TNA Rebellion
April 27, 2025
By: John Siino
Galen Center in Los Angeles, California
Commentary: Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt
RESULTS
- COUNTDOWN: Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx over Lei Ying Lee, Rosemary & Xia Brookside via pinfall (9:02)
- COUNTDOWN: Elijah over Shane Haste by pinfall (5:59)
- TNA X-Division Title Ultimate X: Moose (c) over Leon Slater, Matt Cardona, KC Navarro, Sidney Akeem, El Hijo del Vikingo (15:23) (RECOMMENDED)
- TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Title: Ash By Elegance & Heather By Elegance (c) over Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley, Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson, Jody Threat & Dani Luna via pinfall (9:22)
- Ace Austin, Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz over Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards & Moose via pinfall (11:09)
- TNA International Title: Steve Maclin (c) over Eric Young via pinfall (9:24)
- Falls Count Anywhere: Mike Santana over Mustafa Ali via pinfall (19:26) (RECOMMENDED)
- TNA Knockouts World Title: Masha Slamovich (c) over Tessa Blanchard via submission (13:57)
- TNA World Tag Team Titles: Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth over Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy (c) via pinfall to become new champions (11:59)
- TNA World Title: Joe Hendry (c) over Ethan Page, Frankie Kazarian via pinfall (13:40)
The pre-show panel was hosted by Gia Miller, Tommy Dreamer, Dave LaGreca & O’Shea Jackson Jr. as they went through the card and their predictions.
Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx) vs. Lei Ying Lee, Xia Brookside & Rosemary (Countdown to Rebellion)
All six women start brawling on the outside before the bell rings, before Xia Brookside & Fallon Henley enter to start the match in Henley’s TNA debut as her two partners in Fatal Influence have wrestled for them recently. Rosemary enters and teases the green mist before biting her in the face instead. Fatal Influence keeps Rosemary in their corner as the crowd has duel NXT and TNA chants. As Jazmyn Nyx comes in, Rosemary puts her in the Upside Down but gets stopped as she tries to climb the top rope. Lei Ying Lee tags in and starts kicking away and attacking all of Fatal Influence before attacking Jacy Jayne in the corner with ten punches before hitting a suplex for a two-count. All six women enter and start going at it all over the place here, with the camera missing most of the spots until Brookside hits a crossbody to Nyx & Jayne on the outside. We see Rosemary slip Brookside a pair of brass knuckles, but she doesn’t want to use them and tosses them back. Jayne sends Brookside into Rosemary, knocking her off the apron, before hitting a discus punch on Rosemary to pick up the win.
Winners: Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyx) by pinfall at 9:02
We hear from Eric Young ahead of his match tonight against Steve Maclin, where he says that Maclin, as a lone soldier, is a dead soldier, but Young is not alone and didn’t come to Rebellion alone, as he has both Judas Icarus & Travis Williams behind him.
We go to The System as they say JDC won’t be here tonight due to travel issues, so Moose will step in to take his place as they face Ace Austin & The Rascalz, before Alisha Edwards sends a warning to Sean Waltman, who will be in their corner. Cody Deaner walks in and says that his contract is coming up, so he wants to prove to TNA management and take JDC’s spot tonight, but they call Deaner a loser and say no.
Elijah vs. Shane Haste (Countdown to Rebellion)
Elijah comes out for his ‘Walk With Elijah Challenge’, but sings a song first about Los Angeles sports teams and other LA staples to the tune of ‘Under the Bridge’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Shane Haste came out as the surprise challenger, representing TMDK & NJPW. Elijah does his Walk With Elijah rope walk as he starts the match in control. Haste comes back with a cannonball in the corner as he gets a two-count. They battle off the ropes before Haste hits a Saito Suplex for another two as the crowd starts clapping for Elijah. Elijah comes right back with a toss power bomb, as Haste comes back with a Falcon Arrow and a big PK. As Haste sets up for a lariat, Elijah stops him with a big knee to the face, followed by Highwaymen’s Farewell Tombstone piledriver to pick up the pin and the win.
Winner: Elijah by pinfall at 5:59
We hear from Frankie Kazarian as he talks about cashing in his ‘Call Your Shot’ Trophy tonight and calls Joe Hendry a ‘meme’ as he is the ‘king’ of TNA and tonight is his time to flourish and become TNA World Champion.
TNA X-Division Championship Ultimate X Match: Moose (c) (w/ Alisha Edwards) vs. Matt Cardona vs. KC Navarro (w/ AJ Francis) vs. Sidney Akeem vs. Leon Slater vs. El Hijo del Vikingo
El Hijo del Vikingo comes out with two children named Mikey & Jackson for his entrance, as he’s having his first match back in TNA since October 2024, where he sustained an injury. Moose came out sporting a cowboy hat for the 53rd Ultimate X match with six competitors who had never appeared in an Ultimate X match before. AJ Francis joins the commentary, but his mic doesn’t work. Matt Cardona & Moose grab chairs and start swinging away at the other four, who start scaling the ropes to start the match. Moose stops a Radio Silence attempt and hits a powerbomb, as Cardona goes spilling to the outside. Moose grabs a chair and stands on it, hoping that he can reach the X-Division Championship, but he can’t reach as El Hijo del Vikingo stops Moose with a cutter off the top rope to knock Moose off the chair. Cardona starts fighting off both Sidney Akeem and Leon Slater, but Slater sends Cardona to the outside before sending Moose out there as well. Slater tries to dive onto Moose, gets caught, but takes out Moose with a hurricanrana anyway. Vikingo takes out Slater with a dive before Akeem takes them all out with a beautiful top rope moonsault. Akeem runs back up the top rope, but Moose stops him with a superplex before powerbombing him onto everybody on the outside. Moose tells Alisha Edwards to climb the metal structures and scale the ropes, which she does, but before she can reach the title, she falls off as Moose catches her, just for Slater to take him out with a superkick. Vikingo and Slater go at it as Slater gets launched onto the ropes, just for Vikingo to dropkick him off. KC Navarro takes out Vikingo with a cutter before he and Akeem start fighting on the top rope. Navarro fights him off and starts climbing the truss before taking out Cardona with his Reboot move in the corner. Navarro starts scaling the cables, but Cardona drops him down, face-first. Akeem starts scaling and gets launched up and around by Moose while hanging on before dropping down on Moose. The four high flyers in this match start battling on one of the trusses as Moose & Cardona are going at it just to get hit with a superplex. Vikingo takes out Akeem with a deadly-looking Destroyer on the apron, but AJ Francis runs in the ring and takes out Vikingo with the Down Payment chokeslam. Navarro gets on Francis’s shoulders to try and grab the title, but Moose spears Francis and takes down Navarro with a powerbomb, before he gets taken out with Radio Silence from Cardona. Slater climbs to the top of one of the trusses and hits his Swanton 450 Splash on everybody on the outside. Holy shit. He climbs the ropes to grab the titles, but before he can fall and hit the mat, he gets taken out by Moose with a spear as Moose grabs the title to win the match. Very close call here.
Winner: Moose at 15:23, to retain
We see Jeff Tremaine, the co-creator of Jackass in the crowd, as Arianna Grace joins commentary for the next match.
TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship Four Way Match: Ash By Elegance & Heather By Elegance (c) (w/ The Personal Concierge) vs. Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna) vs. Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley vs. Meta-Four (Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend)
They all start battling to start the match as Tatum Paxley & Ash By Elegance are legally the two to start, but Ash immediately tags out to Heather By Elegance, who then tags out to Dani Luna. Tom Hannifan starts saying on commentary how Jody Threat has been dealing with a hand injury, so Arianna Grace says she has a scoop as well and mentions Lash Legend burning her hand earlier in the back with a hair iron. Heather teases diving onto everybody on the outside, but Legend grabs her and press slams her onto them instead. Jakara Jackson then launches off of Legend’s shoulders to the outside. Everybody starts going at it inside the ring until Spitfire hits a stalling double suplex on Heather as Ash is yelling away. As Spitfire is suplexing away at Heather, Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley enter and take out Threat. Legend tags in and takes out Paxley with a right hook before putting Paxley on her shoulders and tossing her into Jackson, who hits a powerbomb for two, as The Elegance Brand breaks it up. Everyone goes at it again until it’s just The Elegance Brand standing, but Threat stops Ash on the top rope. Dolin joins in, as we have Jackson, Heather & Paxley on the other side before Luna & Legend join for duel Tower of Doom spots, but Maggie Lee runs in to hold Ash’s leg, causing her to stay on the top rope and hit Rarified Air on Threat to pick up the win.
Winners: Ash By Elegance & Heather By Elegance by pinfall at 9:22, to retain
We hear from Elijah, who talks about his win on the Countdown over Shane Haste, before saying that he believes in Joe Hendry and will watch him retain the TNA World Championship later tonight.
The System (Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards & Moose) (w/ Alisha Edwards) vs. Ace Austin & The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) (w/ Sean Waltman)
As stated on the Countdown, Moose is pulling double-duty tonight as JDC couldn’t make the show due to travel issues. Sean Waltman gets a big introduction as a former TNA X-Division Champion and two-time WWE Hall of Famer, as Ace Austin has Billy Gunn-inspired gear, as The Rascalz look like Road Dogg & X-Pac. Brian Myers & Zachary Wentz start the match, but Trey Miguel quickly tags in and does Road Dogg-inspired punches to Eddie Edwards. Commentary mentions this being Austin’s 1003rd wrestling match tonight as he puts the number on his wrist tape for every match. Alisha Edwards holds onto Miguel’s foot as Eddie knocks him off the apron. Moose starts choking Miguel with his shirt as the referee is distracted by Austin & Wentz, but Waltman gets the referee’s attention. Brian Myers sets up Miguel for the Roster Cut, but he stops it with a knee strike, but as he tries to tag out, Wentz & Austin get taken off the apron by Edwards & Moose. Wentz gets the tag and goes after Moose, hitting a knee strike for two. Austin & The Rascalz start triple-teaming on Moose, as Wentz hits the Spiral Tap, but Edwards & Myers break up the pin attempt. We get the Fameasser from ‘Ass’ Austin but as they try to do the Suck It taunt, Alisha stops them. Waltman enters the ring and takes out Alisha with an X-Factor, before he joins in as all four tell everyone to suck it before going to hit Bronco Busters. As the referee is attending to Alisha, Waltman starts landing kicks on The System. Moose tries a Spear on Wentz, but he counters with an X-Factor followed by the UFO Cutter to pick up the win.
Winners: Ace Austin & The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) by pinfall at 11:09
TNA International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs. Eric Young (w/ Judas Icarus & Travis Williams)
Gia Miller tries to get a word with Steve Maclin before the match, but he stays silent. Eventually, as Miller asks if he’s ok, he smirks before leaving for the ring. Eric Young comes out to a new theme song, as Maclin has his first title defense of this newly created International Championship. On his way to the ring, Maclin takes out Judas Icarus & Travis Williams, who had come out with Young. Maclin clotheslines Young to the outside before diving onto all three members of The Northern Armory. Icarus & Williams keep interfering and start attacking Maclin. Maclin sets up Young for the Crosshairs, but Williams & Icarus enter the ring and get in the way. The referee Paige Prinzivalli finally has had enough of this and ejects them to the back, as Maclin assists by clotheslining them to the outside before finally going for the Crosshairs, but Young dodges it as Maclin goes spilling to the outside. We see that as a result of this dive, the top of Maclin’s head was busted as he starts to bleed a bit. Back inside, Maclin hits the Angle Slam for a two-count. They start fighting on the top rope as Young bites him off and hits the elbow drop, but only gets a two. Young goes to attack Maclin on the apron and covers him with his feet on the ropes, but Maclin still kicks out. They continue, as Maclin hits a Busaiku Knee, before Maclin reverses a piledriver attempt and sits on Young or the pin.
Winner: Steve Maclin by pinfall at 9:24, to retain
After the match, Icarus & Williams run back in with chains as they start attacking Maclin with them, wrapping the chains around his neck and hanging him off the ropes.
We see actresses Barbara Crampton & Anna Lore in the audience.
Falls Count Anywhere: Mustafa Ali vs. Mike Santana
Mustafa Ali’s entrance includes a Bollywood performance from the Svetlana Tulasi Dance Company. Mike Santana comes out with boxers Gilberto Ramirez & John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez while wearing a jacket that was gifted to him by Homicide, as commentary mentions this as a way of passing the torch down to him. Ali sends the rest of Order 4 to the back as this match gets started fast. Santana tries to dive to the outside, but unfortunately, trips up on the ropes a bit. Santana sets up steps, standing up, and dodges a flying dive from Ali, who goes face-first into it. They start fighting up the ramp before making their way into the crowd as Santana hits a dive before attacking Ali with a bucket of popcorn. Santana hits a moonsault from the stands but only gets a two-count. The Great Hands & the rest of Ali’s secret service start attacking Santana as Ali hits a dive from the top of the exit way for a two-count. They go back ringside where Santana sends Ali crashing onto two chairs for a two-count. Santana climbs the top rope but gets taken down with a chair shot from Ali. Ali wedges the chair onto Santana in the corner and hits a Coast to Coast. They start battling inside the ring now as Santana sends Ali face-first into the corner. As Santana calls for Spin the Block, The Great Hands show up and attack Santana. They go to grab a table from under the ring, which gets an audible pop from this crowd, who just wanted tables. They place Santana on top of the table, as Ali hits a 450 Splash, crashing through Santana & the table, but only gets a two-count. The Great Hands bring the steel steps into the ring and place them against the corner before revealing they have handcuffs. They try to handcuff Santana to the ropes, but he fights them off and takes them out with a double Buck 50. Santana then handcuffs The Great Hands to the ropes and finds a barbed wire bat from under the ring. Before he can use it, Ali runs in and takes out Santana with a cutter, climbs the top rope, but misses the 450 Splash. Santana hits a Spanish Fly, but Tasha Steelz, also from Order 4, stops the pin attempt. Tasha sets up another table on the outside before getting into Santana’s face. Santana stops her and puts her through the table with a sitout powerbomb. Ali stops Santana with a chair and gets yet another table that he brings into the ring. Ali places Santana on top of the table and goes to climb the steel steps, which are still standing up, but Santana joins Ali at the top of the steps and puts Ali through the table with a superplex, but Ali kicks out right before three. Ali grabs the barbed wire bat and sticks it right into Santana’s face. Santana rises with blood dripping down his face, stops Ali, and hits him with Spin the Block to pick up the win, as the blood just gushes down his face.
Winner: Mike Santana by pinfall at 19:26
Indi Hartwell Signs To TNA
Gia Miller is with Indi Hartwell ringside, as she announces that she is the newest Knockout and is officially signed to TNA Wrestling, before they announce she’ll have more to say on this Thursday’s upcoming live episode of TNA iMPACT.
TNA Knockouts World Championship: Masha Slamovich (c) vs. Tessa Blanchard
Masha Slamovich goes after Tessa Blanchard before the bell even rings, but Tessa comes right back and starts attacking Masha’s knee. Tessa stays on top of Masha, going for pin attempts as the crowd is just giving Tessa traditional boos so far. Tessa wraps Masha upside down in the corner and keeps attacking her knee. Tessa now literally stays on top by twisting up Masha while also going for a pin attempt. Tessa starts punching away at the left knee before attempting Magnum off the corner, but gets caught as Tessa turns it into a Destroyer. Masha stops Tessa in the corner and hits a Code Red, but both women are laid out after this. Masha uses her injured leg to start kicking away at Tessa before hitting her with a German Suplex for two. Tessa puts on a Figure Four while punching away at the right knee now of Masha and keeping on a submission, as Masha rolls over to the ropes to break it up. They start fighting in the corner as Tessa hits a modified Magnum for a two. The crowd seems to be chanting ‘CM Punk’ and ‘Let’s Go Cena/Cena Sucks’ now as Masha bounces Tessa off the ropes for a sit-out powerbomb for two. Tessa comes back with a cutter, followed by Buzzsaw, but Masha still kicks out at two. Tessa calls for Magnum and heads to the top rope, but Masha stops her and hits a flurry of headbutts followed by a Death Valley Driver and a knee strike, for a two. Masha traps on an armbar and makes Tessa submit for the win.
Winner: Masha Slamovich by submission at 13:57, to retain
We see more ‘celebrities’ in the crowd, such as the Haroon Twins.
TNA World Tag Team Championship: The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) vs. Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth
Despite not being the champions, The Nemeths come out with the tag titles that they stole when they visited The Hardy Compound this past Thursday on TNA iMPACT. Another match that starts before the bell can ring, until Matt Hardy & Nic Nemeth start the match. The Hardys start double-teaming on Nic as Jeff Hardy gets a two-count. Matt and Ryan Nemeth go at it, as Matt hits a Side Effect for two before calling for Twist of Fate. Ryan must have heard that as he pushes Matt off and hits him with a DDT for two. Nic enters and starts dropping elbows on Matt as the crowd starts to chant for The Hardys. Matt eventually makes the hot tag to Jeff, who goes after Nic, but gets the Twist of Fate blocked. Jeff comes back with a Whisper in the Wind, but Nic kicks out at two. Jeff does hit the Twist of Fate, but Ryan breaks it up. The Hardys start double-teaming on Nic, hitting the Plot Twist. Nic sets up for the Super Kick but gets stopped as The Hardys hit Poetry in Motion, a Side Effect, and a splash from Jeff as Matt somehow gets in the way of the referee as the three count isn’t made. Matt hits a Twist of Fate on Nic, as Jeff gets on the top rope only to be stopped by Ryan. Matt starts attacking Ryan on the outside before finding a chair under the ring. Matt tries to send Ryan onto it, but gets reversed as Matt goes crashing onto it. As Ryan is distracting the referee, Nic hits a low blow on Jeff, followed by the Danger Zone, before tagging Ryan i,n who covers Jeff for the pin and the win.
Winners: Ryan Nemeth & Nic Nemeth by pinfall at 11:59, to become NEW TNA World Tag Team Champions
Santino Marella comes out to the ramp with the pre-show panel hosts as they go to pick who will win tonight’s main event. Gia Miller, Dave LaGreca & Tommy Dreamer all say Joe Hendry as O’Shea Jackson Jr. says Ethan Page. Santino chimes in and picks Hendry as well before throwing to a video package for tonight’s main event.
TNA World Championship: Joe Hendry (c) vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Ethan Page
Commentary plays up how Frankie Kazarian has never won the TNA World Championship while Joe Hendry is still dealing with his rotator cuff injury as he is all taped up. At the start, Ethan Page & Kazarian start brawling on the outside as Hendry dives onto them. All three make their way back into the ring as Page suplexes Hendry and clips Kazarian on the way down. Kazarian pulls a table from under the ring before joining Page & Hendry back inside. Page hits a power slam on Kazarian for the two-count before heading to the top rope, just for Kazarian & Hendry to join as we get a superplex/power bomb spot with Hendry getting a two-count on Kazarian. Page launches Kazarian into the timekeeper’s table as the staff takes a spill. Page then sets up the table and tries to put Hendry through it with the Ego’s Edge, but gets stopped by Kazarian, who uses his Call Your Shot trophy. Kazarian is still in control, hitting Fade to Black, but Page enters to break up the pin. Kazarian springboards off the ropes only to be stopped by a knee from Page. Kazarian comes back with Angel’s Swings for a two-count, as Matthew Rehwoldt shouts out Christopher Daniels. All three go at it, as Kazarian puts the Chicken Wing on Hendry, who fights out of it and sends Kazarian crashing through the table on the outside with an AA. Hendry & Page go at it, as Page hits a cutter for a two-count. Hendry fights out of Ego’s Edge and hits a Fall Away Slam, followed by the Standing Ovation to pick up the win.
Winner: Joe Hendry by pinfall at 13:40, to retain
As soon as the match ends, Trick Williams from NXT comes out and attacks Hendry before looking at the TNA World Championship.
