TNA Thursday Night Impact Results 5/28 - Men's & Women's Champions Challenges, More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "TNA Thursday Night Impact" on May 28, 2026, coming to you from the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California!

TNA World Tag Team Champions Bear Bronson and Brian Myers and X-Division Champion Cedric Alexander of The System will be joining forces with International Champion Mustafa Ali and TNA World Champion Mike Santana to square off against the Number One Contender to the TNA World Champion Eric Young, Frankie Kazarian, KC Navarro, Elijah, and former X-Division Champion Leon Slater in the Men's Champion Challenge. The Women's Champion Challenge will also be making its return, as TNA Knockouts World Champion Léi Yǐng Lee teams up with TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions and Elegance Brand members M By Elegance and Heather By Elegance to take on Mara Sadè, Elayna Black, and Xia Brookside.

Fabian Aichner will be competing in his first match on "Thursday Night Impact" as he goes head-to-head with another member of The System, Eddie Edwards. Aichner made his first appearance on "Thursday Night Impact" during last Thursday's edition of the show when he interrupted The System as they were gloating about their recent victories and holding much of the gold in TNA Wrestling before he left the stable laid out in the ring.

TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella will be colliding with current "NXT" Heritage Cup Champion Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. Tensions between the two men have been on the rise over the last few weeks as a result of the strained relationship between Marella and his daughter Arianna Grace, culminating last week when Marella, Stacks, and Grace got into a verbal confrontation moments after Grace had caused a match between Indi Hartwell and the aforementioned Black to end in a no contest.

Additionally, Tessa Blanchard and Harley Hudson will both be in action as they face one another.

We are live! Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt greet audiences at home as Frankie Kazarian, Eric Young, Elijah, KC Navarro, and Leon Slater all make their way to the ring. Mike Santana, Order 4, and The System follow.

Brian Myers and Elijah begin the action. The bell rings and Elijah walks the top rope. He lands an Old School on Myers' arm and pins him, but Myers kicks out.

Back from the break, Santana and Elijah lock up with one another. Elijah looks to land an elbow drop on Santana, but Santana rolls out of the way and sets up for a running senton on Elijah. Elijah rolls out of the way, but Kazarian tags himself in.

Kazarian fires off strikes on Santana in the corner, but Santana lands a dropkick on Young and tags out to Elijah. Ali tags himself in and fires off right hands on Elijah's spine, then delivers a dropkick to him and connects with a chop on his chest.

Elijah delivers a sit-out powerbomb to Ali and pins him, but Alexander breaks the fall. Elijah levels Alexander with a right hand and fires off right hands on Bear Bronson as everyone begins brawling with one another and things break down in the ring.

Ali looks to land a suicide dive on Elijah, but Elijah sees him coming and chokeslams him onto the ring apron. Everyone continues brawling with one another on the outside, but Slater flies over the ring post to level them all.

Back from another break, Santana tags himself in and sends Myers crashing out of the ring with a stomp. He runs over Kazarian and levels Young with a right hand, but Ali tags in and pins Kazarian. Kazaria kicks out, but Ali and Santana begin arguing with one another. Navarro blindsides them both with a missile dropkick off the top rope, then dials it up for a 619 on Ali and connects with a Tornado DDT on him. He goes for a pin, but Ali kicks out.

Bronson tags in and sits out on Navarro. He rains down right hands on him, then sends him crashing into the mat with a Gorilla Press and goes for a pin. Navarro kicks out, but Ali tags himself in as Slater tags in on his side.

Slater runs over Ali with a back heel kick and lands a second kick on him using the ropes, then goes for a pin but Ali kicks out. Ali gets hold of his International Championship belt and looks to use it on Slater, but gets stopped. Navarro then tags in and catches Ali with a Sliced Bread. He pins him to pick up the win for his team and earn a future International Championship match against Ali.

Winners: Eric Young, Frankie Kazarian, KC Navarro, Elijah, and Leon Slater

We then head over to a video from The Righteous who introduce fans to something called the Wicked Garden before they tell Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy that they won't leave the Wicked Garden the same as when they entered it. 

Back at ringside, Tessa Blanchard makes her way out. Harley Hudson follows. 

The bell rings and the action spills out of the ring. Blanchard fires off right hands on Hudson's left knee, then sends her crashing onto the floor with a Fisherman's Buster left knee first.

Blanchard dumps Hudson back in the ring, then wears her down with a submission hold. Hudson runs over Blanchard with a pair of shoulder tackles and delivers a Fallaway Slam to her, then sits her on the top rope. Blanchard escapes and looks to pull Hudson off the ropes with a Sunset Flip.

Hudson hangs on, but Blanchard trips her. Hudson sends Blanchard crashing into the top turnbuckle repeatedly face first, then delivers a shoulderbreaker to her off of her shoulders and goes for a pin. Blanchard kicks out, but Hudson rolls her up. Blanchard kicks out once again and sends Hudson crashing into the mat face first with a chop block to her injured knee, then delivers Buzzsaw to her for the win.

Winner: Tessa Blanchard

We then head over to the Injury Report, where we find out that Steve Maclin's medical status remains unknown after Maclin stormed out last week. Jada Stone and Moose have not been medically cleared, but Santino Marella and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo have been cleared.

Back at ringside, Stacks and Arianna Grace make their way out. Marella follows. 

The bell rings and Stacks regroups with Grace on the outside of the ring. He gets back in and looks to land a boot on Marella, but Marella catches it and rolls up Stacks. Stacks kicks out, but Marella rocks him with a right hand to send him crashing onto the apron.

Stacks and Grace become affectionate with one another, but Marella pulls Stacks back into the ring and lands an arm drag on him. He looks to follow it up with a standing splash, but Stacks gets his knees up. Marella then grabs the Cobra sock, but Grace pulls it off his hand. This opens the door for Stacks to roll up Marella for the win.

Winner: Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo

After the match, Grace gets into Marella's face and berates him. She shoves his face, but Stacks blindsides him from behind and looks to leave him laid out with the Cobra sock. Indi Hartwell's music hits and she runs out to the ring, forcing Grace and Stacks to retreat up the entrance ramp. Hartwell then grabs a microphone and challenges Grace and Stacks to a Mixed Tag Team Match on behalf of herself and Marella right now.

Daria Rae's music hits and she makes her way out to tell Hartwell she doesn't make the matches around here. She says the Mixed Tag Team Match won't be happening tonight because Stacks "won fair and square", but says she would love to see Stacks beat Marella again and makes the Mixed Tag Team Match official for next Thursday instead.

Eddie Edwards and Alisha Edwards then make their way to the ring. Fabian Aichner follows. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. Aichner takes down Eddie with a springboard crossbody and clotheslines him out of the ring. Aichner whips Eddie into the ring steps and levels him with a clothesline, but Eddie sends Aichner crashing into the mat chest first back inside the ring and jams his knee into Aichner's chest.

Aichner ascends up the ropes, but Eddie pulls him off and sends him crashing into the mat with a variation of a cutter. He distracts the referee as Alisha uses the ropes to wear down Aichner from the outside, opening the door for Eddie to then dump Aichner out of the ring.

Alisha grabs a kendo stick and looks to use it on Aichner, but the referee spots her and ejects her from ringside. The rest of The System (without Alisha) makes their way out to the ring, but Aichner levels them with a crossbody off the top rope on the outside and delivers a DDT to Eddie inside the ring. He sends Eddie crashing into the mat with a sliced bread and cinches in a submission on him, but Bear Bronson, Brian Myers, and Cedric Alexander slide into the ring to beat down Aichner and cause the disqualification.

Winner: Fabian Aichner (via disqualification)

After the match, The System continues to beat down Aichner. Alexander lands Lumbar Check on Aichner.

Elayna Black, Xia Brookside, Mara Sadè, and Keith Jardine then make their way to the ring. Léi Yǐng Lee and The Elegance Brand follow. 

Lee and Sadè begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up before they go back and forth with one another. M By Elegance tags herself in, but Sadè levels her with a Sling Blade. Heather By Elegance tags in and looks to double team on Sadè with M, but Sadè angrily tags out to Black.

Black delivers a shotgun dropkick to Heather and lands a stomp on her spine, but Brookside tags in and rocks Heather with a dropkick. She sends her crashing into the top turnbuckle face first and fires off stomps on her in the corner. M then tags back in and lands a Coast to Coast on Brookside in the corner.

Sadè lands a crossbody off the top rope to take out M and Heather on the outside, and Lee flies through the other side of the ring with a suicide dive to level Black and Brookside on the adjacent side of the ring. 

Back from the break, M tags back in and fires off right hands on Sadè's spine. Heather tags back in and double teams on Sadè with M, then lands a knee on Sadè's midsection and tags back out to M. M wears down Sadè with a shoulder submission hold, but Sadè levels M and Heather with a springboard crossbody.

Brookside and Lee tag in, and Lee lands a boot on Brookside's midsection. She follows it up with a kick and takes out an interfering Black, then rains down right hands on Brookside in the corner and follows it up with a suplex to her. Lee delivers Warriors Way to Brookside and pins her, but Black breaks the fall. M and Heather land a codebreaker-German suplex combination on Black, but Sadè takes them both out with a double DDT. Lee then levels Sadè with a clothesline.

Mr. Elegance looks to slide into the ring, but Jardine catches him in an Ankle Lock. The Personal Concierge clocks Jardine, but quickly realizes his mistake hitting a former MMA fighter and retreats to the back with Jardine behind him.

Inside the ring, Lee sets up for Warriors Way on Brookside. Brookside avoids it and lands an elevated DDT on Lee before pinning her to win for her team and score a shot at Lee's TNA Knockouts World Championship.

Winners: Mara Sadè, Elayna Black, and Xia Brookside