Welcome to another edition of POINTS OF IMPACT—a breakdown of the top moments of this week's edition of TNA’s Impact Wrestling.
This segment will fill you in on the most important parts of the show worth checking out or keeping up to date with, in case you missed this episode of Impact Wrestling.
Without further ado, let's inspect the biggest takeaways of the week!
TNA IMPACT WRESTLING: JULY 18, 2024 RESULTS
#5 - Malisha Misfire
Weeks ago, the interference of Alisha Edwards allowed Masha Slamovich to win her singles match against Xia Brookside. This week, Xia would look for revenge, facing Alisha in singles action, in theory at least. The reason the phrase "in theory" is in use here is because Alisha was accompanied by her tag partner Masha, and once Alisha lost control of the match, after dominating for a while with heelish, disrespectful offense, Masha would look to get involved.
This wouldn't end how the Malisha thought it would however, as arriving to stop the interference was the team challenging Malisha for their titles at Slammiversary, Spitfire. Neutralising Masha, this would shift the bout in favour of Xia, who managed to hit a Brooksie Bomb on Alisha for the win.
#4 - Victory In Defeat
After costing Mike Santana his spot in the world title match at Slammiversary, JDC was in Santana's crosshairs this week as the two faced off. This was a suprisingly fun match, with JDC, fka Dirty Dango, getting to showcase just how capable a worker he can be outside of his comedy schtick, giving Santana what felt like a real challenge to deal with. Santana would ultimately lose the match by DQ, frustration getting the better of him, nailing JDC with a steel chair repeatedly. Security would come out and try to pry him away, but Santana would fight them off, hitting Spin the Block on JDC to end the segment with the visual win, if not the literal one.
#3 - A Not So Triumphant Return
For the first time in 7 years, Matt and Jeff Hardy teamed together in a TNA ring, facing the System's Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards for the TNA tag titles this week. The match was waht you'd expect, very solid work from all four men, with a crowd quite clearly thrilled to see the Hardys back in action. It looked like the brothers would win the match and the titles, when JDC knocked Jeff off the top rope mid-Swanton attempt. This would cause a DQ ( a recurring finish this evening, for some reason) and set the table for a beatdown of the Hardys, which included Jeff's throat being Pillmanised, causing Jeff to be taken away in an ambulance.
It's worth noting that Jeff wasn't the only Hardy who was attacked by JDC this evening, as in the opening moments of his match with Santana, we learnt that he had also attacked Reby Hardy.
#2 -Timesmokers
The chaos-causing No Quarter Catch Crew were forced to fight some of TNA’s own this week, as the team of the Rascalz and Kushida, dubbed the Timesmokers by commentary, defended TNA’s honour against the trio. Kushidas was selected for his own time in NXT, and would take the onslaught of the offense in this very fun, breezy, easy watch of a bout.
The Rascalz have been heels for so long, it’s easy to forget just how fun they are as faces, and they delivered the energetic performance of a lifetime here against a very game NQCC. All that energy couldn’t save them from interference however, as Jonathan Gresham would arrive on scene, for some reason wearing a singlet, luring away Kushida. From here, the numbers game would prove too much, and a combo ending in a Butterfly Suplex on Wentz gave the invading force lead by Charlie Dempsey the win.
#1 - Four Men And A Campaign Aide
This might not have been the best segment from this week’s episode, but it was certainly my favourite. It had the kind of cheesy, earnest vibe that makes TNA so special at times, and really solidified Speedball Mike Bailey as a natural-feeling challenger to Mustafa Ali.
Enraged by Ali’s attack on Trent Seven-an attack he was forced to watch-Speedball looked to avenge his tag partner, not wanting to wait until Slammiversary. Taking the ring and demanding the presence of Ali, Ali would oblige via titantron promo, where he told Speedball that if he won the Secret Service Gauntlet, he’d get what he wanted.
Speedball would, with visible pleasure, clear through four security guards, as well as Campaign Singh, winning the gauntlet. Two Riot Squad members would walk down to the ring, one attacking Speedball from behind. This would be revealed to be Ali, would forced the referee to count a symbolic pinfall against Speedball. After the match, Ali would try to claim their Slammiversary encounter as being called off, but Santino Marella reaffirmed that it was still happening, and voiced his wish that Speedball kick Ali’s ass.
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