Today on their social media accounts TNA Wrestling announced that the newly crowned X-Division Champion, “Speedball” Mike Bailey must qualify for Ultimate X like everyone else.

This match has been a stable in TNA for decades. The Director of Authority Santino Marella announced that if Bailey doesn’t qualify then he will have to vacate the championship and the upcoming Ultimate X match at Emergence on Friday August 30th will be for the vacated championship.

As of this writing two qualifying matches have been announced for this Thursday on TNA iMPACT! The first match will see the current champion Mike Bailey take on both his Speedball Mountain tag team partner in Trent Seven and Jake Something. The second match will see the returning KC Navarro take on Zachary Wentz of The Rascalz and a mystery opponent.

TNA iMPACT! airs every Thursday at 8/7c on both AXSTV and TNA+.

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