Various: TNA World Title Match Set for Slammiversary 2024, Charlie Dempsey Appears on 7/4 TNA Impact Show, MxM Collection Debut Vignette on 7/4 ROH TV Show, Indies

Jul 5, 2024

Field for TNA World Title Match Set & One New Match Added for Slammiversary 2024

Thursday’s Impact show for TNA Wrestling featuring one updated match and one new match for the card of their Slammiversary 2024 event, which takes place on July 20th at the Verdun Auditorium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

In regards to the updated match, this was the TNA World Championship Six-Way Elimination match of Josh Alexander vs. Steve Maclin vs. Nic Nemeth vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Joe Hendry vs. Moose (c). Kazarian qualified after defeating Mike Santana and Hendry qualified after defeating Jake Something.

In regards to the new match, this was a TNA Digital Media Championship & International Heavyweight Championship match of PCO vs. AJ Francis (c).

BREAKING: If @AJFrancis410 retains NEXT WEEK on #TNAiMPACT he will defend both the TNA Digital Media Championship AND International Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against @PCOisNotHuman at #TNASlammiversary on July 20! Streaming LIVE on TNA+ from the Verdun Auditorium in… pic.twitter.com/JR0XVUMt2K
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 5, 2024

Current card for July 20th TNA Slammiversary 2024 event:

TNA World Championship Six-Way Elimination match – Josh Alexander vs. Steve Maclin vs. Nic Nemeth vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Joe Hendry vs. Moose (c)
TNA Knockouts World Championship match – Ash By Elegance vs. Jordynne Grace (c)
TNA X-Division Championship match – “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Mustafa Ali (c)
TNA Digital Media Championship & International Heavyweight Championship match – PCO vs. AJ Francis (c)

Charlie Dempsey Makes Surprise Appearance on Thursday’s TNA Impact Show

Thursday’s TNA Impact show also featured WWE NXT talent Charlie Dempsey making a surprise appearance.

During the Trey Miguel vs. Leon Slater match on the show, Dempsey made a surprise appearance and came out to the ring to attack The Rascalz’s Zachary Wentz. This led to the referee calling for the bell and Demspey attacking Miguel, Slater, and the referee before being stopped by TNA officials.

.@WWENXT Superstar Charlie Dempsey just caused CHAOS in the iMPACT Zone!

Subscribe to TNA+ to WATCH #TNAiMPACT NOW!: https://t.co/2L2bLjnDN4 pic.twitter.com/wZOIRyHBL5
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 5, 2024

In a follow-up segment, The Rascalz challenged Dempsey to a match for next week’s show.

MxM Collection Debut Vignette Airs on Thursday’s ROH TV Show

Thursday’s ROH TV show for Ring of Honor featured MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor), former Maximum Male Models in WWE, making their official on-screen debut appearance in ROH.

During the show, a vignette aired hyping up MxM Collection arriving soon to ROH.

MxM Collection Mason Madden & Mansoor have arrived in Ring of Honor!

Watch #ROH TV on #HonorClub at https://t.co/8dcdtxr3sN @GREATBLACKOTAKU | @suavemansoor pic.twitter.com/ZkppdNVQQt
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) July 4, 2024

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Former ECW and WWE wrestler Blue Meanie reportedly was in attendance backstage at last weekend’s Impact! tapings for TNA Wrestling at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to Fightful Select.

The National Wrestling Alliance announced that they have recently signed Alexander Lev and Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage & Damage) & Aaron Stevens to new exclusive contracts with the company.

As noted before, NWA talent Joe Alonzo departed from the company this past Monday. In a recent interview with MuscleManMalcolm, Alonzo gave his thoughts about his decision to leave the NWA. Alonzo stated “I was told, ‘Hey, you got a lot of people watching how you’re gonna handle this, so make sure you carry yourself as a professional.’ So it’s been kind of on my mind that I knew signing with the NWA, when I started, that NWA is not the end all, be all, and I don’t want to make anyone upset, but it is a stepping stone to get to bigger and better places. So when I signed with NWA, I knew that it was always gonna be short-lived, and they asked me to stay. What they were offering wasn’t what I was looking for. I asked if they could do better, and they offered me something else, but it was a little too long. I think the one thing that has been said repeatedly over the past couple of weeks into this decision was that the one thing that money can’t ever buy is time, and nobody is guaranteed time, so I just think this is the best decision for me. A lot of people said it was a bad decision, but I think it was a great decision, and when you bet on yourself, you can never go wrong, and there’s nobody to blame but yourself if things don’t go your way.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Violence X Suffering Wrestling promoter Isaac Rodriguez recently accused on Twitter of Triller TV (former FITE TV) owing his company money and not paying for their recent event on the service. Rodriguez also stated that other promoters have informed him that Triller TV has also withheld payments owned to them dating back to this past January. Rodriguez stated “It’s been MONTHS since our last show & the promotions who make your platform thrive are still waiting on payments. We’re constantly given runaround after runaround w/ zero support team & they dont realize some people depend on iPPV revenue to continue. This is not okay, @FiteTV And it’s not just VxS. I’ve confirmed w/ multiple promoters about not receiving any form of payout since January. This is why companies are moving away to build their own platforms. I feel insulted as a long time creator, user, & hope all creators are eventually taken cared of.“

Deadlock Pro Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Tag Festival 2024 event on July 7th in Raleigh, North Carolina:

Titus Alexander vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey

PROGRESS Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Wrestling Never Sleeps event on August 26th in London, England:

DEFY World Championship – mystery opponent vs. KENTA (c)

DEFY Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their For The Glory event on July 17th in Seattle, Washington:

DEFY Tag Team Championship Three-way match – C4 (Cody Chhun & Guillermo Rosas) vs. Sinner And Saint (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams) vs. The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv & Harv Sihra) (c)

West Coast Pro Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Queen of the Indies 2024 event on August 17th in San Fransisco, California:

2024 Queen of the Indies Tournament First Round match – Masha Slamovich vs. Kylie Rae