In her third-ever TNA Knockouts World Title match, Arianna Grace successfully defended and retained her championship against Xia Brookside on Thursday’s “TNA iMPACT.” Not only was this one other successful title defense for the liaison of TNA-“WWE NXT,” but it surely was the primary Knockouts match to ever important event the show because it moved to AMC this past January.
The competition was hard-hitting, as Brookside proved to start with of the title fight that there are more multi-generational “birthright” stars than simply Grace and her pals over on “NXT.” Nevertheless, because of distractions from her fiancé, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, Grace used her title to get the ultimate blow on Brookside before ending her off with a knee to the face.
With Riot just across the corner next Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio, Grace will put her title on the road for the fourth time against the girl she took it from at No Give up this past February, Lei Ying Lee. Recently, these two, together with the previous Dani Luna, all faced off in a triple threat match at No Give up last Friday.
One other first-ever Knockouts match occurred on tonight’s episode, as Tessa Blanchard emerged victorious, via knockout, against Jody Threat in a Bunkhouse match.