00:00Not only are we celebrating the Hardys, but I'm here to tell you, the future, the future is here in
00:07TNA, in the wake of Bound for Glory.
00:13All right, Othan.
00:17Bound for Glory was absolutely incredible.
00:20Do you agree?
00:22Yeah!
00:24But tonight's TNA Impact is going to be a very, very special show, especially for all of our diehardies.
00:36Yeah, man, Dothan, Alabama, tonight we celebrate 35 years of extreme, 35 years of the Hardys.
00:45Hardys, Hardys, Hardys, Hardys, Hardys, Hardys, Hardys, Hardys, Hardys, Hardys, Hardys.
00:5935 years of tables, ladders, chairs, oh my, cages, deletions, suffering, broken bones.
01:11You know, myself and my brother, people didn't think we'd make it, and we took chances that people said we
01:16shouldn't take.
01:17Yeah, and just somehow, some extreme way, we are still here, we're still kicking it.
01:26We certainly are, and tonight is going to be crazy.
01:30It's going to be bonkers, I'll tell you why.
01:33Because Santino gave us a 35th anniversary gift.
01:38Myself and Jeff, we are the matchmakers tonight on TNA Impact.
01:45And you best believe, if the Hardys are booking this show, there is going to be some extreme matches and
01:53extreme events.
01:58And speaking of that extreme, there's going to be a brother versus brother match.
02:02Don't worry, it's not us.
02:04Not us.
02:05We've done that enough.
02:06It's going to be Nick Nemeth versus Ryan Nemeth.
02:09I tried to book them in a bra and panties match, but I couldn't get that approved.
02:15So, they're going to have to fight each other, and if either one of those guys try to intentionally lose,
02:21they'll be automatically stripped of their TNA tag team titles.
02:27And then we have two of the biggest thorns in our side, two of our greatest career rivals, the Righteous
02:35and Six.
02:40Both of these teams have literally tried to kill us.
02:43So, we just said, what if we put them in a match against one another, and we get them to
02:47destroy one another?
02:48That would be beneficial for us.
02:50So, tonight, it's going to be Six versus the Righteous in one of our favorite matches, a tag team tables
02:56match.
03:01And you know we've got to represent the Knockouts.
03:04We've got a huge six-woman tag coming up.
03:06We're going to have the new TNA Knockout champion, Indy Hartwell, teaming up with Gabby Forza and also Harley Hudson.
03:17And they're going to be taking on Zia Brookside and the new Knockouts Tag Team champions, the Apex, Shayna Baszler
03:26and Zoe Serrano.
03:32But you know, this tonight isn't, this 35th anniversary we're having isn't just about celebrating the past.
03:39It's also about celebrating what TNA is right now, currently, how great we're doing in 2026.
03:48And at Bound for Glory, someone did something that's never been accomplished before.
03:53We had someone that went into the TNA Hall of Fame, and then a little bit later that night, he
03:59became the new X Division champion.
04:05Our boy, Amazing Red.
04:09Yeah, when you talk about changing the game, man, this guy is a game changer, man.
04:15And with that said, Amazing Red, please come out here and grace us with your aura and presence.
04:35It was absolutely incredible this past weekend at Bound for Glory.
04:39Within the span of an hour, Amazing Red entered the TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame and then won the X
04:46Division title in a matchup involving six other men.
04:49A truly historic night in four ways than one.
04:55And no doubt about it, this man is a huge part of it.
05:05Red, I got to tell you, man, Jeff, myself and you, we've been in this business for a long time.
05:12And we've seen a little bit of everything, you know what I mean?
05:16But something that you accomplished has never been done before.
05:21You went into the TNA Hall of Fame as the forefather of the X Division.
05:28And then you went on later that night to win the X Division championship and represent the X Division.
05:35Which is unreal, man.
05:44Thank you guys, thank you, thank you, man.
06:00thank you uh seriously bound for glory was a night i'll never forget but but
06:07this is not about me tonight this is about these two the hardy boys
06:1835 years
06:36guys there there are wrestlers right now doing what they do because of matt and jeff hardy
06:52one of those wrestlers is me
06:59two living legends these guys changed the landscape of this business and i just want
07:05to say from me and from everybody you ever inspired congrats on being the goats
07:21thank you red
07:24thank you baby and i gotta be honest red kind of got into something very important that he was
07:31talking about legacy and even the legacy that we're all gonna leave behind but let's talk about
07:37someone who started forming their own legacy at bound for glory there's somebody else that we want out
07:43here right now because not only is he starting his legacy as the tna world champion he is going to
07:53be
07:53the direction and the future of tna
08:02right now let's bring out the new tna world heavyweight champion our boy leon slater
08:16on a night filled with history it's hard to overstate just how important it was for this young man
08:25the young man the youngest tna world champion in history slater continues his upward path
08:36and cementing just like matt already said his own legacy
08:43man man man 35 years in the game come on
08:51it's insane man i mean all three of you guys have been rocking this world since before i was even
08:56in the
08:57womb you know what i'm saying right that's crazy that is crazy and you know the thing i respect the
09:03most about all three of you guys is you not only have titles and success but you have legacy and
09:10you
09:10have a connection with everybody here that will last forever
09:20and for me that's one of my biggest goals in this game to be remembered
09:24good to have to the point where when i'm long in the grave people remember leon slater
09:36and you know this sunday i completed another one of my uh my little goals that i've been working
09:41towards and i became the youngest tna world champion of all time
09:53and you know i always talk about records and numbers but at the end of the day they are just
09:58statistics and that's not why this means so much to me this means so much to me because on the
10:05build
10:05up to bound for glory i felt something i hadn't in a long long time and it was uh it
10:11was doubt i felt
10:12doubt and i had to go home and i i had to speak to my mom because she is my
10:18rock everything we've been
10:20through
10:32you know everything we've been through with uh my dad leaving
10:37with my dad leaving when i was younger she she really has been my rock and every time i i
10:42go to
10:42her she tells me everything will be all right everything will be okay and everything will work
10:47out you know and i'm i'm sure a lot of people can relate to having doubts to thinking you're dreaming
10:52too big you're too young you're too old you're too inexperienced so i want to tell you that it's gonna
10:58be
10:58okay everything's gonna work out everything will be all right because if you can see it in here
11:08and you're brave enough to speak it through here the world is yours
11:22and now now i have the world in my hands and i am not going to waste it i'm willing
11:30to take any
11:32challenger anybody that wants it if you want me you get me yo yo yo yo brother nero did you
11:40hear that
11:41it sounds like leon wants to be a fighting champion absolutely absolutely yeah i said this
11:48recently man it's on my bucket list a one-on-one match between me and you and for the tna
11:56for the tna world title man i can't wait but i have to brother hey look man we're selfless bookers
12:05we're not booking ourselves in any title matches i'll tell you that right now down the road maybe
12:10but for you tonight we are going to determine a new number one contender we're going to determine
12:16who you're going to face at destination x and what myself and jeff have done we have decided to pick
12:23five of our favorite wrestlers and we have a contract that's going to be hanging above the ring
12:31oh my oh my oh my oh my so that means that elijah okay jason hodge okay ricky sosa okay
12:43tre miguel okay and moose okay are going to battle in the match that made the hardy boys famous
12:52is a ladder match
12:59and the winner will face you at destination x for the tna world title
13:08so ladies and gentlemen enjoy the show wait wait enjoy the hardy's show of tna impact let's go
13:19let's go
13:22that is an epic night courtesy of the ghosts the legends the hardys
13:29the hardys we're gonna have a hell of a night with the hardys here on impact
