The 2025 Unbreakable was a

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event produced by

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. The event took place on April 17, 2025, at the Cox Pavilion in

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, and aired on

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and

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. It was the third event under the

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chronology. Seven matches were contested at the event. In the main event,

Steve Maclin Stephen Kupryk (born May 26, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under the ring name Steve Maclin, and is a former TNA World Champion and the inaugural TNA Internat ...

defeated A. J. Francis and Eric Young in a tournament final to become the inaugural TNA International Champion. The event also marked the TNA debut of Sidney Akeem and the return from injury by

Chris Bey Daquan Christopher Johnson-Bey (born February 13, 1996), better known by the ring name Chris Bey, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), but has been on hiatus due to a broken neck that he suf ...

Production

Background

TNA previously held a pay-per-view event titled

in 2005, and a monthly special in 2019 (then known as Impact Wrestling). On, February 13, 2025, TNA announced that Unbreakable would take place on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the Cox Pavilion in

Storylines

The event featured

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that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray

villains A villain (also known as a " black hat", "bad guy" or "baddy"; The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.126 "baddy (also baddie) noun (pl. -ies) ''informal'' a villain or criminal in a book, film, etc.". the feminine form is villai ...

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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. On the April 3 episode of ''TNA Impact!'', TNA Director of Authority

Santino Marella Anthony Carelli (born March 14, 1974), better known by the ring name Santino Marella, is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he works as the on-screen director of authority. He is best kn ...

came to the stage for an announcement, interrupting a promo between self-declared co- TNA Digital Media Champions

Steph De Lander Stephanie Josephine De Landre (born 21 January 1997), better known under the ring name Steph De Lander, is an Australian professional wrestler. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is a former as well as the final TNA ...

and

Mance Warner Quirt Miller (born October 10, 1988), better known by his ring name Mance Warner, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He also makes appearances on the independent circuit, predominantly fo ...

. After demanding De Lander surrender the title belt, Marella immediately deactivated it to replace it with the

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. The inaugural champion would be determined via a tournament culminating at Unbreakable, consisting of three three-way matches where the winners meet in the three-way finals, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the three-way match between

AJ Styles Allen Neal Jones (born June 2, 1977), better known by his ring name AJ Styles (or A.J. Styles), is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, ...

Samoa Joe Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW Worl ...

, and TNA X Division Champion

Christopher Daniels Christopher Daniel Covell (born March 24, 1970), better known by the ring name Christopher Daniels, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he works as the Head of Ta ...

that main evented the first Unbreakable event – a match considered to be one of the greatest in TNA history and that helped put TNA on the map as a major national promotion. The first-round matches would be announced later that night – Eddie Edwards vs.

Ace Austin Austin James Highley (born February 28, 1997), better known by the ring name Ace Austin, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former three-time TNA X Division C ...

vs.

;

Zachary Wentz Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994), better known by his ring name Zachary Wentz, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The Rascalz tag team. He ...

vs. JDC vs. Eric Young; and A. J. Francis vs. Mance Warner vs.

Sami Callihan Samuel Alton Johnston (born September 1, 1987), better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and promoter. He is signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestlin ...

. The latter match took place the following week, with Francis pinning Callihan to advance. Sami Callihan, and Mance Warner and Steph De Lander had been feuding ever since the January 23 live episode of ''TNA Impact!'', where De Lander confronted Callihan while carrying the TNA Digital Media Championship that she won in her "divorce" from on-screen husband PCO. Warner, De Lander's real-life fiancé, would debut and attack Callihan shortly after. Callihan and Warner would continually get into brawls for the next month, culminating in a street fight at

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which Warner won. Even after that, Callihan kept pursuing Warner and De Lander. On the March 27 ''TNA Impact!'', Callihan, Warner, and De Lander had a war of words mediated by Santino Marella, but it ended when De Lander threw hot coffee into Callihan's face, kayfabe injuring his right eye. On the following week, Callihan demanded to be matched with Warner for the first round of the TNA International Championship tournament, replacing Zachary Wentz in their match with A. J. Francis. After both men failed to advance in the tournament, Callihan demanded that Marella give him one more match with Warner at Unbreakable, this time in

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. The match was made official later that night.

Results

Inaugural TNA International Championship Tournament

References

External links

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