Thursday, February 13, 2025

Final iMPACT! - iMPACT! recap for February 13, 2025

Joe Hendry retains the TNA World Championship against Jake Something. After the match, "The Hollywood Hunk" Ryan Nemeth shows up and says Nic Nemeth is not going to be happy about this match and continues to belittle Hendry. Director of Authority Santino Marella shows up as Something attacks Hendry from behind and grabs Ryan only for "The Wanted Man" Nic Nemeth to blast Jake Something with superkicks. When he does, however, he accidentally kicks Santino and knocks him out.



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Backstage, "The Wanted Man" Nic Nemeth apologizes to Director of Authority Santino Marella, as does "The Hollywood Hunk" Ryan Nemeth. Santino makes the difficult decision to suspend Nic for four weeks without pay.

Ash by Elegance and Heather by Elegance beat The King Bees (Danni Bee and Charity King). After the match, Ash and Heather smear lipstick all over The King Bees until Spitfire (Dani Luna and Jody Threat) run into the ring and chase them off.

Backstage, Leon Slater is met by The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy), who thank him for last week and congratulate him with holding his own. Slater credits The Hardys for starting wrestling training at nine as well as discovering TNA, and hopes to team with them again. Matt Hardy says he sees promise in Slater, and tells him to keep it up. Jeff Hardy gives Slater props for the Swanton 450 splash. Slater says he will not let them down if they believe in him that much.

In footage from earlier today, Mustafa Ali conducts a town hall meeting with The Good Hands (John Skyler and Jason Hotch) and Tasha Steelz, who are his cabinet. Mustafa announces that he is the #1 contender for the World Championship, and when nobody seems to like this, Tommy Dreamer shows up. After Tommy says he has more faith in Santana, who is just minding his own business in the distance, Tasha Steelz declares the town hall meeting over.

Before the next match, Sami Callihan is laid out on the stage by Mance Warner as Steph de Lander cheers Warner on. Security shows up to get Warner off Callihan before forcing him and Steph to the back. Kazarian demands his hand be raised in victory, but Callihan stumbles towards the ring while clasping onto his neck. Callihan demands the bell be rung, then nearly wins with an explosive Stunner on Kazarian. Mance Warner and Steph de Lander soon show back up, and Kazarian makes Callihan tap to the Crossface Chickenwing. Frankie Kazarian beats Sami Callihan by submission with the Crossface Chickenwing. After the match, Callihan demands that he and Warner keep fighting, and both men brawl in the ring. Security rushes back in to pull them both apart.



Backstage, Gia Miller interviews "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander. Alexander admits he has a mix of emotion, and while he is sad it is over, he is happy it happened, and that he is pissed that his last match is against Eric Young. He says Eric does not like him, but he has to respect him, and he will show how much TNA means to him by wrestling with everything he has to prove TNA is the best wrestling company on Earth. He says he loves TNA, but he says that it is time that actions speak louder than words and that it will happen in this match.

Backstage, Leon Slater is met by JDC, who says that The Hardys are using Slater for another run in TNA, but Slater chalks it up to JDC not accepting that he lost last week. JDC tells Slater to listen to The System, but Slater is not having it and challenges him to a match. This leads to a brawl that is quickly broken up. Cody Deaner is seen watching in the background.

Cora Jade beats Xia Brookside.



Backstage, NXT-TNA Liaison Arianna Grace meets with Tessa Blanchard. When Blanchard chews out Arianna, Director of Authority Santino Marella shows up and chews Blanchard out for pulling out of matches like The Great Houdini and tells her she will have a match next week or else there will be consequences, even yelling it at Blanchard to prove a point, much to Arianna's surprise.

The Rascalz (Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz) head to the ring. Wentz says they are tired of Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe's recent actions, and Trey says that even "Inevitable" Ace Austin can see through them. Trey then challenges the three of them to a match, and Wes, Tyson and Tyriek show up. Wes says that if they want a match that badly, they will be more than happy to oblige. Tyriek says they have no championships, but Wes Lee and Tyson Dupont decide to make the Rascalz treehouse their prize. Ace Austin then shows up to even the numbers, and The Rascalz have Wes Lee where they want him. Tyson makes the save and crushes The Rascalz in the corner, but Tyriek jumps in and the numbers game takes over, with Wes Lee hitting Ace Austin with a chop block. The Rascalz get back up, but Wes Lee hits them both with a double low blow before Wes, Tyson and Tyriek lay Austin out with an assisted Kardiak Kick.



Backstage, we hear from Fir$t Cla$$ (AJ Francis and KC Navarro). AJ Francis announces that while they have been on a bit of a dry spell, and says it is time to give TNA a "Fir$t Cla$$ upgrade."

Masha Slamovich retains the TNA Knockouts World Championship against Savannah Evans.



Eric Young beats "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander in what is the latter's final match in TNA after Judas Icarus distracts Josh Alexander so that Travis Williams can distract the referee, allowing Eric Young to use a face mask as a weapon before hitting the piledriver for the win.



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