TNA Under Siege 2025 Review
KC Navarro replaced Francis here due to "injury," actually putting on a decent little match here. Navarro and Santana have good chemistry here, with plenty of spots and counters here. Mike looked strong here, going on his quest to capture the World Championship. Beatdown afterwards aside, Mike Santana has been very impressive as of late.
★★★½
Was not the outcome I was expecting from the buildup, but at least we got a decent enough match out of Cody Deaner before his departure from TNA. Although, I have to say, why is TNA willing to let him go when they have a thin enough roster as it is. Doesn't help the fact that after this match, there's an impromptu 6-man tag, and Deaner just fades into the ether, like none of this mattered.
★★★
While I did enjoy this match as it was happening, the outcome really rubbed me the wrong way. TNA barely has a Knockouts Tag Team division, with these two teams making up the entire division. So, why the hell would you break up a team you could utilize down the line? Regardless, this was a really fun match despite the weird name for the stipulation, with a couple of actual funny moments.
★★★½
Campaign Singh is the mystery partner after Ace Austin was taken out with an injury, apparently feeling neglected by Ali after being injured. This was unexpectedly a great multi person tag match, with great storytelling throughout. Ali is getting more and more unhinged with every match now, even unintentionally hitting Tasha Steelz. I'm really intrigued on how this storyline will play out on Impact!
★★★★
Unexpectedly less one sided as I was expecting, but still not PPV quality. This honestly felt like a TV match, and did not need to be here. Robert Stone forcing Santino and Arianna to hurry backstage was a little to cartoony, and kind of renders this whole storyline into farce territory, instead of the threat they are trying to make him out to be.
★★½
This match was, definitely something all right. This match was mostly propped up with shenanigans. For a match that was only 7 minutes, it barely felt like anything was accomplished. Why was this match a thing? At least this sets up Lei Ying Lee as a future contender afterwards, but otherwise the Knockouts division is in a slump right now.
★★
Every time they tease that Leon Slater could be the youngest champion in TNA history, they end up not pulling the trigger, which is kind of frustrating. Nonetheless, good match despite the same outcome. Somehow replacing Jeff Hardy with Leon Slater added some much needed energy to these teams fighting. I assume this fued'll continue?
★★★
Fun main event if I'm being honest. I just love how insistant Kazarian was in keeping Trick and Joe separated at all times during this match, just being a heels heel. It was just so entertaining. Plenty of great spots throughout, with great teases toward NXT Battleground this Sunday. I'm really curious how things'll play out this Sunday given the outcome here.
★★★½
PPV Grade:
Match Quality: 62/100
Show Structure: 89/100
Atmosphere: 60/100
Story: 70/100
Production: 70/100
Overall: C- (70/100)
Despite some of the matches being entertaining in their own rights, the show couldn't shake the feeling that it was just filler towards bigger shows like NXT Battleground or the upcoming TNA Against All Odds. Still, there are worse PPVs out there, so this is a decent time waster.
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