Final Impact - Impact Wrestling recap for July 28, 2016

"Broken" Matt Hardy shows up to start the show. He says he only has a handful of people that he cares about, but there was one that he used to care about until he betrayed him: Jeff Hardy. He calls Jeff Hardy out, and Jeff shows up. Matt says that he gets one step closer to the World title by beating EC3, and tells Jeff to ensure that he wins. Jeff tells Matt that he can do it on his own, but Matt doesn't care and says that he will win tonight. Ethan Carter III shows up, and when Matt tries to intimidate him, EC3 makes fun of him. He tells Matt that no matter what Matt has in store for him, he will win tonight and continue to the finals of the Bound For Glory Playoffs. He makes fun of Reby Sky's "obsolete" chants with a "relevant, Creatures" chant, then tells Jeff Hardy that while everything is good between them, he should not interfere in his match with Matt Hardy lest he have a war with him too. Ethan Carter III then asks for a ref so they can start their match.

Ethan Carter III beats "Broken" Matt Hardy to continue to the finals of the Bound For Glory playoffs after the referee takes the hammer that Reby Sky gave to Matt Hardy away and Ethan Carter III uses his boot - which was removed by Hardy in an attempt to bite his ankle - as a weapon before the One Percenter.

Maria Kanellis-Bennett thanks Madison Rayne for stepping up and attacking Gail Kim last week, but Madison Rayne tells Maria she's not the biggest fan of her, and that Gail Kim deserve to be in the TNA Hall of Fame. She wants to know what Maria will do for her if and when she beats Gail Kim, and Maria gives her a "I'll guess we'll find out, won't we?" sort of answer.

In the parking lot, Matt Hardy tells Jeff Hardy he ruined everything and that this will not go unpunished. He tells Jeff that everyone and everything he ever loved will one day die, and that it will be the time he learns to love something new.

Gail Kim beats Madison Rayne.

"The Miracle" Mike Bennett tells us we're looking at a destructive force Moose and the savior of TNA in himself. He tells Lashley to keep the World Heavyweight title nice and warm for him, and that Moose is coming for him. Moose says he will squash anyone in his way and hit them with a Game Breaker.

Bram meets Rosemary in the woods. Turns out there is a farm nearby that Rosemary lived at, and we see what happened to Rosemary that made her who she was: she once found a cat and named it Fifi, then took care of it until she found Fifi's body in the trash one day. She climbed a tree, then loses it and accidentally falls out of the tree. When she comes to, she started hearing voices from the tree, who happens to be a brother she never knew he had named Montgomery. We then see the barn, and Rosemary is about to tell him what happened in there.

Moose beats David Starr. After the match, "The Miracle" Mike Bennett calls Moose the most destructive, most dominant and baddest man in wrestling. Lashley shows up and heads to the ring.

Moose and Lashley are staring each other down as soon as the show comes back from commercial break. "The Miracle" Mike Bennett asks the crowd if they want to see them fight, then says it will have to wait as Bennett himself has Lashley in a Bound For Glory Playoffs match. Lashley gets Moose's goat - and almost gets him in the ring - by saying that mommy will eventually let him out to play and that he doesn't want this. He then tells the crowd he wants to dominate TNA even further by taking every possible title. He dares anyone in the locker room to step up, and DJ Z shows up. He admits Lashley is dominant, but says Lashley is not an X Divison guy and says that Lashley can't do what he does. He then challenges Lashley as the #1 contender for the TNA X Division Championship for the X Division title right now. Lashley fires back by saying DJ Z can't do what he does, then accepts his challenge and lets DJ Z pick the match, saying he can beat DJ Z in any match he picks. DJ Z picks a Ladder Match.

Lashley retains the TNA X Division Championship against DJ Z in a Ladder Match.

Ethan Carter III talks with Drew Galloway backstage. Drew tells EC3 that while they may look back on this and laugh over a few beers, as long as the World title is between them, they're not friends. Drew Galloway plans on taking down "The Miracle" Mike Bennett so he can meet EC3 in the Bound For Glory Playoffs finals.

Rosemary tells Bram about Johnny, a guy she liked who never noticed her. This led Rosemary to turn to magic, which works. However, she finds out that Johnny isn't the man she thought he was...

It's time for Fact of Life with Eli Drake. Eli Drake says that Lashley can't beat him for the TNA King of the Mountain Championship, and that he'd be more than happy to face him for three separate TNA titles. Suddenly, "The Cowboy" James Storm shows up, but Eli Drake says he's looking for a contender, not a drunk. Storm wants to face Eli Drake for the King of the Mountain title, but he disqualified himself in their last meeting. He offers him another beer, but Eli Drake refuses and drinks from a gallon of water, which Storm kicks out of the ring. He then says that Lashley doesn't sit behind a dummy button, and wants another shot at the King of the Mountain title. Eli Drake tells him to get out and take his beer with him, then James Storm makes a joke about Eli's mom. Eli then hits the dummy button multiple times, then accepts the challenge just to get Storm out of his hair. As Storm leaves, he notices Eli Drake come after him with the King of the Mountain title out of the corner of his eye, but Eli Drake comes out on top and mocks Storm.

Tyrus is...The Fixer...

Grado and Mahabali Shera then call on Tyrus backstage to see if he can help them next week, but they need money.

Decay (Crazzy Steve and Abyss) and The Bro Mans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz) brawl backstage, getting their Monster's Ball Match for the TNA World Tag Team Championships underway.

Decay (Crazzy Steve and Abyss) retain the TNA World Tag Team Championships against The Bro Mans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz) in a Monster's Ball Match.

"The Miracle" Mike Bennett beats Drew Galloway to continue to the finals of the Bound For Glory playoffs after Moose attacks Drew Galloway after the ref is inadvertently knocked down, and after Ethan Carter III shows up to take a kendo stick away from Bennett and hit him with it only for Bennett to dodge and leave EC3 accidentally hitting Drew Galloway with it instead.