Posted on 1/30/126 by Bob Magee
aped! From the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary.
Don’t Trust The System
The new and impoved System come out to cut a promo and soak
up the heel heat from the crowd. Now they’re all dressed in
black hoodies (instead of the Celtic Green they’ve been
wearing since at least October). Also of note, Alisha
Edwards did not come out with the group. Edwards takes the
mic as the de facto leader and trashes Moose for being “a
selfish prick.” Moose only cared about himself, not The
System! As for JDC, he only joined the System so he could
ride their coattails until the end of his career.
Alisha Edwards came out and confronted the new and improved
System specifically her husband Eddie Edwards. She’s not
happy that her husband kept the turn from her. She’s
supposed to be his ride or die! But Eddie explained he kept
the turn from his wife because she leads with emotion, which
is fine at home but not in business. Alisha’s contract is
coming up, and maybe she doesn’t want to be a part of The
System anymore. Eddie doesn’t appreciate her putting their
business out in public and reminds her that she either
trusts the System, or she’s out of the System. She decided
she didn’t want to be a part of the System, and left.
— Gia Miller interviewed BDE before his match with Nic
Nemeth tonight. He’s gonna prove he’s not just an influcer,
but that he belongs in TNA Wrestling.
BDE v. Nic Nemeth (w/ his trophy)
“Nic Nemeth is arguably the best wrestler in the world
today” said Hannifan. Oh I’d like to have that argument.
Anyway this match stemmed from last week when BDE and some
other enhancment talents were playing video games in the
back instead of watching the shows and taking notes like the
grizzled veteran Nic Nemeth taught them.
BDE is here to prove that he belongs. Hannifan talked about
how this is BDE’s 25th match ever, but he has 1.5 million
viewers on YouTube. Nemeth took him down with a cheap shot.
BDE got an arm ringer, but Nemeth outclassed him and went
for a guillotine. BDE came back and knocked Nemeth to the
floor with a clothesline. BDE followed him out with a dive
to the floor.
Back in the ring, BDE went for a springboard cutter, but
Nemeth dodged it and both guys were down.
Nemeth caught his breath first, and sent BDE into the
turnbuckle. Nemeth choked BDE in the corner and posed. BDE
mounted a brief comeback but Nemeth caugt BDE with a shot to
the knee. Big elbow drop from Nemeth got a near fall. Nemeth
dropped to the floor to taunt some fans. When he got back in
the ring, BDE caugt him with a small package for a near
fall. Nemeth put BDE down with an elbow, then locked on a
sleeper with a body scissors.
BDE elbowed his way out of a chinlock, but Nemeth dropped
him again, then choked him against the ropes.
Another big elbow from Nemeth got another near fall. BDE
tried to fight back, but Nemeth cut him off with a forearm.
BDE reversed an Irish whip to send Nemeth chest first into
the turnbuckles. But Nemeth came back with another
clothesline. BDE kicked Nemeth in the gut a slapped him,
then hit a busaiku knee. BDE came off the top with a frog
splash for two. This match has way overstayed its welcome
for me. BDE went for a springboard cutter again, but this
time Nemeth caught him with the Danger Zone and got the
pinfall.
Match Result: Nic Nemeth pinned BDE (11:32 aired).
I don’t see the wisdom in one of the top contenders for the
world title going twelve minutes with a YouTuber.
After the match, Ryan Nemeth came out to call Nic the
greatest wrestler than ever lived. Ryan sent Nic to go grab
a shower in the back, and he’d join him in the monute. But
first, he had to bring out Mada Sadé. He accused Sadé of
constantly attacking him. She should admit that Ryan was the
better athlete who beat her fair and square. Sadé sees
things differently, which Ryan attributed to her feelings
for the Hollywood Hunk. Sadé feigned a handshake and went
for a superkick, but Ryran blocked it and leveled Sadé with
a clothesline.
— In the back, The Elegance Brand celebrated the return to
action of Ash by Elegance. All of her doctors have cleared
Ash for active competition. Ash rightly pointed out that she
never lost the Knockouts Title, and Léi Yǐng Lee came to
trash the party and tell Ash to come get it, backed up by
Xia Brookside and Indi Hartwell. This will lead to a trios
match, on Ash’s time. Mr. Elegance showed off his physique
for Hartwell, who declared this “not my type of party,” and
absconded with the champagne.
Stacks (w/ Arianna Grace) v. Home Town Man (non-title)
Hannifan beat the audience over the head with the joke that
Home Town Man is from every hometown, and is in fact Cody
Deaner. This match is non-title. The firtst two minutes of
the match were all about brawling over one of the Home Town
Man’s gimmick hats, which evetually wound up on the head of
a young fan in the front row. If I can be serious for a
minute, Stacks locked in a half-crab. But, encouranged by
the crowd, the Home Town Man got a rope break.
Stacks tried to get the title belt from Grace to use as a
weapon, but she wouldn’t help her boyfriend cheat (since she
made up with her father last week). HTM started a comeback,
and caught Stacks with a crossbody for a near fall. Stacks
got the belt from Grace, but Grace took it back and turned
her back to the action. Sacks raked HTM’s eyes, then rolled
up the Home Town Man and put his feet on the ropes for extra
leverage to get the pinfall.
Match Result: Stacks pinned The Home Town Man with his feet
on the ropes for leverage (5:50)
After the match, Sacks swore up and down to Grace that he
won the match clean. I hope for his sake she doesn’t watch a
replay on TNA+.
TNA Injury Report:
Moose is out with back injury after Genesis and getting beat
up by the System last week.
Rich Swann is cleared for the main event tonight despite
injuries.
Mara Sadé is being evaluated after being assaulted by Ryan
Nemeth earlier.
— In the back, Stacks isn’t happy that Arianna didn’t help
him win the match. They were supposed to take over TNA
together! Santino Marella came along just as Grace sent
Sacks packing. So I guess she doesn’t need to watch that
replay. Seems like they’re setting up Santino to fall victim
to another turn.
Jason Hotch (w/ Order 4) v. Elijah
Elijah did a ropewalk spot with Hotch like Undertaker’s “Old
School” that Hannifan called by saying “Hotch walked with
Elijah” and that’s the most clever thing I’ve heard all
week. The members of Order 4 distracted Elijah so Hotch
could hit him with a sommersalt plancha on the floor.
This match was all Elijah, unless the Order 4 members
distracted Elijah to give Hotch the advantage.
Back in the ring, Hotch distracted the ref while Mustafa Ali
raked Elijah’s eyes. Elijah came back with a high back body
drop. Tasha Steelz distracted the referee so John Skyler
could snap Elijah’s arm against the ring ropes, and Hodge
went to work on Elijah’s arm. Elijah fought out of that and
stomped Hotch in the corner. Elijah hit a modified twist and
shout for a near fall.
Hotch went for a rolling neckbreaker, but Elijah blocked it.
Hotch dropped Elijah with a spinning blue thunder bomb for a
near fall. Hodge hit a rolling forearm, but Elijah came back
with a superkick. Hodge dove into a high knee from Elijah.
Elijah then finished Hotch off with a tombstone.
Match Result: Elijah pinned Jason Hotch after a tombstone
piledriver (7:59).
After the match, Order 4 jumped Elijah. Agent Zero gave Ali
Elijah’s guitar. Elijah kicked Ali in the gut and almost
took his head off with the guitar, then stood tall against
Order 4.
— Jada Stone is excited to be here, as she was saying in a
promo before the members of Order 4 interrupted her. Jada
doesn’t like being interrupted, so Tasha Steelz dropped her
with a forearm. Officials and such sent Order 4 away, and
Elijah helped Stone to her feet. “Do you want to walk with
Elijah?”
Elayna Black v. Ruthie Jay
Daria Rae joined the commentators for this match to put over
Black as a star who “puts butts in these seats.” This was a
straight up squash for Black. Jay’s breif bit of offense was
cut off by a forearm from Black. Black hit a running knee in
the corner. Black finished off Jay with a double underhook
into a twisting neckbreaker.
Match Result: Black pinned Jay (2:41)
— The Hardys put over how exciting it is to be on AMC, but
the Righteous interrupted. Vincent and Dutch got clarity at
Genesis, and the Hardys won because the Righteous let the
Hardys be themselves. Vincent: “This doesn’t have to be
war.” Matt Hady: “What are we doing here guys?” Okay so I’m
not the only one wondering that.
Feast or Fired Results.
Trey Migeul (“Please dont let this happen twice in one
month…”) gets a shot at the TNA International Title.
Eddie Edwards gets a shot at the TNA World Championship.
Steve Maclin gets a shot at… being FIRED?!?!?
Eric Young gets the X-Division title shot.
Gia Miller (who presided over the case opening) asked if
Maclin had any last words, but he just walked off.
— The System confronted Mike Santana in the back to remind
him you can’t beat the System.
— Hannifan was in tears at the commentary desk at Steve
Maclin getting fired. That was a bit over the top.
Next Week on Impact:
Elijah & Jada Stone v. Mustafa Ali & Tasha Steelz
The Righteous in Action
The Elegance Brand v. Indi Hartwell, LéiYǐng Lee, and Xia
Brookside
AJ Francis v. Rich Swann in a No Holds Barred Match
Francis brought out a chain, and Swann brought out a trash
can full of plunder. Swann went to pull a table from under
the ring, but Francis cut him off, then put the table back
under the ring. Swann avoided a chokeslam into the steel
steps, then got the table back out. Swann ran into a boot
from Francis.
Swann tried for a Canadian Destoryer on the entrance stage,
but Francis blocked it. Francis tried to turn that into a
Styles Clash, but Swann escaped that. Francis spiked Swann
down with Pedigree to take control.
There was a few minutes of aimless brawling around ringside.
Francis choked Swann with a cane on the floor. Swann hit
Francis with a baking sheet off the apron and sent Francis
into the ringpost.
Francis choked out Swann with his chain. Swann hit back
with a bulldog into a steel chair. Francis caught Swann
going for a dive, then sent him into the chair with an Air
Raid Crash for a near fall.
Swann tossed the top half of the ring stairs into the ring.
Francis tried for a F5 on the stairs, but Swann reversed it
into a DDT. Swann then curb stomped Francis into the steel
stairs. Swann hit a handspring cutter and went for a cover,
but only got two.
Swann pulled another table out from under the ring, then
pulled some more chairs out from under the ring. Francis
jumped off the stairs in the ring and speared Swann into the
pile of chairs for a near fall. The crowd gave this a weak
“this is awesome” chant. Francis set up Swann for a
chokeslam through the tables, but Swann turned that into a
hurricanrana and sent Francis into the tables. I guess you
could say Swann turned the tables on him!
Back in the ring, Swann hit Francis with a Phoenix Splash
for a near fall. That got a more full-throated “this is
awesome!” chant from the crowd. Swann went for his bat
again, but Francis hit him with a chain balled around his
fist. But that only got two.
Francis put an aluminum trash can on Swann’s head and then
smacked it with a steel chair. Is professional wrestling
keeping the aluminum trash can industry in business? I swear
I never see them anywhere else. Francis smacked the can with
the chair a bunch of times, but Swann still kicked out.
Francis pulled up Swann for a chokeslam off the top into the
chairs, but Swann turned that into a hurricanrana off the
top. Francis crashed into the chairs. Swann destoryed
Francis with a bunch of chair shots, then Swann came off the
top with a big frog splash onto Francis into the pile of
chairs. Swann got the pinfall and Hannifan procaimed that
“Swann sends Francis back to economy!”
Match Result: Swann pinned Francis (16:14).
I have to hand it to Francis, he goes out there and puts
guys over like a million bucks when it’s time.
— In the back (and after the “Executive Producer” credits),
Frankie Kazarian demanded to speak to Daria Rae as the show
went off the air.