Just hours before TNA Destination X, half of the field for the Knockouts Ultimate X match has been changed. According to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select, Gabby Forza, Xia Brookside, and Jada Stone have been replaced by Heather By Elegance, Shayna Baszler, and Kiera Hogan.
As a result, only Tasha Steelz, Shotzi Blackheart, and TNA Knockouts TV Champion M By Elegance remain from the lineup that was announced on Thursday’s iMPACT. The winner will earn a future shot at the TNA Knockouts World Championship.
At least for now, Baszler is also still scheduled to challenge Indi Hartwell for the Knockouts World title at the same show. If the match with Hartwell still takes place, Baszler will wrestle twice in the same night, and both matches will be connected to Hartwell’s title.
Hogan will face Baszler, who teamed with Zoey Serrano to defeat her and Allie for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship at Bound for Glory on October 11. Heather By Elegance joins M in the bout, which means The Elegance Brand now has two of the six wrestlers in the Ultimate X match.
Fightful didn’t say what led to the changes. However, on Saturday, Carlos Silva confirmed that changes would have to be made to the Destination X card due to travel issues caused by flights being grounded across the U.S. on Friday.
Jada Stone was taken to the hospital after being involved in a car accident, which she revealed on November 8, noting that she had already reached out to promoters to cancel her upcoming bookings.
TNA Destination X takes place tonight from the Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with a 7 p.m. ET start time on pay-per-view and TNA+.