TNA Genesis live results: Mike Santana vs. Frankie Kazarian Texas Death match
TNA presents Genesis tonight at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.
On the heels of the promotion’s AMC debut, the TNA World Championship will be on the line for the second time in three nights. After regaining the title on Thursday night, new champion Mike Santana defends against former champion Frankie Kazarian in a Texas Death match, with Nic Nemeth serving as the special referee.
Knockouts Champion Lei Ying Lee defends against Zaria, who will have Sol Ruca in her corner.
TNA World Tag Team Champions Matt and Jeff Hardy will defend against The Righteous, Vincent & Dutch.
JDC’s retirement match is also set for the show. He’ll wrestle Eddie Edwards in the final match of his career.
Elijah will wrestle Mustafa Ali in singles competition. Cedric Alexander vs. Joe Hendry vs. Moose is also scheduled. AJ Francis and Rich Swann will clash in a battle of former stablemates as well.
Our live coverage begins with The Countdown to Genesis at 7 p.m. Eastern.
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Pre Show.
Gia Miller welcomes the expert pre-show panel: Tommy Dreamer, Dave LaGreca and Ash by Elegance.
It’s the biggest weekend in TNA history!
Let’s start with clips of what happened after Impact went off the air last Thursday. Nic Nemeth tried to cash-in his trophy, but Mike Santana cut him off. Santino Marella made Mike Santana v. Frankie Kazarian in a Texas Death Match. Daria Rae then adds an extra stipulation: that Nic Nemeth will be special referee. This all would have been really great to see on the actual TV show Thursday, but whatever.
It will be real Texas Death Match rules: get a pinfall, then the opponent has a ten count to get back to their feet.
After some pre-show panter and predictions, as well as video packages to hype the Tag Team Championship and Knockouts Championship matches, we get a match.
Stacks (w/ Arianna Grace) v. BDE v. JD Orso v. Eric Young for the TNA International Title
JD Orso is the former Fuego Del Sol. But I guess I’ll never find out who Fuego Dos was. BDE is a YouTuber. This match is allegedly punishment by Marella to put Stacks “in check.” But it’s basically Stacks v. Three job guys.
Young and BDE brawl on the floor, while Orso and Stacks work in the ring. Orso was pretty fantastic flying around the ring until Stacks gave him a Snake Eyes in the corner. BDE dropped Young with a short and then vlogged about it. Starks then leveled BDE on the floor, and Grace grabbed BDE’s phone to shoot some content , as the kids say. Orso and BDE get on the same page and get the phone back from Grace.
Back in the ring, Orso and BDE pair up against Young and Stacks. Young and Stacks cut them off with clotheslines. Stacks dumped Orso. BDE held his own against Young and Stacks, taking Young out with a Code Reader and Stacks with a dropkick. BDE caught a cutter from Orso. Orso caught Young with a Sliced Bread and Starks with a double-stomp to the back of the head.
Orso caught BDE with the “Orso Driver,” some kind of inverted Tiger Driver, for a near fall. BDE caught Stacks with a springboard cutter, but Young took BDE out with a neckbreaker. Young gave Orso a piledriver, and then it was every finish to a multi-man match ever: Starks dumped Young and then pinned the guy Starks took out. At least Orso looked really good before doing the job.
Match Result: Starks pinned Orso to retain after a piledriver from Young (6:23)
— Daria Rae talked down to Santino in the back.
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