With Victory Road behind us, we are just about five weeks away until TNA heads to Bound for Glory. But, the fallout of last weekend carries over into tonight’s TNA Impact!
The show kicks off with former Knockouts World Tag Team Champion, Alisha Edwards, as she is fuming over her recent title loss. She calls out her former tag team partner, Masha Slamovich, and answers her call.
Slamovich arrives with a smile and meets Edwards in the ring. Edwards claims that she created Team Malisha and continues to lash out at her. Slamovich, who speaks English for the first time on Impact, says she’s sick of her and understands everything she says. But, before she can get another word out, Tasha Steelz takes her out from behind.
The new pairing of Steelz and Edwards continue to punish Slamovich with a kendo stick, but incomes TNA Knockouts World Champion, Jordynne Grace, to make the save. The System comes out to take control, but the Hardys come out to Slamovich and Grace’s aid.
The chaos comes to a halt as Santino Marella comes out to announce that Slamovich will team up with the Hardys against The System tonight. And next week, the NXT and TNA liaison, Arianna Grace announces that Grace will team up with a “best friend” of hers against the likes of Wendy Choo and Rosemary.
Grace catches Slamovich backstage and says throughout the string of open challenges, she had hoped Slamovich would challenge her someday. Slamovich says that she’ll see her soon, but focuses on tonight and professes to the Hardys how she’s living her dream by pairing up with them.
Next, the new Tag Champions, Spitfire, are in action tonight. The self-proclaimed “Miss NXT” comes out again and announces that they will defend their titles against some more “best friends” of hers. Their competition: NXT’s Kendal Grey and Carlee Bright.
Jody Threat and Grey start the match, and Grey attempts to withstand the offense of the newly crowned champions. Grey manages to get the hot tag to Bright, and both manage to take Dani Luna off her feet. Unfortunately for this NXT duo, it was a valiant effort as Grey gets slammed with the Pressure Drop for Spitfire to retain their titles.
Backstage, we catch Ash By Elegance who again meets new TNA Knockout, Heather Reckless. Reckless has been calling them to talk about a makeover, but exclaims that they are very busy. Despite the schedule, Reckless invites them to her match against Xia Brookside next week.
Next, we catch a glimpse of a new TNA Knockout, Lei Ying Lee, coming next week!
In our tag-team main event tonight, Steelz and Slamovich start off right where they left off and Slamovich gains the upper hand in the early goings of the match.
Steelz tries to get her hands on Matt Hardy, but Slamovich puts a stop to it for some Poetry in Motion. Slamovich takes it to the top rope and lands a rolling senton to The System on the outside.
Edwards tries to trip up the feet of Matt Hardy, but her interference gets her sent packing to the back by The ABC. Meanwhile, Slamovich takes out Steelz with a dive to the outside. This allows Jeff Hardy to hit the Swanton Bomb and take the win.
What did you think about tonight’s TNA Impact? What is in store for Slamovich’s future? Can Grace fend off Rosemary and Choo? And will Reckless finally get the makeover she’s looking for? Let us know in the comments below!
