Psyko’s TNA Genesis 2025 recap and thoughts on the aftermath

So TNA Genesis is over, and it was a strong indicator of what we can expect from TNA in 2025. But there was also some news coming out of this show that I wanted to cover, so why not just review the event and then I will give my thoughts on some of the aftermath of the event.

TNA Genesis Review

First of all, I’d like to congratulate TNA for attracting their biggest house in TNA history. I did some research, and this place can seat between 6,500 and 8,600 fans depending on how it’s set up. The way the show looked, it seemed like they got between 4,000 and 5,000 fans in this arena, which is great for a company like TNA.

I didn’t watch the pre-show, but nothing meaningful seemed to have happened on it. Ashante “Thee” Adonis got squashed by Jake Something, which shows how low on the totem pole he is when he’s getting squashed on both NXT and TNA, and Kazarian beat Slater.

X Division Title Match: Moose vs. Ace Austin

The show started with this match, and that’s how you start a show. Like I predicted, this was the classic David vs. Goliath match, and both men gave their all in making this a great athletic contest. Got to give it to Moose; he was more than willing to go all out and sell for his smaller opponent, which made me and the crowd believe that Ace actually had a chance. The ending was also well done with Moose catching Ace in mid-flight with a spear to Ace’s back and then spearing him again. Awesome match to open the show, and it made fans realize how good Moose is.

Eric Young & Steve Maclin vs. The System

After the first match, Young and Maclin came from the back and beat up Myers and Edwards, which pretty much led to the start of this match. This was a very fun and innovative way to start this match as it came out of nowhere and made a match that felt like a placeholder feel like an important match. While I didn’t see Young and Maclin ultimately win the match, I’m glad they won as TNA does have a weak tag team division, and making Young and Maclin win this match established them as a legit team.

TNA Women’s Tag Title Match: Spitfire vs. Ash and Heather by Elegance

First, again, I’ve got to give Ash by Elegance props; this character is really working, and it also shows how WWE really mishandled her during her run in the company. Now, for the match itself, it was your basic tag team match with the heel controlling most of the match, only for the face to come back and ultimately win. While I’m happy to see Spitfire retain, I can’t lie that I was a little disappointed since I would have loved to see how a title reign by Ash and Heather would have looked since they are both great heels.

Jordynne Grace vs. Tessa Blanchard

I know fans want to criticize Blanchard for some of the past allegations other wrestlers have made about her, but you can’t deny that in the ring, she is one of the best women’s wrestlers in the business right now. This was, outside of the opener and the main event, the match of the night. Jordynne and Tessa told an awesome story in the ring, and in the end, it felt like a passing of the torch moment from Jordynne to Tessa.

I Quit Match: Santana vs. Josh Alexander

Speaking of a passing of the torch moment, this also felt like one, and what an awesome and violent match this was. I loved how Santana looked like the ultimate no-nonsense face while Alexander was the ultimate heel. The ending felt like a full-circle moment with Alexander being the one that had his hand tied behind his back while he received a beatdown and finally quit. The post-match was well done as Alexander shook Santana’s hand before quitting TNA, which made Santana look like a bigger star.

TNA Tag Team Title Match: The Hardys vs. The Rascalz

Before the match started, NXT Tag Team Champions Fraxion came to ringside to watch the match, and while I didn’t realize it at the time, it actually made sense since The Rascalz were supposed to have a tag title match against Fraxion in 2024 before Trey got injured.

So this felt like a tale of two matches as The Hardys did show their age, sometimes having problems keeping up with the younger Rascalz, but still, it was a really good tag match with The Hardys retaining. The question is, could we see The Hardys face Fraxion in the near future? I really wish it happens.

TNA Knockouts Title Match: Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match – Masha Slamovich vs. Rosemary

I’ve never really been a fan of this type of match, and while both women gave it their all, I wasn’t a huge fan of this match either. This was your typical plunder match with both participants hitting each other with multiple objects and crashing through tables. In the end, Masha retained the title, which was the right move in my opinion, and now she’s moving to Cora Jade as her next challenger, which could be a really good inter-promotional match.

TNA Title Match: Nic Nemeth vs. Joe Hendry

Before the match, they did a panel with the guys from Busted Open, Santino, and Gia to preview this match, which was just a way to waste time while they cleaned up the ring. The most important thing to come out of that segment was Ryan Nemeth coming in and being so annoying that Santino banned him from ringside, which really meant nothing since they did the old, “guy gets banned from ringside and buys a ticket to sit front row,” which never made sense. But Ryan did have a ringside ticket and showed up not even 2 minutes after he got banned from ringside, which tells me that he either knew he was going to be banned and had bought tickets weeks in advance or he was able to get a comp ticket in the back.

As far as the match itself, this was exactly what it needed to be. They put on a way better match than they did at Bound for Glory, and while they revisited the whole JBL interfering in Nemeth’s matches, it didn’t overshadow the match like it did the last time. In the end, like most fans predicted, this was Hendry’s big coronation, and he became the TNA World Champion.

In the end, this was a really strong PPV worth the high price they were asking for, and while they did advertise a lot of NXT involvement, they didn’t overdo it, and the few NXT talents that did show up actually made sense.

Random TNA News

As for the aftermath of this show, we all know that this was Jordynne Grace and Josh Alexander’s last match in TNA, and we also found out that PCO isn’t coming back to TNA since his contract ended in December, and he destroyed the TNA Digital Championship on the GCW PPV pre-show. So, what do I think is next for all three of these talents?

Jordynne Grace feels like she’s WWE-bound, and I wouldn’t be surprised if by the time the Rumble comes around, she has signed her WWE contract and could make her main roster debut at the Rumble.

I’m not really sure what’s next for Josh Alexander. While he’s a great technical wrestler, he does have a very generic look to him, which could be a hurdle for him to get signed by WWE or AEW. The only way I could see him going to WWE is if WWE wants to reform The North in NXT; outside of that, I don’t see him getting a WWE contract. As for AEW, it could be a possibility, but he probably would get stuck in ROH or on the lower card.

As for PCO, this is a little trickier, mostly because of his age and how he left TNA. I don’t see him signing with WWE because Triple H knows what kind of guy PCO is and has seen PCO throw tantrums in the back when he didn’t get what he wanted, and he has a reputation of being hard to work with. Plus, his age doesn’t help his case. As for AEW, the same goes there. His age will play a part, and this tantrum did hurt his image as well, and the last thing they need is more drama backstage. I could also see TNA going against him for destroying their property, which could hurt his career and his wallet. So, while I like PCO, he’s probably the biggest wildcard as to where he ends up and what’s going to happen next with him.

Also, on Thursday, TNA IMPACT will be live for the first time in 14 years, and I’m guessing they have a big show planned for this show. They already announced that the Fraxion vs. Rascalz NXT title match will happen on this show, which will be an awesome match that I’m very excited to see, and we will see a lot of the fallout from Genesis.

So for now, while they did lose a lot of key players, TNA seems to be rising from the ashes, and if they can keep this momentum, they could be real competition for AEW in 2025.