TNA Impact 12/11/2025

TNA Impact 12/11/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/tna-impact-1242025.html

We are in El Paso, TX.

Frankie Kazarian comes out. He says he retired JDC at Final Resolution and kept the TNA Title. He says he will lead TNA into the era of AMC. He says he will need Walter White to step aside. He says nothing makes him smile more than a room of angry marks. He says everyone in the crowd would sell their mother to be in the position they are in. Kaz says he's their king and he's the TNA champ for a long time. H tells the crowd to get used to it.

Mike Santana comes out. He asks how he could be mad at him? He says Kaz took and seized an opportunity. He said Kaz did what he said he would do and he respects it. Mike says of course he's p!ssed. He says he wants him to stay alert as the target is on his head.

Mike says next week it's Team NXT vs Team TNA in a tag match. He says NXT is why he's not the champ. He says when he gets in the ring with them, he will win the match and pull his trigger on the target. He says it'll be Kaz vs him at Genesis for the TNA Title. Kaz says he doesn't agree to it. He says the title will come back to where it belongs. The announcers then say Mike has a contractual rematch.

Team NXT does a promo. King says the rumors are true and TNA won't die. He says Matt Cardona will go anywhere with a wrestling ring to get a whiff of what they have. He says Matt is nothing more than a glorified backyard wrestler. Igwe says The Hardy's are the same. He says The Hardy's will be stuck in the cage with them. Jensen says the most dangerous person is the one with nothing to lose. Jensen says they have nothing to lose and everything to lose in the cage. Stacks says he warned Santino and he stuck his nose in his business. He says Santino may be a good authority figure but he's a horrible father. Stacks says they will get what they want in the cage and continue the takeover of TNA.

We see clips of the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge on NXT. We also see Ava talked about the #1 Contender's Fatal 4-Way Match.

Winner gets the advantage in the cage match - Matt Cardona vs Lexis King

They lock up. Matt backs him up in the corner. They shove each other and Matt hits armdrags. Matt armlocks him. King chops him in the corner. Matt double knees him out of the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks him. Matt dropkicks him through the ropes. King bangs Matt's arm over the top rope and throws him shoulder first into the corner. King stomps the arm and kicks him in the back. 

King armlocks him and drops Matt's arm on the top rope. King codebreakers the arm for 2. King foot chokes him in the corner. Matt lariats him. Matt flatliners him. Matt hits forearms in the corner. Matt hits a broski boot for 2.

King superkicks him, arm throws him down and hits a kitchen sink from behind for 2. King grabs his cane. Stacks comes in and Matt hits radio silence on him. King rolls up Matt and pins him.

Thoughts: The finish was lame here with Stacks running in and somehow the ref not seeing it. King mostly worked the arm here but sadly didn't follow up on it for the finish. This was better than I expected but a finish involving the arm would have really sold me on it.

Stacks beats up on Matt after and King hits Matt with his cane in the arm. Steve Maclin comes down and makes the heels run. 

Lei Ying Lee and Xia Brookside do a promo. Lee talks in Chinese for some reason. Xia says Final Resolution was emotional and intense. She says they push each other and are still The Angel Warriors. Lee says they fight for honor and respect each other. 

Robert Stone, Crawford, Tessa and Mil Moore walk in. They rip them. Tessa says she's a former Knockouts champ and World's champ. She says she's done things they can only dream about. Xia says they can't disrespect them and ask for a title match when she lost to The Iinspiration. Tessa says if they need to beat them both to shut them up, that's what they will do.

The Elegrance Brand (Heather and M By Elegance)Myla Grace and Harley Hudson

George Iceman comes out with a gift. He rips the crowd. He says he has a gift from the heavens and says to welcome Heather and M By Elegance. HBE and M then are dressed like elve's and bring gifts with them to the ring.

The heels tease the faces with gifts and try to hit them with it. Myla and HH hit forearms on them. HH shoulders over HBE. She slams her then Myla basement dropkicks her for 2. HH side headlocks HBE. HH is tripped and M step up sentons HH's back for 2.

M boots HH in the corner and foot chokes her. M suplexes HH. M starts holding and selling her ankle. M misses a step up senton. Myla comes in. She hits lariats on the heels and lariats her. Myla spin kicks HBE in the gut and sitout twisting underhook rops her for 2. Myla is lifted for a code red on M.

George gets on the apron with a gift. HH hits George in the head with it and it gets stuck on his head. Myla backrolls HBE but M pulls HBE back and HBE pins HH.

Thoughts: It was a short one. I liked Geore getting hit with the present. When Myla looks like the best wrestler in the match, that should tell you how the quality of this was. M randomly sold her ankle for a bit but then just walked it off I guess.

TNA Injury Report

Matt Cardona is out with a shoulder injury. Mustafa Ali is day to day with abrasions. JDC has is questionable with hip and joint pain. Santino is cleared from a jaw injury.  

Rich Swann is interviewed. Gia asks if First Class is done. Rich says the only thing first about First Class was AJ putting himself first. He says they were in the back of a plane and he thought he could be a threat due to his size. He says he asked him if he thought about being a wrestler. AJ says he told him he was having a tryout. Rich says he couldn't be happier and says they could be the tag champs. He says he was told he's a snake and he found out the hard way. He says he's done being talked down to and disrespected. He says First Class is over and he'll be d@mned if he's held down by him. AJ then hits him from the side. AJ puts his foot on his head and asks if he's held down now. He says he was always first class and says if you're not first class, you're last. 

Winner Gets X-Division Title Shot - Jake Something vs BDE vs Dezmond Xavier vs Jason Hotch vs Ryan Nemeth vs Cedric Alexander

Mustafa Ali is on commentary.

Ryan tries to make a team with Jake. Jake stands on his foot and forearms him down. Jake is ganged up on. Jason rolls up BDE for 2 then superkicks him. Jason takes a spin kick into a german. Dez headscissors Ced. He flips over him and they end up doing a stand off. They shake hands and Jake shoulders both over. Jake shoulders Ryan and BDE over. Jake bodyblocks Jason down.

Jake is hit with a double superkick. BDE codebreakers Jake. Ced chops Jason on the rails. Ryan neckbreakers BDE. Dez cutters Ryan. Dez chops, kicks, snapmares and basement dropkicks Ryan. Dez rolls up Jason for 2. Jason rolls into a neckbreaker on him. 

Ced dragon screws Jason. Jason rolls him up for 2. Ced michinoku driversh im for 2. Ced hits chops on Jake then Jake slams him. BDE's springboard is caught by Jake. Jake curls him then fallaway slams him. 

Jake corner splashes BDE and lariats him. Jake corner spears BDE. We go to break and return. Jake is hit with a double powerbomb. Ced and Dez trade forearms. Jason corkscrew kicks Dez. Ced topes Jake outside. 

Jason asai moonsaults outside. Dez hits a flying space tiger outside. Ryan flying lariats BDE. Ryan mocks Mara Sade. Ryan jumping pendulum ddt's BDE for 2.  
Ryan grabs a chair. Mara Sade comes down and grabs the chair. They fight for it. Mara superkicks him and drops him. Dez misses a 450 off the top. Jason M. Bison stomps Dez. Ced standing spanish fly's Jason for 2. Jake bodyblocks Ced. Dez handsprings into a pele kick on him. BDE os cutters Dez for 2.  BDE top rope frogsplashes Jake. Ced lumbar checks BDE and pins him.

Thoughts: I was fine with this. It was a fast paced spotfest but they didn't go too far with it and ended it before it got old. I don't know where Ryan and Sade's thing is going and I don't know if I want to find out. Ced winning as a bit of a surprise. 

The System talk. Brian says their recruitment process continues on and they will find out if SInner and Saint trust the system. JDC says he will bring it to Eddie at Genesis. Eddie says he wouldn't want it any other way.

Santino talks to Arianna Grace. Kazarian asks Santino about Mike Santana activating his rematch clause. He tells him to fix this. Santino says he agrees and says Kaz should have other challengers. Santino says they will have a battle royal to find a challenger. Kaz says it'll be at Genesis, right? Santino says it'll be on Impact. Kaz says he knows AMC heavily requested it so he's okay with it. Santino says it's in 3 weeks, not 5 weeks. Santino says he has to pick a contender for the AMC show. Team NXT walk in. They ask what he will do about Cardona being injured and Santino needing a replacement. Stacks tells him to do the right thing and make it a 4 on 5. Arianna Grace slaps him and tells him to watch his mouth.

The System (Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers) vs Sinner and Saint (Travis Williams and Judas Icarus)

Judas side headlocks Eddie. Eddie atomic drops him and chops him down. BM flying knees Judas down for 2. Judas flying forearms BM. BM is double teamed and it ends with a senton on him. Trav spinning toe holds BM and bangs his foot off the mat. Judas grounded cobra twists BM.

BM michinoku drivers Judas. Eddie back elbows Travis then belly to belly suplexes Judas. Trav double boots Eddie out of the corner. Eddie backpack stunners him for 2. Judas rebound lariats BM. Eddie chops Judas down. Trav handspring lariats Eddie. Eddie takes a double team in the corner then he takes a backdrop + sitout powerbomb combo for 2. 

Trav and Eddie trade forearms. BM crossbodies Trav then hits a hard lariat. Eddie shining wizards Trav and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fast paced match and it was fine. They kept things moving here and Sinner and Saint got a decent amount of offense in to keep it competitive before going down. 

The Hardy's come out to talk. Matt says it feels good to be here and he can feel Eddie Guerrero around here. Matt says it's time to put an end to the TNA vs NXT war. He says they will fight in the cage next week. 

Jeff says it's good to be back here. He says they need someone on their team in place of Cardona who loves TNA as much as they do. Matt says they need to defend the TNA locker room. Matt says 2026 will be TNA's biggest year ever. Jeff says he will make Team NXT shut up for good next week. 

The Righteous come out. Vincent introduces himself and Dutch. Matt says they know who they are but don't know why they are here. Vincent says they aren't here to hurt him. He says thye admire them and idolized them. He says they are gods walking amongst mortals. 

Dutch says it's an honor to be in the ring with them. The fans chant for The Hardy's. Dutch says they aren't here to replace them but are here because of them. Vincent says they don't see them as opponents, they are coming grateful. He says they changed tag wrestling forever. Vincent asks if he looks like someone they can trust? 

Matt asks if they came here to interrupt them. Vincent says yes. He says he wishes them luck in their big cage match next week. Dutch says they will be watching because they want to see the ascension to the immortals The Hardy's are destined to become. Dutch says he's righteous. Vincent says for them they are many.

Thoughts: Yeah, I don't know what this was about but I'll assume it's leading to something and I'll see how it plays out.  

Santino Marella and Arianna Grace on on the stage. Santino says Matt Cardona can't wrestle in the cage match. He said he had to pick a substitute. He says he will be the replacement for him. 

Dog Collar Match - Dani Luna vs Indi Hartwell

Indi puts the collar on. Dani yanks her and pounds her without having her own collar on. Indi whips her with the chain and lariats her. Indi then puts the chain on Dani. 

Dani yanks the chain in Indi's face and hits punches. Dani ties the chain round Indi's mouth and lariats her from behind. Dani forearms her down. Dani pulls Indi into the ropes with the chain. Dani lariats her against the ropes. Indi clotheslines Dani with the chain.

Indi double axe handles her off the apron. Dani's head is banged off the apron edge and she is sent into the steps. Indi side slams her inside for 2. Indi boots her in the side of the head. Dani tries to run but can't. They tug of war and Dani is sent into the apron edge. Indi is then pulled throat first into the middle rope.

Dani wraps the chain around Indi's face. Indi hits shots on her and we go to break. We return from break. Dani trips her and gets a 2 count. Dani pulls Indi backwards into the post. She then ties her to the post with the chain and pulls. Dani whips her with the chain. Dani facekicks her outside. Dani pulls Indi into the post. Indi then pulls her into the post.

Indi clubs on her outside. Dani is busted open and bleeding a bunch. Indi punches her. Indi hits punches on her. Dani sits up top and Indi facekicks her down to the apron. Indi pulls her off the top into a spinebuster.

Dani single leg dropkicks her for 2. Dani's face is covered in blood. Dani grabs powder but Indi stops her from using it. Dani pushes Indi into the ref. The ref is down. Dani hits a luna landing on Indi and pins her.

Thoughts: They spent a little too much time using the post but I did like this otherwise. It was a constant tug of war over the chain and they wrestled appropriately for the match. Dani getting busted open big also helped put this over as a brutal match. This beat my expectations. Indi always seems to do so much better in gimmick matches than regular matches.

Overall thoughts: The talking segments didn't really hit here with the opening segment not accomplish much and The Hardy's segment being a total waste of time. The second half had some good wrestling which helped this out including a solid dog collar match main event and a nice 6-way match. They really pushed the TNA vs NXT feud here too which may end next week. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 mostly for the main delivering and the 6-way being fun. It was an okay show overall.