TNA Impact 1/1/2026

TNA Impact 1/1/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/tna-impact-12252025.html

We are in El Paso, Texas. Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt are on comemntary.

The Angel Warriors (Lei Ying Lee and Xia Brookside) vs The Elegance Brand (M and Heather By Elegance)

George Iceman, The Personal Concierge asks everyone to rise of the singing of the Mexican national anthem. He then sings, "La Cucaracha" and says the fans are cockroaches.

M does karate. Lee takes her down on a kick with a half-crab. M's knee is banged off the mat. M is taken down by the faces and hit with a PK. Xia boots her out of the corner and headscissors her down. Xia running euros her in the corner. Xia corner meteora's her and russian legsweeps her for 2. 

M throws Xia down backwards and pounds on her. HBE stomps on Xia and boots her in the corner. We see The Iinspiration watching in the back. HBE sleepers Xia. Xia swinging facebusters her. 

Lee getsin and hits shots on M then pump kicks her. She superkicks her, legsweeps her and flying knees her for 2. Lee legsweeps M then Xia jumps off Lee's back and elbow drops M. M superkicks Xia. Dani Luna comes out and trips Lee then pushes her into the post. Xia takes a bow and arrow + top rope dropkick and is pinned.

Thoughts: It went a lot better than expected and wasn't bad. Everyone hit their offense cleanly here. I was surprised to see the faces lose but it wasn't clean at least.

Gia Miller goes to talk to Santino, who is down and not his usual self. She says everyone saw Arianna Grace turn on him. He says he's not capable of talking about that and gives her something to give to "Tom and Jerry" and says to make sure they announce that on TV.

The commentators talk about Santino's note. Next week is Stacks vs Maclin for the International Title. Slater/Moose/Cedric fight in an X-Division Title match at Genesis. Elijah and Ali fight at Genesis as well.

Mustafa Ali vs The Home Town Man

Ali boots him in the gut and forearms him. Ali back elbows him. Ali handstands and is caught with a lariat. Home stomps Ali in the corner. Ali rolls into a neckbreaker on Home. Ali standing moonsaults him for 2. Ali rolls and is caught with a spinning TKO.

Home drops Ali with punches and slams him. Home then elbow drops him. Home hits a corner lariat and a bulldog. Ali's buddies get on the apron, Home hits them then takes a corner dropkick from Ali. Ali top rope 450's him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short one. I don't know why they job out Home all the time when he's over enough a longer match would be better. It wasn't too much of note.

Home is beat up and held by Order 4 after. Ali grabs a chair then Elijah comes on the stage covering his face with his guitar. The Great Hands go after him. Elijah then shows up in the ring and swings a guitar at Ali. Ali escapes to the outside.  

Elijah says Ali has pushed all of his buttons and he hates when someone messed with a friend. He then sings Home's song.

The Rascalz talk in the back. Trey says it was a great year for TNA. Zach asks who will talk to Santino and he says he will as nobody else wants to. They go into Santino's office. Zach says Dezmond got a shot at the X-Title and asks if The Rascalz can. Santino says they can fight each other and the winner can face Leon Slater at the AMC premiere then fight at Genesis. Trey asks if Santino's okay.

We see clips of Moose losing to Ethan Page on NXT this week. They talk about how Moose is favoring his shoulder.

Team NXT and Arianna Grace are on the stage. Grace says she put her own father down. She says she lived in her father's shadow her whole life. She says nobody sees her, they see Santino's daughter. She says she realized something needed to change when she disappeared off TNA TV and was told she wasn't needed. She said she called the travel department and she was told she wasn't booked. She says Santino has chosen the fans over her all the time. She says she was the perfect daughter. She says she's done seeking approval and stands by Stacks. Stacks says Grace might have been Santino's little girl, but she's his girl now and sometimes, she calls him daddy.

Indi Hartwell, Jody Threat and Jada Stone vs Tessa Blanchard, Mila Moore and Victoria Crawford

A singer named Krystal Poppin' performs Tessa's theme. Robert Stone is with the heels.

Jody and VC go at it. Jody side headlocks her and hits corner lariats. MM then takes corner lariats with her. Jody suplexes MM and slams VC onto her. Indi throws Tess out onto VC. The heels all get knocked off the apron. Jada is helped up to the top and springboard 450's outside.

VC is thrown in. MM gets in. Jody hits chops on her then shoulders her over. She elbows her over. Jody lariats her for 2. Jada low lariats MM then standing moonsaults her for 2. Jada kicks her from the top rope. Jada is thrown from the top when Stone bothers her. Tess snapmares Jada and tries pins.

Tess slams Jada. VC northern lights suplexes Jada. Jada is thrown hard into the buckles and MM stomps on Jada. Jada is suplexed for 2. Tessa running back elbows Jada on the ropes for 2. We go to break and return. 

Jada takes a triple knee in the corner. Jada rolls up MM for 2. MM lariats her for 2. Indi is tagged in. She hits lariats on MM. She spinebusters MM for 2. Jody michinoku drivers MM and Tess breaks it up. Indi boots Tess over. Jada hits a hard lariat on MM and drops her. MM seems hurt. 

Tess goes up top and is hit. Jada kicks Rob Stone from the buckles. Tess bites Jada. Tess top rope diving codebreakers Jada and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't a bad match though Jada still hasn't really gotten comfortable here yet. I don't know why but she keeps having sloppy moments. Jada also absolutely rocked Mila with a forearm that put her down for a bit.

TNA Injury Report

Everyone from the cage match is cleared. Elijah is still out with a torn triceps. Lei Ying Lee is uncertain due to Dani Luna attacking her. 

We get a recap of The Righteous' recent activities with The Hardy's. The Righteous then come out.

Vincent says they don't gather with violence but with purpose. Vince says legends never die but trip and need someone to carry them. Vince says Matt Hardy fell and they lifted him up last week. He says they gave him a room of memories and a space of breaking and beginning. Vince says he's a reflection of Jeff Hardy.

The Hardy's come out. Matt says they are doing some the creepiest and weirdest behavior he has ever seen. He says they put him in a Hardy shrine and spoke in riddles. He says it came off cultish and they aren't interested. Matt says they are interested in fighting and will defend the TNA tag titles again them. Vince says they don't want to fight him.

Dutch says they want to grow from them and help them reach greater heights, reaching the potential they never knew existed. Vince says they don't want conflict, they want the brotherhood. Matt says they have all the brotherhood they need and don't need it from them. Matt says they don't care what they want and want them out of their lives. 

Vince says they want what is best. Vince says the cycle will demand something different if they won't work with them. Matt says they want to enter their biggest era - the AMC era.

Thoughts: We didn't learn a whole lot of new stuff here and this didn't do a lot for me. I wish these kinds of cult groups could get away from talking nonsense and be more clear about what they want.

#1 Contender's Match - Trey Miguel vs Zach Wentz vs Myron Reed

Leon Slater is on commentary. They all try pin attempts to start. They armdrag each other. Reed kips down out of a lariat and kips up. Trey is on the 2nd rope and Reed slingshot legdrops him for 1. ZW springboard twisting crossbodies Reed. Trey walks up the buckles and diving armdrags ZW. Trey basement dropkicks ZW.

Reed and Trey push each other then both STO ZW. Trey is rolled into a splash on ZW. Trey and Reed argue. Reed is double stomped on the back. Trey and ZW argue. Trey is slingshotted into a neckbreaker. Trey blockbusters ZW off the top and it forces a bridging ddt on Reed. 

Trey goes for a tope and is stunnered over the 2nd rope. Reed topes ZW. Trey step up flip dives outside. Trey top rope diving meteora's Reed inside. ZW handspring jumping knees Trey then hits a ufo cutter on him. Reed springboard 450's ZW and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a high flying battle as expected. They didn't overdo it and I thought it was a fun bout.

The System come out. Alisha asks if we want to know something. Eddie says there's a lot going on with The System. He says we re close to Genesis and the final dance of JDC. Eddie says he's honored to be in that spot with him. He says the match will be something fans don't wanna miss. JDC says things will get weird at Genesis. JDC says how about one last System match? Eddie asks if the fans want to see it. JDC says he spoke to Santino and it's The System vs Cedric, Leon and The Hardy Boyz next week.

The Hardy's are interviewed in the back. Matt thinks the match with The System is a great idea. They go into a locker room and see a shrine to The Hardy's with photos of their family. 

TNA World Title - Frankie Kazarian (c) vs Bear Bronson

BB yells about how he is here in the camera. 

BB running back elbows him to start. BB is hit with punches and boots in the corner. BB tells him to give him more. BB then hits punches and chops in the corner. BB back body drops him. Kaz walks to the back. BB hits punches on him in the aisle. BB gorilla presses him from the outside into the ring.

Kaz rolls to the apron and bulls BB's throat over the ropes. Kaz springboard guillotine legdrops him there. Kaz running lariats BB. Kaz presses BB into the ropes then jumps out and punches him. Kaz forearms him in the back. BB hits shots and Kaz single leg dropkicks him. Kaz running elbows him down. Kaz flipping neckbreakers him for 2. We go to break and return.  

BB punches Kaz. Kaz flips over his back. Kaz spin kicks him in the gut, knee lifts him and lariats him. Kaz chops him in the corner then hits punches. Kaz back elbows him. BB blocks a 2nd rope sunset flip and butt drops him on the chest. BB hits lariats then back drops him. BB corner splashes him and powerslams him for 2.

Kaz jumping ddt's him for 2. Kaz goes for the chickenwing and BB bites the finger. BB misses a corner charge and lariats Kaz on the apron. BB topes Kaz outside. Kaz is pushed into the steps. Kaz slams BB on the steps. 

BB gets in before the 10 count and rolls up Kaz for 2. Kaz hits a deadeye on him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a decent match. Bear sold well, his offense looked good and he didn't look out of place in the main. If they are patient with him and if he gets in better shape, I think he could kind of be another Mance Warner or Sami Callihan type. I'm interested to see where things go with him.

Kaz celebrates then Mike Santana comes out. Mike goes into the crowd. Mike says he wanted to congratulate Kaz. He says it's not for the win though. He says he got news from Santino. He says their match at Genesis isn't happening because they will fight on January 15th on AMC for the title. Mike says he hopes he's ready.

Overall thoughts: In ring, it was one of their better shows in a while. Nothing was awful here and everyone had a solid night in the ring. Storyline wise, it's all building to the AMC debut, where I'm sure a lot will go down. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 and thought it was a good show. The main was the best match of the night.