TNA Sure For Glory 2024
October 26, 2024
Wayne State Fieldhouse
Detroit, Michigan
Watch: TNA+ & TrillerTV
The twentieth version of Sure for Glory, usually TNA Wrestling’s greatest present of the yr, takes place this coming Saturday (October 26) on the Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit, Michigan.
Billed as their largest grossing stay occasion within the USA (catchy milestone) this yr, the present is their first PPV in Michigan in 15 years and can be most important evented by Nic Nemeth defending his TNA World Championship towards Joe Hendry.
Rhino and the late Bob Ryder, in the meantime, will develop into the eleventh and twelfth individuals inducted into the promotion’s Corridor of Fame.
Countdown to Sure for Glory 2024
Ash By Class & Heather Reckless (w/ The Private Concierge) vs. Xia Brookside & Brinley Reece
Within the newest tribute to The Lovely Individuals, Ash By Class’s new gimmick includes her attempting to present individuals (particularly new signing Heather Reckless) makeovers. Yep, nonetheless not a winner in my ebook.
Anyway, Ash and Reckless received one-upped on the go-home present by Brookside and NXT’s Brinley Reece, resulting in this tag match. Reece hasn’t received a very good identify in any respect, it’s atrocious by even NXT requirements, and Reece stays very inexperienced – which doesn’t bode nicely for the standard of this.
With the babyfaces logically on target to retain the Knockouts tag titles later within the present, Ash and Reckless going over right here makes essentially the most sense. Prediction: Ash By Class & Heather Reckless
Name Your Shot Gauntlet
I’m happy that TNA has moved the Name Your Quick Gauntlet to the PPV pre-show for this yr, its sixth iteration. When included in the principle present, it’s a real-time sync that utterly throws off the tempo of the cardboard and infrequently wears out the group.
Six of the 20 contributors are already confirmed: Frankie Kazarian, Sami Callihan, Laredo Child, Jake One thing, Jason Hotch, and AJ Francis. A six-man scramble on the go-home present implies that Kazarian will begin at No #1, whereas Francis will enter final at No #20.
On condition that he’s been concerned on the earth title combine all yr with out getting shut, and he’s an enormous a part of the principle occasion, Kazarian profitable this appears closely telegraphed. You might make a case for just a few others like Callihan, One thing or Alexander Hammerstone, however there’s additionally the low-hanging fruit of Kazarian going from #1 to victory, identical to they love within the different promotion. Prediction: Frankie Kazarian
Mike Santana vs. Moose
Since his return to the promotion in April, most of Mike Santana’s time has been spent feuding with everything of Moose’s faction The System. That involves a head, and presumably a conclusion, with a singles match right here.
In lots of respects, this looks like an necessary second for each guys. Moose has been in huge spots all yr with out ever knocking it out of the park, whereas Santana wants an enormous assertion efficiency earlier than he presumably will get a title push within the close to future.
The vignettes they ran on the go-home present, outlining Santana’s background and journey, are a few of the finest issues they’ve executed in ages and have me absolutely behind the previous LAX man. Prediction: Mike Santana
Josh Alexander vs. Steve Maclin
Though he’s very clearly on his method out of the promotion, Josh Alexander continues to be closely featured. The newest evolution of his heel gimmick has seen him hyperlink up with Judas Icarus and Travis Williams to kind a brand new faction, The Northern Armoury.
The Northern Armoury’s gimmick since forming has been beatdowns – they first took out Eric Younger after which tried to do the identical along with his new tag accomplice Steve Maclin. New babyface Maclin battled again although, resulting in this rematch from final yr’s Victory Highway.
Interference and shenanigans really feel counter to the whole lot they’ve executed with Alexander since he broke freed from the shackles of Ethan Web page, however I suppose his present gimmick is serving a objective and if it helps to get promising younger guys like Icarus and Williams over then I’m all for it.
Whereas there’ll be some involvement on the skin which is able to restrict the ceiling of this, these two delivered magic the final time they had been within the ring collectively and I’ve received excessive hopes once more. There’s little doubt in regards to the winner although. Prediction: Steve Maclin
TNA Knockouts World Tag Group Championship
Spitfire (Dani Luna & Jody Menace) (C) vs. Rosemary & Wendy Choo
If I didn’t take my obligations as TNA reviewer so significantly, I might skip this in a flash.
My hope is that the traditional reserving logic right here prevails and that that is the top of this Rosemary & Wendy Choo rubbish. Choo beat Jody Menace on the go-home present after they had a numbers benefit, so the babyfaces ought to get their revenge right here and transfer onto one thing new with Ash By Class and Heather Reckless. Prediction: Spitfire
Monster’s Ball Match for the TNA Digital Media Championship and Canadian Worldwide Heavyweight Championship
PCO (C) vs. Matt Cardona
TNA has put loads of effort and time into constructing this feud between PCO and Matt Cardona. It’s felt disjointed and tough from the off. A part of that’s right down to Steph De Lander, a centerpiece of the feud, being legitimately injured, however the greatest issue is that a lot of the construct has been crap.
It may very well be that my perspective on all of it is off. Cardona appears chilly as ice to me and I’ve received lower than no real interest in seeing him work, and PCO’s routine is proscribed and repetitive at this stage.
My guess for the end right here is PCO retaining and Cardona’s newest run coming to an in depth. With PCO’s ally Rhino going into the Corridor of Fame, it appears virtually too apparent that he runs in right here and ensures his babyface ally goes over. Prediction: PCO
TNA X-Division Championship
Mike Bailey (C) vs. El Hijo del Vikingo
From two matches I’ve received no real interest in, to one of the best factor on the present.
Mike Bailey is now into his third X-Division title reign after ending his transient programme with Zachary Wentz and this can be his second defence after beating Leon Slater in a enjoyable match a few weeks in the past. El Hijo del Vikingo, in the meantime, is making his first look within the promotion since January and certainly one of his first since getting back from harm final month.
Each of those guys have limitations to their work – Bailey’s promoting is inconsistent and Vikingo often does an excessive amount of and doesn’t all the time adapt if issues don’t work – however they’re additionally glorious between the bells and have the potential to ship one thing genuinely glorious.
Though there’s a nominal AAA partnership, it’s exhausting to see this being something apart from a profitable title defence for ‘Speedball’. Prediction: Mike Bailey
Three-way Full Steel Mayhem for the TNA World Tag Group Championship
The System (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards) (C) vs. ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) vs. The Hardys
This would be the nineteenth Full Steel Mayhem (learn TLC) match in promotional historical past, and the primary tag-team affair within the format since 2019. It’ll be the fifth that Eddie Edwards has been part of, whereas Matt and Jeff Hardy can be within the second three-way variation after showing within the first and beforehand dealing with one another in a one-on-one version.
The primary change for this match is that the winners would be the workforce to climb a ladder and declare the belts, whereas the previous couple of have been determined by pinfall.
I’ve received no real interest in seeing The Hardys work anymore however in a plunder match the place the opposite 4 males within the match will bump for them and do loads of the exhausting work, they need to be high-quality sufficient right here.
The construct to this match has lacked loads of logic (it’s a sample, Mr Dreamer), nevertheless it appears designed to make sure that The Hardys win the belts in “their sort of match”. The System and ABC have traded the belts all yr, so it will appear odd to do the identical once more, and shifting to The Hardys does, for all their limitations, open some new instructions. Prediction: The Hardys
TNA Knockouts World Championship
Jordynne Grace (C) vs. Masha Slamovich
Jordynne Grace could be essentially the most checked-out particular person on the whole TNA roster. It’s blindingly apparent each time she comes out that she’s off when her deal is up. That’s high-quality, however earlier than she goes, she’s received to lose the Knockouts World Title, and this looks as if nearly as good a spot as any.
She’s closing in on Gail Kim’s all-time days report with the title, in order that does provide some pause for thought, however that may be a narrative system to beat her with on the way in which out. Likewise, she’s overwhelmed Masha Slamovich in all three earlier conferences so doing the J-O-B right here as a altering of the guard would most likely one of the best finish to a reasonably boring, lengthy third run with the belt.
The earlier three conferences between these two had been all actually good, so this could not less than a be a step up on her earlier defences, even when the end result doesn’t appear doubtful. Prediction: Masha Slamovich
TNA World Championship
Nic Nemeth (C) vs. Joe Hendry with Frankie Kazarian because the Particular Visitor Referee
I can’t say I’m relishing this.
That’s not due to a normal antipathy to the prospect of a Nic Nemeth/Joe Hendry World title match, it’s extra the looming spectre of how the match will look and the possibly horrific end.
Joe Hendry beat Frankie Kazarian within the No #1 Contender’s Match, a match that ended with a Dusty End courtesy of Nic Nemeth’s presence on commentary. Since then, Nemeth has leaned extra heel, operating Hendry down as a no-hoper and a meme act, whereas Hendry has proven babyface fireplace and Kazarian has regularly inserted himself in the whole lot.
By some means, Kazarian received made particular visitor referee. Not by the odiously-titled Director of Authority Santino Marella, no. No, this was by Anthem Officers. Simply the worst strategy to something, together with TV execs in tales. Apart from saying he received six weeks of ref coaching from Earl Hebner, which did elicit a mirthless chuckle, all of this has been a heap of junk.
Kazarian can also be within the Name Your Shot Gauntlet on the pre-show. It appears apparent that he’ll win that and have a cash-in title shot for any second of his selecting. Does he do it earlier than the match, making this a three-way that protects Nemeth and probably elevates the match high quality? Or, worse nonetheless, does he do it throughout the match and steal the title in a method that once more protects Nemeth and places Hendry again within the chase? There’s additionally the potential that Kazarian doesn’t with the Gauntlet and that then leads him to push this in a single course or the opposite as a response, or his shenanigans are thwarted by one other unexciting JBL look.
Nevertheless you cube this up, it’s no good and a far cry from how this promotion was approaching issues the final time Kazarian was in a title most important occasion. Prediction: Frankie Kazarian