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TNA Impact live results: No Surrender go-home show

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

One day before No Surrender, a six-man tag match headlines tonight’s episode of TNA Impact.

The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) are taking on Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight. It comes in advance of Moose defending his TNA World Championship against Shelley at Friday’s No Surrender special. In that match, Edwards and Myers will be in Moose’s corner and KUSHIDA and Knight will be in Shelley’s corner. The match can only end when one of the cornermen throws in the towel.

On the pre-show for No Surrender, KUSHIDA & Knight are facing Edwards & Myers.

Ash By Elegance (the former Dana Brooke) officially arrives as she makes her TNA in-ring debut tonight.

Chris Sabin vs. Jason Hotch is part of tonight’s lineup as well. At No Surrender, Sabin is putting his X-Division Championship on the line against Mustafa Ali.

Also tonight, Steve Maclin faces Trent Seven. Simon Gotch will be in action as well ahead of his match against Josh Alexander at No Surrender.

Chris Sabin defeated Jason Hotch (w/ John Skylar)

Chris Sabin, again, is so good. This one was a little more back and forth than the match with Skylar, but did have some of the same problem of no one believing Hotch could win. It helped this was faster paced, though.

This match was really good from a fundamental perspective like the one Sabin had against Skylar a few weeks ago, but had the same problem as the Skylar one – mainly that no one believed Hotch had a chance of winning, and the heat Hotch go on Sabin in this was not believable. The fans popped for Sabin’s big moves, with particular note for a tornado DDT in the middle of the match, but were silent when Hotch hit a Chaos Theory for a near fall.

It is perfectly fine to give a guy a chance to get over, but this is not the kind of match to do it in. Unlike a Kenny Omega vs. Alan Angels, this never worked to the level of that. That said, crowd did get into the cheating from Hotch and Skylar, booing, and cheering quite loudly when Sabin side stepped a suicide dive and Hotch accidentally took out his own partner.

Sabin hit a missile dropkick off the top rope to Hotch, and then followed up with the Cradle Shock for the win. Good match, all things considered. Very good, even.

–Mustafa Ali had a hype video for his campaign to become X-Division champion, and said that at No Surrender, they better declare “In Ali We Trust.” This was good.

–The System cut a promo about their 6-man tag team main event match tonight, and how the match between Moose & Alex Shelley is a No DQ match. Santino walked up and told The System that the match would be No DQ, yes, but if anyone interfered on behalf of someone else, they would lose. So, it is a No DQ match, with the exception of interference.

–Chris Sabin was backstage and talked about how Mustafa Ali confused him, acting like a politician, and that Ali was going to find out at No Surrender why he was a 10-time X-Division champion. This was great.

Simon Gotch defeated Jack Price

Gotch is a perfectly fine worker, but he is no Jon Moxley, and it is rather amusing using a finishing sequence that Moxley uses frequently.

Josh Alexander came out to join the commentary booth, and explained how Gotch has been holding a grudge for 5 years now, saying that he was the one that helped Alexander earlier in his career. Gotch laid out Price with a dropkick and beat him around ringside with some hard European uppercuts. Alexander explained that he defeated Gotch 5 years ago, and it was that night that he was given his TNA/Impact contract, and Gotch took credit for it, thinking he brought something special out of him. Gotch was beating Price around the ring before hitting the Gotch Style piledriver on Price and locking on a bulldog choke to get the submission over Price.

–The GYV was backstage, and they talked about how they needed the TNA World Tag Team Championships. They promised that the Grizzled Young Veterans were going to take what was there, and they were going to rip the limbs from Ace Austin, or the head of Chris Bey. I liked this promo. It was simple, but sold the match.

–We got another Kon hype video, highlighting his ongoing feud with PCO.

Steve Maclin (w/ The Rascalz) defeated Trent Seven (w/ Mike Bailey)

Steve Maclin came across as a killer in this match, and it is so abundantly clear that he is the guy that TNA should be building around. Too bad that I don’t think they think the same.

Maclin opened the match quickly, hitting a big back elbow to Seven. Seven hit a crossbody and a leg drop after bouncing off the ropes. Maclin hit a knee to the face of Seven and followed up with a clothesline. Maclin followed up with a hard chop that dropped Seven to his knees and hit a suplex. Maclin choked Seven on the ropes, and stomped Seven when he rolled away from the ropes.

Seven kicked out after an axe handle, and chopped Maclin, who completely no sold it and resumed offence. Seven responded with another hard chop, and Maclin no sold it again. Maclin looks like an absolute monster in this match, and he dominated Seven until the ad break, where the Rascalz started stomping on Seven. Seven hit a few strikes on the floor, but Maclin sent Seven into the steel post and had the advantage again. Maclin hit a back suplex on the apron, and Seven kicked out.

This continued for a few more minutes as Maclin took 90% of the match, just crushing Seven throughout. Seven fired up with some chops again, but Maclin hit the ropes and took his head off with a lariat, but Seven kicked out. Maclin hit a uranage into a backbreaker, but Seven cut off Maclin on the top rope.

The Rascalz got involved but before they could attack Seven, Bailey hit a triangle moonsault onto them on the floor. Seven then hit a corkscrew flip off the top rope onto everyone. Seven hit the Seven Star Lariat (a Rainmaker. I see what you did there, Trent). Maclin hit a flying knee to the face after Seven got distracted by some of the things going down with the Rascalz and Bailey, and he followed up with a spear in the corner and a KIA for the win.

–Gisele Shaw was backstage, saying that the Shawntorage was no more. Gail Kim walked up and said that Shaw could do with a little humility, but doing it alone was a marked improvement. Shaw rejected Gail’s advice, and said that the Knockouts Championship would be changing hands at No Surrender.

–Trent Seven and Mike Bailey were backstage, and Bailey said that there was a fundamental difference between them and The Rascalz, as they saw wrestling as an opportunity to push and better themselves, while the Rascalz did not respect the sport. Seven then invited them to meet at the peak of Speedball Mountain (still a terrible tag team name) and see who the better team was.

–Frankie Kazarian came out to the ramp for his match against Eric Young, saying that he wasn’t in the mood to fight, so he was letting one of the ghosts of Eric Young’s past face him instead.

Eric Young defeated Big Damo

Eric Young is a pro, protecting Damo like he did when Young knew he couldn’t hit the piledriver the way he wanted.

The crowd did not react to Big Damo at all, and I’m not sure they realized they were both in Sanity in NXT. It doesn’t help that Damo is bald now. Damo dominated Young in the early parts of this match, hitting a crossbody and a big corner charge. Damo yelled about Young going soft, but Young ducked under a clothesline and hit a flying forearm.

Young hit a Death Valley Driver for a 2-count, but Damo kicked out. Young cut Damo off at the top rope and hit a superplex. Young botched a piledriver soon thereafter for the win, but like a pro, instead of dropping Damo on his head, Young realized he couldn’t keep him up, so he squeezed his knees together and fell forward in a Queen’s Gambit type move for the win instead. Good on Young for protecting Damo there.

–Eric Young said that he didn’t quite understand what was happening with Kazarian, but he said that since he couldn’t fight tonight, that Kazarian could take his pretty boy self to No Surrender.

–Tasha Steelz talked about Xia Brookside getting the win in their first match, and how Steelz evened it up. Steelz thought that was going to be it, but Brookside wanted the rubber match, so Steelz and Brookside would meet again at No Surrender, and Brookside would learn that Steelz was in charge of the Knockouts division.

–Jody Threat and Dani Luna were backstage, talking about how they thought they were on the top of the Knockouts tag division, noting that Luna has a win over one of the tag team champions, and said that Threat would have won if it wasn’t for Killer Kelly, so in their mind that makes them the top. I don’t think that is how that works.

–George Iceman introduced Ash by Elegance, the former Dana Brooke, for her first match in TNA.

Ash by Elegance (w/ George Iceman) defeated Savanah Thorne

When Thorne tried to fight Ash, Matthew Rehwoldt said, “How dare she?!” and I laughed. Ash obviously dominated this, as it was a match designed to introduce this new character to TNA, and Ash hit a senton bomb called Rarified Air for the pinfall. All credit to the former Dana Brooke – this is absolutely not the character Ash had in WWE. Time will tell how well it works, but it is drastically different, which is a good thing.

-A hype video aired for TNA No Surrender, running down all the major matches.

The System (Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, & Moose) (w/ Alisha Edwards) defeated Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA) & Kevin Knight

This match was great, especially with its closing sequence. The last few minutes were very exciting, and I wasn’t sure if Knight or Myers was taking the loss here, but Moose getting the win over Knight did surprise me a little, ass having Shelley in a losing match before facing Moose is a bit backwards, but he was saved with the post match angle.

Shelley and Moose started the match, and Shelley immediately went for the Border City Stretch, but Moose quickly retreated to the ropes. Moose missed a corner charge, and Shelley drove Moose into the middle turnbuckle, attacking the shoulder like he did in the TNA Hard to Kill match. Moose tagged out to Myers, and Shelley simply resumed attacking the arm, but on his new opponent.

Knight tagged into continue the assault, but Myers broke away and tagged in Edwards. Edwards, unfortunately, got hit with an arm drag from Knight, and then the work on the arm continued as Shelley and KUSHIDA exchanged tags and worked over Edwards’ arm. Edwards gouged the eyes of KUSHIDA, and Knight blind tagged in. Knight and KUSHIDA then double teamed Edwards, including KUSHIDA helping Knight springboard off the ropes, causing him to launch even higher into the air for a springboard crossbody, which was cool.

Edwards was able to isolate KUSHIDA and the System got the advantage when Moose hit a pump kick while KUSHIDA was on the apron. The System got the heat on KUSHIDA for the next several minutes, prompting the crowd to chant that The System sucked. KUSHIDA dodged a corner charge and Edwards crashed into the corner post, and then he dumped Myers to the floor. KUSHIDA countered a powerbomb and went for the tag, but Myers and Edwards pulled Shelley and Knight from the apron.

KUSHIDA hit a big right hand on Moose and tagged out to Shelley, who ran wild, taking everyone out and then locking the Border City Stretch on Myers. Alisha Edwards distracted the referee, but Shelley did not stop, locking the move on Edwards who was stacked on top of Myers. Moose finally broke it u, but Shelley dumped him to the floor, and Shelley snapped the arms of both Myers and Edwards before tagging out to KUSHIDA.

KUSHIDA hit a handspring back elbow on Edwards and hit a big right hand and a seated senton to Myers on the floor. The Tim Splitters then hit a moonsault/neckbreaker combo for a 2-count, but Moose came in and threw Knight onto KUSHIDA to break the pinfall attempt. Edwards tagged out to Moose while KUSHIDA tagged out to Knight, and Moose blocked a corner charge, but got hit with a hurricanrana, but Moose icked out at 1.

Knight hit a few clotheslines and countered a uranage. Knight did a top con giro, but Moose caught him in a powerbomb position, but Knight countered into a hurricanrana. Knight then hit a huge dive to the floor onto everyone, assisted by KUSHIDA again, and it was awesome. Knight almost got the win with code red, but Edwards broke it up. Shelley and KUSHIDA came in and took everyone out, and Knight was left alone with Moose, but Alisha Edwards got on the apron to distract him, and Moose hit a spear on Knight for the win. Great match.

–The fighting continued after the match, as Alex Shelley put Moose into the Border City Stretch, and Moose required the help of Edwards and Myers to escape, which his not something he will have on Sunday, which establishes that Shelley can very well beat Moose in storyline. I suspect Moose will win, but this was the right way to do it.

Final Thoughts

This was a solid, but mostly missable episode of TNA Impact, with the exception of the excellent main event. I suspect No Surrender will be an excellent show from an in ring perspective as well, but the build has been a bit lackluster.

TNA No Surrender – February 23, 2024

  • TNA World Championship: Moose (c) vs. Alex Shelley in a No Surrender Rules match
  • TNA X-Division Championship: Chris Sabin (c) vs. Mustafa Ali
  • TNA Knockouts World Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Gisele Shaw
  • TNA World Tag Team Championship: ABC (c) vs. The Grizzled Young Vets
  • TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship: The Decay (c) vs. MK Ultra
  • Josh Alexander vs. Simon Gotch
  • PCO vs. Kon
  • The System vs. Intergalactic Jet Setters

The Big Vinny V Show: Two weeks worth of TNA Impact

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

It’s a special double episode of the Big Vinny V Show reviewing not one, but two episodes of TNA Impact. 

The main event build for Moose vs. Alex Shelley for No Surrender (including some oxymoronic stipulations) continues with plenty of action from The System, KUSHIDA, and Kevin Knight as well.

But the best thing on the show is the ongoing best-of-three feud between ABC and the Grizzled Young Veterans over the TNA Tag Team Titles.

We’re also building to Mustafa Ali’s TNA debut this Friday against Chris Sabin, Jordynne Grace defending the Knockouts title against Gisele Shaw, and a baffling program for the Knockouts tag titles.

All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!

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TNA Impact live results: Moose vs. KUSHIDA

Posted on by Josh Nason

TNA World Champion Moose will take on KUSHIDA in non-title action with everyone banned from ringside on tonight’s TNA Impact on AXS.

The reason for the stipulation is due to last week’s brawl that involved Moose, Eddie Edwards, KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley and Kevin Knight.

In the second bout in their best-of-three series for the TNA Tag Team titles, ABC will face the Grizzled Young Veterans who picked up a win last week. With a victory tonight, James Drake and Zack Gibson would become new champions.

TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace will face Savannah Evans in non-title action. Evans was given one last chance by Gisele Shaw to prove herself following her and Jai Vidal’s firing last week.

Ash by Elegance (the former Dana Brooke in WWE) will make her TNA Impact TV debut in a live promo.

Other action includes Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve defending against Rhino, Frankie Kazarian vs. Jake Something, and Joe Hendry vs. Deaner.

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Watching TNA in the post-Scott D’Amore era certainly has a different feel to it, doesn’t it? This was taped in Kissimmee, Florida, prior to all of the craziness from the last week, but we’ll see what the vibe is at next Friday’s No Surrender.

Frankie Kazarian defeated Jake Something

Two D’Amore guys opened things up as the newly-turned heel Kazarian continued to be just that. He is still ahead of Father Time at 46 years old and looking more like 26.

The two traded nearfalls at the closing stages, eliciting a “TNA” chant from an otherwise dead crowd. Kazarian got the pin after pulling Something from a seated position off the top rope, smashing his head on the top turnbuckle. He then stacked Something up for a pin and grabbed the bottom rope for leverage and his second straight win. Something’s three-match win streak was snapped.

Eric Young was shown watching Kazarian from behind the curtain and later cut a promo challenging him to a face-to-face confrontation in the ring next week.

TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace defeated Savannah Evans (w/ Gisele Shaw) in a non-title match

The backstory here: Evans was “fired” by Shaw last week along with Jai Vidal as she was tired of their efforts to help her out. Evans asked for another chance and Shaw suggested she take on Grace who she challenges at No Surrender for the title.

This was over quickly as after some back and forth, Grace hit a muscle buster out of the corner to pick up the win. Afterward, Shaw nailed Grace and Evans with her Ultimate X trophy (?) won at Hard to Kill. This felt like Evans’ swan song with TNA while I’m wondering how Shaw feels about the promotion given what happened to D’Amore.

– Gia Miller was backstage when she was interrupted by Ash by Elegance’s concierge and then Ash herself. She made an announcement that next week would be her TNA in-ring debut. I thought she was going to do this promo in the ring, but they are really taking their time getting her going. She debuted at Hard to Kill last month and still hasn’t been in front of the fans yet. Alrighty then. I will say her concierge is a great talker.

– Alan Angels did a backstage Sound Check interview segment with Simon Gotch. Gotch put over how tough Josh Alexander was in coming back from a broken neck five years ago, but that the details in his fairy tale comeback to being signed by TNA and winning the title was missing details: that it was Gotch who pushed him to the limits in Alexander’s comeback match. He is upset Alexander got the win and future opportunities that night while he got overlooked. Alexander then busted in and went face-to-face with Gotch until they got into a pull apart. This was unexpectedly good.

ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defeated Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) to tie up their best-of-three series

The Veterans won last week and with a win this week, they take home ABC’s TNA Tag Team titles. I kinda feel like the finale would make sense for No Surrender, don’t you?

The Veterans worked on the left arm of Austin that they injured last week for a long, long time. Bey eventually got the hot tag and after a few minutes, he got in trouble as well, barely kicking out of a Doomsday Device that got the crowd chanting, you guessed it, “TNA.”

After his own hot tag, Bey grabbed Gibson’s leg as the Veterans lined up for Grit Your Teeth, giving Austin an opening to ensnare Drake and get an impressive bridging pin for the win. 

Because of the predictability of the winning team and the inevitable third match, this didn’t feel as dire for the champions. The Veterans also didn’t come off as desperate to win to end this thing and take home the titles. 

– Dirty Dango, Oleg Prudius and John E. Bravo were at a racetrack. Dango said they were holding an open casting call for tag team challengers with under a year of experience. Dango namedropped Scott Norton and suggested a main event of Norton vs. Prudius. He also wondered where the Panda Energy car was. Dango certainly knows how to talk.

– Mustafa Ali was back with another politician-esque promo, putting over the X-Division and how he wants to be the leader of it. That led The Good Hands (Jason Hotch & John Skyler) asking for promo time saying how much they love Ali. X-Division Champion Chris Sabin, whom Ali will face at No Surrender, happened to be there and took issue with the Hands and some of their entourage, knocking one of them out and shoving Hotch.

Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve defeated Rhino to retain

This was made after a confrontation both guys had on a recent edition of Xplosion. Steve defeated Dreamer for the title last month and Rhino is a former ECW guy as is Dreamer which I assume you know.

Rhino wanted things to be hardcore and brought out a table which Steve didn’t care for, putting it back after regaining the advantage. Rhino nearly had this won after hitting a TKO, but the champion rallied, distracting the referee by throwing a fork and nailing the challenger with the title belt for the pin to end a meh match.

The intent of the Digital Media title was initially supposed to be matches on, well, social media. Now it’s just a disinteresting title on the main show.

Joe Hendry vs. Deaner never got started

Before the, a retaliation video from AJ Francis aired on the big screen which distracted Hendry. Francis then came out and said from here on out, the show is now called TNAJ Francis. Hendry said he now understood how he felt when he did insult videos and that he was unprepared…except he wasn’t.

He then aired his own video to AJ Styles’ TNA music called Banned From Diving that focused on Francis’ infamous WWE dive that wasn’t and a plain looking guy named Steve that was in a Francis video.

Francis then got in the ring and laid out Hendry much to Deaner’s delight. Eventually, Rich Swann came out to even the odds and Francis walked away. This feud much continue.

– They aired Nic Nemeth’s recent appearance for the WWC where he was attacked by Steve Maclin after the match. Maclin and The Rascalz then talked to Gia Miller, but Trent Seven and Mike Bailey weren’t having it. Seven then challenged Maclin for a match next week.

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

While the crowd was pretty quiet, I liked this because it felt different aesthetically and style-wise. In a short match, Luna picked up the win off a roll-up after Kelly got tangled up with Slamovich and Threat on the ropes. Afterward, Kelly and Slamovich laid out Luna and Threat which led to Knockouts Tag Team Champions Decay (Rosemary & Jessicka) coming out to make the save. Those teams square off at No Surrender for the titles.

Next week:

  • X-Division Champion Chris Sabin vs. Jason Hotch in a non-title match
  • Steve Maclin vs. Trent Seven
  • Eric Young/Frankie Kazarian face-to-face confrontation
  • The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) vs. Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight
  • Ash by Elegance in-ring debut

New for No Surrender (next Friday):

  • Josh Alexander vs. Simon Gotch

TNA Champion Moose defeated KUSHIDA in a non-title match

No one was allowed at ringside during the match after the events of last week where Moose, Edwards and Myers got into a brawl with Shelley, KUSHIDA and Knight. I have a feeling things might break down afterward because it’s wrestling.

Moose was dominant in the early minutes, using his physical force to toss KUSHIDA around. Every time KUSHIDA would rally, it was shut down quickly even after the NJPW star fired up after being slapped on the outside of the ring.

He eventually did get his shine, focusing on Moose’s right arm he injured during the match. He locked on the Hoverboard Lock, but Moose powered out of it. After a flurry of activity, KUSHIDA hit a surprise Code Red to nearly win the match.

In the end, Moose hit a spear to pick up the win in what was a fairly one-sided match until the last few minutes.

Afterward, Eddie & Alisha Edwards and Myers came out to celebrate and, wait for it, attack KUSHIDA. Who could have seen this coming? Shelley and Knight took their sweet time to come out to help and KUSHIDA roared back to life to even things out for another big three-on-three brawl. The babyfaces stood tall to close things out.

Overall, this was an ok edition of TNA Impact with nothing that stood out as must-see.

First-time stipulation added to World title match at TNA No Surrender

Posted on by Josh Nason

The rematch at this month’s No Surrender between TNA World Champion Moose and former champion Alex Shelley now has a stipulation and one that is new to TNA.

Announced on social media, the bout will now be held under No Surrender rules where each man will be allowed two cornermen with the match only able to end after one of them throws in the towel for their side.

Moose will have Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers in his corner while KUSHIDA and Kevin Knight will flank Shelley.

On Thursday’s TNA Impact, Shelley defeated Edwards which was followed by Edwards and Myers attacking Shelley before Knight and KUSHIDA came out to make the save. KUSHIDA will take on Moose in non-title action next Thursday.

Moose defeated Shelley at last month’s Hard to Kill to win the title and introduce a new faction called The System that includes Edwards and Myers.

Here’s the current lineup for the Friday, February 23rd streaming special from New Orleans, Louisiana:

  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Gisele Shaw
  • TNA World Champion Moose defends against Alex Shelley in a No Surrender match
  • X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defends against Mustafa Ali

Moose vs. KUSHIDA, Ash by Elegance promo set for next TNA Impact

Posted on by Josh Nason

TNA Champion Moose will be in non-title action on next Thursday’s TNA Impact — a show that will also feature the first live promo by new signee Ash by Elegance, the former Dana Brooke in WWE.

Moose will take on KUSHIDA as the former prepares to defend his title for the first time against former titleholder Alex Shelley in a rematch at this month’s No Surrender.

Ash first appeared in her new home at January’s Hard to Kill, watching the Knockouts title match that night. She will be live in front of the fans and expected to explain what her motivations are.

The second bout in the best-of-three series is on tap between TNA Tag Team Champions ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) and the Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson). Drake and Gibson took the first match last week.

After an angle shot on TNA Xplosion, the Digital Media title will be on the line as Crazzy Steve defends against Rhino while Frankie Kazarian will face Jake Something.

Here’s the current card for next Thursday:

  • ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) in match two of their best-of-three series
  • TNA Digital Media Champion Crazzy Steve defends against Rhino
  • Frankie Kazarian vs. Jake Something
  • TNA World Champion Moose vs. KUSHIDA in a non-title match
  • Ash by Elegance promo

Two title matches official for TNA No Surrender

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Two title matches are official for the Friday, February 23 TNA No Surrender event. 

As announced during Thursday’s Impact episode, Jordynne Grace will defend the TNA Knockouts Championship against Gisele Shaw at No Surrender. 

Shaw was the Ultimate X winner at Hard to Kill last month, but it remains unclear whether the No Surrender match is by virtue of cashing in that opportunity. Grace is coming off an appearance at WWE Royal Rumble in the women’s Rumble match last Saturday. 

The TNA World Championship will also be on the line at No Surrender. 

The promotion also announced during Impact that Moose will defend the TNA World title against Alex Shelley on February 23. 

Moose defeated Shelley in the main event of last month’s Hard to Kill event to win the title, and Shelley announced on Impact that he was cashing in his guaranteed rematch at No Surrender. 

No Surrender will air exclusively on TNA Plus at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, February 23. 

The lineup thus far: 

  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace defends against Gisele Shaw
  • TNA World Champion Moose defends against Alex Shelley

The Big Vinny V Show: TNA Impact review featuring Kazuchika Okada’s return

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

I am back reviewing another episode of TNA Impact on this week’s Big Vinny V Show.

Our main event sees “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada return to TNA for the first time in a decade to team with the Motor City Machine Guns. Also, after 20 years in the business, Nic Nemeth wrestled his first match outside the WWE umbrella.

Plus, Jordynne Grace defended the Knockouts title against Trinity in what turned out to be a Royal Rumble preview, and we got one of the wackiest tag teams of ex-WWE guys you could ever imagine.

All this and more on The Big Vinny V Show!

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Six matches set for TNA Wrestling TV taping

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Update —

Trinity vs. Gisele Shaw, Nic Nemeth vs. Trey Miguel, Josh Alexander vs. Alan Angels, Chris Sabin vs. Jason Hotch, and Eddie Edwards vs. Alex Shelley have also been announced for Friday night’s TNA television taping in Orlando.

At Hard to Kill, Trinity lost the Knockouts Championship to Jordynne Grace. Trinity (Naomi) is expected to be on her way back to WWE.

Shaw won the Knockouts Ultimate X match at Hard to Kill and is now the number one contender to Grace’s title.

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New TNA World Champion Moose has a match set for this weekend’s TNA television tapings.

TNA Wrestling has announced that Moose vs. KUSHIDA will take place at the promotion’s TV tapings in Orlando, Florida this Friday. It’s night one of a two-night taping. TNA will be at Osceola Heritage Park in Orlando on both Friday and Saturday (January 19-20).

Moose won the TNA World Championship from Alex Shelley in the main event of TNA’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view last Saturday night. After the title match, Hard to Kill ended with an angle where Moose was laid out by the debuting Nic Nemeth (formerly known as Dolph Ziggler in WWE).

Moose is part of a new faction named The System in TNA. The group consists of Moose, Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, Alisha Edwards, and former NFL player DeAngelo Williams.

At TNA’s Snake Eyes tapings after Hard to Kill, Moose, Myers & Edwards faced Shelley, Chris Sabin & Kazuchika Okada in a six-man tag team match. Spoilers from that taping can be found here.

It was announced last month that KUSHIDA has signed a contract with TNA Wrestling. Sabin retained the X-Division Championship against KUSHIDA and El Hijo del Vikingo in a three-way match at Hard to Kill.

Matches from the Orlando tapings will air on future episodes of Impact.

World & Knockouts titles among four championship changes at TNA Hard to Kill

Posted on by Josh Nason

On a night when Impact Wrestling officially rebranded to TNA Wrestling and set course on a new path, several title changes took place at Saturday’s Hard to Kill including their top two championships.

Moose became a two-time TNA World Champion with his win over Alex Shelley in the night’s main event while Jordynne Grace ended the 182-day run of Trinity as Knockouts Champion to begin her third reign with the gold.

It’s Moose’s first run with the top title since April 2022, ending Shelley’s 218-day reign. Moose earned the shot by gaining a briefcase containing a contract in last October’s Feast or Fired match at Bound for Glory.

After the match, the debuting Nic Nemeth (the former Dolph Ziggler in WWE) made his promotional debut and confronted Moose.

In the co-main event, Grace picked up the win over Trinity after hitting a deadlift German suplex, spinning backfist, and her Juggernaut Driver to get the victory.

It’s the third Knockouts title reign for Grace and her first since last January’s Hard to Kill when she lost the title to Mickie James in a title vs. career match.

This is expected to be the end for Trinity in TNA as both TNA and WWE officials expect her to return to WWE “sooner or later.“

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After a months-long feud, Crazzy Steve finally defeated Tommy Dreamer to win the Digital Media title in a no DQ match on the pre-show. Steve had won a title opportunity in the aforementioned Feast or Fired match but in their initial match in November, he won by DQ, leaving Dreamer with the title.

It’s Steve’s first title run of any kind since a Tag Team title run in 2016 with Abyss. Dreamer’s reign ends at 127 days and ten successful defenses.

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The Knockouts Tag Team titles also changed hands as Decay (Havok & Rosemary) regained the gold by defeating MK Ultra (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly) in a match that was previously not announced.

With the win, Havok & Rosemary begin their third reign with the titles and their first since February of 2023 while MK Ultra’s reign ends at 182 days and four successful defenses.

Two champions did leave Hard to Kill with their reigns intact including TNA Tag Team Champions ABC and X-Division Chris Sabin who both retained in multi-person matches.

World title match official for TNA Hard to Kill 2024

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A TNA World Championship match is official for the Hard to Kill pay-per-view set for Saturday, January 13, 2024. 

Impact Wrestling officially announced Thursday that current World Champion Alex Shelley will defend what will then be known as the TNA World title against Feast or Fired briefcase winner Moose at Hard to Kill. 

Moose won a Feast or Fired briefcase containing a contract for a World title match at Impact 1000 in September. Shelley has held the World title since defeating Steve Maclin for the Championship at Against All Odds in June. 

The World title bout joins a Knockouts World Championship match between Trinity & Jordynne Grace as the first two bouts set for Hard to Kill.

Hard to Kill will be held at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Here is the lineup for the show so far:

TNA Hard to Kill, Saturday, January 13, 8 p.m. Eastern time on pay-per-view —

  • TNA World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Moose
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Trinity defends against Jordynne Grace

Monster’s Ball match announced for Impact Bound for Glory

Posted on by Joseph Currier

One of Impact Wrestling’s signature match types is returning for Bound for Glory 2023.

Impact Wrestling announced today that PCO, Rhino, Steve Maclin, and Moose will face off in a Monster’s Ball match at Bound for Glory. The pay-per-view is taking place from Cicero, Illinois on Saturday, October 21.

Monster’s Ball is a hardcore match that first debuted in 2004. More than 50 Monster’s Ball matches have taken place since then. In the most recent edition of the match, Trey Miguel defeated Crazzy Steve this February.

PCO’s contract with Impact Wrestling is set to expire shortly after Bound for Glory. His contract is up on October 30.

Here’s the updated Bound for Glory card:

  • Impact World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Josh Alexander
  • Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity defends against Mickie James
  • Will Ospreay vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
  • Impact X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defends against KENTA
  • Impact Tag Team Champions The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) defend against ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey)
  • Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champions MK Ultra (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly) defend against Deonna Purrazzo & Tasha Steelz
  • Monster’s Ball match: PCO vs. Rhino vs. Steve Maclin vs. Moose
  • 20-person Call Your Shot gauntlet match
  • Mike Tenay, Don West, and Traci Brooks will be inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame

Battle royal for Knockouts title match at Victory Road set for Impact Wrestling

Posted on by Josh Nason

The Victory Road challenger for Impact Knockouts Champion Trinity will be determined on this Thursday’s Impact Wrestling on AXS.

Ten women will compete in a battle royal to determine who will challenge for the belt at the Friday, September 8th streaming special. Participants are Alisha Edwards, Masha Slamovich, Killer Kelly, Gisele Shaw, Jessicka, KiLynn King, Jody Threat, Savannah Evans, Vanna Black and Courtney Rush.

After IWGP World Champion SANADA made his return with win over Jake Something at this past Sunday’s Emergence, he will team with Something & Frankie Kazarian against Moose, Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards in trios action.

The Design’s Kon will look to gain revenge against Eric Young after Young defeated Deaner in a no DQ match Sunday.

Crazzy Steve will be in singles action a week after he had a breakdown during an interview with Tom Hannifan.

The BTI pre-show will see X-Division no. 1 contender KUSHIDA take on Drilla Moloney.

Here’s the current lineup:

  • Battle royal to determine no. 1 contender for Knockouts title
  • SANADA, Jake Something & Frankie Kazarian vs. Moose, Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards
  • Eric Young vs. Kon
  • Crazzy Steve in action
  • BTI pre-show: KUSHIDA vs. Drilla Moloney

Zack Sabre Jr. signed for tag team match at Impact x NJPW Multiverse United 2

Posted on by Josh Nason

NJPW TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. will be part of this month’s co-promoted Impact x NJPW Multiverse United pay-per-view.

Sabre Jr. will team with TMDK stablemate Shane Haste to take on Impact’s Moose & Eddie Edwards in tag team action on Sunday, August 20th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This will be Sabre Jr.’s first appearance in an Impact ring while Haste will make his first appearance since a short run this past February and March when he appeared in four matches, three of those with TMDK’s Bad Dude Tito.

Moose and Edwards have both feuded and teamed during their extensive runs in the company.

Only three matches have been announced, but former Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo called out the Stardom roster this week to appear at the show which is assumed to be leading to a match.

Here’s the current card:

  • Impact World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Impact X-Division Champion Lio Rush & Trey Miguel vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Mike Bailey
  • NJPW TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. & Shane Haste vs. Moose & Eddie Edwards

Time Splitters set for action on Impact Wrestling

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA) will be teaming up on this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling.

It was announced today that Shelley & KUSHIDA will face Moose & Brian Myers on this week’s edition of Impact. The show airs on AXS TV on Thursday nights at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Shelley is the current Impact World Champion. He retained the title against Nick Aldis at Slammiversary earlier this month. Following the match, Shelley was confronted by the returning Josh Alexander.

KUSHIDA won an Ultimate X match at Slammiversary, earning him a future shot at X-Division Champion Lio Rush.

Rush teased on last week’s Impact episode that he could end up cashing in his X-Division title for a shot at the Impact World Championship. KUSHIDA interrupted and said Rush would have to go through him first. The episode ended with Moose, Myers, and Bully Ray beating down Shelley, KUSHIDA, and Alexander. Rush watched the attack but declined to lay out Shelley.

Moose & Myers and Bully Ray lost their respective matches at Slammiversary.

Gisele Shaw vs. Masha Slamovich has also been confirmed for this Thursday’s Impact. The updated lineup for the episode is listed below:

  • Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Moose & Brian Myers
  • Eric Young vs. Nick Aldis
  • Trinity & Dani Luna vs. The Coven (KiLynn King & Taylor Wilde) 
  • Loser Leaves Impact match: Johnny Swinger vs. Zicky Dice
  • Gisele Shaw vs. Masha Slamovich

Four matches set for Slammiversary go-home edition of Impact Wrestling

Posted on by Josh Nason

An opportunity to enter the multi-team Tag Team title match at this month’s Slammiversary will be featured on next Thursday’s Impact on AXS TV — the go-home show for next Saturday’s pay-per-view.

The returning Zachary Wentz of The Rascalz will take on Chris Bey, one half of the tag champions with Ace Austin. If Wentz can pick up the win, he and Trey Miguel will enter the fray at Slammiversary, joining Sami Callihan & Rich Swann, Brian Myers & Moose, and Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) and making the four-way title match a five-way.

In a preview of that match, Moose & Myers will face Swann & Callihan.

Ahead of her title defense against Trinity at the PPV, Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo will host another open challenge.

In a preview of the Ultimate X match at Slammiversary, Kevin Knight will go one-on-one with “Speedball” Mike Bailey.

Here’s the current card:

  • Zachary Wentz vs. Chris Bey with a Slammiversary Tag Team title opportunity on the line
  • Kevin Knight vs. Mike Bailey
  • Moose & Brian Myers vs. Rich Swann & Sami Callihan
  • Deonna Purrazzo open challenge