Joe Hendry appearance, Hardys match added to live TNA Impact

Update —

TNA has also announced that Tag Team Champions The Hardys will face Moose & JDC (Johnny Dango Curtis) on Impact this Thursday. It is not listed as being a title match.

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An appearance by the new TNA World Champion will take place live on Impact this week.

This Thursday night, TNA is presenting a special live episode of Impact from the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. It’s been confirmed that TNA World Champion Joe Hendry will be appearing on the show. We’ll hear from Hendry on TV for the first time since he defeated Nic Nemeth to win the title.

Hendry won the championship from Nemeth in the main event of TNA’s Genesis pay-per-view on Sunday night. We’ll see if Hendry’s first challenger emerges on Impact. Frankie Kazarian teased cashing in his Call Your Shot trophy during the Genesis main event but was laid out by JBL before he could.

During an appearance on Busted Open Radio after Genesis, Hendry named an unlikely opponent — John Cena — as the number one person he would like to defend his title against.

This is the first live edition of Impact in several years.

With the partnership that exists between WWE and TNA, Thursday’s episode will also feature an NXT Tag Team title match with Nathan Frazer & Axiom defending against The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz).

TNA Impact (Thursday, January 23) —

  • We’ll hear from new TNA World Champion Joe Hendry
  • NXT Tag Team Champions Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axiom) defend against The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz)
  • TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. Moose & JDC
  • Santino Marella has ordered Josh Alexander to appear after he tried to quit TNA