 The Elite (AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada and The Young Bucks) and Ricochet def. Mark Briscoe, Kevin Knight, "Speedball" Mike Bailey and AEW International Champion Kenny OmegaAEW does a lot of these "all-star" type of matches (especially on Collision), but this one actually stood out with all of the star power involved and thus I had no issue with them getting as much television time as they did. The action was entertaining and we got some small previews of a few potential matches, including Omega vs. Okada (ideally at All In). The Elite is essentially a dead faction at this point, but I guess this win gives them a little bit of life.
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 DarkState Attacked TNA World Champion Joe HendryIt's awesome that we got immediate follow-up to Williams attacking Hendry at the end of TNA Rebellion on NXT TV and not even on iMPACT!. It was cool to see Hendry back in the NXT Arena and he cut a logical promo addressing Williams. DarkState attacking him should only fuel speculation that Williams is secretly behind the group. This was a solid segment to start the show.
 Wrecking Ball Legursky def. Jay BradleyThis was a battle of The Fixers. I can't recall the last time they teamed, so I guess they've been on "break" this whole time without formally splitting up. The commentators said afterward that Legursky wanted a reunion and his win gets him closer to that, so we'll see if that's where this is headed or if it was just a one-off. Either way, they had a decent opener and their history as partners made it more meaningful.
 Sami Zayn Confronted Seth Rollins, Paul Heyman and Bron BreakkerRollins clearly still being in babyface mode during this segment was incredibly annoying. I'll give the entrance theme thing time because it could be a bit before Rollins gets new music (and he absolutely should if he's supposed to be a heel), but he was pandering to the crowd at the beginning of his promo as well. Otherwise, I enjoyed his exchange with Zayn and it was wise to drag out Zayn's answer to Rollins' offer until the end of the night.
 Pre-Show: Fatal Influence (Jacy Jane, Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx) def. Xia Brookside, Rosemary and Lei Ying LeeFatal Influence are regulars on WWE NXT TV, but it's cool that they've made appearances in TNA as of late, too. This was a smart use of them as Brookside and Rosemary get closer to forming an alliance. This was a well-worked six-woman tag team match. I liked that the heels went over and that Brookside and Rosemary aren't a cohesive unit just yet, unless they're going to feud instead (which I'd also be totally fine with).
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