Various: WWE NXT’s Fatal Influence & DarkState Make Surprise Appearances on 7/3 TNA Impact! Show, Tony Khan Provides Update on Potential Rebranding of ROH Into AEW: ROH, Indies/Misc.

Jul 3, 2025

WWE NXT’s Fatal Influence & DarkState Make Surprise Appearances on Thursday’s TNA Impact! Show

Thursday’s taped TNA Impact! show featured WWE NXT’s Fatal Influence and DarkState making surprise appearances.

Following Masha Slamovich’s victory over Killer Kelly in a Chain match to retain her TNA Knockouts World Championship, Fatal Influence’s Jazmyn Nyx, Fallon Henley, & Jacy Jayne ran out and attacked Slamovich. This led to Xia Brookside and Lei Ying Lee running out to save Slamovich. Later in the show it was announced that Slamovich will be facing off against Jayne in a Title vs. Title match for the TNA Knockouts World Championship and WWE NXT Women’s Championship at Slammiversary 2025.

#WWENXT's Fatal Influence just AMBUSHED @mashaslamovich! MESSAGE SENT!@jacyjaynewwe @Jazmyn_nyx_wwe @FallonHenleyWWE #TNAiMPACT

WATCH on TNA+: https://t.co/CmnWOUy84w
WATCH on YouTube: https://t.co/I9HJXD6aGR pic.twitter.com/TVIFyQWllq
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 4, 2025

Following Matt Cardona’s victory over Eddie Edwards in a singles match, the lights went out and spotlights were shown revealing DarkState’s Cutler James, Dion Lennox, Saquon Shugars, & Osiris Griffin in the crowd. DarkState then rushed into the ring and attacked Cardona quickly laying him out with a Cerberus Bomb.

#WWENXT's Darkstate has INVADED the iMPACT Zone!@SaquonOffWwe @CutlerWWE @DionLennoxWWE @Osiris_WWE #TNAiMPACT

WATCH on TNA+: https://t.co/CmnWOUxAeY
WATCH on YouTube: https://t.co/I9HJXD5CRj pic.twitter.com/97gZ1GbXo9
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 4, 2025

Tony Khan Provides Update on Potential Rebranding of ROH Into AEW: ROH

As noted before, AEW CEO and Ring of Honor owner Tony Khan had stated during this past July’s ROH Death Before Dishonor 2024 post-show media scrum that he has been considering the idea of potentially rebranding ROH into “AEW: Ring of Honor” as a way to bring more value to ROH under his ownership.

WFAA held a recent interview with Khan. One of the topics discussed included Khan providing an update on the potential of ROH getting rebranded in the future.

“I still think there’s a great chance to develop ROH. We really have done a lot of work to develop ROH. They are unique companies, structurally. I think that does make a lot of sense, and I still think there’s merit to that, but there are also a lot of reasons why I’ve positioned [ROH] the way I have. Ring of Honor, I still think we have a chance to strike at great opportunities.
AEW has made huge media rights deals that have changed the landscape for all wrestling companies, including ROH, and any deal we do, it’s got to make really good sense for everyone involved, including us at ROH and also AEW.So, that is something I’ve considered… Right now, I think we’ve done a great job positioning the company as leaders, with leading champions like Athena and Bandido.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Thursday’s TNA Impact! show on AXS TV and Sportsnet 360 featured Myron Reed making a surprise return appearance. Reed came out with Zachary Wentz to be in his corner for his singles match against Nic Nemeth on the show. This was Reed’s first appearance in TNA since April of 2024.

Thursday’s TNA Impact! show also featured the announcement of Trey Miguel recently suffered a hernia injury. It was also announced that there is currently no timetable for Miguel’s injury. It is currently not known if Miguel will be cleared in time to compete in the Four-way Ladder match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship at TNA’s Slammiversary 2025 event on July 20th.

TNA also announced four new matches for the card of next week’s Impact! show on July 10th on AXS TV and Sportsnet 360:

TNA International Championship Three-way match – Mance Warner vs. Jake Something vs. Steve Maclin (c)
Eight-Man Tag Team match – The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Myron Reed) & The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. FIR$T CLA$$ (KC Navarro & AJ Francis) & The Nemeths (Ryan & Nic Nemeth)
The Elegance Brand (Heather & Ash By Elegance) vs. Harley Hudson & Marley Grace
Fatal Influence (Jacy Jane & Fallon Henley) vs. Lei Ying Lee & Masha Slamovich

Real American Freestyle Wrestling announced that they recently signed Bo Nickal to an official contract with the company.

Sukeban announced that they have recently signed a new partnership deal with NTT DOCOMO Studio & Live Inc. to bring their “talent, live experience and multi-platform content to new audiences around the world.” It was also announced that this new strategic partnership will enable the company to “expand its programming offers for fans by developing new IP and content formats across multiple platforms.”

CMLL recently announced that this year’s International Grand Prix event will be taking place on August 29th at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.

CMLL also recently announced one new match for the card of their 92nd Anniversary Show on September 19th at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico: