Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "TNA Thursday Night iMPACT" on April 16, 2026, coming to you from the Upstate Medical University Arena at the Oncenter War Memorial in Syracuse, New York!After making his return at TNA Rebellion this past Saturday, EC3 will be in action tonight as he goes one-on-one with Eric Young. With Young having confronted new TNA signee Ricky Sosa backstage shortly after he put pen-to-paper on the contract at TNA Sacrifice on March 27, EC3 hasn't competed in a TNA ring since coming up short to Moose at TNA Bound for Glory on October 24, 2020.Speaking of returns, KC Navarro will be making his own tonight as he goes head-to-head with his former First Class tag team partner AJ Francis. This will mark Navarro's first match in TNA since taking part in a TNA World Tag Team Championship Four-Way Ladder Match at TNA Slammiversary on July 20, 2025 with Francis, while Francis scored a win against The Home Town Man on last Thursday's episode of "Thursday Night iMPACT" and came up short to Nic Nemeth at Rebellion thanks to Navarro becoming involved.Jada Stone and Order 4's Tasha Steelz have crossed paths with one another a number of times over the last several weeks, including the February 5 episode of "Thursday Night iMPACT" when Steelz and her stablemate Mustafa Ali scored a win against Stone and Elijah, the February 26 edition of "Thursday Night iMPACT" when Stone emerged victorious against Steelz, and Sacrifice when Ali and Steelz scored a win against Stone and former TNA International Champion Trey Miguel. The two women will be meeting in the ring once again tonight when they collide in the ring once again.Additionally, TNA World Champion Mike Santana will be making an appearance on tonight's show with something on his mind to share coming off his successful defense against The System's Eddie Edwards at Rebellion.We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping the events of Rebellion.Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt then greet audiences at home as Nic Nemeth joins the announce desk with his Call Your Shot Gauntlet trophy in hand. AJ Francis then makes his way out, and KC Navarro follows.
The two men stare one another down as the bell rings and the two lock up. Francis sends Navarro crashing into the ring post face first on the outside, then whips him into the corner spine first back inside the ring and charges at him.Navarro catches Francis with a boot and looks to fly off the middle rope, but Francis catches him and sends him crashing into the mat. He mocks Navarro by pretending like he's about to tag in, then gets him up on one shoulder. Navarro counters into a Tornado DDT on Francis and connects with a pair of shotgun dropkicks on him, then lands another shotgun dropkicks on Francis' spine and sits him on the top rope.Navarro ascends to the top rope, then looks to fly. Francis sees Navarro coming and sends him crashing into the mat, but Nic distracts Francis. This opens the door for Navarro to roll up Francis for the win.Winner: KC NavarroBack from the break, we head backstage to EC3. EC3 explains that comebacks require purpose and confirms that he's back in TNA Wrestling.Back at ringside, The System makes their way to the ring.
Brian Myers says himself and Bear Bronson are the new TNA World Tag Team Champions after Rebellion and hands the microphone to Eddie Edwards. Eddie says he should be the TNA World Champion, but she didn't lose his TNA World Championship match at Rebellion to Moose. He says it's because of Moose, then says Alisha Edwards is his ride or die.Alisha asks the fans if they want to know something, then says she's glad that hanging out with her made Moose a little smarter. She says Moose likes stooging, then says it does't change the fact that herself and The System played Moose like the fool that he is. Cedric Alexander takes the microphone and says The System were supposed to dominate at Rebellion, but they're still dealing with a Moose problem instead. He calls Leon Slater a "lying, conniving, piece of garbage" for using his X-Division Championship belt to beat him at Rebellion and says he's owed another shot at the X-Division Championship.Slater's music hits and he makes his way out. He asks Alexander when he'll be quiet and says Alexander better take his name out of his mouth before he attacks him, then tells Alexander to face the fact that he beat him and says Alexander always has boo boo face he's on the verge of becoming the longest reigning X-Division Championship of all time.Eddie says that Slater just gets lucky, but can't do what it takes to get the job done. Moose's music hits and he makes his way out. He says all of professional wrestling knows that Myers is Edge's b**** from his days as an Edgehead in WWE, then says he has numerous Knockouts in the back who will back him in saying that Alisha isn't a nice person. Alisha tells Moose that he's nothing compared to her husband Eddie, but Slater cuts her off and says that himself, Moose, and all of The System are in wrestling attire. He challenges The System to a match, but Daria Rae's music hits and she makes her way out. She says a match won't be happening tonight, but Slater pushes back. Rae then opts to make a 4-On-2 Handicap Match pitting Moose and Slater against The System.Hard refresh this page for updates ctrl + F5 on Windows; Cmnd + shift + R on Mac
