Steve Maclin appeared to be legitimately injured during the main event of TNA Sacrifice on Friday night.
Maclin was challenging Mike Santana for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Just a minute or two into the match, Maclin came off the ropes and Santana hit a superkick. Maclin went down stiffly and stayed down.
Santana attempted to pull Maclin up but was turned away by the referee. TNA President Carlos Silva and medical personnel spent several minutes tending to Maclin.
Eventually Eddie Edwards was sent out to brawl with Santana as Maclin was escorted from the ring. After a few minutes of action, Santana laid Edwards across a table on the floor, then put him through it with a splash off the top rope. Santana was then declared “the winner via no-contest,” and he celebrated in the ring as the show went off the air.
Maclin was wrestling for the world title just a few weeks after being fired in storyline, a result of picking the wrong briefcase in the Feast or Fired match. He kept appearing on the show, physically attacking not only Santana but also play-by-play man Tom Hannifan. As a result, TNA hired him back and gave him a World title match on their app special.
Edwards won a World title match in that same Feast or Fired match. Presumably, he will still get that match, and the results of tonight’s show won’t count.
Elsewhere on Sacrifce:
- Leon Slater defeated Eric Young to retain the X Division Championship.
- Frankie Kazarian & AJ Francis defeated Elijah and Home Town Man.
- Tessa Blanchard won a three-way with Dani Luna and Lei Ying Lee to retain the Knockouts Championship.
- Mustafa Ali & Tasha Steelz defeated Trey Miguel & Jada Stone.
- Moose defeated Eddie Edwards by DQ after he was attacked by Order 4’s Special Agent Zero.
- Brian Myers & Cedric Alexander defeated Jeff Hardy & Vincent after a video appeared on the screen showing Vincent’s tag team partner, Dutch, standing over a bloody Matt Hardy backstage.
