TNA Thursday Night Impact Results: Eddie Edwards pins Leon Slater, Knockouts TV Title tournament begins

July 3, 2026 John Pollock NEWS, Show Reports
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Thursday, July 2, 2026
Albany, New York

RESULTS

  • TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament: Mara Sadè over Tasha Steelz in 7:44
  • X Division #1 Contender’s Match: Fabian Aichner over BDE, Rich Swann, Mr. Elegance, Jason Hotch & Home-Town Man in 5:27
  • TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament: Heather by Elegance over Allie in 5:34
  • KC Navarro over Ryan Nemeth in 4:13
  • Eddie Edwards over Leon Slater in 7:34

The List  

Ryan Nemeth kicks off the show by introducing his “big brother” as the new TNA World Champion. Nic Nemeth enters the arena puts that, “Everybody is talking about Slammiversary” (heels lie). Then shared his “body count,” but it was a scroll of names he’s beaten, including John Cena, Randy Orton, ULTIMO DRAGON, Kane, Evan Bourne, Cody Rhodes, Bobby Roode, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Samoa Joe, The Miz, DANNY INFERNO, Vik Dalishus, Matt Cardona AND Zack Ryder and every iteration of John Hennigan.

KC Navarro interrupts and doesn’t dig what Nic Nemeth is doing. Navarro argues with Ryan, and Nic wants them to get it out of their system and fight tonight, so they can move on as a unit.

Nic calls himself the best professional wrestler in the world, and if you challenge him, you’ll end up on the list. This felt like 2016.

Gia Miller spoke with Leon Slater before his main event match with Eddie Edwards. He was devastated to lose Ultimate X, and Cedric Alexander stole the title at the last moment. He’s on the path back to the X Division title and starts tonight with a former TNA champion in Edwards.

Tasha Steelz vs. Mara Sadè (TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament – Round 1)

Tom Hannifan said the tournament would take place throughout the summer with sixteen women. The matches have a ten-minute time limit, and the belt will only be defended on Impact.

Steelz went to the eyes of Sadè to stay in control, but missed a frog splash. Steelz ran into the corner and missed sending her shoulder into the post, and fell to the floor where Sadè hit a pescado. Sadè used a sit-out powerbomb for a two-count.

Steelz leaped off the middle rope and was caught by a superkick in mid-air. Steelz hung Sadè in the Tree of Woe, who sat up as Steelz ran herself into the buckle. Sadè hit a moonsault off the top and pinned Steelz.

Mustafa Ali and Agent Zero are shown on the ramp, and Ali makes a phone call as he appears upset with Steelz’s loss.

Sadè will face the winner of tonight’s opening round match between Allie and Heather by Elegance.

BDE and Rich Swann speak about the six-way contender’s match tonight and agree to have no hard feelings regardless of what happens tonight.

Mr. Elegance vs. Home-Town Man vs. Rich Swann vs. BDE vs. Fabian Aichner vs. Jason Hotch (X Division #1 Contender’s Match)

Home-Town Man swung Hotch around on his shoulder, striking everyone, ending with a TKO on Hotch and a chant for HTM. Swann hit a corkscrew to the floor off the middle turnbuckle. A Tower of Doom sent Swann off the top and rotated him into a moonsault on Aichner, which looked impressive. Swann hit Hotch with the Lethal Injection, and Mr. Elegance broke the cover.

The ending featured Mr. Elegance hitting Excuse-Moi to Swann and in the strangest moment, Elegance just lay down after hitting his move and put himself into position for BDE’s Frog Splash. Aichner immediately hit BDE with a powerbomb and won the match.

Injury Report

All four teams from the ladder match are off for one week

The Personal Concierge is suffering from “ocular chemical exposure” after taking the mist by Rosemary as Hannifan laughed, reading the update

Trey Miguel is still on the sidelines with a broken kneecap and is expected back in “weeks”

Order 4 is in the back, and Ali is upset that the members are getting comfortable with failing. Ali tells the Great Hands to “win,” and he’ll speak to Daria Rae about another tag title shot for them.

Recruitment of Ricky Sosa

Ricky Sosa comes to the ring and mentions his win over Eric Young at Slammiversary. The Righteous came out and put over all the hype surrounding Sosa, and they don’t create greatness; “we reveal it”. Vincent says there are no limits for Sosa if he joins them.

The System joins the segment and says he’ll only reach his potential by riding with them. Edwards asks if he’d rather be with the System or join a cult. Sosa turns them both down and will only align himself with…the fans. They all attacked Sosa as Leon Slater came out to help Sosa, but they were outnumbered. No more friends to help them out.

Elijah is playing a guitar that is literally on fire and doesn’t seem comfortable. He has TNA gold in his dreams…great.

Heather by Elegance vs. Allie (TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament – Round 1)

Allie compares The Elegance Brand to “some girls I used to know,” naming Laurel Van Ness (Chelsea Green), Sienna (Allysin Kay), and Miss Maria (Kanellis). They were mean girls and bullies, and she doesn’t like bullies.

Heather gains the advantage with the audience more engaged with this match than you would expect. Allie came back with clotheslines and applied the Upside Down on the ropes. M was yanked off the apron by Rosemary, but Heather knocked Allie off the buckle due to the distraction and won with a double foot stomp off the top.  

Heather will face Mara Sadè in the second round.

“A Fake Bitch”

Xia Brookside came to the ring and was right that Léi Yǐng Lee held her back, and now she’s the champion. She warns that she will do anything to keep the title.

Lee makes her way out, and there was a time she would have been happy to have wrestled her at Slammiversary and see her become champion, but now she looks at Brookside and sees a “fake bitch”, prompting a chant. Lee says Brookside has everything to lose and will receive her title rematch next week on Impact. Brookside escapes Warrior’s Way, and Lee announces that their rematch will be a No DQ match.

Mustafa Ali meets with Daria Rae. He says she owes him a favor and urges Rae to give the Great Hand another tag title shot. Rae agrees and will give the Great Hands a title match next week.

KC Navarro vs. Ryan Nemeth

Nic Nemeth is on commentary. Navarro hit a satellite DDT and went for the Blessing in Disguise, but Nemeth avoided. Nemeth rolled up Navarro, grabbing the rights for a two-count.

Nemeth set up for a Rude Awakening but was sent into the ropes and hit by the 305 and Blessing in Disguise to pin Nemeth.

Nic came into the ring and had them shake hands before Nic struck Navarro with the Danger Zone

Nuts & Guts  

The new TNA tag champions had a taped segment backstage to promote their match with the Great Hands next week. Matt says that it doesn’t feel like a “favor” but instead a “sacrifice”.

Jeff: “We exist in the frequency of extreme, and together we are superhumans with a superpower. Together, we have the nuts and the guts to accomplish anything in TNA.”

Eddie Edwards vs. Leon Slater

Slater hit a handspring back elbow, sending Edwards out of the ring. Edwards takes over and places Slater on the rope for Alisha to choke him behind the referee’s back. Edwards missed a moonsault off the top as the audience rallied behind Slater for his comeback. Slater landed a high cross off the top for a two-count.

Edwards hit the Backpack Stunner and a Tiger Driver for a two-count, which shocks Edwards. The Boston Knee Party was caught with a Blue Thunder Bomb as Cedric Alexander ran into the ring and was sent out by Slater while the ref dealt with Alisha. Edwards capitalized on a hook in the tights with a cradle to win the match.

Alexander attacked Slater with stomps when Ricky Sosa returned the favor and assisted Slater as the two cleared the ring and stood together and shook hands.

The credits at the end omitted the departed Tommy Dreamer.

Final Thoughts

I thought the departure of Mike Santana should have had some more finality, as he was merely mentioned in passing during Nic Nemeth’s promo segment and there was nothing regarding his exit. I understand TNA is losing its major star, and it felt like they didn’t want to emphasize that point, but it felt so abrupt, and in theory, he’s going to the company they have a promotional relationship with.

It was clear that Leon Slater and Ricky Sosa are the two babyface stars that TNA is going to push at the top. Realistically, Slater should be in the mix for the top championship rather than chasing the X Division title again. It seemed like Elijah was going to be among the upper-tier babyfaces and at least get a future title match with Nic Nemeth, as the babyface depth isn’t there.

The main event was the best match of the bunch, but none of the matches were “must-see,” and I didn’t think the Knockouts Television Tournament got off to a heated start. They are pushing that the matches will have ten-minute time limits, and they should play with the time limit in some of these tournament matches to get that across.

Uhaa Nation wasn’t on the show this week, nor was his arrival at Slammiversary promoted.

Next week

  • TNA Tag Titles Match: The Hardys © vs. The Great Hands
  • Knockouts Championship – No Disqualification: Xia Brookside © vs. Léi Yǐng Lee
  • TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament: Jody Threat vs. Gabby Forza
  • TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament: Jada Stone vs. Alisha Edwards
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