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NWA is moving to Roku Sports Channel. It is official that starting on July 29th, the National Wrestling Alliance's weekly Powerrr series is going to be airing on Roku Sports Channel at 8 PM EST on Tuesdays. NWA owner Billy Corgan appeared on Busted Open to talk about the new deal. He shared that it took at least six to nine months to put together. “If anybody might have seen just the other day, it came out that we’ve signed our first real true first-run television deal for NWA Powerrr with Roku, the number one streaming platform in North America. This is a deal that’s took at least six to nine months to put together and I think it’s the first significant NWA TV deal probably since the days of NWA-TNA and if you wanna go back further than that because obviously, Jeff Jarrett was trying to build up TNA, you’d have to go back to somewhere into the 90s so, this is a huge deal for us and it’s total credit to our team… We worked very hard as a team to put this together so credit to our great team for sticking with it. Many people have doubted the NWA’s progress, doubted the NWA’s game plan which I said many, many times was gonna take a long time. I wasn’t just gonna throw money at it and try to be a puffed-up indie. I wanted to run an international promotion that was gonna compete at the highest levels and I think as you’ve seen recently, when the WWE allowed Nattie to come in and wrestle for the NWA at Crockett Cup, I think that shows you that we’ve earned our flowers once again in the business and there’s such a great will around the NWA because the wrestling ecosystem as you see with WWE and now with AAA, and with TNA, you see this wrestling ecosystem open up which you know, on your show many times, I predicted this is where the business was going and so here we are. We are here at the optimal way for the business to be generated back towards the fans. In many ways, it harkens back to the territorial era, where really it was about the fans and letting the fans sort of tell promotions what they really need and now you’re seeing the benefit of that.” The latest special that NWA presented was the Crockett Cup in May. The show featured WWE's Natalya challenging Kenzie Paige for the NWA World Women's Championship. Natalya expressed her desire to return to the NWA for a rematch with Paige. If the quote in this article is used, please credit Busted Open with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.

Green analyzes her first go-around at WWE. There's an extensive chat with Chelsea Green that was conducted by Joe Vulpis of the Lightweights Podcast. Green looked back on her release from WWE in 2021 and that led to a conversation about her first run with the company. She opened up about her time in NXT and felt she was fighting the system. Green said she developed herself on the independent scene and was set in her ways, so when she got into WWE's system, she pushed back on the idea of changing. “I think I had spent too much time on the indies that by the time I got to NXT, I was going against the system. I was fighting against it… And I was so set in my way that I didn’t want anyone to change it and I was so entitled because I had been a world champion. So I was like, ‘Why do I need to change? You hired me. You knew what you were getting. Why do I need to change? You should just be putting these belts on me' and I needed to be humbled. I needed to be fired and go back to the indies and rebrand and change my mindset, be humbled. Strip myself of that entitlement and just really realize that things will come when they’re meant to come and that’s what happened." Fast forward to present day, Green is a member of the SmackDown roster. She is leading the Secret Hervice faction with Piper Niven and Alba Fyre. To check out scrapped plans for the faction, head over to Fightful's article about Green's revelations. If the quote in this article is used, please credit the Lightweights Podcast with Joe Vulpis with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.

On June 12, 2025, TNA aired a new episode of TNA iMPACT! on AXS TV & TNA Plus live from the Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona. Refresh the site for the latest updates as the show happens. TNA iMPACT! (6/12/2025) The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jess McKay) in action Steve Maclin set to appear Jason Hotch vs. Leon Slater First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) vs. The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) 8-4-1 Match: Indi Hartwell, Killer Kelly, Jody Threat and Tasha Steelz vs. Tessa Blanchard, Xia Brookside, Dani Luna, and Rosemary Santino Marella to open the show Live Coverage. - The show kicked off with a backstage segment where Santino Marella told Mike Santana that he was suspended for 2 weeks. Santino promised Santana that if he abided by the rules, he would make sure that he got a match with AJ Francis when the suspension was over. Santino also got to eject Robert Stone from the building, potentially ending their storyline. - Santino Marella then made his way to the ring. He announced Leon Slater vs. Moose for the TNA X-Division Title for TNA Slammiversary. He said there would be a Champions challenge 10-person tag next week. He then brought out the IInspiration. * The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jess McKay) def. Brittnie Brooks & Missa Kate - Backstage, the Hardys cut a promo. Matt Hardy mentions their challenges since losing the TNA Tag-Team Championships, but tonight they will regain momentum in the ring against First Class. They still want to take the Tag Team Championships from Ryan and Nic Nemeth. - First Class Penthouse with TNA Champion Trick Williams. This is a relatively calm segment. The three heels just put each other over, much to the dismay of the crowd. Earlier in the segment, Francis offered a child in the crowd some money, with a catch. The kid had to do a good impression of Francis' "Money, money, money" catchphrase. Doing his best Ted DiBiase impression, AJ would eventually tell the kid he didn't get the money. - Footage replays the match between Mustafa Ali and Jason Hotch from TNA Against All Odds. Afterwards, The System (Moose, JDC, Brian Myers, Alisha Edwards, and Eddie Edwards) approached Jason backstage. This leads to him reconnecting with Order 4 (Ali, Tasha Steelz, and John Skyler). The two groups briefly have a face-off, and Order 4 walks off, seemingly at full strength. The System then goes to bother Matt Cardona. There's a challenge made: Cardona and a partner will face two members of the group next week. Cardona then faces off with Brian Myers, his usual tag team partner and best friend. * Leon Slater def. Jason Hotch - Tessa Blanchard, who was cleared during the injury report this week, is interviewed by Gia Miller. She says she's not worried about the chaotic nature of the 8-4-1 Match. * 8-4-1 Match: Indi Hartwell, Killer Kelly, Jody Threat, and Tasha Steelz def. Tessa Blanchard, Xia Brookside, Dani Luna, and Rosemary * Killer Kelly def. Indi Hartwell, Jody Threat, and Tasha Steelz. - After the match, Slamovich tells Gia Miller that facing someone who knows her so well was always destined to happen. She claims she knows Kelly better than Kelly knows herself—and plans to put her back in her place, on her knees, being her bitch. - Steve Maclin appears in a vignette-style promo. He discusses defeating Mance Warner and expresses that he's ready for whoever is next, referring to himself as one of the last pillars of the company. - Mance Warner and Steph De Lander confront a production assistant, leading officials to intervene. Tommy Dreamer joins and fights Warner. Warner gets the better of Dreamer. - Eric Young and Sami Callihan have a backstage confrontation. They agreed to a match next week to celebrate 23 years of TNA. Young ends up attacking Callihan after a brief moment of shared respect. * First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro) vs. The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) ends in chaos. Trip Williams came out to help First Class. Joe Hendry, Elijah, and Leon Slater came out to help the babyfaces. The entire System came out to help the heels and everybody brawled. The show went off the air after Slater jumped on all of the villains. #TNAiMPACT ends in ABSOLUTE CHAOS!@_trickwilliams @MATTHARDYBRAND @JEFFHARDYBRAND @AJFrancis410 @KCwrestles @joehendry @_Iam_Elijah_ @Myers_Wrestling @TheMooseNation @TheEddieEdwards @LEONSLATER_ @DirtyDangoCurty @MrsAIPAlisha WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/F3YYaTmMmT pic.twitter.com/OgIrSINF1I — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 13, 2025 .@TheEricYoung will see @TheSamiCallihan NEXT WEEK on #TNAiMPACT! WATCH on TNA+: https://t.co/F3YYaTmMmT pic.twitter.com/NtKjpYIIRa — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 13, 2025 NEXT WEEK on #TNAiMPACT! WATCH on TNA+: https://t.co/F3YYaTmexl pic.twitter.com/TUUBk1R7a1 — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 13, 2025 The @ManceWarner/@stephdelander era just ran through @THETOMMYDREAMER! WATCH now on TNA+: https://t.co/F3YYaTmexl pic.twitter.com/Pon1kwshkg — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 13, 2025 .@mashaslamovich gives her thoughts on defending the TNA Knockouts World Championship against @Kelly_WP! WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/F3YYaTmexl pic.twitter.com/XodAoxhIcI — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 13, 2025 Check out the post-show podcast for a full review of the show on Fightful's YouTube & Twitch channels. You can check Fightful's results section here.

TNA World Champion and WWE NXT Superstar Trick Williams incites chaos at the end of the June 12 TNA iMPACT! During the main event of the June 12 TNA iMPACT!, a tag team match that saw Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy take on KC Navarro and AJ Francis, the ending of the match would see all-out chaos with many of the significant members of the TNA roster. Recently aligning himself with Francis and Navarro, Trick Williams hit the ring, joining First Class in attacking The Hardys. After that, the referee called for the Bell, ending the match in a no-contest. Joe Hendry’s music followed, and he stormed out to the ring to get his hands on the NXT star who took the TNA World Championship from him. Elijah and Leon Slater would join the fight for the babyfaces as the entirety of The System (Moose, JDC, Brian Myers, and Eddie Edwards) also hit the ring. The show went off the air with Slater doing a Plancha onto the heels. #TNAiMPACT ends in ABSOLUTE CHAOS!@_trickwilliams @MATTHARDYBRAND @JEFFHARDYBRAND @AJFrancis410 @KCwrestles @joehendry @_Iam_Elijah_ @Myers_Wrestling @TheMooseNation @TheEddieEdwards @LEONSLATER_ @DirtyDangoCurty @MrsAIPAlisha WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/F3YYaTmMmT pic.twitter.com/OgIrSINF1I — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 13, 2025 Earlier in the evening, Trick Williams was featured on the First Class Penthouse talk show segment. They all bonded ahead of their six-man tag team match against Elijah, Josh Briggs, and Yoshiki Inamura on the June 17 episode of WWE NXT. Catch up with our live coverage of TNA iMPACT here. Also, check out our review podcast on YouTube.

New match added to the show. On June 24th, streaming live on NJPW WORLD will be Death Pain Invitational. The show is centered around El Desperado and Jun Kasai's final one-on-one match which will be for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. A new match has been added to the show lineup and it'll be a tag team bout featuring New Japan and Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS talent. Oleg Boltin and Toru Sugiura are teaming up to take on Toru Yano and Tomoya Hirata. 6.24『"DEATH PAIN" invitacional』 第2弾対戦カード！ 新日本×FREEDOMS大型選手たちによるコラボマッチ決定！ 第4試合 30分1本勝負 ボルチン・オレッグ、杉浦 透 vs 矢野 通、平田智也#deathpaininvi NJPW WORLD PPV配信!購入はこちらからhttps://t.co/vnWUbktMHS 『"DEATH PAIN"… pic.twitter.com/GofsZrDx60 — 『"DEATH PAIN" invitacional』6.24後楽園ホール公式 (@despe_invi) June 13, 2025 As more match announcements are made, we'll update you here on Fightful.

Rob Van Dam and Katie Forbes are expecting. The couple announced that Forbes is pregnant during RVD's podcast on Thursday evening. They showed off a "Next WWE Superstar" onesie to make the announcement and celebrate. RVD Has An EPIC Announcement - LIVE! https://t.co/En21JeVnKe — Rob Van Dam (@TherealRVD) June 13, 2025 RVD and Forbes married in 2021. RVD is not active full-time in the ring, but still has the occasional match. Fightful congratulates the couple on their announcement and wishes for a healthy pregnancy.

Check out the lineup for the June 19th episode of TNA iMPACT! TNA Wrestling announced a Champions Challenge for next Thursday's TNA iMPACT! with the five TNA Champions teaming up in an All-Star tag. TNA Champion Trick Williams, TNA International Champion Steve Maclin, TNA X-Division Champion Moose, and TNA Tag Team Champions The Nemeths (Ryan Nemeth & Nic Nemeth) will face Joe Hendry, Elijah, The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) & Mike Santana in the bout. Plus, Eric Young takes on Sami Callihan, and Masha Slamovich teams with Lei Ying Lee to face Ash & Heather By Elegance. Finally, Matt Cardona and a partner will take on Eddie Edwards & JDC. Here is the current lineup for next Thursday's TNA iMPACT!: TNA iMPACT! (6/19) Eric Young vs. Sami Callihan Masha Slamovich & Lei Ying Lee vs. Ash By Elegance & Heather By Elegance Trick Williams, Steve Maclin, The Nemeths (Ryan Nemeth & Nic Nemeth) & Moose vs. Joe Hendry, Elijah, The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) & Mike Santana Matt Cardona & TBA vs. Eddie Edwards & JDC Fightful has coverage of TNA iMPACT! beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday followed by a post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.

Killer Kelly earns her title shot. Killer Kelly returned to the TNA ring on the June 12th episode of TNA iMPACT! and she made the most of her return, earning a TNA Knockouts Title bout against Masha Slamovich. Kelly won a four-way match against Indi Hartwell, Tasha Steelz, and Jody Threat, securing a pinfall on Steelz. As per the 8-4-1 rules, the bout started as an eight-Knockouts tag and then turned into the four-way with the winning team facing each other. Killer Kelly is headed straight to the top! She will challenge Masha for the Knockouts Championship in 2 weeks on #TNAiMPACT! pic.twitter.com/gCZxABYtDd — ------------ (@WrestlingCovers) June 13, 2025 Indi Hartwell, Killer Kelly, Jody Threat and Tasha Steelz won the eight-Knockouts tag bout against Tessa Blanchard, Xia Brookside, Dani Luna, and Rosemary after Hartwell hit the Hurts Donut on Rosemary. It's down to @RealTSteelz, @JodyThreat, @indi_hartwell and @Kelly_WP! WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/F3YYaTmexl pic.twitter.com/gT2iy5d975 — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 13, 2025 Kelly vs. Slamovich will take place on the June 26th episode of TNA iMPACT! Fightful has coverage of TNA iMPACT! beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday followed by a post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.

TNA announces that Tessa Blanchard is medically cleared. During the BIOFLEX injury report on the June 12 episode of TNA iMPACT, it was announced that Tessa Blanchard was cleared for action after she sustained Temporomandibular joint dysfunction during her match with Arianna Grace at TNA Under Siege. Blanchard then competed in the 8-4-1 Match on the June 12 episode of TNA iMPACT. She would team with Xia Brookside, Dani Luna, and Rosemary against Indi Hartwell, Killer Kelly, Jody Threat, and Tasha Steelz. She would lose the match and be eliminated in the first stage of the unique contest when Hartwell pinned Rosemary. Killer Kelly won the competition overall. .@MeanGiaMiller gets Tessa Blanchard's thoughts ahead of TONIGHT's 8-4-1 Match! WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/F3YYaTmexl pic.twitter.com/kurcKH2vtH — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 13, 2025 It's down to @RealTSteelz, @JodyThreat, @indi_hartwell and @Kelly_WP! WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/F3YYaTmexl pic.twitter.com/gT2iy5d975 — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 13, 2025 Keep up with real-time updates on injuries across the world of wrestling by using our injury resource. Catch up with our live coverage of TNA iMPACT here. Also, check out our review podcast on YouTube.

TNA going live once again. TNA Wrestling announced that the July 24th episode of TNA iMPACT! will air live on AXS TV. The event will emenate from the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island. A TV taping will be held the following night on July 25th. The July 24th episode of TNA iMPACT is the first episode following TNA Slammiversary. TNA has announced they're going LIVE again on July 24!! The post-Slammiversary show! #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/NYtu4fp0H8 — ------------ (@WrestlingCovers) June 13, 2025 TNA iMPACT! has aired multiple episodes live in 2025. Fightful will have coverage of TNA iMPACT! beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday followed by a post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.