2025-05-08 TNA iMPACT - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
👍👍 - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
👍 - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
👊 - Indifferent [0]
👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]
👎👎 - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
🤬- Hated It [-3]
🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]
🙋♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
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STORYLINES:
(1) Trick Williams & Joe Hendry get down!…
Participants:
Details:
-Trick Williams enters the ring w/ security cut show opening promo…
Enter Joe Hendry who fights through security… PULL APART…
Security breaks it up but Joe Hendry attacks one of them…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: idk what was up w/ Trick Williams’ mic… couldn’t really hear the promo. but it’s so funny to see these legit wwe wrestlers down here basically in the indies…
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(2) Santino / Robert Stone power struggle continues…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Xia Brookside, Brittnie Brooks
👉Subplots:
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: +1/2
(B) Victoria Crawford's "undeserved" knockouts world title shot, beats jobber, brawls w/ Masha...
(C) Tessa Blanchard supports Robert Stone's side, helping put down Masha...
Details:
-During Rosemary vs Lei Ying Lee match, Xia Brookside is asked her opinion on Victoria Crawford cutting the line… she likes Victoria Crawford but is confused by the situation…
-Match: Victoria Crawford vs Brittnie Brooks…
Winner: Victoria Crawford…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, enter Masha Slamovich, who BRAWLS w/ Victoria Crawford…
Enter Tessa Blanchard, who beats down Masha Slamovich….
Enter Robert Stone…
Enter Santino, who books a tag match for next week… masha needs to find a partner…
Robert Stone cuts promo saying he’s watching Santino closely, and will pick Masha’s partner…
-Backstage Segment w/ Santino, Arianna Grace, Robert Stone, Tessa Blanchard…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark:
(A) for some reason, i got issues w/ this… it doesn’t really make great sense. santino has been overseeing a resurgence in tna, and who in the hell would give robbie E power in tna?! unless it’s wwe pulling some strings…
(B) well what happened here? she beat a jobber, and then she got put down by masha before tessa came in to clean up her mess. well. i dont think she’ll be the one to take masha’s title. but i don’t totally agree that she doesn’t deserve a title shot. w/ this roster, i could see rehwoldt’s argument that she has the history in wwe to warrant a tna knockouts world title shot…
(C) while like Tessa Blanchard getting involved and joining Robert Stone’s stable against masha, it does also seem weird to me that she just lost to masha and has to try to carry on w/ some confidence despite the loss. idk what could have been done there. i don’t think i woulda let her lose to masha. maybe that could have put that match off.
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(3) Xia Brookside won’t let Rosemary cheat against Lei Ying Lee… this coming after Xia Brookside wouldn’t give in to Rosemary’s bad influence at previous PPV…
Participants:
Details:
-Replay: Xia Brookside refusing to accept Rosemary’s urging her to cheat at Rebellion Preshow…
-Match: Rosemary vs Lei Ying Lee… Xia Brookside joins commentary and says she didn’t go along w/ Rosemary because she has integrity…
Enter Xia Brookside to prevent Rosemary from cheating…
Winner: Lei Ying Lee…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: I don’t think it’s a great idea for an angle, but at least it was well done. i liked Xia Brookside on commentary, and the match ending angle was done smoothly…
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(4) Mike Santana & Trick Williams cross paths in the locker room, share a death stare…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Mike Santana, Trick Williams…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - ❤️
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: 😗 man! 🫨 … how can we make this happen?!…
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(5) Mike Santana’s dap for Sami Callihan interrupted by First Class….
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Mike Santana, Sami Callihan…
Enter First Class (AJ Francis, KC Navarro)…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Pardon me?!!! 😁 i like all these guys… nice little backstage segment.
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(6) Elegance Brand give Mason Madden the Elegance makeover…
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package has Ash By Elegance, Heather By Elegance & The Personal Concierge giving Maggie May a makeover… they are pleased with the results but we do not see it…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - ❤️
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: 😄 i’m gonna give this a high rating because it genuinely made me smile. The Personal Concierge is just a treat of a human being. love that guy….
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(7) Mustafa Ali out for destruction after loss to Mike Santana at Rebellion…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Great Hands vs Aztec Warriors...
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👊
(B) Mustafa Ali takes out his frustrations on Aztec Warriors & Trey Miguel...
Details:
-Tag Match: Great Hands (John Skyler, Jason Hotch) vs Aztec Warriors (Laredo, Octagon Jr)…
Winners: Aztec Warriors…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, enter Mustafa Ali to attack Aztec Warriors…
Enter Tasha Steelz…
Ali conducts a crazed brutal attack by himself while others in the cabinet both encourage and discourage him…
Enter Rascalz (Zachary Wentz, Trey Miguel) to the rescue…
The next match will start then and there, since Ali & Miguel are at the ring…
-Match: Trey Miguel w/ Zachary Wentz vs Mustafa Ali w/ Tasha Steelz, John Skyler, Jason Hotch…
Zachary Wentz is neutralized by Mustafa Ali who throws Wentz into the ring post…
Plenty of distraction & interference from Cabinet…
Winner: Mustafa Ali…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: i liked this and i’m very much liking the direction they’re taking w/ Mustafa Ali… this guy is too talented not to be featured and i’m glad tna recognizes this…
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(8) Steve Maclin’s bloody night…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Mance Warner, Steph De Lander, Matt Cardona, Ace Austin, Elijah, Northern Armory (Eric Young, Judas Icarus, Travis Williams)
👉Subplots:
(A) Steve Maclin survives Texas Bullrope Match against Eric Young to retain International title…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👍
(B) 4 would be challengers for International crown watch the main event…
Details:
-Digital Exclusive backstage segment recorded earlier in the week has Steve Maclin cutting promo proposing tonight’s match…
-Texas Bullrope Match: Eric Young w/ Judas Icarus, Travis Williams vs Steve Maclin…
Mance Warner & Steph De Lander, Matt Cardona, Ace Austin, and Elijah all watch the match as they are in contention for International title shot… Warner & De Lander watch from the entrance ramp while the others watch from monitors backstage...
Physical Interference from Judas Icarus, Travis Williams, but regardless…
Winner: Steve Maclin… who retains International title...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: i liked it. how can you not? but i think i’m getting close to not wanting to see these two work together anymore…
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(9) Indi Hartwell cuts deep promo on her life, and love for TNA!….
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package has Indi Hartwell cutting a promo on her life…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍 + 1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: i think this was an excellent intro package for her….
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(10) Santino must improvise booking for tag division as Jeff Hardy won’t be allowed in Canada…
Participants:
Details:
-Replay: Nemeths winning world tag titles at Rebellion…
-Hardyz (Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy) cut in ring promos…
Enter Nemeths (Nic Nemeth, Ryan Nemeth) who cut promos…
Enter Santino who cuts promo, booking match for Under Siege & next week's iMPACT…
-Replay: Jeff Hardy & Nic Nemeth last match from Raw 2009…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: i’m giving half a point for Ryan Nemeth’s ridiculous expressions that make me laugh, but i don’t like the booking…
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