TNA iMPACT taped some content for TV after the LIVE iMPACT episode on 7/24 from the Ryan Center on the University of Rhode Island campus in Kingston, Rhode Island.
(Spoilers courtesy of TNAsylum.net & Marks of Wrestling)
-Xia Brookside & Lei Ying Lee def. Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyx
-Indi Hartwell and Dani Luna def. Jody Threat and Ariana Grace
-The Rascalz def. The Nemeths
Post-match, Nic said they are invoking their Tag Team title rematch clause against the Hardys at Emergence. Ryan made fun of Rhode Island’s lack of sports teams and their ugly children. Home Town Man came out and demanded an apology. Nemeths laid him out and unmasked him, but security covered him up. The Rascalz ran off the Nemeths.
Knockouts World Title
–Masha Slamovich def Jacy Jayne via disqualification when Ash by Elegance tuns in and hits Masha with the KO Tag Team Title
X-Division Title
-Leon Slater def. Cedric Alexander & Jason Hotch.
–Moose & Eddie Edwards def AJ Francis & Trick Williams. Moose pinned Trick with a Spear after KC Navarro accidentally hit Trick with his crutch.
Xplosion matches:
-Jody Threat def Ariana Grace
-Home Town Man def. The Mecca Brian Johnson
Before the match Johnson cut a promo that got a surprising amount of heat. He said he’s from the greatest city on the planet, Philadelphia.
TNA iMPACT for August 7:
-Order 4 out to start the show. Ali said TNA has chaos and disorder due to outsiders coming in and seizing our prestigious championships, however now is time for change. Ali will go to war with the Great Hands and Tasha Steelz and mentions the large member of his Secret Service will guarantee no one gets their hands on him. He asks who wants to see him as the next TNA champion. He was upset that he was booed while we cheered for people like The System and Joe Hendry. Well, Ali said his name and now he appears.
Hendry said there’s no secrets in TNA and they picked up embarrassing footage of John Skylar. It was a video of a Joe Hendry wrestling buddy with Skylar’s face on it. They showed “Skylar” buying an Ali shirt and using it to wipe his ass on the toilet. Ali said this was why no one believes in Hendry anymore and Ali wants him to disappear. Ali turned down a challenge for tonight and instead accepted it for next week so everyone can prepare for something to truly believe in.
Trick Williams was out next. He made fun of Moose’s big head, his Momma, grandmother and Uncle and threatened to smack all of them. Out came Moose. Moose punched him and went for a spear, but Trick bailed.
Frankie Kazarian was out next with some kind of document that says he can now do commentary, since he wasn’t kicked out like yesterday. Apparently Kazarian is only allowed to do commentary on 1 match for every 4 hours of TNA, as he was only out for this match.
International Champion Steve Maclin vs Jake Something. Crowd was really into Something, but popped big for Maclin doing a Suicide Dive over the bottom rope. After that, they fought onto the apron and instead of fighting into the ring, they fell to the floor and the match ended in a Double Countout. The crowd chanted to let them fight. A dozen security guys held back Something and Maclin must have felt that was unfair, so he did a tope onto everyone. They kept fighting up the ramp before security finally pulled Something away.
Mike Santana promo from the stands. He said the eyes of the world were on Slammiversary, but he lost. He had his family and culture on his back and even if he was cheated, he still lost. He’s been at rock bottom, but he’s fought. When he lost his father, he fought. And when he decided to bet on himself, he fought and he fought and he fought. After losing he had to look at his daughter crying and he knew that he had to put everything aside and go comfort his little girl. He told her everything is gonna be okay and she told him she knows because he’s gonna get Trick next time. He promised that it’s not a question of if but when he stands in “this fucking ring” and whoops Trick.
–Xia Brookside & Lei Ying Lee defeated M & Heather By Elegance w/Personal Concierge. Lei pinned M with an Airplane Spin into a TKO.
-First Class is out next for an episode of the First Class Penthouse. KC reaggravated his knee at Slammiversary and will have to get surgery for a torn ACL. AJ told him that like the NFL, it’s next man up, so he brought out the returning Rich Swann. AJ forced KC to hold the mic for Rich and he didn’t seem happy about it. Swann said he’s back to make the company TNAJ. AJ future endeavored KC from First Class. AJ called him a replacement and KC told him off. AJ said he’s been carrying 165 pounds of dead weight for 9 months. Before KC they were both champions, but KC lost constantly in First Class. He even cost Trick the match last week and loses all the time because he’s a loser. Swann yanked KC’s crutch out, causing KC to fall on the ramp and eventually KC left and the segment ended.
–Mara Sade def. Vicious Vicki. Mara won a quick one.
TNA Knockouts World Title
–Ash By Elegance w/Personal Concierge def. Double Champ Jacy Jayne by DQ
Masha attacked Ash for the DQ, which was a takeoff of yesterday’s match when Ash cost Masha the match. We ended up with run-ins by Xia, Lei Ying Lee, M & Heather By Elegance, Fatal Influence and finally The iinspiration and the faces stood tall.
Santino Marella came out and announced Steve Maclin vs Jake Something in a No DQ, No Countout match, Mike Santana vs Sami Callihan and The Elegance Brand vs Xia Brookside & Lei Ying Lee vs Fatal Influence vs The Iinspiration for the KO Tag Team Titles, all taking place at the Emergence PLE on August 15th.
Santino then called out The Nemeth’s and told them that due to their attack on the Home Town Man last week, he is taking away their Tag Team Title match and giving it to The Rascalz. Then, after saying they were both suspended, Ryan threatened to sue Santino, so Santino booked Ryan vs Home Town Man at Emergence.
–Mustafa Ali def. Joe Hendry. Ali’s entire entourage got involved, and eventually a new member of Ali’s security – Bill Collier – booted Hendry outside the ring and Ali pinned him with a 450 Splash. Collier was the same person who chokeslammed Cardona on tv this week.
TNA iMPACT for August 14:
Moose was laid out backstage. The rest of The System was upset, but quickly left Moose and walked out to the ring. They called out Trick Williams and First Class to settle this once and for all.
–Trick Williams & First Class (AJ Francis & Rich Swann) def. The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers & JDC). Myers was pinned with a schoolboy with feet on the ropes to give Trick and First Class the win.
-Dani Luna & Indi Hartwell def. Harley Hudson & Myla Grace. After the match, Rosemary was hiding in the crowd and misted Indi on her way out.
–Matt Cardona def. John Skylar. After Cardona won, he was attacked by Jason Hotch and Ali then sent Bill Collier to give Cardona a Tree Slam.
TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella comes out for a Knockout Tag Team Summit, which is a preview of the 4 team match at Emergence. (Fatal Influence, Xia Brookside/Lei Ying Lee, Elegances, and IInspirstion all involved). Everyone got the chance to say a couple words and everyone explained why they think they’re going to win. Fatal Influence obviously wants to take the belts to NXT. This ended up as an 8-way brawl with a dozen security guards breaking it up. It culminated in each babyface doing a top rope dive outside the ring onto a pile of heels and security.
-Mike Santana def. Eric Young w/Northern Armory. Post-match, Northern Armory attacked and Sami Callihan made the save.
Frankie Kazarian came out carrying his own mic stand to host a talk show called The King’s Speech.
His guests are the two meanest, nastiest, toughest guys in TNA, who are on a collision course at Emergence: TNA International Champion Steve Maclin and Jake Something. Neither talked at first, as Kazarian wouldn’t shut up. Maclin eventually told Kazarian to shut up. Maclin said at Emergence we’ll find out if Jake is Something. Eventually they both went after Kaz, who bailed and Jake laid out Maclin with a Black Hole Slam to wrap up the segment.
–The Rascalz & Cedric Alexander def. Leon Slater and The Hardys. The Hardys had two sets of tag belts. In the end, the finish of this one saw Cedric pin Leon with a Lumbar Check.
A Joe Hendry and Jeff Hardy concert takes place. The announcers and ring staff left before this began, so it’s not likely that it will air as part of the broadcast.
Matches most likely to be announced for TNA Emergence PLE:
TNA International Title
-Steve Maclin vs. Jake Something – No DQ Match.
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles
-The Elegance Brand (c) vs. Xia Brookside & Lei Ying Lee vs. NXT’s Fatal Influence vs. The Iinspiration
TNA Tag Team Titles
-The Hardy’s (c) vs The Rascalz (Myron Reed & Zachary Wentz)
-Mike Santana vs. Sami Callihan.
-Home Town Man vs. Ryan Nemeth.
TNA X Division Title
-Leon Slater (c) vs Cedric Alexander
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