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=== Total Nonstop Action Impact Wrestling (2014β2025)=== [[File:Pope and Mathews.jpg|right|thumb|280px|Mathews (right) commentating with [[Elijah Burke|D'Angelo Dinero]] in October 2015.]] After being released from WWE, it was reported that Lomberger had signed with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) to work in their offices in Nashville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/88475/josh-mathews-update.html?p=1|title=Josh Mathews update|last=Johnson|first=Mike|date=September 24, 2014|access-date=April 4, 2015|publisher=PWInsider}}</ref> Throughout November and December, Mathews appeared in episodes of ''#ImWithSpud'' on TNA's [[YouTube]] channel. In December 2014, TNA confirmed that Mathews would take [[Mike Tenay]]'s place. In January 2015, Mathews was the lead announcer of ''[[Impact! (TV series)]]'' alongside [[Taz (wrestler)|Taz]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Namako|first1=Jason|title=Mike Tenay's new TNA role revealed in press release|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/tna-news/52183-mike-tenay-s-new-tna-role-revealed-in-press-release|publisher=WrestleView|access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> On June 3, 2015, [[Elijah Burke|D'Angelo Dinero]] officially joined Mathews as his broadcast partner for ''TNA Wrestling''. On the March 2, 2017 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Mathews turned [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] that night when he began favoring heel wrestlers over [[Face (professional wrestling)|face]] wrestlers. He continuously praised himself, and he argued with D'Angelo Dinero throughout the broadcast. In April, Mathews had a series of arguments with [[Jeremy Borash]] and the two started a heated rivalry, which seemed to culminate in a match where Mathews and Borash formed teams of four wrestlers to compete against each other, with the team Mathews created ending up on the losing side, meaning he would no longer be lead-commentator. However, on April 21, Mathews returned to ringside accompanying [[Ethan Carter III]], and joined Borash and Dinero, providing commentary, again belittling the wrestlers who the fans cheered for. At [[Slammiversary XV]], Mathews teamed with [[Scott Steiner]] against Jeremy Borash and [[Abyss (wrestler)|Joseph Park]] in a losing effort. On January 13, 2018, [[Matt Sydal]] turned heel and gifted his [[Impact Grand Championship]] to Mathews, only for Sydal to drop the belt to [[Austin Aries]] while defending it on Mathews' behalf. Following this, Mathews' heel commentator status was phased out. Mathews ceased to be TNA's main play-by-play announcer following [[Hard To Kill (2021)|2021 Hard To Kill]], though he still occasionally filled in at shows when new lead [[Matt Striker]] was unavailable. On February 12, 2025, it was reported that Mathews had parted ways with TNA ending his decade-long tenure with the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestlingheadlines.com/major-tna-changes-underway-tna-president-anthony-cicione-christy-hemme-josh-mathews-gone-from-the-company/|title=Major TNA Changes Underway, TNA President Anthony Cicione, Christy Hemme, & Josh Mathews Gone from the company|last=Clark|first=Ryan|date=February 12, 2025|access-date=February 12, 2015|publisher=Wrestling Headlines}}</ref>
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