TNA Impact 1/8/2026

TNA Impact 1/8/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/tna-impact-112026.html

Note - This is the last episode of TNA on AXS as they move to AMC. They are also moving from 8pm-10pm to 9pm-11pm, which I don't like. 

The Hardy's come out. Matt says The Righteous crossed the line by drugging him out of the arena and locking him in a room. He said they set up shrines with photos of their families. Matt says they crossed the line and can't return. He says that was blasphemy. Jeff says they need to face them like real men.

The Righteous come out. Vincent says they didn't want to get them upset. Matt says they just want to beat them and delete them from TNA. Vincent says they'd love to share the ring with them. Dutch says they are seeking truth and elevation. Vincent says this wasn't their intention. He says they want this match to be a friendly competition. Vincent says they want peace with them.

Matt says they don't get peace because they trespassed into their private lives. Vincent says they can trust them. Matt wants to fight now. Vincent says going against greatness is something they want to prepare for. He says there is Genesis. He says how fitting would it be for the rebirth of The Righteous. Matt agrees.

Steve Maclin is interviewed. He says he wants to get his title back. Eric Young walks in. EY says we all know Steve is on his side. EY says he tried to recruit him and he chose his own way. EY says Steve knows what has to be done tonight. He says if he doesn't complete his mission, we will. EY says the cleanse is coming.

Dani Luna vs Harley Hudson

Dani facekicks her then overhead suplexes her. Dani slams her. HH gets on her back with a sleeper then takes a backbreaker. Dani hits crossface shots. HH hits punches and elbows Dani in the back of the neck. HH side headlocks her. Dani blocks her sunset flip. HH legdrops her. HH tornado bulldogs her for 1.

Dani facekicks her then hits a luna landing and wins.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout. Dani won as expected and it was not much of note at all.

Dani hits a luna landing on Myla Grace after. Lei Ying Lee comes down and Dani exits. Dani then comes back in and does a grounded sleeper from behind. Xia Brookside then comes down and breaks it up. She pounds on Dani and takes a luna landing. Dani then holds up the Knockouts Title.

Mara Sade is in the back. Ryan Nemeth says they should talk about all the superkicks. Mara tells him to walk away. Ryan says she wants something from him. Ryan says he thinks she's interested. Ryan flirts with her and Mara threatens to slap him. Ryan says she likes him then Mara superkicks him.

Order 4 group up in the back. They can't find Agent Zero. Ali says never mind as the people await their fearless leader. Elijah then walks past and we see that he has left Zero down and tied up.

The Elegance Brand are tired of doing auditions. George says they need to pick a Mr. Elegance. Ash then sees someone and it's the lighting guy. The lighting guy is confused. Ash says he's perfect. The lighting guy says he's not a wrestler. George says he can make him a star. They ask him to take his clothes off and they put him over big. George says they can do a makeover and says he's the guy.

We then cut ahead and some kung fu guy says, "I must protect The Elegance Brand".

Thoughts: Yeah, I don't know what any of this was about.

Order 4 comes out. Tasha says they have a special announcement. John says they mandated changes at TNA. Jason says they will tell us nice and slowly. He says he heard he has been called Mr. Culero and says gracias though he doesn't know what it means. Ali says actions have consequences. He says the actions of Elijah will create consequences. 

Ali said TNA told him they need to hold a vote. He says he is proposing that there are no more concerts, guitars, horses, cowboys or cowboy hats. He asks everyone who agrees to stand up and say, "aye". He says he was told there may be a language barrier and then tells everyone to say, "si". Ali says the crowd are moron's that don't know what is good for them.

Elijah comes out on a horse. Eli threatens Order 4 with a guitar and they run. Eli then chases them on a horse.

Order 4 runs out of the building. They then run into Elijah, who follows them on a horse.

TNA International Title - Stacks (c) vs Steve Maclin

Stacks has Team NXT with him. SM takes him down and hits punches. SM chops him and uranage backbreakers him for 1. SM back elbows him. Stacks is thrown over the top. SM chops him outside. Brooks Jensen grabs SM's leg then Stacks does a bad knee drops on SM. Stacks hits mounted shots. Stacks hits shots to the gut and a euro. Stacks flying elbows him for 2.

Stacks cravates him and is hit with a german. Stacks boots him out of the corner then drops him body first on the mat for 2. Stacks baseball slides him out and Team NXT stomps on SM. Arianna Grace kisses Stacks. Stacks knee drops MS in the face then chinlocks him. We go to break and return.

Stacks chokes him on the bottom rope then Tyriek Igwe chokes SM in front of the ref. Igwe is ejected. SM hits lariats on Stacks then hits a thesz press and punches. SM olympic slams him. Arianna Grace gets in the ring and SM topes him. SM beats up Team NXT outside. SM corner lariats Stacks from behind. Arianna Grace gets in the ring again. She eye rakes him and causes the DQ.

Thoughts: This was dumb. The ref saw the heels cheat once and didn't call a DQ then let Arianna in the ring without calling one. This was all shenanigans.

SM is beaten up after by Team NXT.

TNA Injury Report

The short version is that everyone who was injured is cleared. Steve Maclin is being evaluated.

We see clips of Leon Slater vs Moose from NXT this week.

We see a digital exclusive of Rich Swann getting revenge on AJ Francis by putting him through a table and breaking one of his albums.

The System (Moose, JDC, Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards) vs Cedric Alexander, Leon Slater, Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy

Brian and Ced go at it. They do the side headlock > headscissors spot and stand off soon after. Matt and Moose get in. They do taunts at each other. Matt hits him in the gut. Moose hits punches. Moose misses a corner spear and has his head banged off the buckles. 

Eddie hits a headbutt on Matt. Matt catapults his throat into the ropes then Jeff legdrops Eddie. Leon jumps off Jeff's back into a corner splash on Eddie. Leon is kicked while up top and Eddie top rope hurricanrana's him. Moose comes in and shoulders Leon over then dropkicks him. Moose uranage's and sentons him.

Moose is pulled over the top and Leon suicide dives him. Bryan plancha's Leon then Ced topes Brian. Eddie topes Ced. The Hardy's jump off the apron with lariats. Alisha Edwards then plancha's off the top.  

Leon is whipped into a dropkick from JDC for 2. JDC blocks Leon's sunset flip. Eddie chops down Leon for 2. Leon boots Moose out of the corner. JDC knee drops Leon's arm. Brian bearhugs Leon on the mat. Brian then does a chinlock on him. We go to break and return.

Leon handspring cutters Brian. Jeff hits a bunch of offense on Brian then gets ddt'd. JDC hits punches on Jeff in the corner and gets a 2 count on him. JDC chinlocks him. Eddie double stomps Jeff while Brian holds Jeff. JDC corner lariats him then hits a regular lariat for 2. Jeff comes off the buckles and hits a double lariat on Eddie and JDC.

Ced comes in and dragon screws Moose. He germans Eddie. Ced bottom rope springboard flatliners Moose. Moose hits a sky high on Ced for 2. Ced takes offense from The System for 2. Ced back body drops Moose. Jeff hits a twist of fate on Moose. The faces hit 2 plot twists on The System. Leon top rope crossbodies JDC.

Leon handsprings into a Moose spear. Moose pop-up powerbombs Ced. Ced then rolls up Moose and pins him.

Thoughts: We had a good start, a slower middle and a okay finish here. This was alright. Ced beating Moose was an unusual outcome that I didn't expect. Moose has been taking too many losses lately.

We get a Lei Ying Lee subtitle video. We see clips of her winning the Knockouts Title. 

Santino Marella is still depressed and is not wearing his usual clothes. He is hosting the contract signing tonight. Mike Santana and Frankie Kazarian come out for it.

Santino says the Kaz/Mike match was supposed to be on Genesis but is going to be on the AMC premier instead. Santino says they will have to find another contender if Mike loses, he will have to call Ava for a challenger and says Trick Williams might have to get his rematch. Kaz tells him to go call her. Kaz says he knows where Mike has been and what he has been through.

Kaz says he is also an addict. He says he's addicted to being the TNA champ and being the top guy. He says he doesn't want to battle his demons, he wants to dance with them. He says he will walk out of Dallas still TNA champ.

Mike says they were both miserable at the same time and a place that took out their passion. He said they helped each other out and left that place and now they are fighting for the title at the biggest show in TNA history. Mike promises he will walk out a 2x TNA champ. He says if he can't do that, maybe he's right.  

He says he will sign the contract and meet him in Dallas.

Nic Nemeth comes out with his share of the Call Your Gauntlet trophy. He says they forgot about someone. He says there's a reason there's a buzz for TNA and says he's it. Nic says he doesn't like either and says they will beat each down to a pulp. Nic says he'll be waiting in the wings, ready to call his shot and walk out TNA champ. 

Mike signs the contract then Kaz does as well. 

Thoughts: I really hope TNA doesn't get the idea to have Nick walk out champ next week but this is TNA and you never know.

Overall thoughts: It was your usual Impact with nothing being that great. Stacks/Maclin was the low point of the night with the match having a lot of interference while the 8-man tag was probably the best thing on here. We only had 3 matches here and it was a slower show. This show was also all about building next week's show on AMC. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 and thought it was just average. Next week should have the good stuff.