TNA: The road to Victory went through Edmonton

Boris Roberto Aguilar

TNA: The road to Victory went through Edmonton

Greetings and salutations! It is time for another TNA special and with Bound for Glory just weeks away this show stand as a great proving ground. TNA is LIVE from the Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Ash by Elegance was supposed to be defending her TNA Knockouts World Championship against Masha Slamovich, with Indi Hartwell as the special guest referee but that match has been pulled from the card after all the controversy surrounding Slamovich this week. Ash is now scheduled to give a special announcement. Also on the card we have Steve Maclin taking on Frankie Kazarian for the International Title. We will also see NXT’s Ridge Holland take on Mike Santana along with Eric Young taking on Joe Hendry. With all that and so much more, let’s get to the results.

Pre-Show

Zachary Wentz vs. Trey Miguel vs. Cedric Alexander

Trey applied a standing leg lock to Alexander, he grabbed Wentz for the Lightning Spiral slam, then he transitioned into a bridging submission on Alexander. No tap. Alexander’s intestinal fortitude bought time for Wentz to land a swanton onto the pile. Wentz pounced for a UFO cutter on Alexander to win.

Winner: Zachary Wentz

Steve Maclin was hypoing his match and was interrupted by a AAA’s El Mesias (aka Ricky Banderas, Mil Muertes).

AJ Francis had a promo show and Matt Hardy was his guest. Francis insulted the crowd and said he has a nee album and wants to treat the Edmontn crowd with a preview. Hardy’s music played and threatened to whoop ass. Hardy stepped up went for the attack, but Francis chokeslammed him through a table.

The System, minus Moose, didn’t want to wait for Hardcore War at Bound For Glory and called out Order 4 for a fight right now. Santino Marella was out and said The System versus Order 4 would kick the show off.

Victory Road – Main Show

The System vs. Order 4

Teams were Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, and Johnny Dango Curtis versus John Skyler, Jason Hotch, and Agent Zero. Alisha Edwards and Tasha Steelz were ringside. Agent Zero was a beast in the match. The System worked together to clothesline him out of the ring. That opened the window for JDC to land a flying leg drop on Hotch for the win.

Winner: Order 4

Ash by Elegance came out and surprised the world as she vacated the title. She didn’t give specifics, but said she needed to step away for a bit. Ash thanked TNA for becoming her family and said it was an honor to perform in front of the fans. Santino was out also and announced that the Knockouts tag title match will be pushed to Thursday on Impact and said that tonight there would be a battle royal tonight. The final two will wrestle to become the new Knockouts champion.

Knockouts battle Royal

The Knockouts in this match were: Heather by Elegance, M by Elegance, Jessie McKay, Cassie Lee, Xia Brookside, Lei Ying Lee, Jody Threat, Dani Luna, Kelani Jordan (NXT), and La Pascarita.

The IInspriation were battling the Elegance Brand near the ropes and Lee and Jordan dumped them all out to become the final two. Lee versus Jordan for the Knockouts Championship will take place later in the evening. It was also announced that Indi Hartwell will be the special guest referee for the KO title match as she faces the winner at Bound For Glory. Hartwell says that she will call it down the middle to make sure the best Knockout wins.

Winners: Lei Lee and Kelani Jordan

Joe Hendry was shown beat up backstage.

Matt Cardona & The Home Town Man vs. Nic Nemeth & Ryan Nemeth

Hot tag to Cardona who went on to clean house and hits an Unprettier on Nic. The match broke down with the Nemeth brothers taking control for the Hart Attack. . Ryan tased a Sharpshooter, Cardona pulled Nic out of the ring, and the Home Town Man rolled up Ryan for the win.

Winner: Matt Cardona and Home Town Man

Afterward, the Nemeths unmasked the Home Town Man but they still managed to keep his id safe!

Mike Santana vs. Ridge Holland

Holland with some hard power moves, but Santana rallied with a DVD, rolling cutter, and topped things off with a cannonball. Santana with a Superplex. Holland with ounches, but Santana ducked them and hits a Spin the Block discus lariat to win.

Winner: Mike Santana

After the match, Trick Williams was out and Holland grabbed Santana’s foot to help Trick beat Santana up a bit. Williams took Santana out and celebrated with the TNA world title.

Mustafa Ali vs. Moose

Order 4 and the System were banned from ringside. Moose speared Ali, but Ali’s foot was under the the ropes to break the pin up. Moose with another Spear, but this time Ali countered for a back body drop onto the steel steps. 450 splash inside the ring. Moose was not down just yet and he headbutt Ali and hits a huge powerbomb. Ali’s dancers came out and distracted the referee. One of the dancers, whose face was covered, hit a low blow on Moose and Ali climbed the ropes to hit a 450 splash to win. The dancer was Tasha Steelz in disguise.

Winner: Ali

Joe Hendry defeated Eric Young

Young was out and said that Hendry isn’t there so he should be the winer. He said his name and he appeared. Hendry runs down and is ready to fight. Hendry worked his way out of a submission and hit a vertical suplex. He followed for a fallaway slam and an Olympic slam. Young came back and hits a flying elbow drop, followed by a piledriver. Young threatened the referee after a 3-count he thought should have ended the match. Hendry grabbed Young from behind, but Young with a Mule kick. Young tossed a chair into the ring. Travis Williams and Judas Icarus ran down to distract Young and this gave Hendry the chance to hit the Standing Ovation for the win.

Winner: Joe Hendry

Matt Hardy vs. AJ Francis

Due to the incident on the First Class Penthouse, this was now a tables match. Hardy with a shoulder tackle, and Francis smashed into a table in the corner, but the match didn’t end as it was a self inflicted move. Avalanche Side Effect from Hardy. Francis speared Hardy, then he grabbed the tag titlem but Hardy ducked and countered for the Twist of Fate. The two men fight at ringside as Hardy ends up hitting Francis with the title belt, and Francis was put on the table only for Hardy to hit a flying leg drop onto Francis through the table for the win.

Winner: Matt Hardy

Knockouts Championship: Kelani Jordan vs. Lei Ying Lee

Indi Hartwell was special guest referee. We of course got a ref bump. Jordan landed a frog splash. Kick out by Lee, so Jordan dragged Lee to the corner. Hartwell leaned over to check on Lee and as Jordan goes to attack int he corner, Lee rolled away, and Hartwell gets chit with a splash by Jordan .Jordan turned around and eats a spinning head kick from Lee. Jordan kicks out at the 2-count after Hartwell took a while to start the pin. Jordan fights back and hits a stunner and a moonsault to win. Ash came out to raise Jordan’s hand to pass the title over.

Winner: AND NEW Knockouts Champion; Kelani Jordan

TNA International Championship: Frankie Kazarian vs. Steve Maclin (c) to win the title.

Maclin controlled a lot of this match and hits a huge suicide dive. As he set up for the spear of woe, Mesias came down to the ring and Maclin went for another suicide dive. As Maclin tried to go back into the ring, Kaz kicked the ropes into his groin and hits a Slingshot cutter to get the win!

Winner: AND NEW International Champion; Frankie Kazarian

X-Division Championship: Leon Slater (c) vs. Myron Reed

Each man hit their high flying moves. Slater countered Reed out of the corner for an avalanche twisting suplex. Myron hit a huracanrana for a nearfall. He hit an axe kick in the ropes. Myron hit a kip-up enzuigiri, then a slingshot back suplex for a nearfall of his own. Slater hit a dive to the floor, but he missed a top-rope 450 Splash. He hit a leg lariat. They clotheslined each other over the top rope to the floor, and Myron hit a Stundog Millionaire.

Reed with a “Flame On” flying stunner over the top rope to the floor. Myron continues and hits a springboard 450 Splash for yet another close fall. Slater with a leg lariat, and he nailed a kip-up stunner. Slater hits a second-rope twisting suplex, then the Swanton 450 Splash for the huge win!

Santino arrived and announced that at Bound For Glory it will be Slater defending the title against NXT’s Je’Von Evans.

Winner: Leon Slater

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