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TNA Sacrifice Advantage Match: Eddie Edwards vs. Leon Slater
The TNA Sacrifice 2025 pay-per-view “go-home” episode of TNA iMPACT kicks off from inside Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Eddie Edwards makes his way to the ring accompanied by Alisha Edwards. His opponent, Leon Slater, makes his way out next.
The bell sounds and the scheduled TNA Sacrifice Advantage Match is underway. The winner will get their team the advantage in the 10-man steel cage match at Sacrifice. Eddie whips Leon into the steel steps, but Leon leaps over it and hits a hurricanrana on Eddie.
Eddie throws Leon into the steel steps and back into the ring. Eddie whips Leon into the corner. Eddie with an armwringer on Leon, but Leon returns with an armdrag. Eddie hits an overhead belly-to-belly suplex for two. Leon hits a single leg dropkick on Eddie and hits a crossbody off the ropes for two.
Eddie pulls down on Leon’s hurt arm and goes for a Backpack Stunner but Leon reverses into a rollup for two. Eddie catches Leon for a Blue Thunder Bomb for two. Leon hits a superkick on Eddie and goes to the top rope but Eddie stops him. Leon drops Eddie and goes for the Swanton 450, but Eddie moves out of the way and hits the Boston Knee Party.
Eddie Edwards def. Leon Slater by pinfall
Wes Lee vs. Laredo Kid
Mance Warner and Steph De Lander taunt Sami Callihan backstage, daring him to hit them since there is a no physicality clause heading into their match at TNA Sacrifice. Back inside the Impact Zone, Wes Lee heads out with Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe. His opponent, Laredo Kid, comes out next by himself. The bell sounds and off they go.
Laredo Kid hits an Asai Moonsault on Wes Lee outside the ring. Laredo throws him in the ring and hits a crossbody for two. Wes throws Kid face first into the second turnbuckle and hits a superkick. Kid goes to the top rope but Lee drops him and hits a brainbuster for two.
Kid and Lee exchange forearms and Kid hits a neckbreaker followed by a superman forearm in the corner followed by a sitout driver and a twisting Swanton for two. Kid goes for a running superman forearm but Lee catches him and flips Kid inside out and hits the Cardiac Kick for the win.
Once the match wraps up, The Rascalz come out with Ace Austin. Zachary Wentz says that at TNA Sacrifice, they will close this chapter once and for all and ship them back to NXT.
Wes Lee def. Laredo Kid by pinfall
Santino Marella Makes New Match for TNA Sacrifice
Spitfire comes up to Santino and asks if they know what happened and Santino says it was not very nice. Ash and Heather by Elegance come up and Ash says they were treated like dogs. Santino books a 2-on-3 match for Sacrifice with The Personal Concierge teaming up with Ash and Heather by Elegance.
Xia Brookside vs. Rosemary
Xia hits a hurricanrana and a single leg dropkick followed by a monkey flip for two. Rosemary returns with a clothesline. Rosemary hits a Northern Lights Suplex for two.
Rosemary catches Xia with the Upside Down against the ropes. Xia with a headscissors followed by Broken Wings in the corner. Xia hits a crossbody off the top rope.
Rosemary gets a steel chain from under the ring and gets into the ring but Xia steps on her hand and pulls the chain out of her hand. Rosemary spits mist on Xia’s face and the referee calls for the bell.
Xia Brookside def. Rosemary by disqualification
JDC vs. Cody Deaner
A vignette for Steve Maclin who’s writing into a book and sharing drinks with Eric Young. Steve says as long as he’s with the Northern Armory, he can’t be with him. Maclin says he has respect for him. Maclin leaves and Eric smiles.
Cody says it’s great to be back in Orlando. He says a year ago, his personal life was fantastic, but his professional life wasn’t so good. He said he’s put his choice into the hands of the people. JDC says these people don’t care about his children or about him.
JDC says all he cares about is his match at Sacrifice. He tells Deaner to take the loss, be a man and not be a disappointment to his children. Deaner says it’s the people’s choice. He asks if he should leave and let the referee count to 10, or should he punch JDC in the face 10 times.
The fans chant for the latter and Deaner says the people have spoken. JDC looks to punch Deaner 10 times in the corner, but Deaner returns with an atomic drop. Deaner climbs the turnbuckle and punches him 10 times. JDC hits the Falcon Arrow for the win.
JDC def. Cody Deaner by pinfall
Tessa Blanchard & Cora Jade vs. Masha Slamovich & Lei Ying Lee
Tessa hits Magnum on Lee and Cora pins her for two. Cora and Lee take down each other with clotheslines. Tessa goes for a cutter but Masha takes her down with a big boot.
Masha with a running back elbow in the corner to Tessa. Tessa hits Magnum on Lee and Masha hits a running boot to Tessa’s face. Lee with a knee to the back of Cora’s neck outside the ring.
Masha hits Tessa with forearms. Tessa rakes the eyes of Masha. Lee hits Thunderstruck on Tessa. Cora hits Masha with the Knockouts World Championship belt. Tessa hits the Buzzsaw for the win.
Cora Jade and Tessa Blanchard def. Masha Slamovich and Léi Yǐng Lee by pinfall
The Summit With Mustafa Ali & Mike Santana
The show returns to The Summit with Mustafa Ali and Mike Santana, which is moderated by Tom Hannifan. Standing behind Ali are The Great Hands and Tasha Steelz.
Ali is late and he apologises. Tom Hannifan asks what he hopes to accomplish with this summit. Ali says the bigger picture is TNA. He says they need a leader. He says he is here to knock down walls into pebbles for future generations to come. He says Mike Santana cannot handle the pressure.
Santana says he has been handling pressure his entire life. He talks about going through The System and defeating Josh Alexander. Tom Hannifan points out that Santana has not been beaten in 6 months. Ali says handling pressure is facing adversity. Mustafa Ali says he is not a leader, he is a liability and even worse than that, he is an addict.
Santana says he is full of shit and that he is not here for the people, the locker room or TNA, he is here for himself. He says he is an addict for the people and for this company. He says for every addict that is out there, he has shown that it is possible to hit the bottom and rise.
He says at Sacrifice, Ali’s hands better cash those checks. Ali says there’s too much tension here and offers him a drink. Ali says at Sacrifice, he’s going to lose, he’s going to face adversity and he’s going to break and he’s going to let everyone down.
He said Santana is going to break his daughter’s heart. Santana goes after Ali but The Good Hands beat down on Santana. Mustafa Ali leaves a glass of wine for Santana and leaves. Santana comes to, sees the glass and angrily smacks it out of camera frame to end the tense segment.
TNA World Championship
Joe Hendry (c) vs. Ryan Nemeth
Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt run down the card for Sacrifice. Kazarian joins the announce table and Tom Hannifan says Kazarian will face Steve Maclin at Sacrifice.
Joe Hendry comes out. He says “Say his name and he appears” works for him but let’s see if it works for Santino Marella. Santino comes out. He’s about to announce Joe Hendry’s opponent.
Ryan Nemeth comes out and says his big brother is returning to TNA Wrestling in 1 day. He says his big brother transferred over his rematch to Ryan. He goes out to face Joe Hendry.
Joe Hendry hits the Standing Ovation for the win in a title tilt that lasted all of maybe five to ten seconds.
Joe Hendry def. Ryan Nemeth by pinfall to retain the TNA World Championship
TNA World Championship
Joe Hendry (c) vs. Hammerstone
Santino says that is not the surprise opponent he had in mind. He brings out Hammerstone. As he heads to the ring, the show heads to a quick pre-match commercial break. When the show returns, the bell sounds and things get officially off-and-running. Hendry takes the early offensive lead on Hammerstone, who the commentators joke has gotten even bigger since he was last around.
Hendry goes to hook Hammerstone and hoist him up for his stalled suplex spot, but Hammerstone blocks it and sends the TNA World Champion sailing into the ring post, before he crashes and burns on the floor at ringside. Hammerstone heads out after him and adds some more punishment to Hendry at ringside.
After Hammerstone beats Hendry down some more on the floor, the show heads into a mid-match commercial break with the champion still very much on the defensive, and the muscled up challenger in a definitive offensive lead.
When the show returns from the final time out of the evening, Hendry is shown starting to fight back into competitive form as the crowd inside the Impact Zone begin loudly rallying behind him. Hendry hoists Hammerstone up and this time connects with his trademark stalled suplex spot.
Hendry hits a Fall Away slam and then does the big dramatic head-turn for a big pop. He does the stomp-stomp clap routine, leading the fans in the “We Will Rock You” themed rallying cry, as he looks to try and finish off the big man.
Hendry hoists Hammerstone over his shoulders, but Hammerstone escapes and hits a German suplex. He picks Hendry up and power bombs him into the mat with authority for a close two-count. He transitions into a Boston Crab and cranks back on the lower back of the champ.
Kazarian complains about the voice of the lady behind him at the commentary desk. Hammerstone looks to hoist Hendry up, but Hendry counters and hits a big back-suplex. He hoists Hammerstone up onto his shoulders. He launches him up high and slams him down.
He grabs Hammerstone by the throat and lifts him up for his Standing Ovation finisher. He follows up with the immediate cover for the pinfall victory and his second successful title defense of the evening. The System and The Colons hit the ring to attack Hendry afterwards.
The theme for The Hardy Boyz hits and out comes the TNA World Tag-Team Champions Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy, with Leon Slater and Elijah behind them. Everyone brawls in and around the ring. That’s how this week’s show goes off the air. Thanks for joining us!
Joe Hendry def. Hammerstone by pinfall to retain the TNA World Championship
(H/T to Himanshu Doi and 411Mania.com, as well as Matt Boone and F4WOnline.com)
