As the build to their World title match at Genesis continues, TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth and Joe Hendry will be on opposite sides of the ring tonight on Impact.
Nemeth will team with brother Ryan against Hendry and Rhino in the headliner, made after last week’s show when Ryan attempted to hit Rhino with a chair which escalated into a backstage confrontation.
In a gauntlet match, Mike Santana will attempt to fight through all three members of the Northern Armory: Josh Alexander, Judas Icarus and Travis Williams.
In a key tag team division match, The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) will face The Good Hands (Jason Hotch & John Skyler).
After getting jumped again last week by Tessa Blanchard, Jordynne Grace will share some thoughts.
In a trios bout, The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & JDC) will take on Eric Young, Steve Maclin & Jonathan Gresham.
Savannah Evans will be in action against an opponent to be named.
Steve Maclin, Eric Young & Jonathan Gresham defeated The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & JDC)
Inside the Impact Zone, Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcome us to the show as the familiar sounds of The System’s theme music hits the house speakers. Alisha Edwards leads out the three-man team of JDC, Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers.
After the heel trio settles inside the squared circle, their music dies down and Eric Young’s entrance tune plays. He comes out and stops, and then Jonathan Gresham comes out and joins him. Their partner, Steve Maclin, is out next and the three head to the ring for our opening contest.
As soon as the bell sounds, Edwards gets the quick offensive jump on Gresham. He blasts him with some stiff forearm shots and beats him down in the corner. He whips him into the opposing corner and charges at him, but runs into a big boot from Gresham.
Gresham takes over on offense and puts the boots to a grounded Edwards in the corner, before tagging Young in. Edwards quickly shifts the momentum back in The System’s favor, taking it to Young and eventually tagging in Myers.
Myers picks up where Edwards left off, but runs into a dropkick from Young that once again sees the offensive momentum swing to the other side. Young gets in some offense on Myers on the floor, but Alisha gets involved with a distraction, which allows The System to take over once again.
JDC tags in and goes to work as the legal man in the ring with the softened up Young. He isolates the arm of Young and focuses his attack on the limb. He brings him into The System corner and tags Edwards back in. The two hit some double-team stomps and then Edwards takes back over.
Maclin and Young butt heads at one point, and Gresham attempts to play peacemaker. After the chaos calms down a bit, Maclin ends up as the legal man in the ring with JDC. He hits his K.I.A. finisher on The System member for the pinfall victory.
Once the match wraps up, The System attack the trio with chairs. After beating down Young and Maclin in the ring, they put the chair over Gresham’s head on the floor and run him into the steel ring post. They all pose and taunt the booing crowd until Young and Maclin run them off with chairs of their own.
The Story Of Joe Hendry
After the opening match wraps up, Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk about Joe Hendry earning the next shot at “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth for the TNA World Championship at the upcoming TNA Genesis 2025 pay-per-view later this month.
A very elaborate, documentary-style video package airs with Joe Hendry telling the story of his emergence on the scene in the pro wrestling business, from a young lad in Scotland with a dream and some hustle, all the way to his present day spot as the number one contender for the top prize in TNA Wrestling.
Once the video promoting Joe Hendry’s side of the equation for the next TNA PPV main event, the show heads into a commercial break.
Lei Ying Lee defeated Savannah Evans
Savannah Evans makes her way out and heads to the ring as we return from the break. Xia Brookside comes out and simply says, “Watch this.” We see footage from TNA Turning Point, where Brookside points out she had her beat until she was screwed.
She mentioned getting injured, and noted someone else did to, and that person is ready to get her revenge on Evans right now. The lights go out. The theme for Lei Ying Lee hits and out comes the former WWE Superstar previously known as Xia Li.
She hits the ring and goes right after the monstrous Evans, taking it to her straight out of the gate. Lee brings Evans out to the floor and hits a running cannonball off the apron for a big crowd pop. Back inside the ring, Lee hits a high spot off the ropes for a close two-count.
As the action continues, Evans gets in some offense of her own for the first time in the bout. Her run in control of the offense isn’t long-lived, however, and Lee ultimately takes back over moments later and finishes Evans off for the victory in her big return appearance.
Jordynne Grace With A Brief, But Stern Message For Tessa Blanchard
Once the Knockouts action in the ring wraps up, we shoot backstage. Gia Miller is standing by and about to introduce her guest, but before she can say much of anything, Jordynne Grace snatches the microphone out of her hand.
“The Juggernaut” leans directly into the camera shot and bluntly states, “Tessa, if you want to fight, let’s fight, b*tch! I’ll be in the ring later, meet me there.” After this brief but to-the-point backstage interview segment wraps up, the show heads into another commercial break.
TNA+ Moment Of The Week: Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett (TNA Genesis 2009)
The show returns directly into a “TNA+ Moment of the Week” segment, which features an extended look at the TNA Genesis 2009 pay-per-view bout between Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett.
The annual TNA Genesis show returns later this month, with TNA Genesis 2025 scheduled for January 19 at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, featuring Nic Nemeth vs. Joe Hendry for the TNA World Championship.
Gauntlet Match No. 1: Mike Santana defeated Judas Icarus
A brief video package airs with Rosemary sending a message to Masha Slamovich, making it clear that she’s still got her sights set on the TNA Knockouts Championship. Once this wraps up, we return inside the Impact Zone for the next match of the evening.
Mike Santana’s theme song hits and the fan-favorite makes his way to the ring for his advertised one-night Gauntlet against Josh Alexander and The Northern Armory. Out next are The Northern Armory duo of Judas Icarus and Travis Williams. No sign of Josh Alexander yet.
The bell sounds and the first of three potential matches in a row gets underway. Santana gets the early and dominant jump on offense, taking it to one-half of the Sinner & Saint duo with relative ease. Within all of two minutes, Santana takes him out with Spin The Block for the win.
Gauntlet Match No. 2: Mike Santana defeated Travis Williams
Santana remains in the ring and waits to see who will be joining him for his second of three potential consecutive bouts. With no “Walking Weapon” in sight yet, it is Travis Williams who steps inside the squared circle.
The bell sounds and Santana’s second Gauntlet match gets underway. Santana gets the early offensive advantage over Williams, but Williams shifts the momentum after a minute or so. As things continue, the show heads into a mid-match commercial break.
When the show returns, it isn’t long before Santana dumps Williams on his dome and begins a fired-up offensive comeback. Moments later he finishes off The Northern Armory member, leaving only one more opponent.
Gauntlet Match No. 3: Mike Santana defeated Josh Alexander via Disqualification
The theme for Josh Alexander hits and out comes “The Walking Weapon.” Before Santana can do anything, he is sneak-attacked and ambushed by Alexander and The Northern Armory duo of Icarus and Williams.
The trio beat Santana down, with Alexander leaving him laying after a C4 Spike. Fans chant “You look stupid!” as The Northern Armory stands over the laid out Santana in the middle of the ring.
George Iceman Announces Pre-Launch Of ‘Championship Celebration Of Elegance’
Backstage, the personal concierge of Ash by Elegance, George Iceman, is shown. He talks directly into the camera to make a brief announcement.
“Something huge, something special that the whole world is going to want to see,” Iceman said. “I’m going to do something unprecedented. Something that takes guts. Something no one in the history of this company has ever done.”
He added, “I see Heather and Ash By Elegance as TNA Knockouts Tag-Team Champions. Next week, in front of the entire world, we’re going to do a pre-launch of ‘The Championship Celebration of Elegance.'” We head to another commercial break.
Raven Convinces Rosemary To Have Clockwork Orange House Of Fun Match
When the show returns, Rosemary is shown backstage talking in trademark sadistic fashion about how she is coming for TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich.
As she continues talking in her demented-style, in walks pro wrestling legend Raven. Raven and Rosemary talk briefly before Rosemary grabs him and puts a knife to his throat. Raven calmly suggests to her to drag Slamovich into a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. Rosemary likes that idea.
The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) defeated The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch)
Back inside the Impact Zone, The Good Hands team of John Skyler and Jason Hotch come out with a microphone in-hand. They do their usual “Ravishing” Rick Rude entrance routine, complete with the “city-name sweat-hogs” insults.
The popular duo of The Rascalz, Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz, descend from their treehouse to make their way out to the ring next. The crowd gives them a big pop coming out. The commentators mention The Rascalz challenging The Hardys for the tag titles at TNA Genesis 2025.
After the bell sounds, we see The Rascalz get off to the early offensive start. It doesn’t last long, however, as Wentz ends up isolated in the ring while Hotch and Skyler take turns utilizing frequent tags and brief spurts of double-team offense.
Miguel finally gets the much-needed tag and helps The Rascalz shift the offensive momentum back into their favor. They cruise from their en route to a victory, with the super-kick and spinebuster “Feed him to the lions” combo-finisher for the pinfall.
Frankie Kazarian Approaches Rhino Backstage
Following the tag-team tilt, we shoot backstage where Rhino is shown taping his wrists up ahead of his match alongside Joe Hendry against the team of TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth and his brother Ryan Nemeth.
Frankie Kazarian walks up and makes an arrogant comment, making it clear he’ll be watching the main event tag-team bout closely. After this brief backstage interaction wraps up, the show heads into another commercial break.
Moose defeated Andrew Everett to retain the TNA X-Division Championship
When the show returns, we see a quick backstage promo from Eric Young and Steve Maclin, who make a declaration of war against The System. We then return inside the Impact Zone to the single most annoying sound in the world.
“Do you wanna know something?” The line annoyingly yapped by the screechy voice of The System’s Alisha Edwards is, as always, repeated over-and-over-and-over again to growing boos from the crowd in attendance. Moose is then heard and he joins her in the ring.
Moose boasts being the greatest X-Division Champion of all-time and the face of the company. After he rambles on for a while, including a vow to debut a new TNA X-Division Championship belt at TNA Genesis 2025, he is cut off by, of all people, Andrew Everett. He makes his way to the ring and takes issue with Moose claiming credit for any kind of X-Division history.
Everett claims he is a true X-Division competitor, before Moose warns him that one more word is going to get his ass kicked. Everett does not head Moose’s warnings, and gets a big bright yellow sneaker to the grill for it. Moose then tells Everett he just earned himself an impromptu X-Division title shot.
Moose demands a referee get out to the ring. In his street clothes and aforementioned super bright yellow sneakers, The System leader proceeds to lay a beatdown on Everett, as his challenger at TNA Genesis 2025, Ace Austin, is shown watching on a monitor backstage. Moose gets the win and we head to another commercial break.
Santino Marella Approached By Sami Callihan, Makes Announcement
Backstage, we see Santino Marella looking at his phone when he is approached by Sami Callihan. Callihan brings up the TNA Tag-Team Championship picture and the upcoming bout between The Hardys and The Rascalz at TNA Genesis 2025.
Callihan mentions how he and PCO have never been pinned or submitted as a team. Santino offers Callihan and PCO a match against The Hardys next week. If they win, they’ll be added to The Hardys vs. The Rascalz for the TNA Tag-Team Championships at TNA Genesis 2025.
Jordynne Grace, Tessa Blanchard Wild Pull-Apart Brawl
Back inside the Impact Zone, Jordynne Grace walks to the ring and looks all-business. She gets on the microphone and mentions the name of Tessa Blanchard. She says Blanchard should be terrified of what she could say right now.
Instead, she offers Blanchard the same opportunity she’d offer anyone, which is to come to the ring face-to-face so she can say it directly to her. Tessa hits the ring from off-camera, and Grace appears ready for her. Grace begins drilling Blanchard with shots, but Blanchard lands a big kick that momentarily drops “The Juggernaut.”
Blanchard and Grace roll around and fight as officials swarm the ring and ultimately break them up while fans are loudly chanting “Let them fight! Let them fight!” The show heads to another commercial break on that note.
Joe Hendry & Rhino defeated Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth
It’s main event time!
But first, Hannifan and Rehwoldt appear on-camera to make some announcements for matches on next week’s TNA iMPACT (see below), as well as TNA Genesis 2025.
Added to the PPV coming up on Jan. 19 in Garland, TX. is Jordynne Grace vs. Tessa Blanchard, Mike Santana vs. Josh Alexander, Rosemary vs. Masha Slamovich in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match for the TNA Knockouts title, as well as Ash & Heather By Elegance vs. Spitfire duo Jody Threat & Dani Luna for the TNA Knockouts tag-team titles.
Inside the Impact Zone, we hear the familiar sounds of TNA Hall of Fame legend Rhino’s theme music. This brings out the master of the Gore to the ring for our final match of the evening. His popular partner, Joe Hendry, makes his way out next to a big crowd response.
Ryan Nemeth and then his big brother, TNA World Champion “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth, make their respective ring entrances next. The show heads into a quick commercial break before this one gets started. When the show returns, Ryan and Rhino kick things off for their respective teams.
Frankie Kazarian is on special guest commentary for this one. It isn’t long at all before Ryan changes his mind, and reaches over to tag in big brother to deal with “The Man Beast.” Nemeth does exactly that, and ends up enjoying some early offensive control.
Hendry and Ryan end up as the legal men in the ring, and Hendry does his trademark super-stalled walk-around suplex spot. He continues firing up the crowd with the stomp-stomp-clap “We will rock you!” Queen beat, as he looks to finish off Ryan.
He goes for a close pinfall attempt moments later, which Nic hits the ring to break up just in time. After some more chaos ensues, Hendry starts to pick up the momentum some more. All four guys end up in the ring brawling.
When Nic and Rhino powder out, Hendry finishes Ryan off with the Standing Ovation for the win. Hendry’s theme hits and he plays to the crowd. The final shot of the episode sees a disappointed Nemeth looking at Hendry from outside of the ring, as Hendry continues his side-to-side wave routine along with his theme while wearing an ear-to-ear grin.
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