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SHOW SUMMARY:Today we jump back 15 years to the Oct. 20, 2010 episode of the PWTorch Livecast featuring PWTorch editor Wade Keller and cohost Pat McNeill, they discussed the controversy erupting over the “Stand Up For WWE” campaign as it relates to Linda McMahon’s political campaign. Also, live calls on Jeff Hardy’s heel turn, Paul Heyman’s goals for TNA, R-Truth’s absence this week, Tough Enough’s format, Bischoff’s comments on ROH and Bret’s comments on Bischoff, MVP’s push, the Jeff Jarrett-Kurt Angle relationship, potential for Sunday’s Daniel Bryan-Dolph Ziggler match, Hornswoggle’s character, and more.

In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, the McNeill Live Event center, Listener Email Questions on Tito Santana and a WWE continuity editor, plus the Briscoes, Kaval, and more.

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TNA BOUND FOR GLORY 2025 RESULTS
OCTOBER 12, 2025
LOWELL, MA AT TSONGAS CENTER
AIRED LIVE ON TNA+
REPORT BY DARRIN LILLY, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR

Commentators: Tom Hannifan, Matthew Rehwoldt

COUNTDOWN TO BOUND FOR GLORY

-Tommy Dreamer (w/TNA President Carlos Silva & Jazz) introduced The Beautiful People (Angelina Love & Velvet Sky), who were inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame.

-Tara/Victoria introduced Mickie James, who was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame.

-The Iinspiration beat The Elegance Brand to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles.

MAIN SHOW

(1) FRANKIE KAZARIAN (c) vs. STEVE MACLIN — TNA International Title match

Maclin did a dive to the floor on Frankie before the bell rang. Maclin continued his attack after the match started. Maclin threw Frankie to the floor and they fought. Frankie did a Sunset Bomb to Maclin from the apron to the floor. Frankie got into it with Maclin’s mother, who was in the front row. She flipped him off. Maclin made a comeback on Frankie and the action returned to the ring.

Maclin put Frankie in a chicken wing, but Frankie escaped and got a two count on Maclin. Maclin put Frankie in a Boston Crab. Frankie gave Maclin an Angel’s Wings (Christopher Daniels’ move) for a two count. Hannifan noted how there were a lot of tributes this weekend (referring to the John Cena vs. AJ Styles match at Crown Jewel). Maclin missed a headbutt. Frankie gave Maclin a Slingshot Cutter for a two count.

Maclin came back with a Caught in the Crosshairs, followed by a KIA and got the pin to win the title. Carlos Silva awarded the belt to Maclin. Maclin celebrated with the crowd, including his mother, and they both flipped off the camera.

WINNER: Steve Maclin in 9:00 to win the TNA International Title.

(D.L.’s Take: This was fast-paced all the way through. I was surprised that Frankie’s reign was so short. But it was a good, energetic start to the show.)

-Gabby LaSpisa interviewed Trick Williams. He said the fans should be thanking him for setting records and for putting TNA on his back. Trick’s lawyer was with him and chimed in. Trick said there would be no cheating because his lawyer was there.  He said he was putting cases on all you snitches. He said that Trick Williams was best for business.

-Indi Hartwell and Kelani Jordan were shown warming up backstage.

(2) GIA MILLER (w/Jody Threat) vs. TESSA BLANCHARD (w/Victoria Crawford)

Tessa laughed at the start. Gia took Tessa down in a headlock, but Tessa escaped easily. Gia rolled up Tessa for a two count. Tessa quickly recovered and stomped Gia. Tessa dragged Gia to the steps and continued her attack. Tessa suplexed Gia on the steps. Tessa beat up Gia in front of her family, who was seated in the front row. The action returned to the ring. Victoria hit Gia from the outside. Tessa landed a superkick.

Victoria continued to interfere, but Jody Threat pulled her off the apron. The referee made Victoria leave ringside. Tessa threw Gia out of the ring. Tessa and Victoria argued with the security. Jody Threat did a dive from the top rope to the group. Jody chased Victoria up the ramp.

Gia caught Tessa with a Thesz Press and punched her. Gia hit a monkey flip. Gia caught Tessa with part of a crossbody block for a pin attempt. Tessa regained the advantage with punches. Tessa ripped off a turnbuckle pad and pressed Gia’s head into the corner. While the referee was getting rid of the turnbuckle, Tessa hit Gia with a roll of coins and got the pin.

WINNER: Tessa Blanchard in 7:00.

(D.L.’s Take: The match had a lot of moving parts, perhaps to distract from Gia’s lack of experience. Crowd seemed into it though. This appears to be the first part of the feud and they may be building towards Gia’s big win.)

(3) CALL YOUR SHOT GAUNTLET MATCH

The winner of this match earned a title shot of their choice over the next year. A new wrestler came in every two minutes. Lei Ying Lee and Mara Sade were the first two wrestlers. Hannifan noted that Xia Brookside was scheduled to be in this match but was out due to illness. Ryan Nemeth was the next wrestler to enter. Lee and Sade teamed up to fight Ryan. Nic Nemeth entered next. He squared off with Sade, who slapped him and superkicked him. Lee punched and kicked Nic. Nic clotheslined Lee and Sade.

Cedric Alexander was #5. He suplexed both Nemeths. Rich Swann was next to enter. Alexander and Swann exchanged moves. AJ Francis came out next. AJ threw down Lee. Sade attacked AJ and AJ threw her over the top rope. AJ also eliminated Lee. AJ and Swann celebrated. AJ chokeslammed Swann and threw him over the top rope. Sinner and Saint flipped a coin to see who would enter and Saint (Travis Williams) won, so he entered the match. Social media figure BDE entered next. His social media buddies were shown at ringside. BDE turned a chokeslam from AJ into a cutter. Nic superkicked BDE.

All three of the Rascalz (Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz, and Myron Reed) entered next. Hannifan explained that Santino Marella said that all three Rascalz counted as one entry. The Rascalz and BDE superkicked AJ over the top rope. Dani Luna entered at #11. She suplexed Reed and Miguel. Dani and Williams had an exchange. Eric Young entered the match next. Young and Williams fought. Eric gave Williams a piledriver on the apron and threw him to the floor. Jake Something was the next wrestler in the match. Jake and Dani powerbombed Miguel and Reed.

Eric eliminated BDE. Rosemary was next to enter. Miguel and Alexander were eliminated. The Hometown Man (with Rowdy the Riverhawk, a local mascot) entered next. Rosemary spat mist into Jake’s face by accident. HTM knocked Jake off the apron to eliminate him. Zack Clayton (with Little Guido) was the next wrestler in. Dani threw out Rosemary. HTM threw out Dani. Jody Threat made her entrance. As she ran around ringside, Frankie clotheslined her out of nowhere. Santino argued with Frankie. Frankie pie-faced Santino. Santino took off his badge. Frankie entered the match.

Santino’s music played and he got in the ring as #18. The fans cheered. Santino hit Frankie with the cobra. Fans chanted for Santino. As soon as he stepped in the ring, Nic Nemeth clotheslined him over the top rope. Matt Cardona was in at #19 to a big reaction. Cardona eliminated Clayton. Cardona brought in Guido, then threw him out. The Nemeths teamed up on Cardona. Mance Warner was #20. He had an undead entourage and Steph DeLander. The Nemeths eliminated the Wentz and Reed. Warner attacked people with a chair. Warner and Cardona fought. HTM and Eric teased eliminations. Eric gave HTM a low blow and eliminated him. Cardona eliminated Eric. Cardona eliminated Warner.

Cardona was left with the Nemeth brothers. The Nemeths teamed up on Cardona. Cardona made a comeback. Nic accidentally superkicked Ryan on the apron and eliminated him. Steph De Laner distracted Cardona. Warner pulled Cardona out. Frankie got back in the ring, since he had never been eliminated. The referee was knocked down. Nic superkicked Frankie. A new referee came in and counted to two. Frankie gave Nic a DDT for a two count. Frankie gave Nic a superplex. Both referees counted to three. The referees consulted with Santino. Santino decided there would be two winners. Fans booed. Frankie and Nic argued over the trophy as they walked to the back.

WINNERS: Frankie Kazarian & Nic Nemeth in 32:00.

(D.L.’s Take: As battle royals go, this was decent. Crowd was with it throughout. The dual winners was a cop-out, and fans were clearly dissatisfied. It does give Frankie Kazarian and Nic Nemeth, two of TNA’s prominent players, a storyline going forward though.)

(4) KELANI JORDAN (c) vs. INDI HARTWELL — TNA Knockouts Title match

Indi hugged her family during her ring entrance. Indi gave Jordan a spinebuster for an early two count. The wrestlers exchanged punches. Jordan gave Indi a jawbreaker for a two count. Jordan put Indi in a leglock, but Indi kicked her off. Indi powerbombed Jordan for a two count. Jordan gave Indi a kick to the head. Jordan hit a frog splash for a two count. Jordan got two more two counts. Indi kicked Jordan off the apron and threw her back in the ring.

Indi gave Jordan an elbow drop from the top rope to the back for a two count. Indi gave Jordan the Hurts Donut, but Jordan’s foot reached the ropes to break the pin attempt. Indi knocked Jordan off the top rope, then missed a splash. Jordan gave Indi the One of a Kind and got the pin. Carlos Silva awarded the belt to Jordan. Hannifan noted that this was Indi’s first loss in TNA. Jordan and Indi shook hands.

WINNER: Kelani Jordan in 12:00 to retain the TNA Knockouts Title.

(D.L.’s Take: This one never really got going. The crowd didn’t seem invested in this either. Indi’s family flew all the way here for this?)

-Nic and Ryan Nemeth discussed the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match and they were interrupted by Frankie Kazarian. Nic said he wouldn’t share the spotlight with someone who hadn’t won the world title. Frankie grabbed the trophy and said maybe he would win the title tonight.

(5) THE SYSTEM (Moose & Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards & JDC & Alisha Edwards) vs. ORDER 4 (Mustafa Ali & Jason Hotch & John Skyler & Agent Zero & Tasha Steelz) — Hardcore War match

This match was essentially like War Games, except there is one ring and no cage. Hotch entered first. Eddie entered first for The System, along with Alisha, their daughter, and the Red Sox mascot. Eddie did a dive to the floor on Hotch. Eddie threw a trash can at Hotch’s head. John Skyer was in the match next. They teamed up on Eddie. JDC came out next for The System. He used a Patriots helmet as a weapon. The System used a cheese grater on Skyler, who bled heavily. Tasha Steelz was in next. She wore a Yankees jersey and got big heat.

Alisha Edwards was next. She brought a kendo stick and fought in the aisle with Steelz. Alisha hit the Great Hands with the stick. The System took turns using a staple gun on all three members of Order 4. Agent Zero entered next. He threw around Eddie and JDC. He threw the ring steps at Eddie. Brian Myers threw a trash can into the ring. He fought the three members of Order 4 with the trash can lid, but he got overwhelmed. Zero slammed Myers into the trash can.

Alisha was surrounded by Order 4 in the ring. Mustafa Ali and his security force made their ring entrance. Ali brought a sledgehammer to the ring. Eddie tried to make the save but he got attacked. Ali and the Hands dropkicked a chair into JDC. Moose was last to enter for The System. He dropped the Great Hands on his way to the ring. Moose slammed Ali on the ring apron. Moose and Zero brawled. Moose dropkicked a chair into Zero. Fans were solidly behind Moose. Zero backdropped Moose out of the ring. Zero did a dive over the top rope onto the pile at ringside. Fans chanted “TNA!” and “This is awesome!”

Steelz had a barbed wire kendo stick. Alisha poured tacks on the mat. Alisha hit Steelz with the stick. Zero broke the stick over his knee and slammed Alisha into the tacks. Fans chanted “Holy Shit!” Myers and JDC hit Zero with kendo sticks. Moose speared Zero. Moose wrapped a chain around himself and speared Zero. Myers and JDC dove over the top rope onto the Great Hands. Ali hit Eddie with a chair. Ali poured tacks over Alisha. Ali went for the 450 splash, but Alisha moved and Ali landed in the tacks. Fans chanted “Holy shit!’  Eddie wrapped his knee in barbed wire and gave Ali the Boston Knee Party to get the pin.

WINNERS: The System in 19:00.

(D.L.’s Take: This was really good and the fans were into it throughout. There were some crowd-pleasing stunts and the System got revenge. It seems like the end of the feud.)

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SHOW SUMMARY:In this Dailycast episode of Wrestling Coast to Coast, Chris Maitland and Justin McClelland review Expect the Unexpected’s I Really Mean It with a main event of The Killionaire’s Club defending the Tag titles against Bang and Mathews and Latino’s Most Wanted, Mike Santana defends the Key to the East belt against Josh Bishop, a really great tag team gauntlet, the Expected heel group run wild, Charles Mason makes an unlikely babyface save, and more. As expected, we liked it, and we really mean it! For VIP listeners, we talk about the current state of two prominent traveling titles – the WWEID title and IWTV title – and why we think these titles are struggling to gain traction in the current independent wrestling scene.

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SHOW SUMMARY:In our latest episode of Alan4L’s ProWres Paradise, PWTorch columnist Alan4L is joined by the great Joe Gagne for the biggest and best edition of the “Don’t You Forget About Me” series yet. To older fans, it might seem implausible that the wrestling world would ever “forget” a career like Tito Santana’s, but as time moves on there is a danger that we may lose sight of just what a fantastic wrestler he was and how deep his portfolio of work is. Alan and Joe do their part to put the spotlight back on Tito with a comprehensive look at everything he did from his debut in the late ’70s to the tail end of his national run as El Matador in the WWF. There’s no shortage of great matches to discuss when it comes to the man from Mission, Texas. From his feuds with Greg Valentine and Randy Savage to his work as a tag team with Rick Martel, it’s all covered here, plus plenty more. Check it out!

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Scotland Under-17 midfielder Keir McMeekin looks likely to sign for Manchester City despite interest in the Hearts 15-year-old from other Premier League clubs, with talks at an advanced stage and the teenager and his family having already spent a couple of days in Manchester. (The Talent Hunter on X), external

Scottish youth football campaigners have claimed a major victory in their long-running battle with the Scottish FA and Scottish Professional Football League over their treatment of children in the Club Academy Scotland (CAS) system after it was revealed to MSPs at the Scottish Parliament that two controversial rules had been scrapped. (The Herald), external

Aberdeen’s Conference League opponents, Shakhtar Donetsk, will be without Brazilian winger Alisson Santana when they meet next Thursday after the 20-year-old signed for £14m from Atlético Mineiro suffered a broken leg. (Press & Journal), external

A supercomputer has predicted that Rangers will finish 16th in the Europa League, with Celtic back in 21st. (Scottish Sun), external

Several Celtic support groups have rejected an invitation by the club to discuss the policing of the match against Rangers in March, when police were granted special powers that allowed them to stop any supporters they believed to be under “reasonable suspicion” of committing a crime. (The Herald), external

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TNA has invaded NXT.

An invasion angle had been teased last week when WWE announced a winner-takes-all match between TNA Champion Trick Williams and NXT Champion Oba Femi for this week’s episode of the development show.

TNA stars started showing up in the crowd as the double title main event progressed. Names such as Eric Young, Frankie Kazarian, Steve Maclin, Jessie McKay, and Cassie Lee were all shown during the bout. The appearance of Matt Cardona especially got a big pop from the crowd.

Mike Santana joined the commentary halfway through this bout. The action went outside the ring towards the ending of the show as Femi delivered a big clothesline to his opponent.

TNA Invades NXT

Trick sent the NXT champion crashing through the steel steps before turning his attention towards the announce table. The TNA champion made the first move when he slapped Mike Santana and then all hell broke loose.

The TNA stars crowded the ring as NXT roster started emptying as well and a brawl broke out. Ricky Saints was the last to come out, though he didn’t join the fight.

Saints instead went around the ring where the NXT title had been placed and tried to pick it up. Oba Femi however, stopped him from doing so and the broadcast ended with the two No Mercy opponents staring each other.

Shawn Michaels later posted a video of himself reacting to the whole thing in the Gorilla and warning TNA roster that this was not over. The Anthem-owned promotion will be holding the Victory Road PPV on September 26 and it’s likely that some NXT stars will show up as a response to tonight’s angle.

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