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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) kicked disconnected and vanished pinch champions situation All-Star matches, which helped find No. 1 contenders for 2 championships.
The men’s lucifer started "Impact." Elijah, Eric Young, Frankie Kazarian, KC Navarro and Leon Slater faced disconnected against tag squad champions Bear Bronson and Brian Myers, world champion Mustafa Ali, X Division champion Cedric Alexander and TNA world champion Mike Santana. If an All-Star pinned 1 of nan champs, they would automatically get a title shot.
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KC Navarro and Tommy Dreamer airs for a photograph earlier nan crippled betwixt nan St. Louis Cardinals and nan Athletics astatine Sutter Health Park successful Sacramento, Calif., connected May 13, 2026. (Don Collier/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Navarro took advantage of that, moving pinch Slater astatine nan extremity of nan lucifer to get 1 complete connected Ali. Navarro would pin Ali to gain a changeable astatine nan TNA International Championship aft losing to A.J. Francis successful a Sac Town Street Fight a fewer weeks prior.
Later, Elayna Black, Mara Sadé and Xia Brookside took connected TNA Knockouts champion Lei Ying Lee and Knockouts tag squad champions Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance.
Brookside and Lee person been astatine likelihood for much than a period arsenic nan erstwhile champion friends divided up. The Elegance Brand besides wasn’t astir to fto immoderate of nan All-Stars get 1 complete connected them. M by Elegance and Heather by Elegance controlled nan lucifer for their squad for nan astir part, avoiding tagging successful Lee. Sadé felt nan tag squad beingness for nan astir part. Heather yet tagged successful Lee and took connected Brookside.
Mr. Elegance would yet insert himself into nan match. He tripped up Lee, who walked into Brookside’s DDT. Brookside pinned Lee and earned herself a changeable astatine nan TNA Knockouts World Championship.
Fabian Aichner signs pinch TNA, makes in-ring debut
Fabian Aichner, formerly known arsenic Giovanni Vinci, makes his measurement to nan ringing during WWE SmackDown astatine Golden 1 Center successful Sacramento, Calif., connected Sept. 20, 2024. (WWE/Getty Images)
TNA announced earlier Thursday that Fabian Aichner officially signed pinch nan institution aft he collapsed Cedric Alexander’s X Division Championship triumph complete Leon Slater 2 weeks ago.
Aichner vowed to return down The System and proved it past week erstwhile he wiped nan full faction retired by himself. He made his in-ring debut connected Thursday against Eddie Edwards.
Edwards did his champion to support Aichner down, including a backpack stunner and utilizing nan ropes to choke nan life retired of Aichner. Alisha Edwards moreover sewage her hands soiled and sewage progressive successful nan match. Alisha Edwards sewage caught trying to usage a kendo instrumentality connected Aichner and was kicked retired of nan match.
The System came down to support Edwards but recovered retired that Aichner tin fly. He deed a crossbody scatter connected nan faction and a springboard DDT. He was astir to make Edwards pat retired but The System interrupted nan match, causing a disqualification.
Leon Slater heads to Ultimate X
Ultimate X is 1 of nan astir breathtaking matches successful TNA history and it will beryllium coming backmost astatine Slammiversary successful June.
The "Impact" broadcast announced that Slater will beryllium a portion of nan adjacent Ultimate X lucifer arsenic Cedric Alexander puts nan X Division title connected nan line. There are still 4 participants that person to beryllium announced for nan match.
Slammiversary is group for June 28 astatine nan Agganis Arena.
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Stacks gains nan advantage connected Santino Marella
Santino Marella makes his entranceway during NXT astatine nan WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Fla., connected Sept. 30, 2025. (Bradlee Rutledge/WWE)
It had been much than 5 months since Santino Marella appeared successful nan ringing for TNA and astir a twelvemonth since he was successful a singles match. TNA’s Director of Authority is feuding pinch Stacks Lorenzo, who Marella has said corrupted his girl Arianna Grace.
The rivalry betwixt nan 2 came to a caput successful Sacramento erstwhile TNA Director of Operations Daria Rae booked Marella and Lorenzo successful a lucifer past week. And it started retired good for Marella. He was putting nan wounded connected his soon-to-be son-in-law.
Lorenzo taunted Marella done nan match, hitting him pinch aggregate knee strikes to nan gut. Marella would get backmost into nan lucifer and break retired nan cobra and it allowed Lorenzo to rotation up Marella and get nan speedy pin for nan win.
Grace added reproach to injury. She tried to slap him earlier Marella stopped it. Lorenzo blindsided him and started his post-match assault. Indi Hartwell came down to thief Marella and challenged Lorenzo and Grace to a mixed tag squad match.
Rae came retired and reminded Hartwell that she doesn’t make matches. However, she said she would "love" to spot Lorenzo hit Marella again and booked nan mixed tag squad lucifer for adjacent week.
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"Impact" results:
Tessa Blanchard competes successful nan U.S. vs. Canada Border Brawl successful Niagara Falls, Ontario, connected May 25, 2025. (Robert Okine/Getty Images)
- KC Navarro wins nan men’s Champions Challenge.
- Tessa Blanchard def. Harley Hudson.
- Stacks Lorenzo def. Santino Marella.
- Fabian Aichner def. Eddie Edwards via DQ.
- Xia Brookside wins nan women’s Champions Challenge.
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