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3 hours ago
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TNA President Teases Slammiversary Will Be ‘PHENOMENAL'
Could it be? This weekend, TNA Wrestling will celebrate its 23rd anniversary with a stacked card at Slammiversary. Amongst the lineup is TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich vs NXT Women's Champion Jacy Jayne, with the winner taking possession of both championships. Elsewhere, TNA World Champion Trick Williams will defend his title against Mike Santana and Joe Hendry. Per an announcement from TNA President Carlos Silva, fans are also hoping to see an appearance from a popular TNA alum. Due to high demand, TNA has opened up additional seats at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, the site of Slammiversary. 'We're moving the stage back to accommodate more fans,' Silva wrote on Twitter/X. 'This event will be TNA's greatest achievement and trust me it's going to be PHENOMENAL.' The latter sentence has particularly caught the attention of fans, as it seemingly points to former TNA World Champion AJ Styles, known as 'The Phenomenal One.' While a contracted WWE talent, Styles appeared on the 2022 Slammiversary event, via a pre-taped video honoring the company's then-20-year anniversary. Given WWE's current partnership with TNA, wrestling fans have long called for Styles to physically return to his former home of 12 years. Styles' TNA run was so successful that the company considered inducting him into their Hall of Fame. Styles turned it down at the time, citing his desire to wait until after he retires from in-ring competition. As of this writing, there is no official word on whether or not AJ Styles will appear at Slammiversary 2025 in any manner. Regardless, the July 20 event already looks to be a success from a ticket standpoint, with Silva promising the show itself to also be a success. RELATED: Report: New Update On AJ Styles' WWE Status The post TNA President Teases Slammiversary Will Be 'PHENOMENAL' appeared first on Wrestlezone.
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TNA iMPACT Results: Review, Grades, Card For July 17
Our TNA iMPACT results for tonight include Trick Williams and Frankie Kazarian versus Joe Hendry and Mike Santana, Moose versus Sami Callihan for the X-Division Championship, Order 4 versus The System, Tessa Blanchard versus Dani Luna, and Matt Cardona in action. TNA iMPACT Card The announced card is as follows: Trick Williams and Frankie Kazarian vs Joe Hendry and Mike Santana Moose (c) vs Sami Callihan – TNA X Division Championship NXT Women's Champion Jacy Jayne addresses TNA Slammiversary Matt Cardona in action Order 4 (Mustafa Ali, Jason Hotch, and John Skyler) vs. The System (Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, and JDC) The Hardys' final message before Slammiversary Tessa Blanchard vs Dani Luna The Home Town Man vs Judas Icarus (w/ Eric Young and Travis Williams) We'll hear from The Elegance Brand TNA iMPACT Results We get a recap of last week's event, including Masha Slamovich pinning Jacy Jayne in tag team action as well as FIR$T CLA$$ and Trick Williams' assault on Joe Hendry and Mike Santana in the main event. Moose (c) vs. Sami Callihan – X Division Championship The finish of the match saw Moose hit Callihan with a spear for the win. Winner and still X Division Champion: Moose After the match, Moose grabs the mic and calls out Leon Slater. Moose says it's just another Sunday for home but for Slater, it's the biggest match of his career. He's says his reign of dominance will continue post-TNA Slammiversary. Moose tells Sami Callihan, who's still in the ring, that he doesn't have it anymore. He calls Callihan a 'fat piece of garbage.' Moose puts over Sami for having a great mind for the business, but tells him to leave his boots in the ring and get 'your fat ass out of my ring.' Callihan unties his laces and gets out of the ring. Moose introduces The System (Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards and JDC) for their six-man tag team match against Order 4 next on iMPACT Wrestling as the show heads to a commercial break. Grade: B- A quick title defense for Moose just three days before TNA Slammiversary. Honestly, they could've just let Moose win without the title on the line and that would've been perfectly fine with this writer as well. Did Callihan tease his retirement with the post-match angle? It remains to be seen what TNA has in store for the Death Machine. The System vs. Order 4 The match never gets started because NXT's DarkState attacks The System inside the ring. Tom Hannifan reminds fans that it was The System that brought the fight to DarkState this past week on NXT. Brian Myers takes a powerbomb inside the ring as Mustafa Ali and the rest of Order 4 watches with a big smile on their faces outside. Dani Luna backstage promo Dani Luna hypes up her match against Tessa Blanchard next on TNA iMPACT. Luna says Tessa is just in her way as she looks to make her way to the top of the Knockouts Division at the former TNA World Champion's expense. Dani Luna vs. Tessa Blanchard The finish of the match saw Blanchard hit her diving double knee facebreaker on Luna for the win. Winner: Tessa Blanchard After the match, Tessa and Victoria Crawford gang up on Dani Luna but Indi Hartwell arrives to make the save. Hartwell grabs the mic and says Tessa has always turned her back on friends. She says 'you will know me bitch' after TNA Slammiversary. Grade: A- A great match on the final episode of TNA iMPACT before Slammiversary. Blanchard treats every match like she's working a PLE. She actually had to put a lot of effort into putting down Dani Luna, which shows Luna's own resilience. The post-match angle was short and right on point. This writer is looking forward to Tessa Blanchard versus Indi Hartwell at Slammiversary. The IInspiration promo The IInspiration hypes up their upcoming TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship match against The Elegance Brand. They say Elegance's run with the titles has been sweet but it hasn't inspired. Jessica McKay and Cassie Lee vows to become two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions come July 20th. The Elegance Brad hits the ring Ash by Elegance has the mic. She says she was fined $500,000 because TNA fans submitted footage of the group hijacking The IInspiration's fan signing. Ash says fans should be talking about her because she's the number one contender for the TNA Knockouts World Champion. She puts over Elegance Brand as the most dominant female faction in pro wrestling today. Fatal Influence interrupts. The trio enters the ring. Jacy Jayne says Fatal Influence had no problems with Elegance Brand until Ash started calling The Elegance Brand the most dominant women faction in pro wrestling today. Masha Slamovich shows up and shoulder bumps Ash before getting inside the ring. The TNA Knockouts Champion tells Jacy she doesn't know her. Masha recalls living through hardships to become the champion she's today. She says she's carried the title with proud. Masha says Jacy has to stop her heart from beating in order to take the TNA title away from her. Fatal Influence steps back a bit before Jacy steps forward to raise her NXT Women's Championship as does Masha to cap off the segment. Backstage, we see Indi Hartwell making sure Dani Luna is okay following the attack from earlier the night. Jodi Threat appears and asks if Dani is okay. Dani reluctantly replies as we sense an air of discomfort take over the room. Next up is TNA iMPACT's weekly injury report presented by Tom Hannifan. The Home Town Man vs Judas Icarus The finish of the match saw HTM plant Icarus with a springboard inverted DDT for the win. Winner: Home Town Man After the match, Eric Young tries to ruin HTM's celebration but Home Town Man escapes through the crowd. The fans won't let EY get through to get his hands on Home Town Man. EY tries again but can't get through the crowd to attack HTM who's still celebrating with fans. Grade: B+ A really fun match between HTM and Icarus. Midcard feuds like this make for some entertaining television. Eric Young is adamant about Home Town Man being Cody Deaner but fans only care for HTM to make a mockery of Young and The Northern Armory. Another Fourth Rope promo Real1 (Enzo Amore) is back with another video package paid for by Fourth Rope. Enzo buries Tony (Khan) and All In. He says he's coming to TNA Slammiversary this Sunday but he's not coming alone. Real1 namedrops Zilla Fatu and a certain Bishop (Dyer) as part of his entourage at the PPV. Steve Maclin issues an open challenge for the TNA International Championship at Slammiversary. Who wills step up to the champion this Sunday? Matt Cardona vs. Jake Painter Cardona calls out DarkState before the match. The group arrives and takes out Painter and Cardona so the match never really takes place. Brian Myers arrives to the rescue but is ambushed as well. Rest of The System comes out with weapons in their hands to clear the ring. The segment caps off with Cardona, Edwards, JDC, and Myers standing in the ring as DarkState watches from the outside. The Hardys' in-ring promo segment The Hardy Boys are up next. Matt Hardy thanks the crowd for supporting them throughout the years. They reflect on their amazing career. Matt says they have talked about not overstaying their run. Jeff reminds fans about their recent loss to AJ Francis. Matt says they've been world tag team champions across major promotions across in different decades, but questions their ability to perform at the top of their game. Leon Slater shows up. Slater struggles to find words. He says he's not here to talk as a fanboy but as someone who's competed alongside the Hardys Boys. Matt thanks Slater for his words but Slater tells them to stop questioning themselves. FIR$T CLA$$ interrupts. Matt asks Slater to exit the ring because it's not his fight. Francis says Hardys aren't even the best brother tag team on TNA iMPACT. The Nemeths arrive. Nic Nemeths reminds the fans and the two teams inside the ring who the TNA World Tag Team Champions are. Ryan Nemeth says they will be champions forever. Nemeth says he and his brother have been in more ladder matches than the other two teams combined. The Nemeths attack The Hardys. The Rascalz show up and take The Nemeths to the back. Matt and Jeff introduce a ladder to the ring. The duo takes out Francis with a chair to the face. The Hardys set up the ladder and stand tall as the crowd chants their name to cap off the segment. TNA Slammiversary Match Card Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt runs the line-up for this weekend's Slammiversary. Check out the complete card below: Trick Williams (c) vs. Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana – TNA World Championship Moose (c) vs. Leon Slater – TNA X Division Championship The Nemeths (Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth) (c) vs. The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) vs. The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz) vs. Fir$t Cla$$ (A. J. Francis and KC Navarro) – TNA World Tag Team Championship Four-Way Ladder Match Tessa Blanchard vs. Indi Hartwell Mustafa Ali vs. Cedric Alexander The Elegance Brand (Ash by Elegance and Heather by Elegance) (c) (with M by Elegance and The Personal Concierge) vs. The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay) – TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship Masha Slamovich (TNA) (with Léi Yǐng Lee and Xia Brookside) vs. Jacy Jayne (NXT) (with Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx) – Title vs. Title The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, and JDC) and Matt Cardona vs. DarkState (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, Cutler James, and Saquon Shugars) Trick Williams and Frankie Kazarian vs Joe Hendry and Mike Santana The finish of the match saw Santana plant Kaz with a disqus lariat for the win. Winners: Joe Hendry and Mike Santana After the match, the three men in the Slammiversary main event lock eyes as Trick Williams raises the TNA World Championship to cap off the show. Overall Grade: B+ A segment-heavy episode to hit the final hype before TNA Slammiversary. I really enjoyed the match between Tessa Blanchard and Dani Luna. Real 1's promo was entertaining, not going to lie. I thought the dig at Tony at All In was hilarious, which in my opinion will go down as one of the greatest PPVs in AEW history. And for those who missed, here's what went down at the end of tonight's show: How would you rate tonight's TNA iMPACT on a scale of 1 to 10? Let us know in the comments! The post TNA iMPACT Results: Review, Grades, Card For July 17 appeared first on Wrestlezone.
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04-07-2025
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WWE Veteran Teases Crossover Title Match With TNA Wrestling Champion
WWE Veteran Teases Crossover Title Match With TNA Wrestling Champion originally appeared on Athlon Sports. One longtime WWE veteran is teasing a potential high-stakes match for TNA Wrestling's "Slammiversary 2025" event. Advertisement TNA's biggest show of the summer is set to emanate from UBS Arena on July 20. Athlon Sports will be on the scene for the event, which will feature a triple threat match for the TNA World Championship involving titleholder Trick Williams, Joe Hendry, and Mike Santana. As far as the women's world title match is concerned, WWE might just have a presence in those plans as well. Former two-time world champion Natalya has been stoking the flames of a potential showdown with current TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich. Slamovich responded to a post on X from Natalya, who called out a slew of names who work for WWE and other promotions. Slamovich's name was on that list, and TNA's top female titleholder told Natalya that she will be waiting. Advertisement Natalya fired back at Slamovich, saying she will "beat your ass anytime, any rules, anywhere that will sanction it." Cory Hays of quote tweeted Natalya's response and hinted at a matchup between the two taking place at "Slammiversary." The idea isn't far-fetched, given WWE's strong relationship with TNA Wrestling. Slamovich is currently involved in a storyline with her former tag team partner Killer Kelly, but that feud is expected to culminate on Thursday's episode of "TNA iMPACT!" Slamovich will put her TNA Knockouts World Championship on the line against Kelly in a chain match, which is an homage to their previous gimmick as a tag team. Advertisement Related: 'WWE SmackDown' Spoiler Results for July 4 Show: Big Surprises and 'Evolution 2025' Implications This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
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19-06-2025
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WWE star shows off incredible body transformation after shredding more than 10kg and demands new nickname
WWE star Lexis King showed off his incredible body transformation after losing more than 10kg. The wrestler shared the secrets behind his success as fans were left stunned by the weight loss. 2 King has undergone a rapid change - shedding more than 10kg in just six weeks. He took to X to share a photo of his slim figure, showing off his six-pack in front of the mirror. King christened himself a new nickname with the caption: "I lost 23 pounds in 6 weeks! "You all can now refer to me as 'Skinny Lexis' 👑👑👑" The WWE NXT star revealed he lost the pounds by quitting cannabis and using nicotine product Zyn instead. Another added: "Looking good, brother." And another said: "You look amazing!!" King last fought at the June 13 NXT live event, partnering Trick Williams in a defeat to tag team champions Hank Walker and Tank Ledger.
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18-06-2025
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Where to Watch WWE NXT Online Tonight (June 17) Live via Stream, Match Card Preview
WWE NXT comes to you live from the Performance Center in Orlando, FL. Here's how you can watch the show: Where to watch WWE NXT online tonight (June 17) in the U.S. NXT airs every Tuesday on The CW. You can watch it below: Advertisement Watch WWE NXT in the U.S. via CW The road to WWE Evolution kicks off with four eliminator matches going down tonight. Plus, Blake Monroe (fka Mariah May) puts pen to paper on her NXT contract. Where to watch WWE NXT online in the U.K. & international NXT is available to watch in the U.K. and other international countries via Netflix. You can watch the event below: Watch NXT internationally via Netflix International fans can also catch the show via on-demand viewing. WWE NXT start time The event will start at the following times, depending on your timezone: Region Start Time Eastern 8 p.m. Pacific 5 p.m. Central 7 p.m. U.K. & Ireland 1 a.m. (June 18) Canada 8 p.m. Here's what's on tap for the show: Trick Williams & FIR$T CLA$$ (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) vs. Elijah, Josh Briggs, & Yoshiki Inamura After helping Trick Williams retain his title on back-to-back occasions, FIR$T CLA$$' AJ Francis and KC Navarro will join forces with the TNA World Champion against Elijah, Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura in six-man tag team action. Blake Monroe signs her NXT contract The NXT Universe is still buzzing at the arrival of Mariah May. The former AEW Women's World Champion revealed her new name last week in a vignette. Tonight, she puts pen to paper on her NXT contract. WWE Evolution Eliminator Matches Eight NXT superstars will collide across four eliminator matches to determine the opponents for a fatal four-way number one contender's match for the NXT Women's Championship, with Jacy Jayne set for a title defense at WWE Evolution. Tonight's line-up will see Jordynne Grace versus Lola Vice, ZARIA versus Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan versus Lash, and Thea Hail versus Jaida Parker. Advertisement WrestleZone will have full coverage of WWE NXT as it airs. The post Where to Watch WWE NXT Online Tonight (June 17) Live via Stream, Match Card Preview appeared first on Wrestlezone.
