Five matches were added to TNA Wrestling’s upcoming Emergence card on Thursday evening.
The lineup for TNA’s August 15 card at the Chesapeake Arena in Baltimore, Maryland is up to seven bouts in total following a series of announcements made by Director of Authority Santino Marella on the latest episode of Impact.
Steve Maclin will put his TNA International Championship on the line as part of the upcoming show, facing off against Jake Something in a rematch. After their recent TV matchup ended in a double count-out due to the duo fighting outside of the ring, their second meeting will take place under No DQ, No Disqualification rules, preventing such a result from happening again.
After a huge brawl featuring numerous members of the TNA women’s roster on Thursday’s Impact, a four-way matchup for the Knockouts Tag Team Championships has been booked. The Elegance Brand’s Heather and M will try to retain their titles when they face Fatal Influence’s Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx, The IInspiration, and the team of Lei Ying Lee and Xia Brookside.
While Heather and Ash By Elegance were the team which earned the tag titles, the group is seemingly using The Freebird Rule to defend the belts with a different combination of talents at the upcoming event.
It was also announced that The Rascalz will get another chance at earning the TNA World Tag Team Championships when they face off against The Hardys. Myron Reed and Zachary Wentz previously tried to gain the titles at Slammiversary in a four-way ladder match, but came up short.
While it was previously expected that The Nemeths would get their contractually obligated rematch against The Hardys soon, Marella said that their recent attack against The Home Town Man caused him to not book their title bout yet. He has instead suspended Nic Nemeth for now, and given The Home Town Man a chance at revenge by booking him against Ryan Nemeth at Emergence.
Emergence will also feature a singles bout between Mike Santana and Sami Callihan. After a humiliating loss to Moose a few weeks back on TV, Callihan has teased potentially retiring if he can’t overcome Santana in their upcoming bout.
Here’s an updated look at Emergence, which also has a world title match and X-Division bout booked for it:
- Steve Maclin vs. Jake Something (TNA International Championship) (No DQ, No Countout)
- Mike Santana vs. Sami Callihan
- Ryan Nemeth vs. The Home Town Man
- Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyx) vs. The Elegance Brand vs. The IInspiration vs. Xia Brookside and Lei Ying Lee (TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championships) (Four-Way)
- The Hardys vs. The Rascalz (TNA World Tag Team Championships)
- Leon Slater vs. Cedric Alexander (TNA X-Division Championship)
- Trick Williams vs. Moose (TNA World Championship)
