TNA Impact 9/18/2025

TNA Impact 9/18/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/tna-impact-wrestling-9112025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/tna-impact-9252025.html 

We are in Minneapolis, MN.

Brian Myers vs Mustafa Ali

Both guys have their factions with them. 

Ali misses a shot and is punched. BM flying forearms him. Ali flips out of a corner spear and BM dropkicks him. Ali's head is banged off the apron outside. The two sides argue outside and Ali topes BM.

Ali rolls into a neckbreaker on BM for 2. BM hits shots on Ali then flying knees him. BM impaler ddt's him. BM misses a top rope elbow drop and Ali rolls him up for the win.

Thoughts: This was a quick one. They kept it moving and what we got was okay. Ali's tope was nice.

BM spears Ali down after. The Great Hands then slam BM on the apron. Eddie drops The Great Hands. Tasha Steelz low blows Eddie. Alisha takes her earrings off, takes down Tasha and pounds on her. Skyler grabs Alisha, gets slapped then is pump kicked by Moose. Agent Zero then stares at Moose from the other side of the ring. Zero and Moose stare down inside and Zero chest headbutts him. Security then comes out to break the fight up. They fail as everyone fights more.  

Santino Marella comes out with more guards. He says enough. He sets up Order 4 vs The System in a hardcore war at Bound For Glory. Security separates everyone and Order 4 leaves.

Gia interviews The Nemeth Brothers. They say it's a big night for them and they are soon to be 2x tag champs. Ryan cuts off Nic twice while he talks. Ryan says Matt Hardy is so broken he should be sponsored by Bioflex. Ryan calls The Hardy's relics. Nic says they are legends. Nic says they were never pinned for their tag titles and says The Hardy's are great but aren't the greatest brother tag team of all time.
George Iceman talks to Dani Luna in the back. He says he has advice. He says she wants a shot at the Knockouts Title. He says there's people in front of her like Masha and Indi Hartwell. Dani asks what he wants. George says be smart and hurt Indi a bit so he doesn't show up at Bound For Glory. He says maybe her title opportunity will come sooner. He says rub his back and he'll take care of her.

We see clips from NXT. They talk about TNA feeling like NXT has control over their title. They talk about the Trick vs Oba title vs title match on NXT next Tuesday. They say Mike Satana awaits the TNA champ at Bound For Glory.

We see clips of ODB's food truck at the show earlier today. Various wrestlers eat there and they shill it. ODB is then shown in the crowd.

Judas Icarus vs Eric Young

Judas hits EY before he gets in then throws him in. Judas tries shoulderblocks and back elbows him down. EY running back elbows Judas then doctor bombs him. EY twists Judas' head then drops him with a punch. 

Judas hits elbows on EY then knees him. EY is back body dropped. Judas rebound lariats him, back elbows him and PK's him. EY is knocked off the 2nd rope. Judas frogsplashes EY for 2. Judas does a pumphandle bomb on him for 2.

EY is up top and is slapped. EY bites his head and knocks him off the buckles. EY top rope elbow drops him for 2. EY threatens the ref then low blows Judas. EY goes for the piledriver and Joe Hendy comes out. EY then tries to grab Judas and Judas rolls him up for the upset pin.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad. Judas' frogsplash was nice and it was interesting to see him get the upset on EY. I'm curious as to where this one leads to.  

EY then drops the ref with a forearm after. 

Victoria Crawford tries to stir the pot with Jody Threat backstage during one of her Mentor U podcasts. Gia Miller comes in and says what Vic said to her resonated with her last week. She says she asked Santino to lift Tessa Blanchard's suspension. She says if Tessa touches her, she will f*ck her up. Vic says there's no profanity on her show. Vic then says to the camera that she just got Tessa unsuspended. 

The Rascalz are in their hangout. Zach complains about Trey pulling him out during the X-Division match last week. Reed says he had to capitalize and now he's the #1 contender. Reed says if one wins, they all win. Zach asks if they want to celebrate and they smoke. Trey says they get along well as a team but make sick opponents. They talk about all the moves they did to each other. Zach says fighting each other was fun.

Santino Marella walks in and Zach hides. Santino says he can get behind The Rascalz facing each other. Santino then asks for the cheese to be passed to him and the segment ends.

George Iceman talks before the match. He says the faces destroyed a perfectly good painting and didn't let them finish a toast of their champagne. George says they will have that toast and says to get up and show respect for The Elegance Brand.

The Iinspiration (Jessie McKay and Cassie Lee) and Masha Slamovich vs The Elegance Brand (Ash, Heather and M By Elegance)

HBE = Heather By Elegance, MS = Masha Slamovich

MS snapmares HBE several times and kicks her twice for 2. HBE takes a double boot from The Iinspiration then the faces all hit kicks and pose.

We go to break and return. HBE gets a 2 count and Jess is chopped by Ash. M bangs Jess' head off the buckles then HBE stomps her. HBE sleepers Jess. HBE throws Jess back on a tag attempt. MS gets in and hits kicks on the heels. Ash hides behind the announcers. 

We get some fast offense and M takes a jumping head kick from Cass. George throws a title belt in. Cass grabs it and M screams. Ashe throws champagne in Cass' face and M pins Cass.

Thoughts: This got cut up by the break. It was a bit hard to follow especially at the end with a lot of people coming in and out. It didn't really get enough time to be anything too special.

TNA Injury Report

Mike Santana is cleared from an upper back injury. Moose is in concussion protocol. The Hardy's and The Nemeth's are both cleared.

The King's Speech

Frankie Kazarian comes out to talk. He says Minnesota is known for a prince but will be known for a king tonight. He says his guest is a handsome man and snazzy dresser and says it's Frankie Kazarian. 

He says Steve Maclin needs to understand that history doesn't remember soldiers, it remembers kings. He says he will be the International champ. He then says he has another guest. 

Mr. Anderson/Mr. Kennedy comes out, making a return to TNA. He tries to shake Kaz's hand and Kaz pulls away. Kaz asks how things in Green Bay are. Anderson says he's from there but lived in Minneapolis for 20 years. He says his wrestling school is here and his kids are from here. He says this is home and Kaz says that's gotta suck.

Kaz talks about beating him in an Ultimate X match. He says Anderson served as an Army reserve. He says there's an idiot named Steve Maclin who claimed to be a war hero. Kaz says he thinks he was the guy who served slop in the kitchen and is nothing but a coward. He asks if Anderson was a coward as he seemed like the guy who would run from a fight instead of to it.

Anderson puts over Maclin and asks if he's a coward. Anderson asks what branch Kaz served in. Kaz says Anderson p!ssed him off. Kaz says he knows Anderson's mom, kids and wife are here. Kaz asks if he will let them watch if he beats him within an inch of his life. Kaz messes with him more and Anderson grabs him. Jake Something then comes out and nails Anderson from behind. Jake bangs Anderson's head off the mat. Steve Maclin comes out and lariats Jake over the top to end the segment.

Dani Luna vs Indi Hartwell

They pound on each other to start. Indi is sent out, gets back in and they hockey fight more. Indi facekicks her then throws her over the top. Indi facekicks her off the apron. Indi boots her in the side of the head for 2.

Indi euros her and Dani ropebreaks on a bear hug. Dani pulls Indi's throat into the top rope. Dani sliding lariats her. Indi hits shots to the gut and Dani overhead suplexes her twice. 

Dani forearms her down. Dani boots her on the ropes for 2. Dani tries some move on the ropes but is sent down. Dani lariats her then hits mounted shots. Dani hits forearms. Indi fires back and hits lariats.

Indi spinebusters her. Indi goes up top and Dani rolls away. Dani chairs Indi and gets DQ'd.

Thoughts: They missed a bunch of shots here but it wasn't that bad. They exclusively brawled here and hit each other with shots. Dani did some nice suplexes.

Dani chairs Indi more inside then chokes her with a chair. Security comes out and Dani swings the chair at them.

Xia Brookside and Yei Ling Lee do a promo. Lee talks in Chinese and they hug. Xia says they met 7 years ago and were brought back together. Xia says Lee has a warrior aura that pushes people away but draws her in. She says they are balanced and it makes them unstoppable. They say their new name is The Angel Warriors.

Someone named AJZ comes out and complains about Mike Santana. He says he's had a bunch of title shots yet keeps losing. 

Mike Santana vs AJZ

Mike shotgun dropkicks him in the corner to start. Mike hits doi fives then hits a big lariat. Mike then wins.

Thoughts: It was a short squash and nothing else. AJZ really looks like an alternate version of Jungle Boy.

Mike gets on the mic. He says Trick caught him slipping and took advantage. He says it won't happen again. He says his b!tch @ss belongs to him at Bound For GLory.

Ridge Holland of NXT then comes out and beats up on Mike. Ridge headbutts and punches him in the corner. Ridge then elevated ddt's him. 

Thoughts: Well that was out of nowhere. Ridge may want to make some friends here as he may end up here soon enough. 

TNA Tag Titles - The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) vs The Nemeth Brothers (Nic and Ryan Nemeth)

Matt Cardona comes out to do commentary for this. Ryan Nemeth gets in the face of one of the Anthem board members and is pushed.

All 4 men fight early on. The Nemeth's take stereo lariats over the top. We go to break and return. Jeff bangs Nic's head off the buckles. Jeff boots Nic and misses whisper in the wind. Ryan holds Jeff down and Nic stomps him. Nic groundes sleepers Jeff. Nick neckbreakers Jeff and elbow drops him several times. Ryan elbow drops Jeff for 2.

Jeff is held for a shot from Nic. Jeff fights off corner charges and hits whisper in the wind on The Nemeth's. Matt is tagged in. He back elbows Nic and bangs his head off the buckles. Matt corner lariats Nic then htis a side effect on him for 2. 

Matt 2nd rope elbow drops Nic's neck. Nic back elbows Matt out of the corner. Nic fameassers Matt for 2. Matt is hit with a superkick by Nic then Ryan jumping ddt's Matt. Nic top rope elbow drops Matt for 2.

Matt Cardona attacks Ryan outside and throws him in. Nic then drops Cardona outside. Matt Hardy hits a twist of fate on Ryan. Jeff hits a top rope swanton on Ryan and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Jeff was off early on and The Nemeth's didn't do a good job of catching him. Matt looked pretty old here as well. It was a simple match that still didn't have the best execution. The Hardy's won as expected.

Overall thoughts: It was your usual average TNA show. There was nothing that great on it and I thought Young/Icarus was probably the best match of the night. It was nice to see Mr. Anderson come back and I was very surprised to see Ridge Holland appear. I'd give the show a 5 out of 10 as it made enough sense but didn't have anything that good on it.