The road to TNA Rebellion 2026 continues to wind down tonight.
TNA Wrestling returns tonight at 9/8c on AMC TV with this week’s post-Sacrifice episode of TNA iMPACT.
TNA World Champion Mike Santana Kicks Things Off
Mike Santana came out to address the TNA crowd, and said he faced one of the toughest people in TNA, Steve Maclin, and “dropped him.” He promised to walk out of Sacrifice as world champion, and did, so now he’s moving onto other things. And that’s Eddie Edwards, at Rebellion. (I guess we’re all ignoring Nic Nemeth saying he would cash in at Rebellion in Cleveland on last Friday’s pre-show.)
Eddie Edwards and Cedric Alexander came out to retort, and Edwards reminded Santana that he pinned Santana last week. He added that when he wins the TNA World title at Rebellion, TNA will officially be run by The System. Santana suggested that Edwards doesn’t believe his own words, otherwise they’d be fighting right now. But Alexander shifted the focus to his challenge of the X Division Champion Leon Slater, who has been “ducking and dodging” him.
Cue Leon Slater, who tells Alexander he beat him nine months ago and won’t have any problem beating him again. Alexander responds that he doesn’t care about the fans anymore—he only cares about the System, who will have all the other gold after Rebellion.
This brings out Mustafa Ali and Order 4, because there’s not enough jabronies jaw-jacking in this opening. Ali is at least dressed to fight (as is Agent Zero), and he promised to beat Trey Miguel for the International Title at Rebellion.
That brought out Trey Miguel, who acknowledged that once someone says your name, you come out for the promo. Miguel called Ali a coward who hides behind his numbers, since he can’t do it himself. Miguel challenged Ali to be a real man, but whether he’s a real man or a coward, he’s not walking away with his International Title. “You mean not walking away like Jada Stone?”
Santana challenged the heels to a fight, which would be 3 on like 7, as Ali pointed out. But Moose came out to make it four on seven. Moose backdropped one of the Great Hands onto the other, and Santino Marella came out with “an idea on his brains” for a match. It’s up next after the break.
Mike Satana, Leon Slater, Trey Miguel & Moose (w/ Alisha Edwards) vs. Mustafa Ali, Agent Zero, Eddie Edwards and Cedric Alexander (w/ the rest of Order 4)
Moose started out with Ali. Ali quickly rethought that, and Alexander tagged in to get promptly squashed by a senton from Moose. Santana came in, and a cheap shot from Edwards gave him a brief advantage he failed to take advantage of. Santana caught him with a big dropkick, then tagged in Slater.
Slater and Santana hit some well-timed double teams on Edwards. Slater caught Edwards with a rana off the middle ropes but walked into an uranage from Alexander on the ring apron. Alexander caught Slater with a dropkick to the back of the neck.
Tags were made and Miguel and Ali had a great exchange. Migeul caught Ali with a sliding DDT to the floor, then came off the top rope with a meteora in the ring for a near fall. Ali boxed Miguel’s ears and tagged in Agent Zero, who planted Miguel to the mat with a choke slam.
Zero press-slammed Miguel to the mat, then tagged Ali back in. Ali choked Miguel against the ropes, then distracted the ref so Tasha Steelz could get in on the fun. The crowd chanted for Moose while Ali worked over Miguel some more. Edwards tagged in to floor Miguel with a chop. Edwards drew Moose into the ring so the heels could team up on Miguel behind the ref’s back… but they didn’t do that much to punish him.
Alexander got snagged in a small package for a near fall, and he responded by burying a knee into Miguel’s gut. Miguel avoided a shoulder block from Edwards in the corner, but Ali cut off Miguel from getting a tag. Ali the drew the faces into the ring so the Great Hands could beat on Miguel on the floor.
Miguel turned Ali inside out with a clothesline, but Zero got the tag and dumped Miguel with a German suplex. More double-teaming from the System, and Alexander got a near fall after a Michinoku Driver. Miguel came back and hit Alexander with a Lionsault, and kicked Edwards away, backdropped an interfering Ali, and finally got the hot tag to Santana.
Santana went one-on-one with Edwards and took him out with a flying knee. Santana took out Alexander with a dive to the floor. Santana hit Edwards with a front splash, but Ali broke up the pin. Miguel hi him with a flying DDT, and now its time for “hit a move, take a move” withe everyone going for dives. That ended BALDY for Ali, who tried to dive onto Moose and wound up powerbombed on the ring apron.
This left Moose and Agent Zero one on one in the ring. They brawled, Zero hit Moose with a boot, and Moose came back with a top rope superplex on Zero. But that left him open for a 450 from Ali. Which left Ali open from a 450 from Slater. Ali gave Slater a Lumbar Check, Miguel took care of Al. Satnana clotheslined Agent Zero out of the ring, dumped the Great Hands when they tired to interfere, and then hit Alexander with the rolling stunner. But that left Santana open to a Boston Knee Part from Edwards, and for the second time in a week, Edwards has pinned the TNA champ.
Match Result: Eddie Edwards, Mustafa Ali, Cedric Alexander & Agent Zero were victorious when Edwards pinned Santana (15:07).
— Daria Rae complained about Santino making the last impromptu match, and lets Santino know he’s on thin ice with the board. Also, the winner of tonight’s main event for the Knockouts World Title has to face Lei Ying Lee at Rebellion.
— Backstage as Sacrifice, the babyfaces were happy to see Ricky Sosa, but of course Eric Young has a problem with the new guy.
The Hardys and The Righteous
Matt Hardy couldn’t decide if he was Broken Matt or Classic Matt in this promo. It’s clear the Righteous were not really interested in brotherhood with the Hardys. And Jeff even painted Vincent’s face for the match on Friday!
Vincent and Dutch came out to respond, and Vince said they’re family. They didn’t betray the Hardys, but love requires sacrifice. Love is not gentle, Dutch said, and Hardys aren’t victims, but “the offering.” This promo doesn’t make much sense.
The Hardys “offer” to beat up the Righteous. Vincent said The Hardys have something that the Righteous wants. It’s not the titles or the money, but it’s something else. Matt again invited the Righteous in the ring for a fight, but Vince declined for tonight. So Matt makes the match for next week. Dutch agrees, but only if it’s an “extreme” match. Jeff agrees to make it a tag team tables match for the TNA tag team titles.
— In the back, the Bunny kidnapped Victoria Crawford with it’s magical powers while she was walking backstage with Tessa Blanchard.
— In the back, Arianna Grace made fun of Santana for losing his match. She reminded Santana that “world champions are supposed to win” and invited Santana to take notes. “They don’t even work here.”
Tessa Blanchard vs. Jody Threat in a Bunkhouse Match
Blanchard was dressed in jeans for the bunkhouse match, and brought out a bull rope. Threat was dressed in all black. Blanchard charged Threat as she made her entrance, but Threat fought back and used a trash can as a weapon. Threat tossed a basically knocked out Blanchard in the ring to start the match.
Threat looked around the ring for chairs, cables, and other weapons. She tossed a trash can at Blanchard that caught her in the head. Threat tossed a kendo stick in the ring that almost hit the commentators. But spending two minutes running around the ring looking for weapons gave Blanchard enough time to recover. Blanchard caught Threat with a sliding dropkick and took control.
Blanchard beat up Threat for a bit, but missed a charge while holding a trash can. There’s a giant heavy case that both Threat and Blanchard struggled to move. Threat finally got it in the ring, but Blanchard then caught her with a running forearm. Threat powerbombed Blanchard onto the edge of the ring apron, then tossed her back into the ring.
Threat set up Blanchard on a chair for a meteora, but Blanchard got out of the way and Threat smashed her knees against the chair. Blanchard wedged a chair between some turnbuckles. Blanchard wedged Threat’s head against the chair, then charged in with a dropkick. Threat fought back with the cowbell, then head butted Blanchard to hang her prone over the top turnbuckle. Threat then used a cable as a noose to choke out Blanchard.
Threat hit Blanchard with the cowbell. Threat wedged Blanchard’s head into the heavy case, but missed a knee drop into the case. Blanchard then took off her belt and if JR were calling this, “whipped her like a government mule!” Blanchard then took the referee’s belt and tried to choke out Threat. Threat powered Blanchard onto her shoulders, while she was being choked out, and gave her an F5 (or Pop Shove It). But Blanchard held onto the belt and choked out Threat, sliding out of the ring for additional leverage.
Match Result: Tessa Blanchard won via referee’s decision (9:10).
— In the back, Ryan Nemeth wanted to know who attacked his big brother Nic Nemeth at Sacrifice, and questioned BDE. Frankie Kazarian came along to help give BDE trouble, and Elijah showed up to chase the heels off.
— In the back, Tessa Blanchard is lead into a red room by the Bunny.
AJ Francis vs. Home Town Man
Francis went for a choke slam early, but the Home Town Man countered that with a smack to the back of the head. The Home Town Man tried to slam Francis, and that went about as well as you’d except. Francis mocked the fans chanting for the Home Town Man, then hit him with a running knee and flipped over the top rope. Francis spat on the Drew Brees jersey that Homer wore to the ring. The Homer actually made the Hulk Hogan comeback and slammed Francis. The Home Town Man then ran right into a spear from Francis. Francis then chokeslammed him and got the pinfall.
After the match, Francis played a clip from Sacrifice of Nic Nemeth laid out in the locker room. And Francis ended the speculation — he was the one who did it. Francis doesn’t like that all Nic Nemeth does is steal opportunity from AJ Francis. AJ Francis is the show stealer in TNA.
Ryan Nemeth came out to defend his big brother. Francis said he would leave Ryan Nemeth just like his big brother—without a pulse—at Rebellion in Cleveland.
Match Result: AJ Francis pinned the Home Town Man (3:48)
— Lei Ying Lee played Xia Brookside a message from her father to inspire her to win the TNA Knockouts Title tonight.
— Moose vs. Agent Zero has been added to Rebellion.
— The One Man Gang was in the crowd for the main event.
Xia Brookside (w/ Lei Ying Lee) vs. Arianna Grace (w/ Stacks) for the TNA Knockouts Championship
This is the first Knockouts main event on Impact in the AMC era.
Brookside got a near fall with an Oklahoma Roll, then worked on Grace’s arm with an arm ringer. Grace slipped out of the arm bar and swept Grace’s leg. Brookside came back with a series of arm drags and caught Grace with a dropkick, and Grace dropped to the floor to regroup with Stacks.
On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as the action in this main event title tilt continues. When the show returns, we see Brookside hitting the running knees in the corner for two. Grace elbows her down and Stacks hands her the Cobra, only for Brookside to grab a tornado DDT for two, with Stacks breaking up the cover.
Lee goes after Stacks but gets decked by Grace. Lee gets sent into the steps so Brookside dives onto Lee and sends her into the steps as well. A tornado DDT drops Stacks as well and it’s back inside, where the women fight over the Cobra.
Grace is shoved into Stacks for two but gets caught grabbing the title. A Codebreaker gives Brookside two so Grace goes up, with Stacks offering yet another distraction. Lee dives onto Stacks but Grace gets in a belt shot. A TKO onto the knee results in the finish. With the win, Grace successfully retains the Knockouts World Championship.
Match Result: Arianna Grace pinned Xia Brookside to retain the TNA Knockouts World Championship (3:48)
Mike Santana, Eddie Edwards & Tessa Blanchard Closing Segments
After the main event match wraps up, TNA World Champion Mike Santana comes in to break up a post match beatdown. Spin The Block drops Stacks but Eddie Edwards is in the crowd to call out Santana. Edwards says Santana is all about his ego but Santana says that’s tough talk from someone on the other side of the guardrail.
From there, we shift gears to a different location for our final sight of the evening. Tessa Blanchard, now in different clothes than the last time we saw her, is in a big house. “The Sinister Minister” James Mitchell is behind her and welcomes her to the Undead Realm. That’s how things wrap up. Thanks for joining us!
Announced For TNA iMPACT on April 9
- * Frankie Kazarian vs. BDE
* Jada Stone vs. Dani Luna
* The Hardys (c) vs. The Righteous (TNA World Tag-Team Championship Tables Match)
(H/T to Joseph Collins and F4WOnline.com)
