TNA Impact 4/30/2026

TNA Impact 4/30/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/tna-impact-4232026.html

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

Vincent vs Jeff Hardy

Jeff nails Vince before the bell. Vince's head is banged off the buckles and Jeff dropkicks him in the back of the head. Jeff flying lariats Vince off the apron. Jeff back elbows him. Jeff spin kicks him in the chest. Jeff is crotched up top.

Vince rams Jeff's back into the apron edge. Vince throws Jeff backwards. Vince stretches Jeff over this knee. Jeff jawbreakers Vince. Jeff and Vince trade shots then crossbody each other at the same time.

Jeff running lariats him, atomic drops him and legdrops him in the crotch. Jeff basement dropkicks him and elbow drops him for 2. Jeff hits a twist of fate on Vince for 2. Jeff russian legsweeps him then legdrops Vince's legs. Vince rolls him up for 2. Jeff sitout gordbusters him. 

Vince hits Jeff in the back and side slams him. Vince goes up top and the lights go out. Matt Hardy appears in the ring as Broken Matt Hardy. The lights go out. Jeff appears up top while Vince is out. Jeff top rope swantons Vince and pins him.

Thoughts: That was an unusual finish. I was surprised it went as long as it did. Jeff won as expected though. I don't really see a need to continue this feud, but it's not going anywhere. I think Vince hit a new side slam move here. The match was average overall.

Frankie Kazarian is interviewed. He says no one has innovated matches like he has and talks about some of the first time matches he has been in. He says tonight in the Walk With Elijah match, we are walking with The King.

TNA International Title - Mustafa Ali (c) vs Adam Brooks

They lock up. Ali side headlocks him. Ali flying headscissors him. Ali flips over Max then hits a stiff spinning heel kick to the ace. Adam pump kicks him in the face. Adam up kicks him. Ali chops him then Adam back body drops him. 

They fight outside and Ali is dropped with punches. Adam is caught with a bridging ddt on the floor. Ali rolls into  neckbreaker for 2. Ali ddt's him in the ring. Adam enzugiri's him. 

Ali ear claps him. Ali comes off the 2nd rope and is punched down. Adam low topes him. Ali superkicks him. Ali's head is kicked into the top buckle. Adam last ride powerbombs him. Adam hits Finlay's oblivion for 2. 

Adam misses a flying corner move. Ali top rope 450's Adam and wins.

Thoughts: Ali won as expected. It was a bit more competitive which was good. Adam busted out some of his better offense here. The crowd didn't care so much because he just hasn't been around enough in a way where he could actually get over. It was alright.

Eric Young does a promo outside. He says heels EC3 hasn't changed while all he has done is adopt and change. He says they should sort this out next week in an anything goes match.

Allie, Mara Sade & Rosemary vs. The Diamond Collective (Mila Moore, Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Crawford)

Rose screams at VC. VC knocks Rose's opponents off the apron. VC boots Rose in the gut. Rose corner splashes her and hits forearms. Rose suplexes VC. Allie bites VC. Rose lariats Tess over the top. Mara top rope plancha's the heels outside. 

We go to break and return. Rose takes a triple team shot in the corner and Tess gets a 2 count off of it. Mila pounds on Rose. Rose boots her away and tags in Allie. Allie lariats Tess and knee lifts her. Allie AA's her for 2. Allie and Rose do stereo hanging headscissors over the top rope. Mara springboard twisting crossbodies Mila. Rose spears Tess. Allie then pins Mila with a codebreaker.

Thoughts: It was short and not too much of note. It just didn't get the time to be anything special. The faces won so quick too that it's hard to even say there should be a rematch made off of this.

TNA Injury Report

Mike Santana and Rich Swann have been given the night off. Trey Miguel is out with a knee injury. Frankie Kazarian and Elijah are cleared. 

Santino does a video from his home in Canada. He says he is no longer suspended. He says he has been cleared of all charges. He says he's back and they will get back to business. He says it'll be Slater and Moose vs Cedric and Eddie Edwards in a tag match. He says next week it'll be Nic Nemeth and KC Navarro vs The System in a tag title match. He says it'll be Arianna Grace vs Lei Ying Lee in a title match with Xia Brookside banned from ringside. He says a star witness helped him get him cleared and it's Indi Hartwell. He says she's cleared.

Indi Hartwell comes out to talk. She says she's glad to be back and says she has unfinished business with Arianna Grace. She says her goal is to still be champ. She says she's coming for Arianna first, title or no title. 

Mike Santana does a promo. He says him and Rich Swann showed what it means to represent TNA last week. Nic Nemeth interrupts. He says his Call Your Shot trophy is always hovering around. He says he will be one half of the tag champs then will have the TNA Title. He says Mike will be left with nothing. 

Daria Rae talks to TNA higher up's and is told Santino and Indi aren't suspended anymore. Indi Hartwell walks in. Daria says Indi's contract is coming up soon so tread lightly.

The Person Concierge/George Iceman introduces Mr. Elegance. He says he's better than everyone else and is a future champ. 

Mr. Elegance vs The Home Town Man

Home wristlocks him and yanks on the arm. Home armdrags him into an armlock. Mr boots him in the gut. Matt says he'd like to be locked in a cage with Mr when they talk Lockdown. Home dropkicks him then stomps him in the corner. Home spinning TKO's him. Home then punches him over the 2nd rope as The Elegance Brand protest. Home then slides out and punches him.

Mr spinebusters him then shoulders him over. Mr hits knees to the body. Mr sits on him on the ropes.  The Elegance Brand attack Home outside. The ref sees some of it but doesn't even issue a warning. Home gets hold of the Syracuse jersey he wore  in and hulks up. 

Home punches him with the jersey and lariats him. Home slams him then elbow drops him. Home top rope crossbodies him for 2. Ash By Elegance distracts Home and tries to get him to kiss her. Home shoves his hat in her face then puts the hat on her. Ash flips out. Mr spinning ddt's Home then sits on his crotch to pin him.

Thoughts: This was bad. This was just that low rent stuff TNA used to do in the early 2000's all over again. It wasn't believable and was too over the top.

Mara Sade, Rose and Allie celebrate their win. Rose tells them not to lose focus as there is a lot of work to do. Allie says she's excited as she likes to bite people's faces off. Rose asks how Mara liked the dead and Mara says she dug it. Mara and Allie then dance as then head off screen. Rose doesn't want to dance but then does.  

Lei Ying Lee is at a restaurant and Gia interviews her. Lee says she doesn't want a title shot anymore. She says she's gonna talk to Santino. She says she wants to go home. Tommy Dreamer comes in. He says he had a friend turn on him at summer camp and they have been fighting since. Tommy says she's a warrior and someone who doesn't give up. Tommy says she will win and make everyone proud. He says they believe in her and she needs to believe in her. Lee says she's gonna win. 

Leon Slater comes out to talk. He says he gets closer to breaking history again and getting his name in the records books. He says on May 15th, he will become the youngest and longest reigning X-Division champ of all time. He says if Cedric Alexander wants another opportunity, he will grant him it. He says he beat him twice and will have no problem doing it for a third time. 

Cedric Alexander comes out. He says he deserves an opportunity. He says Santino has been making matches but Daria Rae wants to one-up him. Cedric says there will be no excuses in their match. He says he might not make it past tonight though as bad things can happen. The System then jump Leon Slater.

Moose comes out and beats up the heels. Moose and Leon clear off the heels and Brian Myers is powerbombed onto his partners outside. Alisha Edwards is left alone in the ring. Moose goes to spear her but Eddie saves Alisha.  

Ryan Nemeth complain about KC Navarro and Nic Nemeth getting a tag match without him. He says he feels left out and taken advantage of. We then find out he's next to AJ Francis and he touches him. AJ says not to touch him and asks how he got here. Ryan says he got lost. AJ says The Nemeth's did all kinds of things to him last year. Ryan says it was awesome when he was doing it but now it sucks that it is happening to him. AJ says he doesn't care about the family drama and says leave KC to him.

Walk With Elijah Match - Elijah vs Frankie Kazarian

This is a guitar strap match. It's taking place somewhere in the back and you have to touch all 4 corners in the ring to win. Kaz complains Eli isn't in the back. Eli then walks out. They both put on the guitar strap. The ref says "let's walk" and the match starts. Light music plays during this.

Kaz immediately takes his guitar strap off. They hit each other. Eli sends Kaz into a rail. Eli boots him in the face and knocks a light over. Kaz is then thrown onto boxes. Kaz puts sanitizer in Eli's eyes and sends him into the wall. Kaz slams a door on eli's arm. Eli crotches him on a rail. Eli tries to drop a ladder n him but Kaz moves. Eli puts Kaz on some kind of cart on wheels and shoves him into boxes. Kaz is then thrown into a rollaway door. Eli then carries him to ringside and we cut away to go to break. This part was clearly pre-taped before the event.

We return and they are at ringside with fans there. Kaz is pulled into the rails. Eli chops him against the rails. Eli flying lariats him. Eli walks the top rope and diving sunset flips him. Eli touches 3 corner and Kaz whips him with the strap. Eli is thrown over the top but Kaz is pulled down with him.

Eli whips him in the body with the strap. Kaz hits him off the steps with the strap. Kaz springboard legdrops him on the apron. Eli and Kaz pull each other into the post. Kaz goes up and over and chickewings him. Eli touches the buckles with Kaz on him but finally falls down due to Kaz's chickenwing. Kaz then lets him go.

Kaz tries to do Eli's rope walk and says, "Walk with The King". Eli pulls him down and knees him in the face. Eli whips him with the strap and takes a backcracker. Eli pulls the strap into Kaz's crotch and the strap breaks. Eli tombstones Kaz. Eli touches 3 buckles. Eli then grabs a guitar and hits Kaz in the forehead with it. Eli then touches the 4th buckle to win.

Thoughts: This was pretty hokey just like the last segment. They clearly pre-taped the first half of the match. And during that, everything they got thrown on was covered in cardboard boxes to prevent them from either getting hurt or breaking things. The strap breaking during the match was very cheap and Eli barely even broke the guitar over Kaz's head to win. I don't know where TNA's budget has gone, but it certainly has not gone to various weapons in hardcore matches. When indies have a better budget for hardcore matches than a major company does, that's not a good look.

Overall thoughts: This episode didn't make TNA look good. There was a lot of hokeyness from the early 2000's that made TNA look bad here with matches being pre-taped, very cheap weapons and people doing horrible jobs acting. The company really came off bush-league here as the strap broke in the main event and the wrestlers were just throwing each other onto cardboard. There is absolutely no way I could give this one a good rating due to all of that, and I won't. The only good news coming out of this is that they seemingly have toned down Daria Rae's heel character a bit which was much needed, as she was humiliating everyone without giving anyone anything in return. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend it. This was not good.