TNA Impact 8/28/2025

TNA Impact 8/28/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/tna-impact-8212025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/tna-impact-942025.html 

I missed the first few minutes.

Mike Santana and AJ Francis vs Steve Maclin and Mike Santana

Trick shoulders over SM and SM back elbows him. SM bangs Trick's head off of his knee and lariats him. Mike hits punches on AJ. AJ misses a corner splash and takes chops. Mike flying forearms AJ in the corner. Mike lariats AJ over the top. Mike then tope con hilos the heels outside.

Mike hits slaps on AJ. Mike tornado ddt's him for 2. Mike backrolls and is hit in the back. Trick suplexes him. Trick hits punches on Mike and foot chokes him. Mike hits corner spears on Trick. SM gets in. SM hits punches on AJ then flying knees him. We go to break and return. 

SM back elbows and olympic slams AJ. AJ corner slams SM then chokes him on the ropes. AJ corner splashes him then hits Tennessee whiskey. Trick flapjacks SM then dropkicks him. AJ elbow drops SM then does an arm and chinlock. AJ pop-up forearms SM.

SM 2nd rope dropkicks him. Mike comes in and hits lariats on Trick. Mike flying lariats him. Mike enzugiri's Trick.Mike backrolls into a cutter on him for 2. Mike death valley drivers Trick for 2. Trick pump kicks AJ on accident then SM topes AJ. Mike then rolls up Trick and wins.

Thoughts: It was alright. There was nothing to write home about but also nothing wrong with it. I'm surprised they had this in the opener instead of the main.

Trick shoves Mike after and they fight on the mat.

Cedric Alexander and Leon Slater are interviewed. Ced says Leon gained his respect and says he wants to show they can be tag champs. Leon says he is where he is because of The Hardy's. 

Eric Young vs Myron Reed

EY knees him in the gut. Reed kips down, kips up and enzugiri's him. Reed slingshot codebreakers him out of the ring. Reed suicide dives him. Reed hits forearms on EY. EY rakes Reed's eyes then death valley bombs him for 2. Someone in a mask has a sign that says, "The cleanse is coming". EY cranks Reed's head.

EY back elbows Reed. Reed stunners him. EY slams him then misses a 2nd rope moonsault. Reed guillotine legdrops EY over the 2nd rope. Reed superkicks him. Reed does a bridging ddt on the ropes with an F-5 lift. EY hangs from the top rope and Reed slingshot legdrops him for 2. EY powerslmas him for 2. EY threatens the ref. Zach Wentz tries to stop him. EY low blows Reed then hits a nasty looking piledriver for the win.

Thoughts: The finish wasn't the best the match was alright. The two matched up alright and did an okay job with this. Reed took a nasty looking piledriver.

Dani Luna says maybe or maybe not when it comes to doing the right thing last week. She said she gave everything to Spitfire and says Indi Hartweel took her turn when she was close. She says maybe trying just isn't good enough. She says she's done being quiet and done being in second.

The Elegance Brand are in the back. Ash is happy about winning the Knockouts Title. She says she saved TNA. Ash says they have officially entered The Elegance Era. She says she wants a celebration next week.

Fatal Influence (Jazmyn Nyx and Fallon Henley) vs The Iinspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay)

Jess wristlocks Nyx then fireman's carry takeovers her. Nyx takes a double kick to the front and back. Cass armdrags Nyx and side headlocks her. Nyx leg lariats Cass. Fallon cravates Cass then hits knees to the face for 2.

Cass takes a double flapjack and has her head banged off the mat by both for 2. Cass armdrags Nyx. Cass boots Nyx out of the corner. Jess and Fallon get in. Jess hits lariats on the heels then boots both in the corner.

Jess is pulled off the apron by Nyx and thrown back in. Cass is catapulted into a pele kick for 2. The four trade forearms. The faces and heels both dosey-do and the heels run into facekicks. Nyx's head is banged off one of the faces knees for 2.

Cass hits a spinning high kick for 2 then high kicks Nyx. Nyx is hit with an idolizer and pinned.

Thoguhts: It wasn't that good as expected. The Iinspiration are really just a step above not botching stuff and are pretty limited as workers. 

TNA Injury Report

Indi Hartwell is cleared after bruising. JDC is out of action indefinitely from head trauma due to JDC. The Hardy's, Slater and Cedric are cleared for tonight.

Trick Williams is on the phone and complains about being assaulted by Mike Santana after the bell. He tells his lawyer to get here ASAP as he isn't going for this.

Ryan Nemeth comes out to talk. He says his big brother returns to TNA next week. Alisha Edwards comes out with Eddie Edwards. She says they need to make amends for past mistakes and says what better place to start than in Baltimore? She says everyone is waiting for the one person to shut Ryan's mouth.

Ryan asks if Alisha is volunteering to wrestle him. She says not her, him. Eddie then chops him down.

Eddie Edwards vs Ryan Nemeth

Eddie hits chops to start. Eddie overhead belly to belly suplexes him. Eddie headbutts him. Ryan pounds on him. Eddie hits chops and jabs. Ryan throws him down backwards and stomps on him. 

Eddie hits shots to the gut. Eddie is thrown hard into the buckles. Eddie hits more chops then goes into the post on a corner spear attempt. Ryan stomps him and gets a 2 count.

Ryan neckbreakers Eddie for 2. Ryan dares Alisha to slap him. Eddie hits lariats on Ryan then pop-up drops him. Ryan blocks a backpack stunner. Eddie hits a double underhook powerbomb. Eddie shining wizards him for the win.

Thoughts: The result was obvious and it was about as average of a match as it gets.

Indi Hartwell is interviewed in the back. She says she's disappointed in Dani's attack last week. She says she won't back down. Santino Marella comes in. He says it'll be Indi vs Jody Threat for the #1 contendership for the Knockouts Title. Dani Luna comes in and complains. Indi asks to add Dani to the match and Santino does.

Eric Young does a promo. He says maybe he knows the truth and you don't. He says maybe he's the only one seeing things clearly. He says a cleanse is coming and we see Joe Hendry knocked out. He says this will continue and a cleanse is coming.

Mara Sade vs Tasha Steelz

They shove each other. TS side headlocks her. Mara shoulders her over. TS armdrags her then gets armdragged. Mara hits a wasteland and hits knee drops. Jason Hotch trips Mara and TS pump kicks Mara.

TS pounds on Mara. TS lariats her from the apron then slingshot rolling sentons her. TS sits on her back with a chinlock. Mara snapmares her over and hits shots to the gut. Mara uppercuts her.

Mara flying hip attacks her and slingblades her. Mara dropkicks her off the buckles for 2. Mara step up enzugiri's her. Mara is distracted and takes a 2nd rope russian legsweep for 2. 

Mara backdrops her then and hits an awful looking pedigree where TS lands on her knees. The Great Hands get on the apron. Mara gets distracted then she topes Skyler. She then stares down with Agent Zero. Mara comes back in and cuttered. TS then wins.

Thoughts: It was not that good as expected and the ending was really stupid with Mara picking fights with everyone but her opponent when the pin was there.

Mara is held after for shots from TS. Agent Zero then lariats Mara.

The Hardy's then come out and fight with The Great Hands. They double lariat Agent Zero over the top. Zero lands on his feet and and his buddies hold him back.

The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) vs Leon Slater and Cedric Alexander

Jeff back elbows Ced. Ced blocks a jawbreaker with a kick. Jeff shoulders Leon over. Leon rewind kicks him. Jeff russian legsweeps him and gets a 2 count on him. Leon takes a rolling senton + fist drop combo. Matt back elbows Leon. Matt 2nd rope elbow drops Leon in the back of the head. Matt side effect's and twists of fate's Leon. Jeff misses a top rope swanton.

Ced waistlocks Jeff. Leon basement dropkicks Jeff. Leon jumping splashes Jeff for 2. Leon corner lariats Jeff. Ced basement dropkicks Jeff for 2. We go to break and return. Jeff spin kicks Leon. Both tag out. Matt hits forearms on Ced. Matt back elbows him then bangs his head off the buckles. Matt then bangs Leon's head off the buckles. Matt side effects Ced then 2nd rope elbow drops him for 2.

Ced twists of fate's Matt then PK's him for 2. Leon is crotched up top when Ced is pushed into the corner. Ced takes a twist of fate then a splash for 2. Leon enzugiri's Matt. Leon misses a 450. Leon takes a twist of fate but cutters Matt off of it. Leon leg lariats Jeff.

Leon misses a swanton 450. Ced flatliners Jeff of the buckles for 2. Ced and Jeff trade. Matt twists of fate's Ced. Jeff hits a top rope swanton on Ced and wins.

Thoughts: It was pretty average for the most part. There were a million twists of fates here and not a lot else. The Hardy's won as expected and I was surprised there wasn't more going on storyline wise here.

Trick Williams comes out. He says Mike Santana put his hands on him after the bell and he says he's not going for that. He says Mike wants to beat him up when he's not paying attention. He says he brought his lawyer Michael O'Shay. He says he has 50 days until he has to defend the title and says to take it up with his lawyer.

Santino Marella comes out. He says he will defend his title at Bound for Glory. The lawyer says Santino will silence his voice when Trick is speaking and will adhere to the contract. Santino pulls out the cobra and hits the lawyer.

Thoughts: This was dumb. I don't know how hitting the lawyer changes anything. 

Overall thoughts: It was the usual Impact episode. Nothing was that great here. The opener was fine and Reed/EY was as well. The women's tag match wasn't that good. Eddie/Ryan was average. Mara/Tasha wasn't that good. The Hardy's tag was also average for the most part. The final segment with Trick's lawyer was dumb. I am somewhat curious about Eric Young's cleansing. There were a lot of people who weren't in action and weren't really on the show here. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 and thought it was average. There's nothing you need to see here.