TNA Impact live results: Open Fight Night, Kelani Jordan interview
For the first time since 2017, TNA Wrestling will revive their Open Fight Night concept where wrestlers make challenges that must be accepted.
The one difference is these matches were previously taped as the company is in a one month dark period ahead of next Thursday’s live episode of Impact.
The only match announced thus far will see a four-way tag team match featuring The System’s Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards vs. The Rascalz vs. The Great Hands vs. Sinner & Saint.
After her comments on Tuesday’s NXT, reigning TNA Knockouts Champion Kelani Jordan will have a new sit-down interview.
Our live coverage begins at 8 PM Eastern.
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Santino talked up Bound for Glory, and explained that tonight is open fight night.
This was followed by a promo from Brian Myers released on TNA Digital this week, which set up the four team match opening the show.
Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary.
Sinner & Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams) vs. The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) vs. The Great Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch) (w/ Tasha Steelz) vs. The System (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards) (w/ Alicia Edwards)
The Rascals took all six of their opponents out with a double-dive to the floor. The crowd was behind the Rascalz as they double-teamed Icarus. Icarus caught Hotch with a forearm, setting Hotch up from a doulbe-team from Williams and Icarus. Hotch caught Williams with an eye-poke, but then Myers got the tag and went after Hotch.
Skyler distracted Myers, which allowed Hotch to catch him with a dropkick from behind that sent him to the floor. Skyler attacked Myers on the floor. Back in the ring, The Great Hands double-teamed Myers in their corner.
Hotch and Edwards hit a double team neckbreaker/legsweep on Myers for a near fall. Myers went for a sunset flipper two, but Hotch came back with a dropkick to get his own two count. Hotch dumped Myers to the floor again and Tasha Steelz attacked him on the floor.
Finally Edwards got the tag and hit Skyler with a lariat. Hotch got a high backdrop, and then Myers took Skyler down with a top rope rana. Then the match broke down with everyone getting in the ring for like a minute, before Edwards took out Skylar with a Boston Knee Party, and Edwards got the pinfall.
Match Result: The System won when Eddie Edwards pinned John Skylar (8:56 aired)
Should have just been a straight tag match between the System and The Great Hands for as much as the others were involved.
— Jody Threat challenged Dani Luna tonight.
— The Elegance Brand is looking for Mr. Elegance. The prize is a one year contract with TNA Wrestling. If you think you’re Mr. Elegance, make a video and send it to EleganceBrand(at)TNAWrestling.com.
Dani Luna v. Jody Threat
Threat went for a forward cannonball off the apron, but Luna ducked and Threat hit the floor with an audible thud. Back in the ring, Luna took Threat down with an exploder. Luna went for another exploder, but Threat reversed it into an exploder of her own. The comeback was short-lived, and Luna hit a German suplex on Threat.
Threat came back with chops and forearms. Luna escaped a suplex but Threat hit a lariat. Threat dumped Luna to the floor and hit her with a cannonball off the apron. Back in the ring, Threat hit kind of a jackhammer for a near fall.
Threat went for a submission, but Luna caught her with a back elbow and a back-body drop. Luna hit a slingshot blue thunder bomb for a near fall. Luna started jawing with the ref, and that gave Threat the opening to grab a rear naked choke. Luna made the ropes to escape.
Luna buried a knee in Threat’s midsection. Threat came back with a forearm, so Luna put her down with another knee. Threat came back with more forearms, but Luna hit a clubbing forearm to the back of Threat’s neck.
Luna went for the Luna Landing, but Threat escaped with a rana. Threat wound up on the outside, and Luna, in a impressive feat, got on the middle rope and threw Threat back into the ring with a release German suplex. Luna hit the Luna Landing and got the pinfall.
Match result: Luna pinned Threat (10:05 aired).
It felt like they missed their peak by about 3 minutes.
The TNA Injury Report:
- Mustafa Ali is day-to-day with injuries from the Hardcore War.
- Jake Something is suffering lingering after effects from Rosemary’s mist, but isn’t expected to miss any time.
- Mike Santana suffered a laceration in the Bound for Glory main event.
— Cedric Alexander challenged Mike Santana to leave his title in the back and come out for a fight tonight.
— Nic Nemeth and Mike Santana did a promotional tour all over El Paso. Nemeth wouldn’t make a bad first title defense for Santana. TNA will be in El Paso in December for Final Resolution and two nights of Impact tapings.
— To pad out the run time of the show, the showed a match from last March between The Hardys and the Colons in El Paso a few months ago. Allegedly it was an “El Paso Street Fight” but the first few minutes followed the rules of a straight tag match. Eventually it did break down into a street fight all over the arena, with the Hardys and Colons brawling all over the commentators area and freaking out Hannifan. The Hardys won after a Swanton bomb through a very uncooperative table on Orlando Colon.
— Then they aired a match between AJ Styles and Bobby Roode for the TNA World Title from a 2012 Open Fight night. Roode retained.
— On NXT Tuesday, Joe Henrdy and Thea Hale made a challenge (of sorts) to the new AAA Mixed Tag Team champions Ethan Page & Chelsea Green at NXT Gold Rush. Also on that show, Santino Marella set up Lei Ying Lee v. Kelani Jordan v. Jordan Grace for the TNA Knockouts Title at NXT Gold Rush.
A Sit-down Interview with TNA Knockouts World Champion Kelani Jordan.
Kelani Jordan sat down with Sarah Schreiber for an interview. A bunch of ungrateful women kicked Jordan out of the locker room, so now Jordan will “stay in her own lane.” She’s already beaten Jordynne Grace and Lei Ying Lee, so she didn’t see the reason to fight them again. Jordan isn’t afraid of anyone in the TNA locker room. She won’t let the women in TNA or NXT or the fans at home label her. In the end, “No one can do it like Lani.” Jordan feels miscast as a heel.
— The Elengace Brand were not impressed with any of the men in Edmonton.
Next week on TNA Impact:
- Elijah returns with a live concert.
- Jason Hotch v. Cedric Alexander
The following night is Turning Point, and nothing has been announced for that show.
TNA World Champion Mike Santana v. Cedric Alexander
Santana “left his world title belt” in the back because Cedric Alexander told him to in his challenge, not because this match was taped a month before Santana won the belt.
This is a standard babyface v. babyface match, with lots of technical wrestling and reversals in the opening minutes. Santana went for a wild swing early but Alexander ducked and went to the outside to regroup.
Santana caught Alexander with a springboard crossbody. Alexander dropped to the floor, and Santana followed to hit him with a superkick. Back in the ring, Alexander caught Santana with a Asai moonsault. The fought on the apron, and Alexander hit him with a flatliner on the apron.
After a commercial, Alexander dumped Santana with a release German suplex for a near fall. Santana and Alexander exchanged chops in the corner. Alexander caught Santana with a Michinoku Driver for another near fall.
Santana flipped out of a back suplex attack and hit a lariat. Santana followed up by coming off the ropes with a flying lariat. Santana went for the rolling cutter, but Alexander countered that with a suplex, then hit a fisherman’s buster for a near fall.
Alexander went for a Lumbar Check, but Santana escaped. Santana set up Alexander for a superplex, but Alexander countered and escaped. Santana caught him with a boot and hit the rolling cutter for another near fall.
Santana hit a boot, but Alexander came back with a superkick. Both guys exchanged cradles for near falls. Alexander avoided the rolling lariat, Santana escaped the Lumbar Check, and finally Santana hit the rolling lariat to get the pinfall.
Match Result: Mike Santana pinned Cedric Alexander (11:17 aired).
This was a good babyface match.
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