TNA iMPACT Results – April 23, 2026

TNA iMPACT Results – April 23, 2026 – Ryan Nemeth joins Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt on commentary for this week’s episode, taped from Syracuse, New York!

Bear Bronson (w/ The System) vs. Nic Nemeth

Nic Nemeth walks out carrying his “Call Your Shot” trophy. On commentary, Ryan Nemeth is openly jealous of KC Navarro, convinced Navarro is trying to replace him as Nic’s “baby brother.”

Nemeth catches Bronson with a headbutt, but Bronson answers immediately with a spinebuster. Bronson sits on Nemeth for a near fall. While Bronson distracts the referee, Alisha Edwards chokes Nic against the ropes. Bronson dumps Nemeth with a side slam for another near fall. Ryan keeps rambling on commentary about having tapes of his and Nic’s births — and insists there is no tape of KC Navarro being born a Nemeth. He keeps offering to show the tapes.

Nic fires up with a pair of flying clotheslines. He hits a Famouser for two. Nemeth goes for a superkick, but Bronson blocks it and plants him with a choke bomb for another near fall. Bronson sets up for a sit‑out tombstone, but Nemeth pushes free and hits a jumping DDT. Nemeth gets a near fall after a superkick.

Bronson blocks the Danger Zone, levels Nemeth with a clothesline, and hits a sit‑out Death Valley Driver for two. Nemeth rolls to the floor to regroup.

On the outside, The System surrounds Nic Nemeth. KC Navarro runs out and distracts them. With their backs turned, Ryan Nemeth suddenly shoves Nic back into the ring. Nic slips behind Bronson and hits the Danger Zone to score the pinfall.

Winner: Nic Nemeth

Gia Miller With Rich Swann

Gia Miller catches up with Rich Swann ahead of tonight’s world title match. Swann tells BDE to stay in the back — he wants zero excuses when he pins Mike Santana and becomes world champion.

“Elijah” Performs a Concert (Sort Of)

A bearded “Elijah” walks out… except it’s clearly Frankie Kazarian doing a bad Elijah impression. Kazarian insults Syracuse, calling it a “frozen dump,” and a fan flips him off right on camera. He’s about to perform a song called “Kaz Is My Daddy” when the lights go out.

When they come back up, the real Elijah is behind him.

Elijah chokes Kazarian out with a guitar strap.

It should have ended there, but Elijah grabs the guitar and announces — in song — that he and Kazarian will face off in a Guitar Strap Match. He even gets the crowd chanting “Frankie blows!” by promising them Dinosaur Barbecue.

EC3 Promo

EC3 appears with the same chair still wrapped around his neck from last week. He cuts a promo on Eric Young, making it clear their issue is far from over.

Tessa Blanchard & The Undead Realm

Tessa Blanchard and her crew discuss their journey into the Undead Realm. Blanchard then lays down a challenge for next week’s Impact.

Dutch vs. Matt Hardy

Dutch and Matt Hardy meet one‑on‑one with all partners barred from ringside. Before the match even begins, Matt pulls a table from under the ring and sets it up on the floor. He spray‑paints the word “Sacrifice” across the tabletop, continuing his slow slide back into the “Broken” persona.

It takes Matt an eternity to finally enter the ring, and Dutch jumps him the moment he does. Matt tries for a crucifix, but Dutch blocks it. Dutch hoists Matt onto his back, walks him all the way to the ropes, and gets a rope break by biting the top rope with his teeth. They spill to the floor, where Matt flips Dutch over the ring steps. Matt then repeatedly rams the back of Dutch’s head into the steel stairs.

Back inside, Matt “deletes” Dutch’s head into the turnbuckles. Dutch fires back with an avalanche in the corner, then yanks Matt into a short‑arm clothesline. Dutch drops an elbow for a near fall.

Dutch hits a side suplex for two. He grinds Matt down with a chinlock, but misses a splash. Matt goes for the Twist of Fate, Dutch blocks it, so Matt plants him with a DDT instead. Matt follows with the Twist of Fate, but Dutch rolls out to the floor.

Matt drags Dutch onto the table. Matt climbs to the middle rope and drops an elbow. He connects — but bounces off Dutch and crashes hard to the floor. The table legs snap off, but neither man goes through it. Matt then props the broken table against the apron and suplexes Dutch through it.

Tom Hannifan tries to justify the chaos by explaining it isn’t a disqualification because the table was set up before the match officially started.

Vincent suddenly crawls out from under the ring and slides a chair inside. While the referee removes the chair, Vincent yanks Matt off the ropes. Dutch capitalizes, hits the Black Hole Slam, and gets the pinfall.

Winner: Dutch

After the match, Dutch laid in another beating on Matt while Vincent watched. Keff ran in to chase of Vincent, and give Dutch a Twist of Fate and a Swanton Bomb.

TNA Injury Report:

Trey Miguel is OUT with a laceration.
Leon Slater is OUT because he’s “banged up.”
Frankie Kazarian was choked out, and is being evaluation.
Mike Santana and Rick Swann are medically cleared for their match later tonight.

Xia Brookside Explained Herself

Footage from Rebellion was show of Xia Brookside’s heel turn.

Lei Ying Lee came out first. She cut a promo similar to her one from backstage last week. She loves wrestling, and she loves her friends, but she doesn’t understand why Xia Brookside turned on her. “Why?” Somebody in the crowd shouted “Why not?”

Xia Brookside came out with the same peppy entrance music, but dressed in all black. Xia blamed Ling for costing her the championship a few weeks ago (on Impact) when she showed Xia the video of her father before the match. Lee said something in Chinese, but Brookside refused to translate. Brookside said her father didn’t support her, and she had to do everything by herself, and the video was just a way for Lee to get in her head and keep her from the championship. Lee tried to apologize and, crying, promised to be by her side. Brookside feigned accepting the apology, and blamed Stacks for getting in her head.

The crowd turned on this segment pretty hard. Lee said she would “let” Brookside have the title shot, since the title meant so much to her. So they hugged, and Brookside did the Cena thing where she looked dead-eyed into the camera . Brookside then sucker-punched Lee and dropped her with an implant DDT. “We are done!”

Elayna Black vs. Katie Arquette

This was basically a squash. Black won with the Blackout, a butterfly spinning neckbreaker and probably the least impactful finisher in all of wrestling.

Winner: Elayna Black

— Mustafa Ali held an TNA International Championship Open Challenge Selection Segment in the back, and he the country of Australia was chosen first. Adam Brooks from Australia will challenge Ali for the TNA International Championship next week.

— The System cut a promo in the parking lot. Bear Bronson promised to get back at Nc Nemeth. Cedric Alexander again made the case that he was cheated in his X-Division title match at Rebellion. Eddie Edwards shouted about how you can’t beat The System (even though the two guys before him were complaining about being beaten).

Rich Swann vs. Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship

They started advertising the match was “up next” at about 10:25, but the bell didn’t ring to start it until 10:42, after the entrances, different commercial breaks and promos

There was a long feeling out process to start, and Swann caught Santana with a step up rana. Santana went for his own step up rana, but Swann countered with a handspring. Both guys went for dropkicks at the same time, and both guys kipped up.

Santana went to a side headlock and slowed things down. Swann escaped, took Santana down with another rana and caught him with a dropkick. Santana caught Swann with a chop, then caught him flush with a dropkick. Santana dumped Swann face-first into the mat, then lowered the boom with a senton for a near fall.

The fight went to the floor. Both guys exchanged chops, and Santana leveled Swann with a boot.

Back in the ring, Santana stretched Swann on the mat with an abdominal stretch. Santana transitioned into a side headlock, then a chinlock. Swann escaped with a jawbreaker, then leveled the champion with an axe kick. Swann gave Santana a nasty kick to the spine, then locked him in a chinlock.

Santana battled out of the chinlock, so Swann transitioned into a sleeper. Santana battled out of that with punches and chops. Swann came back with a series of spin kicks. Swann kicked Santana out to the floor.

On the floor, Swann sat Santana onto a chair and ran around the ring to charge into him with a boot. Then Swann did it a second time. He tried for a third time, but Santana recovered and floored him with a superkick. Santana tossed Swann in the ring and went to the top. Butn Santana jumped right into a superkick from Swann.

Swann went to the top, but Santana kipped up and superplexed (more like a falcon arrow) Swann from the top rope.

Santana fired up with punches and hit a flying clothesline. Santana caught Swann with an enziguri in the corner. Santana caught Swann with the rolling cutter for a near fall.

Swann countered a piledriver attempt with a cradle for a quick near fall. Santana came back with a sit-out death valley driver, a cannonball, and a running sit out powerbomb for a near fall.

Santana charged into a boot. He charged again, and Swann caught him with a flying clothesline. Swann fired away with quick jabs. Swann caught Santana with a neckbreaker. Swann went for a 450 splash, but Santana got out of the way. Swann hit a springboard cutter for another near fall.

Swann walked into a boot, but came back and took Santana down with a hurricanrana. Swann hit a big frog splash for another near fall.

Santana hit Swann with a face-first powerbomb. Santana went for another powerbomb, but Swann flipped him over into a destroyer for another near fall. Swann hit a superkick, but Santana took Swann’s head off with a discus lariat and got the pinfall.

Winner: Mike Santana

After the match, Santana and Swann hugged and put each other over. Carlos Silva wasn’t in attendance, so Daria Rae (in the “TNA” baseball cap that Silva usually wears) came out to present Santana with his championship belt.

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