Andrew’s TNA iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 3.13.2025

Sacrifice Go Home show! There’s a couple matches that will act a previews for tomorrow’s event, an advantage match for the Cage and an undercard Knockouts match to maybe help us figure out exactly where things are going with Rosemary and Xia Brookside.

There’s a lot of chances to leave an impression and make tomorrow feel like more than just a B Level Event. But I guess we have to see what they put together.

Let’s get to it.

.@Santana_Proud and @MustafaAli_X meet for a Summit just 24 hours before their clash at #TNASacrifice.

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Ratings:

• Eddie Edwards w/Alisha vs Leon Slater: Eddie wins via Boston Knee Party – ** 3/4
• Wes Lee w/Tyriek & Tyson vs Laredo Kid: Wes wins via Cardiac Kick – ** 1/4
• Rosemary vs Xia Brookside: Xia wins via DQ – * 1/2
• JDC vs Deaner: JDC wins via Falcon Arrow – *
• Tessa Blanchard & Cora Jade vs Masha Slamovich & Lei Ying Li: Tessa wins via Buzzsaw DDT – *** 1/4
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Joe Hendry (c) vs Ryan Nemeth: Hendry retains via Standing Ovation immediately – N/A
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Joe Hendry (c) vs Hammerstone: Hendry retains via Standing Ovation – ***

Results:

Eddie Edwards w/Alisha vs Leon Slater

Eddie tries to attack while Leon is playing to the crowd on the ropes, so he Backflips over Eddie to dodge and starts catch Eddie with a few strikes and 10 Count Punches before Eddie takes his head off with a Back Elbow. A little back and forth, Leon Headscissors Eddie to the outside, Eddie catches the Dive, tries to throw Leon into the steps but Leon leaps the steps and then vaults himself into Eddie. Eddie rolls back in, Leon looks to keep on him but Lish starts mouthing off and distracts Leon so he gets Stun Gunned. Eddie drags him to the outside and rams him into the steps shoulder first.

Eddie focuses on the arm with the banged up shoulder, whips him into the corner, drags him out with Arm Wringers, and little submissions and annoying moves trying to rip the arm off. Eddie has a ton of control until he gets too comfortable and Leon makes some space with the Feint Mule Kick. Rope run spot, Shotgun Kick from Leon catches Eddie, Leon hits a Springboard Crossbody for two because he’s still favoring the arm and couldn’t hook the leg. As Leon tries to pull Eddie up, Eddie pulls down on the bad arm, the work to the corner, Enzuigiri from Eddie, Backpack Stunner attempt but Leon slips it a few more counters from Leon, he slips a Blue Thunder to attempt a Lethal Injection but gets caught into a Blue Thunder Bomb anyway! Only a two, but as Eddie tries to find an angle, Leon strikes quick with a Leg Lariat, heads to the top but Eddie crotches him. Leon does fight off the top , Swanton 450 attempt misses, rolls through, goes for a Spear, Eddie dodges so Leon hits the post and falls backwards. Boston Knee Party gives The System the advantage in the cage match tomorrow.

Wes Lee w/Tyriek & Tyson vs Laredo Kid

Wes shouldn’t even need to cheat to beat Laredo, everyone beats Lucha Job.

Wes starts with a Top Wristlock, Laredo and Wes go into a World of Sport style exchange of counter rolls, Headlocks, Wrist control breaks and what not. Wes powders, Laredo goes for a Baseball Slide but Wes moves, now a bit of a Lucha style back and forth with rope runs, leap frogs and Headscissors from Laredo sends Wes out, so Laredo follows up with an Asai Moonsault, and this is the best Laredo has looked in forever. Wes gets rocked by a right hand, Laredo perches and hits the Crossbody for two.

Spinning counter attempts from both before Wes gets the best of it and tosses Laredo into the bottom buckle and then starts stringing together a strike combo punctuated with a Dropkick between the Shoulder Blades. Wes throws Laredo across, looks to charge but Laredo catches him with a few kicks, looks to fly but Wes crotches him, and hits a Brainbuster for a near fall. Fighting Spirit strike exchange that Laredo gets the best of and hits a Running Neckbreaker. Superman Forearm as Wes heads to the corner, Michinoku Driver, two Corkscrew Elbows for a two count. Wes catches Laredo and looks for a big move but Laredo hits the Cradle, only two. Laredo charges but a low Dropkick sends Laredo face first into the buckles, Reverse Power Slam into Cardiac Kick and Wes wins.

This was a bad look for Wes. Sure he won clean, but Laredo gave him a fight and Laredo is garbage. 

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Rosemary vs Xia Brookside

Rosemary starts choking Xia immediately, but Xia pushes off, Headscissors, Dropkick and follows Rosemary to the corner to do her little wiggle into the Monkey Flip. Rosemary doesn’t eat offense long firing up and taking her head off with a Lariat and some ground and pound. A charging Forearm to the corner, Release Northern Lights Suplex for a near fall. Xia tries to fight back up to her feet but Rosemary chokes her with the boot and gets a little nasty keeping Xia grounded.

Xia pysches herself up, slams Rosemary into the corner, tries to continue but gets caught in the Upside Down. Rosemary goes to the top, but Xia crotches Rosemary and Rosemary falls off the top ropes. A few forearms into a Tilt-A-Whirl Headscissors, Broken Wings, looks for another corner move but Rosemary catches her, Xia gets out, hits the Crossbody and a quick Thrust Kick causes Rosemary to powder. Xia is upset she missed a possible pinfall chance, Rosemary introduces a chain, Xia steps on Rosemary’s hand and takes the chain, wraps it around her hand and gets misted!

So even though Xia was considering being less babyface, she instead got green faced and wins by DQ.

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JDC vs Deaner

I hate this cringe People’s Choice thing. The last like 4 months without him (if we don’t count Xplosion) has been great.

Ugh…stupid start, Deaner gets early offense after JDC tries to tell him to save himself a beating and just go home. Dango slips the 10 count punches and Snake Eyes on Deaner, then just literally throws him across the ring, slaps the taste out of his mouth and starts his own 10 Counts before Deaner hits a Manhattan Drop. Short Lariats into the 10 Count Punches…ugh this is cornball. It’s not funny, it’s not well wrestled…but thankfully Dango slips the Deaner DDT by shoving Deaner towards the ref, Deaner puts on the brakes to not bump the ref, Poke to the Eye and nobody kicks out of the Falcon Arrow.

Tessa Blanchard & Cora Jade vs Masha Slamovich & Lei Ying Li

Tessa and Masha start, Tessa is cocky, Pie Faces Masha, then slaps her, Masha fires tripping Tessa into the rope and Lariating Tessa to the corner, so Cora tags in and then talks about wanting Lei in. Cora tries to slap twice, Double Over Hooks from Lei, a quick toss to the corner, Flying Kick keeps Cora in the corner and 10 Count Punches into a Snap Suplex from Lei for a near fall. Cora tries to send Lei into her corner, Tessa was getting her boot up but Lei stops herself. Cora shoves her into the corner anyway so Tessa grinds Lei’s face across the ropes, Cora with a Forearm to the back of the head one Tessa stops interfering. Cora tags in Tessa, clobbers Lei a few times, Cora and Tessa start trying to call shots, Tessa tags in Cora. Locomotion corner spot, Tessa charges, Lei gets her hands up so Tessa puts the brakes on and waits for Lei to Slap the taste out of her mouth. Another locomotion spot, Cora perches Lei on the middle rope, Codebreaker from Tessa, Cora then tries a Front Facelock to keep Lei down. Lei starts to fire up, dual Lariats, simultaneous tags, Masha starts lighting everyone up. Uses Cora to DDT Tessa after a Lariat but it’s only a two count. Masha looks for Requiem but it gets blocked, Tessa goes for a Cutter but that gets blocked and Tessa gets dropped by a Front Snap Kick.

Masha puts Tessa on the top buckle but Cora cuts Masha off, Signature spam moment. Lei hits an F5 on Cora, Magnum hit on Lei and Masha hits a Shotgun Kick. Lei and Cora fight on the outside as Tessa and Masha trade blows in the ring. Tessa is wobbly to start so Masha lands the better looking hits that just totally cross up Tessa, but Tessa slips it with a eye rake, Lei hits a Spinning Heel Kick to stop Tessa, Cora clocks Masha with the Knockouts title while the ref is dealing with Lei and Tessa, so Tessa slides in with the Buzzsaw DDT for the win.

A surprisingly good match for the 9pm hour. All four women were aggressive, the moves made sense, hit well, and the finish made sense. I’m actually impressed from whoever put that together. 

TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Joe Hendry (c) vs Hammerstone

Santino comes out to tell Hendry who his mystery opponent is, Ryan Nemeth comes out and states the Nic gave him his rematch clause and he’s using it right now. Slide in and eats a Standing Ovation immediately. So after that, Santino says that wasn’t who he had set up, asks Hendry to work again, Hendry agrees and announces Hammerstone. 

Both keep it close and tight with Collar and Elbow tie ups going nowhere, trading Headlocks, trading Chops, Shoulder Tackle big boy spot, but Hammer is the bigger boy. Hammer knocks Joe down, looks to get a head of steam but Joe hits a Knee Lift to stun Hammer. Joe looks for a Suplex or something but Hammer blocks and shoves Joe into the steel post. Joe bounces Hammer off the apron, Hammer rolls in, powders back out and looks to take control back but we go to commercial. Back from commercial Hammer is still mostly in control. Hendry has a small flurry but a one handed Spinebuster gives Hammer a near fall.

Hendry tries to fire up, Euro Uppers answered by overhand rights, and neither is giving too much ground until Hendry hits 4 Uppers in a row, Lariat, but then Hammer fires and a Lariat of his own, into a Shotgun Dropkick have Hammer looking to finish. Hendry counters Hammer’s lift with one of his own, Stalling Suplex on Hammer gives Hendry a small shot. Lariat from Hendry rocks Hammer, Sack of Shit into the Kip Up, and the turn into the stomp calling for the Standing Ovation. Hammer counters the goozle with one of his own, Joe breaks that, but Hammer turns it into a T-Bone Suplex into a Powerslam. Pump Kick into Release German from Hammer, then the Powerbomb into Boston Crab spot.

Joe presses himself up and gets to the ropes. Nightmare Pendulum, countered with a Small Package, Hammer tries to German Suplex Hendry but Hendry blocks and hits his own German. Attitude Adjustment from Joe, Standing Ovation, and Hendry retains.

Post-Match the System hits the ring and mug Hendry, then the rest of the Babyface team come out for the save. Classic TNA schmoz ending and Moose and Hardy are even fighting on the outside throwing each other into Kaz on commentary. 

Overall Score: 6.25/10

Honestly the only thing objectively bad is Deaner’s existence. Maclin and EY vignette was a little corny but worked for the story they’re telling, Concierge is gold, Ali and Santana segment was great, Knockouts tag match was really good, main even goofiness with Ryan is appreciated since Ryan is doing great work with this gimmick. Also I guess this was the only way to get Hammerstone a title shot with all of his lost time and apparent Free Agency now. So at least the match wasn’t bad, it wasn’t even close to the bangers he had in MLW, but it was a serviceable TV main event.

Last thing to mention is Xia seemingly going from Brookside to Darkside. She wanted to use the chain, Rosemary just had another trick up her sleeve. So the fact that Xia is the Angel of the ring, and Rosemary is a Demon…they seem like a perfect pairing if she became more of a “Fallen Angel”. And yes I’m aware that’s Christopher Daniels in the history of TNA, but I’m pretty sure we’ve never seen Xia gig herself on camera, so we can pass that concept along.

Did this excite me more for Sacrifice? Honestly a little. Not sure if Cora will be cleared to wrestle, so how quickly they move to Tessa will be an interesting watch. Santana and Ali have a little more heat and with the concierge being involved in the match, that could give Ash and Heather an angel to actually win the match. It’s been a fairly one sided affair when it’s 2v2 with Concierge as manager, so if this doesn’t give the Elegance Clique the win…then Heather better just turn on them and dissolve the comedy team. Because the Knockouts Tag is already a joke, but the fact it’s really just been 2 teams for 4 months is pathetic. Take the belts behind the shed and shoot ’em.