TNA Impact 7/9/2026

TNA Impact 7/9/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/tna-impact-722026.html

We are in Albany, NY. Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt are on commentary. 

TNA Tag Titles - The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) (c) vs The Great Hands (John Skyler and Jason Hotch)

I feel like The Hands need to win here.

Jason boots Jeff and side headlocks him. Jason mocks his taunt and Jeff shoulders him over. Jeff does his taunt. Jeff hiptosses Jason. Jason takes double boots in the corner. 

Matt bangs Jason's arm off his shoulder. Matt neckbreakers Jason and Jeff elbow drops Jason for 2. Matt 2nd rope elbow drops John's arm. John pounds on Matt's knee. Jason yanks on Matt's leg. Jason hits corner spears on Matt. Jason bangs Matt's knee off his shoulder. 

Jeff tags in. he lariats and back elbows John down. He then atomic drops him and elbow drops him. Jeff hits a whisper in the wind. Jeff takes a samoan drop + flipping 2nd rope elbow drop. Matt saves Jeff. Jeff hits a twist of fate on John then Matt hits one on John. Jeff top rope swantons John. Jeff then pins him.

Thoughts: It was shorter and mostly to the point here. Jeff did a lot of the offense while Matt did a lot of the selling. I didn't like The Great Hands losing again here as the division is thin and I don't think they are breaking up soon. I hope there was a good reason for this. It was just average.

Tasha Steelz checks on The Hands after. Agent Zero and Mustafa Ali come out. Ali gets on the phone and walks backwards.

Lei Ying Lee is interviewed. Lee gets her rematch tonight for the title. She says Slammiversary was painful as she lost her title and a friend. She says Xia wants a title more than friendship. She says there's no excuses and no Angel Warriors tonight, just a fight. She says she will get her title back tonight.

Frankie Kazarian comes out to talk and brings out Moose. Moose talks about what he did in TNA. He says at Slammiversary, he shared a beautiful moment with his wife and son. Kaz says he traumatized his family. 

Moose says if anyone in the back wants some, they can get some. Moose says he's the face of the franchise. Kaz says everyone wants to be the face of TNA. He says Moose is in the conversation for face of TNA. Moose says he is the conversation. Kaz asks if he's stupid for calling himself the face of the franchise when he's in the ring with the king. Moose asks who crowned him king. 

Moose says he's been seeing people come and go and chase checks and stardom during his time here. He says he's not going anywhere and has made TNA home. Kaz puts himself over, saying he's a TNA original, a pioneer of the X-Division and a grand slam champ. Kaz says he's also a king.

Moose says they haven't fought each other and should do a match between them for the first time ever. Kaz says he's not interested. Kaz says he talked to someone. He says they agreed Moose is an idiot and says Moose's NFL career was almost as ugly as the women here.

AJ Francis comes out with Expressions. AJ says Tom Brady told him that Moose left the NFL as he's scared of him. Moose says he's tired of talking and wants to fight someone. He challenges AJ to a match. Expression calls him a hot dog with eyebrows and says we do things on AJ's time, not Moose's time. Expressions says they accept, but not tonight. That match will be next week.

Elijah does a promo. He says his goal has be the TNA Title since he came here. Eli says he and his friends are heading to the promised land.

Vicki Venuto does an inset promo before her match. She says she has spent her life chasing the dream to be a wrestler. She says she gets to live out the dream tonight. She says she's here not to make friends but statements. She says what the bad chick wants, she gets.

Indi Hartwell does an inset promo before her match. She says the Knockouts TV Title is a way for her to cement her legacy. She says she can't lose with the people and she won't quit. 

TNA Knockouts TV Title Tournament First Round - Vicki Venuto vs Indi Hartwell

Indi waistlock takedowns her and goes for a pin attempt. Indi helps her out and VV boots her in the gut. VV forearms heri n the corner and bangs her head off the buckles. VV foot chokes her. Indi running facekicks her for 2. Indi bulldogs her. 

VV lariats Indi for 2. VV suplexes her for 1. VV snapmares her and mule kicks her in the chest for 2. Indi is sent into the buckles for 2. VV basement dropkicks her for 2. Indi jawbreakers her. VV misses a corner charge and is rolled up for 2. Indi running lariats her. Indi spinebusters her for 2. 

VV cutters Indi for 2. Indi hits full nelson slam on her and pins her.

Thoughts: This was basically Indi vs Indi here as both wrestlers are similar and at the same level skill wise. It was below average and not that good. Indi went back to doing her full nelson slam here after not doing it for a while and it was sloppy as usual.

TNA Injury Report

The Personal Concierge's eye injury persists. Lei Ying Lee is cleared from a leg injury. Allie has a neck injury and is out. Nic Nemeth is in the best shape of his life. 

Fabian Aichner does a video. He says he's here to prove he's the best wrestler. He says he loves Italy as the people are lay back. He says it will always be home. He says he became a pro skier at 10 years old, turned on wrestling one day and got into it. He says he won't stay down because others say so. He says he achieves his goal and his next goal is the X-Division Title. He says having the title will prove he's the #1 guy in TNA. 

He says Cedric Alexander is an opportunist and smart. he says he will step in the ring with a different mentality against him and will prove he's #1.

Leon Slater & Ricky Sosa vs. The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) vs. The System (Bear Bronson & Brian Myers)

Leon side headlocks Brian and shoulders him over. Leon enzugiri's him. Dutch boots Leon. Leon handspring back elbows him. Dutch takes a double superkick then takes another that sends him out. Sosa pop up dropkicks Bear. Sosa and Leon then do stereo dives outside. 

We go to break and return. Dutch beats up on Leon and chops Bear. Bear ducks Leon's rewind kick and sky high's him for 2. Bear hits mounted shots on Leon. Brian grounded chinlocks Leon. Brian throws him down then runs into Leon's leg lariat. 

Sosa comes in and hits kicks on all four opponents. Sosa half-nelson slams Bear then asai moonsaults him for 2. Bear running lariats Vince. Leon leg lariats Bear. Everyone starts coming in to hit a move and Dutch black hole slams Brian. Bear and Dutch go head to head. They trade shots. 

Dutch is pulled over the top. Bear diving shoulders Dutch off the apron. Leon corkscrew dives his opponents over the post. Sosa flying euros Bear and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a compact bout. We didn't get a ton of it but it wasn't short on action. Leon and Sosa winning isn't the worst choice, but none of their opponents are strong teams because they lose dumb matches like this. Leon and Sosa work fine as a team as both are similar wrestlers.

Santino Marella dances to Sosa's theme in the back. Daria Rae accuses him of picking favorites. Ryan Nemeth comes in. He says KC Navarro is a pink haired doofus and he knows he will say things about Nic Nemeth. Daria tells him to do what he has to do if he needs to say something and Santino gives the opposite advice. Daria rips Santino as usual for his take.

Gabby Forza does an inset promo and is wearing a gnome dunce cap with some goofy Road Warrior shoulderpads. She says, "it's your homie, the gnomie". She says she's not here to make friends, she's here to win gold and it starts with Jody Threat. She says gnomes love gold and she does it for the gnomes.

Jody Threat does an inset promo. She says he's been gone for a while and has been preparing. She says she loves Gabby and they go far back but nothing will stand between her and the new title.

TNA Knockouts TV Title Tournament First Round - Jody Threat vs Gabby Forza

Jody is in better shape here with near reggae colored gear. JT wristlocks her and side headlocks her. JT shoulderblocks her. They both yell at each other and JT shoulders her over. JT pump kicks her then hits corner lariats. 

JT forearms her from the apron and bangs gab's head off the buckles. JT running lariats her and crossfaces her. Gab rams her backwards in the corner and hits corner spears. Gab hits an oklahoma stampede. Gab vader bombs her for 2.

JT rolls her up for 2. JT back elbows her. They lariat each other at the same time. Gab is tripped into the ropes and JT double knees her from behind there. JT germans her. JT basement dropkicks her back, knocking her off apron. JT cannonballs her off the apron. 

Gab hits a hard lariat in the ring. Gab powerslams her. Gab spinning torture rack bombs her for 2. JT flying crossbodies her. JT F-5's her and pins her.

Thoughts: I don't like Gabby's gnome gimmick and she looks like a total idiot with the gnome cap on. Other than that, she comes across as maybe a better version of Dani Luna as she does all power and explosive moves. She did okay here, though the bar is a bit low in this division. Jody won as expected. It was acceptable.

Mustafa Ali talks in the mirror. He says change is needed. He tells someone we can't see to set up a State of Order 4 meeting and says attendance is mandatory.

KC Navarro comes out to talk. He says he learned a hard lesson last week. He says he spent a lot of time with a man he looked up to and says he turned on him. He says he doesn't know what he did to Nic Nemeth. He tells him to be a man and tell him why he did what he did. 

Nic Nemeth comes out. He says he thought he could make him into something special with time but says no one has that much time. He says KC didn't deserve to stand near him. He says KC is pretty good but he doesn't have it. KC says he busted his butt to get here and has it. 

He says he just beat Nic's brother and Nic's brother doesn't it. Ryan Nemeth then hits KC from behind. Nic says it's easy to say blood is thicker than water but says KC never deserved to be in his shadow. He tells KC to never come near him or his family again. He tells him to drop it, lose his number and leave him alone.

TNA Knockouts Title - No DQ - Xia Brookside (c) vs Le Ying Lee

Lee dropkicks her as she poses on the ropes. Lee pounds on her outside. Lee pump kicks her outside. Lee misses a corkscrew kick and kicks the steps. Lee stomps Xia and elbow drops her.

Lee stomps on Xia. Lee hits mounted forearms. Lee topes her. We go to break and return. Xia whips Lee with a belt. Xia pushes the belt into Lee's head. Xia chokes Lee with the belt. Lee spinning heel kicks her, sweeps her and running knees her. Lee shotgun dropkicks her.

Lee hits mounted shots in the corner. Lee exploders her. Lee throws weapons in and pulls a table out. Xia's head is banged off the table. They get on the apron. Xia hits her with a kendo stick in the ring. Xia chokes Lee with the stick. 

Lee jumps off the apron onto Xia. Lee hits Xia with a chair multiple times. Xia jawbreakers her and takes a pump kick. Lee piles up chairs in the ring. Lee misses a twisting swanton off the top and lands on the chairs. Xia hits Lee with a title for 2. 

They trade forearms on their knees. Xia blocks a shot with a chair and ddt's her on a chair. Xia pins her.

Thoughts: It was below average. They weren't going to bleed. They didn't do anything too wild here and the two are just limited workers. It was just people doing weapons shots and doing basic moves for the most part. Xia also got her butt kicked for most of this and didn't get all that much in.

Overall thoughts: It was a slightly below average show. TNA never had a ton of star power and all of the recent poaches and releases really weakened their roster. They are basically one step above a higher indy promotion at the moment talent wise and it's going to take quite a while to fix it. They currently have the weakest roster they have ever had. There was nothing that good here and everything was below average to average. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as at least everything made sense but this promotion has seen some much better days. I don't even think there was a match of the night here.