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00:28This week on
00:29TNA Explosion, we're going
00:31around the ring with Gia Miller.
00:33The Don West, you've got to be kidding me!
00:36Top 5 trending topics of the week.
00:38In case you missed it,
00:40and in our main event, it'll be
00:41Harley Hudson up against Alex
00:43Gracia. But first, we're looking back
00:46to Slammiversary 2024
00:48where it was the ABC,
00:50Ace Austin and Chris Bay
00:51up against the system's Brian Myers
00:54and Eddie Edwards for the TNA
00:56World Tag Team titles.
00:57It's From the Vault, presented by
00:59TNA+.
01:03There was a brief amount of tension between them as
01:05individuals, as well as them just
01:07trying to ready themselves to make sure
01:09they were in prime position to take
01:11those titles back. I would like
01:13to point out, however,
01:15on the countdown to Slammiversary,
01:18Spitfire found themselves in a
01:19similar situation. Getting
01:21themselves ready, they wanted to be sure before
01:23they took their contractual rematch.
01:26How did that turn out for Spitfire?
01:28Will it be a similar fate
01:29for the ABC?
01:31Now, this is Ace Austin going after
01:33Brian Myers, who just last night
01:36on Explosion, a TNA+,
01:37pinned Brian Myers one-on-one.
01:41Singles match, as anybody who's stepped between the ropes
01:44know, is very, very different territory,
01:46very different strategy from tag team action.
01:51Oh, Austin with a knee right to the head,
01:53going for the side rusher and leg sweep.
01:57Boom, click, click, boom there from Austin,
01:59and now Eddie Edwards dives into the fray.
02:02Austin able to level Edwards.
02:03Tag Team Obey is legal.
02:06Here's some early double-team action
02:08from ABC here in Montreal.
02:12Look out!
02:14Double drop kick right to the head.
02:16Edwards rolls out.
02:17Myers is still legal.
02:19Hold on, can we see another heart attack tonight?
02:22We did see one.
02:23Here's the cover.
02:25Shoulders down and a kick out.
02:27Everybody paying homage.
02:29When in Rome, as they say,
02:32will it be enough, though, here
02:33to bring home the tag team titles for ABC.
02:37The ABC had the opportunity
02:39to tie the Motor City Machine Guns
02:42and the Good Brothers.
02:43Hold on, here's the cover.
02:45Put to the leg and a kick out by Myers.
02:47The chance to tie the Guns and the Good Brothers
02:49as teams will have won the TNA World Tag Team Championship
02:52three times.
02:53That mark is only exceeded by LAX.
02:56That's Santana and Ortiz with four.
02:59The Wolves with four.
03:00That's Eddie Edwards' whole tag team.
03:02And, of course, Beer Money, Inc.
03:04with five.
03:08And right now, it is not looking good.
03:11Got to retain on a kick out.
03:14It is not looking good for the chances of ABC
03:18adding to that record book, adding to that legacy.
03:22Not right now, if the system have anything to say about it.
03:25Remember, back in December, the final pay-per-view
03:28under the Impact Wrestling banner,
03:30final resolution, right here in Canada, in Toronto.
03:34These guys go back a ways.
03:37And I think that's why ABC did take their time
03:39in acting their rematch, because they know the threat.
03:42There again, cover here by Myers.
03:44They know the threat that the system is, Myers and Edwards in particular.
03:51Alicia Edwards able to retain alongside Masha Slamditch,
03:55the Knockouts World Tag Team Titles,
03:57in the countdown to Slammiversary.
03:58J.D.C. got broken by Matt Hardy to kick off Slammiversary.
04:03This is a critical night for the system.
04:07Oh, and Alicia Edwards.
04:08Patron Zavala distracted there by Eddie Edwards,
04:11trying to calm down Ace Edwards.
04:13Ace Austin, rather.
04:14And Alicia Edwards doing her damage there against Chris Beck.
04:18And that's why the system works,
04:21because they work the system they're in.
04:25What?
04:27A little trash right to Ace Austin.
04:30The system can't corral Chris Beck.
04:32And a tag made.
04:33Austin's legal double dropkick by The Inevitable One.
04:38Fast and furious here, dumping the system to the outside.
04:51And you'll see the look in Chris Beck's eyes.
04:54The ultimate finesser is gonna take to the skies.
04:58Over the top, wiping out the system.
05:02And doing it with style.
05:04It's Slammiversary!
05:06Go on!
05:08Take another look at Chris Beck through the air,
05:11taking down both members of the system.
05:15A little too sweet in the process, that Ace Austin.
05:17A little bit.
05:18But you gotta get it done in the center of the ring.
05:23Oh, now Alicia Edwards up on the apron.
05:26Always, Austin, careful when you throw that ham hock of a leg there.
05:31And now Myers getting the attention of the official, Eddie Edwards.
05:35Oh crap, the foot of Austin.
05:37Austin face first into the apron.
05:39My eyes might have had something in his eye there, Tom.
05:43It's very dangerous.
05:45Oh, give me a break.
05:45When you're in the ring, you gotta make sure you can see.
05:55A lot of ABC fans north of the border here in Montreal.
05:59But all the chance in the world cannot stop the storm.
06:05That is Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, the system.
06:11Edwards and Myers look like they stole their gear from Consequences Creed.
06:17And they're proudly representing the red, white, and blue.
06:20There's the cover to hold on to the titles and a kick out.
06:23Nothing wrong at all with that.
06:24You know, if the ABC would stop playing a little bit of Heart Foundation cosplay,
06:29maybe they'd be winning this match right now instead of getting brutalized in the center of the canvas.
06:35Another cover, trying to hold on to the championship and a kick out.
06:38Another cover, shoulders down.
06:40And again, Edwards looking extremely frustrated.
06:43There's a long history between Edwards and Austin and his company.
06:46These two despise each other.
06:47No doubt about that.
06:49I'd like to point out, Edwards is the only man in this matchup,
06:53as he adds a little insult to injury here.
06:56The only man in this matchup with a former.
06:57Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
06:58Cover, cover, oh, and a kick out.
07:01Oh, and shot down by Edwards.
07:03What were you trying to say there?
07:04I said, the only man in this matchup who's a former world champion.
07:09I can tell you, in the United States and Canada,
07:12hashtag TNA Slammiversary is trending on social media.
07:17Thank you so much to TNA fans all around the world.
07:20The sold-out crowd here tonight in Montreal is indicative of the true momentum that this company has,
07:26thanks to you, the TNA fans.
07:32Everybody in the thousands here who are packing the Verdun Auditorium,
07:37who know that TNA has some of the best professional wrestling on the planet.
07:41The system is evidence of that right here, right now.
07:44Edwards is legal.
07:46Edwards and Myers, two of the best tag team competitors in TNA history.
07:50Can't deny that.
07:51Oh, Austin, throw first in the middle rope.
07:55That was gnarly.
07:57You had the catapult from Edwards, but that assist from Myers,
08:01that little extra help adds all that extra velocity.
08:06That could collapse the throat.
08:08Take another look at this.
08:09The ring.
08:10Ace Austin just whiplashes back.
08:13That was nasty.
08:16Oh, no.
08:17Alicia Edwards put her hands on Ace Austin.
08:21The referee gave her the intercede in that one,
08:26but the threat of Alicia Edwards ever-present.
08:29Referees are gonna have to be on their game with the system throughout this year.
08:32Trust the system.
08:38And now Edwards.
08:39Look at that.
08:40Stopping suplex from the apron of the center of the ring to retain the tag team
08:45titles, and Austin slips free, still in the match.
08:54Eddie Edwards, the wolf in patriotic clothing here tonight.
08:59Absolutely relentless keeping Ace Austin down here.
09:03No tag in sight.
09:09Now Ace Austin trying to find his way back up to his feet.
09:12Needs to make a tag to the ultimate finesse, Chris Bay.
09:15There's a jawbreaker, an opportunity, but Edwards is in the way.
09:19Austin trying to reach out.
09:20Nearly made the tag.
09:21Bay wants the tag.
09:22Fingertips away.
09:24And Edwards calling for some assistance from Myers.
09:26Myers with the attention of the official.
09:28No, no.
09:29And Bay, Bay had made a tag.
09:31And went after Edwards, but the official never saw the tag.
09:35The official has to see the tag in order for it to be legal.
09:38That's right.
09:44They are the system, and they know how to work within the confines.
09:48They know how to make everything bend to their will, to their plan.
09:52They know how to cheat.
09:54They know how to work the system, Dom.
09:56You're a kiss ass.
09:58I'm a man who calls what he sees, who sees facts.
10:01It was plain as a day.
10:03Just because the referee didn't see it doesn't mean I didn't.
10:06Why don't you kiss the system's ass a little bit more than I will.
10:08How about that?
10:10Hey, just because I can see the truth doesn't mean you need to be blind.
10:14Ace, that's what I'm saying.
10:16I'll shoot him for him.
10:18Oh!
10:21You know, why is it punishing Ace Austin here?
10:28Think about what Myers and
10:29Edwards mean within the system.
10:31Two of the longest standing veterans in TNA's locker room today.
10:35Brian Myers, a two-time TNA World Tag Team champion,
10:39former digital media champion.
10:41This opportunity within the system has made them the
10:44dominant force, the dominant players within TNA wrestling.
10:50The champions that they are,
10:52the back of the right-hand men for Moose, the TNA World Champion as well.
10:58The force that they've been in this locker room, in this company,
11:03has been nearly unprecedented.
11:05And I have a feeling it's gonna continue here tonight.
11:08Belly-to-back suplex here by Myers.
11:12Myers' tag team partnership with Moose,
11:14the most professional wrestling gods, blossomed into a partnership with Edwards,
11:19and then the system created it hard to kill back in January.
11:23And now, as you think about the roster, kind of rushes at Ace Austin.
11:27Great job there by Austin to backpedal and create his own open kick off of the ropes.
11:34Austin, Austin goaded in Myers, and the most professional wrestler paid for it.
11:40This is a huge window of opportunity for the ABC.
11:47Very smart wrestling there by Ace Austin.
11:50A little defense to create offense, but he needs to make a tag to Chris Bay.
11:55He's suffered a lot of punishment, but he's gotta get that tag, Tom.
12:00You are absolutely right.
12:02Tag made, and it's Edwards to meet Chris Bay.
12:05And Chris Bay fired up here fighting two-on-one.
12:10He's gotta be careful about dividing his attention, though.
12:15Chopping down Edwards.
12:18And Myers leveled by Bay.
12:27Oh, big shot right to the back of the neck there by Chris Bay.
12:31Look at this.
12:32On the middle of the rope.
12:33Oh, they're gonna drop Edwards there, and they went for a movesault.
12:36Picture-perfect movesault there from Chris Bay.
12:40Trying to grab a hold of Edwards.
12:42And now Eddie Edwards to the outside.
12:45Bay threw the ropes.
12:47Look at this.
12:53And now is Bay gonna look for a little bit of a repeat
12:56from the opening moments of this matchup?
13:00And Alicia Edwards in the path of Chris Bay.
13:04Hey, she didn't make any contact.
13:06Chris Bay, you mind your freaking manners.
13:10Hey, hey, hey.
13:14And Eddie Edwards protecting his wife.
13:17Absolutely protecting his wife.
13:20His ride or die.
13:24Edwards catches a kick, so does Myers.
13:26Chris Bay dealing with the system, virtually three-on-one.
13:31You have to look out here.
13:32Eyes in the back of your head.
13:35Get there by Austin, Austin calling for Bay.
13:38Look at this, oh, the cutter on the apron.
13:43What timing there by Chris Bay.
13:48There's a time, sword of glory.
13:59And that crowd is electric here in Montreal, looking to close it up here.
14:05Frog Splash, two legal men, three of new Tag Team Champions, kicked out by Eddie Edwards.
14:13The resilience of Eddie Edwards, take a look at this huge frog splash, no doubt about it.
14:20Very, very close, but no freaking cigar for ABC.
14:28This is awesome, this is awesome.
14:32Well, he needs to make a table and Myers taking away the tag off to Ace Austin who smashed into
14:39the steel post.
14:40The ABC were thinking about perhaps setting up for the one-two sweep.
14:44They're finishing double-team move.
14:46The system felt it coming.
14:48Myers took away the tag off.
14:50Now, Chris Bay fighting two-on-one again.
14:53Uh-oh, spear by Myers, set up by Edwards.
14:56Can the system retain?
14:58And a kick out.
15:00Chris Bay is still in it.
15:03Eddie Edwards is incensed.
15:05Take another look at the system.
15:06Teamwork into the spear.
15:08But somehow, Chris Bay digging down deep to stay in the matchup.
15:17The assist there by Eddie Edwards.
15:20Brian Myers looked like he got all that spear that Chris Bay endured.
15:24And Chris Bay is still alone here, two-on-one.
15:28Ace Austin still out on the floor.
15:32Oh, hold on.
15:33Trust the system!
15:34This is time for the system overload.
15:37Go for the backpack, stunner, elbow drop combination.
15:40Myers bolt on Edwards to look out, but Ace Austin got Myers.
15:45Uh-oh, kicked in the face by Austin.
15:48Now it's ABC with the double-team garage.
15:53Edwards to the outside, a little too sweet.
15:57What a magic killer, reminiscent of the Good Brothers.
16:03And a kick out.
16:08The ABC pulled one of their fellow Bullet Club brethren's book.
16:13I nearly won the damn thing.
16:16They thought they had it.
16:18It was almost there within one second.
16:22But the most professional wrestler stays in it.
16:27Call for the one-two sweep.
16:29And now Alicia Edwards diving into the ring to protect Myers.
16:33That's what the queen of the system does.
16:35Wait, hold up, hold up.
16:38Wait a minute, my God, oh, look for the Art of Finesse.
16:41And Alicia Edwards in the wrong place at the wrong time.
16:45Edwards pulled Myers out of the way.
16:47Chris Bay just took out Alicia Edwards.
16:51He was aiming for Eddie Edwards and Ryan Myers.
16:55Double Art of Finesse.
16:58Look out.
17:00There's the one.
17:02The Art of Finesse.
17:03There's the two.
17:04The fold.
17:05No way.
17:07Down with the system.
17:09ABC makes it one, two, three.
17:13Here are your winners and new TNA World 10 team champions.
17:21The ABC.
17:29Still to come in our main event,
17:31it'll be Harley Hudson going one-on-one with Alex Gracia
17:34in knockouts competition.
17:36But up next, did you miss anything from Impact?
17:39No problem, we'll get you all caught up.
17:41It's In Case You Missed It, next on Explosion.
17:48Welcome back to TNA Explosion.
17:50And now it's time for In Case You Missed It.
17:56How can you condone Ali's actions?
17:59Atrocious.
18:00Atrocious.
18:00Atrocious.
18:00I don't believe that was atrocious.
18:03I believe Jada got what she asked for.
18:05She wanted to get into that ring with Mr. Ali.
18:08And guess what?
18:09Mr. Ali showed her that she always pledges her allegiance to Order 4,
18:13and she never crosses mother.
18:15Ooh!
18:16So you think the way that the rest of Order 4, yourself included,
18:20made sure that Trey Miguel was incapacitated, zip tied to the bottom rope,
18:24so he could not help to defend Jada Stone,
18:27who was ultimately defenseless at the hands of Mustafa Ali.
18:31Ali had a chance to end the matchup, and he decided to inflict more punishment.
18:35Thomas, like I just said, Jada got what she asked for.
18:39She wanted the smoke with Mr. Ali, and she got the fire because she calls herself,
18:45quote-unquote, the spark.
18:47And you know what?
18:47Let me tell you a little back story here.
18:49Okay.
18:49Yes, please.
18:50While Danny Luna is beating the crap out of Jada Stone, all right?
18:53Jada, not too long ago, was looking up to Tasha Steeles,
18:57where Tasha Steeles was part of fire and flavor, and she wanted to be a part of that.
19:01She loved that so much, okay?
19:03So now I gave little Jada advice on how to get from being just a beginner
19:08to an advanced here in TNA, all right?
19:10I even said her name a few times to the management back.
19:14Keep your eyes on this woman.
19:16And then what does she do when she finally gets her shot in here?
19:19She just gives me the cold shoulder.
19:23She doesn't even know me anymore all of a sudden.
19:26We don't do that, not in mother's world, uh-uh.
19:28You hold a grudge, don't you?
19:30Oh, it's not a grudge, Thomas.
19:32Hey, well, let's look at it.
19:33Look, Tasha, instead of all these silly gotcha questions from Tom over here,
19:37how about a good question?
19:38If Jada Stone had opened her eyes and allowed you to mentor, to teach her,
19:43what could you have showed her if she didn't turn her back?
19:45Well, she definitely would have got a little opportunity in order for her, okay?
19:51Sure.
19:51She actually probably would have got a quicker opportunity at the Knockouts World Championship.
19:55But no, now Jada has to start from the bottom.
19:58But here she is, thinking that she's getting the best of Dani Luna.
20:02And Dani, you know, I like Dani Luna.
20:04You know, she reminds me of a powerhouse.
20:06You know, we need that here in the Knockouts Division, okay?
20:09Luna's a two-time Knockouts World Tag Team champion.
20:13Jada Stone!
20:14Got the better of Luna on that exchange.
20:18Can Stone keep the momentum rolling here?
20:21You keep your eyes on your opponent, not on me.
20:23You keep your eyes on your opponent and not on me.
20:27Oh, and Luna attacking Stone from behind.
20:30See my example?
20:31She never listens.
20:32You were distracting Jada.
20:34I will.
20:35What a powerbomb onto the aprons.
20:39Learn your lesson, Jada.
20:40Doomsday has fallen on Jada Stone.
20:43Can the spark regroup here on AMC?
20:50Dani Luna just absolutely decimated Jada Stone on the apron there.
20:56I mean, this one, this one may be over as it is.
21:00That's what happens when you're hard-headed.
21:02Our referee, Frank Gastineau, applying the count.
21:06Stone is at the count of ten to get back inside the ring,
21:08or else the victory goes to Dani Luna.
21:11Dude, Tasha steals point.
21:12I mean, Jada Stone was out here getting in the face of the mastermind of Order 4
21:16and wasn't paying attention to her on it.
21:18Oh, give me a point.
21:19But that is one-on-one time.
21:23Do not turn your back on your opponent.
21:25Exactly.
21:27That's what she does.
21:27Six.
21:28Stone again has to the count of ten to get back inside.
21:31Seven.
21:32Got a seven.
21:33Eight.
21:34And Stone does break the plane of the ropes.
21:37Oh, but Luna drives Stone right back down.
21:40There it is.
21:41There it is.
21:45Stone tossed inside the ring.
21:47Luna prepared to do it the hard way.
21:49Here's the cover.
21:50Shoulders pressed down and a kick out.
21:53And now Jada Stone finds herself in a bad, bad way here.
21:58This is a much bigger hole to dig your way out of now with Dani Luna.
22:03She thought I was bad.
22:04Dani Luna is even worse.
22:08Oh, what's your opinion of Dani Luna having observed her for a few years now here in TNA?
22:14Oh, like I said, Dani Luna.
22:16I like Dani Luna.
22:16You know, we had a little thing in the past when she first got here.
22:19But, you know, we cleared the air a little bit.
22:21And I understand what her path is.
22:23You know, I definitely, you know, agree with her.
22:25But she's just been like a big powerhouse here, you know?
22:28I love powerhouses.
22:29We need that here in the Knockouts Division.
22:31We were talking about your success with the tag team known as Fire and Flava once upon a time.
22:37You became a TNA Knockouts with tag team champions.
22:39Similar path for Dani Luna, the team known as Spitfire.
22:43That is well in the rear view.
22:45Dani is all about herself nowadays, kind of like you.
22:48Well, that's what happens when you watch the path of Mother and you follow it.
22:53Tasha Steeles has been, I'm going to say it for you, Tasha, because I know you're too humble to.
22:57But let's not forget a former Knockouts world champion.
23:02The greatest who beat the greatest.
23:03You know what?
23:04I see why you carry this commentary table.
23:07I'm trying.
23:08I just see it, Matthew.
23:09And you know what?
23:09That's why in the back they say Matthew is the favorite here all the time.
23:13They do say that.
23:13They do say that.
23:14They say it a lot.
23:14They say it all the time.
23:15Oh, Jada Stone whipped into the turnbuckles.
23:19Here's the cover.
23:20Pressing Stone down.
23:22Stone got a right shoulder up in time.
23:24And that is the kind of learning tree Jada Stone could have sat under if she would have opened her
23:29eyes,
23:30if she would have opened her ears to what Order 4 was trying to tell her.
23:34Could have would have showed up, but she didn't, and now she has to learn her lessons.
23:37Actions have consequences.
23:39Order 4 is oppressive.
23:41You have a despot in Mustafa Ali running it.
23:44You don't have a choice when it comes to Order 4.
23:47I beg your pardon, Thomas.
23:49We have all the choices.
23:51Okay?
23:53Luna.
23:55Dissecting Jada Stone right now.
23:58Picking her apart.
23:59Showing her that actual fire.
24:01Mm-hmm.
24:02Nearly bending, breaking Jada Stone in half.
24:06Incredible athlete.
24:08No doubt about it, but she is withstanding a lot.
24:10How much more can she stand in this matchup?
24:17Now, loaded up.
24:20Trying to break Stone.
24:23Luna using her superior size and strength against Stone here in the middle of the ring.
24:29How much more of this can Stone take?
24:32Now look at the spark go.
24:34Jada's fighting back.
24:37Oh, and a big group by Luna.
24:40Here's the cover.
24:41Shoulders down and a kick out.
24:44All that flurry and all it takes is that from Danny Luna.
24:48And we are back here on TNA Thursday Night Impact on AMC.
24:52Danny Luna misses in the corner against Jada Stone.
24:55Tasha Steeles of Order 4 joining us on commentary.
24:58Still to come tonight, the Hardys defend their TNA World Tag Team titles
25:03against The Righteous in a tables match.
25:05Absolutely incredible night of action.
25:08And the knockout showing out here.
25:12Jada Stone trying to get some measure of control here against Danny Luna.
25:17Come on, Danny.
25:18A lot of power, of course.
25:20Whoa!
25:21That's the speed of the spark.
25:25Now Jada Stone, oh, missed there in the corner.
25:27Luna in pursuit, however.
25:29Stone connecting with the kick.
25:33Plague drop there.
25:35Tasha, you've got to be impressed by the speed of Jada Stone.
25:39Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:40Speed, spark, whatever.
25:42Not impressed at all.
25:43I've seen it once.
25:44Can't you get it done?
25:45Luna's down.
25:46Come on, Jada.
25:46The split-legged moonsault connects.
25:49Oh, and a kick out.
25:52Great action here in New Orleans, Louisiana.
25:54In two nights, we're gonna be in Cleveland, Ohio for rebellion.
25:58Take a look back at this.
26:00This was incredible.
26:01Watch the athleticism.
26:03The split-legged moonsault almost put Luna away.
26:06Great action tonight here in New Orleans in two nights.
26:09We're gonna be live on Pay Per View in TNA Plus in Cleveland, Ohio.
26:12Join us next week on the 14th and 15th for Impact in Syracuse, New York.
26:17And then join us May 14th and 15th in Sacramento, California for Impact.
26:24Oh, what a backbreaker there from Luna.
26:28And now, look.
26:29Bam!
26:30Powerbomb.
26:30Is it enough?
26:32No!
26:33Kick out at two.
26:34Danny Luna nearly ended it right there.
26:38What an absolute machine is Danny Luna from the backbreaker to the Powerbomb.
26:45But somehow, Jada Stone stays in it.
26:53And also, it was announced yesterday, TNA Wrestling has released dates and locations for all events through the end of
27:002026.
27:01Head to TNAWrestling.com for more information.
27:04Big things on the horizon for TNA Wrestling this year.
27:12Look out once again.
27:14Look at the counter from Jada Stone here.
27:16Counter, shoulders down, and a kick out.
27:19Tasha, you've gotta be impressed with the resolve of Jada Stone.
27:23Oh, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas.
27:25I was impressed years ago when I told her to follow behind Mubba, and now I'm no longer impressed because
27:30she thinks that she is better than Tasha Steel.
27:34How many times do lessons have to be taught before someone will learn?
27:40Jada Stone figuring that one out the hard way here in TNA.
27:43Well, that's because she's hard-headed.
27:46Hopefully hard-headed enough to withstand this assault from Danny Luna.
27:50Stone was able to escape.
27:53Able to catch Luna.
27:55There goes Luna into the turnbuckle.
27:58Here's the thing though, Stone needs to keep this pace up.
28:01Come on, Danny.
28:02She needs to hit this.
28:04Will it be enough?
28:06Jada Stone to the top turnbuckle.
28:10My God, went for the twisting moonsault.
28:13One, two.
28:14Jada Stone puts away Danny Luna.
28:19Here is your winner, Jada Stone.
28:27Jada Stone, I don't think it's too much to say.
28:31That might have been an upset anyway.
28:32Tasha Steeles just stood up from the announce table.
28:36Jada Stone just put away a former champion in Danny Luna, and now Steeles attacking Stone from behind.
28:42Now Jada Stone has to deal with a former world champion in Order 4's Tasha Steeles.
28:54The action.
28:56Well.
28:58Actions have consequences!
29:00Whoa!
29:01That's it!
29:06That's it!
29:08That's it!
29:09That's it!
29:11That's it!
29:13That's it!
29:18Actions have consequences!
29:19And now, here on TNA Explosion, it's time for the Don West, you've got to be kidding me,
29:25top five trending topics of the week in honor of the late great TNA Hall of Famer, Don West.
29:30At number five, this past weekend as a part of rebellion, we witnessed a reconciliation many never thought would occur.
29:38Father James Mitchell and the TNA Hall of Famer, Abyss in the Undead Realm.
29:43If you haven't seen it, go check this out now on TNA's social and digital platforms.
29:48At number four, at Rebellion Live in Cleveland, Bear Bronson and Brian Myers of the system were able to dethrone
29:56the Hardys for the TNA World Tag Team titles.
29:59Matt and Jeff were not even close to 100% physically after their war against the Righteous just days prior
30:05on impact.
30:06Bronson and Myers captured the tag team titles.
30:09At number three, speaking of championships, Mustafa Ali of Order 4 was able to dethrone Trey Miguel for the TNA
30:18International Championship.
30:19Miguel put up a hell of an effort despite sustaining an injury mid-match.
30:24Miguel continued to fight through, but in the end, Ali captured his first TNA Championship in over two years.
30:31At number two, we saw the TNA Knockouts legends, Mickie James, Taron Terrell, and ODB mix it up with the
30:39Elegance brand as part of a hardcore country match at Rebellion.
30:43But the evening was extremely special for other reasons.
30:46It was announced that ODB will be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame at Bound for Glory 2026 in
30:55October in Tampa, Florida.
30:57And at number one, the return TNA fans have been clamoring for.
31:02The top 1%, the two-time TNA World Champion, EC3, is back in TNA.
31:09And this past Thursday on Impact, EC3 was supposed to have his first match in TNA in six years.
31:17For more on that, head to TNA Plus right now.
31:20Still to come in our main event, it'll be Harley Hudson one-on-one with Alex Gracia.
31:26But coming up next, it's Around the Ring with Gia Miller, starring John Schuyler of Order 4.
31:36Welcome back to TNA Explosion.
31:39And now it's time for Around the Ring with Gia Miller.
31:47What's up, everybody?
31:48Welcome to Around the Ring.
31:50As always, I'm your host, Gia Miller.
31:53And today, we are sitting down with my good friend, my good buddy, John Schuyler.
31:57For the second time.
31:58This is my second time on Around the Ring.
31:59Yeah, I gave you a break.
32:01You know, listen, there was some tension there for a while.
32:06A little bit.
32:06And then the ratings on the show started to take a little bit.
32:10We got to get John Schuyler back in there.
32:11And I said, all right, bring in the big guns.
32:14Look at that.
32:15Bring in John Schuyler.
32:16I'm just happy that you admitted that we're friends.
32:18We are friends.
32:19Finally on camera.
32:19We are friends.
32:20I love you, John Schuyler.
32:22You're the one.
32:23Everybody knows we're both George South guys.
32:26We both love George South.
32:28Yeah.
32:28And we have a fabulous trios picture with George South in, were we in Winston-Salem?
32:35Winston-Salem, yes.
32:36We sure were.
32:37We sure were.
32:38I spent some time in North Carolina.
32:40You're a South Carolina boy.
32:41South Carolina.
32:42But the Carolinas, you got to stick together.
32:44Yeah, we do.
32:45And I think that's like the big misconception about my career is that I'm from North Carolina.
32:48I just wrestled a lot in North Carolina.
32:50Anybody that knows anything about geographical locations knows South Carolina is far superior.
32:55Hey.
32:56Hey.
32:57You said it.
32:57You said it.
32:59I'm just listening to it.
33:00I might be a little biased, though.
33:02Yeah, but hey, good things have come out of South Carolina.
33:05I mean, you, you, oh, and you.
33:12Yeah, yeah.
33:13And then the Gamecocks, too.
33:17Up and down, up and down.
33:18I just like the shirts.
33:19Yeah.
33:20It's like, I heart cocks.
33:22They don't make those anymore.
33:23I know.
33:24Because people like you with dirty minds make bad jokes about the Gamecocks.
33:27No, no, I love roosters.
33:28Yeah, well.
33:29Jerry Taylor was my favorite.
33:30Ah, cock-a-doodle-dizzle.
33:33Well, last time we talked about your pup.
33:35Yep.
33:36How's he doing?
33:36He's great.
33:37He's, uh, his gotcha day is coming up.
33:39So I don't know if you celebrate gotcha days.
33:41Oh, yes, I do.
33:42Yeah, his gotcha day is coming up in a few weeks.
33:44How many years will it be now?
33:45I've had him three since I rescued him.
33:48And I rescued him here in Georgia.
33:49You did?
33:50Yep.
33:50You did?
33:51Oh, that's so sweet.
33:53Yeah, see, you're killing my gimmick.
33:55Oh, yeah, I know.
33:56They can't know that you're actually a really great guy, John Schuyler.
33:59I hate, this is one of the reasons I hate Georgia, by the way.
34:01It's because the people there, you abandon your dogs.
34:03That's not good.
34:04Not good.
34:05You should all be ashamed of yourselves.
34:06Not good.
34:06Not good.
34:07It's people like me that get called in to clean up messes around here.
34:09Hey, we can always rely on you.
34:11That's why you had me on the show.
34:13Indeed.
34:14Indeed.
34:14I said, who can I rely on today?
34:16It's going to be John Schuyler.
34:18I'm always happy to sit down with you.
34:20And even while I was in North Carolina, we did some traveling together.
34:24We did.
34:24Because we'd end up on the same flights.
34:26We'd hang out at the airport bar together.
34:29Oh, K-Fan.
34:31We'd talk.
34:32And we'd talk shop.
34:33Yeah, we did.
34:34It was a good time.
34:35And I really, I'm appreciative of your friendship.
34:37I'm appreciative of you having me on the show.
34:39But I'm really thankful that you saved me from talking to Raven over there.
34:44Hey, never been so grateful for Around the Ring, huh?
34:46This might be the only time.
34:48Until the third time I come on and save the show again.
34:50Yes, yes.
34:51Whatever that may be.
34:51Well, you know, they were talking about getting rid of it.
34:53They were talking about getting rid of Around the Ring.
34:54And I was like, no, please, I can save it.
34:57Have you seen all the fan mail you get every week?
34:59How can they even question getting rid of this show?
35:02Fan mail?
35:02Fan mail.
35:03You don't, you get fan mail?
35:05I haven't been checking my mailbox.
35:08I was told it was empty.
35:10Oh, well, I guess I'll have to go, I'll have to go check that out.
35:12You should do it right now.
35:14No, no, we have to finish the show.
35:15I have to, I have to sign off when it's time.
35:18Oh.
35:18But, you know, we've been talking a lot about movies lately.
35:22I'm making, I'm shifting.
35:24Yeah.
35:24We've been talking a lot about movies lately on this show.
35:26And I want to know, like, I'm going around the roster.
35:29Do you have a top three, a top four?
35:32What are your favorite movies?
35:33What, what are you, what are you drawn to?
35:35Oh, well, off the top of my head, all-time favorite movie, Tommy Boy.
35:38Oh, good.
35:39Big Chris Farley fan.
35:40I think, I've seen that movie probably a thousand times.
35:43Yeah.
35:43As a shoot.
35:44I know, like, every word.
35:45Mm-hmm.
35:45Now, that's probably my favorite comedy.
35:47I'm a big, I like Superbad, too.
35:49That was a, you know, good movie.
35:50And I think, like, the best movie I've ever seen is The Gentleman.
35:53Have you seen this?
35:55So good.
35:56Good.
35:57So, like, I would say that Tommy Boy, all-time favorite, best movie I've ever seen, definitely
36:01The Gentleman.
36:02Such a good movie.
36:03I love McConaughey.
36:07The, we said that, somebody told me that I would be the child of Matthew McConaughey's
36:15character.
36:15Well, all right, all right, all right.
36:17And, and his wife in, in that movie, that I would be, I would.
36:21I think I can see it.
36:22Yeah.
36:22Yeah.
36:22And I, all right, all right, all right.
36:24All right, all right.
36:24I'll take it.
36:25Big wrestling fan, too, Matthew McConaughey.
36:27Yeah, yeah.
36:28We gotta get, we gotta get McConaughey to a teenager.
36:30Yeah, we got all these, like, we got all these influencer losers around.
36:32Yeah.
36:32And, like, why don't we have the big guns, like, you should have Matthew McConaughey
36:35around the ring.
36:36If I had Matthew McConaughey around the ring.
36:39That's a get.
36:40That's almost as good of a get as me.
36:41All right, we gotta, almost, almost, but we're gonna, we're gonna manifest that.
36:46We're gonna manifest that if, if they, if they try to shut down around the ring, we're
36:50either gonna call in Matthew McConaughey, or if we really are desperate and we need to
36:55call in the biggest gun possible.
36:57It's gonna be you, John Schuyler.
36:58I'll kick Carlos's door down if I have to.
37:00I appreciate that.
37:01Yeah.
37:01Well, John Schuyler, thank you so much for sitting down with me today.
37:04Do you wanna interview Raven next?
37:05Uh, you know what?
37:06This is actually my last one for today.
37:07Maybe next time.
37:09John Schuyler, thank you so much.
37:11See ya, Gia.
37:11Guys, this has been Around the Ring.
37:14Up next in our main event, it's knockouts action.
37:18Harley Hudson goes one-on-one with Alex Gracia.
37:21This match is next on Explosion.
37:27Welcome back to TNA Explosion.
37:30And now it's time for our main event.
37:42The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
37:45Introducing first from San Antonio, Texas, Alex Gracia.
37:52We're set for action here inside the Alerio Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
37:57The site of TNA Sacrifice 2026, which you can relive anytime on demand on TNA+.
38:03Alex Gracia back in action.
38:06Been a while since we've seen Alex in a TNA ring.
38:09Can't wait to see what she brings to Explosion tonight.
38:28And her opponent, accompanied by Myla Grace from Liverpool, England, Harley Hudson.
38:38Gia, I know you love Grace and Hudson.
38:40I do.
38:41And I swear they dunk her in more pixie dust every single time.
38:46Look at the glitter and the muscles.
38:50Oh, the muscles.
38:51Tremendous combination for both Hudson and Myla Grace.
38:58Harley Hudson ready to go one-on-one with Alex Gracia.
39:01What's new in the world of Harley Hudson from your investigative journalism standpoint?
39:06Listen, Harley Hudson is a person that I'm going to tell you she's doing everything right.
39:11She made the big move across the pond, moved all the way over here to the United States
39:17to get more opportunities to become better, to get better within the knockouts division
39:22and outside, just helping out little Alex Gracia with her hair there.
39:28And she's actually been training with Ace Steel, getting better every chance that she can get
39:34because she wants to capitalize any opportunity she gets, like this one she's got with Alex
39:40Gracia here tonight.
39:41Harley Hudson's been training at the Foundation of Professional Wrestling, run by TNA's own Ace Steel.
39:47In Orlando, Florida, have you and Harley had the chance to howl around in the city beautiful?
39:52You know, we may have gotten a glass of Prosecco or two.
39:56Oh, or two or three.
39:57Or four or five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
39:58We've lost count.
40:00On the move.
40:01Hudson with a shoulder tackle there.
40:03And down goes Gracia.
40:04A little spice when it comes to Harley Hudson.
40:08Sugar, spice, and everything else, baby.
40:10That's what the knockouts are might of.
40:11Yep.
40:11Cover, cover.
40:12Shoulders down and a kickout.
40:13Considering everything that's happening right now in the knockouts division, it feels pretty chaotic.
40:19What have you seen?
40:20The knockouts division is synonymous with chaos.
40:24It's ever-changing, and I've said it before.
40:27Cover, cover here and a kickout by Gracia.
40:29You've got to keep your head on a swivel because things can happen fast just like this.
40:33Oh.
40:34Elbow right to the back of the head here by Alex Gracia, trying to create a little bit of space.
40:39Alex Gracia gets away from Hudson.
40:41Oh, big knee lift.
40:43Alex Gracia says she can be the pink dream or a beautiful nightmare.
40:48Oh.
40:49And showing some strength of her own.
40:52Or is Alex Gracia going to create a nightmare for the pink dream?
40:56Harley Hudson.
40:57Uh, listen, you've heard of white heat.
40:59Well, this is pink heat.
41:01You've got nuclear heat.
41:02Who?
41:03Everybody.
41:04Oh, I've heard.
41:06Ooh.
41:08Now Hudson, taking advantage on the outside.
41:12Shot.
41:13Oh.
41:14Big leg drop by Harley Hudson.
41:20Hudson and Grace have stood at the side of Jodie Threatt, who we've seen recently on Impact.
41:27Four, two, three, four.
41:32Oh, Gracia, a little roll away.
41:37That's very smart.
41:39Use your assets.
41:41That's the reason they tell you to don't skip leg day.
41:44Never.
41:45Now Hudson.
41:48Grab a control.
41:49Gracia, very smart to escape there.
41:51You don't have to like it necessarily, but it was still an intelligent move there.
41:54Stopping on the foot.
41:56Now Gracia, belly to back, suplex.
41:58Listen, say what you want, but Alex Gracia is a Southern girl.
42:02There's the cover.
42:03Oh, and a kick out there by Hudson.
42:05We're sassy.
42:06We're crafty.
42:07And she's got that SEC education.
42:09She's smart.
42:11That is a redundant sentence, I have to say.
42:14Oh!
42:16I don't know what redundant means.
42:18SEC education.
42:20It just means a little bit more in the Big Ten.
42:24What about the Big 11?
42:28Gracia in control here against Harley Hudson.
42:30Great action this evening in New Orleans, Louisiana.
42:33We invite you to head to TNAwrestling.com and get tickets for the next TNA event in your city.
42:39Check out TNAwrestling.com for all the events coming up in 2026.
42:45Look at that.
42:46Like I said, crafty.
42:47She's smart.
42:48She's digging the knuckles into the ribcage of Harley Hudson.
42:52And now she's got the full hold and locked in.
42:56Version of the octopus here, center of the ring.
42:59Hudson, however, trying to break free.
43:02Look at the control.
43:03Hudson is game here against Gracia.
43:06Down goes Gracia, center of the ring.
43:12Hudson's feeling it.
43:16Oh, Hudson charging at Alex Gracia.
43:21On the move, boot to the face.
43:24And she's calling for it.
43:29Got a mind of its own.
43:32Hudson with a hip attack.
43:35Again in the corner.
43:41Hudson with a third hip attack.
43:45Gracia is railing.
43:47And I think Hudson might be.
43:48Oh, looked like she was going to go for it again.
43:52Big shot there, sending Gracia down.
43:54Okay.
43:56Okay.
44:01Oh, look at the strength going for this earlier on in the matchup.
44:05Was thinking about that fall away slam.
44:07Gracia clearly had done her homework, was able to escape, but not this time.
44:15I think Hudson's saying about ending this thing, Gia.
44:18It looks like it.
44:19It looks like it.
44:19Oh.
44:20The stutter out of the corner.
44:23Cover.
44:24One, two, three, two.
44:25Harley Hudson gets the win on Explosions.
44:29Here is your winner, Harley Hudson.
44:34You absolutely love to see it.
44:39It's a pink dream for Harley Hudson here tonight on Explosions.
44:45Take a look back here at the conclusion of this matchup.
44:48Gracia tried to fight back, but boom, this stunner out of the corner.
44:52Very impressive by Harley Hudson.
45:00Great effort by Alex Gracia, but Myla Grace and Harley Hudson have something to celebrate tonight.
45:06I'll see them on Bourbon Street for sure.
45:09I am shocked to hear that.
45:16Congratulations to Harley Hudson.
45:19A big victory for one of the newest knockouts.
45:24It feels like a good, good, good, good.
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