My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Apr - May 07

It's that time of the month, for my TNA monthly catch-up. I review Impacts & PPV how I see em, the only bias is mine. I talk about what I find interesting, you won't find me talking about s**t like Jay Lethals c**p gimmick. If ya don't like my views, don't read it. On to the action then.

Impact 19th April 07 - Show starts with Jeff Jarrett coming to the ring to bore us on the mic. Why is he still being called "King Of The Mountain" even though he isn't the champion?

A bit of shit involving Angle & Sting and a backstage interview.

4-way 1 fall contest - Chris Daniels vs Rhyno vs AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe. Funny because I thought 4-way meant all 4 in the ring at once so they took a bit of a liberty there. Daniels took the win from Rhyno after twatting him with a baseball bat in his attempt to become more like "Crow" Sting.

Chris Harris vs Robert Roode - The start of the match was delayed as Jackie Moore jumped Gail Kim. Roode cheated the win with the help of a pair of handcuffs.

Tag Team title match - Christian Cage & Abyss vs Team 3d. After a pretty even match Team 3d took the win from Abyss with the 3d. The show ends with Team Cage giving Abyss a beat down.

Impact 26th April 07 - Sting vs Kurt Angle (winner to meet Cage at Sacrifice) - This was a pretty even match until it was thrown out when Team Cage interfered when both men were outside the ring.

4 corners singles suicide stampede match (Winners to meet Sabin in a 3 way match at sacrifice) - Everyone else apart from Kaz of Seratonin was already in the ring when this started, everyone else being Sharkboy, Senshi, Petey Williams, Jerry Lynn, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt & Alex Shelley. West & Tenay were too wrapped up in the Cage/Sting match that they weren't even calling this match and didn't bother to bring us up to speed as to who was who's partner or even who was standing at ring-side. Jay Lethal took the pin for him and Sonjay Dutt.

Tag Team title match - Team 3d vs Tomko & Steiner. Hang on, since when are these 2 f**kwits tag partners or even contenders? LAX and VKM would be in line for title shots way before these 2 d**kheads. Team 3d get the win after a bit of interference from LAX.

NWA World Title match - Sting vs Christian Cage. This one started on the ramp and Team Cage couldn't interefere as it'd cost Christian the belt. This went pretty even until Kurt Angle interefered and the ref threw the match out.

Impact 3rd May 07 - Show opens with some c**p between Sting & Angle picking up from the previous week.

Tag Team Match - Team 3d vs Rhyno & Samoa Joe. Team 3d against yet another newly formed team to get some mileage out of the NWA title. Another pretty even match until Chris Daniels interfered and got his just deserts from everyone involved.

More crap involving Eric Young & Robert Roode.

Jackie Moore vs Gail Kim - Essentially this was a hardcore match where neither woman wanted to be involved. It was over so fast I had the feeling the ref told them to end it when the bell rang at the start of the match. Gail Kim took the win in a very scrappy match.

No DQ Tag match - AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Kurt Angle & Sting. Crap match which couldnt be over quick enough for me, both Sting & Angle being given the fall setting up the 3-way for the title at Sacrifice.

Impact 10th May 07 - 3 way dance. Homicide vs Brother Devon vs Scott Steiner - This was supposed to be a preview of the up-coming tag match on the PPV but it wasn't really. No real alliances were formed that were going to stand but outside interference allowed Homicide to get the win off Devon.

Christie Hemme finally gets herself a decent team in one of the Bashams and Damaja whoever he was (turns out he's the other Basham).

Tag Match - Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin vs Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt. Yet another warm-up match previewing talent due to be involved in Sacrifice. 6 man tag match - Samoa Joe, Chris Harris & Rhyno vs Chris Daniels, AJ Styles & James Storm. A very boring finish where Storm got the win.

Sacrifice PPV 2007 - X Division Title 3-way - Jay Lethal vs Sonjay Dutt vs Chris Sabin. In an excellent match where everyone got to show their talent Chris Sabin retained his title in a hard fought match. This could well be a heel turn for Sonjay Dutt.

Robert Roode vs Jeff Jarrett - No titles were on the line here, just a plain old fight. This is a part of the attempt to reinvent Jarrett as a face which I am never going to take seriously. Neither man really did much here in a match that just killed time. Roode took the win with a Perfect plex.

Chris Daniels vs Rhyno - Another card filler which most people most likely used as a bathroom break. Daniels won using the baseball bat.

Damaja & Basham vs VKM. It ended up being just Kip James, BG had been taken out. Basham took the win for Christie Hemme finally managing winners.

Texas Death Match - Chris Harris vs James Storm. Pretty back & forth with lots of blood and Chris Harris finally getting his revenge.

4 way X Division match. Tiger Mask vs Alex Shelley vs Senshi vs Jerry Lynn. Won by Jerry Lynn. Very dull, actually.

3 way Tag Team title match - LAX vs Scott Steiner & Tomko vs Team 3d. For teams that had a fair amount of bad blood between them this match didn't offer much. Plenty of power moves as their all big chaps but Devon made the pin on Tomko as Team 3d retained the belt. Tomko gave Scott Steiner a slapping afterwards but Rick Steiner came down to make the save on his brother. It looks like these 2 are back together as a tagteam and about time too.

AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe - Another card filler. Went both ways with Joe pulling AJ's trick of pretending to be injured then getting the win while AJ was offguard. Both these guy can and have previously offered a lot more and this wasn't either man trying his hardest or at his best.

NWA Heavyweight Title match - Sting vs Kurt Angle vs Christian Cage. This is a title shot that Angle didn't deserve and this storyline totally sucks donkey c**k through a straw for breakfast. Cage was always going to be the 5th wheel in this match. Highlights included Angle giving Sting a german suplex onto the ramp outside the ring, Angle giving Cage 8 consecutive german suplex's in a row, Angle Superplexing both Sting & Cage, and the big query of who actually won the title. Rudy Charles had made the 3 count on Sting pinning Cage before the other ref (who had no business being there or making a title call) said Sting tapped out to Angle's anklelock. Don't be surprised to see Sting vs Angle after Jim Cornette declares the belt vacant.