TNA Rebellion 2025 Review
Ultimate X Match for the TNA X-Division Championship - Moose vs Leon Slater vs Matt Cardona vs El Hijo del Vikingo vs KC Navarro vs Sidney Akeem
A fun match to open the night. While this isn't the greatest Ultimate X Match in TNA history, this provided a lot of creative spots and memorable moments you would expect from the match type. Leon Slater yet again proves to be the modern Jeff Hardy by doing an insane Swanton 450 off the top of the scaffolding. The ending is a bit disappointing, because Leon Slater clearly touched the mat, but I supposed that sets up a rematch down the line.
★★★★
TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championships- The Elegance Brand (Ash & Heather by Elegance) vs Meta Four (Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson) vs Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Threat) vs Chemical X (Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley)
An okay four-way for the KO tag titles. I'm slightly annoyed that they went with the two people are legal stipulation, but otherwise the match was perfectly fine. Sure as hell better than their last PPV defense. I am baffled, though, on how they're booking Maggie Lee. On Impact last Thursday, she had a promo basically saying she wants to be her own person, which is far away from the Elegance Brand. I assume it'll be explained later, but for now I'm just baffled.
★★★½
This match honestly felt like filler to me. Despite having buildup before hand, this match had little to no heat to it. The inclusion of Sean Waltman was just random as hell and contributed nothing to the actual match, just the aftermath. This was just a glorified house show match, Moose did not need to pull double duty for this.
★★★
★★★
A good first title defense for the newly minted TNA International Championship. This was a strong showing for Steve Maclin, simultaneously holding off Eric Young and the Northern Armory to defend his title. This is clearly not the end of this storyline, as they attack him after the match. I look forward to the storyline continuing, because it's very interesting thus far.
★★★½
Match of the night yet again, just like last time TNA went to PPV. There was plenty of insane spots in this match. While the match disappointedly ends in the middle of the ring in a false count anywhere match, the actual in-ring wrestling and chemistry make up for that one minor flaw. The story they told not only leading up to, but during the match was very compelling. Just great stuff all around.
★★★★½
The best match of the night was bafflingly followed by the worst match of the night. It's unfortunate, too, as these two are very capable athletes. This was just a very boring, mostly one-sided affair. At one point, the crowd was starting to turn on the match by chanting "CM Punk" and "Let's Go, Cena, Cena Sucks." By the time they got into second gear, it was already too late and the audience lost. Tessa Blanchard, though, is seriously becoming the Charlotte Flair of TNA, as I noticed some sandbagging from her. It was a terrible decision to rehire her.
★★
The second worst match of the night, unfortunately. It was just a weird decision to have the Nemeth's escape the Hardy Compound to build up to this match. The action inside the ring was slow and awkward, too, while noticing a couple of botches. Of all the titles to change hands tonight, why give the Nemeth Brothers the tiles. I suppose it could be worse, but they just add nothing.
★★½
An acceptable main event, although I can't help buy feel a little disappointed, since Kazarian wasted his Call Your Shot Gauntlet trophy on this. Regardless, these three work really well together. There was plenty of neat spots, and good chemistry between the three allowed for good storytelling. Joe Hendry going over was kind of foreshadowed in his cameo in NXT, as evidenced with Trick Williams attacking him after the match. I guest that'll be the next program going forward for the TNA title.
★★★½
PPV Grade:
Match Quality: 66/100
Show Structure: 71/100
Atmosphere: 74/100
Story: 70/100
Production: 67/100
OVERALL: D+ (69/100)
While the majority of the matches ranged from okay to great, the production of the show constantly screwing up coupled with really lackluster storytelling made for an overall disappointing Rebellion. I really do hope they recover from this slump, because the TV show, regardless of the PPV quality recently, is way better than it was years ago.
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