2025-05-22 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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NXT / TNA Crossover in Storylines # 3, 8...
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STORYLINES:
(1) Mustafa Ali uses Tasha Steelz as human shield to defeat Ace Austin…
Participants:
Details:
-Match: Mustafa Ali w/ Tasha Steelz, John Skyler, Jason Hotch vs Ace Austin…
Ali uses Tasha Steelz as a human sheild. The commotion gives Ali the advantage, leading to the fall…
Winner: Mustafa Ali…
-INJURY REPORT: Ace Austin is day to day…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - ❤️
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: I am really loving this new Mustafa Ali. Loved the finish to this match. Rehwoldt saying Tasha Steelz sacrificed herself for Ali is just too funny.
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(2) Cody Deaner & Eddie Edwards jaw jack ahead of tomorrow’s huge match…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
[jobber]
Details:
-Replays: Eddie Edwards winning TNA world title in 2016 & 2020…
-Match: Eddie Edwards w/ Alisha Edwards vs [jobber]… Cody Deaner joins commentary…
Eddie Edwards & Cody Deaner get into it on the outside during the match…
Winner: Eddie Edwards…
-Post Match, Eddie Edwards & Cody Deaner do some jaw jacking…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: interesting seeing them use Bobby Lashley footage when talking up Eddie Edwards’ accomplishments. they also mention that he was ROH champion…
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(3) Trick Williams on commentary to watch Joe Hendry’s match…
Participants:
Subplots
(A) Joe Hendry & Elijah defeat the System…
(B) Joe Hendry / Trick Williams feud… Trick Williams doesn’t lift a finger to help Kazarian ahead of tomorrow’s tag match…
Details:
-Tag Match: System (Moose, Brian Myers) w/ JDC vs Joe Hendry & Elijah… Trick Williams joins commentary…
Physical Interference from JDC… regardless…
Winners: Joe Hendry & Elijah…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, enter Kazarian, who attacks Joe Hendry & Elijah, but Hendry & Elijah turn it around and put down Kazarian as Trick Williams doesn’t get off his a*s to help his Kaz…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Trick Williams mentioning Samoa Joe when listing former tna champions 😮. WWE/AEW crossover…. I’m such a mark 😆… i found it incredibly funny that Trick Williams didn’t even consider getting up there to help Kazarian. Kazarian tried to jump two people and got his ass beat instead 😆.
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(4) Rosemary sends a message to Xia Brookside…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Rosemary, Lei Ying Lee has Rosemary cutting promo over unconscious Lei Ying Lee…
-Backstage Segment w/ Xia Brookside, Lei Ying Lee has Xia Brookside cutting a promo…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Lei Ying Lee was Freakin unconscious! wth!! hannifan has the right reaction “OH MY GOD!”
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(5) Northern Armory get into it with the fans and lose tag match to Aztec Warriors…
Participants:
Details:
-Northern Armory (Judas Icarus, Travis Williams) w/ Eric Young) vs Aztec Warriors (Laredo, Octagon Jr)…
Eric Young & Travis Williams get into it w/ fans at ringside calling them “culeros.” The Northern Armory are not completely focused on the match…
Winners: Aztec Warriors…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - ❤️
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: This was so freakin awesome! this looked and felt real. loved it.
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(6) Video Package hypes up Mance Warner…
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package highlighting Mance Warner & Steph De Lander has the two cutting a promo…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: nothing important, but nice to keep them on the show and in peoples minds.
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(7) First Class get over on Santana & Sami Callihan one night before AJ Francis & Mike Santana get down…
Participants:
Details:
-Tag Match: First Class (AJ Francis, KC Navarro) vs Mike Santana & Sami Callihan… O’Shea Jackson Jr joins commentary…
Winners: First Class…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: well Mike Santana is definitely gonna take this. that look on Mike Santana’s face before the match started 😆. they gotta get this guy the title. can’t wait for it to happen. he’s awesome…
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(8) IN RING DEBATE between Robert Stone & Santino descends into chaos…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Robert Stone / Santino… Robert Stone calls Santino a joke while Santino says he will fight for the fans because they are his family… FIGHT BREAKS OUT AND Stone attacks Santino…
(B) Tessa Blanchard / Arianna Grace… Blanchard crashes debate, attack Grace… Masha Slamovich makes the save…
(C) Masha Slamovich / Victoria Crawford… the two knockouts world title combatants get into it…
Details:
Enter Tessa Blanchard…
Enter Masha Slamovich…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - ❤️
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: I AM THE TABLE!… lol. that table just wouldn’t break!… this was wild tho! stone attacking Santino is just crazy… wth is gonna happen?! this is juicy…
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(9) Matt Cardona puts down Steve Maclin for not getting medically cleared… Santino books the match for next Thursday…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage, Matt Cardona cuts promo…
Enter Santino…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: i guess i would say i wasn’t impressed by the promo. not bad or anything. just, a promo 🤷♂️. that doesn’t sound like it a compliment.
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(10) Spitfire prepare for tomorrow’s knockouts world tag title shot…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
[2 jobbers]
👉Subplots:
(B) Spitfire thwart Elegance Brand attempt at sneak attack…
Details:
-Tag Match: Spitfire (Dani Luna, Jody Threat) vs 2 jobbers…
Winners: Spitfire…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, enter Elegance Brand (Ash By Elegance, Heather By Elegance) who attempt to attack Spitfire, but are put down themselves…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👎
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: pretty damn drastic way to movivate oneself. i don’t like them doing this again… ash and heather running out there to attack Spitfire looked so ridiculous 😆…
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(11) Matt Hardy talks w/ Leon Slater about ambition to become tag champs together… Matt Hardy needs partner for Friday’s match as Jeff Hardy is not allowed to travel to Canada…
Participants:
Leon Slater, Matt Hardy
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Matt Hardy, Leon Slater…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Matt Hardy is very well spoken. interesting that matt’s gonna team w/ leon and not jeff. maybe they got some singles plans for jeff. he could definitely be a main eventer afain…
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