TNA Impact Sacrifice Review – March 27, 2026

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Suffice to say, It has been a stressful week but we all made it. It’s been well, a Sacrifice for things but enough of that; let’s talk about the TNA Impact: Sacrifice from New Orleans, LA. We have Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt on announce duties, Gia Miller with backstage stuff and McKenzie Mitchell doing the ringside announcing. Let’s get into some Sacrificial Impactful Discourse, shall we? We shall.

We have pre-game festivities, too, starting with our first match:

BDE vs. Ryan Nemeth

BDE arrives first and is livestreaming the entrance, per usual. He gets a decent pop. Nemeth is next to a backdrop of movies posters featuring him. We also get an inset promo with him asking if BDE stood for “Bad..Doer of…Everything?” He doesn’t belong here and BDE might play Fortnite but Nemeth plays Duck Hunter and tonight BDE is the duck and Ryan is the hunter….and the dog.

A sizable “BDE” chant emerged as the two start. Nemeth dropped BDE with a go behind and taunted NBDE. BDE hit the Dalmatian spots early with a springboard reverse bodypress off the ropes. He then livestreamed his and the fans reaction. He kept filming as he dove on Nemeth between the ropes. Nemeth curtailed the tide by hitting a running forearm to a prone BDE on the apron and then mauled him on the mat. Nemeth got the Rude Awakening neckbreaker for two and then mocked BDE by grabbing his phone and taking a selfie with him on the mat.

BDE tried to rally but Nemeth stopped it. After beating and mauling BDE on the mat, Nemeth grabbed the chinlock taking time to pose and taunt the fans. However, he still found time to continue to thwart BDE’s repeated rally attempts. BDE did escape a chinlock and hit a running punch and then a corner splash. BDE climbed to the top rope but Ryan hit the turnbuckles and BDE crashed to the mat. Nemeth hit the leaping DDT for a two count. However, BDE reversed another Rude Awakening Neck Breaker into the Clip Cutter (springboard cutter.) BDE went back to the top rope but a flying bodypress was met with Ryan knees who rolled up BDE (with tights in hand) for the win.

Post-Match: Nemeth grabbed BDE’s phone and took a selfie with the referee. He put the phone down and celebrated up the rampway.

After a TNA hype piece, Hannifan and Rehwoldt announced that thanks to some negotiating with Tasha Steelz and Daria Rae,Mustafa Ali has an International Title match with Trey Miguel at Rebellion. Also, Eddie Edwards met with Steelz for a special meeting between Order Four and The System and what do you know, we have special footage.

The eight meet in a dining room (somewhat similar to the one Steve Maclin and Mike Santana had their meeting on Impact. Hmm, funny that.) The members of the group sit and Edwards thanked Ali for the meeting. Ali thanked him despite a snarky comment about the System’s attire. Edwards started to rebut but Steelz said that was enough.

They want to talk about Moose (the wrestler, not the animal.) Ali said the funny thing is he has a solution to the problem – Agent Zero. Ali told Zero that he is going to help Edwards with his problem and he should consider the problem solved. Ali has to ask since they’re all friends now what is in it for us. Rebellion will be the Night of the System, Edwards said they will win all the gold. Ali corrected him that sans Ali will be International champion. When Edwards becomes the world titlist, he will give Ali a shot. Brian Myers joked maybe when they beat the Hardys the Great Hands will have a shot at the tag titles, which got John Skyler excited. Alexander joked that when he wins the division title, he asked if Steelz would want a tussle. Steelz said she would whoop his backside. Alexander said he was just joking, say hi to her mom, Steelz said say hi to his wife for her.

Ali agreed to terms and an accord has been reached. They exchanged each other’s catch phrases but they all stood up Ali calmed the team down. There is one more thing, Ali said. He whispered something in Edwards’ ear and he nodded. As they left, Cedric Alexander asked if he trusted Ali, Edwards said no. Steelz asked Ali if we are really going to trust the System, Ali said no way in hell.

Tessa Blanchard (with the Diamond Collective in tow) vs. Jody threat (with Myla Grace and Harley Hudson in tow)

“Undeniable” starts as we get the Collective headed to the ring. Crawford seemed to be okay and came down with Moore. Threat came out with Grace and Hudson Threat again felt the urge for frenetic running and getting on the turnbuckles and striking her pose.

Blanchard posed and acted nonchalant in the corner but threat avoided her charge and attacked Blanchard with a series of clotheslines in the corner. Blanchard tried to rally but Threat continued to attack the Blanchard on the apron. Threat held Blanchard but Blanchard escaped a delayed vertical suplex and chop blocked the leg of threat. Blanchard focused on the leg with her “Knee DT” and a series of elbow drop an punches to the injured knee.

Blanchard mauled Threat in the corner and hit a rope assisted leaping stomp to the leg. Blanchard slowed the action but worked on the leg as Threat tried to slug herself free but Blanchard held onto the leglock she applied. Eventually, Threat kicked Blanchard away and hit a running boot on a charging Blanchard. Threat hit a series of running clothesline and then a Yakuza kick off the ropes and leapt on Blanchard when draped on the ropes. Threat hit a Release German Suplex.

Blanchard and Threat took turns evading charges in the corner but Blanchard regained the momentum when she hit a dropkick to the knee as Threat positioned herself on the turnbuckles. She also hit a Lungblower in the corner. Threat would not go away but Blanchard would regain the advantage by attacking the leg. Threat backed Blanchard into the corner with a clothesline. Threat limped to Blanchard and NOW hit the delayed vertical suplex.

Threat sold the leg injury but kept the offense going by cornering Blanchard booting her in the torso. Threat lifted Blanchard and hit a running powerbomb for two until Moore put Blanchard’s hand on the ropes. Hudson and Grace took umbrage and headed that way. Crawford was behind her and distracted the faces and the referee as Moore climbed in the ring, took off her stiletto heel and hit Threat with it and slid out of the ring. The referee turned around in time for Blanchard to grab Threat and hit the Buzzsaw DDT for the win.

Post-Match: The Collective got in the ring and beat on Threat as Blanchard grabbed some power cables from ringside and strangled Threat with them whilst dragging her around the ring. The referees and security ran to the ring to stop the beat down. The Collective taunted the fans and headed up the rampway while Grace and Hudson consoled Threat.

We get a recap of Steve Maclin’s saga from the “Feast or Fired” match to now, including the betrayal of Santana and his assault of Hannifan to some final words from Maclin.

We go back to a generic locker room and we see Nick Nemeth. He said enjoy it because he will be watching. He said he knew what Maclin and Santana were like. He hopes they beat the holy heck out of each other. Nemeth said he has a plan coming together for Rebellion (held in his hometown.) he is calling his shot and he is leaving as TNA World Champion and held his trophy high as we go back to Hannifin and Rehwoldt who go over the main card which is happening….now.

But first, We get the action montage before the main show starts and NOW we head right to title action

X-Division Title Leon Slater vs. Eric Young

We get a PiP recap of the feud featuring Young’s piledriver of Slater. We also get a shout by Hannifan for Us vs. Them who wrote Young’s theme “The Cleanse.” Young comes in to his usual gear and Slater appears but Young doesn’t wait and attacks on the rampway. He beat him on the rampway and unmasks…Slater? Nope. It’s a ruse as Slater runs across the rings and leaps over the turnbuckle on Young.

Slater is riled and attacked on the mat. Slater and Young brawl but Slater thwarts every opportunity Young had to gain advantage. Slater threw Young into the ring and now the match starts. Slater hit a huge Swanton Bomb about 2/3 of the way across the ring for a two count.

Slater monkey flipped Young after the 10 punch spot and then hit the spinning rebound kick as Hannifan extols the accolades of Slater. Slater got the rebound handspring flying elbow for a two count. Slater threw Young to the turnbuckle and knocked Young to the turnbuckle after the Flin-Flon Fly and Flip by Young.

Young finally got some momentum after he threw Slater into the ring ropes. Young attempted a piledriver on the stairs but Slater kicked him to the floor. Slater threw Young into the ring and attempted the Styles Clash but Young reversed it by undoing the boot and biting his leg. Young hit his version of the Styles Clash for a two count.

Young mauled Slater in the corner and tried a dragon choke on the turnbuckle. Slater recovered and got on the torp turnbuckle and Young (sort of hit) the Youngblood Neckbreaker (to quote Botchamania – good enough.) Young focused on the neck, naturally. Young choked Slater and hit the guillotine leg drop on the apron.

Slater tried to regain momentum but Young had an answer. Young hit the Rude Awakening Neckbreaker for another two count. Slater gained momentum when Young tried to another piledriver in the ring but Slater reversed it into a roll up for a two count. Another rollup got two. An elevated twisting neckbreaker got two count. Slater laded a superkick and headed to the top turnbuckle. However, Young avoided the charge and got Slater on his shoulders for a Death Valley Driver for a two count. Young started to verbally accost the referee.

After another Flin Flon Fly and Flip, Slater met Young on the turnbuckle but Young bit Slater to drop him and Young connected on his flying elbow drop for another two count and we get shock face. Young continued to attack and verbally taunt Slater. Slater had enough and caught a kick and attacked Young in the “Yeah/boo” punch spot.

Young charged Slater but a Blue Thunder Bomb dropped Young but Young deftly moved to the apron. The two brawled on the apron and Slater took a bite out of Young. Slater climbed to the top turnbuckle but Young eye raked him and got him in position to hit a piledriver on the apron (with a “holy (excrement)” chant.) However, that got a two-count.

Young grabbed Slater on the top turnbuckle to attempt another piledriver but Slater reversed it. Slater leapt to get a sunset flip on Young. He quickly turned that into a Styles Clash that connected. After that, Slater climbed to the top and we get the Swanton 450 for the victory.

Post Match: TNA President Carlos Silva presented Slater his title and Slater celebrated in the ring.

Hannifan and Rehwoldt greeted us and talked about the card and we have a luminary in the audience – the One Man Gang, (giving us his signature bello.) Hannifan said he wished One Man Gang would take out Frankie Kazarzian. We get the rundown of the main card.

We also get Miller with Santana. Santana asked New Orleans “what’s good?” (Not the Saints.) Santana talked about the stakes of the match for Maclin and that the lead up taught him who Maclin truly is – smart, relentless but manipulative and a real female dog. The title represents Sacrifice and what he missed with his daughter. It’s indicating the pain in his life out of ring. Mostly, it repr3esentrs the nights he bled and fought to get where he is now. He got Maclin his job back but it will cost him having his heart ripped out of his body.

We mentioned Kazarian earlier and here is match:

Tag Match: Frankie Kazarian and A J Francis vs. Elijah and the Home Town Man

Francis is out first followed by Kazarian. Hannifan and Rehwoldt talked about the history between the two. Elijah is out next and gets his elongated announcement. We get the jazz version of “When the Saints Go Marching In” which triumphs HTM (in a Drew Brees jersey, naturally.) As he and some other folks hand out beads (is that PG?) and masks to the kids. Rehwoldt’s indignation is great of the scene, calling him a living embodiment of a kiss a–. Hannifan tried to defend HTM in an equally funny version.

(NOTE: Hannifan made a huge faux pas right before the start of the match saying “Cody Deaner AKA “The Home Town Man….” That should be part of a legal precedent to suspend…oh, who I am kidding; anyway, the match started.)

Kazarian and Elijah start as the fans start a “Who Dat?” chant. Kazarian and Elijah took turns applying and doing a flipping reverse of armlocks. Elijah got the upper hand as Rehwoldt and Hannifin took turns defending and talking to trash about the Chicago Bears (Rehwoldt’s team.) In the ring, HTM tagged and took control with the Dusty Rhodes dancing punch and boots in the corner (to the Home Town Man chant.) A running hip attack got a two count.

Elijah tagged and hit a flying clothesline off the ropes and we get the “Walk with Elijah” chant to “Seven Nation Army.” Francis got into the match and was met with a jumping knee strike from Elijah. All four got in the ring and the faces both performed the old school rope walk into a leaping forearm smash. They deposited Francis out of the ring via a double clothesline and Elijah leapt over the top rope onto the heels on the floor (stepping on HTM for extra elevation.)

Back in the ring, Elijah and HTM (the Home Town Drifters?) attacked Kazarian and HTM attempted the Home Town running elbow drop but was thwarted by Francis, who tripped HTM. Kazarian took control with a springboard legdrop.

Francis officially tagged and slugged HTM. HTM tried to rally out of the corner but Francis subdued him and hit the running Tennessee Whiskey knee in the corner. Kazarian tagged back in the match and stomped on HTM’s hand. Kazarian stopped HTM’s frequent hope rallies and tagged Francis. HTM rallied with a jawbreaker and a reversed a huge Down Payment (chokeslam) into a DDT.

Now, we get the hot tag on Elijah and he was a troubadour on fire as he attacked Kazarian, who also tagged. Elijah got an inverted atomic drop and a running boot off the ropes. Elijah mauled Kazarian in the corner and hit a twisting neckbreaker. Kazarian regained control with a guillotine legdrop on the ropes and then leapt over the ropes from the apron and got a cradle for a two count. Kazarian tried for a chicken wing but rolled out of it.

Kazarian continued to attack Elijah but a mule kick in the corner sent Kazarian flying and “the King” tagged Francis. Elijah attacked Francis and got him on his shoulders and carried him (!) into a powerbomb for two-and-a-fraction. Elijah got an individual old school ring walk but Francis reversed a Drifter Destroyer (Canadian Destroyer) into an Alabama Slam.

Francis hit a TFL (spear) for a two count. Frustrated, Francis headed to the floor and grabbed Elijah’s guitar. Kazarian tried to talk some sense into him after missing the “El Kabong” shot. Meanwhile, HTM got a flying body press for a two count. Elijah grabbed the dropped guitar and threatened to “El Kabong” Francis before Kazarian took the guitar from him and broke it on the ring steps. Elijah attacked but Kazarian threw him into the ring steps.

Francis got on the floor and HTM tried to leap onto him but Francis caught him and NOW we get the Down Payment on the apron. Francis threw HTM into the ring and Kazarian hit the Fade to Black for the victory.

Post-Match: Elijah threatened the heels who were celebrating up the rampway. Elijah did so holding his broken guitar.

Speaking of broken things, let’s sneak in a Bioflex Injury Report: Matt Hardy is out due to the “mysterious” attack on Impact Thursday. Indi Hartwell is still out after the attack by Arianna Grace and “Stacks” Lorenzo a few weeks ago. Moose is cleared despite a hip injury from his Atlanta street Fight match against Cedric Alexander and further aggravated after his match on Impact with Bear Bronson.
Speaking of System components, here is Alexander and Brian Myers backstage. Myers sarcastically hopes Matt Hardy recovers. Alexander said there is a lot of slander going around that the System had something to do with the attack. Au contraire, he is going to show that this is not the case. Myers said he doesn’t care about the health of Matt or the fact Vincent is taking his place.

Mitchell announces that we are joined by Tommy Dreamer and Silva. Dreamer is adorned in a black (not surprising.) But, he is wearing a New Orleans Saints T-Shirt (do the Philly fans know about this? Cue “You sold out” chant in 3…2…1) Dreamer talked about his history in New Orleans. He knows down here it’s not “pro wrestling” but “pro rasslin’.” After complimenting New Orleans, he throws it to someone who is an inspiration to all – Chris Bey.

Bey got a sizable reaction (Hannifin said this is beautiful.) Bey talked about his history in New Orleans and in TNA. He said that doesn’t happen unless a company invests in young talent and he is proud to announce the newest young talent signee in TNA. He is proud to stand here (emphasizing “stand here”) and announce – Ricky Sosa, who is still is incredibly over on reputation alone.

Silva said it is official and hypes Sosa. Sosa took the mic and greeted the crowd. He is happy to be here not just tonight but a moment he had worked for five years. He thanks management and signed the contract (as a “you deserve it” chant emerged.) The crowd loved his chant and thanked the fans and his family for their belief in him. After that, the contract was signed and they leave backstage.

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After briefly discussing the signee we go back to some pregame highlights of the Blanchard vs. Threat match. We see the Collective head backstage but Moore lagged behind them and is distracted by the (oh, no) white bunny and follows the bunny (in the red light) into a red-lit room and behind her emerged…Havok??? The lights go out and we hear a scream and we go back to Hannifan and Rehwoldt. Well, they gave Blanchard a shot……

We get a recap and a run down of how our next match came to fruition and then the intros:

TNA Knockouts World Title: Arianna Grace (with “Stacks” Lorenzo in tow) vs. Lei Ying Lee (with Xia Brookside in tow) vs. Dani Luna

Luna is out first dragging a cameraman closer with a chain and then pulling them closer to yell at them. She posed in the ring with another chain on the turnbuckles. Lee is next who hit her routine on the rampway and made her way into the ring. Grace was last with some PDA to Lorenzo. Hannifan went over Grace’s win over Lee to get the title and the abounding shenanigans of that victory.

We don’t get through the introductions (sorry, champ) as Luna immediately attacked Lee during her ring intro. Grace tried her usually skullduggery to steal a pin but as soon as she was confronted, she skulked away to the floor into Lorenzo’s arms. Luna continued to attack Lee with a German suplex.

Lee regained the advantage with a series of strikes and kicks. Luna brawled with her as Grace stayed on the floor and tripped and dragged Luna to the floor to attack her. Lee dove on Grace between the ropes. Luna recovered but Lee dropped her again and then attacked Grace in the ring, eventually scampering the champion and hitting a seated dropkick.

Lee continued her attack in the corner and with an exploder suplex. Luna snuck from behind with a rear naked choke and then, in an impressive spot, managed to grab Lee and Grace and hit a German Suplex in the corner. Luna continued to beat on Lee until she hit the ropes and Lorenzo grabbed the ropes and Luna fell through them. Grace took the opportunity and grab a two count on Lee and beat on her and got a two count with a seated bodypress.

Grace continued to attack Lee until Luna re-entered the ring. Meanwhile, Hannifan and Rehwoldt continued to argue about Grace’s duplicitousness toward her dad. Rehwoldt said it is like when a child sticks his finger in a socket, you blame the parent, not the kid. Grace and Luna squared off until Luna clobbered Grace she fell through the ropes to the floor. Meanwhile, Lee tried to grab a quick rollup. Luna responded with a big boot for a two count of her own.

Luna taunted Lee as Lee Warriored up – it worked as she blocked a kick and applied a single leg crab. Ever the opportunist, Grace grabbed a cravat hold on Lee, who still held on to Luna. Eventually, Lee let go of Luna, still fending her off with kicks. She fended off Grace with a snap mare. Grace landed in Luna’s arm and tried for a Luna Landing but Lee dropped Luna with a superkick – Grace did the same to Lee and Luna did that to Lee. Grace dropped Luna with a neckbreaker.

Meanwhile, Lee grabbed Grace and applied the Warriors Way (Airplane Spin into a face buster) but Luna broke up the pin attempt. All three arose, Lee dropped both opponents with a series of strikes and kicks. Lee grabbed grace for a powerbomb but Grace escaped. Lee avoided another kick and hit the Thunderstruck (Superkick) to send Grace to the floor. Luna took advantage and grabbed Lee for a slingshot Blue Thunder Bomb for a two count.

Luna, visibly frustrated, threw Lee to the floor. Meanwhile, on the floor, Brookside and Lorenzo started to jaw at each other until Luna broke up that confrontation. Luna threw Grace back into the ring but Grace hit a DDT for a two count. Grace went to the top rope but Luna intercepted her and got on the top rope and got Grace on her shoulders. Lorenzo got on the apron to hold on to his fiancée but lee kicked him to the floor.

Lee got on the turnbuckles and we got a tower suplex spot. Lee got a two count on Luna and then on Grace. Lee grabbed the Warriors Way on Grace but Lorenzo again interfered and grabbed Lee. Brookside, though, knocked him to the floor and continued the confrontation. Meanwhile, Grace snuck behind Brookside and attacked her. Lee hit a cannonball from the apron to drop Grace and Lorenzo. Luna and Grace stared at each other, with Luna screaming “this is what you want, isn’t it?”

Luna beat on Lee with the “yeah/boo” spot again. After a prolonged battle, Luna powered Lee into a bodyslam, which Lee escaped and hit Thunderstruck again. Lee grabbed Luna and hit the Warriors Way on Luna. However, Lorenzo grabbed Lee when she went for the pin. This gave Grace, who recovered, to crawl in the ring and still the pin and retain the title.

Post-Match: Lorenzo grabbed the title from Silva but gave it back to make sure he put it on Grace appropriately. Grace laughed at the crowd as Hannifan said she was the “disgrace of the Knockouts Division.” Grace and Lorenzo celebrated up the rampway with more PDA.

We go Rosemary. backstage to Mara Sade who is greeted by Allie and the Bunny (sigh), her phone turned to a sign that said “follow me” and then back to a phone. She followed the rabbit that led her to Rosemary. She don’t be scared – Sade wasn’t. Sade introduced herself, as did Rosemary. Sade said if she is from the undead realm and make people disappear and appear, can she make Michael B. Jordan appear? Sadly, Rosemary said she couldn’t.
Sade asked why is she here and if she was going to stab her in the neck; or worse, send her to Wrestle House (?) rosemary said Wrestle house is a national treasure and should be treated as such. Rosemary said she was sent here for a purpose but first she has a match. Sade said she handled Black, they’ll talk (we get the to be continued sign) and we head back to ringside.

We get that match but first, it’s Intergender Tag Action:

Mustafa Ali and Tasha Steelz (with the Great Hands and extra Servicemen in tow) vs. Trey Miguel and Jada Stone.

We went over some of the hype for Rebellion as Ali and Trey Miguel battle for the International Title. I wonder where Zero is… Meanwhile, Order Four STRUCK THEIR POSE in the ring. Stone and Miguel are out next, in that order. Miguel and Stone shake hands with the crowd and acknowledge the crowd on the turnbuckles.

Miguel and Ali started the match and trade arm locks and reversals. They also traded leg scissor takedowns and hurincanranas with Miguel landing on his feet after an Ali hurincanrana attempt off the ropes. Ali begged off and tagged Steelz and Stone tagged Stone. The two jawed at each other and then traded hurincanranas of their own. The two got in each other’s faces until Miguel and Ali separated the two, for reasons unknown. Ali and Miguel tagged back into the match. The two measured each other again until Ali shoved Stone to the floor. That raised the ire of Miguel who chased him off the apron to the floor. The Great Hands were there to help Ali and Steelz taunted the two with the Rascalz old hand wave.

Stone tagged and wanted to face Ali, Miguel obliged. The crowd chanted that Ali “(for unlawful carnal knowledge)d up. “Ali laughed and locked up with Stone, flinging her to the mat. Stone recovered and kicked Ali as he charged her. Stone got his shoulders and attempted a victory roll and then a hurincanrana. The third time’s a charm as she dropped him with a DDT. Stone, after a moment of confusion, climbed to the other top turnbuckle and NOW Stone hit a hurincanrana.

Stone continued her assault on the Order and avoided a big boot by Steelz and she headed to the floor. Stone was ready to leap on them but the Great Hands blocked their allies. Miguel, however, leapt over the ropes and dropped the Great Hands with a “TNA” chant to boot.

The momentum was cut shortly, though, as Steelz threw Stone into the corner of the ring. She slid into the hands of Ali who hit a draping DDT onto the floor. Ali got back in the ring and mocked Stone. He tagged Steelz who mauled Stone in the corner and landed (sort of) a Sliced Bread (cue Botchamania’s “Good enough”) for a two count. Steelz continued to maul Stone in the corner but missed a charge and Steelz ran into the ring post.

The Great Hands helped Steelz get back into the ring but Stone fended off Steelz and made the hope crawl and tagged Miguel. Miguel stayed on the apron and dropped Ali (who tagged) with a series of kicks and hit a missile dropkick from the tope turnbuckle. He grabbed Ali off the ropes and hit a Shell Shock. Steelz grabbed Miguel and assaulted him until Miguel hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker off the ropes. . Ali charged Miguel but Miguel evaded it – but the dropkick landed flush on Stone.

Ali hit a superkick but Miguel evaded an Ali charge and Ali hit his face first sliding sell in the turnbuckle; which Miguel got a two count and a “this is awesome” chant. On the apron, Ali grabbed Miguel and hit the Dance with the Devil (end of days/flatliner variation) on the ropes. Steelz tagged in the match and hit a flying bodysplash for a two count. Miguel fended off a charging Ali and Steelz until Ali grabbed Miguel and tossed him from the top into a Steelz cutter for a two count.

Ali tagged in the match. Miguel fended off a charging Ali and hit a Meteora from the top turnbuckle. Steelz and Stone tagged back in the match with Stone beating Steelz and getting a running Meteora off the ropes. She climbed to the top rope and hit a Split-legged Moonsault for two-and-a-fraction. Steelz tagged Ali but Stone fended him off and hit another DDT and then a Destroyer off the ropes on Ali off the ropes.

Ali went to the floor and Stone (sort of) hit a hurincanrana (cue Botchamania…) Another “holy (excrement)” chant emerged as Stone went to the top once more. But, Ali slugged her and Stone sat on the turnbuckles. Ali set up for a Razor’s Edge off the top but Stone reversed it into another top rope hurincanrana. Miguel leapt on the Great Hands on the floor and dropped them. Stone hit a Phoenix Splash for two-and-a-fraction.

Stone looked around (someone missed a cue?) but Steelz eventually got to the apron with the International Title. Stone accosted her which drew the attention of the referee. Whist that was happening, the Great Hands attacked Miguel and zip tied his hand to the ropes. Stone tried to help to help but Ali recovered and Ali slowly hit the Dance with the Devil in front of Miguel. For a two count. Ali broke the count himself; he then climbed to the top rope and hit the 450 splash for the victory.

Post-Match: Miguel was near tears as Ali and Order Four posed in the ring. Ali glared at Miguel and mocked him with the salute.

Meanwhile we go backstage where Lee is getting some medical attention with Brookside next to her. Grace and Lorenzo come into the shot and taunt Lee. Brookside said she didn’t beat Lee, Grace took a shortcut, as she always does. She said her winning the title is a scam. We get an argument about nepotism (Brookside’s dad is Robby Brookside, British wrestling legend.)

Santino Marella walked into frame and Grace complained to “dad” about Brookside (Brookside mocked her for it.) Marella said Grace caused a lot of problems recently. Next week on Impact, it is Grace vs. Brookside. Grace said it isn’t fair and stormed off. Lorenzo asked if that makes him happy and that he is a terrible father.

We quickly go to the next match and a revenge match:

Moose (with Alisha Edwards in tow) vs. Eddie Edwards

Before the intros we get a recap of the feud with Bear Bronson and Alexander’s intro and Moose and Alisha Edwards outro.) We get a recap of Moose running through all the members of the System that concludes with this match.

And we start the conclusion with Moose’s music and chryon. The “Moose” chant is audible (despite playing for the Saints’ rival, the Atlanta Falcons.) Hannifin talked about Moose’s outcomes versus the System components. The warning buzzer sounded and Edwards appeared and made his way down the ramp (the System was barred from ringside. Eddie and Alisha jawed at each other on the floor. Edwards went under the ring and pulled a kendo stick. Eddie threatened Moose but Alisha snuck behind and grabbed the stick.

The bell rang and Eddie charged, only to be met with a big boot from Moose. Eddie went to the floor begged for mercy as he stumbled around the floor. He ended by the rampway and out came Agent Zero to assault Moose. Zero mauled Moose and threw him in the ring. Zero got in the ring and Alisha jumped on his back. Eddie grabbed and restrained her, making her watch Zero’s beating of Moose. A bevvy of referees and security ran into the ring and stopped Zero. Alisha tried to protect Moose as Zero went to the floor, with Eddie holding the ropes for him. The crowd chanted and roared its disapproval.

We cut to a backstage vignette with Maclin. Maclin said they both got what they wanted, Santana got a match with him and Maclin got his job back. Maclin threatened to bring mayhem to the champ. Every day, month and chip he earned through sobriety will be taken by “Bulletproof” Steve Maclin.

We go to another Knockouts match quickly:

No disqualification match: Mara Sade vs. Elayna Black

Black is out first to a sort of response (a smattering of boos.) Hannifan and Rehwoldt talked about the match where Black used brass knuckles to stop Sade when they first fought a few weeks ago. Sade came out next to a more audible pop and chant of her name. She had a bedazzled bat with her.

Black did not wait and immediately attacked Sade on the apron and grabbed the bat. Sade avoided a swing and attacked Black, who dropped said bat. Sade attacked Black and leapt on Black on the floor and whipped her to the ring steps. Sade attacked Black along the barricade and into the apron.

Black stemmed the tide by grabbing a kendo stick and hit Sade repeatedly on the floor. Black went under the ring to grab a stop sign but Sade recuperated and hit a running dropkick off the ring steps. While Sade celebrated with fans, Black crawled under the ring. When Sade caught her, Black hit her with a fire extinguisher and sprayed Sade with the foam.

Black rammed her into the ring steps and then threw her back into the ring, grabbing a chair in the process. Black continued to beat on Sade, eventually hitting her with the chair. The beating continued and Black taunted Sade. A rope-assisted kick to the back got just a one count. Proving she is a heel, she went under the ring and grabbed a table, earning cheers – she then slid it back, earning the crowd’s ire.

Black continued to maul Sade in the ring and the corner and then hit the chinlock. Sade writhed on the ring but Sade managed to get to where her bat was and Sade attacked Black with it. She followed it with a slingblade and a forearm in the corner as the crowd desperately wanted tables. Sade set Black on a chair and then hit a reverse bodypress off the ropes for a two count.

An enziguri stopped Sade’s attack followed by slam to the mat for a two count. Black went back to the floor and grabbed (sigh) a black bag and dumped “hundreds of thumbtacks” according to Rehwoldt. Sade attempted the Blackout on the tacks but Sade thwarted it and backdropped Sade into..well, some…well, a few of the thumbtacks. The crowd wanted one more try and NOW Sade fully slammed Black into the thumbtacks (with another “holy (excrement)” chant. Sade went to the top and hit a beautiful moonsault for the win.

Post Match: Sade celebrated on the turnbuckle and grabbed her chest. No sign of Rosemary.

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We see Maclin and Santana wrapping up and getting ready for their match. Hannifan and Rehwoldt talk about the match. Hannifin brought up the specters of Nick Nemeth and Eddie Edwards with their automatic challenges. Hannifan said how do you compartmentalize that? Rehwoldt said you focus on the opponent in front of you not the one with a trophy in the locker room.

We get a recap of the System’s issues with the Hardys that brought the Righteous into play, including the “mysterious” stairwell attack on Impact on Thursday that waylaid Matt Hardy. We get the Righteous part of the drama and Vincent taking the place of Matt in this match.

The System (Alexander and Myers) vs. Vincent and Jeff Hardy

The System are out first to a chorus of boos. We get the greeting that the Righteous are coming and the slide guitar and snapping confirmed that. Vincent headed into the ring with his own variation of Hardy face paint. Jeff was next to an incredibly loud pop and greets the fan around ringside. Jeff got in the ring and fused the Vincent snaps with his own dance. Hannifan made note of the Righteous’ struggles in tag action.

Jeff and Myers started. The two tried to gain advantage but Jeff got it and hit the Poetry of Motion (with an assist from Vincent.) Alexander tried to stop the faces but missed a charge and now it was Vincent’s turn to hit the Poetry in Motion (with Jeff on the assist.) The faces cleared the ring of the System and then leapt from the apron on them. Vincent threw Myers into the ring and climbed to the top, thwarting Alexander’s interference. However, it was enough as Myers knocked Vincent to the mat.

Myers and Alexander beat on Vincent. Alexander taunted Jeff and with the attention of the ref diverted, he and Myers beat on Vincent. Myers tagged and suplexed Vincent for a two count and then grabbed the chinlock.

Myers stopped a Vincent rally and tagged Alexander. Alexander beat on Vincent, getting a two kick from a dropkick. The components continued to beat on Vincent. Vincent got a sustained rally from a Russian Legsweep off a tilt-a-whirl attempt by Myers. Vincent did the hope crawl and did tag Hardy.

Hardy hit his usual spots on Alexander for a two count. He riled up the fans and attempted a Twist of Fate but Alexander pushed him into a spear by Myers. Alexander hit a Michinoku Driver for a two count. The System tried a double suplex but Vincent interrupted the attempt. The faces threw Myers to the floor and hit a Twist of Fate Shell Shock (variation) on Alexander for a two count until Myers interrupted the pin.

Vincent hit Myers with aback elbow off the ropes but Alexander stopped him with a German Suplex. However, Hardy recovered and hit a Twist of Fate on Alexander. Hardy went to the top for the Swanton Bomb but….. a shot on the chryon showed Matt tied up and bleeding. That distracted Jeff enough that his Swanton Bomb was met with Alexander’s knees. The shot panned out and we see Dutch standing next to him. Vincent turned to Jeff and smiled. “It was too good to be true,” Hannifan said (oh, Tom, you naïve young man.)

Meanwhile, while Jeff stared incredulously at Vincent, Myers hit the Roster Cut (running lariat) and Alexander got the Lumbar Check for the win.

Post-Match: The System headed up the rampway as Vincent stood over Jeff for an elongated period of time. He then got out of the ring and walked slowly up the rampway to a very loud chorus of boos. Jeff eventually got to his feet to a loud “Hardy” chant.

We get a hype piece for Rebellion in Cleveland, OH on April 11. We go back to Rehwoldt and Hannifan who touch briefly on the Righteous vs. Hardy feud and then to confirmed matches for Rebellion, including Slater vs. Alexander for the X-Division title, The Hardys vs. The System (Bronson and Myers in this case,) Kazarian vs. Elijah and Miguel vs. Ali for the International Title.

However, we get an interruption (much to Hannifan’s chagrin.) It is the Personal Concierge who had something important to say. The By Elegance Brand (sans Ash) emerge from the back and head to the ring. “What did we do to deserve this? “ Hannifan said. “We are being blessed,” Hannifan retorted. “We’d be blessed if (the PC) fell into a swamp and was eaten by a gator.”

The Elegance has something important to say. M said thanks to all the degenerates at ringside, Ash is still bedridden at home because they won’t stop calling her a “mark.” She is not a “mark.” She said the fans are “marks.” The biggest mark is ODB. M suggested that ODB continue to drive around in her dirty food truck because is she ever stepped into the Elegance domain, they will file a lawsuit (it’s all fun and games until the lawyers enter) and send her back to the trailer park she belonged.

Sure enough, ODB’s music is played and a loud “ODB” chant emerged. She started to talk but Heather interrupted and said they may not have taught her math at the backwoods school she went in Minnesota but Heather didn’t think she was that stupid. There are one of her and two of the Elegance brand. ODB saw that and said some two on one action might be fun tonight (ewwww..well, maybe…not the first time that happened in N’Awlins. Oh wait, wrestling – never mind.) ODB said she is a married woman now.

She had been around for a long time and has friends and has a friend with her in N’Awlins, former TNA Knockouts champ Taryn Terrell. She welcomed them to her hometown, female dogs. She had been waiting for a long time to for this day. She wanted them to say all their mess to her face. In New Orleans, they say “Laissez les bons temps rouler “(Let the Good Times Roll.) The crowd chanted it with her.

Mr. Elegance grabbed the mic and said he is Mr. Elegance. As far as he is concerned, he is a member of the Elegance Brand (well, yeah.) he does the math again and now it is three versus two. He has no problem kicking ODB in the face. ODB said he couldn’t handle it. She counted it again and said there are three versus two – until now. Mickie James’ music hit and now it is three on three. The master mark is at home crying, James mused. The PC interrupted but James called him a pickle..ummm..male phallus. Naturally, the crowd started that as a chant.

James said there has been enough talking and is ready to go. They head to ringside and grabbed Mr. Elegance and dropped him to the mat. James and Terrell assaulted the Brand before the they beat a retreat. Mr. Elegance tried to boot ODB but she blocked the kick and all three slugged him below the belt. Mr. Elegance sold it comedically and then the ladies threw him to the floor. The Brand yelled and threatened the ladies up the rampway.

Meanwhile, Rae and Marella are watching from the back and Marella said that was exciting (well….) Rae agreed with him that it was good (the bosses agree, that’s a start.) Now, they get ready for the main event. Marella wanted Santana to kick his butt but Rae admonished him for being partial and walked off on a call.

We get a rerun of the hype piece for the Santana vs. Maclin match from the pregame and then we get the main event.

TNA World Heavyweight title match: Mike Santana vs. Steve Maclin

Maclin is out first to a mixed result of cheers and boos – but mostly boos. Hannifan said Macin represents the worst truth about the world – if you are selfish, morally void and ruthless; you will get ahead. Santana stands in the concourse and made his way through the stands to a giant pop. Hannifan said Santana never ran away from the truth of who he is. Santana made a lap around the fans and made his way to the ring. Santana soaked in the crowd as Maclin calmly watched from the corner.

The two eyed each other for a while as Santana got the crowd riled. The two met in the ring with no advantage gained. Maclin backed Santana into the corner and paintbrushes him. The two no-sold shoulderblocks off the ropes. They traded slaps and punches in the middle of the ring and off the ropes.

Santana backed Maclin to the ropes but Maclin indicated he was hurt. The referee called time and the ringside medic got in the ring (the folks at the BioFlex Injury report folks were on pins and needles.) Santana stalked around the ring. Silva made his way to Maclin’s position and conferred with the referee and the staff. Santana got the crowd riled but Maclin arose but then quickly went down to one knee. He sat back down on the mat.

However, while everyone focused on Maclin, Eddie Edwards ran to the ring and attacked Santana. Edwards mauled Santana and got into the face of Silva. Edwards slammed Santana on the apron and attempted a Pedigree on the floor. However, Santana backdropped Edwards. Santana remembered there was a table under the ring; so, he grabbed it. Edwards recovered and attacked Santana and threw him into the ring. However, Santana responded with a Spin the Block and dropped Santana. He slid Edwards onto the table, climbed to the top and leapt on Edwards. Mitchell said the winner by no contest (?) was Santana.

Post-Match: Santana celebrated in the ring as Hannifan thanked us for watching and talked about the frustration Santana faced tonight.

Impactful Ruminations:

One: I was very hot and cold on this match. I know it’s the South but the screw job finish in the main event was a lot to be desired. I guess Maclin goes back to be a secondary character whilst Edwards gets his shot with Nemeth waiting in the wings. A proper denouement would have been great – or at least, something more than the blip we got on this match. Let’s see what Maclin does with this.

Two: Let me see if I get this straight, we have Luna and we have Blanchard; both with strong cases to hold the Knockouts title but we are going to keep it on Grace? I know it’s the cowardly heel trope and she does it well but there are so many better options to choose than, well, this.

Three: Slater looked great in his match with Young. Slater is a superstar now and just is the part he needs to be.

Four: We are never going to get that cleanse, are we?

Five: I guess we are slotting Kazarian to fight Bagwell at Rebellion? Maybe. Francis Is still on this treadmill and something soon needs to happen.

Six: Despite the loss, I was really impressed with Elijah and the powerbomb spot. I am curious where we go with him? He can’t just well, “drift” (pun intended) on the midcard. There are a lot pieces and think he might have hit his ceiling.

Seven: This was a great way to introduce Agent Zero into the roster with a feud with Moose. Moose is a veteran and knows what he is doing and can help Zero learn the ring stuff and will make him only better.

Eight: I am curious why we are getting the legends appearances. I know it is a new market with new fans but do we want to be reminded of those who were there in the dark days? I guess credit to management for giving them a shot on a A-list channel and amongst more fans they are acclimated. But, I don’t know anyone who was clamoring to see Taryn Terrell one more time.

Nine: Are we doing anything with BDE? Anything. The mentorship with Swann was a nice switch but extolling his online popularity is undercut by jobbing him routinely.

10: The true nature of the Righteous was delivered very well. That was nicely done.

11: Enough hardcore matches, Tommy. This isn’t 1995; there’s no shock in it (at least a positive one.) I don’t need the thumbtacks, the tables are played and it just is too much. I would say the same about the intergender violence but this was a tag match so it seemed to fit but really should end.

12: More Rosemary, okay….Although, if she could produce Michael B. Jordan, I would take it all back and it’s the instant angle/gimmick of the year.

13: I am still mystified by Ricky Sosa’s incredible popularity. I guess I have to hit the internet or just yell at clouds. He is massively over with fans and was a great “get” by TNA.

14: Havok was a wrestler I was impressed until we saw her social media posts. I guess you can’t spell “The Land of Second Chances” without “TNA.”

15: Despite the silliness with Rosemary, I am glad that Sade is getting a fairly decent rocket push. She dealt with Nemeth and now Black. I wonder what is next and if she does not get too bogged down with the Rosemary stuff.

16: Ali should win the International Title. Despite the earlier trepidation regarding the match steps, he looked awesome.

17: Great work by the announce team, aside from the Cody Deaner fiasco.

Lastly: Ryan Nemeth: Adorable energy – then, now, forever.

Keep Fighting the good fight.