Order Four ruins TNA main event

The latest TNA Thursday Night Impact opened with Matt Hardy addressing the mysterious backstage attack on his brother Jeff from the previous week. Matt alleged that the TNA World Tag Team Champions Nic and Ryan Nemeth were responsible given their upcoming rematch clause. The Nemeths denied involvement and mocked Matt, leading to a two-on-one brawl that security eventually broke up.

Backstage, Elayna Black confronted the Elegance Brand and expressed interest in challenging for M's Knockouts TV title. M suggested that Black face Heather instead, a proposal that Heather disliked but Black accepted.

Avery Styles was offered his first TNA assignment but did not accept it.

The opening match featured AJ Francis, managed by UK rapper Expressions, against Brent Oakley. Expressions insulted Toronto as the worst city in America before the bout. Oakley gained some momentum but was speared out of the air by Francis for the pinfall victory.

After the match, Francis declared himself the greatest AJ to compete in a TNA ring and proposed facing Avery Styles as his first opponent in the promotion. Styles responded positively to the idea.