AJ Styles comes out to talk about Jeff Jarrett who also comes out to answer his issues. Kurt Angle comes down to interject.
3 Way Match - Chris Sabin (with Alex Shelley) vs Homicide (with Hernandez) vs Naito (with Yujiro, Kiyoshi & Sheik Abdul Bashir). Sabin & Naito started a doubleteam on Homicide but Sabin soon ended that partnership with a clothesline, Homicide hurt himself when he went for the flipdive into No Limit that took him over the guardrail and face first into a wall but he was paintbrushing himself to try and shrug it off to get back in the match and that shows how gutsy he is. Homicide continued to take bumps (twice off the apron to the floor) and came back into the match well. According to the colour guys Danny Bonaduche will be going against Eric Young in the Lockdown preshow so thats pretty much darkmatch status right there. Homicide took the eventual win with the 187 on Naito. Great match, especially considering the hit Homicide took in the head.
Shot of Brother Runt & Balls Mahoney arriving at the Impact Zone by taxi. Jim Cornette books Abyss & ODB into a mixed tag match (against each other), Cody Deaner conveniently volunteers to be ODB's partner. Jeff Jarrett interview.
6 Knockout Tagteam Match - Taylor Wilde, Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed vs The Beautiful People & Madison Rayne. This started on the ramp as Kong & her team dragged Love, Sky & Rayne into the ring. Kong was left working Love in the ring and she took the quick win off the Implant Buster, Kong went to use the scissors on Love but Sky & Rayne made the save before driving Saeed & Wilde into the belt that they'd set up on the turnbuckle. Kong had something sprayed into her face before Love beaned her with the title then Kong got a haircut. Pretty weak as a match and even weaker as set-up for the title bout on the PPV.
Runt & Balls Mahoney offer their support and Balls cites many classic ECW names, I loved Rays question "What about Heyman", the shrug just spoke volumes & really made me laugh.
Mixed Tagmatch - ODB & Cody Deaner vs Abyss & Daffney. Its great that Daffney has FINALLY dropped the stupid Governor gimmick and is now working as herself at long last, its also rather cool that she acknowledged her WCW nickname as Queen Of Scream in her new ring outfit with the top that said "I scream". Daffney bumped and worked ODB well even hitting a nice flip bridging suplex that looked pretty tidy, she really is able to work well now she is in a proper ring costume and a decent set of boots. Deaner came in against Abyss and all we really got to see was him on the wrong end of a beatdown taking a few bumps and Abyss took the win off the Black Hole Slam which Deaner sold very well indeed. So-so match, I would have liked to have seen more offence from Deaner but it won't be the last match we see him in but it really IS nice to see Daffney back as herself.
Mick Foley interviews Cactus Jack, yep, he talks to himself. Sting comes out and gets a beating for his trouble. Beer Money jump Runt & Balls Mahoney backstage (PLEASE say this means Runt is coming back and that Balls will be coming to TNA?) but fight into the Impact Zone, Balls bladed and took a couple of chairshots from Roode. Runt also bladed off camera, sold a DDT into a chair as well as a chair to the head and was superbombed through a table. Team 3D made the eventual save and Ray called Beer Money out. Its rare that a storyline beatdown on non-talent is any good but the 2 ECW veterans made this what it was.
Lethal Lockdown Advantage Challenge Round 3 - Kurt Angle (acting as a substitute for Kevin Nash, at the top of the show Angle had said Nash had a bad elbow and wasn't given Doctors clearance to wrestle until Sunday) vs Christopher Daniels. Daniels must be happy to be out of the Suicide costume and actually wrestling as himself again, for those of you who can't read lips Chris said "I never left" which is 100% correct as once he was "fired" he became Curryman and once he was "fired" he then became Suicide whilst Kaz has been out injured. Daniels showed he still has it with the great reverse split leg moonsault onto Angle outside the ring, he also sold a nice belly to belly suplex over the top rope. The double clothesline was a bit pointless and came at exactly the wrong time but Daniels got a good comeback, Angle sold a couple of good near falls and the colour desk failed to call a good Enzugiri by Daniels on Angle. Daniels took the eventual win off an excellent single leg roll through which gives Team Jarrett the advantage at Lockdown, I don't know why they bothered to play the whole "didn't pin him" idea. Jarrett comes down and replays the tape and reverses the decision giving Team Angle the advantage and as the show end Samoa Joe comes out looking pissed off.
I'm not exactly sure what this is setting up for at Lockdown this weekend but I guess we will see when it happens.
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