Impact thread for May 7, 2026 - Two title matches in line, and EY vs. EC3 No DQ

[Sky]

• Arianna Grace (c) vs. Lei Ying Lee - Knockouts World Title, Xia Brookside is banned from ringside
• The System's Brian Myers/Bear Bronson (c) vs. Nic Nemeth/KC Navarro - World Tag Team Titles
• Moose/Leon Slater vs. The System's Eddie Edwards/Cedric Alexander
• Eric Young vs. EC3 - No Disqualification
• What's next for Mike Santana?

 

[Chris]

TNA Thursday Night iMPACT! on AMC Preview: May 7, 2026
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This week on TNA Thursday Night iMPACT! on AMC, we will witness two huge title matches as Léi Yǐng Lee battles Arianna Grace for the Knockouts World Title and The System defends the TNA World Tag Team Championships against Nic Nemeth and KC Navarro. Plus, EC3 and Eric Young look to settle their score in a violent No Disqualifications match.

After the heartbreak of Xia Brookside’s betrayal costing her the title at Rebellion, Léi Yǐng Lee gets another opportunity to capture the TNA Knockouts World Championship against Arianna Grace. Fueled by the encouragement of Tommy Dreamer, who called her a warrior last week on TNA Thursday Night iMPACT! on AMC, Lee looks to overcome the odds and reclaim championship gold.

The TNA World Tag Team Championships will be defended as Bear Bronson and Brian Myers of The System face the dynamic pairing of Nic Nemeth and KC Navarro. With tensions rising and championship gold at stake, both teams head into the night looking to prove themselves in one of the night’s biggest matches.

EC3 and Eric Young meet in the iMPACT! zone in a No Disqualifications match after tensions reignited with EC3’s return at Rebellion. With unfinished business between them and no rules to hold either man back, this rivalry is set to explode!

TNA World Champion Mike Santana is in the spotlight, and fans will hear what’s next for Santana as he continues to lead a new era in TNA Wrestling.

Elayna Black has the floor, and anything could happen.

Weeks of tension boil over as Moose and Leon Slater once again stand side by side against The System. Following the controversial two-on-four encounter, Santino Marella stepped in to make this showdown an official Tag Team match against Eddie Edwards and Cedric Alexander.​

 

[Sky]

Oh thank FUUUUCK this Arianna Grace shit is over. Now build some of your own women and do it quick

 

[Geese]

Eric Young took a page out of Ric Flair's playbook in his match against EC 3: Flipped over the turnbuckles, ran down the ring apron to go to the adjacent turnbuckle for an aerial move. EC3 easily sees it and press slams him.

 

[Geese]

EY with a one-handed piledriver on EC3 through a table. He gives EC3 a second piledriver on a chair for the win.

 

[CFCrusader]

Going to watch now. Oh no, we begin with EY and his bad mask. EC3's entrance will never get old to me. Hopefully next week, we'll no longer have the burping ring. Wow, the crowd is pretty sparse. EC3 gets a table out. Lol, trash can tried to fuck on EC3. We also have a chair. EY takes over and hits EC3 in the nuts, then throws the trash can at him. Now he hits him with a chain. EC3 gets back into it, but gets a low blow. One Percenter with a chair on EY's neck. Triple low blow to EC3 lmao. Piledriver through the table! Wtf another piledriver into a chair! EY wins. Holy shit. Was EC3 only meant to be working these tapings? Decent match, tbf to them.

Arianna and Stacks interview. LMAO Gia was about to throw up.

Huh, Slater v Alexander, 2 out of 3 falls next week.

System promo. Jesus christ it's been over 2 years of this stable. I know we'll probably never be rid of them though, because the bookers seem to genuinely think this is the best stable of all time. TNA's Bullet Club.

Anyways... Elayna Black promo. Whoa, the Personal Concierge interrupts. That's unexpected. Ash by Elegance talks trash. Now Indi is out. WTF is this "she paid good money for those!" ffs lmao. Well, I can't say this wasn't entertaining.

Daria is responsible for Santino not being here tonight.

System vs Navarro and Nemeth. Alisha grabs Navarro's leg, and then Bronson hits his finisher. That was actually a fairly entertaining match. I didn't write much, but it was solid. Eddie cuts a promo, he wants to do the other tag match. Who the F keeps screaming? Anyways...

System vs Slater and Moose was alright, but went on for way too long IMO. The opening stretch was good, but then it slowed down a lot. Moose pinned Eddie.

 

[CFCrusader]

Hardys segment. That was weird (but well produced).

Santana promo. Daria interrupts and announces a Battle Royal next week to decide the #1 contender for the world title. Nice promo from Santana.

AJ Francis segment. Next week he's getting a street fight with Navarro. Then we have a Navarro segment. I kind of feel like he yapped there, but the energy was nice.

Main event time. Oh I've just noticed that Silva isn't sitting here. So... I guess there's no title change? We'll see. The ref kicks Stacks out. Neckbreaker from Lee. Wow they actually did the title change. The match was alright (a bit boring in the middle). LMAO Daria is wearing the dumb hat and giving the title to Lee. Well, I'm glad they did the title change. Now we have Lee vs Brookside as a ready made title feud too.

Post credit scene, I guess. Moose has been taken out. Someone is going to debut next week, I think.

Anyways, kind of a mixed show for me. Better than last week, though.

 

[Geese]

The promos cut by Elayna Black and Ash by Elegance was awful: "You look like a gothic prostitute," "You make me sick to my stomach." Ash: "I'm a millionaire. I own a mansion and I have a yacht."