‘TNA Wrestling’ Review (Apr 2nd 2026)

Welcome to this week’s review of TNA Wrestling. Let’s get straight into the episode and see what went down on this week’s show…

Match #1: Eddie Edwards, Cedric Alexander, Mustafa Ali & Special Agent 0 def. Mike Santana, Trey Miguel, Leon Slater & Moose

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Moose and Ali kick off this Eight-Man Tag Team Match. Cedric tags in and Moose drops him center ring. TNA Mike Santana Dropkicks Eddie Edwards. Leon Slater and Mike Santana combo onto Edwards and Slater goes for a cover. Cedric Alexander slams Leon Slater on the edge of the apron. Edwards goes for a cover and Slater kicks out. Mustafa Ali and Trey Miguel enter the ring. Mustafa charges at Miguel and slides out of the ring, Miguel dives through the ropes and flattens him with a DDT. He climbs to the top and crashes down with Meteora into a cover. Ali kicks out and tags in Special Agent 0. He lifts up Miguel and Suplexes him into the canvas. Tasha Steelz and Eddie Edwards interfere behind the referees back. Edwards swipes at Moose and Moose tries to fire back but the referee prevents it. Order 4 and The System seize the opportunity to continue attacking Miguel. Edwards charges at Miguel and he avoids it, and sends Edwards shoulder-first into the steel post. Ali sends Miguel out of the ring, and while the referee is distracted the Great Hands attack Miguel. Special Agent 0 flattens Miguel with a German Suplex. Cedric slams down Miguel with a Michinoku Driver. Miguel gets a much needed tag, and Santana explodes in the ring. He drops Edwards with Outlined in Chalk and a Single-Legdrop. From the top ropes, Santana crashes down with a Splash into a cover. Ali breaks it up with a kick to the back of the head, and Miguel sends Ali out of the ring with a Flipping DDT. Leon Slater dives over the ropes and takes out Cedric Alexander. Special Agent 0 follows suit and levels them outside of the ring. Mustafa Ali dives into Moose outside of the ring, and Moose slams him with a Powerbomb into the apron. Moose and Special Agent 0 trade blows in the ring. Moose Superplexes Agent 0, Ali follows with a 450 from the top rope, Leon Slater joins crashing down onto Ali with a Swanton 450, and Cedric Alexander drops Slater with a Lumbar Check. Santana sends Special Agent 0 over the top rope with Spin the Block. Cedric goes for a Lumbar Check, and is dropped with a Rolling Buck 50. Edwards slams into Santana with Boston Knee Party and secures the pinfall.

My Score: 3 out of 5

Match #2: Bunkhouse Match – Tessa Blanchard def. Jody Threat

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Tessa Blanchard attacks Jody Threat during her entrance, and Threat fires back slamming a trashcan into her back. The match is not officially underway. Threat screams at the referee to ring the bell, and the match is officially underway. Blanchard Dropkicks her through the ropes, and slams her face-first into the steel steps. Threat slides the case into the ring, and drives Blanchard into the apron. Jody Threat sets up a chair up in the ring and dives into Blanchard with Double Knees. Blanchard avoids it and Threat goes knees-first into the chair. Threat strikes her with the cowbell leaving Tessa prone on the top rope. Threat slides the equipment case over to Blanchard, and closes the lid on her. Tessa Blanchard secures the match by knocking out Threat.

My Score: 2.5 out of 5

Match #3: AJ Francis def. The Home Town Man

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AJ Francis slams down The Home Town Man. He fires back and sends AJ Francis over the top rope. He dives through the rope into Francis and sends him up the ramp. Back in the ring he tries to hoist Francis up, he crashes down, and Francis goes for the cover for a two count. AJ Francis slams into him with Tennessee Whiskey. They trade blows and The Home Town Man Suplexes AJ Francis. AJ answers with TFL into a Down Payment to score the pinfall.

My Score: 2 out of 5

Match #4: Arianna Grace def. Xia Brookside

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Grace goes for an early pin attempt to kick things off. Brookside rolls her up for a two count pin attempt. Xia Brookside tosses Grace onto the canvas twice. Stacks get in the face of Carlo Silva. Brookside goes for a Dropkick but Grace holds onto the rope, and counters with a Clothesline and flattens her center ring. Grace drops Xia off her knee, and drives her throat into the rope. Arianna Grace drives her into the canvas with a Fisherman’s Neckbreaker, she goes for the cover, and Brookside kicks out at two. Brookside and Grace charge at each other and both slam down in the center of the ring. They trade blows and Brookside drops Grace with back-to-back Clotheslines. Brookside continues her momentum with Broken wings, follows with Double Knees, and finishes the combo with a Side Russian Legsweep. She goes for a cover and Grace kicks out at the two count. Stacks brings out the Cobra to give to Arianna Grace, and Brookside uses the distraction to drop her with a Tornado DDT. She goes for the cover and Stacks drags Brookside out of the cover. Léi Yǐng Lee rushes to the defense and Arianna Grace throws her into the steel steps. Brookside is enraged and sends Grace into the steel steps. She plants Stacks with a DDT outside of the ring. Back inside the ring Grace was trying to put on the Cobra and Brookside prevented it. They fight over the Cobra. Grace Pumpkicks her and picks up her title. The referee prevents it and Brookside drops her with Double Knees into a cover. She kicks out and Grace sends Brookside face-first into the turnbuckle. Stacks tries to interfere again, and Léi Yǐng Lee flattens Stacks outside. Arianna Grace slams the title belt into Brookside behind the referee’s back, drives Xia face-first into her knee, and secures the pinfall.

My Score: 2.5 out of 5

Final Verdict: 2.5/5

This week’s TNA felt like a show that had ideas… but not quite the execution to back them up. The opener was easily the standout, a chaotic eight-man that delivered on action if not structure. Santana’s hot tag, Moose powerbombing Ali into the apron, and that wild closing stretch of stacked finishers gave it a real sense of energy, even if the interference-heavy finish dragged it down a notch. After that, things dipped. The Bunkhouse match between Tessa Blanchard and Jody Threat had the weapons and aggression you’d expect, but never quite found a rhythm before its abrupt knockout ending. AJ Francis vs. The Home Town Man was functional at best, while Arianna Grace vs. Xia Brookside leaned heavily on interference and distractions, overshadowing some solid in-ring moments. A decent opener and flashes of chaos can’t fully save a largely uneven episode that struggled to maintain momentum.