Steel Asylum Match - Alex Shelley vs Jay Lethal vs Curry Man vs Chris Sabin vs Sonjay Dutt (with Socal Val) vs Jimmy Rave (with Christy Hemme) vs Johnny Devine v Petey Williams vs Shark Boy vs Super Eric. The rules are very basic, the first competitor to escape from the hole in the top of the cage wins the match also earning themselves a match for the X Division title. The match starts off with a general melee but the first outstanding move is Dutt's tilt-a-whirl headscissors on Devine.
The tagteams fared well midmatch and the triple suplex on The Prince Justice Brotherhood was sheer brilliance. Sabins kick on Curry Man was pretty amazing also. Lethal's Hurricanrana on Rave was insane! I assumed Devine flubbed his attempt at the Devine Intervention on Rave? I loved Curry Man's Gorilla press then throw of Dutt into the cage and turnbuckles, it looked really painful. Lethal took the eventual win but I think for his selling, overal ability and amount of effort Curry Man really deserved this one more. A great way to start off the ppv but with the wrong winner.
The tagteams fared well midmatch and the triple suplex on The Prince Justice Brotherhood was sheer brilliance. Sabins kick on Curry Man was pretty amazing also. Lethal's Hurricanrana on Rave was insane! I assumed Devine flubbed his attempt at the Devine Intervention on Rave? I loved Curry Man's Gorilla press then throw of Dutt into the cage and turnbuckles, it looked really painful. Lethal took the eventual win but I think for his selling, overal ability and amount of effort Curry Man really deserved this one more. A great way to start off the ppv but with the wrong winner.
Backstage segment, Cornette mentions TNA is going to HD. ABout time too.
6 Person Bimbo Brawl - The Beautiful People & Cute Kip vs Rhaka Khan, ODB & Rhino with Special Guest Referee & Knockout Law Traci Brooks. ODB and Angelina Love kicked this one off. Velvet was selling like crazy off Rhinos moves, Rhaka Khan was working well off Kip and it looks like that will be her future strength. The ladies took it out of the ring and it was left to Kip & Rhino to work the finish, Kip set up for the Famouser and Rhino hit the Gore from pretty much nowhere to take the win. I think they cut this one short due to being unsure how to work it.
X Division Championship - Sheik Adbul Bashir vs Consequences Creed. Creed's entry into the ring was pretty damn amazing and it gave me hope that this wasn't going to be yet another sh**ty match involving Bashir. Creed owned the opening of this match but Bashir showed his main area of ring skill is on the mat as all his moves involved submissions or holds on Creed. Bashir took the eventual win off a sh**ty roll-up and a handfull of middle rope. Sad how the better wrestler lost again. It doesn't help the company to have a champion whose not over as a heel and whose in ring ability is very doubtful at the best of times.
TNA Knockout Championship 3 Way Match - Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saeed) vs Roxxi vs Taylor Wilde. Wilde & Roxxi clearly had a plan to get Kong out of the match quickly and they threw her out of the ring to even the odds and make this a match between just the 2 of them. Roxxi & Wilde had a nice fast fluid set of moves until Kong got back in (did she hit the ref?) & Saeed dragged Roxxi out. Kong dominated for a short time before Wilde almost had it off a roll-up that Roxxi managed to break up.
After putting Wilde out of the ring Roxxi had a nice offensive against Kong which the crowd clearly enjoyed. Kong hit Roxxi with a very weird looking cross body block then the Implant Buster & Wilde had to run to break up that pin attempt only to be floored by a vicious clothesline. Wilde took the eventual win off Roxxi with the bridging suplex in a pretty weak finish. Hopefully we'll see Wilde vs Roxxi in the next title match in a no DQ hardcore match so Wilde is well out of her comfort zone.
After putting Wilde out of the ring Roxxi had a nice offensive against Kong which the crowd clearly enjoyed. Kong hit Roxxi with a very weird looking cross body block then the Implant Buster & Wilde had to run to break up that pin attempt only to be floored by a vicious clothesline. Wilde took the eventual win off Roxxi with the bridging suplex in a pretty weak finish. Hopefully we'll see Wilde vs Roxxi in the next title match in a no DQ hardcore match so Wilde is well out of her comfort zone.
Tag Team Championship Monsters Ball Match - Beer Money (with Jaqueline) vs Abyss & Matt Morgan (have these f**kers STILL not got a team name yet?) vs Team 3D vs LAX with former football & WCW star Steve "Mongo" McMicheal as guest referee. Everyone dived straight onto Beer Money from the bell. As its a Monsters Ball match its weapons allowed & no DQ so my hopes were high for a good thorough match and a possible title change. West and Tenay manage to call Hernandez by the wrong name despite the fact he's got his name tattooed across his back in huge letters.
You had to mark for the crowd chanting "ECW" as Brother Ray was working Hernandez. Mongo's count of Roode on Brother Ray was truly awful, had Mongo forgotten what he was there for? It was good to see Mongo get involved sticking the 3 point stance to Beer Money. 3D putting Abyss through the fire table (seems the fire guys were a tad slow or sloppy when trying to put Abyss out). It was a bit off that Hernandez had to call Mongo over to count after he hit Storm with the sit-out powerbomb but at least Mongo had the same speed of count for all teams involved. Morgan seemed unwilling to sell the Border Toss after he'd flubbed a grab on Homicides headscissors. Hernandez was all thumbs trying undo the bag of thumbtacks. Hernandez took the 3D through the table covered in thumbtacks and Beer Money stole the pin on Hernandez in a match where they did almost nothing at all.
You had to mark for the crowd chanting "ECW" as Brother Ray was working Hernandez. Mongo's count of Roode on Brother Ray was truly awful, had Mongo forgotten what he was there for? It was good to see Mongo get involved sticking the 3 point stance to Beer Money. 3D putting Abyss through the fire table (seems the fire guys were a tad slow or sloppy when trying to put Abyss out). It was a bit off that Hernandez had to call Mongo over to count after he hit Storm with the sit-out powerbomb but at least Mongo had the same speed of count for all teams involved. Morgan seemed unwilling to sell the Border Toss after he'd flubbed a grab on Homicides headscissors. Hernandez was all thumbs trying undo the bag of thumbtacks. Hernandez took the 3D through the table covered in thumbtacks and Beer Money stole the pin on Hernandez in a match where they did almost nothing at all.
3 Way War - Booker T vs Christian Cage vs AJ Styles. Booker & Styles started this off with Cage taking a back seat. Cage & Styles worked each other well although Styles attempt at a spinning backward moonsault off the top rope onto Cage wasn't stopped very well by Cage at all. Styles was clocked in the head by Booker with the briefcase and this left him to work Cage and I just prayed Cage had enough ability to carry Booker on his own. Booker slowed the match down long enough to allow Styles to get back in the game, this let Cage & Styles speed things up again and put Booker out of the ring.
Cage and Styles had another good rapid run of moves culminating in Styles hitting the inverted DDT after a nice backflip, Styles was having to seriously oversell Bookers kicks and knees to get them over though even to the point of having to hit his own arm to make Bookers knees sound harder. Styles' Pele on Booker was freaking awesome (possibly the move of the match I think) and Ref Shane Sewell really should have DQ'd Booker & sent him packing back to the locker room after grabbing his shirt to stop the count on Styles. Cage hit the Unprettier on Styles off the top rope, Booker hit him with the axe kick to take a win he didn't deserve in a match where he did almost nothing to contribute to the entertainment factor. Booker needs to either learn more moves or retire, he's a waste of time in TNA.
Cage and Styles had another good rapid run of moves culminating in Styles hitting the inverted DDT after a nice backflip, Styles was having to seriously oversell Bookers kicks and knees to get them over though even to the point of having to hit his own arm to make Bookers knees sound harder. Styles' Pele on Booker was freaking awesome (possibly the move of the match I think) and Ref Shane Sewell really should have DQ'd Booker & sent him packing back to the locker room after grabbing his shirt to stop the count on Styles. Cage hit the Unprettier on Styles off the top rope, Booker hit him with the axe kick to take a win he didn't deserve in a match where he did almost nothing to contribute to the entertainment factor. Booker needs to either learn more moves or retire, he's a waste of time in TNA.
Special Grudge Match - Kurt Angle vs Jeff Jarrett with Mick Foley as special guest enforcer. Foley wasn't ref so I really wondered how the hell they were going use him in this one. Angle made it pretty clear he was playing for the boredom factor as all he did was keep returning to the mat and the technical wrestling of holds and slowness. Jarrett was certainly the better and more entertaining of the 2 workers trying high risk stuff both inside and out.
It was pretty obvious this match wasn't going to end fairly (or not end at all) once Angle went for the chair, beaning Foley with the chair was a mistake as Foley dragged the ref out to break Angle's pin attempt. Foley hit Angle with the Socko Claw, Jarrett beaned Angle with the guitar and Foley counted the pin which won't count anyway as he wasn't the designated official and he interfered in the match. I'm calling this either a double DQ and no man wins or DQ on Jarrett for outside interefence by Foley. How ever you look at it, you can't call it a win for Jarrett as it simply didn't happen despite the arena announcer calling Jarrett the winner.
It was pretty obvious this match wasn't going to end fairly (or not end at all) once Angle went for the chair, beaning Foley with the chair was a mistake as Foley dragged the ref out to break Angle's pin attempt. Foley hit Angle with the Socko Claw, Jarrett beaned Angle with the guitar and Foley counted the pin which won't count anyway as he wasn't the designated official and he interfered in the match. I'm calling this either a double DQ and no man wins or DQ on Jarrett for outside interefence by Foley. How ever you look at it, you can't call it a win for Jarrett as it simply didn't happen despite the arena announcer calling Jarrett the winner.
TNA Heavyweight Championship - Sting vs Samoa Joe. Whoever wins there is going to be NO rematch as a contract clause has already been publicly signed on Impact. By the time all the introductions had been done and the bell rang we were only ever going to get less than 19 minutes worth of wrestling in the main event. This started as a slugfest before Joe decided to put Sting outside the ring then took it to Sting with a nice suicide dive. Hebner let a hell of a lot go as Joe took it into the crowd, when Sting got a breather he took it up into the cheap seats with an amazing dropkick style leap over the barriers onto the steps by Joe with a VERY hard landing on the concrete steps.
PS, who was the Dr Who fan holding up the "BAD WOLF" sign behind Sting just before Joe crotched him onto the barrier? Once Joe took it back into the ring he was measuring Sting and making each punch count. The splash into the turnbuckle followed by the high Pele style kick to the head was a nice combination as well. Tenay & West were calling that Sting had hit some sort of DDT off the turnbuckle but if I'm honest that looked like Joe had gone for a move which he flubbed and hurt the back of his own head and West & Tenay were trying to cover the flub. Joe's crossface on Sting really came at the wrong time (with less than 10 minutes of the match to go) and I assume the fans were also annoyed at Joe slowing the match down hence Joe giving them the finger.
Sting hitting the Muscle Buster on Joe was great but the fact that Joe got straight up and totally no-sold it was even better. Joe hit the Scorpion Death Drop which Sting also no-sold by getting straight up and the fans were marking out like crazy for these. Sting nailed 2 Stinger Splashes only for Joe to power Sting down to the canvas when he attempted another. Clearly no-one knew how to finish this and it indicated very badly that no-one really cared when they sent Nash out to the ring with less than 4 minutes of match remaining. Joe hit Sting with a nice DDT that Sting ever so slightly oversold, Sting grabbed the bat while Joe was arguing with Hebner.
We then had a really crap ref bump that Hebner no-sold, Nash "hitting" Joe in the leg or knee with the bat (with an awful camera angle so we saw almost nothing at all) then Sting took the win off the Scorpion Death Drop. What a p**s poor finish to what had been a really good match until Nash came out. Sting is the new Heavyweight Champion and you have ask what idiot thought this finish was ever going to please the fans after such a good match.
PS, who was the Dr Who fan holding up the "BAD WOLF" sign behind Sting just before Joe crotched him onto the barrier? Once Joe took it back into the ring he was measuring Sting and making each punch count. The splash into the turnbuckle followed by the high Pele style kick to the head was a nice combination as well. Tenay & West were calling that Sting had hit some sort of DDT off the turnbuckle but if I'm honest that looked like Joe had gone for a move which he flubbed and hurt the back of his own head and West & Tenay were trying to cover the flub. Joe's crossface on Sting really came at the wrong time (with less than 10 minutes of the match to go) and I assume the fans were also annoyed at Joe slowing the match down hence Joe giving them the finger.
Sting hitting the Muscle Buster on Joe was great but the fact that Joe got straight up and totally no-sold it was even better. Joe hit the Scorpion Death Drop which Sting also no-sold by getting straight up and the fans were marking out like crazy for these. Sting nailed 2 Stinger Splashes only for Joe to power Sting down to the canvas when he attempted another. Clearly no-one knew how to finish this and it indicated very badly that no-one really cared when they sent Nash out to the ring with less than 4 minutes of match remaining. Joe hit Sting with a nice DDT that Sting ever so slightly oversold, Sting grabbed the bat while Joe was arguing with Hebner.
We then had a really crap ref bump that Hebner no-sold, Nash "hitting" Joe in the leg or knee with the bat (with an awful camera angle so we saw almost nothing at all) then Sting took the win off the Scorpion Death Drop. What a p**s poor finish to what had been a really good match until Nash came out. Sting is the new Heavyweight Champion and you have ask what idiot thought this finish was ever going to please the fans after such a good match.
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