TNA Impact live results: Frankie Kazarian vs. Bear Bronson World title match
The TNA World title will be on the line as part of the first TNA Impact for 2026 as Frankie Kazarian will defend against newcomer Bear Bronson.
Bronson won a 20-man battle royal in December in his first match in TNA to earn the shot with the winner moving on to defend against Mike Santana at this month’s Genesis PPV.
After issuing an open challenge last month, Tessa Blanchard, Victoria Crawford & Mila Moore will take on Indi Hartwell, Jada Stone & Jody Threat.
The Angel Warriors (Knockouts Champion Lei Ying Lee & Xia Brookside) face Heather & M of The Elegance Brand.
In singles action, Mustafa Ali faces Home Town Man while both The Righteous and The System will appear in promo segments.
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Taped from El Paso, Texas.
Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary.
The Angel Warriors (Knockouts Champion Lei Ying Lee & Xia Brookside) vs. Heather & M by Elegance (w/ The Concierge)
If I can be serious for a minute, M went for a kick on Lee and she snatched her leg into a half crab. Brookside got the tag and caught M with a rana out of the corner. Brookside hit a meteora in the corner then a Russian Legsweep for a near fall. Heather caught Brookside with a shot from behind so the Elegance Brand could take control.
The IInspiration were shown watching the action from the back. M hit a version of a drive-by on Brookside that looked like it sent Brookside into the turnbuckle headfirst, and Heather got a near fall.
Tags were made on both sides, and Lee took M down with rapid strikes and a knee. Brookside jumped off of Lee’s back for an elbow drop to get a near fall. M came back with a superkick. Just as I started to think this match was going to long, Dani Luna ran in to attack Lee from behind, taking her out of the match. M tied up Brookside with a bow and arrow, and Heather came off the top with a double stomp to get the pinfall.
Match Result: Heather and M by Elegance win by pinfall (6:17)
— In the back, Santino Marella was depressed about getting hit in the groin by his daughter, and gave a note to Gia Miller for “Tom and Jerry” to read on the television. Who I guess are Hannifan and Rehwoldt, because after a commercial break, they announced that Stacks will defend the International title against Steve Maclin next week. And at Genesis, Leon Slater will defend the X-Division title against Moose and Cedric Alexander while Mustafa Ali will take on Elijah.
Mustafa Ali (w/ Order 4) vs. Home Town Man
Ali went for his rolling neckbreaker, but The Home Town Man countered with a TKO for a near fall. HTM hit the home town elbow drop and bulldog. John Skylar and Jason Hodge distracted the Home Town Man, and Ali caught him with a kick. Ali finished HTM with the 450 Splash.
Match Result: Ali pinned the Home Town Man (3:00).
After the match, an Elijah doppelgänger (perhaps his brother Ezekiel?) was seen on the entrance stage, so Ali sent Hodge and Skylar after him. Elijah snuck up behind Ali in the ring and almost hit him with the guitar, than sang the Home Town Man’s theme song to annoy Ali.
— None of the Rascalz want to talk to Santino about getting them another X-Division Title shot. But they go in to Santino’s office and ask for a title shot. Depressed Santino succinctly laid out that the Rascals can fight each other, the winner can get a title shot at Leon Slater on the AMC premiere, and then the winner of that match can defend in the triple threat at Genesis. Depressed Santino is better at his job than happy Santino.
The NXT Invaders Speak
The group is now being lead by Arianna Grace, who takes the mic and complains about being in Santino’s shadow. Her dad didn’t even have the guts to tell her he wasn’t booking her for TNA anymore; she found out through the travel office! So now she stands by Stacks. Stacks took the mic to let Santino know that Arianna is his girl now, “and sometimes, she even calls me daddy!” Then Stacks and Arianna made out Grace as the mouthpiece of the group over Lexis King (who was relegated to standing off to the side making goofy faces) is an improvement.
Tessa Blanchard, Victoria Crawford & Mila Moore (w/ Robert Stone) vs. Indi Hartwell, Jada Stone & Jody Threat.
Krystall Poppin, a musical artist with a lot of iTunes downloads, rapped a song while Blanchard’s group made their entrance.
Threat took on both Crawford and Moore at once, suplexing Moore and then slamming Crawford on top of her. The babyfaces booted all three heels to the floor, then Stone came off the tope with a springboard tope con hilo (assisted by her partners) onto all three of her opponents.
Back in the ring, Threat and Moore squared off. Moore escaped a slam, but Threat caught her with a clothesline for a near fall. Jada Stone hit a sliding clothesline and a standing moonsault and got a near fall on Moore. Stone caught Moore with a gamengiri. Jada Stone went to the tope, but Robert Stone distracted her, and Moore slammed Jada off the top, allowing the heels to take control.
Moore got a near fall after a suplex. Blanchard hit a sliding elbow on Stone’s back (who was leaning against the ropes), bending her backwards in an ugly way.
Moore worked over Jada with a chinlock. Jada elbowed her way out, ducked a kick and got the tag to Hartwell. Hartwell hit a spinebuster on Moore for a near fall. Threat tagged in and dropped Moore with a Michinoku Driver, but Blanchard broke up the pin attempt. Crawford jumped Hartweel, and soon everyone was fighting.
Jada Stone and Moore collided in the middle of the ring. Blanchard went to the top, but Jada Stone followed her up to try for a superplex. Robert Stone distracted Jada, and Blanchard shoved her down. Blanchard came off the top and hit Magnum, but Mila Moore got the blind tag and slid in to take the pinfall.
Match Result: Blanchard, Moore & Crawford were victorious when Moore pinned Jada Stone (8:51 aired)
The TNA Injury Report:
- Everyone from the steel cage match a few weeks ago has been cleared.
- Elijah is still NOT cleared from his torn triceps injury.
- Lei Ying Lee is being evaluated after being attacked by Dani Luna at the start of the show.
The Righteous Kidnapped Matt Hardy
Two weeks ago, the Righteous kidnapped Matt Harty, who found himself waking up in a well-lit barn (which was apparently, according to Matt later, a “Hardy Shrine”). After coming around, Vincent offers his help to the Hardys to reach even higher peaks. Dutch tried to offer Matt a gift, but he slapped Dutch’s hand away and left.
Back to the arena, the Righteous came out to the ring. The crowd chanted “We Want Matt!” while Vincent cut a promo. Vincent said “he’s just a reflection” of Jeff Hardy. This promo was going nowhere, and the Hardys came out to retort.
Matt called The Righteous creepy. Matt thought waking up surrounded by Righteous in a “Hardy Shrine” and their whole deal was creepy and kind of cultish. The Hardys aren’t interested in anything but fighting the Righteous, but Vincent and Dutch don’t want to fight. They want “brotherhood.”
The Hardys have enough “brotherhood” with each other and Matt and Jeff reject their offer. They want the Righteous out of their lives. If the Hardys won’t accept help from the Righteous, then things will have to go “a different way” but all the Hardys are more interested in elevating TNA into the AMC era. And that was it.
These four need to get to the fighting already.
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