World & Knockouts titles among four championship changes at TNA Hard to Kill

On a night when Impact Wrestling officially rebranded to TNA Wrestling and set course on a new path, several title changes took place at Saturday’s Hard to Kill including their top two championships.

Moose became a two-time TNA World Champion with his win over Alex Shelley in the night’s main event while Jordynne Grace ended the 182-day run of Trinity as Knockouts Champion to begin her third reign with the gold.

It’s Moose’s first run with the top title since April 2022, ending Shelley’s 218-day reign. Moose earned the shot by gaining a briefcase containing a contract in last October’s Feast or Fired match at Bound for Glory.

After the match, the debuting Nic Nemeth (the former Dolph Ziggler in WWE) made his promotional debut and confronted Moose.

In the co-main event, Grace picked up the win over Trinity after hitting a deadlift German suplex, spinning backfist, and her Juggernaut Driver to get the victory.

It’s the third Knockouts title reign for Grace and her first since last January’s Hard to Kill when she lost the title to Mickie James in a title vs. career match.

This is expected to be the end for Trinity in TNA as both TNA and WWE officials expect her to return to WWE “sooner or later.“

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After a months-long feud, Crazzy Steve finally defeated Tommy Dreamer to win the Digital Media title in a no DQ match on the pre-show. Steve had won a title opportunity in the aforementioned Feast or Fired match but in their initial match in November, he won by DQ, leaving Dreamer with the title.

It’s Steve’s first title run of any kind since a Tag Team title run in 2016 with Abyss. Dreamer’s reign ends at 127 days and ten successful defenses.

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The Knockouts Tag Team titles also changed hands as Decay (Havok & Rosemary) regained the gold by defeating MK Ultra (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly) in a match that was previously not announced.

With the win, Havok & Rosemary begin their third reign with the titles and their first since February of 2023 while MK Ultra’s reign ends at 182 days and four successful defenses.

Two champions did leave Hard to Kill with their reigns intact including TNA Tag Team Champions ABC and X-Division Chris Sabin who both retained in multi-person matches.