By John Moore, ProWrestling.net Staffer (@liljohnm)
TNA Impact (Episode 1,155)
Taped October 13-14, 2026, in Dothan, Alabama, at the Dothan Civic Center
Simulcast on November 12, 2026, on AMC, AMC+, and TNA+
Highlights from last week’s TNA Impmact aired…
Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. McKenzie Mitchell was the ring announcer…
Entrances for the opening match took place. Tom Hannifan kept making fun of Matthew Rehwoldt for getting eliminated from the smallest person in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, Heather by Elegance…
1. Elayna Black vs. Heather by Elegance. Black dominated early on with a side headlock takedown. Heather blocked Elayna’s rally by pulling the ref as a human shield. This allowed Heather to take down Black with a Enzuigiri. Heather worked on Elayna with methodical offense a for a few minutes. Black got a moment of respite after hitting Heather with a Shotgun Dropkick.
Black rallied with knees and a Gutwrench Suplex for a two count. Black got a two count after a stomp. Heather hit Black with a draping Stunner and draping Frankendriver for a nearfall. Black dodged a double stomp and hit Heather with a Black Out DDT for the victory.
Elayna Black defeated Heather by Elegance via pinfall in 7:01.
John’s Thoughts: Solid match with Heather looking good in defeat. A chapter in the eventual Heather and M breakup. I’m curious as to who ends up with the Knockouts TV title out of all of this? Elayna’s in a odd position as she’s positioned away from the main title due to Indi Hartwell feuding with the former WWE Pure Fusion Collective Trio. She’s also positioned here as an ancillary character to stir the pot in the Heather and M breakup. They might be setting up Elayna to win the title while M and Heather feud, but I would rather have the title be Heather’s end goal to justify a David and Goliath feud and set Heather on a good path post feud.
TNA Tag Team Champion Ryan Nemeth approached Director of Authority Santino Marella backstage. Ryan called Elijah, Matt Hardy, and Syx a bunch of wrongdoers who are messing with him. Ryan said he demands justice. Santino booked The Nemeths vs. Syx vs. Matt Hardy and Moose for the Tag Team Titles at Destination X. After Santino left, Ryan kept yelling “that’s not justice!”…
Hannifan hyped upcoming segments…[c]
“The SUIT” Daria Rae was on the phone. “The Mecca” Brian Johnson tried to tell her something, but she told him to “Shut Up. I’m Talking”. Johnson informed Daria that the Board of Directors are a bit worried about Daria’s confrontation with Indi Hartwell last week. Daria ignored that and told Brian that Brian needs a tie and looks a bit tacky.
Daria then called out Santino for belittling Johnson last week and disrespecting him. Johnson thanked Daria for her concern. Daria said they got off on the wrong foot and she thinks Brian will be a valuable asset to the company. Daria said she thinks that Santino might need to be shadowed because he’s creating a hostile work environment. Brian said that’s a good point. Daria said she’s also worried about Indi saying bad stuff about her on commentary in the upcoming match involving Shayna Baszler and Zoey Serrano.
Brian said all will be fine as long as Daria doesn’t get physically involved. Daria then offered Brian to watch the match with her backstage to learn a little bit about how TNA is run properly when Santino isn’t ruining the show…
Indi Hartwell joined commentary for the next match. Hannifan asked Indi what she thinks about Daria starting to suck up to Brian Johnson. Indi said Daria deserves a babysitter like Johnson. Shayna Baszler and Zoey Serrano got a televised entrance for the next match. Their opponents were already in the ring and were former NWA Women’s Tag Team Champions, The King Bees, Charity King and Danni Bee…
John’s Thoughts: It’s so weird how they’re making Indi Hartwell and especially Santino Marella out to be unlikable douches whilst making Brian Johnson and Daria Rae out to be the sympathetic ones in the bigger picture.
2. “Apex” Shayna Baszler and Zoey Serrano vs. “The King Bees” Charity King and Danni Bee in a non-title match. Shayna smothered Danni in the corner to start the match. Danni tried to rally with right hands, but Shayna no sold it and shoved Danni to the ground. Zoey tagged in and dominated Danni with over head chops. Zoey hit Danni with an inside-out suplex and lariat. Baszler tagged in.
Baszler hit Danni with running kicks. Danni managed to tag in Charity for the hot tag. Charity hit Shayna with a Suplex and hit Zoey with a Samoan Drop. Shayna and Zoey no sold both moves and surprised Charity just as she was hyping herself up. Zoey and Shayna took turns kicking Charity. Shayna hit Charity with Grey Matter (Reverse Gutwrench Suplex) for the victory.
Shayna Baszler and Zoey Serrano defeated Charity King and Danni Bee via pinfall in 4:03.
Indi told Hannifan that this match was tape study for her…[c]
John’s Thoughts: Awesome showcase for Shayna Baszler and Zoey Serrano. Bonus points to the King Bees. I’m a huge fan of their work, but I also give them credit here for doing a good job selling for the buzzsaw tag team in Serrano and Baszler. Why can’t we get teams pushed as dominant as Baszler and Serrano anymore, in any company. I loved that TNA even did a good job pushing them during their Hardy themed filler episode.
A Syx promo aired where Joseph Sawyer and Samuel Shaw hyped up potentially winning the tag team champions after Destination X. Sam Shaw said that Moose might not even make it to Destination X after this week’s Impact…
Jason Hotch cut a promo backstage saying he’s a fighting champion. Expressions and AJ Francis approached Hotch. Francis talked about Hotch representing the USA in the World X Cup, but he’ll have his eyes on Hotch’s International title…
Entrances for the next match took place…
3. Moose vs. Samuel Shaw (w/Joseph Sawyer). Moose and Shaw traded hands and uppercuts. Moose landed a dropkick on Shaw. Shaw came right back and hit Moose with a chop to the throat. Moose came back with clotheslines. Moose hit Shaw with Ten Punches in the Corner. Moose dumped Shaw to ringside. Shaw distracted the ref which allowed Sawyer to chop block Moose at ringside.[c]
Moose was selling a left leg injury back from break, with Shaw focusing his attack on Moose’s left leg. Moose skinned the cat and surprised Shaw with a clothesline for a two count. Moose went for a tackle, but his injured leg gave out on him. Moose still hit Shaw with a Uranage. Sawyer’s distraction allowed Shaw to hit Moose with a Spinebuster for a nearfall.
Both men brawled to the top rope with Moose hitting Shaw with a Superplex. Moose did a kip up and sold his leg injury. Sawyer slid a chair in the ring. Moose picked it up and went after Sawyer. Shaw made Moose drop the chair and jabbed him with it for the DQ.
Moose defeated Samuel Shaw via apparent DQ in 10:01.
Shaw and Sawyer put the boots to Moose. Sawyer was about to hit Moose with a chair while Shaw held him in place, but they froze in place after Matt Hardy’s theme played. Matt made his way over to the ring and fended off both Syx members with a pipe. Hannifan hyped up the three way tag title match at Destination X involving both teams…
John’s Thoughts: A bit counterproductive in building up Syx here? I didn’t like the constant interference from Sawyer which made the powerhouse Shaw look weak. On top of that, we got the crap finish. An on top of that, Matt Hardy single-handedly got the better of two men in the end to stand tall. Why couldn’t TNA do what they did a segment before with Shayna Baszler and Zoey Serrano?
M by Elegance was on the phone backstage, making sure that her publicist talked to the magazine publishers to show off her and the Knockouts TV title on the magazine she got signed up for. Heather approached M and pointed out that she thought it would be both of them on the magazine and not just M. M said she’s a champion and why would a non-champion like Heather be on the cover of anything? Heather said M told her she was her best friend and vital for the brand.
M said Heather is her best friend, but Heather is dragging the brand down by losing to Elayna Black twice. Heather wondered if M lied to her last week to get her to fight Elayna? M said it was Heather’s decision to do what she did. M said maybe Heather can do something productive for the brand, like making sure the cover reveal goes like M likes it; or she can help M win the women’s Ultimate X match at Destination X. Heather looked disgusted after M left…
It was time for the TNA sponsored injury report, sponsored by that movie Ryan Nemeth is in. Amazing Red is “out” with no timetable to return. Eddie Edwards is “cleared” after back issues. Jeff Hardy is “out” with head trauma and deep lacerations…
Rehwoldt hyped upcoming segments…[c]
An ad aired for TNA’s Destination X…
Nic Nemeth argued to Santino backstage about Santino forcing him to defend the tag titles at Destination X. Santino said he gave Ryan what he asked for, a match. Santino told Nic to focus on his match against Elijah because if Elijah wins, Elijah will earn Nic’s contractually obligated rematch for the TNA World Title…
Entrances for the next match took place…
4. Frankie Kazarian (w/Avery Styles) vs. Mustafa Ali. Both men traded rapid fire pin attempts to start the match. Ali hit Kaz with a Sunset Flip and Chop. Frankie reversed a Sunset Flip with a dropkick. Frankie hit Ali with a Russian Legsweep. Ali hit Frankie with a jawbreaker. Frankie sidestepped Ali and sent him into the bottom buckle. Ali hit Frankie with his signature rolling neckbreaker.
Ali worked on Kazarian with methodical offense, while also jawing with Avery at ringside. Frankie turned Ali inside out with a clothesline. Frankie rallied with right hands and a flapjack. Frankie hit Ali with a springboard leg drop for a nearfall. Both men traded rapid counters.
Kazarian hit Ali with a Guillotine Leg Drop and One Final Beat for a nearfall. Ali dragged Kazarian into an impressive shortarm Cutter. Ali hit Frankie with a Suicide Dive at ringside. After tossing Frankie in the ring, Ali shoved Avery Styles to the floor at ringside. Hannifan pointed out that Avery isn’t medically cleared after an ankle injury.
Frankie caught Ali coming into the ring with a cutter. Frankie then held Avery back from retaliating against Ali. This distraction allowed Ali to roll up Frankie for the win.
Mustafa Ali defeated Frankie Kazarian via pinfall in 8:15.
Avery Styles looked mad at himself in the ring, but Frankie told him everything was okay…
John’s Thoughts: The proper call to have Ali go over here to put this story in motion. I was already intrigued with the Avery-Frankie dynamic, with Frankie playing things straight until Matt and Jeff win the tag titles so he doesn’t have to burn his Call Your Shot contract. Ali’s political catchphrase was “in Ali we trust”, but in a booking sense, in Ali we trust. So I like that Ali is injected into this story to add some nuance and smart storytelling to it. I also like that Ali is setting himself up to be a bit of a puppetmaster, a character he was teasing right before he got released from WWE-NXT when he was feuding with Desmond Xavier and Dom Mysterio.
The System were backstage for a promo with Alisha Edwards asking the camera “do you want to know something?”. Eddie Edwards said people are quick to call the demise of The System, but The System is a family (ok Dom Torreto). Brian Myers said they are back on track to do what they do best. Bear said they are stronger than ever, and hungrier together as a family. Cedric Alexander said he’ll bring back his X Division Title to The System. They all said “you can’t beat The System”…
Rehwoldt hyped upcoming segments…
A highlight package aired to show The Righteous betraying Harley Hudson and allowing Xia Brookside to join their cult…
It was time for the TNA “Rock Solid Moment of the Night” sponsored by that well known blue colored chewable boner pill. They aired highlights from the Moose vs. Sam Shaw match from earlier. Hannifan said that this boner pill will make you “hit harder and last longer”…
A documentary video package aired for Trey Miguel. Trey talked about growing up in a rough part of Toledo, Ohio. He talked about how he’s proud of Toledo and he wouldn’t be who he is without it. Pictures of Trey as a kid was shown. Trey said he actually met his mom for the first time at 5 years old because that’s when she got out of prison.
He said he was afraid because he was raised by another person who was dating his dad, who he knew as mom. Trey said the story was weird for him because he had a mom on one hand, but he was raised at times in the home of his biological mom. Trey approached his childhood home which was boarded up. He said memories were buried in that home and they helped shape him.
Trey said it’s crazy knowing what happened in his own home, but feeling safe in his grandmother’s home a few doors down. He said his grandmother introduced him to pro wrestling. Trey’s dad, Kelvin, was shown where he talked about Trey being a go getter and generous. Kelvin talked about how Trey gave away his bicycle to a kid that didn’t have one in the fourth grade.
Trey talked about his grandma passing away and his auntie still living in the home doing the Avon thing. Trey passed by a neighbor, who actually knew Trey’s aunt. They cut to Trey’s friends who talked well of him. Trey said he’s been watching wrestling since having a memory, like his first memory of breathing. Trey said he’s never not loved pro wrestling…
A graphic said you can watch the rest of the documentary on TNA Plus…
John’s Thoughts: That documentary made me smile because a few of Trey’s experiences were similar to me. Not the broken family part, God blessed me a tight knit family of many cultures. What is it with black grandmas and introducing their grandsons to pro wrestling? Je’von Evans’s grandma did. Trey’s grandma did. I used to watch Monday Night Raw every week with my black grandma, who introduced me to pro wrestling. I also got a chuckle out of Trey’s auntie doing the Avon thing, as my auntie also doing Avon sales (with my dad using his church connects to help her sales). Fun documentary here and I might check out the TNA Plus version as it did strike relatability with me.
Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt checked in on commentary, where they ran through the advertised Destination X card…
They aired the Leon Slater half of the Destination X documentary. Slater talked about feeling the weight of the world and the company on his shoulders after winning the title. Slater said he got recognized at home more and he feels more of his family’s pride. He said he also feels the target on his back. Highlights of Slater’s TNA career aired.
Slater said the outside responsibilities are something he didn’t expect as champion. He said people need to feel what he’s saying on the mic. He said he also has to do media and interviews now. He said the weight is very heavy. Slater said he’d be lying if he said the weight of didn’t get to him. Slater said he has to prove he can bear the weight.
He said he’s representing the locker room, his peers, his fans, the company. He said he never expected to have all that behind him at only 22 years old. A montage aired of some of Slater’s TNA highlights. Photos were shown of him as a little kid. Slater said the title win proved that everything he prepared for since being 9 was all worth it.
Slater said he missed so many childhood moments as a kid chasing his dream. He said he can’t compute his influence on the next generation because he’s stuck in a bubble, a tunnel, focused on his goals. Slater said maybe he won’t see that until ten or twenty years from now, but it also means the world to him that a little mixed race kid can look at the TV and say “I wanna be him”.
Slater said he wonders what young him would think of 22 him. He said he thinks 9 year old him would think he’s the baddest [censored] to walk the earth. Slater said he’ll just tell his little self to keep doing what he’s doing to get here. Slater said in the end the world will be your’s, you just have to keep doing what you’re doing…
A graphic said you can see the expended documentary on TNA Plus…
Hannifan hyped the main event of the show…[c]
John’s Thoughts: Hey, I liked both of these spotlights. I definitely like supporting my fellow mixed-race brothers! What I did like about the Slater one is that we didn’t get a repeat of his childhood story, which is usually a negative as you can only tell the same story so many times without it feeling repetitive. I liked that this focus on content after Slater after he won the world title and him formulating a story after that which is compelling and affable.
John Skyler was sitting down backstage looking anxious, depressed, and poking at his random TV dinner looking meal. Rich Swann randomly walks up to him saying he has something important to say, “are you going to finish that?”. Skyler gave Swann his food and continued to look sad…
John’s Thoughts: Random cafeteria bandit Rich? Anyways, forget Blue Chew, this man needs some BetterHelp (Both which are not sponsors of Pro Wrestling Dot Net). Either that, or we can find this man some medi-ussy!
Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt were cracking up at Skyler’s sadness. Hannifan told Rehwoldt to give Skyler a break (whilst Hannifan was still laughing). Entrances for the next match took place…
5. Nic Nemeth vs. Elijah for Nic Nemeth’s contractually obligated title shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Nic went for a pin early on. Elijah slowed the pace down with chops and methodical offense. Elijah hit Nic with a long version of Undertaker’s Old School. Nic rallied back with strikes and corner shoves.
Elijah came back with a right hand and smothered Nic on the 2nd hope. Hannifan hyped up Jeff Hardy most likely being back for the biggest Hardy Party Ever. Elijah hit Nic with a draping DDT for a nearfall. Nic stumbled to ringside for some respite. Elijah beat up Nic at ringside and shook hands with a child in the front row.
Nic got a moment of respite after sending Elijah’s leg into the steel steps with an Irish Whip. Nic reversed a Fame Asser with a Last Ride for a nearfall heading into break.[c]
During the break, both men were pretty even. Back from break, Nic worked on Elijah with methodical offense. While Nic was mugging for the crowd, Elijah hit Nic with a reverse Twisting DDT. Elijah hit Nic with a Final Cut for a nearfall. Elijah put Nic in the Tree of Woe and put the boots to him. Elijah then hit Nic with a Razor’s Edge for a nearfall.
Nic gave Elijah back elbows and surprised him with a superkick. Nic fell on Elijah for a two count. Nic gave Elijah his signature nine elbow drops. Elijah used a knee to block a final top rope elbow drop for a good nearfall (great kickout by Nic). Elijah gave Nic boxing punches.
Nic gave Elijah a superkick and Danger Zone. Elijah kicked out! (huh?). Nic shoved the referee and kicked the middle rope into the groin of Elijah. Nic hit Elijah with Danger Zone for the victory.
Nic Nemeth defeated Elijah via pinfall in 16:04 to retain his contractually obligated title shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
Nic Nemeth acted like his tag title to close the show…
But wait! There’s more. A stinger segment aired featuring doll houses (This week, they didn’t air a long signature graphic to make me change the channel). Taryn Terrell was shown playing with Barbie Dolls and doll houses. They then cut to a rising shot of a woman in a black nightgown. It was Mila Moore! Taryn Terrell and Harley Hudson surrounded Mila. The show faded to black with Taryn saying “welcome to our house, the doll house”. Impact closed…
John’s Thoughts: I mean? I don’t fault Mila from ditching Skyler in favor of potential sexy threesome buddies! I kid and I digress. Let’s get back to that in a bit. Good and well worked match between Nic Nemeth and Elijah, but with a decent amount of odd mixed in. For one, if you really want a wrestling drinking game, take a shot every time Elijah steals someone else’s finisher or signature move (in that match I clocked Undertaker, Randy Orton, Goldust, and Razor Ramon. And that’s with me not paying attention during the commercial break).
Nic did what he does best, and he made Elijah look like a million bucks by bumping around for him and giving him those really razor edge close nearfalls. But why did Elijah have to kick out of Danger Zone? Couldn’t we have given that to a Ricky Sosa? A Jason Hotch? Elijah’s a made man and fan favorite. He didn’t need that. Why the awkward not-ref bump finish? Again, a good match, that kinda fluttered out at the end.
As for the Doll House stuff? I’m very intrigued. I EXTREMELY hated the doll stuff when Tatum Paxley was doing it in NXT and she was acting like a 5 year old. It was weird. With Taryn, the doll stuff really works, and she did it really well when she was teamed with Rebel and Mia Yim. This was one of Billy Corgan’s fun projects in wrestling, which even included a Courtney Love entrance theme. What makes Doll House different from what Tatum Paxley was doing is it felt very mature, very violent, very dark, very sadistic.
Things that can enhance a story as opposed to killing the mood. I’m looking forward to this new version with Harley Hudson and Mila Moore at the wings. I wouldn’t mind if they can squeeze in a Rebel tribute in there too. God bless Rebel and we all continue to pray that she she remain blessed against those tough times for her. As for the whole show. Mixed bag. There are good parts, but there are also meandering parts, most of the meandering is due to the Destination X show coming up. On top of that, it feels like a good amount of Destination X was booked off-screen.
