TNA Impact is back tonight (Aug. 11, 2016) live-ish from Orlando, Florida and will be airing on Pop TV at 8 EST. This is your spot for the live updates and to talk about it with your fellow fans and viewers.
Tonight Damien Sandow debuts! It's also title vs. title when James Storm puts his King of the Mountain title up against Bobby Lashley's TNA title! And EC3 will tag with Eddie Edwards against the team of Moose and The Miracle Mike Bennett.
We'll be here at 8 EST when Impact will be starting, so come join us!
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Ethan Carter III is here to welcome us to the live broadcast, and talk about striving for his moment of perfection at Bound for Glory. Lashley comes out to remind him it's not BFG, and EC3 is not the best, because he is.
That brings out the World & X-Division champ's opponent tonight, King of the Mountain titleholder James Storm. Trash talk draws Lashley out of the ring, and Miracle Mike Bennett & Moose take the opportunity to jump EC3. Eddie Edwards makes the save and says they have a tag match set for later, but let's do it RIGHT NOW!
Bennett & Moose def. EC3 & Eddie Edwards via pinfall (Miracle on Edwards) Bennett stole the pin from Moose with a blind tag, teasing tension between them
Video package building Storm for his title shot tonight
Aron Rex debuts, promises to change wrestling. Read about that here.
Maria Kanellis books a match between Marti Bell and Gail Kim after Bell attacks Kim during her meeting with the head of the Knockouts and her assistant Allie.
Backstage scene with Edwards, Bennett & Moose sets up a match between Moose & Edwards and furthers the former NFL stars issues with his boss.
Gail Kim def. Marti Bell with a roll-up when Allie's attempted interference distracts. Afterwards, Maria directs a beatdown of Gail. Jade makes the save, so Kanellis books a match between Kim and Jade for next week.
Broken Matt Hardy is being driven to the obselete mule's house. He tells Jeff he's got a challenge for them in their quest to get the tag belts back, but he's had a premonition The Decay may do something to stop them, so he sends Vanguard 1 back to the compound while he and Brother Nero head to the "Zone of Impact".
Another video focuses on Storm's journey in pro wrestling.
Matt's in the ring, vowing The Decay won't kidnap King Maxell, but he and his brother will take the tag belts. Jeff comes out and wants to know what's up with eating fans. Matt says he did it because ants should not touch gods. Jeff says that proves how broken he is, and wants them to get back to the way they were so they can kick ass together. Matt says the Hardyz are OVER.
He does have another challenge for Jeff in his quest to get Matt's tag titles back. Al Snow comes out and praises Matt while dissing Jeff. He went to France to find talent, and here's the Tribunal for a match.
Matt & Jeff Hardy def. The Tribunal via pinall following a Twist of Fate (Jeff on Basile Baraka)
Post-match, Jeff demands to know if that was good enough. Matt says he's mildly impressed, prompting Jeff to attack Snow and his boys, yelling at Matt the whole time. The Broken One laughs while Jeff goes further setting Snow up on a table and plancha-ing him through it. He says the only person who punished him is him, and he swantons himself through a table. Jeff grabs a mic and says he's Brother Nero; Matt says "You are broken".
Backstage, Lashley confronts Dixie Carter & Billy Corgan. He doesn't like the Storm videos, and says they prove Dixie is biased toward him for being a TNA original and Nashville native. Corgan says they wanted to follow the champ around with cameras, but Lashley said no. He says he does his talking in the ring, and will do it tonight by beating Storm.
The Decay cut a promo with creepy lighting in front of a cage, talking about how much they enjoyed destroying Bram.
Back from commercial, Drew Galloway is in the ring. He says he's been away from Impact for a few weeks because he's so angry he's worried he might do something that could land him in jail. Drew reminisces about being world champ and travelling the world like Ric Flair, and says his chance to get back there was ruined by EC3. He demands a match against Carter, where the winner gets a shot at the BFG main event.
One more Storm video, and a split screen graphic of both he and Lashley entering the arena for tonight's main.
Before the bell, Lashley attacks Storm but gets caught with a Last Call superkick. The Cowboy covered, but the ref wasn't ready. Storm dominates the early going before we head to a commercial. Coming back, the World champ has taken over. Too much taunting of the crowd creates an opening for Storm to comeback, and he gets a couple of nearfalls. The Cowboy takes a bump off an exposed turnbuckle and nearly is pinned after a Dominator and a Spear. More taunting from Lashley, which give Storm a chance for another Superkick out of nowhere and something damn close to a three count. Both guys recover, and a Lung Blower from Storm only slows Lashley slightly, who hits a spear to end it.
Lashley def. James Storm via pinfall to retain the World & X-Division titles and claim the KotM championship
Aron Rex comes out to staredown Lashley as he celebrates with all the gold.