TNA Bound For Glory 2025 Review (With Match Ratings)

Tessa Blanchard (w/Victoria Crawford) vs. Gia Miller (w/Jody Threat) (1/5)

The point is for Gia Miller. All the praise in the world to her, she looked good when she was on offense. Despite Jody Threat’s support, Miller came up short because Tessa Blanchard used one of her father’s old tricks to win. The match was bad to watch, mostly when you know how good Miller is in the Indies rings.

20-Person Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match (3,5/5)

It would be not easy to describe everything that happened in the 30-minute match. Léi Ying Lee, Mara Sadé, and Rosemary were stunning and not afraid of doing intergender wrestling. AJ Francis eliminated his friend, Rich Swann. Not one but all the Rascalz were there. Frankie Kazarian hits Jody Threat with a lariat to take her spot. Santino Marella replied with a Cobra. Matt Cardona and Mance Warner revived their old feud.

There were sizeable surprises in this match, and they did a decent job of putting in a fair number of women, even if two of them started it off. The ending was unique, too. Nic Nemeth and Frankie Kazarian both won a shot at one TNA title. They fought for the trophy. Suddenly, it felt like Mike Santana would not be the World Champion for more than a few minutes.

TNA Knockouts World Title Match – NXT’s  Kelani Jordan (c) vs Indi Hartwell (3,5/5)

The real good surprise of the night. It was a fair, intense, solid match between two very talented Knockouts. Some spots were a bit long. The confrontation of two different wrestling styles did not always look good. After Jordynne Grace or Deonna Purrazzo, the company has struggled to find new, powerful Knockouts leaders.

Kelani Jordan has the IT Factor, and it was apparent when she first won the Knockouts Title at NXT Showdown. It was shown even more last night, as she and Hartwell went out there and delivered the goods. The future of the Knockouts is, for the moment, in the hands of an NXT talent. I said, for the moment.

Hardcore War Match – The System (Alisha Edwards, Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, JDC & Moose) defeat Order 4 (Jason Hotch, John Skyler, Mustafa Ali, Special Agent 0 & Tasha Steelz) (4/5)

I love hardcore wrestling. I love toys. Then, this match was not the best deathmatch/hardcore bout I’ve ever seen. The barbed-wire Boston Knee Party is a classic in Eddie Edwards’ repertoire. The Patriots’ helmet brought by JDC was a new toy in my collection. Special Agent Zero had no weapon, but he appeared to be his own weapon.

This was a good match with enough creative spots to make it enjoyable, but not to make it look really hardcore. Kudos to Alisha Edwards for taking the choke bomb by Agent Zero into the thumbtacks. Mustafa Ali ate some, too, and that was delicious to watch. Now, is the war really over between the System and Order 4? If so, where do we go now?

TNA X-Division Title Match – Leon Slater (c) vs. NXT’s Je’Von Evans (4/5)

Something went wrong when the match took too much time to really start. The crowd chanted “This is Awesome” even before the match began, but in fact, the bout turned awesome a bit too late. The way things were lasting was a bad sign. The bell rang as the 20-minute time limit was over.

The crowd was in shock. Santino Marella gave them five more minutes, enough to let DarkState waste the match. I won’t let the ending take anything away from this. I expected nothing less than four stars here, and that was easily cleared. If Evans and Slater are only 21 years old still, I can only wonder just how much better they could be down the line.

TNA World Tag Team Title / WWE NXT Tag Team Title One Last Tables Match The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) (c) vs. Team 3D (Bully Ray & D-Von) (4/5)

When you have witnessed Royal Rumble 2000 and all the matches that followed, it’s hard to think it’s over. The nostalgia spots were great, from the What’s Up spot and the early 3-D to eliminate Jeff. The spot with Jeff jumping from the very top of the ladder to nearly kill himself and D-Von was hard to watch.

Obviously, time has taken its toll on all four of these guys. They are 206 years old if we add their ages. The ending was really odd. Bully Ray asked for the match to end and be sent through a table. It was the end of an era, as the Dudleyz gave their boots to the Hardys. We won’t remember this match for the next 206 years, but the alchemy between these two teams will last forever.

TNA World Title Match – NXT’s Trick Williams (c) vs. Mike Santana (4,5/5)

Konnan was there, with his former protege, as if we were in 2017. The title change was needed, and it helped that this match had a little bit of everything. What started as a brawl before the bell turned into a one-sided affair, favoring Trick Williams. Mike Santana fought from underneath and used the spirit and motivation of his daughter Arianna being at ringside to motivate him to the title win.

Williams used all the tricks he had to win, the belt, the stairs, or his lawyer. Arianna slapping Williams was great to watch. The energy in every segment we saw on iMPACT before the PLE was the one that was emulating Mike Santana last night. Bending on his daughter’s knee to give her the title said everything. It was dramatic, heavy, and it all worked out really well. Yes, I shed a tear. Now, Elijah is back, and both Nic Nemeth and Kazarian have a title chance. Santana will be pretty busy in the weeks to come.

That’s all for the TNA Bound For Glory 2025 review. May the Nygma be with you.