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TNA Wrestling is back on AMC tonight with a new episode of Impact.

This week’s show was taped on April 14 in the Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse, New York.

Advertised for the show is a Walk With Elijah match, pitting Elijah against Frankie Kazarian.

The rivalry between The Hardys and The Righteous also continues as Jeff Hardy takes on Vincent in singles competition.

Mustafa Ali will put the TNA International Championship on the line as well against Adam Brooks.

The full lineup for the show is as follows:

• Mr. Elegance vs. The Hometown Man
• Mustafa Ali (c) vs. Adam Brooks for the TNA International title
• Elijah vs. Frankie Kazarian in a Walk with Elijah Guitar Strap Match
• Jeff Hardy (w/ Matt Hardy) vs. Vincent (w/ Dutch)
• Mara Sadè, Rosemary & Allie vs. Tessa Blanchard, Victoria Crawford & Mila Moore
• We will hear from X Division Champion Leon Slater on the show.

Our live coverage kicks off at 9 p.m. Eastern.

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Taped! From Syracuse, New York! 

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

Vincent v. Jeff Hardy 

Matt Hardy and Dutch were banned from ringside, because that stipulation worked out so well last week. 

Jeff attacked Vincent before the bell. Hardy snapmared Vincent and then hit him with a dropkick to the shoulder blades. Vincent dropped to the floor to regroup, and Hardy followed with a body block from the apron to the floor. 

Back in the ring, Hardy went to the top, but Vincent yanked him off the top rope and crotched him. Hardy dropped to the floor, and Vincent worked him over against the ring apron. 

Vincent worked over Hardy’s back in the ring. Hardy came back with a jawbreaker. Both guys went for a crossbody and collided in the middle of the ring. Hardy recovered and hit a clothesline and some vintage Jeff Hardy offense. Hardy went for a Twist of Fate, but Vincent blocked it. Vincent went for Sliced Bread, but Hardy countered that into a Twist of Fate for a near fall. 

Hardy got a near fall off a Russian leg sweep. Vincent got a near fall of his own off of a rollup. Hardy dropped Vincent to the mat with a face-first suplex. Vincent came back with an inverted back suplex for a near fall. Vincent went to the top for a Swanton Bomb, but the lights went out. When they came back on, “Broken” Matt Hardy was standing between Vincent (on the top rope) and Jeff. For some reason, the referee did not call for a disqualification while Matt lead the crowd in “Delete! Delete! Delete!” chants.  The lights went out again. When they came back up, Vincent was on the mat, Jeff was standing on the top rope, and Matt was gone. Jeff then hit the Swanton Bomb and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Jeff Hardy pinned Vincent (7:53). 

Dutch came out after the match to drag Vincent to the back. 

— Gia Miller interviewed Frankie Kazarian, who promised to win the first ever “Walk With Elijah Guitar Strap Match” tonight. 

Adam Brooks v. Mustafa Ali (w/ Order 4)  for the TNA international Championship

Brooks is from Australia, and his weight was announced in kilos because they’re a proper country that uses the metric system. The TNA International Championship looks great on Ali, and would only look better if it were the TNA World title. 

Ali ground away on Brooks with a side headlock, then caught him with a beautiful step-up rana. Brooks charged in with a boot, but Ali caught him and spun around and caught Brooks with a back kick. Brooks caught Ali with a brutal boot, then backdropped Ali. Ali rolled to the floor to regroup. 

Brooks followed Ali out to the floor for a brawl. Brooks tried to whip Ali into the ring apron, but Ali deftly slid over the mat, under the bottom rope, and onto the other side of the ring. When Brooks tried the same move, Ali caught him and drove him to the floor with a DDT. 

Back in the ring, Ali hit his rolling hangman’s neckbreaker. A series of reversals and counters led to Brooks eating another DDT. Ali went for a powerbomb, but Brooks escaped and hit an enzuiguri. Ali tried for a dive, but Brooks caught him with a forearm. 

Brooks charged right into a superkick from Ali, but Brooks still managed to powerbomb him out of the corner. Brooks hit a fisherman’s ushigoroshi for a near fall. 

Brooks charged at Ali for a dropkick in the corner, but Ali got out of the way and Brooks landed on his head. After a bit of taunting from Ali towards Carlos Silva, Ali hit a 450 splash and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Mustafa Ali remains YOUR International Champion, pinning Brooks after a 450 Splash (5:58). 

— Eric Young challenged EC3 in a “No Rules, Anything Goes” match for next week to find out who the best man is.

Mila Moore, Victoria Crawford & Tessa Blanchard v. Rosemary, Allie & Mara Sadé

So the two months of nonsense in the haunted house has led to this, the return of Allie and Rosemary. At least this means the skits are over though. 

“Allie died in Rosemary’s arms seven long years ago” was an actual line from Tom Hannifan as he built up this match. 

Rosemary gave Crawford an exploder suplex out of the corner, and then when she wandered into Allie’s corner, Allie bit her. Rosemary dumped Moore and Blanchard to the floor, and then Sadé hit the three of them with a crossbody to the floor. Back in the ring, Rosemary got a near fall on Crawford. 

Rosemary clotheslined Crawford and got the tag to Sadé. Moore also got the tag, and Moore and Sadé had a nice exchange. Sadé caught Moore with a sliding dropkick on the floor. Moore yanked Sadé off the ring apron to take control. 

Sadé reversed a suplex on Moore, and got the tag to Rosemary. Rosemary missed a splash in the corner, and Crawford took her down with a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. 

Blanchard tagged in and worked over Rosemary’s knee. Blanchard dropkicked Rosemary in the back of the neck for a near fall. Rosemary was cornered in the heels’… uh, corner, and worked over. Blanchard drew Allie and Sadé into the ring to allow Moore and Crawford to choke out Rosemary. 

All the heels hit Rosemary with a knee in the corner for a near fall. Rosemary got the hot tag to Allie, and she hit Blanchard with a series of clotheslines and a knee lift. Allie hit a death valley driver for a near fall. Allie and Rosemary choked Blanchard and Crawford with a head scissors while hanging backwards over the ropes. Alie hit Moore with a code breaker and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Rosemary, Allie and Mara Sadé defeated Blanchard, Moore & Crawford when Allie pinned Moore (approx. 9 minutes). 

The TNA Injury Report

• Mike Santana and Rich Swann are both cleared, but have the night off. 
• Trey Miguel remains sidelined with a knee injury. 
• Frankie Kazarian and Elijah are both cleared for the strap math. 

Santino Marella Checks In Via Zoom 

Marella was not at the arena, but he was checking in from home to let us know he was cleared of all charges for “punching a talent.” I believe his argument was that he punched Sacks, who is a no-talent. Santino is back to business and no more nonsense. Also the whole business of going into the women’s locker room was a simple misunderstanding.

Marella made Leon Slater & Moose v. Eddie Edwards and Cedric Alexander to make up for the 4-on-2 match from a few weeks ago. A fair match for this week. He also announced Nic Nemeth & KC Navarro v. The System for the tag team titles, and Arianna Grande v. Lei Ying Lee for the Knockouts Title with Xia Brookside banned from ringside. Both of those bouts are for next week. Also, the star witness was Indi Hartwell, who makes her return!

Hartwell returned in front of the line crowd, and challenged Arianna Grace, whether she has the title or not. 

— Mike Santana wanted to talk about his match with Rich Swann from last week, but Nic Nemeth came along with his trophy to remind Santana he still had a title shot to cash in. 

— In her “office” in the back, Daria Rae confirms with someone via video conference that all of what Santino did in his video call was legitimate, constantly calling them “sir” and is that a fifth authority figure for this show? Indi Hartwell came into gloat about her suspension being lifted, and Rae threatened her with contract negotiations. 

Mr. Elegance (w/ The Elegance Brand) v. The Home Town Man 

Mr. Elegance is undefeated in TNA, having wrestled a bunch of matches on Xplosion. 

The Home Town Man gave Mr. Elegance a cutter out of an airplane spin. The Homer punched Mr. Elegance in his beautiful face in front of the other members of the Elegance Brand, who overreacted. The Homer walked right into a spinebuster, who hit him with tackles and knees. Mr. Elegance than rubbed Homer’s face into the mat. Mr. Elegance choked The Homer against the ropes while Ash laughed at him. 

M then rubbed his Syracuse jersey in his face, which riled up the Homer. The Home Town Man made his comeback, slamming Elegance and dropping a big elbow. The Home Town Man came off the top with a crossbody for a near fall. 

Ash by Elegance got up on the ring apron to taunt The Home Town Man with her sexuality. So the Home Town Man grabbed one of his masks and rubbed it in Ash’s face… which I think we were supposed to think Ash was thinking she was making out with the Home Town Man? Ash over-acted again. Home Town Man turned around and walked right into a Alexis Bliss style Sister Abigal DDT for the pinfall. 

Match Result: Mr. Elegance pinned The Home Town Man (6:00). 

This was 4 minutes too long. 

— In the back, Mara Sadé, Allie and Rosemary celebrated their big victory by practicing Sadé’s dance. 

— Gia Miller interviewed Lei Ying Lee at a restaurant. Lee announced she doesn’t want a title shot, and just wants to go back home to China. Tommy Dreamer showed up to convince Lee not to go back to China just because her best friend turned on her. His best friend turned on him in summer camp and they’ve been fighting ever since! This convinced Lee not to go back to China and instead, she said she’ll win the title next week. 

Leon Slater Addressed the Live Crowd 

Mark the date down in your calendars: on May 15th, Leon Slater will become the longest reigning X=Division champion of all time. Slater addressed Cedic Alexander, who thinks he’s “prime,” but he hasn’t been prime since Slater was in elementary school. That was sick burn. Slater will give Alexander another shot at the X-Divsion title. Slater has beaten Alexander twice, so he’ll have no problem doing it for a third time. 

Alexander came out and since Daria Rae wants to one-up Santino in the match making department. So on the live TNA Impact on May 14th, Cedric Alexander will get his title shot. But Alexander thinks that Leon Slater won’t make it to May 14th, and on cue the rest of the System attacked Slater from behind. Moose came out to break up the four on one and run off the System, powerboming Brian Myers on to a bile of the System members on the floor. Moose then went to spear Alisha Edwards, but Eddie pulled his wife out of the ring. 

During this interview, Alexander clarified that the Slater/Moose v. Alexander/Edwards tag team match was happening next week, correcting Santino’s earlier video call promo. 

This thing they’re building to with Slater being the longest reigning X-Division champion could be something special.

— Ryan Nemeth was belly-aching to AJ Francis about his brother upstaging him. Francis doesn’t care about the Nemeth family drama, but Ryan better leave KC Navarro to AJ Francis. 

Next Week on Impact:

• The System’s Bronson & Myers v. KC Navarro & Nic Nemeth for the Tag Team Titles 
• Eric Young v. EC3 in a No Disqualification Match. 
• Leon Slater & Moose v. Cedric Alexander & Eddie Edwards 
• Arianna Grace v. Lei Ying Lee for the TNA Knockouts Title. 

Frankie Kazarian v. Elijah in a “Walk With Elijah Guitar Strap Match” 

So TNA added their own special twist to the strap match: the match will start backstage, where the competitors will get strapped up and fight. Once they get to the ring, it’s standard strap match rules, where the winner is the first to touch all four corners. 

This was your standard walk and brawl. Kazarian rubbed some hand sanitizer in Elijah’s eyes. They visited the doctor, where Kazarian slammed a door in Elijah’s injured shoulder. Elijah sat Kazarian up on a luggage cart and shoved him into some crates, then threw him into a loading bay door. 

Elijah then carried Kazarian through the backstage and into the arena. Kazarian rolled down the entrance ramp. Elijah chopped Kazarian. 

They finally made it into the ring, where Elijah backdropped Kazarian. Elijah touched two of the turnbuckles before Kazarian “broke his momentum” with a forearm to the back. Kazarian touched two of the turnbuckles before Elijah cut him off with a forearm. 

They went to the floor, and Kazarian pulled a guitar out from under the ring. Kazarian choked Elijah with the strap (I think this was the first time the strap was actually used as a weapon). The crowd chanted for a table while they brawled around ringside. Elijah looked for a table, but couldn’t find one under the ring. 

Kazarian tried to walk off, but he couldn’t get far since he was attached to Elijah with a strap. Elijah chopped Kazarian some more. 

Back in the ring, Elijah hit a flying clothesline. Kazarian then rope-walked with Elijah, with Elijah taking Kazarian down with a sunset flip off the top. Elijah touched three of the turnbuckles, but Kazarian finally remembered there was a strap attached to his arm and started whipping Elijah. 

The fight went to the floor, and Elijah hung up Kazarian around the ringpost and whipped him with the strap. Kazarian came back and whipped Elijah, then dropped a leg. Kazarian then used the strap to pull Elijah into the ringpost, and Elijah responded in kind. 

Back in the ring, Elijah chopped and whipped Kazarian while the crowd chanted for tables. Kazarian went for the chicken wing, and Elijah started walking around with Kazarian on his back and began touching corners. He got to three turnbuckles (and Hannfian rightly pointed out that Kazarian wasn’t actually doing anything to break the momentum), but Elijah dropped to the mat before he could touch the fourth turnbuckle. 

Kazarian tried to do his own version of the rope walk, but jumped into a jumping knee from Elijah. Elijah then whipped Kazarian, who countered with a back stabber. Kazarian tried to touch the turnbuckles, but wound up with the strap between his legs. Elijah yanked on the strap, flipping over Kazarian and breaking the strap. 

Elijah hit Kazarian with a tombstone piledriver. Elijah touched three of the turnbuckles, but before he could get to the fourth, Kazarian pulled him back with the strap. However, in this last corner was the guitar Kazarian pulled out from under the ring. Elijah grabbed the guitar, busted it over Kazarian’s head, and then touched the final turnbuckle to get the victory. 

Match Result: Elijah walked to victory by touching all four corners (16:26). 

I actually thought this was a cleverly laid out match. Elijah continues to be impressive in this TNA run.

TNA Impact this week is the go-home show for No Surrender.

Moose is scheduled to kick off this week’s episode. After being kicked out of The System, he returned on last week’s show to help Mike Santana and The Hardys.

Ryan Nemeth and Mara Sade’s feud continues. They will meet in an Albuquerque Street Fight tonight.

In eight-man tag team action, The System’s Bear Bronson, Cedric Alexander, Brian Myers, and Eddie Edwards will take on Mike Santana, Moose, and Matt and Jeff Hardy.

We will hear from Mike Santana ahead of his Casket Match against Mustafa Ali at No Surrender.

Eric Young is also set for the show. He had approached BDE last week about offering him “an opportunity.”

Matches for this week’s episode were taped last month at the Tingly Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. TNA heads to The Pinnacle in Nashville, TN this Friday for No Surrender.

Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Taped! from the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

The Moose is Loose. 

Moose came out of address the live crowd, not to complain about getting jumped last week, because where he comes from getting jumped by two or four guys is just another Thursday. Moose created the System four years ago, and he knows how to dismantle it. Moose called out someone with the blueprint for taking out every member of the System, one man at a time: TNA World Champion Mike Santana. 

Santana entered through the crowd. Santana acknowledged that he and Moose made each other miserable a few years ago, but together they can take out the System with the Hardy Boys as their partners. 

But instead of the Hardys, it’s Daria Rae, the S.U.I.T. “Shut Up I’m Talking!” That isn’t so clever that Rae needs to say it everytime she comes out. Rae is here to throw Santana and Moose out for the time being, because the System v. Santana, Moose & The Hardys isn’t happening until the main event. 

— Gia Miller interviewed Ryan Nemeth in the back, who predicted that the crowd will be chanting “Let’s Go Hunk!” at the end of their street fight later tonight. 

— In the back, Alisha Edwards told Moose in the back that she was thinking about leaving TNA for her mental health. Moose supports whatever decision she makes, but there’s always a place for her in Moose’s corner. (Oh, she’s so turning on him…) 

Nic Nemeth v. Rich Swann

The commentary was barely louder than the crowd. This is the match where the commentary got out two weeks ago after the live episode of Impact ended two weeks ago. Rehwoldt finally explained “Option C” to the new TNA viewers, that Leon Slater can “cash in” in X Division Title for a World Title shot. 

Swann got a near fall after a snap legdrop. Swann sent Nemeth headfirst into the turnbuckle and Nemeth flopped to sell the bump. On the floor, Swann charged at Nemeth and Nemeth backdropped into a headfirst into the apron. Swann basically head-butted the apron while his body was coming straight down. It looked gnarly.  

Back in the ring, Swann sold his neck and Nemeth worked a chinlock. Swann mounted a comeback and floored Nemeth with a clothesline. Swann caught Nemeth with a hangman’s neckbreaker, than a somersault into a splash for a near fall.  Nemeth came back with a Famouser for a near fall. 

Nemeth hit a superkick, but Swann flipped out of a Danger Zone attempt and hit a kick of his own. Swann hit a frog splash for a near fall. Swann missed a Phoenix Splash and Nemeth spiked him down to the mat with a DDT. This was easily the third time Swann took a bump where he was driven headfirst into the mat. Nemeth locked in a sleeper hold with a body scissors. Swann powered up and drove Nemeth down to the mat with a DDT. Swann tried for a springboard cutter, but Nemeth snatched him out of the air with the Danger Zone and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Nemeth pinned Swann (12:41). 

— Indi Hartwell and Xia Brookside did the math, and since each one of them pinned one of the Knockouts tag team champions over the last few weeks, that adds up to a title shot for them at No Surrender.

— The starts will aligned at No Surrender when The Righteous and the Hardys team up to face Order 4. “Everything is going exactly as it should.” This smells like it’s ending in a 6-on-2 beatdown on the Hardys tomorrow.

Eric Young and BDE

Young came out and got the “What!” treatment from crowd throughout his promo. Young called out BDE to see if he was going to join him in cleansing TNA. Young doesn’t understand BDE’s popularity, but he knows he needs him and thinks BDE should join him to help him fight the politicians in TNA. BDE doesn’t need Eric Young and his “imaginary friends,” he just needs the fans cheering him on. BDE turned down Young, so Young hit him with a microphone. A gaggle of referees came out to try and stop Young’s beating, but Young still gave BDE a piledriver. Security came out to help, so Young pie-faced the female referee and gave one of the security guys a piledriver, too. Young got in the face of a female fan, then piledrove another security guard on the floor.  

TNA can drop this thing with Young. It hasn’t ’t gone anywhere in six months.

— In the back, security tried to throw Eric Young out of the arena, and Santino Marella announced he was suspending Young for hitting an official. But Daria Rae intervened and rescinded the suspension. Rae got an email from “the higher up in TNA”  that Young will be part of No Surrender with a match against BDE. 

I’m starting to think TNA has two too many authority figures.

Ryan Nemeth v. Mara Sadé in an Albuquerque Street Fight 

Nemeth work a “Women’s Wrestling Champion of the World” t-shirt. 

The fight started on the floor, and they brawled through the crowd for about a minute before the match got in the ring. Sadé found some cookie sheets underneath the ring to use as a weapon. Sadé came off the top with a dropkick, and Nemeth dropped to the floor to regroup. Sadé went for a sliding kick, but got tied up in the ring skirt. 

Sadé found chair underneath the ring, but Nemeth yanked Sadé down to the floor by the back of her head. Nemeth gave Sadé a hangman’s neckbreaker on the AMC logo on the floor. Nemeth went for a neckbreaker on the chair, but Sadé escaped that, then used the chair a springboard to hit a clothesline. 

Sadé dumped a sack of lollipops onto the floor (like they were thumbtacks). They fought over a suplex, and eventually Sadé suplexed Nemeth onto the lollipops. 

Back in the ring, Sadé used a Singapore cane to beat Nemeth. Sade tried to choke Nemeth out with the cane, but Nemeth reversed that into a cradle for a near fall. Nemeth got the cane and used it on Sadé. Nemeth climbed the top rope with the cane, but took to long and Sadé crotched him. Sadé hit a superkick for the pinfall. 

Match Result: Sadé pinned Nemeth after a superkick (8:37). 

This was a good end for this feud. Let’s move Sadé onto better things. Ryan Nemeth is a fine comedy guy.

The TNA Injury Report: 

• Moose is CLEARED from his nagging back injury. 
• Jeff Hardy is CLEARED despite nagging injuries. 
• Jada Stone is OUT after getting a tombstone from Mustafa Ali last week. 
• Ash by Elegance remains CLEARED. 
• BDE is BEING EVALUATED after a piledriver from Eric Young earlier. 

— Mance Warner and Steph DeLander introduce themselves to the new AMC audience. They’re not worried about TNA politics (they’d be the only ones), they’re about stacking bodies. 

— Ali and Elijah video package hypes up a casket match between them. The casket will be shaped like a large guitar case. This was another package plagued with poor audio.

No Surrender: 

• Knockouts Battle Royal for a future Knockouts Title Shot. 
• Leí Ying Lee v. Arianna Grace for the TNA Knockouts Title. 
• The Elegance Brand v. Indi Hartwell & Xia Brookside for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles.
• Stacks v. Trey Miguel for the TNA International Title 
• BDE v. Eric Young 
• The Hardys & The Righteous v. Order 4 
• Mike Santana & Leon Slater v. Nic Nemeth & Eddie Edwards 

— In the back, Arianna Grace hugged her father to thank him for giving her a match for the TNA Knockouts Titl, while at the same time picking his pocket for the Cobra. I sure hope Santino doesn’t watch a replay of the show to see what his daughter did.

Brian Edwards, Eddie Edwards, Cedric Alexander & Bear Bronson v. Mike Santana, Moose (w/ Alisha Edwards)  & The Hardys

Santana was definitely over with the live crowd. He started out with Brian Myers and floored him with a dropkick. Edwards ran in and ate a superkick from Santana. Santana flattened Myers with a senton. The Hardys double-teamed Myers, and Jeff got a near fall after a splash. 

Myers maneuvered Santana into the System’s corner. Bear Bronson mauled him with a clothesline in the corner. Alexander got the tag and dropped Santana trying to suplex him, then he hit an elbow for near fall. Santana got the tag to Moose who went after everybody in the System. He hit Edwards with a boot and Myrers with a uranage and senton. Moose pulled Alexander out of the corner with the sit-down choke bomb for a near fall. Myers got into an argument with Alisha Edwards, which distracted Moose and allowed Alexander to hit a kick. Edwards tried to take advantage, but Moose cut him off. Matt Hardy got the tag and deleted Edwards, Myers and Alexander’s heads into the turnbuckles. Matt went for the Twist of Fate, but Bear Bronson body blocked him to the mat. 

Matt Hardy tried for a sunset flip, but Bronson blocked it and sat down on Matt. Bronson sent Matt into Myers’ boot, and Hardy got worked over in the heel corner. Myers worked Hardy over with a chinlock. Matt escaped with a jawbreaker, but ran into a knee. Edwards got the tag and worked over Matt some more. 

Edwards drew Moose and Jeff Hardy in the ring so the rest of the System could triple-team Matt. The ref kept missing the blatant cheating of the System, so the crowd chanted “ref you suck!” Alexander took Matt down with a dragon screw leg whip. 

The crowd got behind Matt Hardy while Bronson stalked him around the ring. Bronson drove him into the corner with shoulder blocks. 

Alexander got a near fall after a suplex, then went to a chinlock. Myers walked into a Side Effect from Matt, who got the hot tag to Santana. Santana squared off with Edwards. Santana caught Edwards with an enziguri, then rolled out of the corner with a stunner for a near fall. 

The match broke down with everyone brawling. The Hardys and Moose isolated Edwards. Moose drove Edwards down with a uranage, and Santana flew in with a splash. Santana went for a cover, but the rest of the System broke up the pin attempt. 

Now the System isolated Santana. Edwards hit  blue thunder bomb, Myers flew in with a top rope elbow, Alexander flew in with a splash, but Edwards (who was busted open and bleeding from the nose) only got two. 

Everyone on both sides played “hit a move, take a move” until Santana and Edwards took each other out with a double clothesline. 

Jeff Hardy and Bronson got tags and squared off in the ring. Hardy took Bear down with a clothesline and a reverse atomic drop. Jeff dropped an elbow for a near fall. Jeff went for a submission on Bronson. Myers grabbed one of the title belts to try and use as a weapon, but Alisha Edwards cut that off. Moose took out Myers with a dive, Edwards followed out with a dive on Moose, and Santana followed out with a dive on Edwards. 

This left Bronson in the ring with the Hardys, and they took him out with the Plot Twist. Jeff went to the top, but Cedric crotched him. Bronson pulled Jeff out of the corner and drove him down with a sit-out tombstone (Owen Driver ’97) and Bronson got the biggest win of his career. 

Match Result: The System wins after Bear Bronson pinned Jeff Hardy (20:55).

Really hot main event with a great finish to elevate Bear Bronson.

TNA Impact is back on AMC tonight.

Five matches are advertised for the show.

In a six-woman tag team match, The Angel Warriors (Lei Ying Lee & Xia Brookside) team with Indi Hartwell to face The Elegance Brand’s Ash by Elegance, Heather by Elegance, and M by Elegance, along with The Personal Concierge. The match marks Ash’s return to in-ring competition after vacating the Knockouts title last year.

Elijah teams with new TNA signing Jada Stone against Mustafa Ali and Tasha Steelz of Order 4. The Righteous, Vincent and Dutch, will be in action against opponents yet to be announced. Trey Miguel and Tessa Blanchard are also advertised for singles matches.

Also announced for the show, new on-screen authority figure Daria Rae will make an announcement regarding No Surrender on February 13 in Nashville.

This week’s episode was taped at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Saturday, January 31, 2026.

Live coverage begins at 9 p.m. Eastern.

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Taped! from the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

Arianna Grace joined the commentators for the opening match.

Trey Miguel vs. Adam Brooks

Brooks was returning from TNA for the first time since 2023 when TNA did a tour of Australia. Miguel has the TNA International Title shot briefcase, which is why Grace was out on commentary. Grace was on commentary and she kept saying the same talking points over and over. Did you know that Stacks is an amazing man and Grace is trying to do things the right way, and that no family is perfect? You sure did after this match. 

The action in the ring was nothing special. Miguel stunned Brooks with a release German suplex, then came off the top with a dropkick. Brooks blocked a springboard from Miguel and hit a superplex. Brooks hit a sit out powerbomb for two. Brooks went for a crossface, but Miguel countered that with a crucifix for a near fall. Miguel stunned Brooks with a poisoned rana, and then finish Brooks off with the Lightning Spiral. 

Match Result: Miguel pinned Brooks (7:36). 

After the match, Stacks ran in from behind and attacked Miguel with a belt shot, which upset Arianna Grace.

— Gia Miller interviewed Lei Ying Lee,  Xia Brookside and Indi Hartwell, who threatened the Elegance Brand in English and Chinese. 

The Righteous v. Tommy Two Scoops & TW3

Vincent floored Two Scoops with a clothesline and the squash was on. Dutch killed Two Scoops with a Black Hole Slam. TW3 got the tag and Dutch laughed off his offense. He also stuck his tongue out a lot. Vincent flew back into the ring with a flatliner on TW3. TW3 took a beating aht crowed chanted for Two Scoops, who was still dead on the floor. Vincent hit TW3 with a Sliced Bread #2 off of Vincent, and that was that. 

Match Result: The Righteous win Dutch pinned TW3 (2:23)

After the match, Vincent cut a promo after the match and reiterated that The Righteous want to team with the Hardys. 

— In the back, The Hardys reiterated that they’re done with the Righteous.  Then The System attacked the Hardys to set themselves up for a title shot. 

Frankie Kazarian Addresses the Crowd

 Frankie Kazarian and Daria Rae shook hands in the back, and Kazarian came out to address the crowd. Mike Santana may be tough, but he’s not a king like Frankie Kazarian. Kazarian let the fans know that he wrestled two great title matches a few weeks ago but he was doing so with a surgically repaired hand. Frankie has talked it over with Daria Rae, and she’s promised things are going to change for Frankie Kazarian. Kazarian turned to trashing the crowd, saying there’s no man in Albuquerque who can beat him up. The lights drop, and finally Elijah came out for his match to end Kazarian’s tirade. 

Kazarian is such a midcard heel.

Elijah & Jada Stone vs. Mustafa Ali & Tasha Steelz (w/ Order 4)

Mustafa Ali on the other hand, is a top tier heel. 

Stone and Steelz started out, and Stone is very athletic but still needs a lot of polish. Stone went for a dive on Steelz on the floor, but Ali blocked the path out. While Ali and Steelz regrouped with The Great Hands on the floor, Elijah pressed Stone and launched her onto their foes on the floor.

The match continued in the ring with Stone against Steelz, and Steelz was dominant. Steelz hit a suplex for a near fall. Stone started to fight back, and both women hit each other with superkicks. Tags were made on both sides, and Elijah caught Ali with a flying knee. Elijah missed a charge in the corner, and Ali hit the rolling neckbreaker, and soaked in the jeers from the crowd. 

The crowd chanted “Ali Sucks!” and Ali went to work on Elijah’s arm with a overhead armbar.    

After a commercial, Elijah caught Ali with a pop-up powerbomb. The women were tagged backed in and Steelz fed for a comeback from Stone. Stone hit her with a split legged moonsault for two.  On the floor, Special Agent Zero dropped Elijah on the ring apron while the Great Hands distracted the ref. Stone went to check on Elijah, and Ali got the tag and was the legal participant in the match. 

Ali shoved Stone around a bit, and Stone hit Ali with a pair of spinning DDTs which Ali oversold like a champ. Stone came off the top with a Orihara moonsault to the floor on John Skylar and Ali, then his Jason Hotch with a superkick. After letting her run wild on all of Order 4, Ali killed Stone with a sliding dropkick. Ali sent Elijah into the ring steps. 

Back in the ring, Stone hit a handspring stunner and went for the pin. Steelz broke up the cover. Stone hit her with a Codebreaker of sorts. Stone went to the top, but Ali caught her and drilled her with a tombstone behind the ref’s back. 

Match Result: Steelz pinned Stone after a tombstone from Ali (11:20). 

This was great stuff. Stone looked like a million bucks by the end of this.

— In the back, Arianna Grace manipulated Santino Marella into giving her a title shot. 

Daria Rae Announced the No Surrender Card: 

In the back, Daria Rae announced the No Surrender Card:

• Stacks v. Trey Miguel for the TNA International Title 
• The Hardys & The Righteous v. Order 4 
• Mike Santana & Leon Slater v. Nic Nemeth & Eddie Edwards. 

Daria reminded the brand new AMC audience that Leon Slater has “Option C,” and then does not explain what that means. Santino Marella showed up to also make Lei Ying Lee v. Arianna Grace for the Knockouts Title. Daria saw Steve Maclin talking to some folks in the back, and Santino calmly explained that he was just saying goodbye to some friends. Daria Rae than emotionally and irrationally screamed at Santino fro being so emotional and irrational. 

Maclin cut a promo about how happy he was to be leaving with his head held high. Santana was there to wish Maclin luck on his way out… so of course Maclin jumped him. They brawled and had to be broken up by security. Maclin was thrown out of the building.  

Tessa Blanchard (w/ Victoria Crawford & Mila Moore) vs. Rachel Ley

This is another quick squash. Blanchard is clearly the best in the Knockout’s Division but all her outside of make her a liability. Blanchard sidestepped a moonsault like Samoa Joe, then finished Ley off with a hammerlock DDT. 

Match Result: Blanchard pinned Ley (3:25)

TNA Injury Report: 

• Rich Swann & AJ Francis  are both… cleared after their street fight last week.
• Jada Stone is… being evaluated after a tombstone. Her condition is SERIOUS. 
• Ash by Elegance is… cleared after passing all relevant tests and returns to the ring tonight.

— Ryan Nemeth tried to prove he was the superior athlete to Mara Sadé and failed at every turn. She was better at football, darts, and finally winning HORSE. Sadé won HORSE with a “trick shot” by superkicing Nemeth, who was holding the basketball, which sent Nemeth flying backwards and the basketball flying into the net.

— Eric Young offered BDE the opportunity of a lifetime. Amway? No, it was a spot in the Cleanse. BDE turned it down, so Young gave him a week to change his mind.

The Elegance Brand (w/ Mr. Elegance & The Concierge)  vs. Indi Hartwell, Lei Ying Lee & Xia Brookside 

The Elegance Brand were dressed in Breaking Bad inspired gear that was really fantastic. 

Ash teased starting out with Lee, but made a quick tag to M. M went for a kick on Lee, who easily blocked it. Brookside got the tag and worked over M with a side headlock. M reversed with a head scissors, which Brookside escaped with a classic British wrestling escape. Brookside went back to the side headlock. This was very basic, but very good stuff. Brookside went back to the headlock, but M escaped with elbows. She got the tag to Heather, who tagged Ash (or maybe it was the other way around) and soon all six women were squaring off mid ring. 

When you watch on TNA+ (as I do) you get an extra match segment with commentary that isn’t part of the main TV feed, which you can tell because the commentary gets way looser. For instance, when this match went ot that extra segment, Hannifan went nuts a made up a backstory of how the Elegance Brand did experiments to change the body of Mr. Elegance overnight, which he later called “Bane Serum.” 

After the ring cleared, the Elegance Brand got the edge when the Concierge hooked Brookside’s leg. M slammed Heather on top of Brookside for a near fall. 

Lee got the tag and got into it with Ash, but Mr. Elegance threw a fur coat at Lee. This gave Ash the advantage. Ash went to a chinlock.  Lee eventually broke free and hit a clothesline. 

Hartwell and M got tags, and Hartwell hit a spinebuster for two. Hartwell sent M to the floor with a boot. Brookside then took out all the members fo the Elegance Brand with a dive. Mr. Elegance grabbed Brookside and the Concierge tried to glitter bomb her, but Brookside ducked and Mr. Elegance got a face full of glitter. TNA is a serious wrestling promotion. 

Back in the ring, Brookside rolled up Heather with a European Clutch cradle and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Hardwell, Lee & Brookside won when Brookside pinned Heather. (11:53)

After the match, the Elegance Brand jumped Brookside and got their heat back. Silliness with the glitter aside, Brookside looked great here.

TNA Impact Next Week: 

• Nic Nemeth v. Rich Swann 
• Mara Sadé v. Ryan Nemeth in an Albuquerque Street Fight

Mike Santana Keeps It a Buck

While setting up this segment, Hannifan again reminded the audience about Leon Slater’s “Option C” without explaining it. Santana can’t believe that one of his best friends (Steve Maclin) would turn on him over the World Title. (But he’s fired anyway so why does he care?). The System attacked Satana and got ready to lay him out with a belt shot, but The Hardys tried to make the save. But the Hardys are old and it was still 4 on 3 so they got swallowed up by the System too. Moose’s music played, and The System did the dumb heel thing where they all faced the entrance. So Moose did the smart babyface thing where he came through the crowd and got the jump on them from behind. Moose tossed Eddie  Edwards out, hit Cedric Alexander and Bear Bronson with scissor kicks, and finally powerbombed Alexander onto the other members of the System on the floor. 

Pretty hot crowd pleasing segment to end the show and send the fans home happy.

Tune in next week when maybe they explain Option C! I guess it’s not that important since they gave us more of a backstory for the guy who jobbed in the opener than this Option C stipulation.

(Option C means that Slater can cash in his X Division title for a world title shot at Mike Santana.)