Tag Team Championship, The Motor City Machine Guns vs The British Invasion - Absolutely nothing happened in the 1st 10 minutes but it picked up for the next 5 or so minutes with a ton of missed pin attempts by the Guns but Brutus Magnus eventually took the win off Chris Sabin.
Knockout Championship, Tara vs ODB - ODB tried to get into Taras head by delaying the start of this match then trying to jump her at the bell but Tara was having none of it nailing an early Tarantula hold then a Slingshot Legdrop on ODB who then got out of the Powerbomb attempt by Tara, this thing went back & forth with Tara making a very sloppy Single Leg Takedown but the Snap Suplex was very nice indeed & she only just missed the pin off the Standing Moonsault. ODB had Tara up on her shoulders but Tara wriggled out turning it from a Victory Roll to a Small Package to take the win & Tara is the new TNA Knockout Champion.
Feast Or Fired, Jay Lethal vs Consequences Creed vs Cody Deaner vs Robert Roode vs James Storm vs Eric Young vs Kiyoshi vs Sheik Abdul Bashir vs Homicide vs Big Rob vs Kevin Nash (with the Big Sexy World Tour winner Britney) vs Samoa Joe - We've had FOF before so you should be familiar with the rules but if you've been in a cave the last 3 years heres how it works.
Its a Russo inspired idea of 4 briefcases on poles, 1 has a Heavyweight title shot, 1 has a Tag title shot, 1 has an X Division title shot & the final case has a pink slip so if you get that case you get fired although the rules have been tweaked slightly because it used to be you took the case down but it wasn't yours until you left the ring & your feet hit the ground but now its been changed so as soon as you get the case its yours. I'd already been reading some TNA headlines before this so I already knew who'd be getting the Fired case ahead of time.
The 1st case to come down was Case #2 eventually claimed by Sheik Abdul Bashir (I can reveal that contained the pink slip as this was Bashirs last match in TNA, reports disagree as to if he left or was let go), moments later the 2nd case to come down was #4 claimed by Big Rob (my guess is that will be a shot at the Tag title), Roode & Storm made some nice moves on World Elite (Storms DDT was excellent!) but the 3rd case to come down was Case #1 claimed by Kevin Nash (guessing that'll be a Heavyweight title shot which he'll give to Hogan) leaving Case #3 left which everyone was fighting over. Homicide hurt himself making a Gringo Cutter on Lethal, Joe kicked Deaner off the ropes and claimed Case #3 (which is most likely to be an X Division title shot).
After a Christy Hemme interview with AJ Styles & Kurt Angle (more details at the end of the review about why) they return to open the FOF cases which is unusual as they normally drag out the results of who got what. Nash opened Case #1 first to reveal a Tag Title shot (well I wasn't expecting that but I can guess who his partner will be - Hogan), Joe then opened Case #3 to reveal the Heavyweight Title shot (so all my predictions were completely wrong this year), Rob & Bashir opened their cases together Robs Case #4 contained the X Division title shot & Bashirs Case #2 had the pink slip.
8 Man Tag Elimination Match, Team 3D, Rhino & Jesse Neal vs Hernandez, Matt Morgan, D'Angelo Dinero & Suicide - As a result of losing a match recently Hernandez started this match alone for the first 5 minutes, as expected Hernandez spent those 5 minutes jobbing & was almost pinned after Rhino hit the Gore but he dodged a 2nd Gore turning it into a Roll-up pinning & eliminating Rhino with just over a minute left on his own. Hernandez was then left on the wrong side of a beatdown with Jesse Neal about to whale on him with a chair when the 5 minutes expired & Morgan, Dinero & Suicide were finally able to run in & all hell broke loose.
Suicide worked Neal until Neal used a chair which bought Hernandez in to use the same chair on Neal which for some reason got him DQ'd (but Neal didn't get DQ'd for doing the EXACT same thing, wheres the logic there Ref Slick Johnson?), Neal was rolled to the apron & Suicide was eliminated by Devon making a pin after Team 3D hit the 3D (later as Ray was working Dinero Taz announced Jesse Neal had also been DQ'd), Dinero had been owning Team 3D for a few moments when Slick Johnson made his 2nd obviously bad call about Dinero not having pinned Ray (actually he had, as had he on the previous pin attempt too) when Devon pinned Dinero off a 3D out of nowhere leaving just Matt Morgan on his own.
Ref Slick Johnson gave Team 3D a HUGE amount of leeway considering how illegally they were double teaming Morgan who came back but was quickly stopped by Devon taking out one of his legs from behind, Morgan was down but not out eliminating Devon with The Carbon Footprint leaving just him & Brother Ray. Morgan was about to be on the wrong end of a chairshot when he hit Ray with The Carbon Footprint smashing the chair into Ray & Morgan took the win. Not a very good match at all to be honest.
Last Man Standing, Scott Steiner vs Bobby Lashley - I didnt watch this at all apart from the finish, I had that little interest in it. Bobby Lashley took the win after Kristal threw him Steiners lead pipe which he used to nail Steiner who failed to answer the 10 count leaving Lashley as the winner. Its a s**t angle & no-one cares, ok TNA?
Foleys Funhouse Rules Match, Raven & Dr Stevie vs Abyss & Mick Foley - Raven brought a kendo stick & Stevie had a chair so Foley made it anything goes & weapons legal, not a great match by any means but Foleys Elbow Drop off the ramp onto Stevie wrapped in barbed wire through a table was pretty impressive but Abyss took the eventual win off the Black Hole Slam on Raven. I'm pretty sure Foley hurt his wrist or elbow when he made that table jump though.
Two of of Three Falls 3 Degrees Of Pain Match, Desmond Wolfe vs Kurt Angle - To add an extra twist this was being held in a steel cage as well, it was always going to be a slow dull match mostly on the mat but the rules were as follows:-1st fall must come off a pin, 2nd fall must come off a submission & if it goes to the 3rd fall its 1st man to escape the cage. Wolfe took the 1st fall off theTower Of London, Taz was squeeing like a fanboi & if your curious the fans were chanting "this is wrestling" (I'm stunned they weren't as bored as I was by it all) as Angle took the 2nd fall when Wolfe tapped out of the Ankle Lock. Wolfe made a decent Superplex (possibly the 1st proper "wrestling" move I've ever seen him do) & was busted open hitting the cage but Angle took the win by escaping the cage by climbing over the top beating Wolfe to the floor. Extremely boring match that was FAR too long.
Heavyweight Championship, Daniels vs AJ Styles - We had around 23 minutes of air time left by the opening bell of this one so it wasn't really going to be an out & out slog but surprisingly both guys decided to take it slow keeping it on the floor with hold & counterhold, YAWN. Things did eventually pick up with some aerials & Daniels made a nice Headscissors takedown from the canvas on Styles who sold it very well indeed. This slowed down again & if I am honest neither guy was really trying at all in this match, both men are capable of far much more than they showed here. You'd think in the main event of a PPV where the companies main title is on the line both guys would be going balls out to win & impress the fans but that just was not the case here.
Clearly both guys were well aware of the time limit as things picked up a great deal in the last 5 minutes but working hard for 5 minutes in a 23 minute long match just doesn't cut it I am afraid, Daniels had Styles on the top turnbuckle & was about to hit a Hurricanrana (Tenay said Frankensteiner for some reason?) but Styles blocked it halfway & took the win off the Styles Clash off the bottom rope to retain his title. P**s poor match from 2 guys I thought had a lot of talent but failed to show it here.
Again mentioned during the Knockouts title match was that there will be NO Impact on Dec 24th, instead they will return on Dec 31st calling it their "New Years Knockout Eve" with a mini tournament between the 8 best Knockouts of 2009. In further news interviewer Lauren is leaving TNA, Christy Hemme has now officially retired as a wrestler & will be replacing her as an interviewer which I guess answers a lot of my recent questions about Hemme. Apparently in the new year there will be a new Impact set which is being built by contractors working for Eric Bischoff & there are also rumours the 6 sided ring may be being phased out.
Until New Years Eve this is me wishing you & yours a Merry Xmas.
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