Alberto El Patron made his TNA debut during Thursday night’s iMPACT! Wrestling TV tapings and defeated Bobby Lashley to win the TNA World Championship. The match will air on next Thursday night’s TNA iMPACT! Wrestling broadcast. Following several ref bumps and a belt shot, El Patron pinned Lashley to win the title in controversial fashion.
Following the match, Earl Hebner ran out and told Bruce Pritchard, Pat Kenney and someone else what happened. El Patron posed with the championship belt at the top of the ramp while TNA officials looked on with confusion. This will likely end next week’s iMPACT! broadcast.
You can check out some photos of El Patron’s TNA debut and title win below:
Scoop #54: 2 ref bumps and probably a dusty finish, stay tuned
— Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) March 3, 2017
Scoop #55: Hebner and Stiffler fighting over who the champion is, Earl out to settle this pic.twitter.com/FKKtYKR0Dg
— Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) March 3, 2017
Scoop #56: Bruce Prichard and other Impact officials out to try and figure this out pic.twitter.com/RW4Pq7QIzF
— Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) March 3, 2017
Scoop #57: Alberto is leaving with the belt pic.twitter.com/Edl7gkWP78
— Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) March 3, 2017