Tag: TNA vs. NXT

Ahead of his challenge of TNA World Champion Joe Hendry at this Sunday’s WWE NXT Battleground and a tag team appetizer at Friday’s TNA Under Siege, former NXT Champion Trick Williams will appear on TNA Impact.

Williams will be on commentary for Hendry & Elijah’s match against X-Division Champion Moose & Bryan Myers. Hendry and Elijah will take on Williams and Frankie Kazarian Friday.

Robert Stone and Santino Marella will have an in-ring debate ahead of the Tessa Blanchard vs. Arianna Grace match Friday.

In a clash of former X-Division Champions, Mustafa Ali will go one-on-one with Ace Austin.

Before he tries to end Cody Deaner’s TNA career Friday, Eddie Edwards will be in action.

First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) take on Sami Callihan & Mike Santana while the Northern Armory (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams) battle the Aztec Warriors (Laredo & Octagon Jr.).

Before they challenge Knockouts Tag Team Champions Ash & Heather by Elegance Friday, Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) will be in action.

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Mustafa Ali (w/ Tasha Steelz & The Great Hands) vs. Ace Austin

The show settles inside the Impact Zone after the usual “Cross the Line” theme and video intro and recap package for the previous week’s show. The theme for Mustafa Ali hits and out he comes for the first match of the evening.

Ali’s arm is taped up, and he is accompanied by Tasha Steelz and The Great Hands duo of John Skyler and Jason Hotch. He settles inside the ring as the commentary duo of Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt put over Ali looking and being more dangerous than ever.

ABC’s theme hits and out comes Ace Austin. He makes his way to the ring and the bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running. Ali takes the early offensive lead, beating down Austin. Austin starts to fight back, knocking Ali to the floor.

He hits a cartwheel into a handstand to avoid a sweep from Ali from the floor, and then blasts him with a big shot that decks him at ringside. He picks Ali up and rolls him back into the ring. He charges at Ali in the corner. Ali avoids him.

Austin leaps up to the ropes in the corner, only for Ali to hit a leg-DDT. Ali smashes Austin’s leg into the steel ring post. The leg of Austin was already not 100% coming into the bout due to the attack he suffered at the hands of Ali and company backstage on last week’s show.

Ali gets Austin on the ropes hanging upside down in the tree of woe. He puts more pressure on the bum wheel of the ABC member. He backs up and charges at him, looking for a Steve Maclin-style spear to the upside down Austin, but Austin does a sit up and Ali slides and splits the post with his legs.

Ali recovers and locks Austin into the Boston Crab. Austin makes it to the ropes to break the hold. Austin goes to the top-rope and looks for the 450 splash. Austin moves, so Ali lands on his feet. Ali pulls Tasha Steelz into the ring and covers himself with her like a shield.

As Austin gets Steelz up and out of the away, Ali attacks Austin from behind. Ali slaps Austin in a leg submission on his injured leg and cranks back like a madman, forcing the tap out and getting the victory. The commentators once again talk about the look in Ali’s eyes. Ali heads over and yells at them.

Match Result: Mustafa Ali defeated Ace Austin via submission

The System Talk About Their Plans For Tonight

Backstage, we hear the annoying nails-on-a-chalkboard sounds of Alisha Edwards’ voice. “Do you wanna know something?” she begins.

The System members are standing with her and they all mention their plans for tonight. Eddie Edwards vows to get rid of Cody Deaner once and for all. Moose talks to Elijah and says he’s gonna stick his foot straight up his ass.

He says he’ll do the same to Joe Hendry as well. He says after that, they will head to Brampton, Ontario, and will make sure to let all of Canada know that you always “trust the System.” The show heads into a commercial break.

Rosemary Sends A Violent Message To Xia Brookside

When the show returns, Rosemary is shown talking to the camera, sending a message to Xia Brookside. She talks about the power she could wield if she would just choose to.

She says she hasn’t found what fuels her. Then she questions if she has or not, with a sadistic smile on her face. She points down. The camera pans down and we see Lei Ying Lee is laid out and unconscious.

She tells Xia she can come to the light herself, or she can be dragged, kicking and screaming, which she says as she lifts up Lee’s lifeless head.

The Northern Armory (Travis Williams & Judas Icarus) (w/ Eric Young) vs. Aztec Warriors (Laredo & Octagon Jr.)

Back inside the Impact Zone, the theme for The Northern Armory hits. It’s a modified remix-style version of Eric Young’s badass entrance tune. Young accompanies the duo of Travis Williams and Judas Icarus to the ring for scheduled tag-team action.

After they settle inside the squared circle, their music dies down and the lights come back on in the arena. The music for their opponents plays, and out comes the Aztec Warriors team of Laredo and Octagon Jr. The bell sounds and we’re off-and-running with this one.

Fans immediately break out in “Lucha! Lucha!” chants. Laredo and Travis Williams kick things off for their respective teams. The camera focuses a lot on Eric Young seeming on-edge, and irritated with the fans in the Impact Zone early into the match.

Williams handles things early on, but not for long. Fans rally behind Laredo with “Ole! Ole!” chants and he shifts the momentum in his team’s favor. He makes the tag, as does Travis. Octagon Jr. goes to work on Judas, until Judas starts biting him in the corner.

The camera focuses on the bloody shirts worn in the Dog Collar Match a couple of weeks ago. The commentators explain what the viewing audience at home are looking at while they are shown. Williams tags back in and continues controlling the action for his team.

Now we see a close-up shot of Young yelling and arguing with some fans in the front row. Williams gets involved with Young at ringside, while Icarus is getting beat down by Laredo and Octagon Jr. in the ring. A fight breaks out with Young and the fans.

After the camera focuses on the action in the ring again, Octagon is in control of things when he hits a spinning splash over the ropes onto Young and Williams on the floor. Laredo comes off the top-rope with a moonsault to the pile of bodies on the floor.

Icarus is rolled back into the ring. Laredo hits a running Superman forearm on him in the corner. He hoists him up and slams him down. Octagon Jr. comes off the top-rope with his finisher and makes the cover for the pinfall victory.

Match Result: Aztec Warriors defeated The Northern Armory

Xia Brookside Responds To Rosemary

When the show returns from a commercial break, Xia Brookside is shown backstage with a still-recovering Lei Ying Lee.

She responds to the comments made by Rosemary earlier in the show, vowing revenge on her at TNA Under Siege 2025 for all of those who are like her and refuse to sell their soul.

Eddie Edwards (w/ Alisha Edwards) vs. Jake Painter

Inside the Impact Zone, Cody Deaner is introduced alongside Hannifan and Rehwoldt on special guest commentary for the next match of the evening.

With that said, The System theme hits and out comes Eddie Edwards accompanied by Alisha Edwards. Deaner says on commentary he’s ready to beat Edwards and save his career at TNA Under Siege 2025.

In the ring, Edwards’ opponent is already standing. Jake Painter is then introduced and the bell sounds to get things started. Edwards immediately runs across the ring and nearly takes Painter’s head off.

Edwards delivers some more punishment to Painter at ringside, as Alisha yells at Deaner with the most annoying voice ever created. Edwards gets Painter in the ring and quickly finishes him off.

Deaner stands up and tells Edwards he’s going to beat him at TNA Under Siege 2025 because he needs to. The show heads to another commercial break after the match wraps up.

Match Result: Eddie Edwards defeated Jake Painter

Mance Warner & Steph De Lander Era Has Begun

The show returns to a new vignette with Mance Warner and Steph De Lander talking about finding their equal freak in the other. Footage is shown of the carnage that have caused since joining forces.

De Lander says it’s the Mance & De Lander Era now. “If you have a problem, tell someone who gives a sh*t,” are the words from De Lander that this ends on.

First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) vs. Sami Callihan & Mike Santana

Back inside the Impact Zone, the familiar sounds of First Class’ theme hits to bring out AJ Francis and KC Navarro for scheduled tag-team action in our next match of the evening.

As the duo settle inside the squared circle, our second of three scheduled special guest commentator appearances is introduced, as actor O’Shea Jackson Jr., son of Ice Cube and host of the No-Contest Wrestling podcast is shown alongside Hannifan and Rehwoldt.

O’Shea talks about his dislike of First Class after their interaction on the First Class Penthouse on last week’s show. The theme for Sami Callihan hits and out comes the first of First Class’ two opponents. Mike Santana’s hip-hop tune hits next and out he comes through the crowd as always.

The bell sounds to get things started. Santana and Francis kick things off for their respective teams. Santana shoves Francis. Francis is held back by Navarro in the corner. Navarro backs into Santana and stops, realizing he has messed up.

Santana flips him and chops him down, following up with a standing senton. Callihan tags in. Navarro flips over his back off the ropes and taunts him. Callihan responds with a pop-up power bomb that nearly puts Navarro through the mat.

Callihan goes to power bomb Navarro over the ropes and onto the floor, but Francis is out there and he ends up catching him. Navarro goes to work on Callihan in the ring and tags in Francis. Francis and Navarro hit a double-team spot on Callihan and Francis follows up from there.

Santana finally gets the much-needed hot tag. He hits the ring with a ton of energy. He takes out Navarro with a Rolling Buck-50 and then hits the ropes and soars over the top-rope, flipping and splashing onto Francis on the floor at ringside.

Santana hits Outline in Chalk on Navarro for a close two-count after that. Francis hits the ring with a ton of steam, but is sent with just as much energy right back out to the floor. Santana tags in Callihan. The two go for a double-team spot, but Francis yanks Santana out of the ring.

He holds onto Callihan, allowing Navarro to hit a big kick. He follows that up with a Blessing in Disguise on Callihan for the cover and the 1-2-3. First Class gets the win. Afterwards, Santana calls Francis in to fight. Francis teases doing it, but walks off . The show heads to a break.

Match Result: First Class defeated Sami Callihan & Mike Santana

Authority Debate: Santino Marella (w/ Arianna Grace) vs. Robert Stone (w/ Victoria Crawford)

When the show returns, Gia Miller is standing in the ring to moderate the Authority Debate between TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella, and newcomer Robert Stone. With Santino is Arianna Grace, while Victoria Crawford is with Stone.

Miller tells each person they will get two minutes a piece. Santino gets to start. He talks about coming to TNA over two years ago and how he’s proud of the work he’s done. Stone gets a turn and flips out. He calls Santino a joke and says he’s never done anything to make TNA better.

It’s Santino’s turn again, but Stone refuses to stop. He says he’s gonna say his final statement now. He rants about once he’s in full power, he’s gonna fire all of the dead weight and do something Santino couldn’t do, which is create actual superstars.

Santino gets his final turn again and the crowd pops. As he begins talking, we see Arianna fall down behind him. She is dragged out of the ring by Tessa Blanchard, who showed up out of nowhere. She begins an attack and all hell breaks loose.

Masha Slamovich ends up coming down and she beats down Crawford, while Arianna actually recovers and gets her hands on Tessa for a big pop. Arianna and Masha go to double power bomb Tessa through the debate table.

It doesn’t break. The crowd chants for them to do it again, and they oblige. They walk off as Tessa is shown recovering and yelling in anger on the mat in the ring. On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into another commercial break.

Matt Cardona Gets New Date For TNA International Title Match

The show returns to Matt Cardona backstage with a piece of paper in his hands. He says it’s the contract for TNA Under Siege 2025 for his TNA International Championship match that he earned with his win last week.

He says the problem is, there is no match. Not because of him. Matt Cardona is “Alwayz Ready.” He says Steve Maclin isn’t medically cleared because of his Dog Collar Match. He calls Santino Marella on the phone to clear things up.

Santino appears live behind him. He tells him Maclin won’t be cleared by tomorrow, but he will be a few days later. He tells him the TNA International Championship match will take place on next week’s episode of TNA Impact.

Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) vs. Vipress & Mazzerati

The show returns inside the Impact Zone to the familiar sounds of Spitfire’s theme music. Out to the ring for scheduled Knockouts tag-team action are the duo of Dani Luna and Jody Threat. Their opponents, Vipress and Mazzerati are already in the ring.

Before things get started, an ‘earlier today’ backstage segment is shown, where Luna and Threat talk about their urgency in getting back the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships they believe rightfully belong to them.

They determine that like in the past, they have to put their future on-the-line and they know they’ll get it done under that pressure. They agree that if they don’t win back the titles, they will never team again. Back live, the bell sounds to get things started.

Mazzerati and Luna kick things off for their respective teams. Luna takes the early offensive lead as Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk on commentary about how this might be the final time on TNA Impact that fans see Spitfire together as a tag-team.

Threat and Vipress tags in, but it is surprisingly Vipress who takes over control of the offense. She isolates Threat on her team’s side of the ring and begins focusing her offensive attack on the arm of the former TNA Knockouts tag-team title-holder.

Mazzerati tags back in and lands a big kick on Threat, before dropping to the mat and sweeping her legs out from under her. She brings her back to her side of the ring and isolates her in a hold as Luna, and the fans in attendance, try and rally behind her.

Threat finally hits a jawbreaker to break free. She leaps and makes the much-needed hot tag to Luna. Luna hits the ring with a ton of energy and begins taking over, shifting the offensive momentum back in her team’s favor.

Threat and Luna hit their double-team finisher for the win moments later. After the match, Ash and Heather by Elegance run down and try and attack the champions with title-shots. Spitfire sees them coming.

Because Threat and Luna were aware of their presence, they avoid the title swings and end up laying them both out. They pick up the TNA Knockouts tag titles and take a look at them. They clang them together like beers and head off, as the show goes to a break.

Match Result: Spitfire defeated Vipress & Mazzerati

Matt Hardy Gives Leon Slater A Pre-TNA Under Siege Pep Talk

The show returns, and backstage Matt Hardy is seen with Leon Slater. Hardy tells Leon that tag team wrestling isn’t just about tagging in and out, it’s about finding a rhythm. He acknowledges that The Nemeths have that rhythm, but insists he and Leon can match it.

Matt points out that Leon brings youth to the table, while he brings experience and strategy. He warns Leon to keep his eyes on The Nemeths at all times. Leon confidently says he does have the rhythm, prompting Hardy to call him a weapon.

Matt reminds everyone he’s held tag team gold with MVP and Bray Wyatt, and now, at Under Siege, he plans to do it again with Leon Slater. The brief backstage pep talk-style segment wraps up on that note.

Joe Hendry & Elijah vs. The System (Moose & Brian Myers) (w/ Alisha Edwards & JDC)

It’s main event time!

But first, we hear the familiar sounds of Trick Williams’ theme and out comes the WWE NXT Superstar. As Williams makes his way to the commentary desk to join Hannifan and Rehwoldt on the call for the tag-team main event of the evening, Rehwoldt tries doing the Booker T hip-hop ad libs.

“Uh-huh, Yeah, I like it!” Hilarious. He tells Booker he’s sorry, but he had to try. Trick takes a seat alongside Hannifan and Rehwoldt and then his music dies down. The theme for the first team in tonight’s main event hits.

Out comes The System team of Moose and Brian Myers, accompanied by JDC and Alisha Edwards. They settle inside the ring and their music dies down. The lights in the building go out and we hear the familiar sounds of Elijah’s strumming of his guitar.

Out he comes with his trademark guitar in-hand, slung over his shoulder, as he begins his walk to the ring. Elijah settles at ringside, slides his guitar into the ring and claps hands with the entire front row around the ring, before settling inside himself and posing on the ropes.

His music dies down and then the familiar sounds of Joe Hendry’s viral smash hit entrance tune plays. The crowd goes nuts as the TNA World Champion makes his way out and heads to the ring for the final match of the evening.

As the fans do the Hendry entrance routine with him, Trick remarks on commentary, “Here we go again!” He refuses to do the wave, too. The show heads to a quick pre-match commercial break before things get started.

When the show returns, the bell sounds and Elijah and Myers kick things off for their respective teams. Elijah takes the early offensive lead over Myers and then slaps a side head-lock on him. He gets the better of Myers on the next offensive exchange as well.

This leads to Myers backing up and tagging in TNA X-Division Champion Moose. He comes in and Elijah leans back and tags in Joe Hendry for a big pop. The commentators point out it’s champion versus champion in the ring now.

The two lock up and Moose over-powers Hendry. Hannifan points out that Hendry has been dealing with shoulder and arm injury issues, and trying to fight through them for the past several weeks. Williams laughs on commentary, questioning if Hendry will even make it to Sunday.

Hendry tries fighting back with Moose, looking for a suplex, but his shoulder won’t allow it. Moose hits a big kick, but seconds later, Hendry fights back and this time, is successful in hoisting up the big man for a suplex. He tags in Elijah, who walks the ropes and leaps into a tornado DDT.

Myers quickly tags in and Elijah boots him in the gut, grabs his hand and walks the top-rope once again. This time, however, JDC hops on the ring apron and shakes the ropes, leading to Myers pulling Elijah down the hard way. Myers takes over on offense from there.

On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues with The System building on what is turning into a comfortable offensive lead. The show returns to Moose and Myers missing big shots on the floor.

Regardless, The System duo maintain control of the offense in the actual match, keeping Elijah isolated on their side of the ring and dominating the action with frequent tags, keeping a fresh man on him at all times. Elijah eventually makes the much-needed hot tag to Hendry, and the crowd roars.

Hendry hits the ring with a ton of energy, taking it to Moose and Myers. He beats Myers down as the legal man and then hits a pop-up powerbomb before tagging Elijah back in. Elijah hits his tombstone piledriver-finisher and covers Myers for the pinfall victory.

After the match, Frankie Kazarian hits the ring out of nowhere and begins beating down Elijah and Hendry from behind. Trick Williams, who will team with Kazarian against Hendry and Elijah at TNA Under Siege tomorrow night, is enjoying what he’s seeing.

As Kazarian is working over Hendry in the corner of the ring, he is hit by Elijah out of nowhere with a massive guitar shot to the dome. The guitar explodes into 1,000 tiny toothpicks as Kazarian is laid out in the ring.

At ringside on the floor, we see Trick Williams stand up from his seat at commentary as Hendry and Elijah celebrate. He stares and glares at them as they do the dramatic Joe Hendry soap opera-turn at the conclusion of Hendry’s theme. That’s how this week’s show ends. Thanks for joining us!

Match Result: Joe Hendry & Elijah defeat Moose & Brian Myers

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