Tag Match, The Rock & Rave Infection vs Rhino & Christian Cage. Nothing special really, Cage took the win.
Matt Morgan vs Johnny Devine. Again nothing special. Morgan took the win off the Hellavator. The chance of Abyss & Morgan as a tagteam is way more exciting than anything that happened in the actual match.
Karen's Angle with The Beatiful People & it looks like Kip James is going back to his Mr Ass character. Gail Kim's sister is named tonight, Katy or Katie Kim.
Sheik Abdul Bashir vs Jay Lethal. From the way Bashir was working the mic pre-match I didn't even think he was part of this match, I thought he'd just come out to flap his gums. Yet another uninteresting match, I was just sitting waiting for Consequences Creed to run-in & get his revenge on Bashir. Bashir cheated the win after he pulled something out of his boot and hit Lethal in the neck with it to cheat the easy pin. Sadly it seems the Dutt/Lethal storyline is not done with.
Tag Match, Team 3D vs Kevin Nash & Samoa Joe. Another uninteresting match. Joe won with the rear naked chokehold on Brother Devon. Some post match bulls**t, Joe hit the ref who reversed his call so Team 3D get the win. One small problem there, the match was over, the victory call had been made. My only problem there is you can't just go setting a decision change precendent like that otherwise so many matches in TNA history will need to be changed. You also now leave it open for future post match DQ's to change entire match outcomes. Sounds like Russo inspired bullshit to me.
Non-title Knockout Match with Traci Brooks as guest ref. I guess it's official then, Brooks is no longer a wrestler. Christy Hemme vs Taylor Wilde. For those talking about the "who is suicide" URL flashframe it happened right at the start of the match (isn't subliminal advertising banned by the FCC?). The match should have been over in the 1st minute as Hemme actually tapped out when Wilde put her in some weird leg stretch hold. Brooks must have been blind not to see that one. Both Wilde & Hemme had a good match here, best match of the night so far. Wilde took the eventual win & at no point did the word MISGUIDED appear, only the URL for whoissuicide. I assume Wilde bit her tongue or lip or cut her mouth in some way as she was holding her hand to her mouth after the match. With all the appearances of Gail's sister are they now going to bring her in as a new wrestler?
James Storm vs Hernandez. Hernandez started this one outside the ring, turning it into a brawl from the get go. It did eventually make it back into the ring for the match to legally start. Hernandez was on top until Roode interfered then Storm finally got the upper hand. It would have been a lot better match without Roode's constant interference (does he not trust Storm to be able to work a match on his own?) but both guys were on top and Hernandez took the win off a nice sit-out powerbomb after knocking Roode off the apron.
Gold Medal Challenge, Kurt Angle vs AJ Styles. Rules are three 2 minute time periods, wrestlers score 2 points for a takedown or near-fall (2 count) & win by scoring most points or getting a 3 count. I don't know why Angle's medal is up for grabs or why TNA Creative believes we're such stupid enough marks to think Angle would even put that medal on the line so they must think we're incredibly dim - way to inspire your fans by showing how much you think of them TNA. The ropes were down for this one (so you can already guess that someone is going out of the ring at some point during this match, its just a matter of who & when) & by the time the countdown clock appeared there was only 8 minutes of the show left anyway so yet again TNA fail to put on much of a main event in terms of duration. Angle scored his 1st 2 points for a single leg takedown to put himself ahead in the 1st 20 seconds. Angle then scored another 2 points flooring Styles. Going into the final 41 seconds Angle scored yet another 2 points for another takedown to establish a good lead on Styles. In the 2nd 2 minute time period AJ got a roll-up & a 2 count to score 2 points, he also scored another 2 points for a takedown. In the final 35 seconds of the 2nd period Angle made another takedown to increase his score to 8 points. In the dying seconds of the 2nd period Styles managed a roll-up to score 2 more points & also got another 2 count to take his score to 8 points, matching Angles score. In the 3rd period Styles had Angle in a go behind hold & Angle elbowed AJ in the head when the ref wasn't looking then scored 2 more points for a takedown. Styles hit a good suplex late into the 3rd period knocking the ref out of the ring (Note to TNA Creative - Ref bumps are f**king s**t & always have been. Stop doing them as no-one believes them any more) only for Angle to clothesline Styles when the ref was down outside the ring. With 12 seconds left on the clock the lights went out & Stings music hit. When the lights came up Angle had Stings black baseball ball but the lights went out again & Jeff Jarretts music hit. When the lights came back Styles was stood behind Angle with a guitar and nailed him over the head, cutting Angles head open. Styles made the cover & took the 3 count to get the win (its a shame the clock had already run out over 44 seconds earlier & Angle had actually already won the match but why let semmantics ruin a s**t storyline?).
This poor excuse for a final match topped off a generally poor Impact. After this weeks c**p PPV & tonights rubbish Impact TNA are going to have really start pulling it out of the bag to keep people watching. Time to fire Russo? Will they bring in Mick Foley? Will they ever end the Dutt/Lethal feud & shitty gimmicks? Only time can tell. We'll see next week, same time, same Bat-Channel.
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