TNA Impact 8/13/2026

TNA Impact 8/13/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/tna-impact-862026.html

We are in Philadelphia, PA. Matt Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan are on commentary.

Brian Myers vs. Ricky Sosa

BM slaps him and gets punched multiple times. Sosa hiptosses him and slams him. Sosa sentons him. BM slides out. Sosa is sent into the apron then backdropped on it. BM knee drops him inside and pounds on him. BM suplexes him for 2.

BM chinlocks him. Sosa corkscrew kicks him. Sosa flying forearms him in the corner. Sosa powerslams him then asai moonsaults him for 2. Sosa goes after Bear Bronson, BM hits some shots and implant ddt's him for 2. 

Sosa dropkicks him for 2. Sosa nails Cedrix Alexander on the apron. BM hits a side effect on Sosa. Bear distracts the ref, BM grabs a title belt and Leon Slater comes out to take it away. Sosa flying euros BM and pins him.

Thoughts: There was a ton of interference here prior to the finish. BM mostly did chinlocks here. The length and the interference just made this one average.

Leon Slater gets on the mic after. He says Cedric isn't getting away with this. He says he challenged him 2 weeks ago and says Cedrix said no. He says Ced is a scared, jealous, little b!tch.

Leon challenges him again and says he will give whatever it takes. Ced says he has no reason to be jealous of him. Ced says he will put the title on the line but he wants Leon's record. He says if he wins, Leon's 2nd longest X-Division Title reign is erased for good. Leon agrees. Ced says when Leon is forgotten and his history is erased, he has himself to blame?

Thoughts: Huh? How does that work? How does a title reign get erased in 2026?

Rich Swann and BDE are interviewed. Swann says they are ready to go tonight. He says Mustafa Ali thinks he can control everything but he doesn't. He says he can't say who their mystery partner is. BDE says their partner says he can't wait to get his hands on Ali again. Swann says we will find out who the mystery partner is soon.

AJ Francis is in a music studio. He asks the producer to play a new one and Elijah's music hits. Elijah comes in. He says AJ tried to crucify him but it resurrected him. He says there will be no lawyers or excuses, just a cage at Lockdown. AJ then tries to leave but can't. The original producer reappears and asks if AJ is okay. AJ then leaves. 

Thoughts: What? Elijah can now vanish and teleport now?

Moose comes out to talk. He has Kaz style gear on and has a special set-up. He says Kaz has his King's Speech segment, so Moose decided he needs his own show. Moose says he went through his bag and found his scarf and sunglasses. He says he now looks like a douchebag. 

Moose says welcome to the first ever episode of the Face of the Franchise Speech. He says his guest is the people. Moose asks who the face of the franchise is and who just celebrated a decade in TNA. He then asks hwo beat the hell out of every member of The System and is a 3x TNA world champ? He asks who turned down every major company except for TNA and who will beat Kaz's @ss at Lockdown?

Frankie Kazarian comes out. He says this game is stupid.  Kaz asks who the real face of TNA is and who's the king of TNA? He then asks who the last man standing will be at Lockdown. The crowd answers "Moose" each time. Kaz says the game sucks and he doesn't want to play it anymore. Kaz says he's royalty and Moose is a failed football player. 

Kaz says comparing him and Moose is like comparing filet mignon with cheap gas station food like Wawa. Moose says you can insult him but not his guests. He says he will have to punch him in the face if he enters the ring. Kaz says he does what he wants anything he wants. Kaz says he used to think he was a failure as an NFL player, but after Slammiversary, he thinks he's a failure as a husband and a father. Moose punches him out before he can finish. 

Kaz pounds on him and grabs a stool. Moose takes him down and pounds on him until security breaks it up.

We get a video package on The Nemeth's and The Hardy Boyz with a focus on Jeff Hardy vs Nic Nemeth.

Rich Swann & Trey Miguel vs. Order 4 (John Skyler, Mustafa Ali & Special Agent 0)

Trey back elbows John then walks up the ropes, moonsaults and armdrags him. Trey backflips into a headscissors on him. Trey dropkicks him. John is swept and held for a double basement dropkick. Ali takes a flapjack + bulldog combo. Zero takes superkicks from the faces. Trey does The Rascalz's triple basement dropkick move with his partners. The heels are sent out.

We go to break and return. Zero swings Rich into a flatliner. Rich flying headscissors Ali. Trey top rope dropkicks John. Trey slingblade neckbreakers Ali. Trey backflips over John and double stomps his back. Rich corkscrew kicks Zero. Zero bangs Rich's head off the mat. BDE springboards and Zero headbutts him down. Zero double chokeslams his opponents. Zero misses a corner charge. Trey knee slides out into a ddt on John on the floor. Trey hits a lightning spiral on John and pins him.

Thoughts: What we got was fine, just we didn't get a whole lot of it. They wasted no time here at all and it was straight to the point. Zero got put over big and looked good here.

Zero gets behind Trey after and double arm chokeslams him. Zero and Ali go to attack Trey more and Jason Hotch makes the save for Trey.

Xia Brookside complains to the make-up artist in the back and makes her fix her eye shadow.

TNA Inury Report

Jason Hotch is cleared despite having lower back pain. Trey Miguel is cleared after having a knee injury. Nic Nemeth is in pristine condition. 

Xia Brookside asks the make-up artist if they are done yet. She complains about how long it took. She then complains about how the eye shadow looks. We then see Cora Jade switched spots with the make-up artist. Cora appears behind her in the mirror. They shove each other and fight. Cora is thrown into a rail.

TNA Knockouts TV Title Tournament Semi Final Match - Indi Hartwell vs. M By Elegance

M bumps into Indi during her intros. Indi hits corner lariats on M. M boots her in the gut and hits forearms and punches in the corner. M dropkicks Indi. Indi goes up and over her, lariats her and bulldogs her for 1. Indi boots her in the head. Indi is put in tree of woe outside and M driveby kicks her. 

M stomps Indi outside and chops her. M suplexes her on the floor. M chokes her with her leg on the ropes. M bangs Indi's head off the buckles and boots her in the gut. M knee drops Indi in the gut. M pulls Indi's arms back. 

M knees her in the gut. M misses a springboard. Indi lariats her down twice and spinebusters her for 2. Indi headbutts M down. Indi top rope elbow drops M's back for 2. Indi facekicks her out of the ring. Xia Brookside and Eleyna Black come down to ringside and fight. M sends Indi into the post. M top rope moonsaults Indi and pins her while holding the tights.

Thoughts: It was a big upset here with M pinning Indi. M had a decent showing here and I can't say her performance didn't warrant the result. The match was kind of average though and Indi didn't get that much in. 

We get a video on Harley Hudson. We see her getting selected by TNA at a tryout. She then talks about leaving her home to come to TNA. 

We go to break and return. In the back, Moose is down on the floor and knocked out.

Eddie Edwards vs. KC Navarro

KC superkicks Eddie from the start. He trips him into the ropes and hits a 305 kick. Eddie then slides out. KC topes him then top rope splashes him for 2. KC misses a corner charge then gets sent into the post shoulder first three times.

Eddie snapmares him into a chinlock. KC spinning ddt's him. Alisha Edwards throws a shoe into the ring. Eddie grabs a kendo stick but KC stands on the stick. KC superkicks him then hits him with the stick. KC running shiranui's him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was another shorter one and it was rushed. It was one KC's biggest wins ever though in TNA. Due to the length, it didn't get to mature into anything great.

The System jump KC after and beat him up in the ring. KC has a chair put around his neck but Sosa, Jada Stone and Fabian Aichner chase the heels off. 

Santino Marella comes out. He says he doesn't like the use of weapons. He says there will be a time and place to do it and it's at Lockdown. He says it'll be Eddie Edwards, Bear Bronson, Brian Myers and Alisha Edwards vs Ricky Sosa, KC Navarro, Jada Stone and Fabian Aichner in a Lethal Lockdown match with weapons.

We get a video on The Bunny. We see her looking at a mirror that says, "The Struggle Is Real". 

TNA World Heavyweight Title Match - Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Jeff Hardy

They shove each other. Jeff side headlocks him. Nick wristlocks him. Nick stomps Jeff's foot and evades a twist of fate. Nick rolls him up for 2 counts. Nic dropkicks Jeff then rakes his face. Jeff bangs Nic's head off the buckles. Jeff bangs Nic's head off the buckles. 

Nic eye rakes Jeff on the ropes. Jeff spin kicks him. Jeff flying lariats Nic off the apron. We go to break and return. Nick elbow drops Jeff for 2. Nic butt drops Jeff's back. Nic misses a move and goes crotch first into the 2nd rope.

Jeff hits lariats and back elbows on Nic. Jeff atomic drops him and legdrops him in the gut. Jeff elbow drops him for 2. Jeff puts spinal destination on Nic and is sent into the buckles. Nic jumping ddt's him for 2. Jeff sitout powerbombs Nic for 2. 

Jeff hits a twist of fate on Nic. Nic superkicks Jeff for 2. Jeff then gets a 2 count on Nic. Jeff cutters Nic. Jeff swantons off the top and Nic gets his knees up for 2. Nic hits a danger zone on Jeff and pins him. 

Thoughts: The crowd really liked it but I just thought it was acceptable only. Maybe we missed some good stuff during the break, I don't know. I really don't get why they blew this match on Impact instead of on one of their bigger shows. This company is hurting for talent and needs to be careful about how they use newer matches like this. I thought either guy had a shot here.

Overall thoughts: Most of the matches were too short here and didn't get to develop into anything great, but what we did get of those bouts wasn't bad. There was a lot of interference and shenanigans all night long. I don't get the stipulation where Leon Slater's title reign could be erased and I don't know how Elijah developed teleporting/vanishing powers. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall as it was just okay enough, but this show really could have been good if the other matches got more time. It was an okay show.