It wasn’t just Billy Corgan’s presidency and a new MMA-lite title at the Impact Zone this weekend. TNA also filmed a bevy of material which will end up constituting the next three weeks of Impact Wrestling, the online/international Xplosion and a One Night Only pay-per-view (PPV) special or two.
- Eli Drake def. Braxton Sutter (Xplosion)
- Moose def. DJ Zema Ion (ONO)
- Mahabali Shera def. Rockstar Spud (ONO)
- Lashley def. Eddie Edwards (ONO)
Aug. 18
- Gail Kim vs. Jade starts Impact, but Sienna interferes. Maria Kanellis uses this as justification to announce Gail can’t be in the next Knockouts title bout.
- Promo time with ex-WWE guys sets up Ethan Carter III vs. Drew Galloway with Aron Rex as special guest referee and EC3’s Bound for Glory title shot on the line.
- Lashley is out with all this titles. He says he wants to unify all three (World, X-Division and King of the Mountain). Corgan says no, and Dixie Carter comes out to try and calm things down. Segment ends with the champ throwing the X and KotM belts aside, claiming they’re dead.
- Allie def. Marti Belle, Jade, Madison Rayne & Sienna to claim the Knockouts title in a No DQ match.
- Mike Bennett wins a battle royal to become #1 contender to the World championship. Lashley was on commentary.
- Abyss def. Jeff Hardy thanks to an assist by Rosemary. Hardys vs. Decay for the tag titles is official for Bound for Glory.
- “Fact of Life” with Drake has Mandrews, Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett, Spud, Sutter and DJ Z, and sets up a segment for the next episode where a new X-Division champ will be crowned.
- EC3 def. Galloway to keep his title shot. Drew assaulted referee Rex.
Aug. 25
- DJ Z won an Ultimate X match to become X-Division champ
- Bennett is out to talk about his World title match, happening on this episode. He asks Moose to come out, but gets Lashley instead. The champ says Moose is done with The Miracle and says their match will be no DQ. Bennett doesn’t buy Lashley’s news about Moose, and the Ring of Honor-ex comes to call Lashley a liar, saying he’ll decide who leaves with the belt tonight.
- EC3 def. Eli Drake
- Galloway promo on why he attacked Rex. He says Aron is an intruder and blasts the fans for cheering him; he promises to take out the former-Damien Sandow next time he sees him. Billy Corgan comes out to say he wanted to suspend Drew after last week, but someone talked him out of it. Galloway calls Billy Dixie’s ****, but Rex comes out and says he was the one who talked Corgan down. The two WWE guys brawl until officials break it up.
- Allie comes out to celebrate her Knockouts win, but Sienna charges in, wanting revenge. Maria stops her, but ends up cutting a promo on her assistant. She says Allie is useless, and the celebration isn’t for her, but her next opponent. She orders Allie to lay down and pins her. Maria is the new Knockouts champ.
- Lashley def. Bennett. Moose refused to assist Miracle, and when Mike calls him out on it post-match, Moose knocks him flat.
- Edwards def. Marshee Rocket (XPlosion)
Sept. 1
- Corgan announces his promotion to President, and unveils the Grand championship... the tournament to determine the winner starts tonight. Galloway and Rex interrupt, which results in Drew being put in the first match of the tournament.of the tou
- Galloway def. Braxton Sutter. There were judges, but they weren’t introduced and the match didn’t go to decision. Spud attacked Sutter after the bout.
- Bennett is out to blame Moose for his not winning the World title, and to say his done with his former associate. Dixie comes out to announce Moose is Miracle’s partner at BFG. The big man chases Mike & Maria off.
- Jade & Gail def. Allie & Sienna. Sienna woudn’t let Allie come in because she’s not a ‘real wrestler’ and the fans got behind her as a result. She eventually tagged herself in, but hit Sienna with some of her offense, leading to their loss.
- Eli Drake def. Jessie Godderz in a Grand title tournament match.
- Tyrus def. Crazzy Steve when Rosemary’s interference distracted him (ONO)
- Marti Belle def. Madison Rayne (ONO)