TNA Impact 11/20/2025

TNA Impact 11/20/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/tna-impact-11132025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/tna-impact-11272025.html 

We are in Orlando, Florida.

Mike Santana comes out. He says he loves the fans. He says he was on top of the world a month ago and accomplished a goal and a dream. He said he made it to 1,000 days sober. He says it was snatched from him the next day. 

He says when you think things are going good, life humbles you real good. He says he was scared of himself. He said he went to an AA meeting instead of Turning Point. He said it made him realize that the fans deserve for him to be here.

He said he had it all and it was taken from him. He says it made him want it that much more. He says Kazarian has something belongs to him. He says don't get too comfortable as the title is coming back to him. He says he has something to say to the NXT boys. He says he will pick all of them off one by one. He says he will make him regret the day he stepped foot in TNA.  He says to beware.

Santino is on the phone. Kazarian walks in. He says he got attacked by the NXT crew and Santino owes him an apology for accusing him of working with them. Santino says he has a meeting with JDC. JDC comes in and says he looks like a Bon Jovi reject. Kaz asks when the last time was that anyone cared about him or what he did. He says didn't he just get married and walk off in the sunset. JDC says not to talk about his wife. He tells him to give him a title shot if he wants to get serious. Kaz asks what he did to earn a shot. Santino says JDC will face Eric Young and if he beats him, he will get a title shot. Kaz says he hopes Eric Young cripples JDC.

#1 Contender's Qualifier - Dani Luna vs Rosemary vs Indi Hartwell vs Myla Grace

Dani flying kicks Indi. Myla rolls up Rose. Myla hits shots on Dani and Rose then she basement dropkicks them. Myla dropkicks Rose through the ropes in the corner. Dani facekicks Myla off the apron.

Indi slams Myla and Rose. She then slams Myla on top of Rose. Indi armlocks Myla. Indi side slams Myla for 2. Myla clubs on Indi and chinlocks her. Myla stomps Indi and corner forearms her. Indi and Myla are both pulled out together. Myla's back is rammed into the apron. Rose bangs Inid's head off the apron. Dani suplexes Myla.

The heels chokes the faces in the corner. Rose bites Indi. Dani cranks on Myla's head. We go to break and return. Rose headscissor chokes Indi over the top rope. Indi hits lariats on Rose and spinebusters her for 2. Dani forearms Indi then Indi rolls her up. Indi hits punches. Myla top rope dropkicks Rose. Myla 2nd rope tornillo's Rose outside and splats hard.

Dani and Indi trade forearms. They then double lariat each other. Myla sends Rose into the post. Dani hints Indi with a chain and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. It was a bit hard to follow and hard for them to film and Dani ended up winning with a chain shot. There weren't any real big spots here either.

Eric Young tells 2 masked guys to pass flyers out and says the cleanse is coming. Gia interviews Eric. Eric says he has a lot of ideas for tonight. He says JDC is the #1 contender if he wins and Eric says all he gets is a pat on the back. He says Santino is a puppet and is behind everything that goes on in this company. Eric says he will beat JDC and show the world the truth. He says the cleanse is coming.

Santino talks to Arianna Grace and says he doesn't know how the NXT guys got in. He says they will open the doors wide open and bring the NXT guys in. The Hardy's and Steve Maclin come in. Matt says to open the doors. Santino says he needs a way to get them to come in. Jeff says they have the bait and holds up the tag titles.

Matt Cardona vs Mance Warner

Matt is hit before it starts. Matt double knees him out of the corner and forearms him. Steph de Lander pulls MW out. Matt dropkicks Mance through the ropes. Matt bangs MW's head off the steps. 

MW turns radio silence into a sitout powerbomb. Matt hits chops and forearms. Matt hits a spinebuster. They trade forearms. Matt flapjacks him. Matt bangs MW's face off the mat. Matt hits forearms in the corner and hits a broski boot for 2.

MW hits Matt from the behind and does a facebuster. MW running knees him for 2. MW grabs a chair and the ref takes it. MW then grabs a purse but is hit with radio silence. Matt gets a 2 count when Steph puts MW's foot on the ropes. MW hits Matt with Steph's purse and picks up the win with a ddt.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything too special as expected. Matt hits his signature spots and doesn't dwell much outside of it, which only gets you so far. There was a lot of shenanigans in this one.

TNA Injury Report

Mike Santana is cleared from a torn UCL. Eiljah is out from a torn tricep. 

The NXT wrestlers do a promo. Robert Stone says they came into their world and threw the first punch but they are better at it. High Ryze talk. Dupont says they are done waiting for opportunities and are taking them. Jensen asks Nemeth how his neck is feeling. Dempsey asks how Santana's arm is feeling. Stack says he settled for 2nd place for years and says everyone had it coming. Stone says he's not the guy behind it. Lexis King says they will shatter TNA into a million pieces.

Matt Cardona does a promo. He says he's always ready but wasn't tonight. He says he thought Mance was like family and said Steph thought he told her everything he knew. Matt says he wants to be at the top and Mance needs to get past him to do it. Matt challenges him to an El Paso Street Fight and says he's the Deathmatch King.

Myron Reed vs John Skyler

John rams him into the corner and hits corner spears. Reed enzugiri's him after kipping down out of a lariat. John flatliners him into the middle buckle then russian legsweeps him. John hits mounted punches. John waistlocks him.

Reed hits a big punch and John short arm lariats him. Reed running facekicks him. Reed legdrops John over the 2nd rope. Reed enzugiri's him. Reed hits a slingshot codebreaker. John is hit with a slingshot backdrop for 2. 

John slingshot spears Reed for 2. Reed stunners John out of a suplex. We cut to the back and Agent Zero has left The Rascalz laying outside. John knees Reed out of the corner. Reed kips up into a cutter on him. Reed suicide dives him outside. Reed goes for a pin inside and Hotch grabs John and helps him pin Reed to win.

Thoughts: The finish was kind of weak here but this was fine otherwise. Reed did his flying and John didn't, so they didn't overdo it.

AJ Francis and Rich Swann talk. AJ says Rich let First Class down at Turning Point. He says he not only lost but shook hands with Leon Slater. Rich says he's been in this business for 20 years and says Leon has got it. He says it was just sportsmanship. AJ says he doesn't care about that, just success. He says he successful at Turning Point when he beat BDE. AJ says Leon isn't the future, he is.

Leon Slater comes in and says to say it to his face. Leon says him and Rich tore it up at Turning Point and he has big respect for him. He says he doesn't have it for AJ. AJ says when kids didn't have respect in the 90's, they beat it into him. Leon asks him to try him. AJ says to be careful what you wish for as you just must get it. Leon says he will talk to Santino and make sure he gets it. AJ says he will show Rich how it's done.  

We get "The Search for Mr. Elegance" segment.. George Iceman hosts this and has The Elegance Brand there. There's a curtain and the girls can't see the guy. 

Contestant #1 talks. Ashe says she knows who he is. They then imply that they fooled around. Contestant #2 comes in. He says he's Jamie Stanley. George says his suit isn't working as it's salmon and only Mark Henry can get away with that. Contestant #3 is Alejandro. Heather asks some complicated technical question about steroids. Alejandro just poses. He says puts over the girls for being pretty. He says he needs the job and it will change his life. They call call him a loser. George says, "You're a loser, buddy" and tells him to hit the bricks.

Victoria Crawford vs. Xia Brookside vs. Killer Kelly vs. Jody Threat

The four girls pair off and trade shots. Xia plancha's Kelly and Vic off the apron. Jody side headlocks Xia. Jody boots her then is puled out. Kelly forearms Jody outside. Xia corner meteora's Vic then russian legsweeps her.

We go to break and return. Vic hits Jody from behind. Vic and Kelly trade forearms. Tessa Blanchard gets on commentary. Vic throws Jody out. Kelly flying kicks Xia while Xia has Vic in the fireman's carry position. Kelly hanging dragon sleepers Xia in the corner. Jody breaks it up.

Jody germans Kelly for 2. Jody michinoku drivers Xia for 2. Keelly sleepers Jody. Kelly is on the 2nd rope and Vic dropkicks her. Jody basement dropkicks Vic then dives on her off the apron. Xia inconoclasm's Kelly and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't that much better than the one earlier in the show. Crawford really isn't good at all and everything she does looks sloppy. It was hard for anyone to get anything going as the next person would start in and do a new sequence before they could.

Jada Stone says her nickname is "The Spark". She says her brother gave her it and they watched wrestling a lot as kids. She says she trained in OVW and the NJPW LA Dojo. She says she bothered Tommy Dreamer every time she saw him. She said she had a bad try out and thought her opportunity was gone. She said she wasn't prepared as she was 18. She says she had to mature.

She talks about the night she got signed. She said she didn't expect to get signed and thought she did something wrong. She said she talked to WWE's Bayley. She says she will work hard as a Knockout to get respect. She says she wants to climb her way to the top of the Knockouts division and show why she is called, "The Spark".

Santino says he talked to Ava. He says at Final Resolution it'll be Mike Santana vs Charlie Dempsey for the TNA Title,  The Hardy Boyz vs High Ryze in a Tag Title match and Stacks vs Maclin for the International Title. Next week will have Jensen and Stone in action along with an 8-man with Lexis/Stacks/High Ryze.

JDC gets a title shot if he wins - JDC vs Eric Young

Kazarian is on commentary for this. 

EY clubs on JDC. JDC back elbows him. JDC hits punches on EY outside and chops him. JDC back body drops him. EY stomps him in the ring. JDC hits punches on EY then spinning lariats him. JDC slingshot plancha's him outside. 

JDC punches EY outside and drops him. JDC kneedrops EY's arm into the mat. He armlocks him. JDC's head is banged off the buckles. JDC goes up and over and armdrags him or into an armlock. JDC knee drops the arm and underhook suplexes him for 2.

EY does a trapezius hold on him. JDC backdrops him. We go to break and return. JDC is pushed off the top to the floor. EY elbows him over the apron. EY slams him then misses a top rope moonsault. 

JDC flying euros him in the corner and russian legsweeps him. JDC falcon arrows him for 2. JDC spinning heel kicks him for 2. EY bites JDC on the 2nd rope and top rope elbow drops him for 2.  EY threatens the ref. JDC almost runs into the ref and is low blowed. EY death valley drivers him for 2.

They trade forearms. JDC hits punches on EY. EY is crotched up top. EY is back body dropped off the 2nd rope. JDC top rope leg drops EY and wins.

Thoughts: The stip for this was weird with JDC earning a title shot if he won here while EY got nothing. The match was fine and got a lot of time to play out. It was nothing that great or must see though.

Overall thoughts: We basically had all random matches here and nothing was great. Reed/Skyler was okay and the main was fine but I wouldn't really go out of my way to see this one. Oh yeah and Mike Santana had to lose his title so Kaz could fight JDC at the next big show, which is about as exciting as it sounds. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was average for the most part and really not TNA's best work.