Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "TNA Thursday Night Impact" on July 9, 2026, coming to you from the Broadview Center in Albany, New York!Xia Brookside will be putting her TNA Knockouts World Championship on the line as she defends against her former friend turned bitter rival Li Yng Lee in a No Disqualification Match in the main event of tonight's show. With Brookside having previously dethroned Lee as Knockouts World Champion at TNA Slammiversary on June 28, the two women found themselves involved in a verbal altercation during last Thursday's edition of "Thursday Night Impact" that turned physical."Broken" Matt Hardy and Brother Nero will be putting their TNA World Tag Team Championship on the line as they defend against The Great Hands' John Skyler and Jason Hotch. Skyler and Hotch's Order 4 stablemate and reigning TNA International Champion Mustafa Ali secured a title shot for both men backstage during last Thursday's show.The TNA Knockouts Television Championship Tournament will be continuing tonight, as Indi Hartwell will be going head-to-head with Vicious Vicki Venuto while Jody Threat collides with Gabby Forza in a pair of first round matches. Mara Sad and Heather By Elegance both advanced to the semifinals last Thursday, defeating Tasha Steelz and Allie in their respective first found matches.Leon Slater will be joining forces with Ricky Sosa to take on Vincent and Dutch of The Righteous and The System's Bear Bronson and Brian Myers in a Three-Way Match. The Righteous and The System both looked to recruit Sosa to their ranks last Thursday, but Sosa declined their offers. This led to a brawl breaking out, with Slater ultimately coming to Sosa's aid until The System overpowered the two men.Additionally, Frankie Kazarian will be bringing back "The King's Speech" when he hosts Moose on his talk show. AJ Francis and Expressions will also be making an appearance on tonight's show after the former came up short against Elijah at Slammiversary, and KC Navarro has something on his mind to share after coming up short to Ryan Nemeth last Thursday and being betrayed by TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth in the moments that followed the match.We are live! Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt greet audiences at home as The Broken Hardys make their way to the ring. The Great Hands are already waiting inside.
Jason Hotch and Brother Nero begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Brother Nero levels Hotch with a shoulder tackle, but "Broken" Matt tags in and fires off stomps on Hotch in the corner. He targets Hotch's left arm before John Skyler tags in and rains down right hands on "Broken" Matt.Hotch tags in and fires off shoulders on "Broken" Matt's midsection, but Brother Nero gets inside the ring. The referee tells Brother Nero to get out, but Skyler tags in and momentarily grabs onto "Broken" Matt's ankle to prevent him from tagging out to Brother Nero. "Broken" Matt then manages to break free and tags in Brother Nero.Brother Nero delivers an Atomic Drop to Skyler, then follows it up with a double leg drop to his groin. An interfering Hotch gets in the ring and Brother Nero looks to land a double Whisper In The Wind on The Great Hands, but The Great Hands move out of the way. "Broken" Matt then tags back in and lands a Twist of Fate on Skyler before Brother Nero tags in and delivers a Swanton Bomb to Skyler off the top rope for the win.Winners (and still): The Broken HardysAfter the match, Tasha Steelz makes her way out to check on Skyler and Hotch on the outside. Her attitude suddenly shifts from empathetic to more disgusted by The Great Hands when Mustafa Ali and Special Agent 0 appear on the entrance ramp, with Ali placing a call to a mystery person on the other end of the line.Frankie Kazarian then makes his way to the ring.
Kazarian calls Albany boring, but says he's there to spice things up and welcomes fans to "The King's Speech". He introduces Moose, and Moose makes his way to the ring.Kazarian says Moose has now defeated every member of The System and asks him how he's feeling. Moose says Slammiversary was the most emotional moment of his entire life and says Eddie Edwards likes to involve people's families into matters, then says he's done everything in TNA Wrestling. He says he did one thing he had never done before at Slammiversary: shared a moment in the ring with his wife and son that he will cherish forever.Kazarian argues that Moose traumatized his entire family at Slammiversary, but Moose stops Kazarian and says his family is doing great. He says the live crowd wants to know what's next for him, and Moose says he wants to dominate. He invites anyone in the back who wants some from him to come and get some, but Kazarian says Moose had held it down in TNA Wrestling for an entire decade. He says when it comes to being one of the faces in TNA Wrestling, Moose is the conversation.Moose argues that he is the face when he comes to TNA Wrestling, but Kazarian asks Moose if he's stupid and says he would have to be to call himself the face of TNA Wrestling when he's in the ring. Moose says he's been wondering who crowned Kazarian king when he arrived back in TNA, and Moose says he calls himself "The Face of the Franchise" because he's seen people come and go for ten years in TNA Wrestling chasing checks and stardoms. He says he's made TNA Wrestling his personal playground and has made it home.Kazarian reminds Moose of who he is: the last TNA Wrestling original standing, X-Division pioneer, and TNA Grand Slam Champion. Moose calls Kazarian annoying, but admits he respects Kazarian and says he sees Kazarian as a pillar of TNA Wrestling like he is. He says himself and Kazarian have never had a singles match in TNA Wrestling and challenges him to a match, but Kazarian says he has no interest in that. He says he was talking to a man a while ago and says they both agreed Moose is an idiot, wished The System had taken him out for good, and had a failed NFL career.AJ Francis and Expressions make their way to the ring, and Francis says he played in the NFL with Tom Brady. He says Brady told him that Moose left the NFL out of fear for him, but Moose says he's done talking and wants to fight. He challenges Francis to a singles match, but Expressions says himself and Francis don't do things on Moose's time. He says they do things on Francis' time and accepts Moose's challenge to a match on behalf of Francis for next week.Vicious Vicki Venuto then makes her way to the ring. Indi Hartwell follows.
The bell rings and Venuto shakes hands with Hartwell. The pair then lock up and Hartwell rolls up Venuto. Venuto kicks out and delivers a boot to Hartwell's midsection when she fakes out shaking her hand again, then sends Hartwell crashing into the top turnbuckle face first and jams her boot into Hartwell's throat.Hartwell lands a Bulldog on Venuto, but Venuto delivers a suplex to Hartwell and delivers a boot to her chest. She follows it up with a shotgun dropkick to Hartwell and wears her down with a submission hold, but Hartwell powers up to her feet and rolls up Venuto. Venuto kicks out, but Hartwell catches her with a spinebuster and goes for a pin. Venuto kicks out, but Hartwell delivers Hurt's Don't It for the win.Winner: Indi HartwellWe then head over to The Injury Report, where we find out that Li Yng Lee has been medically cleared for competition, while The Personal Concerige and Allie have not been medically cleared and Nic Nemeth is "in the best shape".The Righteous then make their way to the ring. The System, Leon Slater, and Ricky Sosa follow.
Slater and Brian Myers begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Slater levels Myers and rocks him with a kick, but Dutch tags in and Slater catches him with a springboard back elbow. Sosa (who has made the blind tag in) rocks Dutch with a double superkick alongside Slater, and Sosa then sends an interfering Bear Bronson crashing out of the ring with a dropkick.Slater and Sosa fly over opposite top ropes with dives to take out The Righteous and The System on the outside, but Vincent tags in and Sosa levels him with a dropkick. Sosa pins Vincent, but Vincent kicks out and Sosa tags in Slater. Sosa holds Vincent's arm in place for Slater to land a double stomp on it off the top rope before Slater ascends to the top rope. Dutch trips him up from the outside as the referee is distracted, and Vincent rains down right hands on Slater. Vincent jams his boot into Slater in the corner, then tags out to Dutch.Hard refresh this page for updates ctrl + F5 on Windows; Cmnd + shift + R on Mac
