Jeff Hardy now more than three years sober

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The full interview can be watched below:

TNA Under Siege live results: Joe Hendry & Elijah vs. Frankie Kazarian & Trick Williams

With their showdown looming for the TNA World title at Sunday’s WWE NXT Battleground, reigning titleholder Joe Hendry and Trick Williams will be on opposite sides of tonight’s TNA Under Siege from Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

Hendry teams with Elijah against Williams and Frankie Kazarian.

TNA Tag Team Champions Nic & Ryan Nemeth will take on Matt Hardy & Leon Slater with Jeff Hardy unable to head to Canada.

Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich defends against Victoria Crawford (the former Alicia Fox); International Champion Steve Maclin defends against Matt Cardona; and Knockouts Tag Team Champions Ash & Heather by Elegance defend against Spitfire in a no DQ, falls count anywhere match where Spitfire must break up if they lose.

The main card is rounded out by Tessa Blanchard vs. NXT’s Arianna Grace; AJ Francis vs. Mike Santana; Eddie Edwards vs. Cody Deaner where a Deaner loss means the end of his TNA career; and Mustafa Ali, The Great Hands & Tasha Steelz vs. The Rascalz, Indi Hartwell & a mystery partner.

The pre-show will feature Rosemary vs. Xia Brookside.

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Sherriff Stone & Santino Marella Open Countdown To Under Siege

The show begins with Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcoming the viewing audience at home, as arrival footage of various stars, including TNA World Champion Joe Hendry and WWE NXT Superstar Trick Williams, are shown.

Inside the arena, Robert Stone is in the ring with a microphone. He says he came out here to welcome everyone to the show. Also to say how surprised he is all of these hick losers were able to afford tickets. He calls himself Sherriff Stone and rants negatively about Santino Marella.

Toronto’s own Santino Marella’s theme hits and out comes the TNA Director of Authority to a big pop to confront Sherriff Stone. Santino tells “Bobby Stoner” that he has a big mouth. He tells Stone that these people believe in him, and that’s why he’s in the position he is.

Santino vows to make the decisions the people want tonight, the same way he always has. “And you’re a some-of-a-gun!” he concludes. Stone says “tonight your daughter is going to be in this ring with one of the most dangerous women in wrestling history.”

He warns Santino that Tessa isn’t gonna hold back. He says he’s a good guy and he called the local hospital to make sure they’ve got a comfortable room that says “Arianna Grace” on it. Santino asks Stone if he thinks he’s funny trying to intimidate a young lady.

Santino says he’ll react like a father, not an authority figure, if something happens to his daughter tonight. He tells Stone to look in his eyes so he knows how serious he is being when he says it. That’s how the opening segment wraps up.

Rosemary vs. Xia Brookside

A video package airs and then the show returns inside the arena, where the lights go out. Rosemary’s theme hits and out she comes for the lone advertised pre-show match. She settles in the ring and Xia Brookside’s “American Pie”-sounding entrance tune hits to bring out her opponent.

The bell sounds and Rosemary immediately charges across the ring, screaming and quickly going to work on Brookside. The commentators talk about how Rosemary has been trying to convince Brookside to turn to the dark side in recent weeks.

Brookside fights back, blasting Rosemary with a big kick. Rosemary rolls out to the floor and ends up stopping to yell at Hannifan at the commentary desk. She turns around to Brookside leaping off of the top turnbuckle for a big splash on the floor.

Back inside the ring, Rosemary starts to shift the offensive momentum in her favor. Upon settling into a commanding lead, she takes Brookside to the mat and slows things down, slapping a rear choke on her and squeezing away.

The crowd rallies behind Brookside and she eventually escapes. Rosemary stops to back the referee in the corner and intimidate him, before turning and putting the boots to Brookside some more on the mat. She goes for a running splash in the corner, but Brookside moves.

Rosemary wraps her legs around Brookside, looking for the upside-down tarantula in the ropes, however Brookside avoids it and counters with a big Samoan drop. She fires up with some rapid-fire-style clotheslines, before blasting Rosemary with a big super kick.

Brookside stomps Rosemary down in the corner, mud-hole-style like ole’ “Stone Cold” himself. She backs up, and runs into Rosemary with repeated knees, stopping only to let out a big scream. Rosemary fights back and catches Brookside off-guard with a spear.

Both are down and slowly recovering. Rosemary takes over again and heads out to the floor. She looks under the ring for something. She pulls out a staple gun. She also introduces a belt to the mix. Brookside gets her hands on the belt.

She ends up using it and going completely nuts, shrieking and screaming as she whips Rosemary with it, and a bunch of security guards who try and hit the ring. She looks around with a crazy look in her eyes after the referee calls for the bell.

Brookside sees the carnage she has caused all around her with bodies everywhere. The fans chant “One more time! One more time!” She looks around and after a slight hesitation, begins unleashing belt-whips to everyone-and-anyone in reaching distance. The crowd went absolutely nuts for that.

Match Result: Rosemary defeats Xia Brookside via Disqualification

Mike Santana vs. KC Navarro (w/ AJ Francis)

The Countdown to Under Siege pre-show wraps up and the elaborate cold open video package airs to get things started for the TNA Under Siege 2025 main card. Inside the arena, the theme for Mike Santana hits and out he comes through the crowd.

Santana is wearing pink and black in a tribute to Canadian legend Bret Hart in his home country. The entrance tune for his opponent, AJ Francis, hits. Francis comes out cutting a heel promo trashing the Toronto Maple Leafs for cheap heat.

Francis then reveals that it will be fellow First Class member KC Navarro, not himself, that Santana will be facing tonight. Santana at this point grabs Navarro from the ring apron and yanks him over the top-rope, slamming him onto the mat.

The bell sounds to get things officially started. Santana immediately jumps into a comfortable, commanding offensive lead. He hits a running back-elbow to Navarro in the corner. He slams him down and then hits a standing senton for a two-count.

In his second tribute of the show, Santana hits the Three Amigos sequence on Navarro and then pops up, stops and points to the fans as the Brampton crowd breaks out in a loud “Eddie! Eddie!” chant. Santana gets distracted dealing with Francis at ringside.

The distraction allows Navarro to hit a big move, which shifts the offensive momentum in his favor for the first time in the bout. He controls the action for a minute or two, but then Santana hits a Rolling Buck-50 to begin taking back over. Santana finishes things off with Spin the Block for the win.

After the match, Santana celebrates his win and then stops and looks at Navarro on the mat. He helps him up and begins showing him a sign of respect after going through battle with him, only for Francis to hit the ring with his crutch and attack Santana from behind.

Navarro didn’t seem to be into it. Francis orders him to come help. Navarro hesitates, but ultimately begrudgingly does so. Francis then grabs Navarro’s hand and raises it with his own, soaking up the boos from the Savannah crowd in attendance.

Match Result: Mike Santana defeats KC Navarro

Gabby Laspisa Fills In For Gia Miller Tonight

After the main card opener wraps up, Hannifan and Rehwoldt appear on camera and announce that Gia Miller is on vacation, so filling in for her tonight is Gabby Laspisa.

She then appears at ringside, where she does some interviews with local celebrities, including the Brampton mascot. It is mentioned that Gia Miller will return in two weeks at TNA Against All Odds.

Cody Deaner vs. Eddie Edwards

The video package airs to set the stage for the next match of the show, which features Cody Deaner fighting for his career in TNA Wrestling, as he battles Eddie Edwards in a match he must win if he wants to remain in TNA.

After the package wraps up, a nervous Deaner is shown watching on a monitor backstage. Eric Young walks up and approaches him and tells him he thinks he’ll be fine. Inside the arena, the lights go down and the theme for The System hits.

Eddie Edwards makes his way out accompanied by Alisha Edwards. He heads to the ring for the second main card match of the evening, and third overall. Canada’s own Cody Deaner comes out next to a pretty good reaction from his home country crowd.

The bell sounds and Deaner stops to look around and soak up the atmosphere. “Cody! Cody!” chants spread throughout the building. Edwards gets in Deaner’s face and finger pokes him in the chest. Deaner slaps him. Edwards and Deaner trade chops back-and-forth.

Deaner gets off to a surprising early offensive lead, only for it to be cut short when Alisha Edwards gets involved from ringside when the referee wasn’t looking. Edwards takes over and beats Deaner down. Edwards hits a brutal Blue Thunder Bomb to Deaner on the apron from the floor.

Edwards hits a super-plex to Deaner off of the ropes, and followed up with his finisher for a super close two-count. The crowd and commentators alike were shocked that Deaner survived that. Deaner fights back and hits Sliced Bread on the floor.

Back in the ring, Edwards puts on The System ring behind the referee’s back. He knocks out Deaner with it. He goes for the cover, but again somehow Deaner kicks out. The crowd explodes. Deaner comes to life and begins fighting back.

Unfortunately for Deaner, however, Alisha snuck in a low-blow moments later, which was immediately followed up by Edwards with his Boston Tea Party finisher. Edwards goes for the quick follow-up cover and gets the pin. It looks like Deaner’s career in TNA is over.

Match Result: Eddie Edwards defeated Cody Deaner

The Northern Armory (Eric Young, Judas Icarus & Travis Williams) vs. The System (Moose, Brian Myers & JDC)

The rest of The System come out to mock and taunt Deaner about that fact. Brian Myers then thanks his best friend Eddie Edwards for finally retiring Deaner. He tells the fans they can see Deaner tomorrow at his new job at their local gas station.

JDC gets a turn taunting him, and then Moose takes a long turn, where he also trashes Canada. This brings out Eric Young and The Northern Armory in cloaks and hoods. Young asks how long The System thought they were going to let them talk trash.

Young says it looks like The System has a honey badger with them. He says they’ll bring their own Honey Badger, the Brampton Mascot, to be with them. It’ll be an impromptu six-man tag-team bout. A referee runs down and the bell sounds.

JDC and Judas Icarus kick things off for their respective teams. Icarus starts off strong and tags in Williams. Williams picks up where he left off, and JDC tags in Myers. Icarus tags back in and goes to work on Myers. He goes for a cover, but Myers kicks out.

Myers tags in Moose. The TNA X-Division Champion gets chants of his name from the Canadian crowd. He points to Young and tells Icarus he wants him. Icarus backs up and tags in the TNA veteran. The crowd roars as Canada’s own Young enters the ring and stares down Moose.

The System begin to take over, shifting the offensive momentum in their favor. They make some frequent tags, keeping Icarus isolated in the ring and on their side of town. Icarus eventually lands a big kick that allows him to make the much-needed hot tag to Young.

Young comes into the ring with a ton of energy, hitting anything that moves. He climbs to the top-rope and leaps off, connecting with a picture-perfect cross-body splash on Moose for a close two-count. The Brampton Honey Badger gets the crowd going.

Moose crotches Young on the top, killing the crowd noise instantly. Icarus and Williams come over as Moose climbs up after Young. They hoist him up together and hit a double power bomb. Young follows up with a flying elbow smash off the top-rope for a super close two-count.

Young plays to the crowd and calls for the piledriver. Before he can hit it, however, he turns around and walks into a big spear from Moose. Moose goes for the immediate follow-up pin attempt, but Icarus hits the ring to break it up.

JDC helps clean house but walks into a super kick from Young. Moose rushes in for a spear, but is hit by a super kick from Young. Young gets Moose up on his shoulders and hits a strong death valley driver on the big-man.

Moose yanks Young into the corner and motions to Alisha for something. She pulls out a kendo stick from under the ring. The Brampton Honey Badget mascot tries to stop her, but she whacks him with the kendo stick and knocks him out.

She then blasts him with repeated shots on the ground before passing the kendo stick to Moose. The Brampton City Councilman gets involved, taking the kendo stick from Moose. The Head of the Brampton Board Trade gets the kendo stick and guards the ring as Young hits a piledriver on Moose for the win.

Match Result: The Northern Armory defeated The System

TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Titles (Match By Elegance)
Ash & Heather By Elegance (c) vs. Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna)

It’s time for championship action with a twist in our next match of the evening. The TNA Under Siege ‘Tag Lines’ graphic flashes on the screen to run down the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championship “Match By Elegance” bout.

The match features reigning champions Ash & Heather by Elegance and the challengers, the Spitfire duo of Jody Threat and Dani Luna, in essentially a “no rules” bout dubbed “Match by Elegance.” Spitfire vow to never team together if they don’t win tonight.

New TNA signees to the Knockouts division, Harley Hudson and Myla Grace, are shown in the crowd before the match gets started. Spitfire’s theme hits and Threat and Luna make their way out wearing apropos “Do or Die” shirts.

Reigning TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions Ash and Heather by Elegance are personally introduced by their concierge, George Iceman. They come out in outfits taunting the Canadian crowd, after Iceman took some cheap-heat shots at the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Spitfire charge across the ring and immediately get this no-rules bout underway, attacking the champs. After beating them down, the two reach under the ring and pull out a table. Within a minute into the match, a table is already set up at ringside.

Heather pulls out a can of hair-spray and sprays it into the eyes of Threat, shifting the offensive momentum in her team’s favor for the first time. Ash and Heather double-team Threat at the top of the ramp.

Heather holds her as Ash comes out with a dressed up stop sign looking like an old 1980s Jim Cornette tennis racket cover. She hits a big suplex to Threat onto the stop sign. She grabs a steel chair, unfolds it and sets it up. She does the same with a second chair.

Threat ends up hitting a suplex to Ash onto the two facing unfolded steel chairs. She lets out a big scream afterwards and then drags Ash by her hair back down the ramp towards the ring. The champs take back over and double-team Threat, giving her an impromptu makeover.

In the ring, a kendo stick is introduced into the mix, as is a bunch of baby powder and a pink umbrella. The fans chant “We want tables!” George Iceman throws the ‘glitter bomb’ into Threat’s eyes. He hands Ash a champagne bottle, which she breaks over Luna’s head.

George Iceman taps into his inner-Das Wonder Kid, Alex Wright, by doing his old one-move-only dance on the ring apron to taunt the Canadian crowd. Threat ends up making him pay for it, slamming him down to the floor.

She goes after Ash in the ring and hits a Tiger Driver for a close two-count, broken up by a shot from a pink garbage can lid by Heather. A sack of something is pulled out and poured all over the mat. It’s a bunch of rhinestones.

The champs hit a double-team spot to Threat onto the pile of rhinestones. They go for the cover, but Luna breaks it up just in time to keep this one going. Iceman gets involved again to help Heather. Maggie Lee gets involved as well.

This leads to Ash dropping Luna, and Luna’s head clipping the table on the way down. Ouch. Ash picks Luna back up and lays her on the table. She climbs back up to the top and leaps off to put Luna through the table.

Threat attacks Lee in the ring, but gets hit as she tries to dive through the ropes with a trash can lid by Heather. Ash hits her Rarified Air finisher and covers her for the win. With the win, Ash and Heather by Elegance retain the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships.

t also means Spitfire must break up and never team together again. Ash throws something in the face of a fan as she is heading back up the ramp. The camera barely caught this. Didn’t seem like part of the show.

Match Result: Ash & Heather By Elegance defeated Spitfire to retain TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Titles

Order 4 (Mustafa Ali, Tasha Steelz, John Skyler & Jason Hotch) vs. Raj Singh, Indi Hartwell & The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)

A video package airs showing Mustafa Ali’s attack of Ace Austin, resulting in him being injured and pulled from a scheduled eight-man tag-team bout on tonight’s show. The package wraps up and the theme for Mustafa Ali hits.

Out he comes with the rest of Order 4 — Tasha Steelz and The Great Hands duo of John Skyler and Jason Hotch. The four-person team settle inside the squared circle for our next match of the evening. They await the arrival of their opposition.

The theme for The Rascalz hits and the Canadian crowd pops as Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz make their way down to the ring. Their entrance tune for their first partner hits, and out comes newcomer to the TNA Knockouts scene, former WWE and WWE NXT Superstar Indi Hartwell.

With the three known members of the opposing team now in the corner, they are taunted on the microphone by The Great Hands, who ask where Ace Austin is. They say it’s four on three, and they should just forfeit.

Before they can continue, out comes a completely different-looking Campaign Singh addressing Ali on the microphone. He says he used to treat Ali like a mentor. The crowd gives Singh the “What?” treatment after each sentence he speaks into the mic.

“Let me cook, Brampton,” he says, hoping to stop it. It, of course, only made it worst. Singh calls Ali a narcissist with a God complex. He says he’s here to tell him to his face that in his hometown of Brampton, Ontario, whether he likes it or not, he’s a B-Town Boy and representing this place in TNA Wrestling.

He says after all this time, everything he’s said is nothing more than him just being “full of sh*t.” Those are the final words from Singh, as he blasts Ali to get the fight off-and-running. Raj Singh, formerly known as Campaign Singh, is the mystery fourth competitor, and Ace Austin’s replacement for The Rascalz and Indi Hartwell team.

We hear the bell to make things official, and then we see The Rascalz hit a big dive to take out The Great Hands on the floor, as Singh works over Ali on the ramp. In the ring, Steelz is putting the boots to Hartwell. Hartwell takes over and hits a side-slam for a two-count.

Hartwell hits a huge high spot, connecting with a cutter to Steelz on the entire pile of bodies in the ring. The crowd exploded for that. Moments later, Ali hits a baseball slide to take out Hartwell on the floor for some dark heat. He finishes Singh off with a 450 splash in the ring.

After the match, he further attacks Singh as Steelz pleads for him to stop. While this is happening, Ali yanks his arm away, hitting Steelz and knocking her down. She looks shocked. The Great Hands look shocked. Ali looks unfazed. He walks off as Hannifan talks with disgust about him on commentary.

Match Result: Order 4 defeated Raj Singh, Indi Hartwell & The Rascalz

Arianna Grace vs. Tessa Blanchard

Backstage, Santino Marella is shown with his daughter, “The Liaison” Arianna Grace. He tells her it’s time. He tells her this is no joke. She assures him she’s ready. She says Tessa Blanchard has done nothing but underestimate her the entire time.

She vows to kick her ass tonight. Santino gets choked up with pride and they walk off together. Back inside the arena, veteran referee Jimmy Korderas is shown in a brief cameo appearance in the crowd. Tessa Blanchard’s theme hits and out she comes to a ton of heat.

Arianna Grace’s entrance tune hits next, and out in a “Macho Man” Randy Savage-looking robe comes Mrs. NXT and The Liaison, Arianna Grace. Santino Marella accompanies her to the ring. Before the match starts, Robert Stone makes his way out.

“Sherriff” Stone tells Santino without an official manager’s license, he’s going to have to ban him from ringside. He stands there and waits for Santino to leave before anything else happens. An official comes out and also makes sure he leaves. The bell sounds and off we go.

Tessa immediately takes an early dominant offensive lead, as the Canadian crowd just as fast gets on her case with loud “She’s a racist!” chants. Tessa gets Arianna on the ground at ringside and ground-and-pounds her with a vengeance as the “She’s a racist!” chants get going again.

Tessa walks over to the guard rail and just glares at the fans close-up, and it actually got them to stop the chant — for the time being. As the action resumes in the ring, Tessa puts the boots to Arianna as anti-chants get going again. She stops and taunts the crowd.

After some more dominant offense from Blanchard, things start to finally shift a bit, as Grace gets in some offense. She hits a big dropkick and a big slam for a two-count. After another minute in control, Tessa takes back over and hits Buzzsaw and Magnum for the win.

Once the match wraps up, Blanchard poses and taunts the crowd and then heads to the back. Santino Marella comes back out and checks on his daughter. He helps Arianna out of the ring. As this is happening, Robert Stone comes out and says big deal she lost, they’ve got a show to continue. He orders them to hurry up and leave.

Match Result: Tessa Blanchard defeated Arianna Grace

TNA Knockouts Championship
Masha Slamovich (c) vs. Victoria Crawford

From there, “Sherriff Stone,” still in the ring after his unnecessary spotlighting of an ejecting of Santino Marella and Arianna Grace from ringside, introduces who he says will be the next TNA Knockouts Champion. Victoria Crawford, formerly known as Alicia Fox, comes out.

The theme for the reigning and defending TNA Knockouts Champion hits and Masha Slamovich makes her way out. She settles inside the squared circle and after McKenzie Mitchell handles the formal pre-match ring introductions for the champion and challenger, the bell sounds.

Immediately Slamovich takes the early offensive lead. Almost immediately Robert Stone, who is still at ringside despite not having a manager’s license of his own, which the commentary team points out, gets involved. This leads to Crawford taking over and starting a prolonged offensive lead.

One single fan chants “Crawford’s Crazy!” which prompts Crawford to literally stop what she’s doing, pop her head through the ropes, which are facing the hard camera, and shouts an insult back to the fan loud enough that it was audible on the broadcast.

Now the crowd is dead silent. One fan is doing the “Booorrrringgg! Booorrrringgg!” chant. As Slamovich starts to take over, Stone gets involved from ringside again, distracting the referee. Crawford hits a huge piledriver for a close two-count.

Stone distracts the referee again and slides the TNA Knockouts title belt to Crawford. Crawford picks it up and goes to use it, but the referee stops her. Slamovich accidentally knocks out the referee and then turns around into a big belt shot from Crawford.

Stone gets involved again, but this time Slamovich fights back. She hits her Requiem finisher to Crawford on the title belt. She rolls her over and covers her. The referee makes the count and Slamovich wins and retains her TNA Knockouts Championship.

After the match, Slamovich talks about looking for a worthy challenger. She says she’s been seeing Lei Ying Lee as of late, and she has earned her respect. She tells her to come down and accept her challenge to face her next for the TNA Knockouts Championship.

The lights go out and Lei Ying Lee’s theme hits. Out comes the former WWE Superstar once known as Xia Li, fresh off of her debut MMA fighting win last week, something that is brought up and mentioned on the air by the commentary team.

Robert Stone comes back out. “Sherriff Stone” in his leather suit asks what is going on out here. He says wrestlers can’t just walk around making the matches they want. He says Lei Ying Lee might very well be worthy of a title shot, but if she wants it, she’ll have to earn it by winning a match next week on Impact.

Match Result: Masha Slamovich defeated Victoria Crawford to retain the TNA Knockouts Title

Sabu Tribute

From there, the camera pans over to the commentary desk to show Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt. Rehwoldt says at this time they turn their attention to a sad story from the pro wrestling world. He mentions the passing of the legend Terry “Sabu” Brunk.

He calls Sabu someone who motivated many wrestlers, including himself. A very special extended video package airs with footage of Sabu in TNA in the past, with new comments from several TNA wrestlers, pro wrestling veterans and personalities. Rest in peace to Sabu.

TNA World Tag-Team Championships
The Nemeths (Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth) (c) vs. Matt Hardy & Leon Slater

After the Sabu tribute wraps up, the TNA Under Siege ‘Tag Lines’ graphic flashes on the screen to set the stage for the co-main event of the evening, where the TNA World Tag-Team Championships will be on-the-line.

The iconic sounds of The Hardys theme music hits the house speakers inside the CAA Centre in Brampton, and out comes Matt Hardy with his hand-picked partner, Leon Slater. The challengers settle inside the squared circle and pose on the ropes to a big pop.

We hear the trademark unzip and, well, pleased female sounds, that always precede the entrance tune for “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth, who makes his way out accompanied by “The Hollywood Hunk” and his little brother, Ryan Nemeth. The Nemeths settle in the ring for their title defense.

Nic Nemeth and Matt Hardy kick things off for their respective teams. Matt leads the crowd in “Delete! Delete!” chants. Nemeth takes over after a minute or two, and Ryan loudly cheers him on from the apron. “That’s my big brother!”

Leon Slater tags in, and starts off strong, but is ultimately beaten down in double-team fashion by Nic and Ryan. Nic settles in as the legal man and continues to go to work on Slater, as the fans try and rally behind him.

Ryan hits Slater from behind the referees back to kill Slater’s comeback attempt. Nic tags Ryan back in, and Ryan goes to work on Slater while continuing to keep him isolated on the Nemeth’s side of the ring. He stops to turn and taunt Matt, doing the Jeff Hardy hand-flip dance-style pose.

Fans break out in a loud “We want Matt!” chant as Ryan and Nic continue to utilize frequent tags to keep a fresh man on the beaten down Slater at all times. Slater finally hits a DDT on Ryan to buy himself some much-needed time. He makes the badly needed hot tag to Matt.

Matt Hardy hits the ring with a ton of energy as the Brampton crowd explodes. He goes to work on Nic, who tags in for the other team. Slater comes back in and hits a Twist of Slate, leading into a Plot Twist from Hardy for a close two-count. In the end, ultimately The Nemeths steal the win to retain.

Match Result: The Nemeths defeated Matt Hardy & Leon Slater to retain TNA Tag-Team Titles

Father & Daughter Want A Match Together

Backstage, Santino Marella is telling his daughter, Arianna Grace, that she had a good showing for herself tonight. She says that’s not what she wanted. She wanted a fair fight. Santino says he’s gonna talk to higher-ups and get a match against Robert Stone.

As he continues talking, Arianna stops him and says she wants in on it. She says how about Santino and Arianna against Stone and Tessa Blanchard. Santino says he’s gonna talk to some people and make it happen. He vows to make Stone pay to the Cobra on Impact.

Joe Hendry & Elijah vs. Trick Williams & Frankie Kazarian

It’s main event time!

The pre-match video package airs now showing the road to tonight’s tag-team main event, which features TNA World Champion Joe Hendry and Elijah joining forces to battle “The King of TNA” Frankie Kazarian and WWE NXT Superstar Trick Williams.

After the package wraps up, the show returns back inside the CAA Centre, where Kazarian’s theme hits to bring him out first. He settles in the ring to some heat from the Canadian crowd in attendance. Trick’s catchy-ass entrance tune hits next.

Loud chants of “Whoop that Trick!” echo throughout the building as the former WWE NXT World Champion makes his way out and heads to the ring to join his partner, Kazarian, as they await the arrival of their opposition for this headline attraction.

Elijah’s guitar strum is the next thing the fans hear, and they explode once again. Elijah makes his way out with his trademark guitar over his shoulder. The viral smash hit, “I Believe in Joe Hendry” hits next, and out comes the reigning TNA World Champion.

Hendry does the full ring entrance routine, with the crowd doing the wave in the background with him. The commentators, ironically enough, focus more on Hendry’s title defense against Trick at tomorrow night’s WWE NXT Battleground 2025 show than the main event about to happen now.

After the bell sounds to get things started, it is Elijah and Kazarian who kick things off for their respective teams. Elijah controls the early offensive exchanges. He tags in Hendry and the crowd roars. Hendry calls for Trick to tag in as well. The crowd wants it, too.

Trick does not. Kazarian continues the action instead, with Hendry beating him down and throwing him around the ring with hip-tosses, before tagging Elijah back in. The two hit a double-team spot on Kazarian. Elijah goes for the cover, but only gets a two-count.

Kazarian finally tags out for the first time, and slowly Trick makes his way into the ring. The crowd breaks out in loud “Whoop that Trick!” chants. He walks over and boots Elijah in the gut. He throws Elijah down to the mat and continues to shift the momentum to his team’s favor.

As the action continues, Trick and Kazarian get into an argument on the apron on opposite sides of the ring ropes. Trick is then knocked into Kazarian, sending Kazarian flying and crashing and burning on the floor at ringside.

All four end up brawling at ringside and through the crowd, which is making a ton of noise with the action up close-and-personal. Back in the ring, Hendry and Elijah take it to Trick and Kazarian. Hendry hoists Kazarian up for his stalled suplex.

At the same time, Elijah does his “Walk With Elijah” top-rope old school spot. Hendry holds Kazarian forever, and Elijah does the top-rope tight-rope walk all the way around the ring before leaping down at the same time Hendry finally finished his suplex.

Things calm down and settle back into man-on-man action in the ring. Trick hits a Trick Kick out of nowhere. Kazarian tags in and takes over, working over Elijah as the crowd tries rallying behind him, encouraging him to make the tag.

He finally does, but Trick hits the ring to distract the referee. The referee doesn’t see the tag as a result, and forces Hendry back to the ring apron. Kazarian goes to work on Elijah, but Elijah hits a float-over counter into a power bomb.

Both guys are down and out. They each slowly recover and begin crawling to their respective corners. They each make the tag. In comes Hendry and Trick to face off as the legal men in the ring for the first time in the match. Hendry immediately goes to work on Trick.

Hendry has Trick laid out. He looks around at the crowd and does the big dramatic turn. He then does the stomp and clap “We will rock you!” routine. He hits an Olympic slam on Trick for a close two-count. Trick fights back with a standing urinagi for a two-count.

Trick heads up to the second rope. He leaps and Hendry catches him, but the momentum takes him down. He rolls through and stands back up while holding Trick. He goes for a big move, but Trick counters into a DDT, and then tags in Kazarian.

Kazarian hits a leg drop off the ropes to Hendry for a close two-count. He sets the TNA World Champion up for the Chicken Wing, but Hendry avoids it and fights back. He hits an Attitude Adjustment on Kazarian for a close two-count of his own.

Hendry tags Elijah back in. Elijah looks for the Highwayman’s piledriver, but Kazarian avoids it. He tags Trick back in. Trick catches Elijah running at him with a big boot. Elijah fights back with a flying knee that flattens the WWE NXT Superstar.

He covers him for a two-count. Trick blasts Elijah with a Trick Shot as Kazarian attacks Hendry on the floor. Kazarian heads over and grabs the guitar that Elijah brought out with him. The commentators bring up Elijah blasting Kazarian with the guitar on last night’s Impact.

Kazarian doesn’t get to use the guitar before he ends up back in the ring. Elijah hits his piledriver. Trick comes in and he’s got the guitar. The referee wrestles it away from him as Elijah has a pin on Kazarian. The crowd was counting almost to ten before the referee finally counted, only getting to two.

Trick accidentally blasts Kazarian with his Trick Shot finisher. Hendry knocks Trick out to the floor and then hoists Kazarian up and connects with his Standing Ovation finisher. Hendry covers Kazarian and gets the three count for the victory.

After the match, Hendry and Trick have a stare down as Hannifan promotes their TNA World Championship showdown scheduled for the upcoming WWE NXT Battleground 2025 premium live event on Sunday night. That’s how TNA Under Siege 2025 goes off the air.

Match Result: Joe Hendry & Elijah defeated Trick Williams & Frankie Kazarian

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TNA reveals Matt Hardy’s partner for Under Siege Tag Team title match

Matt Hardy has found a partner for his Tag Team title challenge at TNA Under Siege.

At the TNA+ special, Hardy will team up with Leon Slater against champions Nic & Ryan Nemeth. The Nemeths won the TNA Tag Team titles from The Hardy Boyz at Rebellion, but Jeff Hardy is unable to compete at Under Siege due to the show taking place in Canada, where he cannot wrestle because of past legal trouble.

An angle took place on Impact last week where The Nemeths — knowing that Jeff couldn’t cross the border — mockingly told The Hardys they would give them a rematch at Under Siege. TNA authority figure Santino Marella then told The Nemeths that they would have to defend their titles against Matt Hardy and a partner of his choosing. Matt has enlisted the help of the 20-year-old Slater, a Hardy ally who is being mentored by him and Jeff.

Slater, a UK indie star, has been signed to TNA Wrestling since late 2023. He made headlines at Rebellion last month for a high-risk 450 splash spot where his fellow Ultimate X competitors failed to catch him. Slater was not seriously hurt despite the rough landing. Moose won the match to retain the X-Division Championship.

The CAA Centre in Brampton, Ontario, Canada is hosting Under Siege on Friday, May 23. Here is the updated lineup:

  • Joe Hendry & Elijah vs. Trick Williams & Frankie Kazarian
  • Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich defends against Victoria Crawford (the former Alicia Fox)
  • TNA Tag Team Champions Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth defend against Matt Hardy & Leon Slater
  • Eddie Edwards vs. Cody Deaner (Deaner will receive a new TNA contract if he wins)

Matt Hardy and a mystery partner to challenge for TNA Tag titles

The TNA Tag Team Championship will be on the line at Under Siege — with a twist.

Tag Team Champions Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth issued a challenge to Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy for a title match at the Under Siege TNA Plus special on this week’s Impact, with full knowledge that Jeff is unable to compete in Canada due to legal reasons.

TNA authority figure Santino Marella called them on their bluff and made a Tag title bout official for Under Siege, with The Nemeths to defend against Matt Hardy and a mystery partner of his choosing.

Four matches are now official for the Under Siege special. The show will stream on TNA Plus on Friday, May 23. The lineup to this point is listed below.

TNA Under Siege, Friday, May 23 on TNA Plus —

  • TNA World Champion Joe Hendry and Elijah vs. Trick Williams and Frankie Kazarian
  • Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich defends against Victoria Crawford
  • TNA Tag Team Champions Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth defend against Matt Hardy and a mystery partner
  • Eddie Edwards vs. Cody Deaner — Deaner must leave TNA with a loss

Matt Hardy calls Gail Kim’s TNA release ‘shocking’ and ‘very unexpected’

Matt Hardy is shocked that TNA Wrestling released Gail Kim.

Earlier this week, Kim was one of several executives let go by the company. Hardy addressed her departure on the latest episode of his podcast, saying Kim is someone who is “universally loved.”

“The Gail Kim departure was definitely shocking, very unexpected,” Hardy said on the show, also noting he was surprised to learn of Ariel Shnerner’s release.

“Huge shock. And even reading that news, it was hard to believe that it actually went down. Also, Ariel was a pretty big shock as well.”

Hardy said that Kim always fought for the Knockouts division in TNA Wrestling but isn’t sure what factored into the decision to let her go.

“Gail Kim’s someone who was, like, universally loved. The women felt blessed to have her. She was such an iconic, trailblazing women’s wrestler, right? And she was great with working with them and she really fought hard for the women’s division.”

“There’s some new ownership that just came in. So they’re reformatting, and it’s just above my pay grade, for sure. It’s just stuff that I am not really in the know about.”

Dave Meltzer addressed Kim’s departure in the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

“Gail Kim, who had been a producer as well as working in talent relations since her retirement was another surprise in being let go to talent and fans,” Meltzer wrote. He included comments from a person with knowledge of the situation.

“Once they stopped having Gail produce matches or work in Talent Relations, the writing was on the wall,” we were told. “She was elevated to work alongside Carlos and head up `Special Projects.’ Being assigned to Special Projects is the corporate kiss of death.”

Kim released a statement regarding her release:

“This will not end my passion or my love for wrestling and this is not the end of Gail Kim in the wrestling world. You don’t put in 17 years in one company and stop when you are this passionate. I look forward to sharing my journey and am taking some time for myself and prepare for what’s ahead. Looking forward to the future”

Her full statement is available here.

The full episode of Matt Hardy’s podcast is available below:

Big Vinny V: TNA Sacrifice recap with Nic Nemeth’s heel turn

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The big story coming out of TNA’s latest streaming special — Sacrifice — wasn’t in the results, but at the end of the show when Nic Nemeth joined his brother Ryan and assaulted Matt Hardy.

What set up the turn and what might be next for Nemeth in TNA? I get into it on this week’s Big Vinny V Show.

Other points of discussion:

  • Mance Warner battles Sami Callihan in a very silly death match
  • Tessa Blanchard faces Lei Ying Lee
  • Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe take on Ace Austin & The Rascalz in a so-called “lucha rules” match
  • Frankie Kazarian squares off with Steve Maclin
  • Spitfire defends the Knockouts tag titles against the By Elegance brand, including the Personal Concierge (!) in a three-on-two handicap match
  • Mike Santana and Mustafa Ali steal the show
  • Masha Slamovich defends the Knockouts title against NXT’s Cora Jade
  • Moose defends the X-Division title against Jeff Hardy in a very crazy ladder match
  • The main event features a War Games-esque match in fast forward that existed only to set up the Nemeth turn

We’ll break it all down on the latest Big Vinny V Show!

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WOL: WWE SmackDown, TNA Sacrifice, New Japan Cup

On a new WOL, it’s results and news from wrestling cards all over the world.

WWE SmackDown took place in front of a raucous crowd in Barcelona, Spain, that saw new Tag Team Champions crowned and a wild brawl between Tiffany Stratton and Charlotte.

We saw the quarterfinals of the New Japan Cup with emotional matches between former tag team partners and Blue Thunder trying for the IWGP crown.

We also talk about the bloody ending to TNA Sacrifice in San Antonio, the finals of The 2025 Stardom Cinderella tournament, AEW Collision, and Defy set to crown a new champion.

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

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

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

He then added the following:

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

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

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

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

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

The Hardy Boyz want WWE NXT Tag Team title shot

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WWE NXT live results: The Hardy Boyz return

One of the most popular tag teams in WWE history returns to the company tonight for a match on NXT.

TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz are taking on Myles Borne & Tavion Heights in a non-title match on tonight’s NXT episode from Cincinnati, Ohio. It’s the first time Matt & Jeff Hardy have teamed together in a WWE ring in nearly six years.

Moose — TNA’s X-Division Champion — is also set to compete on NXT. He’s making a title defense against Lexis King.

In another title match, Stephanie Vaquer puts her Women’s North American Championship on the line against Karmen Petrovic. This is the first title defense for Vaquer since winning the belt from Fallon Henley at Vengeance Day.

One week after officially signing his NXT contract, the former Ricky Starks makes his WWE debut. It will be Ricky Saints & Je’Von Evans vs. Ethan Page & Wes Lee tonight. The match was set up last week when Page and Lee both interrupted Saints’ contract signing.

Join us for live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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NXT is on the air from The Andrew J Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, OH. Opening the show is a women’s title match.

Part of the set includes a ramp level with the ring, which gives me WCW vibes.

NXT Women’s North American Champion Stephanie Vaquer defeated Karmen Petrovic (with Ashante “Thee” Adonis) to retain her title

Vaquer pinned Petrovic after the SVB. Good opener. After the match comes a major angle to set up a title vs. title match with Giulia against Vaquer.

They match goes through a split-screen commercial break. Petrovic dives through the rope with a flying crossbody on the floor, just before the show cuts to the break. Some of the best chain wrestling in the match happened during picture-in-picture, while commercials blared.

Vaquer begins a comeback as the show returns from the break, and Vaquer does some of her signature offense. On commentary, Vic Jospeh says Vaquer was a champion in both CMLL and New Japan. Petrovic regains the advantage Vaguer and gets a near falls with a great kick.

Vaquer soon cuts off Petrovic, but Vaquer takes a superkick from Petroovic for another near fall. They trade strikes and kicks. Vaquer flips off Petrovic just before Vaquer executes a dragon screw. Vaquer follows up with her SVB (package neckbreaker) finisher, and Vaquer covers Petrovic for a three count.

NXT Champion Giulia comes out after the match is over for an angle. Giulia gets into the ring to confront Vaquer. Giulia gets the crowd to cheer for Vaquer, only for Giulia to bring up Vaquer saying she is the best champion. Giulia insists she is the best champion.

Vaquer reiterates that she is the champion of champions. Giulia says why don’t we find out who is the best. Vaquer remarks they are friends, but Vaquer then proposes a champion vs. champion match. Giulia and Vaquer hold both of their title belts overhead for a stare down.

A skit begins with Arianna Grace talking with Santino Marella about the NXT-TNA partnership when up walks Lola Vice. She wants a match on either show, and Grace tries to dismiss Vice. This leads to Vice challenging Grace to a match

TNA X-Division Champion Moose defeated Lexis King to retain his title

Moose pinned King after a spear. Moose looked like a superstar, and King fought from underneath. The biggest news was the post-match angle that set up Oba Femi defending the NXT title against Moose at NXT Roadblock.

Crowd reactions were muted on the CW feed because of language, like “holy s***” chants. King took a back drop on the ramp. Moose was dominating much of the match, with King selling throughout. King fires up and starts fighting back. They exchange kicks and King uses a hurricanrana for a near fall. King then does a flip dive.

Moose leaps to the top rope and springboards into a flying crossbody. Powerbomb by Moose for a two count. Moments later, King executes a Coronation for another near fall. Moose counters a second attempt at a Coronation. Moose then cuts down King with a spear. Moose then scores a pinfall to retain his title.

NXT Champion Oba Femi enters after the match for an angle with Moose. Femi confronts Moose and sarcastically congratulates him on beating King. Femi then challenges Moose to a title match at The Theater in MSG for NXT Roadblock. They made it seem like a title vs. title, but apparently this will be Femi defending the NXT title against Moose.

Jordynne Grace is in the ring for a monologue. She knew exactly where she was supposed to be when she first came to NXT. Grace says she carried a company on her back, but she wanted to be in NXT after feeling the hunger in the locker room.

Grace has one goal, which is become the champion of what she calls the greatest women’s division. Grace is cutting a good promo when she is interrupted by Roxanne Perez, because hardly any in-ring promo in NXT can go uninterrupted.

Perez confronts Grace in the ring, and Perez cuts a promo on Grace. Perez event insults TNA, saying Grace was a big fish in a small pond. Grace responds that everyone has a plan until… and Grace punches Perez in the face. Grace gets Perez in a fireman’s carry, but Perez escapes. Clearly, these two are on a collision course for a match very soon. Maybe Roadblock?

Trick Williams is sulking in the locker room. He is basically Diesel in late 1995-early ’96 where he is upset about losing the title, so he’s heeling on people. Le’Von Evans has words with Trick, and they get face-to-face. In walks Ricky Saints, and he is not feeling the love.

Jaida Parker and Kelani Jordan has a kayface “incident” on a bus earlier today. Sarach Schreiber interview Parker, and she cuts a pretty good promo on Jordan.

A post on Instagram teases “The Mystery Four” are in the building, which is the very original name they are giving to the four mystery assailants for now. Surely they we get a better name, right?

TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff Hardy) defeated No Quarter Catch Crew (Tavion Heights & Myles Borne) to retain their titles

Matt Hardy pinned Myles Borne to win the match after a Swanton by Jeff Hardy. NXT Tag Team Champion Nathan Frazier & Axiom watch the match from the ramp, and they get in the ring for angle with the Hardys after the match. This set up another inter-promotional match.

The match itself went through a commercial break with heat on Jeff. Hot tag to Matt. For the finish, Twsit of Fate by Matt, Swanton by Jeff, and Matt follows up by covering Borne for the pinfall. The match was decent enough and the crowd adored the Hardys.

Fraxiom gets into the ring after the match to confront the Hardys. The NXT champs refer to the Hardys as the greatest tag team ever. The Hardys respond with a challenge for a match. Out comes Santino Marella to announce the Hardys will defend the TNA Tag Team Championship against Fraxiom at Roadblock in NYC. Another big match for the NXT PLE.

Tony D’Angelo and The Family are featured in a pre-taped skit for a family sit-down. Subtle teases of Stacks turning is what I took from this skit.

Another skit from backstage sets up a tag team match with Chelsea Green & Piper Niven against Sol Ruca & Zaria. Green & Niven tried to big league the NXT team, but Ruca & Zaira were having none of it.

Jaida Parker defeated Arianna Grace

Parker pinned Grace after a spinning back fist. Weakest match on the show so far, but it was not supposed to be the main event. While Grace got some offense, this match was more about getting Parker over.

This show is morphing into TNA, and I had flashbacks as it was TO THE BACK! Cut backstage and apparently The Mystery Four is wrecking shop again and attacking other wrestlers. Too bad there aren’t a bunch of cameras around to catch them in the act, but at least there are cameras for the community theater skits. Not sure what I would do without the skits. Anyway, this Mystery Four angle is like one long Tonya Harding angle. Who are these assailants?

Eddy Thorpe in a vignette cuts a promo near the Ohio River in Cincinnati. Thorpe mention is people once lived here until they were forced out. He likens that to his situation in NXT when he beat Trick Williams, but Thorpe is still somehow denied a title match. Thorpe wants another match with Trick. Name the time and place, Thorpe says to the camera.

Sarah Schreiber interviews NXT GM Ava, and Ava officially announced NXT Women’s Champion Guilia against NXT Women’s North American Champion Stephanie Vaquer in a title for title match at Roadblock. So, this is basically a unification match.

Ricky Saints & Je’Von Evans defeated Wes Lee & Ethan Page

Saints pinned Lee to win the match. Tyriek Igwe and Tyson Dupont were in Lee’s corner for the match. They would interfere at one point just before the finish.

The heel duo got heat on Evans for a long time. It felt like days. Eventually, Saints comes in off a hot tag. Saints runs wild on Lee, until Lee cuts him off after Saints is distracted by Igwe and Dupont. Saints thwarts their interference, but he is cut off when distracted. Not for long. They soon go home.

Just before the going home, Evans and Page brawl through the crowd and out of there. That is after Evans does a dive on Page, when Page breaks up a pinning attempt.

The crowd chanted “Ricky” at Saints. He executed a Dominator finisher they called “Roshambo” (probably spelled different to be cool and whatnot). Saints then scored the deciding pinfall on Lee.

Pretty dang good show overall. Also pretty some dang good matches announced for the coming weeks. There were some goofy skits, but that is to be expected on NXT. Being on the road outside the usual setting of the sound stage really made this NXT much better to watch. The matches also delivered, along with the angles.

Report: WWE optimistic about Hardy Boyz main roster run this spring/summer

WWE is optimistic that Matt and Jeff Hardy will have a main roster run in the coming months.

The current TNA World Tag Team Champions are set to wrestle No Quarter Catch Crew’s Tavion Heights and Myles Borne on tonight’s episode of NXT, marking their first time teaming in WWE since 2019. The match is part of the ongoing partnership between WWE and TNA.

WWEShop.com has released a special edition Hardy Boyz t-shirt ahead of their return, labeled a “special event item.”

According to WrestleVotes on Tuesday, WWE’s new Hardy Boyz merchandise could signal the start of a bigger plan. Officials are optimistic that the brothers will wrestle on Raw or SmackDown in the coming months:

“WWE has dropped a brand new Hardy Boyz shirt ahead of their NXT return tonight. Internally, there’s buzz that this is just the beginning, with creative sources optimistic the legendary duo will have a main roster program sometime this spring / summer.”

Matt and Jeff Hardy appeared via video on NXT last week. On his podcast, Matt revealed the deal came together at the last minute:

“All this stuff — even us popping up and responding to that challenge on NXT, that was a very last-minute thing,” Hardy said. “So it’s going to be interesting. It’s going to be fun. I don’t know where this ride’s going. I really don’t want to know where this route is going in all capacities. Because I want, especially whatever we end up doing, I want everything to be as natural and as organic and as real as possible, as authentic as possible.”

The Hardys are also scheduled for this week’s TNA Impact, which was taped last week at Full Sail University. They will team with NXT Champion Oba Femi against The System’s Moose, Eddie Edwards, and Brian Myers.

Matt Hardy says WWE NXT appearance was a ‘very last-minute thing’

Five years after his last match for the company, Matt Hardy is excited to compete in a WWE ring again.

The Hardys will return to WWE for a match on NXT next Tuesday, facing off against Tavion Heights & Myles Borne of No Quarter Catch Crew. The match is happening due to the partnership that exists between WWE NXT and TNA Wrestling. Matt & Jeff Hardy are both signed to deals with TNA, where they are the promotion’s current tag team champions.

The match was announced when Matt & Jeff appeared via video on NXT this week and accepted a challenge from No Quarter Catch Crew. On his Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt said the video that aired on NXT was a last-minute thing and wasn’t made until 45-60 minutes before it was posted. Matt said he’s stoked to be returning to WWE, but he doesn’t know where things are going past this match.

“Really excited about this, man,” Matt said. “All this stuff — even us popping up and responding to that challenge on NXT, that was a very last-minute thing. So it’s going to be interesting. It’s going to be fun. I don’t know where this ride’s going. I really don’t want to know where this route is going in all capacities. Because I want, especially whatever we end up doing, I want everything to be as natural and as organic and as real as possible, as authentic as possible.”

Matt feels the working relationship between NXT and TNA has been a two-way street with both sides benefitting. He thinks working with talented young teams helps keep The Hardys relevant, and being in the ring with The Hardys helps those young teams too.

This NXT appearance is Jeff Hardy’s first time back with WWE since 2021, when he was released by the company after leaving through the crowd during a house show match. Matt said Jeff wants to make things right with WWE and show them that his past erratic behavior is over.

“He’s very happy to be going back, and I feel like he wants to right the wrongs,” Matt said. “He wants to leave on a good note. No more erratic behavior. He wants to go back and show them who he is.

“And I think one of the reasons even with this whole exchange going on, I think one of the reasons they probably waited a little while to pull the trigger and do something with Jeff and I, was just to kind of see where Jeff was, just make sure Jeff is good. Anybody who’s been here with TNA — they can’t go without talking about how incredible and professional a performer Jeff has been.”

A future bout between The Hardys and NXT Tag Team Champions Nathan Frazer & Axiom has been teased but remains unconfirmed as of now. Matt said he’s been catching up on Frazer & Axiom’s matches and is a fan of their work.

On TNA Impact next Thursday, The Hardys will team up with NXT Champion Oba Femi against Moose, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers.

The Hardy Boyz answer challenge on WWE NXT

Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy made a surprise appearance via video promo on Tuesday’s WWE NXT to answer a challenge for next week’s episode.

After No Quarter Catch Crew’s Tavion Heights and Myles Borne threw down the gauntlet for The Hardy Boyz to face them on next week’s show, Matt and Jeff appeared via a video promo to answer the challenge, agreeing to face the NQCC duo.

The video promo was the first appearance on WWE TV by The Hardys since WWE and TNA officially announced their multi-year partnership. The Hardys currently hold TNA’s Tag Team titles, and hinted at a future match against NXT Tag champs Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axiom) in their promo. That match was first teased at last month’s TNA Impact tapings in a social media post.

WWE’s chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque made a social media post on X to mark the occasion, noting that The Hardys had “re-defined” tag team wrestling for more than 25 years:

Matt Hardy could see The Hardys wrestling WWE match in 2025

With the working relationship that exists between WWE and TNA Wrestling, Matt Hardy could see a WWE return happening for The Hardys in 2025.

Matt was the guest on today’s episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet, which was uploaded ahead of TNA’s Genesis pay-per-view taking place this weekend. Van Vliet brought up that Matt’s podcast co-host Jon Alba has predicted that The Hardys will wrestle a match for WWE in 2025. Matt said he feels good about that prediction and could even see The Hardys appearing for WWE as TNA Tag Team Champions.

“That was actually one of his bold predictions, The Hardys will wrestle a match in WWE before the year is over,” Matt said. “I feel good about that. That’s one of the great things about working with TNA now. They know that we do have a lot of love for WWE. They know that we would like to one day do the Hall of Fame. We filmed some content for WWE that’ll probably be dropping pretty soon. I saw The Dudleys did it the day before us, and I know theirs just dropped recently. But we have a good working relationship with them. I think [if] the perfect storm arose, I think you could see us pop up even as TNA champs on some WWE show at some point. Who knows?”

Matt & Jeff Hardy are the current TNA Tag Team Champions and have a title defense against The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) at Genesis this Sunday. In November of last year, it was announced that The Hardys have re-signed with TNA.

A TNA champion was featured on WWE NXT this week with Masha Slamovich being shown in the crowd. WWE shared a video after the episode teasing that Slamovich could be back in NXT to defend her Knockouts Championship.

Matt Hardy told Van Vliet that he believes the WWE-TNA relationship is a very good thing for business.

“If a TNA star goes and shows up on NXT, they seem like a bigger star. It’s a great star-building moment for them,” Matt said. “And with that same thing being said, TNA is a company that has been around for over two decades. And if you send an NXT talent to TNA, they seem like a bigger star for being there too.”

The Hardys filmed yet-to-be-released digital content for WWE during SummerSlam week in 2024. Last month, WWE uploaded a Retrospective feature with Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley looking back at some of their greatest moments.

The Hardys re-sign with TNA Wrestling

Matt and Jeff Hardy will remain in TNA Wrestling for the foreseeable future.

As first reported by Sports Illustrated, The Hardys have re-signed with the promotion. Terms of the deal have not been made public.

Matt Hardy said:

“It’s exciting. It’s exciting for us. We really believe in the direction that TNA is going. They’ve got a lot of big plans for 2025. They’ve taken great care of us. They have put myself and Jeff in positions to succeed, which we’re very grateful for. We love the crew there, from the boys and the girls in the locker room to the management. Everyone and everything is really clicking right now. It feels like the unity is strong. The brand is growing again. I see a lot of upward mobility for TNA over the course of the next year. Jeff and I will be part of that for the next year.”

The Hardys returned to the promotion earlier this year following their departures from AEW. Matt returned in April at Rebellion and would challenge Moose for the TNA World title at June’s Against All Odds. When The System continued to attack Matt following the match, Jeff returned to make the save, reuniting with his brother.

Since then, The Hardys won the TNA World Tag Team Championships for the third time, defeating ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) and The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) in a Full Metal Mayhem match at Bound for Glory.

Next for the Hardys will be Friday’s TNA Turning Point in Winston-Salem. They are scheduled to team with Ace Austin in a six-man tag match against KUSHIDA, Trey Miguel, and Zachary Wentz on the show.