TNA Impact 4/16/2026

TNA Impact 4/16/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/tna-impact-492026.html 

We are in Syracuse, NY. Matt Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan are on commentary.

AJ Francis vs KC Navarro

Nic Nemeth is on commentary for this. AJ shoves him off the lock up. KC avoids AJ then hurricanrana's him off a chokeslam attempt. KC enzugiri's him in the corner. AJ is pulled over the top then KC dropkicks him through the ropes. AJ catches KC's tope and bangs his face off the apron. KC is then lawn darted into the post.

KC boots him out of the corner then is caught off the buckles. AJ blocks a 2nd olympic slam attempt. AJ throws him on an AA. AJ hits tennessee whiskey. KC jawbreakers him then dropkicks him. KC hits a corner splash. 

KC spinning ddt's him. KC hits corner dropkicks on AJ. KC 2nd rope olympic slams him for 2. KC comes off the top and is caught with a mid-air spear. AJ looks at Nic and is distracted. KC rolls up AJ and pins him.

Thoughts: I'm glad KC won. The story here was odd as KC kept trying to olympic slam AJ for some reason. I don't even remember that being one of his moves. But at least it made sense. AJ getting distracted by Nic also adds to that eventually match. It was acceptable but not super exciting.

EC3 does a promo. He says a story has 3 acts. He said he inherited a famous name, became champ, was exiled and says this isn't a comeback but a crusade. He says he's back. 

The System come out to talk. Brian asks if they are mad they ended The Hardy's title reign. Brian says they are the new TNA tag champs. Brian says not everything went as planned though and Eddie says he didn't become champ. Eddie says Moose couldn't stand the idea of him becoming a champ or that Alisha is his ride or die. Alisha says she's glad that Moose got smarted hanging out with her. She says Moose played the video of her at Rebellion as he likes to stooge. Alisha says they treated him like a fool because he is a fool. Cedric says Rebellion was supposed to be a clean sweep but they are still dealing with the Moose problem. He says Leon Slater is a cheating piece of garbage and says Leon should have been DQ'd. He says he never lost and is owed a title shot. 

Leon Slater comes out. Leon says Ced lost. Leon accuses Ced of having a boo-boo face around the locker room and says it's because he close to becoming the longest reigning X-Division champ of all time. Eddie says that won't happen and says Leon and Moose keep getting lucky. He says they won't do what they need to do to get the job done.

Moose comes out. Moose says The System lost at Rebellion as they are little b!tches. Moose says Eddie is Alisha's b!tch and says Brian is Edge's b!tch. Moose says Alisha is the biggest b!tch that ever stepped through the door of TNA. Alisha says he's nothing compared to her husband. Leon says they should do a tag match right now.

Daria Rae comes out and says no to the tag match idea. She says it might have been okay when Santino was in charge, but he's suspended. She says there's no match tonight. Leon complains and says this is why people think Santino is the better GM. Daria then changes her mind and says it'll be Leon and Moose vs The System in a 2v4 match.

Elijah asks Daria Rae where Santino is. She says he's suspended. Elijah says he was hit with a guitar at Rebellion and wants a rematch with Kazarian. Daria says she makes the decisions and says she will make a phone call. She then puts the phone on speaker and calls Kaz. She asks Kaz if he will do a rematch. He says "No" and she says it doesn't look like it will happen.

Order 4 talks in the ring. Mustafa Ali says he's happy and puts over his crew. He says we have a champ in TNA who doesn't need a second chance. He brings up Trey, Santana and The Hardy's needing second chances. He says he is doing an open challenge for the TNA International Title. He says if you want it, come and get it. He calls out Jada Stone and says Tasha will kick her @ss. He says she will then declare, "In Ali, We Trust" after.

Tasha Steelz vs Jada Stone

Jada runs in and they hockey fight. They trade shots and TS shoulders her over. Jada spinning headscissors her. Jada baseball slides her. Jada tries a diving headscissors off the apron but TS falls. Jada is then sent into the steps. TS short arm lariats her outside.

We go to break and return. TS suplexes her for 2. Jada is tripped into the ropes. TS pump kicks her down. TS throws her down backwards. TS stomps her and foot chokes her. They trade shots and Jada hits lariats. Jada 2nd rope meteora's her. Jada split-legged moonsaults her for 2. TS neckbreakers her for 2.

TS slingshots over her and is superkicked. Jada handsprings and is caught with a german. Jada superkicks her in the gut then tornado ddt's her. Jada does a sloppy sitout gordbuster. Jada is distracted and hit up top. TS pulls her off the 2nd rope and cutters her. Jada is thrown out and the ref ejects Order 4, before they do anything. Jada rolls her up for 2.

Jada superkicks her then handspring backflip cutters her to win.

Thoughts: Jada's typical of a lot of highflyers. She can do impressive stuff but either her opponents don't know how to catch her or she gets sloppy. So she has a lot of sloppy bouts like this more often than not. It would have been fine without all the botches.

We go back to The Undead Realm. Crawford is getting scared by zombies. Rosemary finds Joseph Park. Park doesn't know how he got here and asks if she say Abyss. Park hugs her and she's grossed out but says it's okay. Rose asks if his divorce is okay. Park says he has to go, Rose asks where and Park says, "up north". We see some girl in a skimpy outfit with horns. Tessa is walking in what looks like a church and asks someone with a skull on a stick how to get out. She punches her and gets grabbed by another girl in facepaint. 

Nic Nemeth talks to KC Navarro. He says he's back, looks good and he said he owed him a favor. Ryan Nemeth comes in and asks what is going on. Ryan says he wants to make sure they are clear. Ryan says KC isn't a brother and isn't part of the family. Nic says he's helping out. The System come in and say KC looks like a charity case. Nic says he just came back from an injury. Bear says he doesn't like Nic's tone. Nic says he's not a hard man to find and says anytime and any place. 

Mike Santana comes out to talk. Mike says Eddie threw everything he had at him and he's still world champ. Mike essentially throws out an open challenge to Rich Swann. Rich comes out. Rich says it's not everyday that a title shot falls into your lap. Rich says he respects Mike. Rich puts himself over and asks if he really wants this. Rich says they might talk about their match for months or years and says he will give him every ounce of fire and desire. He says he will fight him all night long. Mike brings up Daria Rae and says if she approves, they can do the match.

TNA Injury Report

Trey Miguel is out with a laceration on his right knee. The Hardy's are out due to wear and tear from 2 matches last week. Indi Hartwell is cleared. EC3 is cleared. 

Lei Ying Lee does a video. She says she didn't speak English or know what wrestling was when she came to the US. She says she came here for something new that she didn't understand and she learned to love it. She says her and Xia were best friends and says Xia encouraged her to win the title back when she lost it. She says everything changed and she doesn't understand why. She says she not only lost the title, but her best friend.

Xia Brookside is interviewed by Gia. She's watching the video feed and saw what Lee said. Xia leaves without saying anything else.

Eric Young vs. EC3

EY nails EC from behind while he enters on the ramp. EC bangs EY's head off the apron. EY stomps EC. He double axe handles him off the buckles. EY twists EC's head. EC hits lariats and thesz presses him. EC charges at EY and totally just runs into the ref for no reason. He then throws both over the top at the same time. They try to say he ran into the ref on accident but that was 100% not the case from what we saw. We are told this is a No Contest.

Thoughts: It was short and stupid. They had one big spot and they screwed it up. It looked hokey and fake.

EC misses a chair shot against the post and EY lariats him outside. EY puts a chair around EC's head. They fight with the chair around EC's neck. EC misses a charge and goes into the steps chair first.

Thoughts: They went 0-2 here as they had another sloppy brawl that looked phony.

We go back to The Undead Realm. Rosemary finds someone in a mask with an axe. Rose calls him "Frank" and says he's dramatic as ever. Rose asks about Frank's mom.

MaraSade talks to Allie/The Bunny. Allie say she wants to eat when she gets to the real world. They see the girl with the horns and she teleports over her. Allie then introduces herself to Crawford. Crawford runs into the horn girl and runs.

Tessa walks into a control room and sees Rose. She says she wil tell her how to get out of here now. Rose says no and they fight. Tess gets the edge and chokes her with a chain. She says she will find her own way out.

Tessa, Mila and Crawford reunite. Allie and Mara help out Rose. Rose tells them about fighting with Tessa. Allie gets upset and walks off. Rose shows Mara a piece of Tessa's fight and says they never come out of a fight without a souvenir. Tessa's crew finds Father James Mitchell. He tells them to use the door to get out. They go through the door which has some kind of warp portal and they disappear. James introduces himself o the horn girl and says you call him "Devil Daddy".

The lights go out. Tom asks what's going on and we see some sci-fi video. Tessa, Mila and Crawford crawl out from under the ring. The lights go out. We see more sci-fi video clips. Rosemary and Mara appear on the ramp. They fight Tessa's crew. Rose is surrounded, she says to bring it on then the lights go out. We get more sci-fi clips. Allie appears and her bloody death wounds are gone. Allie hits kicks on the heels then codebreakers Tessa. The heels escape to the ramp.

Thoughts: You guys know what this is so I haven't felt the need to comment on it so much. It's goofy sci-fi stuff. It's not believable and there's no way to sell it as a serious thing. I'd be up for seeing the horn girl and Frank again though. They can't be that much worse than Crawford or some of the other girls and they have cool looks.

The Hardy's do a promo. Matt asks if The Righteous are happy by costing them the tag titles. Matt says they picked up what they put down and digged. Matt says he thanks Dutch for sacrificing him as nothing like a near death experience makes him realize he's alive. He challenges Dutch for next week and offers to make him the sacrifice. Matt says it's almost broken season. Jeff does The Righteous' finger snaps and they laugh as the lights go out.

Four On Two Handicap Match - Leon Slater & Moose vs. The System (Bear Bronson, Brian Myers, Cedric Alexander & Eddie Edwards)

Leon is hit from behind by Ced then take down by the waist. Leon rewind kicks Ced. Moose comes in and cleans house. He uranages and sentons Ced. Bear hits Moose from behind. Bear hits forearms and chops. Moose slingshot plancha's him. Brian tries to spear Moose outside but nails Bear. Moose powerbombs Ced onto them.

Eddie nails Moose from behind. Leon does his over the post corkscrew dive. Moose rolling spears Ced for 2. Eddie shining wizard's Moose from the side. Bear clubs on Moose. Moose chops Bear. Bear blocks a sunset flip and butt drops him. Eddie hits headbutts on Moose. Eddie chops him then Moose hits a bunch of chops.

Moose misses a corner charge. Brian knee drops Moose and pounds on him. Brian superkicks Moose. Moose hits lariats on all the heels. Leon come in and rewind kicks Brian. He rebound spinning heel kicks Eddie. Leon corner facekicks Eddie. Leon hits a handspring double back elbow. Leon top rope crossbodies Eddie for 2.

Eddie blue thunders Leon, Brian hits a top rope elbow drop and Ced top rope splashes Leon. Moose pump kicks a security guy outside on accident. He and Eddie then take each other out on the floor. Leon hits destino on Bear and utopia's Brian. Leon rolls up Ced for 2. Ced lumbar checks Leon and pins him.

Thoughts: The System having problems taking out their opponents on a 4v2 wasn't impressive, but at least they won. It was an acceptable enough main and wasn't the boring bout it could have been. It never really got that boring.

The announcers talk to close the show.

Overall thoughts: AJ/KC was alright. Daria Rae was awful as usual as she emasculates all the top faces and makes them look bad. Tasha/Jada had too many sloppy moments. We had tons of Undead Realm stuff that isn't believable in any way that they shouldn't even try to explain or mention. Eric Young and EC3 had a poor match and post-match angle. The main was a handicap match but they did what they could with it. I'd give this a 4 out of 10. Like with Rebellion, this brought back a lot of LOLTNA memories and I don't love where the promotion is headed right now. This wasn't good.