Mustafa Ali continued his International Championship reign with a defense over “WWE NXT” and “WWE Evolve” star Chazz Hall during “TNA Impact.”
Hall was the third challenger to Ali since winning the title from Trey Miguel at Insurrection in April, with the champion having seen off Adam Brooks on “Impact” and TW3 at “MarquetteMania IV.”
Hall looked near winning the title after a Tornado DDT fed right into a standing somersault splash for a near-fall, but Ali continued to get the higher of him together with his strength. Hall tried to make use of the ropes to his advantage, rebounding off of them to no avail as Ali wrapped him up in a bridged pin for the title retention.
Hall, often called “Starboy Charlie” outside of WWE, is the reigning WWE Men’s ID Champion, and was making his TNA debut. He has wrestled 4 times on “Evolve” this yr in addition to making his sole appearance on “NXT” in April with a losing effort to Lexis King in a WWE Speed Championship tournament.