TNA iMPACT! Review - June 5, 2025

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Indi Hartwell def. Tasha Steelz

Hartwell's team lost to Steelz' squad at Under Siege, so this allowed her to avenge that loss and rack up another win in singles competition. The match was fine for what it was, but it accomplished what it needed to in terms of furthering the tension between Order 4 with Mustafa Ali lashing out at Steelz and Jason Hotch stepping up to Ali, setting up a bout between them for Against All Odds.

TNA X-Division Champion Moose def. Eric Young

I'm surprised this wasn't saved for Against All Odds (especially with such a quick turnaround after Under Siege), but then again, this had the benefit of emanating from Young's home country of Canada and the crowd being behind him throughout. This was the antithesis of what the X-Division was all about, but it was a quality contest, nonetheless. Moose continues to excel in this role and it should be a big deal when he eventually gets dethroned.

M by Elegance and TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion Heather by Elegance def. Myla Grace and Harley Hudson

This was the TNA in-ring debut of Grace and Hudson, who officially debuted on last week's episode. I thought they might pick up the win here and earn themselves a shot at the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship since M isn't one-half of the champs, but apparently not. This was decent enough and Grace and Hudson will have a chance to redeem themselves against The Elegance Brand on the Against All Odds pre-show.

Xia Brookside def. Rosemary in a Monster's Ball Match

Much like Moose vs. Young, this was another match that probably should have happened on a live special, or at the very least been positioned as the main event of iMPACT!. Who cares that it's a non-title feud in the women's division? I've liked the story they've told and I applaud the effort they put forth here. It paled in comparison to the other hardcore, bloody brawls TNA has had recently, but it was a nice "garbage" match, regardless.

Robert Stone Interrupted Santino Marella

Marella cut a passionate promo talking about how he'll willingly relinquish his position of authority in TNA if Stone beats him at Against All Odds. Both he and Stone played their roles well here and they effectively hyped their match for Friday night, but as I've said before, I'm desperately ready for this rivalry and the power struggle to be over. I get the feeling Stone might steal a win to drag this out even more, but fingers crossed that won't hapen.

Mike Santana, Matt Hardy and Leon Slater def. TNA World Tag Team Champions The Nemeths and Frankie Kazarian

This was a bit of a weird main event since Santana isn't feuding with The Nemeths or Kazarian while Kazarian will face Joe Hendry at Against All Odds, so it felt more like an excuse to get as many notable names into one match as possible and end the television taping on a high note with the babyfaces standing tall. This was a fun outing, but it didn't accomplish anything otherwise.

Overall Show

It feels like TNA has gotten more comfortable with running special events every few weeks and that's not a good thing. The cards suffer considerably when they're so thrown-together. On the bright side, this was a solid go-home show. Interestingly, it was the two matches that have nothing to do with Against All Odds (Moose vs. Young and Monster's Ball) that increased my enjoyment of this episode, so perhaps that was the point.

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