TNA: Stacks Appearance Set and TNA X-Division Title Match Update for 1/15 TNA Impact! AMC Premiere Show, Eddie Kingston on TNA Roster Needs To “Go Out There And Deliver” For AMC Premiere, Mike Santana on Being A Go-To-Guy For TNA

Jan 14, 2026

Stacks Appearance Set and TNA X-Division Title Match Status Update for Jan. 15th TNA Impact! AMC Premiere Show

In a recent interview with the Off The Ropes podcast, TNA creative writer Tommy Dreamer announced one new segment for the card of this Thursday’s TNA Impact! premiere show on AMC at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.

This new segment announced was TNA International Champion Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo to make an appearance on the show.

“Stacks is defending the TNA International Title on national television. Stacks will also be wrestling, or be there, on AMC on Thursday.”

In regards to the current situation with the scheduled TNA X-Division Championship match between Myron Reed and Leon Slater, TNA recently released an official preview for the show that no longer has the match being advertised. Slater is currently rumored to potentially be working for WWE’s European tour for their shows in the United Kingdom during this week.

Current card for January 15th TNA Impact! AMC premiere show:

TNA World Championship – Mike Santana vs. Frankie Kazarian (c)
TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship – The Elegance Brand (M & Heather By Elegance) vs. The IInspiration (Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee) (c)
Six-Man Tag Team – Elijah & The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. Order 4 (Mustafa Ali & The Great Hands (Jason Hotch & John Skyler))
Perez Hilton to appear
AJ Styles to appear
TNA International Champion Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo to appear
Bully Ray to be guest commentator for TNA World Championship match

Eddie Kingston Comments on TNA Roster Needs To “Go Out There And Deliver” For AMC Premiere Show

WhatCulture Wrestling held a recent interview with Eddie Edwards. One of the topics discussed included Edwards’ thoughts about TNA’s upcoming Impact! premiere show on AMC.

“It’s pretty surreal still at this point, honestly. When I hear people, if I see AMC promoting TNA, it’s still like, ‘oh, okay, this is real. This is a real deal. Like, this is happening.’ We’ve all said for however many years at this point that This is what we needed. We needed a channel. We needed a real channel to help get TNA out there, and it has finally happened. Now we have to go out there and deliver because we’ve asked for this. We wanted this all along. We said, ‘this is the only thing we’re missing.’ So right now it’s just the hype. It’s the feeling of excitement that,’ okay, now we can go out there and show all those people who talked to down about us and all those people who thought that TNA was dead.’ I know TNA is very much alive. We’re on AMC and now it’s- we’ve got to go out there and deliver. This is what we ask for, this pressure. Don’t crack under it now. We’ve got to go out there and do it.”

Edwards also gave his thoughts about his belief about how TNA’s working partnership with WWE has been a “win-win” for both companies.

“That’s exactly how I feel. It’s a win-win. Like you said, anytime our talent can get out of the TNA bubble outside where somebody else or a new fan sees them, that’s a good thing. In no way could that be bad. It doesn’t, you know what I mean? Like we’re just putting the name out because they’re announced as TNA, from TNA Wrestling, or whatever it is. It’s not just spreading the word of this one guy or girl. No, it’s spreading the word of TNA and it’s getting to people who, like you said, otherwise might not be watching TNA. They only know WWE they only know NXT. So if you see TNA guys show up, like you said, all right I’m gonna go check that out. For them, you know, for the NXT roster to come over to TNA, I think that’s great too, because I think obviously there’s a lot of people on that roster, a lot of guys and girls on that roster who, some of them that can’t be used every week. If you only have one show or one episode a week, you can only do so much. So I think it’s important that the people they want to send over to work with TNA, they get to get more reps and they get to be on TV elsewhere as well. So it’s very much a win win. Like you said, people will be negative. They can be negative about anything. But I think for us and for WWE, it’s been a positive experience either way.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1 & 2

Mike Santana Comments on Being A Go-To-Guy For TNA

TV Insider held a recent interview with Mike Santana. One of the topics discussed included Santana’s thoughts about him being a top guy for TNA Wrestling.

“I feel like I’ve always been one to do my research. I consider myself to be a student of the game. When I came back and told myself I wanted to be that top guy and guy the company trusts to be in numerous different situations and things like that. I’ve looked at guys who have been in my position, even in other companies, where let’s see how they handle it and approach things. Also, taking a bit of myself. I’ve always been comfortable with public speaking.”

Santana also gave his thoughts about how serious he treats his role with the company.

“I’m very understanding of the fact I’m not just representing myself but a brand. That’s important to me. I take my job very seriously. They know this isn’t something I do for a hobby. This is how my daughter eats. This is how I pay my bills. I’ve always taken my job very seriously. But like you said, having that trust from the company itself to be put in these situations and represent the brand is definitely a good feeling. It’s a testament to the hard work I’ve been putting in and representing.”