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Welcome to PWInsider.com’s TNA iMPACT! coverage for April 3, 2025! Scheduled for tonight's episode is the following:
*Frankie Kazarian vs. Elijah
*Tessa Blanchard & NXT’s Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx vs. TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich & Xia Brookside & Lei Ying Lee
*TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys to appear
*Santino Marella has an announcement
*Spitfire vs. NXT’s Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson
*The System Public Firing
*Steph De Lander and Mance Warner will appear
This week’s episode starts off with a recap of last week’s iMPACT! - Masha Slamovich defeating Jacy Jayne and the events that created tonight’s 6-Woman Tag Team Match, Eric Young sending a message to Steve Maclin, Nic Nemeth defeating Leon Slater, and The Hardys challenging The Nemeths to a match at Rebellion.
Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt are on commentary and they welcome everyone to St. Joseph, Missouri.
Joe Hendry joins the commentary table for the first match. It is announced that Hendry will find out his opponent for Rebellion during tonight’s broadcast.
Frankie Kazarian vs. Elijah
Kazarian ducks the lock up and kicks Elijah in the midsection. Kazarian wiggles out of a slam attempt, but eats a flying tackle. Elijah grabs Kazarian’s arm and climbs to the top rope, hitting Walk with Elijah. Elijah lifts Kazarian, but Kazarian wiggles out and lays in a punch. Kazarian is sent into the ropes, but he holds on and rolls to the outside. Elijah follows him out and hits a big chop. Elijah slams Kazarian’s head into the apron, but Kazarian recovers and sends Elijah into the ringpost.
Kazarian goes over to the commentary table and gets into it with Joe Hendry. Hendry stands up and they start to go at it. Kazarian ends up pushing Hendry into Elijah. Kazarian then rolls Elijah into the ring and rolls him up. While grabbing Elijah’s jeans, Kazarian picks up the three count!
Winner: Kazarian
Joe Hendry immediately gets into the ring and goes after Kazarian. A ton of security comes out to break up the beatdown, but Hendry keeps going after Kazarian. Eventually, Elijah helps pull Hendry off of Kazarian and Hendry settles down. As Elijah pulled Hendry off of Kazarian, though, Hendry seemed to tweak his shoulder. Elijah and Joe Hendry walk to the back together.
A commercial airs for TNA Unbreakable, which will air live from Las Vegas on April 17th at 10 PM ET.
Joe Hendry going after Kazarian is shown again.
Joe Hendry is getting checked out by the doctor in the back. The doctor wants Hendry to go to the hospital to get his shoulder checked out. Hendry tries to refuse, but the doctor talks him into it.
Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt briefly cover the digital exclusive last week where Eddie Edwards gave The System an ultimatum.
Eddie Edwards is in the ring. He talks about the digital exclusive from last week and says that The System members have to either be on board with his vision or they are out of The System. With that, the rest of The System make their way to the ring.
Edwards tells JDC that they go way back. He knows JDC is sick of losing and wants to know if JDC is in or out. JDC tells the town to shut up. He’s in and hugs Edwards. JDC slips his ring back on. Edwards talks to Brian Myers about their tag team accolades and how they are basically brothers. Is Myers in or out? Myers is in and wants to finish what they started. Myers slips his ring back on.
Edwards asks his own wife, Alisha Edwards, if she’s in or out. “Do you wanna know something?” Alisha loves Eddie and she’s in. They kiss and Alisha slips her ring back on. Edwards then approaches Moose. Is Moose in or out? Moose takes the mic and…
Cody Deaner’s music hits and he makes his way down the ramp. He’s been waiting all week to see someone from The System to get fired. Edwards says that Deaner is a loser and can’t believe Cody still has a job. None of this is Deaner’s business and all of The System is on the same page.
Deaner says that it looks like Moose isn’t on the same page. Deaner suggests to Moose that it should be the people’s choice whether he’s in or out of The System. Deaner asks the crowd whether Moose should be in or out of The System. The fans believe that Moose should be out. Deaner tells Moose to listen to the people.
Moose tells Deaner that the people are absolutely right…and then hits Deaner with a big boot. The System all join Moose in stomping Deaner. Moose puts on his ring and The System members stand together over Cody Deaner.
Gia Miller is in the back with Masha Slamovich, Xia Brookside, and Lei Ying Lee. Brookside feels great going into tonight’s 6-Man Tag Team Match. She says that Tessa Blanchard couldn’t find anyone in TNA to help her, so she had to run to NXT to find help. Slamovich says that Blanchard is pathetic and washed up. She’s going to get exactly what she deserves as Slamovich, Brookside, and Lee send Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx back to NXT.
A teaser airs for Joe Hendry: Immersed, which can be found on both TNA+ and YouTube.
Santino Marella approaches The System in the back. He’s not thrilled with The System’s action. Marella tells Moose that the first competitor in the Ultimate X Match at Rebellion is Leon Slater. If Moose wants to know the second competitor, he should check TNA’s social media. A social media pop up comes up on the screen, which shows that Matt Cardona has also been added to the Ultimate X Match. Brian Myers says that he can tell Moose all about Cardona.
Arianna Grace joins the commentary table for the next match.
Spitfire vs. Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson
Jakara Jackson and Dani Luna start things off with a lock up. Jackson quickly goes behind, but Luna reverses by cranking Jackson’s arm.
Gigi Dolin and Tatum Paxley are shown watching the match in the back.
Jackson uses the ropes to take Luna over with an arm drag. Luna lifts Jackson and does a squat, but Jackson wiggles out. Luna hits the ropes and tags in Jody Threat. Spitfire take turns hitting running strikes. Luna tags back in and Jackson is able to scramble to her corner to tag in Lash Legend.
Legend sends Luna to the mat immediately on a lock up. Luna hits the ropes and tries to tackle Legend, but neither woman budges. Luna tells Legend to hit the ropes. Legend fakes it and tries to take a swing at Luna, but Luna ducks and gets Legend with a strike. Luna brings in Threat and Spitfire tries to double team Legend. Jackson gets upset and tries to enter the ring. The referee has to stop her. Legend is able to fight off the double team and Jackson is able to tag in.
Jackson hits Threat with a big chop, but Threat dodges a dropkick. Threat tags in. Luna slams Jackson. Luna tries to slam Threat onto Jackson, but Jackson moves out of the way. Luna tries to roll up Jackson, but Legend is able to make a blind tag. Legend comes in and levels Luna. Legends drives Luna’s head into the mat several times. Jackson tags in and hits Luna with a drop toe hold into the turnbuckles. Jackson then curb stomps Luna into the turnbuckles. Luna starts to fight back, but is cut off by Jackson. Legend tags in and tries to wheelbarrow slam Jackson onto Luna. Luna gets her legs up and fights off Legend, tagging in Threat.
Threat comes in hot. She hits Jackson with a couple of clotheslines and then hits a spinning headscissors on Legend. Threat hits a series of short clotheslines on Legend in the corner. Jackson tries to attack Threat from behind, but Threat reads it and sends her into the corner. Threat hits an exploder on Jackson and then hits double knees on her. Legend grabs Threat from behind and tries to lift her. Threat wiggles out and dropkicks Legend low. Threat then hits a delayed jackhammer on Jackson. Threat makes the pin and Legend breaks it up. Luna comes in and hits Legend with a flying kick.
Luna charges Legend in the corner, but gets lifted over the top rope. Jackson hits a dive on Luna. Legend and Jackson try to hit the MKO, but Threat fights out of it. Threat chops both of her opponents multiple times. Legend tries to hit Threat with a forearm, but Threat ducks and Legend levels Jackson. Legend charges Threat in the corner, but Threat gets her boot up. Threat climbs to the second rope and goes for a crossbody. Legend catches her. Legend and Jackson hit MKO for the win!
Winners: Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson
Mike Santana finds Santino Marella in the back with a member of the TNA crew. Santana thanks Marella for helping his buddy Derek, the crew member, get a job with TNA. Derek has been sober for three months and really needed a job.
A TNAMerch.com commercial airs.
The Hardys make their way to the ring. Matt says that the one thing that is for certain in professional wrestling is that, eventually, everyone’s true character will be shown. At Sacrifice, the real Nic Nemeth came out. Before Sacrifice, The Hardys liked and respected Nemeth - but that’s all over. What Nemeth did at Sacrifice, definitely hurt Matt physically. It also scarred Matt’s children, though, which hurts more than anything that can happen to him physically. The scar that Matt now has on his nose from Nemeth is a symbol. Matt will now focus on DELETING Nic Nemeth.
Jeff says that he loves feeling Matt’s passion. He’s heard that the Nemeths are stand up comedians outside of wrestling. Well, them being the best brother tag team in wrestling must be their best joke. The Nemeths are insane if they believe they can take the TNA Tag Team Titles from The Hardys.
The Great Hands and Tasha Steelz come out. John Skyler says that The Hardys have been doing great things for decades. They are legends and icons, but it’s not 1999 anymore. Matt says that in 1999, they were great. In 2025, they are the greatest of all-time.
The Great Hands have now made their way to the ring. Mustafa Ali, in his win over Mike Santana, inspired them to do great things, too. They now have their eyes set on the TNA Tag Team Championships. Santino Marella comes out and makes the tag team match official for right now! If the Great “Hams” win, they will be in line for a Tag Team Title shot.
The Hardys vs. The Great Hands with Tasha Steelz
Tasha Steelz joins the commentary table for the match.
Matt Hardy and Jason Hotch start things off with a lock up. They jockey for position and break. Matt goes for another lock up, but Hotch dodges it and celebrates. Matt pushes Hotch down. They go for another lock up, but Hotch kicks Matt in the midsection and then cranks an arm. Matt reverses and works over Hotch’s arm. Jeff tags in.
The Hardys double team Hotch for a two count. Jeff snapmares Hotch and then hits him with a dropkick to the back and neck. Jeff lifts Hotch and tags in Matt. Jeff hits an inverted atomic drop and Matt hits a leg drop for a two count. Hotch pokes Matt in the eye and tags in John Skyler. Skyler comes in and punches Matt several times in the midsection.
Matt recovers and tags in Jeff. Matt slingshots Skyler up to the bottom rope and Jeff drops down on him. Jeff elbows Hotch in the corner, but Skyler distracts the referee. Jeff gets knocked off the ropes by Hotch. Jeff is set up in the Tree of Woe and The Great Hands work him over. Hotch tags in and continues the attack before tagging Skyler back in. The Great Hands lift Jeff to the top rope and follow him up. Jeff knocks them off of the ropes and hits Whisper in the Wind on both Hotch and Skyler.
Matt tags in and comes in hot. He knocks down Skyler and slams Hotch. Matt deletes Skyler in the corner and hits Hotch with a Side Effect. Skyler pushes Matt off of a Twist of Fate attempt, but Jeff makes a tag. The Hardys hit Poetry in Motion on Skyler. Matt hits the Side Effect on Skyler and Jeff covers for a two count. Hotch hits Jeff from behind, but Matt disposes of him. Skyler almost gets a roll up victory on Jeff, but The Hardys recover with a Plot Twist. Jeff climbs to the top rope and hits the Swanton Bomb for the win!
Winners: The Hardys
After the match, Ryan Nemeth is shown watching from the back. He sarcastically says that The Hardys’ win is impressive. Leon Slater doesn’t appreciate Nemeth talking smack about his friends. Nemeth says that maybe he can do to Slater what Nic Nemeth did to Matt Hardy. Leon Slater and Ryan Nemeth start to go at it, but security rushes in to separate them.
A TNA Rebellion commercial airs.
TNA Injury Report
The Joe Hendry injury from earlier in the night is shown. Gia Miller is with the doctor in the back. The hospital did an MRI on Joe Hendry - he has a Grade 3 severe sprain of his rotator cuff. Hendry’s status for Rebellion is questionable.
Steph De Lander and Mance Warner make their way to the top of the ramp. De Lander welcomes everyone to the greatest Digital Media Championship reign of all-time. Tonight is a celebration. Warner says that they are stars, headliners, and on covers of magazines (a TNA Weekly cover is shown on the entrance screens). Warner says that there isn’t anyone meaner or tougher than them. No one is prettier, either, and they kiss.
Santino Marella interrupts the make out session. Marella calls De Lander and Warner disgusting and reminds them that iMPACT! is a family show. He tells De Lander that she can’t inherit a championship through a divorce. Marella is taking the title and De Lander and Warner can’t call themselves champions.
Marella says, though, that from the ashes rises a Beth Phoenix. At TNA Unbreakable, there will be a tournament to crown the first TNA International Champion. As a tribute to the Three-Way match between Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, and AJ Styles - every match in the TNA International Championship Tournament will be a Three-Way Match.
Santino Marella asks Steph De Lander for the Digital Media Championship back. He begins to play tug-a-war with her for it until Sami Callihan comes out and attacks Mance Warner. Callihan hits Warner with a bat and then throws Warner off of the stage and through a table. Callihan then grabs the Digital Media Championship and hands it to Marella.
In the back, Tasha Steelz and The Great Hands approach Derek, Mike Santana’s sober friend on the TNA crew, in the back. Steelz tells him that Mr. Ali would like a word. The Great Hands grab Derek and drag him to see Mustafa Ali.
Ali sits down with Derek and apologizes for the abrupt meeting. A little birdie told Ali that Derek is celebrating his sobriety. Well, there is a family that isn't celebrating. Ali knows all about the accident that Derek caused where that little girl will never walk again. That girl’s family will never be the same because of Derek and his addiction. Derek is unworthy of happiness. Ali spits on him and tells The Great Hands to get Derek out of his face. They drag him away.
The Personal Concierge is in the back with Heather. Ash by Elegance is on vacation for a much-needed break. When she comes back, the Elegance Brand will be better than ever. The Personal Concierge has been keeping his eye on someone - Maggie Lee. She’s been doing great on Xplosion!, but needs some help with her look.
Santino Marella has a Bingo roller to pick the participants for the first qualifying three-way match for the TNA International Championship Final at TNA Unbreakable. He picks Eddie Edwards, Ace Austin, and Steve Maclin to face each other.
A video airs that announces that El Hijo del Vikingo will be in the Ultimate X Match at Rebellion.
Tessa Blanchard & NXT’s Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx with Fallon Henley vs. TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich & Xia Brookside & Lei Ying Lee
Masha Slamovich immediately goes after Tessa Blanchard and double legs her down. Slamovich rains down punches, but Blanchard kicks her off and ends up rolling to the outside. Jayce Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx come in, which also brings in Xia Brookside and Lei Ying Lee. Jayne and Nyx are sent to the outside. Brookside and Lee hit stereo baseball slides and Slamovich hits a dive on Blanchard as they go to a commercial break.
Back from the break, Lee has control of Jayne with an arm bar. Jayne grabs Lee’s hair and gets out of the hold. Jayne hits the ropes and hits a tackle from Lee. Lee hits a running knee and then rains down punches on Jayne in the corner. Lee launches Jayne overhead for a two count. Lee lifts Jayne, but Jayne wiggles out and tags in Nyx. Jayne hits Lee before exiting the ring.
Nyx sends Lee into the corner and stomps down on her. Nyx hits a neckbreaker for a two count. Nyx sends Lee into the corner and tags in Jayne. Jayne taunts her opponents and charges Lee in the corner. Jayne hits a senton for a two count. Lee hits a jawbreaker and tags in Brookside. Nyx tags in, as well. Brookside hits Nyx with a series of strikes and a headscissors takeover. Brookside hits an uppercut on Nyx and then Broken Wings for a two count.
Rosemary is shown watching the match from the shadows.
Brookside ends up on the apron and her feet get taken out by Nyx. Nyx tags in Jayne who knocks Brookside off of the apron. Jayne slams Brookside's head into the apron and then rolls her into the ring. Jayne sends Brookside into the corner and hits a cannonball for a two count. Nyx tags back in and she kicks Brookside. Nyx slaps on a chinlock and cranks Brookeside’s neck. Brookside fights out of the hold and hits a monkey flip. Jayne tags in and tries to stop Brookside from making the tag. Brookside fights her off and tags in Slamovich.
Slamovich comes in hot. She kicks Jayne. She kicks Nyx. She hits a running kick on Jayne. She sends Jayne into Nyx and then clotheslines Nyx, causing Nyx to also DDT Jayne. Slamovich tries to continue the attack, but Blanchard comes in and takes out Slamovich. Lee takes out Blanchard. Nyx takes out Lee. Brookside takes out Nyx. Jayne takes out Brookside. Slamovich goes to finish off Jayne with Requiem, but Blanchard breaks it up and hits Buzzsaw for the win!
Winners: Tessa Blanchard, Jacy Jayne, and Jazmyn Nyx
Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt are confused about whether Tessa Blanchard was legal or not. The replay shows that she did make a tag.
Santino Marella has a Bingo roller to pick the participants for the second qualifying three-way match for the TNA International Championship Final at TNA Unbreakable. He picks Sami Callihan, Eric Young, and JDC to face each other.
A TNA Rebellion commercial airs.
In the back, Derek is being checked on by TNA crew members. Mike Santana approaches and Derek apologizes to him.
Santino Marella has a Bingo roller to pick the participants for the third qualifying three-way match for the TNA International Championship Final at TNA Unbreakable. He picks Zachary Wentz, Mance Warner, and AJ Francis to face each other.
Sami Callihan approaches Santino Marella and wants to be in the match with Mance Warner. Marella admits that it makes sense and agrees to it.
Announced for next week’s TNA iMPACT!:
*Steve Maclin vs. Eddie Edwards
*Mustafa Ali vs. Ace Austin
*Cody Deaner vs. Moose
*Leon Slater vs. Ryan Nemeth
*The Rascalz vs. JDC and Brian Myers
*Mance Warner vs. Sami Callihan vs. AJ Francis in a qualifying three-way match for the TNA International Championship Final at TNA Unbreakable
Frankie Kazarian is in the ring. He lets the crowd know about Joe Hendry’s injury. Kazarian is sorry…sorry that he didn’t end Hendry’s career earlier. However, he’s a man of honor and isn’t going to call his shot in a dump like St. Joseph, Missouri. However, Kazarian is in the ring to announce to the world that he’s calling his shot on April 27th at TNA Rebellion in his backyard in Los Angeles. Kazarian is already the king, but at Rebellion - he’ll be TNA World Champion.
Ethan Page’s music hits and he makes his way to the ring. Page says that he respects that Kazarian is going to cash in his shot at Rebellion on an injured Joe Hendry. Ethan Page, though, has already pinned a 100% healthy Joe Hendry. Page followed Hendry’s message of knocking on Santino Marella’s door with an idea. Marella REALLY liked Page’s idea…at Rebellion, Joe Hendry will defend his TNA World Championship against Ethan Page!
NO! Kazarian is not going to stand for that at all. Page says that since Kazarian is being a good sport, Frankie can have first crack at Page’s World Title. Kazarian tries to attack Page, but Ethan reads it and drops Kazarian. Kazarian complains as he makes his way up the ramp and the show fades to black.
Thank you for following along with PWInsider.com’s coverage of TNA iMPACT! What did you think of this week’s show!? Let me know at matt.tenhoeve@gmail.com and let’s talk about it. See you next time!
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