Sinner and Saint (Travis Williams and Judas Icarus) beat Brad Attitude and TW3 in the countdown.
Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Mike Jackson, who says that he has been wrestling for a lot of years and that when it comes to TNA Wrestling, they take a backseat to no one. Steph de Lander and Mance Warner soon interrupt, saying they are sick and tired of being disrespected and overlooked before taking her anger out on Mike Jackson, who takes exception to Steph's disrespect. Mike Jackson says he can still go, and Mance Warner takes this as a challenge. Mike Jackson warns Mance Warner that it will be a long night for him. Before the next match, Frankie Kazarian turns the next match into an impromptu edition of "The King's Speech." He tells Alan Angels and Ryan Nemeth to leave, and Ryan Nemeth tells Kazarian to go on and crush it. Alan Angels watches as Kazarian talks about how he has signed a new contract and has earned a signing bonus, and says that TNA has not only made some big moves moving to AMC, but that Daria Rae has ensured that he will make it right back into the title picture. Kazarian says that Santana stole the world title from him as he wrestled Santana with a broken (and taped up) right hand, then says that he has a target on his back and that he will be watching the main event closely tonight. He mentions that Leon Slater can exercise Option C, then notices Alan Angels. Kazarian tells him to leave, but Angels takes the microphone and says he does not remember Kazarian being such an asshole. Kazarian demands that Angels leave the ring, but Angels refuses, and Kazarian threatens to put the microphone down and punch Angels in the face. He puts the microphone down, but Angels punches first, and challenges Kazarian to a match.
Frankie Kazarian beats Alan Angels by submission with the crossface chickenwing in an impromptu match.
Backstage, we hear from Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Arianna Grace. Stacks that he will take care of business like he always does and that Arianna will be the champion he knew she could be. Arianna agrees and says that they will be the best power couple in wrestling ever. Stacks says they have Director of Authority Santino Marella to thanks for this, and Arianna says she will make Santino proud.
Westside Gunn is seen in the front row before the next match.
Jody Threat last eliminates Tessa Blanchard in a Knockouts Battle Royal to earn a future opportunity at the TNA Knockouts World Championship.
Backstage, Gia Miller interviews Mike Santana and Leon Slater. Santana says Nic Nemeth and Eddie Edwards both have shorts at the World Championship and are looking for the right time to strike, but he keeps the grass cut to see the snakes coming. He warns Eddie and Nemeth that they are stepping into the ring with two of the best today, not two regular guys. Leon Slater says that he is excited seeing TNA tear it up on AMC from home, yet Daria Rae wants him to exercise Option C. Santana tells Edwards and Nemeth that if they want to take a shot at the king, they had best not miss.
Jelly Roll is seen in the crowd.
Trey Miguel is accompanied to the ring by singer-songwriter Teddy Swims before the next match.
Trey Miguel beats Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo to become the TNA International Champion!
As per the Bioflex Injury Report: Eddie Edwards is cleared following his nose getting busted open during last night's show. Mike Santana is experiencing back issues, but has been cleared to compete tonight. Jeff Hardy has been dealing with numerous issues, but is still cleared. Jade Stone is in evaluation after tonight's battle royal.
AJ Francis shows up. He congratulates the Seattle Seahawks on winning the Super Bowl, then says that he and Bad Bunny have a lot in common before mentioning that Jelly Roll is here and tells Jelly Roll that if he crosses the line, he will be waiting for him. AJ Francis says that since last summer, he has made the ratings pop, and that he has made the executive decision to be on commentary for the rest of the night because he is the best big guy in the business and business is money.
Mance Warner beats "Action" Mike Jackson. After the match, Mance Warner offers to shake Mike Jackson's hand. Both men shake hands, then Steph de Lander offers to do the same. Mike and Steph shake hands, then Steph and Mance raise Mike's hands. AJ Francis takes offense to this, and Steph de Lander has to hold Mance Warner back. AJ Francis leaves commentary after this.
Backstage, Arianna Grace is angry at Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, saying that this was their night and that they were supposed to be a power couple, and that Stacks ruined everything. She says that if anything else goes wrong tonight, she will break up with Stacks.
Before the next match, The Personal Concierge George Iceman says that Nashville, Tennessee is famous for hot chicken, which explains why many of the fans are morbidly obese. He then introduces The Elegance Brand (Ash by Elegance, Heather by Elegance, M by Elegance, Mr. Elegance) as "real hot chicks."
The Elegance Brand (Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance) retain the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championships against Indi Hartwell and Xia Brookside after Indi puts her foot on the rope during a pinfall attempt only for Ash to move Indi's foot off of it. After the match, Mickie James suddenly shows up and beats up Ash by Elegance, and Indi and Brookside make the save when Heather and M go after Mickie. Ash avoids Mickie's trademark DDT, and The Elegance Brand (The Personal Concierge George Iceman, Ash by Elegance, Heather by Elegance, M by Elegance, Mr. Elegance) retreats.
Eric Young beats BDE with a piledriver after shoving the referee into the ropes, tripping BDE off the top rope in the process.
Backstage, we hear from Jody Threat, who says that 2026 is the year of the wild child and she is going straight to the top. Harley Hudson and Myla Grace root for her, as do Tessa Blanchard, Victoria Crawford and Mila Moore. Tessa says she was the one who won, but Jody asks Tessa why she did not eliminate her. Tessa says that if it were one-on-one, she would beat Jody. Jody takes this as a challenge, and Tessa is all too eager to beat Jody.
Arianna Grace beats Lei Ying Lee to become the TNA Knockouts World Champion after striking Lei Ying Lee with the Cobra when Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo's attempt to introduces the Knockouts World Championship into the ring as a weapon backfires. After the match, TNA President Carlos Silva presents Arianna Grace with the TNA Knockouts World Championship.
Rebellion is live on pay-per-view on Saturday, February 11th!
Backstage, Rich Swann shows up and hands BDE a Sony PlayStation 5 controller. He tells BDE to take the passenger side for a while and let him be "Player 1." The two of them then play video games together.
Order 4 (Mustafa Ali, John Skyler, Jason Hotch, Special Agent Zero) beat The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) and The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch) in an eight-man tag match after Tasha Steelz throws powder into Dutch's eyes, causing him to hit Death Walks on Matt Hardy inadvertently. Mustafa Ali then hits Matt Hardy with a top rope 450 for the win. After the match, men in cowboy hats show up and wheel a guitar-shaped coffin onto the stage. Mustafa Ali attacks one of the men, and when he opens the coffin, Elijah is inside. Elijah throws Mustafa inside and nearly shuts the lid on him, but Mustafa gets out and runs away.
Backstage, Director of Authority Santino Marella tries to get a hold of Arianna Grace only for Daria Rae shows up. Daria Rae stops Santino Marella and says that Santino cannot separate family from work, and threatens to have him fired if he hits her with the Cobra. She also says that she is a former MMA fight and can break the Cobra's neck.
Mike Santana and Leon Slater beat "The Wanted Man" Nic Nemeth and Eddie Edwards. During the match, Steve Maclin shows up and fights Santana, and the two of them brawl their way to the back despite security getting between the both of them. Later on, the referee goes down inadvertently thanks to Nemeth's legs making contact with him while Nemeth is being slammed by Slater, and The System (Brian Myers, Bear Bronson, Cedric Alexander) attack Slater only for Moose to show up and clean house before brawling his way to the back with Eddie Edwards. this leads to the match being one-on-one between Slater and Nemeth, and Slater hits Nemeth with a superkick followed by a top rope Swanton 450 for the win.
Here are the highlights from tonight's show!
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