Himanshu’s TNA Impact Review 3.5.26

Hey there, TNA fans! It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for another episode of TNA iMPACT! I’m Himanshu (you can follow me on Twitter @Himanshu_Doi) and you know how this works. Tonight on iMPACT, a chaotic Tag Team No. 1 Contender’s Match pits The System, Sinner & Saint, The Righteous, and BDE & Rich Swann against each other for a shot at the titles, Arianna Grace defends her Knockouts World Championship against Jody Threat, Leon Slater meets Nic Nemeth for the X-Division Championship, Elayna Black faces Mara Sadé in a singles match, The King’s Speech segment returns and brings in guest Elijah to explain what followed the Guitar Case Casket Match against Mustafa Ali and more.

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TNA iMPACT!

Date: March 5th, 2026
Location: Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia
Commentators: Tom Hannifan, Matt Rehwoldt

Match 1: Arianna Grace vs. Jody Threat for the TNA Knockouts World Championship

Tessa Blanchard, Victoria Crawford and Mila Moore make their entrance before the match and join the announce table. Arianna Grace attacks Jody Threat before the bell. Spinning neckbreaker by Grace for two. The Angel Warriors (Lei Ying Lee and Xia Brookside) are watching from the entrance stage. Grace tries to get a single leg Boston Crab, but Threat fights her off. Threat with a kick to the head and double knees to Grace on the middle rope followed by a German Suplex. Threat hits a Michinoku Driver for two. Grace gets out of the ring and kisses Stacks and Threat hits a suicide dive but only catches Stacks. Indi Hartwell and Dani Luna are at ringside watching. Grace has the cobra, but Threat pulls it away and falls over. Grace rolls her up for the win.

Result: Arianna Grace def. Jody Threat by pinfall to retain the TNA Knockouts World Championship
Rating: **

Stacks takes away the TNA Knockouts World title from Carlos Silva and hands it to Arianna Grace.

Gia Miller is backstage with the Nemeths. Nic Nemeth says the headline tomorrow will be ‘least X-Division wrestler ever wins X-Division title.’ He says Leon Slater will run the entire business someday, but he’s not him. He says he will walk out of here as the X-Division Champion.

The Personal Concierge comes out and introduces The Elegance Brand before we go to commercial.

Back from commercial and The Personal Concierge says he has to apologize for Ash by Elegance not being here because of mental health reasons because Mickie James calling her a mark. M by Elegance says it is the era of Elegance. Heather asks if that is Mama June in the front row. They go to ringside and tells them have have beauty and class. M by Elegance says she belongs at a food truck. ODB comes out through the crowd and says she’s trying to some meat on her food truck and all she hears is The Elegance Brand disrespecting her people just like they did Mickie James. Heather and M say they’re all disgusting. ODB says they’re a bunch of knockoffs. M by Elegance says she’s starving for attention. ODB says she’s always hungry and she goes after The Elegance Brand and hits Mr. Elegance in the nuts. ODB hands cups of sauce to Mama June and they pour it all over Heather and M by Elegance.

Leon Slater is backstage and The Hardys walks up to him. Leon says he wouldn’t be where he is without them and he appreciates them. Matt Hardy says nobody has given him anything and he has earned it. Jeff Hardy says they will be watching tonight. Matt says they will also be watching the next match.

Match 2: BDE & Rich Swann vs. Sinner And Saint (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams) vs. The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) vs. The System (Bear Bronson & Brian Myers) for the TNA World Tag Team Championships #1 Contendership

Bronson runs at Icarus and Icarus lowers the ropes. BDE & Rich Swann with running swanton to the outside. Dutch takes out everyone with a swanton to the outside. Bronson with a chokebomb to Vincent for two. Vincent takes out Myers and Bronson with a neckbreaker. Swann takes down Williams on the top rope with a Frankensteiner onto Icarus for two. Williams with a brainbuster for two. BDE hits a Falcon Arrow on Williams for two. BDE and Williams take each other down with a clothesline. Vincent gets the tag but BDE with a rollup for two. Vincent with an assisted cutter but The System breaks up the pin at two. Dutch with Death Walks on Bronson. Rich Swann and BDE with a double Clip Cutter on Sinner And Saint. Myers hits a Roster Cut on Vincent and a Roster Cut on BDE followed by a piledriver by Bronson for the win.

Result: The System (Bear Bronson & Brian Myers) become the TNA World Tag Team Championships #1 Contenders
Rating: ***¾

A vignette for Rosemary. She says they were meant to be the master of this realm. She says it all fell apart and Decay was disbanded. She says it’s not too late and there is still time to make things right. She writes down a list on a piece of paper.

Moose makes his entrance with Alisha Edwards as we go to commercial.

Back from commercial and Moose says The System has the nerve to call themselves a family. He says they’re not a family. He points to the Atlanta Falcons members in the front row and says they’re family. He says when John Abraham makes it to the Hall of Fame, he will be the proudest man in the room. He says he knows every one of them is proud of him. He says The System has a new motto, ‘You can’t beat The System.’ He says starting next week, he is going through every member of The System. He says he will face Cedric Alexander in an Atlanta Street Fight. He says he will remind Brian Myers why he was called ‘Edge’s bitch.’ He says Bear Bronson can’t lace up his boots. Alisha Edwards takes the mic and says for the past two years, she stood behind The System. She says as of late she doesn’t even recognize them to the point that she walked away. She says she wants to stand side-by-side with the face of the franchise. Moose says he is going to beat the hell out of Eddie Edwards in front of his wife. He says he is going to pack up the whole System out of TNA. He says that is not a promise, that is a fact of life.

Time for the The TNA Injury Report presented by BIOFLEX, and Mustafa Ali is out after the Casket match, Mickie James is out after last week’s attack, Leon Slater and Nic Nemeth have both been cleared for tonight.

BDE is in the BIOFLEX Recovery Room and Rich Swann walks up to them. BDE says he cost them the match. Rich Swann says he fought and losses don’t define them in this industry, it’s how they handle it. Trey Miguel says they all get knocked down, but what is he going to do next. Order 4 comes up to them and John Skyler says BDE blew it and they should’ve been in that spot. Rich Swann says they’re not worth it and they walk out. Jada Stone walks in and she reminds Tasha when she beat her. Tasha shoves and they get into a brawl and they have to be pulled apart. John Skyler says Mustafa Ali will be there next week.

Match 3: Elayna Black vs. Mara Sadé

Elayna Black hits a Canadian Destroyer for two. Black gets brass knuckles and runs towards Sadé. Sadé picks her up but Black hits her on the head with the brass knuckles and pins her for the win.

Result: Elayna Black def. Mara Sadé by pinfall
Rating: **¾

A backstage promo by A.J. Francis. He says the Braves, Falcons and Hawks are losers. The Home Town Man walks up to him and says he has a problem with his hometown so he has a problem with him. Francis flicks him on the head and The Home Town Man attacks him. Francis shoves him away but The Home Town Man goes after him as we go to commercial.

Frankie Kazarian comes out for The King’s Speech. He says being in Atlanta twice in two weeks makes him feel dirty. He welcomes Elijah to The King’s Speech. Elijah asks who wants to walk with Elijah. Kazarian says he would rather walk on broken glass than walk with Elijah. Kazarian says he has won every title in TNA, but Elijah has yet to win any title here. Elijah says The Guitar Case Casket match was history-making. He says it onto the horizon and Mustafa Ali found out that in TNA they walk this way. Kazarian says he doesn’t come onto his show and disrespects him. A.J. Francis and The Home Town Man comes out brawling and Francis hits a Down Payment onto some fans.

Eric Young is backstage and says to the camera that he hopes Leon wins.

Tommy Dreamer and Carlos Silva are in a room and Rosemary shows up in place of Tommy Dreamer. Silva asks where Tommy went and Rosemary says he has so many things to take care of. She hands Silva a contract, and Silva says they emailed all of it to her before. Rosemary says where she’s from, emails don’t work. Silva says if Tommy’s seen it, they could sign it. Silva doesn’t have a pen and Rosmary brings a feather and they both sign onto it. Carlos Silva walks away and Rosemary says tricks are for demons. She says Project Lazarus has been approved. She says the next one will be a gamble, but she’s got a few ideas.

Match 4: Leon Slater vs. Nic Nemeth for the TNA X-Division Championship

Slater with a slingshot crossbody to the outside. Slater is about to get back in the ring but Nemeth hits a Famouser for two as we go to commercial.

Back from commercial and Leon Slater is on the top rope but Nemeth trips him and plants a DDT for two. Leon Slater with a Blue Thunder Bomb for two. Leon Slater for for a Swanton 450 but Nemeth moves out of the way. Nemeth goes for a Famouser but Slater catches him and hits a Styles Clash and goes for the Swanton 450 but Nemeth gets his knees up and gets two. Nemeth hits a superkick for two. Nemeth takes Slater the top rope but Slater counters with a spinning suplex. Slater hits the Swanton 450 for the win.

Result: Leon Slater def. Nic Nemeth by pinfall to retain the TNA X-Division Championship
Rating: ****

After the match, Eric Young attacks Leon Slater and hits a piledriver outside the ring.

Mike Santana is in the ring. He says the one opportunity that Steve Maclin had to take accountability, he decided to ruin it by laying his hands on Tom Hannifan. He says Tom Hannifan has gone to bat for him time and time again. He says he is going to play his little game, and he is going to call out Santino Marella and ask him to reinstate Steve Maclin. Daria Rae comes out. She says she doesn’t appreciate that Santana acts like he runs the show, but she does agree that Steve Maclin should be reinstated. She says Steve Maclin has been reinstated, but when or if she faces him is upto her, not him. Santino Marella comes out. He says there is a date that has been approved for them fighting each other. March 27th in New Orleans for Sacrifice. Santana says as soon as that man steps foot in this building next week, his bitch ass has got a date with death.

Tom Hannifan on commentary is furious and says this company just enabled Steve Maclin. Matt Rehwoldt says Steve got what he wanted and he hopes it was worth it and throws his pen.

6.8

The final score: review Average

The 411

TNA continues to lack the focus and consistency with their live shows that they do with their taped shows. The live shows also continue to be marred with production issues. There were some weak segments with the Elegance Brand and The King's Speech segments, but unlike the AMC premiere, there were also some great matches to just about make up for it in the tag team 4-way match and the X-Division Championship match. The ending segment felt a little flat for me, and I feel like TNA's creative just flounders when it comes to producing live TV.