TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth Accepted Mustafa Ali's TNA World Championship ChallengeI know a lot of people wanted Joe Hendry to win the World title at Slammiversary (I would've been perfectly fine with it myself), but he can capture it in due time. Nemeth needed to get a run with it first and should hold it through at least Slammiversary. I really liked the exchange he and Ali had here to set up their title match for next week's show. I don't know if that will be it for Ali in TNA, but if so, that's a cool way for him to go out. It's amazing to think these two were having an undercard feud on Raw back in early 2023 and now they're top players in TNA.
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Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta) def. Shane Taylor Promotions (Anthony Ogogo and Lee Moriarty)Although it was good for ROH TV to have Castagnoli back, it's not exactly an encouraging sign for Castagnoli, who has felt directionless for a while now. Despite that, this served as a nice preview of Yuta vs. Moriarty for the ROH Pure Championship at Death Before Dishonor. It was a very well-wrestled opener and was given plenty of time. Shane Taylor feels like much more of a threat to Yuta than Moriarty does.
Jacy Jane def. Brinley ReeceIt's been a while since we got an NXT vs. NXT match on Main Event. It's good exposure for the talent, but if they're not established, the crowd tends to be quiet because they don't know who they are. That was the case here, but to their credit, Jane and Reece had a perfectly fine match. It was NXT Level Up quality, but they held their own. Jane has been stuck in the same spot for some time in NXT, so it will be interesting to see if she's ever considered for a main roster call-up. Then again, Raw has done nothing with Kiana James since the Draft, so perhaps she's better off staying in NXT for now.
Will Ospreay Crashed MJF's AEW American Championship Celebration and Announced Their Rematch for All InIt's only been a few weeks but it's already been a lot better having MJF back in the heel role compared to whatever the hell he was doing when he first returned. This was the usual great promo from him. Debuting yet another new belt obviously isn't necessary, but it does make sense for MJF's character to only want to represent America as AEW International Champion. By the way, will he officially be recognized as International Champion or American Champion during his reign? I'm glad Ospreay made it official that their rematch will happen on his home turf at All In.
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