The road to Genesis and Thursday Night iMPACT! on AMC continues as TNA iMPACT! delivers a loaded episode this Thursday at 8/7c on TNA+ around the world, AXS TV in the US, and Sportsnet 360 in Canada.
The countdown is on before Team TNA battles the NXT outsiders in a five–on–five Steel Cage Match next Thursday. But before the war, the action heats up on an ALL-NEW TNA iMPACT! this Thursday at 8/7c on TNA+ around the world, AXS TV in the US, and Sportsnet 360 in Canada.
As TNA Wrestling prepares for its big move to AMC early next year, the company has been sorting through a long list of talent contracts. One name that won’t be part of those renewal talks is former Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich, whose time with the promotion has officially come to an end.
Slamovich hasn’t been seen in a TNA ring since September, when she worked a six-woman tag match before abruptly disappearing from television. Her absence came after abuse allegations surfaced involving her relationship with fellow wrestler AKIRA. Slamovich publicly described the situation as “mutually destructive” and took responsibility for her role, but the fallout led the company to quietly sideline her.
According to Fightful Select, her contract has now expired and she’s no longer with the promotion. TNA’s roster page recently removed her profile—usually a telltale sign that a departure is finalized.
Slamovich originally joined TNA in 2019 and quickly became one of the division’s most physical and compelling performers. Her résumé includes a Knockouts World Championship reign from last October through July, along with two runs as Knockouts Tag Team Champion. After her final TNA match, she wrestled a few indie dates overseas, wrapping up with a bout in Austria on September 20, but she hasn’t appeared anywhere since.
With TNA’s AMC era looming, several wrestlers are reportedly working without deals while the promotion sorts out fresh contracts. Slamovich, however, won’t be part of that next chapter, officially closing the book on a once-promising run that ended under difficult circumstances.
TNA closed out the year with a stacked night of action mixing interpromotional warfare, emotional farewells, and plenty of championship drama. Here’s everything that went down at Final Resolution 2025.
The pre-show opened with Cedric Alexander and Eric Young throwing down for the first time ever. Young’s flying elbow wasn’t enough to seal it, and Alexander answered with a crisp Brainbuster to score the win.
Winner: Cedric Alexander
Backstage, Gia Miller caught up with Leon Slater, who seemed confident ahead of his X-Division defense against A.J. Francis. His BDE allies backed him up with plenty of bravado.
Moose, Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers issued an open challenge as they evaluate potential replacements for JDC, who retires next month.
C.W. Anderson tried to turn the tide by distracting Myers, giving Bear Bronson a brief power surge. But Moose and Edwards regrouped, and The System finished off Brock Anderson with their System Overload triple-team.
Winners: The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers)
Santana jumped Dempsey before the bell, fueled by pure payback. Despite Dempsey’s slick counters — including a nasty bridging German — Santana powered through, hit the Three Amigos in tribute to Eddie Guerrero, and sealed the win with Spin the Block.
Winner: Mike Santana
Kazarian, meanwhile, promised Gia Miller he would retain the TNA World Championship later in the night.
Victoria Crawford and Tessa Blanchard, backed by NXT rep Robert Stone, challenged the Knockouts Tag Champs. Stone constantly meddled, and the challengers targeted Jessie’s knee. Once Cassie tagged in, the champs rallied — even as The Elegance Brand showed up to stir trouble. In the closing scramble, The IInspiration hit The IIdolizer on Crawford to hold onto the belts.
Winners & Still Champions: The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay)
Backstage, Santino Marella pressed NXT liaison Arianna Grace for answers in the ongoing “NXT Outlaw” investigation.
Cardona and Warner’s bad blood boiled over immediately. Steph De Lander helped her man early with a trash can shot and later blinded Cardona with mystery spray, but chaos went both ways — Warner suplexed him on the steel ramp and hit a DDT through a door.
Cardona swung momentum back with an Unpretty-her into a chair and even dropped Warner onto a pile of his own action figures. After Warner whiffed on a screwdriver attack, Cardona blasted him with Radio Silence through another door to end it.
Winner: Matt Cardona
Steve Maclin defended against NXT’s Stacks, with Lexis King on the outside looking to tip the scales. King interfered repeatedly, only for Maclin to knock him around and hit a SCUD to wipe out both men.
Stacks survived a Jar-headbutt, then used the ref being out of position to whack Maclin with King’s cane. That opened the door for a shocking upset.
Winner & NEW International Champion: Stacks (with Lexis King)
The Knockouts World Title match turned into a fast, fluid chess match between friends. Brookside connected with a tornado DDT and nearly tapped the champ with an Octopus hold. Lee answered with a huge superplex, then finished with a spinning heel kick into the swinging facebuster.
Winner & Still Champion: Léi Yǐng Lee
Lee and Brookside embraced afterward — until Dani Luna blindsided both. Indi Hartwell hit the ring to even the odds as security swarmed.
The Rascalz (Reed, Wentz, Miguel & Xavier) tore into Order 4 in an eight-man brawl full of wild spots and cinematic insanity. Mustafa Ali bailed on his crew mid-match — helped by the fact Elijah literally dragged him out of the arena tied to a horse.
With the numbers advantage, the Rascalz unleashed their trademark rapid-fire offense and pinned John Skyler after a barrage of aerial attacks.
Winners: The Rascalz
Jeff and Matt Hardy defended the TNA Tag Titles against NXT’s Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe. The challengers jumped them before the bell, but once Jeff created space, Matt fired off Side Effects on both opponents. A late splash from Tyson nearly stole it, but Jeff sealed the deal with the Swanton Bomb.
Winners & Still Champions: The Hardys
The celebration didn’t last — the lights went out, and The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch) appeared to stare the champions down.
Eric Young, still seething from earlier, vowed to purge TNA of “disease.”
A.J. Francis used his size early to flatten Slater, even cracking him mid-handspring. Slater fought back with a Blue Thunder Bomb and his signature Big Play dive over the ring post — this time filming it with a GoPro.
Francis kept trying to use weapons, but BDE ran interference. In a twist, Rich Swann refused to join Francis’ cheating and instead clocked him with the X-Division Title. Slater seized the moment and hit the beautiful Swanton 450 to keep the belt.
Winner & Still X-Division Champion: Leon Slater
A Dog Collar match between Dani Luna and Indi Hartwell was later set for Thursday’s iMPACT!
In what may be JDC’s last world title shot before retirement, the veteran pushed Kazarian to the brink. JDC rattled the champ with a dive to the floor and nearly ended it with the Air Raid Crash — but the referee had just been knocked out.
Kazarian survived a furious comeback and landed his slingshot leg drop, but even that wasn’t enough. He finally trapped JDC in the Chicken Wing, forcing him to pass out.
Winner & Still TNA World Champion: Frankie Kazarian
Post-match, all hell broke loose. The NXT outlaws stormed the ring to attack The System. Lexis King tried to burn the TNA logo before Steve Maclin, Mike Santana and The Hardys ran in to stop the arson attempt. Amid the chaos, Stacks stunned everyone by knocking out his own father-in-law, Santino Marella.
TNA is gearing up for a massive relaunch in 2026, and the company is apparently shooting big when it comes to star power. With the promotion’s new multi-year media rights deal officially locked in, iMPACT is set to make its AMC debut on January 15, 2026, airing live from the Curtis Caldwell Center in Garland, Texas. And according to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, TNA is hoping to bring back one of its most iconic names for the premiere: AJ Styles.
Per Dave Meltzer, a WWE source says TNA has reached out with interest in having Styles actually wrestle on the debut episode. The idea is simple—kick off the AMC era with a major ratings splash by featuring the man many still associate with the company’s glory years. Styles himself recently said he’d love to wrestle in TNA one more time before wrapping up his in-ring career, and January would mark his first match for the promotion since 2013.
WWE did allow “The Phenomenal One” to make a cameo at TNA Slammiversary back in July, appearing in a non-wrestling role. Letting him work an actual match is, of course, a different conversation entirely—but not outside the realm of possibility given WWE’s slightly more flexible approach to cross-promotional moments in recent years.
If the match does happen, Meltzer notes a likely opponent: Frankie Kazarian. The reigning TNA World Champion has a long, shared history with Styles dating back to the 2000s, and the two have locked up many times over the years. A Styles vs. Kazarian showdown on AMC’s debut night would be a fitting callback for longtime fans while spotlighting today’s TNA main event scene.
Along with the network move, TNA is giving its flagship a refreshed identity. The show will officially be known as Thursday Night iMPACT, maintaining its two-hour timeslot from 9–11 p.m. ET and streaming concurrently on AMC+.
Whether AJ Styles steps back into a TNA ring remains to be seen—but if TNA gets its wish, their AMC premiere could instantly become one of 2026’s most talked-about wrestling nights.
TNA Final Resolution – Friday, December 5 – El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, TX
The road to Final Resolution reaches its last stop on an all-new TNA iMPACT! this Thursday at 8/7c on TNA+ around the world, AXS TV in the US, and Sportsnet 360 in Canada.
TNA Wrestling may be gearing up for its biggest visibility boost in years with its new AMC television deal, but the company has some important business to take care of behind the scenes before that January premiere.
According to a new report from Fightful Select, TNA is preparing to open formal contract talks next week with several wrestlers whose deals are approaching expiration. Multiple talents apparently held off on negotiating until the TV situation was settled, but with the AMC partnership now official, the company is moving quickly to secure its roster.
One name reportedly on TNA’s radar is former AEW talent Bear Bronson, who is being looked at as a potential signing ahead of the AMC debut. At the same time, a handful of current roster members will be free agents by the end of the month unless new agreements get finalized. That group includes Jody Threat, Mustafa Ali, The Hardys, and The IInspiration, among others.
TNA is also still featuring several notable wrestlers who aren’t currently under contract—most prominently Dezmond Xavier (formerly WWE’s Wes Lee), Matt Cardona, and Dolph Ziggler. Their status gives TNA flexibility, but it also adds urgency as the promotion tries to solidify a strong, stable roster heading into 2026.
Before the AMC era officially begins on January 15, 2026, at the Curtis Culwell Center in Texas, TNA has a packed weekend ahead with Final Resolution and two additional tapings. With major TV exposure on the horizon, expect contract news—and possibly some surprise signings—to heat up in the coming weeks.
After months of speculation and whispers across the wrestling world, TNA has officially locked in a major new television home — and it’s a huge step forward for the company. Beginning January 15, 2026, TNA’s flagship series will air live on AMC, confirming the long-running rumors linking the promotion with the network best known for prestige dramas and massive mainstream reach.
The newly rebranded “Thursday Night iMPACT” will keep its familiar two-hour slot, running 9–11 p.m. ET every Thursday, and will simulcast on the network’s streaming platform AMC+. The premiere episode will broadcast live from the Curtis Caldwell Center in Garland, Texas, just outside Dallas, marking TNA’s first major TV night under the AMC banner.
According to Sports Illustrated, TNA won’t waste any time expanding its footprint on the new network. The company has locked in TV tapings for January 22 and 23 in Albuquerque, New Mexico—a city closely tied to AMC thanks to powerhouse hits Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. The synergy is impossible to miss, and it’ll be interesting to see if AMC leans into that connection in its promotional push.
TNA is also gearing up for its Genesis pay-per-view in January, though details are still under wraps beyond the show taking place somewhere in the Dallas area.
One of the biggest questions surrounding the move has been how it might impact TNA’s unprecedented working relationship with WWE. The cross-promotion has produced some major moments over the past few years, especially with NXT talent appearing in TNA rings and vice versa.
Writer Jon Alba reported on X that when he asked whether the partnership was wrapping up, his sources “adamantly denied” any such plans. So for now, fans can expect the inter-promotional door to remain wide open heading into 2026.
Moving from AXS TV — which is owned by TNA’s parent company Anthem — to AMC gives the promotion a dramatic increase in reach. “Thursday Night iMPACT” is expected to land in roughly 60 million homes, more than double what was possible on AXS. For a company that’s been fighting to rebuild momentum, this exposure could be transformational.
With a bigger platform, a fresh name, and a major network backing them, TNA enters 2026 with more buzz than it’s had in years. If the product delivers, “Thursday Night iMPACT” could be the company’s biggest breakout opportunity in over a decade.
WWE returns tonight at 8/7c on The CW Network with a taped episode of their weekly two-hour NXT television program, a taped “Gold Rush: Week 2” show from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
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