Pre-show
Sami Callihan defeated Jonathan Gresham. Brawl on the outside to start before the match officially began. Gresham did serious damage to Callihan’s left arm. The Death Machine fought with one arm, and he received a little help from Kushida. The Time Splitter ran in to take a scientific sample of the Octopus’ black ink. Callihan benefit from the distraction for a piledriver to win.
Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Alisha Edwards & Masha Slamovich defeated Allysin Kay & Marti Belle to retain the titles. The Hex displayed smart teamwork for early control. Alisha grabbed Kay’s hair to help Slamovich out of a pickle. The pace was competitive from there. The Hex hit their X Marks the Spot teamwork finisher on Alisha, but Slamovich made the save on the pinfall. The champs cleared the ring to set up a doomsday bulldog with Alisha flying high to knock Belle off Slamovich’s shoulders. Alisha pinned Belle for the win. Fun match.
Against All Odds
Mike Santana & Steve Maclin defeated the Rascalz. The team of Santana and Maclin is supposed to be one and done to eliminate the Rascalz from meddling in their business. Hot opener with creative moves. Down the stretch, Maclin saved Santana from Trey Miguel’s spray paint. Santana repaid the favor by setting up Zachary Wentz in the Tree of Woe for Maclin to spear. Maclin handed over Trey for a discus lariat from Santana to win. Afterward, the crowd chanted for the winners to squash their beef. Maclin was impressed by the teamwork, so he offered a handshake. The crowd urged Santana to accept, and he obliged. Respect was earned between rivals. Perhaps it won’t be one and done?
PCO defeated Rich Swann. AJ Francis interfered throughout, so PCO took out Top Dolla on a suicide dive. The monster connected on a moonsault to win. Afterward, Steph De Lander said yes to a date with PCO. Love is in the air.
TNA World Tag Team Championship: Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards defeated the Nemeth Boyz to retain the titles. Screwjob! Alisha Edwards hooked Nic Nemeth’s foot early, then Fandango ran out to rat her out to the referee. Alisha was ejected. Dango rooted for the Nemeths. Later, Moose arrived to support the System. The Nemeth brothers hit the Danger Zone combo on Eddie, however, the referee was pulled out of the ring. There was confusion on if Moose or Fandango did it. (Moose did it.) As the referee argued with both men, Nic dove onto Moose. Dango went behind the ref’s back to punch a cheap shot on Ryan Nemeth. Eddie pounced for the Boston Knee Party to win. The fix was in. Afterward, the tag champs hugged the dirty dancer.
Frankie Kazarian defeated Joe Hendry. Even though Hendry hired Ace Steel as a trainer, he wasn’t present for the match. The finish was a sneaky win for Kaz. As Hendry lifted Kazarian for a back suplex, Kaz fiddled in his tights to pull out a foreign object to punch Hendry as the suplex hit the mat. Kaz laid on top for the cheating win. Afterward, Kazarian slapped a chickenwing submission on Hendry. Steel ran in for the save. When Kaz shoved him in the back, he popped Kaz with a punch in the kisser.
X-Division Championship: Mustafa Ali defeated Trent Seven to retain the title. Campaign Singh and Mike Bailey were banned from the building. Ali focused on damaging the left knee, and he also bent the rules, such as a low blow behind the referee’s back. When frustration boiled about Seven kicking out of pinfalls, Ali grabbed the title belt. The referee confiscated the foreign object. Seven took advantage for a low blow as payback. The challenger executed a Burning Hammer, however, the champion kicked out. Seven went high-risk for an avalanche Burning Hammer. Ali gouged the eyes to escape and knocked Seven down to the mat. Ali landed a 450 splash onto Seven’s legs, then he secured a sharpshooter submission to win.
Ace Austin & Chris Bey defeated Josh Alexander & Eric Young. Rowdy action. Heading into the show, signs pointed to ABC possibly imploding. However, it was the other tag team that suffered from miscommunication. In the end, Young aimed a strike for Bey, but he accidentally clobbered Alexander instead. Ace took advantage for The Fold on Young, and Bey went over the top for a jackknife pin to win. ABC appears to be a cohesive unit again with eyes on the TNA tag titles.
Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace defeated Tatum Paxley in an open challenge to retain the title. Paxley arrived from WWE NXT. Ash by Elegance watched the match from the stage. Grace was a juggernaut of power. Paxley made it respectable with a handful of nifty moves. Grace was just on a higher level. A pumphandle driver sealed the deal. Afterward, Ash launched a sneak attack on the champ. Grace came back for a spinebuster, and Ash screamed like her spine was busted into a million pieces.
TNA World Championship: Moose defeated Matt Hardy to retain the title. Broken Rules were in effect, which meant no disqualification. The System flanked Moose in full. The Nemeth Boyz ran out at the start to brawl with Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards to the back. Hardcore action commenced with tables, ladders, and chairs. Hardy had Moose down on a Twist of Fate with a chair, but Alisha Edwards went wild with a kendo stick to prevent the pinfall. Rebecca Hardy ran in for a Twist of Fate to Alisha. Matt had Moose sized up for a spear through a table, however, Moose pulled Reby in front to take the tackle. Matt speared his wife through a table instead. Moose struck with a spear on Matt to win.
Jeff Hardy returned to TNA! After the main event, the System wasn’t done pummeling Matt. The Nemeth Boyz and Joe Hendry tried for the save, but they were outnumbered. That’s when Jeff’s music played on the loud speaker. He was back in TNA. Jeff cleaned house on the System. Moose was victim to a pair of Twist of Fates from Jeff and Matt.
Wrestling News Blog 