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13-06-2025
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TNA iMPACT Results: Review, Grades, Card For June 12
Our TNA iMPACT results for tonight include Jason Hotch vs. Leon Slater, The IInspiration in action, Hardys vs. FIR$T CLA$$, four versus four Knockouts tag team action, and TNA World Champion Trick Williams in a penthouse segment with AJ Francis and KC Navarro. TNA iMPACT Card The announced card is as follows: Advertisement Santino Marella kicks off iMPACT! We'll hear from Mance Warner and Steph De Lander Steve Maclin sounds off Jason Hotch vs. Leon Slater Indi Hartwell, Killer Kelly, Jody Threat, and Tasha Steelz vs. Rosemary, Dani Luna, Tessa Blanchard, and Xia Brookside (8-4-1 Match) The IInspiration in action The Hardys vs. FIR$T CLA$$ FIR$T CLA$$ Penthouse with TNA World Champion Trick Williams TNA iMPACT Results This week's episode of iMPACT kicks off with a recap of TNA Against All Odds. The video package showcases the return of IInspiration, as well as Killer Kelly's confrontation with Masha Slamovich in the aftermath of Kelly's return. The package caps off with highlights from the TNA World Championship match between Trick Williams and Elijah. We see events from earlier today where Mike Santana is walking into the building. Santana gets stopped by Santino Marella who informs him that he's suspended for two weeks in case he didn't get the memo. Santana says he respects Santino but he wants his match against AJ Francis. We see Robert Stone trying to weasel his way into the building but Santino gets security to throw him out. Santino Marella kicks off TNA iMPACT! TNA's Director of Authority Santino Marella is in the ring. Marella puts over the fans for supporting him against Robert Stone. Marella hypes up TNA Slammiversary before running down the PPV line-up. It will be Leon Slater against Moose for the X-Division Championship. Also set for the show is a 10-man tag team match featuring some of TNA's biggest stars. Marella then focuses his attention on Trick Williams. He says the TNA locker room wants to get their hands on Tricky Williams. Marella caps off his promo by welcoming IInspiration back to TNA ahead of their in-ring return to the iMPACT Zone. The IInspiration vs. Brittnie Brooks & Missa Kate The finish of the match saw The IInspiration hit their tag team finisher, The Idolizer, on Missa Kate for the win. Advertisement Winners: The IInspiration The Hardys hype up their upcoming main event tag team match against FIR$T CLA$$ on TNA iMPACT. Matt says they'll get through Francis and Navarro to get their hands on The Nemeths for the TNA World Tag Team Championship at TNA Slammiversary. Grace: C+ A solid comeback for The IInspiration. The theme song is always a banger to listen to. Shoutout to Harley Cameron for her amazing voice. It seems The IInspiration versus The Elegance Brand is the direction for Slammiversary. We get a recap of FIR$T CLA$$ confrontation with Inamura and Briggs from this past Tuesday's NXT. Set for next week's NXT is a six-man tag team match featuring Briggs, Elijah and Inamura against FIR$T CLA$$ and Trick Williams. FIR$T CLA$$ penthouse with TNA World Champion Trick Williams Francis and Navarro introduce themselves to the iMPACT crowd. Fans don't want anything to do with the pair. Francis puts over his fit. Navarro tells fans to buy their merch at Francis says he's in a good mood. They welcome a kid to the stage. The crowd pops big time for Pedro. Francis asks the crowd if he should give Pedro the money only to insult the kid and the crowd. We then get the Trick Williams introduction. Francis asks Trick how does he feel about FIR$T CLA$$. Trick puts them over. Francis says the TNA World Title would look better if it got the more titles to go with it. He says FIR$T CLA$$ will challenge for the TNA World Tag Team Championship after they beat Hardys in the TNA iMPACT main event tonight. The segment ends with Francis and Navarro ad libing to Trick's theme song. The System confronts Jason Hotch backstage. The group tries to play mind games with Hotch. Mustafa Ali and the rest of Order 4 shows up. We get a stare down before Ali takes his faction for Hotch's upcoming match. The System then confronts Matt Cardona, who says he and his tag team partner will take on The System in a tag team match next week. Rest of The System leaves Cardona alone but Brian Myers stares a hole through his former tag team partner. Jason Hotch (w/ John Skylar) vs. Leon Slater The finish of the match saw Slater hit Hotch with a Swanton 450 for the win. Advertisement Winner: Leon Slater We see Tessa Blanchard in a backstage interview segment ahead of the multi-woman number one contender's match. Tessa mocks Gia Miller before putting herself over as the next number one contender to the TNA Knockouts Championship. Tessa says this division needs a reminder of who built it. Grade: B+ A great match between two men who have what it takes to carry the X Division Championship for years to come. The crowd loves Slater. Hotch's time will come but only after get puts Mustafa Ali in the backdrop. Let's see if Slater breaks Amazing Red's record to become the youngest X-Division Champion at Slammiversary. 8-4-1 Match for a shot at TNA Knockouts Championship The finish of the match saw Killer Kelly take advantage of Indi's finisher on Tasha Steelz for the win. Advertisement Winner: Killer Kelly After the match, Gia Miller is backstage with Masha Slamovich for her comments. Masha talks about her history with Kelly. She promises to retain her title and make Killer Kelly her bitch. Grade: B- TNA revived an innovative concept for this match. For those unaware of the rules, the 8-4-1 match begins as a four on four tag team match with the winning team immediately facing each other in a four-way until one remains. Indi was the popular choice but TNA picked Kelly because of her past history with Masha Slamovich. This decision feels rushed but they are keeping Indi and Masha apart as both are babyfaces. Steve Maclin recaps his Against All Odds match against Mance Warner. Maclin says Warner couldn't beat him for the TNA International Championship. He talks about next week's Champions Challenge tag team match also featuring Trick Williams. Maclin calls himself the last pillar of TNA Wrestling before delivering a warning for the TNA World Champion. Mance Warner lays out Tommy Dreamer Warner and Steph De Lander come out to the stage. De Lander calls Against All Odds a robbery. She says the only people that are doing all the screwing around here are the two of them. Warner gets hostile toward a production guy. Security tries to calm him down. Tommy Dreamer tries to talk some sense into the Southern Psycho. Warner takes a step back only to plant Dreamer with a suplex on the stage. He then takes out the former Innovator of Violence with a running knee. We get a backstage promo featuring Sami Callihan. Callihan says we're on the verge of TNA iMPACT's 23rd anniversary but the TNA World Championship is being held by an 'idiot outsider.' Eric Young and the Northern Armory show up. EY says people like AJ Styles and Samoa Joe built TNA from the ground up. He calls himself and Callihan the heart of TNA. Callihan says he respects Eric Young and will see him next week. Eric Young accepts and delivers a cheap shot. Next week on TNA iMPACT! Sami Callihan vs. Eric Young Masha Slamovich & Léi Yǐng Lee vs. Heather & Ash by Elegance Champions Challenge returns Order 4 Summit FIR$T CLA$$ vs. The Hardys The Hardys win via DQ after TNA World Champion Trick Williams interferes, causing all the major heels and babyfaces to come out and start a brawl. Leon Slater performs a huge dive on the outside to take out The System. TNA iMPACT ends with Elijah, Leon Slater, Joe Hendry and The Hardys standing tall inside the ring. Winners: The Hardys via DQ TNA iMPACT Review A strong showing by TNA in the aftermath of Against All Odds. Leon Slater versus Jason Hotch gets this writer's vote for the match of the night. It was nice to hear The IInspiration's banger of a theme song. The 8-4-1 match seemed was okay at best. Hopefully, Indi Hartwell didn't get injure with the stomp she took. The chaotic ending to the main event was the perfect way to cap off the night. Grade: B+ How would you rate 6/12 episode of TNA iMPACT on a scale of 1 to 10? Let us know in the comments! The post TNA iMPACT Results: Review, Grades, Card For June 12 appeared first on Wrestlezone.
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31-05-2025
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Trick Williams To Defend TNA World Championship On WWE NXT
This past Sunday Night, at the NXT Battleground Premium Live Event, former NXT World Champion Trick Williams created history by becoming the first active NXT Superstar to become the TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Williams defeated Joe Hendry in controversial fashion to capture the title. Last night on NXT, Trick Williams celebrated his championship victory. He also claimed that he is going to change the name of TNA Wrestling to TrickNA. Williams also ran down the list of some of the former stars who had held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship before. Such as Kurt Angle, Drew McIntyre, Bully Ray, and AJ Styles, and then claimed that none of them are on his level. Advertisement Right at that moment, the self-proclaimed savior of TNA, Mike Santana, walked out to confront the newly crowned TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Santana called Williams a pretend rapper, a pretend fighter, and a pretend champion. He also claimed to be the one to dethrone Williams. Trick Williams responded by saying that only the champion can call the shots. Just at that moment, TNA Wrestling's Director of Authority Santino Marella, popped up on screen and mentioned that Mike Santana will get his title match next week on NXT. Catch up on everything that went down on this week's show here. Do you think Santana can dethrone Trick Williams? The post Trick Williams To Defend TNA World Championship On WWE NXT appeared first on Wrestlezone.
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31-05-2025
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Mike Santana Warns Trick Williams Ahead of TNA World Title Clash on WWE NXT
Mike Santana vows to bring the TNA World Title home ahead of his showdown with Trick Williams on WWE NXT. Trick Williams stunned the wrestling world at NXT Battleground when he defeated Joe Hendry to capture the TNA World Title. While celebrating on this week's WWE NXT, he came face-to-face with Mike Santana. Advertisement Their heated exchange prompted Director of Authority Santino Marella to appear on screen, making the match official. Williams will defend the TNA World Title against Santana next week on WWE NXT. On Impact, Mike Santana made a huge statement following the TNA Tag Team Title number one contender four-way match. The Rascalz won the match to become the number one contenders for the Tag Team Titles beating First Class, the Aztec Warriors and The System. Mike Santana then launched a backstage attack on First Class' Francis and Navarro backstage as they were seen in an argument. Later in the show, Trick Williams appeared in a vignette. Williams addressed his absence from TNA Impact programming. Trick Williams claimed he demanded first-class travel and five-star accommodations but received coach instead. He then warned Santana to stay out of his face and then mocked the former TNA World Champion Joe Hendry. Advertisement Not one to back down, Mike Santana fired back with a message of his own. After Steve Maclin retained the International Title against Matt Cardona in the main event, cameras caught Santana walking the halls backstage. He promised to make good on his word and bring the TNA World Title back where it belongs when he faces Trick Williams on WWE NXT. Catch up on everything that went down on this week's episode of TNA Impact here. Read More: Nic Nemeth: It's Cool For Fans, But Joe Hendry Blew It For TNA And I Want To Kick His Ass The post Mike Santana Warns Trick Williams Ahead of TNA World Title Clash on WWE NXT appeared first on Wrestlezone.
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01-04-2025
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TNA Wrestling Introducing New Championship
TNA Wrestling logo NEW 2024 TNA is switching things up a bit with a new championship. TNA Wrestling has been one of the more popular wrestling shows for a while now. Now, the promotion has introduced a brand new championship. During the latest set of tapings, TNA Wrestling's Director of Authority Santino Marella revealed that a brand new championship will be introduced at the upcoming TNA Pay-per-view Unbreakable. spoiler alert During the most recent set of TNA Impact tapings, the Director of Authority Santino Marella stripped Steph De Lander of the TNA Digital Media Championship. Advertisement Following that, Marella also announced that a new championship would be introduced in TNA. The new champion will be crowned at TNA Unbreakable. The new championship is the brand new TNA International Championship. The inaugural champion will be crowned via a tournament. Each match in the tournament will be a three-way match. Despite the new title being announced after Santino stripped Steph De Lander of her Digital Media Championship, it is unclear if the International Championship will replace the Digital Media Championship or have a new lineage. The TNA Digital Media Championship (then Impact Wrestling Digital Media Championship) was introduced at TNA Bound For Glory in 2021. Jordynne Grace was the inaugural champion, and there were 12 total champions in all, including De Lander. Joe Hendry had the longest reign at 266 days, while Laredo Kid had the shortest at 29. Who do you think will be the inaugural TNA International Champion? The post TNA Wrestling Introducing New Championship appeared first on Wrestlezone.
Axios
31-01-2025
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What to know about the 2025 WWE Royal Rumble
Sixty WWE superstars will compete across two matches Saturday night in Lucas Oil Stadium for a chance to headline the company's biggest show of the year. The big picture: The Royal Rumble is the official start of WrestleMania season, and the best annual opportunity for new or lapsed fans to see if they want to give WWE a shot. How it works: The Royal Rumble begins with two wrestlers in the ring. Every 90 seconds, a timer ticks down and a new wrestler enters. The clock keeps rolling until 30 competitors have entered. But don't expect to see all 30 wrestlers rumbling at once. Along the way, wrestlers try to eliminate their opponents by throwing them over the top rope. The last wrestler standing wins and earns a title shot of their choice at WrestleMania XLI in Las Vegas. There is a men's match and a women's match. Both matches follow the same structure. The intrigue: While lots of wrestlers declare for the Royal Rumble, most of the competitors and their order of entry are kept a mystery, making every countdown of the timer more exciting. Fun fact: The match can be a true test of endurance for early entrants. The record for the longest time spent in the match goes to World Heavyweight Champion Gunther who was in the ring battling for 71 minutes and 40 seconds during the 2023 event. The shortest Rumble stint goes to Santino Marella who was tossed out in just 1.9 seconds. How to watch: The Royal Rumble streams on Peacock at 7pm. If you go: Tickets start at $130 Go deeper: 15 wrestling-themed events to celebrate Royal Rumble week
