TNA Impact 6/12/2025

TNA Impact 6/12/2025

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

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/tna-impact-6192025.html

We see Mike Santana arrive and talk to Santino. Santino says he's suspended. Mike says he doesn't care. Santino says Mike get fired if he comes. He says he will do anything he can to make sure Mike gets AJ Francis when he returns. Mike says he respects him as a man and wants that match. Robert Stone then tries to run in and Santino has him escorted out since he lost the match at the PLE. 

Santino Marella comes out to talk. He says the fans gave him that extra oompf that he needed to beat Robert Stone. He says Stone is gone forever and says he's the full-time Director of Authority at TNA. Santino says Slammiversary will be the biggest show in history. He says Leon Slater has a pinfall over Moose and Moose will defend his title against him at Slammiversary.

Santino says we will have a champion's challenge where the TNA Champs face the TNA All-Stars in a tag match. He also says tonight is the 8-4-1 match where the winner gets a Knockouts Title match. He says the current TNA champ is not a roster member and the locker room wants to be the guy to face Trick. He says the next few weeks will be incredible and exciting. He then brings out The Iinspiration.

The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) vs Brittnie Brooks & Missa Kate 

Jess fights Kate after kissing Lee. Jess side headlocks her and shoulders her over. Jess flips Kate by the arm. Lee armdrags Brooks and stomps her hand. Brooks takes a double team kick then Brooks and Kate take kicks from behind together.

Jess sunset flips Brooks then bangs Brooks' head off knee. Jess does a suplex on Brooks for 2. Jess' throat is pulled down over the top rope and she is hit from behind. Brooks stomps Jess in the corner. Kate then boots Jess in the corner.

Kate is sent out. Lee gets in and hits lariats. She then hits flying kness in the corner and neckbreakers Brooks. Brooks fisherman suplexes Kate for 2. Brooks is facekicked off the apron. Kate takes the idolizer and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was brief and to the point. They kept it moving but The Iinspiration's offense looked horrible here with nothing really connecting.

The Hardy Boys do a promo. Matt says there's been bumps in the road since the lost the tag titles but they get on the right path back to the titles tonight. Matt says they will then go beat The Nemeth's and get the tag titles and prove they are the greatest of all time.

First Class Penthouse

AJ and KC talk. AJ says it looks like a First Class summer and KC shills their t-shirt. The fans say "what" and AJ says, "dumb@sses say what", then the fans say "what". AJ says he's giving away money. He says he will give it to the kid that can do the best "money, money, money" taunt. He grabs a kid named Pedro. He gets a chant and AJ says he's over. Pedro says the line. AJ asks if he should give him the money but says Pedro doesn't deserve it. He says nothing in line is free and life isn't fair.

AJ then brings out Trick Williams. KC chants "First Class Trick" to Trick's music. AJ says they are asked why they helped Trick and AJ says Trick beat Joe Hendry. He said he made Joe and Joe never gave him a title match. KC says Trick wanted to fly first class and says if you say their name, they appear.

AJ asks how Trick feels about First Class. He says they are alright with him. AJ says the only thing that would make Trick's title look better is if they had gold too with it. AJ says after they beat The Hardy's, they should be first in line for the tag titles. AJ toasts Trick and says may the era of TrickNA riegn forever. 

Jason Hotch talks to The System in the back. Moose says to take out Leon Slater tonight and he will maybe get him his own System championship ring. JDC says they see the dissention in Order 4. Brian says there's no leaders in their group. Eddie says if Jason takes out Leon, maybe there's a spot in The System for him.

The rest of Order 4 walks in and they leave without saying anything. The System then yell at Matt Cardona. Eddie says Matt is the free agent who won't go away and he is told he's taking up space. Brian says Matt should find a partner to face them next week. Brian then stares down Matt.

TNA Injury Report

Heather By Elegance suffered a chipped tooth at the PLE pre-show. Tessa Blanchard is cleared from TMJ. Jason Hotch has bruising from his match with Ali but is cleared. 

Jason Hotch vs Leon Slater

Leon does an inset promo. He says fighting Moose at Slammiversary for the X-Title is wicked. He says he's coming to live forever or die trying.

Jason wristlocks him. Leon headflips out and dropkicks him. Jason armdrags him and misses a dropkick. Leon dropkicks him. Jason goes up and over then snapmares him into a dropkick. Jason corkscrew kicks him for 2.

Jason hits corner spears and Leon chops him. Jason knees him in the gut. Jason does a grounded cobra twist. We get a "We Want Truth" chant, so this was taped (R-Truth was fired from WWE but not brought back until after this show had taped). Leon twisting suplexes him.

Leon pump kicks him out of the corner then hits lariats. Leon hits a handspring back elbow for 2. Jason rolls into a neckbreaker on Leon for 2. Jason is sent into the corner and goes pside down. Leon spinning blue thunders him. Leon is pushed into the post on the apron then Jason M. Bison stomps him. They go back in and trade roll-ups. Leon jumping leg lariats him. Leon hits a swanton 450 off the top and wins.

Thoughts: It went a little long but it was fine. They flew around without overdoing it too much and Leon got the win here as expected. 

Tessa Blanchard is interviewed. She says Gia showed up to work again. She says you could put the whole locker room in there tonight but the result is the same. She says she will be the #1 contender and everyone else will just be in the way. She says everyone will understand that they don't need a leader, they need a reminder of whole built the division.

TNA Knockouts World Title #1 Contendership 8-4-1 Match

Leg 1 - Dani Luna, Rosemary, Tessa Blanchard & Xia Brookside vs. Indi Hartwell, Jody Threat, Killer Kelly & Tasha Steelz

Dani and Jody get tagged in and shake hands. They trade wristlocks and side headlock each other. Dani side headlock takeovers her. Jody then does the same. They trade pin attempts and stand off as they are about to punch each other.

Tasha is back body dropped by Dani. Tasha eye pokes Xia then hits chops and forearms on her. Xia hits shots on Tasha then facekicks her. Xia swinging headscissors Tasha and single leg dropkicks her. Xia crossbodies her for 2. Rose gets in and chokes Xia. Tasha codebreakers Rose.

Kelly gets in and stares down then kisses Rose. They forearm each other. Kelly neckbreakers Rose on her knee and sliding lariats her from behind. Jody slams Rose. Jody is pulled into the buckles. Tess comes in and slingshot elbows Jody. Victoria Crawford trips Jody and Tesa beats up on Jody. Tessa knocks Indi off the apron with a forearm. Tess poses at her and is rolled up by Jody for 1.

Jody hits forearms on Rose. Rose misses a corner spear. Indi gets in and hits lariats on Rose. Indi spinebusters her for 2. Dani lariats Kelly then takes a codebreaker from Tasha. Tasha os cutters Dani. Xia codebreakers Tasha. Jody F-5's Xia. Rose spears Jody. Indi full-nelson twisting drops Rose and pins her.

Leg 2 - 4-way match - Indi Hartwell vs Jody Threat vs Killer Kelly vs Tasha Steelz

Indi and Jody drop the other 2 girls. Jody shoulders Indi over then exploders her. Jody is dropepd throat first on the ropes then side slammed for 2. Kelly sends Jody into the steps. Kelly stomps on Indi then Tasha does too.

Indi takes a double suplex then Kelly and Tasha trade forearms. Kelly hits headbutts then double underhook faceusters Tasha. Jody top rope double crossbodies her opponents.

Jody and Indi hit stereo corner lariats then double clothesline each other. Jody takes a blue thunder. Jody suplexes Tasha and Indi rolls up Jody off of it. Jody germans Indi. Tasha bulldogs Jody. Indi facekicks Tasha then full-nelson twisting drops her. Kelly then picks up the pin.

Thoughts: I liked this overall. It felt important and it was something different. It got a lot of time as well. Indi was not good at all here with tons of weak moves. Kelly winning works as she just returned.

Masha Slamovich is in the back and is interviewed. She says she knows Killer Kelly better than she knows herself. She said she kept herself busy earning and defending the title while Kelly did other things. She says she will put Kelly back in her place being her b!tch.

Steve Maclin does a promo on Mance Warner. He says Mance gave him the fight he said he would but he didn't hit him hard enough. He says he's a in Champion's Challenge tag match next week with people he could care less about except Trick Williams. He says Trick doesn't know a thing about TNA Wrestling. He says he is TNA Wrestling. He says he will keep an eye on Trick and see if he plays fair. He says he will drop him on his head with a KIA if he doesn't.

Steph de Lander and Mancer Warner comes out. Steph says they were screwed against Maclin. She says she will make sure it never happens again. Mance then threatens a security guard and other security come out to stop Mance. Tommy Dreamer then comes out. Mance hits Tommy and they fight on the stage. Tommy is suplexed on the stage. I think he then hits a running boot.

Sami Callihan does a promo. He talks about Trick Williams being champ. The Northern Armory come in. EY says Trick being champ hurts and Sami agrees. EY says maybe they have to sort something out and fight for the heart and soul of TNA. Sami says EY has something right. He says they are the heart and soul of TNA. He says he doesn't always like his style but he respects him and he will see him. EY then drops Sami from behind with a forearm and tells him "you made your bed". 

The Hardy Boys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) vs First Class (AJ Francis and KC Navarro)

AJ misses a charge and is double lariated over the top. Jeff basement dropkicks KC in the back of the neck. Matt bangs KC's arm off his shoulder. KC takes a double team for 2. AJ takes aother double clothesline over the top.

We go to break and return. Jeff armlocks KC. KC takes a double suplex. Matt catapults KC's throat into the 2nd rope and Jeff legdrops KC on the ropes for 2. Jeff wristlocks KC. Jeff throws KC out onto AJ, who catches him. Jeff slides out then is tope'd by KC.

AJ knee chokes Jeff on the ropes and corner splashes him. AJ hits tennessee whiskey on Jeff. Jeff hits a twist of fate on AJ twice. Matt hits punches on AJ and bangs his head off the buckles.

Matt back elbows AJ then hits a 2nd rope side effect on him for 2. Trick Williams comes out and beats up Matt Hardy and Jeff. The ref sees it and does nothing. Joe Hendry then comes out with Elijah. The System then come out as does The Rascalz and Leon Slater. The heels are sent out and Leon corkscrew dives over the post onto everyone.

Thoughts: The ending was lame here. I'm not sure why Trick went after The Hardy's to cause the non-finish. The match was what you would expect and was fine but nothing too memorable.

Overall thoughts: It was your usual average TNA show. The women's tag opener wasn't that good but they kept it moving. Hotch vs Leon was okay. I liked the 8-4-1 match and I was glad it got a lot of time to play out. The main was about average then everyone ran in and gave us a non-finish. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 and wouldn't really recommend this one as nothing was too great here