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Trick Williams Scheduled To Defend The TNA World Championship At Against All Odds

Trick Williams will be defending his TNA World Championship at the upcoming Against All Odds event this weekend.
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TNA World Champion, Trick Williams, will be defending the championship against Elijah at the upcoming Against All Odds event on Friday June 6. TNA announced the news on their social channels on Tuesday night.

Williams -- an NXT star and a former NXT Champion -- defeated Joe Hendry at the NXT Battleground 2025 event to win the championship. Williams vs. Hendry for the championship on that show was the first the TNA World Championship was ever defended on a WWE show.

After winning the championship, Williams was immediately confronted by Mike Santana. Santana told Williams that he needed to defend TNA from him and then proceeded to challenge Williams for the championship. This week on NXT, Williams defeated Santana to retain the title.

During the match, KC Navarro and AJ Francis interfered and attacked Santana, which gave Williams the opening to earn the win.

After the match, Williams and Elijah had a confrontation outside the ring. Williams stole Elijah's guitar and bashed it on the steel ring steps.

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Trick Williams has been a staple act in NXT for years now. He started as teammate with Carmelo Hayes and eventually beat Hayes for the championship at NXT Stand and Deliver during WrestleMania weekend last year.

Since then, Williams has been one of the faces of the brand. Williams won the NXT Championship for the second time on the brand's debut on the CW Network.

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Zack Heydorn
ZACK HEYDORN

Zack Heydorn has been covering the pro wrestling industry for a decade and writes news, features, and interviews for The Takedown On SI. He also hosts and cohosts a variety of WWE and AEW shows on YouTube. Heydorn is a former Assistant Editor of PWTorch and Managing Editor of SEScoops. Zack is also the author of the Hybrid Shoot book Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin, which is available on Amazon. You can follow Zack on X and Bluesky.

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