TNA Knockouts World Champion Indi Hartwell will not appear at Destination X as travel disruption continues to reshape Sunday’s card.
Hartwell announced on social media that she had been unable to reach Edmonton despite efforts by herself and TNA.
Good luck trying to break these arms and take this title today @QoSBaszler! Because despite efforts from myself and multiple people at TNA, I cannot make it to Edmonton for today’s Destination X, to defend my KO title. I’ll be watching closely, though.
Hartwell had been scheduled to defend the Knockouts World Championship against Shayna Baszler.
Her absence appears to explain an earlier reported change to the Knockouts Ultimate X match. Fightful reported that Baszler, Heather by Elegance and Kiera Hogan have replaced Gabby Forza, Xia Brookside and Jada Stone.
The Ultimate X winner will earn a future shot at the Knockouts World Championship.
TNA has also made a significant change to the World X-Cup.
The promotion announced on Sunday that Amir Jordan, Home Town Man, Ricky Sosa, Fabian Aichner and Jason Hotch will compete in a five-way elimination match to determine the 2026 World X-Cup winner.
Jordan, Home Town Man and Sosa had originally been scheduled for one qualifying match on the Countdown pre-show, while Aichner was due to face Hotch and Rey Horus in another qualifier.
Fightful reported that Horus is out of the event, prompting TNA to replace the qualifying format and final with the single elimination match on the main card.
There also appears likely to be a change involving the TNA World Tag Team Championship match.
Matt Hardy had been scheduled to team with Moose against champions The Nemeths and syX in a three-way match.
However, TNA posted on Sunday that Hardy is “looking for a fight,” without announcing a revised match. The status of the originally advertised three-way remains unclear.
Earlier Sunday, TNA added Mustafa Ali vs. Frankie Kazarian to Destination X.
The changes follow Friday’s nationwide FAA ground stop and the resulting disruption to air travel. TNA President Carlos Silva said on Saturday that the event would go ahead but that alterations to the advertised card were inevitable because of problems getting talent to Canada.
There also remains uncertainty surrounding the scheduled TNA World Championship match between Leon Slater and Trey Miguel.
PWInsider reported earlier Sunday that Miguel was traveling to Edmonton, but it remained unclear whether he would arrive before the show. TNA reportedly has an alternate main event prepared if necessary.
Destination X takes place at the Edmonton EXPO Centre. The pay-per-view begins at 6 pm ET on TNA+ and traditional PPV.
