TNA Impact 8/20/2026

TNA Impact 8/20/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/tna-impact-8132026.html

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

Order 4 talk in the ring. Ali says they have a problem. He says they crowned a new International champ a few weeks ago in Jason Hotch. He says Jason is not a good man. Ali says Jason isn't the man of his house, Ali says he's the man of Jason's house. He says the stuff in Jason's house is because of him and says Jason stabbed him in the back. He says he deserves loyalty and will get it.

Ali says John Skyler was once his most loyal attack dog and he will prove his loyalty tonight. Ali says John will fight Jason tonight. 

Jason Hotch is shown watching in the back. Gia Miller talks to him. She asks how he feels about all this. Jason says he considers John his best friend and his daughter calls him "Uncle John". Jason says Ali thinks he makes the rules and he talks too much. He says he's not wrestling John Skyler tonight. 

Daria Rae comes in. She says Jason will face John Skyler as what she says goes. She says he could be suspended or stripped of his title if he doesn't. 

The Personal Concierge does the intro for Mr. Elegance. He says he can't see the fans but they smell like formaldehyde. He says the fans smell like that and says he will introduce us to someone who smells magnificent in Mr. Elegance.

Rich Swann vs. Mr. Elegance

Mr side headlocks him and shoulders him over. Rich flips over Mr then corkscrew ddt's him. M By Elegance distracts the ref and Heather By Elegance flying headscissors Rich. Mr spinebusters Rich and pounds on him. Mr pulls on Rich's ears. Mr lariats him from behind and suplexes him. 

Mr delay suplexes Rich then full nelson's him. Rich forearms him then Mr pop up slaps him. Mr goes up and over then release germans him. Mr lariats Rich for 2. Mr hits knees to the gut. Rich hits boots to the face. Rich rolls him into a flying lariat.

Rich hits punches, a leg kick and a buzzsaw kick. Rich splashes him for 2. Mr does a weak slingshot codebreaker on Rich for 2. Rich backrolls him and pins him.

Thoughts: Mr. Elegance lost his undefeated streak here, though it wasn't exactly on the level of Goldberg's. I don't know why they had Mr lose it here instead of in a bigger bout. It was a shorter bout and was just acceptable.

The Righteous get on the ramp and stare down Rich and BDE. Mr. Elegance throws a tantrum outside. 

TNA Knockouts TV Title Tournament Semi Final Match - Heather By Elegance vs. Jada Stone

Jada rolls her up and goes for an armbar. They trade pin attempts. Jada bridges out of a lariat and reverse headscissors her.  

Jada standing moonsaults her for 1. Jada goes to springboard and is pushed off the ropes. HBE foot chokes her. HBE boots her in the corner then foot chokes her. HBE suplexes her for 1. HBE chokes her on the ropes and Jada shoves her. HBE hits forearms in the corner and sends her hard into the buckles. 

HBE throws her down backwards. HBE straightjacket chokes her. Jada armdrags her and hits lariats. Jada kicks her off the ropes. Jada split-legged moonsaults her for 2. HBE twists her neck with her feet. 

They try pins on each other for 2 counts. Jada bodyscissors rolls her into a double stomp. They fight on the apron. HBE germans her on the apron. Jada flying headscissors her off the apron. They get back in and Jada backflip split stunners her. Jada pins her.

Thoughts: It started off a little slow but picked up and got better. Not quite great or anything but it was alright enough. Jada winning sets up a match vs M By Elegance which should be a decent affair.

Elayna Black and Xia Brookside do some kind of split-screen video call. EB says she needed humbled last week. EB says it's just them in the cage at Lockdown. Xia says the only thing that was embarrassing last week was her desperate calls for attention in TNA. 

EB says Xia is the desperate one since she's hyping herself up when her title reign days are numbered. She says there's nothing she won't do to walk out Knockouts champ. Xia talks about her title defenses so far and says everyone who tried her was left laying. Xia says everyone will watch her fail. EB says she can't wait to shut this b!tch up.

Mr. Elegance says he can't believe he lost in the back. Heather By Elegance say she can't believe she lost either. M By Elegance says this is unacceptable. The Personal Concierge says they will win titles at Lockdown and says it will be a great day.

Winner gets the Lockdown Advantage for their team - Brian Myers vs. Fabian Aichner

BM hits Fab before his entrance is done then he stomps on him in the corner. Fab is sent into the buckles. BM back elbows him. BM hits shots in the corner and sends him into the buckles. BM stomps him in the corner. Fab hits shots back. Fab 2nd rope double axe handles him. Fab lariats BM down. Fab baseball slides him. Fab 2nd rope springboard twisting crossbodies him outside.

We go to break and return. BM chinlocks him. Fab crossbodies him.  Fab hits shots on BM. Fab 2nd rope springboard twisting crossbodies him. Fab rolling death valleydrivers him the 2nd rope moonsaults him. 

BM superkicks him in the gut and implant ddt's him for 2. BM is thrown out, Fab walks up the buckles and plancha's him. BM doesn't catch him and Fab goes down hard to the floor. Fab springboard diving ddt's him for 2.

Fab flips him on a backdrop. Fab chinlocks him and BM ropebreaks. BM kicks the 2nd rope into Fab's crotch. BM spears him for 2. BM is nearly pushed into the ref. He low blows Fab and lariats him. BM wins.

Thoughts: Both guys nearly got hurt bad here as BM didn't catch Fab on a dive outside and BM took like a release backdrop on his gut. They tried but I don't know if this really got the time it needed. Myers won as the heels need the advantage for Wargames matches to work.

TNA Injury Report

Jeff Hardy is cleared but hurt his lower back when Nic Nemeth got his knees up on his swanton. They say the medical staff is preparing for Lockdown. Nic Nemeth is feeling good.

Harley Hudson talks to Traci Brooks via video call. She's worried that she will get fired if she loses in her next match. Brooks tells her she's a TNA Knockout and is forgetting that. Brooks says the Knockouts are unique and says TNa believes in her. Brooks says she believes in her and so do the fans. She says she needs to believe in herself and says she will unstoppable if she can do that. Harley says she can't let her down.

Jason Hotch talks on the mic before his match. Jason says he considered John his best friend. He says their hands are being forced here. Jason says they don't need to beat the crap out of each other and can just have a great wrestling match to show what TNA is all about.

John Skyler vs. Jason Hotch

They shake hands and trade wristlocks. John hammerlocks him and Jason shoulders him over. John sweeps him and Jason headflips up. They slap hands. Jason side headlocks him and flying headscissors him. John side headlock takeovers him and Jason does the same to him. John whips him down by the arm and armlocks him. Order 4 watches in the back.

Mila Moore comes out and says John was sent out to take Hotch out and not wrestle like this. Jason powerslams John. Ali's secret service guards come out and surround the ring. They try to get in and he hits them all. Agent Zero facekicks Jason for the DQ.

Thoughts: We didn't get much of this. Them doing technical wrestling made sense and so did Ali sending Zero on Jason when things weren't going like they were supposed to. Ali puts some kind of pendant on Jason, holds up the International Title and says, "In Ali, we trust".

The Righteous do a promo. Vincent says BDE is a young lad who believes in strength in numbers. He asks if the numbers believe in BDE. He says Swann is standing in BDE's way and Dutch says BDE can remove Swann. 

Harley is fired if she loses - Alisha Edwards vs. Harley Hudson

Daria Rae is on commentary for this. 

AE pokes her and HH shoves her down. HH shoulders her over then rolls her up for 2. HH trips her and clubs her on the apron. AE pushes HH into the post. 

AE stomps her and chops her in the corner. AE boots her there and foot chokes her. AE running back elbows her then corner crossbodies her against the buckles for 2. HH's head is banged off the buckles. AE hits her in the gut. HH is tripped by Eddie Edwards. HH hits chops and forearms. AE pulls down HH by the hair. AE foot chokes her. HH hits lariats and running boots her. 

HH bangs AE's head off the buckles then hits corner hip attacks. HH yanks her into a fallaway slam. AE flatliners her for 2. AE shoves her in the head from behind. HH slaps her and rolls her up for the pin.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything too special as expected. Alishda did what she's supposed to do, but she's a limited worker and there's only so much you are going to get out of her. Hudson won and keeps her job.

Alisha attacks Hudson after. Hudson is held for a shot but Jada Stone comes out to help. Jada superkicks Alisha and Eddie falls out of the ring chasing Jada. 

We get a video on Leon Slater vs Cedric Alexander. 

Elijah, Moose & The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) vs. AJ Francis, Frankie Kazarian & The Nemeths (Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth) 

Kaz hits punches on Jeff. Jeff drops him with a punch then pendulum dropkicks him in the corner. Jeff splashes him. Ryan and Moose get in. Ryan gets chopped by Moose then Eli. Eli rope walks and clubs his arm. Eli F-5's him for 2. The heels get their heads banged off the buckles. 

We go to break and return. Eli south of heaven chokeslams Kaz. Moose gets in and headbutts Nick in the chest. Moose uranage's Ryan and sentons him. Moose then kips up. Nick is pulled off the 2nd rope into a sky high.

Matt corner lariats Nic. Moose jumps off Matt's back and back elbows Nic. Matt side effect's Nic. Nic superkicks Matt. Ryan stomps and pounds on Matt. Kaz and Matt double lariat each other down.

AJ stomps Matt then forearms him. AJ corner splashes him. AJ hits tennessee whiskey on Matt. AJ hits a world's strongest slam on Matt. Matt 2nd rope side effect's AJ.  

Jeff comes in. He atomic drops The Nemeth's. Jeff legdrops Ryan in the gut and elbow drops him. Jeff back elbows Nic then Jeff hita whisper in the wind on The Nemeth's. Kaz kicks Jeff in the arm. Moose pump kicks Kaz out then slingshot plancha's him. AJ spears Jeff and Eli breaks the pin up.

Eli jumping knees AJ. Matt hits a twist of fate on AJ. Jeff 2nd rope swantons AJ. Jeff pins AJ.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout. They didn't even try to set this one up with a segment earlier in the show and just did it. AJ took a big bump off the 2nd rope and we got to see everyone's signature moves and finishers. It was what you would want but it was nothing memorable. 

We go to the back and Cedric Alexander is down. 

Overall thoughts: This was all about building to the big show this weekend. Swann/Elegance was acceptable. Heather/Jada turned into an okay bout after a slow start. Myers/Aichner wasn't that good. Skyler/Hotch was barely a match. Alisha/Harley was just average. The main was okay. It was a go home show so nothing too wild was going to happen here. I'd say it was average overall and I'd give it a 5 out of 10.