TNA Impact 8/6/2026

TNA Impact 8/6/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/tna-impact-7302026.html

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

We see Jason Hotch arrive with his family. 

Amy Garcia is in the crowd again.

Matt Hardy vs Ryan Nemeth

Jeff Hardy is with Matt and Nic Nemeth is with Ryan.

Matt grab Ryan by the throat and clubs on his back. Ryan hits Matt from behind then hits mounted shots. Ryan corner spears him. Matt corner lariats him and bangs his head off the buckles. Matt yanks him off the bottom rope and sitout powerbomb him. Matt foot chokes him.

Ryan lariats Matt down then pounds on him. Ryan neckbreakers him for 2. Ryan suplexes him and Matt no sells it. Matt hits punches. Ryan rakes his eyes and does Jeff Hardy's dance in front of Jeff. Ryan snapmares Matt and chinlocks him.

Matt lariats him and hits forearms. Matt back elbows him and legdrops him. Matt neckbreakers him for 2. Matt hits a side effect for 2. Matt 2nd rope elbow drops him for 2. Nic Nemeth trip Matt. Ryan jumping pendulum ddt's Matt for 2.

Jeff nails Nic outside then chinlocks him. Matt hits a twist of fate on Ryan and pins him.

Thoughts: Matt won as expected. The work was very basic with them mostly sticking to strike and no one taking any crazy bumps. It was average.

Gia Miller interviews Xia Brookside. Xia says she's approaching her match vs Choo as the Knockouts champ. Xia says she won't let Choo take the Knockouts Title to NXT. She says she will find out that Xia is on another level. Elayna Black walks in. Xia tells Black to watch what happens to Wendy tonight. Black says Choo will beat her for the title and wishes her luck.

Gia interviews Jason Hotch and his family. She asks what his International Title win means. He says everyone thought he was just a sidekick and he proved all those people wrong. He says it's just not his title, he says his family helped him do it. He says there won't be a day when he take being champ for granted.

Rich Swann and BDE come in and say they are happy for him. Swann says the title looks great on him. 

TNA Knockouts TV Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match - Heather By Elegance vs Mara Sade

Mara is already gone from TNA.

Heather wristlocks her. Mara la magistral's her for 2. Mara wristlocks her. Mara drops down and is stomped. HBE rolls her up for 2. HBE arm locks her and wristlocks her. Mara bulldogs her into the 2nd rope. Mara top rope dropkicks HBE for 2. They go to the apron and Mara is kind of monkey flipped into the post.

HBE stomps her and whips her down by the arm. HBE pulls her arm over the 2nd rope. Mara's face is banged off the apron. HBE ties up one arm and pulls on the other. HBE yanks back Mara's arm. HBE armbars her and Mara rolls her up for 2. 

HBE snapmares her and armbars her. Mara lifts her to break it and dumps her into the buckles. Mara dropkicks her. Mara hits forearms and lariats her down twice. Mara flying corner lariats her.

Mara monkey flips her and bangs her head off the mat. Mara powerbombs her for 2. HBE basement dropkicks her. HBE's face is banged off the apron from the electric chair position. Mara dropkicks her off the steps outside. Mara is pulled down arm first over the top rope.  M top rope double stomps her and pins her.

Thoughts: I thought HBE might win here since Mara is now gone from TNA. It was a decent match. HBE mostly worked the arm. Mara's powerbomb looked good as did her dropkick off the ropes. It made sense and this worked out better than I expected.

Moose does a promo. He says he earned his nicknames. He says he's respected in this place as when all fails, Moose will be dependable. Moose says Frankie Kazarian goes by "The King of TNA" name but he hasn't earned it. He challenges him to a match at Lockdown. He says he will find out why he's the face of the franchise.

Jason Hotch kisses his family in the back and leaves. Mustafa Ali comes in. He talks about all the stuff he did for Hotch and says he helped Hotch when his contract wasn't being renewed. He says he's not upset. He says he's hurt as he hit bit the hand that fed him. He says he has to do what he has to do. He says he has to get his title back and will always take care of his little girl (Hotch's daughter), and Hotch's wife.

KC Navarro vs Brian Myers

KC flying headscissors him and dropkicks him out. Bear Bronson trips KC up. The ref ejects Bear. Ricky Sosa comes out and chairs Bear. BM is tripped into the ropes and KC hits a 305 kick. Eddie Edwards runs in and spears KC for the DQ.

Thoughts: It was over quick due to interference and was not much of note.

KC is 2v1'd then Fabian Aichner saves KC. Santino Marella comes out. He says he's sick of it and the heels are always doing bad things. He says they will have a tag match right now.

The System (Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers) vs Fabian Aichner and KC Navarro

The heels get mad, go for Santino and get hit on the stage. 

Fab boots and chops Eddie in the corner. He facekicks him and slams him. They overshoot a pop up headscissors and botch it as KC flies over Eddie. BM is double superkicked out. The faces hit stereo topes. 

Fab finlay rolls BM then shoulders him over. Fab is pulled over the top by Eddie and goes out. Eddie chops Fab outside and headbutts him. Eddie stomps Fab. Fab suplexes Eddie. BM elbow drops Fab. BM chinlocks Fab. Fab double jump moonsaults BM.

Fab comes in and flying forearms then dropkicks Eddie. KC spinning ddt's Eddie for 2. Eddie crdles Fab for 2 then lariats him down. Eddie takes a top rope double underhook suplex then KC top rope splashes Eddie. Fab sitout powerbombs BM. Eddie shining wizards Fab. KC superkicks Eddie. Eddie hits KC with a kendo stick when the ref isn't looking. Eddie package piledrivers KC and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable but not too long. It didn't really matter who won that here but at least The System didn't win clean. Eddie doesn't usually win with package piledrivers IIRC, so that may have been something new. 

Ricky Sosa chases off the heels with a chair before they do anything after.

TNA Injury Report

Nic Nemeth is in perfect shape. Mara Sade is in uncertain and has an abdominal injury. She's in pain. Rosemary is missing.

The Hardy's congratulate The Righteous and says they survived the lake. They say they are now brothers after all the battles they've been through. Matt says "respect" and they all put their hands in.

Jason Hotch grabs Ali in the back and tries to hit him. Order 4 stops him from attacking him. They all end up arguing and security breaks them p. Ali challenges Jason for Lockdown. Skyler tells Jason to calm down. Jason says he's done with Order 4 and Skyler is coming with him. Skyler says he needs the job. Jason gets mad and walks off.

The Righteous come out to talk. Vincent says they died or maybe they are just changing. Vince says you can't kill an idea. Dutch says The Lake of Reincarnation didn't wash them away, it showed them what comes next. Dutch says some say water leaves the body, but this water shapes direction. Vince says their purpose wasn't to destroy The Hardy's but reveal them. Vince says they gave The Hardy's something they didn't realize and now they became the  ultimate goats. Vince says their work with them is finish and now they move onto something else. They talk without saying anything of value. Dutch says the forgotten always outnumber the celebrated. Vince says if the world has forgotten your name, good, because it's time to hear their name. Vince says they are looking for people who are dying like a flower but have some light to bloom into something better. 

Thoughts: It seems like The Righteous are recruiting. I'm fine with this. Something needs changed with The Righteous and maybe having another person will open things up with them.

Harley Hudson and Jada Stone stone talk and argue. Jada leaves as Santino comes in. Santino says Daria Rae has it out for HH and wants to terminate her contract. Santino says Daria wants her to win more. Alisha Edwards comes in and complains about Ricky Sosa. Alisha says she's sick of Sosa, Hudson, Santino and Jada. Jada and Alisha really argue. Hudson asks if beating Alisha would be the result she needs to not be fired. Alisha says she will make time for her. Hudson says she's not scared of her and Alisha says she will see her in the ring, kid.

We see The Bunny walking around in the back. She finds some miniature cards, looks at the camera and we cut away.

AJ Francis vs The Home Town Man

AJ spears him to start. AJ spits on Home's jersey and throws it in his face. AJ goes for the chokeslam and Elijah comes out. Eli points his guitar at AJ and Home rolls up AJ to win.

Thoughts: It was short. I didn't like AJ losing this way to someone so low on the totem pole. Will anyone remember this in a week or two? Probably not so it won't matter, but I'd protect him more.

AJ gets mad after.

Tom Hannifan interviews Cedric Alexander. He says he proved he was one of the best for years and the X-Division Title helps prove it. Ced says it's been said for years that he deserves better and can do more, but when it was time to give him the ball, someone else got it. Ced says he's the prime minister of the X-Division and the record taker. He says you can't mention Leon Slater without mentioning him. Leon Slater walks in and tells him to continue as he can't keep his name out of his mouth. Leon says he beat him last week but he still won't give him a title shot. Ced says he earned his shot and says Leon earned nothing. Ced says he won't get another shot at his title. Ced says everything about him disgusts him. Ced says AJ Styles gave Leon an endorsement and no one gave him anything. 

Ced says everything was handed to Leon because of his pretty smile and because he's 6'1. He asks what he earned and said he didn't have to scratch and claw. Leon asks if he's jealous. They get up and argue. Ced says it's not jealous, he worked for and earned the title. He says Leon thinks what he did was hard. He says Leon just showed up and benefited off the backs of others. Ced tells him to remember that as long as he holds the title, Leon won't touch it again. He says he will do everything in his power to erase everything he has done in this business.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything groundbreaking, but it was something different and was believable. This worked.

Daria Rae tells Kaz that Moose challenged him at Lockdown. Kaz says Moose is a moron. Daria says it's good for box office. Kaz says he will do it for her but he wants to do it under his terms. Kaz says the match with Moose must be under escape the cage rules and Daria agrees. Kaz then talks into the camera. He says Moose is at the bottom of the hierarchy. He says Moose is just a mascot. He says Moose couldn't find his @ss with boy hands. He says he won't escape the cage but will find out why they call him "King".

TNA Knockouts Title - Xia Brookside (c) vs Wendy Choo

Choo ducks a lariat and hits chest forearms. Xia chest forearm flurries her in the corner. Choo thesz presses her and hits mounted shots. Xia goes out and Choo kicks her in the head. Choo chest kicks her down outside. 

We go to break and return. Choo back elbows her and facekicks her. Choo hits chest forearms and chops. Choo hits lariats. Choo pepsi twist lariats her. Choo cartwheel forearm her in the corner and running facekicks her. Choo running neckbreakers her for 2. 

Xia codebreakers her for 2. Choo half-nelson slams Xia for 2. Choo goes for her dirtnap hold. Xia rams Choo's throat into the ropes to break it. Xia hits an implant ddt and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a short match here. Xia didn't really get enough in and the time wasn't there for this to be anything special. I'm glad Xia won though as I thought there was a chance she would lose this one. 

Elayna Black comes out after. They stare down.

We see Jeff Hardy working on a painting. Nic Nemeth comes up to him. He says he doesn't see the "Charismatic Enigma" in him. He says he only sees the dark in people and only knows facts, like how great he is. He points out how Jeff paints and taunts him. Nic says there's an entire world of wrestling outside and says some of them are trying to be the best. Nic says wrestling is like the 5th best thing he does and he's the best in the world. Nic says he see's through Jeff's BS and knows what he is capable of. He says there's not a person alive that does this better than him. He says he's the champ for some reason.

He complains about Jeff painting and ignoring him. Nic gets angrier and angrier. Nic says Jeff has been champ before but this doesn't win titles. Nic says he doesn't know how he hasn't beaten him in his career or life. He says he's the champ and knows Jeff can be, but it won't be while he's here. Nic then signs the contract or their match. Jeff then signs it. 

Nic asks if that's it and says even Jeff's signature couldn't be normal. Nic says he will never leave the title and says he solidifies himself as the best in the world when he beats him. Jeff still says nothing.

Thoughts: This wasn't that interesting and would have been better somewhere else on this show.

Overall thoughts: It was a weaker episode of Impact. We had a lot of shorter matches and Heather vs Mara may have been the best bout here, which isn't something I expected. This was all about setting up Lockdown matches and they did accomplish that. The build to that show looks like it will be fine but the shot being cage matches only will limit it. I'd give this a low 6 out of 10 overall, mainly because the storylines were decent here and made up for some average wrestling. It was acceptable.