Overview
- Hayes turned back Leon Slater’s United States Open Challenge bid for his third successful title defense.
- The match ended when Hayes landed a front-facelock top-rope cutter.
- Slater is TNA’s reigning X-Division champion despite recent changes to his scheduled appearances.
- His iMPACT on AMC premiere match with Myron Reed was pulled after Reed and the Rascalz signed with AEW.
- TNA also removed Slater from the Genesis card, rebooking Cedric Alexander and Moose to face Joe Hendry, with Fightful Select reporting visa issues kept Slater out and enabled his WWE usage.