{"id":157948,"date":"2026-04-11T23:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=157948"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:25:49","slug":"tna-rebellion-2026-who-and-why-ec3-returned-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/04\/11\/tna-rebellion-2026-who-and-why-ec3-returned-for\/","title":{"rendered":"TNA Rebellion 2026 &#8211; Who and Why EC3 Returned for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EC3 made his TNA Wrestling comeback at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/04\/11\/tna-rebellion-2026-results-4-11-26-live-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">TNA Rebellion 2026<\/a>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/04\/10\/ec3-returns-at-tna-rebellion-2026\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">The news broke yesterday<\/a><\/span> that the former 2-time TNA World Champion was <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/2042952611054391767\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">returning<\/a><\/span>, after more than 5 years. His last appearance was at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/10\/23\/preview-impact-wrestling-bound-for-glory-10-24-20\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Bound for Glory 2020<\/a><\/span>. All we knew before the PLE was: &#8220;One man&#8217;s madness has a name: trouble.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before and after the tweet below, EC3 posted other &#8220;Threezus&#8221; quotes accompanied by videos <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/therealec3\/status\/2041330961737019676\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/therealec3\/status\/2041951607496044558\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>,<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/therealec3\/status\/2042402412128829876\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span>. &#8220;<span>In the beginning, there was the Top 1%. There was only ever the Top 1%.&#8221; In the videos, EC3 asked which man is the most dangerous: the one with nothing to lose or the one with everything he needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Threezus 2:37 &#8211; <\/p>\n<p>And the Ark was opened before the congregation. <br \/>And The Top 1% was inside.<\/p>\n<p>And it had not changed. <br \/>Had not diminished. <br \/>Had not apologized for its existence. <\/p>\n<p>And the people saw. <br \/>And Rebellion was no longer just a name. It was a warning. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkJ3tjw6d6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/bkJ3tjw6d6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EC3 \/\/ The Top 1% \/\/ (@therealec3) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therealec3\/status\/2042616607613034736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>What Happened<\/h2>\n<p>It may have been a return at TNA Rebellion, but the real wrestling comeback will take place in Syracuse, NY, on Thursday Night iMPACT. <span>Eric Young said in the Countdown to TNA Rebellion that he was ready to come face-to-face with EC3 later this evening. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After the TNA Knockouts Championship match, Young came to the ring and called out EC3 to join him to plead his case.<\/span>He called EC3 a \u201cnepo baby\u201d and \u201cAunt Dixie isn\u2019t here any longer\u201d.\u00a0 EY went for a cheap shot. EC3 ducked and delivered a clothesline to send Young out of the ring.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the first time in 9 years, <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therealec3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TherealEC3<\/a> is BACK in TNA Wrestling!<\/p>\n<p>WATCH <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TNARebellion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TNARebellion<\/a> on TNA+: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3qD3MC5IOP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/3qD3MC5IOP<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BfMritwjso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/BfMritwjso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/2043151057526595689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>EC3 reminded that he is the Top 1%, a 2-time TNA World Champion. &#8220;EC3 is back!&#8221; He was forced to announce that he challenged Eric Young for a one-on-one comeback match next week on TNA Thursday Night iMPACT on AMC. &#8220;AMC becomes ECM3,&#8221; he added, &#8220;That makes sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He told Eric Young, &#8220;Pursuant to who I am, pursuant to why I am here, pursuant to my mind, my body, my soul, my everything. The Exile, the Crusade, the Trouble Trouble Trouble. I have one thing to say: I&#8217;m from Cleveland, b**ch!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned on Last Word on Sports Pro Wrestling as the real comeback of EC3 will take place at Thursday Night iMPACT in a few days.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EC3 RETURNS to TNA to Confront Eric Young | TNA Rebellion 2026 Highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/imjfCXGhSo0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EC3 made his TNA Wrestling comeback at TNA Rebellion 2026. The news broke yesterday that the former 2-time TNA World Champion was returning, after more than 5 years. His last appearance was at Bound for Glory 2020. All we knew before the PLE was: &#8220;One man&#8217;s madness has a name: trouble.&#8221; Before and after the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5457,"featured_media":158080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12,6,2192,8959],"tags":[1216,262,186,9595,9260,9699],"class_list":["post-157948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impact","category-news","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-tna-wrestling","tag-ec3","tag-eric-young","tag-ethan-carter-iii","tag-thursday-night-impact","tag-tna-rebellion","tag-tna-rebellion-2026"],"modified_by":"Steph Franchomme","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157948"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158112,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157948\/revisions\/158112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}