Today is a live TNA iMPACT! And by now we all know my stance, I want to see Leon Slater lose in glorious fashion. I do not like him in the least, he’s Flip Gordon with melanin and less speaking ability. People that glaze him are just towing the company line, he ain’t anything interesting. Man’s not hot.

But a less fan charged intro would really be a small concern. Last week was their lowest viewership since the move to AMC, and they always tend to be more miss than hit with their live iMPACTs lately. So this should be interesting to see if it’s a giant mess and if the dip was only because of playoff NHL and NBA games or a deeper issue.

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— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 15, 2026

Ratings:

• #1 Contender Battle Royal: Eric Young, last eliminating Elijah – ** 1/2
• Sac Town Street Fight: AJ Francis vs KC Navarro: AJ wins via Down Payment through 2 Tables – ***
• Victoria Crawford & Mila Moore w/Tessa Blanchard vs Allie & Rosemary w/Mara Sade: Rosemary wins via As Above, So Below – ***
• X Division Championship: 2 out of 3 Falls Match: Leon Slater (c) vs Cedric Alexander: Cedric wins 2-1 via Lumbar Checks – **** 1/2 – TITLE CHANGE!!!

Results:

#1 Contender Battle Royal

Mustafa Saed is a nice surprise entrant. 

After I think 16 years, Mustafa brings weapons, cracks Bear Bronson with the trash can, clears a few people and then goes toe to toe with Agent Zero. Aww, Zero eliminates Mustafa after a Headbutt. Dutch and Zero square off, Dutch hits Death Walks but both get eliminated together. Mr. Elegance eliminates BDE, Hometown Man takes out Elegance, Myers gets eliminated by HTM when he tried too hard. Hotch saves himself, runs along the backs of eliminate people like he’s Mario but gets clocked by Elijah. Vincent and Hotch get eliminated, HTM does 10 Count Punches like a doofus on Kaz, so he just shoves him out.

Kaz gets eliminated getting whipped over the corner, he tries to hold Elijah for The System, they charge Elijah but Elijah ducks it and Eddie and Bear get eliminated. Eric Young and Elijah are the last two, both going over the top but holding on to brawl on the apron. Chops, Kicks, EY hits his new favorite move the Back Kick to the Dick. Elijah crashes to the mat and Eric Young wins the Battle Royal.

.@MustafaAli_X TNA International Championship reign continues, while @TheEricYoung’s cleanse has targeted @Santana_Proud!#TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/yEORG8ygXN

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 15, 2026

Lei Ying Lee comes out, has a nice moment that of course gets ruined by Xia Brookside interrupting. Lei yells at her in Chinese, Xia tells her to figure out how to speak to her dumbass fans, she won’t translate anymore. Xia is doing really well being an easily hated heel with the racist and the insults to the American crowds feel even better since she’s British. Good stuff actually.

Keith Jardine is there to plug his new movie that paid for an ad. Gia interviews him and the Elegance losers come out to show him what a “real man” looks like. This…is dumb…it’s cringe forced confrontation/comedy. That was awful.

Sac Town Street Fight: AJ Francis vs KC Navarro

TNA got Chris Caray, Harry Caray’s grandson to do guest play-by-play. The tie in is that he’s the Oakland Athletics’ play-by-play guy. He did bring a helmet and baseball bat, so I’m assuming those will be used at some point. Hopefully by KC.

KC looks serious as a heart attack stalking down the ramp. He baits AJ into a charge, Drop Toe Hold into the apron, Apron Slide Tiger Feint! KC tries to grab the table, but AJ isn’t injured enough so AJ clobbers him and then slides the table back under. AJ wants an early Down Payment, but KC fights through, tries a Frankensteiner, AJ tries to turn it into a Styles Clash but KC gets out of it. 305 hit by KC, he goes for the Suicida, AJ catches him, but KC turns it into a Satellite DDT and gets the table. AJ throws KC into the steps before KC can keep his momentum going. AJ looks for a Down Payment through the table, KC gets away, CHAIRSHOT. KC shoves AJ into the steps and he’s in control going to commercial.

A second table gets added to the mix by KC, AJ rolls back into the ring and cuts off KC. Starts choking him with the steel chair, wedges it in the corner, and Tennessee Whiskey with a metal taste. AJ is handling KC on the outside, KC tries to fight back but AJ Bear Hugs him and then spine into the apron. AJ is carrying KC over his shoulder like a bag of trash. AJ then Lawn Darts KC into the post and finally decides to talk shit to Chris Caray. AJ takes the bat from Chris, lines up KC…but KC ducks, then jumps over the second swing and shoves AJ into the steps. KC grabs the bat, asks for the helmet, and bat to the gut, then back, KC with the bat from the middle rope! He sees the trash can, wedges it, Home Run, into a slide into the can between AJ’s legs! The referee calls safe! Rocker Dropper from KC for a two count! Can crowns AJ the king of the weak, bat connects with the can! KC fishes for a bunch of chairs. KC sets up chairs, AJ tries the Down Payment to counter but KC counters the Down Payment into a cutter through the chairs! 1-2-nope! AJ kicks out!

AJ manages to stop KC’s momentum, grabs him and decides to hit the Down Payment, but chucks him out of the ring through the two tables! AJ rolls KC back in, and AJ sadly wins. Really solid match, disappointing finish, but hopefully it goes somewhere.

Mike Santana comes out, makes a fairly generic but good energy promo. Daria cuts him off when he starts talking about Eric Young as the next challenger, but Daria says that since it was a referee stoppage, he never beat Steve Maclin So there will be a rematch next week for the TNA World Title. Santino comes out to basically say he agrees with Daria’s match, but also announces Indi Hartwell re-signed with TNA. 

Victoria Crawford & Mila Moore w/Tessa Blanchard vs Allie & Rosemary w/Mara Sade

Rosemary goes a-biting on Mila, Allie comes in and looks great. A skipping Knee Lift, great sliding Forearm, really crisp offense. Damn, Allie has been quite nice in the ring in her return. Tessa interferes and allows Mila to trip up Allie and get control. Vix tags in and she starts tossing Allie around with the Hair Throws. Allie keeps on her, slams her down, kicks her, a few near falls and then tags Mila back in. Allie eats a double kick and crumples. Quick tags from the Diamond Collective, but Allie gets a little space off a Knee Lift, Twisting Neckbreaker and simultaneous tags. Vix and Rosemary go off, Rosemary Slingblades Vix into tomorrow, Lariat, Hip Attack, Exploder Suplex and Scorpion Death Drop for a two count! Mila gets in to gang up, but Rosemary fights them off and we get stereo Upside Downs! Tessa tries to get involved but Mara takes out Tessa! Allie continues to beat down Mila, Spicolli Driver on the floor!

Back in the ring, Rosemary hits As Above, So Below for the win!

There’s a Broken Promo, the monsters are out of the cage. Damascus has been unlocked! The Nefarious Brother Nero! Hopefully they bring back Smokin’ Joe the Kangaroo. 

X Division Championship: 2 out of 3 Falls Match: Leon Slater (c) vs Cedric Alexander

Hockey fight into dueling Shoulder Tackles, Roll through cradle, Leon tries the Styles Clash, but Cedric gets away from it, tries the Lumbar Check but Leon hits the flash Cradle and gets the first pinfall! Leon 1-0

We go to commercial after the pinfall. Coming back Cedric hits the Snap German on the floor and we see Cedric roll in and then back out to collect Leon. X-Plex onto the Apron, as Cedric wipes his balls with a sign he doesn’t like and they head inside the ring. Hard Irish Whip, Leon is upside down in the corner. Backbreaker for fun, and then they trade strikes. Jawjacker from Leon, Lariats drop Cedric, Cedric retreats to the corner and eats a Yakuza kick! Leon misses the dive, back and forth, Leon with the Spiderman Rebound Kick into the Crossover for a near fall. Locomotion Cradles, but neither falls victim, Michinoku Driver from Cedric but only two!

Cedric wants a Lumbar Check but Leon blocks it. Cedric with the slap to the spine, Gamengiri from Leon, another Yakuza Kick from Leon as Cedric slumps into the corner. Cedric catches the foot, hits the Lumbar Check! Tie 1-1

Leon tries to find a few desperation haymakers as Cedric is being deliberate with his strikes and more strikes to the back. Forearms into the back, but Leon finds a Spinning Back Kick out of nowhere! Near fall! Leon heads to the sky, 450 no, Michi-no, Back Elbow, Crescent Kick, Final Cut from Leon! Leon misses the follow into the corner, Running Sitout Powerbomb from Cedric for a near fall! They’re kneeling and trading, at least Fighting Spirit makes sense here. Dual Shotgun Kicks send both crashing on their asses.

Cedric avoids the kick and powders, but Leon does his corner post jump for the big pop. Leon wants the finish but Cedric grabs his foot, Enzuigiri from Ceddy. They fight up top, Avalanche Frankensteiner is caught and blocked. Leon with the Avalanche Styles Clash! 1-2-kicks out! Leon goes back to the top and Cedric keep barely grabbing the foot. Cedric kicks the knee out from under Leon and Leon crashes. Cedric goes out and Lawn Darts him into the steel steps! The referee is protecting Leon, Cedric poses with the belt, and he’s wasting time being arrogant.

Leon is cut open, Cedric is admiring his work, Leon is barely up, Lumbar…nope Schoolboy for a near fall! Forearm into a Brainbuster from Cedric but Leon kicks out! Cedric chops him and is enjoying the situation too much. Lumbar Check number 2 connects, but Leon kicks out this time! Leon pulls off a Utopia, Leon goes up, Swanton 450, misses! LUMBAR CHECK! LUMBAR CHECK AGAIN! CEDRIC WINS! THANK YOU FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER!

After the match Fabian Aichner’s music hits and he stakes his claim I suppose? Who asked for him? The coldest free agent on the market.

Overall Score: 7.75/10

Aside from the Elegance Brand existing, this was a really good episode. Santino and Daria are hilarious, Xia and Lei are great, none of the matches were bad, Cedric stopped the Leon hype train! Broken Hardys were something people loved, after they understood it, KC looked great in the loss, Mustafa Saed was a really nice random pop and I’m still hella impressed with Allie. She used to be just a pretty face who even when her gimmick wasn’t clueless and happy to be there, she still kinda used to suck. But she’s come back with such a good intensity and crispness, I really am a fan of her for more than just aesthetics. I would definitely get behind a legit Allie push for the Knockouts title again.

Also, now The System holds Tags and X Division titles, only 2 others left. Do they get the clean sweep from the male side? Oh and yes, no one cares about Fabian Aichner, stop it. But the episode in general was the best of the year, just damn.

Do you wanna know something? I’m just watching to see if Lei Ying Lee wins. Of course I was gonna watch this regardless because it’s kind of my job. But from a fan standpoint, Lei needs to win. Indi claiming she just wants to get her hands on Arianna regardless of who’s champion, and Dreamer inserting himself into a segment for a pep talk…Lei’s already lost three matches in a row and her best friend. If she loses again, then she better be leaving TNA after her Xia Brookside match.

So time to see what we get.

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— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 8, 2026

Ratings:

• NoDQ Match: Eric Young vs EC3: EY wins via Piledriver on steel chair – ** 1/2
• TNA Tag Team Championship: The System (c) vs Nic Nemeth & KC Navarro: Bear retains via Bear Down – *** 1/4
• Eddie Edwards & Cedric Alexander vs Moose & Leon Slater: Moose wins via Jacknife Cradle – ****
• TNA Knockouts Championship: Arianna Grace (c) w/Stacks vs Lei Ying Lee: Lei wins via Eclipse – *** 3/4 – TITLE CHANGE!!!!!

Results:

NoDQ Match: Eric Young vs EC3

EY tries to attack EC3 before the bell, but EC3 dodges and hits a Thesz Press. Strikes follow up, then EC3 rams EY into the corner, and its very much a brawl to begin with. EY powders, tries to get EC3 to follow, but EC3 only sticks his head out through the ropes, which gives EY the chance to grab him. He tries to snap off the Piledriver, but EC3 fights out of it, lays out EY, sets up a table and then gets clocked before he can use it.

Eric rolls into the ring while EC3 is finding weapons, EY tries to use the chair, but EC3 deflects it, rocks EY, tries to put the chair around EY’s head but EY fights it off. Flair Corner Flip, apron run from Eric, but EC3 plucks him off the turnbuckle and chucks him. Lariat over the top rope and they spill to the outside as we head to commercial.

Back from the commercial, EC3 is trying to hit the One Percenter, but EY shoved him off, trips up EC3, stomps the solar plexus and then repeatedly throws trash cans at him. EY grabs a chain, starts choking EC3 with it, tries to get fancy with the chain, but EC3 counters it into some Reverse STO thing. EC3 starts trying to choke EY with the chain, but EY hits the Saito Suplex onto the chain. EY goes for a Moonsault and misses, EC3 hits a Running Neckbreaker and goes back to choking EY with the chain. EC3 hits the TKO, but doesn’t try a pinfall or anything. He wants to crown EY with the chair. As EC3 is setting up, EY hits the Low Blow but keeps the chair around his neck. EC3 Drop Toe Hold with EY landing on the chair, then a One Percenter with the chair necklace. EY powders, EC3 follows to the Apron, EY kicks EC3 in the balls 3 times, before Piledriving him through the table.

EY throws EC3 back into the ring, and hits another Piledriver on a steel chair. EY wins.

Elayna Black saunters out to say she’s the only one that matters in the Knockouts Division. Her logic is sound, she makes more money looking good  than most do busting their ass. The fact she says she’s not just a Knockout, she’s a business…is a great line. The Personal Concierge and ASH come out to argue on who’s richer. Indi comes out to admonish them, Elayna and ASH get on the same page saying Indi sounds poor. ASH tells Indi to leave and let the Real Knockouts talk. Indi says nothing about her is real. She goes from hair down and of course punctuates it with ASH’s fake boobs. You know, I’m never really a fan of Indi’s mic work, but she was pretty good here. And two egotistical heels needed  a babyface to interrupt. 

TNA Tag Team Championship: The System (c) vs Nic Nemeth & KC Navarro

KC and Myers start, Myers is jawing to start, a little taunting push, then KC moves out of the way, a few quick hitters before Myers blocks a Snapmare, but a Headscissors and DDT gives KC an early pinfall but Myers shakes it off, gets control, tags in Bear, they try to team up on KC but Nic comes in, Double Dropkick, KC drags Bear to his corner, tags in Nic and Nic and Bear go back and forth. Bear gets control back quickly, chokes Nic along the ropes, Lish interferes with more choking when the referee is distracted and she does it again, just for good measure after Myers is legal and distracting.

Headlock stall tactics from Myers, Nic tries to hit the Jawbreaker and start something, but eats a Knee Lift and Myers goes back to keeping Nic grounded with a Front Facelock. Again, Nic tries to fight back, but Myers hits the Side Suplex. Myers wants the Roster Cut, but Nemeth counters it with the FameASSer. Simultaneous tags, KC and Bear. Lariat, Drop Kick, corner Splash, rope run into a Satellite DDT. Myers makes the save, Nic Superkicks Myers into the waiting arms of Eddie and Cedric. KC hits a Wreckingball Dropkick, Lish grabs KC’s foot to interrupt his momentum so when he tries for the Destino, Bear counters it into the Fire/Thunder Driver, he calls Bear Down. System retain.

Eddie grabs the mic and says, let’s start the Moose and Leon match now.

.@AJFrancis410 sends a clear message to @KCwrestles!

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— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) May 8, 2026

Eddie Edwards & Cedric Alexander vs Moose & Leon Slater

Cedric and Leon start, it’s a little slow until Leon surges a Back Handspring, he looks to continue but Cedric retreats to the tag. Eddie gets a small advantage and Leon tags out to Moose. Moose lays in repeated right hands and a big chop. Quick tags from both teams, Leon and Cedric are legal as Moose stuffs Cedric into a corner, starts 10 Count Punches, Eddie tries to interfere but Leon Up and Over, Moose with the Hip Attack and feeds Eddie into Leon’s Boot. Moose with a big Back Body Drop on Cedric. The Heels powder, the babyfaces follow with Stereo Planchas, and The System is having problems.

Leon hits his Crossover Splash, but Cedric kicks out, Moose tags in and more big Chops. Quick tags, Leon gets his own Chop in. Moose tags, Knee to Cedric’s ribs, knocks off Eddie, Scoop Slam on Cedric and Moose drags Cedric back to his corner and tags in Leon. Leon with a Splash and a near fall, Cedric manages a surge to shove Leon back to his corner. Eddie tags in, a thumb to the eye and a hard Irish Whip sends Leon over the turnbuckle and spilling to the floor. Slater manages to beat the count, so Eddie beats on him. Eddie instigates Moose to cause the ref distraction for heel isolation tactics.

Cedric is legal again and bouncing Leon’s head off the buckles before grinding his wrist tape into Leon’s face and paying back Chops and Kicks from earlier. Cedric chokes Leon on the ropes, Lish gets involved again. Lish likes to choke…yes I know what I said, have fun with that. Eddie tags in, and Leon has been isolated for a hot minute…then gets lit up with Eddie’s Kobashi-like Chop. System tries some corner attacks, but Leon dodges Eddie so he posts himself. Enzuigiri hits Cedric and staggers him. Leon tries to make the leap for the tag but Eddie pulls Moose off the apron before the tag. Commercial time.

Back from commercial, Leon is trying to fight back but he gets rocked by Eddie. Eddie tags out, Cedric and Eddie start some corner locomotion punctuated with a Michinoku Driver. Leon’s talking smack and chopping him, stomping on his ribs, short punches to the face and Leon finally connects with Cedric. Leon hits the desperation Spiderman Rebound Kick. Simultaneous tags, Moose has Headbutts for all, Uppercut, Uranage, Senton and a Kip-Up! Moose wants Lights Out, Eddie blocks it, tries to perch but Moose hits Go To Hell! Cedric breaks up the pinfall! Double team attempted on Leon but a Double Back Elbow and everybody down like a Sevendust song.

Both get up and…stereo Fighting Spirit spots…ugh. Turns into a Hockey Fight, Leon and Cedric kick each other and powder. Eddie and Moose duck and rope run before both hitting Lariats. So mirror moves and slowly Moose and Eddie get back, signature spam spot. Cedric manages to hit a Lumbar Check on Leon, but Moose hits Lights Out on Cedric. Eddie tries a School Boy, but Moose kicks out. Lights Out attempt again, Eddie Sunset Flip, but Moose rolls through and Jacknife Cradle, for the win.

TNA Knockouts Championship: Arianna Grace (c) w/Stacks vs Lei Ying Lee

Arianna is trying to stall early on, a slower start, but Lei is connecting with most of the audience. Pump Kick, trip, Front Dropkick, Arianna retreats to the corner and Lei goes for her 10 count down strikes into the T-Bone Suplex. Arianna powders into Stacks’ arms and Lei just explodes into both of them. Lei manages to get Grace back in the ring, but Stacks causes a distraction so Arianna can knock Lei off the turnbuckles. Arianna with ground and pound, into a Snap Suplex onto the floor. Arianna hits a running forearm for a near fall, and then mockingly slams Lei’s face into the mat and follows it up with an arrogant cover. Lei kicks out of it weakly, but Arianna is in control. Irish Whip with the Back Elbow, a hair pull and slams her weight into Lei’s shoulder blades two times. Arianna goes for the Headlock slow down heel spot.

Back from commercial, Lei picks the ankle and tries a submission, but Stacks interfere and doesn’t get kicked out. Lei hits a kick combination into a Spear, but only a two count! Arianna goes up, tries a Crossbody but Lei holds it, Stands, SACK OF SHIT! She fires but Arianna cuts off the comeback! They brawl in the corner, Arianna pushes Lei up the turnbuckles, Superplex! Arianna is talking shit while slapping Lei, talking about how she has no friends. Lei fires up, hits the Warriors Way but tosses her too close to the ropes and Stacks puts the foot on the ropes! The referee finally does something and kicks out Stacks.

Stacks tries to get involved, Lei Dropkicks him, Arianna tries a Schoolgirl into a Codebreaker, Fisherman’s Neckbreaker, 1-2- Lei kicks out! Arianna is desperate, looks for something, Lei slips it, Thrust Kick and Lei…hits the Eclipse?! LEI WINS! Thunder Rolls, and Lighting Strikes…TWICE!

Overall Score: 7/10

Honestly, a crazy solid show with everything happening logically. A decent opening match that could’ve gone either way. Since EC3 just came back, typical imbecile logic is usually “bring them back to win”, but as long as this goes somewhere, it’s nice to see EC3 isn’t just shoved to the top because of past accomplishments. The tag title match was exactly what it should’ve been. I was surprised there wasn’t Ryan Nemeth or AJ Francis interference, but the finish was correct. Moose pinning Eddie to pick up the team win was perfect to put a bow on that situation, while also making Leon look “strong” a week too early. After the main event, there was a backstage moment with Moose laid out. So if Moose is neutralized, Leon may very well lose the title next week, and THAT is exactly what should happen.

Undercard stuff, we saw a cool promo from the Hardyz, a nice back and forth promo with AJ and KC, as well as, something for Elayna, Indi and ASH to do. We already know the Diamond Collective are dealing with the Undead Trio, so it’s nice that stories are playing out on screen. And Lei winning, is 1000% the right call. She’s been screwed left and right, Arianna has been champion for nearly 3 months, and Lei had real palpable sympathy. Even if she loses the title at Slammiversary to Xia Darkside, this second run it very correct.

So logical, fun and filled with solid to really good wrestling. Color me shocked.