Show kicks off with more in what seems to be BG James' push as an announcer.
Anything Goes Knockout Bimbo Brawl, Traci Brooks as guest Referee - Jaqueline vs Roxxi. With Moose out injured they've substituted Jackie so it'll be interesting to see how she copes in a hardcore match. Jackie had a very short time on top from the bell but when Roxxi came back she came back hard & Jackie took some good bumps (especially back first into the ring steps). Jackie got back on top after reversing Roxxi into a nice drop toe hold onto a chair (looks like Raven has been training some of the women then). Roxxi got the win after hitting the Voodoo Drop in an good match for both women.
Sonjay Dutt vs Curry Man. Curry Man was on top for most of this but Dutt took the win with the help of some leverage off the ropes. Super Eric did a nice palm (who taught him magic?) to "find the ring" in Dutts tights but he managed to persuade Val it'd fallen into his clothes when she went to visit him in "hospital".
Tag Match, The Motor City Machine Guns vs Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed. I fully expected & predicted The Guns to job with Creed working this match as he's getting the push at the moment. Shelley & Lethal gave a great opening exchange to kick this off. The Guns were generally on top for the most of this match & were the better team by a country mile. Creed took the (easily predicted) win pinning Shelley (who wasn't the legal man anyway) with a roll-up.
Karen's Angle with Frank Trigg. No-one cares & never did.
8 Man Tag Team No DQ Match - Beer Money & Team 3D vs LAX, Christian Cage & Rhino. This was lots of action both in ring & out, both teams were on top with way too much action to call. Homicide took the win with the Gringo Cutter on James Storm. Beer Money put Homicide through an unconvincing looking "glass" table during the post match beatdown which had been set up for Rhino so hopefully that's setting up for a Beer Money vs Team 3D match to get 3D back as faces again.
Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saeed & The Beautiful People) vs Salinas (which explained why she didn't come out with the rest of LAX earlier). Kong won off the Awesome Bomb in a stupidly short match. After giving Salinas an Implant Buster they set her up for a 2nd Awesome Bomb onto a chair then Gail Kim, Taylor Wilde ran down & it all kicked off. Kong took some hits & dropkicks from Wilde before catching her with a forearm as Wilde jumped off the top turnbuckle & was about to nail her with the Awesome Bomb onto a chair when Abyss came out & made the save. Raisha Saeed had to pull Kong out of the ring & hopefully that's a match their setting up for in the near future, Abyss vs Awesome Kong sounds like it'd be insane!
8 Man Weapons Gauntlet Match (rules are 2 men start off & can bring in the weapon of their choice then another more 2 men enter every 2 minutes, elimination is by going over the top rope to the floor until its 2 men left then its pinfall or submission). Kurt Angle (who brought a trashcan) & AJ Styles (who bought a ladder) started this one off. Next in after the 2 minutes had elapsed were Matt Morgan (who brought a chair) & Tomko (who brought a 2 by 4). Morgan chased Tomko out of the ring area, leaving Styles & Angle to battle on alone. I loved Styles taking the Irish Whip (which West & Tenay called "a catapult", idiots) head first into the chair. Next in were BG James (who brought another chair) & Kip James (who brought a "Dead End" road sign). BG ran round the ring to jump Kip before he ever made it into the ring. BG nailed Kip in the head with his own sign. Angle hit the Ladder & badly cut his head open (you could tell the ref's were really concerned as 2 rolled onto the apron to ask Angle if he was alright & you could see Angle say "I'm fine"). He even managed an Olympic Slam on Styles & took a Pele to the head as well. The last 2 guys to come into the ring were Booker T (who bought a baseball bat) & Samoa Joe (who bought the extendable baton).
During the break Matt Morgan eliminated Kip James. AJ Styles eliminated Kurt Angle as they came back from the break (I assume so he could receive medical attention for his head wound) & Booker T eliminated AJ Styles seconds after that. (I'm not sure if Angle putting Styles into the Ankle Lock was because he was genuinely pissed off about the head wound or if it was a work) Morgan had a short moment on top but was eliminated by Booker T & Tomko working together. Tomko eliminated Booker T after Joe pushed him into Booker whilst he was straddled on the top rope. Tomko was going to hit Joe with the trashcan off the top turnbuckle but Joe kicked Tomko who dropped the trashcan onto his own head then Joe hit the Musclebuster to take the win in a really good main event. This week's Impact more than makes up for last week's pathetic offering.
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