TNA Impact live results: The fallout from Sacrifice
TNA Impact on Thursday night will feature the fallout from Sacrifice.
This week’s episode was taped on Saturday, March 28 at the Alario Center just outside of New Orleans.
Five matches are advertised for the show.
TNA Knockouts World Champion Arianna Grace will defend her title against Xia Brookside.
The rivalry between Jody Threat and Tessa Blanchard will continue with a Bunkhouse match.
TNA World Champion Mike Santana is scheduled to kick off this week’s show. Santana successfully defended his title at Sacrifice against Steve Maclin in a match that was stopped early when Maclin suffered an injury on a superkick just over two minutes in.
We will hear from Matt and Jeff Hardy on Impact this week. The TNA World Tag Team Champions were betrayed by The Righteous at Sacrifice.
Also scheduled for the show is AJ Francis vs. The Hometown Man in singles action.
Our live coverage kicks off at 9 PM Eastern.
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Taped! From New Orleans.
Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary.
Mike Santana Keeps it a Buck Real Quick
Mike Santana came out to address the TNA crowd, and said he faced one of the toughest people in TNA, Steve Maclin, and “dropped him.” He promised to walk out of Sacrifice as world champion, and did, so now he’s moving onto other things. And that’s Eddie Edwards, at Rebellion. (I guess we’re all ignoring Nic Nemeth saying he would cash in at Rebellion in Cleveland on last Friday’s pre-show.)
Eddie Edwards and Cedric Alexander came out to retort, and Edwards reminded Santana that he pinned Santana last week. He added that when he wins the TNA World title at Rebellion, TNA will officially be run by The System. Santana suggested that Edwards doesn’t believe his own words, otherwise they’d be fighting right now. But Alexander shifted the focus to his challenge of the X Division Champion Leon Slater, who has been “ducking and dodging” him.
Cue Leon Slater, who tells Alexander he beat him nine months ago and won’t have any problem beating him again. Alexander responds that he doesn’t care about the fans anymore—he only cares about the System, who will have all the other gold after Rebellion.
This brings out Mustafa Ali and Order 4, because there’s not enough jabronies jaw-jacking in this opening. Ali is at least dressed to fight (as is Agent Zero), and he promised to beat Trey Miguel for the International Title at Rebellion.
That brought out Trey Miguel, who acknowledged that once someone says your name, you come out for the promo. Miguel called Ali a coward who hides behind his numbers, since he can’t do it himself. Miguel challenged Ali to be a real man, but whether he’s a real man or a coward, he’s not walking away with his International Title. “You mean not walking away like Jada Stone?”
Santana challenged the heels to a fight, which would be 3 on like 7, as Ali pointed out. But Moose came out to make it four on seven. Moose backdropped one of the Great Hands onto the other, and Santino Marella came out with “an idea on his brains.” And he he makes either a six man or eight man—let’s see which when we get back from break!
Mike Satana, Leon Slater, Trey Miguel & Moose (w/ Alisha Edwards) v. Mustafa Ali, Agent Zero, Eddie Edwards and Cedric Alexander (w/ the rest of Order 4)
So it is an eight man tag, and Moose started out with Ali. Ali quickly rethought that, and Alexander tagged in to get promptly squashed by a senton from Moose. Santana came in, and a cheap shot from Edwards gave him a brief advantage he failed to take advantage of. Santana caught him with a big dropkick, then tagged in Slater.
Slater and Santana hit some well-timed double teams on Edwards. Slater caught Edwards with a rana off the middle ropes but walked into an uranage from Alexander on the ring apron. Alexander caught Slater with a dropkick to the back of the neck.
Tags were made and Miguel and Ali had a great exchange. Migeul caught Ali with a sliding DDT to the floor, then came off the top rope with a meteora in the ring for a near fall. Ali boxed Miguel’s ears and tagged in Agent Zero, who planted Miguel to the mat with a choke slam.
Zero pres-slammed Miguel to the mat, then tagged Ali back in. Ali choked Miguel against the ropes, then distracted the ref so Tasha Steelz could get in on the fun. The crowd chanted for Moose while Ali worked over Miguel some more. Edwards tagged in to floor Miguel with a chop. Edwards drew Moose into the ring so the heels could team up on Miguel behind the ref’s back… but they didn’t do that much to punish him.
Alexander got snagged in a small package for a near fall, and he responded by burying a knee into Miguel’s gut. Miguel avoided a shoulder block from Edwards in the corner, but Ali cut off Miguel from getting a tag. Ali the drew the faces into the ring so the Great Hands could beat on Miguel on the floor.
Miguel turned Ali inside out with a clothesline, but Zero got the tag and dumped Miguel with a German suplex. More double-teaming from the System, and Alexander got a near fall after a Michinoku Driver. Miguel came back and hit Alexander with a Lionsault, and kicked Edwards away, backdropped an interfering Ali, and finally got the hot tag to Santana.
Santana went one-on-one with Edwards and took him out with a flying knee. Santana took out Alexander with a dive to the floor. Santana hit Edwards with a front splash, but Ali broke up the pin. Miguel hi him with a flying DDT, and now its time for “hit a move, take a move” withe everyone going for dives. That ended BALDY for Ali, who tried to dive onto Moose and wound up powerbombed on the ring apron.
This left Moose and Agent Zero one on one in the ring. They brawled, Zero hit Moose with a boot, and Moose came back with a top rope superplex on Zero. But that left him open for a 450 from Ali. Which left Ali open from a 450 from Slater. Ali gave Slater a Lumbar Check, Miguel took care of Al. Satnana clotheslined Agent Zero out of the ring, dumped the Great Hands when they tired to interfere, and then hit Alexander with the rolling stunner. But that left Santana open to a Boston Knee Part from Edwards, and for the second time in a week, Edwards has pinned the TNA champ.
Match Result: Edwards, Ali, Alexander & Agent Zero were victorious when Edwards pinned Santana (15:07).
Honestly that might have been the best 1/2 hour of Impact on AMC so far.
— Daria Rae complained about Santino making the last impromptu match, and lets Santino know he’s on thin ice with the board. Also, the winner of tonight’s main event for the Knockouts World Title has to face Lei Ying Lee at Rebellion.
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