges at Jeff, but he back body-drops him over the ropes and onto a ladder bridge off the ring apron.

On the floor, Hardy pulls another table out from under the ring and sets it up over Moose. He throws a chair at Moose. He hits a swanton off the top-rope onto Moose on the table, but barely connects, giving himself somewhat of a backwards whiplash effect.

Back in the ring, Jeff begins to climb but is stopped by Alisha Edwards, who whacks him with Kendra, the kendo stick. He climbs down and catches another swing by Alisha, countering and taking her out with a Twist of Fate. He turns around into a spear from Moose through a table in the corner. Moose climbs up and retrieves the TNA X-Division Championship for the win to retain.

Santino Marella Announces Match For Next Week’s TNA Impact

Backstage, a fired up Mike Santana approaches TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella. He says he’s done everything right and he tried to pay homage to Eddie Guerrero, only for Mustafa Ali to steal the win. Santino tells Santana he’s got a rematch against Ali this Thursday on TNA Impact.

He tells him that Tasha Steel and The Great Hands will be banned from ringside. Also announced for Thursday’s show, a taped episode from El Paso, is an appearance by Chavo Guerrero Jr. A video is shown declaring March 14 as TNA Day in El Paso, TX.

First Class Penthouse

Inside the building again, the theme for First Class hits. Out comes AJ Francis and KC Navarro to a First Class Penthouse setup. They pour each other a drink and head to the top of the entrance area.

“Thank you, thank you! Cheers!” They begin, before Francis does his usual Jay-Z “allow me to reintroduce myself” rip-off intro line. They babble about discounts on their new First Class merchandise at TNAMerch.com.

Finally they are interrupted by their opponents from earlier in the pre-show this evening. Out comes Laredo Kid and Octagon Jr. talking trash to them in Spanish. Francis tells them to speak English because they’re in America.

A brawl breaks out and is broken up. The Aztec Warriors theme plays and Francis freaks out at the production people for playing someone’s music besides his on the First Class Penthouse.

Joe Hendry, Nic Nemeth, Matt Hardy, Elijah & Leon Slater defeated The System (JDC, Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards) & The Colons (Eddie & Orlando Colon) in a Steel Cage match

It’s main event time!

The pre-match video package airs to set the stage for the big ten-man steel cage main event match here at TNA Sacrifice 2025. The video wraps up and out first comes Eddie Edwards representing The System and The Colons. He will start things off for his team.

Elijah’s theme hits and out he comes on a horse with his guitar in-hand. He asks who wants to “ride with Elijah” in El Paso, referencing the horse. The crowd pops. He sings a quick impromptu song and then heads into the cage-enclosed ring.

The bell sounds and the main event of the evening gets officially off-and-running. After a couple of minutes, a new member for The System and The Colons team will enter, due to Edwards earning his team the advantage with a win over Leon Slater on last night’s TNA Impact.

Elijah does well early on, but a finger to the eye from Edwards slows him down and allows The System member to take over. The countdown clock appears and winds down, and out comes Brian Myers. He and Edwards hit their double-team finisher on Elijah after a full minute of a one-sided beatdown.

The clock appears again and when it expires, Nic Nemeth’s theme hits. “The Wanted Man” comes out to even things up, but as Hannifan and Rehwoldt point out, with Elijah down and out right now, he too is walking into a two-on-one situation not in his favor.

Regardless, Nemeth handles both guys early on. The clock appears again and when it expires this time, The Colons theme hits and out comes Orlando Colon to make things a three-to-two advantage for The System and The Colons team. The clock appears and this time Leon Slater comes out.

Slater immediately helps even the odds and shifts the offensive momentum. A minute later, which goes by quick once again, the theme for The Colons hits once more and out comes Eddie Colon to give The System and The Colons team the one-man advantage for the next minute.

The iconic sounds of The Hardy Boyz theme hits next and out comes one-half of the reigning TNA World Tag-Team Champions, Matt Hardy, to even things back up. He hits a big Side Effect upon entering the cage. Fans loudly chant “Hardy! Hardy!”

Slater helps Hardy hit The Hardy Boyz’ Plot Twist finisher for a big pop. Moments later, the countdown clock appears again. When it expires, out comes the final member of The System and The Colons team, JDC. He enters the ring with a steel chair. The commentators point out there are no disqualifications.

Finally, the last countdown clock appears. “Say his name and he appears..” blares out of the house speakers, as the sold out crowd inside El Paso County Coliseum loudly sing along. The TNA World Champion Joe Hendry makes his way out, but The System and The Colons hold the cage door shut.

Hendry finally fights his way into the cage. The bell sounds again as now all ten men have entered the cage. Things continue now until the finish where one team are declared the winners. The crowd goes nuts as Hendry makes an immediate impact, hitting any-and-everything that moves.

Hendry hits a big fall-away slam off the ropes. He goes for the big dramatic turn, but is hit with a low-blow first. As the action continues, Ryan Nemeth makes his way out to ringside to a ton of boos. JDC and Edwards have Slater on the tip-top of the cage.

He knocks them both down and stands on the top of the cage. He hits an insane swanton 450 off the top of the cage, taking out a bunch of bodies below for an insanely loud “Holy sh*t!” chant. Slater goes for the cover, but it is delayed after a distraction from Ryan Nemeth at ringside.

Hannifan loses his mind on commentary. Nemeth hits Danger Zone. Myers is sent into the cage and then hit with a Standing Ovation by Hendry. Matt Hardy hits a Twist of Fate. He puts a steel chair around JDC’s neck and follows up with another Twist of Fate for the pinfall victory for his team.

As the winners celebrate as Hardy’s theme is playing, Hannifan and Rehwoldt begin wrapping up the show on commentary, when out of nowhere, Nic Nemeth hits Matt Hardy with his finisher out of the blue. Ryan Nemeth enters the cage and locks it behind him.

He and his big brother beat down Matt with a chair to the shock of the crowd in attendance. Ryan uses a chair and swings wildly anytime Hendry or anyone else tries to come through the door or climb up the cage wall.

Nic and Ryan continue beating Hardy down, throwing him into the cage wall and busting him open. That’s how TNA Sacrifice 2025 goes off the air.

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Matt Hardy says NXT run is done, but ‘we have stuff lined up with WWE’

Even though their run in WWE NXT has wrapped, Matt & Jeff Hardy aren’t done with WWE just yet.

On his weekly podcast with Jon Alba, Matt confirmed that their “little run with NXT is wrapped” after they successfully defended the TNA Tag Team titles against NXT Tag Team Champions Fraxiom (Axiom & Nathan Frazer).

He then added the following:

“We do have some stuff on our schedule to do with WWE a little later on down the road. Nothing specifically with NXT yet,” he said. When Alba asked if it was content-related, Hardy said, “Just stuff. I’m going to leave it at that right now. We have stuff lined up with WWE.”

He said he would love to do a rematch with Fraxiom in the future, challenging for their NXT titles instead.

The 50-year-old Matt and 47-year-old Jeff wrestled twice in NXT and went 2-0, made possible through the multi-year partnership between WWE and TNA announced earlier this year.

Matt and Jeff will now shift focus back to TNA for Friday’s Sacrifice event where Jeff will challenge X-Division Champion Moose in a ladder match while Matt will be part of a 10-man cage match that includes reigning TNA World Champion Joe Hendry.

While he was sad that “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Josh Alexander are no longer with TNA, Matt intimated more new wrestlers could be heading TNA’s way, saying “a couple more people have been talked about which is exciting” in addition to new faces like Elias.

The Hardy Boyz want WWE NXT Tag Team title shot

The Hardy Boyz’s victory at Roadblock looks to have set up a future NXT Tag Team title match.

Matt & Jeff Hardy retained their TNA Tag Team titles against Nathan Frazer & Axiom at NXT Roadblock in New York City on Tuesday night. Fraxiom are the current NXT Tag Team Champions, but their belts were not on the line. The Hardyz now want to face Fraxiom again for those titles.

“Their human hearts are more like rocket boosters, that’s the fastest team I’ve ever been in the ring with,” Jeff Hardy said about Fraxiom. “And my question is: Do we get a shot at the NXT tag titles now?”

“They’re incredible. I cannot put them over enough. They are amazing, and they are the NXT Tag Team Champions for very specific reasons, because they’re incredible,” Matt said. “Tonight we were defending the TNA World Tag team titles and we were able to retain them. But we did beat them, unfortunately the NXT titles weren’t on the line. Maybe next time the NXT titles will be on the line. Because that is something The Hardyz do not have on their list of gold.”

Axiom called last night’s match a dream come true and said he wants to face Matt & Jeff again in a rematch.

After their loss, Fraxiom got a pep talk from Bubba Ray Dudley backstage:

If The Hardyz do become NXT tag champs, it would be their first WWE title reign as a team since 2019. They’ve recently competed in two NXT matches because of the partnership that exists between WWE and TNA. We could eventually see The Hardyz appear on Raw or SmackDown as well, with WWE reportedly optimistic that Matt & Jeff will have a main roster run this spring/summer.