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It’s Saturday and that means Wrestling Observer Live.

The WWE SmackDown hot streak ends at one as after an exciting show with a classic main event last week, Friday’s show was back to the mundane.

In other Friday news, House of Torture was booted from Bullet Club, more on Friday’s WWE releases, TNA TV taping result, and a preview of tonight’s AEW Collision on TBS including another great Harley Cameron promo.

Plus, AEW’s cool factor or lack-there-of, Real American Freestyle Wrestling’s slim chances for success and more. Check it out.

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TNA Impact TV taping spoilers from Detroit

The fallout from Bound for Glory took place on Sunday as TNA taped episodes of Impact at the Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit.

Two injuries occurred on the show. El Hijo Del Vikingo was stretchered out of the venue after attempting a diving corkscrew move in a match against Trent Seven. Chris Bey was later put in a neck brace and stretchered out as well after it is believed he clashed heads with someone during ABC’s match with The Hardys.

Also, former ROH TV Champion Silas Young wrestled on the show. It was his first time performing for TNA in over 20 years. His only other match for the promotion took place in July 2004 when he was defeated by Lance Archer.

TNA Impact TV taping results from Sunday, October 27, 2024 —

Taped for Xplosion:

  • Leon Slater defeated Rohit Raju
  • Xia Brookside defeated Missa Kate
  • Laredo Kid defeated Silas Young

TNA Impact spoilers for the October 31, 2024, episode —

  • Ash by Elegance defeated Dani Luna
    • Heather by Elegance (Heather Reckless) interfered, hitting Luna with a witch’s broomstick.
  • Frankie Kazarian did a parody of Joe Hendry
    • Nemeth and Hendry came out. Nemeth denied having any knowledge of what JBL was going to do at Bound for Glory.
    • The System came out and ended up calling Hendry and Nemeth to a match.
  • Alisha Edwards called out Masha Slamovich.
  • Fir$t Cla$$ defeated The Rascalz
    • AJ Francis pinned Trey Miguel
  • Jonathan Gresham, Eric Young & Steve Maclin defeated Josh Alexander & The Good Hands
    • Alexander walked out on his partners
  • Trent Seven vs. El Hijo Del Vikingo ended early after Vikingo was injured
  • Hammerstone & Jake Something defeated Jack Price & Bhupinder Gujjar (this was taped for Xplosion)
  • Lei Ying Lee defeated Maggie Moor
    • Savannah Evans returned and attacked Lee after
  • Eddie Edwards & JDC defeated Joe Hendry & Nic Nemeth
    • A miscommunication between Nemeth and Hendry led to Edwards getting the pin on Nemeth

TNA Impact spoilers for the November 7, 2024, episode —

  • Moose defeated X-Division Champion Mike Bailey to win the title
    • Trent Seven turned on Bailey after the match.
  • Rosemary defeated Wendy Choo in a no-disqualification match
  • Jody Threat defeated Heather by Elegance
  • Joe Hendry aired a music video directed at Ryan Nemeth and challenged him to a match next week
  • Masha Slamovich & Jordynne Grace defeated Tasha Steelz & Alisha Edwards 
  • TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys defeated ABC
    • Bey was down and not moving after the pin. He was stretchered out in a neck brace.
  • A scheduled dark match between Matt Cardona and Rhino did not take place; it is said this was due to the injury that occurred in the previous match.
  • AJ Francis interrupted Joe Hendry and Jeff Hardy’s concert. Hendry and Hardy took Francis out to send the fans home happy.

TNA Wrestling reschedules TV taping due to Hurricane Helene

Due to impending severe weather, TNA Wrestling has announced a change to its television tapings in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

The tapings were scheduled to take place this Friday (September 27) and Saturday (September 28). But with Hurricane Helene scheduled to impact the area, the shows have been pushed back to Sunday (September 29) and Monday (September 30). Both nights are being held at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.

“TNA will announce the start time for the re-scheduled shows on tnawrestling.com and all social media outlets,” the promotion wrote. “Tickets for the Friday show can be used on Sunday and tickets for the Saturday show can be used on Monday.”

Matches from the tapings will air on future episodes of TNA Impact. The promotion is currently building to its Bound for Glory pay-per-view that will take place from Detroit on Saturday, October 26.

Here’s what’s been announced for the Spartanburg tapings:

  • Joe Hendry in action
  • ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) vs. The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy)
  • The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) vs. Jake Something & Hammerstone
  • Brian Myers vs. Mike Santana
  • Josh Alexander vs. Jonathan Gresham
  • Nic Nemeth vs. Matt Cardona
  • The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & Johnny “Dango” Curtis) vs. The Hardys & ABC
  • Mike Bailey vs. Leon Slater
  • PCO vs. Rhino