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TNA Thursday Night iMPACT review

TNA Thursday Night iMPACT Review (7/9/26) – Savages, Young or Not

“A couple of young savages in charge”

The rules of the 3-Way match between The Righteous, the System, and Sosa & Slater: Only two teams can be legal in the match-up at a time, only one member of a legal team can be in the match at a time, and competitors can tag in or out by tagging their own partner or a member of another team. The first team to secure a pinfall or submission is the winner.

In the end, Bear Bronson and Dutch traded blows in the center of the ring, Dutch charged at Bronson, and toppled over the top rope. Bronson leveled Dutch on the outside, and they continued to trade blows. Leon Slater soared over the top rope and leveled Dutch and Bronson on the outside. Slater rolled Bronson back into the ring, Ricky Sosa charged at Bronson, and dove into him with an Uppercut to secure the pinfall.

KC Navarro had answers

KC Navarro hit the ring and reflected on what happened last week between him and TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth. He demanded that Nic Nemeth answer his questions. TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth answered that he felt KC Navarro doesn’t have it. “You never even deserved to be in my shadow.” Navarro fired back, saying he got a title shot because he has it. Ryan Nemeth attacked KC Navarro from behind, and Nic Nemeth joined them in the ring. Nic Nemeth’s message was crystal-clear.

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TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth and his brother once again attacked KC Navarro (TNA Wrestling)

No DQs, no #ANDNEW

Léi Ying Lee told Gia Miller earlier she would give everything to win back the title. Léi Ying Lee attacked Brookside from behind before the bell rang. Brookside rolled to the outside, and Lee Pumpkicked her twice. Then, the no-DQ stipulation turned into a hardcore bout. Lee went to smack Brookside with her fan, but Brookside sent Lee to the steel steps. Lee hoisted Brookside onto her shoulders for Warriors Way; Brookside prevented it and smacked Lee’s injured left leg with the fan.

She continued driving the fan into the injured leg multiple times. Brookside then whipped Lee’s injured leg with a leather belt and used the belt to lock her in a Leg-lock Submission Hold. Lee broke out, and Brookside continued to attack her with the belt. She drove the belt buckle into her head, set up Lee on the ropes, charged at her with Double Knee, and Lee avoided it.

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Xia Brookside choked Léi Ying Lee with a kendo stick (TNA Wrestling)

Later in the match, Lee pulled three steel chairs out from under the ring and a kendo stick. She dragged a table out from under the ring and set it up. She slammed Brookside face-first off the edge of the table twice. Brookside drove the kendostick into Lee’s mid-section and slammed it into Lee’s back. Xia Brookside continued to attack Lee with the kendostick and locked Lee between the top turnbuckle and the kendostick. Brookside grabbed the title belt, and Lee took out Brookside while she was distracted by the table.

Lee slammed a steel chair into Brookside’s back multiple times, and once more into Brookside’s mid-section. Lee sets up the title belt, and Brookside answers with a Jawbreaker. She pumpkicked Brookside, piled up the steel chairs, and set up Brookside on them. She climbed to the top rope, Brookside rolled out of the way, and Lee crashed down onto the steel chairs. Brookside slammed the title belt into Lee’s head. The two traded blows before Brookside used a steel chair to block a punch and spiked Lee head-first into it with Darkside to secure the pinfall.

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About Steph Franchomme

Steph, for Stephanie, is not only eNYGMAtic, charismatic, but also “très chic.” Living in France, her birth country, she broke the language barrier to become a respected writer and interviewer on many wrestling promotions. She has developed a very special bond with TNA Wrestling over time to the point of becoming an Authority on the company. The French Nygma, as she loves to call herself, has been a wrestling writer and editor for nearly a decade for SteelChair Magazine/Wrestling SC, TWM and Distortion Media. She has interviewed hundreds of wrestlers from WWE, MLW, TNA, NXT, AEW, and many more promotions. The Nygma is now the new “Authority” on TNA Wrestling and NXT for Last Word on Pro Wrestling. The writer/editor also runs @3WWrestling, her own platform.