Gia Miller interviews Jordynne Grace in the ring to start tonight's show. Jordynne says Ash By Elegance has been watching her for months ever since she arrived, and has tried to get her attention. She says Ash has her attention, and now she is giving Ash a Knockouts World title shot tonight. The personal concierge George Iceman shows up in a neck brace and introduces Ash By Elegance, who is escorted to the ring by private security. George Iceman tells Jordynne that she should have read the fine print, for they have also gotten with their lawyers to make sure the match happens at Slammiversary instead of tonight, and since the contract has already been signed, Ash will be on vacation in The Bahamas until then. George and Ash then sic security on Jordynne only for the security to be immediately laid out. Director of Authority Santino Marella shows up to get Jordynne to stop just before Alisha Edwards and Masha Slamovich show up for the next match. This leads to a staredown between them and Jordynne as Jordynne makes her way out.
Masha Slamovich beats Xia Brookside following the distraction by Alisha Edwards.
Backstage, Fir$t Cla$$ (AJ Francis and Rich Swann) hang out with DJ Whoo Kid, and AJ Francis brags about being the TNA Digital Media Champion. Whoo Kid then pulls out the International Heavyweight Wrestling Championship, which Francis has bought in straight cash, and declares himself the new International Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. He then says that Rich Swann will be one step closer to being a two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion tonight, then Whoo Kid pulls out some cans of Snoop Dogg Gin and Juice.
Backstage, Jody Threat talks with Dani Luna regarding their rematch. Lars Frederikksen shows up and says the work does not stop, and that they must double down, and as part of one final test, they must face each other and bring the pain and violence to each other.
Campaign Singh is in the ring, where he introduces Mustafa Ali for his State of the Union address. Mustafa Ali addresses the hidden camera footage from before his match with Trent Seven at Against All Odds, saying it is "lies, smears and propaganda made to ruin his good name" and that it had distorted images and audio. He says that he has found the truth and that he had Campaign Singh launch an investigation regarding the video, and that the video is "fake news" and "AI-generated." Mustafa Ali says he would not lie to the people or belittle the great town of Chicago and that Chicago is number one, even though some of it is crime-related, then says it is time to look forward to the future as well as new title challengers. Mustafa says he has seen TNA's locker room as well as locker rooms and has seen challengers, and asks who is worthy of being the next number one contender. Mustafa counters the "We Want Speedball" chants by stating that "Speedball" Mike Bailey could not hang with him if his life depended on it, then gets a few men in the front row tossed out. One of them tosses a drink at Mustafa, starting a brawl between the fan and Mustafa, who beats the fan up. (The fan is portrayed by independent wrestler "V Guy" Vaughn Vertigo.) One of them tosses a drink at Mustafa, starting a brawl between the fan and Mustafa, who beats the fan up. Mustafa continues the beatdown of the fan in the ring, and suddenly, "Speedball" Mike Bailey rushes into the ring to stop Mustafa Ali, with Trent Seven also showing up. This leads to a brawl between Mustafa and Speedball, and it is broken up only for Mustafa to attack Speedball on the outside, and Mustafa is held back as Speedball holds up the X Division Championship. Mustafa says he is sick of people chanting Speedball's name and saying that he fears him, and if Speedball wants to ruin his homecoming, he will ruins his, and challenges him in an X Division Championship match at Slammiversary.
Backstage, "Speedball" Mike Bailey says Mustafa Ali's campaign is falling apart and that the real Mustafa Ali is starting to be seen, and that challenging him in his hometown of Montreal, Quebec, Canada with the X Division title on the line at Slammiversary is Ali's biggest mistake.
Before the next match, Cody Deaner says he has just talked to Director of Authority Santino Marella and that Santino is excited that he and Jake Something are a team again, and that if they want, they can get one step closer to the tag team titles with a win tonight. He then says it is not their choice, but the people's choice, whether or not that happens. Zachary Wentz then says that Deaner does not want to listen to the people of Chicago, Illinois because they suck, and Trey Miguel reminds them that the last time they faced off, they lost and Deaner and Jake had to have a match to get on the same page. Chris Bey then gives The Rascalz (Trey and Wentz) the choice of shutting up, then Ace Austin chooses to start the match right now with Chris Bey leaping over the ropes to take out The Rascalz.
ABC ("Inevitable" Ace Austin and Chris Bey) beat the team of Jake Something and Cody Deaner and The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz) in a three-way tag team match.
Backstage, we hear from The System (Eddie Edwards, Alisha Edwards, Brian Myers, Moose). Alisha thinks that Director of Authority Santino Marella thinks he is so cute trying to shut them down, but they will remain champions. Eddie says that no matter who is put in front of them, they will always prevail. Myers says they are the most dominant faction in wrestling today and that their run will never end. Moose says he is not worried about the Slammiversary main event, even though there is one person who could cause problems, and says JDC will take care of that problem. JDC says he will take care of that problem and leaves as Moose says that you can always trust The System.
Steve Maclin beats Sami Callihan in a Road To Slammiversary qualifier to qualify for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match at Slammiversary.
KUSHIDA beats "The Frontman" Alan Angels with the Hoverboard Lock. After the match, Jonathan Gresham runs into the ring and attacks KUSHIDA from behind, then tries to spit black ink into KUSHIDA's mouth. Masked security guards show up and stop Gresham in time.
It is announced that "Broken" Matt Hardy and Reby Sky will take on Eddie and Alisha Edwards next week.
"The Wanted Man" Nic Nemeth beats Rich Swann in a Road To Slammiversary qualifier to qualify for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match. During the match, AJ Francis gets caught trying to attack Nic Nemeth on the outside, and he and DJ Whoo Kid are ejected from ringside as a result.
Here are the highlights from tonight's show!
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