TNA Presents
FINAL
RESOLUTION
January 6, 2008
Recap by Sassy
I watched the Countdown to Final Resolution but it was merely
a recap of the matches that will be held this evening on TNA’s first pay per
view of 2008.
Final Resolution opens with a video rundown of the matches
scheduled for tonight.
Final
Resolution is being broadcast from Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida.
Ringside announcers: Mike Tenay and Don West
Ring announcer: David Penzer
Backstage interviews: Crystal Loutham and Jeremy Borash
Ring valet: SoCal Val
First Match
Lance Hoyt
&
Jimmy Rave
Rock ‘n Rave Infection
accompanied to the ring by Christy Hemme
Vs.
Homicide
&
Hernandez
Latin American Exchange
Referee: Slick Johnson
Prediction: LAX
will walk away with this match - possible interference by the mystery member of
LAX who continues to appear just in time for saves.
LAX gets the biggest pop when they enter the ring. In fact,
there was quite a bit of thunderous applause for these two wrestlers.
Homicide and Rave face off in the ring and they start with
wrestling holds. Rave goes for a tidy early roll up but can’t get the three
count. Nice back and forth before Rave sends a knee to Homicide’s abdomen.
Rave slams Homicide into the ring post and tags in Lance. Hoyt picks up Homicide
and sends him across the ring close enough for him to reach out and tag
Hernandez into the match. We have a shoving contest before Lance comes off the
ropes and runs into the brick wall that is Hernandez. Lance tries again but it
has the same no budge effect. Hernandez comes off the ropes, goes across the
ring to come off the opposite ropes, but Rave interferes and pays for it with
big forearms across the ears. Rave goes down to the apron. Lance comes across
the ring and is sent over the top rope and to the floor by Hernandez. Homicide
enters the ring and goes for the suicide dive through the ropes, but Rave is
back up and greets him with a knee to the face. Rave and Homicide battle it out
on the ring apron with Homicide sending a boot to Lance’s face when he tries
to get involved. Rave slams Homicide down to the ring apron with Rave landing on
his feet on the floor. Hernandez comes over the top rope, over Homicide and out
to the floor to take down Lance with Hernandez getting quickly to his feet to
work the fans at ringside. Hernandez sends Rave back into the ring. Homicide is
back on his feet outside the ring and he enters the ring for a two on one with
Hernandez. Double splash by Homicide and Hernandez before Homicide sends Rave
across the ring to meet a Hernandez clothesline. Homicide comes off the ropes
for a short dropkick to Rave’s face. Homicide and Hernandez work the
combination and Homicide comes off the ropes to land on Rave’s chest and
abdomen. The audience shouts its approval of LAX as the ref tries to get
Homicide out of the ring. Hernandez has Rave up on his shoulders as Homicide
gets up to sit on the top turnbuckle. Lance is back in the ring. He nails
Hernandez sending Rave back down to the mat. Hernandez is sent out to the floor
and we have another two on one situation with Lance and Rave in the ring with
Homicide. Lance catches Homicide as he comes off the ropes and slams him to the
mat. Rave comes off the ropes and nails Homicide who is down on the mat but I
can’t see how exactly because the camera is on Hemme outside the ring. Lance
goes for the cover but Homicide powers out after the count of two. Rave goes
back out to the ring apron and Lance turns to tag Rave legally into the ring,
then goes across to the opposite ropes to slam a fist into Hernandez and send
him back down to the floor. We have two on one again in the ring but Homicide
fights back with blows to both Rave and Lance. Rave ducks under a blow and
delivers an inverted atomic drop and Lance follows up with a boot to the face.
Rave and Lance send Homicide into the ropes, but Homicide rolls under the
waiting clothesline, tags in Hernandez and slides out of the ring as Hernandez
comes over the top rope with a clothesline taking down Rave and Lance. Hernandez
is now in the ring with both opponents and he takes turns delivering blows to
both. Hernandez sends Rave over his head and down to the mat, then sends Lance
into the ropes and takes him down with a back body drop. Rave comes after
Hernandez, but Hernandez catches him and power bombs him down to the mat.
Hernandez doesn’t go for the pin but gets back to his feet and heads for Lance
who meets him with an elbow. Lance goes up on the top turnbuckle and comes down
with a moonsault, taking Hernandez to the canvas. Lance goes back after Hernandez but Homicide hits the ring
and takes Lance down with a hurricanrana. Lance rolls out of the ring and
Homicide delivers a suicide dive through the ropes, taking Lance down to the
floor. Homicide and Lance are now down on the floor leaving Rave and Hernandez
in the ring. Rave comes off the ropes and runs into the shoulder of Hernandez.
Hernandez picks Rave up and has him over his shoulder but Hemme is up on the
ring apron and hanging onto Rave pulling him back down to the mat and away from
Hernandez. Rave delivers an knee to Hernandez’s midsection and then works on
him with a flurry of fists to the head. When the referee breaks it up, Rave
switches to delivering boots to Hernandez who is still down on the mat.
Hernandez makes his way back to his feet as Rave continues with uppercuts and
then attempts to send Hernandez across into the ring post. Hernandez gets the
switch and charges at Rave who greets him with an elbow and then climbs up on
the top rope but Hernandez gives him a shove and he lands on the top turnbuckle.
The camera pans to the mystery Latino Nation member who is
now hiding outside the ring. Hernandez climbs up on the second rope and delivers
a border toss off of the ropes and then goes for the cover, getting the three
count.
Winners
Homicide
& Hernandez of LAX
As soon as the match is over, the mystery member is in the
ring with Hernandez and they are joined by Homicide. Lance comes in behind them
and takes both Homicide and Hernandez down to the mat. Both men roll out of the
ring and Hemme is now in the ring demanding that Lance do something about the
mystery member. Lance has the person by the throat but the mystery person
delivers a low blow backing Lance up. Hemme runs up behind the mystery member
and delivers a low blow but there is no reaction. The mystery member does turn
around and send Hemme out to the floor before removing her bandana and
sunglasses. It appears that Shelly
Martinez is the mystery LAX member. Shelly gets out of the baggy garb she has
been wearing to show the audience that she is in wrestling shape and we assume
that now she is a permanent member of LAX.
If you saw the action in this ring tonight, you will
understand why I complain about the lack of matches with Homicide and Hernandez.
Homicide could easily work the X Division. Hernandez could easily work his way
into a street fighter or World Champion. Whether these two are a team or as
singles, both have tremendous talent and from the sounds of the live audience,
they have fan approval. Jimmy Rave
is another underrated player in the TNA arena. He can be technical and he can be
a brawler. The lack of use of these three men is an insult to TNA fans. Lance
Hoyt has always been a mystery to me. Perhaps it is because I have not seen him
outside of the TNA ring or perhaps it is because he hasn’t been getting
quality matches in the TNA ring that makes me wonder how great he can be as a
wrestler. Shelly Martinez hasn’t been in the ring since she first debuted and
I can’t judge how great she will be. If the feud between LAX and the Rock ‘n
Rave Infection continues, we can look for Shelly to continue to be a thorn in
the side of Christy Hemme.
Last night: Showtime Eric Young and Cowboy James Storm in
another drinking contest which Storm referred to on last week’s iMPACT as a
DCS – Drinking Championship Series. Along with Eric and Storm are Miss Jackie,
Crystal and JB. This round is called “Never Have I Ever”. The rules are, is
that one opponent has to say something and if the other opponent has done it,
that opponent has to take a drink. The first person that takes three drinks
wins. I won’t bore you with the details of the entire contest here, but
according to Storm, he has gone to the moon, killed a lion with his bare hands,
and started a riot in Detroit in 1967 – before Storm was born. Storm won this
round although he may have cheated a little.
Correct me if I am in error, but didn’t we have a
drinking contest during the last pay per view – or was that the pay per view
before?
Tenay and West give us a preview of the matches we are going
to see tonight. You don’t have to do that, boys, we already bought the pay per
view or we wouldn’t be able to see you right now. We don’t want to pay to
hear about AJ Styles not being able to make up his mind, but…
Crystal is backstage with AJ Styles and Tomko and Crystal
wants to know what AJ’s decision is but AJ says he will make a decision
tonight and he hasn’t made up his mind yet. Tomko is angry because they have a
tag team match tonight and the titles are on the line. Tomko doesn’t want
AJ’s mind to be anywhere but on their upcoming match.
Second Match
Black Reign from The Deepest Darkest Corner of His Mind
accompanied to the ring by Misty the Artic Fox
(who is a domestic rat and has NO business at ringside
or, as in this case, IN the ring!). I don’t know who the voice announcer is,
but if he calls Misty “disgusting” one more time, I’m going to track him
down and smack him.
Vs.
Kaz from Anaheim, CA
Referee: Andrew Thomas
One sign in the audience said “Free Misty”. While I
continue to insist Misty should not be exposed to the wrestling arena, loud
noises and lights, and should certainly not be near the action, Misty is a
domestic rat and can’t be “freed”. Kaz got the biggest pop from the
audience. Kaz has been making fashion waves with his wrestling attire. He must
have an entire closet of wrestling outfits. I did predict that Kaz would win
this match up.
Prediction: Kaz will lose via DQ perhaps with the assistance of Rellik.
Kaz opens up with fists to Black Reign before coming off the
second rope with a back elbow springboard. Kaz continues the assault with
uppercuts and fists, then sends Black Reign into the ropes. Black Reign grabs
the ropes and slides out to the floor but Kaz springs over the top rope and
lands on the ring apron, then backs up and flies off with a clothesline to take
Black Reign down to the floor. As Kaz gets back to his feet, he gets audience
approval before again going after Black Reign. Kaz sends Black Reign toward the
guardrail but Black Reign gets the switch and slams Kaz back first into the
metal rail. Black Reign then charges at Kaz and goes after him with either a
head butt or a shoulder block, but Kaz rolls out of the way and Black Reign hits
the guardrail. As Black Reign appears to be heading up the entrance ramp, Kaz
goes after him and delivers a boot to the head. The audience is into Kaz as he
stands up and acknowledges their applause. Black Reign crawls up the entrance
ramp and as he does, Kaz follows along behind delivering a boot to Black
Reign’s backside as he crawls. Kaz makes a grab for Black Reign but Black
Reign catches Kaz with a boot, doubling Kaz over. Black Reign delivers a knee
that sends Kaz across the top of the entrance ramp and down to the floor. I
can’t tell how Kaz hit the ramp before he went down because Black Reign was
blocking the view, but it didn’t sound very good. From the way Kaz is holding
his hip, it appears that he nailed it against the top of the ramp on his way
down to the floor. Black Reign goes after Kaz who is still on the floor, picks
him up and rolls him back onto the entrance ramp. Black Reign now has Kaz back
to the ring and he slams his head into the ring apron. Kaz goes down to the
floor as Black Reign rolls himself back into the ring. As Kaz gets back up on
the ring apron, Black Reign delivers a neck breaker with Kaz halfway through the
ropes. With Kaz sitting on the ropes, Black Reign goes outside the ring and
delivers a blow that sends Kaz through the ropes and back into the ring. The ref
yells for Black Reign to get back into the ring, which he does and drops an
elbow and then works on the neck of Kaz. Kaz makes it back to his feet and
delivers elbows to Black Reign getting him to break the hold. Kaz sends Black
Reign across the ring into the ropes but as Black Reign comes off the ropes he
drops down to his knees to deliver a fist to Kaz’s face. Black Reign slams Kaz
down to the mat and goes for the cover but he only gets a two count. Black Reign
bits Kaz on the forehead before the ref breaks it up. Black Reign sends Kaz back
down to the mat and works again on the neck with a reverse chin lock. The
audience is making noise for Kaz as Kaz gets back to his feet and delivers a
series of punches to Black Reign’s abdomen backing him up. Kaz comes off the
ropes, but it caught by Black Reign’s knee and Kaz is again down on the mat.
Black Reign picks Kaz up and delivers a running jawbreaker, again sending Kaz
back to the canvas. Black Reign again goes for the cover and gets a two count
before Kaz gets a shoulder up. Black Reign again goes for Kaz’s neck. Kaz
works his way back to his feet and again delivers blows to Black Reign’s
midsection but Black Reign rakes Kaz’s eyes. Black Reign comes off the ropes
but Kaz sidesteps him and Black Reign hits the ropes. Black Reign again comes
off the ropes and Kaz ducks under the clothesline. Kaz comes off the ropes as
Black Reign comes off the opposite ropes and it looked like they were both going
for a cross body block. Both men are down on the mat. The ref is counting and
get to their feet at the count of eight. Black Reign takes a swing at Kaz, Kaz
ducks, comes back with a boot and then delivers forearms, elbows and boots
before sending Black Reign to the mat with a high kick. Kaz comes off the mat
for a dropkick that again sends Black Reign down to the canvas. Kaz catches
Black Reign with a spinning neck breaker and goes for the pin but only gets a
two count. Kaz tries to send Black Reign across the ring to the ring post but
Black Reign gets the switch and sends Kaz to the ring post. Black Reign charges
but Kaz is through the ropes and onto the ring apron and Black Reign meets the
ring post instead. Kaz springboards over the top rope and delivers a DDT and
goes for the cover, but he again gets a two count. Kaz springs off the second
rope and goes for a leg drop but Black Reign rolls out of the way and Kaz hits
the mat. Black Reign delivers a boot to Kaz’s midsection and then sends him to
the mat with the lights out and goes for the cover but Black Reign only gets a
two count before Kaz gets a shoulder off the mat. Black Reign tries to take Kaz
up into the air and over but Kaz slides out of the move and delivers a neck
breaker then goes for the cover and gets the three count.
Winner
Kaz
and Misty
who broke the hearts of TNA female fans by taking Misty home
with him. We only hope that Kaz will bond with Misty and discover that domestic
rats are not disgusting and horrible.
After the match, Kaz shows off for the fans and then decides
to pick up Misty in her carrier and takes her out of the ring and up the
entrance ramp. As Kaz nears the top of the entrance ramp, Black Reign sees that
Misty is leaving the arena and Black Reign is not happy that Misty is in the
possession of Kaz. And I missed that prediction by a long shot...
Kaz took some tremendous hits in this match. I was concerned
that the fall at the top of the entrance ramp cause more than a minor injury but
by the end of the match Kaz was hiding it well with just a hint of pain. He is
tougher than he looks initially. These two put on a good match, Misty and all.
JB is backstage with Kurt Angle and Angle’s Mrs. and I’m
not even going to bother with this. The drinking match was much more
entertaining.
Third Match
TNA
Women’s Championship
No
Disqualification
Awesome Kong residing in Japan, 6’1”, weighing 272 3/8
lbs.
Challenger
Vs.
Gail Kim from Tampa, FL
Champion
Referee: Slick Johnson
Prediction: Gail Kim will retain the TNA Women's Title -- but I'm not sure how.
Awesome Kong enters the arena scowling at fans and looking
like she could take out everyone in the arena. Gail Kim has the fans behind her.
As Gail Kim gets up on the ring apron to face the fans, Kong
nails her in the back, sending her down to the floor. Gail grabs Kong by the
ankle but can’t budge her. Kong sends out her other boot and drives Gail back
into the guardrail. Kong goes out on the floor after Gail but Gail fights back
with fists and boots to Kong’s face and body. Kong sends a big slap to
Gail’s chest. Gail goes back after Kong again but a clothesline from Kong
sends Gail down to the concrete. Kong walks over to the announcer’s table and
causes a minor upset before heading back to Gail on the floor. Kong picks Gail
up off the floor and brings her over to the announcer’s table and Tenay yells
that Kong is going to give Gail the awesome bomb on the table. Gail brings up a
boot and nails Kong on top of the head and then goes after her with forearms and
boots before Kong slams her back first into the ring apron. Kong rolls Gail into
the ring and follows her in. It’s a beat down as Kong works over Gail, keeping
her down on the mat. Kong picks Gail up and throws her across the ring by her
hair and continues to choke her with a boot. Gail is sent head first into the
turnbuckle and again uses the boot to strangle Gail. In the middle of the match,
Tenay says there is a rumor that an associate of Kong’s is in attendance
tonight at the pay per view and is probably in the audience right now. West says
everyone wants to know about Kong’s past since the only thing anyone knows
about her is that she trained in Japan. In the ring, Gail is back to her feet,
fighting back again. Kong sends Gail across the ring into a ring post and then
goes after her, but Gail brings up a boot to stop Kong in her tracks. Kong comes
after her again and again Gail nails her with a boot and she climbs up to sit on
the top turnbuckle. Kong delivers a spinning backhand to Gail, which knocks Gail
off the turnbuckle, but her leg is caught in the ropes. The ref is trying to get
Gail loose and he does, but Gail goes off the ring apron and down onto the
floor. Kong exits the ring to go after Gail. Gail is on the floor holding her
knee as Kong reaches down and picks her up by her hair. Kong slams Gail face
first into the steel steps and then walks her around the ring, but again Gail is
fighting back until Kong delivers another slap to Gail’s chest, sending her
down to the floor. Gail is on her knees and trying to crawl away when Kong sends
a boot into Gail’s ribs taking her down to the floor again. Kong picks Gail up
and slams her into the metal guardrail – this was my first “STAY DOWN, GAIL!
STAY DOWN!” Kong again picks Gail up by the hair and then points for the fans
to move. The fans scatter and Kong sends Gail over the guardrail and into the
audience area then goes over the guardrail after her. Gail is up on the steps
and she sends boots into Kong trying to back her up, then goes after her with
forearms and fists. Kong grabs Gail’s hair and throws her up the steps. Again
fans are trying to steer clear of Kong who is coming after Gail. Kong takes Gail
through the crowd and slams her head down on a seat then goes up to again stand
on Gail’s throat. Security is there but even they are steering clear of Kong.
Some guy in the crowd is mouthing off to Kong and I hate to break it to him but
she could kick him down the stairs and out of the building with one swing of a
boot. Again Kong has Gail by the hair but Gail fights back and then tries to get
away from Kong. Gail reaches down and comes up with a plastic bottle and she
nails Kong in the head several times. Kong catches up with Gail again and this
time sends her down a flight of steps to the floor. Kong sends Gail up against a
wall in the audience area and then charges at her, but Gail gets out of the way
and Kong goes into the wall shoulder first. Gail charges and delivers high boots
and then sends Kong toward the ring area. Gail manages to get Kong over the
guardrail outside the ring and then Gail climbs up on the guardrail to come off
with double fists to take Kong down to the floor. Gail is working on the arm and
shoulder that Kong nailed with the wall and then slams her shoulder first into
the ring post. Gail attempts to roll Kong back into the ring but can’t budge
her. Kong comes back at Gail with fists and then slams Gail’s head into the
ring apron and sends her back into the ring. Kong grabs a steel chair and heads
for Gail’s head, but Gail manages to get out of the way and send a kick that
sends the chair back into Kong’s head. Gail is back on her feet in the ring
and she climbs up to the top of the turnbuckle to fly down but Kong catches her
and drops her on the ring apron. Kong climbs up into the ring after Gail and
then slams her back to the mat. Gail sends boots into Kong’s midsection but
Kong comes back with a spinning back fist and drops Gail to the canvas. Kong
picks Gail up by the hair and tries to go for the awesome bomb but Gail manages
to get down to the mat. Kong drops down but Gail has rolled out of the way and
Kong hits the canvas. Gail goes back to work on Kong and tries to send her
across the ring but Kong gets the switch and sends Gail into the ring post. Kong
goes for a splash but Gail slips out of the ring and onto the ring apron and as
Kong hits the ring post, Gail brings up a boot to nail Kong in the head. Gail
goes up to the top turnbuckle and comes off but Kong catches her by the throat,
slams her face first onto the mat and goes for the cover but Gail gets a
shoulder up at the count of two. Kong is not happy and gets up to argue with the
ref. Kong sends a boot to the ref’s midsection and delivers an awesome bomb,
taking the ref out. Kong rolls out of the ring and heads toward the
announcer’s table to grab another chair and go back into the ring. She uses
the chair to beat on the ref. Now Gail is back on her feet and as Kong swings
the chair over her head to hit the ref again, Gail grabs the chair and nails
Kong in the head. She continues to beat on Kong with the chair until Kong is
down. Gail goes up to the top turnbuckle, nails Kong with a frog splash but
there is no ref in the ring. Gail gets up yelling for a ref and Rudy Charles
comes down the ramp to enter the ring. The ref gets a two count before Kong gets
a shoulder off the mat. The ref checks on a downed Slick Johnson as the two
women go at it again in the middle of the ring. Kong choke slams Gail and goes
for the cover but Kong only gets a two count before Gail kicks out. Kong is
again angry with the ref and she goes after him, setting Rudy Charles up for the
awesome bomb. As Kong lifts Charles in the air, Gail goes under and uses the
ref’s weight to send Kong down to the canvas for a roll up and she gets the
three count.
Winner
Gail Kim
who
retains the TNA Women’s Championship title.
After the match, Slick Johnson is still down on the mat, Rudy
Charles bails out of the ring to escape the wrath of Kong and Gail and Kong go
at it again forcing security to enter the ring to try to keep them apart. As
security is trying to get things under control, the blonde twins, er, I mean
Angelina Love and Velvet Sky enter the ring to remove Gail from the ring and the
arena.
While I will never argue that Awesome Kong is an awesome ring
presence, if you didn’t respect Gail Kim before tonight’s match, you can’t
help but respect her now. She took so many big hits I was yelling for her to
stay down – and I’m not only a Gail Kim fan, I’m glad she has the title
belt. Good job by Slick Johnson and Rudy Charles allowing Kong to manhandle them
in the ring. I’m thinking that having these women’s division no DQ matches
could be a great idea but I’m also thinking that maybe Awesome Kong should be
in a match with, say, Angle…or even better – Kurt’s Mrs.?
JB is in the back with Angle’s Mrs. and they enter the
men’s room looking for AJ Styles and we have another round of disgusting
dialogue lightened by the fact that O.D.B. was in the men’s room and came out,
cigar and newspaper in hand. All I can say to AJ is: Practice safe sex and wear
a condom. You don’t know what you
might catch.
Crystal is backstage with Father James Mitchell and his son,
Judas Mesias (who stands like a statue in the background). Crystal asks Mitchell
if he is going to tell everyone the secret but Mitchell says that Chris aka
Abyss is going to have to tell the secret that only he and Mitchell know.
Mitchell says as Chris’s mother used to say, that little boys that don’t
tell the truth are doomed to burn in hell.
Fourth Match
Judas Mesias from The Depths of Hell
accompanied to the ring by Father James Mitchell
Vs.
The Monster Abyss, 6’8”, weighing 350 lbs.
accompanied to the ring by his little black bag of tacks
or glass
Referee: Andrew Thomas
Prediction: Judas Mesias will win the match with help from Father James Mitchell.
I’m not sure who got the biggest pop here. Abyss seems to
have the audience sympathy.
I never expect a wrestling match when Abyss is involved, but
when Abyss and Judas Mesias are involved, there is no way it will be anything
but an out and out brawl. Judas goes after Abyss before the bell rings and
delivers boots and fists. The ref is trying to take the chain out of the ring
that Abyss brought in as Judas has Abyss against a ring post. Judas delivers a
series of chops to Abyss and tries to send him across the ring but Abyss gets
the switch and sends Judas into the ring post. Abyss charges, but is my by an
elbow. Abyss charges again and Judas ducks out of the way but Abyss turns and
comes back with a clothesline that sends Judas crashing to the canvas. Judas
gets back to his feet and again gets nailed with a clothesline. Abyss tries for
a splash but Judas gets out of the way sending Abyss into the corner post chest
first. As Abyss turns around, he is met with a hard shot to the face by Judas
who then goes across the ring and into the ropes. As he comes off the ropes,
Abyss catches him and holds him up in the air over his head before dropping him
face first onto the mat. Abyss goes across the ring to send Judas over the top
rope with a clothesline. Mitchell goes around the ring to check on Judas but
quickly gets out of the way as Abyss comes out of the ring after Judas. Abyss
picks Judas up and slams him face first into the steel steps. As they start
around the outside of the ring, Judas turns and nails Abyss in the abdomen with
a fist, then a slap to the side of the face. Judas attempts to send Abyss into
the steel steps but Abyss gets the switch and sends Judas flying into the steel
steps outside the ring. Judas is back down on the floor. Abyss picks Judas up by
the hair and rolls him back into the ring and goes in after him. Judas rolls
across the ring and out to the floor as Mitchell comes over to talk to him. As
Judas gets back to his feet, Abyss grabs him by the hair but Judas grabs Abyss
by the leg and takes him down to the mat. Judas slams Abyss’s leg into the
ring post several times and then reaches down and picks up the chain Abyss
brought to the ring. The ref warns Judas not to use the chain and Judas drops it
then again slams Abyss’s leg into the corner post. Judas goes back into the
ring and goes to work on Abyss’s injured knee. Judas has Abyss by the ankle
but Abyss makes it to the ropes and the ref calls for Judas to break the hold.
Abyss is back to his feet and Judas again goes after the knee and then holds
Abyss up against the corner post choking him. The ref again gets involved to
make Judas break the hold and Judas goes after the ref. Judas stops short of
touching the ref, looks over at Mitchell and again goes after Abyss who is
leaning against a ring post. Judas pulls Abyss away from the ring post by his
hair and then goes to work again on the injured knee of Abyss, delivering stomps
with his boots. Abyss picks Judas up and power slams him to the mat. Mitchell
walks around the outside of the ring and it appears he has Abyss’s little
black bag with him. Abyss goes out of the ring and looks under the ring for his
bag of goodies but can’t locate the bag. Mitchell on the opposite side of the
ring holds up the bag to let Abyss know that he has what belongs to Abyss and
Abyss goes after Mitchell as Mitchell runs up the entrance ramp to the tunnel.
Halfway up the ramp, Judas nails Abyss in the back of the leg, taking him down
to the floor. Judas delivers another stomp to Abyss’s knee and then picks him
up off the entrance ramp, taking him around and throwing him over the steel
steps. Judas stands up on the steel steps to show off to the fans who seem to
approve of his actions so far. Judas again picks Abyss up and this time sends
him back into the ring. Judas comes up the steps and climbs up to the top
turnbuckle. Judas comes off the top turnbuckle but Abyss catches him by the
throat. Judas responds by delivering elbows to the side of Abyss’s head. Judas
goes for the ropes and comes off the ropes to be met by a big boot to the face.
As Judas gets back to his feet, Abyss delivers a splash and as Judas is down,
again Abyss delivers a splash to the side of Judas’s head. Abyss backs up and
waits for Judas to get back to his feet. Abyss picks Judas up and delivers a
sidewalk slam Judas is down on the mat as Abyss goes out of the ring and grabs a
steel chair. The ref tells Abyss he can’t bring the chair into the ring, but
Abyss doesn’t listen and Abyss sets the chair up in a ring post between the
ropes. As the ref continues to try to get Abyss to get away from the chair,
Abyss makes a move toward the ref who finally gets Abyss away from the chair. As
Abyss heads back to Judas, the ref tries to get the chair loose but can’t seem
to get it free. Judas is back to his feet and he turns to deliver a blow to
Abyss. Judas now has Abyss up against the ropes and he delivers shots to the
head. Judas holds Abyss by the hair and the ref steps in to make him break the
hold. Judas continues to pummel Abyss until he finally turns on the ref who is
yelling at him to back off. Judas looks in the direction of Mitchell before
turning back to Abyss. Judas sends Abyss across the ring but Abyss gets the
switch and sends Judas into the ring post. Judas goes up in the air to float
over but Abyss stops and delivers a boot, stopping Judas in mid leap. Abyss
sends Judas head first into the chair he placed at the ring post. Abyss turns to
the fans and gets the approval he is looking for before going back to Judas.
Judas staggers back to his feet and Abyss catches him by the throat, sending him
to the mat with a choke slam. Abyss goes for the cover but only gets a two count
before Judas manages to get a shoulder off the canvas. Mitchell is coming back
down the ramp with a larger black bag. He drops it outside the ring as Abyss
rolls out of the ring. Abyss again looks under the ring and brings out a steel
chair wrapped in barbed wire. Abyss holds the chair in the air to show the
audience, giving the ref time to get the chair away from Abyss. As the ref tries
to get the chair out of the ring, Mitchell has handed Judas, who is back on his
feet, a steel chair. As Abyss turns, Judas nails him with a direct shot to the
head, dropping him to the mat. Judas throws down the chair and goes out on the
ring apron to climb up the turnbuckle and lands with a frog splash on Abyss.
Judas hits hard and rolls off Abyss and when he rolls back on to try to get the
cover, Abyss manages to kick out. Judas is motioning for Abyss to get up. Abyss
doesn’t get up quickly and Judas goes after Abyss again with punches to the
head and face. Abyss staggers back to his feet as Judas comes off the ropes.
Abyss catches Judas and delivers a black hold slam and goes for the pin but
Mitchell has the ref distracted. Abyss gets up and goes after Mitchell, pulling
him through the ropes and into the ring. Watch closely because Judas just pulled
something out of his wrestling trunks. Abyss is still hanging onto Mitchell,
Judas gets to his feet and Abyss has both of them by the throat. The ref manages
to pull Mitchell away from Abyss and takes Mitchell back by the ropes. Judas
sends a red mist into Abyss’s eyes and then delivers a straight to hell on top
of the barbed wire covered chair. Judas goes for the cover and gets the three
count.
Winner
Judas Mesias
with
a little help from Father James Mitchell and some red mist
After the match Mitchell is not content with seeing a blood
covered Abyss on the canvas and he enters the ring, directing Judas to grab
Chris aka Abyss and Mitchell asks him if he is ready to tell the truth. Abyss
refuses not once, but twice. Mitchell says he is a man of his word and he
promised Abyss that little boys who don’t tell the truth burn in hell and
that’s what is going to happen to Abyss. Mitchell goes out after the black bag
he brought to the ring and brings out a can of gasoline. The ref is motioning
for the bell to ring and Judas sends the ref out to the floor before taking the
can from Mitchell. Judas opens the can and douses Abyss with the contents.
Mitchell has a match in his hand but security charges into the ring, taking the
match away from Mitchell. Judas runs security out of the ring.
Both of these wrestlers are worth their weight in hardcore
gold. I was not surprised when Judas Mesias climbed up to the top rope to go
into the ring. While he is more of a brawler than a wrestler, he does tend to
have trouble keeping his feet on the mat. Abyss did not disappoint us either but
I was a little concerned about having “gasoline” in the ring. Father James
Mitchell continues to provide us with the evil personified personality that he
wears so well and Judas continues to dominate even though he is quite a bit
smaller than Abyss. I look for this feud to continue until Abyss finally brings
the evil Father James Mitchell down along with his “son” Judas Mesias.
Crystal is backstage with Kevin Nash and they discuss his
match coming up tonight with Samoa Joe as his tag team partner. I’m not
certain what the point of the interview was and Crystal doesn’t seem to know
what he is talking about either.
Crystal is backstage with Booker T and Sharmell and she asks
about their match coming up tonight. Crystal asks if Booker T is concerned about
Sharmell in the ring. Booker T says that he is concerned but that Sharmell has a
side that Roode doesn’t want to see. Sharmell says that she will do her
talking in the ring.
Fifth Match
Mixed Tag Team Match
Robert Roode from Wall Street in Manhattan, NY
&
Ms. Brooks both from Wall Street in Manhattan, NY
Vs.
Booker T
&
Sharmell both from Houston, TX
Referee: Earl Hebner
Prediction: Sharmell will pin Ms. Brooks for the win.
Booker T and Sharmell got the best audience reaction.
Roode’s Number One Fan is in the back of the audience looking on. Booker T and
Sharmell talk to fans on their way to the ring.
The bell rings and Roode hops off the ring apron and finally
makes his way into the ring to face Booker. The minute Booker goes for him,
Roode again ducks out of the ring. Again Roode is in the ring Roode shoves
Booker but Booker slaps him and backs him into the ring post to pound on him.
Roode retaliates with fists of his own and Booker brings up a knee backing Roode
up. Roode rakes the eyes and then send Booker head first into a top turnbuckle.
Roode follows up with slaps to the chest but Booker manages to switch him around
and sends Roode down to the mat. Roode sends Booker into the ring post but
Booker goes up and over Roode, then sends slaps to Roode’s chest. Another chop
sends Roode to the mat. Booker goes for a suplex but Roode goes over Booker’s
back and comes down with fists to the back. Roode delivers a boot to the
midsection and then chokes Booker on the ropes. Booker is down on Roode’s side
of the ring but Ms. Brooks doesn’t lay a hand on Booker which upsets Roode and
he calls her on it. As Roode turns back to Booker, Booker sends a boot to
Roode’s abdomen and then two more
before going for a high kick. Roode ducks under the kick and drops Booker with a
DDT then goes for the cover but only gets a two count before Booker powers out.
Roode sends Booker face first into a corner post and then keeps him there with
blows to the face and gut. The audience is chanting for Booker and as Roode
brings up a fist, Booker blocks it and slams Roode into the corner post, then
delivers a spin kick that drops Roode to the mat. Booker picks Roode up, sends
him into the ropes and again nails him with a high kick. Booker goes for the
cover but only gets a two count. Booker sends knees to the head and abdomen of
Booker but Roode gets a switch and delivers a knee of his own, then follows up
with chops to the chest. Booker lands another knee in Roode’s midsection and
then sends Roode into the ropes. Roode comes off the ropes and leapfrogs over
Booker (and that leap was just barely over Booker), Roode comes off the opposite
ropes and sends Booker to the mat with a dropkick. Roode goes for the cover and
gets a two count. Roode picks up Booker and sends him into the corner where he
delivers kicks to a downed Booker. Ms. Brooks does not touch Booker but Roode is
now angry and he yells at her that if she is not going to help, she needs to get
off the ring apron. Roode sends Booker across the ring and into the ropes and
this time Ms. Brooks grabs Booker’s ankle and trips him. Sharmell is trying to
tell the ref what just happened and Roode goes after Booker with a forearm to
the back, then drops an elbow down on Booker. Roode goes for the cover but
can’t get the three count. The crowd is again chanting for Booker but Roode
delivers a back breaker and again goes for the cover but only gets a two count.
Roode now works on Booker’s neck and back. Booker is back on his feet and he
sends fists to Roode’s face and midsection, then he sends Roode across the
ropes. Booker tries for the spin kick but Roode is holding onto the ropes.
Booker comes at him with a high boot again, Roode ducks out of the way and
Booker gets hung up on the top rope. Roode shoves Booker off onto the floor.
Roode walks toward Sharmell but Sharmell hops down off the ring apron and out of
his way. Roode comes through the ropes and goes after Booker, slamming him back
first into the ring apron. Roode rolls Booker back into the ring, follows him in
and then goes for a cover but he can’t get the win. Roode goes to work again
on Booker’s back in the ring. Booker is trying to get back to his feet and he
does, sending elbows to Roode’s abdomen and then delivers a right hand to the
head. Booker sends Roode across the ring and into the ring post, but Roode
brings his boots up and nails Booker. Roode goes up to stand on the second set
of ropes and comes off to take Booker down with what appeared to be a neck
breaker. Again Roode goes for the pin and again Roode only gets two before
Booker manages to kick out. Roode picks Booker up and holds him, demanding that
Ms. Brooks slap him, which she does. Sharmell attempts to get in the ring and
the ref stops her, sending her back out to the ring apron. Roode picks up Booker
again and wants Ms. Brook to slap him in the face but Ms. Brooks doesn’t want
to and she tells Roode no. Ms. Brooks points her finger at Roode and Roode slaps
at her hand, making what the ref says is a tag. Ms. Brooks has to enter the ring
as does Sharmell. Sharmell comes in to drop Ms. Brooks with a clothesline. She
then gets a hand full of Ms. Brooks hair. The two go back and forth until Roode
enters the ring and pulls Sharmell off of Ms. Brooks. Roode is looking for
Booker who is outside on the floor. Roode goes out of the ring after Booker and
sends him into the guardrail around the audience. In the ring, Ms. Brooks picks
up Sharmell by her hair but Sharmell manages a headlock. Ms. Brooks pushes
Sharmell away and Roode grabs Sharmell by the ankle. Ms. Brooks rolls up
Sharmell but Sharmell kicks out before the count of three, sending Ms. Brooks
across the ring and into Roode who is standing on the ring apron. Roode goes
down to the floor, Sharmell rolls Ms. Brooks up and gets the three count.
Winners
Booker
T & Sharmell
After the match, Roode is furious with Ms. Brooks because
they lost the match. He gets in her face and she slaps him and then hits him,
but he knocks her down to the mat. She is back to her feet and she continues to
fight but Roode has her by the hair. The ref tries to get him back but Roode
sends the ref across the ring. Sharmell who is outside of the ring on the
entrance ramp sees what is going on and goes back in the ring to aid Ms. Brooks.
Ms. Brooks is trying to get out of the ring but Roode pulls her back in Sharmell
grabs Roode by the shoulder and swings him around. He responds with a fist that
connects with Sharmell’s jaw, sending her down to the mat. There are two refs
now in the ring and they look at Sharmell as Roode and Ms. Brooks both look
stunned. Booker, who is near the top of the entrance ramp, can’t believe what
he is seeing. Roode is yelling it wasn’t on purpose and he didn’t mean to do
it as Booker charges into the ring. Roode bails out and is halfway up the
entrance ramp. Don West takes off his headset and walks over to ringside to see
what is going on. Roode is still yelling that he didn’t mean to do it as the
ref’s and Booker try to wake up Sharmell. Ms. Brooks gets out of the ring and
is standing on the ring apron looking on. Booker is mad at the refs for not
protecting Sharmell. Sharmell finally comes around and is helped to her feet in
the ring. She manages to walk out of the arena under her own power to the cheers
of the fans. Ms. Brooks goes slowly up the opposite entrance ramp still looking
concerned.
I was taken completely by surprise when Robert Roode nailed
Sharmell. I was even more surprised that Booker T wasn’t back in the ring
faster than he was. Roode and Booker put on a good show for the type of match
they were in and Sharmell was impressive taking the hit from Roode. I know Ms.
Brooks is a wrestling talent and she hasn’t been allowed to show it. She
should be in the women’s division and wrestling against the other women in the
division more often. The Number One Fan sideshow has, however, worn out it’s
welcome. It’s possible we will see a feud between that fan and Ms. Brooks in
the near future.
Crystal is backstage with Christian and she makes a remark
about how awful it was that Roode hit Sharmell. Christian says that it was
tragic and then to ask him some questions. Crystal asks about Christian’s
match tonight to try for the World Championship for the third time. Christian
says he doesn’t need anyone’s help even if AJ doesn’t decide to be on his
side. Christian says that AJ has a lot of potential and he makes some derogatory
comments about Angle’s Mrs. action earlier tonight.
Tenay and West are back on camera and they tell us they will
keep us informed about Sharmell’s condition as soon as they know anything
about it.
Part 2 of the DSC – Drinking Championship Series –
Showtime Eric Young, self proclaimed current champion versus Cowboy James Storm,
former champion. They are being judged by Miss Jackie Moore, JB and Crystal.
This round is called, well I’m not sure what it’s called, but Storm and Eric
have beer taped to their hands. Eric accuses Storm of having an accident and
Storm gets mad and spills his beer. I think Eric won this round. That’s one
for Storm and one for Eric.
The crew is putting up the X Division apparatus in the ring
for the match coming up next.
Tenay tells us that Sharmell has been taken to a local
hospital and there appears to be a problem with her jaw. Tenay tells us that
they will keep us posted.
Sixth Match
Ultimate
X Match
For
possession of the X Division Title Belt
Brother Ray
&
Brother Devon
Team 3D
&
Johnny Devine
Vs.
Black Machismo Jay Lethal
X Division Champion
&
Chris Sabin
&
Alex Shelley
Motor City Machineguns
Referee: Rudy Charles
Prediction: Black Machismo Jay Lethal will finally get his Ultimate X title belt.
Motor City Machineguns and Lethal were the audience pick for
tonight’s match but since Team 3D is so against the fans these days that
wasn’t a surprise. Brother Ray comes to the ring with a mic. As the camera
pans the audience we see the sign OH MY BLUBBER TESTIFY. That has got to be the funniest sign I have seen to date.
Brother Ray tells us that they are in the best shape of their careers. Ray has
the speed of a gazelle and Devon can move around like a black panther. The
audience intends to disagree. Brother Devine is on top of the apparatus hanging
the title belt from the top. Ray tells the ref that Sabin, Shelley and Lethal
are little cheating bastards and the ref needs to watch them.
As Sabin, Shelley and Lethal enter the ring we have
full-blown fight in the middle of the ring. Lethal sends Devine out to the floor
and then goes after him. Devon rolls out to the floor. Lethal slams Devine’s
head onto the ring apron and Shelley has Ray up against the guardrail beating on
him with right hands. Sabin slams Devon headfirst into the guardrail.
Devine is fighting back against Lethal, Shelley sends Ray backward with
another right, Devine is still working on Lethal with rights and lefts. Shelley
is having problems with one of his hands. Lethal has turned and is now
delivering fists to Devine with everyone still outside the ring on the floor.
Lethal slams Devine’s head into the steel steps, Shelley continues to beat on
Ray. Ray turns things around and sends Shelley staggering back to the ring
apron. Sabin hits Devon with an uppercut, Devon responds with a right fist.
Sabin is down on the floor as Ray slams Shelley’s right hand into the metal
apparatus around the ring. Shelley is now down on the floor. Devon picks Sabin
up and delivers a fist to the top of his skull. Sabin goes back against the ring
apron and down to the floor. Devon is now working on Sabin’s hands and Devine
is going after Lethal on the opposite side of the ring. Ray is keeping Shelley
down on the floor as Devine and a younger fan get into a disagreement before
Devine again goes after Lethal. Ray and Devon bring a table out from under the
ring and set it up outside. Lethal has turned the tables on Devine and slams him
head first into the steps. Devon and Ray take another table out from under the
ring and set it up next to the first one. Sabin is still on the floor, Devine is
trying to get away from Lethal. Lethal walks up on the steps and takes Devine
down with a double fist. Ray and Devon have Sabin and Shelley and the are
setting them up to power bomb them through the tables, but Lethal slams a fist
into Devon and then nails Ray in the back of the head with another fist. Lethal
continues to pound on Ray and has him against the announcer’s table. Lethal
slams Ray’s face into the announcer’s table. Shelley has climbed up the
turnbuckle and is heading for the apparatus to go for the title belt. He climbs
up the apparatus and starts across the cable, but he can’t hang on. Ray enters
the ring and slams Shelley’s right hand across a turnbuckle but turns and is
met by a clothesline from a flying Sabin. Sabin now heads up and grabs the cable
but he can’t hang on and lands on
the mat. Devon is now in the ring working on Sabin in the ring. Lethal comes off
the top rope and takes down Devon before going up and starting across the cable
after the belt. Devin is in the ring and he makes a grab for Lethal, bringing
him down over his shoulders and he power slams Lethal to the mat. Devine starts
up to the cable and starts across. He is within reach of the belt when Sabin and
Shelley enter the ring. They each take a leg, swing Devine and bring him down
hard to the canvas. Ray enters the ring and takes down Sabin and Shelley with a
double clothesline. Ray and Devon are now in the ring and Ray jumps up trying to
reach the belt. He comes up a tad bit short. Devon tries the leap and he can’t
reach it either. Ray puts out his hands to boost Devon up and can’t do it. Ray
grabs his back and leans on the ropes. Ray gets back to his feet and pats
Devon’s tummy. Ray tells Devon to get down on the mat. Ray stands on Devon’s
back to reach the belt but Devon falls face first to the mat. Devon gets up
grabbing his back and then makes hand signals to indicate Ray is a little on the
hefty side. Ray acts as though he is going to climb up after the belt when Sabin
comes after Devon and takes him down with a flying dropkick. Ray catches Sabin
and sends him back out of the ring and against the guardrail. Ray goes outside
on the ring apron and starts to climb up. He grabs the cable but Lethal jumps
off the ropes and is ahead of Ray. He then teases Ray but loses his grip and
falls to the mat. Ray falls off the cable too but only because he can’t hang
on. Once again Ray tries to go up and Lethal hits him with a high kick and then
goes after him, but Ray slams Lethal down to the mat and then flies off with an
elbow, but Lethal gets out of the way. Lethal climbs up and starts across the
cable, but Devine is in the ring and he pulls Lethal down. Lethal nails Devine
with a fist and then goes back against the rope but as he comes off the ropes,
Devine catches him and delivers a double knee plant to Lethal’s gut. Devine
climbs up and grabs the cable, but Shelley is right behind him. Shelley jumps
off and grabs Devine, taking him down to the mat. Sabin enters the ring and
takes Devine out with a DDT. Shelley goes over the top rope for Ray but Ray
moves out of the way and Shelley hits the floor. Ray picks up the kendo stick
and nails Shelley in the hand then tosses the kendo stick to Devon who goes
after Sabin. Devon nails Sabin in the hand and then in the abdomen with the
kendo stick before sending Sabin down to the mat. Ray and Devon are in the ring
again and Devon goes out on the ring apron to climb up and get on Ray’s
shoulders and they walk across the ring. Shelley comes in with a drop kick to
take Ray down and Devon is left dangling from the cable above the ring. Lethal
comes off the top rope and tackles Devon, bringing him down to the canvas.
Lethal is back to his feet and he starts up to the cable. Ray has Devine on his
shoulders and Lethal delivers a hurricanrana to Devine, taking him down. Ray
sends Lethal to the mat with a clothesline. The ref is in the ring checking on
Devine and Lethal. Shelley goes after Ray but Ray gets out of the way and
Shelley nails the ref sending him against the ropes and down to the mat. Ray
takes Shelley down with a back body drop. Ray goes out to the floor and brings
out a ladder. Devon helps Ray bring the ladder into the ring. Devon sets up the
ladder and Ray plays the audience. Shelley and Sabin enter the ring behind Ray
and Devon and take them down with dropkicks. Devine is back in the ring with the
kendo stick. He takes out Sabin with the stick and then Shelley. Devine sets the
ladder under the belt and climbs up but Sabin is back in the ring and he sends
Devine down onto the tables and then down to the floor. Devon and Ray are back
in the ring and they deliver a 3D to Sabin. Devon and Ray pick up the ladder and
as Lethal springboards into the ring, they nail him in the face with the ladder.
Ray holds the ladder as Devon climbs up and gets the belt down from its holder
above the ring. Devon has to hang on the cable as Ray gets rid of the ladder and
the ref comes to in time to see Devon hanging with the belt in his hand.
Winners
Brothers Ray & Devon, Team 3D
&
Johnny
Devine
Darn, missed another prediction!
You don’t want to know my opinion of this match up. I know
Ray and Devon built their reputation on hardcore and tables and ladders and
chairs, but give us a break! They haven’t been up against anyone of their
caliber in forever and TNA is wasting their talent in matches like this one.
Devine, Sabin, Shelley and Lethal ARE the X Division and should be allowed to
work the ring as such. You have to give major applause to Sabin, Shelley, Lethal
and Devine. All four of these men took some hard knocks in this match and did a
great job of putting on a show for the fans.
Seventh Match
TNA
Tag Team Championship
The Phenomenal AJ Styles
&
Tomko
Champions
Vs.
Samoan Submission Machine Samoa Joe
&
Kevin Nash
Challengers
Referee: Andrew Thomas
I predicted Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash will snag the tag team
titles due to AJ's predicament.
Samoa Joe is the fan favorite but I have respect for AJ
Styles and Tomko in the ring as well. I did have respect for Kevin Nash in the
ring but he hasn’t been in the ring often enough for me to know whether he
still has what it takes.
The bell rings and Joe faces off with AJ in the middle of the
ring. Tenay breaks in to tells us that Sharmell is at a local hospital and the
TNA trainers fear she has a broken jaw. AJ charges Joe but Joe handles him and
we have wrestling moves in the initial part of the ring. Joe tags in Nash and he
picks up AJ to send an elbow to the top of his head before picking him up and
tossing him across the ring. Nash sends AJ into the ropes, AJ ducks a
clothesline and a back elbow and then goes after Nash’s leg. He takes Nash
down to the mat but Nash kicks AJ across the ring. AJ tags in Tomko and Tomko
goes after Nash with a series of fists that sends Nash crashing down to the mat.
Nash fights back and sends Tomko into the ring post before sending him down to
the mat. Nash continues to work on Tomko with knees to the abdomen and elbows to
the jaw. Tomko sends a knee into Nash’s gut and then drops him with a
clothesline before going for the cover. Nash kicks out. Tomko goes back to work
on Nash’s leg. Tomko stomps on the knee before tagging in AJ who comes down
over the ropes onto Nash’s leg. AJ tags back in Tomko who waits for Nash to
get up and then charges but Nash catches him with a sidewalk slam. Both men are
now down on the mat. Joe is calling for a tag but Nash is having trouble getting
close enough to tag. He manages to make the tag as Tomko tags in AJ. Joe meets
AJ in the ring with elbows. Joe comes off the ropes and AJ goes high in the air
but Joe catches him and delivers an inverted atomic drop. Joe then comes off the
ropes and delivers a flying boot to the face, then goes over and delivers a
senton. Tomko is still in the ring and Joe delivers a fall away Samoan drop to
Tomko. Nash has not exited the ring. Joe picks Tomko up off the mat, sends him
into the ring post and has Nash sling Joe into Tomko with a splash. Joe grabs
Tomko by the back of the neck and sends him toward Nash who brings up a boot and
catches Tomko in the face. Joe picks Tomko up again as Nash exits the ring and
Joe suplexes Tomko then goes for the cover. He gets a two count before Tomko
gets a shoulder off of the canvas. AJ springboards off the top rope and nails
Joe in the back with a dropkick. The ref is telling AJ to get out of the ring as
Tomko is pounding on Joe who is still down on the mat. Tomko is choking Joe and
the ref makes him break the hold. Tomko has Joe up against a ring post
delivering chops to the chest before he tags AJ. Joe fights back and comes off
the ropes. AJ leapfrogs over Joe, Joe comes off the opposite ropes and AJ hits
the mat, Joe comes off the ropes again and his met with a dropkick by AJ. Joe
goes down and AJ goes for the cover. AJ gets a two count. AJ slams Joe’s head
into the top turnbuckle before tagging in Tomko. Tomko delivers a short arm
clothesline that takes Joe back down to the mat. Tomko goes for the cover and
gets a two count. Tomko works on Joe’s neck and head. Joe gets back to his
feet and manages to back up Tomko with elbow shots to the abdomen but when Joe
comes off the ropes, Tomko catches him with a shoulder block. Tomko goes for the
cover and again gets a two count. Joe is reaching for Nash but can’t quite
make the tag. Tomko tags in AJ. AJ slams Joe down to the mat and goes for the
Indian death lock making a bridge to hang on to Joe’s head. Joe manages to
elbow his way out of the move and AJ again tags in Tomko. Joe comes up like a
fighter throwing rights and lefts to back Tomko up. Tomko comes back with a chop
to Joe’s chest and then another before landing with a DDT. Tomko goes for the
pin and gets a two count before Joe manages to get a shoulder up. Tomko again
tags in AJ and we have a two on one before the ref makes Tomko exit the ring.
Joe goes after AJ with elbows to the jaw and AJ comes back with elbows of his
own. We have a toe to toe in the middle of the ring until AJ rakes the eyes. As
AJ comes after Joe, Joe catches him with a right hand that sends AJ down to the
mat and out to the ring apron. Joe goes after AJ but Tomko is back in the ring
and he nails Joe in the back before the ref sends Tomko back out on the ring
apron. AJ springboards off the top ropes but Joe catches him and power bombs him
down to the mat. Joe goes down to his knees and crawls toward Nash who is
motioning for a tag. Tomko comes through the ropes and nails Nash sending him to
the floor and then comes off the ropes, but Joe drops him with a slam to the
mat. Joe, AJ and Tomko are all down in the ring. Joe is back to his knees first
and Nash is asking for a tag again. As Joe gets close enough to get the tag,
Nash drops off the ring apron, puts his hand up and walks up the entrance ramp
toward the tunnel. Joe is now surrounded by Tomko and AJ who are back to their
feet. Joe manages to drop Tomko with a DDT and then slams AJ over his head to
the mat. Tomko comes after Joe with a boot but Joe gets out of the way and sets
Tomko up on the top rope for the muscle buster. AJ is back to his feet and he
nails Joe in the back. AJ charges at Joe, but Joe catches AJ and slams him to
the mat before nailing Tomko with a kick. Joe goes after AJ and sets him up for
the muscle buster, Joe nails it and goes for the cover but Tomko breaks it up.
Joe has the choke hold on Tomko but Tomko sends him through the ropes to the
apron ring. Tomko goes after Joe with a clothesline but Joe ducks out of the way
only to be caught by a peleg courtesy of AJ. Tomko follows up with a boot to the
opposite side of Joe’s head. Tomko and AJ drop Joe down to the mat, Tomko goes
for the cover and gets the three count.
Winners
The Phenomenal AJ Styles
&
Tomko
who
retain the TNA Tag Team titles
I
missed another prediction, but even so, I have to give this match a big thumbs down. How lame to
have Kevin Nash walk off and leave Joe in the ring. If Nash can’t wrestle,
keep him out of the ring. Hand him a manger’s job or something but the
abandonment in the ring angle was a bust. I
do give a big thumbs up to Joe and AJ and Tomko for their work in the ring
during this match.
Part 3 of the Drinking Championship Series between
Showtime Eric Young and Cowboy James Storm. Still with them are Jackie, JB and
Crystal. The final round is the rubber match and has to do with a deck of cards.
The first person who passes out loses. Eric gets a three but Storm gets a two
and Storm has to take a drink. The second card causes Eric to have to take a
drink. Storm is having trouble standing up and the last card means the person
has to drink from the funnel. Eric loses the hand and has to drink from the
funnel. In the middle of Eric drinking from the funnel, Miss Jackie decides to
give the boys (and Crystal) a show and opens her top. Eric finishes his drink,
stands still for a second and then falls on his face.
Winner of the DCS
Cowboy James Storm
who gets his choice of match at Against All Odds when he will
face Showtime Eric Young.
JB is backstage with Angle and JB is telling Angle about what
his Mrs. tried earlier with AJ. Angle doesn’t seem to be upset about it and
says that it will work and AJ will be on Angle’s side tonight.
Christian Cage
Kurt
Angle
6’1”
6’1”
230 lbs.
235
lbs.
14 yrs pro
9
yrs pro
Eighth Match – Main Event
TNA
World Heavyweight Championship
The Instant Classic Christian Cage from Tampa, FL
by way of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, weighing 224 lbs.
Challenger
Vs.
Kurt Angle from Pittsburgh, PA, weighing 231 lbs.
Champion
accompanied to the ring by his Mrs.
Referee: Earl Hebner
I predicted Angle would hang onto the title but I’m rooting for Christian in this match.
Believe it or not, Christian Cage had the audience eating out
of his hand tonight.
The bell rings – and I’m going to have to hit the mute
button. Kurt’s Mrs. is screeching at the audience. Someone needs to get a
muzzle for that broad. The two men lock up in the ring and Christian breaks
clean out of the corner. The audience is chanting “Instant Classic” and we have some actual wrestling
maneuvers in the middle of the ring. Angle takes Christian down but Christian
gets a grip on the bottom rope and the ref makes Angle break the hold. Christian
gets Angle in a headlock and Angle sends Christian into the ropes. Christian
comes off the ropes and Angle leapfrogs over him. Christian comes off the
opposite ropes and ducks under the waiting clothesline, Christian comes off the
ropes again and Angle catches him in the center of the ring. Christian uses
elbow shots to the side of the head to make Angle break the hold. Christian
comes up with a boot but Angle catches his foot, Christian comes off the mat but
Angle ducks under the kick. Christian goes down on the mat, Angle goes after him
with an elbow drop, Christian rolls out of the way and Angle hits the mat. Angle
brings up a boot and catches Christian in the abdomen, then delivers an uppercut
that sends Christian back down to the mat. Angle sends Christian off the ropes,
Christian comes off the ropes and Angle nails him with a shoulder block. Angle
takes Christian back down to the mat in a headlock. Christian makes it back to
his feet, Christian sends Angle into the ropes. Angle comes off the ropes,
Christian goes down to the mat, Angle comes off the opposite ropes, Christian
leapfrogs over him, Angle comes off the ropes and ducks under Christian’s
waiting clothesline, Angle comes off the ropes and Christian catches him,
slamming him face first into the mat.
It is frustrating to watch this match. The camera
continues to pan over Angle’s Mrs. who is NOT in the ring doing any wrestling
and the fans who paid to watch the match have to guess at what is going on in
the ring…enough already of the hideous dress and the non wrestler in the
hideous dress.
Christian is slapping Angle in the back of the head as Angle
is trying to get back to his feet. Angle
charges at Christian, Christian sidesteps Angle and sends him shoulder first
into the ring post. Christian tries for the unprettier but Angle catches him by
the legs and sends him down to the canvas. Christian is back to his feet and he
sends Angle into the ropes. Angle comes off the ropes, slides under Christian,
but Christian catches Angle as he gets back to his feet and sends him headfirst
through the ropes and out of the ring. Christian listens for fan approval –
which he gets – and then shrugs when the ref reprimands him. Angle gets back
to his feet and it sounds like he kicked the steel steps outside the ring. Angle
is now in the ring, nose to nose with Christian. Angle slaps Christian, and then
slaps him again. Christian spits at Angle and Angle nails Christian with a
European uppercut. We now have an uppercut match in the center of the ring as
the two exchange uppercuts and forearms. Christian nails Angle and sends him
down to the mat. Angle rolls out onto the ring apron and Christian goes after
him. I think Angle nailed Christian with a shoulder block but I’m not sure
BECAUSE THE CAMERA WASN’T ON THE ACTION IN THE RING – AGAIN! Angle brings
Christian over the top rope and Christian lands on the ring apron. Christian
sends elbows at Angle and then climbs between the ropes to deliver a swinging
kick that nails Angle in the head. Angle goes off the ring apron and onto the
floor. Christian is in the ring waiting for Angle to get to his feet and as he
does, Christian runs up the ropes and goes over the top to take Angle down to
the floor again. Nice move and, believe it or not, a great camera angle for the
climb and the leap. The ref is now down on the floor checking on both wrestlers.
Winner
Kurt Angle
with help from the Mrs.
AJ
Styles
&
Earl
Hebner who couldn’t stay focused on the match
Angle retains the TNA World HeavyweightTitle
I may have predicted Angle would keep his title, but that
doesn’t mean I have to like it. Angle did a good job in the ring, but
Christian did a great job in the ring. I have no idea why Christian isn’t
holding that title belt right now but it isn’t worth watching the “review”
of the TNA World Heavyweight Title Match.
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