TNA Impact 7/16/2026

TNA Impact 7/16/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/tna-impact-792026.html

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

The hosts talk.  

M By Elegance does an inset promo. She says she's a 2x Knockouts champ and a 2x conference volleyball champ. She says to stand by as she shows why she's a generational talent.

Rosemary does an inset promo. She says the more things change, the more they stay the same, but now their victims are left alive to suffer.

TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament First Round Match - Rosemary vs. M By Elegance

The Personal Concierge has sunglasses on and bandages over his eyes. The Brand has to guide him to the ring. 

M misses a shot and Rose goes to mist her but stops. Rose hits forearms. Rose flying forearms her. Rose hits mounted corner punches and bites her. Rose does an indian deathlock without the legs tied up. Rose headbutts her and shoulders her over. 

Heather By Elegance trips Rose. M basement dropkicks Rose from behind. M drive by kicks Rose on the apron. M boots Rose in the corner. M hits corner spears and suplexes Rose for 2. Rose rolls her up for 2 and M dropkicks her. 

Rose hanging headscissors chokes her over the top rope. M facekicks Rose off the ropes. M boots her and chinlocks her. M knees her in the head a bit and Allie trips M. Rose sliding lariats M on the ropes. Rose hits lariats and a slingblade. Rose exploders her.

Rose lariats M off the apron. Heather gets on the apron and Allie pulls her down. M mists Rose with champagne and pins her.

Thoughts: The finishing stretch was silly and hurt a match that was going okay enough otherwise here. There was a lot of shenanigans outside and a lot of fooling around by The Personal Concierge.

The System do a promo. Alisha says everyone has gotten too comfortable and thinks they have fallen apart. Eddie says them being finished is wishful thinking. Eddie says one bad night won't tear down everything. Brian says Sosa got lucky in the match last week. Bear says Sosa pinned him for 3 seconds but he just p!ssed off one of the most violent wrestlers in the world. He says if Christmas comes 6 months early, he might even just kill him. Ced says he will take care of the Fabian Aichner problem and show why he rules. Eddie says everyone will learn why you can't beat The System.

Expressions tells us to get up and show respect for the best big man in the business, AJ Francis.

Moose vs. AJ Francis

Frankie Kazarian is on commentary and take popcorn from a fan.

AJ hits Moose from behind as he poses. AJ misses a corner splash. Moose hits running euros and shoulders him over. Moose sentons him. AJ is sent into the steps. AJ pop-up apron powerbombs Moose on the apron. AJ chokes Moose on the ropes with his leg then expressions does the same. AJ boots Expressions on accident then facekicks Moose over.

AJ hits tennessee whiskey. Moose headbutts AJ and running euros him. AJ forearms him and Moose pump kicks him. Moose walks up the buckles, jumps off of them and AJ spears him down for 2. 

AJ gets on the 2nd rope and is hit. Moose enzugiri's AJ on the buckles and superplexes him for 2. Moose lariats AJ over the top and slingshot plancha's him. Moose knocks Kaz's popcorn over, Kaz yells and Moose slaps it away. Kaz pulls Moose out and sends him into the post. The ref DQ's AJ.

Thoughts: Moose and AJ made the best of this. Both took some decent bumps for a bout like this and AJ's superplex bump was pretty impressive. I also liked the mid-air spear spot they did. 

Kaz throws Moose in after and AJ stands on Moose. AJ chokeslams Moose. 

Elayna Black does a promo. She says she respects Wendy Choo and they have a long history together. She says Choo is in her way of going to the finals. She says when all is said and done, everyone say she is the greatest Knockout in history. Xia Brookside comes in and disagrees. She says she's the champ and the greatest Knockout. She tells Black to mind her business, stay in her lane and watch her mouth. Black tells her to stay in her lane and says she's everything Xia isn't.

Order 4 comes out for the State of the Order 4 Address. Ali says he should have the most dominant faction behind him and they should be covered in gold. He says apparently only one of them got the message. Ali says he gave them everything and they gave him problems. Ali says he's not mad but disappointed.

Ali says he's a humble man and he needs help. He says Order 4 needs someone to get their heads out of their @sses and someone to hold them accountable. He then introduces the newest member of Order 4 - The Secretary of Strategic Affairs, Mila Moore.

Mila Moore comes out with new implants. Mila thanks Ali for believing in her. She says it's an honor to work for a man as admired as him. Mila says they have a lot of work to do and she declares, "In Ali, I trust". 

Ali says he likes her and says he's thinking about what's next for Order 4 and that's determining the next #1 contender for the International Title. Ali says they will give the power to the people...in the back. He says the entire roster is invited to vote for who they think is the #1 contender his International Title. He says may the best man win.

Thoughts: Tessa Blanchard left TNA as they forced her to choose between CMLL and TNA and she chose CMLL. That meant her faction was broken up and now Mila is with Order 4.

TNA Injury Report

Moose is in evaluation. Lei Ying Lee has a head injury. Aichner and Cedrix Alexander are cleared. Nic Nemeth is in pristine shape.

We get a Righteous video. The Hardy's invite them to the compound for The Righteous Deletion. The Righteous smile.

Bear Bronson vs. Ricky Sosa

Brian Myers is on commentary for this.

They trade punches and Sosa uppercuts him. Bear hits chops and forearms. Sosa chops back and hits an open hand shot. Bear its punches in the corner. Sosa is popped up and he dropkicks Bear. Bear black hole slams Sosa on the floor.

We go to break and return. They trade forearms. Sosa facekicks, pump kicks and germans him. Sosa flying euros him in the corner then standing spanish flies him for 2. Sosa sits up top and is forearmed. Sosa powerbombs him down from the 2nd rope and claymore kicks him. 

Sosa suicide dives him. Sosa springboards and Bear catches him with a double arm sitout chokeslam. Bear butt drops Sosa's back. 

Brian Myers gets on the apron and Sosa nails him. Sosa spinning forearms him. Bear blocks a blue thunder. Bear sitout backbreakers him then fire thunder drivers him to win.

Thoughts: It was acceptable and the work was fine. Sosa needs more though. His entrance isn't as over as Joe Hendry's was and he needs to be a lot more fiery. He also definitely needs more promo time to try to get himself over.

Moose goes up to Elijah in the back. He says they both have issues with AJ Francis and Frankie Kazarian and wants to take them out. Elijah says Moose doesn't need to convince him and says let's take them out.

Harley Hudson does an inset promo. She says she excited to wrestle and was more excited when she found out she's facing Thea and it's for the TV Title. She says they will start calling her the champ soon.

Thea Hail does an inset promo. She says she's the most dominant and determined woman in this tournament. She says she will be the first ever Knockouts TV champ and says, "Hail, yeah".

TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament First Round Match - Harley Hudson vs. Thea Hail

This is Thea's 2nd match of the night as she was on Main Event earlier.

They shake hands and they roll each other off the lock up. HH rolls her up for 2. Thea shoulders her over and dances. Thea armdrags her then casadora armdrags her into an armlock. HH headscissors her on the mat then throws her over by the wrist twice. HH legdrops her arm for 2.

Thea high kicks her from the apron then HH drops her chest first on the mat for 2. HH rolls her by the arm and Thea rolls her up for 2. Thea headbutts her in the gut. HH corner hip attacks her then fallaway slams her. HH armlocks her. 

Thea boots her out of the corner and HH lariats her down. HH hits mounted corner forearms. Thea backslides her for 2 and HH facekicks her. Thea nails her in the face. Thea hits punches. HH knees her in the gut. Thea double axe handles her and headbutts her in the chest. 

Thea exploders HH for 2. They trade pin attempts. HH forearms her. HH does an over the back neckbreaker on the knee. Thea spinning ddt's her and slams her. HH knees her in the chest. Thea 2nd rope backsplashes her and wins.

Thoughts: The longer this went on, the less I liked it. It wasn't that bad or anything, but neither are around that much and it was hard to get into it. Thea won, but it really doesn't matter either way since neither of these girls should win the tournament.

Nic Nemeth comes out to talk. He says he's one of the best in the world today. He says the world is chasing him and wants a piece of him and the TNA Title. 

KC Navarro comes out. Nic says it's grown up time and tells him to get to the back. He tells him to do what's best for everyone and get out of his ring. KC leaves but says sometimes the things you love don't love you back. He says sometimes you can give and get nothing in return. KC asks why he puts himself through this every single night. He talks about his losses lately. 

He says Nic has the one thing that would prove everyone wrong if if he had it. He says he lost a lot of things in his life but says kicking his @ss and taking his title would make him feel better. He tells Nic to put the TNA Title on the line against him next week. He says he's here to show the world that he can be the TNA champ. Nic says if he promises to get away from him for good, he will make the match for next week. He says if KC loses, he gets out of his life and never bothers him again.

Thoughts: I'm not a fan of this angle. It makes KC look like some kind of simp for Nic who is upset that he got dumped.

TNA X-Division Title Match - Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Fabian Aichner

They lock up and Ced is backed up in the corner. Fab armdrags him and armlocks him. Fab armdrags him again and boots Ced away. Fab finlay rolls him and 2nd rope moonsaults him. Fab lariats him over the top. We go to break and return. 

Fab hiptosses Ced and boots him. Ced germans Fab and basement dropkicks him for 2. Ced chops him in the corner. Fab boots him and facekicks him. Fab springboard diving tornado ddt's him. Fab walks up the buckles and plancha's him outside. Fab double jump springboard moonsaults him inside for 2.

Ced michinoku drivers him for 2. Ced brainbusters him for 2. Ced hits chops and boots. Fab lariats him down. Ced comes off the top and Fab dropkicks him in mid-air for 2. Fab sitout last ride's him for 2. Fab is sent out. Eddie Edwards comes in and shining wizards Fab. Ced lumbar checks Fab and pins him.

Thoughts: The work was alright but neither of these guys are that over and this only did so much for me. Fab didn't lose clean here so that should set up a rematch at least.

Eddie and Cedric beat up Fab after. Ricky Sosa and Leon Slater come out to help. Leon does his corkscrew dive over the post onto the heels. 

Overall thoughts: It was a longer episode that wasn't that interesting. We had a couple of tournament matches that really only get you so far and we had interference all night long. Outside of Moose, TNA's bigger stars also weren't in action here which didn't help things. I'd say Moose vs AJ was the match of the night. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 and thought it was acceptable overall.