TNA announces matches for hour-long Hard to Kill pre-show
Before the company’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view, TNA Wrestling will present a special hour-long pre-show.
TNA has announced that Countdown to Hard to Kill will stream live exclusively on the TNA+ app starting at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, January 13. The 60-minute pre-show leads into the PPV portion of the card, which begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
The following matches have been made official for the pre-show:
- Rich Swann vs. Steve Maclin
- Eric Young & Frankie Kazarian vs. Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards (w/ Alisha Edwards)
- Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer defends against Crazzy Steve
“Additional matches for the Countdown Show will be announced in the coming weeks – and the only way to see the first matches of the new era of TNA Wrestling is to download the app and subscribe,” TNA wrote.
TNA also noted that they will be announcing perks for new TNA+ subscribers in the coming weeks.
TNA Wrestling and Endeavor Streaming have partnered together for the TNA+ app. There are two different price tiers for the service:
The ‘Special Attraction’ tier is priced at $9.99 per month or $95.99 per year and includes access to the full TNA/Impact Wrestling library and every TNA+ special event. The ‘World Championship’ tier is priced at $219.99 per year and includes those benefits as well as TNA’s four major annual pay-per-views (Hard to Kill, Rebellion, Slammiversary, and Bound for Glory).
Hard to Kill is taking place from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on January 13. That night, Impact Wrestling’s name change back to TNA officially goes into effect.
Here are the matches that have been confirmed for the main card so far:
- Impact World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Moose
- Knockouts Champion Trinity defends against Jordynne Grace
- X-Division Champion Chris Sabin defends against KUSHIDA and El Hijo del Vikingo in a three-way match
- Knockouts Ultimate X match (participants to be announced)
