TNA Rebellion live results: Mike Santana vs. Eddie Edwards

TNA Rebellion takes place at the Wolfstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio tonight.

Mike Santana defends the TNA World title against Eddie Edwards and more is set for the show.

The full lineup is below:

• Trey Miguel (c) vs. Mustafa Ali for the TNA International Championship
• Leon Slater (c) vs. Cedric Alexander for the TNA X Division Championship
• The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) (c) vs. The System (Bear Bronson and Brian Myers) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
• Frankie Kazarian vs. Elijah
• The Elegance Brand (Ash By Elegance, M By Elegance, Heather By Elegance) vs. ODB, Mickie James & Taryn Terrell in a Hardcore Country match
• Mike Santana (c) vs. Eddie Edwards for the TNA World Championship
• Arianna Grace (c) vs. Lei Ying Lee for the TNA Knockouts Championship
• Nic Nemeth (with Bernie Kosar) vs. A. J. Francis
• Moose vs. Special Agent 0
• Ryan Nemeth vs. BDE (pre-show)

Our live coverage begins at 7 p.m. Eastern.

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Countdown to Rebellion! 

Live! From Cleveland! 

The hosts for the countdown were Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt. 

— Eddie Edwards was shown walking around backstage with the rest of The System. Is it the night of The System? 

— Mike Santana was also walking around backstage, with his daughter carrying the TNA World Title belt over her shoulder. Surely they wouldn’t fly Mike’s daughter out there with him just to have him do a job… again. 

— Daria Rae was brought out to be the “expert panelist” for the pre-show. She gave out some truly ridiculous word salad in service of the “Hardcore Country Match” on the main show. It was a great example of a lot of words that said nothing. 

— Gia Miller was in the concourse getting predictions about the card from gathered fans about the Hardcore Country match. 

— The crowd chanted for Santino while Daria Rae explained why he was suspended for invading the women’s locker room and fighting with a talent. 

— Apparently, the plan to entice people to buy this show is for Rae and Hannifan to debate the actions of storyline authority figures. 

— Daria Rae introduced The System, who came out to address the live crowd. TNA really overestimates the value of these guys. Brian Myers called Cleveland “the mistake on the lake” and promised the crowd their tickets would be souvenirs because this will be the last tag team title reign of the Hardys. Bear Bronson promised there would be nothing left of the Hardys “but the memories.” Alexander said they would kick off Rebellion with a new X Division Champion. Edwards said he would take the TNA World Title for the third time and deliver it to The System.

— Gia Miller asked some kids in the crowd about who they’re excited to see tonight. Two kids who couldn’t be more than 10 are most interested in the Hardys.

Ryan Nemeth v. BDE 

Nemeth grabbed a mic before the match started to address his parents in the crowd. While dad liked Nic best, mom liked Ryan best (mom shook her head “no”).  Of course, this was all to turn on the crowd and call Cleveland dumb so he could get booed by the fans. He was also wearing Pittsburgh Steelers inspired gear to ensure maximum hatred from the crowd. 

BDE flew around the ring early, but Nemeth got the advantage on the floor and dropped him on the ring apron with a back suplex. Back in the ring, Nemeth got a near fall off of a hangman’s neckbreaker and worked a chinlock. BDE came back with some flying forearms, then caught Nemeth with a springboard cutter for two. 

Nemeth came back with a jumping DDT for two. BDE escaped a back suplex and caught Nemeth with an enziguri. BDE hit a frog splash off from the top, but Nemeth rolled out of the ring to regroup. BDE went to grab Nemeth, but he snapped BDE’s neck against the top rope, then hit the Big Hollywood Ending to get the pinfall. 

Match Result: Ryan Nemeth pinned BDE (5:01). 

So after cheating to beat BDE last month, Nemeth pinned him clean this month. Okay. After the match, Papa Nemeth booed while Mama Nemeth cheered. 

— Hannifan brought out the Home Town Man for his expertise in the Elijah/Frankie Kazarian feud. Cleveland doesn’t have a bigger baseball star than the fictional ones from Major League? The Homer is in a Ricky Vaughn baseball jersey. The Homer threw t-shirts into the crowd. 

— Carlos Silva joined the pre-show panel and got booed by the crowd. Must be a lot of Create a Pro fans in the crowd. When they moved the conversation to Ricky Sosa, Eric Young came out to say that Sosa was laid up in a hospital in Europe. He then called EC3 a “nepo baby” and said he have to explain to him later tonight why he deserves to be in TNA. 

— Ace Steele was brought out to lend his “expertise” and analyze tonight’s main event. 

— Miller interviewed another fan in the crowd about his opinion on who will win the main event tonight. 

TNA’s Rebellion 2026

— Charity Evonna sang the Star Spangled Banner to kick off the show. 

Leon Slater v. Cedric Alexander for the TNA X-Division Championship 

Slater caught Alexander with a handspring back elbow. He tried to escape to the apron, but Slater hit him with a running boot. Alexander avoided a dive from Slater on the floor, but Slater caught Alexander with a jumping rana off the ring steps. 

Back in the ring, Slater hit a crossbody off the top for two. Slater chopped Alexander in the corner. Slater escaped a back suplex attempt, but Alexander snapped Slater’s neck against the top rope. Alexander then flattened Slater with a uranage on the ring apron. Alexander followed up by suplexing Slater on the ring apron.

Back in the ring, Alexander folded Slater in half with a German suplex. Slater and Alexander exchanged strikes, and Alexander tossed Slater to the mat and hit him with a dropkick to the back of the head for two. Alexander dropped to the floor to taunt the crowd, and Slater slid out of the ring and hit him with a dropkick. 

Back in the ring, Alexander dumped Slater again with a German suplex for a near fall. Alexander elbowed Slater down and locked in a chinlock. Alexander raked Slater’s eyes to cut off his comeback. With Slater disoriented, Alexander boxed his ears. Alexander taunted Slater, and Slater just floored him with a leg lariat. 

Slater rebounded off the ropes with a leg lariat and got a near fall. Slater charged Alexander in the corner with a kick to the face. Slater went to the top, but Alexander avoided the dive and dropped to the floor. So Slater followed with his somersault dive over the post. 

Back in the ring, Slater hit an inverted sliced bread for a near fall. Slater went for the Swanton 450, but Alexander got out of the way. Alexander hit a Michinoku Driver for two. 

The crowd was really getting behind Leon, who went for a Styles Clash out of a sunset flip. Alexander escaped. Slater got hung up in the ropes, and Alexander floored him with a clothesline. Alexander dropped Slater with a brainbuster for two. 

Alexander then gave Slater a brainbuster from the top into the turnbuckles. Alexander followed up with the Lumbar check, but Slater got his foot on the ropes to break up the three count. 

Alexander dropped to the floor and grabbed the X-Division title belt and brought it in the ring. But Slater popped up and pulled Alexander into a Styles Clash, and drove Alexander into the title belt. Slater then hit the Swanton 450 and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Slater pinned Alexander after a Swanton 450 to retain (14:23). 

The countdown is now on for May 14th. If Slater makes it past that date as champion, he will be the longest-reigning TNA X-Division champion in history. 

— Gia Miller interviewed Mike Santana, who talked about how he’s been carrying the TNA World Title for 86 days. Alisha Edwards came along and offered some help to Santana. “Let’s talk.” 

Frankie Kazarian v. Elijah 

Elijah looked awesome in the early going. He hit a flying clothesline in the ring, then a drive by knee. He also did his rope walk spot. Kazarian German suplexed Elijah into the turnbuckles, then choked him against the turnbuckle hook. Kazarian jumped over the ropes and caught Elijah with a rana. 

Back in the ring, Kazarian hit a slingshot legdrop, then choked Elijah. Kazarian kept up the pressure with a Russian Leg Sweep. Elijah avoided another legdrop. Elijah went for a springboard clothesline, but Kazarian whipped him with the strap off his guitar. Why wasn’t that a disqualification? 

Kazarian then tried to do the rope-walk spot, but Elijah blocked that and slammed Kazarian to the mat. Kazarian went for his springboard legdrop, but Elijah caught him and turned that into a sit-out powerbomb. Kazarian dove into a high knee from Elijah. Elijah dropped to the floor for the guitar strap and whipped Kazarian with the strap, including a couple to the face that couldn’t have been pleasant. 

Elijah chokeslammed Kazarian for a near fall. Kazarian dropped to the floor and grabbed Elijah’s guitar. Elijah caught up to Kazarian and slid the guitar in the ring. Kazarian hit Elijah with a slingshot cutter into the guitar, but only got two. Kazarian  escaped an attempt at Fade to Black, but Elijah escaped and got back to the guitar, breaking off the handle. He went towards Kazarian like he was going to jab him in the face with it, but the ref finally decided to enforce some rules and grabbed the guitar pieces away from Elijah. Kazarian then low-blowed Elijah and rolled him up for the pinfall. 

Match Result: Kazarian pinned Elijah (12:29). 

Injury Report: 

• The Hardys are injured but cleared. 
• ODB and Mickie James are injured but cleared.
• Stacks has a black eye and he’s cleared but not wrestling.
• Mike Santana and Eddie Edwards are also cleared. 

— In the back, Arianna Grace and Stacks were walking around the back, and Stacks didn’t have a black eye. Stacks does have a plan for Grace to retain her Knockouts Championship tonight.

Moose (w/ Alisha Edwards) v. Agent Zero 

Props to Moose for wearing a proper professional wrestler’s ring robe. He doesn’t even get out of that robe before Agent Zero dives over the top rope and nails him with a plancha. Moose had to push Edwards out of the way so she didn’t get killed by the dive, and she came up limping. 

Back in the ring, the match officially got underway. Moose backdropped Zero to the floor, then followed him out with a dive. Moose then pulled a table out from under the ring. He set it up, but Zero cut him off before he could do much with it. They fought up to the apron, and Zero went to powerbomb Moose through the table, but Moose backdropped Zero on the apron. 

Back in the ring, Moose charged Zero with a forearm. Zero cut him off with a clothesline, but Moose came back with a dropkick that sent Zero to the floor. On the floor, Moose charged at Zero, who caught him with a pop-up powerbomb into the ringpost. 

The crowd chanted for Moose while in the ring, Zero set him up for a choke bomb. Moose escaped and they started exchanging “Boo!/Yay!” forearms. They collided into each other with clotheslines, and then Moose hit Zero with a boot. Moose then gave Zero a superplex off the top rope. Moose got to his feet, but then Zero kipped up! 

Moose and Zero exchanged some more heavy lumber, and Zero got knocked out onto the apron. Moose then speared Zero off the apron  and through the table! 

They both got back into the ring and got to their feet. Moose hit a boot, but Zero turned Moose inside out with a clothesline. Zero hit Moose with the End of Days (Baron Corbin’s old finisher) but only got two. Zero pounded away on Moose, who came back and gave Zero a headbutt. Moose hit a uranage and a senton. Moose charged at Zero, but Zero dumped him to the floor. Zero went for another dive, but Moose caught him, then pop-up powerbombed him onto the lower half of the steel ring steps. 

Back in the ring, the Great Hands came out to distract Moose. John Skylar dragged Alisha up on the apron. Moose kicked Skylar, but the momentum also knocked Alisha down, and she hurt her ankle again. Moose went to carry Alisha to the back, and Zero dove in with a kick on Moose. 

Zero then choke-bombed Moose against the ring apron. Back in the ring, Zero hit another chokebomb and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Agent Zero pinned Moose (10:45). 

These guys could have just done a big guy match, but they went out and did an X-Division match instead and it was awesome. 

The Elegance Brand (w/ Mr. Elegance & The Cocierge) v. Mickie James, Taryn Terrell & ODB in a Hardcore Country Match

The Concierge came out and trashed Cleveland, making him the fourth guy in two hours to try and get heat by trashing Cleveland.

The Elegance Brand came out with signs that said “I am Not a Mark” and another that called someone a “Hardcore Hooker.” ODB (allegedly) came out loaded which honestly isn’t a bad way to get through a TNA show. James carried out a “mark bucket” with weapons to use. If they’d have watched Smackdown last night, they would have learned “mark” is an impolite term. 

The Elegance Brand women were wearing “I Am Not a Mark” t-shirts. Ash grabbed the mic and screamed about how she is isn’t a mark. She was going to say something about the Concierge’s being a pickle…, but the babyfaces attacked the Brand from behind so she couldn’t finish the thought. 

The women all dropped to the floor and threw a ton of weapons into the ring. The Elegance Brand got back into the ring first, so they had the high ground for a minute, but it didn’t last. The fight went to the floor, and Ash and M got into a fight with three fans, who were from Love is Blind: Cleveland. 

Terrell suplexed Heather into a pile of lollipops for a near fall. The babyfaces then threw the lollipops to the crowd while the Elegance Brand regrouped on the floor. Terrell and James went after them and got whipped into the ring apron. 

Back in the ring, ODB got a brief edge on the Elegance Brand, but Ash cracked her with a kendo stick. The Elegance Brand then tied ODB up to the bottom rope with a bullrope. 

I don’t know where they came from, but there were hay bales and a wheelbarrow that got used as weapons. OBD pulled out a cooler full of pickles. Terrell and James went to dunk The Concierge into the pickles, but Mr. Elegance tried to make the save and wound up face first into the pickles instead. 

Back in the ring, the babyfaces dressed up The Concierge in a pickle costume. Terrell then came off the top with a dive to take out all three members of the Elegance Brand. Mr. Elegance floored ODB with a clothesline. He posed over ODB, who then used tongs on Mr. Elegance’s crotch. Ash ran in and sprayed ODB in the face with hairspray, hit her with a DDT, and the Elegance Brand piled on to get the pinfall. 

Match Result: The Elegance Brand won when everyone pinned ODB (10:47). 

That was the worst thing I’ve ever seen.

After the match, Tommy Dreamer and Carlos Silva came to the ring. I had a horrible thought that they were going to restart the match. Thankfully, Dreamer and Silva were there to tell ODB she was going to be the TNA Hall of Fame. The crowd popped for the announcement. ODB thanked the fans and brought her husband Big Al into the ring. She suggested she’d bring her food trucks to Bound for Glory.

They had her take the fall, then put her in the Hall of Fame?

— Elayna Black complained about having to come to Cleveland and meet the fans, but will also be watching the Knockouts Title match later tonight. 

Nic Nemeth (w/ Bernie Kosar) v. AJ Francis

Francis showed off his “LeBron 2s” for the crowd and put himself over as “the LeBron James of professional wrestling.” Francis is the sixth guy now to try and get heel heat by knocking Cleveland.

Nemeth is usually a heel, but he’s getting a great babyface reaction since he’s from Cleveland and he brought out the greatest quarterback in the history of the Browns.

Nemeth was dressed in Browns-inspired gear. Francis hit a superkick right away and got a near fall. He went for another one, but Nemeth ducked. Nemeth tried for a jumping DDT, but Francis blocked it and tossed Nemeth to the floor. 

On the floor, Nemeth escaped a chokeslam but dove into the “Right Hand of God” from Francis. Francis got back into the ring and waited for the ref to count Nemeth out, but Nemeth beat the count at seven. 

Francis avalanched Nemeth in the corner. Francis charged into Nemeth with a knee and went over the ropes, then got into it with Bernie Kosar on the floor. The crowd chanted for Kosar. Back in the ring, Nemeth escaped a chokeslam attempt but walked right into a boot. 

Nemeth went to pick up Francis on his shoulders, but Nemeth collapsed under Francis’s weight. Nemeth finally caught Francis with a DDT, then dropped a series of elbows. Nemeth got Francis up on his shoulders and dropped him with an AA for two. 

Nemeth charged into a spear from Francis, who got a near fall. Francis went for a choke slam, but Nemeth countered that into a Famouser for a near fall. 

Nemeth went to the top, but Francis crotched him. Francis went for a superplex, but Nemeth fought out of it. Nemeth head butted Francis a couple of times, then took Francis down from the top rope with the Danger Zone. Nemeth went for the pin, but Francis kicked out. 

Francis dropped to the floor. Nemeth went for a dive, but Francis caught him and chokeslammed Nemeth on the floor. Francis tossed Nemeth back in the ring, then got into Kosar’s face again. Francis pulled a steel chair out from under the ring. The referee kept Francis from using the chair, pulling the chair away from Francis. So Francis knocked out the referee from behind. 

Francis got the chair again, and Bernie Kosar got in the ring. He got in between Francis and Nemeth. Francis got into a three point stance to face off with Kosar. But before the could go at it, KC Navarro made his return and came out to distract Francis. Kosar hit Francis from behind with the chair, Nemeth finished him off with the Danger Zone, and Navarro threw the ref back in the ring to count the pinfall. 

Match Result: Nemeth pinned Francis (14:32). 

Good match with a tremendous finish. AJ Francis puts guys over like a million bucks. 

Lei Ying Lee (w/ Xia Brookside) v. Arianna Grace (w/ Stacks) for the TNA Knockouts World Championship

My stream died for a minute, but it came back in time for me to see Lee hit Grace with a dropkick off the middle ropes. The fight dropped to the floor for a bit. Back in the ring, Grace hit a pump kick and a twisting neckbreaker for a near fall. 

Lee tried for a sunset flip, but Stacks grabbed Grace to keep her from going over. Brookside encouraged the referee to throw Stacks out, which he did. 

Lee then took over on Grace with a series of kicks and pummeled her in the corner with punches. Lee dropped Grace with an exploder suplex for a near fall. Lee ran into a back elbow from Grace. Grace came back with a forearm off the middle ropes for a near fall. 

Grace managed to set up Lee for a superplex, but Lee fought out of it. Lee came off the middle ropes with a blockbuster for a near fall. Lee went for the Warrior’s Way, but Grace raked her eyes. Grace hit Lee with a facebuster for a near fall. 

Grace tried to pull one of the turnbuckles off, then dropped to the floor to grab the title belt. She went to use it as a weapon, but the referee took the belt away. Lee then hit Grace with the Warrior’s Way. She went for the cover… but Xia Brookside put Grace’s foot on the bottom rope. 

Lee was stunned, and Brookside dragged Lee out of the ring and attacked her. Brookside tossed Lee into the steel steps on the floor. Brookside threw Lee back into the ring, and Grace hit her with a knee to the back of the head. 

Match Results: Arianna Grace pinned Lee to retain (8:40). 

There was no heat for this match, but the crowd did react to the turn at least. Xia Brookside should be elevated to the title picture so I look forward to the feud between Brookside and Lee. 

Arianna Grace as champion though… ugh. Just, ugh.

The Return of EC3

Eric Young came out to the ring and called out EC3 to explain why he deserved to be in TNA. Eric Young also hates Cleveland and Ohio and everything. EC3 came out in a suit and to not much reaction from the crowd. He tossed his suit jacket to a fan. Carter and Young had a staredown, Young charged, and EC3 clotheslined Young to the floor. EC3 challenged Young to a match on AMC Thursday and said “pursuant” a lot. Also, he’s from Cleveland.

Trey Miguel v. Mustafa Ali (w/ Order 4) for the TNA International Championship 

The Order 4 geeks and Mustafa Ali have been upgraded with what looks like Borg tech. 

Ali caught Miguel with a rana and kipped up. Miguel caught Ali with his own sloppier rana, and Ali dropped to the floor to regroup. I’m disappointed that Ali didn’t try to wrestle with his mechanical Borg arm. 

Ali chopped Miguel in the corner, but Miguel didn’t back down and hit Ali with an enziguri. Ali walked into a back elbow from Miguel, then charged at Miguel, missed and did a header into the corner. Ali stumbled on the floor and Miguel followed him out with a flip dive. 

Back in the ring, Miguel caught Ali with a twisting destroyer for a near fall. The Great Hands distracted the ref, and Ali launched Miguel into a cutter from Tasha Steelz for a near fall. 

Ali backed Miguel into the corner with an uppercut. Miguel turned Ali inside-out with a clothesline for a near fall. Ali caught Miguel with a jawbreaker, then hit a rolling cutter for a near fall. Miguel caught Ali with a small package for a near fall. They fought over a suplex, and Ali eventually pulled him into a fisherman’s suplex for a near fall. 

Ali tossed Miguel to the floor. The Great Hands rearranged the steel stairs while Ali taunted Carlos Silva. Ali tried to powerbomb Miguel onto the steel steps, but Miguel escaped and then drove Ali’s head into the steps with a meteora. But Miguel hurt his own knee in the process. 

Back in the ring, Miguel caught Ali with a rana and a German suplex. Ali went for a back suplex, but Miguel flipped through. Ali drove Miguel into the mat with a DDT. Miguel came back with a spinning DDT of his own for a near fall. 

Ali hit a dropkick on Miguel, but Miguel rolled through and came back with his own dropkick. Ali went for his rolling neckbreaker, but Miguel avoided it and stomped Ali for a near fall. 

Ali and Miguel fought up to the top rope. Ali yanked Miguel down to the mat with a top rope Spanish Fly and got a near fall. Ali went to the top and went for a 450, but dove right into a cutter from Miguel. Ali dropped to the floor, and Miguel slid out and hit a spinning DDT on the floor. Back in the ring, Miguel came off the top with a meteora and cradled Ali, but Ali kicked out at two. 

Miguel came up favoring his knee. Steelz jumped up onto the ring apron, and the Great Hands smacked Miguel with the Borg helmets from their entrance. Ali then came off the top with the 450 splash and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Mustafa Ali is your NEW TNA INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION via pinfall (12:40). 

Put all the belts on Ali; he’s fantastic. After the match, Carlos Silva came to the ring to present Ali with the belt, but Steelz cut him off, and handed the belt to the new champion.

— Gia Miller tried to interview Lei Ying Lee in the back, who cried because Xia Brookside turned on her. 

And now I’m about to cry… 

Back to the Undead Realm 

All Rosemary wanted was for Abyss to be happy, and Rosemary left Abyss and James Mitchell to cry over his treatment on WWE:Unreal (I’m guessing). 

Victoria Crawford and Tessa Blanchard wandered around the Undead Realm, and someone screamed.

Mitchell apologized to Abyss for some bad TNA angles from 20 years ago about parallel universes where he was a father at 8. Abyss said Mitchell didn’t owe him an apology, since they were dominant. Abyss reminisced about winning the TNA World title from Sting (which was actually the NWA World Title) and then beating up Christian Cage, AJ Styles and Sabu. Mitchell talked about beginning in kindergarten, when he said he wanted to be “a mad scientist” and that resulted in some parent-teacher conferences. They did “Click, DOOMSDAY!” and Abyss disappeared and WHAT WAS THE POINT OF ANY OF THIS?

The Hardys v. Bear Bronson & Brian Myers for the TNA World Tag Team Championship

The Hardys were dressed in all green and still selling the injuries from their table matches Thursday. 

The Hardys were the most over thing on the show by far. 

Matt Hardy sold injured ribs, coming up holding his side after a fist drop. Matt deleted Brian Myers head into the turnbuckles. Matt took Myers down with a Side Effect for a near fall. The fight went to the floor, where Bronson body blocked Matt. Myers then drove Matt into the ring apron. 

Back in the ring, Bronson dropped an elbow on Matt. Bronson drove his shoulder into Matt’s ribs. Matt took off his shirt and had a DDP tribute tape job on his ribs. Matt went for a sunset flip, but Bronson sat on Hardy. 

Myers tagged in and worked over Matt’s ribs with a bearhug on the mat. Myers drove Matt to the mat with a back suplex. Myers charged at Matt and ran into a Twist of Fate. 

Jeff got the tag and went low on Bronson with a dropkick. Jeff dropped a double-leg in Bronson’s midsection for a near fall. Bronson blocked a Twist of Fate and hit a Black Hole Slam. Myers came off the top with an elbow, but Matt broke up the pinfall attempt. 

Matt and Myers brawled on the floor, and took each other out with a double clothesline on the floor. 

Back in the ring, Bronson and Jeff exchanged “Boo!/Yay!” punches. Jeff caught Bronson with a jawbreaker, then bent him backwards with the “Spinal Destination.” Myers broke up the hold before Jeff could get the submission. 

Matt and Jeff hit Myers with the plot twist, and he flew out to the floor. Jeff and Matt hit Poetry in (Slow) Motion, and Matt called for the Twist of Fate. Matt hit Bronson with the Twist of Fate. Jeff went to the top for the Swanton, but Myers yanked Jeff down off the top, snapping Jeff’s injured arm against the mat. Myers backdropped Matt over the top, and then Bronson drove Jeff into the mat with a sit-out tombstone (Myers added a superkick right before Bronson delivered the final impact). 

Match Result: Bear Bronson & Brian Myers defeated The Hardys to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship (10:21)

— Moose wanted to take Alisha Edwards to the hospital, but she needs to stick around for the main event. 

On Impact Thursday: KC Navarro v. AJ Francis, EC3 for Eric Young. 

Eddie Edwards v. Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship

Two members of the band Downstait shout lyrics to the System’s entrance music. 

The crowd was behind Santana, but it was nothing like how they were cheering for the Hardys. 

There was some good mat work early on to start. Both guys exchanged arm drags. Edwards evaded the rolling cutter, and Santana dodged the Boston Knee Party. Edwards dropped to the floor to regroup. 

Edwards and Santana exchanged shoulder blocks. Santana ran through a chop from Edwards and floored him with a tackle, and again Edwards dropped to the floor to regroup. This time, Santana followed him. Edwards lured Santana back into the ring, but he avoided another Boston knee Party. Santana caught Edwards with a moonsault off the middle rope, then followed him to the floor with a dive. Santana went for a frog splash, but Edwards moved out of the way. 

Edwards got a near fall off of a tiger bomb. Edwards tossed Santana to the floor. Edwards followed, and Santana back suplexed Edwards onto the ring apron. Santana went for the rolling lariat, but Edwards ducked and Santana smacked his arm against the ring post. Edwards tossed Santana into the steel stairs. Santana’s daughter scolded Edwards from her seat at ringside, and Edwards drove Santana’s arm into the ring steps. 

Edwards tossed Santana back into the ring. The crowd chanted for Santana while Edwards worked over his injured arm.  Edwards tossed Santana into the ringpost shoulder-first. Edwards used an armbar to work over Santana’s injury. Santana hit Edwards with a flying clothesline, but injured his arm further delivering the move. 

Santana caught Edwards with an enziguri, hit him with the “Outline in Chalk,” a cannonball, and a sit-out powerbomb for a near fall. Santana hit a frog splash for two. 

Edwards crawled out to the apron. Santana followed, and Edwards sent him shoulder first into the turnbuckle. Edwards hit an enziguri, the dropped Santana with a fisherman’s buster. But the impact also sent Edwards down to the floor. 

Edwards went to the other side of the ring and pulled up some of the protective mats, exposing the concrete floor. Edwards set up a tiger bomb on the concrete, but Santana escaped and floored Edwards with a death valley driver on the concrete. 

The referee started to count both men out, and they both got back into the ring at nine. They hit each other with boots, then floored each other with a double-clothesline. 

With both guys on the mat, Alisha Edwards limped out to the ring with crutches and her ankle taped out. Moose soon followed (with entrance music). He pointed to the Silva-Screen, and video played exposing that Alisha’s ankle wasn’t hurt! And she left Eddie a voice memo that she’d be there to help him win the title. 

Moose stalked Alisha, but Bronson and Myers jumped him. Santana took them out with a dive, but then Edwards hit Santana with the Boston Knee Party. Santana kicked out at two. Alisha fed Eddie a crutch, but the ref took it. Moose hit Eddie with a spear behind the ref’s back. Santana went for the cover, the ref counted two, Edwards did not kick out, but the ref didn’t count the pinfall anyway. 

The referee sent Alisha to the back, and she was carried there by Moose. Cedric Alexander tried to interfere, but Santana took him out with a rolling cutter. Edwards hit another Boston Knee Party, but Santana kicked out again. 

Edwards tried for a kick, but Santana blocked it and hit the rolling lariat. But his arm was too hurt. Edwards hit another knee, but Santana absorbed that, hit a rolling lariat, then hit another lariat, and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Mike Santana pinned Eddie Edwards to retain (19:12). 

After the match, Moose came back out to exchange a look with Santana, who celebrated despite his injured arm. 

Final Thoughts:

What was good was pretty good, but what was bad was epically bad. I’m so tired of the Undead Realm stuff. I did like the ending of turning the Alisha Edwards turn on its head by having Moose expose the subterfuge to render it ineffective. The X-Division and International Title matches, and the Moose/Agent Zero match were all very good.