TNA Impact live results: The System vs. Moose, Santana & The Hardys
TNA Impact this week is the go-home show for No Surrender.
Moose is scheduled to kick off this week’s episode. After being kicked out of The System, he returned on last week’s show to help Mike Santana and The Hardys.
Ryan Nemeth and Mara Sade’s feud continues. They will meet in an Albuquerque Street Fight tonight.
In eight-man tag team action, The System’s Bear Bronson, Cedric Alexander, Brian Myers, and Eddie Edwards will take on Mike Santana, Moose, and Matt and Jeff Hardy.
We will hear from Mike Santana ahead of his Casket Match against Mustafa Ali at No Surrender.
Eric Young is also set for the show. He had approached BDE last week about offering him “an opportunity.”
Matches for this week’s episode were taped last month at the Tingly Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. TNA heads to The Pinnacle in Nashville, TN this Friday for No Surrender.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
Taped! from the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary.
The Moose is Loose.
Moose came out of address the live crowd, not to complain, because where he comes from getting jumped by two or four guys is just another Thursday. Moose created the System four years ago, and he knows how to dismantle it. Moose called out someone with the blueprint for taking out every member of the System, one man at a time, and that is TNA World Champion Mike Santana.
Santana entered through the crowd. Santana acknowledged that he and Moose made each other miserable a few years ago, but together they can take out the System with the Hardy Boys as their partners.
But instead of the Hardys, it’s Daria Rae, the S.U.I.T. “Shut Up I’m Talking!” That isn’t so clever that Rae needs to say it everytime she comes out. Rae is here to throw Santana and Moose out for the time being, because the System v. Santana, Moose & The Hardys isn’t happening until the main event.
— Gia Miller interviewed Ryan Nemeth in the back, who predicted that the crowd will be chanting “Let’s Go Hunk!” at the end of their street fight later tonight.
— In the back, Alisha Edwards told Moose in the back that she was thinking about leaving TNA for her mental health. Moose supports whatever decision she makes, but there’s always a place for her in Moose’s corner. (Oh, she’s so turning on him…)
Nic Nemeth v. Rich Swann
The commentary was barely louder than the crowd. This is the match where the commentary got out two weeks ago after the live episode of Impact ended two weeks ago. Rehwoldt finally explained “Option C” to the new TNA viewers, that Swann can “cash in” in X Division Title for a World Title shot.
Swann got a near fall after a snap legdrop. Swann sent Nemeth headfirst into the turnbuckle and Nemeth flopped to sell the bump. On the floor, Swann charged at Nemeth and Nemeth backdropped into a headfirst bump on the apron. Swann basically head butted the apron but his body was coming straight down on the apron.
Back in the ring, Swann sold his neck and Nemeth worked a chinlock. Swann mounted a comeback and floored Nemeth with a clothesline. Swann caught Nemeth with a hangman’s neckbreaker, than a somersault into a splash for a near fall. Nemeth came back with a Famouser for a near fall.
Nemeth hit a superkick, but Nemeth flipped out of a Danger Zone attempt and hit a kick of his own. Swann hit a frog splash for a near fall. Swann missed a Phoenix Splash and Nemeth spiked him down to the mat with a DDT. This was easily the third time Swann took a bump where he was driven headfirst into the mat. Nemeth locked in a sleeper hold with a body scissors. Swann powered up and drove Nemeth down to the mat with a DDT. Swann tried for a springboard cutter, but Nemeth snatched him out of the air with the Danger Zone and got the pinfall.
Match Result: Nemeth pinned Swann (12:41).
— Indi Hartwell and XIa Brookside did the math, and since each one of them pinned one of the Knockouts tag team champions over the last few weeks, that adds up to a title shot for them at No Surrender.
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