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: SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 RESULTS
#5 - New Liaison, New Fan
We have a new liaison in the relationship between TNA and NXT, and her name is Arianna Grace. The daughter of Santino Marella, perfectly playing her self-absorbed, prom queen-esque persona, made the announcement of her new position, and introduced Karmen Petrovic to answer Jordynne Grace’s open challenge. This was my first time seeing Petrovic in action, and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised.
Petrovic still needs a little seasoning, don’t get me wrong, but in her match with Jordynne, which Rosemary was seen observing from the rafters, she looked capable, fluid, and bumped her ass off for Grace. The result here was, I’d argue, never in question, with Petrovic falling to a Grace Driver, but this was a fine effort.
After the bell, with Grace celebrating, the lights went out, and when they came back on, an enthusiastic Rosemary looked on with the rest of us at Grace, laid out in the middle of the ring, pillow by her head. It looks like the Demon Assassin’s recent ally, Wendy Choo, has set her sights on the Juggernaut.
#4 - System Reboot?
This week’s episode started, regrettably, with a promo from the System. From this promo, however, we got two nuggets of information. One, that in the tag match against Mike Santana and Joe Hendry, JDC’s membership in the System was on the line. If he and Moose won, he’d be a fully-fledged member. If he lost, that would be it.
Alisha Edwards, put on concussion protocol after Emergence, was gloating about not having to defend her and Masha’s tag titles, when she was interrupted by Spitfire. After initially rebuffing their rivals, a match was agreed to when Threat informed Alisha that they had gotten another shot from Santino, but with the added clause that if they lose, she and Luna will disband as a team.
#3 - Impromptu
Zachary Wentz was cutting a celebratory promo this week, thanking the fans for keeping him going and helping him climb out of a dark place. Having won the X Division title from Mike Bailey at Emergence in an Ultimate X match, the former champion would politely interrupt, informing Wentz that he would be invoking his rematch clause at Victory Road.
They would be interrupted by the Good Hands, and a tag match seeing Speedball and Wentz against the perennial perfect jobbers would commence. After a quick little back and forth affair, the UFO cutter from Wentz sealed the deal.
#2 - Impromptu, Part 2
What was meant to be the first match of the evening, Kushida Vs Laredo Kid, would soon fall to pieces due to one Josh Alexander. Having lost to Nix Nemeth at Emergence, an irate Alexander would attack Kid and Kushida, causing the match to be thrown out. Kushida could not and would not accept this, taking the fight to Alexander and demanding a match with him, right here and now. D.O.A. Marella would oblige, making the match official.
Kushida would have the advantage early on, but Alexander, through brute force, took control as the match went on. Attempting the Ankle Lock but finding no joy in it, Alexander planted his flag, and Kushida’s head, in the ground with a C4 Spike, earning a victory.
#1 - X
I’ll be honest, this week’s main event didn’t do much for me. It made sense, it was logical how it turned out-after confronting Josh Alexander earlier in the evening for his actions towards Kushida, Joe Hendry is attacked by Alexander and cost the match-but it just didn’t excite me.
What did excite me was an admittedly short affair between Eric Young and Jake Something. Both men were looking to capture some momentum here, EY trying to rebound from losing to Steve Maclin at Emergence, and frustration with his career progression very, very visible on Something. Every kickout from EY seemed to enrage the big man more and more, right from the start of the match. Something has always been aggressive, but this was, pardon the pun, something else.
Young would be able to use that rage to his advantage, getting a quick win with his Piledriver. After the bell, he would extend a hand to Something, who took it, only to take EY after the bell. Only the appearance of Maclin, a mutual respect seemingly forming between him and the World Class Maniac, saved the day.
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