00:00TNA is ready to go to war with NXT. That's coming Tuesday night, but right now it's time for our main event.
00:10Following tag team matches scheduled for one call and is for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship.
00:22And it is the first, the team of Cassie Lee and Jesse McKay. The Inspiration!
00:34Now, during the circumstance surrounding X-File Elegance Relinquishing the Knockouts World Championship at Victory Road,
00:40this match was supposed to take place at Victory Road, but it's going down tonight.
00:45Here on the tagline, Ash and Heather, once upon a time, cheated to defeat the Inspiration in a title defense at Slammiversary.
00:53Meanwhile, Heather and M cheated again to retain the titles against the Inspiration and other teams at Emergence.
01:00However, Cassie and Jesse do have wins against the Elegant's brand and NXT's fatal influence
01:08that have led to this Knockouts World Tag Team title match.
01:12You turned that music off! You turned that music off!
01:18I've been assaulted!
01:19Shut your mouth, sweethearts!
01:21I do the intros around here because I'm the person of concierge!
01:25Ladies and gentlemen, for the millions watching at home
01:37and the thousands of you degenerate losers here in Edmonton!
01:46Show some respect, shut your mouths, and welcome the greatest TNA Knockouts of all time!
01:54This is M and Heather by Elegance.
02:04It has been 202 days of dominance for the Knockouts World Tag Team Champions, the Elegance brand,
02:13but the situation has changed ever since AFI Elegance relinquished the Knockouts World Championship
02:20and stepped away from in-ring competition.
02:23The question now is, can the Elegance brand maintain the level of excellence they have recently assumed?
02:31It's certainly a lot of pressures on the shoulder of M and Heather,
02:34but I have no doubt they are strong enough and elegant enough to get things done here tonight.
02:40It's the inspiration against the Elegance brand for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Titles.
02:49Our main event is next on Impact.
02:57We are back here on TNA Impact set for our main event.
03:01The TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship is at stake with bow for glory just one week away from Sunday live in Lowell, Massachusetts.
03:12The Elegance brand set to defend the titles against the inspiration tonight in Edmonton.
03:18And I don't know if anybody caught it.
03:20I just want to point it out so the world can know of the injustice.
03:23The inspiration continues to throw their things at me when they enter the ring.
03:27I don't appreciate it, and the world at large doesn't appreciate it.
03:31Reminds me of Ian Graves, and it makes me very happy.
03:35So this is a very different situation for the Elegance brand.
03:39No Ash by Elegance.
03:41You do have the personal concierge in your corner,
03:43but this is a real test for the Elegance brand.
03:47Heather and M, what did they learn from Ash by Elegance?
03:50Will the Elegance era continue?
03:53Of course it will.
03:55How dare you?
03:55I mean, the world could blow up, and these two would still be around expressing the Elegance within them.
04:01The pressure, in my mind, is all on the inspiration.
04:04Jesse McKay starting things off against Heather by Elegance.
04:08Quick tag here.
04:08In comes Cassie Lee.
04:10The inspiration are former Knockouts World Tag Team Champions.
04:14There's a cover trying to win the title for a second time in a kickout.
04:18Well, famously, the inspiration won their first Knockouts World Tag Team Championship
04:22in their very first matchup in this company back in 2021 at Bound for Glory.
04:28Beginner's luck is a strong force in this business, Tom.
04:32There's no doubt about it.
04:33Oh!
04:33And I don't think those boys are going to get that lucky tonight.
04:37Sense of urgency here from M trying to retain and end this match early.
04:41That is good strategy.
04:42Absolutely.
04:42That's exactly it.
04:43You know you want to end this early.
04:45You want to end it on your terms.
04:46You don't want to let anybody get a chance to build any kind of momentum.
04:50Off of the ropes.
04:51Cassie Lee driving M down and a kickout.
04:56Tag made.
04:56And in comes Jesse.
04:57You have the veterans in Cassie and Jesse.
05:00Meanwhile, you have Heather and M who are still relative newcomers to TNA Wrestling.
05:04Youthful exuberance is what I would use.
05:07And elegance, quite frankly.
05:08Oh!
05:09A little rear view there.
05:10Shades of the former Knockouts World Champion Trinity.
05:13Cover.
05:14Trying to retain the tag team titles.
05:16Kick out.
05:17Heather and M by elegance are untapped potential.
05:20That was tapped by Ash by elegance.
05:22So they keep growing and evolving and getting better every single day.
05:28Blocked there by Jesse McKay with the boot.
05:31Down goes M.
05:33Tag made.
05:34In comes Heather.
05:36Not just yet.
05:37Face first.
05:38To the top.
05:39She's turning back in the ring.
05:41Jesse McKay bringing Heather in the hard way.
05:45Oh!
05:46Now it is Jesse McKay who is paying for that, courtesy of Heather by elegance.
05:55This is a crucial matchup on the path to Bound for Glory.
05:59We count down the days till we get to Lowell, Massachusetts for our biggest event of the year.
06:04The 21st annual Bound for Glory.
06:09Jesse McKay is fired up tonight.
06:11She better learn to keep it under control.
06:14She doesn't want to get disqualified or...
06:15Whoa!
06:16Whoa!
06:17What is this?
06:20I think Cassie saw M trying to instigate things.
06:24Trying to get the referee's attention for some reason.
06:27Instigate?
06:27She was trying to cheer on her partner.
06:29You know the elegance brain loves to try and divert the referee's attention.
06:33Oh!
06:33That's inspirational!
06:36Hands.
06:37Hips.
06:38I'm inspired.
06:39Say it with some gusto.
06:42Come on!
06:44Meanwhile, Heather and M just got double teamed in the worst way possible.
06:50A lot of respect for the Australian team of Cassie and Jesse here in Edmonton, Alberta.
06:56Australia was a prison colony, you know.
07:00Okay.
07:02What does that have to do with this?
07:03No, I'm going to leave that open-ended.
07:05I'll let you make your own guesses about the kind of people that come from there.
07:08Are you saying they're criminals?
07:10I didn't make it.
07:11Your words are not mine.
07:12That's horrible.
07:12Right now, this is a criminal action happening to Heather by elegance.
07:15It's not a criminal.
07:16It's a wrestling match.
07:17I mean, Heather and M trying to avoid the fight.
07:20They've done this many times against the Inspiration.
07:23I don't remember anything that you're talking about.
07:25Oh, back elbow there.
07:27To M.
07:27Give it down!
07:29Oh, now M slowing up.
07:31Cassie Layne.
07:33Heather attacking from behind.
07:34And that was Elegant.
07:38There's the tag.
07:39In comes M.
07:44The Elegant's brand hold the record for the longest female-only knockouts World Tag Team Championship reign.
07:52They're trying to ensure that it will continue tonight in our main event.
07:56Suplex there.
07:57The titles are on the line here on Impact.
08:00Cover here.
08:04Almost able to retain there from M by Elegant's in this title matchup.
08:10But they have managed to gain control of Cassie Lee.
08:14This matchup, all Elegant's, all the time right now.
08:21Oh, Cassie Lee has his spine first into the turnbuckles.
08:25Set in to the Elegant's brand core.
08:33Smart Tag Team Wrestling.
08:37This is what I'm talking about.
08:39About that potential that keeps growing.
08:42And being better and better executed.
08:45Every single day.
08:46Every time they step in the ring.
08:48They become a better team.
08:49They become a better wrestler.
08:51It is all upside for Heather and M.
08:53Now the referee trying to get Jesse McKay back to the corner.
09:01But Heather was the one who stirred things up.
09:04Now Heather going after Cassie Lee.
09:11Cassie sent back inside by Heather.
09:14Any much way you throw it.
09:15Here you go.
09:16Look to the leg and a kick out.
09:19Heather and M trying to prove that they've learned enough from Aft by Elegant's.
09:23Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if the personal concierge's automated food bowl will go off twice a day.
09:29Now the Aft by Elegant's isn't here.
09:32Look, if he had an automated food bowl.
09:34He does.
09:35He's basically a cat.
09:37Ahi tuna.
09:38It would be Kobe steak.
09:40It would be everything.
09:41Because the Elegant's brand only does things the finest way.
09:44Just like they are in this nutshell.
09:45They're dominating.
09:48Now look, I will say nice things about Cassica and Jessica.
09:51Cassie and Jesse.
09:53And Jesse, yes, yes, yes.
09:54He bites tongue.
09:55And look, they are very much accomplished in both WWE and TNA around the world.
10:02Nobody can take that away from them.
10:03They were very impressive in their first debut here in TNA.
10:08I won't take that away.
10:09But this is a whole other animal here with the Elegant's brand.
10:13It's not just a team.
10:14It's a lifestyle.
10:16Heather misses with the elbow drop.
10:18Cassie Lee trying to get to her corner.
10:20Tag made.
10:21In comes Jesse McKay.
10:23Talk about all the success that Cassie and Jesse have had inside the ring.
10:29How about their dedication outside of the ring?
10:32Stepping away to become parents.
10:35And then returning to professional wrestling.
10:37Trying to inspire other wrestlers and future generations fans.
10:42Puts the cover.
10:43Shoulders down and a kick out.
10:46Well, they do say shiny things help the kids go to sleep.
10:49So maybe that's what the goal is here.
10:51Now, you jingle keys so the personal concierge will pay attention.
10:56Heather and Em working in perfect synchronicity.
11:01Harmony, baby.
11:03The Elegant's brand.
11:05They have not missed a step.
11:08And they must be dealing just with everything going on with Ash.
11:12Losing her from the limelight here.
11:14They lost their North Star, so to speak.
11:16But look at the way they are valiantly fighting.
11:19It's absolutely incredible.
11:22It's inspirational, I would say.
11:24Oh, don't you dare.
11:25I just did.
11:27He right to the back of the neck.
11:29The referee warning.
11:30Em.
11:32Let's be careful of a fight.
11:33Now, there would get disqualified.
11:35Oh, and Em took a shot at Cassie Lee.
11:37The referee doesn't see the illegal contact here by Heather.
11:42That's what the Elegant's brand does.
11:44Here's the cover.
11:45It works, baby.
11:46Cover and a kick out.
11:47Multiple instances where the Elegant's brand will do whatever it takes to divert the referee's attention
11:52so they can do illegal offense behind his back.
11:56We're back here on TNA Impact.
12:03This is our main event tonight in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
12:07The Knockouts World Tag Team Championships are on the line.
12:11The Elegant's brand defending against the Inspiration.
12:14On the cover here to retain the titles.
12:16Oh, and a kick out there by Jesse McKay.
12:19Heather couldn't end this matchup.
12:21The critical factor of this matchup is not who's necessarily here at ringside.
12:25It's who's missing.
12:26Ash by Elegant has stepped away from in-ring competition.
12:30Relinquished the Knockouts World Championship this past weekend at Victory Road.
12:34Can the Elegant's brand, Heather and Em, move forward as tag team champions without Ash?
12:41I mean, so far in this matchup, they've impressed me a lot with the way they've been able to valiantly stand up on their own.
12:49But now the opening is almost there for Jesse McKay.
12:54Em went flying to the outside.
12:56Go for a tag!
12:57Em took that time to pull Cassie Lee off of the apron.
13:02I think Cassie Lee might have tweaked her left ankle in the process.
13:06That was brilliant by Em.
13:09And look at this, the way they are growing, adapting, and getting better and more shrewd.
13:15Like it or not, it is effective.
13:18The Elegant's brand have been up to their usual tactics.
13:21Attacking behind the referee's back.
13:23Illegal contact.
13:24Cheating, Ray Wolfe.
13:26Winning, winning, winning.
13:27There's a cover.
13:28Cover.
13:28Trying to retain the titles and a kick out.
13:31Shades of Charlie Sheen.
13:33The Elegant's brand cannot stop winning.
13:35Well, if we can refocus here, the inspiration wants to build momentum.
13:41Obviously, they want to cap for the Knockouts World Tag Team titles.
13:44But Cassie and Jesse will be a part of the TNA women's team in a Survivor Series-style elimination match this coming Tuesday night.
13:53As we'll see, TNA versus NXT at NXT Showdown live on the CW.
14:00And just like that, Em able to snuff out Jesse.
14:03I think Heather and Em have had a fire reignited knowing that they have to stand on their own.
14:09And knowing that they have to carry this brand on their back.
14:12As well as the Knockouts World Tag Team Championships.
14:16See, right to the spine.
14:17A little flurry there moments ago by Jesse McKay.
14:19Em able to shut it down.
14:21We've seen how Heather and Em, their confidence has grown under the tutelage of Ash.
14:27And I think this opportunity, as I've been saying, to do it all on themselves, on their own terms.
14:33I think it'll only help them grow further.
14:35Oh!
14:39Jesse trying to reach out to Cassie Lee.
14:41Oh!
14:45Big contact there.
14:47And now an opportunity for Jesse McKay.
14:52And by Elegant's Navy out.
14:55Forehead collided with the knee of Jesse McKay.
15:00Both wrestlers need a tag here very badly.
15:04Who's going to get it first?
15:07Count of four here from the official.
15:09Both have to the count of ten to get back up to their feet so the match can continue or make a tag.
15:14And there's a tag.
15:16Yes!
15:16It's Heather to meet Cassie Lee.
15:20Look at this.
15:20Cassie Lee fighting two-on-one here against the Elegant's Bray.
15:24Oh!
15:24It's been a heel kick.
15:26Cassie's fired off.
15:30Cassie and Jesse, former Knockouts Row tag team champions, they've established themselves as the women's tag team.
15:38Can they win the titles, however, in a kickout?
15:40Not enough to put Heather by Elegant's away.
15:45It's going to take more than the usual tricks by the inspiration to put these tag team champions down.
15:55And now Cassie Lee trying to end this against Heather.
16:00Oh, now M diving in.
16:03Great teamwork.
16:04Great save.
16:05Cassie Lee, I think, was trying to set up for the Inspiral.
16:08M felt it coming.
16:09M gets the tension of the referee.
16:11Oh, look at that.
16:12Blue Thunderbomb.
16:13Shoulders down.
16:14Trying to win the titles.
16:15And a kickout.
16:18Incredible.
16:19Oh, there's the personal concierge.
16:20Get in the face of the referee.
16:22He's making sure he does his job right.
16:25Stop talking to him and let him work.
16:27Oh!
16:30And now Cassie Lee arguing with the ref.
16:35This is not going to get you where you want to be.
16:37Kick it up!
16:38Kick it up!
16:40Kick it up!
16:41Kick it up!
16:42Kick it up!
16:44Kick it up!
16:45Kick it up!
16:46He can't kick it up.
16:47He crossed the border illegally.
16:51And now Cassie Lee.
16:53Oh, wait a minute.
16:54Heather went to the eyes.
16:55Heather went to the eyes.
16:57Oh, and a super kick by him.
16:59Heather fed Cassie to him.
17:02And now the DDT.
17:03That was beautiful.
17:05Cover on Jesse McKay.
17:07Saves the matchup.
17:09The distractions.
17:12The divergences by the Elegance brand.
17:15All trying to bend the rules and retain their titles.
17:20Whoa!
17:20What the hell was that?
17:25Oh!
17:26It's the Elegance brand, Champagne!
17:28Oh, the concierge!
17:29Oh!
17:30The reference attention!
17:32Champagne into the eyes!
17:33A huge mistake by the Elegance brand!
17:37That's the most expensive champagne on the market.
17:39Oh, my God!
17:41No, no, no.
17:41Wait a minute.
17:42M's been taken out.
17:43No!
17:44Open Analyzer!
17:45Not like this!
17:46Cover!
17:47Two!
17:48The Elegance Tag Team are the champions!
17:52Here are your winners and new DNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions!
18:04The Inspiration!
18:08What a moment for Cassie and Jesse!
18:23A milestone moment for two lifelong friends!
18:31Rising to world-life prominence in WWE!
18:34Becoming Tag Team Champions once they arrived here in TNA years ago!
18:41Becoming parents!
18:42Returning to the professional wrestling ring!
18:46And becoming two-time Knockouts World Tag Team Champions tonight!
18:53But now can the Inspiration lead the way for Team TNA at Showdown!
18:59It's all a part of the path to bound for glory!
19:04You know what to be.
19:05You know what to be.
19:06You know what to be.
19:06You know what to be.
19:07I'm a fan of champions!
19:08The Underwoods of hope.
19:08You know what to be.
19:10And you know what to be.
19:10You know what to be.
19:10A Ε
Comments