TNA Thursday Night iMPACT Results 4/2 - TNA Knockouts World Championship Up For Grabs, Bunkhouse Match

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "TNA Thursday Night iMPACT" on April 2, 2026, coming to you from the Alario Center in New Orleans, Louisiana!

"NXT" star Arianna Grace may have retained the TNA Knockouts World Championship against Dani Luna and Léi Yǐng Lee in a Triple Threat Match at TNA Sacrifice on March 27 in what marked her first defense since retaining against Jody Threat on the March 5 episode of "Thursday Night iMPACT". Tonight, Grace will be putting the TNA Knockouts World Championship on the line once again as Lee's ally Xia Brookside challenges her for the title.

Speaking of Threat, she will be competing in a match of her own when she goes head-to-head with The Diamond Collective's Tessa Blanchard in a Bunkhouse Match. The two women have met one another in the ring on numerous occasions dating back to the June 12 episode of "Thursday Night iMPACT", including last Thursday's episode of the show when Blanchard and her stablemates Victoria Crawford and Mila Moore defeated Threat, Harley Hudson, and Myla Grace and the Countdown to Sacrifice pre-show when Blanchard emerged victorious against Threat.

Mike Santana put his TNA World Championship on the line against his newfound rival Steve Maclin at Sacrifice, but ultimately retained his title when the match was ruled a No Contest due to interference at the hands of The System's Eddie Edwards. With Eddie having gone after Santana in his TNA World Championship Sacrifice match, Santana will be appearing in the opening moments of tonight's show with something on his mind to share.

One half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions Jeff Hardy and The Righteous' Vincent came up short to The System's Cedric Alexander and Brian Myers at Sacrifice, with the other half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions Matt Hardy being medically unable to compete after a mystery attacker took him out backstage on last Thursday's episode of "Thursday Night iMPACT". Following both of those events, The Hardys are set to make an appearance on tonight's show.

Additionally, The Home Town Man will be squaring off with AJ Francis after the after and Frankie Kazarian scored a win against the former and Elijah at Sacrifice.

We are live! Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt greet audiences at home as Mike Santana makes his way to the ring.

Santana asks New Orleans what's good, then says he stepped into the ring at Sacrifice and went to battle with Steve Maclin. He says Maclin is undoubtedly one of the toughest men in the professional wrestling business, but he dropped him. He says his father told him to live his life and be a man of his word when he was growing up, then says he's lived his life since that way and says he kept his word in saying he stepped in and out of Sacrifice as TNA World Championship. Santana then addresses Eddie Edwards and reminds fans that Eddie will be cashing in his Feast or Fired contract to challenge him for the TNA World Championship at TNA Rebellion on April 11.

The System's music hits, and Eddie makes his way out along with Cedric Alexander. He asks Santana if he remembers what happened between them last Thursday, then says the same thing will happen on April 11 and says Rebellion will be known as the night of The System. He says TNA will be run by The System when he dethroned Santana as TNA World Champion at Rebellion, but Santana says Eddie doesn't believe his own words. He says Eddie would fight him if he believed his own words, but Alexander intervenes and invites Santana to calm down and take a breath.

Alexander says Santana should take solace knowing that he won't be the only person to lose a championship at Sacrifice, then says he'll be the new X-Division Championship at Rebellion.

Leon Slater's music hits, and he makes his way out. He says Alexander won't easily dethrone him as X-Division Champion at Rebellion, then reminds Alexander he beat him in a match 9 months ago. He says he doesn't care about making the fans happy, then says he cares about The System. He says The System will have the World Tag Team Championship, X-Division Championship, and TNA World Championship after Rebellion.

Mustafa Ali's music hits, and he makes his way out along with the rest of Order 4. Ali says many promises are being made about what will happen at Rebellion, then says he wants to add to the promises. He says it will be the night of The System, but also the night of Order 4 and says everyone is looking at the next TNA International Champion in him.

Trey Miguel's music hits, and he makes his way out. Miguel says the rule of thumb seems to be that if someone says your name, you step up. He calls Ali a coward and says what Ali did at Sacrifice is something a real man wouldn't do. He says Ali hides behind numbers, then challenges Ali to face him alone in their International Championship at Rebellion and says Ali won't dethrone him.

Santana says there's been enough talking, then challenges Eddie, Alexander, and Ali to a Six Man Tag Team Match on behalf of himself, Slater, and Miguel. Ali says Order 4 and The System have numbers, but Moose's music hits and he makes his way out along with Alisha Edwards. Moose takes out Jason Hotch and John Skyler, but TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella makes his way out to instead make an Eight Man Tag Team Match pitting Eddie, Alexander, Ali, and Special Agent 0 against Santana, Slater, Miguel, and Moose.

Ali and Moose begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Ali tags in Alexander, and Alexander lands a boot on Moose's midsection. Moose delivers a uranage and a senton to Alexander, then kips up and tags out to Santana.

Santana lands a chop on Alexander, but Alexander whips Santana into the ropes. Eddie takes a cheap shot at Santana and tags in but Santana levels him with a shotgun dropkick and tags Slater in. Santana whips Slater into Eddie, where Slater lands a right hand on Eddie. Santana delivers a right hand to Eddie and double teams on him with Slater.

Slater connects with a springboard handspring back elbow on Eddie. He delivers a hurricanrana to Eddie off the middle rope, but Alexander sends Slater crashing into the mat spine first. This opens the door for Eddie to pin Slater, but Slater kicks out.

Alexander tags back in and fires off chops on Slater. He fires off shoulders on his midsection and delivers another chop to his chest before the two men exchange right hands with one another and Slater levels Alexander with a springboard spinning back heel kick.

Miguel and Ali tag in, and Miguel fires off right hands on Ali. Ali rocks Miguel with a right hand, but Miguel catches Ali with a DDT and dumps him inside the ring. Agent 0 tags in and delivers a chokeslam to Miguel. He follows it up with a suplex during the break, then whips Miguel into the corner and sends him crashing across the ring. He sends Miguel crashing into the mat and tags in Ali.

Ali jams his boot into the back of Miguel's head, then tags in Eddie. Eddie continues wearing down Miguel, then tags out to Alexander. Alexander follows suit before all eight men get in one another's faces on the outside.

Back from the break, Agent 0 lands a German suplex on Miguel. Eddie tags back in, then immediately tags out to Alexander. Eddie whips Alexander into the corner for him to land a splash on Miguel, and Alexander connects with a Michinoku Driver on Miguel. He goes for a pin, but Miguel kicks out.

Miguel delivers a springboard moonsault to level Alexander on the outside, but Santana tags in and delivers a Frog Splash to Eddie off the top rope. He goes for a pin, but Ali breaks the fall. Miguel levels Ali with a modified DDT and fires off right hands on him on the outside, but Alexander levels Miguel with a dropkick. Slater flies over the top rope to level Alexander, but Agent 0 flies over the top to level Alexander. Ali looks to fly over the top rope on the other side of the ring, but Moose powerbombs Ali on the ring apron.

Moose and Agent 0 exchange right hands on one another, but Agent 0 lands an uppercut on Moose in the corner. Everyone begins with one another as Hotch and Skyler try to interfere. Santana takes them out, but Eddie is waiting with a Boston Knee Party on Santana for the win.

Winners: Eddie Edwards, Cedric Alexander, Special Agent 0, and Mustafa Ali

We then head backstage, where Daria Rae storms into Santino Marella's office and vents her anger with Marella making the Eight Man Tag Team Match official just now. She tells Marella that he's skating on thin ice, then informs him that whoever walks out of tonight as Knockouts World Champion will defend the title against Léi Yǐng Lee.

Back from the break, we head over to a video for Sacrifice. Several TNA talents congratulate Ricky Sosa in the backstage area in the moments that followed his signing to the company, but Eric Young confronts Sosa and puts him on notice.

Back at ringside, The Hardys make their way out as we find out that The Righteous was the one to attack Matt Hardy last Thursday and Dutch launched a second backstage attack on him at Sacrifice.

Matt Hardy says Sacrifice was a realization and says The Righteous did exactly what himself and Jeff Hardy expected them to do by turning their backs on them. He says himself, Jeff, Dutch, and Vincent could've been a great stable, but they turned out to be his attackers. Jeff says Vincent and Dutch made a mistake rather than a sacrifice with all their fake smiles and Vincent letting him paint his face, then says the talk about brotherhood is dead.

The Righteous' music hits, and Vincent and Dutch make their way out. Vincent says The Hardys and The Righteous are still family, but what himself and Dutch did was for The Hardys. He says love requires sacrifice, and Dutch reiterates Vincent's point. Matt makes it clear he wants a fight against The Righteous, but Vincent says the pressure in Matt's chest isn't pain or anger. He says Matt is running from his true broken self, then says The Hardys have something that himself and Dutch want. He says Matt's broken self may be buried, but it's still breathing.

Matt once again challenges The Righteous to get in the ring with himself and Jeff, and Vincent says while that sounds like a wonderful idea, it won't be tonight. Dutch says things must be done in the way of extreme, and Jeff agrees to the stipulation as he says that himself and Matt will be defending the TNA World Tag Team Championship against The Righteous in a Tables Match.

Tessa Blanchard then makes her way to the ring. Jody Threat follows.

Blanchard runs up the entrance ramp to meet Threat as she enters. Threat rains down right hands on Blanchard and grabs a garbage can from the back, then cracks it across Blanchar's spine repeatedly down the entrance ramp and dumps her in the ring. Threat grabs a chair and a wrench from under the ring and dumps them inside, then dumps some wires and a trunk of equipment from the ringside area.

Threat grabs a garbage can lid and throws it at Blanchard, then grabs a cowbell with a rope attached to it and dumps it in the ring as well. She dumps in a kendo stick and slides a table from under the ring, but Blanchard levels Threat with a dropkick through the middle rope and rains down right hands on her. She slides the table back under the ring, then lands a kick on Threat's face and looks to hit her with the garbage can. Threat moves out of the way and hits Blanchard with the garbage can, then places the trunk into the ring and powerbombs Blanchard into the ring apron spine first. She dumps Blanchard back into the ring.

Back from the break, Threat fires off stomps on Blanchard and sets up a chair in the ropes. She sends Blanchard's head bouncing off the mat and sits her on the chair, then fires off right hands on her and looks to connect with a meteora.

Blanchard moves out of the way and rains down right hands on Threat, but Threat hits Blanchard with the cowbell repeatedly as Blanchard sits on the top rope. She fires off headbutts on Blanchard, then uses the lid of the trunk to wear down Blanchard's neck. Blanchard lashes Threat repeatedly across her spine with her belt, then chokes her out with it. Threat gets Blanchard up on her shoulders, but Blanchard continues choking Threat with her belt.

Threat sends Blanchard crashing into the mat with an F5, but Blanchard continues to choke Threat. Threat fades.

Winner: Tessa Blanchard

Back from the break, we head backstage where a bunny leads Blanchard down a hallway. Blanchard follows.

Back at ringside, AJ Francis makes his way to the ring. The Home Town Man follows.

The bell rings and Francis mockingly stares down Home Town Man. They lock up with one another, but Francis looks to land Down Payment on Home Town Man. Home Town Man fires off right hands on Francis and clotheslines him out of the ring over the top rope, then lands a dive through the middle rope to take out Francis on the outside.

Home Town Man wraps his jersey around his fist and hits Francis with it, then looks to land a bodyslam on him inside the ring. Francis counters into a crossbody and pins Home Town Man, but Home Town Man kicks out and Francis jams his knee into the mack of Home Town Man's neck.

Francis grabs Home Town Man's jersey and mockingly throws it at Tom Hannifan on the outside. Home Town Man fires off right hands on Francis, then lands a bodyslam on him and goes for a pin. Francis kicks out and delivers Down Payment to Home Town Man for the win.

Winner: AJ Francis

After the match, Francis throws it to a video of Ryan Nemeth finding Nic Nemeth laid out backstage at Sacrifice. He reveals he was Nic's attacker as a means of saving the fans from an episode of "Murder, She Wrote", then says Nic steals opportunity after opportunity from him. He says he's the real show stealer, but Ryan storms out to ringside to confront Francis. He hops off the apron when Ryan looks to get in the ring, then promises to beat Ryan in Cleveland, Ohio.

Xia Brookside and Léi Yǐng Lee then make their way to the ring. Arianna Grace and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo follow.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Grace rolls up Brookside, but Brookside kicks out and begins targeting Grace's arm. She lands an arm drag on Grace, but Grace retreats out of the ring and regroups with Stacks on the outside.

Stacks gets in Carlos Silva's face on the outside of the ring, but Brookside rocks Grace with a right hand during the commercial break. Grace responds with a clothesline to Brookside back in the ring and fires off stomps on her, then sends Brookside crashing into the corner face first and fires off stomps on her.

Grace delivers a backbreaker to Brookside, then jams her knee into the back of Brookside's neck. Brookside fires off right hands on Grace, but Grace lands a Fisherman's neckbreaker on Brookside and goes for a pin.

Brookside kicks out, but Grace wears her down with a crossface. Brookside intercepts Grace with an uppercut, and the two women level each other with clotheslines before Brookside levels Grace with a pair of clotheslines.

Back from the break, Brookside lands a back elbow on Grace in the corner. She lands a neckbreaker on Grace and pins her, but Grace kicks out. Stacks then hands Grace the cobra sock, but Brookside catches Grace with a Tornado DDT. Lee looks to take out Stacks, but Grace blindsides Lee from behind and sends Brookside crashing into the ring apron spine first.

Grace sends Lee crashing into the ring steps, but Brookside delivers a Thesz Press to Grace and rains down right hands and left hands on her. Brookside then lands a Tornado DDT on Stacks and becomes fired up.

Grace looks to slide the cobra sock onto her hand, but Brookside stops her and slides on the cobra sock herself. Grace looks to take it back from Brookside, but Stacks tries to help Grace. Brookside sends Grace crashing into Stacks, but Grace catches Brookside with a pump kick and stops her TNA Knockouts World Championship belt in the corner. She looks to use it, but decides against it when the referee catches her.

Brookside lands a Codebreaker on Grace and pins her, but Grace kicks out.

Grace rakes Brookside's eyes in the corner. Stacks distracts the referee again, but Lee spears him through the middle rope. As the referee is distracted by such, Grace hits Brookside with her TNA Knockouts World Championship belt and follows it up by sending Brookside's head bouncing off her knee for the win.

Winner (and still): Arianna Grace

After the match, Mike Santana reemerges after Arianna Grace and Stacks had confronted him backstage earlier in the ring. He delivers Spin The Block to Stacks, but Eddie Edwards appears in the crowd and reminds Santana that he holds two wins against him before he adds that Santana's ego is in control.

Santana says Eddie is saying a lot for someone standing in the crowd, but Eddie decides against fighting Santana and promises to walk out of Rebellion as a three time TNA World Champion while Santana will walk out as a man who couldn't keep his emotions in check. Santana says the only thing that won't be held together is Eddie's face when he stomps on it.

We then head backstage, where we see Tessa Blanchard in a red Victorian room. Father James Mitchell sits on a couch and welcomes Blanchard as the show goes off the air.