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TNA Impact live results: Final Resolution go-home show

Posted on by Joseph Collins

On a week when TNA announced that Impact is heading to AMC in January, the promotion rolls on with a live episode ahead of Friday’s Final Resolution streaming special.

The TNA vs. NXT war continues as The Hardys, Steve Maclin and Cedric Alexander take on Lexis King, Stacks, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe.

Friday’s challenger for Knockouts Champion Lei Ying Lee will be decided in a number one contender’s match between Dani Luna and Xia Brookside.

Former TNA World Champion Mike Santana takes on NXT’s Robert Stone.

In a preview of a tag team match at Final Resolution, Mustafa Ali goes one-on-one with Trey Miguel.

Ahead of his X-Division title defense against AJ Francis Friday, Leon Slater will appear on a First Class Penthouse interview segment with his challenger.

The show is rounded out by another TNA vs. NXT match with Home Town Man vs. Brooks Jensen.

Our live coverage kicks off at 8 PM Eastern.

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Steve Maclin, The Hardy Boyz, Nic Nemeth and Mike Santana, Gail Kim (among others) werewalking around in the woods looking for a box with TNA on it. A cover of “In The Air Tonight plays” while Eddie Edwards and Moose walk the box into a barn. Frankie Kazarian took off his sunglasses; Ash by Elegance was there as well. The box is glowing, and when someone finally opened it, it’s a promo for the AMC debut on January 15th. 

That was definitely a thing that happened. 

Taped from Orlando, Florida.  

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

The Home Town Man v. Brooks Jensen (w/ Lexis King) 

After weeks of getting jumped by the NXT wrestlers, Santino Marella is allowing the NXT wrestlers to complete in TNA. I’m not sure how that’s different from the original arrangement. The Home Town Man  choked Jensen against the ropes and pummeled him with fists. Homer got a near fall off a top rope crossbody. Jensen escaped a Home Town Slice and dropped Homer with a brain buster. 

Jensen dropped Homer with a backbreaker for a near fall. Jensen missed a knee drop, but Homer fell back trying to slam Jensen. Homer finally took over with a flying clothesline and a bodyslam, then dropped the “Home Town Elbow.” Homer hit the Home Town Slice, then took out Lexis King with a dive to the floor. But when the Home Town Man got back in the ring, King tripped him up and Jensen caught him with a heel kick for the pinfall. 

Match Result: Jensen pinned The Home Town Man (5:26)

(During the commercial on TNA+, they showed a clip of current TNA World Champion getting choked out by current AEW World Champion, Samoa Joe from 2011. Although Kazarian did wind up getting a rollup pin. Later on the showed AEW’s Christian Cage also beating on the current TNA World Champion.)

— The Rascalz did a skit where they sit around in a cloud of smoke. They’re confused about their old names, their new names, and the name of their opponents Order 4. 

The IInspiration IInteraction. 

The IInspiration came out to celebrate their victory a month ago at Turning Point. Victoria Crawford and Tessa Blanchard interrupted to challenge the IInspiration for a title match at Final Resolution (which Hannifan had already announced would be happening, which was actually announced on the TNA social media platforms a week ago). This was a setup for Mila Moore to attack the IInspiration from behind, but despite the 3-on-2 odds, the IInspiration actually ran off the heels and stood tall. 

— Santino Marella fired up the TNA troops in the main event later tonight. 

— Clips from NXT highlighted Miles Borne getting the advantage in the Iron Survivor Match at NXT Deadline. 

Dani Luna v. Xia Brookside in a Number One Contenders Match for the Knockouts World Championship. 

The winner gets a shot at the TNA Knockouts Champion Léi Yîng Lee tomorrow night.

Brookside worked over Luna with a headlock, but Luna easily powered out. Brookside had more success working on Luna’s arm. Brookside caught Luna with a rana out of the corner and a kick. Brookside avoided an elbow drop and caught Luna with a dropkick which sent her to the floor. 

Brookside tried a baseball slide kick, but Luna avoided it. Back in the ring, Luna powered Brookside down with a backbreaker. Luna followed up with a forearm to the small of Brookside’s back. Luna stepped on Brookside’s chest to take the wind out of her, then went to work on Brookside’s leg. 

Luna tossed Brookside to the mat and hit a sliding lariat for a near fall. Luna went back to attacking Brookside’s leg. 

Luna whipped Brookside hard into the turnbuckles. Brookside started to mount a comeback with flying clotheslines, and took Luna down with a tijeras. Brookside hit a back elbow in the corner, then followed up with meteroa. Brookside hit a crossbody off the top for a near fall. 

Brookside went for a surfboard, but Luna powered out. Brookside then tied Luna up in an Octopus hold. Luna powered out of that, too, but Brookside hit a Russian Legsweep and then transitioned into an armbar. Luna powered Brookside out of that an into a buckle bomb. Luna hit a slingshot blue thunder bomb for another near fall. 

Luna dropped to the floor and pulled a steel chair and a steel chain out from under the ring. Luna slid the chair into the ring. While the ref was dealing with the chair, Indi Hartwell ran in and grabbed the chain from Luna. Hartwell clocked Luna with the chain. Luna got back in the ring and Brookside quickly wrapped her up in a small package for the pinfall. 

Match Result: Xia Brookside defeated Dani Luna via pinfall (12:27 aired) 

After the match, Léi Yîng Lee had words for her opponent. 

TNA Injury Report: 

  • Mike Santana’s arm is being monitored, but he is cleared! 
  • Tessa Blanchard has been cleared for Final Resolution!  
  • Indi Hartwell has cleared the concussion protocol! 
  • Zachary Wentz and Desmond Xavier are not cleared to compete tonight due an attack in the parking lot by Order 4!

Robert Stone v. Mike Santana

Stone jumped Santana before the bell. They fought on the floor, and Stone sent Santana into the ringpost. Despite injuring his arm against the ringpost, Santana still hit the discus lariat and get the pinfall. Santana told Stone after the match to let the other NXT invaders know that “Papi’s home!” 

Match Result: Mike Santana pinned Robert Stone (0:30)

— Frankie Kazarian can’t believe the audacity of JDC challenging him for the TNA World Title. Kazarian will put an end to JDC’s “opening match, mid card existence.” 

First Class Penthouse with guest Leon Slater 

AJ Francis brings out Slater, who is only X Division champion because Rich Swann couldn’t get the job done (according to Francis). Slater is the soon-to-be former champion, since Francis is challenging Slater for the X Division title at Final Resolution. Francis got in Slater’s face, and Slater asked him to brush his teeth, which got a “Brush your teeth!” chant going. Slater thinks Rich Swann (who Francis has been belittling) deserves a little more respect since he’s a former TNA World Champion. Francis toasts his future as X Division champion, but gave Slater an empty glass since he’s “sixteen or something.” Predictably, things turn violent. Slater avoided a choke slam through the table, but did not avoid Francis throwing the table. Francis choked out Slater with his jacket and held him open for Swann to hit him with the title belt, but Swann refused. Francis shoved Swann down, then gave Slater a massive choke slam, and stood over Slater with the X Division title.   

— The System are having trouble figuring out who will replace JDC.

— JDC responds to Frankie’s promo from earlier by asking how many WrestleManias Kazarian has been in. JDC will show Kazarian what a real star is at Final Resolution. 

Mustafa Ali v. Trey Miguel in a match with everyone barred from ringside.

Ali caught Miguel coming off the middle ropes and tried to muscle him up, but Miguel went over his shoulders and took him down with a crucifix bomb. The match went to the floor. When Miguel tried to catch up to Ali by sliding under the bottom rope, Ali caught him with a draping DDT onto the floor. 

In the ring, Miguel came back with a gamengiri. Ali caught Miguel with a vertical suplex, holding him up for a long time before dropping to the mat. Miguel avoided the rolling neckbreaker and caught Ali with a moonsault. Ali charge into an elbow, and Miguel came off the top with a shotgun dropkick. 

Miguel caught Ali with a rana into a cradle for a near fall. Ali came back with a jawbreaker, Miguel sent Ali to the floor with a handspring kick, the followed him out with a spinning DDT on the floor. Back in the ring, Miguel came off the top with a meteora for a near fall. 

Miguel caught Ali with a destroyer, but Ali bridged out of the pin attempt, then collapsed. Miguel went for the meteora off the top again, but Ali dodged it and Miguel drove his knees into the mat. Ali quickly locked in the sharpshooter, and Miguel tapped out. 

Match Result: Mustafa Ali defeated Trey Miguel via submission (7:33)

Final Resolution Card: 

  • Pre-show match: Cedric Alexander v. Eric Young 
  • Mike Santana v. Charlie Dempsey 
  • The IInspiration v. Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Crawford for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Title 
  • Matt Cardona v. Mance Warner in a Street Fight 
  • Order 4 v. The Rascals 
  • The Hardys v. Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe for the TNA World Tag Team Titles
  • Léi Yîng Lee v. Xia Brookside for the TNA Knockouts World Title 
  • Steve Maclin v. Stacks for the TNA International Title 
  • Leon Slater v. AJ Francis for the TNA X Division Title 
  • Frankie Kazarian v. JDC for the TNA World Title

Stacks, Lexis King, Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe (of NXT) vs. The Hardys, Cedric Alexander & Steve Maclin (of TNA)

While the Hardys entered the arena, Alexander and Maclin jumped the NXT guys who were already in the ring. The Hardys double-teamed Stacks for a near fall. Lexis King kept the Hardys from hitting Poetry in Montion and the match broke down again with all eight guys brawling. Stacks wound up surrounded by the entire TNA team and took a beating, then Alexander and Maclin tossed him over the top rope and onto his partners. 

Maclin brought Stacks back into the ring, then hit him with a chop so hard it sent him back to the floor. Alexander got the tag and hit Stacks with another hard chop. Stacks got the tag to King, and Alexander chopped away at King, too. Alexander tried to go to the top, but Tyson Dupont shoved Alexander to the floor to get the advantage for the NXT team. 

King tried some chops, but Alexander fired back with more chops. King popped him with a short right, and then tagged in Stacks for some double-team chops. The NXT team worked over Alexander in their corner. 

King hip tossed Stacks into Alexander, who was slumped in the corner.  Alexander caught Stacks with a leg whip and got the tag to Maclin, who went after King. Maclin hit King with an Angle slam. King took out Stacks with a clothesline, then Dupont and Igwe, but King caught Maclin with a sliding dropkick. Dupont drove Maclin down to the mat with an uranage. 

Jeff Hardy got the tag and fought King. He dumped King to the floor, then took out the entire NXT team with a body block off the apron. Jeff went to the top, but Stacks tripped him up. Igwe took out Alexander with a boot, and the match broke down. Matt hit Dupont with a side effect. King went for his finisher on Jeff, but Jeff countered into the Twist of Fate. 

Stacks sprung to the top, but Jeff crotched him. Stacks hung upside down in the corner, and Jeff used Matt as a springboard to give Stacks a low blow. Tyson and Tyriek pulled the Hardys out to the floor for a brawl, and Alexander followed out with a dive. The ref tried to deals with the guys in the floor, so in the ring King clocked Maclin with his walking stick, of course the TNA guys lose the main event to the NXT guys. 

Match Result: Team NXT beats Team TNA when Stacks pinned Maclin (14:24) 

After the match, Santino came out to berate the TNA guys for being cheating cheaters. 

Final Resolution feels thrown together, but I’d figure the next two months will just be marking time until the get onto AMC in January.

TNA Impact Thanksgiving special results: The Ryan Nemeth show

Posted on by Josh Nason

TNA Wrestling’s weekly edition of Impact was a Thanksgiving special, headlined by the annual Turkey Bowl match where the loser must don a turkey suit.

Next week’s show will get back to more “in continuity.” This week’s show was hosted by Tom Hannifan who was in a control room setting to throw it to never before seen segments and matches…and a segment from 2007.

Mance Warner vs. Eric Young vs. Trey Miguel vs. Home Town Man vs. Ryan Nemeth vs. Brian Myers in a Turkey Bowl match

Gia Miller and Tom Hannifan were on the call.

Ryan Nemeth snuck in the ring after hiding for the majority of the match and went after Brian Myers only to get hit with a Roster Cut and a pinfall. Nemeth tried to escape instead of putting on the suit but got hit with a Sliced Bread from HTM. Miguel, Myers and HTM then put the woozy Nemeth in the suit who eventually woke up and was extremely embarrassed.

Match Result: Brian Myers won the annual Turkey Bowl match

-They featured another Mr. Elegance search promo from The Elegance Brand.

Leon Slater & Mike Santana vs. Trick Williams & Mustafa Ali

Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt were on the call.

This match was from September 2025 during the Minneapolis, Minnesota, tapings. Williams was still TNA World Champion at the time. Santana was about to hit Ali with the Spin the Block when Order 4 interfered for the DQ.

The beatdown continued afterward with Order 4 attacking Santana as Williams took off. Ali was about to put Santana through a table when Slater hit a Terminator Dive on all of Order 4 and gave Ali to Santana. Santana was about to hit a Razor’s Edge on Ali through a table when Order 4 grabbed him before it could happen.

Slater and Santana then got one of the Order 4 stooges and put him through a table instead.

Match Result: Leon Slater & Mike Santana defeated Trick Williams & Mustafa Ali by DQ

Ryan Nemeth vs. Krampus

Hannifan and Miller were on the call.

This was billed as a Christmas vs. Thanksgiving match which is a sentence I just wrote. Nemeth got the win after thumbing Krampus in the eye and getting a roll-up with tights for the win.

Match Results: Ryan Nemeth defeated Krampus

-They had an emotional Lei Ying Lee promo following her TNA Knockouts title win this past Tuesday.

Jeff Hardy & Joe Hendry concert

This was an off-air segment from this past July in Kingston, Rhode Island. Hendry came out first with a guitar. He sang his song and then said Jeff Hardy’s name and out he came in full face paint. Hendry put over The Hardys and then Hardy sang his “Modest” theme song while Hendry played guitar.

Hendry and Hardy then played and sang Creed’s “My Sacrifice” which fans remember as a song used in a classic WWE Hardy promo. Fans were lighting up their phones, but there weren’t a ton of them there and the amount of empty seats were pretty obvious.

The Nemeth Brothers then made their appearance, marking the third time Ryan had been on this special. As you might expect, they insulted Hardy and Hendry and Ryan insisted he sing a song he wrote for his big brother. That didn’t get going as Hardy and Hendry took out the heels to send them packing.

-They played an Ash by Elegance segment from their Immersed feature on her.

-They played a November 2007 segment with everyone having a Thanksgiving feast. This was something to behold with then-TNA World Champion Kurt Angle, Jay Lethal in his Black Machismo gimmick, Jeremy Borash, Sonjay Dutt, So Cal Val, Dustin Rhodes, Karen (then Angle) Jarrett, Chris Harris, James Storm, Team 3D, and others. As you might expect, a food fight broke out.

Ryan Nemeth, Jake Something & First Class vs. Leon Slater, Moose, Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards

Rehwoldt and Hannifan were on the call.

Yes, fans: Ryan Nemeth made a FOURTH appearance on this two-hour special. That’s nearly Don Callis territory.

The end came when Myers got the hot tag to Slater who ran wild on the turkey suit-clad Nemeth. He hit his big high crossbody, but everyone ran in to break it up.

Nemeth nearly had Slater pinned with a roll-up and handful of tights, but Slater kicked out, hit a leg lariat and then finished Nemeth off with his swanton 450.

Match Result: Leon Slater, Moose, Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards defeated Ryan Nemeth, Jake Something & First Class (AJ Francis and Rich Swann)

TNA Impact live results: The fallout from Turning Point

Posted on by Arya Witner

A week after losing the TNA World title, Mike Santana will appear on tonight’s TNA Impact to let fans know what’s on his mind.

Santana lost to Frankie Kazarian in under a minute after NXT wrestlers attacked Santana and injured his arm. Kazarian then cashed in a title opportunity to take the gold. He then was late to the venue for Friday’s Turning Point in his tag team match alongside Steve Maclin against Nic Nemeth and Kazarian.

A pair of four-way matches in the Knockouts division will help take things one step further to deciding a new top contender to TNA Knockouts Champion Kelani Jordan.

In one match, it will be Xia Brookside vs. Victoria Crawford vs. Killer Kelly vs. Jody Threat while the other will feature Dani Luna vs. Indi Hartwell vs. Rosemary vs. Myla Grace. The winners of those bouts will then square off in two weeks with the winner challenging Jordan at December’s Final Resolution.

After Matt Cardona appeared on last week’s WWE SmackDown, he will be back in action against Mance Warner.

A singles match between Myron Reed and John Skyler rounds out the broadcast.

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-The show began with an In Memorial graphic for George Tahinos, before airing a recap of last week where Frankie Kazarian cashed in his Call Your Shot trophy and won the TNA World Title, much to the disdain of most people who saw and heard about it. It also included footage from Turning Point where Mike Santana beat Kazarian in a tag team match.

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Mike Santana addresses the fans and NXT

-In the arena, we were joined by the former World Champion, Mike Santana. Santana sat in a chair in the ring and started by saying he loves the fans to death. He talked about how a month ago, he was on top of the world and celebrating with his baby girl, who saved his life. Then last Wednesday he celebrated 1,000 days sober. Then the very next day, everything was taken from him. When you think you’re at the top, life will humble you. Santana talked of being scared and how dark things got. Instead of coming to Turning Point last week, he went to a safe space-a meeting. In that meeting he realized the fans deserve for him to be here. The fans pay their hard earned money for him to give them an escape and an experience and Santana thanked them. Having the title for a little bit just makes him want it that much more, telling Frankie Kazarian to not get too comfortable because the TNA World Title is coming home to Papi. However, before he takes care of Kazarian, he told the cameraman to zoom in to tell the NXT boys that he is going to pick each and every one of them off one by one until there’s nothing left. He will make them regret ever setting foot in TNA. Santana closed by saying he gave them fair warning and to beware.

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-Santino Marella was on the phone with Ava when Frankie Kazarian walked in and said he had nothing to do with the attack last week. He wants a written apology, signed by Carlos Silva. Santino said he had a meeting with JDC. JDC walked in and told Kazarian how he should be dressed as champion. Kazarian questioned when was the last time anyone cared about JDC and brought up JDC’s wife. JDC got serious and asked for a title shot. Santino booked JDC vs Eric Young and if JDC wins then he gets a title shot. Kazarian said he hopes EY cripples him.

They never said if Young wins if he’d get a title shot.

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Dani Luna pinned Indi Hartwell in a 4-way match that included Myla Grace w/Harley Hudson and Rosemary

A strong 4-way and I thought it was crisper than several of the women’s matches I saw last night at the AEW Dynamite/Collision show.

The winner of this match will face the winner of another 4-way match later tonight in two weeks to determine the new top challenger for the TNA Knockouts Title. Tom Hannifan plugged the 3-way match this Tuesday at NXT Gold Rush where Kelani Jordan will defend the TNA Knockouts Title against Jordynne Grace and Lei Ying Lee.

Myla, Rosemary and Dani especially ran some really well put together spots to start the match. Indi cleared the ring and had the advantage on Myla as they went to commercial. I never watch on TNA+, so I am not sure if this is a regular thing, but when Hannifan pitched a commercial, we just stayed on the match. After a few minutes of Indi and Myla wrestling, Luna and Rosemary yanked those two out of the ring to get them back in the match. Rosemary threatened to spew the green mist on Luna, but Luna backed off and resumed her attack on Myla. 

After Rosemary bit Indi, we were magically whisked away to a commercial, which featured Christian Cage vs Frankie Kazarian in a ladder match from Genesis 2007. 

After the commercial, Myla did a Corkscrew Moonsault to the floor to Rosemary. My favorite Demon Assassin pulled a chain out from under the ring, but Myla posted her. Dani picked up the chain and KO’d Indi with it for the pin.

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-Eric Young told some masked guys to hand out flyers and that The Cleanse was coming. Gia Miller walked up for an interview. Young said that if he wins the main event, all he gets is a pat on the back. EY said after he beats JDC and shows the world the truth, that the Cleanse will come and there’s nothing any of us can do about it.

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-Santino was now with Arianna Grace to debate how the NXT people got in. In walked Steve Maclin and the Hardys, all of whom encouraged Santino to open the doors and let the NXT people in. Jeff Hardy offered the TNA Tag Team Titles as bait.

Is it too obvious to say that NXT’s Arianna Grace is opening the door for the NXT people to come in?

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Mance Warner w/Steph DeLander pinned Matt Cardona

Absolutely nothing wrong with this match. 

This was set up during the Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match when DeLander kept trying to help Warner cheat but he still got eliminated by Cardona. During the entrance we saw Dolph Ziggler and Zack Ryder lose matches on Raw and SmackDown last week.

Cardona was setting up Radio Silence, but SDL grabbed his ankle, distracting him long enough that he got laid out with a powerbomb when he got loose from DeLander. Warner blocked an Unprettier and used the Move Formerly Known as The One-Percenter and a running knee lift. Warner teased using a chair, but the referee took it. Warned teased using SDL’s purse but got dropped with Radio Silence. However, SDL put Warner’s foot on the ropes. In the ensuing confusion, Warner hit Cardona with the purse and a Pay Window for the win.

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TNA Injury Report, presented by Bioflex

Mike Santana has a torn UCL, but is cleared

Elijah is still out with a torn triceps

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-The NXT Guys said they are doing the same thing TNA guys are doing, just better. Charlie Dempsey said he knows how to put on a real wrestling move. Robert Stone said he’s not behind this and did reference being in TNA before. Lexis King said all the king’s horses and all the king’s men can’t put TNA back together again.

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-Matt Cardona was mad backstage, saying he wasn’t ready tonight. He thought Mance was like his brother, but apparently not. This business only cares about who’s on top and challenges Mance to a Street Fight in El Paso. Hannifan clarifies it would be at Final Resolution if the match is accepted.

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John Skyler pinned Myron Reed

The rest of The Rascalz and Order 4 stayed backstage.

This looked like it could have been a style clash, but Reed is spectacularly smooth and Skyler is an underrated solid worker. During the match, we saw a picture-in-picture where Special Agent Zero and Tasha Steelz appear to have laid out the other Rascalz. The finish saw Jason Hotch come out and when Reed had Skyler roiled up, Hotch reached in, rolled them over and Reed won.

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-Up next, we had footage of Leon Slater pinning Rich Swann. After that we saw First Cla$$ outside and AJ was giving Swann grief about losing and even more grief for shaking Slater’s hand. Francis mentioned that he won at Turning Point, while Swann lost to a flippy little kid from England. Speaking of the flippy little kid from England, up walked Leon Slater. AJ said that in the 90s when kids showed no respect then you got it beat into them. They set up a match.

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The Search For Mr. Elegance

-The Personal Concierge hosted the search for Mr. Elegance before introducing us to the co-hosts, Ash, M and Heather By Elegance. The only rule is you can’t go behind the curtain. Ash immediately went after the first guy. Concierge told guy #2 that the only person who could wear a salmon suit was Mark Henry. Heather asked the third guy (Alejandro) about steroids, but he had no idea. Alejandro hit on all three of them, but they all called him a loser.

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Xia Brookside pinned Killer Kelly in a 4-way match that also included Victoria Crawford w/Tessa Blanchard and Jody Threat

This match wasn’t as good as the first 4-way, but it certainly wasn’t awful

Hannifan said Kelly hasn’t been in TNA “in a minute”, implying it’s been a while since she’s been here. She was just on the show in September. 

Tessa Blanchard joined the announce desk, disgusted about how her and Victoria are treated, saying if she was medically cleared, they’d be the tag team champions. She threw down the headset and ran around the ring to lend immoral support to her partner. Threat and Kelly squared off, reminding fans of the battles a few years ago between Spitfire and MK Ultra over the belts. Brookside pinned Kelly in the ring out of nowhere.

So, in two weeks it will be Xia vs Dani Luna and the winner of that match will challenge Kelani Jordan for the Knockouts Title at Final Resolution.

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-A Jada Stone video aired, discussing growing up, how her brother gave her the nickname The Spark and how she trained with Al Snow, Doug Bashem, Fred Rossier and Kushida before pestering Tommy Dreamer to get a tryout. Her first tryout didn’t go well, but she has worked hard to get to this point where she has earned her spot.

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-Between a backstage segment with Santino Marella where he listed a bunch of matches as fast as possible “Santino Style” and an on-camera with Hannifan and Rehwaldt, the following matches were made official…

Final Resolution: 

Mike Santana vs Charlie Dempsey
Hardyz vs Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe
Steve Maclin vs Stacks
X-Division Champion Leon Slater vs AJ Francis
Matt Cardona vs Mance Warner in a Street Fight

Next week on Impact: 

HTM vs Brooks Jensen
Mike Santana vs Robert Stone
Hardys, Cendric Alexander & Steve Maclin vs Lexis King, Stacks, Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe

Santino called Tyriek “Shrek” and when he’s listing 10 things in 25 seconds and you’re trying to quickly type everything out, you are bound to miss something, especially when you have no idea at first who “Shrek” is, but I think I got everything.

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JDC pinned Eric Young

This was an alright match, but was a lot more entertaining when listening to the announcers.

Frankie Kazarian joined the announce desk for this match and it has been acknowledged that JDC will retire after Genesis. 

After doing a tope out of the ring, JDC did the “d-dance” (to quote Rehwaldt) in front of Kazarian, who disgustedly reminded JDC that he’s married. It never really got explained why Young wouldn’t get a title shot if he won and Rehwaldt and Kazarian made fun of Hannifan. Hannifan said Kazarian may deserve to be World Champion, but he is the biggest scumbag and “p.o.s.” in the company. Rehwaldt agreed that Kazarian is a “p.o.s.”, but a “point of sale”, saying Kazarian sells tickets. 

During this commercial break, we got Samoa Joe vs Frankie Kazarian from Destination X 2011. I wish they’d bring back Destination X. 

Back from commercials, they went into the finish. JDC used his former partner’s finish, as he hit Tyler Breeze’s Beauty Shot (spinning heel kick) for a near fall. Young dropped a top rope elbow through JDC’s heart for another near fall and then JDC kicked out of a DVD. The finish saw JDC backdrop Young off the top rope and pin him with Down & Dirty aka the top rope legdrop.

Notably, Final Resolution is December 5, 2 days short of the 15-year anniversary of JDC’s national television debut, on season 4 of the original NXT.

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Overall thoughts: This was a good, solid show. There was nothing on it that will be talked about next month, but it was a fun way to spend two hours on a Thursday night.

TNA Turning Point live results: Kazarian & Nemeth vs. Santana & Maclin

Posted on by Joseph Collins

Following the shocking end of Thursday’s Impact, TNA Wrestling returns for tonight’s Turning Point streaming special from Orlando, Florida’s Full Sail University.

New TNA World Champion Frankie Kazarian teams with Nic Nemeth against now-former champion Mike Santana and Steve Maclin.

TNA Knockouts Champion Kelani Jordan defends against M By Elegance while X-Division Champion Leon Slater defends against former champion Rich Swann.

In a three-way for the Knockouts Tag Team titles, The IInspiration defend against The Angel Warriors and Victoria Crawford & Tessa Blanchard.

The Hardys team up with Cedric Alexander against Mustafa Ali and The Great Hands.

Popular YouTuber BDE will return after debuting at Bound for Glory as he faces AJ Francis.

The Rascalz and a mystery partner take on The System in an eight-man tag team match.

In a no DQ match, Indi Hartwell faces Dani Luna.

The pre-show will see Kazarian talk about his TNA World title win, as well as a three-way between Mance Warner, Jake Something and the Hometown Man.

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Pre Show.

The Home Town Man v. Mance Warner (w/ Steph DeLander) v. Jake Something 

The crowd is behind the Home Town Man. I’m going to call the Home Town Man “Homer” for short because I’m tired of typing three names for him and calling him “HTM” doesn’t feel right. There’s only one HTM, and that’s the Honky Tonk Man. 

Anyway, Homer dominated both his opponents in the opening and got the crowd to cheer for him. Then Jake Something dropped both his opponents with a double clothesline, and got a near fall on Homer with a suplex. Something got dumped to the floor and then The Homer and Warner squared off. DeLander tripped up The Homer, and Warner got a near fall off a choke slam. Warner took down Something with a short bulldog for a near fall. 

Warner set up Something for a superplex, so The Homer joined in and turned it into the powerbomb/superplex stacker spot. Homer went to the top, but Something cut him off. Something did a version of the Cactus Clothesline with Warner, and the The Homer came off the top rope with a crossbody to both guys, who were on the floor. 

DeLander got into the Homer’s face, and Warner blindsided Homer with a clothesline. Back in the ring, Homer hit the Sliced Bread on Warner, and then Something came in and hit a Black Hole Slam on Homer to get the pinfall. 

Match Result: Jake Something won via pinfall on The Home Town Man (7:29)

This was every triple threat match. 

— Gia Miller interviewed the YouTube guy  BDE, who promised to make AJ Francis go viral. 

The King’s Speech with the new TNA World Champion Frankie Kazarian 

Kazarian gave the normal “I’ve worked hard and I deserved this” speech, then lambasted the folks who complained about TNA’s stupid booking on social media. The hatred fulls him. Well his gas tank must be overflowing, because everybody hated last night’s finish. Kazarian also denied having anything to do with the NXT wrestlers attacking Santana last night. 

Lacking a guest, Kazarian called up TNA President Carlos Silva. Kazarian wanted to know where Silva was last night to present him with his TNA World Championship, since he usually does that whenever a title changes hands in TNA (or actually, whenever there’s a title match of consequence in TNA). Kazarian gave Carlos the belt and has him present it to him as the new TNA World Champion. Carlos Silva then took the mic, and told Kazarian that TNA will be launching a full investigation into the NXT wrestlers invading TNA last night, and Kazarian is part of that investigation. 

The Nemeths came out, Nic Nemeth carrying the trophy. Was there one trophy or were there two? After some bickering and accusations between Nic and Kazarian, Nic lets Kazarian know that he will be calling his shot tonight. 

Turning Point Main Show.

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

M by Elegance (w/ The Concierge and Heather by Elegance) vs. Kelani Jordan for the TNA Knockouts World Title

M looks like a giant next to the other members of the Elegance Brand, but according to the Tail of the Tape she’s only 5’11”. 

M jumped Jordan from behind to start. M cut off a charge from Jordan with a hip attack. Jordan came off the top with a moonsault onto the floor that didn’t look like it hit. They then showed a replay that made it clear Jordan’s moonsault didn’t hit. 

Jordan got hung upside down in the ropes, and M slid in with a kick to Jordan’s face. Back in the ring, M buried her knee into Jordan’s midsection and hit a dropkick. Jordan fought back, but M cut her off with a forearm to the back. M delivered a great looking Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. 

M tried to wear down Jordan with a surfboard, then took her down with a hair pull. Jordan went for a body scissors but M turned it into a wheelbarrow suplex. M went to a top for the moonsault, but Jordan rolled out of the way and M hit the mat hard. 

In the back, the baby face Knockouts were watching the match while M and Jordan struggled to their feet. They exchanged forearms until M cut Jordan down with a pump kick. Jordan hit a superkick. Jordan got a  near fall off a roll up, then hit a cartwheel into a forearm (or maybe a backfist?). 

M tried for a suplex, but Jordan escaped and hit an inverted Rocker-dropper type move for a near fall. The crowd must have thought it was a three count, because they voiced their displeasure with the referee. M caught Jordan with a pump kick in the corner, then hit a modified death valley driver for another near fall. The crowd also hated the ref for that near fall too, but a replay showed that wasn’t even close to a three.

Jordan hit a split-legged stunner for another near fall, then locked in a single-leg Boston Crab. If I can be serious for a moment, M escaped by rolling through and sending Jordan into the corner. M tried to follow her into the corner, but Jordan basically stomped her face in, then hit the split-legged moonsault for the pinfall. 

Match Result: Jordan pinned M to retain the title (9:41).

After the match, Gia Miller interviewed the other TNA Knockouts about Kelani’s victory. Ryan Nemeth came along to explain to Miller that she was not covering the real news, which was that Ryan wasn’t teaming with his brother. Ryan called Miller “dumb” and wondered why Mara Sade’s hair always looks wet. “We have towels back here!” This might have been the most I’ve ever been entertained by Ryan Nemeth.

— Hannifan and Rehwoldt run down the card for tonight and mention no one has seen Mike Santana all day. 

— In the back, Santino Marella demanded to know what NXT General Manager Ava knew about last night’s attack. Ava claimed ignorance. She told Marella to handle the TNA locker room, and she’d handled the NXT one. 

The next match is brought to you by the letters A, B, D, E and J. 

BDE v. AJ Francis

BDE hit a pair of topes while holding his phone because social media is ridiculous. He then put his phone down and nailed an over the top rope plancha. But back in the ring, Francis floored BDE with a clothesline. Francis tried for a choke slam, but BDE flipped out of it. Francis missed a boot (badly) and BDE went for a sleeper. Francis dropped back on top of BDE to escape that. 

Francis whipped BDE into the turnbuckles and BDE went in too low and hit his head against the top turnbuckle. Francis charged into BDE with a running knee, flipped himself over the top rope and landed on his feet. Francis then stretched BDE using the ringpost as a fulcrum. BDE tried a comeback and then got powerbombed on the edge of the ring apron and I dont know how he survived that. 

BDE barely avoided being counted out, and Francis stepped on him. BDE started to comeback and came out of the corner with a tornado DDT. BDE hit a springboard cutter, then came off the tope with a springboard dropkick for a near fall. Francis went for a choke slam, but BDE turned that into a Canadian Destroyer. BDE hit a busaiku knee for a near fall. 

BDE went for a frog splash, but missed. Francis drove BDE down to the mat with a chokeslam. BDE asked for more, so Francis chokeslammed him again and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: AJ Francis pinned BDE (8:36)

TNA Injury Report: 

  • Mike Santana’s arm was injured by the NXT invaders last night, but TNA medical hasn’t looked at him because he hasn’t been around. 
  • Elijah’s recovery was set back last night by an attack from Mustafa Ali and he is not cleared. 
  • Nic Nemeth was also attacked last night, but he’s passed concussion protocol and his cleared for tonight. 

— Gia Miller interviewed Steve Maclin, who also hasn’t seen Mike Santana. Santana is starting to come off as kind of a jerk here. Maclin said he would take on Kazarain and Nemeth two on one or ten on one, and then he’ll stack up NXT bodies, too. This was a pretty good promo from the guy who should maybe be the face of the company if Santana isn’t sticking around. 

Dani Luna vs. Indi Hartwell in a No-Disqualification Match

Not even a minute into this one, Luna and Hartwell were hitting each other with chairs and kendo sticks while brawling around ringside. Luna rammed Hartwell into a table and stopped for a drink. Hartwell then grabbed the drink and spit it in Luna’s face. 

Hartwell looked around underneath the ring and found a bunch of weapons: a stop sign, another kendo stick, chairs and a ladder. Luna used a baseball slide kick into the ladder to knock Hartwell down. Luna then found a ridiculously oversized screwdriver and used it to choke Hartwell.

Hartwell got some separation from Luna and set up a table on the floor. But Luna blinded Hartwell with a bag of powder, then German suplexed her back into the ring at an ugly angle. Luna beat down Hartwell with the stop sign. Luna sent Hartwell into a steel chair headfirst, then hit a sliding clothesline for a near fall. 

Luna set up a ladder in one corner and wedged a chair into two other  corners.  Hartwell mounted a brief comeback with a kendo stick. Luna sent Hartwell into a chair headfirst, then hit a slingshot blue thunder bomb for a near fall. Luna grabbed the kendo stick and wore Hartwell out with it, then used the kendo stick to choke Hartwell out. Hartwell eventually powered up and escaped the hold by backing Luna into the chair-covered ringpost. Hartwell then whipped Luna into the ladder. 

Hartwell hit a spinebuster into the ladder for a near fall. These two are just killing each other with weapons but it didn’t feel like the crowd was reacting much. They fought over to the ropes, and Hartwell booted Luna onto the table. Hartwell then came off the top with an eblowdrop to put Luna through the table, and the crowd responded with a “TNA!” chant. Breaking a table always gets a reaction. 

Hartwell pulled Luna back into the ring with a full nelson (to set up the Hurts Donut). Luna pulled Hartwell up into a fireman’s carry, but Hartwell reversed it into the Hurts Donut and Luna went facefirst into the edge of the back of a set up steel chair. Not the seat. The edge of the back. Maybe she got her hand up in time? Anyway Hartwell got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Indi Hartwell pinned Dani Luna (14:04). 

This was probably a bit too long, but I think Luna may have won for losing. She looked really good here.

— In the back, Ava told Santino that she’s got extra security for tonight (which the commentators have said earlier in the night were hired by Santino). Santino said he went to Costco and got a bunch of cameras that will send pictures to his phone via Bluetooth… that he hasn’t set up yet. 

Mila Moore & Victoria Crawford vs. The Angle Warriors (Xia Brookside and Léi Yîng Lee) vs. The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) in a Triple Threat match for the TNA Knockouts Championship

The IInspiration were dressed like referees for some reason. Tessa Blanchard, who was originally scheduled for the match, came out in street clothes. She announced that  she has not been medically cleared tonight (probably should have mentioned that on the injury report), and introduced her replacement, “The Bombshell” Mila Moore. 

After a schomzz to start, Lee suplexed Moore into the ring. Crawford and Moore worked over Lee in their corner, mostly by sending her head into the turnbuckles. Moore locked in a chinlock. Moore took Lee down with a hair pull, then stomped her. 

Moore hit both the IInspiration in the corner with a weak-looking clothesline to send them both to the floor. Lee eventually got the tag to Brookside, who took down Moore with a tijeras. Brookside came off the top with a crossbody for a near fall. Moore hit a boot on Brookside for a near fall which literally everyone else broke up. 

So the match broke down into a six way brawl. Brookside hit Crawford with a lung blower. Moore dropped Brookside, then Lee superkicked Moore. Moore and Lee fought on the apron, where Lee pulled Moore into the ringpost. Lee hit Crawford and Moore with a crossbody to take them out of the match. But, back in the ring, the IINspiration hit their finisher on Brookside and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: The IInspiration retained the championships when Cassie Lee pinned Brookside (8:28) 

After the match, TNA President Carlos Silva presented the champions with their belts, and they danced. 

The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) & Cedric Alexander v. Mustafa Ali, Jason Hotch & John Skyler (w/ Agent Zero & Tasha Steelz) 

One fan was so freaked out to meet Jeff Hardy she literally had to be restrained by security. This was easily the most up the crowd was so far. 

Alexander and Hotch started out for their teams, picking up where they left off last night with Cedric getting a near fall after a PK kick. Matt came off the middle rope with an elbow, and then worked over Hotch’s arm. Hotch escaped with an elbow and got the tag to Skyler who walked into a hiptoss from Matt. Matt then deleted Skyler’s head into the turnbuckles. 

Ali got the tag and Matt backdropped him to the floor. Matt dumped Skyler to the floor as well, and then the Hardys and Alexander tripled up on Hotch to powerbomb him over the top ropes onto his partners on the floor. The Order 4 huddled up with Steelz to regroup. 

Ali and Alexander squared off in the ring. Alexander caught Ali with a pop-up sitout powerbomb for a near fall. Ali hit one of his partners with a kick, then caught a German suplex form Alexander. Ali raked Alexander’s eyes and dumped him to the floor, where Agent Zero hit him with a big boot. 

The Hardys and Order 4 squared up on the floor, but eventually things cooled down and the match got back in the ring, with Ali taking over on Alexander. Skyler hit Alexander with a short-arm clothesline. Alexander dumped him to the mat with a Michinoku Driver. Alexander caught Hotch with an enziguri, but Ali pulled Matt down to the mat before Alexander could tag Matt in. 

Hotch went for the rolling neckbreaker again, and this time he rolled his way into a death valley driver from Alexander. Matt Hardy got the tag and took Skyler down with a side effect. Matt went for the Twist of Fate, but Skyler countered. Hardy went for another side effect, but he either couldn’t get Skyler up, or Skyler sandbagged him and they both kind of awkwardly fell. 

Ali hit Matt with a foreign object to gain a brief advantage for his team, but Matt dropped Ali with a DDT. Jeff Hardy got the tag and caught Hodge with a neckbreaker and a splash for a near fall. The Hardys hit Hotch with the Poetry in Motion. Jeff hit a Twist of Fate on Hotch into a Lumbar Check from Alexander for another near fall when Hotch’s teammates broke up the pin attempt. 

Ali dumped Matt to the floor, and Alexander hit Hotch with a flatliner. Skyler sling-shotted himself through the ropes with a spear. Jeff went to set up a Swanton, but Steelz got in the ring to interfere. Matt intervened and took Steelz and Hotch out with a double Twist of Fate. Agent Zero then pulled the ref out of the ring.

With the ref out, Agent Zero got in the ring but the Hardys got chairs and sent him all the way to the back with chair shots. But this left Alexander alone with three opponents. Ali hit Alexander with a low blow, and then rolled him up in a small package to get the pinfall. 

Match Result: Mustafa Ali’s Team wins when Ali pinned Alexander after the Hardys abandoned their partner (13:34)

The System (Moose, JDC, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers) (w/ Alisha Edwards) vs. The Rascals (Trey Miguel, Myron Reed, Zachary Wentz, Dezmond Xavier) 

Xavier made his return to the Rascalz (and TNA) tonight.

The story of this match was the power of the System against the speed of the Rascals. And it was crazy fun with a lot of unique double, triple, and quadruple teams. 

JDC started out with Reed. He took down Reed with a head scissors while Hannifan rattled off a list of accomplishments which included “beating Chris Jericho at WrestleMania.” Edwards tossed Wentz over his head with a belly to belly throw. Xavier got the tag, as did Moose. Moose missed a charge on Xavier in the corner, and the the four Rascalz swarmed all over Moose with an offensive flurry. That got a near fall, and then one chop put Wentz down.

Myers got the tag and wore down Wentz with a chinlock. Wentz came back with a handspring into a knee to Myers’ chin. Edwards and Zavier got tags, and Xavier put Edwards down with a cutter. Xavier caught Myers with a dropkick, then took Edwards down with a spinning DDT. 

Edwards got Xavier with an enziguri and pulled him out of the corner with a backpack stunner. Moose got the tag and hit Xavier with a dropkick to send him over the top. Moose slammed Reed down with an uranagi, then hit a senton. Moose made Xavier go to hell (hanging tree sitout powerbomb) for a near fall. JDC dove in with knee onto Xavier, who was powerslammed by Moose. The Rascalz triple-teamed Moose.

Xaiver went for a plancha to the floor on Moose, who caught him and powerbombed him on the apron (but well into the middle of the apron so he didn’t kill him… AJ Francis take notes). More dives from both teams followed, ending with Reed jumping over the top ropes and pulling Myers down with a cutter in a pile of all their opponents on the floor. 

Back in the ring, The System all dropped big moves on Xaiver and went for a pin, but Migeul dove off the top with a meteora to break up the pin attempt. Miguel ran the ropes and ran right into a boot from Moose.Edwards hit Miguel with a spear. Two of the Rascalz help up JDC in a torture rack, and the other two dove off the top and double-stomped JDC.  Someone went for a cover on JDC, but Moose broke that up by powerbombing Miguel onto the pin attempt. 

Reed went for a cutter, but Moose pulled Reed into a headbutt. Moose dove off the top but Reed caught him with a cutter anyway. And Wentz followed up with another cutter.  Xavier then finished of JDC with a twisting senton off the top (the Spiral Tap) for get the pinfall. 

 Match Result: The Rascalz won when Dezmond Xavier pinned JDC (14:20)

— Eric Young confronted Santino Marella and blamed Marella for all of TNA’s problems. So Marella booked last night’s finish? Marella pointed the finger at Young, so Young warned Marella that the Cleanse is Coming. 

Rich Swann v. Leon Slater for the TNA X-Division Championship

Some great mat work from Slater to start. He worked Swann with a cravat. Swann caught Slater with a rana and a dropkick. Slater responded by dumping Swann to the floor with a big boot and following him out with a slingshot plancha. 

Back in the ring, Slater backed Swann into the corner with a chop. Slater followed him in with a running boot. In another corner, Slater charged into him with a forearm. Slater tried another charge, but Swann caught him with a boot. Swann followed that up with a somersault into a clothesline. 

Swann went for a rolling splash, but Slater got his knees up. Swann backdropped Slater over the top and Slater smacked his face against the floor or the ring steps and everyone freaked out. The ref held up Swann in the ring while the ringside doctor checked on Slater on the floor. The doctor looked at Slater’s eye, and held up two fingers, which Slater signaled back he could see. Swann dropped to the floor and charged at Slater, who caught him with a leg lariat. Slater struggled to go to the top rope and dove into a superkick from Swann.

The match continued the match while a replay showed that Slater did catch the ring steps with his face. Or maybe he managed to get his hand in the way?

Back in the ring, Slater hit Swann with a spinning tombstone. Slater was still favoring his eye. Swann went in with a punch to the eye. Slater hit Swann with a slingshot cutter for a near fall. Slater went for a Styles Clash, but Swann kicked Slater in the eye to break that up. Swann hit Slater with another kick, then came off the top with a splash for a near fall. Swann kept going after Slater’s eye so if it was a legit injury they did a great job of working it into the match.

Slater and Swann exchanged chops and Swann hit some rabbit punches. Slater caught Swann with utopia (helicopter slam). Slater went for the Swanton 450, but Swann moved out of the way. Slater tried for another slingshot cutter, and a series of reversals lead to a rana and near fall for Swann.  Swann came off the middle ropes with a 450 splash for a near fall. 

Swann went to the top, but Slater caught up with him. Slater got up with Swann and him a stiff shot. Swann went back to the eye with a headbutt, but Slater popped up and pulled Swann down to the mat. Slater hit Swann with the Styles Clash for another near fall. Slater followed that up with the Swanton 450 and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Leon Slater retained via pinfall on Rich Swann (14:04) 

This was very good but not on the level of Slater/Evans from Bound for Glory. Slater and Swann hugged after the match, with Swann showing Slater respect.

Slater was selling the eye after the match when Gia Miller interviewed him at ringside. Miller stopped to take a moment to honor Slater’s grandmother, who passed away this year. That was a nice moment and the crowd was very respectful. Slater also put over his NXT tag team title match on Tuesday against Dark State. 

Mike Santana(maybe?) & Steve Maclin vs. Nic Nemeth & Frankie Kazarian (w/ Ryan Nemeth)

Maclin came to the ring alone, and while the crowd chanted for Santana, the show-long storyline of Santana not being there continued. When Kazarian entered, Rehwoldt went into another rant about people complaining about Kazarian winning the title, saying it was a long time in coming. It had a lot of “Stand Up for TNA/You’re Watching it Wrong” type energy. 

So without Santana, Maclin said “screw it” and went on the attack, taking Nemeth and Kazarian down with back elbows. Back in the ring, Maclin hit Nic Nemeth with an Olympic Slam for a near fall. Maclin hung Nic up in the turnbuckle, sent Kazarian flying with a forearm, and then hit a spear in the corner on Nemeth for a near fall. Ryan Nemeth distracted Maclin, so Maclin chased him up the entrance, where Mara Sade (with dry hair) met Ryan with a superkick to take him out of the match. 

Maclin went back to the ring, and Nic Nemeth caught him with a Famouser for a near fall. Kazarian took him down with a kind of a running leg sweep for a near fall. Kazarian choked Maclin against the ring ropes and drove a knee into his neck. 

Kazarian hit a springboard legdrop for a near fall. Nic Nemeth hit a hangman’s neckbreaker and dropped a big elbow for a near fall. Maclin mounted a brief comeback, but Kazarian cut him off with a back elbow. Nemeth and Kazarian set up Maclin for a double-team superplex, but Maclin fought his way out of it. Maclin sent them both tumbling to the mat, then came off the top with a dropkick for both guys. 

With everyone down, Mike Santana pulled up to the arena lot, blew past all that security Ava or Santino brought while taping up his arm, and entered the arena for the match. Seven minutes into it. Santana went after Nemeth and took him down with a death valley driver. He then dove over the ropes onto Kazarian with a somersault plancha, missing Kazarian (who sold it anyway) and selling his still-injured arm. 

Back in the ring, Nemeth attacked Santana’s arm, snapping it against the ring ropes. Nemeth hit Santana with a superkick for two. 

Maclin took out Nemeth, leaving Santana one-on-one with Kazarian. Santana avoided the Fade to Black and escaped a roll up, then hit the rolling clothesline on Kazarian and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Steve Maclin & Mike Santana defeated Nic Nemeth & Frankie Kazarian when Santana showed up late and pinned Kazarian with a clothesline (10:22)

Frankie Kazarian laid unconscious in the ring, and after hesitating for a bit, Nemeth grabbed the trophy to call his shot. But before the ref could ring the bell, the NXT guys attacked again and Brooks Jensen laid him out. The NXT guys went after Nemeth, Steve Maclin and Mike Santana. It looked like Kazarian would remain unscathed… until the NXT invaders jumped Kazarian too. 

Santino Marella ran out to yell at the NXT invaders, and Brooks Jensen levels him with a forearm! After the NXT invaders laid out some security, the Hardys came in with steel chairs. And they got beaten down, too! And bringing the chairs was a real mistake, because the NXT invaders got them and used them on the Hardys and Maclin. 

The thing is, the NXT lead by Lexis King isn’t the nWo, it isn’t the Nexus and it isn’t even Aces and Eights. It doesn’t look like the stars from NXT are coming for TNA. It looks like the midcards from NXT are beating up TNA’s main event guys, now for two shows in a row. And I’m not sure how Santana losing his world title in under a minute last night, then in storyline pouting all day before coming to work late after his partner spends half the match getting beat up by two guys, is making him a bigger babyface.

The System v. The Rascals and the Slater/Swann matches were both worth checking out. The rest, not so much.

TNA Impact live results: Turning Point go-home show

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For the first time in a month, TNA Wrestling returns with a brand-new live edition of Impact from Orlando, Florida, just in time for Friday’s Turning Point streaming special.

With just one match announced, tonight’s broadcast should be full of announcements for Friday.

In his first appearance since winning the title at October’s Bound for Glory, TNA World Champion Mike Santana will be on the show.

Elijah will make his return to TV with a live concert after popping back up at Bound for Glory.

TNA Knockouts Champion and NXT roster member Kelani Jordan will be in action while Cedric Alexander goes one-on-one with Jason Hotch.

In a key Knockouts division match, Dani Luna takes on Indi Hartwell.

The System will also be on the show to talk about what’s next for them.

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Back after a month off and live from Full Sail in Orlando, Florida, it’s TNA Impact. 

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

Mike Santana Opens the Show. 

Santana entered through the crowd while the crowd chanted “You whooped Trick!” and “You deserve it!” Santana believed in himself, his daughter believed in him, and the fans believed in him. At Bound for Glory, he made good on his promise he made when he returned to the company in April 2024 to take the top spot. And now, he’s the TNA World Champion. 

Santana acknowledged Frankie Kazarian and Nic Nemeth each hold part of the “Call Your Shot” trophy, and calls out anyone from any company to challenge him. But whoever comes after him better bring the fire. 

Ryan Nemeth came out to interrupt and mock Santana, calling him “Mikey.” Nic’s flight was delayed, but as soon as he’s arrived Nic will take the TNA World Title faster than he can say “Orlando Sucks.” Ryan took a swing at Santana, who easily blocked it. Rather than let Ryan Nemeth spoil his good time, Santana’s going to go to back and have Santino Marella make a match between Santana and Ryan Nemeth. And that match is official for later tonight.

— Gia Miller interviewed Kelani Jordan about her upcoming title defense against Heather by Elegance. They’re interrupted by the face side of the TNA Knockouts roster, who invite her to spend time in their locker room. Jordan blows them off, and Léi Yîng Lee (through Xia Brookside) called her a real nasty word, that Brookside spelled out for Jordan.  

— Santino Marella came out to direct his authority and brought out the General Manager of NXT, Ava.  Ava put over Showdown from a month ago, and reinforced that the TNA and NXT partnership will continue. Ava can’t be at TNA every week, so she brought out Arianna Grace to keep an eye on TNA in her stead. 

Dani Luna v. Indi Hartwell

It took 25 minutes for a company called “Nonstop Action” to get their first match in the ring. Just saying. 

Luna sprung off the turnbuckles and hit a lariat on Hartwell, who was hung up on the ropes, for a near fall. Hartwell tried to fight back, but Luna dropped her with an exploder and hit a sliding lariat for a near fall. Luna went for a powerbomb, but Hartwell countered with a rana. Hartwell hit a series of clotheslines, and Lana dropped to the floor to regroup. 

Luna pulled Hartwell to the floor, which proved to be a mistake when Hartwell hit Luna with a spinebuster. Back in the ring, Hartwell hit an elbow off the top rope for a near fall. Hartwell went for the Hurts Donut, but Luna escaped and hit Hartwell with a dropkick. 

Luna dropped to the floor and went looking for a weapon. She found a steel chair and brought it into the ring, but Hartwell caught her with a small package. Hartwell got the chair and hit Luna with it, causing an obvious disqualification. Hartwell wore out Luna with a chair and she ran to the back, but she was the winner. 

Match Result: Dani Luna wins by disqualification after Hartwell uses a foreign object (6:11)

After the match, Hartwell challenged Luna to a no disqualification match at Turning Point.

— Outside Full Sail, Eric Young was preaching to the Full Sail crowd about “The Cleanse” and how “The Truth is Coming.” 

The System Talks About Their Future

The System came out to chat. Eddie Edwards put over the toughness of his wife, his “ride or die” Alisha. Eddie got choked up talking about their family being in the building at Bound for Glory. JDC grabbed the mic and told the crowd he got married two months ago. After discussing it with his wife, JDC will retire at Genesis in 2026. He decided to announce this at Full Sail because the building means a lot to him. He’s thankful for the last few years he’s spent in TNA and put over the locker room. JDC promised to help the other members of the System figure out who would take his place. 

The Rascalz came out to interrupt and challenged the System to a match. Moose pointed out the obvious problem, that there are four member of the System and three members of the Rascalz. The Rascalz promised a fourth member of their team for tomorrow night and so there’s an eight man tag on the books for Turning Point. 

The TNA Injury Report: 

  • Elijah is healthy enough for a concert. 
  • Alisha Edwards is cleared for competition. 
  • Leon Slater has no injuries and is cleared. That seems like a waste of a slot on the injury report. 
  • Mike Santana is also healthy and cleared. 

— Mustafa Ali and the rest of Order 4 entered the arena, and Ali was hyping up Jason Hotch for his match later tonight. They ran into the Hardys doing a photo shoot and challenges are made for the tag team championship. Not an immediate challenge, something more down the line. Agent Zero does a staredown with the Hardys and still doesn’t look that imposing to me.

— Earlier tonight, AJ Francis chokeslammed a YouTube geek named BDE (I think) through a table. Gia Miller goes to interview the guy and there will be a one-on-one match with BDE and AJ Francis tomorrow night. Leon Slater and Rich Swann enter the scene, Slater to encourage BDE and Swann to warm him he’s about to be “unalived.” This lead to Swann v. Slater for the X-Division title tomorrow night. 

Jason Hotch (w/ Order 4) v. Cedric Alexander 

Ali joined the commentary team and Agent Zero watched his back from behind the announcer’s desk. 

Hotch dropped to the floor to salute the System, and Alexander slid out of the ring and hit him with a forearm from behind. While the ref was distracted, Jon Skyler dropped Alexander with a short-arm clothesline. Back in the ring, Hotch tripped up Alexander for a near fall. Alexander came back with a pair of German suplexes. Alexander hit a dropkick on a seated Hotch. Alexander went for the lumbar check, but Hotch rolled him up for a near fall. Hotch tried a German, but Alexander blocked it and rolled up Hotch for a near fall. Hotch went for Ali’s rolling neckbreaker, but, in a smooth spot, Alexander rolled Hotch right into the Lumbar Check and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Cedric Alexander pinned Hotch (3:31). 

This wound up being the best match of the show.

After the match, Agent Zero ran in and dropped Alexander with a hanging tree slam. The Hardys ran into make the late save, dumping Zero with a double clothesline. Jeff went to the top to go for the swanton on Ali, but Zero and Hotch pulled him out for the save. 

— Mila Moore is TNA’s newest Knockout. She started watching wrestling after one of her friends passed away. She watched a ppv, saw how larger than life everyone was, and wanted to be a part of that. She has been training for about  year. Moore was upset when Jada Stone got a contract before she did, but then got signed too. This was pretty boring until she took a heel turn at the end when she criticized TNA for taking so long to sign her. 

Heather by Elegance (w/ The Concierge and M) v. Kelani Jordan for the TNA Knockouts World Championship

The Concierge grabbed the mic and insulted the Orlando crowd while doing Heather’s introduction. 

Jordan is trying to be a heel, and Heather is a heel, so this starts out clumsy with them both trying to cheap shot each other. Jordan hit Heather with a dropkick to send her to the floor. 

Jordan chased Heather around the ring. Heather feigned hurting her knee while running, distracting the ref and allowing M to attack Jordan from behind. Back in the ring, Heather’s offense was a lot of hair pulling and choking Jordan against the ring ropes. Heather sent Jordan into the turnbuckles hard for a near fall. 

Heather worked a chinlock for a bit. As Jordan powered out of the move, Heather pulled her back down by her hair, then taunted the crowd. 

Heather burned a knee into Jordan’s midsection to maintain control. Heather went back to a chinlock, and the crowd got behind Kelani while the faces of the TNA Knockout’s locker room watched. 

Jordan came back with a pair of clotheslines and a back elbow. Heather had a small cut on her face. Jordan caught Heather with a superkick. Allegedly, Heather hit Jordan with a DDT, but it looked like Jordan was driving her own head into the mat. So that was ugly. 

While the Concierge distracted the ref, Heather tried to send Jordan into a right hand by M, but Jordan reversed. So M absolutely stopped, and didn’t come close to hitting Heather. Heather sold like she was hit anyway. M sold like she’d made a big mistake. And then Jordan hit the split legged moonsault for the pinfall. 

Match Result: Jordan pinned Heather to retain, a botched botched interference finish (9:05). 

That finish was absurd.

— The IInspriation will defend the Knockouts Tag Team titles against Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Coward and Xia Brookside & Léi Yîng Lee in a triple threat match, and each team cut brief promos promising victory. 

Elijah’s Return Concert. 

Oh my goodness, some fans in the crowd are holding up “WALK!” Signs for Elijah. Because who wants to walk with Elijah? Elijah explained his injury and surgery, and a fan shouted “You’ll be alright!” Elijah has a screw in his elbow, and it’s really messed with his guitar playing. Elijah sings a cover of “Amazing Grace” that honestly isn’t too bad. He then switched up to a song about TNA. 

Ali ran in to ruin the concert and make a challenge to the Hardys and Cedric Alexander for tomorrow night. Of course, Ali will have members of Order 4 as his partners. Elijah cut him off to challenge Ali to a one-on-one match. Elijah turned away, and Ali gave him a cheap shot with a microphone. Ali then broke one of Elijah’s guitars on his “surgically repaired” elbow. 

TNA Turning Point: 

  • Indi Hartwell v. Dani Luna in a No DQ match. 
  • The IInspiration v. Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Coward v.  Xia Brookside & Léi Yîng Lee for the Knockouts Tag Team Title. 
  • AD Francis v. BDE 
  • Cedric Alexander & The Hardys v. Mustafa Ali, Jason Hotch and Jon Skyler 
  • Leon Slater v. Rich Swann for the X-Division Title. 
  • Kelani Jordan v. M by Elegance for the Knockouts Title
  • Mike Santana & Steve Maclin v. Frankie Kazarian & Nic Nemeth

Ryan Nemeth v. Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship

Nemeth demanded that the fans cheer for him, and tried to get a “Let’s Go Ryan!” chant going. 

Ryan jumped Santana from behind. His advantage didn’t last long. Santana caught Nemeth with an enziguri, absorbed a dropkick from Nemeth and dropped him with a chop. Santana followed up with a senton, then a cannonball in the corner. It looked like Santana was setting up for the rolling lariat, but then the Nemeths’ music played. Nic was showed walking through the backstage area, but he got jumped by a hooded figure before he could get to the ring. 

Then back in the ring, a bunch of NXT guys ran in to attack Santana and end the match. Ryan Nemeth got out of there and about a dozen NXT guys lead by Lexis King and Charlie Dempsey attacked Santana. Steve Maclin and The Home Town Man tried to make the save, but it was basically ten on three so that went badly for them. Dempsey got an arm breaker on Santana, and then the NXT crew Pillmanized Santana’s arm with a chair. 

Match Result: Mike Santana via dq or the match was thrown out maybe? (1:58)

The NXT crew leaves, and medical people tend to Santana. And then Frankie Kazarian came out with the Call Your Shot trophy to cash in. 

Mike Santana v. Frankie Kazarian for the TNA World Championship

Kazarian hit the Fade to Black, but Santana kicked out at two. Kazarian went for the chicken wing, but Santana escaped. Santana tried for the rolling lariat, but his arm was too hurt, and Karazian rolled him up for the pinfall. 

Match Result: Frankie Kazarian pins Mike Santana, wins TNA World Title (0:51). 

When will bookers realize that all these cheap finishes do is make fans hate the promotion?

What an absolute slap in the face to anyone who got invested in the Mike Santana storyline. If they were going to screw Santana this quickly, they might as well have done it while everyone was walking out of the main event at Bound for Glory. Tonight was an absolute garbage fire and I’d imagine any goodwill built up by this company was flushed down the toilet with the ending tonight.

Oh but Turning Point is tomorrow night. Whatever.

Also, Full Sail was dark and it looked like there were many empty seats in the arena. I don’t know who Tony Condello is, but this looked like a WCW Saturday Night taping from 1992, but with an LED board and more lights.

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

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The road to Bound for Glory continues on tonight’s TNA Impact — just 48 hours after the big TNA vs. NXT Showdown event and 72 hours before the PPV.

TNA World Champion Trick Williams will kick off the show after abandoning Team NXT on Tuesday and ahead of his title defense against Mike Santana at the PPV.

The rivalry between former TNA World Champions Joe Hendry and Eric Young continues in a no DQ match.

After getting beaten down by the Nemeth brothers last week, Matt Cardona faces former TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth.

Following his impressive showing Tuesday against NXT North American Champion Ethan Page, Mustafa Ali takes on JDC ahead of their respective factions’ Hardcore War match Sunday.

TNA Knockouts Champion and NXT star Kelani Jordan and Sunday challenger Indi Hartwell will sign their contract.

Taped in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

It’s the go home show for Bound for Glory! 

Trick Williams Opens the Show.  You know the show is taped because noted Philadelphia fan Trick Williams is on TV instead of glued to his for the Eagles game.  Mike Santana may have a story, but Trick Williams is still what’s best for business so he won’t be the TNA World Champion. TNA is forever “Trick-NA.”  Mike Santana came through the crowd to retort. Williams has not had to survive the physical and mental battles that Santana has. Santana talked about identifying his father’s body in the morgue and having to tell his daughter he was as addict, and failure was not an option for him at Bound for Glory. Williams told Santana he’d be back in rehab after he lost on Sunday to face the truth, that he was not better that Williams.  Santana called Williams a pretender with fear in his eyes, who was a “one trick pony.” Santana then called Williams “bound for developmental” after he loses the World title on Sunday. Santana got in some winning lines in this go-home promo. 

— Tessa Blanchard told the same story about how Gia Miller couldn’t cut it at George South’s school, but with some newer comments from Gia Miller. “You had to move to a different country because you burned every bridge that you came across” was a GREAT line from Miller. I don’t know if this was an easter egg or not, but Miller did promise “karma” at Bound for Glory. (It probably wasn’t). 

Matt Cardona defeated Ryan Nemeth (w/ Nic Nemeth) (5:58)

The fans chanted for “Chelsea’s Husband!” This match wasn’t giving “go home before the big show” vibes, more “last match in a long tv taping before the big show” vibes. Nemeth game Cardona a hangman’s necbreaker on the floor and nearly got the count-out win. Nic Nemeth choked Cardona with the ropes behind the ref’s back. Cardona missed a dropkick off the middle ropes. Nemeth got a near fall with a DDT. Nemeth goof around taunting the crowd too much and caught a dropkick for his troubles. Nic Nemeth tripped up Cardona, but the ref figured this out and ejected Nic. Nic flopped and sold being thrown out a million times better than his brother sold anything. After screaming the ref ejected his big brother, Ryan walked right into the Radio Silence, and Cardona got the pinfall.

— The Rascals did their “That 70s Show” gimmick. They need a match for Bound for Glory, so they’re going to talk to Santino. 

— Mara Sadé cut a promo about how Jazz and Jackie were her inspirations, and how cool wrestling with with the Hardys was. She wants to be an inspiration and motivations to little girls. This was a good promo. 

Mustafa Ali (w/ Order 4) defeated JDC (w/ The System) (10:26 aired)

The match started out with a cool visual of Mustafa and his guys on side of the ring and JDC and his guys on the other. Ali did a great flopping sell job off a right hand from JDC.  JDC gave Ali a high back body drop and followed up with a quick spinning powerslam for a near fall. Ali went for a springboard, but JDC caught him with a dropkick to send him to the floor. On the floor, Order 4 and the System staff off against each other, which allowed Ali to catch JDC with a dive and get an advantage. 

Back in the ring, Ali caught JDC with a boot for a near fall. JDC came back with a clothesline that turned Ali inside out. JDC went to the top for a moonsault, but Ali tripped him up. Ali hung JDC upside down in the corner and went for a sliding dropkick. But, JDC got out of the way and Ali crotched himself on the ringpost. JDC delivered a massive superplex and both men were down for a bit. 

JDC went for a falcon arrow, but Ali countered and hit a suplex of his own for a near fall. Ali hit a rolling neckbreaker and taunted the other members of The System.  

JDC dodged a 450 from Ali and sent him headfirst into the middle turnbuckle in a sick bump. Ali went headfirst into the middle buckle twice as hard and fast as Bret Hart used to go chestfirst into the buckles. JDC followed up with a series of uppercuts and a Russian Leg Sweep. Ali went for a tornado DDT, but JDC countered into a falcon arrow for a near fall. JDC went to the top , but Ali dropped to the floor and his Secret Service tended to him. So, JDC dove onto the pile of them on the floor. 

With Ali and JDC out, Tasha Steelz and Alicia Edwards lead their respective sides into battle on the floor. Alicia and Steelz fought in the ring while the men fought on the floor. Agent Zero sent JDC into the ring apron with the worst hanging tree slam I’ve ever seen (because this dude is not THAT big), but JDC sold it anyway. Zero tossed JFC in the ring, and Ali hit the 450 to get the pinfall. 

Ali continues to be my favorite thing about this promotion. 

TNA Injury Report: 

  • Team 3D has been cleared for Bound for Glory. 
  • Mara Sadè is also cleared and will compete in the Call Your Shot Battle Royal. 
  • The IInspiration are cleared from bumps and bruises. 
  • Elijah is still out. 

— A recap of NXT/TNA ShoWdown. I was surprised TNA actually got to pull even with NXT at the end. 

TNA Knockouts World Championship Contract Signing. In Santino’s words, this match will take place “close to Boston.” Kelani Jordan and Indy Hartwell came to the ring. Before things could get underway with the contract signing, the Concierge Guy interrupted. He was there to complain about the Elegance Brand losing the Knockouts Tag Team titles last week. The Concierge wanted to invoke the automatic rematch clause for Bound for Glory, and Marella needed to sign the contract right now! Marella signed the contract and the Concierge went away and part could have been an email. Hartwell talked about all the sacrifices she’s made to become the TNA Knockouts Champion, and was being a bit of a jerk about Jordan coming in out of nowhere to win the title. Kelani Jordan isn’t here to disrespect TNA, and wants to elevate the title. Hartwell’s family is flying 21 hours to Boston to see Hartwell win the title. Jordan wants Hartwell to bring this same energy to Bound for Glory. Both women signed the contract and then Jordan stood tall helding up the title belt while Hartwell got in her face. This segment almost needed a heel turn from Hartwell. It’s probably too soon for Jordan to lose but Hartwell should be the champion.

— The Road to Glory: The Final Table. Lots of footage of the Hardy and Team 3D over the years. Brother Devon is going doing this to show his younger kids what he used to do. Brother Ray promised some “unplanned emotion because he despises planned emotion. Comments were shown from Jeff Hardy’s two daughters. This was good hype piece for “The Final Table.”

Leon Slater on Bound for Glory. Leon Slater, the youngest X-Division champion of all time, cut a promo from the entrance stage. Slater ran down all his accomplishments over the past year. He promised to carry forward the legacy that people before him like AJ Styles built. He’s not going to lose the title to an outsider like Ja’von Evans. A very passionate promo from Slater. 

Final Card for  Bound for Glory: 

  • Preshow match: TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles: The Elegance Brand v. The IInspiration 
  • Gia Miller v. Tessa Blanchard 
  • Hardcore War: Order 4 v. The System 
  • 20 Person Call Your Shot Gauntlet: With Léi Yîng Lee entering number 1 and Mance Warner entering at 20, and Xia Brookside, The Hometown Man, The Nemeths, and others. 
  • TNA International Title: Steve Maclin v. Frankie Kazarian 
  • TNA Knockouts World Title: Indi Hartwell v. Kelani Jordan
  • TNA X-Division Title: Leon Slater v. Ja’von Evans
  • TNA & NXT Tag Team Title Tables Match: Team 3D (The Dudleys) v. The Hardys 
  • TNA World Title: Mike Santana v. Trick Williams 

Eric Young defeated Joe Hendry  in a No Disqualification Match (14:30 aired) 

Someone above Santino Marella made this no-disqualification match for Eric Young tonight. I feel like this may be a plot point later. 

The fight went to the floor early. Young found a trashcan on the floor and used it on Hendry. Young then found a chain and used it to choke Hendry on the floor. Young choked Hendry with the chain for a while. Young whipped Hendry into the steel steps. Young tried for a piledriver on the stairs, but Hendry backdropped his way out of that. 

Back in the ring, Hendry rammed Young’s head into the turnbuckles. Young feigned begging off to sucker Hendry into the corner. Young tossed Hendry to the floor again. They fought up the ramp and Young thumbed Hendry in the eye. Hendry’s big move to come back was a slam on the entrance stage. A forearm sent Young down the entrance ramp. 

Young went for a piledriver on the stage, but Hendry backdropped him and Young fell to the floor. Hendry and Young brawled into the crowd. Young got a bit of a cut after having his head rammed into a garbage bin. They brawled back down to ringside. 

Back in the ring, Young set up a chair in the corner. But of course, Hendry was able to reverse Young’s move and use his own chair against him. Hendry beat Young about the head and shoulders with some cookie sheets. Hendry dumped Young with a fallaway slam. Hendry went for the Standing Ovation, but Young raked his eyes to block the move. Young took a wild swing with a cookie sheet and missed. Hendry caught Young with an Olympic Slam onto a chair for a near fall. Henry set up a chair to give Hendry the Standing Ovation, but Hendry jawed to much about the no-dq stip and Young caught him with a low blow. Young then finished off Hendry with a piledriver on the chair, to maybe “cleanse” TNA of Joe Hendry. 

Mike Santana Hype Video. One last hype video for Mike Santana on his quest for the TNA World Title. Pictures of his old colleagues (including Ortiz, and I think Eddie Kingston, as well as other Latin standout wrestlers) were hanging on a cage while Santana read a letter written by Konnan (which was also narrated by Konnan). In the letter, Konnan said there’s never been a Puerto Rican TNA World Champion, and Santana can cement his legacy by winning the World title at Bound for Glory.  Will Santana’s time come at Bound for Glory. 

TNA has done a tremendous job building up Santana the last few weeks, and this final hype video really sealed the deal. 

TNA Impact live results: Knockouts Tag Team title match

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The Knockouts Tag Team titles will be on the line as part of tonight’s TNA Impact ahead of next week’s NXT vs. TNA Showdown special.

Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Elegance Brand (M & Heather) will defend against former champions The IInspiration.

Frankie Kazarian will host a special King’s Speech segment with new Knockouts Champion Kelani Jordan of NXT.

In a carryover from last week’s Victory Road, Nic Nemeth takes on The Home Town Man.

Tasha Steelz goes one-on-one with Alisha Edwards as the Order 4 vs. System Hardcore War looms in the distance.

The show is rounded out by The Angel Warriors (Xia Brookside & Lei Ying Lee) in action.

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Taped in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

— In the parking lot, Santino Marella told Mike Santana that he and Trick Williams are forbidden from touching each other outside of a sanctioned wrestling match.

Frankie Kazarian gives “The King’s Speech.” Kazarian demanded a congratulatory standing ovation from the crowd in recognition of his victory for the TNA International Title at Victory Road. Kazarian ran down all the babyface champions in TNA, but praised the World Champion Trick Williams. The crowd lost interest in what Kazarian was saying when he mentioned Williams and started chanting “Whoop that trick!” Kazarian brought out new TNA Knockouts World Champion Kelani Jordan, who will captain the TNA Women’s team at Showdown against the NXT Women’s team. The crowd chanted “NXT!” for Jordan, and Kazarian told her that all the other Knockouts thought that Jordan was a fluke. Jordan responded with the standard “résumé promo” where she listed off her accomplishments.  Kazarian said that the only reason Trick Williams is the champion is because he beat Joe Hendry, and not him. 

Of course, this brought out Trick Williams, who called himself an “emperor” if Frankie Kazarian is a king. Williams called Kazarian “second rate,” reminded everyone he was carrying two brands. He was responsible for all the attention TNA was getting, not deadbeats like the Hardys. This brought out Matt Hardy (not Jeff), who called out the guys in the ring for trying to make themselves look bigger by running down TNA. Matt Hardy said “TNA will not die!” Kazarian finally pointed out the elephant in the room, asking where Jeff was? “Oh that’s right! He’s not allowed in this country!” X-Division Champion Leon Slater came out to defend Jeff. 

Remember Kelani Jordan? She was still standing there and decided to call out Indi Hartwell because this segment is just off the rails. Indi came out and said she had the support of the fans and the locker room to fulfill her dream of being TNA Knockouts World Champion. Everyone started talking over each other until Santino came out to force me to start another paragraph. 

“Take it easy!” Marella accused them of being like high school children (accurate). But, since he needs a match for tonight, he makes a six person tag match with everyone involved in this opening segment, and he also put Mike Santana on commentary for the match as well.

Matt Hardy, Leon Slater, & Indi Hartwell defeated Trick Williams, Frankie Kazarian & Kelani Jordan  (12:57 aired) 

If Mike Santana interferes or gets physical with Trick Williams, the TNA World title match at bound for Glory is off. 

Jordan and Hartwell started by exchanging pin attempts. Hardy and Kazarian got tags and Hardy worked over Kazarian’s arm. Slater got the tag and reigned down fists on Kazarian’s head in the corner, then monkey-flipped Kazarian across the ring. Jordan and Hartwell tagged back. Jordan hit a lung blower and got a near fall with a crossbody. Jordan worked a body-scissors and got a couple of near falls off of that while Santana was on commentary refuting the idea that WWE and NXT were running TNA. Williams got the tag against Slater and tripped him up into the ropes, and Kazarian dropped a leg to guillotine Slater against the middle rope. 

Williams worked over Slater with a full nelson. Williams and Kazarian tried to encourage Jordan to sucker-punch Slater, but she wouldn’t do it. Kazarian hit a nice suplex on Slater for a near fall. Williams got the tag and worked over Slater in the corner with chops. Williams hit a hangman’s neckbreaker for a near fall, then wore Slater down with a front face lock. 

Williams held Slater open for a cheap shot from Jordan, who wouldn’t do it. So Kazarian went for the cheap shot and Slater ducked. Hardy got the tag for his team and deleted Williams’ head into the turnbuckles. Hardy hit a Side Effect for a near fall. Hardy went for the Twist of Fate on Williams, but Kazarian ran in, so Hardy caught him and DDT both Kazarian and Williams. Hardy hit a Twist of Fate on Williams for a near fall. Kazarian tried for the chicken wing on Hardy, but he escaped and tagged in Slater. Hartwell tagged in and hit Kazarian with an elbow off the top rope. Hardy pulled Williams out of the ring, and Williams got into Mike Santana’s face. Hardy whipped Kazarian into Williams, who collided with Santana. Since Santana didn’t initiate the contact, he was free to beat up on Williams, which he did. Back in the ring, Slater hit Kazarian with a Swanton 450 to get the pinfall. 

After the match, Santana held up the TNA World Championship before dropping it on a prone Trick Williams. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a “no touching or else” stipulation blown off so quickly.

— Tommy Dreamer cut a promo to fire up the TNA troops. This looked like it was taped at the end of the tv taping.

The TNA Injury Report: 

  • Gia Miller was attacked by Tessa Blanchard in the parking lot, but she has been cleared for interviewing duties. 
  • Ash by Elegance is out, with no details on her injury. 
  • Everyone in the Knockouts Tag Team Title match later tonight have been cleared. 

— Recap of NXT from Tuesday and more build for NXT/TNA Showdown. 

Angel Warriors (Xia Brookside & Léi Yîng Lee) defeated Kat Von Hees and Ava Lawless (4:04)

Brookside got caught with a backpack stunner for a near fall. Lee got the tag and took down the much larger Heez with a dropkick. Brookside hit Lawless with a Codebreaker, and then assisted Lee with a senton off the middle rope (called “Heaven Sent”) to get the pinfall. 

— Joe Hendry was in the stairwell crowing about his victory over Eric Young, but Santino interrupted and told Hendry he was in a no-disqualification match with Young next week. 

Road to Glory, Part 2. This was another hype video for Mike Santana on his quest to win the TNA World Title. Santana sat in a chair in an empty ring while Amazing Red cut a really good promo, first talking about the early days of TNA when Amazing Red and Homicide took TNA by storm. They opened doors for guys like Mike Santana, who let someone come into TNA and disrespect them by taking the championship from TNA. Santana invited Red and Homicide to watch him win the title at Slammiversary, but they only saw disappointment. Santana can make everything right by winning the title at Bound for Glory. They are doing a really good job making Santana into a big deal here, but I fear that the NXT Showdown is taking away from some of the build for Bound for Glory.

Nic Nemeth (w/ Ryan Nemeth in a Home Town Mask) defeated The Home Town Man (4:15)

Ryan distracted the Home Town Man, but Home Town Man still got he advantage. Home Town Man hit a TKO out of an airplane spin for a near fall. Ryan tripped up Home Town Man to set him up for a hangman’s neckbreaker from his brother. An elbow drop got Nic a near fall. Nic distracted the ref so Ryan could choke out the Home Town Man against the rope. Nic locked in a sleeper and a body scissors. Home Town Man came back with a series of clotheslines and a slam. Home Town elbow drop was followed up with the Home Town Slice, but Ryan put Nic’s foot on the rope to break up the pin attempt. The Home Town Man hit Ryan with a dive on the floor, then got his mask back from Ryan. But when eh got back in the ring, Nic hit him with a superkick and the Danger Zone to get the pinfall. 

After the match, the Nemeths put the boots to the Home Town Man, but Matt Cardona ran in to make the same. Cardona was soon overwhelmed by the Nemeths as well. 

— In the back, Gia Miller cut a promo about Tessa Blanchard. Miller was jumped by Blanchard from behind, after Victory Road. Now, Miller will face Blanchard in a match at Bound for Glory. Miller may not be a wrestler but she will still be Blanchard within an inch of her life. This doesn’t feel like the best use of Blanchard.

Tasha Steelz (w/ Order 4) defeated Alicia Edwards (w/ The System) (4:19)

One of the Great Hands tripped up Edwards to allow Steelz to get the upper hand. Steelz get a near fall off a place kick. Edwards came back with a pair of clotheslines. Edwards splashed Steelz in the corner for a near fall. Steelz came back with a Falcon Arrow for a near fall of her own. Edwards blocked a cutter but got hit with a superkick for two. Steelz gave a signal of the members of Order 4, who started arguing with the members of the System. The ref dropped to the floor to deal with that, allowing Ali to slip Steelz a kendo stick. Edwards got the kendo stick, nailed Steelz, and hit an inverted pedigree to get the pinfall. Steelz jumped Edwards after the pinfall, but the System stood Order 4 down. 

— Tessa Blanchard gave some more of the backstory for her match with Gia Miller. Blanchard got Miller into Highspots with her trainer George South, but Miller wasn’t cut out for it. So she went to Mike Jackson’s school, someone who was nothing but a jobber. Blanchard is scared for what she’s going to do to Miller at Bound for Glory. Blanchard thinks that Miller should just pack up and move on. 

The IInspiration defeated M and Heather by Elegance (w/ the Concierge) to win the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship (14:05) 

M and Heather are dressed like race cars or something. The Brand has really taken a hit with Ash gone, and she’s not even been gone for a week! 

The IInspiration dominated the early going. Cassie Lee caught Cassie Lee in the corner to take control. M got a near fall after a vertical suplex. M hipped Lee into the corners while the crowd chanted for the IInspiration. Heather stomped on Lee in the corner. Lee dropped to the floor, and Heather followed to ram her head into the ring apron. Back in the ring, Heather got a near fall. 

Heather missed an elbow drop, allowing Lee to get the tag to Jessie McKay. McKay caught Heather with a running knee in the corner. M tripped up McKay, allowing the Elegance Brand to double-team her in the corner. 

McKay dove for the tag, but M pulled Lee to the floor to keep McKay in the ring. M hit a pump kick for a near fall. M wore down McKay with a surfboard. McKay powered out of the surfboard and hit M with a back elbow. 

Lee got the tag and took it to both members of the Elegance Brand. Lee hit a lung blower on Heather for a near fall. M broke up a suplex attempt from Lee. Lee hit Heather with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall. The Concierge distracted the ref and they argued for like what seemed like forever. A rake of the eyes set up Lee for a superkick from M (who was standing on the apron while Lee was in the ring). A DDT from Heather got another near fall. 

The Concierge gave Heather some champagne. Heather went to the throw champagne at Lee, but she ducked and Heather blinded M with the champagne by mistake. Lee and McKay took out M with the Idolizer, and Lee got the pinfall. The IInspiration are now two-time Knockouts Tag Team Champions. 

TNA Victory Road live results: Three title matches

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TNA Wrestling heads north of the border to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, for tonight’s Victory Road streaming special.

The show won’t feature either a TNA World or Knockouts title match as Trick Williams isn’t scheduled and Masha Slamovich was pulled to allegations of domestic abuse.

In one title match, X-Division Champion Leon Slater will defend against Myron Reed of The Rascalz while TNA International Champion Steve Maclin defends against Frankie Kazarian in a grudge match.

In a TNA vs. NXT bout, Mike Santana takes on Ridge Holland.

In the night’s third title bout, Knockouts Tag Team Champions Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance defend against The IInspiration’s Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay.

Knockouts Champion Ash by Elegance will be on the show for an announcement.

In a match to determine the order of entry advantage for Hardcore War at Bound for Glory, Moose takes on Mustafa Ali.

In a clash of former World Champions, Joe Hendry meets Eric Young while former TNA Tag Team Champions Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth take on The Home Town Man & Matt Cardona.

The pre-show will feature Cedric Alexander vs. Trey Miguel vs. Zachary Wentz in a three-way while Matt Hardy talks to AJ Francis in an interview segment.

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Live! From Edmonton —deep breath— Alberta, Canada. 

Pre-Show. 

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt are on commentary for the last live TNA+ special the road to Bound for Glory. 

Zachary Wentz pinned Cedric Alexander in a Triple Threat match which included Trey Miguel (7:51)

Miguel knocked his partner out of the match immediately with a superkick, making the match one-on-one for a minute between Miguel and Alexander. Wentz paid him back by setting up a double-team with Miguel but turning it into a flipping DDT on Miguel instead. Everyone takes turns hitting running dives on the floor on each other, until Wentz cuts Miguel’s last dive off with a cutter. Alexander starts German suplexing fools like he’s Brock Lesnar without the sordid legal background. Alexander suplexed them both individually and then both at the same time. Miguel and Wentz each hit a slingblade on Alexander, then went to slingblade each other, knocking themselves out. Wentz hit a rolling cutter on Miguel and then used the momentum to hit Miguel with a knee for a near fall. Alexander dropped Wentz with a Michinoku Driver for a near fall. Miguel tied up Alexander’s legs, took out Wentz with a Lightning Spiral, and then rolled Alexander into a Muta Lock. Wentz broke that up with a swanton. Wentz hit a cutter on Alexander and got the pinfall. 

— Gia Miller interviewed International Champion Steve Maclin, who will fight for all the Marines that have had to deal with the disrespect like Frankie Kazarian has given him.  When he was done, El Mesías of AAA came out of nowhere to stare the TNA International Champion down. 

AJ Francis’ First Class Penthouse. Francis wore a Houston Texans jacket to try and rub it in to the Edmonton crowd because they don’t have any professional sports franchises. But let’s be honest, calling the Houston Texans a professional franchise is a stretch. Francis screamed a lot and said nothing while the crowd chanted obscenities. Francis took off his jersey to reveal a Florida Panthers t-shirt to rub in how Edmonton lost the Stanley Cup to them twice. Francis tried to have the production team play music from his new album (debuting on streaming platforms everywhere Tuesday), but Matt Hardy’s music played instead. Francis ran down Hardy because he believed that First Class belongs in the Tag Team Title match at Bound for Glory. Hardy responded with the list of all the things the Hardys and Dudleys have done to reinvent tag team wrestling. This lead to a brawl. Francis hit a boot and chokeslammed Hardy though a table in the ring. Hardy v. Francis might be added to the show. 

— The System. The System with the returning JDC came out. Eddie Edwards took the mic and issued a challenge to Order 4 for tonight. Santino Marella came out and made the Matt Hardy v. AJ Francis match (pending Hardy getting cleared by the medical professionals) as well as Order 4 v. The System, which will open the show! 

Victory Road! The Main Show!

The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, JDC) defeated Order 4 (Jason Hotch, John Skyler, Agent Zero) (4:32)

This is Agent Zero’s in-ring debut. He wrestles in a suit pants and a dress shirt with the sleeves cut off. He still doesn’t look big enough for this role. He did have a sharp short-arm powerslam though. Order 4 worked over Edwards in their corner. JDC eventually go the tag and took it to both members of the Great Hands. JDC hit a falcon arrow on Hodge for a near fall. Zero tried to run in but got clotheslined to the floor. JDC hit a top rope legdrop on Skyler and got the pinfall. Short and inoffensive. 

Ash by Elegance Vacates the TNA Knockouts Championship. Ash was announced as both a TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion and the TNA Knockouts World Champion. Marella and TNA president Carlos Silva. Ash announced that she is no longer able to compete and is giving up the TNA Knockouts Title. Ash thanked the crowd for their support and expressed confidence in the women in the Knockouts Locker Room to elevate the TNA Knockouts Title as she would have. Ash received a standing ovation from the crowd as she left the ring, and left the title in the ring. Marella then announced the TNA Knockouts Tag Title match will be moved to this Thursday to make room for a TNA Knockouts Battle Royal, where the last two women in the ring will fight it out for the TNA Knockouts Championship. 

Lei Ying Lee and Kelani Jordan survived a Battle Royal to qualify for a match for the vacant TNA Knockouts Championship (4:45)

It’s battle royal rules, but the last two women remaining will fight it out in a singles match for the title later in the show. Indi Hartwell will be the guest referee for the title match as planned, so she is not in this match.

There were only 10 women in the battle royal. A The IInspiration and Heather & M got into it to start. The Conceigere guy jumped into the ring to try and help the Elegance Brand by throwing a woman that even the commentators couldn’t identify to the wolves. I believe it was Lili “La Pescadita” Ruiz. Anyway, the IInspiration tossed her to the floor. That was an ignonimous TNA debut. Jody Threat was clotheslined out of the match by Dani Luna. Luna also eliminated Xia Brookside. Everyone ganged up on Luna to eliminate her. The IInspriation and The Elegance Brand teased eliminating each other until Lei Yǐng Lee and Kelani Jordan dumped all four of them. This left Jordan and Lee as the two finalists for the title match later in the show.  This wasn’t much but I can’t blame TNA for their whole Knockouts title picture completely blowing up on them over the past 48 hours.

Matt Cardona & The Home Town Man (w/ Buzz, the Mascot of the Edmonton Stingers) defeated The Nemeth Brothers (6:27)

Ryan won (or lost, I don’t know) the paper-rock-scissors contest and had to start the match with Cardona. I wonder if that’s a work or a shoot. Cardona got a near fall on Ryan with a flapjack. The fans chanted “Chelsea’s Husband!” for Cardona. The crowd was also into the Home Town Man, which I guess makes sense since he’s from Edmonton. Although he’s also been from Phoenix. And Minnesota… is this a deal like Ted DiBiase’s seasonal residences? 

Joe Hendry was shown backstage on the floor hurting, the victim of an apparent attack.  

Nic Nemeth got a near fall on the Home Town Man after a big elbow drop. Cardona got the hot tag and hit a middle rope dropkick on Nic. Cardona hit the Unpretty-Her on Nic for a near fall. Nemeth countered Radio Silence and Ryan caught Cardona with a jumping DDT for a near fall. Home Town Man came in with a crossbody on both Nemeths for a near fall. Home Town Man tried to hit both Nemeths with a sliced bread, but they countered it and took the Man out with a Hart Attack. Ryan tried to tie up Home Town Man with a sharpshooter, but Home Town Man countered that with a small package and got the pinfall! 

After the match, The Nemeths took out Cardona with a Danger Zone. The Nemeths stripped The Home Town Man of his mask, but Cardona covered his face up before we could learn his identity. This better lead to a Hair vs. Mask match at Bound for Glory. 

Mike Santana defeated Ridge Holland (7:57)

Santana cut an impassioned promo before the match outside the arena surrounded by fans. If Holland took out Santana, Trick Williams promised him a title shot. So Santana came out swinging, dumped Holland to the floor and hit him with a tope con hilo on the floor. Holland sent Santana into the ring apron then got a near fall back in the ring off a suplex. Holland avoided an enziguri. Santana caught him with a crossbody, but Holland came back with a powerslam and kind of a Snowplow looking move for a near fall. Holland went for a implant DDT, but Santana blocked it and backdropped his way out of the move. Santana hit a pair of lariats, and flying lariat and then kipped up. Santana hit an enziguri in the corner. Holland blocked a rolling cutter but got dropped with a Death Valley Driver. Holland blocked the discus lariat, but walked into the rolling cutter. Santana hit the cannonball in the corner. Santana hit a top rope superplex. Santana then tried to transition into another suplex, but Holland countered with a vertical powerslam for a near fall. Santana avoided a clothesline from Holland and came back and hit the discus lariat to get the pinfall victory. 

After the match, TNA World Champion Trick Williams ran in from behind and hit Santana with the championship belt. The crowd is behind Santana, but every time Williams appears he comes off as ten times the star, and the booking of Williams laying out Santana with a belt shot and then walking away didn’t really help Santana. This needed to be more like Santana succumbing to a bunch of NXT thugs lead by Williams, but still being defiant after taking a beating.

— Matt Hardy bullied the doctor into cleaning him for a match with AJ Francis later tonight. 

Mustafa Ali defeated Moose to win the advantage for Hardcore War at Bound for Glory (12:18)

The members of Order 4 and the System each came out with their respective representavies in the match, then adjourned to the back. Except for the “escorts” of Ali, a trio of masked belly dancers.

Moose killed Ali with a boot to start the match. Moose brushed off a pair of chops by Ali and hit a pair of his own. Moose set Ali on the turnbuckles than dropkicked him to the floor. As impressive as Moose looks, Ali is doing a tremendous job bumping all over the place and selling like crazy. On the floor, Moose tried to powerbomb Ali, but Ali countered with a spinning DDT. Ali’s “escorts” watched from the entrance ramp. 

Back in the ring, Ali hit a springboard moonsault, but Moose’s kickoff sent Ali out of the ring. Ali hit a rolling neckbreaker for a near fall. Ali tried to slow things down with a chinlock, but Moose easily powered out. Ali hit a jumping rana, then sent Moose into a ring barricade with a plancha. Moose avoided the 450, then dropped Ali with an uranagi and a senton. More chops were exchanged. Ali hit a super kicked, but Moose turned Ali inside out with a clothesline. Ali countered a powerbomb attempt with a code red for a near fall. Ali went to the top, but Moose cut him off with a chop. Moose tried for a superplex, but Ali blocked it. Ali tried a springboard, but Moose caught him and countered with the Go to Hell (a Sky High) for a near fall. Ali dodged a spear and went for a suplex, but Moose blocked it. Ali countered the counter and got the suplex and god, Ali is just magnitudes of order better than anyone else on this show so far. 

Moose hit a spear out of nowhere and almost got a three, but Ali’s foot was on the rope and the ref stopped her count. The fans chanted “ref you suck!” But that was 100% the right call so that crowd owes her an apology. Both guys dropped to the floor. Moose charged at Ali, and Ali backdropped Moose right onto the steel stairs. Back in the ring, Ali hit the 450, but Moose SAT UP while holding Ali. Ali’s facials were great here. Ali went at Moose with rights, but Moose hulked up. Ali dove into a headbutt from Moose. Ali caught a charging Moose with a cradle for two. Ali went for a backslide, which Moose countered. Moose hit a huge powebomb for another near fall. Ali’s escorts surrounded the ring. They all got on the apron, and distracted the ref. One slid into the ring and gave Moose a low blow behind the ref’s back. Ali then hit the 450 and got the pinfall.

And of course after the match, the “dancer” who gave the low blow revealed herself to be Tasha Steelz. This was a great match.

Joe Hendry defeated Eric Young (11:16)

Young grabbed the mic to declare himself the winner by forfeit, but of course says the name of his opponent, and he appeared. There was a fan opposite the hard cam holding up a sign that said “The Cleanse is Coming.” Lots of brawling around the ring to start. Back in the ring, Young hit a DDT to take control. Young was on offense for a long time. Young used a lot of wear down holds, which gave time for the crowd to get behind Hendry but didn’t do much for me. Hendry fought out of the sleeper three times but then got caught right back in it again. Hendry ultimately  countered the sleeper by hitting Young with a suplex. 

Hendry mounted the comeback with a step up rana and a fallaway slam. A fan dressed as Hendry stood next to the “Cleanse is Coming” sign guy, which I don’t think TNA intended to happen. Hendry with an Olympic Slam for a near fall. Hendry set up a superplex, but Young bit Hendry, pushed him to the mat and hit a flying elbow for near fall. Young mocked Hendry’s clap. Hendry escaped a death valley driver attempt, but Young hit a piledriver for a near fall. Young got into the face of the referee. Hendry came up behind Young and got hit with a lowbrow. Young went to the floor to bring in some steel chairs, but the former members of the Northern Army ran down to distract Young. Hendry then caught Young with the Standing Ovation on a steel chair and got the pinfall. Even though Hendry hit his finisher on a steel chair, Hannifan on commentary gave a convoluted explanation as to why that wasn’t a disqualification. This made no sense and it would have been better for him to just leave it alone. Match was fine and the crowd was way into it. 

— The commentators talked up footage from NXT on Tuesday where the TNA roster “stood up” to the NXT roster. My angle sense in tingling. 

Matt Hardy v. AJ Francis

Matt came out limping more than usual. Hardy then announced the match would be… a TABLES MATCH. Hardy promised to but Francis’ “big a$$” through a table. 

Matt Hardy defeated  AJ Francis in a Tables Match (9:47)

Matt tried to pull a table from under the ring, but Francis put it back and the crowd booed. Francis really knows how to be a heel. Hardy charged at Francis and dove into his “Right Hand of God.” Back in the ring, Francis choked Hardy against the ropes. The crowd did not like AJ Francis. Francis flipped himself over the ropes while hitting Hardy with a knee, but missed a senton. Hardy went to the floor to grab a table. Hardy struggled to get the table in the ring. Francis cut him off with a boot. Francis propped a table up in the corner and went to charge at Hardy, but Hardy got out of the way. Francis charged a Hardy with a cannonball, but Hardy ducked and Francis put himself through the table. But, since Hardy didn’t put him through the table, the match continued. 

Hardy deleted Francis’ head into the turnbuckles, then hit a DDT out of the corner. Hardy was selling bad ribs and went to the floor to grab a chair. In an ill-advised spot, Hardy hung the chair around Francis’ head, but Francis pulled Hardy into the chair, catching Matt’s face on the legs of the chair. Francis threw the chair at Hardy’s face and choked him out with the chair. Francis went up for a moonsault, but taunted the crowd and Hardy recovered to hit him with the chair. Hardy drove Francis down to the mat with an avalanche side effect. 

Hardy set up a table on the floor.  Back in the ring, Francis hit Hardy with a spear. Francis grabbed Matt’s TNA tag title belt. Francis tried to hit Matt with the title belt, but Matt ducked and dropped Francis with a Twist of Fate. On the floor, Hardy hit Francis in the face with the belt (which set him up on the table). Hardy came off the top rope with a legdrop to put Francis  through the table (on the floor!) and get the victory.  

Kelani Jordan defeated Léi Yîng Lee for the vacant TNA Knockouts World Title with Indi Hartwell as Special Referee (15:14)

Hartwell patted down both competitors before calling for the bell, always a great spot for the special referee. She even checked Lee’s hair for weapons. 

Lee caught Jordan with a shoulder block. Jordan caught Lee with a dropkick to send her to the floor. Lee caught Jordan with a knee and a dropkick for a near fall. Jordan dodged a charge from Lee and caught her with a splash for a near fall. Jordan countered a fireman’s carry with a sunset flip, which set off an exchange of cradles and near falls between the two.  

After dueling chants from the crowd for TNA and NXT, Lee caught Jordan with strikes in the corner. Release Northern Lights suplex got Lee a near fall. Lee went for a spinning face buster, but Jordan escaped. Both women nearly collided with Hartwell at points. Jordan worked over Lee with a half-crab. We all know what agent in the back gave her that idea. Lee eventually kicked Jordan to the floor to escape. 

Jordan climbed the ropes, but Lee caught her with more strikes. Lee jumped from the mat to the top rope and took Jordan down with a hurricanrana in a cool spot. Both women began exchanging strikes in the center of the ring, with Lee eventually firing up to take control. Lee hit a thurst kick, a rolling necksnap and a seated dropkick for a near fall. Lee went for a powerbomb, but Jordan rolled through and hit a superkick. Jordan charged, but Lee caught her with a Blue Thunder Bomb for another near fall. 

Jordan dropped to the floor to take a breather. Lee followed and Jordan caught her with a kick. Jordan tried to go for a rana off the apron but messed up the move and wound up powerbombing herself. Lee sold the move anyway and Jordan popped up. Back in the ring, Jordan went for a kick, but Lee countered and locked Jordan in an STF. Jordan fought her way out and rolled up Lee for a near fall. Jordan planted Lee with a sitout implant DDT. Jordan hit a frog splash for another near fall. 

Jordan went for a split legged legdrop off the top, but somehow hit Hardwell. Lee hit Thunderstruck, but Hartwell was out. Hartwell recovered but Lee only got a two count. Lee and Jordan exchanged small packages for two. Jordan hit Lee with a a stunner, then delivered a split legged moonsault and got the pinfall. 

After the match, Carlo Silva presented the TNA Knockouts World title to Jordan. Jordan also held up Lee’s hand in a show of respect. Ash also came out to congratulate the new champion.

Frankie Kazarian defeated Steve Maclin for the TNA International Championship (15:35)

The “TNA Headlines” graphic before the match all but gave away the finish, especially after the commentators harped on how it’s been 3 years since Kazarian held a TNA title. 

Maclin handled Kazarian well early on, out wrestling him from the onset. Kazarian tried to turn things into a brawl and that went even worse for him. Maclin mauled him with forearms to the back in the corner, then dropped Kazarian with a backbreaker for near fall. Kazarian missed a legdrop on the apron, but Maclin missed a big dive to the floor. Kazarian followed up with a lariat on the floor to take control. 

Back in the ring, Kazarian hit a slingshot legdrop. Kazarian caught Maclin with a forearm to the throat. Maclin had a bloody lip. Kazarian whipped him hard into the corner. Kazarian dove at Maclin, who tried to drive him down with a uranagi. Kazarian came back with a clothesline. Kazarian worked over Maclin with a cravat. 

Kazarian hit a neckbreaker for a near fall, then went back to the cravat. Maclin fought his way out of the cravat and went for an Olympic Slam. Kazarian escaped and someone forgot what they were supposed to do, leading to an awkward spot. Maclin caught Kazarian with a face buster and both men were down. 

Kazarian charged into a clothesline from Maclin. Maclin caught him with a Thez Press. Maclin hit a forearm in the corner and a short clothesline. Maclin got the Olympic Slam for a near fall. Kazarian went for the chicken wing, but Maclin escaped and hit a charging knee. A headbutt got Maclin a near fall. Maclin clubbed Kazarian in the corner and hung him upside down. Maclin charged, but Kazarian countered with a cutter in an amazing spot for a near fall. 

Kazarian went for the chicken wing again, but Maclin countered. Kazarian caught Maclin with an elbow and avoided a charge in the corner. Kazarian climbed the ropes, but Maclin caught him with a right and fought up there with Kazarian. Maclin clubbed Kazarain in the back some more, then superplexed him down. Maclin rolled though and into a death valley driver style neckbreaker. Kazarian rolled to the floor. 

Kazarian caught Maclin with a slingshot DDT for a near fall. Kazarian set up Maclin on the ropes and set up the Flux Capacitor, but Maclin shoved Kazarian off. Maclin went for a top rope headbutt, but Kazarian got out of the way and tried to lock in a chicken wing. Maclin fought his way out and sent Kazarian to the floor. Maclin hit a dive to the floor on Kazarian. 

Back in the ring, Maclin hung Kazarian upside down, but was distracted by El Mesías as he made his way to the ring. Maclin hit El Mesías with a dive. While the ref sent Mesías to the back, Kazarian low-blowed Maclin by kicking the middle rope as he stepped over it. Kazarian  then caught Maclin with a slingshot cutter to get the pinfall and the International Title. This was solid.

Leon Slater defeated Myron Reed to retain the TNA X-Division Championship (13:43)

Both guys were very quick in the opening. Reed caught Slater with a legdrop to the back of the head. Reed kept trying to intimidate Staler. When he finally had enough of that, Slater leveled Reed with a forearm. Reed caught Slater with a lung blower. He went for a springboard, but Slater cut him off with a dropkick to send him to the floor. Slater followed out with a springboard plancha. 

Back in the ring, Slater slowed down the pace with a series of hard chops. Salter pummeled Reed in the corner with right hands. Slater hit a crossbody for one. Slater floored Reed with a superkick. Reed caught Slater with a rana into a cradle for a near fall, then turned Slater inside out with a superkick. 

Reed caught Slater with an enziguri, then tossed him to the mat after bouncing him off the top rope. Reed tried to set up Slater in the ropes, but Slater escaped. Reed jumped to avoid a kick but Slater grabbed him out of the air and hit the Utopia helicopter slam for a near fall. Reed caught Slater with a kick, but then dove off the middle rope into a boot from Slater. Reed rolled to the floor, and Slater followed him out with a flip dive over the turnbuckle to the floor. 

Back in the ring, Reed avoided a 450 but Slater caught him with a lariat. Reed countered a suplex from Slater by supplying him to the floor, but Slater held on and tried for the suplex on the floor, but Reed countered that with a Stundog Millionaire on the floor. Then on the other side of the ring, Reed caught Slater with his over the top rope running cutter to the floor. Reed hit Slater with the 450 in the ring, but Slater kicked out. 

Reed hit some overhand rights on Slater. Slater fought back with a chop. Reed avoided a leg lariat and hit a cutter. Reed propped up Slater in the corner. Reed went for a superplex, but Slater countered with a twisting superplex of his own. Slater hit the swanton 450 and got the pinfall to retain the title. Great match. 

After the match, TNA President Carlos Silva presented Slater with his championship belt, and both men shook hands after the match. 

Santino Marella came out while Slater celebrated to put over Leon Slater. Marella has been negotiated with Ava from NXT for Leon Slater’s Bound for Glory opponent, who will be Je’Von Evans. Evans cut a pre-taped promo from the video wall to announce the match.

Final Thoughts:

With no Men’s World title, Knockouts World title, or World Tag Team title match advertised going into, this felt like it was going to be an underwhelming B-show. But the International and X-Division title matches way overdelivered and Mustafa Ali’s match was tremendous. And the hot crowd made for an overall fun show.

Bound for Glory (so far…)

  • Mike Santana (TNA) v. Trick Williams (NXT) for the TNA World Title (held by Williams).
  • The Hardys v. Team 3D for the TNA World Tag Team Titles
  • Je’Von Evans (NXT) v. Leon Slater (TNA) for the TNA X-Division (held by Slater)
  • Indi Hartwell (TNA) v. Kelani Jordan (NXT) for the TNA Knockouts World Title (held by Jordan)
  • Order 4 v. The System in a Hardcore War
  • 20 person Guantlet with Léi Yîng Lee and Mance Warner (so far…)

TNA Impact live results: The final stop before Victory Road

Posted on by Joseph Collins

Tonight’s TNA Impact is the final stop before Friday’s Victory Road and will also include a look ahead to October’s Bound for Glory.

TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys will come face-to-face with Team 3D ahead of their final meeting in October to negotiate their final terms for the match.

TNA International Champion Steve Maclin teams with former TNA World Champion Mr. Anderson against Jake Something and Frankie Kazarian.

A Call Your Shot gauntlet qualifier match will take place via a battle royal.

X-Division Champion Leon Slater teams with Cedric Alexander against The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel).

Jody Threat battles Victoria Crawford while the show is rounded out by a feature on Mike Santana.

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Taped from Minneapolis.

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

Leon Slater & Cedric Alexander defeated The Rascals (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) (10:23)

Myron Reed, who is getting a title shot at the X-Division champion at Victory Road tomorrow night was on commentary. Miguel and Alexander exchanged chops, and Alexander hit a seated Miguel with a vicious dropkick to the back of the head. Miguel was double-teamed a lot in his opponents’ corner. Wentz got the tag and tried a pop-in lung blower, but Slater blocked it and kicked his opponent’s head. Slater got a near fall off a crossbody. 

Wentz caught Slater with a handspring knee to take control. He got the tag to Miguel, who got a near fall off of a double team.  Alexander eventually got the tag and took out Wentz with a release German suplex. Wentz blocked the Lumbar Check but got dropped with a Minchioku Driver for a near fall. Slater got the tag and dove into a knee from Wentz. Wentz hit a crucifix driver (set up with a superkick from Miguel) for a near fall. Wentz and Alexander went over the top, and Slater  followed them out by hitting a dive on Wentz. 

Back in the ring, Miguel caught Slater with a knee, and Wentz came off the top with a swanton for a near fall. The Rascals went for a double-team, but Alexander broke it up and started suplexing everyone like he was Brock Lesnar or something. Slater hit Miguel with a Swanton 450 and got the pinfall.

— Gia Miller interviewed Frankie Kazarian, who promised to make something out of Jake Something later tonight when they team up in the main event.

— On NXT Tuesday, TNA invaded and ruined the title for title match for the finish that literally everyone saw coming. ‘What happens next between TNA and NXT?” Probably TNA getting beaten down tomorrow night. 

— Eric Young yelled at Santino Marella  in the parking lot, and Marella made the match between Joe Hendry and Young for tomorrow night. 

Victoria Crawford defeated  Jody Threat (4:07)

Gia Miller apparently went to the TNA authorities and had Tessa Blanchard’s suspension lifted. Threat tossed Crawford to the mat with a Northern Lights suplex. Crawford looked terrible. Not everyone fired by WWE needs to be rescued by TNA. Crawford hit a boot for a near fall. Threat hit a bunch of chops and floored Crawford with a back elbow. Threat booted Crawford into the ropes and Crawford took a nasty bump into them. Threat dumped Crawford with a German suplex with Tessa Blanchard’s music played. Tessa returned and distracted Threat from the entrance stage. This allowed Crawford to hit an axe kick and get the pinfall. 

— Joe Hendry gave a bit of backstory for his match with Eric Young tomorrow night at Victory Road.  

— The System challenged Order 4 to leave both their factions in the back during tomorrow night’s Moose v. Mustafa Ali encounter. 

Mance Warner won the Battle Royal to become #20 in the  Call Your Shot Gauntlet at Bound for Glory (6:17) 

This is a battle royal to qualify for another battle royal. The winner will be #20 in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet at Bound for Glory.  The last person eliminated will be the first person in the gauntlet.  The match will have both men’s division and knockout’s division performers.

AJ Francis did some mic work on his way to the ring  and ran down his opponents. Rosemary gave him the mist and all the other competitors dumped Francis to the floor. Killer Kelly and Rosemary were eliminated. Ryan Nemeth eliminated Matt Cardona and The Home Town Man from the floor.  It was later clarified that Nemeth went “through the ropes” which is why he could eliminate people from the floor. Nemeth also helped eliminate  Xia Brookside from the floor. Léi Yǐng Lee lowbridged Nemeth to send him to the floor, leaving her one on one with Mance Warner. Warner booted Lee to the floor for the win.  I wondered if Gail Kim found all of that believable. This was every modern battle royal where two people did spots while everyone else sold like they were dead until it was their turn to do spots.

— Mickie James and The Beautiful People will be inducted in the TNA Hall of Fame at Bound for Glory.

— A hype video for Mike Santana on his road to Bound for Glory. They’re doing their best to make Santana a big deal.

The Final Negotiation. Santino Marella brought out the Hardys and Team 3D. The crowd chanted “This is awesome!” before anything happened. Matt called The Hardys and Team 3D the greatest tag teams of all time, and Matt kept putting both teams over. Bully Ray said TNA was a “hot company” because of the Hardys. Did the Hardys make the deal that made TNA the NXT b-show?  The fans chanted for a TLC match. The Hardys and Team 3D reminisced about all the times they nearly killed each other and openly wondered how Jeff was still alive. Bully Ray finally referred to his team as “The Dudley Boys” which got an ECW chant. The Hardys offer the Dudleys/Team 3D a shot at the TNA tag team title, which would make them “25 time tag team champions,” jumping ahead of all other tag teams in TNA. (I’d been assuming the titles were already on the line). Also the winner is the “greatest tag team of all time.” Bully and D-Von consult, and turn down the match. Again, I’m confused because I thought Bully Ray challenged The Hardys at the last ppv?  The crowd chanted “TLC!” and Bully Ray brings up that The Hardys beat them in “the first ever tag team tables match,” which was “their match.” The Dudleys don’t just want a title match, they want a tables match. The Hardys agreed to the stipulation. Marella wanted both sides to sign a contract (which wouldn’t have had the table stipulation in it), but D-Von ripped up the contract. Instead both teams agreed with a handshake. This was the best thing on the show.

— Mustafa Ali is tired of the disrespect and the System, and Ali accepted Moose’s challenge to leave everyone else in the back for their main event. Ali ups the ante by adding the stipulation that the winner of the match gets his team the advantage in upcoming “Hardcore War” match at Bound for Glory. The System burst onto the scene and both sides stare each other down.

Countdown to Victory Road (8:30 EST start): 

  • Cedric Alexander v. Trey Miguel v. Zachary Wentz 
  • AJ Francis has Matt Hardy on the First Class Penthouse

Victory Road (9:00 EST start): 

  • Moose v. Mustafa Ali,  winner gets the advantage in Hardcore War 
  • Hometown Man & Matt Cardona v. The Nemeths 
  • Mike Santana v. NXT’s Ridge Holland 
  • The Elegance Brand v. THe IInspiration for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles 
  • Joe Hendry v. Eric Young 
  • Steve Maclin v. Frankie Kazarian for the International Title 
  • Leon Slater v. Myron Reed for the X-Division Title 

No mention of the Knockouts World Title or the TNA World Champion on the card? This show is lacking a main event. 

Steve Maclin & Mr. Ken Anderson defeated  Frankie Kazarian & Jake Something (16:40)

Anderson tried the bit where they lowered the microphone, but I guess they left the microphone at the Impact Zone. Maclin improvised lowering the. mic from above Anderson’s head by standing behind him on a steel chair. Anderson honestly looked winded doing the “MR. ANDERSONNNNN!” gimmick, but they went to a commercial so he could catch his breath before the match started. 

Something started out with Maclin and it didn’t go well for Something. Kazarian got the tag and the crowd chanted for Anderson. Anderson tagged in and squared off with Kazarian. Anderson took it to Kazarian, who made Anderson look good by bumping all over the place. Anderson and Maclin double-teamed Kazarian, and they sent both Kazarian and Something to the floor. 

Back in the ring,  Anderson and Maclin worked over Kazarian, until Kazarian caught Anderson with a face rake. This allowed the heels to take control. Something came in without making the tag and Hannifan freaked out on commentary. Kazarian hit a jumping leg drop for a near fall. Kazarian hit a snap suplex for another near fall. Something drew Maclin in the ring to allow another phantom tag, and Hannifan threw another fit on commentary. Kazarian worked Anderson over with a chinlock. 

Anderson got the hot tag and Maclin took the fight to Something. Maclin hit a running knee on Kazarian and sent him down with a German suplex. Maclin hung Something upside down in the corner and charged, but Something avoided it. Kazarian floored Maclin with a clothesline. Something dropped Maclin with a short-arm clothesline. Maclin fought his way out of a chinlock and both men knocked each other down. After Anderson and Kazarian were tagged in, Kazarian went for the chicken wing. Anderson countered with a Green Bay Plunge for a near fall. Anderson went for his finish (the Mic Check), but Kazarian escaped.

Anderson countered a Fade to Black attempt from Kazarian and hit the Mic Check, but Something broke up the pin attempt. Something and Maclin brawled. Kazarian hit a back sapper and a sliding lariat on Anderson, then got a near fall off a springboard leg drop. The crowd was fully behind Anderson. Kazarian went for the Chicken Wing again, but Anderson countered into his own Chicken Wing. Something broke that up and got backdropped to the floor. Maclin got the tag, took out Something with a dive, then dropped Kazarian with an Olympic Slam. Everyone brawled in the ring again, and the babyface sent the heels into each other. Anderson hit Something with the Mic Check, and Maclin hit Kazarian with the KIA for the pinfall. 

TNA Impact live results: Hardys vs. Nemeths Tag Team title rematch

Posted on by Marc Quill

TNA Tag Team Champions Matt & Jeff Hardy will defend the titles against Nick & Ryan Nemeth as part of tonight’s TNA Impact.

The Nemeths cashed in their automatic rematch clause following losing the titles to the Hardys at July’s Slammiversary in a four-way ladder match.

The Elegance Brand (Knockouts Champion Ash and Knockouts Tag Team Champions M. & Heather) will take on Masha Slamovich and The IInspiration in trios action.

Indi Hartwell goes one-on-one with Dani Luna.

Mike Santana will be in action as will Mustafa Ali who takes on Brian Myers.

After turning on the Northern Armory, Eric Young battles Judas Icarus.

The show is rounded out by a Frankie Kazarian interview segment.

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– The show opened with a moment of silence for the victims of the Annunciation Church shooting, as Tom Hannifan announced that TNA would offer donations to those affected by this tragedy.

– A recap of last week’s Impact was shown.

Mustafa Ali (w/ Order 4) vs. Brian Myers (w/ The System)

Myers got things going with a dropkick on Ali as he continued the attack at ringside. Ali’s Order 4 allies provided a distraction on Myers, which allowed Ali to flatten him with a dive to the outside.

Back in the ring, Myers connected with a DDT on Ali. The finish saw Ali get a surprise pin on Myers.

Following the match, Order 4 and The System got into a brawl. The Great Hands tried to attack Myers, but Eddie Edwards took them out. Tasha Steelz snuck up on Edwards and took him out with a low blow. John Skylar ate a slap from Alisha Edwards, followed by a big boot from Moose. This all led led to Moose having a staredown with Special Agent Zero of Order 4. Zero rocked Moose with a headbutt as security filed in to stop the chaos.

TNA’s Director of Authority, Santino Marella, announced that at Bound for Glory, we’d see Order 4 vs. The System in a Hardcore War.

Mustafa Ali def. Brian Myers via pinfall

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– The Personal Concierge appeared and urged Dani Luna to ensure Indi Hartwell does not make it to Bound for Glory.

– We got a recap of what happened on NXT this past Tuesday particularly with the events that led to a Title for Title match between NXT Champion Oba Femi vs. TNA Champion Trick Williams. Tom Hannifan made it clear that the sentiment in TNA was not at a high regarding NXT’s “control” over TNA.

– Four-time TNA Knockouts Champion ODB was introduced to the crowd.

Judas Icarus vs. Eric Young

Icarus attacked Young just as he got to the ring as the action got going right away. Back in the ring, Young blasted Icarus with a forearm, followed by a gutwrench powerbomb. The TNA veteran continued the assault on Icarus in the corner with a forceful stomp.

Icarus escaped out of an attempted piledriver by Young as he tossed him overhead. Icarus looked to maintain momentum with a diving leg clip that took Young out. He then took to the skies with a frog splash for the near-fall.

Icarus headed up to the top and wanted to hit a superplex, but Young bit him and then connected with a diving elbow for a close near-fall. Young threatened the referee and hit a low blow on Icarus.

Joe Hendry showed up and provided a distraction for Icarus to score the upset victory on Young with a rollup pin.

After the match, a frustrated Young decked the referee officiating the match. The commentators speculated that Young would potentially be in further hot water for his latest attack on a TNA referee.

Judas Icarus def. Eric Young via pinfall

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– We got a Mentor U vignette with Victoria Crawford unsuccessfully trying to convince Jody Threat to get her help. Gia Miller walked in and said that she convinced TNA management to lift Tessa Blanchard’s suspension. However, Miller said that if Blanchard went after her again, she’d make her regret it.

The Iinspiration (Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee) & Masha Slamovich vs. The Elegance Brand (Ash by Elegance, M., Heather)

Slamovich started off strong as she asserted her strength on Heather, as the Iinspiration soon entered the fray and got the double team attack on Heather. The three face women sent the Elegance Brand to an apparent retreat as they just backed away to the ramp. The Iinspiration and Slamovich went after them as the Personal Concierge tried to sneak up. This was just some misdirection on the Elegance Brand’s part as they tried to take advantage.

Ash and the Personal Concierge were eventually chased away by the Iinspiration, which left M. and Heather as the only ones left for their team. Lee and McKay forced Heather and M. into a meeting of the minds with a double headbutt. Ash made her way back for her time at this point.

We returned from the break with the Elegance Brand in control as they isolated McKay successfully. Heather twice missed on elbow drops on McKay, which allowed her to tag Slamovich into the match. Slamovich unleashed her full offense on M. and Heather with a double spear to take down the Elegance Brand duo. Things began to break down as Lee and M. were the legal women. The Personal Concierge created a distraction, which allowed Ash to throw champagne in the eyes of Lee as M. got the rope-assisted pin for the win.

The Elegance Brand def. The Iinspiration & Masha Slamovich via pinfall

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– We got a TNA Injury Report for Mike Santana, Moose, the Hardy Boyz, and the Nemeth Brothers. We learned that Santana has been cleared for action despite the attack by Trick Williams last week, Moose has been taken into concussion protocol after taking a headbutt from Special Agent Zero earlier, and that the Hardys and Nemeths have been cleared for their match tonight.

Frankie Kazarian’s “The King’s Speech”

Kazarian welcomed us to another edition to “The King’s Speech”. He said that Minnesota is known for a Prince, but tonight, they’d be known for having a King in their presence. He welcomed tonight’s special guest: himself. Kazarian announced that at Victory Road, we’d see Kazarian take on International Champion Steve Maclin in a title match. Kazarian declared that people would remember kings, not soldiers, and that he’d defeat Maclin for the International title. Kazarian said that we’d have another special guest tonight, but he wasn’t going to announce it, since he’d let the guest do it himself.

Mr. Anderson made a surprise return to TNA to a good reaction from the Minneapolis crowd. Anderson gave the crowd high-fives as he made his way down to the ring. Kazarian introduced Anderson as a former two-time TNA World Champion as he asked him how things were in Green Bay. Anderson said that while he was proud of being from Green Bay, he noted that he’s been a Minneapolis native for over twenty years. He said that Minneapolis was home, to which Kazarian said that it had to suck.

Kazarian talked about how he and Anderson knew each other for a long time, like how they competed in the only singles Ultimate X match in TNA, one that he defeated Anderson in. Kazarian brought up Anderson’s time in the U.S. Army Reserves, as he turned his attention to Steve Maclin, someone he called a coward. He asked if Anderson was a coward because he apparently looked like a guy who ran from a fight rather than towards.

Anderson asked Kazarian what branch he served in, to which the host of The King’s Speech took exception to. Kazarian said that Anderson was pissing him off as he called to attention to Anderson’s family being in attendance for tonight’s show. He asked if Anderson was willing to let them sit there and watch as he got beaten within an inch of his life.. Kazarian continued to push Anderson’s buttons figuratively and literally. Anderson got into Kazarian’s face as Jake Something attacked him from behind. This led to Steve Maclin making the save for Anderson as he clotheslined Something out of the ring. Maclin challenged Anderson and Something to step up to him.

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Dani Luna vs. Indi Hartwell

Hartwell and Luna began the match immediately teeing off on one another with strikes until the former got the upper hand with a big boot out of the ring. Hartwell lifted Luna up on her shoulders, but couldn’t get the move she wanted as Luna fought back and ripped away the advantage. Luna snapped Hartwell across the top rope throat-first as she took over here.

Luna threw Hartwell with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex, followed by a vertical suplex. Luna continued to punish Hartwell with elbows to the back, as she then had Hartwell trapped on the apron with clubbing blows. Hartwell managed to escape momentarily, but got felled by a huge lariat by Luna. Hartwell struggled to get back up, but she got herself back into the match with repeated clotheslines, followed by a spinebuster. Hartwell headed up to the top, but Luna rolled out of the ring to avoid danger.

Outside the ring, Luna got herself disqualified as she hit Hartwell with a chair to the gut. Following the match, Luna took the chair and dished out further punishment on Hartwell, with security trying in vain to stop the brutality.

Indi Hartwell def. Dani Luna via disqualification

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Mike Santana vs. AJZ

Prior to the match, AJZ took to the mic and made fun of both Mike Santana and the hometown Minnesota Vikings as he said he’d make it to the top of the TNA food chain.

Santana didn’t wait long to go after AJZ as he easily took out his foe with one Outline the Block and a STB lariat for the victory.

After the match, Santana got the microphone and said Trick Williams got him when his guard was down, but it wasn’t going to happen again. He said that at Bound for Glory, Williams would have to pray to the Lord, because his ass was his. At this point, NXT’s Ridge Holland ambushed Santana and laid him out with his finishing maneuver.

Mike Santana def. AJZ via pinfall

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TNA World Tag Team Championship: The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. The Nemeth Brothers (Nic & Ryan Nemeth)

Matt Cardona made his way to the ring prior to the match, as he joined Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwold at the table.

As the Nemeths made their way down to the ring, Ryan Nemeth got in the face of Anthem board member Rick Ehrman, as TNA President Carlos Silva tried to keep the peace.

Our main event got underway with Jeff and Nic taking on one another, as things began to break down early with the Hardys sending the Nemeths out of the ring with a double clothesline. Once things calmed down, Matt and Nic were our legal men. Nic had control over Matt with a arm hold momentarily, until that got turned around. The Hardys took command with a double team move on Nic as Jeff Hardy entered the match.

Jeff kept up the attack on Nic Nemeth’s arm before he tagged Matt and we got some vintage Hardy Boyz tag team action at Nic’s expense before the break.

The TNA Impact main event continued as the Nemeths tried to play dirty, but couldn’t capitalize. In the ring, Nic avoided Jeff’s Whisper in the Wind as Ryan entered the match and continue to batter away on Jeff. The Nemeth Brothers kept Jeff isolated from his brother with a unified assault before Nic trapped him in a grapevine sleeper hold. Jeff tried to fight, but got dropped by a Nic Nemeth neckbreaker.

Nic then rained down repeated elbow drops on Jeff, but couldn’t get the victory as Jeff kicked out at two. Ryan got the tag and continued to work over Jeff with an attack of his own. Jeff held his own and goth both Nemeths with a Whisper in the Wind, which allowed brother Matt to get the hot tag.

Matt bashed Nic’s head across all three turnbuckles before he dropped him with an alley-oop powerbomb. Matt dropped Nic with a Side Effect, but only got a near-fall as a result. Matt got Nic with an elbow to the spine as he then sized him up for a Twist of Fate. Nic managed to escape that, and connected with a Famouser for the close near-fall.

Nic tuned up the band for a superkick, but Matt avoided that. However, Ryan entered the fray and hit the DDT on Matt, followed by an elbow from Nic. One, two… not yet! Ryan Nemeth tried to use the TNA Tag Title belt as a weapon, but Matt Cardona stopped him, as Nic jumped him. This opened Ryan up for a Twist of Fate from Matt, followed by the Swanton from Jeff. And that’s it, over, the Hardy Boyz retain the TNA World Tag Titles.

The Hardys def. The Nemeth Brothers via pinfall to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championships

TNA Impact live results: X-Division title eliminator, Joe Hendry vs. Eric Young

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With Victory Road coming up this month, a four-way eliminator match on tonight’s TNA Impact will determine the next challenger to X-Division Champion Leon Slater.

The bout will see Jake Something and all three members of The Rascalz (Myron Reed, Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel) do battle in Miguel’s first match after an extended injury absence.

In a clash of former TNA World Champions, Joe Hendry takes on Eric Young after Young took him out several weeks ago.

In a clash of former Tag Team Champions, The Nemeth Brothers takes on The System’s Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers.

Moose battles AJ Francis while Jessie McKay goes one-on-one with Heather By Elegance.

The show is rounded out by Mike Santana in action as his October TNA World title shot against Trick Williams looms in the distance.

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Taped in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

Moose defeated AJ Francis (9:23 aired)

Francis is wearing gear in tribute to (I think) the Seattle Seahawks. Before the match got underway, Order 4’s Secret Service and Mustafa Ali came out, with Ali joining the commentary team for this match. Moose caught Francis with a nice dropkick to send him to the floor. Moose followed, and Ali distracted Moose so Francis could get a jump on him and take control. 

Moose did a great job getting the crowd behind him while he tried to power Francis up for a suplex. But Francis reversed it so that was disappointing. Ali was disparaging the members of The System on commentary while Francis dropped Moose with a back suplex. 

After a long break, AJ tried to suplex Moose, but Moose reversed it to a big pop. Francis came back with his pop up forearm, then shouted about money. Moose yanked Francis out of the ring and whipped him into the steel steps. Francis came back and powerbombed Moose on the ring apron. Back in the ring, Francis avalanched Moose. Then Moose did that running knee in the corner where he flips himself over the top rope that feels like a tribute to his most embarrassing moment in WWE. 

Moose started to come back. Moose avoided a choke slam to hit a headbutt, then ran up the ropes and hit a springboard crossbody in a scary show of athleticism. Francis used the referee to avoid a tackle from Moose, then hit a spear for a near fall. Meanwhile on the floor, Ali had one of his Secret Service distract the ref. Ali ran in and super kicked Francis by mistake. Moose took out the Secret Service guy with a boot, then hit a spear on Francis for the victory. This match alone was about 10x better than last week’s entire show. Also I think Francis is starting to grow on me.

After the match, Moose challenged Ali to a one-on-one match at Victory Road.

— In the back, the other members of the System promised problems for the Nemeth Brothers tonight, and Order 4 down the road. 

Joe Hendry v. Eric Young 

So actually this was a setup, as Young changed the match to Northern Army member Travis Williams. 

Joe Hendry defeated Travis Williams (3:14)

Young and Judas Icarus were ejected for interference. Williams jumped Hendry from behind but otherwsie got pretty much squashed. Hendry hit an Attitude Adjustment and the Standing Ovation to get the pinfall. 

After the match, Young gave Williams and Icarus piledrivers as punishment for the loss. 

— Matt Cardona dared Ryan Nemeth to stick his nose in Cardona’s business again. 

Victoria Crawford’s Podcast. This segment was awful. It was an interview segment with Crawford interviewing Gia Miller on the entrance stage. Crawford accused Miller of keeping Tessa Blanchard at home, because Blanchard was suspended for attacking Gia Miller back at Slammiversary. Miller got in Crawford’s face, the crowd booed Crawford’s performance, and Jody Threat ran out to settle things down. Crawford promised (threatened?) to do the segment every week. 

Myron Reed  defeated Jake Something in a four-way match with Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz for an X-Division Title Match at Victory Road.

Leon Slater was on commentary. 

It was the Rascalz v. Jake Something to start. And Something took a lot of punishment but refused to go down. Eventually all three Rascalz took out Something with a triple plancha to the floor. 

WIth Something out of it for a bit, the Rascalz went at it in the ring. Something came back and took out all three Rascalz. Something powerbombed Wentz onto the other two Rascalz and got some near falls off of that. The Rascalz only stood a chance against Something when they triple teamed him. To that end, the three Rascalz powerbombed Something out of the corner. Something caught Miguel with a Black Hole Slam, for a near fall, but Wentz broke it up. Wentz hit a springboard cutter for a near fall, but Miguel prevented the pin. While Wentz and Miguel were fighting over getting the cover, Reed hit a springboard 450 splash on Something to get the pinfall. 

Myron Reed and Leon Slater will face off for the X-Division title at Victory Road. 

The TNA Injury Report by BioFlex: 

  • Mara Sadé is out with bruising. 
  • Indi Hartwell and Jody Threat are both cleared but being watched. 
  • Icarus and Williams are under observation after Eric Young beat them up. 

— Frankie Kazarian offered Jake Something the chance to learn from the very best — himself. 

Heather by Elegance (w/ M by Elegance) defeated Jessie McKay (w/ Cassie Lee) (3:06)

Heather went for a springboard moonsault, but McKay got her knees up. McKay went for her finish, but Heather escaped and rolled up McKay. Heather got her feet on the ropes and M gave her additional leverage to get the pinfall. 

The Elegance Brand then attacked the IInspiration, so Santino Marella came out and announced that M would take on Cassie Lee after a commercial break. 

Cassie Lee (w/ Jessie McKay) defeated M by Elegance (w/ Heather by Elegance) (5:10)

M tried to run away from the match, but the IInspiration drug her in the ring and the match got underway. M dominated from the onset. M hit a pump kick for a near fall. M stretched Lee with a surfboard. Lee escaped and took M down with a series of clotheslines and a spinning kick. Lee hit a lung blower for a near fall. While M occupied the referee, Heather hit Lee with a Drive By kick. McKay took out Heather while M climb the ropes. Lee pulled M down with a German suplex, then a spinning suplex to get the pinfall. 

— Steve Maclin ran down his list of accomplishments as International Champion, and promises to make Frankie Kazarian the next name on that list. 

— The Elegance Brand’s Personal Concierge asked Santino Marella for a stipulation in the TNA Knockouts World title at Victory Road. So Marella made the match no disqualification and made Indi Hartwell the referee. The Concierge kept talking and so Marella made the Elegance Brand versus the IInspiration for the tag titles at Victory Road, and then also made Masha Slamovich & The IInspiration v. The Elegance Brand in a six knockout tag team match next week. Heather and M had to drag the Concierge off before he gave Marella any more ideas. 

— DIY made a match  with Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes for NXT Homecoming. 

Mike Santana got jumped. Santana came out though the crow for match, but Trick Williams jumped him from behind. This was really well done, with the camera just catching a hooded Williams before he went out of frame. Williams then took of his sweatshirt and attacked. Williams got the better of Santana until the got to the ring, where security broke up the fight. 

Next week on Impact:

  • Mustafa Ali v. Brian Myers 
  • Dani Luna v. Indi Hartwell 
  • The Elegance Brand v. The IInspiration & Masha Slamovich 
  • Frankie Kazarian speaks. 

The Nemeths defeated Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards (w/ Alicia Edwards) (11:59) 

Nic Nemeth still has a pretty sweet dropkick. Myers responded with one of his own which was okay. Edwards and Myers worked over Nick in their corner with chops and knee strikes. Ryan ran in and got slammed for his troubles. Myers and Edwards clotheslined both of their opponents to the floor. 

Ryan went after Edwards eyes and that allowed the Nemeths to take control. Nic avoided a charging Edwards to send him tumbling to the floor. The crowd got behind Edwards while the Nemeths worked him over. 

Myers got the tag and hit a jumping DDT on Ryan. Nic distracted Myers, and Ryan hit a leaping DDT on Myers. Nic flew in with a top rope elbow drop for two. Myers crotched Ryan on the top rope, then got the tag to Edwards. Edwards gave Ryan a nice overhead belly to belly suplex. After a clothesline in the corner, Edwards hit an avalanche hurricanrana for a near fall. Nic hit the Famouser for a near fall. 

Nic and Edwards took out their opponents standing on the apron, then collided mid-ring. Edwards hit a blue thunder bomb for a near fall. Myers clotheslined himself and Ryan Nemeth to the floor, leaving it Edwards v. Nic again. The Order 4 appeared on the entrance stage. The Great Hands ran in but Edwards cut them off with a tope. But when he tried to get back in the ring, Nic hit Edwards with the Danger Zone. Nic got the pinfall and the victory for his team. 

After the match, Ryan Nemeth announced the Nemeths were invoking their contractually obligated title rematch clause for next week. The Hardy ran (well, “ran”) out surrounded by referees to confront the Nemeths. The referees kept everyone separated, and you can add Hardys v. Nemeths for the tag titles to next week’s Impact lineup. 

TNA Impact live results: Knockouts title eliminator, The Hardys in trios action

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TNA Impact airs live from Minneapolis, Minnesota, tonight as the road to this month’s Victory Road continues.

Indi Hartwell, Dani Luna and Jody Threat will compete in a three-way with the winner moving on to face Knockouts Champion Ash by Elegance for the title.

On that note, the entire Elegance Brand will be on hand to celebrate Ash’s title win at NXT Heatwave.

In trios action, TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys will team with Mara Sade against The Great Hands & Tasha Steelz.

After magically appearing at NXT Tuesday to aid Hank & Tank from Darkstate, Joe Hendry will be live in the ring with some thoughts to share about Eric Young’s recent attack on him.

Veterans Frankie Kazarian and Matt Cardona will compete one-on-one for the first time ever.

Our live coverage kicks off at 8 PM Eastern.

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Live! And free! From Minneapolis, Minnesota. I believe the building they’re in has a capacity of 8,000 and it look slike they barely filled the seats on the floor.

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

Santino Marella In-Ring Promo. At the end of last week, Marella got into it with Trick Williams lawyer. Marella didn’t think with his head; he thought with his cobra. Marella announced that Trick Williams will defend the TNA World Championship against Mike Santana at Bound for Glory. Santana came out (wearing a TNA/Minneapolis “Strenght in Unity” t-shirt) to celebrate and promised to bring the TNA World Championship back home for his daughter, family, and all the fans of TNA. Trick Williams won’t be in back in TNA until Bound for Glory, so Santana promised to go find him. Santana cut a good babyface promo here. 

— Gia Miller interviewed Mara Sadé and The Hardys, who are going to give the members of Order 4 the extreme beating they deserve in the main event later tonight. 

— Moose wished Mike Santana good luck at Bound for Glory, and AJ Francis dimed out Santana for calling out Trick Williams. This led to a match between Moose and Francis for next week. 

Frankie Kazarian defeated Matt Cardona (10:51)

Ryan Nemeth came out before the match to remind us that his big brother is returning tonight, but didn’t return here. Cardona told Ryan his big brother “sucks” and bopped him on the head with the microphone. 

I know this show doesn’t stand a chance against the first football game in 7 months, but you’d think that TNA would have tried to use the 20 minutes there was no football on for something other than talking.

When the fight went to the floor, Kazarian used a still practically unconscious Ryan Nemeth as a human shield. Later, Nemeth tried to keep Cardona from getting back in the ring, so Cardona sent him into the ring barricade. But, the distraction allowed Kazarian to take control.

Kazarian whipped Cardona headfirst into the ringpost. Cardona teased getting counted out, barely being the count to get an easy pop from the crowd. Kazarian worked a chinlock for a bit. Cardona and Kazarian collided three separate times, hitting each other with crossbodies, clotheslines and big boots. Cardona started to mount a comeback. Kazarian ducked to the floor to avoid the reboot, but Cardona caught him anyway. Ryan Nemeth popped up to distract Cardona again, and Kazarian hit a slingshot cutter for a near fall. Cardona went for the Unprettier, but Kazarian escaped. Cardona hit a spinebuster for two. 

Ryan Nemeth jumped up on the apron again, and this time Cardona brought him into the ring and hit him with the Radio Silence. When Cardona turned back to Kazarian, Kazarian caught him with the Fade to Black and got the pinfall. 

After the match, Gia Miller tried to interview Frankie Kazarian. Frankie took the mic and interview himself while she stood there annoyed. Kazarian has his sights set on the TNA International Title. Kazarian insulted Steve Maclin’s military service, and Maclin chased Kazarian off. 

— The IINspiration will be keeping a close eye on the Elegance Brand celebration later tonight. 

The Elegance Brand Celebration. The other members of the Elegance Brand were in the ring, which was adorned in gold. A long distant (very long distant) relative of Picasso painted a portrait of the Ash with her Knockouts Championship. There was also custom champaign, “Elegance in a Bowl.” Ash took the microphone to cut a self-congratulatory promo, calling herself the “Savior of TNA” and insulting the former champion Masha Slamovich. Slamovich arrived and announced she’s getting a title match with Ash at Victory Road. Slamovich hit the ring and and got into a 3-on-1 fight. Xia Brookside and Lei Ying Lee come out to try and even the odds, but the Elegance Brand holds them off. Finally, the IInspiration ran out to chase off the Elegance Brand. And of course, the babyfaces destroyed the portrait of Ash.  

The TNA Injury Report: 

  • JDC remains out with a head injury. 
  • Mara Sadé has been cleared after getting clotheslined by Agent Zero. 
  • Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz have both been cleared of injury. 
  • Trick Williams shows no signs of injury. Even so, he’s still complaining about the attack at the end of last week’s tag match. 

— Mustafa Ali promised that anyone who opposes the Order 4 will be shut down, and that includes the members of The System. 

Indi Hartwell pinned Jody Threat in a Triple Threat match which also included Dani Luna to become the #1 Contender for the Knockouts Championship at Bound for Glory.   

TNA has been plugging “The Naked Gun” movie and I’m sure it’s not a coincidence they’re not mentioning Paul Walter Hauser’s role in it. 

With Slamovich getting the title match at Victory Road, the winner of this match is getting a title shot at Bound for Glory. Threat hit both Hartwell and Luna with a tope to the floor. Back in the ring, Hartwell caught Threat with a boot. Hartwell went to the top, but Luna pushed her off the ropes. Luna hit a modified fallaway slam for a near fall. Hartwell tried to get back into the match and Luna dropped her with a Northern Lights suplex. 

Luna clotheslined Threat to the floor, and Hartwell mounted a comeback against Luna. Luna came off the top with an elbow, but Threat broke up the pin attempt. Hartwell used Luna’s hand to backhand Threat. The crowd was behind Hartwell. Hartwell and Threat fought to the apron. Threat hit Luna with a somersault on the floor. Threat went to the top for something that missed, and they looked confused for a minute before Luna and Threat start exchanging small package attempts, and finally Hartwell caught Threat with a sunset flip pinning combination and held her down for three. 

After the match, Dani Luna attacked both Hartwell and Threat. Nonetheless, Indi Hartwell will challenge for the TNA Knockouts Championship at Bound for Glory. 

Joe Hendry Appears. Joe Hendry came out wearing a “Strength in Unity” TNA/Minneapolis t-shirt.  Hendry bragged about beating up The Miz on the WWE European tour and being the secret weapon for Hank and Tank on NXT. Hendry thanked the crowd for coming out to the show, then called out Eric Young. Young and his Northern Army members came out and Hendry a problem in TNA. Joe Hendry challenged Young for “right now!” But of course Young accepted for next week. 

— Santino Marella is cooking up a big TNA X-Division title defense for Leon Slater now that the Rascalz are both cleared from injury. 

— Trick Williams cut a promo on Twitter and said he’d rather be watching the Eagles/Cowboys came than be bothered with TNA right now. 

The Hardys and Mara Sadé defeated Tasha Steelz & The Great Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch) (w/ Agent Zero) (12:59) 

Sadé dressed like Lita. Jeff and Sadé gave a triple DDT to their opponents in a pretty cool spot. The Hardys might have been the most over act on the show. Sadé and Steelz squared off, and Steelz avoided a knee drop and sent Sadé to the floor. Back in the ring, Sadé caught Steelz with an enziguri. 

Matt and Hodge got in the ring, and Matt deleted Hodge’s head into the turnbuckles. Matt hit a chop off the middle rope and called for the Twist of Fate. Agent Zero yanked Matt to the floor. The ref ejected Agent Zero. While Zero left, Hotch hit Matt with a tope to the floor. 

Back in the ring, the heels took over on Matt Hardy. Matt dropped Skyler with a side effect, and tags were made to Sadé and Steelz. Sadé hit a nice looking powerslam for a near fall. Sadé went to run the ropes, but Hotch yanked her down by the hair and Steelz took control. 

Steelz dropped a series of elbows for a near fall. There was a “Let’s go Tasha/Tasha sucks!” chant between like 4 people in the crowd. 

Skyler cradled Jeff for a near fall. Skyler took the Poetry in Motion, a Side Effect and a splash off the middle ropes from Jeff for a near fall.  Jeff worked over Skyler with a side headlock. Hotch tried to help, but Jeff took them both out with Whisper in the Wind and got a near fall on both of them at once. 

Matt caught Hotch with a modified Side Effect, but ate a slingshot spear from Skyler. With all the men out of the match, Steelz and Sadé took over. Sadé hit the “Finish Her,” but Skyler grabbed Sadé to give her the Great Hands finisher. Matt Hardy broke that up and gave Skyler the Twist of Fate. Sadé hit a moonsault, Jeff Hardy hit the Swanton and got the pinfall. 

After the match, The Nemeths jumped the Hardys and took them out with the Danger Zone finisher. Sadé got in their faces, so Nic Nemeth superkicked her. The Nemeths held up the TNA tag team title belts to end the show. 

Next week on TNA: Moose v. AJ Francis and Joe Hendry v. Eric Young. 

TNA Impact live results: The Ash by Elegance title era begins

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Tonight’s TNA Impact will feature the kickoff to the Knockouts title reign of Ash by Elegance in addition to several tag team matches.

Ash picked up the Knockouts title at last Sunday’s NXT Heatwave with her win over reigning champion Jacy Jayne and Masha Slamovich whom she pinned to win the title.

In trios action, TNA World Champion Trick Williams teams with AJ Francis against International Champion Steve Maclin and Mike Santana.

TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys will face X-Division Champion Leon Slater and Cedric Alexander in non-title action.

Former Knockouts Tag Team Champions The IInspiration face NXT’s Fatal Influence of Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx.

Former TNA World Champion Eric Young faces The Rascalz’s Myron Reed while Mara Sade battles Tasha Steelz.

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Taped in Baltimore, Maryland.  

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

Mike Santana & Steve Maclin defeated AJ Francis & Trick Williams (12:24 aired)

Hannifan on commentary called Trick Williams being the TNA World Champion “a nightmare” while the crowd was chanting “Whoop That Trick!” along with William’s music. Santana clotheslined Francis to the floor, and Maclin sent Williams to the floor. Santana then hit a flip tope on both his opponents on the floor. 

Back in the ring, Santana hit a tornado DDT for a near fall. Williams got the tag and suplexed Santana for a near fall. The heels cut off Santana from his corner and worked him over in their corner. Williams wore down Santana with a front face lock. When Francis tried for a back suplex, Santana flipped over him and got the tag to Maclin, who took control. 

Maclin dropped Francis with an Olympic Slam. Francis ran into a boot. But after a distraction from Williams, Francis slammed Maclin to take control. Maclin took a hard whip into the corner, and Francis hit him with an avalanche. Francis hit a running knee in the corner and flipped himself over the top rope. Williams hit a dropkick and Francis dropped an elbow on Maclin for a near fall. 

Francis ran into a boot from Maclin, and Maclin followed up with a middle rope dropkick. Santana and Williams tagged in, and Santana hit Williams with a flying lariat. Santana hit an enziguri, but Williams came back with pump kick. Santana hit a rolling cutter for a near fall. Santana ducked a leg lariat, and Williams dove into a death valley driver. Francis broke up the pin attempt, setting off a brawl with all four guys in the ring. Maclin and Francis tumbuled to the floor. Williams went for the Trick Shot, but Santana caught him with a rollup out of nowhere and got the pinfall. After the match, Santana tried to attack Williams, but he got away to the floor before Santana did any real damage.

— In the back, Cedric Alexander was sure that with all Leon Slater has learned about the Hardys, he and Slater could be the TNA tag team champions. Slater isn’t quite so sure. 

Eric Young defeated Myron Reed (w/ Zachary Wentz) (5:56)

Last week on Impact, Eric Young reminded Myron Reed he was the expendable member of the Rascalz, which lead to this match. 

Reed dodged a clothesline and caught Young with an enziguri. Reed hit Young with a Lung Blower that sent Young to the floor. Reed followed him out with a plancha. Reed consistently used his speed and agility to throw Young off his game until Young viciously raked his eyes. Young hit a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. While the match was going on, a man in the crowd wearing a ski mask held up a sign that said “The Cleanse is Coming.”

Young cut Reed down with an elbow. Reed countered a suplex attempt with Stundog Millionaire. Young went for a moonsault but missed. Reed hit a superkick. Young got hung up in the ropes, and Reed came off the top with a legdrop for a near fall. Young hit a powerslam for a near fall. Young then threatened to hit the ref, which brought Wentz up onto the apron. As the referee tried to get Wentz off the apron, Young caught Reed with a low blow. Young finished off Reed with a piledriver for the pinfall.

— Dani Luna is done being quiet and being passed by. 

— Announced by Ava on NXT, Xia Brookside will take on Candice LeRae in the first round of the tournament to determine the next contender for the Speed Women’s Championship. 

— Ash by Elegance saved TNA by bringing back the Knockouts championship that was held by a WWE wrestler (by pinning another TNA Knockout), and she’ll be celebrating live next week in Minneapolis. The Elegance Brand went off to plan the party.

The IInspiration (Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee) defeated Fatal Influence (Jazmyn Nyx & Fallon Henley) (6:22) 

Fatal Influence double-teamed Lee for most of the match. McKay got the tag and took the fight to both members of Fatal Influence. Fatal Influence got a near fall off a double team Pele Kick. All four women brawled in the ring, and in a well coordinated spot, The IInspiration hit both their opponents with super kicks. Lee hit a spinning heel kick on Henley to send her to the floor. The IInspiration hit their finisher (the IIdolizer) on Nyx and got the pinfall. 

The TNA Injury Report: 

  • Indi Hartwell has been cleared after being attacked last week. 
  • JDC is out with a head injury after his altercation last week with Agent Zero. 
  • The Hardys, Leon Slater & Cedric Alexander have all been cleared for the main event. 

— Trick Williams called his lawyer to deal with Mike Santana, who attacked him after their earlier match. 

Eddie Edwards (w/ Alicia Edwards) defeated Ryan Nemeth (5:40)

Ryan Nemeth came out and announced that Nic Nemeth will be returning next week. He was interrupted by Eddie and Alicia Edwards, who were here to shut Nemeth up in this match. Edwards chopped Nemeth a lot. Nemeth taunted Alicia Edwards and taunted the crowd, but didn’t offer much in the way of offense. Nemeth dodged a charge, which sent Edwards shoulder-first into the corner. Nemeth hit a hangman’s neckbreaker for two. He taunted Alicia Edwards again, then walked into a clothesline from Edwards. Edwards went for a package stunner, but Nemeth escaped by raking the eyes. Edwards dropped Nemeth with a double-underhook suplex, and finished him off with a “Boston Knee Party” (running knee) and got the pinfall. 

— Gia Miller checked in with Indi Hartwell, who won’t back down from Dani Luna. Santino Marella interrupted to give Hartwell a match with Jody Threat. Luna then interrupted, and Hartwell insisted Marella add Luna to the match. So next week it’s Luna v. Threat v. Hartwell to crown a new #1 contender for the Knockouts title. 

— Joe Hendry defeated the Miz at a WWE house show in Manchester.

— In the back, Eric Young left Joe Hendry for dead and talked about how “the cleanse is coming.” 

Tasha Steelz (w/ members of Order 4) defeated Mara Sadé (5:52) 

Sadé got a near fall after a knee to the head. Jason Hotch tripped up Sadé to give Steelz the edge. Steelz caught Sadé with a gamengiri in the corner. Sadé powered out of a chinlock and caught Steelz with a forearm. Sadé caught Steelz with a hip attack and a slingblade. Sadé hit a middle rope dropkick for a near fall.  Sadé went to the top for a moonsault, but the members of Order 4 around ringside distracted her. Steelz took Sadé down with a Russian leg sweep from the middle rope. Sadé hit her finisher (which looks like a botched move) and Jason Hotch and John Skyler jumped up on the again to distract her. Sadé hit Skyler with a dive on the floor, then got into a stare down with Agent Zero. Steelz caught Sadé coming back into the ring with a cutter and got the pinfall with her feet on the ropes for leverage. 

After the match, Hotch and Skyler held Sadé open for Agent Zero to floor her with a clothesline. The Hardys came out late to chase Order 4 away and they clotheslined Zero to the floor. They’re trying to portray Agent Zero as this giant, but he isn’t even bigger than the Hardys.

The Hardys defeated Cedric Alexander & Leon Slater (10:50)

Matt Hardy tweaked his knee giving and elbow drop, but Slater didn’t immediately attack it. Matt hit a side effect and got the tag to Jeff. Jeff went for a swanton, but Alexander pulled Jeff out of the way. Alexander wore Jeff down with a bearhug on the mat, then drove elbows into his injured ribs. Alexander held Jeff open for a sliding dropkick to the ribs from Slater. Slater hit a running crossover splash for a near fall. Slater worked a chinlock and clotheslined Jeff in the corner. Alexander followed up with a forearm and a dropkick to the back of Jeff’s neck. Slater stomped at Jeff’s ribs and went back to a chinlock. 

Matt got the tag and pummeled Alexander with forearms, then sent him headfirst into all the turnbuckles. Slater also got his head rammed into the turnbuckles as well. Hardy dropped Alexander with a Side Effect and dropped an elbow off the middle rope for a near fall. Matt went for the Twist of Fate, but Alexander escaped and took Matt down with a dragon screw leg whip. Slater tried to go the top, but Matt shoved Cedric into the turnbuckle, which crotched Slater on the top. The Hardys double teamed Alexander and Jeff went for the cover, but Slater broke that up with a splash off the top. Slater went for a Swanton 450, but Jeff escaped. Slater landed on his feet and ran into Matt. Matt tried for the Twist of Fate, but Slater countered into a Twist of Slate, which Matt escaped to send Slater into a a Plot Twist from Jeff, but Slater still hit the Twist of Slate on Matt Hardy anyway! 

Slater went back to the top and missed the Swanton 450 on Jeff again. Matt sent Slater to the floor In the ring,  Alexander caught Jeff with a flatliner for two. Alexander tried for the Lumbar Check, but Jeff escaped and Cedric walked into a Twist of Fate from Matt. Jeff hit the Swanton bomb on Alexander and got the pinfall. This match was the best thing on the show, especially the last few minutes when things got really good. After the match, both teams hugged it out like good babyfaces.  

Impact is LIVE next Thursday with: 

  • Indi Hartwell v. Jody Threat v. Dani Luna to crown the #1 contender for the Knockouts Title. 
  • The Hardys and Mara Sadé vs. Tasha Steelz, John Skyler and Jason Hotch 
  • Moose v. AJ Francis 
  • Ash by Elegance celebrating her Knockouts Title Win
  • Nick Nemeth’s return. 

Trick Williams and his lawyer. Williams and his lawyer came back to the ring. I was hoping his lawyer would be Joe Park, but it’s just some guy named Michael O’Shea. The lawyer is wearing a black suit and brown shoes (and a brown belt!), so I doubt his bona fides. Williams claimed assault and declared the ring a crime scene. The lawyer fed Williams lines about how it was a unsafe working environment and that he only has to defend the title every 50 days. Santino Marella came out to do the math and figured out that Bound for Glory is two days past the 50 day deadline. The lawyer interjected before Marella could make the match official, so Marella laid the lawyer out with the Cobra to end the show. 

I guess this angle lets them stretch out the annoucement of Mike Santana v. Trick Williams at Bound for Glory for another week.

TNA Impact live results: Knockouts title contender gauntlet match

Posted on by Joseph Collins

Tonight’s TNA Impact will feature a gauntlet match to determine the next Knockouts title challenger.

Reigning champion Jacy Jayne will be on tonight’s show to address her title defense at Sunday’s NXT Heatwave against both Ash by Elegance and Masha Slamovich in a three-way.

TNA World Champion Trick Williams will kick off the show, likely addressing Mike Santana costing him a shot at NXT Champion Oba Femi.

In trios action, The System’s Moose and Eddie Edwards will team with Matt Cardona against Order 4’s Mustafa Ali, Jason Hotch and John Skyler.

Jake Something vs. Frankie Kazarian will round the show.

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Taped in Baltimore, Maryland.  

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

Highlights from Emergence started the show.

Trick Williams Promo. Trick came out to a huge babyface reaction, so he insulted crab cakes and praised the Philadelphia Eagles (crowd of Ravens fans, or maybe Commanders fans, if they had fans…). Williams explained why he wears his “title” upside down – because he’s turned TNA upside down. Williams again alluded to a TV deal he’s gotten for the company. 

Mike Santana came out to retort. He got the crowd to boo Trick, and tried to give credit for the Slammiversary gate at the UBS arena to the TNA side of the main event, not Trick. Whether it’s here or in NXT, Santana will become the new TNA World Champion. Williams refused to give Santana a title shot, which brought out Santino Marella. Marella was ready to make Santana v. Williams for the TNA World Title tonight. But Williams’ lawyers have done “the paperwork,” and Williams doesn’t have to defend the TNA Title again for 50 days. Williams alluded to embarrassing Santana in front of his family again, so Santana chased Williams off. 

50 days from today is Friday, October 10th. Two days before Bound for Glory.

– Gia Miller interviewed Mustafa Ali, who does not trust the System.

– In the back, Santino Marella ran into Trick Williams and AJ Francis. Marella made a tag team match for next week with Williams & Francis against Mike Santana and a partner to be named later. 

– A recap of NXT Tuesday, where Je’von Evans became the #1 contender for the NXT title by beating the TNA World Champion Trick Williams. And NXT’s Fatal Influence beat TNA’s Elegance Bland.

Jody Threat won a gauntlet match to become the #1 Contender for the Knockouts World Title. The match also featured Xia Brookside, Killer Kelly, Dani Luna, Rosemary, and Indi Hartwell. 

This was guantlet rules, which means the first two Knockouts start, and after the decision, the winner advances to the next fall and the loser is eliminated. The matches are contested under standard wrestling rules, which becomes an important point later.

First Fall: (1) Xia Brookside defeated (2) Killer Kelly (5:51) 

Kelly drove Brookside to the mat with a face-first suplex. Brookside got a near fall with an elbow drop. Kelly locked Brookside in a cravat and drove some knees into her head, then got a near fall with a sliding lariat. Brookside fought her way back with forearms and a stunner. They fought up to the top rope, and Brookside yanked Kelly down to the mat and pinned her with a cradle and bridge. 

Second Fall: (3) Dani Luna defeated Xia Brookside (4:07) 

Both these ladies are from the UK and babyfaces, so this should be a more scientific match. Brookside controlled Luna’s arm with a wristlock. Luna tried to roll out of the wrist lock and cradle Brookside, but Brookside kicked out and maintained wrist control. Luna finally escaped with a slam. Northern Lights suplex and sliding lariat got Luna a near fall. Luna with a snap suplex for a near fall. Brookside caught Luna with a tijeras, but missed a running knee in the corner. Luna hit the Luna Landing to advance. 

Third Fall: Dani Luna defeated (4) Rosemary (3:40) to advance. 

Rosemary hit Luna with a spear and she went to the floor. They brawled on the floor for a bit.  Back in the ring, Rosemary bit Luna’s hand. Luna missed a sliding lariat, and Rosemary hit a sliding forearm for a near fall. Luna went for the Luna Landing, but Rosemary raked her face to escape. Luna got the Luna Landing on the second try and got the pinfall. 

Fourth Fall: (5) Indi Hartwell defeated Dani Luna (3:04) to advance

Rosemary jumped Hartwell, who is undefeated in TNA, before she got to the ring. The ref broke that up pretty quickly so the match could get underway. Hartwell’s strongest move in the opening few minutes was a hard whip into the corner. Hartwell dropped Luna with a side slam for a near fall, then wore her down with a surfboard. Luna escaped and hit a short arm clothesline. Hartwell hit a spinebuster for two. Hatwell went for the Hurts Donut, Luna reversed into a cradle, but Hartwell reversed the reversal and got the pinfall. 

After the pinfall, Hartwell helped Luna to her feet, and Luna pounced. Luna attacked Hartwell and left her laying. 

Fifth & Final Fall: (6) Jody Threat defeated (5) Indi Hartwell  by disqualification (0:44)

Threat is the last competitor. Hartwell indicated she could continue and the bell rang. Luna tried to run-in with the chair, but Threat stopped her… so Luna hit Threat with the chair. Since standard match rules apply, Hartwell was disqualified. And Threat, who did not even make contact in the match, is now the #1 Contender for the TNA Knockouts World Title. Also, Hartwell’s undefeated streak ended in a disqualification while she was barely conscious. With commercials, this guantlet was 40+ minutes of the show.

– The IInspiration were challenged by Fatal Influence. But The IInspiration still want the Knockouts Tag Team Titles from the Elegance Brand.

– Jody Threat tried to give her title shot back to Santino Marella, who called the finish of the guantlet match “very confusing.” Yeah, no kidding. Also, wow, way to make the last 40 minutes feel more wortheless if there’s still no #1 contender. At least Threat could have said she wanted to face Hartwell in a match to settle who was the #1 contender.

– Ryan Nemeth announced his big brother would be back in two weeks.

Frankie Kazarian defeated Jake Something (5:43)

Something blindsided Kazarian with a lariat on the floor, and dropped Kazarian on the ring apron, which is the hardest part of the ring. Something press-slammed Kazarian into a powerslam for two. Kazarian came back with a backstabber, sliding lariat and springboard legdrop for two. Something went for a powerbomb, but Kazarian escaped. Kazarian countered a side slam attempt by going for the chickenwing, but Something escaped. Something muscled Kazarian up into a sit-down powerbomb for two. Kazarian pulled one of the turnbuckles pads off and sent Something headfirst into the exposed buckle. Kazarian hit the Fade to Black (Dead Eye) and got the pinfall. 

The crowd was more into Jake in this match than at Emergence, so that’s… something. 

– The Hardys ran into Mara Sadé painting in the back.

– Cedric Alexander got himself and Leon Slater a tag match with the Hardys. At first Slater was excited about tagging with Alexander, but seemed to have mixed feelings about facing the Hardys. I believe that match is for next week.

– Steve Maclin volunteered to team with Mike Santana while Santino Marella was on the phone with his lawyers trying to figure out what’s going on with Trick Williams’ paperwork.

Jayce Jane in-ring promo. Jane ran down the Knockouts roster. She said Marella was so desperate to get the TNA Knockouts Title back, he’s sending two women after her. The crowd got to Jane with “What!” chants. Ash by Elegance came out to call Jane an “attention whore,” and give a WWE style rèsumè promo. She’s a former 15-time champion in WWE! Ash also insulted Masha Slammovich out as this segment went off the rails. Slammovich came out and said she’d bring the Knockouts title back to TNA. The TNA women jawed at each other while Jane held up both her title belts and danced like Mercedes Moné.

– Tasha Steelz, John Skyler & Jason Hotch do not appreciate Mara Sadé’s artwork, which lead to Sadé challenging Steelz.

Mustafa Ali, John Skyler & Jason Hotch (w/ Tasha Steelz & Order 4 Secret Service) defeated Matt Cardona, Brian Myers & Moose (w/ Alicia Edwards) (10:12 aired) 

In a funny bit, Ali shouts “Ta-Fa!” after the crowd chants “Moose!” 

Cardona and Myers hit Sykler with a flatliner/sweep combo for a near fall. Cardona got a near fall on Hotch after a middle rope dropkick. Myers backdropped Ali over the top rope, Cardona sent Skyler to the floor with a boot, and Moose powerbombed Hotch and Ali on the floor. No surprise here but the hometown crowd was really into Moose. 

Back in the ring, Cardona worked over Skyler’s arm. Ali caught Cardona with a knee from behind, and that allowed Order 4 to take control. Ali and Hotch hit stereo hangman’s neckbreakers on Cardona, and Ali tried Chris Jericho’s Arrogant Cover for a near fall. Hotch cut off Cardona tagging Moose and caught him with another hangman’s neckbreaker. 

Cardona drove Skyler down with a facebuster and got the tag to Moose. Moose threw Ali onto the middle turnbuckle, then dropkicked him while he was seated on the turnbuckle to the floor. Moose hit a sitout hanging tree slam on Ali for a near fall. Ali countered a powerbomb and caught Moose in the leg. Moose gave Hotch a pop-up powerbomb, and Myers flew in with an elbowdrop for a near fall. 

Cardona sent Skyler to the floor, and Cardona followed him out with a dropkick. Ali caught Cardona with a dive to the floor, then Moose floored Ali him with a clothesline. Steelz stepped in the way of a charging Moose, which gave the Order 4 team the opening to triple superkick Moose. They then sent Moose into the stairs. When Alicia Edwards went to check on Moose,  Steelz threw Edwards into the stairs. Eddie Edwards came down to check on his wife, and Agent Zero caught him with a big boot. 

Back in the ring, Ali low-blowed Myers. Hotch and Skyler hit The Great Hands on Myers and got the pinfall. 

After the match, Ali used a chair to beat on Cardona and Myers. The Secret Service got ahold of Moose, and it looked like ALi was going to kill Moose with the chair, but JDC ran in for the save. JDC hit a crazy dive onto everyone on the floor. He got Ali in the ring with the chair, but Agent Zero cut JDC off. Agent Zero hit JDC with a headbutt and drove him onto the chair with a hanging tree slam. Ali and the Order 4 stood tall to end the night.

Nothing says your promotion is being taken over by WWE than leaving the hometown babyface beat down two shows in a row. 

But, from presence to ring work to working the crowd, by any measure Ali was miles ahead of everyone else in the main event.

TNA Emergence live results: Trick Williams vs. Moose World title match

Posted on by Joseph Collins

TNA Wrestling continues their road to this fall’s Bound for Glory with tonight’s Emergence streaming special from Baltimore, Maryland.

The headliner will see TNA World Champion Trick Williams defend against former champion Moose.

Reigning TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardys will defend against former champions The Rascalz.

In a no DQ, no countout title match, TNA International Champion Steve Maclin defends against Jake Something while X-Division Champion Leon Slater defends against Cedric Alexander.

Mike Santana takes on Sami Callihan, Mustafa Ali battles Matt Cardona, and The System’s Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers take on First Class’ AJ Francis & Rich Swann.

Knockouts Tag Team Champions The Elegance Brand will defend against The IInspiration, Lei Ying Lee & Xia Brookside, and NXT’s Fatal Influence in a four-way.

The pre-show will feature Indi Hartwell vs. Rosemary, and the Hometown Man vs. Ryan Nemeth.

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LIVE! in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Countdown to Emergence.

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

Indi Hartwell defeated Rosemary

The stream was terrible and it made the match impossible to watch. Dani Luna kept Rosemary from misting Hartwell again, and Hartwell hit the Hurts Donut to get the pinfall.

–In the back, Moose and Sami Callahan have a moment over energy drinks, but I can’t hear what’s going on because of the streaming issues. Maybe switching to YouTube will help.

Ryan Nemeth v. LOST SIGNAL STAY TUNED.

Well, maybe not. Okay let’s try again.

Home Town Man defeated Ryan Nemeth

The Home Town Man will be channeling his childhood hero, Cal Ripken Jr. The YouTube ads have no trouble playing in split-screen while the TNA feed continues to sputter.  The Home Town Man hit a TKO for a near fall. Nemeth hit a leaping DDT for a near fall. The Home Town Man won with a rollup. That was what I was able to catch in between the stream freezing multiple times. Also, Hannifan bragged about TNA selling out the lower bowl of the arena. Probably should have thrown some of that ticket money to upgrading the internet connection.

– While running down the live card in front of the crowd, the only thing that got a noticeable pop was the Hardys match. 

Emergence Main Show

Leon Slater defeated Cedric Alexander to retain  the X Division Championship (14:31) 

Alexander took Staler down with an STO on the ring apron. Back in the ring, Alexander hit a Michinoku Driver for a near fall. Alexander worked over Slater’s back with kicks. Slater tried for a handspring back elbow, but his back seized up on him and Alexander caught him with a German suplex. Alexander maintained control of the match with a deliberate pace. 

Alexander stomped down Slater in the corner. Slater turned Alexander inside out with a desperation lariat. Slater went down low with a dropkick to the knee that sent Alexander into the middle turnbuckle. Slater hit a crossbody for a near fall, but Slater’s back was still in bad shape. 

Slater tried to pick up Alexander, but his back gave out and Alexander hit a powerbomb and fisherman’s brainbuster for a near fall. Alexander went for the Lumbar Check, but Slater held him off by grabbing the ropes. Alexander sat Slater up on the turnbuckles for a superplex, but Slater reversed it into a twisting superplex. Slater went for a 450, but Alexander got his knees up and both guys were down. 

Slater got to his feet and went after Alexander’s knee, but Alexander hit a trifecta of German suplexes. Alexander went for the Lumbar Check again, but Slater escaped and both guys exchanged cradles for near falls. Slater backdropped Alexander to the floor, and then followed him out with his 450 dive over the ringpost! The crowd popped huge for that. 

Back in the ring, Slater went for the Swanton 450 but Alexander escaped and hit a Spanish Fly. Alexander tried for the Lumbar check again, but Slater escaped and hit a Styles Clash! Slater then hit the Swanton 450 and got the pinfall. Started slow but really got going at the end. 

After the match, the commentators gave Alexander and Slater a standing ovation. Alexander and Slater shook hands after the match.

– Trick Williams and First Class bragged about all the new TV deals TNA is getting thanks to them. Williams apologized to Mama Moose for involving her and for the whooping he’s about to give her son later tonight. 

Matt Cardona defeated Mustafa Ali (w/ Order 4) (9:36)

Agent Zero did not look imposing at all when Cardona walked by him on his way to the ring. Also I must note the stream for the main show has been a lot better than the preshow stream. 

Cardona turned Ali inside out with a clothesline and got a near fall after a flapjack. Cardona tossed Ali to the floor, and took John Skyler and Jason Hotch out with a dropkick. Ali caught Cardona with a superkick. He  tried to powerbomb Cardona through the commentator table, but Cardona backroped Ali to escape. Steelz distracted the referee, allowing Skyler to toss Cardona into a DDT on the floor from Ali. 

Back in the ring, Ali hit a rolling neckbreaker for a near fall. Ali missed a standing skytwister press and ate a clothesline. Cardona hit a facebuster, then blocked a DDT to hit one of his own. Ali dropped to the floor to avoid the reboot, but Cardona caught him with a boot through the ropes on the floor. I’m surprised by how much of this match Cardona is taking. 

Cardona went for Radio Silence, but Ali countered with a sitdown powerbomb for a near fall. Ali charged into Cardona and ate a boot. Hotch and Skyler ran in and interfered, allowing Ali to hit Cardona with a dropkick. Ali hit a 450 on Cardona, but laid back to do a cocky cover, and Cardona rolled him up in a crucifix for the pinfall. 

After the match, Order 4 attacked Cardona. Agent Zero (who is supposed to be a monster but he’s basically a guy) laid out Cardona with a hanging tree slam. The System ran out to save Cardona. Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers clotheslined Zero to the floor where he landed on his feet. First Class came out to lead directly into the next match.

First Class (Rich Swann & AJ Francis) defeated Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers of the System (w/Alicia Edwards) (8:31)

Swann got tossed around by Edwards and Myers to start. Francis got the tag and dominated Myers. Myers caught Francis with a spear and got the tag to Edwards. Edwards set up Swann for a backpack stunner, but Francis avalanched him in the corner. Edwards hit a blue thunder bomb for a near fall. Francis sent Myers to the floor with a boot, then dropped Edwards with a pop up forearm. Francis went for a suplex, but Edwards reversed it. Edwards tried for the backpack stunner on Francis, but Francis blocked it. Order 4 ran in and attacked the System. Agent Zero (who looks like a cruiserweight next to Edwards) gave Edwards a hanging tree slam into the ring apron. Zero tossed Myers back in the ring, and Francis hit a chokeslam for the pinfall.

Joe Hendry is the guest commentator for the next match. 

Mike Santana defeated Sami Callahan in a Baltimore Street Fight (11:21)

Callahan cut a promo before the match to wish his friends (who were in the crowd) a happy anniversary, and laid out the stakes for the match. Callahan asked for a Baltimore Street Fight, and Santana accepted. 

Santana hit a pretty Asai moonsault on Callahan. Callahan blocked a piledriver and Santana hit a boot. Santana charged at Callahan, who backdropped him on the ramp. Sami found a chair and hit Santana with it. Callahan walked to the back (a fan literally shouted “bye!” at him) and came back with a trash can. 

The match ended up back inside the ring where Callahan used an 8×10 of AJ Francis to give Santana a paper cut. Santana got the chair, but threw it down and Callahan hit him with a clothesline. Callahan pulled a stapler out of his trash can, and used a staple to Santana’s chest to block a sunset flip. 

Callahan went low and grabbed Santana’s crotch, then hit a piledriver for a near fall. The crowd chanted for tables. Santana went for a rana off the middle rope, but Callahan blocked it and hit another piledriver for a near fall. Santana sent Callahan headfirst into a chair that had been propped up in the ropes and hit a cannonball for a near fall. Santana hit a rolling cutter but Callahan rolled out at one. Santana then gave Callahan a thumbs up(??) and then hit a discus lariat. They were trying to some of the”I’m sorry, I love you” drama from Flair/Michaels retirement match but it just wasn’t there. Callahan actually got his shoulder up before 3, but the ref counted three and everyone ignored the kick out. Which is fine, no one needed anymore of this match. Santana was wrestling himself out there, and it felt like there was an hour of deadtime between every offensive move from Callahan.

After the match, Callahan took off his boots and a few people chanted “Please Don’t Go.” He got the boots off, the crowd chanted “Thank you Sami!” and he rolled out of the ring.

– Tommy Dreamer is in the ring with Masha Slamovich, Jazz and Carlos Silva. After Xia Brookside & Léi Yǐng Lee come to the ring, Dreamer announced that Lee was being signed to a new TNA contract. 

M and Heather by Elegance (w/ the Concierge & Ash by Elegance) defeated Cassie Lee and Jessie McCay of The IInspiration (w/ Mara Sadé) in a Four Corners Match to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship which also included  Jazmyn Nyx & Fallon Henley of Fatal Influence (w/ Jacy Jayne) and Xia Brookside & Léi Yǐng Lee (11:24)

Lee got a near fall on Henley after a facebuster, but Jayne put Henley’s foot on the rope to break up the pinfall. This led to Jayne and Sadé getting into a fight in the ring, and Jayne took Sadé down with a rolling forearm. Slamovich and Ash ran in the ring and the three of them started brawling, which lead to the referee ejected the three of them. In all the chaos, Brookside and Lee came down with dives onto a bunch of their opponents on the floor. 

Back in the ring, Cassie Lee caught M with a kick. After more nonsense, McCay hit a flying crossbody and Lee suplexed M by Elegance. The crowd chanted “this is awesome!” while all eight women were laid out. They all start to recover and hit each other with finishers. M hit Cassie Lee with a Knockouts title belt and got the pinfall. This was messy.

Steve Maclin defeated Jake Something to retain the TNA International Title in a No Disqualification, No Count-Out match (12:21)

Frankie Kazarian joined the commentary team for this match, since he has an interest in the next generation of TNA. 

They immediately brawl to the floor for a bit. Back in the ring, both guys go down to a double clothesline. Other than a chant for tables, this match isn’t getting a reaction from the crowd. Something stepped on Maclin’s foot to keep him from running the ropes and leveled him with a forearm. Something shook the ropes wildly, but the crowd still didn’t react . Maclin escaped a powerbomb and hit an Angle Slam to send Something to the floor. Maclin went for a dive, but Something caught him with a forearm. 

Something got into Kazarian’s face, then powerbombed Maclin onto the steel ring steps. Something dragged Maclin up the entrance ramp to the stage. Something set Maclin up for a powerbomb on the stage, but Maclin escaped with a back body drop. This match has very little heat, other than the occasional chant for tables. Maclin dove off the stage into Something, and they brawled back to the ring. Something missed a charge in the corner, and Maclin hung him upside down in the corner. Maclin went for a spear, but Something caught him – while hanging upside down – in a dragon sleeper! It took a minute, but Maclin fought out of the choke and hit three spears. Maclin hit a double underhook DDT and got the pinfall. They tried but the crowd wasn’t into it.

After the match, Gia Miller got some comments from Maclin at ringside. Frankie Kazarian got in Maclin’s face. Maclin challenged Kazarian to get in the ring, but Frankie walked away. 

The Hardys defeated The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Myron Reed) to reatin the TNA World Tag Team Championship (11:53)

The crowd was into the Hardys, maybe more than anything else on this show (besides Trick Williams).  The size difference between the Hardys and the Rascalz almost looks like the size difference between The Acolytes and The Hardy Boyz and in 1999. 

Matt worked Wentz over with a side headlock for a bit. Wentz escaped and hit a pair of dropkicks. Tags were made on both sides. The Hardys blocked superkicks from both Rascals and took them down with clotheslines. The Hardys hit a combo senton/legdrop on Wentz for a near fall. Jeff splashed Wentz for a near fall. Wentz dodged a charge from Matt and caught him with a knee, but Matt deleted Wentz’s head into the turnbuckles. 

Jeff caught Wentz with a dropkick to the back of the head. Wentz finally escaped the Hardys and tagged in Reed, who caught Matt with a superkick. Reed caught Matt with a legdrop to the back of the neck for a near fall. The Rascalz double-teamed Matt, and Wentz worked a chinlock. Wentz did a handspring right into a side effect from Matt. 

Tags were made on both sides, and Jeff floored Reed with a clothesline. Jeff hit a low dropkick and an elbow, then splashed Reed in the ropes. Jeff dropped Reed with a top rope superplex, but Wentz flew in with a Swanton, and Matt flew in with an elbow. The Hardys tried Poetry in Motion on both Rascalz, but they caught Jeff and dumped him on top of Matt! 

Reed hit Jeff with a lung blower, and held him in place for Wentz to fly off the top with a double stomp. Went climbed to the top, but Matt dumped him to the floor. Reed caught Matt with Stundog Millionaire. Reed went for “Flame On,” but Jeff was able to block it, and Jeff shoved Reed into a Twist of Fate on the floor. Back in the ring, Jeff hit the Swanton Bomb on Reed and got the pinfall. 

After the match, both teams hugged it out and celebrated, and the Hardys raised the Rascalz hands after the match, signaling to the crowd that the Rascalz time is coming.

First Class Penthouse: AJ Fancis and Rich Swann learned how to be successful in Maryland and then as soon as they could.. they moved away from Maryland! They started to run down Maryland until the Baltimore Ravens mascot “Poe” came out. Francis threatened Poe, who called out The System for the help. Alicia Edwards slapped Francis after he got in her face. Francis and Swann leave, and Poe does Ray Lewis’ entrance dance. This felt unnecessary this late in the show. It would have made a great “fire up the crowd before the ppv starts” pre-show segment.

Trick Williams defeated Moose to retain the TNA World Championship (16:43)

Hannifan on commentary screamed about Williams wearing the belt upside down. And the crowd is solidly behind the invader Trick, until he trashed the Ravens in favor of the Philadelphia Eagles. Even then, Williams remained a solid babyface. It’s kind of the problem with this TNA/NXT “feud” from the TNA side. In the eyes of the TNA viewer, Trick is supposed to be the invader who has taken their world title hostage, but he was the most over babyface on the show!

Moose chopped Williams around the ring and ringside. Moose went for a powerbomb on the floor, but Williams escaped with a rana. Moose hit Williams with a boot, but Williams dodged a charge and sent Moose shoulder first into the ring steps. Williams whipped Moose into the ringpost. Williams took Moose over to the side of the crowd where his family was sitting a chopped away at him. 

Back in the ring, Moose hit a reverse top rope crossbody to bring the crowd to their feet. Williams recovered quickly and sent Moose into the turnbuckle with an overhead belly to belly suplex. 

Williams slowed the match down with a guillotine while the crowd engaged in a dueling “Moose/Whoop that Trick!” chants. Williams drove Moose down with a flapjack and kipped back up. 

Moose and Trick exchanged chops. Williams hit a leaping hangman’s neckbreaker for a near fall. More dueling “Moose/Trick” chants while Trick unloaded on Moose with forearms. Moose came back with an uranage and a senton for a near fall. Williams hit a pump kick, but Moose came back with a pop up powerbomb for a near fall. Williams caught Moose charging with a cradle, then dropped him with an uranage for a near fall. 

Moose battled out of a suplex attempt and chopped Williams. Moose delivered a top rope superplex and rolled through to deliver another move, but Williams countered with a suplex of his own. For the first time tonight when the crowd chanted “This is Awesome!” they were correct. 

Williams dodged the discus clothesline but ran into a spear from Moose. Before Moose could cover, Williams rolled to the floor. On the floor, Moose ran towards Williams and right into a backdrop through a table! Williams tossed Moose back into the ring. Williams accidentally hit the ref with a clothesline. Moose hit a spear, but there was no ref to make the count. 

Williams charged at Moose, who sent him into the turnbuckle with a buckle bomb. Moose charged, but Williams caught him with a Trick Shot. The ref recovered to count, but Moose kicked out! Moose hit a big headbutt, but missed a spear. Williams hit a Trick Shot to the back of Moose’s head, then hit a second to the side of the head. This was enough to hold Moose down for the pinfall.

This main event delivered big time.

After the match, Carlos Silva presented Williams with the TNA World Championship. 

So after the show went off the air, (the picture was off but the audio was still on) Santino Marella promised he’d make a huge announcement at the Impact tapings tomorrow night, and Hannafin and Rehwoldt thanked the crew.

The opener and main event were really good, the tag title match was okay and the rest was hit or miss.