TNA Thursday Night Impact Live Coverage - March 5th, 2026
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Thursday Night iMPACT! on AMC
The action intensifies on Thursday Night iMPACT! on AMC as championship stakes and rising tensions take center stage. A high-stakes Tag Team No. 1 Contender’s Match will shake up the division, while both the Knockouts World Championship and X-Division Championship titles will be on the line. Plus, the return of The King’s Speech with special guest Elijah, and major statements from some of TNA’s biggest names. Promising a night full of momentum-shifting moments you won’t want to miss.
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— The show kicks off with a video recapping some of the events of last Thursday's edition of "Thursday Night iMPACT".
— Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt then greet audiences at home as Jody Threat makes her way to the ring. Arianna Grace and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo follow, with The Diamond Collective joining the announce desk.
TNA Knockouts World Championship Match: Arianna Grace (w/ Stacks) (c) vs. Jody Threat
The bell rings and Grace blindsides Threat from behind during the ring announcement. She fires off shoulders on her midsection in the corner, then fires off knees on Threat's midsection and cinches in a variation of a Half Boston Crab on her. Threat lands a kick on Grace's head, then lands a pair of knees on the back of Grace's neck and follows it up with a suplex.
Threat delivers a Falcon Arrow to Grace, but Grace retreats to the outside and kisses Stacks. Threat then flies through the middle rope to take out Stacks on the outside as we see Dani Luna, Léi Yǐng Lee, and Xia Brookside scattered around the ringside area to watch the action. Grace puts on Santino Marella's cobra, but Threat grabs it from her. Grace then rolls up Threat for the win.
Winner and STILL TNA Knockouts World Champion: Arianna Grace
— The Elegance Brand makes their way to the ring.
The Personal Concierge introduces himself and apologizes for the absence of Ash By Elegance. He says that Ash is not in the ring with the rest of The Elegance Brand for mental health reasons, but Heather By Elegance grabs the microphone and says she can't take any more of the fans boos because Ash is her hero and her best friend. M By Elegance tells Mickie James that she had her moment, then says it's now the era of elegance and calls out Mama June in the crowd. Heather and M get in June's face, telling her that they're the ones with elegance, beauty, and class. M says June sitting in the crowd is offensive.
ODB appears in the crowd and says she's trying to sell some meat on her food truck. She says she's here to stand up for James, but M and Heather call ODB and June disgusting. M tells ODB to come get some if she's hungry, and ODB says she's always hungry. She levels M and Heather with kicks and low blows Mr. Elegance, then grabs a cooler she brought to ringside with her and hands June and her family cups of meat. June and her family pour the meat on M and Heather.
— The Righteous, Sinner and Saint, Rich Swann and BDE, and The System make their way to the ring.
Four-Way Tag Team #1 Contenders Match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship: The Righteous vs. Sinner and Saint vs. Rich Swann and BDE vs. The System
BDE and Travis Williams begin the action. The bell rings and the two go back and forth with one another. BDE levels Williams with a dropkick, but Williams delivers a double underhook suplex to him and tags out to Judas Icarus. Swann tags in and delivers a blockbuster to Icarus, then double teams on him with BDE and goes for a pin. Bear Bronson breaks the fall and levels both BDE and Swann with right hands.
Dutch levels everyone else at ringside, then sends BDE crashing into the mat. Vincent then beats down Swann.
Swann sends Williams crashing into the corner, but BDE tags in and levels Williams with a clothesline. Vincent tags in, but BDE rolls him up. The Righteous then double team on BDE and Vincent pins him, but everyone else gets in the ring to break the fall. Bronson clotheslines Dutch out of the ring, with Williams and Icaus double teaming on Myers. BDE and Swann level Williams and Icarus with double cutters, and Vincent catches them both with a double DDT. Myers then tags in and connects with a spear on BDE. Bronson follows it up with an over the shoulder cutter to him for the win.
Winners and NEW #1 Contenders: The System
— Moose and Alisha Edwards make their way to the ring.
Moose says he wants to get straight to the point, then says The System is a group who gets mad when someone outshines the rest of the pack. He points to a few Atlanta Falcons legends in the crowd and calls them family, then says he knows that they're all proud of him with everything he's gone to in order to become "The Face of the Franchise". He promises to go through every member of The System, starting with Cedric Alexander next week in an Atlanta Street Fight. He says Brian Myers is next, then says he'll remind everyone of why he was once called Edge's b**** and calls out Bear Bronson as he tells him that he can't lace up his boots. He says Eddie Edwards will be the last one he goes after.
Alisha grabs the microphone and tells Moose that he helped him last week for herself. She says she hid behind The System for two years, but she no longer recognizes Eddie and Myers. She says Moose told her to bet on herself, then says she wants to stand side-by-side with Moose as he destroys The System one-by-one. Moose then promises to beat Eddie and says he'll do it in front of his wife before he says that's a fact of life message from him.
— Back from the break, we head backstage to a verbal confrontation between Order 4 and Trey Miguel, BDE, Rich Swann, and Jada Stone.
— Mara Sadè and Elayna Black both make their way to the ring.
Mara Sadè vs. Elayna Black
The bell rings and the two lock up. Sadè lands a chop on Black, but Black responds with one of her own and levels Sadè with a shoulder tackle. Sadè levels Black with a dropkick, then delivers a second one to her under the bottom rope. Black trips Sadè and dumps her back in the ring, then delivers a knee to her spine and goes for a pin. Sadè kicks out.
Black sends Sadè's face crashing into the mat, then jams her knee into the back of Sadè's neck and fires off kicks on Sadè as Sadè is draped through the middle rope. Black rains down Hammer and Anvil elbows on Sadè and pins her, but Sadè kicks out and levels Black with a springboard crossbody to her.
Black rocks Sadè with a forearm, but Sadè lands a dropkick on Black that sends her crashing off the ring apron and delivers a crossbody to her through the middle rope. Sadè then ascends to the top rope, but Black catches her with a Canadian Destroyer and follows it up with a jumping knee strike to her and grabs a chair. The referee takes it from her, but Black grabs a pair of brass knuckles hiding in the middle turnbuckle. She manages to hit Sadè with them as Sadè scoops her up, then pins her for the win.
Winner: Elayna Black
— Frankie Kazarian makes his way to the ring.
Kazarian welcomes fans to "The King's Speech", then introduces Elijah. Elijah makes his way to the ring, and Kazarian asks the fans who wants to Walk With Elijah. Elijah says his Guitar Casket Match against Mustafa Ali last Thursday will change a man, then says in TNA, himself and the fans walk this way.
Kazarian gets in Elijah's face and tells him that he's a king. AJ Francis appears on the entrance ramp with The Hometown Man on one shoulder, but The Hometown Man escapes and tries to fight back. Francis then chokeslams The Hometown Man off the entrance ramp.
— We head over to a video of Rosemary sitting down with Carlos Silva in order for her to sign a new contract with TNA Wrestling.
— The Nemeth Brothers then make their way to the ring. Leon Slater follows.
TNA X-Division Championship Match: Leon Slater (c) vs. Nic Nemeth (w/ Ryan Nemeth)
The bell rings and the two lock up. Nic rolls up Slater, but Slater kicks out and Nic catches him with a neckbreaker. Slater responds with a springboard back elbow to Nic and flies over the top rope to level him with a crossbody, but Ryan grabs Slater's ankle from the ring apron. This opens the door for Nic to send Slater crashing into the mat and pin him, but Slater kicks out.
Back from the break, Slater pins Nic but Nic kicks out. Slater then ascends to the top rope, but Nic trips him and spikes him with a DDT. He goes for a pin, but Slater kicks out and ascends to the top rope. He sets up for a 450 Splash on Nic, but Nic moves out of the way and Slater catches him with a Styles Clash.
Slater ascends to the top rope, then connects with a 450 Splash. Nic transitions into a pinfall, but Slater kicks out and Nic catches him in a sleeper. Slater escapes, but Nic catches Slater with a superkick and pins him. Nic kicks out, but Slater sends him crashing into the mat off the ropes. He follows it up with a 450 Splash-Swanton Bomb combination to him for the win.
Winner and STILL TNA X-Division Champion: Leon Slater
— After the match, Eric Young blindsides Slater from behind and delivers a piledriver to him on the floor.
— Mike Santana then makes his way to the ring through the crowd.
Santana calls out TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella to come to the ring and reinstate Steve Maclin so that he can fight him. Director of Operations Daria Rae instead appears and reminds Santana that she runs "Thursday Night iMPACT". She says she thinks that Steve Maclin is the epitome of everything that TNA Wrestling and officially reinstates him, but informs Santana that she'll decide where or when he faces Maclin.
Marella appears and says a date has been set and approved for Santana and Maclin to square off for the TNA World Championship: March 27 at TNA Sacrifice. Santana tells Rae and Marella that it didn't matter what they had to say because as soon as Maclin steps into the Gateway Center Arena at College Park, he'll brawl with him on sight.
