KC Navarro, Xia Brookside earn TNA championship opportunities, Leon Slater heading to Ultimate X and more

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) kicked disconnected and finished with champions situation All-Star matches, which helped find No. 1 contenders for 2 championships.

The men’s lucifer started "Impact." Elijah, Eric Young, Frankie Kazarian, KC Navarro and Leon Slater faced disconnected against tag squad champions Bear Bronson and Brian Myers, planetary champion Mustafa Ali, X Division champion Cedric Alexander and TNA satellite champion Mike Santana. If an All-Star pinned 1 of the champs, they would automatically get a rubric shot.

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KC Navarro and Tommy Dreamer airs for a photograph earlier the crippled betwixt the St. Louis Cardinals and the Athletics astatine Sutter Health Park successful Sacramento, Calif., connected May 13, 2026. (Don Collier/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Navarro took vantage of that, moving with Slater astatine the extremity of the lucifer to get 1 implicit connected Ali. Navarro would pin Ali to gain a changeable astatine the TNA International Championship aft losing to A.J. Francis successful a Sac Town Street Fight a fewer weeks prior.

Later, Elayna Black, Mara Sadé and Xia Brookside took connected TNA Knockouts champion Lei Ying Lee and Knockouts tag squad champions Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance.

Brookside and Lee person been astatine likelihood for much than a period arsenic the erstwhile champion friends divided up. The Elegance Brand besides wasn’t astir to fto immoderate of the All-Stars get 1 implicit connected them. M by Elegance and Heather by Elegance controlled the lucifer for their squad for the astir part, avoiding tagging successful Lee. Sadé felt the tag squad beingness for the astir part. Heather yet tagged successful Lee and took connected Brookside.

Mr. Elegance would yet insert himself into the match. He tripped up Lee, who walked into Brookside’s DDT. Brookside pinned Lee and earned herself a changeable astatine the TNA Knockouts World Championship.

Fabian Aichner signs with TNA, makes in-ring debut

Fabian Aichner, formerly known arsenic Giovanni Vinci, makes his mode to the ringing during WWE SmackDown astatine Golden 1 Center successful Sacramento, Calif., connected Sept. 20, 2024. (WWE/Getty Images)

TNA announced earlier Thursday that Fabian Aichner officially signed with the institution aft helium crashed Cedric Alexander’s X Division Championship triumph implicit Leon Slater 2 weeks ago.

Aichner vowed to instrumentality down The System and proved it past week erstwhile helium wiped the full faction retired by himself. He made his in-ring debut connected Thursday against Eddie Edwards.

Edwards did his champion to support Aichner down, including a backpack stunner and utilizing the ropes to choke the beingness retired of Aichner. Alisha Edwards adjacent got her hands soiled and got progressive successful the match. Alisha Edwards got caught trying to usage a kendo instrumentality connected Aichner and was kicked retired of the match.

The System came down to enactment Edwards but recovered retired that Aichner tin fly. He deed a crossbody splash connected the faction and a springboard DDT. He was astir to marque Edwards pat retired but The System interrupted the match, causing a disqualification.

Leon Slater heads to Ultimate X

Ultimate X is 1 of the astir breathtaking matches successful TNA past and it volition beryllium coming backmost astatine Slammiversary successful June.

The "Impact" broadcast announced that Slater volition beryllium a portion of the adjacent Ultimate X lucifer arsenic Cedric Alexander puts the X Division rubric connected the line. There are inactive 4 participants that person to beryllium announced for the match.

Slammiversary is acceptable for June 28 astatine the Agganis Arena.

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Stacks gains the vantage connected Santino Marella

Santino Marella makes his entranceway during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Fla., connected Sept. 30, 2025. (Bradlee Rutledge/WWE)

It had been much than 5 months since Santino Marella appeared successful the ringing for TNA and astir a twelvemonth since helium was successful a singles match. TNA’s Director of Authority is feuding with Stacks Lorenzo, who Marella has said corrupted his girl Arianna Grace.

The rivalry betwixt the 2 came to a caput successful Sacramento erstwhile TNA Director of Operations Daria Rae booked Marella and Lorenzo successful a lucifer past week. And it started retired good for Marella. He was putting the wounded connected his soon-to-be son-in-law.

Lorenzo taunted Marella done the match, hitting him with aggregate genu strikes to the gut. Marella would get backmost into the lucifer and interruption retired the cobra and it allowed Lorenzo to rotation up Marella and get the speedy pin for the win.

Grace added insult to injury. She tried to slap him earlier Marella stopped it. Lorenzo blindsided him and started his post-match assault. Indi Hartwell came down to assistance Marella and challenged Lorenzo and Grace to a mixed tag squad match.

Rae came retired and reminded Hartwell that she doesn’t marque matches. However, she said she would "love" to spot Lorenzo bushed Marella again and booked the mixed tag squad lucifer for adjacent week.

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"Impact" results:

Tessa Blanchard competes successful the U.S. vs. Canada Border Brawl successful Niagara Falls, Ontario, connected May 25, 2025. (Robert Okine/Getty Images)

• KC Navarro wins the men’s Champions Challenge.
• Tessa Blanchard def. Harley Hudson.
• Stacks Lorenzo def. Santino Marella.
• Fabian Aichner def. Eddie Edwards via DQ.
• Xia Brookside wins the women’s Champions Challenge.