On time this month ;-) The views expressed in this catch-up are my own. Some stuff I won't discuss because it's utter s**t and offers nothing to further TNA or help wrestling. I call it how I see it, you don't like my views then don't read them Welcome to Smarkdom ;-)
Impact 19th Jul 07 - Impacts opening titles appear to have changed! Show opens with Triple X (Senshi, Chris Daniels & Elix Skipper) vs Seratonin with Raven filing in for Kaz/Kazarian who has now left them. Pretty even match, Senshi took the win for Triple X.
Lance Hoyt (& Christy Hemme who appears to be getting sluttier by the week) vs Kip James (with BG & Roxie), Kip won from The Famouser in a match that wasn't much to talk about.
Revenge match - Christian Cage & James Storm (who needs a new gimmick pretty soon, the whole cowboy thing is so old now) vs Rhyno & Chris Harris. Storm took the win with help from Dustin Rhodes and a chair. Weak match, hopefully this Storm/Harris feud will be over soon
Oh, and a load of storyline b**ls**t occurred. Who cares?
Impact 26th Jul 07 - No DQ match - Robert Roode vs Sting, this match never promised much, It was too long and very dull. Sting took the win.
Tag match - Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley vs LAX. Another overly long match with nothing to offer. Homicide took the win for his team. Suddenly Team 3d have become hated in the Impact Zone? When did that happen then?
Lots of storyline and folks shooting the breeze not worth talking about.
No DQ Match - AJ Styles vs Abyss. A lot of outside interfence and general b**ls**t from what started as a decent enough match. Whoever cut Abyss under the ring really f**ked up the blading as he was pouring blood from his head. Styles took the win in the end.
Impact 2nd Aug 07 - Tag Match - Team 3d vs Chris Harris & Eric Young. Team 3d as heels aren't very good but took the win in this excuse for a match.
Tag Match - Triple X vs Sonjay Dutt ( I hate his Guru gimmick!) & Jay (Needs a better gimmick) Lethal. Daniels took the win in this AWFUL match and TNA gets worse by the match.
Ladder match with stipulations - Christian Cage & AJ Styles vs Abyss & Sting. We finally saw the 1st appearance of Andrew Martin (Test from WWE) helping out Sting & Abyss, fighting with Tomko. Abyss got the contract & win for his team & Martin was kicking ass & looking good!
Impact 9th Aug 07 - Show opens (and we get a look at Matt Morgan with Cornette) and Cornette announces some stuff for the upcoming PPV.
Some b**ls**t about a bloke called Pacman, his opening words were very true. "You don't know me". No, I don't have a f**king clue who you are and don't give a f**k either.
6 Man House of Fun Match - Raven, James Storm & Robert Roode vs Kaz, Chris Harris & Rhyno. These matches are normally PPV only so it promised a lot! A pretty fast paced match, Kaz as usual gave an excellent account of himself (he just gets better every time I watch him, put a belt on him soon?) . Roode took the eventual win off Kaz.
Tag Match - Kip James & Brother Devon (in an unusual 1-off get together) vs Homicide & Rick Steiner (whilst Scott is still recuperating from his surgery no doubt). The Steiners are now filling a face role even though Scott has never been a face in TNA. Rick Steiner looked very out of shape in this match, very ring rusty but still taking some decent bumps. Kip took the win from the famouser off Homicide.
Hard Justice PPV 07 - 3 Way X Division Tag Match - Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt vs Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley vs Chris Daniels & Senshi (part of Triple X and Elix Skipper came down with them). As always with the X Division guys this was a fast paced match, lots of good moves throughout. Sonjay Dutt giving a great account of himself (lose the S**T gimmick please?), he makes a real good sell and was getting everyone over. Elix Skippers ropewalk hurricanrana was f**king awesome! Lethal finally took the win off a small package. Awesome for an opening match!
Raven vs Kaz - With the remnants of Seratonin behind him Raven certainly had the edge in numbers here. This pretty much started on the outside but managed to stay in the ring. Kaz took the win, no shock there really. He's getting his gradual push at the moment. I see him teaming with Chris Harris soon, perhaps.
Bar Room Brawl (No DQ, Anything goes rules) - James Storm (with Jackie Moore) vs Rhyno. This went right into the crowd in seconds, Rhyno must have felt like he was back in ECW. I guess drinking the beer during this match might be the start of a heel turn for Rhyno. This match was pretty weak despite the no dq factor, neither man made anything of it. Storm took the win. Very scrappy match indeed for a PPV.
Tag Match - VKM vs LAX. Kip had been going through his old ring clothes by the looks of it, he was wearing an old Mr Ass outfit. Kip took the win. Hector Guererro helped get the match restarted and LAX won. Konnan has been replaced, it seems.
Ultimate Humiliation Tar & Feather Match - Robert Roode vs Eric Young. Despite Roode being the bigger and heavier guy and the better wrestler it was obvious Young was going to win this after the storyline his character has been going through. In a total turn-around Roode took the win! With an assist from Gail Kim, Miss Brooks got tarred and feathered. Can her breasts GET any bigger?
Chris Harris vs Black Reign (aka Dustin Rhodes) - They've taken the Goldust gimmick and turned it to the dark side, using a black & white outfit instead of Gold. Rhodes was pretty much unrecognisable in the Black Reign outfit and facepaint. Harris won by dq after Rhodes hit 2 referee's. Personally I think Rhodes f**ked something up during the match and they had to take this one home earlier than expected.
Tag Team Grudge Match - The Steiners vs Team 3d. With 3d as the heels, the Steiners looked like pre-match favourites. Scott looked pretty good for a man who's had some pretty hard surgery and hasn't been in the ring for a while. Rick was looking a lot better in the ring than the last match I saw him in, the rust is coming off quickly and he's finding his old school self. Loved seeing Scott do the Frankensteiner on Devon (not easy on such a big guy!). The Steiners got the obvious (and easily predicted) win.
A bit of b**ls**t where Ron Killings did a sell job to get some nobody I've ever heard of (Pacman WHO?) over.
Doomsday Chamber Of Blood Match - Christian Cage, AJ Styles & Tomko vs Sting, Abyss & Andrew Martin going under his new name - The Punisher. Rules are you can only pin a man if he's bleeding. Tomko was cut 1st, Abyss was cut open by Cage with "glass". AJ Styles took a good blackhole slam onto the glass and Abyss got the fall and the #1 contender spot for next months PPV.
Main Event, Winner Takes All Match - On the line, the X Division Belt, Tag Championship Belts, TNA World Heavyweight Belt & Kurts IWGP (Japan) belt all on the line. With a b**ls**t side story about Kurts ex-wife (is that his real wife? doubtful) I had Angle pegged to win this as the pre-match favourite. Whoever described Joe as "an indy nobody" in one of these groups hasn't got a f**king clue about wrestling outside of the WWE. He almost certainly doesn't know Joe worked for WWE once as well. The fact that Joe had Angle tapping out but the ref was "knocked out" (that c**p is so old it's unreal), Angle got the win and ALL the titles off a b**ls**t chair shot with his wifes help.
Best match of the night, pretty much like last month. The X Division guys stole the show, Kaz is coming along well. Dutt did injure himself (that f**kwit Daniels moved during his moonsault out of the ring and caught Dutt in the lower ribs, totally Daniels' fault) and was holding his ribs for the remainder of that match.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, May - Jun 07
Yes folks, it's catch-up time again. This is where I review the previous months TNA Impacts & PPV. I call it how I see it, the only bias is my own & if you don't like my views then don't read them.
Impact 17th May 07 - TNA kicks off with Kurt Angle coming down to bore us on the mic and we now have the new TNA Belts this week as the NWA decide to take their ball home because they don't want to play with the big children any more.
X Division Tag match - Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley vs Jerry Lynn & Tiger Mask. A good well paced match where Shelley got the win for his team after a double team on Tiger Mask.
Open Challenge 1st Blood Match - Chris Daniels who is carrying on with his imitation of Sting vs Raven in his 1st match for a while. Daniels got the win using part of a kendo stick.
King Of The Mountain Qualifier Match 1 of 5 - Kurt Angle vs Rhyno. A good match of technical wrestling, Angle won off the Olympic Slam.
Impact 24th May 07 - The show kicks off with Team 3d calling out The Steiner Brothers to the ring.
Tag Match - Basham & Damaja vs Kip James & Lance Hoyt stepping in for BG James still out injured against Christy Hemme and The Basham Brothers. Hemme's team win again after Hoyt left Kip to carry Hemme from ringside to prevent interference.
Tag Match - LAX vs Christian Cage & Tomko. Not much to say about this match, Cage got the win for his team.
King Of The Mountain Qualifier Match 2 of 5 - Samoa Joe vs Sting. Anywhere else this would have been a ppv match but TNA gave it you for free. Joe wins after Chris Daniels tried to offer Sting help in the form of a basball bat but after Sting threw the bat away Daniels hit Sting in the back with it. I see Sting vs Daniels at the PPV.
Impact 31st May 07 - Rhyno vs Chris Daniels.You knew after last week Sting wasn't going to be far from this match and he didn't let us down and put the beat-down on Daniels before he even reached the ring.
Rhyno then issues an extreme challenge to anyone in the back and LAX come out in another reference back to the previous weeks show. Hector Guerrero (from the Spanish Announcers desk) joins Rhyno (as he'd had his back last week) and it looked like it was going to be a tag match. In the end Hernandez goes 1 on 1 with Rhyno but it quickly became 2 on 1 with Homicide joining in too. Rhyno got the win off Homicide from the gore. Chris Harris came down to make a save but was hit by Konnan.
Kaz vs Chris Sabin in a non-title match. Sabin took the win but Kaz gave a good account of himself in this match.
King Of The Mountain Qualifier Match 3 of 5 - Aj Styles vs Tomko. Styles took this one with the help of Cage.
Impact 7th June 07 - Roobert Roode vs Jerry Lynn. Roode took it with a Perfect plex.
Special Contest - Miss Brookes vs Gail Kim. This was never going to be a pretty match as Brookes isn't a wrestler but can take bumps as she had to as a manager. A fair few bad no-sells by Brookes but Kim got the obvious win off a roll-up.
King Of The Mountain Qualifier Match 4 of 5 - James Storm vs Chris Harris. Former tag partners face off. This was an awesome match that turned into a hardcore match really quickly. This ended up being a double count out with both men dq'd.
Impact 14th June 07 - 8 Man Tag Match, Basham & Damaja (with Christy Hemme) & The Steiner Brothers vs VKM & Team 3D - A pretty weak match, Kip James had this until Damaja distracted the ref allowing Christy Hemme to spray Kip in the eyes so Basham took the easy win off a roll-up.
King Of The Mountain Redemption Match, Tomko, Rhino & Sting vs Samoa Joe, AJ Styles & Kurt Angle - Tomko never made his spot because someone jumped him backstage, Styles & Joe & Angle had been told by Jim Cornette if they got pinned here they lose their spot on the PPV. Another poor match, Christopher Daniels came out to apparently replace Tomko near the end so Sting tagged him in but Daniels hit Sting with The Last Rights which allowed Angle to pin Sting for the win.
King Of The Mountain Qualifier Match 5 of 5, Christian Cage vs Abyss - AWFUL match with run-ins from Tomko & AJ Styles, in the end the win went to Cage after Abyss got DQ'd for using a chair.
Slammiversary PPV 07.
Tag Match, LAX vs Rhino & Senshi ) Not a great match, Rhino took the win off the Gore on Homicide.
X Division Championship, Jay Lethal vs Chris Sabin - A pretty fair match, Lethal hit The Lethal Combination then a Crossbody Block to become new X Division Champion.
Tag Match, "Cowboy" James Storm & Ron "The Truth" Killings vs Jerry Lynn & Frank Wycheck - Yet another TNA gimmick match with someone from sport no-one outside America has heard of, Wycheck plays for the Tennessee Titans NFL team. Piss poor match with a ton of interference where Wycheck took the win off a Piledriver on Storm.
Alex Shelley vs Bob Backlund - This was pretty much all ground based technical wrestling, Backlund took the win off a Bridge even though Chris Sabin tried & failed to interfere. Its a shame that the post match beatdown involving Kevin Nash, Jerry Lynn & Jay Lethal was more entertaining than the actual match.
Tagteam Grudge Match, Damaja & Basham (with Christy Hemme) vs VKM - Poor quality match, Kip was getting double teamed so BG hit a spear on Basham allowing Kip to take the win off a Small Package on Damaja.
Freedom Match, Robert Roode (with Ms Brooks) vs Eric Young - Extremely poor match where Roode took the win after nailing Young in the head with a chair. Jim Cornette orders the match restarted, gets another chair for his trouble but Young took the win off a roll-up & Eric Young is free.
Tag Team Championship, Team 3D vs Rick Steiner & Road Warrior Animal - Animal got a HUGE pop & replaced Scott Steiner who was having neck surgery at the time. It was a pretty fun match to watch but sad too as both Rick & Animal gassed out pretty quickly, Team 3D took the win after hitting 3D's on both Steiner & Animal to retain their titles.
Christopher Daniels vs Sting - This one went from pillar to post with Daniels getting serious heel heat & loving it but Sting got the win off The Scorpion Deathdrop.
No DQ Match, Tomko vs Abyss - The stipulation stated there must be a winner but with no DQ there was always going to interference. Abyss kicked out of a slam into thumbtacks, Tomko kicked out of a Black Hole Slam but after taking a bump into the glass they fought up the ramp to the top of a lighting gantry where Abyss pulled Tomko off in a big fall (about 20 feet) into a platform (for which read "covered pile of boxes") below then dropped an elbow off the gantry "onto" Tomko. They both make it back to the ring & Abyss hits another Black Hole Slam putting Tomko into the glass to take the win.
King Of The Mountain Match, Chris Harris vs AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage vs Kurt Angle - Rules are as follows, you pin someone or make them submit to qualify then you are able to climb up to hang the belt, 1st person to hang the belt wins the title. If you are pinned you spend 2 minutes inside the penalty cage.
1st man to become eligible was Chris Harris after nailing Styles with the Catatonic, 2nd man to become eligible was Angle nailing Harris with the Olympic Slam off a ladder as Harris was trying to hang the belt. 3rd man to become eligible was Cage after pinning Angle once Joe choked him out but Joe hit a wicked Facebuster off the top of the ladder to stop him hanging the belt.
Styles took a wicked bump when Joe threw him off the top of the penalty cage through an already vacated announce table (makes ya wonder how they knew he was coming, eh?) & Harris front suplexed Cage off the cage top as well as then clotheslining Angle after diving off the cage, Harris speared Cage off the ladder allowing Kurt Angle to hang the belt to become new TNA Heavy Champion.
Impact 17th May 07 - TNA kicks off with Kurt Angle coming down to bore us on the mic and we now have the new TNA Belts this week as the NWA decide to take their ball home because they don't want to play with the big children any more.
X Division Tag match - Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley vs Jerry Lynn & Tiger Mask. A good well paced match where Shelley got the win for his team after a double team on Tiger Mask.
Open Challenge 1st Blood Match - Chris Daniels who is carrying on with his imitation of Sting vs Raven in his 1st match for a while. Daniels got the win using part of a kendo stick.
King Of The Mountain Qualifier Match 1 of 5 - Kurt Angle vs Rhyno. A good match of technical wrestling, Angle won off the Olympic Slam.
Impact 24th May 07 - The show kicks off with Team 3d calling out The Steiner Brothers to the ring.
Tag Match - Basham & Damaja vs Kip James & Lance Hoyt stepping in for BG James still out injured against Christy Hemme and The Basham Brothers. Hemme's team win again after Hoyt left Kip to carry Hemme from ringside to prevent interference.
Tag Match - LAX vs Christian Cage & Tomko. Not much to say about this match, Cage got the win for his team.
King Of The Mountain Qualifier Match 2 of 5 - Samoa Joe vs Sting. Anywhere else this would have been a ppv match but TNA gave it you for free. Joe wins after Chris Daniels tried to offer Sting help in the form of a basball bat but after Sting threw the bat away Daniels hit Sting in the back with it. I see Sting vs Daniels at the PPV.
Impact 31st May 07 - Rhyno vs Chris Daniels.You knew after last week Sting wasn't going to be far from this match and he didn't let us down and put the beat-down on Daniels before he even reached the ring.
Rhyno then issues an extreme challenge to anyone in the back and LAX come out in another reference back to the previous weeks show. Hector Guerrero (from the Spanish Announcers desk) joins Rhyno (as he'd had his back last week) and it looked like it was going to be a tag match. In the end Hernandez goes 1 on 1 with Rhyno but it quickly became 2 on 1 with Homicide joining in too. Rhyno got the win off Homicide from the gore. Chris Harris came down to make a save but was hit by Konnan.
Kaz vs Chris Sabin in a non-title match. Sabin took the win but Kaz gave a good account of himself in this match.
King Of The Mountain Qualifier Match 3 of 5 - Aj Styles vs Tomko. Styles took this one with the help of Cage.
Impact 7th June 07 - Roobert Roode vs Jerry Lynn. Roode took it with a Perfect plex.
Special Contest - Miss Brookes vs Gail Kim. This was never going to be a pretty match as Brookes isn't a wrestler but can take bumps as she had to as a manager. A fair few bad no-sells by Brookes but Kim got the obvious win off a roll-up.
King Of The Mountain Qualifier Match 4 of 5 - James Storm vs Chris Harris. Former tag partners face off. This was an awesome match that turned into a hardcore match really quickly. This ended up being a double count out with both men dq'd.
Impact 14th June 07 - 8 Man Tag Match, Basham & Damaja (with Christy Hemme) & The Steiner Brothers vs VKM & Team 3D - A pretty weak match, Kip James had this until Damaja distracted the ref allowing Christy Hemme to spray Kip in the eyes so Basham took the easy win off a roll-up.
King Of The Mountain Redemption Match, Tomko, Rhino & Sting vs Samoa Joe, AJ Styles & Kurt Angle - Tomko never made his spot because someone jumped him backstage, Styles & Joe & Angle had been told by Jim Cornette if they got pinned here they lose their spot on the PPV. Another poor match, Christopher Daniels came out to apparently replace Tomko near the end so Sting tagged him in but Daniels hit Sting with The Last Rights which allowed Angle to pin Sting for the win.
King Of The Mountain Qualifier Match 5 of 5, Christian Cage vs Abyss - AWFUL match with run-ins from Tomko & AJ Styles, in the end the win went to Cage after Abyss got DQ'd for using a chair.
Slammiversary PPV 07.
Tag Match, LAX vs Rhino & Senshi ) Not a great match, Rhino took the win off the Gore on Homicide.
X Division Championship, Jay Lethal vs Chris Sabin - A pretty fair match, Lethal hit The Lethal Combination then a Crossbody Block to become new X Division Champion.
Tag Match, "Cowboy" James Storm & Ron "The Truth" Killings vs Jerry Lynn & Frank Wycheck - Yet another TNA gimmick match with someone from sport no-one outside America has heard of, Wycheck plays for the Tennessee Titans NFL team. Piss poor match with a ton of interference where Wycheck took the win off a Piledriver on Storm.
Alex Shelley vs Bob Backlund - This was pretty much all ground based technical wrestling, Backlund took the win off a Bridge even though Chris Sabin tried & failed to interfere. Its a shame that the post match beatdown involving Kevin Nash, Jerry Lynn & Jay Lethal was more entertaining than the actual match.
Tagteam Grudge Match, Damaja & Basham (with Christy Hemme) vs VKM - Poor quality match, Kip was getting double teamed so BG hit a spear on Basham allowing Kip to take the win off a Small Package on Damaja.
Freedom Match, Robert Roode (with Ms Brooks) vs Eric Young - Extremely poor match where Roode took the win after nailing Young in the head with a chair. Jim Cornette orders the match restarted, gets another chair for his trouble but Young took the win off a roll-up & Eric Young is free.
Tag Team Championship, Team 3D vs Rick Steiner & Road Warrior Animal - Animal got a HUGE pop & replaced Scott Steiner who was having neck surgery at the time. It was a pretty fun match to watch but sad too as both Rick & Animal gassed out pretty quickly, Team 3D took the win after hitting 3D's on both Steiner & Animal to retain their titles.
Christopher Daniels vs Sting - This one went from pillar to post with Daniels getting serious heel heat & loving it but Sting got the win off The Scorpion Deathdrop.
No DQ Match, Tomko vs Abyss - The stipulation stated there must be a winner but with no DQ there was always going to interference. Abyss kicked out of a slam into thumbtacks, Tomko kicked out of a Black Hole Slam but after taking a bump into the glass they fought up the ramp to the top of a lighting gantry where Abyss pulled Tomko off in a big fall (about 20 feet) into a platform (for which read "covered pile of boxes") below then dropped an elbow off the gantry "onto" Tomko. They both make it back to the ring & Abyss hits another Black Hole Slam putting Tomko into the glass to take the win.
King Of The Mountain Match, Chris Harris vs AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage vs Kurt Angle - Rules are as follows, you pin someone or make them submit to qualify then you are able to climb up to hang the belt, 1st person to hang the belt wins the title. If you are pinned you spend 2 minutes inside the penalty cage.
1st man to become eligible was Chris Harris after nailing Styles with the Catatonic, 2nd man to become eligible was Angle nailing Harris with the Olympic Slam off a ladder as Harris was trying to hang the belt. 3rd man to become eligible was Cage after pinning Angle once Joe choked him out but Joe hit a wicked Facebuster off the top of the ladder to stop him hanging the belt.
Styles took a wicked bump when Joe threw him off the top of the penalty cage through an already vacated announce table (makes ya wonder how they knew he was coming, eh?) & Harris front suplexed Cage off the cage top as well as then clotheslining Angle after diving off the cage, Harris speared Cage off the ladder allowing Kurt Angle to hang the belt to become new TNA Heavy Champion.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Apr - May 07
It's that time of the month, for my TNA monthly catch-up. I review Impacts & PPV how I see em, the only bias is mine. I talk about what I find interesting, you won't find me talking about s**t like Jay Lethals c**p gimmick. If ya don't like my views, don't read it. On to the action then.
Impact 19th April 07 - Show starts with Jeff Jarrett coming to the ring to bore us on the mic. Why is he still being called "King Of The Mountain" even though he isn't the champion?
A bit of shit involving Angle & Sting and a backstage interview.
4-way 1 fall contest - Chris Daniels vs Rhyno vs AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe. Funny because I thought 4-way meant all 4 in the ring at once so they took a bit of a liberty there. Daniels took the win from Rhyno after twatting him with a baseball bat in his attempt to become more like "Crow" Sting.
Chris Harris vs Robert Roode - The start of the match was delayed as Jackie Moore jumped Gail Kim. Roode cheated the win with the help of a pair of handcuffs.
Tag Team title match - Christian Cage & Abyss vs Team 3d. After a pretty even match Team 3d took the win from Abyss with the 3d. The show ends with Team Cage giving Abyss a beat down.
Impact 26th April 07 - Sting vs Kurt Angle (winner to meet Cage at Sacrifice) - This was a pretty even match until it was thrown out when Team Cage interfered when both men were outside the ring.
4 corners singles suicide stampede match (Winners to meet Sabin in a 3 way match at sacrifice) - Everyone else apart from Kaz of Seratonin was already in the ring when this started, everyone else being Sharkboy, Senshi, Petey Williams, Jerry Lynn, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt & Alex Shelley. West & Tenay were too wrapped up in the Cage/Sting match that they weren't even calling this match and didn't bother to bring us up to speed as to who was who's partner or even who was standing at ring-side. Jay Lethal took the pin for him and Sonjay Dutt.
Tag Team title match - Team 3d vs Tomko & Steiner. Hang on, since when are these 2 f**kwits tag partners or even contenders? LAX and VKM would be in line for title shots way before these 2 d**kheads. Team 3d get the win after a bit of interference from LAX.
NWA World Title match - Sting vs Christian Cage. This one started on the ramp and Team Cage couldn't interefere as it'd cost Christian the belt. This went pretty even until Kurt Angle interefered and the ref threw the match out.
Impact 3rd May 07 - Show opens with some c**p between Sting & Angle picking up from the previous week.
Tag Team Match - Team 3d vs Rhyno & Samoa Joe. Team 3d against yet another newly formed team to get some mileage out of the NWA title. Another pretty even match until Chris Daniels interfered and got his just deserts from everyone involved.
More crap involving Eric Young & Robert Roode.
Jackie Moore vs Gail Kim - Essentially this was a hardcore match where neither woman wanted to be involved. It was over so fast I had the feeling the ref told them to end it when the bell rang at the start of the match. Gail Kim took the win in a very scrappy match.
No DQ Tag match - AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Kurt Angle & Sting. Crap match which couldnt be over quick enough for me, both Sting & Angle being given the fall setting up the 3-way for the title at Sacrifice.
Impact 10th May 07 - 3 way dance. Homicide vs Brother Devon vs Scott Steiner - This was supposed to be a preview of the up-coming tag match on the PPV but it wasn't really. No real alliances were formed that were going to stand but outside interference allowed Homicide to get the win off Devon.
Christie Hemme finally gets herself a decent team in one of the Bashams and Damaja whoever he was (turns out he's the other Basham).
Tag Match - Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin vs Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt. Yet another warm-up match previewing talent due to be involved in Sacrifice. 6 man tag match - Samoa Joe, Chris Harris & Rhyno vs Chris Daniels, AJ Styles & James Storm. A very boring finish where Storm got the win.
Sacrifice PPV 2007 - X Division Title 3-way - Jay Lethal vs Sonjay Dutt vs Chris Sabin. In an excellent match where everyone got to show their talent Chris Sabin retained his title in a hard fought match. This could well be a heel turn for Sonjay Dutt.
Robert Roode vs Jeff Jarrett - No titles were on the line here, just a plain old fight. This is a part of the attempt to reinvent Jarrett as a face which I am never going to take seriously. Neither man really did much here in a match that just killed time. Roode took the win with a Perfect plex.
Chris Daniels vs Rhyno - Another card filler which most people most likely used as a bathroom break. Daniels won using the baseball bat.
Damaja & Basham vs VKM. It ended up being just Kip James, BG had been taken out. Basham took the win for Christie Hemme finally managing winners.
Texas Death Match - Chris Harris vs James Storm. Pretty back & forth with lots of blood and Chris Harris finally getting his revenge.
4 way X Division match. Tiger Mask vs Alex Shelley vs Senshi vs Jerry Lynn. Won by Jerry Lynn. Very dull, actually.
3 way Tag Team title match - LAX vs Scott Steiner & Tomko vs Team 3d. For teams that had a fair amount of bad blood between them this match didn't offer much. Plenty of power moves as their all big chaps but Devon made the pin on Tomko as Team 3d retained the belt. Tomko gave Scott Steiner a slapping afterwards but Rick Steiner came down to make the save on his brother. It looks like these 2 are back together as a tagteam and about time too.
AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe - Another card filler. Went both ways with Joe pulling AJ's trick of pretending to be injured then getting the win while AJ was offguard. Both these guy can and have previously offered a lot more and this wasn't either man trying his hardest or at his best.
NWA Heavyweight Title match - Sting vs Kurt Angle vs Christian Cage. This is a title shot that Angle didn't deserve and this storyline totally sucks donkey c**k through a straw for breakfast. Cage was always going to be the 5th wheel in this match. Highlights included Angle giving Sting a german suplex onto the ramp outside the ring, Angle giving Cage 8 consecutive german suplex's in a row, Angle Superplexing both Sting & Cage, and the big query of who actually won the title. Rudy Charles had made the 3 count on Sting pinning Cage before the other ref (who had no business being there or making a title call) said Sting tapped out to Angle's anklelock. Don't be surprised to see Sting vs Angle after Jim Cornette declares the belt vacant.
Impact 19th April 07 - Show starts with Jeff Jarrett coming to the ring to bore us on the mic. Why is he still being called "King Of The Mountain" even though he isn't the champion?
A bit of shit involving Angle & Sting and a backstage interview.
4-way 1 fall contest - Chris Daniels vs Rhyno vs AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe. Funny because I thought 4-way meant all 4 in the ring at once so they took a bit of a liberty there. Daniels took the win from Rhyno after twatting him with a baseball bat in his attempt to become more like "Crow" Sting.
Chris Harris vs Robert Roode - The start of the match was delayed as Jackie Moore jumped Gail Kim. Roode cheated the win with the help of a pair of handcuffs.
Tag Team title match - Christian Cage & Abyss vs Team 3d. After a pretty even match Team 3d took the win from Abyss with the 3d. The show ends with Team Cage giving Abyss a beat down.
Impact 26th April 07 - Sting vs Kurt Angle (winner to meet Cage at Sacrifice) - This was a pretty even match until it was thrown out when Team Cage interfered when both men were outside the ring.
4 corners singles suicide stampede match (Winners to meet Sabin in a 3 way match at sacrifice) - Everyone else apart from Kaz of Seratonin was already in the ring when this started, everyone else being Sharkboy, Senshi, Petey Williams, Jerry Lynn, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt & Alex Shelley. West & Tenay were too wrapped up in the Cage/Sting match that they weren't even calling this match and didn't bother to bring us up to speed as to who was who's partner or even who was standing at ring-side. Jay Lethal took the pin for him and Sonjay Dutt.
Tag Team title match - Team 3d vs Tomko & Steiner. Hang on, since when are these 2 f**kwits tag partners or even contenders? LAX and VKM would be in line for title shots way before these 2 d**kheads. Team 3d get the win after a bit of interference from LAX.
NWA World Title match - Sting vs Christian Cage. This one started on the ramp and Team Cage couldn't interefere as it'd cost Christian the belt. This went pretty even until Kurt Angle interefered and the ref threw the match out.
Impact 3rd May 07 - Show opens with some c**p between Sting & Angle picking up from the previous week.
Tag Team Match - Team 3d vs Rhyno & Samoa Joe. Team 3d against yet another newly formed team to get some mileage out of the NWA title. Another pretty even match until Chris Daniels interfered and got his just deserts from everyone involved.
More crap involving Eric Young & Robert Roode.
Jackie Moore vs Gail Kim - Essentially this was a hardcore match where neither woman wanted to be involved. It was over so fast I had the feeling the ref told them to end it when the bell rang at the start of the match. Gail Kim took the win in a very scrappy match.
No DQ Tag match - AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Kurt Angle & Sting. Crap match which couldnt be over quick enough for me, both Sting & Angle being given the fall setting up the 3-way for the title at Sacrifice.
Impact 10th May 07 - 3 way dance. Homicide vs Brother Devon vs Scott Steiner - This was supposed to be a preview of the up-coming tag match on the PPV but it wasn't really. No real alliances were formed that were going to stand but outside interference allowed Homicide to get the win off Devon.
Christie Hemme finally gets herself a decent team in one of the Bashams and Damaja whoever he was (turns out he's the other Basham).
Tag Match - Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin vs Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt. Yet another warm-up match previewing talent due to be involved in Sacrifice. 6 man tag match - Samoa Joe, Chris Harris & Rhyno vs Chris Daniels, AJ Styles & James Storm. A very boring finish where Storm got the win.
Sacrifice PPV 2007 - X Division Title 3-way - Jay Lethal vs Sonjay Dutt vs Chris Sabin. In an excellent match where everyone got to show their talent Chris Sabin retained his title in a hard fought match. This could well be a heel turn for Sonjay Dutt.
Robert Roode vs Jeff Jarrett - No titles were on the line here, just a plain old fight. This is a part of the attempt to reinvent Jarrett as a face which I am never going to take seriously. Neither man really did much here in a match that just killed time. Roode took the win with a Perfect plex.
Chris Daniels vs Rhyno - Another card filler which most people most likely used as a bathroom break. Daniels won using the baseball bat.
Damaja & Basham vs VKM. It ended up being just Kip James, BG had been taken out. Basham took the win for Christie Hemme finally managing winners.
Texas Death Match - Chris Harris vs James Storm. Pretty back & forth with lots of blood and Chris Harris finally getting his revenge.
4 way X Division match. Tiger Mask vs Alex Shelley vs Senshi vs Jerry Lynn. Won by Jerry Lynn. Very dull, actually.
3 way Tag Team title match - LAX vs Scott Steiner & Tomko vs Team 3d. For teams that had a fair amount of bad blood between them this match didn't offer much. Plenty of power moves as their all big chaps but Devon made the pin on Tomko as Team 3d retained the belt. Tomko gave Scott Steiner a slapping afterwards but Rick Steiner came down to make the save on his brother. It looks like these 2 are back together as a tagteam and about time too.
AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe - Another card filler. Went both ways with Joe pulling AJ's trick of pretending to be injured then getting the win while AJ was offguard. Both these guy can and have previously offered a lot more and this wasn't either man trying his hardest or at his best.
NWA Heavyweight Title match - Sting vs Kurt Angle vs Christian Cage. This is a title shot that Angle didn't deserve and this storyline totally sucks donkey c**k through a straw for breakfast. Cage was always going to be the 5th wheel in this match. Highlights included Angle giving Sting a german suplex onto the ramp outside the ring, Angle giving Cage 8 consecutive german suplex's in a row, Angle Superplexing both Sting & Cage, and the big query of who actually won the title. Rudy Charles had made the 3 count on Sting pinning Cage before the other ref (who had no business being there or making a title call) said Sting tapped out to Angle's anklelock. Don't be surprised to see Sting vs Angle after Jim Cornette declares the belt vacant.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Mar - Apr 07
Did ya miss me last month? Nope? Like I care! Ok. Yeah, I know, last months update is WAY overdue. Sorry about that, I won't give excuses why. In life s**t happens and I won't bore you with it unlike certain bleating s**tewads. We'll just cut right to the review. THE CAVEAT! This review is from my Point of View, I call it how I see it. If you don't agree that's not a problem, don't read the review. I won't talk about backstage interviews or c***py gimmicks in the ring that don't advance TNA in any way. It might mean a short review but I only watch THE WRESTLING!
Petey Williams vs Robert Roode. Roode got the win after a long hard match.
Jackie Moore vs Gail Kim. Kim wins with the pin from an amazing jump off the top of the cage.
Senshi vs Austin Starr, guest ref Bob Backlund. A pretty dull mat based match where neither man did much very exciting. Senshi won in this long, boring match.
Blindfold match - James Storm vs Chris Harris. You know a fed is scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas when they pull out the very boring blindfold match. You always know at least 1 person will remove the hood and it was predictable who took it off 1st. Storm cheated the win off a superkick without his hood on.
Wrath Of X - Jerry Lynn vs Chris Daniels in his on-going heel turn which I'm quite enjoying as Daniels is always a brilliant heel. Daniels eventually got the win in this decent evenly fought match.
NWA Tag Team title match Electrified Cage Match - Team 3D vs LAX. Obviously everyone watching knows there's sod all voltage going thru that cage and West & Tenay are the only ones thinking there are. To be honest, after the HUGE build up this match got I was really surprised that not a great deal actually happened during this match. With all the play on an electric cage it wasn't used anywhere near enough, the border toss on Devon looked pathetic. I think the fans were getting bored and restless (couldn't quite make out exactly what they were chanting but it didn't sound excited or happy). Team 3d got the win and finally the titles after totally screwing up the 1st attempt at the 3d.
Main event Lethal Lockdown with special guest Harley Race as the keeper of the cage keys. Starting for Team Cage Aj Styles, and for Team Angle, Kurt Angle. Joining them for Team Cage next was Abyss. Joining them next from Team Angle was Rhyno. Joining them next from Team Cage was Tomko. Next in was Samoa Joe from Team Angle. In for Team Cage next was Scott Steiner. Team Angle's next man was Sting. The final man in for Team Cage was their Captain Christian Cage. The final man in for Team Angle was Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett passed the weapons to his team once the Lockdown started. Loved the gore by Rhyno on Tomko thru the cage door!
Angle & Styles were duking it out on top of the cage. Cage got a backfull of thumbtacks. Angle punched Styles off the top of the cage onto a whole bunch of competitors outside on the floor. Jarrett gave Abyss a guitar full of tacks over the head. Jarrett gave Sting the win by offering him the pin on Abyss. What an AWESOME match, s***ting on the competition from a very great height.
Impact 15th March 07 - Show opens and Jim Cornette tells us about an up coming event for the next PPV stolen right from the Dusty Rhodes big book of wrestling.
Kaz vs Jerry Lynn vs Jay Lethal in a 3-way X-division match. Jay Lethal gets the win.
Homicide, Hernandez & Alex Shelley vs Team 3d & Brother Runt. LAX get the win with some outside help.
Impact 22nd March 07 - Seratonin vs Rhyno, Samoa Joe & Kurt Angle. Team Angle get themselves a pre Lockdown warm-up match. Joe took the win for Team Angle with the muscle buster.
Eric Young vs Austin Starr, Starr getting the win after interference from Robert Roode.
James Storm vs Jerry Lynn. Lynn had been jumped by Chris Daniels prior to the match so this was never going to happen.
Chris Harris comes out with Gail Kim who gets called a slut for her trouble. Kim and Jackie Moore have a mini cat fight and the ref's can't break it up. TNA is in a sad state when the women over a few minutes are more entertaining than the men over the whole night.
AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Sting & Abyss. Sting & Abyss work together pretty well as a tagteam until James Mitchell lures Abyss away and Steiner uses a "steel pipe" which looked like cardboard to clock Sting & Styles gets the win.
Impact 29th March 07 - Sonjay Dutt, Sharkboy, Alex Shelley, Austin Starr, Jerry Lynn & Petey Williams. Sharkboy elminates Alex Shelley. Jerry Lynn eliminates Sonjay Dutt. Austin Starr eliminates Sharkboy. Petey Williams eliminates Austin Starr. Jerry Lynn gets the win in a good match.
Eric Young vs James Storm. Storm took the win with help from Jackie Moore.
Match for Tomko - Abyss vs Kurt Angle, Angle makes a clean good win, Tomko knocks out Angle & signs for Team Cage anyway.
Impact 5th April 07 - No DQ 8 mile street fight - Rhyno vs Tomko. Rhyno gets the win from the gore in the ring after a mainly out of ring match where Abyss tried to interfere and failed when he hit Tomko with a chair.
VKM vs LAX. LAX got dq'd in the non-title match and Team 3d made the save after The Latino Nation pulled the numbers game on VKM.
Austin Starr vs Senshi. Bob Backlund threw in the towel for Senshi when he was in some sort of modified leg lock.
Cornette announces the card for Lockdown.
Impact 12th April 07 - Jay Lethal vs Chris Sabin. Lethal gets the win in his new gimmick which I refuse to comment on.
Gail Kim & Petey Williams vs Robert Roode & Jackie Moore. Roode got the win with help from James Storm as the 2 women spent the whole match kicking the c**p out of each other.
Lethal Lockdown advantage match - Aj Styles for Team Cage vs Samoa Joe for Team Angle. A decent match with good moves and tactics. Joe gets the win after Jeff Jarrett makes his comeback and joins Team Angle (oh dear, this spells trouble!)
Lockdown Pre-show - VKM vs Havok & Kaz of Seratonin. Kip wins against Christy Hemme's team. Yep, only 1 match in the pre-show.
Petey Williams vs Robert Roode. Roode got the win after a long hard match.
Jackie Moore vs Gail Kim. Kim wins with the pin from an amazing jump off the top of the cage.
Senshi vs Austin Starr, guest ref Bob Backlund. A pretty dull mat based match where neither man did much very exciting. Senshi won in this long, boring match.
Blindfold match - James Storm vs Chris Harris. You know a fed is scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas when they pull out the very boring blindfold match. You always know at least 1 person will remove the hood and it was predictable who took it off 1st. Storm cheated the win off a superkick without his hood on.
Wrath Of X - Jerry Lynn vs Chris Daniels in his on-going heel turn which I'm quite enjoying as Daniels is always a brilliant heel. Daniels eventually got the win in this decent evenly fought match.
NWA Tag Team title match Electrified Cage Match - Team 3D vs LAX. Obviously everyone watching knows there's sod all voltage going thru that cage and West & Tenay are the only ones thinking there are. To be honest, after the HUGE build up this match got I was really surprised that not a great deal actually happened during this match. With all the play on an electric cage it wasn't used anywhere near enough, the border toss on Devon looked pathetic. I think the fans were getting bored and restless (couldn't quite make out exactly what they were chanting but it didn't sound excited or happy). Team 3d got the win and finally the titles after totally screwing up the 1st attempt at the 3d.
Main event Lethal Lockdown with special guest Harley Race as the keeper of the cage keys. Starting for Team Cage Aj Styles, and for Team Angle, Kurt Angle. Joining them for Team Cage next was Abyss. Joining them next from Team Angle was Rhyno. Joining them next from Team Cage was Tomko. Next in was Samoa Joe from Team Angle. In for Team Cage next was Scott Steiner. Team Angle's next man was Sting. The final man in for Team Cage was their Captain Christian Cage. The final man in for Team Angle was Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett passed the weapons to his team once the Lockdown started. Loved the gore by Rhyno on Tomko thru the cage door!
Angle & Styles were duking it out on top of the cage. Cage got a backfull of thumbtacks. Angle punched Styles off the top of the cage onto a whole bunch of competitors outside on the floor. Jarrett gave Abyss a guitar full of tacks over the head. Jarrett gave Sting the win by offering him the pin on Abyss. What an AWESOME match, s***ting on the competition from a very great height.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Feb - Mar 07
Yep, it's catch up time again. This is my review of the TNA Impact shows and this months PPV. I call it how I see it, the only bias is mine. My reviews vary from everyone else's, I won't go into the minutae of the show and If I think something is b**ls**t I won't even mention it, hence some reviews are shorter than others.
Impact 15th Feb 07 - The show opens with Scott Steiner boring us on the mic. Kurt Angle gives us a few words too. Angle puts the hurt on Steiner, Cage & Tomko but is outnumbered. He's saved from a beatdown by Samoa Joe & the rest of the locker room.
LAX vs Sharkboy & Norman Smiley. You knew where this was going before the bell rang. Predictable win for LAX.
Armwrestling match - Gail Kim vs Jackie Moore. Kim wins (surprisingly) and the post match cat fight is much better entertainment. Petey Williams saves Kim from a double team and Chris Harris saves him.
14 man gauntlet match. Sting & AJ Styles start it off. Rhyno joins them a minute later. During the break James Storm, Chris Sabin & Kip James entered the match (yes, they had a commercial break during a match, stupid, isn't it?) with Abyss next in and he eliminates Sabin. Kurt Angle is next in and he eliminates James Storm. Tomko is next in and he eliminates Styles & Rhyno. Samoa Joe is next in and he eliminates Kip James. During another break Robert Roode, BG James and Eric Young joined the match, last man in is Scott Steiner who eliminates BG James. Samoa Joe eliminates Abyss. Steiner eliminates Angle, Sting throws out Roode and is thrown out himself by Steiner. Tomko exits Eric Young. Joe hip tosses Steiner out from the apron and Joe takes the win from Tomko with the Muscle Buster.
Impact 22nd Feb 07 - AJ Styles comes out to bore us on the mic. LAX vs Team 3d (with big cousin Steve) in some sort of leather strap lumberjack style match., Team 3d get the win off Hernandez with the 3d.
Robert Roode, Eric Young & James Storm vs BG James, Kip James & Lance Hoyt in a 6 man tag match. Storm gets the win off Hoyt for his team.
5 way ladder match to find the X division Number 1 contender, Jay Lethal, Senshi, Jerry Lyn, Sonjay Dutt & Austin Starr. Jerry Lynn gets a decent win.
Impact 1st Mar 07 - Chris Sabin, Austin Starr & Alex Shelley vs Jerry Lynn, Senshi & Jay Lethal. Nice action filled match with lots of good moves. Senshi eventually took the win off Austin Starr for his team with a little aid from Bob Backlund.
Scott Steiner vs Chase Stevens. Stevens jobbed in a VERY short 1 move match.
Alex Shelley comes out to bore us on the mic.
Tomko vs Samoa Joe. Tomko gets the win with help from Cage.
Impact 8th Mar 07 - Kurt Angle starts the show by boring us on the mic.
The VKM with Lance Hoyt vs Seratonin. Hoyt gets the win for his team.
TNA welcomes Hector Guerrerro who will now be part of the Spanish Announcement Team.
Robert Roode, Eric Young & James Storm vs Petey Williams, Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt. Storm gets the win for his team.
Scott Steiner, Christian Cage & Tomko vs Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle & their mystery partner who turned out to be Rhyno. This ended up being a no-contest after a run in from Abyss.
Destination X PPV 07 - Non-title Ghetto Brawl, LAX vs Team 3d with Johnny Rodz. The win finally came for LAX after help from Alex Shelley and The Latino Nation, It was great to see Johnny Rodz back in action again.
Double Texas Bullrope match - James Storm & Jackie Moore vs Petey Williams & Gail Kim. My main issue with this match was they weren't proper bullropes as there were no cowbells in the middle. Jackie helps Storm to the win off Williams with a low blow in a pretty good match.
Cross Face Chicken Wing Submission Match - Austin Starr vs Senshi. Basically this was an X Division match with only 1 way to win. Both these guys impressed me throughout this match, I hope RVD does come to TNA as him vs Senshi would be excellent. Senshi gets the win after a nice roll-up into the middle of the ring.
Tag Team Match - Kip and BG James vs Christy Hemme's mystery team The Heartbreakers Antonio Thomas and Romeo Rozelli. The new guys gave a good account of themselves against VKM. BG makes the win for his team after a decent match and a bit of help from Lance Hoyt.
X Division Title Match, Best 2 out of 3 falls - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lynn. Lynn won fall 1 off a Tornado DDT. Sabin won fall 2 with help from the ropes and super blind ref Earl Hebner. Sabin got fall 3 and the win with help from Chris Daniels in a Sting mask.
Elevation X match - Rhyno vs AJ Styles. Styles was 1st up to the catwalk and Rhyno took his time climbing up. Rhyno got the win after Styles spent most of the match hiding under the scaffold and taking his own ring chalk in his face, Rhyno then gored him and Styles was sent to the canvas.
Scott Steiner vs Kurt Angle - This match reminded why I don't like the modern Steiner. He doesn't wrestle much, he just relies on power. I would have liked to have seen more classic mat work from Steiner. Neither Steiner or Angle wanted to sell the final sunset flip but Angle got the win.
Last Rites Match - Sting vs Abyss. This was a slightly reworked angle on the casket/coffin match to close the opponent in a "death bed". Sting was truly busted open with a candle stand. I loved the "Fire Russo" chants from the crowd which went unremarked on by West & Tenay who obviously value their jobs but not their impartiality. I wasn't too sure why the crowd were chanting "Boring" during the match? I was amazed Hebner didn't try and end this one early as Sting was bleeding a lot. Sting took the win after smashing Abyss in the head with another candle stand and supplexing Abyss through a tombstone.
NWA Heavyweight Championship - Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage. With no Tomko to interfere and Scott Steiner leaving Cage to his own devices could the title stay around Cage's waist? TNA's creative department showed their uselessness again with having no clue what to do with a huge star like The Great Muta. At least this month the main event actually was the main title belt on the line unlike that previous 2 months PPV's. For a main event this was a truly weak match with neither man giving their all considering this was for the big prize. Joe was the crowd favourite, and they were enjoying the action even if I didn't, they weren't doing very much.
Where was Rudy Charles when Joe had Cage on his back for a 5 count? Did Cage step on Rudy Charles left ankle on purpose when he was "knocked out"? Cage took the win with the aid of the ropes, this was a very weak main event and TNA now need to raise their game.
Impact 15th Feb 07 - The show opens with Scott Steiner boring us on the mic. Kurt Angle gives us a few words too. Angle puts the hurt on Steiner, Cage & Tomko but is outnumbered. He's saved from a beatdown by Samoa Joe & the rest of the locker room.
LAX vs Sharkboy & Norman Smiley. You knew where this was going before the bell rang. Predictable win for LAX.
Armwrestling match - Gail Kim vs Jackie Moore. Kim wins (surprisingly) and the post match cat fight is much better entertainment. Petey Williams saves Kim from a double team and Chris Harris saves him.
14 man gauntlet match. Sting & AJ Styles start it off. Rhyno joins them a minute later. During the break James Storm, Chris Sabin & Kip James entered the match (yes, they had a commercial break during a match, stupid, isn't it?) with Abyss next in and he eliminates Sabin. Kurt Angle is next in and he eliminates James Storm. Tomko is next in and he eliminates Styles & Rhyno. Samoa Joe is next in and he eliminates Kip James. During another break Robert Roode, BG James and Eric Young joined the match, last man in is Scott Steiner who eliminates BG James. Samoa Joe eliminates Abyss. Steiner eliminates Angle, Sting throws out Roode and is thrown out himself by Steiner. Tomko exits Eric Young. Joe hip tosses Steiner out from the apron and Joe takes the win from Tomko with the Muscle Buster.
Impact 22nd Feb 07 - AJ Styles comes out to bore us on the mic. LAX vs Team 3d (with big cousin Steve) in some sort of leather strap lumberjack style match., Team 3d get the win off Hernandez with the 3d.
Robert Roode, Eric Young & James Storm vs BG James, Kip James & Lance Hoyt in a 6 man tag match. Storm gets the win off Hoyt for his team.
5 way ladder match to find the X division Number 1 contender, Jay Lethal, Senshi, Jerry Lyn, Sonjay Dutt & Austin Starr. Jerry Lynn gets a decent win.
Impact 1st Mar 07 - Chris Sabin, Austin Starr & Alex Shelley vs Jerry Lynn, Senshi & Jay Lethal. Nice action filled match with lots of good moves. Senshi eventually took the win off Austin Starr for his team with a little aid from Bob Backlund.
Scott Steiner vs Chase Stevens. Stevens jobbed in a VERY short 1 move match.
Alex Shelley comes out to bore us on the mic.
Tomko vs Samoa Joe. Tomko gets the win with help from Cage.
Impact 8th Mar 07 - Kurt Angle starts the show by boring us on the mic.
The VKM with Lance Hoyt vs Seratonin. Hoyt gets the win for his team.
TNA welcomes Hector Guerrerro who will now be part of the Spanish Announcement Team.
Robert Roode, Eric Young & James Storm vs Petey Williams, Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt. Storm gets the win for his team.
Scott Steiner, Christian Cage & Tomko vs Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle & their mystery partner who turned out to be Rhyno. This ended up being a no-contest after a run in from Abyss.
Destination X PPV 07 - Non-title Ghetto Brawl, LAX vs Team 3d with Johnny Rodz. The win finally came for LAX after help from Alex Shelley and The Latino Nation, It was great to see Johnny Rodz back in action again.
Double Texas Bullrope match - James Storm & Jackie Moore vs Petey Williams & Gail Kim. My main issue with this match was they weren't proper bullropes as there were no cowbells in the middle. Jackie helps Storm to the win off Williams with a low blow in a pretty good match.
Cross Face Chicken Wing Submission Match - Austin Starr vs Senshi. Basically this was an X Division match with only 1 way to win. Both these guys impressed me throughout this match, I hope RVD does come to TNA as him vs Senshi would be excellent. Senshi gets the win after a nice roll-up into the middle of the ring.
Tag Team Match - Kip and BG James vs Christy Hemme's mystery team The Heartbreakers Antonio Thomas and Romeo Rozelli. The new guys gave a good account of themselves against VKM. BG makes the win for his team after a decent match and a bit of help from Lance Hoyt.
X Division Title Match, Best 2 out of 3 falls - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lynn. Lynn won fall 1 off a Tornado DDT. Sabin won fall 2 with help from the ropes and super blind ref Earl Hebner. Sabin got fall 3 and the win with help from Chris Daniels in a Sting mask.
Elevation X match - Rhyno vs AJ Styles. Styles was 1st up to the catwalk and Rhyno took his time climbing up. Rhyno got the win after Styles spent most of the match hiding under the scaffold and taking his own ring chalk in his face, Rhyno then gored him and Styles was sent to the canvas.
Scott Steiner vs Kurt Angle - This match reminded why I don't like the modern Steiner. He doesn't wrestle much, he just relies on power. I would have liked to have seen more classic mat work from Steiner. Neither Steiner or Angle wanted to sell the final sunset flip but Angle got the win.
Last Rites Match - Sting vs Abyss. This was a slightly reworked angle on the casket/coffin match to close the opponent in a "death bed". Sting was truly busted open with a candle stand. I loved the "Fire Russo" chants from the crowd which went unremarked on by West & Tenay who obviously value their jobs but not their impartiality. I wasn't too sure why the crowd were chanting "Boring" during the match? I was amazed Hebner didn't try and end this one early as Sting was bleeding a lot. Sting took the win after smashing Abyss in the head with another candle stand and supplexing Abyss through a tombstone.
NWA Heavyweight Championship - Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage. With no Tomko to interfere and Scott Steiner leaving Cage to his own devices could the title stay around Cage's waist? TNA's creative department showed their uselessness again with having no clue what to do with a huge star like The Great Muta. At least this month the main event actually was the main title belt on the line unlike that previous 2 months PPV's. For a main event this was a truly weak match with neither man giving their all considering this was for the big prize. Joe was the crowd favourite, and they were enjoying the action even if I didn't, they weren't doing very much.
Where was Rudy Charles when Joe had Cage on his back for a 5 count? Did Cage step on Rudy Charles left ankle on purpose when he was "knocked out"? Cage took the win with the aid of the ropes, this was a very weak main event and TNA now need to raise their game.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Jan - Feb 07
Once again, it's that time of the month. Time for my monthly TNA catch-up. As always I have to state the caveat that I call the matches how I see them, the only bias is my own.
Impact 18 Jan 07 - Show opens with Team 3d vs LAX for the tag team title. After interference from Moody Jack, LAX get the win using the slapjack.
Gail Kim & Miss Tennessee (jaqueline) are seen fighting back stage.
Christie Hemme interview vid.
Christian Cage comes out to bore us on the mic and is interupted by Kurt Angle. Boring chat until Cage teases us with the promise of an advisor who knows & hates Angle.
Lance Hoyt vs James Storm (with Miss Tennessee aka Jaqueline). Storm gets the win after 2 baseball players double team Hoyt.
AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle. Was Tomko doing the Anvil beard rub supposed to be a clue? Angle gets the win after slamming Styles onto a chair.
Impact 24 jan 07 - Show opens with Samoa Joe boring us on the mic. Kurt Angle interupts him. Christian Cage interupts them. And TNA fans? Stop shouting "what?", your not in the WWE, ok?
Rhyno vs Raven (with Seratonin), Raven turns out to be AJ Styles dressed as Raven. Match is thrown out (dq by outside interference I assume), and Rhyno is floored by a chair.
Chris Sabin vs Senshi vs Austin Starr vs Jerry Lynn in a non-title 4-way. Jerry Lynn gets the win off Sabin from a roll-up after an overly long match.
VKM insert.
Sting comes out to bore us on the mic, with details of Abyss's secret. No-one cares about storylines like this, we just want to see wrestling. By doing this kind of thing, TNA are becoming the thing they hate the most - WWE. Abyss does a number on Sting.
Chris Daniels vs Christian Cage in a non-title match. Cage gets the win after a low blow.
Impact 1 feb 07 - 5 way no limits X division match - Jay Lethal vs Alex Shelley vs Sonjay Dutt vs Austin Starr vs Jerry Lynn. Austin Starr gets the pin after interference from Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal.
Samoa Joe gives us a lecture - dull.
Robert Roode vs Petey Williams. Roode gets the win after interference from James Storm.
James Mitchell bores us on the mic.
Aj Styles vs Samoa Joe. Match is thrown out after Rhyno climbs in to chase Styles back in the ring. Lots of after match trash to "develop storyline" that we didn't need.
Impact 8 feb 07 - Abyss vs Chase Stevens. Abyss gets the very quick win off the black hole slam. Team 3d mouth off to LAX who give them a beat down.
6 man Tag team match Chris Sabin, Austin Starr & James Storm vs Senshi, Jerry Lynn & Rhyno. Starr gets the win for his team.
Sting comes out to bore us on the mic.
Tag Team match - AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Samoa Joe & Kurt Angle. Angle gets the win from an Olympic slam off the top rope with some help from Rhyno. Cage's "special consultant" turns out to be Scott Steiner.
Against All Odds PPV 07 - Little Italy Street Fight with Team 3d vs LAX. Pretty even both ways the whole match. LAX got the win with The Border Toss.
Austin Starr vs Sensi - Overly long match where Senshi got a win that was very difficult to call.
Tuxedo Match - Christy Hemme vs Big Oily Fat Guy. Hemme gets the win going the whole match with a boot unlaced, and yes the match was that dull I noticed that!
Basebrawl Match - Dale Torborg vs Lance Hoyt. How low have TNA sunk to have a wrestler fight a baseball player? Torborg gets the win but it's overturned to Hoyt for use of a chair.
Motor City Chain Match - Aj Styles vs Rhyno. Pretty even match, heel Aj is quite cool. It was pretty obvious Rhyno would never use the nightstick and that AJ would free himself from the chain 1st. Aj got the win after Rhyno missed a gore through the tables.
X Division Title - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lyn. Another overly long but even match. Sabin got the win by holding the ropes.
Mixed tag match - Miss Tennessee & James Storm vs Gail Kim & Petey Williams. Very good & very even match with Jackie getting the win for her team.
Prison Yard Match - Abyss vs Sting. The match started outside The Impact Zone, and ended with barbed wire on a table and Sting getting the win by locking Abyss in the solitary confinement cage.
NWA Heavyweight Title match - Kurt Angle vs Christian Cage. Tomko was sent back the locker room as per Jim Cornette's instructions. After some major interference by the world and his dog, Cage gets the win by using a lead pipe.
I want to go on record and say I also saw episodes 1 and 2 from WSX and I was damned impressed. Good names like Vampiro (who is now their champ) and X-pac, Teddy Hart impressed the hell out of me. If WSX offer that kind of level every week then fans are going to be leaving ECW, leaving Raw & Smackdown and leaving TNA because WSX are offering an excellent piece of serious hardcore wrestling.
If you haven't watched it yet, I highly recommend it!
Impact 18 Jan 07 - Show opens with Team 3d vs LAX for the tag team title. After interference from Moody Jack, LAX get the win using the slapjack.
Gail Kim & Miss Tennessee (jaqueline) are seen fighting back stage.
Christie Hemme interview vid.
Christian Cage comes out to bore us on the mic and is interupted by Kurt Angle. Boring chat until Cage teases us with the promise of an advisor who knows & hates Angle.
Lance Hoyt vs James Storm (with Miss Tennessee aka Jaqueline). Storm gets the win after 2 baseball players double team Hoyt.
AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle. Was Tomko doing the Anvil beard rub supposed to be a clue? Angle gets the win after slamming Styles onto a chair.
Impact 24 jan 07 - Show opens with Samoa Joe boring us on the mic. Kurt Angle interupts him. Christian Cage interupts them. And TNA fans? Stop shouting "what?", your not in the WWE, ok?
Rhyno vs Raven (with Seratonin), Raven turns out to be AJ Styles dressed as Raven. Match is thrown out (dq by outside interference I assume), and Rhyno is floored by a chair.
Chris Sabin vs Senshi vs Austin Starr vs Jerry Lynn in a non-title 4-way. Jerry Lynn gets the win off Sabin from a roll-up after an overly long match.
VKM insert.
Sting comes out to bore us on the mic, with details of Abyss's secret. No-one cares about storylines like this, we just want to see wrestling. By doing this kind of thing, TNA are becoming the thing they hate the most - WWE. Abyss does a number on Sting.
Chris Daniels vs Christian Cage in a non-title match. Cage gets the win after a low blow.
Impact 1 feb 07 - 5 way no limits X division match - Jay Lethal vs Alex Shelley vs Sonjay Dutt vs Austin Starr vs Jerry Lynn. Austin Starr gets the pin after interference from Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal.
Samoa Joe gives us a lecture - dull.
Robert Roode vs Petey Williams. Roode gets the win after interference from James Storm.
James Mitchell bores us on the mic.
Aj Styles vs Samoa Joe. Match is thrown out after Rhyno climbs in to chase Styles back in the ring. Lots of after match trash to "develop storyline" that we didn't need.
Impact 8 feb 07 - Abyss vs Chase Stevens. Abyss gets the very quick win off the black hole slam. Team 3d mouth off to LAX who give them a beat down.
6 man Tag team match Chris Sabin, Austin Starr & James Storm vs Senshi, Jerry Lynn & Rhyno. Starr gets the win for his team.
Sting comes out to bore us on the mic.
Tag Team match - AJ Styles & Christian Cage vs Samoa Joe & Kurt Angle. Angle gets the win from an Olympic slam off the top rope with some help from Rhyno. Cage's "special consultant" turns out to be Scott Steiner.
Against All Odds PPV 07 - Little Italy Street Fight with Team 3d vs LAX. Pretty even both ways the whole match. LAX got the win with The Border Toss.
Austin Starr vs Sensi - Overly long match where Senshi got a win that was very difficult to call.
Tuxedo Match - Christy Hemme vs Big Oily Fat Guy. Hemme gets the win going the whole match with a boot unlaced, and yes the match was that dull I noticed that!
Basebrawl Match - Dale Torborg vs Lance Hoyt. How low have TNA sunk to have a wrestler fight a baseball player? Torborg gets the win but it's overturned to Hoyt for use of a chair.
Motor City Chain Match - Aj Styles vs Rhyno. Pretty even match, heel Aj is quite cool. It was pretty obvious Rhyno would never use the nightstick and that AJ would free himself from the chain 1st. Aj got the win after Rhyno missed a gore through the tables.
X Division Title - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lyn. Another overly long but even match. Sabin got the win by holding the ropes.
Mixed tag match - Miss Tennessee & James Storm vs Gail Kim & Petey Williams. Very good & very even match with Jackie getting the win for her team.
Prison Yard Match - Abyss vs Sting. The match started outside The Impact Zone, and ended with barbed wire on a table and Sting getting the win by locking Abyss in the solitary confinement cage.
NWA Heavyweight Title match - Kurt Angle vs Christian Cage. Tomko was sent back the locker room as per Jim Cornette's instructions. After some major interference by the world and his dog, Cage gets the win by using a lead pipe.
I want to go on record and say I also saw episodes 1 and 2 from WSX and I was damned impressed. Good names like Vampiro (who is now their champ) and X-pac, Teddy Hart impressed the hell out of me. If WSX offer that kind of level every week then fans are going to be leaving ECW, leaving Raw & Smackdown and leaving TNA because WSX are offering an excellent piece of serious hardcore wrestling.
If you haven't watched it yet, I highly recommend it!
Thursday, December 14, 2006
My TNA Monthly Catch-up, Dec 06 - Jan 07
It's that time of the month again - Time for my monthly TNA catch-up on Impacts and the PPV. The views inside are my own and I call it the way I watch it.
Impacts:- 14th Dec 06 - Robert Roode calls out Eric Young but is ousted by Kurt Angle, b**ching about a rematch with Samoa Joe, A prerecorded tape of Joe says no rematch. Don West earns himself an Ankle Lock, very funny stuff.
Ron "The Truth" Killings vs Abyss in a non-title match. Killings works a good match against Abyss with Sting watching from the rafters, Killings dominated the whole match until James Mitchell suckered him into chasing him and Abyss got the win with the Black Hole Slam.
Christian bleats about wanting a rematch.
PCS Championship event #2, the push-up contest with Nash ragging on Sonjay Dutt yet again with steriod jibes.
Petey Williams vs Chris Daniels in a very even match, Williams gets the win in the non-title event after Chris Sabin stole the title belt & was interupted by Jerry Lynn getting it back only to get done over by Daniels who never saw Sabin.
VKM video insert.
AMW vs LAX Tag title match. Konnan is locked in a cage to stop him interferring, and if AMW lose they have to disband as a tag team. Storm hits Harris in the face with a beer bottle, Homicide takes the easy win and AWV are officially disbanded.
A bit of dull b**ls**t involving Abyss ended the show.
21st Dec 06 - The team of Seratonin (Maverick Matt, Johhny Devine) newly created by Raven backing Kazarian vs Sting. Sting gets an easy win in a short match off The Scorpion Death Drop.
Team 3D vs The Naturals in a tag team Tables match. Team 3d gets the win with a power bomb thru a table.
Truth comes out to do an Xmas rap while Petey Williams, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal and Lance Hoyt pass out gifts to the fans.
PCS event #3, The Pogo contest? Nash takes the piss in this. Santa (AKA Brother Runt) thows more gifts to the fans but is interupted by LAX.
VKM video insert from RAW on Knoxville.
Sting & Abyss exchange words in the ring after a vid from Cage.
4 man Tag match - AJ Styles & Samoa Joe vs Rhyno & Kurt Angle. Both teams have a good match and generally kick the shit out of each other, AJ gets the win for his team off Rhyno with an inside cradle and handfull of Rhyno's ring outfit.
28th Dec 06 - Chris Sabin & James Storm vs Petey Williams & Chris Daniels. Storm gets the win from a chair unseen by the ref.
Samoa Joe has a memory lapse during an interview and forgets his 5 losses in his so-called "18 month unbeaten streak".
Runt goes crazy with Team 3D & LAX.
PCS Event #4 - The Limbo Contest (Does anyone give a FLYING F**K about this S**TE any more?), utter b**ls**t that I won't discuss. Get this type of C**P off the air, TNA.
VKM Knoxville video insert.
Robert Roode vs Lance Hoyt (Ron Killings comes to ring with him). Roode gets the win after Miss Brooks finally comes down to the ring and distracts Hoyt.
Night stick on a pole match (Sounds suspiciously like a Russo idea, eh?) Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Sting vs Abyss (with James Mitchell). Sting wins after Tomko drops the nightstick.
Cornette annouces a 3-way elimination match at Final Resolution.
Samoa Joe wins Mr TNA 2006, Joe gives Angle the rematch after he hurts some faceless tart that Joe brought with him to the show.
4th Jan 07 - Robert Roode vs Rhyno. Rhyno gets the win after Miss Brooks f**ks up the interuption.
VKM bore us on the mic.
PCS Event #5, Musical chairs. Kevin Nash, shut the F**K up, please?
No DQ Lucha/Mexican street fight Runt vs Homicide from LAX. Homicide wins after Hernandez uses The Border Toss onto a ladder as Konnan distracted the ref.
Dull vid insert from Abyss about prison. BORING!
Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Kurt Angle. Samoa Joe jumps Angle on his way to the ring, Cornette turns them loose and lets them fight into the crowd & outside. This is a PPV quality no holds barred scrap and I loved it all! Don Harris in the back guiding them into the table (WWE Creative, TNA were doing Creative on the fly! Learn from this stuff!). Cage & Tomko work over Angle with Sting breaking things up.
11th Jan 07 - Seratonin walk out to back Maverick Matt vs Kurt Angle. Angle wins with the ankle lock.
6 Man tag match James Storm (with Gail Kim), Chris Sabin & AJ Styles vs Petey Williams, Chris Daniels & Rhyno. AJ made the win for his team after pulling the "knee injury cheat" yet again.
PCS Final Event - Texas Hold 'Em. (F**k you & your boring b**ls**t Kevin Nash).
VKM vid insert from San Antonio.
Tomko (with Cage) vs Abyss in a non-title event. Cage is put in a cage at ringside by Angle. Abyss wins on a DQ for outside interference from Cage after Joe jumps Angle & Cage unlocks himself. Sting makes the save on Abyss who uses the Shock Treatment & Abyss goes back to Mitchell.
Final Resolution 07 PPV - Last Man Standing Match - AJ Styles vs Rhyno. Rhyno wins 2 falls to 1 after AJ refuses to get up after fall #2. Rhyno comes back to gore AJ thru a table at the top of the entrance ramp.
X Division title 3 way match - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lynn vs Chris Daniels - considering how long Jerry Lynn has been out of the ring, he's still got the moves & ability. Sabin gets the win off Jerry Lynn after very long & pretty good match.
Paparazzi Championship Series Final - that lanky streak of p**s Nash comes out to call the match with West & Tenay. Austin Starr vs Alex Shelley. The judges for the match are masked wrestler Samolian Joe, Big Fat Oily Guy & wrestling legend Mr Bob Backlund! I think Samolian Joe was Hercules Hernandez? Shelley won in extra time after no falls and the judges called a tie.
James Storm (with Gail Kim) vs Petey Williams - not really 2 people I'd have matched together for a ppv quality match. Williams worked good match, Storm was awful & boring. Storm cheats the win using the ropes in a roll-up. Miss Jackie saves Storm from a bottling from Gail Kim.
VKM declare victory over WWE. Christie Hemme demands to wrestle. Womens division soon?
Tag Team Title - LAX vs Team 3D, LAX are without the injured (IRL having a kidney op) Konnan. Team 3d were way in front and about to take the win when Runt cost them the win by getting them DQ'ed (outside interference, I assume?).
30 Minute Ironman Match - Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe. Joe wins submission 1 from the rear naked choke hold with 17:05 left on the clock. Angle wins his 1st submission from the ankle lock with 13:58 left. Angle wins his 2nd submission with the ankle lock with 11:05 left. Joe wins a fall from the muscle buster with 7:40 left. Angle wins a fall from rolling over an inside cradle with 5:17 left. Angle wins 3-2 but Joe almost took him to a dead heat by having the ankle lock on Kurt who held on until time ran out.
NWA Heavyweight Title - 3 Way Elimination Match, Sting vs Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Abyss. To make this fair Tomko was locked in a cage at ringside. Which you knew he was going to get out of. Sting eliminated Abyss, James Mitchell freed Tomko and Cage won after Abyss hit Sting with the chain that held the cage closed after Tomko tried and failed 3 times to hurt Sting enough for Cage to pin him. Pretty rubbish for a title and main event to be honest.
Impacts:- 14th Dec 06 - Robert Roode calls out Eric Young but is ousted by Kurt Angle, b**ching about a rematch with Samoa Joe, A prerecorded tape of Joe says no rematch. Don West earns himself an Ankle Lock, very funny stuff.
Ron "The Truth" Killings vs Abyss in a non-title match. Killings works a good match against Abyss with Sting watching from the rafters, Killings dominated the whole match until James Mitchell suckered him into chasing him and Abyss got the win with the Black Hole Slam.
Christian bleats about wanting a rematch.
PCS Championship event #2, the push-up contest with Nash ragging on Sonjay Dutt yet again with steriod jibes.
Petey Williams vs Chris Daniels in a very even match, Williams gets the win in the non-title event after Chris Sabin stole the title belt & was interupted by Jerry Lynn getting it back only to get done over by Daniels who never saw Sabin.
VKM video insert.
AMW vs LAX Tag title match. Konnan is locked in a cage to stop him interferring, and if AMW lose they have to disband as a tag team. Storm hits Harris in the face with a beer bottle, Homicide takes the easy win and AWV are officially disbanded.
A bit of dull b**ls**t involving Abyss ended the show.
21st Dec 06 - The team of Seratonin (Maverick Matt, Johhny Devine) newly created by Raven backing Kazarian vs Sting. Sting gets an easy win in a short match off The Scorpion Death Drop.
Team 3D vs The Naturals in a tag team Tables match. Team 3d gets the win with a power bomb thru a table.
Truth comes out to do an Xmas rap while Petey Williams, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal and Lance Hoyt pass out gifts to the fans.
PCS event #3, The Pogo contest? Nash takes the piss in this. Santa (AKA Brother Runt) thows more gifts to the fans but is interupted by LAX.
VKM video insert from RAW on Knoxville.
Sting & Abyss exchange words in the ring after a vid from Cage.
4 man Tag match - AJ Styles & Samoa Joe vs Rhyno & Kurt Angle. Both teams have a good match and generally kick the shit out of each other, AJ gets the win for his team off Rhyno with an inside cradle and handfull of Rhyno's ring outfit.
28th Dec 06 - Chris Sabin & James Storm vs Petey Williams & Chris Daniels. Storm gets the win from a chair unseen by the ref.
Samoa Joe has a memory lapse during an interview and forgets his 5 losses in his so-called "18 month unbeaten streak".
Runt goes crazy with Team 3D & LAX.
PCS Event #4 - The Limbo Contest (Does anyone give a FLYING F**K about this S**TE any more?), utter b**ls**t that I won't discuss. Get this type of C**P off the air, TNA.
VKM Knoxville video insert.
Robert Roode vs Lance Hoyt (Ron Killings comes to ring with him). Roode gets the win after Miss Brooks finally comes down to the ring and distracts Hoyt.
Night stick on a pole match (Sounds suspiciously like a Russo idea, eh?) Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Sting vs Abyss (with James Mitchell). Sting wins after Tomko drops the nightstick.
Cornette annouces a 3-way elimination match at Final Resolution.
Samoa Joe wins Mr TNA 2006, Joe gives Angle the rematch after he hurts some faceless tart that Joe brought with him to the show.
4th Jan 07 - Robert Roode vs Rhyno. Rhyno gets the win after Miss Brooks f**ks up the interuption.
VKM bore us on the mic.
PCS Event #5, Musical chairs. Kevin Nash, shut the F**K up, please?
No DQ Lucha/Mexican street fight Runt vs Homicide from LAX. Homicide wins after Hernandez uses The Border Toss onto a ladder as Konnan distracted the ref.
Dull vid insert from Abyss about prison. BORING!
Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Kurt Angle. Samoa Joe jumps Angle on his way to the ring, Cornette turns them loose and lets them fight into the crowd & outside. This is a PPV quality no holds barred scrap and I loved it all! Don Harris in the back guiding them into the table (WWE Creative, TNA were doing Creative on the fly! Learn from this stuff!). Cage & Tomko work over Angle with Sting breaking things up.
11th Jan 07 - Seratonin walk out to back Maverick Matt vs Kurt Angle. Angle wins with the ankle lock.
6 Man tag match James Storm (with Gail Kim), Chris Sabin & AJ Styles vs Petey Williams, Chris Daniels & Rhyno. AJ made the win for his team after pulling the "knee injury cheat" yet again.
PCS Final Event - Texas Hold 'Em. (F**k you & your boring b**ls**t Kevin Nash).
VKM vid insert from San Antonio.
Tomko (with Cage) vs Abyss in a non-title event. Cage is put in a cage at ringside by Angle. Abyss wins on a DQ for outside interference from Cage after Joe jumps Angle & Cage unlocks himself. Sting makes the save on Abyss who uses the Shock Treatment & Abyss goes back to Mitchell.
Final Resolution 07 PPV - Last Man Standing Match - AJ Styles vs Rhyno. Rhyno wins 2 falls to 1 after AJ refuses to get up after fall #2. Rhyno comes back to gore AJ thru a table at the top of the entrance ramp.
X Division title 3 way match - Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lynn vs Chris Daniels - considering how long Jerry Lynn has been out of the ring, he's still got the moves & ability. Sabin gets the win off Jerry Lynn after very long & pretty good match.
Paparazzi Championship Series Final - that lanky streak of p**s Nash comes out to call the match with West & Tenay. Austin Starr vs Alex Shelley. The judges for the match are masked wrestler Samolian Joe, Big Fat Oily Guy & wrestling legend Mr Bob Backlund! I think Samolian Joe was Hercules Hernandez? Shelley won in extra time after no falls and the judges called a tie.
James Storm (with Gail Kim) vs Petey Williams - not really 2 people I'd have matched together for a ppv quality match. Williams worked good match, Storm was awful & boring. Storm cheats the win using the ropes in a roll-up. Miss Jackie saves Storm from a bottling from Gail Kim.
VKM declare victory over WWE. Christie Hemme demands to wrestle. Womens division soon?
Tag Team Title - LAX vs Team 3D, LAX are without the injured (IRL having a kidney op) Konnan. Team 3d were way in front and about to take the win when Runt cost them the win by getting them DQ'ed (outside interference, I assume?).
30 Minute Ironman Match - Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe. Joe wins submission 1 from the rear naked choke hold with 17:05 left on the clock. Angle wins his 1st submission from the ankle lock with 13:58 left. Angle wins his 2nd submission with the ankle lock with 11:05 left. Joe wins a fall from the muscle buster with 7:40 left. Angle wins a fall from rolling over an inside cradle with 5:17 left. Angle wins 3-2 but Joe almost took him to a dead heat by having the ankle lock on Kurt who held on until time ran out.
NWA Heavyweight Title - 3 Way Elimination Match, Sting vs Christian Cage (with Tomko) vs Abyss. To make this fair Tomko was locked in a cage at ringside. Which you knew he was going to get out of. Sting eliminated Abyss, James Mitchell freed Tomko and Cage won after Abyss hit Sting with the chain that held the cage closed after Tomko tried and failed 3 times to hurt Sting enough for Cage to pin him. Pretty rubbish for a title and main event to be honest.
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