Tonight, TNA presented fans with a live episode of “Impact,” including two title matches and several updates regarding future title matches. The main event saw Leon Slater lose his X-Division Championship on the day he tied the record for the longest reign, with Cedric Alexander of The System taking over as the new champ. You’ll also find us discussing the opening battle royal, the latest update to the Rosemary/Allie saga, and much more. TNA Wrestling

Picture any monumental moment one has strived years to achieve. Then imagine watching as that opportunity slips through their fingers. It’s hard to witness. So many hearts dropped watching Leon Slater lose tonight. And while we should have expected it, I still hated how the ball was dropped on something that would’ve been so historic and talked about for years to come.

While the match was explosively awesome to watch, it still stung to see Slater not get his flowers and become the single longest-reigning X-Division Champion in TNA history. But you know what? Slater remains a champion to many of us watching live in California and watching from home. You have to ask yourself: Can Cedric Alexander do something more remarkable in his reign than Slater could? Perhaps. But time will tell on that one.

One thing that couldn’t be taken away from Slater tonight, is that this Brit will still go down in the history books as the youngest to ever capture the X-Division title in company history, at just 20 years old (the age he was at the time when he won it at Slammiversary last July). Now that his reign is over, where does Slater go from here? Does he stay in TNA or venture off towards the company’s co-partner in WWE? If he goes to the WWE, they’d be extremely lucky to have him there on a full-time basis. He will make history wherever he goes.

Written by Brie Coder

Most Thursday nights, “Impact” doesn’t give us a whole lot to write about outside of our results page. Debuts are few and far between, and it typically just doesn’t have a whole lot going on apart from run of the mill pro wrestling. That was a little bit different tonight, and it was absolutely a welcome departure.

Tonight saw Leon Slater’s long-running X-Division Championship run come to an end at the hands of Cedric Alexander, and that was followed up by the debut of former WWE star Fabian Aichner (AKA Giovanni Vinci, formerly of Imperium). Prior to that, two world title matches were announced, with another strongly teased on the Knockouts front. While the episode was far from perfect, I would encourage TNA to keep up the increased pacing, as far as actual notable events go.

Written by Nick Miller