‘TNA Wrestling’ Review (Jan 8th 2026)
Welcome to this week’s review of TNA Wrestling. Let’s get straight into the episode and see what went down on the last show before TNA debuts on AMC, in the US, next week!
Match #1: Dani Luna def. Harley Hudson
The following is courtesy of tnawrestling.com:
After setting her sights on TNA Knockouts World Champion Léi Yǐng Lee last week, Dani Luna looks to continue her path of destruction against Harley Hudson! Luna kicks out at one following a bulldog from Hudson. Luna quickly regains control and puts Hudson away with the Luna Landing.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #2: TNA International Championship – Steve Maclin def. Stacks (DQ)
The following is courtesy of tnawrestling.com:
Steve Maclin attempts to bring the International Championship back to TNA Wrestling as he challenges NXT’s Stacks. The NXT outlaws provide a distraction at ringside, allowing Stacks to gain control. Stacks dropkicks Maclin to the outside where he’s assaulted by the NXT outlaws. The referee catches Tyriek Igwe trying to get involved once again, and ejects him from ringside. Maclin takes out the rest of the NXT outlaws while Arianna Grace watches on. Grace attacks Maclin to cause the disqualification.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #3: Cedric Alexander, Leon Slater and The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) def. The System (Moose, JDC, Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers)
The following is courtesy of tnawrestling.com:
Before JDC retires from in-ring competition at Genesis, he will fight alongside his System allies one final time as they battle TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater, Cedric Alexander and TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardys! Bodies are flying as everyone takes to the skies for aerial offense. The System cut off the ring and wear Slater down. Slater fights back with a handspring back elbow to Myers and tags in Jeff. Myers counters the Twist of Fate to regain control. Moose hits Alexander with Go To Hell as the match breaks down. The Hardys team up with Slater for a double Plot Twist. Alexander rolls up Moose to score the victory for his team.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Final Verdict: 2.5/5
What a damp squib of an episode to go out on… AXS TV have been done dirty here. Three, yes, just three(!) matches on the final hurrah on AXS screams f**k you to that network – especially when this was supposed to feel like a send-off, not an afterthought. Yes, there were solid names on the card and the main event at least delivered some energy, but nothing here felt big, urgent, or worthy of being “the last one.” It was functional TV at best, the kind of episode that fills time rather than makes a statement. For a company on the cusp of a major broadcast move, that’s a frustratingly small-time note to go out on. Here’s hoping the AMC debut brings the reset TNA badly needs, because if this was meant to build excitement for the future, it did the exact opposite.
