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Hall’s TNA Impact Review – 7.9.26
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Date: July 9, 2026
Location: Broadview Center, Albany, New York
Commentators: Tom Hannifan, Matthew Rehwoldt
We’re in a new place around here with Nic Nemeth as the World Champion and KC Navarro seemingly coming after him as the first challenger. In addition, the Hardys are defending the Tag Team Titles this week because the Hardys have to be champions around here every so often. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Tag Team Titles: Hardys vs. Great Hands
The Hands are challenging and are already in the ring. Hotch mocks the Hardys’ dance to start as he grabs a headlock on Jeff. With that broken up, Jeff drives him into the corner for the tag-off to Matt, and a neckbreaker puts Hotch down. Hotch fights back on Matt and knocks him into the corner, and hits something like a jawbreaker to the knee. Matt kicks both of them away and brings Jeff in to clean house, but the Whisper In The Wind misses. The Hands plant Jeff with Matt making the save, only for the Twist of Fate into the Swanton to retain the titles at 5:33.
Rating: C+. Hey, look: the Hardys get to run through another team, as they have done time after time. It’s just been done at this point, and that has been the case for a long time. It isn’t that the Hardys lack talent or historic greatness, but it feels like they’ve held the titles for most of the last few years. Find someone new already.
Post-match, the rest of Order 4 comes out to glare at the Hands, and Mustafa Ali makes a phone call.
Lei Ying Lee is ready to get the Knockouts Title back tonight, and she’s giving it her all because that title belongs to a real warrior.
Here is Frankie Kazarian for the King’s Speech. After calling Albany boring, he brings out Moose as his guest. Moose talks about sharing a moment with his wife and son at Slammiversary, but Kazarian suggests it was quite traumatic. That doesn’t sit well with Moose, who says his family is doing great. He’s ready to dominate again and says anyone who wants some can come get some.
Kazarian approves of Moose’s abilities but asks if Moose is stupid. How can Moose call himself the face of the franchise when he’s in the ring with a king? Moose goes on a rant about how he’s been here for years, and he isn’t leaving to chase a check. Kazarian calls himself an X-Division pioneer with a resume that even Moose can’t match.
Moose says they’re both pillars around here and it’s time for them to fight for the first time. Actually, Kazarian isn’t interested and mocks Moose’s NFL career before bringing in First Class. AJ Francis says Tom Brady (who both he and Moose played with in the NFL) told Francis that Moose left the NFL out of fear of Francis coming for him. That doesn’t sit well with Moose, who wants a match with Francis next week. That one seems to be on.
Elijah, with a smoking guitar, wants the World Title and offers to take the fans to the promised land.
Knockouts TV Title Tournament First Round: Indi Hartwell vs. Vicki Venuto
This is Venuto’s debut, and she’s here to win rather than make friends. Hartwell grabs an Oklahoma roll for two and hits a running corner clothesline and bulldog right back out. Venuto’s snap suplex puts Hartwell down, and a kick to the head gets two more. The cravate has Hartwell getting back up, and her spinebuster gets two. The Hurts Donut is blocked, though, and Venuto gets two off a cutter. Back up and the Hurts Donut finishes Venuto at 5:16.
Rating: C. Hartwell is likely a favorite in the tournament, but I’m still not sure I get the appeal. She seems to be such a lighthearted star, and that’s not a bad thing, but it doesn’t exactly scream champion. Having a finisher named after such a lame pun doesn’t help her either. You also have Venuto, who did about as fine as someone could do in a five-minute match.
We look at Fabian Aichner training and talking about wanting to be here to become a star. Italy is always his home, and he grew up as a skier but then got hooked on wrestling. He’s ready to put in the work to become the top star around here. This run has already been better than all of his singles stuff in WWE, and he has barely done anything.
Righteous vs. The System vs. Ricky Sosa/Leon Slater
Myers and Slater start things off with the latter scoring off a bouncing kick to the head. Dutch comes in and gets double superkicked out to the floor. Slater and Sosa hit some big dives, and we take a break. We come back with Bronson and Dutch going head to head, but Bronson has to chokebomb Slater for two.
Myers’ Roster Cut is blocked with a superkick, and it’s back to Sosa to make the fired-up comeback. Slater comes in as well for a bunch of kicks, but Dutch and Bronson clear the ring and slug it out. Dutch is sent outside for a flip dive off the apron, but Slater is right there with the big running flip dive. Back in, Sosa gives Bronson a running uppercut for the pin at 10:26.
Rating: B-. Slater and Sosa are doing well enough to start, so why not see what they can do together? Sosa is someone who is at least new, and attaching him to someone as popular as Slater isn’t a bad idea. If nothing else, it’s not like Slater has anything to do until he might get a chance at the World Title, so this is an interesting use of their combined talents.
Santino Marella likes Sosa’s dance, but Daria Rae mocks him. Ryan Nemeth comes in to ask about KC Navarro mocking Nic Nemeth and gets permission to get physical for the sake of defending his family.
Knockouts TV Title Tournament First Round: Jody Threat vs. Gabby Forza
Forza is a debuting powerhouse wearing a hat and LOD shoulder pads while describing herself as “the world’s strongest gnome”. Well, that’s a lot going on at once. These two are old friends, and Forza shrugs off a running shoulder to start. Threat tries a choke and gets driven into the corner for some shoulders to the ribs.
The “Oklagnoma” Stampede and a Vader Bomb give Forza two, so they trade clotheslines until Threat can’t get Pop Shove It. A running dropkick to the back puts Forza on the floor, and there’s the running flip dive off the apron. Back in, Forza drops her with a clothesline and again with a powerbomb, followed by a spinning Rock Bottom for two on Threat. Another Vader Bomb hits raised boots, though, and Pop Shove It finishes Forza at 6:40.
Rating: B-. Forza absolutely made the most of her chance here, and it was quite the performance. She felt like a powerhouse that hasn’t been around here since Jordynne Grace, and that should be worth at least a second look. At the same time, Threat is back and still pretty much what she always has been, meaning fine enough but not someone I ever look forward to seeing. Forza stood out here (including the gnome thing, which was… yeah), and that’s nice to see.
Mustafa Ali tells someone that it’s time to make changes in Order 4, so next week there’s going to be an address with mandatory attendance.
Here is KC Navarro for a chat. Navarro thought Nic Nemeth was someone he could look up to, but now Navarro knows what Nemeth really is. This brings out Nemeth, who says he thought he could make Navarro something special, but no one has that much time. Navarro is pretty good, but he just doesn’t have “it”.
That sends Navarro into a rant about how he took forever to get here, and he wants a World Title shot. Navarro mocks Ryan Nemeth, who runs in to jump Navarro from behind. Nic gets in the ring, saying never come near the family again, and lose his number. Navarro was showing some fire here, and I’m sure a World Title match is coming, as it should.
Knockouts Title: Lei Ying Lee vs. Xia Brookside
Brookside is defending, and it’s No DQ. Lee jumps her on the floor to start fast, and the fight is on the floor, with Brookside being tossed inside for the opening bell. They’re right back on the floor with Lee’s spinning kick hitting the steps. That’s shrugged off, and Lee is right back with more stomping and forearms inside. A suicide dive hits Brookside, and we take a break.
We come back with Brookside whipping her with a belt as Lee’s knee is banged up. Said knee is used to knock Brookside down, and a running dropkick does it again. Some right hands in the corner have Brookside crashing out to the floor, and it’s time to throw in some weapons. Naturally, this includes a table, because setting one of those up makes more sense than hitting someone with a chair.
A piledriver through a table is broken up, and Brookside beats on her with the kendo stick. Brookside grabs the title and turns over the table, allowing Lee to take her down. Lee grabs a chair, but Brookside knocks it away, earning herself a kick to the face. A top rope flip dive misses for Lee, and Brookside belts her in the head for two. Brookside blocks a fist with the chair, and Darkside onto the chair retains the title at 16:59.
Rating: B-. It was a good fight and should be the end of the feud, with Brookside putting her away for good. The knee injury didn’t really go anywhere, but at least they didn’t spend a lot of time setting it up. Other than that, Brookside beat her pretty clearly here, and now we get to see who is up next for the title.
Results
Hardys b. Great Hands – Swanton to Skyler
Indi Hartwell b. Vicki Venuto – Hurts Donut
Ricky Sosa/Leon Slater b. Righteous and The System – Running uppercut to Bronson
Jody Threat b. Gabby Forza – Pop Shove It
Xia Brookside b. Lei Ying Lee – Darkside onto a chair
