TNA Wrestling has announced a Tables match for the October 15 edition of Thursday Night Impact, with Syx set to collide with The Righteous. The bout is the latest addition to a card being assembled by an unusual creative team: Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy, collectively known as The Hardys, who are serving as the matchmakers for this episode.
According to Fightful, the October 15 show falls in the immediate aftermath of Bound For Glory, TNA’s marquee annual pay-per-view, and Matt and Jeff Hardy have been handed creative control over the matchmaking duties for that broadcast. The newly confirmed Tables match will see Syx take on The Righteous, the duo of Vincent and Dutch.
Handing booking responsibilities to active or recently active talent for a single episode is a device TNA has used before to generate storyline intrigue, and putting it in the hands of The Hardys immediately raises questions about what direction Matt and Jeff intend to take the rest of the card. Tables matches carry an inherent stipulation beyond a standard pinfall or submission, since a competitor can win by putting an opponent through a table, a wrinkle that often produces a more physical, higher-risk encounter than a traditional one-on-one bout.
The addition of Syx against The Righteous gives the October 15 Impact card its first confirmed stipulation match since Bound For Glory, and further announcements tied to The Hardys’ booking assignment are expected as TNA continues to build out the post-pay-per-view show. No further details on the build to the Tables match, including any storyline rationale for the stipulation, were included in the available reporting.
Fans looking ahead to October 15 now know that the broadcast will feature at least one confirmed stipulation bout in addition to whatever fallout TNA chooses to address from Bound For Glory, with Matt and Jeff Hardy holding creative input over how that fallout and the rest of the card come together.
