The 2024 Under Siege was a
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event
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produced by
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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. It took place on May 3, 2024, at the
Washington Avenue Armory in
Albany, New York
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and aired on
TNA+. It was the fourth event under the
Under Siege
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chronology.
Twelve matches were contested at the event, including three on the Countdown to Under Siege pre-show. In the main event,
The System (
Moose
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,
Brian Myers
Brian Myers (born April 20, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The System. He is a three-time TNA World Tag Team Champion, having held the title with Trevo ...
and
Eddie Edwards) defeated
"Broken" Matt Hardy and Speedball Mountain (
Trent Seven
Benjamin Maurice Webb (born 21 August 1981), known by the ring name Trent Seven, is an English Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Promoter (entertainment), wrestling promoter. He has worked for WWE, where he performed on their NXT ...
and
Mike Bailey). In other prominent matches,
Mustafa Ali
Adeel Alam (born March 28, 1986) better known by his ring name Mustafa Ali ( ), is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former TNA X Division Champion. He also makes appearances ...
defeated
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 ...
to retain the
TNA X Division Championship
The TNA X Division Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of TNA's second then- weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The cur ...
,
Jordynne Grace
Patricia Forrest Gresham (née Parker, born March 5, 1996), better known by her ring name Jordynne Grace, is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and powerlifter. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand. She is best ...
and
PCO defeated
Steph De Lander and
Kon in a
intergender tag team match, and
Alisha Edwards and
Masha Slamovich
Anna Khozina (; born 18 June 1998) is a Russian-American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Masha Slamovich. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is the reigning TNA Knockouts World Champion in her Li ...
defeated Spitfire (
Dani Luna and
Jody Threat) to win the
TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship.
Production
Background
Under Siege is a professional wrestling event held by
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busines ...
. It is annually held during the month of May, and the first event was held in 2021.
On March 7, 2024, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling announced that Under Siege would take place on May 3, 2024, at the
Washington Avenue Armory in
Albany, New York
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.
Storylines
The event will feature several
professional wrestling matches
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, with results predetermined by TNA. Storylines are produced on the company's weekly programs, ''
Impact!'' and ''
Xplosion.
At
Rebellion
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,
The System (
Brian Myers
Brian Myers (born April 20, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The System. He is a three-time TNA World Tag Team Champion, having held the title with Trevo ...
and
Eddie Edwards) successfully defended the
TNA World Tag Team Championship
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against Speedball Mountain (
Trent Seven
Benjamin Maurice Webb (born 21 August 1981), known by the ring name Trent Seven, is an English Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Promoter (entertainment), wrestling promoter. He has worked for WWE, where he performed on their NXT ...
and
Mike Bailey), while in the main event, System member
Moose
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retained the
TNA World Championship
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over
Nic Nemeth
Nicholas Theodore Nemeth (born July 27, 1980) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under his real name, stylized as Nic Nemeth, where he is one-half of the TNA World Tag T ...
. The System was set to celebrate at the end of the show, only for the lights to go out. When they came back on,
"Broken" Matt Hardy, making his full-time return to TNA in over 7 years, appeared and attacked The System.
On the subsequent episode of ''TNA Impact'', Nemeth and Hardy would declare "war" on The System, with Nemeth taking on Edwards later in the night. TNA also announced that The System will face Nemeth and Speedball Mountain in a
six-man tag team match
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at Under Siege. However, after Edwards defeated Nemeth on that night's main event, The System ambushed Nemeth with a chair shot to the head, injuring Nemeth's neck and taking him out of Under Siege.
As Nemeth was being checked by medical staff backstage, Hardy asked 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 ...
to take Nemeth's place in the match at Under Siege, which was granted.
On the April 25 ''TNA Impact'',
TNA X Division Champion
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Mustafa Ali
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held a "Ballot Box Battle," where members of the TNA roster and staff cast a vote to determine who would challenge Ali for his title at Under Siege. The votes were tallied, and it was determined that
Trey Miguel
Trey McBrayer (born August 30, 1994), better known by his ring name Trey Miguel, is an American professional wrestler, where he is a member of The Rascalz tag team. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He also makes appearances ...
had won by a "suspiciously large margin" of 60 votes. However,
Leon Slater accused
The Rascalz
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(Miguel,
Zachary Wentz
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, and
Myron Reed) of vote tampering, with Ali suggesting that he have Under Siege off due to this "voter fraud". Santino Marella, in response, suggested a "run-off" number one contender's match between Miguel and
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 ...
– who had the second-highest number of votes – the following week to determine Ali's Under Siege challenger.
Austin would defeat Miguel to become Ali's next challenger.
At Rebellion,
Jordynne Grace
Patricia Forrest Gresham (née Parker, born March 5, 1996), better known by her ring name Jordynne Grace, is an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and powerlifter. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand. She is best ...
defended the
TNA Knockouts World Championship
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against
Steph De Lander. De Lander originally had
Matt Cardona
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in her corner, but Cardona had torn his pectoral muscle and needed surgery. Thus, De Lander enlisted The Good Hands (Jason Hotch and John Skyler) and later
Kon to help her defeat Grace. In the closing moments of the match, the lights would go out, revealing
PCO and a returning
Sami Callihan
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to neutralize De Lander's helpers and allow Grace to retain her title. On the following ''TNA Impact'', De Lander and Kon challenged Grace and PCO to a
intergender tag team match at Under Siege, which TNA made official.
For the past few weeks, The System had tried to convince
Masha Slamovich
Anna Khozina (; born 18 June 1998) is a Russian-American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Masha Slamovich. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she is the reigning TNA Knockouts World Champion in her Li ...
to team up with
Alisha Edwards to challenge for the
TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship. Slamovich has been owed a rematch after she and
Killer Kelly lost the titles to current champions Spitfire (
Dani Luna and
Jody Threat) at
Sacrifice
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.
On the Countdown to Rebellion pre-show, after Spitfire retained the titles against
Decay
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(
Havok and
Rosemary
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), Slamovich and Edwards confronted Spitfire from the entrance ramp.
TNA would announce that Spitfire would defend the Knockouts World Tag Team Titles against Slamovich and Edwards at Under Siege on ''TNA Impact.''
Results
References
External links
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