Match 1
AJ Francis vs Rich Swann
Francis attacks Swann to start, Francis goes for the DOWN PAYMENT but Swann fights out and lands a series of shots sending Francis into the corner and lands a series of punches. Swann sends Francis to the floor and Swann goes for a dive but Francis catches him, Francis attempts a CHOKE SLAM but Swann catches himself on the apron and lands a twisting corkscrew dive onto Francis. Swann rolls Francis into the ring and goes for a handspring move but Francis catches Swann with a big chop in mid air. Francis lands a series of shots and Swann fights back and comes off the 2nd rope but gets caught and Francis tosses him into the corner, and lands TENNESSE WHISKEY in the corner. Francis works over Swann for several minutes but then misses a big senton splash ought ropes.
Swann lands a series of kicks and lands a handstand cutter followed by a standing moonsault. Swann climbs the ropes but Francis catches him and throws him off. Francis goes for a superplex but Swann bites the arm to fight off Francis. Francis goes for a DOWN PAYMENT but Swann ends up on the shoulders but Francis fights him off. Swann tries to go on the shoulders again but Francis catchs him and lands the STYLES CLASH and mocks AJ Styles in front of the Garland crowd. Francis goes for another STYLES CLASH but Swann counters and lands a CANADIAN DESTROYER on Francis. Swann climbs the ropes and lands a beautiful frog splash but Francis is able to gethis foot on the ropes to break the count. Swann goes for another HANDSTAND CUTTER but Francis counters and drives Swann to the mat and finishes him of with the DOWN PAYMENT for the win.
Winner AJ Francis
We go backstage to Gia Miller who is with TNA World Champion Mike Santana. Santana says that last Thursday Frankie Kazarian gave the fight of his life and gives him his props. Santana says tonight is a Texas Death Match and that he likes to get down in those trenches and he thrives in this pressure. Santana says the hardest thing he ever had to do was go home after he lost his title and look is daughter in the face, but on Thursday Night she called him and said WE BACK PAPI. Santana says DAY AFTER DAY and Month after Month he’s going to show why he is the ILLEST AND REALEST TO EVER DO IT…LET’S GET IT.
Match 2
Elijah vs Mustafa Ali w Order 4
Elijah thwarts an attack from the Good Hands before the match can even start. Ali avoids Elijah to start but Elijah eventually lands a big pop up powerbomb on Ali who rolls to the floor. Elijah goes after Ali and again the Good Hands get involved allowing Ali to take out Elijah with a big dive to the floor and rolls Elijah back into the ring. Ali goes after the arm and also lands a big standing moonsault and then works over Elijah. Ali goes for another standing moonsault but Elijah gets the knee into the back. Elijah and Ali trade shots and Elijah comes back and lands a big clothesline and lands a knee to the face for a near fall. Elijah hooks Ali and lands the Tombstone piledriver for a near fall. Ali props Elijah on the ropes and goes for something but Elijah fights of Ali as well as the rest of Order 4. Elijah pulls Ali into a SKY HIGH but Agent Zero pulls out the referee show she tosses Agent Zero and the Great Hands. Tasha Steelz tries to use the Guitar but Elijah gets her in Tombstone position and she slides the guitar to Ali who plasters Elijah across the back with it and scores the fall.
Winner Ali
Match 3
Dango’s Last Dance The System is at ringside
Eddie Edwards vs JDC
JDC gets a quick roll up to start for an early near fall. Eddie and JDC trade moves early on. Eddie locks in a side headlock and JDC shoots him off and drops down and lands a big dropkick. JDC sends Eddie into the corner and gets a nice arm drag and bars the arm. Eddie gets back to his feet and shoots Dango into the ropes and drops down and lands a big clothesline. Eddie lands a series of chops on Dango who fires back with some of his own. tries to send Eddie into the corner and Eddie baseball slides to avoid it but Dango catches him with a big powerslam for a near fall. JDC lands a series of shots and climbs the ropes but Eddie catches him with a rising knee and a big frankensteiner, and a big suicide dive on the floor. Eddie and JDC brawl on the floor for a bit and Eddie gets the upper hand and sends JDC back into the ring but JDC catches Eddie with a big spin kick. Eddie and JDC trade shots but it’s JDC catching Eddie with a big kick sending him to the floor and lands a big dive to the floor and rolls Eddie back into the ring.
Eddie and JDC trade moves in the corner but JDC traps Eddie in between the ropes and lands a beautiful slingshot leg drop. JDC hooks Eddie and lands a Tornado DDT and rolls into a falcon arrow for a near fall. JDC hooks Eddie and locks in the WALLS OF JERICHO and Eddie fights out and JDC goes for it again but Eddie gets a small package for a near fall. Eddie and JDC jockey for position on the ropes and JDC gets the advantage and lands a SUPER AIR RAID CRASH for a near fall. JDC climbs the ropes but misses a big leg drop. Eddie lands a BOSTON KNEE PARTY but only gets a near fall and then lands a second Boston Knee Party for another near fall. Eddie and JDC share the I LOVE YOU I’M SORRY moment in the center of the ring and Eddie lands a fisherman’s buter followed by a 3rd Boston Knee Party for the win.
Winner Eddie Edwards
Match 4
Ryan Nemeth pinned Mara Sade using the ropes for leverage after dropkicking Sade off the top rope.
Match 5
For the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles
Lei Ying Li vs Zaria w Sol Roca
Li and Zaria lock up, Li goes for a side headlock but Zaria tosses her into the corner. Li goes for a crossbody but Zaria counters and Li escapes, Li goes for an O’Connor Roll but Zaria holds on and mows over Li with a shoulder block. Li goes for a reverse crossbody but gets caught and Zaria lands a big vertical suplex. Li comes back and lands a low dropkick to the knee and then a normal dropkick. Li gets Zaria in the corner and lands a series of punches but Zaria counters and dumps Li across the turnbuckle. Zaria sends Li into the corner and lands a big back elbow followed by a clothesline and a short arm clothesline. Zaria goes for a Boston Crab and Li tries to counter but Zaria drops her to the canvas and then locks in the Boston Crab but Li counters and climbs up Zaria and lands a series of shots. Zaria goes for a kick but Li catches the boot and goes into an STF but Zaria turns it intoa pinning combination for a near fall.
Li charges the corner and Zaria tries to get the boot up but Li catches it and lands a big back elbow and a series of punches in the corner. Zaria goes for a big kick in the corner but gets caught and Li lands a nice suplex variatiaon for a near fall. Li and Zaria trade shots on the apron and it’s Zaria landing a big back suplex on the apron as we see the Elegance Brand lurking around ringside. Zaria goes for her finish but the referee gets taken out. Sal Roca and Xia Brookside get in the ring to both check on the referee which brings the Elegance Brand to ringside which leads to all four women brawling to the back. Li ducks a charge and gets a quick roll up for a near fall. Zaria climbsthe ropes but gets caught and it’s Li landing a big frankensteiner off the ropes. In the end it’s Li getting Zaria across the shoulders and landing the Warrior’s Way for the win.
Winner and Still TNA Knockouts Champion Wei Yang Li
Hardys-Righteous video package
Match 6
For the TNA Tag Team Titles
The Hardys-Jeff and Matt vs the Righteous-Dutch and Vincent
All four men brawl to start and Jeff goes for a belt shot on Dutch but misses. Jeff fights off Vincent and then lands a big clothesline off the apron.
Jeff takes down Vincent to start and lands a series of shots. Hardys double team Vincent and lands a fist drop/splash combination. Matt lands a series of shots and slingshots the neck of Vincent across the top rope. Hardys land POETRY IN MOTION and work over Vincent early. Matt teases the TWIST OF FATE early but Dutch grabs Matt from the apron and then catches Matt from the outside with a big clothesline. Vincent lands a series of punches and makes the tag. Dutch Gorilla presses and drops Matt chest first to the mat and makes the tag and Vincent lands a basement flatliner. The Righteous work over Matt comes back and lands the TWIST OF FATE on Dutch and makes the tag. Jeff comes in and lands a series of clotheslines and a face first suplex on Vincent. Hardys land a Twist of Fate/neckbreaker combination for a near fall. Righteous land their own Twist of Fate/Swanton Bomb combination but Jeff breaks it up and Vincent posts him. Dutch goes for a big move off the apron and miss. Matt goes after Vincent who begs off and Dutch gets the microphone and says that this is exactly what the Righteous wanted. THEY LOVE TO BE HURT. Hardys finish off Vincent with the Twist of Fate/Swanton Bomb for the win.
Winners and Still TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardys-Matt and Jeff
Match 7
Triple Threat Match
Moose vs Joe Hendry vs Cedric Alexander
All 3 men trade shots to start things, but Hendry catches Moose with a DDT. Hendry sends Cedric to the apron but Cedric catches him with a big kick to the face and a through the ropes flatliner. Moose catches Cedric with a big dropkick and then Hendry lands a big move on Moose sending him to the floor followed by a big fall away slam on Cedric. Moose catches Cedric lands an apron powerbomb on him, but then Hendry catches Moose with an apron powerbomb as well. Hendry rolls Cedric into the ring but Cedric comes back and lands a big suicide dive to the floor on Hendry. Moose charges but takes a nasty back drop onto the steel steps that brings several referees and TNA president Carlos Silva out to check on Moose. Cedric gets a quick roll up on Hendry for a near fall. Hendry goes for an Olympic Slam but Alexander counters with a nice arm drag. Both men trade moves and it’s Alexander countering a fall away slam with a small package for a near fall and then landing a Michinoku Driver for a near fall. Hendry and Alexander duck clotheslines and then double clothesline each other.
Moose comes back in and lands a series of shots. Moose lands a Urinagi and a senton splash on Hendry for a near fall. Alexander climbs the ropes but Moose catches him with a big dropkick. Moose and Hendry both go for suplexes. Hendry lands a big superplex but then Moose rolls through and lands a suplex followed by a frog splash from Alexander for a near fall. Moose sends Alexander to the apron and Alexander catches him with a big kick and climbs the ropes, but Moose catches him with GO TO HELL for a near fall. Moose and Hendry trade shots and it’s Hendry landing a POP UP POWERBOMB on Moose for a near fall. Alexander locks in a crossface but Moose stops the tap out and then tosses Hendry to the floor. Moose and Alexander trade shots. Alexander goes for a springboard but Moose catches him a SPEAR for a near fall. Moose goes for another SPEAR but his back gives out and it’s Alexander landing the LUMBAR CHECK on Moose, but here comes Hendry with the STANDING OVATION on Alexander for the win.
Winner Joe Hendry
TNA presents Impact Live this Thursday Night on AMC Plus featuring Jeff Hardy vs Mustafa Ali Indi Hartwell vs M By Elegance and the return of Feast or Fired
TNA presents No Surrender from Nashville TN on TNA Plus on Feb 13th
TNA Presents Sacrifice on Friday Mar 27th on TNA Plus from the Alario Center in New Orleans LA.
Mike Santana-Frankie Kazarian video package
Main Event
Texas Death Match for the TNA World Title {Special Referee Nic Nemeth}
Mike Santana vs Frankie Kazarian
Santana goes after Kazarian who quickly bails out. Santana gives chase and they both end up in the ring trading shots. Santana and Kazarian both catch each other in the ropes. Kazarian sends Santana into the ropes but Santana holds on. Santana goes for a piledriver on the apron but Kazarian escapes and sweeps the leg. Kazarian goes underneath the ring and gets a steel chair and catches Santana in the gut with it. Santana tries to send Kazarian into the steps but Kazarian leaps over the stairs but then Santana leaps over the stairs with a big clothesline on Kazarian. Santana goes underneath the ring and gets a table. Santana sets up a chair and does a big cannonball with Kazarian up against the barricade that sends him into the Garland crowd. Santana and Kazarian brawl through the crowd and end up in the bleechers of the Curtis Culwell Center. Kazarian tries a superplex from the seats but Santana knocks him off and lands a big crossbody out of the stands and both men are down.
Santana and Kazarian brawl into the backstage and Kazarian sends him back first into a door and then lands a shot to the back with a garbage can and the two find their way back to ringside.
Santana and Kazarian both get chairs and nail each other at the same time. Kazarian sets up two chairs and goes for FADE TO BLACK but Santana escapes. Santana hooks Kazarian and piledrives Kazarian on the chairs and scores the first fall but Kazarian is able to answer Nic Nemeth’s 10 count. Santana sets up another table and goes for a piledriver off the apron but Kazarian counters and sends him into the apron. Santana climbs the ropes but Kazarian catches him with a CUTTER through the table to the floor and scores for a fall but Santana answers the referee’s 10 count. Kazarian sets up a table and a ladder and then Santana just appears on the apron with a baseball bat. Santana tries to nail Kazarian who ducks and goes for the crossface chicken wing but Santana escapes that. Santana gets the barbed wire bat and lands a shot to the gut and then drives into the forehead of Kazarian. Santana puts Kazarian on the table and climbs the ladder and lands a big splash but both men are able recover. Santana and Kazarian trade shots and Santana spins the block on Kazarian but Kazarian recovers. Santana wraps him arm in barbed wire and lands another SPIN THE BLOCK and this time it’s enough to keep Kazarian down.
Winner and Still TNA World Champion Mike Santana.
After the Match. Nic Nemeth lays out Santana with DANGER ZONE and tries to call his shot but before a referee can come out Santana recovers and lands SPIN THE BLOCK and the show ends with Santana standing tall over Nemeth.
Good show overall. A solid opener between Francis/Swann a bit surprised that this was a clean as a sheet win for Francis. A very good Eddie/JDC match to close out a 27 year career. A solid Knockouts Title match and a good showing for Zaria. A solid 3 way match to lead us into out main event. A big wild brawl to close the show between Santana/Kazarian where not only does Santana survive his first title opportunity but he also thwarts Nic Nemeth’s plan to call his shot and closes the show still your TNA Champion.
