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TNA Victory Road live results: Three title matches

Posted on by Joseph Collins

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 Victory Road live results: Nic Nemeth vs. Moose

Posted on by Matt Boone

TNA Wrestling returns with their second streaming special in two weeks with tonight’s Victory Road from San Antonio, Texas.

The TNA World title will be on the line as Nic Nemeth defends against former champion Moose.

Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace takes on WWE NXT’s Wendy Choo who will be making her promotional in-ring debut.

In a high-profile clash, former World Champion Josh Alexander will battle Joe Hendry.

After winning the title at Emergence, X-Division Champion Zachary Wentz defends against former champion “Speedball” Mike Bailey.

Tag Team Champions ABC will defend against former champions Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers.

In a change, Masha Slamovich & Tasha Steelz will defend the Knockouts Tag Team titles against Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat). If the former champions lose, they must split up. Steelz is a last-minute sub for Alisha Edwards who recently was legitimately knocked out during a match.

Jeff & Matt Hardy will take on AJ Francis & KC Navarro while Rhino & Digital Media Champion PCO face Matt Cardona & Steph De Lander.

Hammerstone & Jake Something vs. Eric Young & Steve Maclin and KUSHIDA vs. Leon Slater is set for the pre-show.

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KUSHIDA defeated Leon Slater

We settle inside the sold out San Antonio venue with Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcoming us to the show. Leon Slater’s theme hits and he comes to the ring for the first match of the Countdown pre-show. KUSHIDA is out next, and the bell sounds to get this one started.

Both guys start strong, trading shots, but it is KUSHIDA who gets Slater down and controls him for the first definitive offensive lead. He gets him on his knees as he rolls to his back for a submission attempt, but Slater escapes. The two have a stare off and the fans cheer.

Following another exchange, Slater drops KUSHIDA with an enzugiri, and then hits a hand-spring back-elbow to KUSHIDA in mid-air. He goes for a springboard splash to the floor, but KUSHIDA rolls back into the ring, so he pumps the brakes.

KUSHIDA hits a big kick in the corner that sends Slater out to the floor to regroup. KUSHIDA plays to the crowd, who chants his name as climbs to the top and flips off with a senton onto Slater on the floor. Back in the ring, KUSHIDA slaps a leg submission on Slater, who eventually gets to the ropes to force it to be broken.

KUSHIDA also focuses on the arm of Slater, and the commentators talk about him softening him up for the Hoover Board Lock later on. On the mat, KUSHIDA continues to crank on the arm in the directions it wasn’t intended to bend. Slater fights back and hits a huge dropkick in the corner for a two-count.

Slater takes over for a minute or so, and hits a beautiful high spot from the ring to the floor that saw him land on his feet upon connection. Back in the ring, KUSHIDA hits a Spanish Fly into an armbar upon landing. Demetrious Johnson mouse-trap, style. He gets the tap for the win.

Hammerstone & Jake Something defeated Eric Young & Steve Maclin

Josh Alexander gives a brief backstage interview after the pre-show opener. He talks about Joe Hendry being in his world when the bell sounds tonight. He says after he beats him, he can go back to his keyboard and write and make funny videos.

A video package promoting Nic Nemeth vs. Moose for the TNA Championship in the main event later in the evening airs, and then we return inside the Impact Zone where Jake Something and Hammerstone make their way to the ring for the second pre-show match.

All four collide and brawl before the bell. Young and Maclin unload on them in opposing corners, but when they go to whip them into each other in the middle of the ring, they bounce into each other and look up and down before turning and beating down Young and Maclin.

As Young and Something powder out to the floor, the bell sounds and Hammerstone and Maclin kick things off as the legal men in the ring. Hammerstone works over Maclin and in comes Something to give an assist, as Young looks upset. On the floor, Something takes out Maclin and rolls back in as the legal man.

Fans chant “Eric Young! Eric Young!” hoping for the tag. Something punches Maclin a few more times and stops to pose and taunt the crowd, who then fire up a “We want Eric!” chant. Young is pacing on the apron like Hulk Hogan in his 80s prime, playing to the crowd and stealing the scene in the background.

Young eventually gets the hot tag a few moments later and plays to the crowd while firing up and taking it to both Hammerstone and Maclin in the ring. He hits a pile driver for a close two-count, but this one continues. A blind tag from the heel duo leads to Young on the defense.

Hammerstone climbs to the top with Young, but Young knocks him down into the tree of woe and tags in Maclin. Maclin hits a running spear to the upside-down Hammerstone. Young tags in and hits a top-rope elbow drop. He goes for the cover, but Something breaks it up. Nice false-finish there.

Something hits a big spinebuster and then heads back to the apron so Hammerstone can tag him in. Hammerstone gets Maclin in the torture rack, but Young drops Something and hits Hammerstone to free Maclin. He runs into an Into the Void from Something. Something gets the three count and the win.

The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) defeated First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro)

The pre-show wraps up, the cold open for the main show airs and then we shoot inside the Impact Zone again. The iconic theme for The Hardys hits and out comes Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy for scheduled tag-team action. The crowd is explosively loud for these two legends. “DELETE!” and “Hardy!” chants can easily be heard over their theme. Hannifan talks about how electric it is in the sold out building.

We hear the hip-hop sounds of the First Class entrance tune, and out comes AJ Francis and KC Navarro to a ton of boos from the San Antonio crowd. Navarro has v1 on his wrist tape to mock the old Matt Hardy v1. Navarro is apparently “The Blessed One” tonight. Guess he’s never heard of Max Holloway? The best is blessed, baby. It is what it is.

After the bell, Jeff and Navarro kick things off for their respective teams. Hardy does his limp-wrist hand-flick (good description, right?) gesture to play to the crowd chants. A loud “F**k First Class!” chant spreads like wildfire as Navarro disrespects Hardy by doing his limp-wrist hand-flick with his back turned to him. Hardy drops him and does it back. See, that description already paid off!

Hannifan touts the highest ticket sales for any TNA event in the U.S. in 2024 tonight. Hardy makes the tag and hits Poetry in Motion before Matt picks up where he left off, taking it to one-half of First Class. Loud “DELETE!” chants break out as Hardy works over Navarro’s arm. Hardy yells “HUH?!” off the middle rope and hits a Greg Valentine-style elbow on the back of Navarro’s head.

Matt sends Navarro out to the floor, but Francis catches him like a parent cradling a baby. Hardy dives through the ropes with a kick to knock them both down. Back in the ring, Navarro hits a cool kick with Hardy in the ropes. This helps First Class take over on offense. He tags in Francis, and the crowd boos grows as the big man takes over.

Francis hits a big spot from the ring to the floor and yells “Woo-Hah!” in the camera. You know, because he’s got Hardy “all in checks,” Busta Rhymes-style. Back in the ring, he leaps off the ropes and lands directly on his ass after Hardy rolls away. Ouch. Both guys tag out.

Jeff comes in and hits a falcon arrow to Navarro for a two-count. He hits an atomic drop and then the leg-drop through the legs to the no-no-zone. He goes for another cover, but again only gets two. Francis comes back in and hits a World’s Strongest Slam.

He goes for Matt’s middle rope leg drop, but Matt cuts him off. He and Jeff both go up after him and hit a double suplex off the ropes. Ouch again. Francis recovers and fights back with a double Down Payment attempt, but The Hardys low blow their way out. They hit a Twist of Fate. Matt hits another and then Jeff takes the shirt off for a top-rope swanton for the win.

“Speedball” Mike Bailey defeated Zachary Wentz to capture the TNA X-Division Champion

After the commentators run down the lineup for tonight, we hear the familiar sounds of “Speedball” Mike Bailey’s theme and out comes the modern day Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat for our first title bout of the evening. Zachary Wentz of the Rascalz, the reigning TNA X-Division Champion, comes out next.

The commentators promote Wentz vs. Wes Lee in a Chicago Street Fight on the WWE NXT on CW premiere on October 1. The bell sounds and Bailey gets behind Wentz, snaps him down and goes for the cover. Wentz kicks out and pops up annoyed.

They reengage and Bailey continues to sweep him down to the mat with ease, and continues to add to his early frustration. Wentz loses his cool and puts his hands behind his back and encourages Bailey to hit him. Bailey gets frozen up by this and Wentz gets him down and unloads on him.

Wentz super-kicks Bailey out to the floor and hits a dive through the ropes, splashing on him at ringside and ground-and-pounding him upon landing. He rolls him back in the ring and begins focusing his offensive attack on the arm of Bailey.

Bailey fights back and hits an excellent moonsault. He continues to work Wentz over as fans break out in a loud “This is Awesome!” chant. Bailey grapevines the leg of Wentz and drops back into a leg lock, wrenching away on the lower limb of the champ. He eventually escapes.

Wentz fires up again and puts his hands behind his back again. Bailey measures up to hit him with a free shot this time, open-handed, power-slap-style. He ends up deciding against it and puts his hands behind his own back and dares Wentz to do the same. They both snap and start Fyre-Takayama’ing each other, only with slaps instead of turning themselves into the Sloth monster from the Goonies with punches.

On the floor, Wentz hits a BFT to Bailey on the entrance ramp. Bailey just barely makes it back into the ring, and when he does slide in at 9, Wentz immediately hits a double stomp. He hits a cutter off the ropes for a super close two-count. Wentz hits a step-up knee to the grill in the corner. Bailey fights back and hits a running power bomb out of the corner.

He climbs to the top and hits an insanely impressive shooting star press for a beautiful near-fall attempt. The crowd bought into it big, too. Bailey hits a big kick and then a roundhouse tornado kick in the corner. Wentz fights back and rolls up Bailey for a two-count. Wentz hits an insane flipping DDT. Wentz hits some more BFTs for another crazy-close two-count.

Wentz loses his cool and snaps again. He super kicks Bailey and goes for the UFO Cutter, but Bailey counters. Bailey hits a Flamingo Driver on Wentz out of the corner for the win. We have a new TNA X-Division Champion. This is Mike Bailey’s third reign.

Steph De Lander Needs Neck Surgery

A backstage promo from The System is shown to explain Tasha Steelz as the replacement for Alisha Edwards. It also gives Moose an excuse to call Nic Nemeth a “blond b*tch,” and for another dozen System Reboot references.

Back inside the Impact Zone, Rhino makes his way to the ring. After him, “The French-Canadian Frankenstein” PCO emerges and heads to the ring. Matt Cardona comes out with Steph De Lander wearing a “Property of Matt Cardona” t-shirt. He bosses her around as they settle in the ring.

De Lander gets on the mic and tells PCO to trust her. She talks about how he and Cardona need to sort their issues. She eventually mentions how she needs neck surgery. The fans start giving her the “What?” treatment as she tries cutting a serious promo. She says she’s in pain every day…”What?” Ouch.

She turns her attention to Cardona and says while she’s surely not his property, she can’t forget all the moments they did have and all that he did do for her. She turns to PCO and says she didn’t think she would find true love in TNA, but she is so glad she has.

She says she needs them all to be men, stand up and figure this out without her. She says this isn’t a retirement speech. She has more to give to this business and this company. “This is not goodbye, this is I’ll see you later.” I think that one was taken, Steph. She thanks the fans and says she’ll see us later.

She hugs PCO and kisses him. She heads to exit the ring as Rhino holds the ropes for her. PCO walks her to the back. Cardona is shown clapping in the ring, until Rhino goes to exit. When he tries to, Cardona kicks the ropes and low-blows Rhino. He hits his Radio Silence finisher on him and leaves him laying.

Spitfire defeated Masha Slamovich & Tasha Steelz to capture the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships

The Spitfire duo of Jody Threat and Dani Luna come to the ring after a quick backstage interview with Nic Nemeth about tonight’s main event. They settle in the ring for this match, where if they lose, they must break up their team.

Out next is the late replacement for Alisha Edwards, Tasha Steelz, who fills in for The System member alongside Masha Slamovich for the defense of the TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Championships. The bell sounds and off we go.

Luna and Steelz kick things off for their respective teams. Luna out-powers Steelz, shoving her down to her butt off a lock-up. Masha tags in and hits a brainbuster on Threat, who tags in for her team. Alisha Edwards is overheard yelling in the Slamovich-Steelz corner on the floor.

Threat ends up isolated in the ring for several minutes, with Steelz and Slamovich utilizing frequent tags to keep a fresh person on her at all times. Eventually, Luna gets the much-needed tag from Threat. She takes the hot tag and gets the crowd on their feet with a high-impact offensive comeback.

Spitfire hit the ring together and start hitting big double-team spots. They hit their double-team finishing move and score the pinfall victory for the win. With the win, not only do they not have to break up, but they are now the new TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions.

A team that did break up, however, is The Malisha. After the match, Alisha Edwards gets in Masha Slamovich’s face and scolds her for losing their titles. She calls her a loser and slaps her. Masha gets ready to fight back, but is attacked from behind by Steelz, who lays her out and poses with Edwards.

Joe Hendry defeated Josh Alexander

It’s time to get into the thick-of-things for tonight, as we move on to our next match of the evening. “The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander heads to the ring, looking as Kurt Angle from Wish as ever. He settles in the ring to a bunch of boos.

The sold out San Antonio crowd gets rocking from there, as the super catchy-ass entrance tune for Joe Hendry hits to bring out one of the more charismatic stars in the business today, and certainly the hottest star in TNA right now.

Hendry settles in the ring and cuts his usual pre-match promo full of catchphrases. The bell sounds and Alexander smiles and points to the mat, telling Hendry like he said earlier tonight, once the bell rings you’re in my world.

The two get after it and Alexander starts off well, but then the crowd rallies behind Hendry and he hits one of his key five moves of doom, the stalling suplex. Fans chant “Walking Weiner” in San Antonio, proving they’re real TNA fans who watch Impact every week, and not just there because it’s something in town to do on a Friday night.

Alexander takes over and hits a big spot to Hendry on the floor, which shifts the offensive momentum in his favor. He sends Hendry back-first into the ring apron and then verbally taunts Hendry before rolling him back into the ring.

Fans try and rally behind their guy again, singing “I Believe in Joe Hendry,” but to no avail this time, as Alexander gets Hendry in the ankle lock. Hendry escapes but Kurt Angle from Wish goes to his next move in his arsenal, hitting a German suplex.

Hendry fights back with another of his five moves of doom, a fall-away slam. Alexander takes over again and locks Hendry in an ankle lock. He drops down to the mat for added leverage. Hendry struggles but eventually gets to the ropes. The referee is bumped. Hendry gets the ankle lock on Alexander. Alexander eventually taps, but the referee didn’t see it.

The fans chant “You tapped out!” but of course in wrestling, the referee is temporarily deaf when someone runs into him and knocks him down. Alexander kicks Hendry low and taunts the crowd as Hendry pops back up and digs in his tights.

Way too deep for a tight camera shot, by the way. He struggles but pulls out a cup and smiles. The referee gets back up. Hendry slaps the ankle lock back on and Alexander taps again. This time the referee sees it. Hendry wins. He poses with the cup, which has his face on it. Fun match as always with Hendry.

The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) defeated ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) to recapture the TNA Tag-Team Championships

The video package for our next title tilt of the evening airs and then we return inside the Impact Zone in San Antonio, where The System team of Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards, with Alisha Edwards, make their way to the ring.

Reigning tag champs ABC come out next. Chris Bey’s ribs are taped up after the match from this week’s Impact against First Class. The bell sounds and off we go with our next match of the evening. Myers and Bey kick things off for their respective teams.

The commentators talk about Bey starting off for ABC despite his ribs being weakened heading into the match. Myers hits a shoulder tackle off the ropes to send Bey to the mat. Bey fights back with a dropkick. Myers takes over again and Bey finds himself in a bad way until Austin comes in and the two send The System out to the floor.

Fans chant “F**k The System” as Myers and Edwards take over and take turns tagging in and out to keep a fresh man on Bey at all times. Alisha Edwards even gets involved at ringside, choking Bey over the ropes as Myers distracts the referee.

Just as Bey gets close to making a tag, Edwards takes out Austin from the floor so he’s not on the apron when Bey gets there. They bring Bey back to their corner of the ring and distract the ref to continue double-teaming him.

Fans get Rated-R with their chants aimed at Alisha Edwards at ringside, ignoring the action in the ring, which has been all The System taking turns beating down a defenseless Bey. “Take it off!” chants continue as Myers and Edwards continue tagging in and out, taunting Austin all-the-while.

Bey finally knocks Edwards down, which buys himself enough time to get to his corner. Once again, Austin is yanked off the apron before Bey can make the much-needed tag. Moments later, however, he does make the tag and Austin comes in with a ton of energy.

He makes the big fired up offensive comeback for ABC. Bey joins him moments later for a double Art of Finesse on Edwards for a close two-count. Bey tags back in and he and Austin call for it again, but Edwards hits Bey with a Blue Thunder Bomb to counter.

Bey fights back again, only for Alisha to grab his ankle from ringside yet again. This leads to a Boston Knee Party for the finish. The System duo of Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards begin The System Reboot tonight by recapturing the TNA Tag-Team Championships.

Jordynne Grace (c) defeated Wendy Choo to retain the TNA Knockouts Championship

The video package sets the stage for our fourth title tilt of the evening, as the TNA Knockouts Championship will be on-the-line next. Wendy Choo comes out looking as creepy and sinister as ever. The commentators point out she could become the first active NXT star to win and hold a TNA title with a win tonight.

Jordynne Grace’s theme hits next and out comes “The Juggernaut” as Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk about her being in a bit of a home turf situation hailing from Austin, complete with family and relatives in the crowd in San Antonio supporting her this evening.

The commentators point out Grace looking emotional being introduced in front of the home field crowd, who give her a big pop. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with our co-main event of the evening. The two charge at each other and Grace beats down Wendy and roars.

Hannifan reminds fans of the promise “The NXT Liaison” Arianna Grace made “The Juggernaut” ahead of tonight’s match. On the floor, the action continues with Wendy swinging a black pillow case at Grace. Grace ducks and DDTs her on the floor.

Moments later, however, Choo takes over and then gets in Grace’s family’s faces in the crowd. She goes for a cheap shot with the black pillow case as Grace is down on the floor, but Grace’s grandma grabs it as she pulls it back to swing at her.

Grace takes over and poses with Gram-Gram before going back to work on Choo in the ring. In the ring, Choo starts to shift the offensive momentum back in her favor. Grace’s mouth looks to be bleeding a bit. Choo gets Grace in a sleeper, but Grace launches them off the ropes to escape.

Choo hits a big belly to belly suplex off the middle rope for a close two-count. As the action continues, Grace fights back and hits a package suplex that drops Choo on her head in a scary-looking spot. A Juggernaut Driver later and Jordynne Grace is still your TNA Knockouts Champion.

After the match, Jordynne Grace is celebrating her big win in front of her family in attendance, when Rosemary finally appears and spears Grace. Choo slaps the sleeper-hold on Grace once again. She puts her to sleep and they pose over her again. They crawl out of the ring and head to the back as fans boo.

Nic Nemeth (c) defeated Moose to retain the TNA World Championship

It’s main event time!

But first, we see Santino Marella backstage when in walks “The NXT/TNA Liaison” Arianna Grace. Santino is super excited to see her and really likes her. He’s excited to work with her but says he won’t tolerate any shenanigans or monkey business.

Frankie Kazarian’s theme hits inside the Impact Zone and out he comes to join Rehwoldt and Hannifan on special guest commentary for the final match of the show. He gives Rehwoldt a scarf, which makes him happy. He throws some of Hannifan’s crap off the desk and takes a seat.

Moose makes his always awesome ring entrance. The original Oba Femi entrance, for all intents and purposes. The zipper sound affect hits, the woman enjoys herself, and the 80s sounding rock plays as Nic Nemeth makes his way out to continue his run as a fighting TNA World Champion.

The ring announcer handles the final formal ring introductions for the champion and the challenger and then this one gets underway. Moose takes the early offensive lead, brutalizing Nemeth in the corner straight out of the gate.

Nemeth fires up and flurries on Moose, who simply picks him up and walks him out of the corner with a big power bomb. Moose settles into a slow-paced, Roman Reigns style dominating offensive lead for a few moments. He hits a Sky High out of the corner for a two-count.

Moose continues his prolonged offensive beatdown as Kazarian and Rehwoldt have fun bantering on commentary, largely ignoring the action and focusing on roasting Hannifan. Entertaining, but counter-productive. When the action hits the floor, they get focused again. Moose hits a pump kick to Nemeth.

Moose hoists Nemeth up for a power bomb on the floor, but Nemeth counters. He runs and leaps on Moose to follow-up moments later, but Moose catches him and power bombs him on the apron. Ouch. Back in the ring, Nemeth hits a headbutt and knocks Moose out to the floor.

So, of course, while that is going on the commentary is focused on the cologne that Frankie Kazarian is wearing. On the floor, Nemeth muscles Moose up for a belly-to-back suplex. Ouch. Kaz actually puts over the talent now, taking the focus off of himself for a change.

Nemeth looks for a Fame-Asser on the floor, but Moose counters and power bombs Nemeth through the timekeepers table, which quickly explodes into 1,000 toothpicks. Fans react with a loud “Holy sh*t!” chant. Kazarian tells the doctor to sit down because Nemeth is a fighting champion. That was actually a good one.

Back in the ring, Nemeth proves to be exactly that, as he fights back and connects with a FameAsser this time for a close two-count. As Nemeth heads to the top-rope, JDC and Alisha Edwards run down. The temporary distraction allows Moose to recover and get to his feet.

Nemeth hops on his back with a sleeper, but Moose slams him down. Nemeth goes for Danger Zone, but Moose avoids it and turns Nemeth inside-out with a spear for a close two-count. Alisha throws the TNA title into the ring as JDC distracts the ref. Moose grabs it and waits to knock out Nemeth.

Before Nemeth gets up, however, Mike Santana appears out of nowhere and takes the title out of Moose’s hands. JDC goes over to deal with him and the two trade shots and powder out to the back. The camera focuses back in the ring, where Nemeth springs to life out of nowhere and hits a Danger Zone on Moose.

He covers him but Moose somehow kicks out at two. Hannifan says no one has ever kicked out of Nemeth’s Danger Zone in TNA. Moose hits a perfect super-plex off the top. He holds on upon landing and scoops Nemeth up for a power bomb.

Nemeth counters in mid-air and hits his Danger Zone finisher. He goes for the cover, but Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers appear and yank the referee out of the ring before he can count to three. The ref goes to throw out the match, but “Fighting Champion” Nic Nemeth won’t let him.

He does, however, allow him to eject Myers and Edwards from ringside. JBL appears out of nowhere and hits some clotheslines from hell to take out Myers and Edwards. Brutal ones, too. Fans chant “JBL!” as he looks down at his impressive, albeit kind of pointless, actions.

They were already ejected and not doing anything that warranted that. Nemeth is distracted by this and hit with a lariat and spear by Moose. He immediately goes for the cover, but Nemeth kicks out. Moments later, Nemeth hits a lariat and super kick and then hits his Danger Zone for the win to retain. Nemeth celebrates as TNA Victory Road 2024 goes off the air.

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