TNA Genesis 2026 1/17/2026

TNA Genesis 2026 1/17/2026

Note - This show has a bunch of competition with AEW Collision and AAA/CMLL being on youtube at the same time. 

We are in Dallas, TX.

Gia Miller welcomes us to the show. Ash by Elegance, Dave LaGreca and Tommy Dreamer are on the pre-show panel with Gia. 

Pre-show - TNA International Title - Stacks (c) vs Eric Young vs BDE vs KJ Oroso

They say KJ used to be Fuego del Sol and is competing in TNA for the first time in 6 years.

Stacks nails KJ and EY nails BDE to start. BDE is sent out. KJ is back body dropped by Stacks. KJ 2nd rope diving headscissors him. KJ corner crossbodies him and holds im there. KJ headflips and does a suplex on Stacks for 2. KJ is hit with snake eyes by Stacks. KJ bodyscissors Stacks over the top.

EY argues with a very large fan outside who has 2 feet over him. Stacks nails BDE from behind outside. Arianna Grace then takes videos with Stacks. Stacks closes his eyes and tries to kiss her and BDE topes Stacks. KJ tornillo dives EY outside. BDE and KJ then take the phone and film themselves celebrating. 

BDE and KJ hit stereo mounted corner punches. Stacks and EY each hit clotheslines. Stacks back body drops KJ over the top. BDE hits shots on Stacks and EY. BDE rolls into a codebreaker on Stacks then dropkicks EY. KJ springboard cutters BDE over the top. KJ does a shiranui on EY off of Stacks. KJ asai moonsaults Stacks and step up double stomps him. KJ does a michinoku driver on BDE for 2.

Stacks running euros KJ then twisting neckbreakers him. BDE os cutters Stacks. EY wheelbarrow neckbreakers BDE. EY piledrivers KJ. Stacks throws EY out and pins KJ.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout here. They had a fast pace and there was a ton going on here. KJ had a good night here and it's hard to argue against him not being in the X-Division in its current state. KJ getting in a title match after returning wasn't good booking though.

Santino is upset in the back at Stacks winning. Santino and Daria Rae argue. Daria Rae gets mad at him and says Santino tried to punish Stacks in the 4-way. Daria Rae says Stacks proved that he belongs here. Satino says understood as she walks away. 

We see footage of a confrontation from earlier in the day. Tessa Blanchard's crew arrive and annoy people. They run into Vicki Veunuto. They are rude to her and ask her to carry their bags and pick up an empty up. Indi Hartwell comes in to defend Vicki. Indi says her and Vicki can team up and take down these b!tches.

The Personal Concierge George Iceman talks in the ring. He brings out Heather, M and Mr. Elegance. George says to take a look at excellence and elegance. He says they look incredible. He says Dallas' fans smell like pigs. He says they will sit front row in seats nobody can afford.  

Pre-show - Tessa Blanchard and Mila Moore vs "Vicious" Vicki Venuto and Indi Hartwell

Tessa's team has Victoria Crawford and Robert Stone with them. The Elegance Brand are watching next to the ring in chairs. 

Tess offers VV a side headlock to start and she takes it. She does it again and throws VV down. Indi boots Tess in the gut and suplexes her. Indi boots Tess in the head. Tess hits corner spears on VV then boots her in the corner. Mila boots VV in the corner. VV gets both legs yanked backwards at once.

Tess stands on VV's hand then ddt's the leg. VV takes a kick + pumping knee combo in the corner. Mila yanks on VV's leg. Mila hits knees on VV's leg and then yanks it again. Mila elbows VV hard in the face. 

Mila knees VV in the gut and stomps her back. Mila yanks on VV's leg. VV's head is banged off the buckles. Tess slaps Mila in the corner then poses. Tess stomps on Mila in the corner. Tess stomps on VV's leg. VV pushes her out of the ring with her feet. 

Indi tags in. She lariats Tess. Tess superkicks her in the gut and Indi facekicks her. Indi spinebsuters Mila then Tess for 2. Victoria Crawford crotches VV up top. Indi goes after Victoria outside and steps on M By Elegance's foot. M hits her and they fight. Indi is then stopped from getting in. Tess hammerlock ddt's VV and pins her.

Thoughts: The heels worked VV's leg all match long. She tagged out and that was the end of it. We then had a bunch of shenanigans for the finish. It was average but VV did okay without botching anything.

Main show

Romeo Vaugh sings the national anthem. 

Rich Swann vs. AJ Francis

AJ hits Rich from behind before it starts. Rich blocks a chokeslam and high kicks him. Rich step up enzugiri's him in the corner and hits bad mounted corner shots. Rich corkscrew heascissors him then hits more mounted corner shots. AJ is lariated over the top. AJ blocks Rich' tope and Rich hits a corkscrew asai moonsault. 

Rich hits chest kicks on AJ and spin kicks him. Rich handsprings and AJ lariats him down. AJ chokes him on the ropes and chest clubs him there. Rich is caught off the buckles and AJ AA's him. AJ hits Tennessee whiskey in the corner. AJ chokes him on the steps. Rich hits punches then is thrown hard over the top.

AJ running facekicks him for 2. AJ misses a senton. Rich handspring cutters him then handspring moonsaults him. Rich 450's him off the buckles for 2. AJ throws him off the buckles. They fight on the buckles. Rich bites the arm and headbutts him down. Rich jumps off the top and AJ spears him in mid-air for 2. AJ hits a styles clash on him off a blocked hurricanrana. 

AJ goes for a styles clash and is hit with a canadian destroyer. Rich frogsplashes him for 2. AJ does a reverse chokeslam then a regular chokeslam for the win.

Thoughts: They did a little much here. That throw over the top that Rich took on his face should have taken him out. AJ should have also not been able to kick out of the canadian destroyer. They had the right idea otherwise though. I'm not loving Rich losing here. He just turned face and is getting off to a cold start with a loss. 

Gia Miller interviews Mike Santana. Mike has odd facepaint on. Mike says he thrives in this pressure tonight in the Texas death match. He gives a shout to his family and friends after he won the title. He says he will show why he is the illest and realest to ever do it.

Elijah vs Mustafa Ali 

The Great Hands go after Eli as he enters. Eli back body drops Jason onto John outside. Ali hits punches on Eli inside. Ali flips over him out of the corner. Eli pop-up sitout powerbombs him for 2. Eli chops him outside. John Skyle goes after Eli and is stopped. Eli back elbows Jason and double mule kicks him. Ali topes him outside.

Ali bangs Eli's head off the mat. Ali chest kicks him. Ali standing moonsaults him for 2. Ali armlocks him. Eli armdrags hm out. Ali rolls in and neckbreakers him. Eli gets his feet up on Ali's standing moonsault and Ali lands poorly. They forearm each other on their knees.

Ali chops him in the arm. Ali superkicks him then Eli lariats him.  Ali ear claps him and Eli flying knees him for 2. Ali death valley drivers him for 2. Ali misses a 450 off the top. Eli spinning tombstones him for 2. Eli hits Kawada kicks and forearms.  Eli chops him in the corner. 

They fight on the buckles. Order 4 interfere. Eli sits up top and is dropkicked. Ali goes up top and Eli sky high's him for 2. Agent Zero pulls the ref out on the count. She ejects him but of course doesn't DQ Ali. The Great Hands get ejected as well. Tasha Steelz gets in the ring with a guitar. Eli goes to tombstone her. Ali hits Eli with the guitar and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a dumb match. Ali should have been DQ'd for his buddies pulling the ref out but wasn't and Eli lost off of it. Eli looked a little better than usual here but it wasn't anything too special. I didn't like Eli losing here right after his return.

JDC vs Eddie Edwards

This is JDC's retirement match. The System come out together and everyone stands up and claps for JDC.

They shake hands. Eddie turns around and JDC rolls him up for 1. JDC wristlocks him and Eddie takes him down by the wrist. JDC headscissors him and they stand off. Eddie shoulders him over. JDC dropkicks him. JDC armdrags him into an armlock. JDC shoulders him over then Eddie lariats him. 

Eddie hits chops. JDC powerslams him for 2. Eddie hurricanrana's him off the buckles. Eddie topes him outside. JDC chops him outside. JDC backdrops him on the apron. Eddie chops the post when JDC moves. JDC bangs Eddie's hand off the apron. Eddie headbutts him. JDC spinning heel kicks him in the ring. 

JDC hits more chops. JDC euros him and facekicks him out. JDC tope con hilos him outside. JDC hits running corner euros inside. Eddie corner lariats him. Eddie is stuck hanging off the top rope and JDC slingshot legdrops him. JDC tornado ddt's him and falcon arrows him for 2.

Eddie blue thunders JDC for 2. Eddie sleepers him. JDC does John Cena's smile in that spot for some reason. Eddie comes off the buckles and JDC catches him with a lion tamer. Eddie cradles JDC for 2. JDC codebreakers him for 2. JDC 2nd rope air raid crashes him for 2. JDC misses a top rope legdrop. Eddie shining wizards him for 2. Eddie hits another shining wizard for 2. Eddie superkicks im in the face then cross-legged brainbusters him. Eddie shining wizards him and wins.

Thoughts: It was a longer and slower bout. I can't say I found it super interesting though it's not like it was awful. JDC got put down in the end as expected.

The System come out and console JDC. The roster claps for JDC on the stage.

TNA Injury Report

Eiljah is being evaluated. Steve Maclin is out. The Hardy's are cleared but not 100%.

Ryan Nemeth vs Mara Sade

It was short and basically a joke as expected. Mara was treated as the underdog and Ryan ended up cheating to win, because this promotion is obsessed with turning him into a complete joke. I don't think anyone wanted to see this and I'm glad it's over.

Arianna Grace and Stacks do a promo. Grace says Stacks won with the odds stacked against him tonight. She says it was a decision that Santino made with his ego instead of his brains. Stacks says he won and is shoving it in Santino's face. Grace says Santino needs to make better decisions as he has lost his daughter and will soon lose his job to Daria Rae. 

TNA Knockouts Title - Lei Ying Lee (c) vs Zaria

Zar and Lee lock up. Lee side headlocks her. Zar blocks a takeover and throws her. Zar running shoulders her over. Lee's 2nd rope crossbody is caught and Zar suplexes her off of it for 2. Lee leg sweeps her and basement dropkicks her. Lee hits mounted corner shots and Zar pulls her down on the top buckle. Zar hanging chokes her on the 2nd rope.

Zar corner lariats Lee then short arm lariats her for 2. Zar texas cloverleafs her. Lee takes her down by the leg and stf's her. Zar is pushed into the buckles. Lee spin kicks her then superkicks her. 

Lee hits mounted corner shots. Zar forearms her and wrist-clutch exploders her for 2. Lee gets on her back with a sleeper and Zar cannonballs her into the corner. Zar misses a corner lariat. Lee bodyscissors Zar to the apron. They trade shots on the apron. Zar backdrops her on the apron.

Heather and M By Elegance come out to watch. Zar hits a big spear on Lee inside. Zar F-5's her but the ref is hit when she does the move. Sol Ruca tries to wake the ref out. Xia Brookisde then comes in. Heather and M come down and get hit. Sol crossbodies them off the steps and Xia plancha's them off the 2nd rope. 

Zar misses a corner spear. Lee rolls her up for 2. Zar headbutts her. Lee hurricanrana's her off the buckles. They trade forearms and punches. Zar superkicks her in the gut and Lee ddt's her off an F-5 attempt. Lee spinning high kicks her. Lee reverse samoan drops her and pins her.

Thoughts: Zar was a last minute replacement. She wasn't expected to win and didn't. What we got was acceptable but it never really got to being that great. the shenanigans in the middle of this were a bit random and didn't really add anything to this. The crowd got into this near the end when they were trading strikes.

Zar and Lee hug after. Elayna Black comes out and her and Lee mouth off to each other.

Nic Nemeth does a promo. He says chaos goes down tonight and he's in total control. He says a 10 count decides who the champ is. He says may the best man win.

TNA Tag Titles - The Hardy's (Matt and Jeff Hardy) vs The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch)

The Hardy's pull Vince out before this starts and they all fight outside. Jeff misses a title belt shot on Vince. Dutch is sent into the post and Jeff dives on Dutch off the apron. Vince and Jeff talk in the ring. Jeff takes him down and hits mounted shots.  Jeff stomps him.

Vince takes a double back elbow then a double team. Matt bites Vince's hand then catapults his throat into the 2nd rope. Jeff then legdrops Vince's throat. Jeff jumps off of Matt's back onto Vince in the corner. Matt pounds on Vince. Matt hits a side effect on Vince for 2. Dutch lariats Matt down from the apron. Vince hits mounted punches on Matt.

Dutch bangs Matt's head off the buckles. Dutch drops Matt chest first then Vince low flatliners Matt for 2. Vince hits punches on Matt in the corner. Dutch short arm lariats Matt. Dutch foot chokes Matt in the corner. Matt hits a twist of fate on Dutch. 

Jeff comes in and elbows Vince. Jeff sitout gordbusters him for 2. Jeff bends Vince backwards over his knee and Dutch breaks it up with a boot to the head. Vince takes a twist of fate into a neckbreaker for 2. Dutch trips Matt from the outside. Dutch hits a black hole slam on Matt. Dutch hits a twist of fate on Matt then Vincent swantons Matt off the buckles for 2. Jeff pulls Vince out to top the pin. Vince sends Jeff into the post.

Matt and Vince double clothesline each other. Dutch tries a senton/legdrop off the apron on Jeff and misses, landing back first on the floor. Vince and Matt trade punches inside. Vince begs off. Dutch gets on the mic and says this is exactly what they wanted. Dutch says they want to hurt. Matt hits a twist of fate on Vince. Jeff top rope swantons Vince and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't really get this one. The Righteous lost in their first match here, ending whatever little credibility they had. I don't get what Dutch was talking about on the mic either. The match was acceptable and I liked seeing the heels do some of The Hardy's moves, but it was nothing particularly memorable. I thought they had a chance to do some creative stuff with the uniqueness of this feud but they just had a mostly normal match.

Dutch gives The Hardy's the tag titles after. 

The announcers talk about Leon Slater being on SD and not here. Leon then does a video. He apologizes for not being around at the AMC debut or at the PPV today. He thanks Joe Hendry for taking his spot. He says he will make sure Moose and Cedric get their shot at his X-Title as soon as he is back.

Cedric Alexander vs Moose vs Joe Hendry

Moose has slimmed down some. Joe chops Ced and ddt's Moose. Ced bottom rope springboard flatliners Joe. Moose dropkicks Ced. Joe flying headscissors Moose then fallaway slams Ced. Joe is pulled down off the apron then Moose apron powerbombs Ced. Joe pop-up powerbombs Moose on the apron. Ced topes Joe. Joe sends Ced into the steps then back body drops Moose onto the bottom half of the steps.

Carlos Silva and a doctor check on Moose and the match comes to a halt. Ced takes down Joe for 2 and Ced armdrags Joe. Ced rebounds germans Joe. Ced flying forearms Joe then dropkicks him in the back of the head. Joe olympic slams Ced. Ced boots Joe out of the corner and is caught off the 2nd rope. Ced rolls Joe up for 2. Ced michinoku drivers Joe for 2. Joe and Ced trade shots and double clothesline each other. 

Moose gets back in and says, "let's go". Moose takes shots from both opponents. Moose headbutts Ced, uranage's Joe and sentons Joe. Ced is up top and Moose dropkicks him. Moose chops Joe. Moose superplexes Joe. Joe holds on and suplexes Moose. Ced top rope splashes Joe for 2.

Ced enzugiri's Moose from the apron. Moose pulls Ced down from the buckles and hits a sky high on him for 2. Joe and Moose trade chops. Joe pop-up powerbombs him. Ced death valley drivers Joe for 2. Ced crossfaces Joe and Moose breaks it up. Moose and Ced trade shots. Ced rolls him up for 2 then sunset flips him into a styles clash for 2. 

Ced takes a facekick from Moose and lariats him. Ced springboards and Moose spears him in mid-air for 2. Ced lumbar checks Ced and Joe pins Ced with a standing ovation.

Thoughts: Odd booking here, but that's TNA for you. Joe isn't on the roster anymore and was randomly thrown in here yet wins over people like Ced and Moose who will be here weekly. Moose has been doing a bunch of jobs here for unknown reasons and lost again here. I don't know what happened with the spot with Moose being down for a while outside. Ced and Joe seemed confused as to what to do when it happened so I don't think it was planned. It was a decent match and sadly one of the best matches of the night up to this point.

Santino Marella comes out to talk. He says the main even is for all the cheese. He brings out the pre-show panel for predictions for the main. Santino, Ash, Dave and Gia pick Mike Santana. Daria Rae comes out before Dreamer picks. She says nobody cares about Dreamer's pick and says we need to get to the main event. She then shows us a video package and the segment ends. LOL.

TNA World Title - Texas Deathmatch - Mike Santana (c) vs Frankie Kazarian

Nic Nemeth is the special ref. This is actually under true Texas Deathmatch rules where you need to win the fall then your opponent has to answer the 10 count. Mike still has facepaint on. Nic has very short shorts on and a sleeveless ref shirt.

Kaz slides out to start. Mike chases him and they trade shots in the ring. Mike spin kicks him in the gut then superkicks him. Mike misses a kick on the ropes and they go to the apron. Kaz sweeps Mike on the apron with a kick. Kaz misses a chair shot outside then punches him. Mike flying lariats Kaz off the steps. 

Mike running facekicks him against the rails. Mike jumps off a chair and cannonballs him against the rails. Mike hits mounted punches on Kaz outside. They go into the crowd. Kaz hits punches and bangs Mike's head off a trash can. 

Mike goes into the front row of the stands. Kaz tries to suplex him down to the cement floor and fails. Mike jumps off the rail onto him. They go to the back. Mike is sent into a rollaway door twice. Kaz hits him with a trash can. Kaz slams Mike on the concrete floor for 2. Kaz throws a water bottle at Mike then suplexes him on the floor with mats near the ring. They duel chairs. Kaz chairs him in the back.

Mike pump kicks him outside. Mike piledrivers Kaz on chairs and pins him. Kaz gets up before the 10 count. Kaz's head is busted open and Mike punches him. Kaz's head is banged off the apron. Mike is rammed into the post from the apron. Mike facekicks Kaz on the apron. Mike jumps off the 2nd rope and Kaz cutters him through a table outside. Kaz pins him. Mike beats the count and is sent into the steps. 

Kaz grabs a ladder from under the ring and sets it up inside near a table. Mike gets in the ring with a barbed wire baseball bat. Mike misses a bat shot. Mike hits him in the gut with the bat then sticks it into Kaz's head. Mike cradle shocks Kaz. Kaz is put on a table. Mike climbs the ladder and top rope splashes Kaz through the table. Kaz somehow kicks out at 2.

Mike and Kaz double clothesline each other. Kaz spits on Mike. Mike wraps his arm in barbed wire and spinning lariats Kaz. Mike pins Kaz. Kaz almost gets up at 9 but falls and Mike wins.

Thoughts: It was a fine main event. They brawled around the building, they went through tables and did floor moves. It wasn't anything great or super memorable but they did enough here for the main event. Mike won as expected.

Nic Nemeth raises Mike's hand after and hits a danger zone on him.  Nic calls for a ref down so he can cash in his "Call Your Shot" trophy. Mike spinning lariats Nic as the ref comes down. Nic doesn't cash in. Mike poses on a downed Nemeth to close the show. 

Overall thoughts: It was a long one at 4 hours (if you count the pre-show). The booking for this was very bad going in and they didn't have a lot to work with in that regard. I liked the 4-way pre-show opener. Swann/AJ had the right idea but did too much. Elijah lost to Ali in what I thought was a match with a dumb finish. JDC/Eddie just wasn't that interesting and was slow and long. Ryan/Sade was a joke as expected. Lei/Zaria was average. The Righteous lost against The Hardy's which did nothing for their credibility and we had a weird ending with Dutch telling The Hardy's they got what they wanted before losing. I can't say I got that match. The 3-way semi-main was one of the better matches of the night. Moose was out for half of it and I can't say if it was a work or not. The main was a good enough main with them taking floor bumps, going through tables and them both trying to put something respectable on. Mike won as expected. Nemeth tried to cash in but didn't get to.

I would give this a 5 out of 10 and that may be generous. I found this show to be skippable and it shouldn't have really happened in the first place. The main and semi-main were alright enough but the card was just so messed up from people leaving or not being available that this was never going to be great. This week was supposed to be a big week for TNA  but it felt like a return to the LOLTNA Era with almost everything going wrong. I can't say I'm excited for what's ahead.