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Transcript

00:00:00We are gathered here today to witness this marriage of this monster and this beautiful

00:00:10lady.

00:00:11I, Stephanie, take you, PCO, to be your lawfully wedded undead bride.

00:00:19Always been!

00:00:20Oh!

00:00:21Cardona, you son of a bitch!

00:00:24Matt Cardona has crashed PCO and Stephanie Lander's wedding!

00:00:34At Emergence, it's going to be you versus PICO, one on one.

00:00:38We'll build it.

00:00:39Yeah, I mean, I swear.

00:00:40You see, Santino, he didn't do his due diligence.

00:00:41I'm not medically cleared to compete yet.

00:00:42But listen, I found this monster, this mystery monster, to take on PCO at Emergence.

00:00:53It's going to be amazing, bro.

00:00:54Think about it.

00:00:55You won't get away with this, Cardona!

00:00:56You won't get away with this, Cardona!

00:00:57You won't get away with this, Cardona!

00:00:58You won't get away with this, Cardona!

00:01:23The system is still the greatest faction in professional wrestling today!

00:01:36For everybody in the back, we will do anything, and I mean anything!

00:01:43Have you actually looked at my resume?

00:01:48Do you know the amount of Hall of Famers I've put to sleep?

00:01:57Oh!

00:01:58Smashing Hardy into the steel post!

00:02:01Myers making Matt Hardy watch!

00:02:04Jeff Hardy is hurt badly!

00:02:09Reppy's hurt!

00:02:10Come follow him, Serge!

00:02:11Come follow him!

00:02:12Reppy's hurt!

00:02:13Stacy!

00:02:14It was Stacy!

00:02:15It was Stacy!

00:02:18JDC has decided to come at me and cost me my purpose.

00:02:31And now, TNA Wrestling presents Countdown to Emergence!

00:02:43Tonight, TNA Wrestling is live in Louisville, Kentucky

00:02:46as the sold-out crowd is making their way inside Old Forester's Paris Town Hall.

00:02:51We welcome you to the Countdown to Emergence!

00:02:55TNA! TNA! TNA! TNA!

00:03:01And let's kick this whole evening off with the King of TNA himself!

00:03:10The following contest is set for one fall.

00:03:12Introducing first, from Yucca Valley, California, Frankie Kazarian!

00:03:17As you saw moments ago, the first match of the night.

00:03:20Once we begin at 8 p.m. Eastern with Emergence, we'll meet Ultimate X.

00:03:24And recently, we've had a series of qualifying matches.

00:03:27It was last week on Impact that Frankie Kazarian took part in a qualifying matchup against Hammerstone and Kushida.

00:03:33Hammerstone won that matchup. It was the absolute fact.

00:03:36Frankie Kazarian hit fade to black on Kushida.

00:03:40Remember, during that matchup, Kushida had fame utilizing the green mist that duped Frankie Kazarian.

00:03:48It was about to hit fade to black on Hammerstone.

00:03:51So after the fact, Kaz went after the TimeSplitter.

00:03:54I mean, to be fair, it could be argued that that mist is indeed a foreign object, Tom.

00:03:59Wait a minute. What is Kazarian doing to a member of our ringside crew?

00:04:05He's asking him to do his job.

00:04:07God forbid. God forbid the man do his job, Tom.

00:04:10You have got to be kidding me.

00:04:16Hey, the Ultimate X structure now allowing us to have any stairs at ringside.

00:04:20The king has got a guest in the ring.

00:04:23Absolute scum.

00:04:26His opponent, from Tokyo, Japan, TimeSplitter Kushida.

00:04:35Frankie Kazarian, I think, has picked a fight with the wrong person.

00:04:39Kushida, one of the most dangerous and lethal competitors you'll see in TNA.

00:04:44I mean, there's no doubt about it. Kushida, he gets a hold of that arm.

00:04:48You know the hoverboard lock does a lot of damage.

00:04:52You know the hoverboard lock does a lot of damage.

00:04:54We saw what it did to our longest reigning TNA world champion ever, Josh Alexander, not so long ago.

00:05:01Frankie Kazarian, though, we're talking about one of the best in the business in the last 20 years.

00:05:06I hope Kushida knows what he's gotten into.

00:05:10Kushida anxious to get his hands on Frankie Kazarian.

00:05:15A referee takes Principale, trying to get control of things here before we officially get underway here.

00:05:21Sold out in Louisville, Kentucky.

00:05:23The countdown to emergence, the first action is underway.

00:05:26Frankie Kazarian is begging off the official, trying to back off Kushida.

00:05:31You know the deal, Tom.

00:05:33Again with this?

00:05:34Jade is wonderful, but she keeps forgetting this one thing.

00:05:37Ladies and gentlemen, Frankie Kazarian would like for me to remind you all that he is in fact the king of TNA.

00:05:57Say it with a little less enthusiasm, why don't you?

00:06:01Meanwhile, the bell had rung and here's Kushida finally getting his hands on Frankie Kazarian.

00:06:06This one, starting off hot.

00:06:08The whole night here at emergence, starting off hot.

00:06:13Kushida raining down these shots here on the self-proclaimed king of TNA.

00:06:18And down goes Kazarian.

00:06:20Kazarian's got to regroup on the outside of the ring.

00:06:24Catching his breath here.

00:06:26But Kushida not letting him catch too much of it.

00:06:31And now it looks like the TimeSplitter himself is not done.

00:06:35Knee right off the apron.

00:06:37Kushida is running the show at the start of this matchup.

00:06:45Kazarian again, trying to create a little bit of space between himself and Kushida.

00:06:50You know it was Kazarian who had planned to use all of the time he had.

00:06:55And like he had in the past, Tom, use that title to cash in option C for another chance at the TNA World Championship.

00:07:03Knee right to the midsection there by Kazarian.

00:07:11Oh, and a towering back body drop by Kushida.

00:07:15And now he's got a little bit of space between himself and Kushida.

00:07:20Oh, and a towering back body drop by Kushida.

00:07:29This is the beginning of the action here on the countdown to Emergence.

00:07:32Still to come, we will see the TNA Digital Media Championship and the International Heavyweight Wrestling Championship

00:07:39defended by PCO against Matt Cardona's Monster.

00:07:43Who has Matt Cardona selected to face Perfect Creation 1?

00:07:46We're going to find out.

00:07:47Oh, and also Emergence begins live at 8 p.m. Eastern with Ultimate X for the X Division Championship.

00:07:54And not only that, Tom, we are going to get a first-time-ever matchup as Steve Macklin goes one-on-one with TNA original Eric Young.

00:08:04As well in the Knockouts Division, six knockouts action as Jordan Grayson and Spitfire team up to take on Ash by Elegance and the Militia.

00:08:14But that is not all.

00:08:15There is a huge eight-man tag team matchup as The System with JDC take on Matt and Jeff the Hardys, Mike Santana, and Joe Hendry.

00:08:25And then, of course, it all comes down to the main event, the one-hour Iron Man match

00:08:30between Nick Nemeth and Josh Alexander for the TNA World Championship.

00:08:36Well, right now it's Frankie Kazarian mocking the TimeSplitter.

00:08:41Kazarian has taken control.

00:08:42He went to the eyes moments ago to take the advantage here.

00:08:46And is in control right now against Kushida.

00:08:49And not making any friends in Louisville.

00:08:55I think Kazarian gives a damn about making any friends here in Louisville.

00:09:02No, he cares about sending a message all the way to the bat.

00:09:07He wants everyone, especially management here at TNA, to know that he is here.

00:09:11He is ready, once again, for a TNA World Championship opportunity.

00:09:16He's been obsessed with that.

00:09:17Uh-oh.

00:09:18Boom!

00:09:19Off the power slam, Kazarian.

00:09:21Slingshot leg drop!

00:09:23That is just classic Kaz, classic King, if you will.

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00:10:03A little flurry there by Kushida, and it's Kazarian who drives him throat-first there

00:10:08into the rope and turnbuckles.

00:10:10Kushida digging down deep, finding some of that fighting spirit he developed

00:10:15in his home country of Japan, defiant in the face of Frankie Kazarian,

00:10:20but ultimately shut that down again.

00:10:22Kazarian, who you alluded to it earlier, is trying to find any possible way

00:10:27to get himself a TNA World Title shot.

00:10:29Right now, he's going for a fade to black, trying to put away Kushida in this matchup.

00:10:34Roll down the back and a kickout.

00:10:36Well, Tom, you said it at the beginning of this match.

00:10:38Look, Kushida, he is one of the most dangerous and lethal competitors in TNA.

00:10:43He's proven it just there for a moment.

00:10:45Cover, hook to the leg. Oh, and a kickout by Kushida.

00:10:48So then there's a strong argument to be made if Frankie Kazarian gets the win.

00:10:51Right here tonight, he beat one of the most lethal competitors in TNA.

00:10:56That's got to raise your standing.

00:10:57Could certainly be a resume builder for Frankie Kazarian,

00:11:00but he doesn't really care about earning anything.

00:11:03Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:11:04Brett, I get what you're saying there, and I'm not going to fault you for it,

00:11:07but a resume builder, the man has an immaculate resume,

00:11:10as it is over two decades plus in this business.

00:11:13He doesn't need anything else to build his resume.

00:11:15That's where his frustration comes from.

00:11:18There's no argument about what is a surefire future TNA Hall of Fame induction

00:11:23for Frankie Kazarian.

00:11:24I'm not going to fight that.

00:11:25Oh, face first.

00:11:26Into the middle turnbuckle goes Kaz.

00:11:28But as you well know, in the here and now,

00:11:30if you want to get yourself a TNA world title shot, you've got to earn it.

00:11:40Right now, Kushida has earned himself an opening here,

00:11:44a much needed opening against Kaz.

00:11:47Can he take full advantage of it?

00:11:50The hip toss cartwheel dropkick right to the face.

00:11:53Classic Kushida.

00:11:56Now it could be time.

00:11:59Oh, go for the hoverboard lock.

00:12:02Oh, reverse.

00:12:03Kazarian with the chicken wing.

00:12:05Kazarian nearly had him.

00:12:06Shoulders down.

00:12:07Kushida trying to end the matchup.

00:12:09Great counter wrestling here from both guys.

00:12:13Oh, no.

00:12:14Oh, no.

00:12:15The chicken wing.

00:12:16Chicken wing by Kazarian.

00:12:17Oh, shoulders pressed down by Kushida and a kick out.

00:12:20Quick thinking by Kushida there.

00:12:22Frankie Kazarian slipped right into that chicken wing,

00:12:25but Kushida finding his way out here.

00:12:28Keeping that door open, and it is needed.

00:12:33That's a carry right to the back of the neck there by Kushida.

00:12:35That bought him some valuable time here on the countdown to emergence.

00:12:40Oh, went for that handspring back elbow.

00:12:42Hit with a backstabber, and now the chicken wing.

00:12:45Great combination there from Kazarian.

00:12:48Backstabber into the chicken wing.

00:12:50Dead center of the ring.

00:12:52What's Kushida going to do?

00:12:53He's caught up in a bad way here.

00:12:55Center of the ring.

00:12:56He's got to move both his body weight and the body weight of Frankie Kazarian

00:13:01if he wants to get to the ropes and break this hold.

00:13:04Look at these elbows.

00:13:05Right to the rib by Kushida.

00:13:07Did that do enough to soften up Kazarian?

00:13:09Oh, look at this.

00:13:10You need cover.

00:13:11Kushida nearly had him.

00:13:13Credit where it's due.

00:13:14It was at least enough to loosen the hold and get out of it for a second.

00:13:19Tanaka punch.

00:13:21Down goes Kazarian.

00:13:22You beat me to it.

00:13:24Falling like a sack of bricks there.

00:13:27Kushida's got to be careful.

00:13:28Frankie's not going to be down for long.

00:13:31Uh-oh.

00:13:32Oh, and Kazarian made him think about it.

00:13:35Got him there with that guillotine leg drop.

00:13:37Talk about classic.

00:13:39Frankie Kazarian is a living, breathing classic.

00:13:43The king of them all.

00:13:45Uh-oh.

00:13:46Oh!

00:13:47Caught there in the corner by Kushida.

00:13:52Kaz might be out a little bit on the top rope.

00:13:55And now Kushida is thinking about going up top here.

00:13:58Trying to grab a hold of that left arm.

00:14:00He's got it in.

00:14:01Going for the hoverboard lock.

00:14:03Hoverboard lock here.

00:14:04Top turnbuckle.

00:14:05But they're technically in the ropes up here.

00:14:08He's got to bring him down.

00:14:09Frankie Kazarian knows that.

00:14:11Referee trying to get Kushida to bring Kazarian down to the mat.

00:14:16Only way you could have scored a submission there.

00:14:18You're absolutely right.

00:14:19But we have to be careful here.

00:14:21Only way you could have scored a submission there.

00:14:23You're absolutely right.

00:14:24But we have seen Kushida use that hoverlock to drag his opponent off the top.

00:14:28And look at that!

00:14:29Kushida off of the top levels Kazarian.

00:14:32Oh, and now an arm bar on the outside of the ring.

00:14:36And again, this is a nasty way to hurt your opponent's arm.

00:14:40But anything that happens out here does not count as a submission.

00:14:44But a lot of damage can be done by Kushida.

00:14:48Could this set up Kushida for a submission here in a matter of moments inside the ring?

00:14:55Kushida looking frustrated.

00:14:56You know, he should know that's not the way this should work.

00:15:00Oh!

00:15:01Wait a minute!

00:15:02Kazarian kicked the rope and caused a low blow.

00:15:05Our referee was putting the apron back and didn't even see it.

00:15:09Either way, that's beautiful.

00:15:10Using the arena around you.

00:15:13Good night, Kushida!

00:15:15Fade to black!

00:15:16Cover!

00:15:18And Kazarian puts away Kushida.

00:15:22Here's your winner, Frankie Kazarian!

00:15:25And the king stays the king.

00:15:29Resume builder, unnecessary as it was.

00:15:33Kaz continues to prove why he is one of the best of the best DNA has had now and always has.

00:15:41Will Frankie Kazarian find another way to the DNA World Championship as we get closer and closer to Bound for Glory?

00:15:49But right now, for more Untied's proceedings, let's check in with our broadcast colleague, Tia Miller.

00:15:56I'm standing by with AJ Francis of First Class.

00:16:00AJ, after that attack against the ABC last night, they demanded a match with you at Emergence.

00:16:06And they were willing to put their titles on the line to get it.

00:16:08Now, Santino has approved that match, but with Rich Swann unable to compete, who is your partner going to be?

00:16:14Well, first things first.

00:16:15Shout out, Rich Homie Swann.

00:16:17Nothing but love for you, baby.

00:16:18But the NFL is back.

00:16:20Football is back.

00:16:21And as you know, I have a storied NFL career, unlike these other guys who lie on their name and pretend they play football.

00:16:27And what I learned while I was in the NFL mentoring and advising people that end up becoming Pro Bowlers and Hall of Famers,

00:16:34I learned this little idea.

00:16:36Little idea.

00:16:37Next man up.

00:16:40See, we're going for the gold tonight against ABC, but that's not the only color that matters.

00:16:45See, you got green for the money and pink for the honeys.

00:16:50Let me introduce you to my main man, K.C. Navarro.

00:16:56Hey, man.

00:16:57Let's talk about it.

00:16:58I am blessed with many gifts.

00:17:00My charisma, my skills, and most importantly, my good looks.

00:17:05I mean, Adrian, let's talk about it.

00:17:07We blessed up from the feet to the neck.

00:17:08I mean, come on.

00:17:09Look at our shoes.

00:17:10Gucci down.

00:17:12Nobody else do it like us.

00:17:13Nobody do it like First Class.

00:17:14Nobody does it like First Class.

00:17:15I mean, Gia, tell me.

00:17:16How good do I look?

00:17:17Tell me how blessed I am.

00:17:18You don't have to tell me.

00:17:21I know.

00:17:22Just like I know, tonight First Class walks out of Emergence as the TNA World Tag Team Champions.

00:17:29Because if you ain't First Class, you're last.

00:17:34You look good, though.

00:17:35Yeah, Princess.

00:17:36You look real good.

00:17:37Real nice.

00:17:38Let's go, princess.

00:17:39Let's go.

00:17:40Let's go.

00:17:49Here's your winner and new TNA World Champion, Vic Navarro.

00:18:01There are some real moments in pro-wrestling,

00:18:06there are some surreal moments,

00:18:07and there are some absolute dream moments that happen.

00:18:10You know, a lot of people say

00:18:11finally became TNA World Champion,

00:18:13and as much as that's been a goal

00:18:15and a dream of mine for the last year,

00:18:18more importantly, it was about

00:18:19showing everyone I can still go.

00:18:21I didn't know if everything I had done

00:18:22had happened and existed in this vacuum and a bubble,

00:18:26and I wanted to say, I see myself as one of the greatest.

00:18:30Nick Nema's presence in TNA is something that upsets me

00:18:33because the welcome mat's been rolled out for him.

00:18:37We've got a shiny new toy from another company.

00:18:40Nick, you're a sports entertainer, I'm a pro-wrestler.

00:18:43My legacy, not just in this company,

00:18:44but in this business that I've dedicated my life to,

00:18:48is tied to that TNA World Championship.

00:18:50I am the longest reigning TNA World Champion of all time.

00:18:54Slammiversary, the main event,

00:18:55all the pressures on you, the brightest lights,

00:18:57the biggest show of the year,

00:18:58in front of the biggest crowd we've had over a decade.

00:19:00That was supposed to end with me

00:19:01holding up the TNA World Championship.

00:19:03It still happened, it happened, and the God gave it up.

00:19:07What I've realized is that I fit right in here at TNA.

00:19:11I fit right in here as the flag bearer.

00:19:13I know that I'm better than Josh Alexander

00:19:16because he told me so.

00:19:19A low blow lets me know he was out of options.

00:19:23No answer for everything that I have.

00:19:27He can't hang with me.

00:19:28I'm the Iron Man of TNA.

00:19:31You're in for the hardest match of your life

00:19:33because you cannot get better.

00:19:35I am the standard.

00:19:37And I'm gonna expose you for the sports entertainer you are

00:19:40because you are stuck in the ring

00:19:42with the best professional wrestler on Earth.

00:19:45Josh Alexander made a pretty obvious point

00:19:47that there's a difference between a sports entertainer

00:19:51and a professional wrestler.

00:19:52Now, when there's someone like me

00:19:54that sees themselves as the epitome of both,

00:19:57I don't understand what the issue is.

00:19:59My collegiate background, my love for the business,

00:20:02my love for getting punched in the face

00:20:04and punching right back mixed in

00:20:05with wanting to put on a show and steal it.

00:20:08You think you're on the right side of this.

00:20:09I'm both.

00:20:11You're one of them.

00:20:12And there's a reason the world knows my name

00:20:14and there's a reason I'm the world champion.

00:20:16What's your excuse?

00:20:18Earlier today, ladies and gentlemen,

00:20:20there you see a Josh Alexander arriving to the building here

00:20:23for this grueling Ironman matchup.

00:20:27And that man right there is no stranger

00:20:29to going for an hour or more in a pro wrestling ring.

00:20:32Meanwhile, there is the TNA world champion

00:20:35making his way to Louisville here earlier on today.

00:20:37It has been six years since he competed

00:20:40in any type of Ironman matchup.

00:20:42Those two will battle in a one hour Ironman matchup.

00:20:46One hour Ironman match tonight

00:20:48for the TNA world championship.

00:20:50Well, we're a matter of moments away

00:20:51from another championship match.

00:20:53PCO set to defend both his titles

00:20:55against Matt Cardona's Mystery Monster.

00:20:58Now, things obviously began as marital bliss

00:21:01between PCO and Steph DeLandre.

00:21:03However, the honeymoon period is over.

00:21:06We are gathered here today to witness this marriage

00:21:12of this monster and this beautiful lady.

00:21:15I, Stephanie, take you, PCO,

00:21:21to be your lawfully wedded undead bride.

00:21:25Always ready!

00:21:28Oh!

00:21:30Cardona, you son of a bitch!

00:21:32Oh!

00:21:34Cardona, you son of a bitch!

00:21:37Matt Cardona has crashed PCO and Steph DeLandre's wedding!

00:21:44At Emergence, it's gonna be you versus PICO, one on one.

00:21:47We'll build it.

00:21:48Yeah, I mean, I swear.

00:21:51You see, Santino, he didn't do his due diligence.

00:21:54I'm not medically cleared to compete yet.

00:21:58Well, listen, I found this monster,

00:22:00this mystery monster, to take on PCO at Emergence.

00:22:03It's gonna be amazing, bro.

00:22:05Think about it.

00:22:06You won't get away with this, you dumba!

00:22:12Well, I hope PCO is always ready

00:22:16for whatever Cardona has in store.

00:22:19Oh!

00:22:29The following contest is set for one fall,

00:22:31and it is for the TNA Social Media

00:22:34and International Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.

00:22:38Introducing the challenger, from Punjab, India,

00:22:41the Indian lion, Sheera!

00:22:44So, it was recently on Impact,

00:22:46Matt Cardona put the self-proclaimed baddest man

00:22:50in TNA con, and Madman Fulton in the path of PCO.

00:22:54Tonight, Matt Cardona has picked Sheera,

00:22:57the 270-pound Indian lion,

00:23:01to battle Perfect Creation.

00:23:02Watch.

00:23:03No stranger to TNA wrestling,

00:23:05no stranger right here in Louisville,

00:23:07and no stranger to being one of the biggest,

00:23:10baddest men in any wrestling ring he steps into.

00:23:14PCO's gonna have his hands full tonight.

00:23:33His opponent, being accompanied by Steph DeLandre,

00:23:36from Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

00:23:39he is the reigning and defending

00:23:41TNA Social Media and International...

00:23:44Whoa, whoa, whoa!

00:23:44And PCO charging right after Sheera.

00:23:47The bell is rung.

00:23:49This double title match is underway.

00:23:53And you can understand why PCO is so ticked off,

00:23:57going right after Sheera this way.

00:23:59Think about the ways that Matt Cardona ruined his wedding,

00:24:03attacked him during his honeymoon with Steph DeLandre,

00:24:06and then the recent mixed tag team matchup,

00:24:09where Cardona refused to step in the ring against PCO,

00:24:12despite being contractually obligated to do so.

00:24:15I mean, look, there's no argument to be made here.

00:24:18Clearly, right now, Sheera's merely serving

00:24:22as a proxy for Matt Cardona

00:24:25in the unhinged, twisted, monstrous mind of PCO.

00:24:30Shot right to the throat there.

00:24:31Get a look at Steph DeLandre in full PCO garb.

00:24:35He's got the glove and the SDL jacket.

00:24:37She said moments ago,

00:24:38that's my monster, that's her husband.

00:24:41The true bride of Frankenstein.

00:24:44Whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:24:52Look out, Sheera.

00:24:54And Sheera, whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:24:58Almost wrong place, wrong time for PCO's bride,

00:25:02but just enough of an opening there for the Indian lion.

00:25:07And a big boot by Sheera.

00:25:10As Steph DeLandre looks on,

00:25:11driving PCO's spine first into the apron.

00:25:14You even heard Sheera there moments ago,

00:25:17espousing what I imagine is the message of Matt Cardona.

00:25:21Steph DeLandre, this is all your fault.

00:25:26No doubt the message sent by Matt Cardona through Sheera.

00:25:30There's the cover, shoulders down,

00:25:32and a kick out trying to win both championships.

00:25:35And Sheera has a moment here, has a window to take over.

00:25:41Well, the next time that we are gonna be live on TNA Plus

00:25:43is in about two weeks time for Victory Road

00:25:46live in San Antonio, Texas, September 13th.

00:25:49And then TNA Impact, September 14th in San Antonio.

00:25:52Don't miss TNA Impact in Spartanburg, South Carolina,

00:25:55September 27th to 28th.

00:25:57Bound for glory, our biggest event of the year

00:26:00is Saturday, October 26th, live on pay-per-view in TNA Plus.

00:26:04And the motor's sitting.

00:26:05Huge cover from Sheera to put away.

00:26:08Tickets are on sale now for all those events.

00:26:10Join us in Fayetteville, North Carolina,

00:26:12November 8th and 9th for TNA Impact.

00:26:14The pre-sale for Fayetteville begins on September 5th

00:26:18for TNA Plus subscribers only.

00:26:19The general on sale on Friday, September 6th.

00:26:22That's for Fayetteville.

00:26:24Tickets for Turning Point on our show

00:26:26in WrestleCade in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

00:26:28On sale now at WrestleCade.com.

00:26:31Final resolution in Atlanta.

00:26:32That will also go on sale on September 5th.

00:26:35Pre-sale only for TNA Plus.

00:26:37And then the general on sale on September 6th

00:26:40for both Atlanta and Fayetteville.

00:26:42Those both via Ticketmaster.com.

00:26:44Of course, go to TNAWrestling.com

00:26:46for complete event information.

00:26:49Meanwhile, right here in the Impact Zone,

00:26:51Sheera hitting in the face and stepped to lander.

00:26:56Sheera has, oh, I was just about to say,

00:27:03has been dominating PCO for the last couple of minutes,

00:27:06but the electricity has driven through the system

00:27:11of the French Canadian Frankenstein yet again.

00:27:13He is charged by love and charged by revenge,

00:27:17charged by trying to get after Matt Cardona

00:27:20one monster at a time.

00:27:23Oh, and a DDT out of the corner.

00:27:25And think about how important the TNA Digital Media title

00:27:29and the International Heavyweight Wrestling title are

00:27:32to PCO, winning them in his hometown of Montreal

00:27:35at Slammiversary.

00:27:36Oh, through the ropes!

00:27:40Nasty landing for PCO, colliding with Sheera as well.

00:27:48PCO never afraid to use his own body,

00:27:51his own massive flesh as a weapon.

00:27:56Stepped to lander, checking on her husband.

00:28:02As you and I well know, PCO is not human.

00:28:06Just keeps on moving forward.

00:28:12No, he is not.

00:28:16And it looks like Sheera, in a matter of moments,

00:28:20may be absolutely obliterated.

00:28:22The smile on the face of Stepped to Lander.

00:28:25PCO is going to the top turnbuckle

00:28:28amidst the structure of Ultimate X.

00:28:31And now, oh, the de-animator to Sheera!

00:28:37I think Stephanie likes it.

00:28:40Look, I don't make judgments about what anybody does

00:28:44within their own marriage,

00:28:46but that's gotta be a twisted bout of intimacy

00:28:49with those two.

00:28:50That's the kind of things she likes.

00:28:53Look at this.

00:28:54He likes it too!

00:28:57Not afraid of the physical punishment.

00:29:07Love makes you do crazy things.

00:29:09And I can see why Cardona has been very confused

00:29:12by all of this.

00:29:13Cardona's called Stepped to Lander his property.

00:29:15That's completely crossing a line.

00:29:17Well, I mean, Matt Cardona made Stepped to Lander

00:29:20the name she is today in the wrestling world.

00:29:23I think it's fair to be put off

00:29:26by everything that's going on here.

00:29:28And now PCO is going to the top turnbuckle.

00:29:31Sheera is down.

00:29:32Is it time?

00:29:35PCO solves!

00:29:38Cover!

00:29:39One, two, three!

00:29:41PCO retains his titles!

00:29:45And here's your winner, and still

00:29:48TNA Central Media and International

00:29:50Heavyweight Wrestling Champion,

00:29:52PCO!

00:29:57PCO withstands yet another monster

00:30:01thrown in his path by Matt Cardona.

00:30:04You have to wonder if the always ready one himself,

00:30:08Matt Cardona, was watching.

00:30:10I have a funny feeling he's got all his eyes,

00:30:13he's got all his attention right on Stepped to Lander,

00:30:16and everything she's up to here at TNA.

00:30:19So great action here on the countdown to Emergence.

00:30:22We are sold out tonight in Louisville, Kentucky,

00:30:25inside Logan Forrester's Paris Town Hall.

00:30:27And we will begin Emergence at 8 p.m. Eastern

00:30:31with Ultimate X for the X Division Championship

00:30:34live on TNA+.

00:30:36And then after that, it'll be a one-on-one,

00:30:39first time ever matchup,

00:30:40as Steve Macklin takes on Eric Young.

00:30:43Also, Jordan Grace, the Knockouts World Champion,

00:30:46teams with Spitfire to take on Ash by Elegance

00:30:49and the Knockouts World Tag Team Champions,

00:30:51Masha Slamovich and Alicia Edwards.

00:30:53And the TNA World Tag Team titles are on the line

00:30:56as ABC defends against First Classes,

00:30:59AJ Francis and Casey Navarro.

00:31:01Meanwhile, it's JDC, Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers,

00:31:05and most of the system trying to snuff out

00:31:08The Hardys, Joe Hendry, and Mike Santana.

00:31:11And then, of course, it's the one-hour Ironman match

00:31:14for the TNA World Championship.

00:31:16Nick Nemeth defends against the walking weapon,

00:31:19Josh Alexander.

00:31:21Very quickly, what do you think will be the X Factor

00:31:23between Nemeth and Alexander?

00:31:25I think it's Josh Alexander's incredible amount

00:31:27of experience in long, long, long matches.

00:31:31He's got the gas tank to go all night.

00:31:33Tonight, we're gonna find out who is the face of TNA,

00:31:37who is really the standard, who is the true Ironman.

00:31:41We are sold out tonight in Louisville, Kentucky.

00:31:44Are you guys ready?

00:31:47Emergence begins live now.

00:32:14Emergence begins live now.

00:32:44♪ Baby, it's a long way down to the... ♪

00:32:56We have all heard the stories.

00:32:59We have all been up, and we have all been down.

00:33:02The bruised voices of failure.

00:33:05♪ I can hear the voices, sounds on the wind that go... ♪

00:33:10The shining light of glory.

00:33:13It's all about perspective.

00:33:16And Emergence.

00:33:17We're gonna strut four steel poles, 15 feet high.

00:33:21It's gonna be the ultimate X.

00:33:23Whoa, get out of here, you goddamn big, freakin' kid!

00:33:27Who will walk away with the X Division Championship?

00:33:31History reminds us that it can be a burden.

00:33:35How do we react, grow, and move forward?

00:33:39Of the lengths that Ash by Elegance has gone through

00:33:41to get to the Knockouts World Championship?

00:33:43Whoa, and Ash by Elegance attacking

00:33:45with a Kendo Six Spitfire!

00:33:48Going after Alicia Edwards and Asha Slamovich!

00:33:51Oh my God!

00:33:52Oh my God!

00:33:54Through the table!

00:33:55Ash, you are finally going to come to realize

00:33:59that nothing can stop the Juggernauts.

00:34:02Somewhere in the space between fear and failure

00:34:06is where you emerge and become what you were meant to be.

00:34:10Here's your winner, and new DNA World Champion,

00:34:17Big Nevis!

00:34:22I am truly the standard of DNA.

00:34:25Hey, you're a sports entertainer.

00:34:27I'm a pro wrestler.

00:34:28If there's someone like me that sees themselves,

00:34:31hit him with your bow.

00:34:32I am a fighting champion!

00:34:35I will end you!

00:34:3760 long minutes and I'm gonna expose you

00:34:40to the sports entertainment you are

00:34:41because you are stuck in the ring

00:34:43with the best professional wrestler on Earth.

00:34:48Becoming World Champion is a huge deal.

00:34:50Proving myself to say I can be a World Champion

00:34:54in any company, in any country, anywhere on the planet.

00:34:57I see myself as one of the greatest.

00:35:04We are live and sold out in Louisville, Kentucky

00:35:08at Old Forrester's Paris Town Hall

00:35:11on this Labor Day weekend.

00:35:13Roughly two months away from our biggest event of the year,

00:35:17Bound for Glory.

00:35:18And tonight in Louisville,

00:35:19we will begin with Ultimate X,

00:35:23the signature matchup of DNA Wrestling.

00:35:26The X Division Championship hangs in the balance

00:35:30to begin DNA Emergence.

00:35:34And could this weekend,

00:35:36could tonight be the beginning of a huge weekend

00:35:39for this young man?

00:35:45Ladies and gentlemen, this is Ultimate X!

00:35:49In this match, the first competitor

00:35:51to drop down with both feet touching the canvas

00:35:54and put the ring on the title belt

00:35:56will be declared the DNA X Division Champion.

00:35:59Introducing competitor number one,

00:36:01representing The Rascal, Zachary Wentz!

00:36:05Some support from Trey Miguel moments ago.

00:36:07There are no disqualifications in Ultimate X.

00:36:10This has been far and away

00:36:11the most emotionally taxing month of Zachary Wentz's career.

00:36:16This Sunday on NXT No Mercy,

00:36:18nine years of friendship with Wesley will go out the window.

00:36:22But tonight, his focus has to be on the X Division title.

00:36:27From Toledo, Ohio,

00:36:28representing The Good Hand, Jason Hodge!

00:36:32Meanwhile, this is without a doubt

00:36:34the biggest opportunity of Jason Hodge's career.

00:36:39There's no doubt about that.

00:36:42We have talked about it ad nauseam.

00:36:44The amount of potential that is etched in this kid's DNA

00:36:49has always been there.

00:36:51Can tonight be the night he capitalizes on all of that

00:36:55with everything on the line?

00:37:05From NXT, representing GCU, Riley Osborn!

00:37:12Tonight, Riley Osborn makes history

00:37:15as the first contract winner

00:37:17Riley Osborn makes history

00:37:19as the first contracted WWE wrestler

00:37:22to ever compete in TNA's Ultimate X.

00:37:27What an opportunity.

00:37:29He is in hostile territory, technically.

00:37:31That's right. Enemy turf.

00:37:36From Nuevo Moreno, Mexico, Lareino Kid!

00:37:42The former TNA Digital Media Champion, Lareino Kid.

00:37:45You see that scar down his midsection,

00:37:47the back end of 2022.

00:37:49He nearly passed away in Mexico following a matchup.

00:37:53He recovered in record time,

00:37:54returned to this company to compete in 2023.

00:37:57It has been his mission in life

00:37:59to make his fans and his family proud

00:38:02and to call himself a champion, perhaps once again.

00:38:16From Phoenix, Arizona, Hammerstone!

00:38:20And Tom, you want to talk about an X-Factor

00:38:23in this matchup, the big man, the colossus himself.

00:38:28About to get ready to scale the ropes here.

00:38:31He might bring the whole thing down with him.

00:38:33I'm with you. He's one of the largest wrestlers

00:38:35to ever compete in Ultimate X.

00:38:38Joins the likes of TNA Hall of Famers,

00:38:41Brother Ray and Brother D-Von,

00:38:43Abyss plus Hernandez, Jake Something,

00:38:46the legend Samoa Joe.

00:38:48Could Hammerstone walk away with a title

00:38:50that is all about weight?

00:38:52It's not about weight limits, it's about no limits.

00:38:55And the final competitor, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

00:38:59he is the reigning and defending TNA X-Division Champion,

00:39:04Speedball Mike Ealy!

00:39:07Meanwhile, the reigning champion making his third appearance

00:39:10in an Ultimate X match and has actually won Ultimate X

00:39:13once upon a time. Let's take a look at the X-Factors.

00:39:16Speedball, in unprecedented fashion,

00:39:19put his own title on the line to qualify

00:39:22for his own title defense weeks ago.

00:39:24Absolutely astonishing.

00:39:26Ealy then gambled again last night,

00:39:28putting his title on the line and successfully retained

00:39:30the X-Division Championship.

00:39:32The first man to unhook the title and get down to the mat

00:39:35with possession of the belt will be declared

00:39:37the X-Division Champion.

00:39:40Mike Ealy absolutely ran himself through the gauntlet

00:39:44in my mind for no good reason,

00:39:46other than just to say he did, I guess, to get here.

00:39:50Speedball believes that he can't win,

00:39:53he doesn't deserve to be champion,

00:39:55and he has quite literally put his money where his mouth is.

00:39:58Now he's going to have to put his money, his body,

00:40:00and everything else along with everybody here.

00:40:02Hodge there making a quick climb.

00:40:05Hodge is all set on social media.

00:40:07He's the dark horse of Ultimate X.

00:40:09And now Hammerstone dumping bodies outside the ring.

00:40:12I don't know what to can on Hammerstone tonight.

00:40:14I'd say he's the dark everything.

00:40:18And look at that.

00:40:19He's also one of the biggest, baddest, strongest guy

00:40:22in the matchup.

00:40:23A little bit of teamwork here to try to take him down.

00:40:26Oh, now Laredo can't, dumping Hammerstone

00:40:29who slides out of the ring.

00:40:31Remember, there are no countouts or disqualifications.

00:40:33All you have to do is climb these trusses,

00:40:35scale the cables, and unhook the title belt.

00:40:38That's all you have to do.

00:40:39I was just going to say, that's all you got to do, Tom.

00:40:41You get up there and try it.

00:40:42Let's see what happens.

00:40:43Oh, and Riley Osborne just got a piece of Bailey.

00:40:47Oh, and Laredo can't.

00:40:49Got Hammerstone into the barricade.

00:40:51And look at this.

00:40:52Wentz about to fly.

00:40:54Saw it coming though.

00:40:55Hodge now.

00:40:56Jason Hodge.

00:40:58We should call him Jason Hodge with the air

00:41:01he just got on that one.

00:41:03All you did!

00:41:04All you did!

00:41:05All you did!

00:41:06All you did!

00:41:07All you did!

00:41:08All you did!

00:41:09This is Jason Hodge's first opportunity

00:41:11as a lone competitor in a TNA live special event.

00:41:16Well, thank God he had John Schuyler teach him

00:41:19all about that great, great strength for the ultimate X-Men.

00:41:22But I don't know what good it's going to do

00:41:24if you're knocked out cold.

00:41:26Now Hammerstone all clearing house.

00:41:29And this is smart strategy, trying to control the ring.

00:41:32Absolutely.

00:41:34Clear as many competitors as you can.

00:41:36There's the reigning, defending X-Division champion.

00:41:42Oh, wait.

00:41:43Hold on.

00:41:44Oh!

00:41:45Trimming down hard.

00:41:48There's the fortitude and the strength of Hammerstone.

00:41:57Maybe trying to set up early there for the Nightmare Pendulum.

00:42:00But instead, low bridge to the outside.

00:42:02Hammerstone is still standing.

00:42:05Bayley looking to take to the skies.

00:42:08Caught.

00:42:09Caught by Hammerstone.

00:42:11Oh, and just dumped back inside the ring.

00:42:15Loreno Kidd and Jason Hodge working together

00:42:18against Hammerstone.

00:42:20And the teamwork, common enemy at times,

00:42:22happens a lot in matches like this.

00:42:30Now look at this.

00:42:31Loreno and Hodge trying to get rid of Bayley.

00:42:33Oh, wait a minute.

00:42:34Look at Riley Osborne over the top.

00:42:36Oh, my God!

00:42:41Everybody down.

00:42:43TNA!

00:42:44TNA!

00:42:45TNA!

00:42:46TNA!

00:42:47TNA!

00:42:48TNA!

00:42:49TNA!

00:42:50Take a look back here.

00:42:53After Riley Osborne, basically, Sunset

00:42:55flipped the entire pile of people there.

00:42:58Now look at Wentz going after Riley Osborne of J.C.U.

00:43:02Oh, and a car off of the top turnbuckle.

00:43:07It is moments like these that have made Ultimate X etched

00:43:11into the very skeleton of TNA's history.

00:43:15Moments that continue to be created in events like Emergence

00:43:18right here tonight.

00:43:19I'm loving it.

00:43:22This is the 52nd Ultimate X match in history.

00:43:29And now, Zachary Wentz, at the start of a long, long weekend

00:43:34of work, trying to make a name for himself here,

00:43:38staring down the current X Division champion.

00:43:41Tonight is going to be physically taxing for Wentz.

00:43:44Sunday will be emotionally taxing, no doubt.

00:43:49Continuing both Bailey and Wentz scaling the truss here.

00:43:56Bailey, who captured his first X Division championship

00:43:59at Slammiversary 2022 by winning Ultimate X.

00:44:02Wait, wait, look out.

00:44:03Bailey barely hanging on here.

00:44:05Uh-oh.

00:44:06Oh, and Bailey kicked off of the truss by Wentz.

00:44:09Bailey wiped out the field on the floor.

00:44:13Take another look.

00:44:14Take another look.

00:44:15Watch Bailey.

00:44:16Wentz right into the pile.

00:44:18TNA!

00:44:19TNA!

00:44:20TNA!

00:44:21And now Wentz has a clear path, reaching up for the cable.

00:44:25There it is.

00:44:26He's the first one to grab the cables.

00:44:30Is it going to be one and done?

00:44:32Wentz trying to make his way as quickly as he can

00:44:35to the X Division title.

00:44:37But there's Osborne, Loreno King, and Jason Hodge

00:44:40who's getting awfully crowded on the cables.

00:44:43Look at Hammerstone on the right side of your screen.

00:44:45There's a big man.

00:44:46Oh, my God.

00:44:48Hammerstone drops Loreno King, trying to kick down Osborne,

00:44:53and now Hodge.

00:44:54And now it comes down to Wentz.

00:44:56There goes Wentz.

00:44:58Hammerstone, as he cleared a path to the X Division title.

00:45:02Look at this.

00:45:03Oh.

00:45:05So close.

00:45:07He's trying to reach with the one free hand,

00:45:09but that, I cannot emphasize how much strength it takes

00:45:13just to hold on there,

00:45:15especially with the size and strength of Hammerstone.

00:45:18This is awesome!

00:45:20This is awesome!

00:45:22This is awesome!

00:45:24This is awesome!

00:45:26It absolutely is.

00:45:28There's a reason this match has defined TNA for 20-plus years.

00:45:34Now Hammerstone, center of the ring.

00:45:37Oh!

00:45:40It's like an elephant with flies on its back.

00:45:44Just swatting away everybody he can.

00:45:48And the rest of the field trying to pile on Hammerstone when they can.

00:45:58And Bantley realizes the threat that is Hammerstone,

00:46:01trying to focus in on the great white shark.

00:46:05Oh!

00:46:10Now Bailey showing some aggression here to get the nasty side.

00:46:15Oh!

00:46:16Super kick by Wentz.

00:46:18A retort there by Bailey.

00:46:21Who's got the more fortitude to withstand this barrage?

00:46:26Uh-oh.

00:46:27There's the knee right on the cheekbone.

00:46:30Hammerstone no lying in wait.

00:46:33Hammerstone launches Wentz outside of the ring.

00:46:36There's Riley Osborne.

00:46:38Uh-oh!

00:46:39Launched out of the ring!

00:46:41Using Riley Osborne as a weapon there,

00:46:43and now in the ring it's Hammerstone.

00:46:47And look, Laredo Kidd trying to climb.

00:46:49And Laredo Kidd trying to go up top here,

00:46:52going to the cables,

00:46:53and Hammerstone, good God!

00:46:56Are you kidding me?

00:46:59There is no freaking way!

00:47:02The power of Hammerstone!

00:47:12The shark gets his meal here at Emergence.

00:47:17Are we looking at the next X Division champion?

00:47:20And now Jason Hodge with a low blow.

00:47:23There are no disqualifications.

00:47:25But you saw it there.

00:47:26He was coming out.

00:47:27He didn't know what to do.

00:47:29Figured may as well take whatever route he can.

00:47:31Wait a minute, wait a minute.

00:47:32Look at this.

00:47:33Hodge has got Hammerstone up.

00:47:35Oh!

00:47:36And a torture rack bomb to the 275 pound Hammerstone.

00:47:41Look at the power of Jason Hodge.

00:47:44And now he's all alone.

00:47:47Title waiting for him.

00:47:51Years of work put in by Jason Hodge here in TNA.

00:47:55Can he make a dream come true by capturing the X Division title in Ultimate X?

00:48:01Laredo Kidd, however, trying to jump the line here.

00:48:03Get onto the cables ahead of Hodge.

00:48:06Laredo Kidd low.

00:48:07Is he going to get her in Karate here?

00:48:09Yes!

00:48:11Hodge ripped down to the mat.

00:48:13Well, look out.

00:48:14There's Wiley Osborne going up to the top turnbuckle

00:48:17and going to the cables.

00:48:18Ken, you've got to keep eyes in the back of your head.

00:48:21You never know when the next person who's going to climb,

00:48:23where they're going to come from.

00:48:27Oh, wait a minute.

00:48:28Oh!

00:48:29And Wiley Osborne improvises with a shooting star.

00:48:35Osborne.

00:48:36Look out.

00:48:37Look at this.

00:48:38Laredo Kidd.

00:48:39Beautiful hurricanrana.

00:48:41And Osborne with that shooting star from the ropes.

00:48:44That's a live action.

00:48:45The tornado kicked there moments ago by Bailey.

00:48:47Now, ultimate weapon to Osborne.

00:48:51Do not blink.

00:48:52You will absolutely miss it.

00:48:59And now Bailey going to the troughs.

00:49:06Wentz on the other side of the ring.

00:49:10Trying to meet him on the ropes.

00:49:13And now Bailey who's competed in multiple Ultimate X matches

00:49:18and won one of them.

00:49:20Here's the thing, Tom, the longer this match goes on,

00:49:22the harder it is every time to get up there

00:49:25and bring all your body weight to the center of that X.

00:49:29Now, Bailey and Wentz at the center.

00:49:31Who can unhook the championship and get down to the mat

00:49:34with possession of the belt?

00:49:37And the two smacking each other up here.

00:49:40Trying to outwill the other.

00:49:48Wentz is trying to kick Bailey straight in the face here.

00:49:51It worked earlier on the outside off the troughs.

00:49:56And now Bailey trying to hold on here using every limb he's got.

00:50:02There you go.

00:50:03Bailey now going to his strength, those kicks.

00:50:05But in doing so, he's got to hold on with his hands now.

00:50:08Look at this.

00:50:09Trying to break the grip.

00:50:10Trying to break the grip.

00:50:11And down goes Bailey.

00:50:12Wentz.

00:50:13Is it in?

00:50:14Wentz trying to unhook the title.

00:50:17Put out of the title.

00:50:19Zachary Wentz is X Division champion.

00:50:24Here is your winner and new DNA X Division champion, Zachary Wentz.

00:50:32And that's the one.

00:50:33He did it for the boys, for the treehouse,

00:50:37for his brother Trey Miguel,

00:50:39the start of what could be an incredible, incredible weekend for Zachary Wentz.

00:50:45And most importantly, Zachary Wentz did it for himself,

00:50:49breaking the grip of B-Boy Bailey

00:50:52and managing to unhook the title belt and rappel down to the canvas.

00:50:59Zachary Wentz is your new X Division champion.

00:51:07What a moment.

00:51:09A huge win to start this week, Tom.

00:51:12But now all his attention turns towards Wes Lee.

00:51:17Wentz and Lee.

00:51:18It's Sunday and it's deep.

00:51:20No mercy.

00:51:22Zachary Wentz now has plenty of momentum.

00:51:30Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we begin TNA Emergence with fireworks

00:51:35for Emergence is presented by Tomorrow Before After.

00:51:40You can buy or rent it now digitally on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play,

00:51:45and Pandango at home.

00:51:47But now let's take a look at Tomorrow Before After.

00:51:57I have no name anymore.

00:52:03This is impossible.

00:52:06This makes no sense.

00:52:12I can't bring another human being into this world.

00:52:16You should be dead.

00:52:24Welcome to Ringside.

00:52:25He's the Drama King, Matthew Rehwald.

00:52:27I'm Tom Hannifin.

00:52:28Again, congratulations to the brand new X Division champion,

00:52:32Zachary Wentz of the Rascals.

00:52:34The action is just getting started tonight here as we're sold out in Louisville.

00:52:37Still to come tonight, it's a battle of two former TNA world champions.

00:52:42The heartbeat of TNA, Eric Young and Steve Macklin promises to be the blood

00:52:47and the veins of this company.

00:52:48They go one-on-one for the first time ever.

00:52:50And then we turn our attention to knockouts action.

00:52:53As a knockouts world champion, Jordan Gray's team would spitfire to take on

00:52:58the knockouts world tag team champions, The Militia and Ash by Elegant.

00:53:03This match was made official during the countdown to emergence.

00:53:06The ABC will defend their TNA world tag team titles against AJ Francis

00:53:10and the newest member of first class, KC Navarro.

00:53:14And it's a huge eight-man tag team match as the system with JDC take on

00:53:20the Hardys, Matt and Jeff, Joe Hendry and Mike Santana.

00:53:25And also a one-hour Iron Man match for the TNA world title.

00:53:31Nick Nemeth, the champion, Josh Alexander, the challenger.

00:53:35For more on our main event, let's check in with Gia Miller.

00:53:43Please welcome my guest at this time.

00:53:44He is the walking weapon, Josh Alexander.

00:53:50Josh, tonight you'll challenge Nick Nemeth for the TNA world championship

00:53:54in a one-hour Iron Man match in the main event of emergence.

00:53:59That's right, Gia, in the main event of emergence.

00:54:01And it's a one-hour Iron Man match.

00:54:03We might as well call this Josh Alexander's match.

00:54:06There's been one other Iron Man match in TNA history that went 60 minutes.

00:54:11And I won that match.

00:54:13I am in the history books forever as the Iron Man of TNA.

00:54:17I have won dozens of Iron Man matches across the world.

00:54:22This is my match.

00:54:25And Nick tries to say he's at some disadvantage like,

00:54:28Oh my God, this is Josh Alexander's match, but he's a fighting champion.

00:54:31He wants to step up to the plate.

00:54:32Well, Nick, tonight you get embarrassed because Josh Alexander is back in the main event.

00:54:38I'm not leaving.

00:54:39I'm going to take that championship.

00:54:41I'm going to embarrass you.

00:54:42I'm going to show the world that you don't have what it takes to cut it in TNA

00:54:47where the very best professional wrestling happens.

00:54:50I am the standard.

00:54:52I am the heart and soul of this company.

00:54:54I will spill all the blood.

00:54:57I will drip sweat.

00:54:59I have a heart that will pump all day long because I need that championship

00:55:03because that championship belongs to me.

00:55:06And tonight I said it all right.

00:55:09Tonight I have you for 60 long minutes.

00:55:14And after this, you'll be lucky to get out alive.

00:55:23Well, right now it's time for a first-time-ever matchup

00:55:26between a man who wants to lead the future of TNA wrestling, Steve Macklin,

00:55:31as he takes on a man who helped build TNA wrestling in Eric Young.

00:55:52The following contest is set for one fall.

00:56:02Introducing first, from Rutherford, New Jersey, Steve Macklin.

00:56:07It was last night on Impact.

00:56:09Steve Macklin joined us on commentary as Eric Young went one-on-one with Hammerstone.

00:56:14In the end, Hammerstone was able to secure the victory.

00:56:18The distraction of Steve Macklin on the outside

00:56:21drew the attention of Eric Young.

00:56:23One could argue that led to the loss that night.

00:56:26Steve Macklin said he was just sitting there doing his job

00:56:29and talking about what was going on for the matchup at Emergence, ultimately.

00:56:33Tonight it's an opportunity for Macklin to prove that he is the future of TNA.

00:56:40Steve Macklin has always stood by that idea

00:56:44that he is the new Fandroid of this company.

00:56:53You can run for a long time.

00:57:00You can run for a long time.

00:57:15His opponent, from Franklin, Tennessee, the world-class maniac, Eric Young!

00:57:25Eric Young has made it very clear that he is no issue, truly, with Steve Macklin

00:57:31until how things went down last night.

00:57:34Steve Macklin and Eric Young, both men who have expressed interest

00:57:37in getting back to the TNA World Championship this year.

00:57:41Eric Young, who challenged for the title at Sacrifice back in March.

00:57:45Macklin, who went after the championship in the main event of Slammiversary.

00:57:49This could be pivotal with Bound for Glory roughly two months away.

00:58:05Steve Macklin wants to lead this company into the future

00:58:09while Eric Young is at hand.

00:58:11He'll help lay the groundwork.

00:58:13He's a man who was here helping build this company

00:58:16during some of its most formative years.

00:58:19Eric Young has seen the good, has seen the bad,

00:58:21has fought for all of it, in and out of the ring.

00:58:27For Steve Macklin, this is a milestone matchup potentially

00:58:32if he can topple one of the best TNA and professional wrestling

00:58:37he's come to know over the last two decades.

00:58:40As Steve Macklin mentioned last night on commentary,

00:58:43these two have never so much as touched in a professional wrestling match.

00:58:48This is a first time ever encounter.

00:58:53Macklin has also been very vocal recently on social media.

00:58:57Quoted the movie Gladiator and said,

00:58:59I knew a man who once said that death smiles at us all.

00:59:02All a man can do is smile back.

00:59:04Targeted that at Eric Young.

00:59:06Young responded, quote, I've been smiling for years.

00:59:10How much you want to bet I'll be smiling

00:59:12the whole effing time tonight at Emergence?

00:59:17I mean, you can make an argument that that's a smile.

00:59:20It's a gnarly smirk from both these guys, really.

00:59:25An intensity that's filling the air in Louisville.

00:59:34There it is once again.

00:59:45Again, smirk from both men.

00:59:47The tension that you can cut with a knife.

00:59:50But there's something I'm sensing in the air too.

00:59:54There's a little bit of a tense yet mutual respect even here

01:00:01between both these guys for what the other one is capable of

01:00:05between those ribs.

01:00:09Young smashing Macklin into the top turnbuckle.

01:00:12Big right forearm there by EY.

01:00:15I mentioned it earlier, EY is a TNA original.

01:00:19He makes sure that everyone that steps into this company

01:00:22is up to the standard of TNA wrestling.

01:00:24Steve Macklin has done more than prove that.

01:00:27Former TNA world champion.

01:00:29That's right, you don't rise to the top like Macklin has done

01:00:32without passing those tests, without passing the muster.

01:00:40And this is a battle, frankly, that I believe Eric Young

01:00:43may not know that he wanted but has been looking for

01:00:47for quite some time here in TNA.

01:00:49Looking across the ring at someone else as tough and nasty as he is

01:00:53and is willing to go all out to get a victory.

01:00:57There might be more in common here between these two

01:01:01than I think either one of them may even realize.

01:01:05Young using the top rope there.

01:01:14Now Macklin, perfect slam delivered to Eric Young.

01:01:19Copper pressing the arm down and a kick out.

01:01:22Macklin breaking out the big guns early here.

01:01:26Talking about two guys who are obviously veterans of the squared circle in general.

01:01:30Of course, Eric Young has that experience advantage,

01:01:33but you want to talk about similar statures.

01:01:36Both guys, they're thick, they're reedy.

01:01:40Extremely similar athletes.

01:01:42Similar builds, if you will.

01:01:44We want to talk about the nastiness.

01:01:46Eric Young, who started violent by design way back when.

01:01:51We saw Steve Macklin take PCO to a bloody massacre

01:01:56at one point during his TNA World Championship reign.

01:02:00As Eric Young, with the Death Valley Driver,

01:02:03to put Macklin away.

01:02:05And a kick out there by Macklin.

01:02:07These guys, they have similar temperaments at times.

01:02:10Similar attitudes at times.

01:02:12Similar even arsenals at times

01:02:14when it comes to their physicality in the ring.

01:02:17And now Young trying to set up there maybe for a moonsault.

01:02:21And it's slowed up there by Macklin.

01:02:24And Young's in a bad spot here.

01:02:26And Young is caught in the crosshairs.

01:02:29Macklin pressing both shoulders down

01:02:32and a kick out there by Young.

01:02:39Macklin's going to have to dig down deep in this one.

01:02:42It's not a World Championship match,

01:02:45but it might as well be with the pedigree,

01:02:48the resume Eric Young has under his belt.

01:02:52Backbreaker there by Macklin.

01:02:54You could hear Macklin moments ago saying,

01:02:56yeah, you're the heartbeat, huh?

01:02:58You know this very well as a wrestler

01:03:01trying to come up in this industry.

01:03:03You're going to run into veterans that,

01:03:05even if you had respect for them at one point or another,

01:03:08when you step in between the ropes,

01:03:09they can't be your hero any longer.

01:03:11They've just got to be a target.

01:03:13No, the bell rings and everything changes.

01:03:15The bell rings, you become a competitor.

01:03:17You're no longer a buddy.

01:03:19You're no longer a rival.

01:03:20Like, whatever is going on backstage, it's gone.

01:03:23Now you're just two fighters.

01:03:25You're two competitors doing what supposedly you do best.

01:03:31And Macklin's going to prove it right here.

01:03:33Oh, and again, Young is caught in the crosshairs.

01:03:36Is this it for Eric Young?

01:03:38Oh, no, he gets the right shoulder up.

01:03:41And there's the resilience that Eric Young

01:03:44has made an entire career of.

01:03:47Every time he's been told he's not good enough,

01:03:51every time he's been down, he's been out,

01:03:53he's been pushed to the bottom, he's stayed alive.

01:04:01Young trying to prepare himself.

01:04:03It's been a barrage here by Macklin.

01:04:06The Olympic slam, a pair of caught in the crosshairs.

01:04:09Plus the backbreaker, very focused attack

01:04:12on the midsection of Eric Young.

01:04:17Now a slugfest between these two losers.

01:04:24Young and Macklin exchanging blows, center of the ring.

01:04:27Oh, and a big, heavy forearm shiver.

01:04:35Macklin ducks underneath.

01:04:36Oh, both men thinking the same thing,

01:04:38and they go down hard.

01:04:43I tell you, great minds think alike.

01:04:45There's more in common between these two

01:04:48than they're realizing,

01:04:49but they're learning a lot of that right now.

01:04:52A lot of that right now.

01:05:05The referee, Daniel Spencer,

01:05:07checking on Macklin and Young.

01:05:11You heard EY in a second.

01:05:13He said, you want this?

01:05:18Oh, my God!

01:05:23I told you, I'm the damn blood

01:05:26running through the veins of this place.

01:05:33Macklin's not wrong.

01:05:35EY did ask for this.

01:05:37He's about to give it back, I think, Tom.

01:05:39Look at that smile on the face of Eric Young.

01:05:42He put his hands behind his back

01:05:43so he'd be smiling the whole damn time tonight with Macklin.

01:05:47Macklin gives Young the opportunity.

01:05:49I think Macklin might regret that.

01:05:52Macklin just got his bell rung.

01:06:10Oh, no!

01:06:11Macklin and Young brawling in the center of the ring.

01:06:14Sorry, Louisville.

01:06:15It is true.

01:06:16When you get that close,

01:06:17you either got to fight or kiss.

01:06:19They fought, and they're still fighting.

01:06:22And Young to the outside.

01:06:24Macklin's not done.

01:06:25A skull in the wall, but Young ducked it.

01:06:32And Macklin landed hard on the ramp.

01:06:38Nasty fall.

01:06:39Looked like Macklin ate a lot of that

01:06:41on his shoulder there.

01:06:45Certainly going to make KIA a lot harder to lock in.

01:06:49Oh!

01:06:50And Macklin with a big right hand

01:06:51trying to slow up Eric Young.

01:06:53Potentially was thinking about that elbow drop

01:06:55from the top turnbuckle.

01:07:01And Macklin now meeting D-Y-O.

01:07:03I mentioned it just a moment ago, KIA.

01:07:05Is he thinking off the top here?

01:07:07Trying to put away Young.

01:07:09Oh, and Young biting Macklin.

01:07:13Down goes Macklin.

01:07:14Young's got an opportunity here.

01:07:16Windows open.

01:07:17Elbow drop by Young.

01:07:20Right through the heart of Macklin.

01:07:23Oh, and he's trying to set up for the pile driver,

01:07:26and Macklin felt it coming.

01:07:29Great resilience, great wherewithal

01:07:31from Steve Macklin there.

01:07:33Oh, once again, going for the pile driver.

01:07:35Going for the pile driver,

01:07:36and you saw how Macklin extended his legs.

01:07:38Going for the pile driver, and he got it!

01:07:42Macklin was trying to fight him all the way.

01:07:45D-Y-O muscled through it, though.

01:07:47Is this it?

01:07:48Cover!

01:07:49Oh, and Macklin kicked out of the pile driver!

01:07:52Are you kidding me?

01:07:55Are you kidding me?

01:07:57There it is, the pile driver once again from D-Y-O,

01:08:00but that one couple of seconds there

01:08:03was all Macklin needed to get his wherewithal together.

01:08:08One more time! One more time!

01:08:11One more time! One more time!

01:08:13There are not many in the history of Eric Young's career

01:08:18that can say they've kicked out of the pile driver he delivers.

01:08:22One more time!

01:08:23Oh, Young, they got another pile driver.

01:08:25Macklin just got cover!

01:08:27Macklin has beaten Eric Young!

01:08:31Here is your winner, Steve Macklin!

01:08:35And almost out of nowhere there,

01:08:38Macklin running on fumes, running on life support here

01:08:42after that pile driver staying alive.

01:08:46E-Y trying to go for number two.

01:08:50Beautiful strategy by Macklin.

01:08:53E-Y, you can tell, though, surprised as everybody here is tonight.

01:09:01Macklin thought...

01:09:03Young thought he had Macklin dead to rights,

01:09:07but somehow Macklin found a way to get the victory.

01:09:12And Macklin is still certainly favoring that left shoulder

01:09:15after going for the scud on the outside.

01:09:18But Eric Young is looking back on a man as Steve Macklin,

01:09:22who took everything he had and still came out on top.

01:09:28Whoa, whoa, whoa!

01:09:43A hand extended by E-Y here.

01:09:58Color me surprised, Tom.

01:10:00A sign of respect between these warriors.

01:10:03Well, earlier on we heard from Josh Alexander.

01:10:07Right now let's hear from the TNA world champion himself, Nick Nemec.

01:10:14Please welcome my guest this time.

01:10:16He is TNA world champion, Nick Nemec.

01:10:21Nick, you heard the comments from Josh Alexander earlier tonight.

01:10:25What's your response?

01:10:28My response is the same that it's been for the last 15 years.

01:10:33You make some points, you make some moves,

01:10:38and then you take it down a peg and you find a way out of that crevice somehow.

01:10:42Somehow, someway, I made it along 20 years

01:10:46stealing the show, stealing girlfriends.

01:10:48That's out of my head right now.

01:10:49Right now is being the best.

01:10:51I represent TNA as an ambassador and a fighting champion.

01:10:55I know what Josh is capable of.

01:10:57He's well aware.

01:11:00He and his match, the Ironman match,

01:11:03that's the only thing that sets us apart.

01:11:05He's had the only TNA Ironman match.

01:11:07It is in his eyes, I see it, that he can do it.

01:11:10He can come out on top and win.

01:11:12Maybe, just maybe, me, the sports entertainer slash pro wrestler,

01:11:17best one on the planet, is going to look him in his eyes

01:11:20and beat him at his own game.

01:11:21I know how hard he hits.

01:11:24But at the end of the day, no matter what,

01:11:26no matter how many times you hit me,

01:11:28I find a way to get up and stare you straight in the eye

01:11:32and kick you in the mouth.

01:11:33I am coming out on top tonight.

01:11:35No matter what he says or what he's done in the past,

01:11:38this is the time for the wanted man to hold this title high

01:11:42and be your TNA champion.

01:11:45He hits hard.

01:11:47And tonight, I hit harder and walk out on top

01:11:50as your champion.

01:11:53Nemeth and Alexander later on tonight

01:11:56for the TNA World Championship

01:11:58in a one-hour Ironman match.

01:12:00Well, right now, who will gain critical momentum

01:12:03on the path towards bound for glory

01:12:05in the knockouts division?

01:12:06We're ready for action here at Emergence.

01:12:10The following is the sixth knockout tag team match.

01:12:14Introducing team number one, first from Moscow, Russia,

01:12:17she is one half of the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions,

01:12:21Masha Lamaboum.

01:12:25And the gold representation in the system.

01:12:27We'll see you back here shortly.

01:12:54continues. Her partner, representing the system, she is what not but the TNA Knockouts World

01:13:00Tag Team Champions, Alicia Edwards. Well you just love the system don't you? Hey, if the

01:13:07system works, why try to fight it? Alicia Edwards proudly representing the system, along

01:13:13with Masha Slamovich as TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions. The team known as the

01:13:22Militia at Reign as your Knockouts World Tag Team Champions now for 119 days, for Alicia

01:13:29and the system tonight. You shut your mouth! Here we go! Because I'm the one that does

01:13:35the introductions around here. I am the personal cuisieres for the greatest box office attraction

01:13:42in TNA Knockouts history! So show some respect and welcome the often imitated, never duplicated,

01:13:51the beautiful and now ruthless, Ash by Elegance.

01:14:01And very few, take it from a guy Tom, who knows a thing or two about introducing somebody.

01:14:07That is how you do it. That is what we want, that's what the people of Louisville want

01:14:12to see, that's what you all at home want to see.

01:14:16The now ruthless Ash by Elegance. We saw last night it was a match by Elegance for the Knockouts

01:14:23World Championship on Impact, a Falls Count Anywhere style of match that had all sorts

01:14:29of weaponry that looked like it was out of the Barbie movie. And this shock the personal

01:14:34concierge took your microphone. Hey look, I told him too, if there's anybody who deserves

01:14:39this spot, it's him. I hope all the bad things happen to you.

01:14:46First, the team of Danny Luna and the wild child Jodie Threat, together they are Spitfire!

01:14:53Meanwhile, Spitfire have a long history with the reigning Knockouts World Tag Team Champions.

01:14:59The militia got involved last night amidst a match by Elegance to back up Jordan Grace

01:15:04because Slammage and Edwards were trying to help Ash by Elegance win the Knockouts

01:15:09World Championship. Now this has been going on for months, you know Spitfire has had their

01:15:15mind on getting their Tag Team titles back.

01:15:20Their partner from Austin, Texas, she is the TNA World Knockouts Champion, the Juggernaut

01:15:37Jordan Grace! No one has won more matches in TNA in 2024 than the Juggernaut. 14 successful

01:15:48defenses of this Knockouts World Championship, second only to Taya Valkyrie's 17th in a single

01:15:55Knockouts World title reign. Jordan Grace, 230 days in her third Knockouts World title

01:16:03reign. Simply historic.

01:16:06There is nobody on this planet that can question the work ethic, the schedule, the intensity

01:16:13of Jordan Grace. The tear she has been on the pace she has kept over the last several

01:16:20months has been nothing short of breathtaking.

01:16:24The bell has rung, the match is technically underway. Penny Quinzomati, however, could

01:16:29not get control of all six of these Knockouts to begin this Tag Team matchup in proper fashion.

01:16:36And there goes Ash by Elegance, Slammage and Edwards.

01:16:40This one breaking down quick, look at this!

01:16:43And threat over the top, wipes out all three of them.

01:16:47The wild child goes airborne. Look at this, Danny Luna's turn!

01:16:56Now what a way to begin this six Knockouts Tag Team matchup.

01:17:02And it looks like the Knockouts World champ is ready and waiting.

01:17:12And Jordan Grace!

01:17:18And Alicia Edwards is down here on the outside.

01:17:22Jordan Grace, Spitfire, going to work against Ash by Elegance and Masha Slamovich.

01:17:29As this six Knockouts Tag Team match continues.

01:17:32On the outside, again, our referee Paige Princevalli trying to gain control of this situation.

01:17:38Chaos continuing to brew.

01:17:41At ringside, though, the action spilling everywhere.

01:17:45There's the cover. Going for a cover inside the ring.

01:17:48The referee, I believe, is tending to Alicia Edwards.

01:17:51Our ringside physician is checking on Alicia Edwards who is down on the outside.

01:17:56Going to keep an eye on that situation here as this six Knockouts Tag Team matchup continues.

01:18:01And it's Jordan Grace driving Ash by Elegance down.

01:18:04There's the cover. Oh, and a kick out by Ash.

01:18:08Jordan Grace showing off that strength, but Ash by Elegance there.

01:18:13See Alicia Edwards trying to recover. This is a physical business.

01:18:18We make no bones about that.

01:18:20These are some of the toughest, most badass women on the face of the planet.

01:18:24There's a reason for it.

01:18:26Alicia Edwards is down and help is coming from the back there.

01:18:31I believe that's Tommy Dreamer coming to help Alicia Edwards here.

01:18:35Going to keep an eye on her situation.

01:18:37Right now, this is essentially two versus three in this Tag Team match.

01:18:43If there's anybody who can anchor that team, Ash by Elegance.

01:18:50Excuse me.

01:18:52Off the exploder and a kick out.

01:18:54Ash by Elegance and Masha Slamovich.

01:18:56That's a hell of a team right there.

01:19:05Alicia Edwards is being helped from the back.

01:19:07We are going to try and get a medical update as soon as possible.

01:19:12Watch out.

01:19:13We are not exactly sure what proceeded there on the outside.

01:19:17We saw the series of dives.

01:19:18We are not entirely sure what happened to Alicia Edwards at this point.

01:19:21We will try and get you some information as soon as possible.

01:19:24Ash by Elegance is down.

01:19:26There's the cover.

01:19:28The match continues and a kick out by Ash.

01:19:30Now you are in a situation where this is Masha Slamovich and Ash by Elegance

01:19:34against Spitfire and the knockout world champion, Jordan Grace.

01:19:38It is two versus three.

01:19:40Already, the three on two bully has begun.

01:19:45From Spitfire and Jordan Grace.

01:19:47Shoulder first into the post with Danny Luna.

01:19:49That could be valuable for Ash by Elegance and Masha Slamovich.

01:19:52I wouldn't refer to this as bullying.

01:19:54Ray Walt, this is an unfortunate circumstance.

01:19:56What happened to Alicia Edwards?

01:19:57Of course.

01:20:02A kick there by Slamovich going after Danny Luna on the outside.

01:20:05Ash by Elegance is drawing the attention of the officials.

01:20:08Some illegal contact there by Masha and a kick out by Luna.

01:20:12Luckily, Masha Slamovich has the intensity of three wrestlers

01:20:16and Ash by Elegance has the beauty of 12.

01:20:19In theory, this is like an 18 on three handicap match.

01:20:24And a kick out.

01:20:27Masha Slamovich, a reigning Knockouts World Tag Team champion,

01:20:31has captured that title multiple times.

01:20:33Let's not forget the tear that Slamovich went on in 2022 was undefeatable.

01:20:41Here's a kick out by Luna.

01:20:44How do you turn the tide if you're Slamovich and Ash?

01:20:48You do what you know best against Slamovich.

01:20:51You talk about that. That is inside Masha Slamovich.

01:20:54That person. We see that come out.

01:20:57She digs into that intensity, that viciousness that she's made a career out of.

01:21:02And look, you've talked about it at Naughton.

01:21:05This new side is more intense.

01:21:07This dangerous side of Ash by Elegance that has come out

01:21:11since this whole situation with Jordan Grace has begun.

01:21:15Ash by Elegance, more dangerous than ever.

01:21:18So you know what? You just continue to lean into that.

01:21:21Because so far, so good.

01:21:24Luna trying to set up for a suplex there.

01:21:27And drives down Ash by Elegance.

01:21:29And now Luna trying to make a tag.

01:21:35And Slamovich is in legal.

01:21:37Luna trying to get to her corner.

01:21:39Makes a tag to Jordan Grace.

01:21:41And I was just talking about the 2022 that Masha Slamovich had.

01:21:45Bound for glory 2022.

01:21:48Slamovich and Grace for the Knockouts World Championship.

01:21:51One of the greatest matches I've ever had the pleasure of calling.

01:21:54That was a hell of a contest.

01:21:56The rivalry these two had back in 2022.

01:22:00Oh my God!

01:22:03Grace really tagged her there with the back fist.

01:22:05And now going for shades of Samoa.

01:22:08The muscle buster.

01:22:10How Grace retained last night.

01:22:12Oh and it's broken up by Ash by Elegance.

01:22:17Now Ash by Elegance dumped by the juggernaut.

01:22:24Masha Slamovich all alone here.

01:22:28Tag made.

01:22:32Go!

01:22:35Hashtag TNA Emergence now trending on social media.

01:22:39Thank you all so much for tuning in.

01:22:41All over the world live on TNA Plus.

01:22:43As we continue our march towards Bound for Glory.

01:22:46Our biggest event of the year.

01:22:48We're sold out tonight here in Louisville.

01:22:50And the Wild Child is having some fun.

01:22:55Not fun for Masha Slamovich.

01:22:57That's for damn sure.

01:22:59Cover.

01:23:00Shoulders down there.

01:23:02Oh and a kick out.

01:23:03And Ash by Elegance was chirping there

01:23:05with our referee Paige Prinzevalli.

01:23:07Perhaps that saved Slamovich.

01:23:09And you know that Spitfire had their eyes on getting back

01:23:13the Knockouts World Tag Team titles.

01:23:15That's for damn sure.

01:23:19Oh and a suplex into the corner.

01:23:23Nasty landing there for Jody Threat.

01:23:26Back of the legs. Lower back.

01:23:29Obliterated courtesy of Masha Slamovich.

01:23:36Now Ash by Elegance in to pick the bones here.

01:23:45As Jody Threat is gonna try to fight.

01:23:48But Ash by Elegance again just continuing

01:23:50to lay down the punishment.

01:23:53Ash by Elegance toying with Jody Threat.

01:23:56I'm still trying to think about what sort of deal

01:23:59the personal concierge tried to broker with the militia

01:24:02to try and get that.

01:24:04That's called Ash by Elegance last night

01:24:06in a Knockouts World title match of Ash by Elegance.

01:24:11Look some things are just not meant to be known

01:24:13by the public eye.

01:24:14Look at that.

01:24:15Looking for rarefied air there not to be.

01:24:19On out Jody Threat.

01:24:21Look at this.

01:24:22Going for a pop shove it.

01:24:24Cover.

01:24:25Grace with the defense.

01:24:28Threat gets the win for her team.

01:24:31Here are your winners.

01:24:32The TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordan Grace

01:24:35and Spitfire.

01:24:40So a challenging situation obviously

01:24:42for Ash by Elegance and Masha Slamovich.

01:24:45The match continued however.

01:24:47Grace and Spitfire able to secure the victory

01:24:51here in emergence.

01:24:53That's a big win.

01:24:55Any which way you put it for Spitfire.

01:25:01And Grace disposing of Ash by Elegance.

01:25:10What a victory for these three here in emergence.

01:25:13Right now I want to take you back to earlier on tonight.

01:25:15The countdown to emergence.

01:25:17PCO defending both these titles.

01:25:21Is it time?

01:25:23PCO slams.

01:25:27Cover.

01:25:30PCO retains his titles.

01:25:34And here is your winner and still

01:25:36TNA Digital Media and International

01:25:39Heavyweight Wrestling Champion

01:25:41PCO.

01:25:47Grace, look what match has created.

01:25:51How dare can you say that.

01:25:57Must be watching a show I see.

01:26:00Broski, I'll be seeing you on Thursday.

01:26:07Well SDL gonna confront Matt Cardona this Thursday.

01:26:10But right now at emergence.

01:26:12The tag team titles are on the line.

01:26:14As the ABC defend against AJ Francis

01:26:18and the newest member of First Class

01:26:20Casey Navarro.

01:26:22This match was made official earlier on tonight

01:26:25on the countdown to emergence.

01:26:27The ABC demanding this matchup against First Class

01:26:30after what happened last night on Impact.

01:26:33Austin and Bay both recently have been competing

01:26:35in the Ultimate Ex-Qualifiers.

01:26:37That matchup we saw go down earlier on tonight.

01:26:39First Class jumped the ABC last night on Impact

01:26:43after Jason Bay defeated Cody Diener and Jake Something.

01:26:47AJ Francis announcing earlier on tonight

01:26:49that Casey Navarro is now part of First Class

01:26:52and will join him to compete for the tag team titles.

01:27:04The following contest is set for one fall

01:27:06and it is for the TNA World Tag Team Championship.

01:27:10Introducing the challengers

01:27:12the team of Casey Navarro and AJ Francis.

01:27:15First Class.

01:27:17And I do want to bring forward

01:27:20what Matt Cardona tweeted as we saw moments ago.

01:27:25Step to Lander and TCO conferring after TCO's win

01:27:28earlier on tonight.

01:27:29Matt Cardona has tweeted out

01:27:31TCO is lucky that I'm not hashtag always ready yet.

01:27:35Stay away from my Step to Lander.

01:27:38She's my property.

01:27:41We love that Matt Cardona is watching the show.

01:27:44Hi Matt.

01:27:45I hope you're recovering well there buddy.

01:27:48Conspicuous by his absence

01:27:50putting another monster in the way of TCO.

01:27:53But right now it's all about AJ Francis

01:27:55and Casey Navarro.

01:27:57First Class of an opportunity

01:27:59at the TNA World Tag Team titles.

01:28:11Their opponents

01:28:12they are the reigning and defending

01:28:14TNA World Tag Team champions

01:28:16the ultimate finesse for Chris Payne

01:28:18hidden in the beliefs of Austin

01:28:20the A-B-Z.

01:28:24I mentioned last night on Impact

01:28:26Ace and Bay were able to take care of business

01:28:28against Cody Diener and Jake Something

01:28:30after the fact.

01:28:31It was First Class that dropped the A-B-C

01:28:34earlier on today.

01:28:36Austin and Bay went to Santino Morella

01:28:39and demanded a chance to get their hands on First Class

01:28:42and were willing to put their titles on the line

01:28:44to do so.

01:28:45And you know that AJ Francis heard

01:28:47cha-ching when that happened.

01:28:49Absolutely.

01:28:50He got exactly what he wanted.

01:28:52Look I know A-B-C they're fighting champions

01:28:54this and that

01:28:55and stand up guys

01:28:56and this

01:28:57and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

01:28:59whatever.

01:29:00Either way

01:29:01the men, AJ Francis and First Class

01:29:03they got what they wanted.

01:29:05And now with Casey Navarro in the fold

01:29:07that's a wonderful addition man.

01:29:09I've always said this young man

01:29:10has got nothing but potential.

01:29:12He can realize all of that right here tonight

01:29:15and walk out as champion

01:29:17as a member of First Class.

01:29:19He's doing it against one of the best tag teams

01:29:21in recent memory in TNA wrestling.

01:29:23The A-B-C are tied

01:29:25with the Motor City Machine Guns

01:29:27and the Good Brothers

01:29:28as teams who have won the TNA World Tag Team Championship

01:29:31three times.

01:29:32That mark has only exceeded by

01:29:35Santana and Ortiz of LAX

01:29:37with four

01:29:38The Wolves with four

01:29:39and Beer Money Inc.

01:29:41with five TNA World Tag Team titles.

01:29:44And that's what it's all about tonight

01:29:46at Emergence.

01:29:47Thank you.

01:29:48The A-B-C they're still so young in their careers.

01:29:52You can very much see them reaching

01:29:54those levels.

01:29:55Some of the greatest of the great

01:29:57in TNA tag team history

01:29:59but tonight

01:30:00they got them hands full

01:30:02with First Class.

01:30:06A-B-C! A-B-C! A-B-C!

01:30:10A-B-C! A-B-C! A-B-C!

01:30:14A-B-C! A-B-C! A-B-C!

01:30:17A-B-C! A-B-C! A-B-C!

01:30:19So this will be Ace Austin

01:30:20to start things off against A.J. Francis.

01:30:25And as you like to say

01:30:26there's a bit of a size advantage here

01:30:28you would say for A.J. Francis.

01:30:30I would say that.

01:30:31A-B-C! A-B-C! A-B-C!

01:30:34Jump Ace. Jump.

01:30:36You got those powerful legs?

01:30:38Oh!

01:30:40Of course.

01:30:41Of course.

01:30:42Unsportsmanlike conduct

01:30:44to start the damn match.

01:30:46Francis wanted a test of strength

01:30:48and instead Ace Austin went for a test of smarts.

01:30:52And now Austin just lighting up

01:30:54the former NFL defensive lineman.

01:30:58Well, this is how you pay for it Ace.

01:31:02Oh! And look at that!

01:31:04Those powerful legs of Ace Austin!

01:31:07Not enough to get Francis up there.

01:31:09Not today.

01:31:10Boom!

01:31:14Francis mows down Ace Austin.

01:31:16Francis, a former TNA digital media champion.

01:31:20Tag made.

01:31:21In comes Chris Bay.

01:31:24Now after watching what just happened

01:31:26to Ace Austin

01:31:27Chris Bay has got to re-strategize himself.

01:31:29He's got to think about what he's got to do

01:31:31to take the big man down.

01:31:38Chris Bay, a former X-Division champion

01:31:40now three-time TNA World Tag Team Champion

01:31:43as a member of the A-B-C.

01:31:47Oh, and just tossed here by Francis.

01:31:51Kick right to the face there by Chris Bay

01:31:53who's having some fun here tonight.

01:31:55Sold out in Louisville.

01:31:57Yeah, it's all fun and games

01:31:59until you get punched in the mouth.

01:32:02Uh-oh.

01:32:03Or grabbed her on the throat.

01:32:04Francis thinking about the down payment.

01:32:07Going for the choke slam and it's blocked by Bay.

01:32:10Drop kick staggers Francis.

01:32:14Oh!

01:32:16Tried to keep on the move there.

01:32:20He shut down there

01:32:22courtesy of AJ Francis.

01:32:24And a tag made.

01:32:25In comes Casey Navarro

01:32:27and it's amazing

01:32:28just about all of Navarro's matches

01:32:31this year in TNA

01:32:32have either been a championship match

01:32:35or a championship qualifying matchup.

01:32:38He's been in the mix now

01:32:39for three different titles.

01:32:41And a kick out there by Bay.

01:32:43Down with a media title.

01:32:45The X-Division title recently

01:32:47and now the TNA World Tag Team title.

01:32:51He's a young man who's had opportunity

01:32:52written all over him.

01:32:54This is the first time I saw him work.

01:32:57And now getting to see him do it here

01:32:58in a TNA ring title on the line.

01:33:02It was earlier this summer

01:33:03at the countdown to Under Siege.

01:33:05He could relive any time on demand

01:33:07on TNA+.

01:33:08Casey Navarro was a last second replacement

01:33:11to challenge then TNA Digital Media champion

01:33:14Laredo Kidd for the title.

01:33:18Casey proving that he's always ready.

01:33:20Ready, shout out, man.

01:33:21I know you're watching this show.

01:33:22I know you're still there.

01:33:23Tweet about me, baby.

01:33:24Such a kiss-ass.

01:33:25Oh, and down goes Bay.

01:33:28Casey, he's perfect.

01:33:29Perfect addition, like I said.

01:33:31He's a first class athlete.

01:33:32Always looks sharp, too.

01:33:34His hair, that pink hair.

01:33:38Oh, and catching Bay.

01:33:39First class look.

01:33:40First class ability.

01:33:41That's Casey Navarro.

01:33:44All the way from the 305

01:33:46with that kick to Chris Bay.

01:33:51Kick right to the face.

01:33:53This is a huge opportunity for Casey Navarro,

01:33:56whether you like first class or not.

01:33:58Navarro able to roll through.

01:34:00Well, if you're not first class, you're last.

01:34:02So, Tom, you're last.

01:34:04Ooh, backbreaker by Chris Bay.

01:34:07Oh, and a huge clothesline

01:34:09and some aggression out of Bay

01:34:11trying to retain the titles

01:34:12and a kick out.

01:34:13I like to see that out of the ABC.

01:34:15I know Chris Bay calls himself the ultimate finesser,

01:34:18but when he gets nasty,

01:34:19it gets very, very real in a hurry.

01:34:22You know what gets very, very real, Tom?

01:34:24When we fly out of here

01:34:25and you walk all the way back to 38C

01:34:28and people like me and Casey and AJ Francis

01:34:31are in 1A.

01:34:32Cover to hold on to the championship

01:34:34and a kick out.

01:34:35By the way, I was referencing being in first class.

01:34:38That's how it ties into the whole situation.

01:34:43Right out to the shoulder of Casey Navarro.

01:34:49Bad place to be for Casey Navarro here.

01:34:58Is that all you got, Kentucky?

01:35:00That's the public education system?

01:35:02ABC, we stop there.

01:35:03They're jamming the ABC's music.

01:35:06That's how that tracks.

01:35:09There's so many states you just can't go back to.

01:35:12I'm not welcome in any places.

01:35:15Great teamwork there by the Ace and Bay connection.

01:35:19Kick right to the back of the neck.

01:35:20Double stop by Bay.

01:35:23Bay is legal.

01:35:24Navarro is legal to hold on to the titles

01:35:26and a kick out.

01:35:29Either way, ABC has maintained control here

01:35:33of Casey Navarro.

01:35:34Maintained control of this matchup.

01:35:39Can they hold on to it long enough

01:35:40to hold on to the tag team titles?

01:35:45And Francis trying to run some interference there.

01:35:48And now Frank Gaston, our referee,

01:35:50trying to control Ace Austin.

01:35:52Francis grabbing at Bay.

01:35:54Oh, wait a minute.

01:35:55Oh, Navarro into the arms of Francis.

01:35:58Beautiful.

01:35:59That's a tag team partner for you.

01:36:01Good catch.

01:36:03And now Bay through the ropes.

01:36:05Uh-oh, Francis.

01:36:07Francis caught him, then went for the down payment.

01:36:10Oh, and a kick right to the back of the head.

01:36:13Oh, and Navarro capitalizes on multiple distractions.

01:36:20Navarro had taken a shot at Austin.

01:36:23That took Austin off of the apron.

01:36:25The referee was checking on Ace Austin.

01:36:27Did not see the bevy of illegal contact

01:36:30made by first class.

01:36:31It's not about if you do it, it's how you do it.

01:36:34And if you get caught.

01:36:43You can't wrestle!

01:36:45You can't wrestle!

01:36:47There ain't nobody in this match who can't wrestle.

01:36:51They all doing it.

01:36:52They all doing it at the top of their game.

01:36:54It's a double negative.

01:36:56Again, I told you where we are, Tom.

01:36:59You don't understand.

01:37:00I made my judgment about the education system here.

01:37:04Why does that not surprise you?

01:37:05Let's not talk about the Chicago education system.

01:37:07Oh, and down goes Navarro.

01:37:09Francis charges at Bay.

01:37:11Bay from the second turnbuckle.

01:37:13Measuring A.J. Francis.

01:37:15Oh, and he gets caught.

01:37:20Oh, and a DDT.

01:37:22Great counter by Chris Bay.

01:37:28No doubt about it.

01:37:29That was a beautiful counter from Chris Bay.

01:37:34Takes the big man down,

01:37:35but now he desperately needs to tag to Ace Austin here.

01:37:41And Francis needs to tag, too.

01:37:44And it's Casey Navarro to meet Ace Austin.

01:37:48Austin there beating Casey Navarro to the punch

01:37:51and turning this match on its head.

01:37:55Two of the brightest young athletes in all of professional wrestling.

01:37:59Side Russian leg sweep.

01:38:01Click, click, boom.

01:38:04Ace Austin regains control of this matchup

01:38:07for the ABC, for the tag team.

01:38:10Tag team championships.

01:38:16Lighting up the chest.

01:38:17And now it's Austin.

01:38:20Send out to the apron there against Navarro.

01:38:22Oh, big shot right to the face.

01:38:24Look at this.

01:38:25Francis taking a swipe at Austin.

01:38:30But Austin able to thwart that effort.

01:38:33Eyes in the back of his head.

01:38:36As the action does not stop here.

01:38:41Look at the strength of one half of the tag team champions.

01:38:46Driving Navarro down.

01:38:51And now Austin tied up with AJ Francis.

01:38:58Oh, look at that straight right for the two.

01:39:00I don't know why he was trying to get Francis up.

01:39:02I think he'd rock Francis.

01:39:06Francis a little wobbly there,

01:39:07and Austin trying to get him up.

01:39:10Looks like it was Austin who ended up a little wobbly there,

01:39:13trying to pick the big man up.

01:39:14Oh, and now.

01:39:15And Francis up on his shoulders.

01:39:17One for the money, two for the show.

01:39:20My God.

01:39:22Dumping the 300 pounder.

01:39:29And now Austin.

01:39:32Driving Navarro face first into the center of the ring

01:39:35to hold onto the tag team titles.

01:39:37And a kick out by Navarro.

01:39:41Wherewithal, the resilience of KC Navarro.

01:39:45What a flurry though from Ace Austin.

01:39:48Impressive as it was,

01:39:49not enough to get it done in the middle of the ring.

01:39:52Tag made.

01:39:54And it's Chris Bay who's legal.

01:39:56KC Navarro legal for first class.

01:40:02Great combination offense by the ABC.

01:40:06Cover.

01:40:07Oh, and Francis breaks it up.

01:40:11That's what first class needs to do.

01:40:14They need to keep this thing going.

01:40:16They can't let ABC hit their double teams,

01:40:19those finishing shots.

01:40:22Oh, wait a minute.

01:40:23Now the ABC going for the double suplex here.

01:40:26Oh, and it's Francis.

01:40:28What strength by AJ Francis.

01:40:30There was indeed a double suplex,

01:40:33but not the way that the ABC wanted.

01:40:36And look at this.

01:40:38Francis creating his own opportunity.

01:40:41That's what he's done his whole career.

01:40:47And now Francis is going for the choke slam.

01:40:51Oh, look at Ace Austin protecting Chris Bay.

01:40:55On a tag made by Navarro.

01:40:59Navarro's legal.

01:41:00Kick right in the face by Francis.

01:41:04Oh, went for the art of finessing.

01:41:05He gets caught by Francis.

01:41:07Oh, that's the strength of AJ Francis.

01:41:10Oh, my God.

01:41:11The down payment.

01:41:13Cover.

01:41:17Well, Francis is illegal.

01:41:18Navarro tagged himself in.

01:41:24Francis is incensed.

01:41:26Look out.

01:41:27Oh, the fold by Austin.

01:41:30And take a look at this.

01:41:32AJ Francis not legal, but look out.

01:41:38Oh, wait a minute.

01:41:39The floor is legal.

01:41:40Wait, wait, wait.

01:41:41The ABC retain against first class.

01:41:45Here's your winner and still

01:41:46Teenage World Champion,

01:41:49the ABC.

01:41:52When AJ Francis hit that enormous choke slam,

01:41:55he wasn't legal.

01:41:57KZ Navarro had tagged in off of Francis' back.

01:42:00I don't know if Francis was aware he'd been tagged out.

01:42:04No, it was a tag to the back.

01:42:06In the heat of the moment,

01:42:07we saw it, I saw it,

01:42:09but again, in the heat of the moment,

01:42:11AJ Francis did not see it.

01:42:13Thought he was in control.

01:42:15That millimeter, that minor, tiny millisecond of a mistake

01:42:19cost first class everything.

01:42:24The ABC get a measure of payback

01:42:26against first class tonight at Emergence.

01:42:31We are ready for an epic and fantastic clash.

01:42:35Can the system recapture their stranglehold on this company?

01:42:40Matt and Jeff Hardy,

01:42:41Mike Santana,

01:42:42and Joe Hendry stand in their way.

01:42:53The system is still the greatest faction

01:42:56in professional wrestling today.

01:42:58For everybody in the back,

01:42:59we will do anything,

01:43:01and I mean anything.

01:43:05Have you actually looked at my resume?

01:43:09Do you know the amount of Hall of Famers

01:43:13I've put to sleep?

01:43:19Oh, smashing Hardy into the steel post.

01:43:23Myers making Matt Hardy watch.

01:43:25Jeff Hardy is hurt badly.

01:43:28Reby's hurt.

01:43:30Reby's hurt.

01:43:32JDC.

01:43:34It was JDC.

01:43:36It was JDC.

01:43:38JDC has decided to come at me

01:43:41and cost me my purpose.

01:43:45Myers, Hardy, and Santana

01:43:47still in the Edwards.

01:43:49If you want to come at me,

01:43:51that's fine.

01:43:54But the next time,

01:43:55you boys better make sure you don't miss.

01:43:57The next time,

01:43:58you boys better make sure

01:44:00you get the job done.

01:44:02I'm not stopping you.

01:44:05I'm not stopping you.

01:44:07I'm not stopping you.

01:44:09I'm not stopping you.

01:44:11I'm not stopping you.

01:44:14To war for one by one.

01:44:18I'm not stopping

01:44:20until I cut the head off the snake.

01:44:24JDC and the system's inside.

01:44:27Jeff Hardy to the hospital

01:44:28to target Matt Hardy's wife, Rebecca.

01:44:33Fight Santana.

01:44:36The time has come.

01:44:38Here we come.

01:44:40It appears to be a system beatdown.

01:44:47The system's enemies

01:44:49have come back to haunt them.

01:44:51Will it be a system failure

01:44:54and emergency?

01:45:01Let's go.

01:45:03Let's go, six-oh.

01:45:07Let's get it again.

01:45:10Let's get it again.

01:45:21The following is an eight-man tag team match.

01:45:24Introducing team number one,

01:45:26first from the Bronx, New York,

01:45:28Fight Santana.

01:45:32Fight Santana has a long memory.

01:45:35The way that the system

01:45:37has tried to cost him

01:45:39some of the biggest opportunities

01:45:41of his career.

01:45:44Since his return to TNA,

01:45:46he has not forgotten.

01:45:48Remember in the lead-up to Slammiversary,

01:45:50it was Moose Hussam who sent JDC

01:45:53to remove Santana

01:45:55from the qualifying matches.

01:45:58Santana has got this sold-out

01:46:00crown heir in Louisville behind him.

01:46:03Take a look.

01:46:05And him,

01:46:07along with a ragtag group

01:46:10of other TNA wrestlers,

01:46:11are gonna try to take down

01:46:13one of, if not the most dominant faction

01:46:16we've had at TNA in quite some time.

01:46:35And I believe in Jeff Hardy.

01:46:38From London and Paris and Tokyo

01:46:42America, Scotland and Canada

01:46:45and Mexico

01:46:47I believe in Joe Andrade

01:46:51And I believe in the Hardys.

01:47:00This guy is even infected to Hardys!

01:47:03What in the damn hell is going on?

01:47:19His partners, Joe Hendry and Matt Imseth

01:47:23The Hardys!

01:47:29It's the mash-up you never knew you needed.

01:47:32Joe Hendry and the Hardys!

01:47:37What?

01:47:38What timeline is this?

01:47:40Wait, I need to get the space-time continuum

01:47:43all in a line again

01:47:45because this is weird and wild

01:47:47and I don't know how I feel.

01:47:53Matt and Jeff Hardy

01:47:55we saw recently on Impact

01:47:57they took out Moose in JDC

01:47:59in tag team competition

01:48:01Joe Hendry last night on Impact

01:48:04had to deal with Brian Myers

01:48:06Santana went one-on-one with Eddie Edwards

01:48:09This team has a lot of momentum rolling into emergence.

01:48:14Like I said, there is no doubt about that

01:48:18they've come together, they've proved a formidable force

01:48:21but they're going against a rock-solid unit

01:48:24in the system, one of the most deadly, dangerous factions

01:48:28in TNA history.

01:48:32Ever since Slammiversary

01:48:36the system has been claiming

01:48:38we're in store for a system reboot

01:48:41but Hendry, Santana and the Hardys

01:48:44stand in their way.

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