TNA IMpact on AMC+

Mr. Elegance takes on Mike Jackson in his first match in TNA…Mike Jackson who is 76 years old. You would think that Mr. Elegance would have the upperhand in this matchup, but Mike Jackson Tope Suicidos outside of the ring too wake up Mr. Elegance to the fact that this won’t be a small task.

Wait a minute! Mike Jackson gets an arm take down on Mr. Elegance and is in firm control of this match!……wait a minute! 76 year old Mike Jackson is walking on top rope all around the ring! I’m not sure what’s going on here but it doesn’t seem like Mr. Elegance prepared for his opponent that much…or is heavily underestimating him because of age.

Mr. Elegance is able to turns things around tho, with a nice clubbing clothesline to the back of Mike Jackson, taking him down in the middle of the ring! With a powerslam and a taunt to the crowd, Mr. Elegance signals for the the end of this match. With his finisher “Excuse Moi”, Mr. Elegance hits a stunner like move off of a Death Valley Driver. Although he looked cooked in the first dew moments of this match, Mr. Elegance picked up a very impressive victory in his debut match in TNA.

As if victory wasn’t enough, George Iceman calls for the Elegance Brand to launch an attack on Mike Jackson. That’s before TNA Knockouts legend ODB, walks down to the ring with a chair and a…beverage. Mr. Elegance was on the unfortunate end of some hard chair shots from ODB. That’s not even the worst of things for Mr. Elegance, as ODB and Mike Jackson throw somme of ODB’s signature baked beans on him.

After being betrayed by the System recently after the retirement of JDC, Moose has been hell bent on solving this System problem by himself. His next opponent, Brian Myers, who makes his way to ring with the rest of the System members riling him up to go take care of business!

Welp…this one didn’t last long, as TNA Director of Authority quickly banned the rest of the System members from ringside, leaving Brian Myers to face Moose all on his lonesome. With Myers being upset that his stablemates were sent to the back, Moose took advantage of this moment with a timely spear, sending Myers into the mat for the 1….2…..3! Moose takes down another memember of the Sytem, leaving just two more….Bear Brunson and Eddie Edwards (Husband of Moose’s manager Alisha Edwards!)

I think that it’s safe to say, that Moose’s next challenge isn’t an easy one, as it would make sense for him to face Bear Brunson next. One of the more Ruthless members of the System, Brunson serves as a significant to challenge to Moose’s quest for revenge against his former group.

In this main event of TNA Impact on AMC+, we see the Righteous (Vincent and Dutch), teaming up against the Nemeth Brother (Nic and Ryan). One week away from TNA Sacrifice, and it seems that the Righteous have no intentions of challenging the Hardy Boyz for the tag team titles. Instead, they are doing their best to protect the Hardyz, as they continue to defend their titles.

A neckbreaker from Vincent, sends Ryan Nemeth back to his corner for a tag to Nic…who isn’t faring much better, at the behest of tag team moves from the Righteous. A power slam from Dutch picks up a 2 count on Nic Nemeth early on. With both of the Righteous members in the ring, Vincent picks up another 2 count.

Dutch hits Nic Nemeth in the corner with a right hand that sends him crashing to the match, before tagging back in Nic Nemeth. Nic really needs to get up and tag in his brother Ryan but the Righteous are using some very interesting tactics to keep him away from his own corner. Nic Nemeth finally mounts some offense, with Ryan Nemeth using a referee distraction to help him out.

Nic and Ryan Nemeth are finally in the ring at the same time, with the match firmly in their control right now. Vincent tries to battle to his corner, but Nic Nemeth drags him back to his corner for a tag to Ryan who continues the submission hold. Vincent is still unable to get to his corner to tag in Dutch, but a DDT reversal opens up an opportunity to do so! Nic Nemeth needs to do whatever he can to avoid Dutch tagging in, which he doesn’t, allowing Dutch to ram through both Nemeth brothers.

Towards the final stages of this match, Dutch hits a “Death Walks”, which could have ended the match, but Nic Nemeth breaks up the pin! In order to win this match, the Nemeth brothers are going to have to stop Dutch, who doesn’t show any sign of slowing down. With Nic out of the ring, Vincent gets a 2 count on Ryan Nemeth. This a perfect time for the Righteous to get the win, but Nic Nemeth sends Dutch knee first into the steel steps.

Nic Nemeth throws a right hand at Vincent that sends him back into Ryan Nemeth for the “illegal Contact” for the 1….2…..3! The Nemeth brothers seems to have some steam behind them, as they look to capture the TNA Tag Team Titles soon!

In a seemingly average Knockouts division bout, Indi Hartwell is looking to make a name for herself, taking on a strong comptetitor in Kelsey Heather. As expected Indi controlled much of the early parts of this matchup, but with a bulldog to Indie in the middle of the ring, Kelsey Heather looked like she was building some momentum.

Probably getting a bit too confident, Kelsey Heather went for a moonsault attempt from the top rope, but missed it. Indi Hartwell would capitalize off of this, with one of her patented Spinebusters and get the count…but wait. Indie Hartwell got the W in this contest, but that wasn’t good enouh for her. Indi Hartwell basically expresses that she no longer just wants to toe the line in TNA, she wants to do more than just rack up victories. Hartwell wants a one on one match with NXT’s Arianna Grace, for the TNA Knockouts Champoinship.

Guess what happens whenever you mention someones name in Professional Wrestling. Arianna Grace eventually makes her way to the arena, alongside Stacks. Arianna Grace states that Indi Hartwell is not on her level, with Indi stating that she is in fact above Grace’s level…including the fact that she didn’t need nepotism to win the title.

After basically torturing the Hardy Boyz for weeks, even playing many mind games with them….kidnapping them….etc, the Righteous had finally gained the support of the The Righteous. It seems as those the Righteous aren’t trying to win the tag teamm title from the Hardy Boyz just yet, but instead are offering their support against one of their fiercest rivals……the System.

Just as the Hardy Boyz and The Righteous continue their conversation, The Nemeth brothers (Nic and Ryan Nemeth) show up backstage to talk about their intentions to contend for the tag team titles. With the Nemeths, DBE and Rich Swann, Order 4, The Sytem and other teams vying for the TNA Tag Team Championships, how much longer can the Hardy Boyz hold on to the belts.

We continue to see Rich Swann build cohesion with his new protege BDE, who is wrestling tonight in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia! They tag team with the TNA International Champion, Trey Miguel!

This match doesn’t take long to get started, because Order 4 rushes to the ring and immediately starts brawling with Swann, BDE and Miguel! Mustafa Ali would deliver a disgusting DDT to Rich Swann to the outside off the apron…while BDE and Trey Miguel are also having difficulty dealing with Order 4. It looks like this match is over before it began! The match does begin tho and Order 4 has things firmly in their control.

Even when an inspired BDE tries to mount some offense, the Great Hand (John Skyler and Jason Hotch) take him down. BDE really needs to block the chops of John Skyler and get to his corner. The cohesiveness of Order 4 is just too much for him; even Tasha Steelz is giving BDE grief right now. BDE finally gets an opening, allowing Mustafa Ali to square off against Mustafa Ali for a bit.

Eventually the TNA International Champion Trey Miguel gets inthe rinng, and with some acrobatics and atheleticism, he is able to get his team back in the matchup. A 2 count on John Skyler swings the momentum of this matchup, but not before Tasha Steelz tries to insert herself into the action once again.

Wait a minute!!!!!!!!!!! Jada Stone enters the fray, and chases Tasha Steelz away fromthe ring before leaping off the ramp. The two start brawling before Agent zero makes an appearance. The good things is, all of the outside interference in this match has been taken away. Let’s see if the distraction from Tasha Steelz has proven useful in helping Order 4 to get the victory.

With Trey Miguel and John Skyler the lone competitors in the ring, after a series of moves from each competitor, he hits his finisher to win this match for his team. After the month is over, Trey Miguel and Mustafa Ali have a little bit of a stare down, which should serve as a preview for a future TNA International Championship match!

Daria Rae let’s Mike Santana know that if he puts one hand on Steve Maclin before their match at TNA Sacrifice. Santino Marella one ups her tho, letting Daria Rae know that if Steve Maclin puts his hads on Santana, not only will he be permanently fired this time, but removed from the TNA archives.

While Santino Marella is using his authority for good, we have another segment showing Arianna Grace flexing her nepotism and entitlement. Grace and her fiance Stacks are having a conversation, when they see TNA Knockout Indi Hartwell, who called out Arianna Grace earler in the night for a future title shot. Stacks strikes up a conversation with Indi Hartwell, sticking up for his fiance, when Arianna Grace stomps all over Indi Hartwell.

Good thing Santino showed up in time to stop serious damage to Indi Hartwell, but it looks like damage has been done anyway to the right knee of Indi Hartwell. I hope this doesn’t take her out of competition, because it looks like she was poised to make a run for the TNA Knockouts championship.

One of the conditions of Steve Maclin’s reinstatement to TNA, he was forced to issue an apology to Tom Hannifan, who he put his hands on. With Mike Santana in the crowd, Maclin begins his apology….thanking Daria Rae but completely disrespecting Santino Marella and his authority.

Steve Maclin eventually gets around to his “apology” to Tom Hannifan….calling him weak for not taking the punch to the midsection and standing back up after. So much for an apology from Maclin, who quickly turns hi attention to the prospect of being two time TNA World Heavyweight Champion! He directs his next comment to Mike Santana, admitting to be an opportunist who saw a chance to insert himself into the World Title picture.

Steve Maclin doesn’t hold back on his insults to Mike Santana, claiming that Santana uses his sobriety story to get the sympathy of TNA fans. Steve Maclin is a veteran of the U.S. Military, and has war stories of his own, but to his point, he doesn’t bring this up for sympathy (I don’t think that Mike Santana is doing this; I believe that he is just doing this to let others know that they can make it to.

Steve Maclin continues his monologue, stating that he is a new version of himself, which should prove very interesting in their TNA World Heavyweight Title match at TNA Sacrifice in two weeks! How these two fiery competitors are going to be able to keep their hands off each other before then, is beyond me, but we shall see in the weeks leading up to Sacrifice and Rebellion!

Hearing that this is the first time that AJ Francis and Elijah have gone one on one makes sense, because it did seem like an odd match when I went over the card for tonight. With Frankie Kazarian on commentary, and a few bad puns on his part, we get ready to see AJ Francis and Elijah go one on on. The match starts with both competitors in the middle of the ring before AJ Francis drives Elijah back towards the corner turnbuckle. Elijah quickly turned things around, with a clothesline to outside of the ring.

Back in the ring, AJ Francis gets a pop up…right hand to Elijah that staggers him a bit as he tries to get back up. AJ Francis would show off a bit of speed in this match, as he hits a nice running knee to Elijah down in the corner turnbuckle (He used to play in the NFL, and it shows here!). Elijah powers himself up, and powers himself further with a huge Alabama slam on AJ Francis. He hits a picture perfect jumping knee that puts Francis down for a two count….I’m sorry, I have to watch that again.

WAIT A MINUTE! ELIJAH WALKS ALONG THE TOP ROPE AND JUMPS OFF…..FOR A CANADIAN DESTROYER ON AJ FRANCIS. THIS ONLY GETS A TWO COUNT! The two competitors end up on the outside of the ring, andd it looks like Elijah is abot to win, but he makes a mistake. He throws a bottle of A-Game energy drink at Frankie Kazarian, who interferes in the match. AJ Francis is then able to hit a down payment chokeslam for the 1…..2…….3!

Just before AJ Francis and Frankie Kazarian are able to jump on Elijah, the Hometown Man (Who is from Atlanta, Georgia), runs to the ring with a steel pipe, able to hold off Francis and Kazarian…..for now.

Not only am I glad that I made the trip to Atlanta for TNA, but I got to see the debut of Ricky Sosa live! The crowd was live, and everyone was into the chorus as well. This is definitely an entrance that you need to see live!

Tonight Ricky Sosamakes his debut against Brad Attitude, who has had recent matches in TNA recently.

Just as this raucous TNA crowd in Atlanta, Georgia was singing to the music of Ricky Sosa’s theme, Brad Attitude tries to take advantage of the “rookie” being distracted. Rick Sosa rebounded pretty good tho, controlling the arm of Brad Attitude. Ricky Sosa does have a slip on the top ropes, which the verteran Brad Attittude takes advantage of.

Brad Attittude has Ricky Sosa in the middle of the ring in a headlock, but the crowd wills Ricky Sosa up. Ricky Sosa makes up for the move that he was attempting earlier, leaping off the top rope for a picture perfect moonsault that has Brad Attitude on the ground looking like he is seeing stars. Following up his impressive aerial maneuvers, Ricky Sosa leaps over the top ropes for miles it seems. Back in the middle of the ring, Sosa picks up Brad Attitude…twice, for his “Blue Thunder Bang!” for the 1…..2……..3!

(Extended Match Notes…because this was one of the best TNA matches of the year thus far). I saw this match in person…imagine watching this on TV with the commentary.

Moose is back home in Atlanta, amongst friends and family, but there is only one thing on his mind right now…that’s dismantling the System, one by one. Moose and Cedric Alexander start this matchup inside the ring, but Moose quickly throws him outside of the ring. As the two friends turned foes battle on the outside of the ring, they trade chops to the chest, until Moose drops Cedric Alexander with a big boot. Cedric Alexander is able to take down the larger opponent, as he gets a suplex on Moose.

Somehow, the two competitors end up with chairs, and are swinging the chairs at each other like they are in the Attack of the Clones or something. Moose gets the gesrt of this exchange, with a thunderous chair shot to the back of Cedric Alexander that has him looking into the camera….very much in pain. Moose does a spot here that makes me laugh every single time. (I can’t help but laugh whenever someone gets a chair thrown at them.

Moose was about to strike Moose with a trash can lid, but Cedric Alexander saw that coming. Cedric Alexander now has this match in his control. There was a moment during this match, where the TNA fans in Atlanta kept calling for Cedric Alexander or Moose to bring out a table. For a second, Cedric Alexander teases that he is going pull one out, but then puts it back under the ring.

Now this is hillarious…Cedric Alexander is upside down inside of a trash can, when Moose hits it with a chair! Cedric is able to find his way of of that predicament, and brings a whole slew of chairs into the ring. It seems that at the moment Cedric has Moose in his grasps, but then Moose grabs him off the top rope for his finisher, the “Go to Hell”! Cedric Alexander is one tough s.o.b. because he just keeps finding a way to turn this match into his favor.

During the later stages of this matchup, Cedric Alexander is just throwing everything at Moose, but eventually Alisha Edwards interjects and stops him. This give Moose enough time to recover for a powerbomb to Cedric on the apron. Cedric Alexander just keeps amazing me, as he picks up Moose for a powerbomb, with Moose’s back directly hitting the topof the trash can.

i think that Cedric Alexander has had enough, as he just starts stuffing the ring with chairs. Moose is able to get up, and deliver a literal spine tingling superplex to Cedric Alexander on the chairs. Cedric kicks out and as Moose is about to continue his offense, Cedric Alexander hits one of the best running Spanish Fly’s that I’ve ever seen. (I could literally just write every move from this match because, that’s how good it is).

FINALLY! MOOSE HAS BROUGHT A TABLE….INTO THE RING! This raucous crowd in Atlanta, Georgia has been calling for a table spot all night, and they finally get it. Before the table gets into use, Cedric Alexander gets a one count off a very hard hitting brainbuster. Moose’s quest to defeat the System is keeping himm going, as he hits Cedrick Alexander with a rocking headbutt, followed with a spear to the table!

the Personal Concierge apologizing for Ash by Elegance being absent from the ring (after her attack on Mickie James last week). M by Elegance will then stand up to defend her leader, with H by elegance expressing the same sentiments. The Elegance brand would then turn their attention to Mama June who is in the front row with her family.

The Elegance Brand, would all approach her, when TNA legend ODB makes her way to the arena. ODB doesn’t like the jokes being made about Mama June and her family, but is also standing up for her TNA Hall of Fame friend in Mickie James. H and M…..by Elegance show that they don’t care about legends….with Mr. Elegance getting the brunt of their disrespect (a swift kick right to the family jewels!).

Maybe the Elegance brand should have been more respectful, or they wouldn’t have ended up with [Food Truck] food all over their white apparel. H and M by elegance would be left screaming in agony, as they slip on Baked Beans and other food outside of the ring.

The four tag teams in this matchup are:

• The Systems Bear Brunson and Brian Myers

These four teams are the cream of the crop when it comes to TNA’s Tag Team division.

The match starts off with Saint (Travis Williams) facing off against BDE, with williams getting a nice suplex on BDE. Judas Icarus then joins his tag team partner in the ring, with Rich Swann getting the tag as well. BDE and Rich Swann are still a fairly new tag team, but Swann has done well in matchups with his protege.

We get a couple tag team combos with Judas Icarus launching Travis Williams out of the ring to take out the System. BDE and Rich Swann then superkick Icarus out of teh ring, before launching themselves outside of the ring to take out their opponents….well, everyone except the Righteous. Dutch continues to be a valuabble big man for the Righteous, as he launches himself over the ropes and takes out all of the competition.

After tag teaming with the Hardy Boyz for a little time now, the Righteous are looking to solidify themselves as number once contenders. They do well to fend off their opponents, with the Hardy Boyz watching from the backstage area. The System will now make their way into the ring to battle Vincent of the Systen, but Vincent reverses a double suplex attempt from Brian Myers and Bear Brunson!

Up until this point, there hasn’t really been a team in this match that proved to be completety dominant over the rest, which is good. We got to see alot of the teams’ unique combinanation moves. Ultimately, the Systems’ Brian Myers and Bear Brunson were tag team left in the ring. A vicious spear and a finisher from Bear Brunson to BDE, wrapped up this match and secured a number one contenders tag team match for them.

• Sinner and Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams)

• BDE and Rich Swann

• The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch).

Elayna Black faces off against Mara Sade in a huge singles Knockouts matchup. The two fierce competitors start this matchup in a tussle, with Elayna Black getting the upper hand with a chop and headlock. The two then trade dodges, before Mara Sade gets up for a huge dropkick.

Things almost got ugly for Sade, who leaped over the top rope, before Elayna Black did a leg swwep to put her on the floor outside of the ring. Back in the ring tho, Black is able to rebound, even getting a two count on her equally skilled Knockouts opponent. Elayna Black would deliver a nice running back elbow to Mara Sade, who is leaning up against the ropes (for a two count). Black tries to go for submission on the ground, but Sade fights her way back up, with a few forarm strikes. after a series of devastating clotheslines, Mara Sade leaps off the ropes for a two count.

So far, this has been a very good match between these two Knockouts, with Elayna Black proving early on that she will be a force to be reckoned with. Mara Sade jumps off the top rope, for a picture perfect Missle Dropkick and a two count on Black. Not down for long, Elayna Black hits Sade with an Insiguri and a Canadian Destroyer that gets a two count and a primal scream of disappointment from Elayna Black.

Wait a minute there? Elayne Black tries to cheat her way to victory, distracting the referee with a chair, before taking out a pair of brass knuckles. Black is successful in using the brass knuckes to strike her opponent and pick up the 3 count!

Nic Nemeth is looking to capture major TNA gold again tonight, battling the very promising champion that is Leon Slater. The two competitors have a slight stare off in the middle of the ring before they tussle towards the corner turnbuckle. Leon Slater seems to step back a bit, respecting Nic Nemeth, but this isn’t time to go starry eyed over your idols. Nemeth is completely in control of this matchup at thi point, but Leon Slater gets a springboard back elbow, followed with a leap over the top rope much to the applause of the TNA crowd.

Guess what? Actually, it’s not that much of a suprise. With Leon Slater on the outside of the ring, Ryan Nemeth decides to help out his big brother and take out Slater. Back from commercial break, it seems that Leon Slater has bounced back from the interference tho. Nic Nemeth gives Leon Slater a devasting DDT on the top of his head. Nemeth tries to follow up with his finisher, but the young Slater would pick him up and twist him in the air (Leon Slater gets a two count).

Leon Slater is in full control of this matchup, and dodging alot of Nemeths maneuvers. He then delivers a Styles Clash before going to the top rope for a 450 splash…..only to come down crashing on the knees of Nic Nemeth for a 2 count.

The match goes on, with Nic Nemeth almost kicking the head off of Leon Slater for another 2 count. It would seem that he had a great chance to win the Championship at this moment, but Leon Slater would get the 450 Splash (after a superplex reversal, into a superplex of his own).

1……..2………….. 3!. Leon Slater would get the 3 count off of this very impressive combo. AND STILL! The TNA…..wait a minute! Just before Leon Slater would get to enjoy retaining his X-Division Championship, Eric Young would launch a sneak attack on him. With one of his devasting piledrivers to the outside of the ring, Eric young has seemingly solidified him as a serious contender for the X-Division Championship.

As mentioned by the TNA commentary team, Dani Luna has a guarenteed shot for the TNA Knockouts championship. What better way to get ready for a future championshiip match, than to challenge the former champion, Lei Ying Lee. Dani Luna and Lei Ying Lee start this match in the middle of the ring, with Lee doing fantastic to match strength with the larger opponent in Dani Luna. With a toss to the top rope, Dani Luna takes the advantage in this matchup, picking up a 2 count early on.

Dani Luna delivers a very impressive maneueverthat puts Lei Ying Lee down on the mat for a bit, with the TNA crowd cheering for her to get back into this matchup. (Dani Luna picks up Lei Ying Lee for what looks like a powerbomb attempt, but puts her through the ropes and brings her upward). Lei Ying Lee is writhing on the mat for a bit, in the grips of Dani Luna, on the recieving end of a powerslam that sees Luna getting another 2 count.

Lei Ying Lee is finally able to mount some offense, as she counters a suplex attempt into a pin attempt. With Dani Luna is submission in the middle of the ring, her raw power comes into play, delivering a devastating suplex for another 2 count! A little bit after this, Lei Ying Lee does take the advantage, including a powerslam for a 2 count.

The two competitors battle in the middle of the ring, exchanging forearms, after Dani Luna almost gets a 3 count off of a Blue Thunder Bomb. The two competitors exhange maneuvers in the middle of the ring, before Lee gets a 2 count off of a pini count, but is thrown into the bottom turnbuckle, stunning her for a bit. This allows Dani Luna to hit Lee with a German Suplex and a “Luna Landing”, to pick up the victory in a solid contest between the two Knockouts.

We see Alicia Edwards sitting down with legend Tommy Dreamer and owner of TNA, Carlos Lima. She initially decides that she has a lot on her plate, and wants to turn down the contract extension and walk away.

Moose, who is a former System member and personal friend of Alisha Edwards, overheard the conversation and couldn’t let her step down. He states that he needs Alisha Edwards, as he looks to take down the System, and implores her to stay as his manager.

Seeing how much Moose needs her, Alicia Edwards changes her mind, and thankfully signs the contract extension to stay in TNA.

As AJ Francis waits in the ring, Mance Warner and Steph deLander take their time making their way down the ring, but that quickly changes when Mance Warner takes Francis out the ring early. A big running knee off the apron, puts AJ Francis down for a bit, prompting the referees 10 count. Mance Warner is looking to destroy AJ Francis here, for disrespecting his wife, but he cant underestimate how powerful Francis is.

AJ Francis would display this, tossing Mance Warner off the ropes and onto the ground. Back in the ring, with Mance Warner in the corner turnbuckle, AJ Francis is seemingly in control of this mask, with a running knee to Mance Warner. Francis then continues to disrespect Steph de Lander, which motivates Warner to get back into the match.

A thumb poke to the eye stuns AJ Francis in the middle of the ring for a second, allowing Mance Warner to get a 2 count. As Mance Warner looks to continue his dominance of AJ Francis, he runs towards his competitor, but recieves a PFL (spear) instead. AJ Francis would then bring a steel chair into the ring, but it’s illegal in this matchup. Due to a distraction from Steph de Lander, Mance Marner punished AJ Francis with the chair, causing a disqulificatoion and a win for AJ Francis. This didn’t matter to Warner tho, whose only mission was to avenge his wife.

Mance Warner and AJ Francis will face off again, hopefully next time in a match that will more better suit their rising feud!

Mickie James is in the middle of the middle of the ring, making things short and sweet, simply calling out Ash by Elegance for a one on one match. This is when Ash’s personal concierge, makes his presence known. Mickie isn’t having any of this, and tells him to make his way to the back (I’m putting things kindly).

This is when Ash By Elegance would make her way down the ramp, stating that the TNA fans only came there to see her and called Mickie James washed up. Mickie James brings up the friends that Ash by elegance used to be her friend, but it seems that success has gotten to the head of Ash. Mickie James calls Ash by Elegance a Mark (a mark being someone heavily invested into professional wrestling, sometimes annoyingly so).

Mickie James brings Ash by Elegance back to Earth, stating that it was the TNA fans who believed in her, after he tenure in her last company. Ash by Elegance claims that she doesn’t care about the TNA fans and that her only concern is winning back the TNA Knockouts championship. Despite what Mickie James tries to tell her, Ash only seems to let her ego continue to show….her ego that prompted her to put her hand on the face of Mickie James.

I don’t think that Ash should have done that, because it causes a little shoving match between the two. As the two tussle in the middle of the ring, we are shown a view of the backstage area, where the Elegance brand is looking to take out the allies of Mickie James. Mickie James makes her way up the ramp into an ambush, and Ash lays her out on the ramp with her finisher.

This match starts off with Tasha Steelz showing absolutely no care or concern for Jada Stone, clotheslining her before stomping on her repeatedly in the corner. A couple of chops and forarm shots in another corner see Steelz continue to control the match early on. That is….until Jada Stone starts to mount some offense with a series of forearm shots of her own. Jada Stone may be new to the TNA Knockouts division, but she has shown to be a very fierce competitor already.

With a leap outside of the ring, Jada Stone takes out Tasha Steelz and the rest of Order 4! Back in the ring tho, Tasha Steelz once again has the advantage, with huge kick that sets up another to the chest of Jada Stone for a two count! Tasha Steelz and Jada Stone exhange a series of pin attempts, before Stone would deliver a nice slingblade for a two count on Steelz.

As Order 4 looks on from outside the ring, Tasha Steelz catches Jada Stone in a German Suplex attempt. Steelz feeling confident, goes for a cutter attempt, but Jada Stone reverses this into a roll up pin for the 3 count. This is a very pivotal win for Jada Stone, getting the victory over a very established TNA Knockout in Tasha Steelz. After the matchup, Jada Stone looks to leave the ring, but is caught by Order 4 who sends her back in the ring for a cutter and a beat down from Tasha Steelz.

Jada Stone wins the match, but it is Tasha Steelz standing tall over Jada Stone in the middle of the ring.

Ever since Steve Maclin (Inagural and 2x TNA International Champion) was fired from TNA, he has been on a tear, possibly understandably upset at his firing. After receiving the “you’re fired briefcase” as a result of the Feast or Fired match, he has spoken out….and attacked the TNA World Heavyweight champion (whom he once called friend). Considering Steve Maclin’s legacy in TNA, on top of the fact that he is a U.S. Marine, you would think that this TNA crowd would have a little more respect for him (and a little more sympathy as well).

Steve Maclin explains the fact that Mike Santana no-showed for a tag team match after TNA Turning Point last year (after Mike Santana lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship). It has been some time since then, and I can undestand why Steve Maclin is upset. Steve Maclin brings up his alcohol problems while in NXT, pointing to the fact that even though Mike Santana was going through defeat, he still could have shown up.

Steve Maclin seems to keep up this theme of holding resentments, as he brings up Tom Hannifan (commentary), and how he got him his job at TNA. Maclin is upset with Tom for not defending him when he got fired from TNA. Tom Hannifan reminds Steve Maclin that there are many people in TNA wanted to help him, even after getting fined over and over, but Maclin never wanted to take accountability.

(A fan hillariously shouts out “unemployments that way Steve!”)

While processing everything that his “friend” Tom Hannifan had to say, Steve Maclin decided to punch him in the gut, prompting Mike Santana to run to the ring. Steve Maclin….whats going on bro? You even pushed Matt Rehwoldt to the ground…..As I started to write this, I had sympathy for you but there are better ways to handle this…….

Once again, we get to see the bizarre tag team of the Hardy Boyz and the Righteous team up against the System. In this matchup, we see Jeff Hardy starting off against Eddie Edwards, with Jeff launching his patented offense against Ewards. Jeff gets a two count off of an elbow drop, which causes complete pandamonium in the ring.

Back from commercial break, and we see a big matchup, as Matt Hardy tags in Dutch, as he faces off against Bear Brunson. The two trade punches in the middle of the ring, each trying to lift the other up unsuccesfully….that is until Dutch slams Brunson, before Vincent leaps off of Dutch’s back, for the Hardy Boyz patented clothesline to the turnbuckle.

The match goes on, with Bear Brunson handling Vincent, finall getting a tag to Cedric Alexander. Cedric Alexander and Vincent trade chops and strikes, before Cedric gets a German Suplex on him. Needing to get to his corner for a tag, Vincent gets to Matt Hardy, who is handling the System by himself. Vincent seemingly sacrifices himself, to save Matt from Bear Brunson, before Jeff Hardy and Dutch join the fray!

A blind tag from Matt Hardy to Vincent, sees Vincent taking a Boston Knee Party, saving Matt. Unfortunately, this leads to a 3 count, with Eddie Edwards picking up the victory for the System, as this episode of TNA Impact comes to a close….wait a minute!

The System was not satisfied with the victory, as they jumped on their opponents, but not before……Moose makes his way to the ring! Moose lays out each member of the System on the way to the ring, but they numbers come into play. As the System prepare to do more damage to Moose, Eddie Edwards wife Alisha, prevents them from doing so (willing to put her body on the line to do so).

We shall see how dominant the System is next week on TNA Impact on AMC+.

Trey Miguel vs Stacks for the TNA International Championship:

Trey Miguel starts off this rematch for the TNA International Championship on fire, as he overwhelms Stacks with alot of fast moves as he throws Stacks out of the ring. Stacks is irate, as his fiance (and TNA Knockouts champion) Arianna grace looks a little worried. Back in the ring tho, Trey Miguel is still looking very impressive, with a fantastic Northen Lights Suplex (even though he doesn’t go for the pin here). He does eventually end up getting a 2 count.

Finally, Stacks starts to mount some offense, with a DDT for a 2 count. This seems to have Miguel dazed on the ground for a bit (even after his initial surge of offense). Stacks leaps off the top ropoe but misses, and leaves himself open to a double stomp from Trey Miguel for a 2 count. As Trey Miguel goes to the top rope, the TNA crowd is behind him, but Stacks catches him before he can jump off.

Stacks needed to pull out all stops to win his title back, but after taking alot of power moves from Trey Miguel, including a phenomenal Meteora from the top rope, it’s looking like his chances are slim. This is evident as Arianna Grace tries to cheat for her fiance, throwing her title in the ring, but Miguel is hip to this hitting a fantastic sequence of signature moves and his finisher to retain tthe title (Trey Miguel’s ending sequence needs to be studied).

BDE – Cleared to compete after the hurrendous attack from Eric Young.

Jeff Hardy – Out for this week’s episode of Impact

Elijah – Cleared to compete tonight, where he takes on Mustafa Ali in the first ever Guitar Case Casket match!

Eric Young is back stage, instructing a cameraman to record his next monologue, in which he continues to talk about his mission, “the Cleanse” of the wrestling world. After destroying BDE for several weeks, Eric young has now turned his attention to Leon Slater, who Young doesn’t feel like is devoting his full attention to TNA and his X Division Championship. Leon Slater has had Visa issues recently, but when he did show back up to TNA No Surrender, it was just another day of victory for Slater.

Going after BDE is one thing, going after the X Division Championship…you better hope that Eric Young is successful in his mission soon. Who knows who is next in his path of destruction.

The Knockouts Battle Royal at No Surrender was a fantastic match…not for Tessa Blanchard tho, who thought that she was the last woman standing, but Jody Threat found a way to stay in the match and win herself the Number One Contender for the TNA Knockouts Championship. After a confrontation last week, the two square off this week.

Jody Threat looks very impressive in this matchup to start off, with some technical wrestling, including a headlock takedown for a 2 count. Tessa Blanchard clamps onto the ropes, not trying to let Jody Threat toss her around, and is successful in landing some offense of her own (including a picture perfec dropkick). Tessa Blanchard gets a 2 count and looks to have taken the control back in this matchup!

The TNA crowd tries to get Jody Threat back into this matchup but Tessa continues to dominate thus far. Tessa puts Jody into a really tight abdominal strech, striking her midsection effectively. Jody Threat had enough of this, fighting back, punches and knifeedge chops gettings herself back into this match.

BOOOOOOOOO!!!!! It was only a matter of time before the numbers kicked in, and Mila Moore and Victoria Crawford interfered into the match. Of course this gave Jody Threat the win, but Tessa Blanchard doesn’t care. She only cares about the fact that she lost a chance at the Knockouts Championship at No Surrender. Thankfully, Harley Hudson and Myla Grace rushed to the win to spport their friend Jody Threat.

I don’t think that things are over between Jody and Blanchard. I hope that Jody Threat gets a one on one match for the Knockouts championship, deservedly so, but I can see Tessa Blanchard weasing her way into the match somehow.

After returning to TNA at the Countdown to No Surrender preshow, Sinner and Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams) see themselves going up against the newly minted tag team of Rich Swann and BDE!

Rich Swann and Travis Williams (Saint), start off this matchup, which Swann showing his new protege (BDE) his speed and moves, including a fantastic head scissors before the tag. With BDE in the ring, he is having to contend with both Sinner and Saint, who get the advantage with a 2 count from Judas Icarus (Sinner). Sinner and Saint do a combination chop/slap to the chest of BDE, putting him down in the corner. BDE needs to mount some offense here, as he tries to stretch his arm out for the tag to Rich Swann.

BDE finally gets the tag, with Rich Swann kicking the ever spirit out of Judas Icarus. Swann…..please stop kicking people in the face (actually don’t). Rich Swann puts down Travis Williams with another kick for a 2 count. Rich Swann is taken out of action, with BDE left in the ring with Sinner and Saint almost getting the win after a brainbuster from Williams!

BDE gets a Clip Cutter, with Swann following up with a cutter of his own for a two count on Judas Icarus. You would have thought that they have been a tag team for a while, because Rich Swann and BDE are moving like a unit right now. As great as their chemistry was in their first match together, Sinner and Saint show their own tag team chemistry, with BDE alone in the ring, for a Total Elimination (a very devasting low kick/clothesline combination) for the win!

Very impressed with both of these tag teams and I can’t wait to see the future of the TNA tag team division going forward!

Mance Warner and Steph deLander have definitely not forgotten AJ Francis’ comments from No Surrender, and they head to his room backstage to confront him. Mance Warner takes out the security guard and force their way in, when AJ Francis talks big to Steph deLander, not realizing her husband was not too far behind.

Mance Warner and AJ Francis start brawling, as TNA staff and security try to break up the fight, with verbal concerns for the situation clearly heard. These two need to settle this as Professional Wrestlers do…in the ring (or an area that represents a ring)!

For a while now, Elijah has been a constant thorn in the side of Order 4. That continues to show at the start of this matchup with Elijah delivering a big boot that sends Mustafa Ali outside of the ring. This doesn’t stun Elijah for long as Ali does a leg sweep to Elijah that has him in control of this machup.

Mustafa Ali would go on to deliver a thunderous chair shot to the back of Elijah, but Elijah seems to shake it off as he runs to a collections, and almost destroys Ali with a……Ukelele. The two got back into the ring for a little bit, before battling their way to the ramp. As each competitor attempts a suplex, Elijah gets the best of this exchange, sending Mustafa Ali flying over him wtih his back crashing into some chairs below.

The two stand up and continue to battle on the outside of the ring. As the two get up on the apron, the referee opens the Guitar Case Casket to see if the match will be over soon. Mustafa Ali does a 450 splash off the top of the turnbuckle onto Elijah laying on a table before. This is when Order 4 would seek to add more damage, with Agent 0 stuffing Elijah in the Casket, but Elijah throws some powder in his face.

Elijah is having none of the number games. Mstafa Ali is back in this ring realizing that his opponent is fed up with Order 4’s games, as Elijah hits hiis finisher and putting Mustafa Ali in the casket. Order 4 once again interferes into this matchup. With a guitar in hand, Mustafa Ali looks to get a little bit of revenge for what has been happening over the past few weeks. Ali, tries another 450 splash, before Elijah absolutely destroys him with his guitar.

With a chokeslam into the Guitar Case Casket, Elijah stands victorious as he finally bests his rival Mustafa Ali.

Mike Santana starts off this interview detailing that he knows all of the people that are seeking to take his TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Leon Slater has been unable to compete in TNA recently because of VISA issues. Slater states that Daria Rae has been contacting him, disrespectufully so, but he’s ready to continue to show why he is the youngest TNA X- Division Champion!

Stacks looks very confident that he will retain the TNA International championship, but it doesn’t look that way to start off this matchup. Trey Miguel launches himself at Stacks, and knocks him out the ring, before super kicking him in front of his fiance, NXT’s Ariana Grace. Stacks would regain the advantage later in this match, tieing up Miguel into the rings sideskirt, and striking him while he can’t see!

Stacks puts down Trey Miguel for a 2 count after a phenomenal flying clothesline. Miguel has this look of anguish on his face, as Stacks has completely gotten control of this matchup. Maybe it’s the pressure to win in front of his fiance, or the deviance towards his father in law, but Stacks has turned things up.

Later in the match, Trey Miguel would hit Stacks with a Head Scissors before double stomping on his back for a 2 count! Oh no!, For the first time since the opening sequence of this match, Stacks looks like his TNA International Championship reign is in real danger! Miguel attempts a backflip off the ropes, but Stacks catches him with a dropkick that turns the tables immediately (two count).

Trey Miguel nearly gets the 3 count off of a swinging neckbreaker, with Arian Grace looking like she almost had a heart attack. Stacks and Miguel are in the center of the ring, exchanging strikes, before Stacks gets a devasting dropkick to the back of Miguel.

We should have known that it would be a matter of time before Ariana Grace inserted herself into this matchup, and gets herself thrown out of arena. With Grace gone, Trey Migue is able to hit his Lightning Spiral for the 1………..2……………3!

AND……….NEW! TNA International Champion Trey Miguel, is gretted in the ring by his friend Teddy Swims and Carlos Silva, along with the TNA International Championship!

• Eddie Edwards – Cleared
• Mike Santana – Cleared.
• Hardy Boyz – Cleared.
• Jada Stone – Still in evaluation, stemming from the attack she recieved after her match with Order 4.

AJ Francis decides to walk to the ramp, and interrupt them. AJ Francis starts off congragulating the Seattle Seahawks, and then somehow turns his attention towards Jelly Roll (That could be a match in the future).

AJ Francis mentions how wherever he goes, ratings go up, which prompts him to join the commentary team for the next match (much to the disagreement of Tom Hannigan).

Earlier in the TNA Countdown Show, we saw an interview between wrestling legend and coach (“Action” Mike Jackson) and Gia Miller (whom she mentioned trained her for Bound for Glory). Mance Warner and Steph deLander would interrupt the two, insulting them in the process, and setting up the next match for TNA No Surrender.

The bell rings, and we see Mance Warner and Mike Jackson tieing up in the middle of the ring, before Warner strikes Mike Jackson in the corner (taking advantage of this matchup!). I can see why “Action” Mike Jackson is a well respected coach in the wrestling world, as he makes easy work of Mane Warner. Mike Jackson, would walk all four corners of the ropes before delivering an “Old School” (ala the Undertaker). Mike Jackson would continue his phenomenal offense on Mance Warner, with a suplex to the outside, followed up with a Tope Suicido. (Remeber, Mike Jackson is 76 years old).

Mance Warner hasn’t seemed to control this matchup much, since the opening sequence, but he manages to get him in the corner with a few strikes. Mance Warner missed with a move off the ropes, and Mike Jacksont ake full advantage with a nice neckbreaker for a 2 count! Mike Jackson leaped off the ropes for a cross body, but has a nasty fall. AJ Francis wonders why Mance Warner is taking so long to finish this matchup, and Mance must have heard him, because he hits the legend with his Pay Window finsher for the 3 count!

AJ Francis is dissapointed in Mance Warner, who raises his competitors hand after the win. AJ Francis claims that his wife, Steph deLander, is ruining him (making him soft).

Indi Hartwell has become friends with the Angel Warriors (Indi Hartwell and Xia Brookside) and now they face the Elegance Brand for the Knockouts Tag Team Championships.

The full Elegance Brand makes their way down the ring, as H and M by Elegance get ready to defend their titles. This matchup starts with M by elegance facinng off with Xia Brookside, with Brookside one upping her opponent with some very good technical wrestling. Indi Hartwell and H by Elegance get the tags in for their respective teams, with Hartwell stompin on H in the corner to control their matchup early on.

Indi Hartwell gets a 2 count, and before she can continue to dominate the match, M by Elegance gets the tag in. The Elegance brand seems to be pulling out some stops to keep their championships, using their ring gear to choke Indi Hartwell. With Xia Brookside back in the ring, she would get a 2 count over H by Elegance, before a timely distraction from Mr. Elegance. The numbers of the Elegance would prove very pivotal towards the middle/ending of this match. M would floor Brookside with a nice kick to the head for a 2 count.

I think I can see why the Elegance Brand have held onto the titles for this long, despite not being very liked by the TNA crowd. Xia Brookside finally mounts some counter offense, with a suplex that should open up an opportunity for a tag, but Heather by Elegance gets the tag to M.Indi Hartwell is not content with the Elegance Brandusing their numbers to run all over the Angel Warriors. Finally getting tagged in, Indi hits M by Elegance with a nice bulldog from the corner turnbuckle before an elbow drop to her back for a 2 count!

The longer this match went on, it seemed as if the numbers game would rule the match in favor of the Elegance Brand, which it did. One “Nip and tuck” from the Elegance Brand, would score them the pinfall win over the Angel Warriors.Before the Elegance brand could do more damage to their opponents, we are treated to the music of “Cowboy Country!” as Mickie James runs down the ring to try and even the odds with the Elegance Brand.

Welcome back Mickie James, and I hope that this isn’t a one-off appearance!

the two competitors will face off in singles competition. I don’t know how things will bode for BDE if he loses this matchup. I guess we will see, as BDE waste no time getting the advantage over Eric Young. A Tope Suicido takes him down for the moment, but Eric Young (the veteran that he is), will get gain control of this matchup. In one isntance, Young just throws BDE outside the ring as he hits the barricade.

BDE gets 2 count off of a Blockbuster, and doesnt let up on the explosive offense, as he seems to be flipping all over the place. Eric Young uses his strength to stop BDE in his tracks. This gets a 2 count, and a neckbreaker a little further into the match gets a 2 count as well! Eric Young keeps up with the power moves, with a power slam getting another 2 count.

What’s it going to take for BDE to finally get Eric Young off his back with this “cleanse” warning. BDE would begin to trade strikes with Eric Young, that seem to stun Young, before BDE gets the upperhand with a barrage of strikes in the corner! Go BDE!

BDE GOES OFF THE ROPES FOR A CLOUT CUTTER! for the 1…….2………2! That was very close for BDE, who has his momentum stalled after Eric Young leaps off the top rope for an elbow and a 2 count!

One of the best moments in this matchup, when BDE hits the Canadian Destroyer off the second rope, against one of Canada’s own! Eric Young is still alive in this matchup, and delivers a move that has become his signature weapon of destruction, the Piledriver!

with Harley Hudson and Myla Grace, but Tessa Blancahrd, Victoria Crawford and Mila Moore make their present known.

Tessa Blanchard doens’t beleive that Jody Threat can beat her in a one on one match. It looks like we see these two face off next week, as Blanchard agress to Jody’s challenge for next week on TNA Impact!

With Stacks losing the TNA International Championship, its up to Arianna Grace to bring back some gold to this “power couple”! She seems adamant to do this, pushing Lee a few times, before Lee launched a HIgh Kick that sends her out of thering and into Stacks arms. With the two competitors back in the ring, Arianna Ggrace looks to mount some offense but a nice drop toe hold, kick and drop kick combo, pushes Grace back to the corner turnbuckle!

Just as Lei Ying Lee is has the match in her control, Dani Luna maker her return, but security is able to stop her from making her way down the ramp. This provides just enough of a distraction for Grace to knock Lee out of the ring. Arianna Grace is able to throw Lee into the corner turnbuckle on the outside. This is much to the delight of Stacks, who is trying to will his fiance on to victory.

Lei Ying Lee breaks up Grace’s offense for a bit, before Arianna hits her with a fantastic back (reverse) shoulder block. Lei Ying Lee desperately needed to launch some offese of her own, which she used one her best weapons, her kicks. Lee gets a 2 count off a T-Bone Suplex, and is about to captalize, before Arianna Grace holds on to her fiance for some sneaky moves.

Grace is able to avoid a superplex from the top rope, but not a German Suplex from Lee! Lei Ying Lee will try a superplex one more time, and she gets but isn’t able to capitalize off it at first. Both competitors seems to have gotten the brunt of that.

Lei Ying Lee takes out Stacks on the outside but leaves herself open for some trickery from Arianna Grace. With her fathers signature cobra sock, and a nasty knee to the face of Lei Ying Lee Arianna Grace would shock the TNA fans and become the NEW! TNA KNOCKOUTS CHAMPION.

As much as I hate NXT winning this one, Arianna Grace had a fantastic showing vs Lei Yin Lee, who looks absolutely defeated after this matchup.

Matt Hardy and John Skyler start off the match, witha quick tag to Jeff Hardy who is instant offense from the beginning of the match. Matt and Jeff get a couple of quick tag team moves in before Jeff gets the leg drop to Skyler on the apron. Mustafa ali enters the ring to stand up for John Skyler, before all 8 competitors are in the ring battling it out. The Hardy Boyz and The Righteous stand victorious the moment, with their opponents climbing back to their corner turnbuckle.

John Skyler finally gets the tag to Mustafa Ali, who immediately lights up Vincent with a chop. Vincent is able to turn the tables for a moment with a 2 count before Agent 0 gets the tag in. Whenever agent 0 is in the ring, you can be assured that devastation is soon to follow. As Vincent is sent out of the ring, all 8 competitors once again meet each other, this time outside of the ring.

Back in the ring, Matt Hardy drives Order 4’s heads through turn buckle, follwed up with a couple of power moves and 2 count on Skyler. Hodge gets the tag in and is doing very good vs Jeff Hardy. Agent 0 enters the Fray once again tho, leaping over the top rope to take out his opponents.

Once of my favorite moments happens next, when Dutch leaps over the top rope too. Agents 0 wreaking havok in the ring, but the unconventional tag team of the Hardy Boyz and the Righteous, are all in the ring at the same time, about to deliver dual twist of fates (Matt Hardy and Dutch) and swanton bombs (Jeff Hardy and Vincent). This was also a cool moment, as it seems the Righteous (for the moment) truly have good intentions.

Jeff Hardy and Vincent, leap off of different parts of the ramp, with all competitors out of action…as it seems. Mustafa Ali Matt Hardy are the lone competitors in the ring, as Ali would hit a phenomenal 450 splash off the top rope to get the win for Order 4. The exxcitement of the win wouldn’t last long as Elijah would make his presence known, with a guitar coffin in tow, for their upcoming casket match. The two would brawl briefly up the ramp, adding a little bit of spcie to their upcoming match this week on Impact on AMC+!

The match starts with Mike Santana and Eddie Edwards showing off their technical prowess, with arm drags and head holds. The two competitors then exchange chops, with Santana getting the best of this exchange with a shoulder block (this leave Eddie Edwards a little stunned.

Nic Nemeth tags into the match, and so does Leon Slater, who hits Nemeth with a leaping/standing dropkick. Leon Slater would then reverse kick Eddie Edwards for a 2 count. Leon Slater doesn’t look like he has any ring rust in TNA, as he was doing very well vs Nic Nemeth…..until he was pushed towards Eddie Edwards corner for some chops to the chest that made slater drop to the mat.

Leon Slater is able to turn the tables and handle both Nic Nemeth and Eddie Edwards. The System tried to make their presence known, with Cedric Alexander distracting Slater on the top ropes for a secod and Eddie Edwards getting a 2 count (lets not skip over the phenomenal leap to the outside from Mike Santana).

The match continues and Nic Nemeth does his best to stop Leon Slater from tagging in Mike Santana. Slater has to go through the System, Nic Nemeth and Eddie Ewards, but he finally gets the tag to Mike Santana. A rolling buck 50 knocks Eddie Edwards out of the ring, and Death Valley Driver puts down Nemeth for a 2 count. Mike Santana tags back in Leon Slater, whom he has been doing well with as a tag team at No Surrender.

Guess who makes an appearance in the arena….It’s Steve Maclin, who brawls with Santana to the back area, leaving Leon Slater to fend for himself for a bit. Leon Slater is able to hold his own for a bit, going turnbuckle to turnbuckle, kicking some sense into his opppents. Leon Slater hits his finisher on Nic Nemeth, but the referee is knocked out, with the System immediately swarming the ring to jump on him. Guess would show up tho…..

Moose! If there’s anyone that knows how to defeat the System, then its Moose and it shows, as he takes out every member of the System. Moose fights with Eddie Edwards up the rank, and with Santana gone as well, Leon Slater and Nic Nemeth are now fighting one on one. With Nemeth on the mat, after a devastating kick from Slater, one super Swanton Bomb, a Swanton 450….whatever you want to call it, is able to get the 3 count on Nemeth.

Backstage segment: Indi Hartwell and Xia Brookside show a lot of support..

for the Angel Warrior teammate in her TNA Knockouts Championship match against NXT’s Arianna Grace. They also talk about their upcoming matchup vs the Elegance Brand, where the Angel Warriors have a chance to potentially become the new TNA Tag Team Champions!

Mance Warner and Steph deLander are backstage, laying down a warning for anyone in Mance’s way. Steph deLander backs up her husband, stating that no one stands a chance in dealing with the Southern Psycho! Honestly, Mance Warner is still a major player into the powerhouse that TNA is becoming, and this promo shows that.

Thank you for sticking with me and these TNA reviews for 2026!

Backstage Segment: Gia interviews Indi Hartwell and the Warrior Angels!

It’s hard to believe that it’s the first time these 3 will have formed a tag team for the first time. Indi Hartell, Xia Brookside, and Lei Ying Lee will havea 6 womant tag match later tonight with the Elegance Brand! With Ash by Elegance aiming for the Knockouts championship, there should be a little bit more heat to this matchup.

Backstage we have a segment between Ariana Grace and her father, the Director of Authority Santino Marella.

Ariana Grace seems to be very distraught because of her fiance Stacks cheating in his matches as of late. I, like most of TNA fans, probably don’t trust her intentions, which seems to be manipulative. Speaking of manipulation, Ariana Grace, uses the fact that Santino Marella missed her events growing up because he had to wrestle, and found her way into a TNA Knockouts Championship match.

TNA No Surrender in Nashville, TN is fast approaching and some very exciting matchups and rivalries are being put together. With just one week away, let’s see how everything is shaping up.

We have a short segment from the Elegance Brand, who are all ecstatic to have their leader back in action. From Dana Brooke to Ash by Elegance, I have been in her corner through her whole career and although she is up to…interesting tactics as a leader, I am very glad to see her making a return to the ring very soon!

IT’S TIME!…for the return of a very pivotal match type in TNA history, and also the return of a star who wants to make a way for himself…..

The Next match, sees four superstars, fighting for four briefcases. The briefcases contain:

• A guarenteed contract for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
• A guarenteed contract for the TNA X Division Championship
• A guarenteed contract for the TNA Intercontinental Championship
• A….less than desired “You’re Fired” notice from TNA….

The competitors in this matchup are:

• System Member Brian Myers
• AJ Francis
• Rich Swann
• Eric Young
• Steve Maclin
• Jason Hotch
• The Hometown Man (Cody Deaner)
• Eddie Edwards
• ….and, a returning……TREY MIGUEL!!!!!

Backstage, we have a moment in the parking lot, between the New TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mike Santana and Nic Nemeth, who still has a guarenteed opportunity for the title. Mike Santana tells Nic Nemeth to be careful of what he is about to say next, and Nemeth didn’t seem to hear him very well. Nemeth insues to bring up Mike Santana’s daughter, which causes a fight between the two, and security having to break it up.

Best believe, that the saga between Mike Santana and Nic Nemeth, is far from over, with Nemeth still holding that trophy and a guarenteed shot for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

We have another backstage segment, with Nic Nemeth scolding some of the younger talent, who are seen playing video games…while Nemeth was having the forementioned brawl with Mike Santana. One standout from this group, BDE, is the subject off Nic Nemeth’s embarassment, and this causes BDE to challenge Nemeth to a one on one contest next week!

We have yet another segment, with the newest Knockout signed to TNA (Elayna Black), making her way to the ring to talk about the Impact that she made with her “debut”. Black goes on to talk about how she makes headlines wherever she goes, and is the only Knockout that matters. We will see next week, if Elayna Black is really ready to go on the road towards capturing the TNA Knockouts Championship!

Speaking of Elayna Black, Daria Rae (the new authority figure in TNA, who signed Elayna Black), is speaking with Santino Marella. Marella and Rae are then interrupted by Santino’s daughter, Ariana Grace, who claims that she and Stacks truly apologize for turning on him. Grace begs for her father’s forgiveness and Santino seems to believe her for the moment, with the two hugging and coming to terms.

Jeff Hardy vs Mustafa Ali (FULL MATCH) Highlights!

The Righteous just couldn’t take a break without once again directeing their attention to the Hardy Boyz, after Jeff’s victory over Mustafa Ali. It’s seems that the battle for the TNA World Tag Team Championships, is fare from over between the Hardy boyz and The Righteous…but now that Order 4 has entered the Fray, how will the TNA Tag Team Championship picture look? We shall find out soon.