TNA Impact 5/29/2025

TNA Impact 5/29/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/tna-impact-5222025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/tna-impact-652025.html

We see Trick Williams beating Joe Hendry for the TNA title. The announcers are serious here and say the reality of Trick winning is setting in.

We see video from earlier in the day of The System beating up Octagon Jr. in the back. He's now out of the tag match tonight.

#1 Contenders to the Tag Titles - The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz) vs First Class (AJ Francis and KC Navarro) vs Laredo vs The System (Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards)

Laredo shoulders over Trey. They armdrag each other and try dropkicks at the same time. AJ lariats Laredo and Trey together. Trey hits punches on KC. Zach double stomps KC on the back. Laredo hits a top rope double dropkick.

Alisha tries to get involved and is kicked out. Laredo flips off the top onto The System outside. KC is sent over the top and AJ catches him. The Rascalz then tope First Class. We go to break and return.
AJ hits Tennessee whiskey on Laredo in the corner. KC pulls Laredo's neck forward and double stomps him. First Class argue then try to pin each other. Zach codebreakers Eddie off the bottom rope and handspring jumping knees Brian. Eddie takes a PK and a running ssp for 2.

Laredo spinning ddt's AJ for 2. Trey tope con hilos The System outside. Zach crossbodies KC over the top. Laredo tornillos onto people off the top outside. AJ chokeslams Laredo. Trey hits a top rope meteora on AJ then pins Laredo to win.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one but it was fine with some dives and lots of action.

We see The Nemeth's watching in the back. They are interviewed after. Nic says The Rascalz did good but aren't them. Ryan says they will be champs forever.

First Class argue in the back and ask where the other was. Mike Santana then attacks them and trades with AJ.

We get a video on Harley Hudson and Myla Grace. Myla says she's the first Irish TNA wrestler. She says she's been wrestling since 2018 and has wrestled everywhere. Harley says she won Gut Check in 2023. Myla said she wanted to get signed or go to Japan this year and accomplished both. Harley said she wrestled as much as she could and said no one looking like her is her secret weapon. Myla said she has trained everyday. Myla said she was told a relative died before a match but she wrestled anyway. They talk about their draw on Xplosion. Myla said nobody knew who they were in that match but wanted more.

George Iceman interrupts and is looking for Santino. Xia Brookside is there and says Santino isn't here. Myla and Harley then ask what was that.

Mustafa Ali vs Raj Singh

Ali hits Raj as it starts. Ali knocks him over twice. Raj goes for a leapfrog and is dropkicked in the air. Ali rolls in with neckrbeaker. Ali then barely hits on a standing corkscrew splash.

Ali ear claps him then Raj hits a big lariat. Raj hits punches then a corner splash. Ali boots him out of the corner. Raj ushigoroshi's him. John Skyler distracts Raj. Tasha pulls Ali out of the way on a corner dropkick. Ali 450's Raj and wins.

Thoughts: It was short and made Raj look like a fool here as he got beat after he just returned.

Order 4 stomp on Raj after. Tasha tries to stop Ali. Ali grabs her by the hair. Raj takes a samoan drop + blockbuster combo.

Santino and Arianna grace talk in the back. Grace says she feel like she let him down and doesn't know what to do. Santino says Tessa is one of the best in the world and everyone is proud of Grace. He says they will be on the same team and will try to teach those sons of a guns a lesson. Grace then says she has something for him and brings in ref Jimmy Korderas. Jimmy says he will make sure everything is on the up and up.

TNA Injury Report

Tessa Blanchard has TMJ and is still competing tonight. Octagon Jr. has an upper body injury and he's day to day. Steve Maclin is cleared after a minor skull fracture. 

George Iceman comes out to do the intro for The Elegance Brand. He says there's no lovely ladies in Brampton.

Ash By Elegance vs Lei Ying Lee

Ash mocks Lee's karate then slides out of the way from high kicks. Ash then does more karate poses outside. Ash taunts her then is snapmared. Lee rolls her up. Ash knees her in the gut. Lee legsweeps her then running knees her.

Lee basement dropkicks her. Ash stomps on her in the corner. Ash suplexes her into the buckles for 2. Ash chokes her on the ropes. Ash hip attacks her for 2. Ash pulls on Lee's arm and leg at the same time.

Ash misses a legdrop. Ash misses a corner charge. Lee hits punches on Ash. Lee jumping knees her and superkicks her. Lee hits mounted corner shots then exploders her for 2. Ash hits her in the back of the leg and meteora's her for 2. She yells. Ash chest kicks her while she's on her knees.  Lee and Ash both yell then Lee fisherman suplexes her. Lee hits a spinning high kick then reverse airplane spin drops her to win.

Thoughts: Ash was really good here and did whatever she good to try and put this over. She brought some comedy here and did some different stuff than usual. I actually ended up kind of liking this when I had no expectations for it.

Masha Slamovich comes out after. Masha says she will see Lee at Against All Odds and they shake hands.

Trick Williams talks. He says he wishes he could have been here tonight. He said he needed first class treatment and didn't get it so he didn't come. He says it's not about Santana, Hendry or Elijah. He says Santana better back up before he gets jacked up. He says it's time for a rebranding and says it'll turn into Trick-N-A. He says he will show up when he wants. He says he told Joe he would take his fans and brand.

Mance Warner vs Bryce Hansen

Mance pounds on him in the corner and chops him. Mance forearms him. Mance running boots him then lariats him. Mance hits a short arm lariat. Mance hits a running lariat. Mance hits a running knee then a lifting turning ddt for the win.

Thoughts: It was all squash here and wasn't particularly impressive.  

Steph de Lander talks on the mic after. She says they never lost their titles and are still champs. She says she's watching Cardona/Maclin tonight and says the TNA International Title will come home with Mance.

We get a rosemary video. She talks about Xia Brookside finally snapping and said it took a big push. She says Xia is now ready and says there's one last step. She asks if she's ready to fill her soul with darkness and be absorbed by the void. 

Santino Marella and Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone and Tessa Blanchard

I'm surprised they are giving this one away on free TV. Victoria Crawford and Alisha Edwards are with the heels. Stone says he has good and bad news. He says Tessa can't wrestle due to TNJ from Grace. She says Crawford will take her place. He says this match can't go over 10 minutes, Alisha Edwards will be the special enforcer and says the cobra is banned. Stone says if Santino does it, he will take his job.

Santino Marella and Arianna Grace vs Robert Stone and Victoria Crawford

Jimmy Korderas is the ref here. SM and Stone go at it. Stone ropebreaks before being touched. Stone tags in VC. VC takes down Grace off the lock up. Grace side headlock takeovers her and is put in a headscissors. VC then bumps to get away from Grace.

Tessa trips Grace from the outside and is ejected. Grace side headlocks VC then rolls her into a pin attempt. Grace hits bad punches to the gut then corner back elbows her. Grace suplexes VC.

VC throws Grace off the top for 2. VC elbow drops Grace then chinlocks her. Grace tries to tag in SM but Stone hits SM and SM is distracted. VC northern lights suplexes Grace for 2.

Grace backdrops VC. SM hits punches on Stone then splits out of a lariat and hiptosses him. SM headbutt drops Stone. Grace top rope crossbodies VC. Stone pulls the ref out then pushes the ref into SM. SM is then sent into the steps. Grace grabs Stone by the hair and VC split legdrops Grace. Alisha then counts the pin from Stone on Grace.

Thoughts: It had a lot of shenanigans wasn't that much.

The Northern Armory do a promo. EY says he has done everything there is to do here and said he pinned the X-Division champ at the PLE. Moose and JDC walk in. Moose says EY's a mad dog looking for one last bone. Mooe says everyone knows Canadian's are stupid. Moose says he beat EY in his own country for the title before and will do it for the X-Division Title. He says to make that match happen. EY then stares at the camera and leaves.

George Iceman comes out. He says Ash won't be part of this beautiful moment. He brings out Heather By Elegance. He then brings out "M By Elegance" who is the former Maggie Lee. M is wearing a black dress. They then do a toast "to Elegance".  Myla Grace and Harley Hudson interrupt.

Myla introduces her and Harley and said George interrupted them. She said they had a chance to share their stories and George took it away. They say they will do the same to them. Harley says respect has to be earned and they have to make an impact. They throw champagne at M.

Steve Maclin and Tommy Dreamer talk. Tommy tells him he fights for the people and all of them. He tells him to do this.

TNA International Title - Steve Maclin (c) Matt Cardona

Matt side headlocks him then SM back elbows him. SM running forearms him. Matt boots him. SM hits a uranage backbreaker for 2. Matt is thrown out and SM low topes him. SM elbow drops him off the apron then is sent into the steps. Matt is back body dropped on the ramp.

We go to break and return. Matt chokes him in the corner. Steve lariats him from the side. They trade forearms. Matt is lariated then SM hits a thesz press and mounted shots. SM olympic slams him. SM hits a corner lariat then a lariat for 2. Matt straightjacket drops him for 2. SM hits a top rope superplex for 2.

SM is crotched up top. Matt broski boot's him twice. SM blocks his third one then low flying knees him. SM 2nd rope headbutt drops him for 2. Matt low blows him using the ropes and hits an unprettier for 2. Matt grabs the title outside. The ref takes it from him. SM nearly hits the ref then Matt hits a radio silence for 2. Matt comes off the 2nd rope and is powerbombed.

SM lariats him from behind. SM hits his crosshairs spear in the corner then hits a KIA and wins.

Thoughts: It was okay and nothing more. Steve won as expected. The crowd chanted "Chelsea's better" at Matt. The match was put together fine but it wasn't anything you need to see.

Mike Santana is in the back. He said he came to handle his business with AJ. He says instead of talking about Trick, he will show us at NXT. He says the title will come back where it belongs to TNA.

Overall thoughts: It was an alright episode of TNA. There was nothing great or anything you really needed to see but they had some okay wrestling here. It was a bit lacking in starpower with Moose, Hendry and Elijah not in action. I would give this one a 5 out of 10 overall.