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TNA Impact live results: Bound for Glory go-home show

Posted on by Matt Boone

Tonight’s edition of TNA Impact will feature all four competitors in the two World title matches signing their contracts at the same time.

The segment will feature World Champion Nic Nemeth and top challenger Joe Hendry and Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace and her top challenger, Masha Slamovich.

WWE NXT’s Wendy Choo will return to TNA as she battles Jody Threat.

Former TNA World Champion Josh Alexander will take on Jonathan Gresham.

In a six-way scramble match with Call Your Shot gauntlet implications, it will be Frankie Kazarian vs. AJ Francis vs. Sami Callihan vs. Laredo Kid vs. Jake Something vs. Jason Hotch. The winner will get the #20 spot in the match while the loser will get #1.

In eight-man action, The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & JDC) will take on The Hardys and ABC.

Ash by Elegance will be on hand to reveal a makeover for Heather Reckless.

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AJ Francis defeated Frankie Kazarian, Sami Callihan, Laredo Kid, Jake Something and Jason Hotch in a Six-Way “Call Your Shot” Scramble

After the recap package for last week’s show airs, we shoot inside the Impact Zone where Sami Callihan makes his way to the ring, which is filled up with Frankie Kazarian, AJ Francis, Laredo Kid, Jake Something and Jason Hotch.

As soon as the bell sounds, Kid takes out Kazarian and starts with fast-paced offense. Each guy gets a moment in the showcase spotlight, culminating in AJ Francis being the last man left standing in the ring, while everyone else brawls on the floor.

Francis teases a big dive to the floor, but decides against it. Callihan starts to take control of the offense in the ring. He goes for a big dive, but is cut off by Hotch. Slowly but surely, everyone ends up back in the ring.

We start to see a number of near falls, with everyone getting a turn at a two-count along the way. Callihan hits a Cactus Driver ’97 for a close two-count, which Francis breaks up and then steals the cover for the win himself.

With the win, Francis will be the No. 20 spot in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet at TNA Bound For Glory. Kazarian will be No. 1.

Gia Miller Interviews Jonathan Gresham

Backstage, Gia Miller is standing by with Jonathan Gresham. She asks him about the recent change in attitude that Josh Alexander has had ahead of their one-on-one showdown later in the show. Gresham says he can relate to it. He then remembered who the f**k he is. The best technical wrestler in the world.

He’s ready to get back everything he lost. He doesn’t care about Alexander’s problems or attitude. All he cares about is stepping into the ring with another man who has earned the reputation, like he has, of being one of the best wrestlers in the world. Gresham calls this a comeback. We head to a commercial break.

Introducing Heather By Elegance

Mike Santana vignette where he takes us through a tour of the Lower East Side of New York in his childhood neighborhood. He talks about the significance of the area and how big of a role it played in his life and wrestling career.

When that wraps up, we shoot back inside the Impact Zone, which is decked out for the next segment, the unveiling of Heather Reckless Makeover by Elegance by Ash By Elegance and George Iceman. We see some candles on a table, bottles on ice, etc.

Iceman does a long build-up and then introduces whom he refers to as “Heather By Elegance.” Out comes Heather Reckless looking dolled up. Matthew Rehwoldt does an excellent job on commentary talking about being breathless and near-tears at the sight of the new and improved Heather By Elegance.

Heather loses her breath when Iceman shows her a mirror so she can see herself. He wants to celebrate with a glass of champagne. As they clang glasses, the theme for Xia Brookside hits to spoil the party. Out she comes with a microphone in-hand.

Xia warns them that karma has a way of coming back at you. With that said, Brinley Reece attacks from behind. Reece and Brookside dunk Heather and Ash’s faces in the bowls of champagne punch. After this wraps up, the show heads into another commercial break.

Josh Alexander (w/ Sinner & Saint) defeated Jonathan Gresham

When the show returns from the break, Josh Alexander’s theme hits and “The Walking Weapon” comes out accompanied by Sinner & Saint. He settles in the ring and the entrance tune for his opponent hits. “The Octopus” Jonathan Gresham emerges.

The bell sounds and Gresham starts off with a sign of honor. Alexander wants nothing to do with it. The two circle and Alexander backs Gresham into the corner of the ring. The two hit the mat with Alexander looking for a submission, but Gresham avoids it and pops back up.

As Alexander dominates on offense, he stops and tells Sinner & Saint at ringside to keep an eye on what he is doing so they can learn his veteran ways. The show heads into a mid-match commercial break as Gresham begins fighting back into competitive form.

When the show returns, Alexander is doing the old Razor Ramon insult-to-injury foot slap as Gresham tries to get back to his feet. It angers “The Octopus,” as one would expect, and he gets back to his feet and blasts Alexander with some stiff forearms and wild kicks.

Gresham begins focusing his offensive attack on the knee of Alexander. The crowd starts to come to life in the background as he takes over. Gresham knocks Alexander to the floor and follows up with four big dives.

None put him down, so he tries for a fifth. Alexander moves, Gresham pumps the breaks and then hits an incredible moonsault off the ropes in the corner to the floor. At ringside, Gresham beats down Sinner & Saint before rolling back into the ring.

Gresham slips on a slingshot attempt on the ropes, but keeps control of the lead. Alexander fights back and looks for a C4 Spike, but Gresham avoids it. Alexander gets some help in the form of involvement from Sinner & Saint, which leads to him scoring the pin.

Once the match wraps up, Alexander, Sinner & Saint begin a three-on-one attack of Gresham until Alexander’s opponent for Saturday’s TNA Bound For Glory, Steve Maclin, hits the ring. He tries to make the save, but ends up getting blasted with a steel chair by Alexander.

Alexander zip-ties Maclin’s hands behind him as he, Sinner & Saint continue their assault. They zip-tied his hands to the ring ropes and continue hitting a defenseless Maclin. Security tries to run down to intervene.

Alexander, Sinner & Saint kick at them to keep them from entering the ring. Maclin is smiling while locked to the ropes staring at Alexander holding a chair. Sami Callihan and Deaner end up hitting the ring with Ace Steele to finally put an end to the madness. We head to another commercial break.

Wendy Choo (w/ Rosemary) defeated Jody Threat

When the show returns from the break, we see another vignette with Mike Santana in a different part of New York talking about his “dead or in jail” background, while stressing the fact that Moose forgot where he came from. He vows to beat him down at Bound For Glory.

Back inside the Impact Zone, Wendy Choo’s theme hits and out comes the WWE NXT Superstar accompanied by Rosemary for singles action in our next match of the evening. Jody Threat makes her way out alone as the commentators inform us Dani Luna is not here tonight due to personal issues.

After some back-and-forth action, Threat quickly realizes she’s going to need eyes in the back of her head with Rosemary at ringside and no Dani Luna to back her up. We see Choo dominate the majority of the match. Just as Threat took over and seemed to have it won, Rosemary throws Choo’s pillow in the ring. The distraction leads to Choo picking up the win.

The Hardys & ABC defeated The System (w/ Alisha Edwards)

Backstage, we see The System standing by. Alisha Edwards, as always, asks if we want to know something. Moose then responds to the vignettes from Mike Santana addressing him ahead of their Bound For Glory showdown this Saturday. After this wraps up, the show heads into another commercial break.

When the show returns, we see Matthew Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan on-camera at the commentary desk. They run down the lineup for this Saturday’s Bound For Glory as the official match graphics flash on the screen.

After that wraps up, where Ash & Heather By Elegance vs. Xia Brookside & Brinley Reece is announced for the Countdown to Bound For Glory pre-show at 6:45pm EST., and then The System’s theme hits. Out comes the team of Moose, JDC, Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards, accompanied by Alisha Edwards.

The Hardys and ABC make their respective entrances next. Chris Bey and Moose kick things off for their respective teams. We see some high spots from the ring to the floor before the commentators lead the show into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues in the ring.

When the show returns, Jeff Hardy is being beaten down by JDC. The System keeps Jeff isolated on their side of the ring, and begin utilizing frequent tags to keep a fresh man on him at all times. Alisha Edwards even gets some cheap shots in from ringside.

Matt Hardy finally gets the hot tag and helps his team shift the offensive momentum in their favor. Fans in the Impact Zone come to life in the background with loud “Delete! Delete! Delete!” chants. As Alisha Edwards gets involved again at ringside, pulling down the ropes, The System take control of the offense again.

On that note, the show heads into yet another mid-match commercial break as the match continues. When the show returns from the break, the match is still in progress, and ultimately culminates with ABC and The Hardys getting the win.

After the match, The System attack from behind. Mike Santana comes out with a giant chain to help out, but ends up getting hit by Alisha with a kendo stick. It doesn’t hurt him, but it distracts him as he was closing in on Moose.

Once he turned, Moose attacked him and he ended up just another victim with the rest of ABC and The Hardys. The System stand tall after the prolonged post-match beatdown and then the show heads into another commercial break.

Dual Contract Signing For TNA Bound For Glory 2024

It’s main event (segment) time!

When the show returns, the TNA Director of Authority, Santino Marella, is in the ring. He wastes no time in introducing the participants for the dual contract signing for TNA Bound For Glory 2024. Out first comes the challenger for the TNA Knockouts Championship match, Masha Slamovich.

Slamovich takes a seat at the table where the TNA Knockouts and TNA World Championships are sitting. Santino then introduces Joe Hendry, the challenger for the men’s world title main event at TNA Bound For Glory 2024.

The fans loudly sing along with Hendry’s catchy-ass viral theme song as he settles in. Santino does the wave with the fans in the Impact Zone. After the dramatic turn and subsequent “We believe! We believe!” chants from the crowd, Hendry takes a seat.

Santino then introduces the first champion, the TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace. Out comes “The Juggernaut” to a decent crowd reaction. The TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth is out next and he takes his seat.

Slamovich and Grace speak first. Grace says she’s already said everything that needs to be said. She then talks about tonight being a full circle moment for her. She mentions signing her first contract years ago and then puts her John Hancock on the paperwork for Saturday’s defense.

Hendry talks next and mentions how many have called him a flash in the pan. He talks about being a faceless nobody years ago in the role of a lawyer. He talks about how people now know his name and not only do they know it, they believe in it.

Fans chant “We believe! We believe!” Hendry vows Saturday marks the crowning of a new champion. He signs the dotted line on his contract. Nemeth then takes his turn on the mic and tells Hendry that was a sweet story. He tells Hendry he needs him to focus on only him.

Not the naysayers or those who call him a flash in the pan. He doesn’t want him listening to any of those guys. He wants him focused on the main event at TNA Bound For Glory 2024. Nemeth says he doesn’t plan on losing his title, and then signs his contract.

Santino Marella is happy that everything went down without issue. He tries to wrap things up on that happy note, but of course things weren’t over just yet. Frankie Kazarian’s theme hits and out comes the self-proclaimed “King of TNA,” and special referee for the Hendry-Nemeth title tilt at Bound For Glory.

Kazarian apologizes for breaking up the lovefest and then mentions how the star is here. Kazarian talks about going to a referee academy and getting his referee license. He says he went over Santino’s head and talked to Anthem executives.

He says with them he is respected. He is a God. A king. Kazarian makes a crack at Grace and Slamovich, which prompts them to get offended and stand up. Kazarian plays it off as fans chant “Kick his ass!” Kaz tells Santino to hold his glasses and make himself useful. He calls him a stooge.

Kazarian says at Bound For Glory, his little toy badge doesn’t mean a damn thing, because he’s not the law. Kazarian is. So that brings him to the TNA World Champion and his challenger. He assures them he’ll call things down the middle as a fair impartial referee.

He says one thing is for sure — the right man is going to walk out as the TNA World Champion. Nemeth and Hendry bounce Kazarian’s head off the contract signing table. Grace holds Kazarian’s arms behind him. Hendry points to Santino to handle it. Kazarian spits in Santino’s face while still being held.

Santino slaps on his Cobra sock puppet on his hand and blasts Kazarian. Grace, Slamovich, Nemeth and Hendry all grab a limb and at the same time, the four hoist him up and slam him down through the contract signing tables. Afterwards, Nemeth and Grace grab their respective titles and pose with them in face-offs across from Hendry and Slamovich.

Fans chant “TNA! TNA! TNA!” as Hannifan wraps things up on commentary with one final plug for Saturday night’s TNA Bound For Glory 2024. That’s how this week’s show wraps up.

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Ricochet makes surprise appearance at MLP Forged in Excellence, attacks Konosuke Takeshita

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Ricochet wants the AEW International title.

After Konosuke Takeshita retained the AEW International title on the second night of MLP Forged in Excellence, Takeshita continued to attack his opponent Josh Alexander until Ricochet came down to the ring. Don Callis retreated as Takeshita was laid out with a springboard elbow. Takeshita then bailed as Ricochet held the International title in the ring, again making it clear he wanted another shot.

On Saturday’s AEW Collision, Ricochet cut a promo saying he’s never been pinned or submitted in AEW. He said Takeshita could go anywhere in the world, but warned him he’d be waiting and it didn’t matter who he ended up bringing, including Callis.

Takeshita won the title at AEW WrestleDream earlier this month, defeating former champion Will Ospreay and Ricochet in a three-way match. Takeshita pinned Ospreay after Kyle Fletcher turned his back on Ospreay.

On Saturday, Takeshita defeated Speedball Mike Bailey on the first night of MLP Forged in Excellence. The match was not for the AEW International title, but Bailey would have earned a title match if he had won.

Konosuke Takeshita to defend AEW International title at Maple Leaf Pro Forged In Excellence night two

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Konosuke Takeshita’s first AEW International title defense is coming soon.

Maple Leaf Pro confirmed that Takeshita will now defend the International title against Josh Alexander on October 20 during the second night of their Forged in Excellence event. MLP posted a video confirming the news featuring Takeshita and Don Callis’ comments from the AEW WrestleDream media scrum where they promised to defend the title worldwide.

Takeshita won the title at WrestleDream this past Saturday, defeating former champion Will Ospreay and Ricochet in a three-way match. The finish had Callis associate Kyle Fletcher turn on his friend Ospreay, striking him with a screwdriver and allowing Takeshita to win.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Forged In Excellence takes place October 19 & 20, 2024, at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Both shows will air live on Triller TV as pay-per-view events.

Night one (Saturday, October 19):

  • Konosuke Takeshita vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
  • Rohan Raja vs. Jake Something for the inaugural PWA Champion’s Grail Championship
  • Bhupinder Gujjar vs. QT Marshall (w/ Harley Cameron)
  • Tables match: Bully Ray vs. Raj Dhesi (former WWE wrestler Jinder Mahal)
  • Laynie Luck vs. Taylor Rising vs. Kylie Rae vs. Aurora Teves
  • Josh Alexander, Stu Grayson & El Phantasmo vs. Trevor Lee (the former Cameron Grimes), Rocky Romero & Alex Zayne
  • Gisele Shaw vs. Miyu Yamashita (If Yamashita wins, she’ll be added to the ROH title match on night two)
  • Four-way tag team match: The Intergalactic Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) vs. Aiden Prince & El Reverso vs. Rogue Squadron (Rohit Raju & Sheldon Prince) vs. Brent Banks & Johnny Swinger

Night two (Sunday, October 20):

  • AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita defends against Josh Alexander
  • ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Gisele Shaw
  • Speedball Mike Bailey vs. El Phantasmo

Big Vinny V: Victory Road, one of TNA’s best shows all year

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

TNA Wrestling put on one of its best shows of the year with Victory Road. The show was headlined by Nic Nemeth’s world championship defense against Moose. That was one of five championship matches on the night, the best of which was Zachary Wentz defending the X Division title against Speedball Bailey. The show-stealer, though may have been Josh Alexander vs. Joe Hendry, one of the best matches in the career of TNA’s hottest star.

Plus appearances from NXT wrestlers and WWE legends, and perhaps the final days of The System. All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!

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TNA Victory Road live results: Nic Nemeth vs. Moose

Posted on by Matt Boone

TNA Wrestling returns with their second streaming special in two weeks with tonight’s Victory Road from San Antonio, Texas.

The TNA World title will be on the line as Nic Nemeth defends against former champion Moose.

Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace takes on WWE NXT’s Wendy Choo who will be making her promotional in-ring debut.

In a high-profile clash, former World Champion Josh Alexander will battle Joe Hendry.

After winning the title at Emergence, X-Division Champion Zachary Wentz defends against former champion “Speedball” Mike Bailey.

Tag Team Champions ABC will defend against former champions Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers.

In a change, Masha Slamovich & Tasha Steelz will defend the Knockouts Tag Team titles against Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat). If the former champions lose, they must split up. Steelz is a last-minute sub for Alisha Edwards who recently was legitimately knocked out during a match.

Jeff & Matt Hardy will take on AJ Francis & KC Navarro while Rhino & Digital Media Champion PCO face Matt Cardona & Steph De Lander.

Hammerstone & Jake Something vs. Eric Young & Steve Maclin and KUSHIDA vs. Leon Slater is set for the pre-show.

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KUSHIDA defeated Leon Slater

We settle inside the sold out San Antonio venue with Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcoming us to the show. Leon Slater’s theme hits and he comes to the ring for the first match of the Countdown pre-show. KUSHIDA is out next, and the bell sounds to get this one started.

Both guys start strong, trading shots, but it is KUSHIDA who gets Slater down and controls him for the first definitive offensive lead. He gets him on his knees as he rolls to his back for a submission attempt, but Slater escapes. The two have a stare off and the fans cheer.

Following another exchange, Slater drops KUSHIDA with an enzugiri, and then hits a hand-spring back-elbow to KUSHIDA in mid-air. He goes for a springboard splash to the floor, but KUSHIDA rolls back into the ring, so he pumps the brakes.

KUSHIDA hits a big kick in the corner that sends Slater out to the floor to regroup. KUSHIDA plays to the crowd, who chants his name as climbs to the top and flips off with a senton onto Slater on the floor. Back in the ring, KUSHIDA slaps a leg submission on Slater, who eventually gets to the ropes to force it to be broken.

KUSHIDA also focuses on the arm of Slater, and the commentators talk about him softening him up for the Hoover Board Lock later on. On the mat, KUSHIDA continues to crank on the arm in the directions it wasn’t intended to bend. Slater fights back and hits a huge dropkick in the corner for a two-count.

Slater takes over for a minute or so, and hits a beautiful high spot from the ring to the floor that saw him land on his feet upon connection. Back in the ring, KUSHIDA hits a Spanish Fly into an armbar upon landing. Demetrious Johnson mouse-trap, style. He gets the tap for the win.

Hammerstone & Jake Something defeated Eric Young & Steve Maclin

Josh Alexander gives a brief backstage interview after the pre-show opener. He talks about Joe Hendry being in his world when the bell sounds tonight. He says after he beats him, he can go back to his keyboard and write and make funny videos.

A video package promoting Nic Nemeth vs. Moose for the TNA Championship in the main event later in the evening airs, and then we return inside the Impact Zone where Jake Something and Hammerstone make their way to the ring for the second pre-show match.

All four collide and brawl before the bell. Young and Maclin unload on them in opposing corners, but when they go to whip them into each other in the middle of the ring, they bounce into each other and look up and down before turning and beating down Young and Maclin.

As Young and Something powder out to the floor, the bell sounds and Hammerstone and Maclin kick things off as the legal men in the ring. Hammerstone works over Maclin and in comes Something to give an assist, as Young looks upset. On the floor, Something takes out Maclin and rolls back in as the legal man.

Fans chant “Eric Young! Eric Young!” hoping for the tag. Something punches Maclin a few more times and stops to pose and taunt the crowd, who then fire up a “We want Eric!” chant. Young is pacing on the apron like Hulk Hogan in his 80s prime, playing to the crowd and stealing the scene in the background.

Young eventually gets the hot tag a few moments later and plays to the crowd while firing up and taking it to both Hammerstone and Maclin in the ring. He hits a pile driver for a close two-count, but this one continues. A blind tag from the heel duo leads to Young on the defense.

Hammerstone climbs to the top with Young, but Young knocks him down into the tree of woe and tags in Maclin. Maclin hits a running spear to the upside-down Hammerstone. Young tags in and hits a top-rope elbow drop. He goes for the cover, but Something breaks it up. Nice false-finish there.

Something hits a big spinebuster and then heads back to the apron so Hammerstone can tag him in. Hammerstone gets Maclin in the torture rack, but Young drops Something and hits Hammerstone to free Maclin. He runs into an Into the Void from Something. Something gets the three count and the win.

The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) defeated First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro)

The pre-show wraps up, the cold open for the main show airs and then we shoot inside the Impact Zone again. The iconic theme for The Hardys hits and out comes Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy for scheduled tag-team action. The crowd is explosively loud for these two legends. “DELETE!” and “Hardy!” chants can easily be heard over their theme. Hannifan talks about how electric it is in the sold out building.

We hear the hip-hop sounds of the First Class entrance tune, and out comes AJ Francis and KC Navarro to a ton of boos from the San Antonio crowd. Navarro has v1 on his wrist tape to mock the old Matt Hardy v1. Navarro is apparently “The Blessed One” tonight. Guess he’s never heard of Max Holloway? The best is blessed, baby. It is what it is.

After the bell, Jeff and Navarro kick things off for their respective teams. Hardy does his limp-wrist hand-flick (good description, right?) gesture to play to the crowd chants. A loud “F**k First Class!” chant spreads like wildfire as Navarro disrespects Hardy by doing his limp-wrist hand-flick with his back turned to him. Hardy drops him and does it back. See, that description already paid off!

Hannifan touts the highest ticket sales for any TNA event in the U.S. in 2024 tonight. Hardy makes the tag and hits Poetry in Motion before Matt picks up where he left off, taking it to one-half of First Class. Loud “DELETE!” chants break out as Hardy works over Navarro’s arm. Hardy yells “HUH?!” off the middle rope and hits a Greg Valentine-style elbow on the back of Navarro’s head.

Matt sends Navarro out to the floor, but Francis catches him like a parent cradling a baby. Hardy dives through the ropes with a kick to knock them both down. Back in the ring, Navarro hits a cool kick with Hardy in the ropes. This helps First Class take over on offense. He tags in Francis, and the crowd boos grows as the big man takes over.

Francis hits a big spot from the ring to the floor and yells “Woo-Hah!” in the camera. You know, because he’s got Hardy “all in checks,” Busta Rhymes-style. Back in the ring, he leaps off the ropes and lands directly on his ass after Hardy rolls away. Ouch. Both guys tag out.

Jeff comes in and hits a falcon arrow to Navarro for a two-count. He hits an atomic drop and then the leg-drop through the legs to the no-no-zone. He goes for another cover, but again only gets two. Francis comes back in and hits a World’s Strongest Slam.

He goes for Matt’s middle rope leg drop, but Matt cuts him off. He and Jeff both go up after him and hit a double suplex off the ropes. Ouch again. Francis recovers and fights back with a double Down Payment attempt, but The Hardys low blow their way out. They hit a Twist of Fate. Matt hits another and then Jeff takes the shirt off for a top-rope swanton for the win.

“Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated Zachary Wentz to capture the TNA X-Division Champion

After the commentators run down the lineup for tonight, we hear the familiar sounds of “Speedball” Mike Bailey’s theme and out comes the modern day Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat for our first title bout of the evening. Zachary Wentz of the Rascalz, the reigning TNA X-Division Champion, comes out next.

The commentators promote Wentz vs. Wes Lee in a Chicago Street Fight on the WWE NXT on CW premiere on October 1. The bell sounds and Bailey gets behind Wentz, snaps him down and goes for the cover. Wentz kicks out and pops up annoyed.

They reengage and Bailey continues to sweep him down to the mat with ease, and continues to add to his early frustration. Wentz loses his cool and puts his hands behind his back and encourages Bailey to hit him. Bailey gets frozen up by this and Wentz gets him down and unloads on him.

Wentz super-kicks Bailey out to the floor and hits a dive through the ropes, splashing on him at ringside and ground-and-pounding him upon landing. He rolls him back in the ring and begins focusing his offensive attack on the arm of Bailey.

Bailey fights back and hits an excellent moonsault. He continues to work Wentz over as fans break out in a loud “This is Awesome!” chant. Bailey grapevines the leg of Wentz and drops back into a leg lock, wrenching away on the lower limb of the champ. He eventually escapes.

Wentz fires up again and puts his hands behind his back again. Bailey measures up to hit him with a free shot this time, open-handed, power-slap-style. He ends up deciding against it and puts his hands behind his own back and dares Wentz to do the same. They both snap and start Fyre-Takayama’ing each other, only with slaps instead of turning themselves into the Sloth monster from the Goonies with punches.

On the floor, Wentz hits a BFT to Bailey on the entrance ramp. Bailey just barely makes it back into the ring, and when he does slide in at 9, Wentz immediately hits a double stomp. He hits a cutter off the ropes for a super close two-count. Wentz hits a step-up knee to the grill in the corner. Bailey fights back and hits a running power bomb out of the corner.

He climbs to the top and hits an insanely impressive shooting star press for a beautiful near-fall attempt. The crowd bought into it big, too. Bailey hits a big kick and then a roundhouse tornado kick in the corner. Wentz fights back and rolls up Bailey for a two-count. Wentz hits an insane flipping DDT. Wentz hits some more BFTs for another crazy-close two-count.

Wentz loses his cool and snaps again. He super kicks Bailey and goes for the UFO Cutter, but Bailey counters. Bailey hits a Flamingo Driver on Wentz out of the corner for the win. We have a new TNA X-Division Champion. This is Mike Bailey’s third reign.

Steph De Lander Needs Neck Surgery

A backstage promo from The System is shown to explain Tasha Steelz as the replacement for Alisha Edwards. It also gives Moose an excuse to call Nic Nemeth a “blond b*tch,” and for another dozen System Reboot references.

Back inside the Impact Zone, Rhino makes his way to the ring. After him, “The French-Canadian Frankenstein” PCO emerges and heads to the ring. Matt Cardona comes out with Steph De Lander wearing a “Property of Matt Cardona” t-shirt. He bosses her around as they settle in the ring.

De Lander gets on the mic and tells PCO to trust her. She talks about how he and Cardona need to sort their issues. She eventually mentions how she needs neck surgery. The fans start giving her the “What?” treatment as she tries cutting a serious promo. She says she’s in pain every day…”What?” Ouch.

She turns her attention to Cardona and says while she’s surely not his property, she can’t forget all the moments they did have and all that he did do for her. She turns to PCO and says she didn’t think she would find true love in TNA, but she is so glad she has.

She says she needs them all to be men, stand up and figure this out without her. She says this isn’t a retirement speech. She has more to give to this business and this company. “This is not goodbye, this is I’ll see you later.” I think that one was taken, Steph. She thanks the fans and says she’ll see us later.

She hugs PCO and kisses him. She heads to exit the ring as Rhino holds the ropes for her. PCO walks her to the back. Cardona is shown clapping in the ring, until Rhino goes to exit. When he tries to, Cardona kicks the ropes and low-blows Rhino. He hits his Radio Silence finisher on him and leaves him laying.

Spitfire defeated Masha Slamovich & Tasha Steelz to capture the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships

The Spitfire duo of Jody Threat and Dani Luna come to the ring after a quick backstage interview with Nic Nemeth about tonight’s main event. They settle in the ring for this match, where if they lose, they must break up their team.

Out next is the late replacement for Alisha Edwards, Tasha Steelz, who fills in for The System member alongside Masha Slamovich for the defense of the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships. The bell sounds and off we go.

Luna and Steelz kick things off for their respective teams. Luna out-powers Steelz, shoving her down to her butt off a lock-up. Masha tags in and hits a brainbuster on Threat, who tags in for her team. Alisha Edwards is overheard yelling in the Slamovich-Steelz corner on the floor.

Threat ends up isolated in the ring for several minutes, with Steelz and Slamovich utilizing frequent tags to keep a fresh person on her at all times. Eventually, Luna gets the much-needed tag from Threat. She takes the hot tag and gets the crowd on their feet with a high-impact offensive comeback.

Spitfire hit the ring together and start hitting big double-team spots. They hit their double-team finishing move and score the pinfall victory for the win. With the win, not only do they not have to break up, but they are now the new TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions.

A team that did break up, however, is The Malisha. After the match, Alisha Edwards gets in Masha Slamovich’s face and scolds her for losing their titles. She calls her a loser and slaps her. Masha gets ready to fight back, but is attacked from behind by Steelz, who lays her out and poses with Edwards.

Joe Hendry defeated Josh Alexander

It’s time to get into the thick-of-things for tonight, as we move on to our next match of the evening. “The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander heads to the ring, looking as Kurt Angle from Wish as ever. He settles in the ring to a bunch of boos.

The sold out San Antonio crowd gets rocking from there, as the super catchy-ass entrance tune for Joe Hendry hits to bring out one of the more charismatic stars in the business today, and certainly the hottest star in TNA right now.

Hendry settles in the ring and cuts his usual pre-match promo full of catchphrases. The bell sounds and Alexander smiles and points to the mat, telling Hendry like he said earlier tonight, once the bell rings you’re in my world.

The two get after it and Alexander starts off well, but then the crowd rallies behind Hendry and he hits one of his key five moves of doom, the stalling suplex. Fans chant “Walking Weiner” in San Antonio, proving they’re real TNA fans who watch Impact every week, and not just there because it’s something in town to do on a Friday night.

Alexander takes over and hits a big spot to Hendry on the floor, which shifts the offensive momentum in his favor. He sends Hendry back-first into the ring apron and then verbally taunts Hendry before rolling him back into the ring.

Fans try and rally behind their guy again, singing “I Believe in Joe Hendry,” but to no avail this time, as Alexander gets Hendry in the ankle lock. Hendry escapes but Kurt Angle from Wish goes to his next move in his arsenal, hitting a German suplex.

Hendry fights back with another of his five moves of doom, a fall-away slam. Alexander takes over again and locks Hendry in an ankle lock. He drops down to the mat for added leverage. Hendry struggles but eventually gets to the ropes. The referee is bumped. Hendry gets the ankle lock on Alexander. Alexander eventually taps, but the referee didn’t see it.

The fans chant “You tapped out!” but of course in wrestling, the referee is temporarily deaf when someone runs into him and knocks him down. Alexander kicks Hendry low and taunts the crowd as Hendry pops back up and digs in his tights.

Way too deep for a tight camera shot, by the way. He struggles but pulls out a cup and smiles. The referee gets back up. Hendry slaps the ankle lock back on and Alexander taps again. This time the referee sees it. Hendry wins. He poses with the cup, which has his face on it. Fun match as always with Hendry.

The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) defeated ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) to recapture the TNA Tag-Team Championships

The video package for our next title tilt of the evening airs and then we return inside the Impact Zone in San Antonio, where The System team of Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards, with Alisha Edwards, make their way to the ring.

Reigning tag champs ABC come out next. Chris Bey’s ribs are taped up after the match from this week’s Impact against First Class. The bell sounds and off we go with our next match of the evening. Myers and Bey kick things off for their respective teams.

The commentators talk about Bey starting off for ABC despite his ribs being weakened heading into the match. Myers hits a shoulder tackle off the ropes to send Bey to the mat. Bey fights back with a dropkick. Myers takes over again and Bey finds himself in a bad way until Austin comes in and the two send The System out to the floor.

Fans chant “F**k The System” as Myers and Edwards take over and take turns tagging in and out to keep a fresh man on Bey at all times. Alisha Edwards even gets involved at ringside, choking Bey over the ropes as Myers distracts the referee.

Just as Bey gets close to making a tag, Edwards takes out Austin from the floor so he’s not on the apron when Bey gets there. They bring Bey back to their corner of the ring and distract the ref to continue double-teaming him.

Fans get Rated-R with their chants aimed at Alisha Edwards at ringside, ignoring the action in the ring, which has been all The System taking turns beating down a defenseless Bey. “Take it off!” chants continue as Myers and Edwards continue tagging in and out, taunting Austin all-the-while.

Bey finally knocks Edwards down, which buys himself enough time to get to his corner. Once again, Austin is yanked off the apron before Bey can make the much-needed tag. Moments later, however, he does make the tag and Austin comes in with a ton of energy.

He makes the big fired up offensive comeback for ABC. Bey joins him moments later for a double Art of Finesse on Edwards for a close two-count. Bey tags back in and he and Austin call for it again, but Edwards hits Bey with a Blue Thunder Bomb to counter.

Bey fights back again, only for Alisha to grab his ankle from ringside yet again. This leads to a Boston Knee Party for the finish. The System duo of Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards begin The System Reboot tonight by recapturing the TNA Tag-Team Championships.

Jordynne Grace (c) defeated Wendy Choo to retain the TNA Knockouts Championship

The video package sets the stage for our fourth title tilt of the evening, as the TNA Knockouts Championship will be on-the-line next. Wendy Choo comes out looking as creepy and sinister as ever. The commentators point out she could become the first active NXT star to win and hold a TNA title with a win tonight.

Jordynne Grace’s theme hits next and out comes “The Juggernaut” as Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk about her being in a bit of a home turf situation hailing from Austin, complete with family and relatives in the crowd in San Antonio supporting her this evening.

The commentators point out Grace looking emotional being introduced in front of the home field crowd, who give her a big pop. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with our co-main event of the evening. The two charge at each other and Grace beats down Wendy and roars.

Hannifan reminds fans of the promise “The NXT Liaison” Arianna Grace made “The Juggernaut” ahead of tonight’s match. On the floor, the action continues with Wendy swinging a black pillow case at Grace. Grace ducks and DDTs her on the floor.

Moments later, however, Choo takes over and then gets in Grace’s family’s faces in the crowd. She goes for a cheap shot with the black pillow case as Grace is down on the floor, but Grace’s grandma grabs it as she pulls it back to swing at her.

Grace takes over and poses with Gram-Gram before going back to work on Choo in the ring. In the ring, Choo starts to shift the offensive momentum back in her favor. Grace’s mouth looks to be bleeding a bit. Choo gets Grace in a sleeper, but Grace launches them off the ropes to escape.

Choo hits a big belly to belly suplex off the middle rope for a close two-count. As the action continues, Grace fights back and hits a package suplex that drops Choo on her head in a scary-looking spot. A Juggernaut Driver later and Jordynne Grace is still your TNA Knockouts Champion.

After the match, Jordynne Grace is celebrating her big win in front of her family in attendance, when Rosemary finally appears and spears Grace. Choo slaps the sleeper-hold on Grace once again. She puts her to sleep and they pose over her again. They crawl out of the ring and head to the back as fans boo.

Nic Nemeth (c) defeated Moose to retain the TNA World Championship

It’s main event time!

But first, we see Santino Marella backstage when in walks “The NXT/TNA Liaison” Arianna Grace. Santino is super excited to see her and really likes her. He’s excited to work with her but says he won’t tolerate any shenanigans or monkey business.

Frankie Kazarian’s theme hits inside the Impact Zone and out he comes to join Rehwoldt and Hannifan on special guest commentary for the final match of the show. He gives Rehwoldt a scarf, which makes him happy. He throws some of Hannifan’s crap off the desk and takes a seat.

Moose makes his always awesome ring entrance. The original Oba Femi entrance, for all intents and purposes. The zipper sound affect hits, the woman enjoys herself, and the 80s sounding rock plays as Nic Nemeth makes his way out to continue his run as a fighting TNA World Champion.

The ring announcer handles the final formal ring introductions for the champion and the challenger and then this one gets underway. Moose takes the early offensive lead, brutalizing Nemeth in the corner straight out of the gate.

Nemeth fires up and flurries on Moose, who simply picks him up and walks him out of the corner with a big power bomb. Moose settles into a slow-paced, Roman Reigns style dominating offensive lead for a few moments. He hits a Sky High out of the corner for a two-count.

Moose continues his prolonged offensive beatdown as Kazarian and Rehwoldt have fun bantering on commentary, largely ignoring the action and focusing on roasting Hannifan. Entertaining, but counter-productive. When the action hits the floor, they get focused again. Moose hits a pump kick to Nemeth.

Moose hoists Nemeth up for a power bomb on the floor, but Nemeth counters. He runs and leaps on Moose to follow-up moments later, but Moose catches him and power bombs him on the apron. Ouch. Back in the ring, Nemeth hits a headbutt and knocks Moose out to the floor.

So, of course, while that is going on the commentary is focused on the cologne that Frankie Kazarian is wearing. On the floor, Nemeth muscles Moose up for a belly-to-back suplex. Ouch. Kaz actually puts over the talent now, taking the focus off of himself for a change.

Nemeth looks for a Fame-Asser on the floor, but Moose counters and power bombs Nemeth through the timekeepers table, which quickly explodes into 1,000 toothpicks. Fans react with a loud “Holy sh*t!” chant. Kazarian tells the doctor to sit down because Nemeth is a fighting champion. That was actually a good one.

Back in the ring, Nemeth proves to be exactly that, as he fights back and connects with a FameAsser this time for a close two-count. As Nemeth heads to the top-rope, JDC and Alisha Edwards run down. The temporary distraction allows Moose to recover and get to his feet.

Nemeth hops on his back with a sleeper, but Moose slams him down. Nemeth goes for Danger Zone, but Moose avoids it and turns Nemeth inside-out with a spear for a close two-count. Alisha throws the TNA title into the ring as JDC distracts the ref. Moose grabs it and waits to knock out Nemeth.

Before Nemeth gets up, however, Mike Santana appears out of nowhere and takes the title out of Moose’s hands. JDC goes over to deal with him and the two trade shots and powder out to the back. The camera focuses back in the ring, where Nemeth springs to life out of nowhere and hits a Danger Zone on Moose.

He covers him but Moose somehow kicks out at two. Hannifan says no one has ever kicked out of Nemeth’s Danger Zone in TNA. Moose hits a perfect super-plex off the top. He holds on upon landing and scoops Nemeth up for a power bomb.

Nemeth counters in mid-air and hits his Danger Zone finisher. He goes for the cover, but Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers appear and yank the referee out of the ring before he can count to three. The ref goes to throw out the match, but “Fighting Champion” Nic Nemeth won’t let him.

He does, however, allow him to eject Myers and Edwards from ringside. JBL appears out of nowhere and hits some clotheslines from hell to take out Myers and Edwards. Brutal ones, too. Fans chant “JBL!” as he looks down at his impressive, albeit kind of pointless, actions.

They were already ejected and not doing anything that warranted that. Nemeth is distracted by this and hit with a lariat and spear by Moose. He immediately goes for the cover, but Nemeth kicks out. Moments later, Nemeth hits a lariat and super kick and then hits his Danger Zone for the win to retain. Nemeth celebrates as TNA Victory Road 2024 goes off the air.

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Josh Alexander addresses impending free agency, potential Ethan Page reunion

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Though he does not want to leave TNA Wrestling, Josh Alexander thinks he would be doing himself and his family a disservice by not checking what’s out there in free agency.

Alexander has been with TNA/Impact since signing with the company in 2019. His deal could have been up near the beginning of 2024, but TNA picked up a one-year option on Alexander’s contract. With his contract now coming up in February 2025, Alexander spoke with WrestleManiac UK and addressed the possibility of testing free agency.

“I can’t say I want to leave TNA, you know what I mean? It’s just, I have never hit free agency. I have never been the belle of the ball or whatever. I’ve never even seen what offers are out there from another company,” Alexander said. “I signed my first contract with Impact Wrestling nearly six years ago. I re-signed three years ago. Now that one’s coming up. And I think I would be doing myself and my family a disservice by not seeing what’s out there. And, you know, if there’s something out there that gets me really excited, it’s all about what makes me happy at the end of the day.

“Everything in my wrestling career for these 19 years has been just following my heart. There’s many times I was let down or I broke my neck, or all this other stuff happened that would deter somebody from keeping to follow their dream. But for me, it was just — this makes me happy, I want to do it, I get excited doing it still after 19 years and 1,500-plus matches or whatever it’s been. So I’m just going to keep following my heart with it, and we’re going to see where that leads.”

Alexander is one of the top stars in TNA, having been a World Champion for the promotion twice. He turned heel at Slammiversary this July and has been feuding with Joe Hendry since. The two will face off at TNA Victory Road this Friday night.

The 37-year-old Alexander held the Impact Tag Team titles with Ethan Page twice from 2019-2020. Currently, Page is the NXT Champion. Alexander told WrestleManiac UK that — with the working relationship that exists between TNA and WWE NXT — he would wholeheartedly embrace the opportunity to reunite with Page for a tag team match in either NXT or TNA.

“I think that we’re both very good singles competitors who have championship pedigree now as singles stars,” Alexander said. “So I don’t think it would be something that would happen in the long-term, but if there’s ever a special matchup out there, I don’t think you would throw away that chemistry that we have as a tag team to not just go out there and embarrass somebody in a tag team match.”

Big Vinny V Show: TNA Emergence review featuring Nemeth vs. Alexander Iron Man match

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On this week’s Big Vinny V Show, it’s all about TNA Emergence.

The latest PLE from TNA Wrestling saw Nic Nemeth defending his World championship against Josh Alexander in a 60-minute Iron Man match.

Undercard action included “Speedball” Mike Bailey defending his X-Division title against five challengers in an Ultimate X match; Steve Maclin vs. Eric Young in a mean guy match; a Knockouts trios match that went off the rails almost immediately; ABC defending the TNA Tag Team titles against Fir$t Cla$$ (yes, that’s how they spell it); and The System taking on Joe Hendry, the Hardys & Mike Santana in a big eight-man tag.

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TNA Emergence live results: Nic Nemeth vs. Josh Alexander Iron Man match

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TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth will put his title on the line against former champion Josh Alexander in a one-hour Iron Man match that headlines tonight’s Emergence streaming special.

The two went to battle recently in a 30-minute draw that put this rematch into motion.

TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace will team up with Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna) against Ash by Elegance and Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Malisha (Masha Slamovich & Alisha Edwards).

In a five-man Ultimate X match for the X-Division title, “Speedball” Mike Bailey will defend against Hammerstone, Jason Hotch, Zachary Wentz, Laredo Kid and NXT’s Riley Osborne.

In an eight-man tag, The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & JDC) will take on Matt & Jeff Hardy, Joe Hendry & Mike Santana.

In a clash of former World Champions, Steve Maclin goes one-on-one with Eric Young.

The pre-show features Frankie Kazarian against KUSHIDA, and PCO taking on a mystery “monster” supplied by Matt Cardona.

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Frankie Kazarian defeated KUSHIDA

“The King of TNA” Frankie Kazarian heads to the ring to kick off the Countdown to Emergence in the opening match of the evening. He makes a member of the ringside crew get on all fours so he can step on him to get into the ring.

“The Time Splitter” KUSHIDA heads out next to a good pop from the Louisville crowd, which begin chanting his name before the match begins. The bell sounds and things get started with Kazarian immediately stepping through the ropes to avoid the action.

Kazarian orders the ring announcer to formally introduce him as “The King of TNA.” KUSHIDA drills Kazarian with rapid-fire forearms and hits a splash off the ropes. He hits a hurricanrana to send Kazarian out to the floor to re-group.

He doesn’t get to do much re-grouping before KUSHIDA hits a kick through the ropes that launches Kazarian into the barricade. He follows up with a running knee off the apron onto Kazarian on the floor. Back in the ring, KUSHIDA decks Kazarian and covers him for a two-count.

Kazarian fights back, and connects with a short clothesline to shift the offensive momentum in his favor. He stops to taunt the crowd before going back to work on KUSHIDA. He hits a power slam and a slingshot leg-drop before stopping to taunt the crowd some more.

KUSHIDA begins no-selling some punches and pushing his forehead into Kazarian, but Kazarian sends him into the corner with authority and continues to work him over. KUSHIDA fights back with an attempted Hoover Board Lock, but Kazarian avoids it and locks in a Chicken Wing of his own.

KUSHIDA escapes, but Kazarian gets him back in it again. Once again he escapes, and this time connects with a Tanaka punch. KUSHIDA goes for the Hoover Board Lock while he and Kazarian are on the top-rope. Kazarian fights his way free and hops down on the floor.

KUSHIDA splashes on Kazarian from the top-rope to the floor and slaps a straight armbar on him at ringside. Kazarian hits a low blow to KUSHIDA through the ropes while the referee was distracted. Kazarian follows up with Fade To Black for the win.

AJ Francis & KC Navarro To Challenge For Tag-Team Titles Tonight

We shoot to Gia Miller backstage with AJ Francis. Francis is asked who will be replacing injured Rich Swann to take on ABC for the TNA Tag-Team Championships. KC Navarro comes into the picture and is revealed as his partner for the bout, which Santino Marella has confirmed for the show.

PCO (c) defeated Shera to retain the TNA Digital Media & International Heavyweight Championships

After we return inside the Impact Zone, “The Indian Lion” Shera is revealed to be PCO’s “Mystery Monster” for the title tilt against the TNA Digital Media & International Heavyweight Champion. PCO comes out next and starts the fight while still being introduced.

The two brawl on the floor near Steph De Lander, who is at ringside with “The French-Canadian Frankenstein.” He lays out Shera on the apron and comes off the top with a swanton on the way to the floor. Ouch. He and De Lander stop for an air-dry-hump that pops the crowd.

Back in the ring, with Shera laid out, PCO heads to the top-rope backwards. He leaps off with his PCO-sault for the pinfall victory. De Lander joins PCO in the ring with his two titles belts and the newlyweds celebrate his big win.

Zachary Wentz defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey, Hammerstone, Jason Hotch, Laredo Kid and Riley Osborne to capture the TNA X-Division Championship

After the cold open video package wraps up, we shoot back inside the sold out building in Louisville, KY., where Hannifan and Rehwoldt begin introducing the competitors for our opening match. Kicking things off is the Ultimate X match for the TNA X-Division Championship.

The X-Factors graphic flashes on the screen and then the bell sounds to get things started. Hotch tries climbing immediately, but gets thrown to the floor by Hammerstone. Everyone gangs up on him, and he slides out of the ring. Osborne dives out to the floor and seemed to have an awkward landing.

Laredo Kid and Hotch hit crazy dives after that. He climbs to the top rope, but Hammerstone pushes him out to the floor with authority. Bailey hits rapid-fire kicks on Hammerstone, but Hammerstone hits a back suplex that folds him in half. He tries diving to Hammerstone on the floor, but Hammerstone catches him and slams him back into the ring.

Osborne flips over three of the guys and hits a tower power bomb spot to the floor. Crazy. Wentz hits a top-rope cutter to Osborne off the very tip-top-rope. Ouch. Wentz and Bailey climb up past the top-rope, getting close to the wire. Bailey gets kicked off and moonsaults onto a pile of bodies on the floor.

Wentz gets on the cables and Spiderman climbs towards the title. They monkey-bar kick each other off as everyone else ends up there as well. Hammerstone is left alone up there but ends up falling off himself. Fans chant “This is Awesome!” Bailey and Wentz trade super kicks.

Hammerstone throws them both to the floor. He tosses Osborne out as well. Laredo goes to the cables, but Hammerstone military presses him out to a pile of bodies on the floor. Hotch hits a low blow on Hammerstone. He hits a torture rack bomb to the big boy.

Laredo and Hotch head to the top-rope. Laredo jumps up and grabs the cables with his hands and leaps into a hurricanrana to Hotch off the top. Osborne gets up to the cables and hits a shooting star press off of it. Bailey hits the Ultimo Weapon off the ropes.

Wentz and Bailey hang onto the cable with their hands and legs, Spiderman style, and then hang by their legs and trade shots with their hands right next to the X-Division Championship. Bailey switches to a hand grip and Wentz knocks him off. Wentz unhooks the title. We have a new champion. Great match.

Steve Maclin defeated Eric Young

After Gia Miller interviews Josh Alexander about the Iron Man match backstage, we return inside the Impact Zone where Steve Maclin heads to the ring. Eric Young comes out next to a big pop and the two stare each other down as the bell sounds to get our next match started.

Fans chant “Holy sh*t!” before they do anything. They finally get physical, but stop and do another long glare at each other. Maclin starts to settle into the early offensive lead when things really get going. He hits a big back-breaker and then hangs Young upside down in the tree of woe in the corner.

Maclin backs up and charges forward with a spear that knocks Young down. He covers him, but only gets a count of two. The two start trading shots in the center of the ring. Young dares Maclin and Maclin hits him with looked like a super stiff shot that knocked Young half-way across the ring.

Maclin yells at Young that he asked for this. Young smiles and struggles back to his feet. Maclin puts his hands behind his back and lets Young have a cheap shot. Young knocks the hell out of him with a Stiffy LaRoux as well. The two end up in another wild striking exchange.

Maclin goes for a dive onto Young on the floor but Young ducks and Maclin crashes and burns hard on the ramp. They both head to the top. Young bites Maclin and throws him down. He hits a big flying elbow smash. He looks for a piledriver, but Maclin avoids it.

He tries it again and this time gets it. He covers him, but only gets two. Fans chant “One more time!” Young puts Maclin in position to do so, but Maclin reverses and covers Young and surprises him with a 1–2-3. Maclin gets the win seemingly out of nowhere. Were the fans in on that finish?!? Organic! The two shake hands after the match.

Jordynne Grace, Jody Threat & Dani Luna defeated Ash By Elegance, Masha Slamovich & Alisha Edwards

Nic Nemeth talks to Gia Miller backstage about stealing championships and girlfriends over the years. He talks about Josh Alexander winning the only Iron Man match in TNA. He says at the end of the day, he’s coming out on top tonight.

Back inside the Impact Zone, Masha Slamovich makes her way out. Her MAlisha tag-team partner, Alisha Edwards, comes out next. Ash By Elegance, accompanied by George Iceman, comes out after they do and the first team is settled in the ring for the next match of the show.

Spitfire duo Jody Threat and Dani Luna come out together next for the opposition, They settle in the ring and then the familiar sounds of Jordynne Grace’s theme hits to bring out “The Juggernaut.” The crowd gives the TNA Knockouts Champion a good pop coming out.

Upon the bell, all six square off and stare each other down, before quickly engaging in a wild striking exchange in three pairs of two. Grace sends Threat onto a pile of bodies on the floor, and then does the same with Luna. Grace waits for them to get up, but Alisha seems lifeless.

They all move over to the other side of the ring, and it seems like something not good is happening. Hannifan informs us on commentary that a ringside doctor is checking on Edwards now. Meanwhile, Grace and Ash go to work in the ring. A camera shot is shown of Edwards looking legitimately knocked out on the floor. Yikes.

Grace hits a big back-fist on Masha and hits a Samoa Joe-style Muscle Buster, the same move that won her the Match By Elegance bout on the go-home Impact last night. She goes for the cover, but only gets two. Alisha was helped to the back by Tommy Dreamer and TNA officials.

Moments later, Grace hits a big airplane spin and then an assisted suplex spot. Spitfire hits the ring and helps finish things up, getting the win. After the match, they throw Ash By Elegane out to the floor and celebrate in the ring.

ABC (c) defeated AJ Francis & KC Navarro to retain the TNA Tag-Team Championships

Backstage, Steph De Lander is with PCO. She announces she will be confronting Matt Cardona on Thursday’s Impact.

Inside the arena, First Class duo AJ Francis and KC Navarro make their way out for their big TNA Tag-Team Championship opportunity. The reigning champs, ABC duo Chris Bey and Ace Austin, come out next. The bell sounds and Francis and Austin kick things off for their respective teams.

Francis calls for a test of strength with Austin, with the joke being Austin likely can’t reach his hand. Austin steps to him and appears to be preparing his hand to reach up high, but instead slaps the taste out of Francis’ mouth. He angers the big man, who pummels Austin until he tags Bey in.

Bey struggles with the larger Francis at first as well. Navarro tags in and begins using his speed and high-flying style to get the crowd on its’ feet. Bey hits a back-breaker into a clothesline for a two-count. He tags in Austin and ABC hit a double arm-drag and another double-team spot for a two-count.

Navarro is knocked out to the floor, but Francis catches him. He goes for the Down Payment on Bey on the ring apron, but Bey ends up on his feet. In the ring, fans immediately start dogging Francis with loud “You can’t wrestle!” chants. Navarro and Austin tag in and mix it up.

Francis tries getting involved from the floor, and eats a kick from Austin on the apron for his efforts. Austin hits a brainbuster on Navarro and catches Francis coming in with a big kick. He tries to hoist Francis up, but collapses under the weight of Francis.

He tries again and this time gets him up and dumps him down. He slams Navarro down and covers him, but only gets two. Bey tags in and he and Austin hit a wild double-team move off the ropes. They try for the cover, but Francis breaks it up.

They try to double-suplex Francis, but Francis double-suplexes them instead. Fans get on Francis’ case again with a loud “You can’t wrestle!” chant. Another group of fans respond with “Yes he can!” chants. Very defensive people in ol’ Louisville.

Francis hits a huge Down Payment on Bey and goes for the cover, but doesn’t realize he’s not the legal man due to Navarro tagging himself in moments earlier. Navarro hits a big spot on Austin but Bey, who was the legal man for ABC and was playing possum, pops up and rolls him up for the win.

Moose, Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards & JDC defeated Joe Hendry, Mike Santana, Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy

The pre-match video package airs to get us ready for Joe Hendry, Mike Santana and The Hardy Boys against The System in eight-man tag-team action in our next match of the evening. Mike Santana comes out through the crowd and settles in the ring.

Joe Hendry’s theme hits and the crowd goes bonkers and sings along with “I Believe In Joe Hendry,” as a remix music video plays on the screen with Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy with giant geeky smiles on their faces standing next to Joe Hendry on the white backdrop doing the clapping gimmick.

They all come out together and then The System make their way out to big “F**k the System!” chants. The bell sounds and it will be Moose and Santana kicking things off for their respective teams. Moose decides against it and tags in JDC before anything happens. Santana takes the early offensive lead.

He clears the apron of all The System guys and asks the crowd if they want a Hardy. He tags in Matt and the “DELETE!” chants begin. He hits a poetry in motion off Matt’s back and Jeff comes in to hit one off of Santana’s. Fans randomly start loudly acapella singing “I Believe in Joe Hendry!” as the action continues.

Everyone ends up in the ring for a spot where Hendry and the Hardy’s hit a three-for-two suplex spot. They all stand with their backs to the hard camera before doing the hard turn and “Five Second Pose” stance Edge used to use. I guess that’s Hendry’s now, though.

For the next several minutes, The System members take turns getting heat on Matt Hardy, who is kept isolated in the ring. He eventually makes the much-needed tag to Jeff. Jeff takes the hot tag and sets the crowd ablaze as he takes it to The System. He hits a Whisper in the Wind to take out a bunch of them.

Fans break out in random “Davey Richards!” chants at Eddie Edwards and another loud “F**k The System!” chant as Moose works over Jeff. He tags in JDC and he picks up where Moose left off, taking it to Jeff. Fans start singing Hendry’s theme again out of the blue.

Hendry helps rally the crowd even more behind Jeff, who hits a Twist of Fate out of nowhere on Moose, who is now the legal man. This buys him enough time to make the hot tag to Hendry, who hits the ring with a ton of energy. He hits a fall-away slap on Edwards.

He avoids an Edwards middle rope splash and hits a fall-away slam on JDC. Myers goes to spear Hendry, but Hendry side-steps him and he takes out JDC. He hits another fall-away slam on Myers. Moose comes off the ropes but Hendry side-steps him as well.

Hendry connects with a pop-up power bomb on Edwards and goes for the cover, but only gets two. Fans chant “We believe!” and Hendry looks for the Standing Ovation. Edwards avoids it and the two collide into each other off the ropes. Hendry tags out.

Matt Hardy hits a Side Effect. Jeff hits a Swanton Bomb but JDC hits a Falcon Arrow. Hendry hits a Standing Ovation on him. Matt Hardy hits a Twist of Fate on Edwards for a close two-count. Moose broke it up. Matt goes after Edwards, but Edwards low-blows him and hits Boston Knee Party for the win. Moose yells into the camera afterwards that he’s coming to get what’s his.

Nic Nemeth (c) defeated Josh Alexander 3-2 to retain the TNA World Championship in a 60-Minute Iron Man Match

It’s main event time!

The pre-match video package airs to set the stage for our final match of the evening, which features Nic Nemeth putting his TNA World Championship on-the-line in an hour-long Iron Man match against “The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander.

After the long entrances and introductions, this one gets off to a slow start, with the two clearly setting a pace early on and preparing for a long night. Nemeth controls Alexander on the mat and works on his arm. Fans chant “We want tables!” clearly not reading the mood of the bout at all.

They hit the mat and roll around again before quickly separating and staring at each other some more. Alexander gets a headlock takeover and controls Nemeth with his back on the mat. Alexander goes for an ankle lock, but Nemeth quickly scrambles to the ropes.

This same routine continues with fans singing “I believe in Nic Nemeth!” to entertain themselves during the lulls. Nemeth ends up catching Alexander by surprise with a roll-up for the first fall out of nowhere. With 48 minutes and change remaining, Nemeth goes up 1-0.

Alexander quickly jumps on Nemeth and puts the boots to him in the corner as things get started again. Nemeth lands a back elbow to Alexander to slow him down, but Alexander hits a back-breaker. He continues to focus on the lower back of Nemeth.

He connects with a big suplex and looks to tie things up with a cover, but Nemeth kicks out. Nemeth begins firing up and fighting back with repeated forearms, but a knee to the bread basket from Alexander slows him down. Fans chant “USA!” and Alexander taunts them by pointing to the Canadian logo on his knee pad.

The two go wild with fast-paced, back-and-forth spots and pin attempts as the crowd comes to life in the background. Nemeth ends up hitting a FameAsser and goes for the cover, but Alexander kicks out before the count of three. Nemeth looks for the Danger Zone, but Alexander avoids it.

Nemeth hits it anyways seconds later and covers him to go up two falls to nothing. It’s 2-0 with the defending champion in a comfortable lead at just over 20 minutes into the bout. The crowd are literally doing anything to entertain themselves ten minutes later.

At 30 minutes in, they’re doing the LA Knight chant, “Oh you didn’t know?” Road Dogg routine, random “Suplex City” chants. “We want Vickie!” chants for Nemeth’s old on-air WWE partner. Nemeth and Alexander slow chain-wrestling isn’t keeping them fully engaged, to say the least. Alexander hits a German suplex and holds on for another. And another. And another. As many elbows as Nemeth hit Jerry Lawler with yesteryear, Alexander hit him with that many German suplexes.

Nemeth fights back and he gets Alexander’s back. He begins the rolling German routine, dumping “The Walking Weapon” on his dome over-and-over again as well, as the crowd counts along with each one that connects. Nemeth, too, gets in the double-digit region.

Nemeth headbutts Alexander’s head gear off his head. Alexander trips Nemeth up with an ankle pick, Tony Ferguson-style. He looks for the ankle lock in the middle of the ring. Fans chant “Please don’t tap out!” at Nemeth as he crawls to the ropes. Alexander steps on the back of Nemeth’s head and yanks him back to the middle of the ring.

He sits down in the ankle lock and cranks away. Nemeth looked to be tapping, but instead was slamming his hand to the mat to scratch and crawl back to the ropes, where he gets the referee to force the hold to be broken. Alexander slams Nemeth’s leg on the ring apron to continue to soften it up.

Alexander and Nemeth bump the referee. With the referee down and Nemeth out of it, Alexander responds to fan chants of “We want tables!” by heading out to the ringside area and pulling a table out. He sets it up at ringside. He grabs Nemeth and looks for a C4 Spike through the table, but Nemeth counters with a back-body drop that sends Alexander bouncing off the corner of the ring apron, Shawn Michaels’ first-career-ending style on the casket. Ouch.

Back in the ring, Alexander hoists Nemeth upside down and hits a spinning tombstone. He covers him and the referee comes back to life to make the count, but Nemeth gets his shoulder up. Hannifan stresses on commentary that 40 minutes deep into the bout, Alexander still can’t score a single fall on Nemeth.

Alexander grabs a steel chair and heads into the ring with it. He gives it to the ref and decides against using it. The ref goes to get rid of it, but when he does, Alexander takes a foreign object out of his knee brace and knocks out Nemeth with it. He hides it and hits Nemeth with a C4 Spike. He covers him and gets his first fall.

It’s 2-1 now, and as the next fall gets going, Alexander immediately hits a leaping C4 Spike on Nemeth and covers him again to go up 2-2. It’s all tied up now with just over 15 minutes remaining. He can’t pick Nemeth up because he’s so lifeless, so Alexander tries simply covering him again. Nemeth kicks out.

Nemeth springs to life out of nowhere and hops on Alexander’s back with a sleeper hold. He squeezes away until Alexander falls backwards, Matt Hughes-Frank Trigg style. As they crash onto the mat, Nemeth lets go. Upon recovering, he slaps it right back on him and squeezes away. Alexander gets to his feet and runs forward, slamming Nemeth face-first into the turnbuckle.

This gets him off of him temporarily, but like the bad guy in a horror movie, Nemeth jumps back to life and leaps on him with another sleeper hold. This time Alexander goes for broke, climbing the ropes and both guys tumble over them and crash and burn out onto the floor way down below.

Just over 11 minutes remains as both guys are back to their feet trading shots. Nemeth headbutts Alexander, who then picks Nemeth up and dumps him on the floor with authority. Alexander rolls back in the ring, hoping to go up 3-2 with a count-out as a fall. The referee begins counting as Nemeth struggles to get back in the ring. He falls on 7, climbs back up at 8 and rolls into the ring just after 9.

He walks right into Alexander, who hooks him for another C4 Spike, but Nemeth avoids it and ends up back-body-dropping Alexander over the ropes, where he crashes through the table that was set up earlier. Nice. Hannifan says neither man can be disqualified for using a table because the referee was down and out when the table was set up. Boy, that is super technicality stuff. Is a DQ fall coming soon so that makes sense?

Back in the ring, Alexander hits another big C4 Spike and covers Nemeth. He comes within millimeters of another fall, but Nemeth gets his foot on the ropes. Now, the crowd who was doing random self-entertaining chants and singing earlier, is very loudly chanting “This is Awesome.” Damn right! Nemeth hits a DDT out of the blue and quickly covers Alexander, but only gets two.

Nemeth re-ties his boot before going back to work on Alexander in the corner. He runs into a big boot from “The Walking Weapon.” Alexander hops up on the middle rope and kicks Nemeth. Nemeth climbs up after him. Nemeth heads to the very top-rope and looks for a superplex. Alexander knocks him down. Alexander heads up to the top, but Nemeth pops up and stops him. This time, he hits a superplex.

Fans chant “One more time!” Yeah right. Nemeth goes for the cover, but Alexander kicks out. Just over five minutes remains and the fans break out in a “Five more minutes!” chant. Hannifan reminds us if this ends in a tie, we go to a sudden death overtime round. They trade shots and Alexander kicks Nemeth’s ankle out from under him.

He pulls his straps down, but while doing so, gets super kicked by Nemeth. Think that Judo dude taking his Gi off in a PRIDE fight with Wanderlei Silva and finding out the hard way it was a mistake. Similar stuff. Alexander fights back and hits a German release suplex. Fans chant “Three more minutes!” Alexander lawn-darts Nemeth into an exposed turnbuckle in the corner.

He hits Nemeth with Nemeth’s own Danger Zone finisher. He goes for the cover, but Nemeth kicks out. Alexander isn’t happy. Fans chant “Two more minutes!” Alexander looks for another C4 Spike, but struggles to get Nemeth up. Nemeth counters with a back-slam into a pin. Alexander kicks out.

Fans chant “One more minute!” Nemeth leaps into the air and catches Alexander with Danger Zone on the way down. He smacks himself in the face and hooks Alexander’s arms for a C4 Spike of his own. He connects with it and covers him. 1-2-3. Nemeth takes the lead 3-2 with 20 seconds remaining. Nemeth waits for Alexander to get up.

With 5 seconds remaining, Alexander crashes and falls back to the mat. The bell sounds. Nemeth is the iron man and still the TNA World Champion.

JBL Arrives In TNA

JBL comes out as Nic Nemeth is celebrating, to the shock of the crowd in Louisville. He gets close to Nemeth, leans into him and whispers something into his ear while wearing a cowboy hat and trench coat, like a cowboy Undertaker. He backs up, smiles, and exits the ring and heads to the back as Nemeth nods his head. Thanks for joining us, and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter/X.

TNA Impact live results: Knockouts title match headlines Emergence go-home show

Posted on by Matt Boone

The TNA Knockouts title will be on the line on tonight’s edition of TNA Impact ahead of Friday’s Emergence streaming special.

Jordynne Grace will look to extend her title defense streak as she faces Ash by Elegance who is looking for her first taste of TNA gold. It will be held under “Match by Elegance” rules which have yet to be revealed.

Ahead of their clash Friday for the TNA World title, current champion Nic Nemeth will come face-to-face with top challenger and former champion Josh Alexander.

Alexander Hammerstone will face Eric Young as the former prepares for Ultimate X Friday while the latter will take on Steve Maclin.

Mike Santana will battle The System’s Eddie Edwards while Joe Hendry kicks off what he hopes is a big weekend against Edwards’ teammate Brian Myers.

Former TNA Tag Team Champions ABC will take on Cody Deaner & Jake Something to round out the card.

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“Speedball” Mike Bailey (w/ Trent Seven) (c) defeated Rich Swann (w/ AJ Francis) to retain the TNA X-Division Championship

The first of two title matches kicks things off on this week’s show, as First Class duo AJ Francis and Rich Swann make their way out to start off the program. Swann will be challenging for the TNA X-Division Championship.

Francis settles in on special guest commentary as reigning TNA X-Division Champion “Speedball” Mike Bailey makes his way out accompanied by Speedball Mountain partner Trent Seven. The bell sounds and Bailey soaks up the crowd atmosphere inside the Impact Zone before locking up.

The Rascalz duo of Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz are shown watching on from the treehouse. The Wentz vs. Wes Lee bout for WWE NXT No Mercy 2024 is promoted with a graphic on the screen and a mention by the commentators. Bailey isolates Swann’s arm and controls it early on.

Bailey goes for a dropkick at the same time as Swann. And again. They have the old-school ECW fists-up stare down for a pop afterwards. They shake hands, but Swann uses it to deliver a cheap shot. Swann ends up diving legs-first through the ropes and hitting a hurricanrana to Swann on the floor.

Bailey ends up nearly colliding with Francis, but puts stops short. Francis threatens him, and then Bailey turns around into a super kick from Swann. Swann rolls him back into the ring and continues to control the offense as the fans rally behind Bailey with “Speedball! Speedball!” chants.

As Francis and the commentary team of Matthew Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan, a trio of grown men, argue about whose college is cooler, we see The Rascalz watching on again while Swann works over the leg of Bailey. Bailey lands a big kick to slow down Swann’s momentum. He hits a running shooting star for a nearfall attempt.

Bailey gets a bit too fancy with his kicks, and Swann capitalizes with one of his own before dumping Bailey on his dome for a close two-count. The two begin trading kicks, but they get their legs crossed up trying at the same time. The each kip up at the same time.

Swann hits a big shot that sends Bailey to the floor. Back in the ring, Swann connects with a top-rope First Class Splash for a super close pin attempt. Bailey hits the standing moonsault into the double knees for a close pin attempt of his own. Bailey hits a wild roundhouse kick, which brings Francis out of his seat to get involved.

Seven tries to stop him, but gets KO’d for his efforts. Swann rolls up Bailey for a close two count. Bailey blocks a move attempted by Swann, but seconds later, Swann hits a handspring cutter for another dangerously close pin attempt. Bailey hits a Spanish Fly after Swann is briefly distracted by Francis and Seven at ringside. Bailey retains in an excellent opener.

Gia Miller Interviews TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace

Gia Miller is standing by with TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace for a backstage interview. “The Juggernaut” talks about being willing to give anyone a title shot as a fighting champion. She says this is multiple shots for Ash By Elegance and this time, under her own special rules.

She doesn’t know what a Match By Elegance is, but she will still walk out the TNA Knockouts Champion. She walks off and the show heads into a commercial break.

Joe Hendry defeated Brian Myers (w/ Eddie & Alisha Edwards)

When the show returns, The System theme hits and out comes three members of the group in their late 1990s Mark Henry U.S.A. jackets and gear. It will be Brian Myers in one-on-one action, with Eddie and Alisha Edwards at ringside..

The catchy-ass tune for Joe Hendry plays and out comes the top star in TNA Wrestling and WWE NXT, to an adoring crowd singing along with the man that they believe in. Highlights are shown in split-screen form of the latest Joe Hendry Concert on Tuesday’s WWE NXT. They promote Hendry vs. Ethan Page with Trick Williams as special guest referee for WWE NXT No Mercy 2024 this weekend.

Fans chant “We believe! We believe!” as Hendry holds a mic before the match gets started. “Say his name, and he appears,” Hendry begins. He addresses Brian Myers, saying this is the part where he’d normally make fun of him. He’s heard rumors of people respecting Myers.

If you do, definitely do not chant “Edge’s b*tch!” Of course, the fans chant exactly that. Hendry says, “Of course, that’s right …nobody respects Brian Myers!” When people want to show respect, they chant “We believe!” He wraps up and the match gets started.

Myers with a headlock and a shoulder tackle off the ropes to start things off. He mugs for the crowd but then gets knocked on his keister by Hendry. He goes for a middle rope splash but Hendry side-steps him and does the hand-on-the-hips super hero pose. He does a stall suplex as fans react in the Impact Zone.

Hendry does the Queen, stomp-stomp clap, “We Will Rock You” beat to lead a “We believe!” chant and then goes to work on Myers on the floor. Alisha gets in his face and goes to slap him, but Hendry catches her hand mid-slap. The referee ejects Mr. & Mrs. Edwards from ringside.

Hendry gloats over this, but gets attacked by Myers from behind, who slams him into the ring steps and the ring apron, as Tom Hannifan talks us into a mid-match commercial break. When the show returns, Myers is in control of the action until Hendry hits a pop-up cutter to slow him down. Seconds later, Hendry hits the Standing Ovation for the win.

Mike Santana defeated Eddie Edwards

After the match, Eddie Edwards hits the ring to join Myers in a post-match attack of Hendry. Mike Santana’s theme hits and the lights go out. Santana makes his way to the ring through the crowd to a lukewarm crowd reaction.

When Santana gets in the ring, the referee clears everyone else out except Edwards, and the scheduled Santana vs. Edwards one-on-one match gets underway, as the bell sounds to start things off. Santana takes the early offensive lead, chopping the hell out of Edwards.

Edwards starts to fight back until Santana hits a back body drop that sends The System member crashing and burning out on the floor at ringside. Alisha Edwards, who hasn’t been banned from ringside for this match yet, comes out and distracts Santana.

Santana heads out to the floor, but Edwards hides behind Alisha. Santana goes to work on Eddie, but Alisha provides a distraction, allowing Eddie to send Santana into the ring apron with a blue thunder bomb. On that note, the show heads into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues.

When we return, we see Alisha getting involved at ringside, grabbing Santana’s hair. Santana fights back and connects with Spin The Block, but fails to put Edwards away. Santana hits a big flying splash over the top-rope to take out Santana on the floor.

In the ring, he hits a top-rope frog splash for a close two-count. Santana calls for Spin The Block again, but Edwards avoids it. Santana goes for the Rolling Buck 50, but Edwards counters with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a close two-count. Edwards tries for a Tiger Driver, but Santana avoids it.

He tries again and hits it for another close two-count. He takes his elbow pad off and blasts Santana and tries for another cover, but can’t keep Santana down. From his knees, Santana spits in Edwards’ face. Edwards kicks him and pulls his knee pad down. He looks for the Boston Knee Party, with Santana waving it on. Santana avoids it and hits Spin The Block for the win. Another good match.

Matt Cardona To Have Mystery Monster Replace Him At Emergence

“Alwayz Ready” Matt Cardona checks in with a medical update. He says unfortunately he’s not cleared after training too hard for us in the gym. He says because of this, he won’t be able to compete at TNA Emergence.

Santino Marella came in and asked what he’s trying to pull. Cardona says he found a mystery monster to face PCO at Emergence. He tells Santino it’s gonna be amazing. He says he’s 80% and he’ll be ready in a few weeks. Santino isn’t happy. The show heads into another commercial break.

Hammerstone defeated Eric Young

When the show returns, we see Steve Maclin joining Rehwoldt and Hannifan on special guest commentary for our next match of the evening. With that said, Hammerstone makes his way down to the ring. Eric Young comes out next as Maclin talks trash about him on commentary.

The bell sounds and fans in the Impact Zone immediately break out into an “E.Y! E.Y” chant. They lock up and Hammerstone out-powers him. Young catches Hammerstone off the ropes with an arm-drag. Hammerstone fights back up, but Young flips away from him and takes him back down, controlling the big man by his arm.

Hammerstone muscles his way back up and pushes Young into the corner. He spears into his mid-section a few times and hits a big elbow. Young fights back but Hammerstone lands a big boot that knocks Young off the ring apron and out to the floor at ringside.

Hammerstone sends Young crashing and burning right in front of Maclin on commentary. He spikes Young face-first into the steel ring steps and sends him back into the ring. After some more back and forth action, Young is distracted by Maclin, leading to Hammerstone hitting the nightmare pendulum for the win. After the match, the show heads into another commercial break.

ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defeated Cody Deaner & Jake Something

When the show returns, Cody Deaner and Jake Something make their way out. They cut a pre-match promo, with Deaner wanting to play to the crowd, but Jake telling him it’s not about the fans, it’s about proving themselves in this TNA Wrestling tag-team division.

The reigning TNA World Tag-Team Champions, ABC, make their way out. Ace Austin and Chris Bey settle in the ring and the bell sounds. Austin and Something kick things off for their respective teams, with Something manhandling one-half of the tag champs straight out of the gate.

Something hits a buckle bomb in the corner and tags in Deaner, who picks up where he left off, taking it to Austin, before quickly tagging Something back in. Something hits a big slam and tags Deaner right back in. Deaner goes for the cover, but Austin kicks out at two.

Austin finally rolls past Deaner and makes the much-needed tag to Bey. Bey comes into the ring with a ton of energy, and takes it to Deaner. He knocks Something off the apron and hits a big splash on Deaner in the corner.

All four end up in the ring, with things breaking down deep into the contest. Austin and Bey collide into each other attempting to take out Something. Something capitalizes and takes them both out. Deaner hits a cross-body off the top onto both ABC members.

Austin and Bey fight back, sending Something to the floor. Something and Austin end up at ringside while Bey works over Deaner in the ring. Back on the apron, Something gets met by Bey with kicks. Austin drives Something into the apron and then tags back in.

Austin and Bey hit a double kick on Deaner in the corner and then hit their one-two finisher combo for the win. First Class duo AJ Francis and Rich Swann hit the ring after the match, brutally taking out the TNA Tag-Team Champion duo of ABC. Jake Something simply watches on at ringside.

Jordynne Grace (C) defeated Ash By Elegance to retain the TNA Knockouts Championship in a Match By Elegance

It’s main event (match) time!

We shoot backstage and see George Iceman speaking with TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions Malisha, the team of Masha Slamovich and Alisha Edwards of The System. Tom Hannifan questions what they are talking about as he promotes the Match by Elegance for the TNA Knockouts Championship coming up next.

On that note, we shift gears and head into a quick pre-match commercial break. When we return, Hannifan and Rehwoldt are shown on-camera. Rehwoldt leaves to go get ready to sit down with Nic Nemeth and Josh Alexander for their final face-off after the upcoming Knockouts title tilt, which is revealed to essentially be a Falls Count Anywhere bout.

Hannifan runs down the lineup for TNA Emergence as the official match graphics flash across the screen. We see a pair of shoes laying on a pink steel chair, a pink kendo stick, champagne bottles and other goodies surrounding the ring as we get ready for a Match By Elegance.

Ash By Elegance’s theme hits and out she comes accompanied by George Iceman for our final match of the TNA Emergence 2024 “go-home” show. A “Tale of the Tape” graphic flashes on the screen for our second championship contest of the evening.

After the challenger settles inside the squared circle, we hear the familiar sounds of Jordynne Grace’s theme music. Out comes “The Juggernaut” for the latest defense of her TNA Knockouts title. Hannifan says this match will have no disqualifications and falls count anywhere.

Before the bell sounds, we head into another quick pre-match commercial break. When the show returns, Iceman cuts off the ring announcer so he can handle the introduction for Ash By Elegance. When Grace is introduced, Ash attacks her from behind with a chair.

Ash dominates the first few minutes of offense until Grace fights back into the lead with her power, slamming Ash on a pink trash can. On the floor, Ash chokes her as George Iceman gets unbearably annoying on guest commentary alongside Hannifan.

We head to a mid-match break with the two fighting on the floor. When we return, Iceman continues to annoy, just as much as Hannifan annoys while complaining about being annoyed himself. Meanwhile, Grace is setting up a table until Iceman helps Ash spray something in her eyes.

They put a tablecloth on the table together. They lay Grace on the table. Ash heads to the top but Grace recovers before she can jump. She climbs up after her and looks for a superplex. Iceman passes the bedazzled brass knuckles to Ash, who decks Grace with them.

Ash leaps off the top-rope to splash onto Grace, but Grace catches her on the way down and hits “The World’s Strongest Slam” followed by a Vader Bomb for a close two-count. Fans chant “Tables! Tables!” Grace grabs a mixed drink bottle of some kind and then dumps diamonds all over the ring. You know, instead of thumbtacks because it’s a Match By Elegance.

Ash drop toe-holds Grace face-first into a steel chair. She breaks a champagne over her head and covers her, but only gets two. She screams like a banshee after coming up short on the pin attempt. Extra annoying, even for her. Ash chokes Grace with a rose thorn as Iceman comes in with heels as a weapon. Before he can use them, Rosemary appears and hits a spear for a big pop.

She heads out to chase off Iceman, who runs away to the back. Grace covers Ash, but Ash kicks out. The Malisha duo of Masha Slamovich and Alisha Edwards hits the ring, but Grace takes them out. Slamovich ends up hitting a package piledriver on Grace. Ash goes for the cover, but Grace kicks out.

All three continue to blatantly set up Grace, while the referee has no choice but to watch and hang around to count the pin if and when the time comes. Spitfire duo Dani Luna and Jody Threat hit the ring to even things up. They take out the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions, leaving Ash alone with Grace.

Grace blasts Ash with a pink chair and then takes her off the top rope into a Muscle Buster position. She hits it to put Ash through the table on the floor after leaping off the apron. Ouch. She covers her on the floor and gets the win to retain. Fun match.

Nic Nemeth, Josh Alexander Final Face-Off With Matthew Rehwoldt

It’s main event (segment) time!

Hannifan sends things to Rehwoldt, who is sitting at a table in a different location outside of the Impact Zone. He is seated with Nic Nemeth and Josh Alexander. He mentions their Iron Man match for the TNA World Championship at TNA Emergence on August 30 and how there is a no physicality clause for this final face-off.

Rehwoldt reminds everyone of their past meeting in the ring on Impact, which went to a 30-minute time-limit draw. Alexander explains his decision not to go another five minutes during that time-limit draw. Alexander vows he’ll be ready to finish the job at Emergence.

Nemeth is asked if he can handle the pressure of being TNA World Champion. Nemeth says he’s always looked forward to being the TNA World Champion one day. He looked forward to that responsibility. He mentions Alexander having that same responsibility in the past.

He says Alexander just needed to come to him, face-to-face, like he would’ve in the old days, and asked for a title shot like a man. He didn’t need to involve his family and take the route he did. He dogs him for taking cheap shots and doing it the snake way.

He says he can tell by the look in his eyes, he’s only going to weasel his way through this. He’s not ready to beat him man to man. Rehwoldt says being in Nemeth’s spot is Alexander’s goal but he hasn’t gotten back there. He asks him bluntly what’s gone wrong.

Alexander loses his cool. He stands up and turns his chair around backwards and sits back down. He raises his voice and says Nemeth says he respects him for being a champion, but claims no one knows his name. He mentions AJ Styles, Sting and others and says he’s above them all as a longer reigning champion.

He says there’s nothing wrong with him or the way he’s been doing things. He says like many before him, Nemeth benefitted from being a shiny new toy that came into the company and got fast-tracked to opportunities others, like him, spent years earning.

He vows he will take back the title that rightfully belongs to him at Emergence. He says TNA will be better for it. Nemeth loses his cool and stands up and turns his chair around and sits back down. He raises his voice and explains why this business is a “what have you done for me lately” business. His past doesn’t mean anything.

He got to the title because of what he did lately in 2024. He says you don’t get to talk about what you used to do, like being the longest reigning TNA World Champion in the past. He says it’s what have you done for me lately. What Alexander has done lately is try to take shortcuts and take cheap shots.

Nemeth says he’ll prove he can go all night long. Alexander says he has already proven it. He says an Iron Man match is something he’s done before. Nemeth says it’s what have you done for me lately. They each stand up and raise their voice again as they argue. Alexander says lately is tomorrow when he takes the title and takes TNA to new levels.

He says he earned it and spilled more blood in that ring than Nemeth ever has. He says he’ll prove it. He says he is the “f**king standard.” Nemeth says he wants to believe him, but he’s staring him in the eyes right now and he doesn’t believe that. He says the TNA title stays with him for “f**king ever.” He says he’ll fight to the death for it.

Not eventually. Not once in a while. Not talking about history books and this being his kind of match. Every night. That’s why he’s the champion and Alexander is not. Alexander just smiles and walks off. The show ends on that note. That was unbelievably good. Like really, really powerfully good stuff. Kudos to Nemeth and Alexander. Thanks for joining us, and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter/X.

Konosuke Takeshita to face Josh Alexander for Scott D’Amore’s Maple Leaf Wrestling

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The first match announcement has been made for Scott D’Amore’s revival of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling.

AEW’s Konosuke Takeshita will face off against TNA star Josh Alexander at Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Forged In Excellence this October. It’s a two-night event that’s being held at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20. The promotion hasn’t announced which night Takeshita vs. Alexander will be taking place on.

Takeshita and Alexander have only faced each other once before, going to a 20-minute time limit draw for indie promotion Garden State Pro Wrestling in 2022.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling is a new venture for D’Amore, who was fired as president of TNA Wrestling this February amid a leadership shakeup. D’Amore also has the title of president in this new promotion. It’s a revival of the Maple Leaf Wrestling brand that originally existed from the 1930s to the 1980s.

Both nights of Forged In Excellence are set to air live as pay-per-views on Triller TV. Mauro Ranallo is returning to pro wrestling commentary as the play-by-play voice of the promotion. El Phantasmo, Raj Dhesi (Jinder Mahal), Gisele Shaw, KUSHIDA, Alex Zayne, Kevin Knight, Jake Something, Kylie Rae, and Trevor Lee are among the other talent advertised for Forged In Excellence.

TNA Impact live results: Nic Nemeth vs. Josh Alexander World title match

Posted on by Matt Boone

After sending former X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali packing in his first title defense, TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth will look to go two-for-two when he battles former champion Josh Alexander on tonight’s edition of Impact.

The two went toe-to-toe in the Slammiversary six-way that saw Nemeth win his first TNA title. Alexander decided to take a different path during the match when it comes to the fans and is now hell-bent on regaining the gold.

The show will feature two more three-way qualifiers for an Ultimate X match at this month’s Emergence as NXT’s Riley Osborne will battle Chris Bey and John Skyler in one while in the other, Ace Austin faces Rich Swann and Jason Hotch.

In separate promos, former champion Steve Maclin will be on hand as will current Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace.

In what should be a hard-hitting bout, former champion Moose will take on Mike Santana while former Knockouts Champion Tasha Steelz will face Gisele Shaw.

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Riley Osborne defeated Chris Bey and John Skyler to qualify for Ultimate X at TNA Emergence

Kicking off this week’s show is the first of two scheduled Ultimate X Qualifying matches. One-half of the TNA World Tag-Team Champions ABC, Chris Bey, makes his way out to the ring first.

John Skyler comes out next with a microphone in-hand telling the local Tampa, FL. crowd, “Shut up…shut up! Even though you two-timing Tampa twerps can tell …” he begins, as he walks-and-talks his way to the ring boasting how he’s going to beat Chris Bey “and this other ham sandwich.” He vows to qualify tonight and bring down the Ultimate X “by these good hands!”

WWE NXT Superstar Riley Osborne of Chase U comes out to a big pop from the fans inside the Florida State Fairgrounds. Fans break out into a “Chase U! Chase U!” chant as he settles inside the squared circle for the opening contest.

Before the bell sounds, “The King of TNA” Frankie Kazarian makes his way out. On commentary, Tom Hannifan questions why he’s out here for this match. He finds out soon after, as Kaz takes a seat alongside he and Matthew Rehwoldt for special guest commentary. The bell sounds and the first match of the evening gets underway.

Bey knocks Skyler out to the floor and splashes on him at ringside to start things off. Kaz says he’s out for commentary because Santino Marella won’t give him a title opportunity and the X-Division is what it is because of him. He says he’ll immediately win the X-Division title and use option C to become world champion, since Santino won’t let him do it the normal way.

Meanwhile, Skyler takes over on offense in the ring, with Osborne down in one corner while he works over Bey in the other. Bey starts to fight back and peppers Skyler with some chops. Skyler hits a belly-to-belly suplex to Bey, who crashes onto Osborne on the way down.

With Bey still out on the floor, Skyler locks Osborne in a Boston crab in the center of the ring. Bey eventually makes it back in to break things up. Bey hits a slingshot DDT on Skyler, but is then tossed over the top and out to the floor by Osborne. The Chase U student follows up with a big flipping dive over the top and onto Bey.

Back in the ring, he hits a falcon arrow on Skyler for a two-count. As this is going on, Kaz talks to Rehwoldt about “oiling up and smelling good” for his special commentary appearance this evening. Hannifan asks what he did to deserve this. Skyler gets caught with a slingshot cutter and then Bey and hits The Art of Finesse on Osborne.

Skyler sends Bey into the post before he can make the cover. He tries stealing the pin, but Osborne reverses it for a two-count of his own. Osborne heads to the top-rope and hits a picture-perfect shooting star press on Skyler to qualify for Ultimate X at TNA Emergence 2024. Good opener.

Nic Nemeth Talks TNA World Title Defense Later Tonight

“Earlier today” footage of TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth arriving to the building. He is approached for an interview in the parking lot and asked about his title defense against Josh Alexander later this evening. Nemeth says Alexander isn’t the same guy who had record-long title reigns for TNA in the past.

He made the mistake of mentioning Nemeth’s family and tonight Nemeth will stand over Alexander and prove to him “how damn good” he is. After this, the show heads into the first commercial break of the evening.

Santino Marella Leverages Matt Cardona Into Contract For PCO Fight

The show returns with Santino Marella in the ring. The TNA Wrestling authority figure talks about what Matt Cardona did last week, crashing PCO and Steph De Lander’s honeymoon last week and brutally assaulting “The French-Canadian Frankenstein.”

Marella then calls out Cardona and “The Indy God” makes his way out to the ring. He talks about all that Cardona did, including hurting his own jaw, which he said was sore for three days. He says despite all that, he has a proposition to make him.

Cardona tells Marella they go back and he’s acting like he doesn’t know about him. He says he’s “The Death Match King” and “The Indy God.” He says he doesn’t work for Santino, TNA or anybody else. Cardona talks about what he did at the wedding and honeymoon of De Lander and PCO. Santino laughs and says Cardona just gave him evidence on-camera.

He can have him prosecuted, or he can listen to Santino’s proposition. He says he’ll “prostitute, I mean prosecute” Cardona and send him to jail if he doesn’t agree to sign a contract right now. Cardona clarifies, “You’re saying if I wrestle PCO in Tampa, I don’t have to go to jail?” Santino says, “Yeah.”

Cardona takes the contract from Santino and says he’ll have his people look it over and if everything is good, he’ll fight PCO in Tampa. “You can trust me, Santino,” he says, before walking off. Santino seems to think that’s as good as signed. Hmmm.

Steve Maclin Sends A Message To Eric Young

Backstage, Frankie Kazarian boasts showing next week how he’s going to get to the TNA World Championship by way of the X-Division Championship. Up walks Eric Young for a verbal back-and-forth with him. Steve Maclin also enters the picture and the three exchange cold stares.

We then shoot to a video package with Maclin, who vows to work his way back to the TNA World Championship. He’ll stack bodies one-by-one, naming many of the top stars in TNA as those he’ll go through if necessary. He mentions Young as someone he has never faced. He says he’s gonna change that.

He says Young wants to be the face and heartbeat of TNA. Maclin says he’s the new blood that is being pumped through the veins and heart of TNA. He tells Young he’ll be the first body he stacks and then it’s “tag’m, bag’m and mayhem for all.”

Gisele Shaw defeated Tasha Steelz

TNA Wrestling’s Cardi B (“Okkurrrr!”) makes her way out to the ring for our second match of the evening on this week’s show. We see highlights of her cheating to defeat Gisele Shaw on a recent episode of TNA Xplosion, which is why tonight’s match features multiple referees.

Shaw’s theme hits next and “The Quintessential Diva” makes her way out and heads to the ring for her fair shake against Steelz. As soon as the bell sounds, Shaw charges across the ring and blasts Steelz in the bread-basket.

She charges across the ring and blasts Steelz as she climbs to the middle rope with a big kick. She slams her for a two-count. Steelz heads out to the floor, so Shaw chases after her. Steelz catches her coming out and slams her into the steel ring steps.

Under the ring, Steelz finds a giant steel wrench. One of the three referees on the floor takes it from her. Essentially a spot to show that there’s multiple officials involved in this one. Back in the ring, Steelz hits a shining wizard type of kick for a two-count.

Shaw hits a big spinebuster off the ropes and stalks Steelz as she gets up. She hits a shock-and-awe for a close two-count. Shaw goes for a big running knee out of the corner, but Steelz sees it coming and counters with a nasty jaw-breaker for a two-count of her own.

We see Steelz literally “tuning up the band” ala Shawn Michaels in the corner, but when she goes for the follow-up super kick, Shaw blocks it. Shaw goes for a cradle shock, but Steelz counters.

She tries leveraging a pin with her feet on the ropes, but another one of the outside-of-the-ring officials pushes her feet off before she can get the three-count. Steelz goes to bicker at him and Shaw takes over, this time connecting with her running knee finisher for the pinfall victory.

Moose defeated Mike Santana

Backstage, The System, still wearing their early WWE-days Mark Henry-style red, white and blue jacket and pants outfits, are shown standing over Mike Santana after beating him down and knocking him out.

A bunch of TNA officials rush to the scene to tend to Santana as The System taunts him, “Woof! Woof!”, as they walk off. The show heads to another commercial break.

When the show returns, The System and JDC are introduced. They make their way out to the ring in their Mark Henry 1996 WWE gear as the commentators bring fans up to speed on their ongoing issues with the aforementioned Santana and Moose’s scheduled match against him tonight.

Alisha Edwards begins. “Do you wanna know something?!” She tells the “stupid fans” of Tampa that they may have expected Moose vs. Santana, Santana is not medically cleared. She says that means it looks like Moose has the night off.

The lights in the building go out and the spotlight begins swirling as the camera shot changes to show Santana arguing with a doctor, pushing past him defiantly to head to the ring and fight regardless. Santana hits the ring and brawls his way through The System.

A referee comes in and calls for the bell and his match with Moose is on. Moose gets the early offensive jump, attacking Santana from behind to get things off-and-running in his favor. He whips Santana into the corner hard and focuses his early attack on Santana’s back.

Moose slides Santana under the bottom rope over the ring apron and blasts him with some standing elbows from the floor. 12-to-6 elbows, by the way, which are legal across the board in all combat sports now-a-days! Santana fights back but Moose chokeslams him onto the apron from the floor.

On that note, the show heads into a mid-match commercial break as Moose continues to dominate the offense, now focusing his attack on the right arm of Santana to take away his Spin The Block-finisher.

When the show returns, Moose is shown distracting the ref in the ring while The System slam Santana shoulder-first into the steel ring post. Moose seems content with a count-out victory, taunting the crowd on one side of the ring as the referee reaches all the way to the count of nine on the other side.

Santana ultimately returns to the ring, where Moose delivers more punishment, stomping away at him in the corner. He ties up the ref again, and now some more members of The System reach under the ropes to choke and further attack Santana.

A defiant Santana, from his knees, waves Moose on in Rock “just bring it” fashion. Moose open-hand slams Santana, which only angers him. Hannifan talks about Santana’s rough life as he explodes back to his feet in an offensive rage.

He takes it to the former TNA World Champion with rights and lefts and then runs into him with his own injured right arm. Santana walks into a big boot from Moose. Moose goes for a chokeslam, but Santana counters and rolls Moose up for a close two-count.

Santana hits the Rolling Buck-50 to shift the offensive momentum in his favor. He follows up with a running cannonball splash to Moose in the corner for a two-count. Santana slaps his own hurt arm, calling for Spin The Block. He hits it but can’t follow-up with a quick cover.

Instead, both guys are down as fans chant “TNA! TNA!” Santana eventually crawls for the cover, but Moose rolls away. Santana rolls Moose back in the ring. Moose yanks Santana’s arm down over the top-rope before Santana re-enters himself. He follows up with an enormous spear for the win. Really good match.

Joe Hendry’s Name Wasn’t Said, But He Appears With An Announcement

After the match, Moose and The System appear to be up to no good, as they close in on Mike Santana, who is still down and out after a very hard fought effort. Although no one said his name, Joe Hendry appeared.

Hendry runs down to the ring to a rock star reception from the Tampa crowd. He has a steel chair in-hand and clears the ring of Moose and the rest of The System. He gets on the mic and tells The System they’ve made enemies out of Santana and himself.

He reminds them that there are strength in numbers. He tells Moose and JDC they will be squaring off against two more enemies of The System next week. The Hardy Boys — Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy.

Spitfire Sends A Message To Malisha

Backstage in the stairwell, The Spitfire duo of Jody Threat and Dani Luna dare Malisha to try them again. They say for them it’s do-or-die and vow that they will recapture the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships. Nic Nemeth vs. Josh Alexander is hyped for tonight’s main event with footage and the graphic for the bout flashes across the screen before the show heads into another commercial break.

Jordynne Grace Responds To Ash By Elegance’s Attack

We return to footage of Ash By Elegance’s pink kendo stick attack of Jordynne Grace on last week’s show. We then shoot to new footage of “The Juggernaut” reacting to what happened. She tells Ash if she wants to fight, she’s damn sure going to get one.

Jason Hotch defeated Ace Austin and Rich Swann to qualify for Ultimate X at TNA Emergence

ABC’s Ace Austin makes his way out to the ring for our next match of the evening, which is the second of two advertised Ultimate X Qualifiers for the show. He will try to do what Chris Bey failed to do in the opener.

Rich Swann makes his way out accompanied by fellow First Class member AJ Francis. The two will be competing with Jason Hotch, already in the ring. The bell sounds and we hear Francis join Hannifan and Rehwoldt on special guest commentary for this one.

Austin gets Hotch out of the ring almost immediately after the match begins. Swann takes control of the offense by attacking Austin from behind after that. Francis is shown telling Hannifan he should be clapping for what Swann did.

Hotch throws Swann to the floor and hits a leaping neck-breaker to Austin for a two-count. Hotch stomps away at Austin and drops down for some ground and pound, but is blasted with a big kick from behind by Swann, who settles back into the offensive driver’s seat.

“I’m not on an island, but I’m very relevant,” says Francis on commentary while boasting about making titles in TNA relevant again, such as the TNA Digital Media and International Heavyweight Wrestling Championships.

Austin hits a big spot on Hotch for a close two-count. Swann breaks it up and Austin rolls him up for a two-count as well. Austin turns Swann inside-out with a big shot and covers him for a close pin attempt. Austin calls for his finisher, but Hotch grabs his boot from ringside to prevent it.

Swann hits a big dive over the top-rope onto both guys on the floor for a big “TNA! TNA!” chant. Hotch knocks Swann into Francis to shut him up for all of two seconds on commentary. Austin goes to work on Hotch, but is then attacked from behind by Francis, which is perfectly legal in this match.

Chris Bey runs out from nowhere and dives over the top-rope to take out Francis. Austin sets up for his finisher again, but he is distracted by John Skyler, who runs out after coming up short in the other Ultimate X Qualifier earlier tonight.

This leads to Hotch scoring a huge upset pin over Austin to qualify for Ultimate X at TNA Emergence. He and Skyler head to the back together as the show heads into another commercial break.

Matt Cardona Signs Contract With One Condition

When the show returns, Matt Cardona convinces Santino Marella to have a six-person mixed match in Tampa first involving himself and PCO, and then a one-on-one bout between the two at TNA Emergence. Cardona again pretends that this is the plan, which Santino is all smiles and happy about.

Nic Nemeth (c) and Josh Alexander fight to a 30-minute time-limit draw

It’s main event time!

The stage is set for the highly-anticipated TNA World Championship clash between reigning champion, “The Danger Zone” Nic Nemeth and former champion, “The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander.

Alexander heads to the ring to a ton of boos, fresh off of his heel turn at the TNA Slammiversary 2024 pay-per-view last month. His opponent, the reigning and defending champion, Nemeth, heads out next to a big pop from the Tampa crowd.

Following the final formal pre-match ring introductions for the champion and the challenger, this main event title tilt gets officially off-and-running. Nemeth starts off hot, but it isn’t long before “The Walking Weapon” takes over.

The action spills out to the floor, where Alexander slams Nemeth into the steps and the barricade. He taunts fans inside the Impact Zone in the Florida State Fairgrounds as the show heads into a mid-match commercial break as the match continues.

When the show returns, Alexander is shown raking at the eyes of Nemeth over the ropes. The fans boo and the referee gets on his case, but he milks every drop of the five seconds allotted for dastardly deeds.

Nemeth begins fighting from underneath with shots to the bread-basket of “The Walking Weapon,” but Alexander reverses Nemeth face-first into the top turnbuckle to shift the momentum right back into his favor. Soon after this, the show heads into another mid-match advertising time out.

This time when the show returns, Nemeth slowly begins to take over the control of the action. He hits ten elbow drops to the chest of a grounded Alexander. The Jerry Lawler-special. He hits a Fame-Asser for a close two-count. He sets Alexander up for the Danger Zone, but Alexander avoids it.

Alexander looks for the C4, but Nemeth avoids it. Alexander comes off the top-rope with a big knee to Nemeth for a close two-count of his own. Moments later, the show heads into a third mid-match commercial break as the championship main event of the evening continues.

When the show returns, Alexander is seen beating down Nemeth on the floor at ringside. He sends Nemeth shoulder-first into the steel ring steps with a vicious authority. The fans react with a loud “You suck! You suck!” chant. The referee tries to get the match back in the ring.

Alexander rolls Nemeth into the squared circle and stands over his prone body as the boos and groans from the Tampa crowd grows. He beats on a lifeless Nemeth some more and then turns him upside down and inside-out for an over-the-knee back-breaker for another close two-count.

“The Walking Weapon” sits Nemeth on the top-rope backwards. He heads up after him for a belly-to-back super-plex, but Nemeth rolls on top of him as they come crashing down to the mat with a ton of momentum. Nemeth gets a two-count. He pops up and hits his Danger Zone finisher, but is down next to Alexander upon connecting.

He takes several seconds and looks to roll for the cover, but as he does, Alexander rolls out to the floor. Same exact spot used in one of the other featured matches tonight with Moose doing the same with Mike Santana. Booking 101, guys!

Nemeth heads out to the floor and gets Alexander back inside the squared circle after connecting with a DDT on the floor. He picks Alexander up with designs on another Danger Zone, but Alexander fights back and sends Nemeth into the ring post shoulder-first. And again on the other side of the ring.

Alexander hoists Nemeth up and runs him across the ring, lawn-darting him into the middle turnbuckle for Snake Eyes. Nemeth is down and out as Alexander stalks him. He brings Nemeth to the middle of the ring looking for the C4 Spike, but Nemeth comes to life and connects with Danger Zone.

He goes for the cover, but the timekeeper calls for the bell before the referee makes his count. The ring announcer informs us that the 30-minute time-limit has expired. Therefore, still TNA World Champion is Nic Nemeth. The fans boo. Nemeth isn’t happy.

After the match, the fans chant for five more minutes. Nemeth wants it, too. The ref leaves it up to Alexander, who gets to his feet and looks nervous. He drops down and exits the ring. Nemeth stops him and brings him back in. Alexander low-blows Nemeth. He puts his hands on the female official for gasps from the commentators and fans alike.

He takes Nemeth’s title and heads into the ring. He gets in Nemeth’s face and tells him “This belongs to me!” The show goes off the air on that note. Thanks for joining us, and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter/X.

Next Week:
* Frankie Kazarian vs. KUSHIDA vs. Hammerstone (Ultimate X Qualifier)
* Laredo Kid vs. Bhupinder Gujjar vs. Jai Vidal (Ultimate X Qualifier)
* Alisha Edwards vs. Rosemary
* Charlie Dempsey vs. Jonathan Gresham
* Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy vs. Moose & JDC

TNA Impact live results: The fallout from Slammiversary

Posted on by Matt Boone

New TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth will kick off tonight’s edition of Impact as all the fallout from last Saturday’s Slammiversary will begin to be felt.

Nemeth survived a six-way elimination match to win the title last Saturday — his first of any kind in TNA.

One of the participants who made an impression in that match for the wrong reasons was Josh Alexander as he turned heel and eliminated fan favorite Joe Hendry in the process. He will be on the show to give his thoughts as to why he did what he did.

Steve Maclin will be in action against Cody Deaner while Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace will team with Eric Young against Ash by Elegance and Hammerstone.

New TNA Tag Team Champions ABC will team with Matt Hardy against former champions The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) and JDG, while now former Digital Media Champion AJ Francis will face former World Champion Sami Callihan.

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TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth & Mustafa Ali Kick Off The Show

A recap of Slammiversary and an updated opening intro video gets things started. We then shoot inside the arena in Montreal, where the new TNA World Champion “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth comes out dressed to the nines in a suit with the gold around his waist.

Fans chant “You deserve it!” before Nemeth gets started on the microphone. He begins, “From the bottom of my heart and to the TNA wrestling fans, thank you, I am your proud TNA World Champion!” He gloated about Moose no longer being the protected champion, and vows to be a fighting champion.

Nemeth holds up the title and says it’s still surreal to him. He says every night, he’ll fight anyone, any time, any place, any wrestling company, any damn night. He vows to make the TNA World Championship the greatest title in all of professional wrestling.

As he continues, he is cut off by Campaign Singh and Mustafa Ali’s Secret Service guards. He introduces “the greatest X-Division Champion of all-time,” Mustafa Ali. His majestic music hits and out he comes in a suit and tie with a microphone in-hand.

Ali says there is absolutely no disrespect to Nemeth meant by his presence as he joins the new champ in the ring. He says he wants to shake his hand. Nemeth hesitates and goes to do so, but Ali pulls away and says “but that is not more important than what happened to me.”

He calls what happened to him at Slammiversary the biggest screwjob in the history of wrestling. He says he made the X-Division great again. Nemeth tells Ali he believes him and to take it down a notch. He says Ali did a great job as champion. He wants to shake Ali’s hand. They do as Ali smiles.

Nemeth then mocks Ali for getting his ass beat by “Speedball” Mike Bailey. Ali says Bailey screwed him. Nemeth says that’s none of our business. Ali says he knows what he meant. He says Earl Hebner screwed him and all of Montreal screwed him. Fans chant “You deserve(d) it!”

Ali announces a new campaign to make the TNA World Championship great again. Nemeth says, without looking at Ali, first as new TNA World Champion he needs Ali to take a step back before he drops him on his ass. Ali does. Nemeth says “thank you.”

Nemeth suggests they fight with the title on-the-line right now. Ali says he’d love that, but he was thinking next week. He tries sneak-attacking Nemeth, but Nemeth sends him over the top-rope and out to the floor before blasting Campaign Singh with a super kick.

ABC & “BROKEN” Matt Hardy Talk Tonight’s Main Event

Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt announce the PCO and Steph De Lander wedding for next week’s show, before running down the lineup for this evening.

Backstage, we see the new TNA World Tag-Team Champions ABC and “BROKEN” Matt Hardy. ABC asks Hardy for suggestions on a game plan tonight, noting The System has the numbers advantage.

Hardy says it’s true because Jeff is not here, but someone else might show up if “We Believe!” We head to our first commercial break of the evening after this wraps up.

Backstage With Nic & Ryan Nemeth, Frankie Kazarian & Santino Marella

When we return, we see Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth talking when Frankie Kazarian walks up and tells Nemeth he’s still the king and says he screwed him out of the title at Slammiversary. Nemeth tells him he’s a fighting champion but to get to the back of the line.

Ryan Nemeth tells Kaz they have unfinished business. Santino Marella walks up and confirms Nic Nemeth vs. Mustafa Ali and Ryan Nemeth vs. Frankie Kazarian for next week.

Steve Maclin defeated Cody Deaner

We see an arrival shot of The System, who shows up wearing red, white and blue while in Montreal. Back inside the arena, the theme for Steve Maclin hits and he comes to the ring. He gets on the mic and says he’s got something to get off of his chest.

He gloats about kicking everyone’s ass at Slammiversary in the main event, but then he got caught. He admits that. He then takes issue with the Montreal crowd singing “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye” at him. He then calls U.S.A. the greatest country of the world.

Maclin sings, “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Kiss My Ass!” He drops the mic and the theme for his opponent hits. Out comes Cody Deaner on a microphone and says he speaks for all Canadians here in Montreal when he says Maclin needs to shut his mouth.

Deaner says he just spoke to another Canadian in the back, Santino Marella, and he told him he can be the one to kick his ass. It’s not his choice though, it’s the people’s choice. He asks the people, as we reach the 30-minute mark in the show before a bell has rung to start any match.

Finally, it is decided that he will fight and the bell sounds to get this one officially off-and-running. Deaner decks Maclin to get things started. He hits a Thesz Press off the ropes and ground-and-pounds away. He clotheslines Maclin out to the floor and hits a springboard splash onto him at ringside.

Maclin catches Deaner with a running knee moments later. He follows up with a back-breaker for a two-count. Maclin settles in the offensive lead as the crowd gets on his case with negative chants. He chops the hell out of Deaner in the corner.

Maclin gets Deaner in a back-stretch over his knee, while yelling at the fans to “piss off.” Deaner starts to fight back with Dusty Rhodes stomp-punches and the rolling fists. He hits an inverted atomic drop and clotheslines Maclin in the corner. He follows up with a bulldog out of the corner and plays to the crowd.

Deaner heads to the top-rope and hits a picture-perfect cross-body splash for a close two-count. Deaner goes for his trademark DDT, but Maclin hoists him up and drops him on his face. He hangs Deaner upside down in the tree of woe in the corner and taunts the crowd. He charges and spears an upside-down Deaner in the corner. He hits a K.I.A. for the win.

DMtv with Sami Callihan

We shoot to a DMtv segment with Sami Callihan. He talks in animated Sami Callihan-fashion about his showdown against AJ Francis tonight. Chet Cheddars checks in with the weather and then Callihan yells “cut” to end the segment. We head to another commercial break.

AJ Francis defeated Sami Callihan

When the show returns from the commercial break, the commentators promote Joe Hendry’s Live Concert set for week one of WWE NXT: The Great American Bash next Tuesday night.

Back inside the arena, AJ Francis is accompanied by Rich Swann and Josh Bishop. The First Class trio heads to the ring, where former TNA Digital Media Champion AJ Francis is scheduled for singles action.

“The Death Machine” Sami Callihan is out next. He soaks up the crowd reaction and then runs, face-first into the hard camera to the ring, mosh-pit style, as the strobe light blinks throughout the arena.

The bell sounds and the second match of the evening gets started. Callihan immediately knocks Swann off the apron and pulls the top-rope down as Francis charges at him, so Francis tumbles out to the floor. Callihan blasts Francis over the chest over the ropes with forearm shots, Sheamus-style.

Swann and Bishop hit the ring apron on different parts of the ring, luring Callihan to them, which allows Francis to attack “The Death Machine” from behind. Francis settles into the offensive driver’s seat at that point as the show heads into a mid-match commercial break.

When the show returns, we see Francis still very much in control of the action until Callihan starts biting his hand. Callihan fights back with chops and a big slam to the big man. He hits the ropes but walks into a big boot from Francis.

He goes for a leg drop, but Callihan moves and comes back with a low clothesline to a seated Francis. Callihan looks for the Cactus Driver ’97, but Swann distracts the referee, allowing Bishop to attack. Francis hits the Down Payment for the win.

Latest From Rosemary

The latest cryptic goth-style vignette featuring Rosemary airs. She has the knife she was wielding at Slammiversary over the weekend. Once this wraps up, we head into another commercial break.

Hammerstone & Ash By Elegance defeated Eric Young & Jordynne Grace

When the show returns, Hammerstone makes his way to the ring for the next match. George Iceman introduces his partner, Ash By Elegance. “The World Class Maniac” Eric Young and his partner, TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace, make their respective entrances and the bell sounds.

Grace, on the 194th day of her latest TNA Knockouts title reign, and Ash, kick things off for their respective teams. Ash slaps Grace, and Grace gives her a stiff smack back. Grace jumps into the early lead, chopping Ash and hitting a big spinebuster.

Hammerstone and Young tags in, and it is Young who fires away at the big muscle-man with wild right hands. Young hits a neck-breaker on Hammerstone off the ropes for a pin attempt that only gets him a count of one. Hammerstone hits an overhead belly-to-belly suplex to shift the momentum in his team’s favor.

George Iceman is shown looking nervous, in fear of Rosemary and her knife showing up again. Grace and Hammerstone end up alone in the ring. Hammerstone throws her out to the floor, where Ash hits a meteora from the apron. Back in the ring, Hammerstone gets Young in the Torture Rack for the win.

Josh Alexander Refuses To Explain His Actions At Slammiversary

We see “The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander pacing back-and-forth backstage. He is up next. We head to another commercial break. When we return,. we see The System backstage. Alisha Edwards calls them the most dominant group in wrestling and says we will learn to trust The System.

Back inside the arena, Alexander’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring as split-screen footage of his actions in the main event of Slammiversary are shown. He settles in the ring and gets on the mic as fans break out in a “You suck! You suck!” chant.

Alexander reacts to the boos and chants from the crowd. He says they’re making it easy on him. He calls himself a proud Canadian but says they’re making him look forward to return to his home, a real city like Toronto. He tells them to shut their damn mouths.

He says, “You guys want an explanation for what I did at Slammiversary?” He holds the mic out and simply drops it. He stands with his head down in the middle of the ring. Fans start singing “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye!” at him. He pretends to come back into the ring before leaving, but ultimately walks off instead.

Backstage With “Speedball” Mike Bailey, Wes Lee & The Rascalz

Highlights are shown of Wes Lee with The Rascalz on this past Tuesday night’s episode of WWE NXT. We then shoot to new X-Division Champion “Speedball” Mike Bailey for a backstage interview. He calls the win over Mustafa Ali in his hometown in front of 4,000 people the biggest win of his career.

Bailey says TNA was built on two things, the Knockouts and the X-Division. As he keeps talking, in walks The Rascalz, with Wes Lee. They talk about a potential six-man tag-team match, with the three of them against Bailey, Trent Seven and another partner. They all shake hands. We head to another break.

“BROKEN” Matt Hardy & ABC defeated The System (JDC, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers w/ Alisha Edwards)

It’s main event time!

The theme for The System hits and out in red, white and blue come JDC, Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers, accompanied by Alisha Edwards. They settle inside the squared circle for our final match of the evening. Moose is not with them, which the commentators point out.

Out next come their opponents. First, the new TNA World Tag-Team Champions, ABC, Chris Bey and Ace Austin, make their way out. They stop half-way down the ramp and the lights go out. “BROKEN” Matt Hardy’s theme hits and out he comes to chants of “DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!”

Hardy and Myers kick things off for their respective teams. Hardy goes to work on the arm of Myers and tags in Austin, who picks up where he left off before quickly tagging Bey in, who does the same before very quickly tagging Hardy right back in.

All six guys end up brawling in the ring until Hardy and ABC dump the three members of The System out to the floor at ringside. Hardy leads fans in a “DELETE! DELETE!” chant as we head into a mid-match commercial break.

When we return, we see Hardy and ABC still in control of the action until some cheap heel tactics from The System results in them taking over. Moose makes his way down to ringside, but soon after, the theme for Joe Hendry hits and the crowd goes nuts as he heads down to the ringside area.

As The System continues to control the offense, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-match commercial break. Fans try and rally behind the babyfaces with an “ABC! ABC!” chant, as Bey remains isolated in the ring while JDC, Myers and Edwards utilize frequent tags to keep a fresh man on him at all times.

Bey hits an enzugiri that buys him some much-needed time. The fans rally behind him again, and this time he makes it to his corner for the tag. Hardy comes in with a ton of energy, taking it to JDC. All six men end up in the ring together.

Moose hits the ring, looking to take out Hardy, but hits his own guy. Hendry hits the ring and takes out Moose. Hardy hits Twist of Fate on JDC and tags in Bey, who hits a top-rope splash for the victory. They all pose together in the ring as the show goes off the air. Thanks for joining us, and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter/X.

Next Week:
* PCO, Steph De Lander Wedding
* Jody Threat vs. Masha Slamovich
* Rosemary’s In-Ring Return
* Ryan Nemeth vs. Frankie Kazarian
* Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Mustafa Ali (TNA World Title)

Big Vinny V: TNA with Slammiversary build, NXT guests

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Vincent Verhei discusses the latest edition of TNA Impact, where Joe Hendry teams with Josh Alexander to face Moose and Steve Maclin in the main event.

We also see the fallout of Frankie Kazarian’s attack on Nic Nemeth, outsiders from NXT, for better (Charlie Dempsey!) or worse (Izzi Dame!), a KUSHIDA-Jonathan Gresham-Mike Bailey three-way that thankfully keeps the hocus-pocus stuff to a minimum, and Steph de Lander saying goodbye for now as she returns to Australia to tie up some loose ends. All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!

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Josh Alexander pulls out of indie dates due to ‘personal health issues’

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Josh Alexander is dealing with personal health issues.

On Wednesday, Alexander announced on social media he would be pulling himself off upcoming indie dates for the rest of May due to ‘personal health issues’ that have left him in constant pain.

“Hey all, I’ve had to pull out of my Indy dates for the rest of the month,” he wrote. “I’m not injured. It’s all precautionary. I’ve been dealing with some personal health issues that leave me in constant pain. I’ll deal with it & be back ASAP.”

Prestige Wrestling announced earlier on Wednesday that Alexander had been pulled from their upcoming Alive or Just Breathing event on May 16 in Los Angeles, where he was set to face former WWE star Shelton Benjamin. Our own Tom Lawlor will replace Alexander on that show.

Alexander last wrestled at TNA Under Siege on May 3, where he teamed up with Eric Young to defeat Frankie Kazarian and Steve Maclin. He is a two-time TNA Champion.

TNA Under Siege live results: ‘Broken’ Matt Hardy in trios action

Posted on by Darrin Lilly

Friday’s TNA Under Siege streaming special from Albany, New York, will see the promotional in-ring return of “Broken” Matt Hardy for the first time since 2017.

After making his surprise return at last month’s Rebellion, Hardy will team with “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Trent Seven against The System’s Moose, Bryan Myers & Eddie Edwards.

The night will feature two title matches as Knockouts Tag Team Champions Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna) defend against Alisha Edwards & Masha Slamovich while X-Division Champion Mustafa Ali defends against Ace Austin.

Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace will team with PCO against Steph De Lander & Kon while Jonathan Gresham will make his return to in-ring action as he faces KUSHIDA. 

Former TNA World Champions Josh Alexander & Eric Young will team against Frankie Kazarian & Steve Maclin while Hammerstone takes on Jake Something.

Other matches include Laredo Kid vs. Rich Swann; Joe Hendry vs. Zachary Wentz, and two pre-show matches.

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Rhino defeated VSK

Rhino took control of the match after a few chops. The action spilled to the floor. Rhino slammed VSK on the apron. VSK made a comeback as the action returned to the ring. Tom Hannifan noted that there were changes to the card. VSK missed a splash off the top rope. Rhino suplexed VSK and followed with the Gore for the pin. A crowd pleaser to open the Countdown show.

– Gia Miller interviewed Ace Austin about his X Division Title match later tonight. Ace discussed that he and Chris Bey have had some disagreements recently, but he agreed that they are both talented enough to team up and pursue singles success. He said he was no stranger to beating the odds and he made his own luck. He predicted a win. He said that even though Bey wasn’t there, he wouldn’t have trouble finding someone to celebrate with tonight.

The FBI (Zack Clayton & Ray Jaz) (w/Guido) defeated The Batiri

The Batiri had green and black facepaint. Zack Clayton used power moves to keep the advantage. Ray Jaz landed a legdrop on his opponent. The Batiri gained the advantage briefly but the FBI quickly made a comeback. Jaz hit an elbow drop and Clayton got the pin.

– Frankie Kazarian and Steve Maclin agreed to team up and take care of business tonight.

Laredo Kid defeated KC Navarro to retain the TNA Digital Media Title

Kid landed a moonsault from the top rope to the floor on KC. Back in the ring, Kid chopped KC hard. They exchanged moves back and forth. KC dropkicked Kid. The action went to the floor briefly with KC getting the upper hand. Kid gave KC a series of clotheslines.

Kid gave KC a senton and an elbow drop for a two count. Kid missed a moonsault and KC gave him a superkick. KC gave Kid a DDT for a two count. Kid kicked KC and gave him a Spanish Fly from the top rope for the pin. This match was all action. A solid win to continue Kid’s title reign.

Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt ran down the card for the evening and pitched to the main show. They noted that Hammerstone is not medically cleared and will be replaced by Rich Swann in the match against Jake Something.

Eric Young & Josh Alexander defeated Frankie Kazarian & Steve Maclin

Alexander gave Young headgear to wear to protect his taped up ear. Young went right after Kazarian, who immediately tagged out. Young dropkicked Maclin. Alexander armdragged Kazarian. Alexander gave Kazarian a rolling senton. Alexander chopped Maclin. Alexander knocked Maclin off the apron, but Maclin tripped Alexander. Kazarian chopped Alexander and gave him a Russian leg sweep for a two count. Maclin gave Alexander a backbreaker.

Kazarian gave Alexander a backstabber. Kazarian got a two count after a suplex. Kazarian leveled Alexander with a back elbow. Maclin drop a knee on Alexander’s back. Alexander threw Kazarian to the outside. Young chased Kazarian around the ring, but Maclin decked Young. Alexander gave Kazarian a belly to belly suplex off the top rope and finally made the hot tag to Young, who cleaned house on Maclin. Young finally got to Kazarian and choked him, but Kazarian escaped.

Alexander gave Maclin a series of German suplexes. Kazarian legdropped Alexander and gave him a DDT. All four wrestlers exchanged moves. Maclin knocked Young off the top rope and gave him Caught in the Crosshairs for a two count. Alexander gave Maclin a backbreaker for a two count. Maclin slammed Alexander and Young gave Maclin a flying elbow drop to break up the pin attempt. Young and Kazarian faced off. Young attacked Kazarian with punches. Alexander decked Kazarian with a forearm shot.

Maclin clotheslined Alexander over the top rope. Maclin accidentally gave Kazarian a running knee. Alexander gave Maclin a crossbody block on the apron. Young gave Kazarian a piledriver and got the pin.

A really good tag team match to kick off the evening. Young got a bit of revenge, but I’m sure there will be more chapters to his feud with Kazarian.

Ash By Elegance (w/ The Personal Concierge) defeated Havok (w/ Rosemary)

The Concierge said that he received a blessing and holy water to purify the ring and get rid of the evil spirits, then brought Ash to the ring. Ash wore a necklace of garlic during her entrance. Havok powered Ash to the mat. Ash regrouped on the outside. Ash evaded Havok and posed. Ash slapped Havok. Havok grabbed Ash and slapped her. Havok rag dolled Ash. Ash rolled to the outside and consulted with the Concierge.

Havok pulled Ash back into the ring. Ash went to slap Havok again but Havok gave her a headbutt and launched Ash. The Concierge threw the holy water into Havok’s eyes. Ash powerbombed Havok to the mat. The Concierge tried to throw holy water on Rosemary, but she drank it and chased him up the ramp. Havok went for a suplex, but Ash was able to roll her up for the pin.

After the match, Ash choked Havok with the garlic necklace. Ash attacked Havok with a chair and gave her the Rarified Air with a chair on top of Havok. Ash taunted Havok on the ramp and gave her a DDT. Someone in the crowd yelled “She has a family!”

This was entertaining for what it was and could lead to an interesting feud. I’m just glad the Ash vs. Xia Brookside feud is apparently over.

– Gia Miller interviewed “Broken” Matt Hardy and Speedball Mountain. Mike Bailey said he feels a bit broken. Trent Seven told Bailey to pull himself together because they’ve reached the main event and are now House Hardy. Matt said The System was under siege. He said he is with family. He gave them “coats of arms” to keep them safe tonight.

Joe Hendry defeated Zachary Wentz

The announcers speculated about why Trey Miguel wasn’t with Wentz. They also touted the success of Hendry’s recently released song. Hendry did mic work before the match and said the wrestling business is all about “Who have you beaten?” He noted that wrestlers in the back have beaten some big names such as Hulk Hogan, Kurt Angle, and Bushwhacker Luke. He asked if fans have heard of Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, or Post Malone. He said that he had beaten them all on the UK music charts and was now number six. Fans chanted “Number Six!” Hendry said the entire world was saying “We believe.”

Wentz charged Hendry at the bell and went on the attack. Wentz did a dive on Hendry on the ramp. Wentz got a two count on Hendry. Wentz gave Hendry a series of kicks. Wentz attempted a dive on the outside, but Hendry caught him and threw him back into the ring. Hendry followed with a clothesline and overhead slam.

Wentz gave Hendry more kicks and a swanton bomb for a two count. Hendry threw Wentz to the mat and gave him the Standing Ovation chokeslam for the pin. Decent match. Hendry’s mic work was almost as long as the match. This seemed almost more of a match to promote Hendry’s music success than anything.

Alisha Edwards & Masha Slamovich defeated Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) (w/ Lars Frederiksen) to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles

Lars joined Hannifan and Rehwoldt on commentary. He said that Spitfire was working on being a more cohesive team and learning to thwart tactics from wrestlers like Masha and Alisha. Lars noted that he made songs about destroying the system. Spitfire double teamed Masha early, including giving her a delayed suplex. Alisha turned the tide by snapping Dani’s neck over the top rope. Alisha talked trash to Dani, but Dani fought back until Masha cut her off.

Masha and Alisha double teamed Dani. Masha threw Dani out of the ring. Alisha hit Jody Threat with a kendo stick behind the referee’s back. Masha powerbombed Jody. Then gave her a front piledriver for the pin. The System came out to celebrate.

– AJ Francis and Rich Swann promo. AJ talked about moving on from Joe Hendry’s apology. He said that Rich Swann would have beat Laredo Kid in his scheduled non-title match but now he would beat Jake Something.

Rich Swann (w/ AJ Francis) defeated Jake Something

AJ interfered while Jake was on the floor. Back in the ring, Swann kicked Jake numerous times. Jake finally fired up but Swann raked his eyes. Swann choked Jake on the second rope as AJ cheered him on. AJ attacked Jake again while the referee wasn’t looking. Swann raked Jake’s eyes again to cut off a rally. Swann got a two count after more kicks.

Swann clotheslined Jake, but he no-sold it and returned a clothesline of his own. Swann sidestepped Jake and kicked him in the head. Jake made a comeback. Swann escaped Into the Void and kicked Jake. Jake caught Swann with a punch as he was coming off the ropes. AJ pulled down the top rope so that Jake fell out of the ring. The referee saw AJ about to attack Jake.

Cody Deaner walked to the stage. He stopped the referee from stopping the match and said that Santino Marella was going to leave it to the people to decide if the match would end in a DQ or if he should come to the ring and “chop down that Dolla Tree.” Fans chanted “Dolla Tree.” Cody said the fans have spoken and he attacked AJ. AJ chokeslammed Cody on the apron,. Jake did a dive on AJ. Swann followed with a dive on Jake. Swann gave Jake a cutter in the ring and a frog splash for the pin.

The match was okay, but there was way too much interference. Surprise result with Swann pinning Jake.

Jonathan Gresham defeated KUSHIDA

Gresham wore a black octopus mask to the ring and wrestled in a black mask. Gresham coughed loudly after the first lock up and continued to cough. Kushida put Gresham in a surfboard submission on the mat. They traded chops. Gresham bit Kushida’s arm and the announcers noted how that is uncharacteristic of him. Gresham aggressively stomped Kushida. Gresham put Kushida in a Boston Crab. Kushida reached the ropes to break the hold; Gresham wouldn’t release the hold until the count of four. Kushida went after Gresham’s left knee. Kushida connected with the palm strike.

 Gresham rolled up Kushida using the tights for a two count. Kushida went after Gresham’s right arm. They had a quick sequence of moves and both collapsed to the mat. After they got to their feet, they traded punches. Gresham had a black substance like ink all over his hands. He was spitting it out and put it in Kushida’s mouth, leading to Gresham getting the pin. Kushida started coughing after the match and security helped him to the back.

The match itself was good, but the new mysterious presentation of Gresham and the black substance was the bigger story coming out of the match. It will be intriguing to see where this will lead.

Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace & PCO defeated Steph De Lander & Kon

Grace “re-animated” PCO during his entrance. Grace and Kon battled to start the match. Grace gave Kon several forearm shots. Kon shoulderblocked Grace to the mat. Steph tagged in and chopped Grace. Steph suplexed Grace for a two count. Grace backdropped Steph. PCO and Kon faced off and traded strikes. PCO clotheslined Kon and gave him an elbow drop. PCO gave Kon the PCOsault but Steph broke up the pin.

Kon and Steph tagged in and out to keep the advantage. Kon and PCO clotheslined each other. Grace made the hot tag and hit a series of moves on Steph. Steph put the referee between her and Grace and used the distraction to get the upper hand. PCO went to chokeslam Steph but she tried to flirt with him to get out of it.

PCO dipped her and was going to kiss her but he got attacked and chokeslammed by Kon. Grace hit Kon low and gave him a Death Valley Driver. PCO did a dive through the ropes and onto Kon on the floor. Grace powebombed Steph, followed by the backfist, and Juggernaut Driver for the pin.

A fun match that was a nice change of pace. Grace’s power was highlighted and the crowd was really into it. If the Kon and PCO feud is never going to end, then was a fresh way of keeping it going.

Mustafa Ali defeated Ace Austin to retain the TNA X Division Title

Hannifan noted again that Chris Bey was unable to be with Ace tonight. After some initial action, Ali gave Ace a flying tornado DDT on the floor. Fans chanted “This is awesome!” Ali choked Ace with the ring apron. Ali gave Ace a kick and followed with a neckbreaker for a two count.

Ace caught Ali with a clothesline. Ace DDT’d Ali for a two count. Ali chopped Ace, but Ace came back with a legdrop. Ali threw Ace into the post and Ace sold his arm. Ali wrapped Ace’s arm around the post and put him in a version of the STF. Back in the ring, Ali taunted Ace and slammed him. Ace came back and slammed Ali and followed with a kick.

Ace threw Ali’s arm into the turnbuckle, then gave him a legdrop for a two count. Ali pulled Ace down and gave him a German suplex on the outside, prompting a “Holy s***!” chant from the fans, Back in the ring, Ace was able to suplex Ali into the corner. Fans chanted “This is awesome!” again.

Ace tried to pop his shoulder back into place. They exchanged strikes. Ace kicked Ali in the head and he fell out of the ring. Ace kicked Ali was he was on the apron, Ali pulled Ace off the apron and threw him back in the ring. Ali put Ace in the sharpshooter. Ace pulled Ali to break the hold. Ace kicked Ali and powerbombed him for a two count. Ali’s Secret Service guys got on the apron, but Ali knocked them off.

Ace hit The Fold on Ali, but one of Ali’s security members pulled him out of the ring. Ace knocked out a security member on the ramp. Ace rolled up Ali for a two count. Ali kicked Ace off the ropes. Ace feel onto the X Division Title belt that Ali had just brought in the ring, Ali hit the 450 splash for the pin.

Easily the match of the night. These two worked so well together and the fans ate it up. Ali’s streak of impressive matches continues, as well as the storyline of ABC coming up short in singles matches.

The System (TNA World Champion Moose & Tag Team Champions Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) defeated “Broken” Matt Hardy & Speedball Mountain (Mike Bailey & Trent Seven)

Speedball Mountain came out in coats like Hardy and did the “Delete” gesture. Rehwoldt said they look stupid. Brian Myers and Hardy started the match, but Hardy said he wanted Moose. Moose tagged in but said “That’s not how The System works” and tagged out to Eddie Edwards. Hardy bit Eddie’s hand. Eddie gave Hardy a thumb to the eye. Hardy catapulted Eddie into the ropes. Speedball Mountain double teamed Eddie. Fans chanted “Delete!” Mike Bailey avoided Myers and chopped him. Hardy’s team triple teamed Myers.

Bailey gave Myers a series of punches. Bailey missed a standing moonsault. Moose slammed Bailey and got a two count. Fans chanted “Ball of Speed.” Eddie clotheslined Bailey and scored a two count. Myers put Bailey in a chinlock and gave him a back elbow. Rehwoldt called Myers the “Wrestler of Great Profession.” Moose stomped on Bailey’s ankle. Moose’s team kept the advantage on Bailey.

Moose knocked Hardy off the apron. Bailey finally made the tag to Trent Seven and ran wild on The System. Seven jumped off the ropes but Moose moved. Eddie gave Seven a Blue Thunder Bomb for a two count. Fans chanted “Trent the Seven.” Eddie charged Seven but missed and fell to the outside. Seven tried to make the tag, but Eddie and Myers pulled down Hardy and Bailey at the exact moment. Seven clotheslined Myers and made the tag to Hardy.

Hardy punched and clotheslined Eddie, then took down Eddie and Myers with a clothesline. Hardy drove Eddie and Myers’ heads into the turnbuckles. Hardy gave Eddie a Side Effect for a two count. Eddie escaped the Twist of Fate. Moose stepped in the ring and faced Hardy. They traded punches. Moose booted Hardy. Hardy caught Moose with a cutter when he came off the top rope for a dramatic two count. Fans chanted “Holy s***!”

Hardy gave Moose an elbow drop for another two count. Hardy called for the Twist of Fate. Eddie broke it up. Bailey tagged in and dropkicked Myers from the top rope. Bailey gave Myers a tornado kick. Myers gave Bailey a spear, but Seven and Myers broke up the pin. Fans chanted “This is awesome!” The System went for a triple piledriver but Hardy’s team escaped and turned it into a tripe Twist of Fate. Seven tagged in.

Moose knocked Hardy out of the ring. Speedball Mountain did a moonsault and dive on Myers and Eddie. Everyone brawled on the floor. Moose powerbombed Seven on the apron. Hardy escaped a Moose powerbomb and bit Moose. Hardy gave Moose a Twist of Fate on the floor. Hardy put Moose on a table at ringside. Hardy climbed to the top rope and legdropped Moose through the table. Back in the ring, Speedball Mountain fought Eddie and Myers.

Bailey did an Ultima Weapon on Myers on the apron. Seven gave Eddie a burning hammer, but Alisha broke up the pin. Bailey confronted Alisha, but Myers gave Bailey a Roster Cut on the floor. In the ring, Eddie kicked Seven low and gave him a boot to the face, followed by a backpack stunner. Myers immediately gave Seven an elbow drop and Eddie pinned Seven.

A spirited main event, which the crowd was invested in. The fans were really into Hardy’s act, as well as Speedball Mountain. The System continues to dominate and has even added gold. Despite The System winning, this could still set up a Hardy vs. Moose title match.