Final iMPACT! - iMPACT! recap for October 9, 2025

Trick Williams heads to the ring to start tonight's show. Trick says there is an electricity in the building tonight that only he can bring to Bound for Glory, then addresses Mike Santana, saying he has respect for him and calling him "a fighter." He says that Santana has both a family and a story, but he needs to be the best man for business to take the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from him, and calls himself "the best man for business" before referring to his TNA accolades. After Trick declares that TNA will forever be known as "Trick-N-A," Mike Santana shows up from out of the crowd with a microphone, then brings up Trick talking about being a man and built for the business before stating that Trick has not been through what he has experience. Santana tells Trick that he will stand across the ring from a man who has nothing to lose and everything to gain at Bound for Glory, and states that failure is not an option. Trick tells Santana that after he beats him at Bound for Glory, he will be bound for rehab again when he realizes he cannot handle the truth, which is that Trick is better than him. Santana says that Trick's words do not hurt him when he has stared death in the eyes multiple times, and that he sees fear, a pretender and a one trick pony in Trick's eyes. He also says that when he beats him at Bound for Glory, he will send him back and leave him bound for developmental.

We see a video package chronicling the feud between Tessa Blanchard and Gia Miller.

Matt Cardona beats "The Hollywood Hunk" Ryan Nemeth after "The Wanted Man" Nic Nemeth gets ejected from ringside for repeated interference.

The Rascalz (Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz, Myron Reed) meet in the treehouse. Zachary Wentz's head is bandaged following a superkick by Trey Miguel, who Wentz repeatedly shames. Trey tearfully apologizes, also mentioning Myron Reed nearly winning the X Division Championship at Victory Road. Wentz hesitantly forgives Trey, then everyone gets high after Wentz puts his glasses back on. Myron Reed mentions that they do not have a match for Bound for Glory, and Wentz says their contracts are up at the end of the year. Trey says they will have to talk to Director of Authority Santino Marella about both of these things.

We hear from Mara Sadé, who talks about her time in TNA, the legends that she has met, and the attack on her that led to teaming with The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy). She also talks about her early life and how she has seen things people only talk about in therapy, then says it has all led her here. Mara says she wants to leave her mark and inspire and motivate young girls who are stuck and living in darkness to thrive and become anything they want to be in life.

Mustafa Ali beats JDC after the rest of The System (Eddie Edwards, Alisha Edwards, Brian Myers) and the rest of Order 4 (John Skyler, Jason Hotch, Tasha Steelz) fight on the outside before Agent Zero takes out Moose, slams Eddie and Myers into the ring apron, and then choke slams JDC into the ring apron, which allows Mustafa to hit JDC with a top rope 450 splash for the pin and the win. After the match, The System (Eddie, Alisha, Myers, Moose, JDC) chase Order 4 (Mustafa, Skyler, Hotch, Tasha) out of the ring with weapons.

As per the Bioflex Injury Report: Team 3D are cleared for Bound for Glory and are in excellent shape. Mara Sadé has been cleared and will compete at the Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match at Bound for Glory. The IInspiration (Jessie McKay and Cassie Lee) are cleared following some bruising in their success TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship victory. Elijah is still in recovery from torn triceps surgery, and an update on his return is expected soon.

Director of Authority Santino Marella oversees a contract signing between Indi Hartwell and Kelani Jordan for the TNA Knockouts World Championship at Bound for Glory. Indi arrives to the ring first, followed by Kelani. Before either champion or challenger can speak, The Personal Concierge George Iceman interrupts and calls last week a tragedy before invoking The Elegance Brand's rematch clause and demands Santino sign the contract. Santino signs. As The Personal Concierge reads the contract, Indi says that both she and Kelani know about shocking the world, then says that she knows what her goal is and her lifelong dream of becoming a Knockouts Champion. Kelani says she understands where Indi is coming from, then says she is not here to bash TNA and that she is here for women's wrestling. She says she saw an opportunity as well as their history during her career before stating she is not the same person she was when her career began. Kelani says she is putting their friendship aside, as she has known holding, winning and losing championships as well as having a target on her back, and she plans to walk out as champion. Indi says the title and this match is important to her, as her family is flying in from Australia to watch this match and that she is not letting fans or family down. Kelani wants Indi to bring that same passion to Bound for Glory. Both women then sign the contract.

We see a video package of Team 3D's (Bully Ray and Devon) and The Hardys' (Jeff and Matt Hardy) roads to Bound for Glory.

Leon Slater shows up on the stage. Slater says this year has been the maddest of his career and his life, then talks about how he never felt good enough and never find where he could fit in while growing up in Bradford, England without a father figure until he found professional wrestling and TNA. Since then, he has been an honorary Hardy, a pay-per-view headliner and the youngest X Division Champion of all time, and now, Bound for Glory is a chance for him to carry the legacy of the X Division forward. He knows he must defend his title against an outside in Je'Von Evans, then says that Je'Von thinks he can just waltz into TNA and take the X Division Championship, which is not just a championship, but what Slater calls proof that he is good enough and can fit in. He says that the X Division Championship is also validation after a troubled childhood waiting for his father to come back, and says that not only is Je'Von crazy to take his championship, but that he will beat Je'Von and walk out of Bound for Glory with it.

Eric Young beats Joe Hendry in a no-disqualification match after kicking Hendry in the groin prior to a piledriver into a metal folding chair for the win.

We see more of Mike Santana's road to Bound for Glory. Santana reflects on Amazing Red's words as well as those of his daughter as well as his past in The Latin-American Xchange in what looks like LAX's clubhouse. Behind Homicide's portrait is a note from Konnan telling him to be a better man and inspiration, take the path untraveled and get the job done at Bound for Glory.