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The Vault: TNA Tag Team champions Chris Daniels & Kazarian vs. AJ Styles & Kurt Angle
Angle had his bad hamstring wrapped and still started with Daniels. Daniels backed him into the corner and nailed a series of rights but Angle fired back with several of his own and a back elbow. Angle nailed a series of stomps on Daniels and whipped him hard into the corner. He nailed a suplex and covered Daniels for a two count.
Angle continued working over Daniels and tagged out to Styles. Styles nailed him with a series of chops and worked over Daniels in the corner. Daniels fought back and locked on a side headlock. Kazarian tagged in but was caught with a spinning neckbreaker. He and Angle nailed a high double backdrop on Kazarian. Daniels tried to get involved so Angle slugged him.
The challengers tagged in and out working over Kazarian util he nailed Styles with a monkey flip. He rained down punches on Styles. The champs worked over Styles, tagging in and out while drilling Styles with hard shots. Styles was dumped to the floor by Daniels. Kazarian nailed him with a double sledge to the head. Daniels covered Styles after he was tossed back in but Styles kicked out at the last second.
The champions continued tagging in and out. Styles tried to fight them off and make the hot tag to Angle but was cut off. Daniels cinched in a side chinlock and wore Styles down on the mat. The crowd rallied Styles and fought back but Kazarian made a blind tag and that allowed them to cut off Styles again. Styles slipped away and tagged in Angle, who cleaned house on everyone.
Angle nailed a German release suplex on Kazarian for a two count. Kazarian accidentally clotheslined his own partner. Angle began tossing Kazarian for a series of back suplexes. Daniels tried to save his partner but ate a belly to belly suplex for his troubles. Kazarian nailed a leaping DDT on Angle for a two count. The champions nailed a series of elbowdrops on Angle from the ropes for a two count.
Kazarian locked on a neck crank. Angle fired back with a series of elbows. Kazarian went for a moonsault but Angle jumped onto the buckles and nailed an Angleslam off the top. Daniels and Styles were tagged in. Styles nailed a big kick and a backbreaker across the knee for a two count. Styles nailed a big flying forearm smash in the corner. Styles nailed the moonsault into the inverted DDT on Daniels. Kazarian charged and nailed a nasty dropkick on Styles.
The champions worked over Styles, who nailed a double clothesline. Angle tagged himself in and nailed a top rope splash on Daniels for a two count. He nailed a series of Angleslams on the champions but Daniels put his foot on the ropes at the last second. He locked an anklelock on Daniels but Kazarian drilled him with a kick to the back of the neck. Styles nailed a springboard clothesline on Kazarian, then drilled Daniels off the apron. Kazarian monkeyflipped Styles into Daniels who was caught with a rana. He drilled Kaz with the Pele Kick but Daniels broke it up at the last minute. Kazarian hit a springboard 450 splash for another near fall.
Styles went to the top but Daniels cut him off. Styles dumped him to the floor. Kazarian nailed a leaping kick to stun Styles on the top. Kazarian went for the Flux Capacitor and nailed it but Styles kicked out at the last second. The crowd chanted "TNA". Angle drilled Kazarian with a back suplex and clothslined Daniels over the top to the floor. Angle grabbed at his leg on the outside.
Styles went for the Styles Clash but Daniels threw the Appletini he was drinking on the way to the ring into Styles' eyes. Kazarian rolled him up and scored the pin.
Your winners and still TNA Tag Team champions Daniels and Kazarian!
1/29/26 Thursday Night Impact - No Holds Barred: Rich Swann vs. AJ Francis
Swann came to the ring with weapons and began beating Francis with a baseball bat. He went to pull out a table when Francis drilled him from behind on the floor. Francis went to chokeslam him onto the ring steps but Swann escaped and nailed him. Swann went back to setting up the table but Francis nailed a bit boot after he was done. They battled up the entrance aisle. On the stage, Swann escaped another chokeslam and nailed a kick. Swann went for a Canadian Destroyer but was caught. Francis pulled him into a Styles Clash but Swann moved out. Francis finally nailed him with a Pedigree style piledriver.
Swann crawled back to the ringside area as Francis lurked behind. He drilled Swann with a Singapore Cane and then smashed him with the top of a trash can. Francis pulled Swann, using the ring post and then broke a cane over his back. Francis choked him with the remnants. Swann avoided a weapon shot and nailed a superkick. He jumped off the apron and nailed Francis over the head. Swann used a swinging kick under the ropes but Francis smashed him with an energy drink that was ringside.
Francis grabbed a steel chair and worked Swann's back over as they went to commercial. When they returned, Swann was being choked out with a chain. He fired back and drove Francis face-first into a steel chair. Swann came off the top but was caught and slammed onto the chair, Ouch. Francis brought the top of the ring steps into the ring and tried to slam Swann onto them but Swann slipped away and Francis smacked them head-first. Swann nailed a cutter and covered Francis for a close two count. Swann set up another table outside the ring. He tossed a series of chairs into the ring but was caught with a TFL onto the pile of chairs and nearly pinned. The crowd chanted, "This is awesome."
They battled to the corner. Swann came off the top and hit a rana to the floor, sending Francis crashing through the two tables. New Mexico popped for that, chanting for TNA. It looked great. Swann nailed a splash in the ring for a two count. Swann went to hit Francis with the bat but was hit with a fistful of chain. Swann was nearly pinned but kicked out. Francis tossed Swann's trash can of weapons into the ring. Francis stuffed him in the can and worked him over, beating the can with the chain. He then used a chair to continue and it sounded brutal. Francis disrespectfully covered Swann, who still kicked out, showing a ton of heart.
Francis went for a chokeslam off the ropes but Swann turned it into a rana into the pile of chairs. Swann beat him over and over with chairs, then nailed a frog splash off the top the pinfall.
Your winner, Rich Swann!
A hell of a main event. Francis has turned into a hell of a heel and deserves so much more credit than he gets. This felt like a big moment for Swann
They went to the Don West Top Trending Topics of the week. The top 2 was Steve Maclin attacking Santana at #2, topped by the No Surrender main event.
Gia Miller interviewed Elayna Black. They discussed that she's now dating KC Navarro. Black said he slid into her DMs. He had gotten injured and she had taken a break from wrestling. He sent her support via DM and they started talking, so it was the perfect time to come together. They've leaned on each other and it's good to have someone who understands and gets it, because they are in the w restling ecosystem as well. They don't have any specific Valentine's plans as they will be in Nashville, but they are going to Puerto Rico before that for a family wedding on his side. They talked about how it's nice to be able to travel when it's not connected to work, because the focus is on wrestling. Black would like to see the company go back to Los Angeles and to visit Chicago over the summer. She noted she'd love to do some shows outside of the country. She's always wanted to wrestle in the UK and Japan but has always wanted to go to Italy, as she's Italian. They joked TNA needed to run a TNA cruise.
John Skyler with Jason Hotch & Special Agent Zero vs. Manny Lemons.
Lemons hit several armdrags and a shoulder tackle early. He nailed a kick in the corner and drilled Skyler with several right hands. Skyler attacked him from behind with an axehandle to the back of the neck and then drilled him with chips. Skyler drilled him down for a two count. Skyler cinched in a side headlock. The crowd chanted for Lemons to make a comeback and he started to do so. Skyler quickly cut him off. Lemons made a comeback and hit a Samoan Drop for a close two count. The New Mexico crowd was super into chanting for him, but Skyler caught him with a slingshot spear for the pin.
Your winner, John Skyler!
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