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THE RIGHTEOUS, TASHA STEELZ & MORE: 5/29 TNA XPLOSION REPORT

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Slammiversary 2026 - Trick Williams (TNA World Champion) vs. Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana - Original recap by Cory Strode

Santana gets a HUGE entrance as he comes through the crowd.  Trick gets a big entrance as well from the Harlem Gospel Ensemble

Joe Hendry gets his normal entrance. 

Trick has words for his opponents. Hendry and Santana ping pong him with blows and then face off. They lock up and trade arms bars. They both get quick takedowns and then reset. They try shoulder tackles and Santana is the first to go down. Santana and Hendry trade arm drags. Trick gets into the ring and clotheslines them both down and beats them each down in the corners. Hendry and Santana go back and forth a bit and when Santana is knocked to the floor, Trick works over Hendry. 

Trick gets a Death Valley driver for two and Santana is knocked back to the floor. Trick lays in chips in the corner and Hendry reverses. Trick gets a double chop to Hendry’s throat and locks in a guillotine choke. Hendry fights out and gets a suplex on Trick. Santana is back in the ring and gets a suplex on Hendry and he gets a suplex on Trick as Hendry is on the floor. Santana gets chops on Trick in the corner and then hits an insigiri. Trick gets a leg lariat on Santana and then hits a flapjack for two.

Trick puts Santana on the top and joins him. Santana gets a headbutt and then sets to leap, but Trick gets an uppercut. Hendry pulls Trick onto his shoulders and Santana gets a blockbuster with Hendry getting a power bomb and all three men are down. They work to their knees and throw hands at each other. Santana gets kicks, but Trick cuts him off as Santana comes off the ropes. Hendry tries for a choke slam and then hits the Standing Ovation and Kazarian pulls the ref out of the ring.

And Kazarian Is….outta here!

Santana dives onto Trick and then Hendry dives onto both of them Hendry tosses Santana and Santana gets rolling buck fifty and then outlined in chalk. We are told something is wrong with Trick as a new ref hits the ring. Santana gets a cannonball in the corner for two. Medical staff and referees are checking Trick on the floor. Hendry gets a pop-up power bomb and then a slam. Hendry gets another Standing Ovation for two. 

Santana on his knees tell Hendry to bring it on and they throw hands and Santana gets a big clothesline and the Spin The Block. Trick gets in the ring and tosses Santana to the floor. He covers Hendry for the pin and the win.

Winner and still TNA Champion: Trick Williams. 

5/28 TNA Impact -  Knockouts Champions Challenge Match: Knockouts Champion Lei Ying Lee, Knockouts Tag Team Champions M By Elegance & Heather By Elegance vs. Xia Brookside, Mara Sade & Elayna Black

The challengers controlled much of the early action through quick tags and teamwork. Mara Sade particularly impressed, scoring several near falls against members of The Elegance Brand.  The champions isolated Sade for an extended period, with M and Heather repeatedly cutting off tags while refusing to allow Lee into the match.  Eventually Sade escaped and tagged Brookside, leading to the anticipated showdown with Lee. The Knockouts Champion cleaned house with an exploder suplex and Warrior's Way, but Elayna Black broke up the pin attempt.  Chaos erupted late when Mr. Elegance attempted to interfere. Keith Jardine responded by applying an ankle lock to him at ringside. The distraction created an opening for additional interference against Lee.  Brookside capitalized, planting Lee with a DDT and scoring the pinfall.

Your winners, Xia Brookside, Mara Sade & Elayna Black. 

The Don West #1 trending topic of the week was the Wicked Garden match between The Hardys and The Righteous.

Gia Miller's Around the Ring segment featured Tasha Steelz.  They talked about routines on the road,  If Steelz arrives early, she drops her bags off and tries to look around the city.  She especially likes looking around the Western cities.  She then hits the gym in the evening.  They talked about what she does in her workouts.   She noted Jazz as someone she was inspired by when it came to working out.  The usual good conversation with Miller and there's never enough Steelz in my opinion.

The Righteous vs. The Verdict, Bryce Donovan & Vinny Scalise

Vincent started with Scalise.  The Verdict had control early but Vincent cut off Bryce.  The Righteous double teamed Scalise.  Vincent went for a suplex but was pulled into a small package for a two count.  Scalise tagged out to Bryce, who nailed some offense.  Dutch tagged in and ran through him.  The Righteous worked over Donovan and scored the pin.

Your winners, The Righteous!

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