2/11 Impact 'Fight for the Right Quaterfinals' results

Seven wrestlers advanced last week to the quarterfinals in the Fight for the
Right Tournament to see who will face Sting for the NWA World Championship at
Genesis. Who will make their way to the semi-final round to compete in the 3-
Way Collision? We will find out tonight on Impact.

A recap of the Fight for the Right stages from last week is shown, along with
clips of the Kurt Angle/Samoa Joe locker room clearing brawl.

We are welcomed by Mike Tenay and Don West at the announce table. They hype
tonight’s quarterfinal matchups of Lance Hoyt vs. Ron Killings, Christopher
Daniels vs. Robert Roode and AJ Styles vs. Chris Sabin.

They talk about a confrontation that happened before Impact between Styles and
Sabin. Footage of an interview conducted by Christy Hemme with Sabin is
aired. In the interview, Sabin says the Jerry Lynn doubted him and his
ability, but he is now the X Division Champion, which proves Lynn wrong.
Styles enters the picture and sticks up for Lynn. Sabin tells Styles to “eat
me,” which led to an altercation between the two.

An hour later, Hemme is holding an interview with Styles and Sabin enters.
Sabin decides to put up his X Division title tonight during the quarterfinal
match. Styles says that Sabin has no respect and vows to get it tonight.

The Impact intro airs as Mike Tenay hypes the Christian Cage/Rhino “Weapons or
Escape Four-Corners Pole Match” that will take place tonight on Impact. In the
match, whatever weapon or means of escape the competitors can walk away with,
they can use in the barbed-wire cage match on November 16th, when Impact moves
to primetime.

Match 1: AJ Styles vs. Chris Sabin (Fight for the Right Quarterfinal/X Division
Title Match)
Styles and Sabin battled in and out of the ring to start this match off. Both
went at each other in lightning quick X Division style wrestling for the
beginning portion of the match.

Styles ends up with the upper hand and goes for the Styles Clash but Sabin is
able to counter with an ensiguri followed by a tornado DDT to score a two
coun. With Sabin on the offensive, he misses with a clothesline and Styles
answers with the Pelé. Styles sets Sabin up for an inverted DDT but Sabin is
able to get out of it and take Styles down with a kick to the face. Sabin
hoists Styles up for the Cradle Shock but Styles counters and gets Sabin in a
rollup for the pin fall.

Winner of the Match: AJ Styles to advance to the semi-finals and become the new
X Division Champion.

AJ Styles wins the X Division title for the sixth time and advances to the semi-
final round of the Fight for the Right Tournament. Styles holds the title up
high as Sabin looks on in disbelief.

- Commercial Break –

We are back at the announce position with Mike Tenay and Don West. They talk
about an interview conducted with Sting that shows a whole new side of him and
that he has a whole new mindset. During the interview, Sting says that he too
felt that Jeff Jarrett was a changed man during their match at Bound For Glory
and goes on to quote Psalm 23 and say that Jarrett is literally walking through
the Valley of the Shadow of Death with his personal problems.

Sting also states that he removed the cancer in TNA by defeating Jarrett and
taking the cancer away – the NWA World Title. He goes on to say that in the
past, people have used the title to fulfill the need for lust and greed. Since
he has it now, it will represent honor, dignity and truth. In closing he gives
credit to his accomplishment to God and says that without him, he is nothing.

Jeremy Borash is backstage with Lance Hoyt and Ron Killings. Borash brings up
the fact that in recent times the two have been teaming together but tonight
they will have to face each other in the Fight for the Right quarterfinal round
tonight. Killings tells Borash that Lance is a friend of his, but friends don’
t pay the bills. Hoyt warns Killings that if he gets the chance tonight, he
will knock his head off – but in the end they will still be friends.

As Killings and Hoyt leave, Eric Young comes up from behind Borash and asks if
he has seen Jarrett around. Young says he is worried about Jarrett and misses
him.

- Commercial break –

Match 2: Lance Hoyt vs. Ron “the Truth” Killings
Killings tries to make it a quick night by scoring two near fall rollups on
Hoyt. Hoyt answers back with a big boot to the face of Killings for a two
count of his own. Killings is able to regain control by dodging another big
boot by Hoyt and landing a corkscrew forearm to knock the big man down.
Killings follows that up with an axe kick and a cover for the three count.

Winner of the Match: Ron “the Truth” Killings by pin fall to advance to the
semi-final round.

The Truth’s post-match celebration is cut short by the James Gang who enter the
ring. BG James shakes the hand of Killings and apologizes for coming out and
interrupting but he has something to say.

BG James takes us on a little history lesson. He says that 10 years ago, him
and Kip James we recruited to help get two other guys over. Eventually the
world would see through those two guys to see who the real stars were. Later
on in TNA, a group called the 3 Live Kru would emerge but TNA would drop the
ball with them. For the past six months it has been the same story with the
James Gang. James states that if they can’t find any work for them, then he
knows where to go to find it and that they are done with TNA.

Kip James gets on the mic and tells BG that he has gone soft and he is going to
tell it like it is. As he is addressing TNA and Spike TV his microphone gets
cut off. Kip storms out to the announce table and puts on a headset only to be
cut off again. An infuriated Kip James then climbs the announce table to
scream what he says but it cut off one last time by a commercial break.

- Commercial break –

Match 3: Robert Roode w/ Ms. Brooks vs. Christopher Daniels
Roode gets the early advantage on Daniels by getting him in a corner and
stomping a mud hole in him. Daniels is able to gain control of the match with
a clothesline. As Daniels goes for a pin attempt, Ms. Brooks climbs on the
ring apron to distract Earl Hebner. Ms. Brooks is able to save the match for
Roode yet again after Daniels lands the BME. After a second failed pin
attempt, Daniels tries to put away Roode with the Angel’s Wings but Brooks
grabs the foot of Daniels and trips him up. This gives Roode an opportunity to
execute a swinging neckbreaker on Daniels for the pin.

Winner of the Match: Robert Roode by pin fall to advance to the semi-finals.

After the match, AJ Styles comes out to console his former partner.

- Commercial break –

Match 4: Christian Cage vs. Rhino (Weapons or Escape Four-Corners Pole Match)
Borash announces before the match starts that the match will be over once all
four items have been removed from the poles.

Rhino jumps Cage in the entrance ramp and beats him around the ring, stopping
occasionally to throw him in to the guard railing. In the ring, Rhino goes for
the pair of chairs on one of the poles, but Cage is able to hold him down.
Cage then goes for a set of keys that will unlock the door to the cage but
Rhino is able to throw him off of the ropes and on to the floor below. Rhino
grabs the first item, the set of keys as we head to a commercial break.

- Commercial break –

We return to see Rhino throwing Cage back in to the ring, which now has a table
in it. During the break, we see that Rhino was able to get the straightjacket
that was hanging down from one of the poles. Back to live action, Rhino sets
up to Gore Cage into the table, but Cage counters with a dropkick. This takes
Rhino down long enough for Cage to climb the ropes and grab the bolt cutter.
Cage goes to use the bolt cutter on Rhino, but Rhino is able to knock it out of
his hands. Maverick Matt enters the ring and begins an assault on Rhino. With
Bentley on the attack, Cage is able to climb up and grab the final item, the
pair of chairs.

Winner of the Match: No contests as all items were removed from the poles.

Rhino is able to fight back and Gores Cage. Rhino grabs the straightjacket and
gets Cage into it. Kazarian makes his way to the ring, sporting green hair,
and attacks Rhino. Bentley joins in on the attack, but Rhino fights them both
off and gores both Bentley and Kazarian, who went through the table. Rhino
climbs the turnbuckle to scream some words a Cage, who has crawled up the
entrance ramp, still bounded by the straightjacket.

A Samoa Joe/Kurt Angle training video montage is aired. The video shows both
competitors training for their match at Genesis – Angle is doing weight
training and Joe is seen sparing with someone in a ring. Finally, the Impact
recap video is shown as Impact comes to a close.

Quick Results
- AJ Styles defeats Chris Sabin by pin fall to win the X Division title
- Ron “the Truth” Killings defeats Lance Hoyt by pin fall
- Robert Roode defeats Christopher Daniels by pin fall
- Rhino and Christian Cage battle to a no contest in the “Weapons or Escape
Four-Corners Pole Match”

Match of the Night
AJ Styles vs. Chris Sabin

Starman’s Thoughts
I can’t say too much bad stuff about tonight’s show, other than the fact that
four matches is one too many for a one-hour show. Overall, the tournament
matches were fun to watch but all of them seemed to be a little rushed,
especially the Lance Hoyt/Ron Killings match. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one
caught off guard by the ending of that match.

The X Division Title match was probably one of the better matches I have seen
on Impact in a long time. This was a good, fast paced, old style X Division
match between two great X Division stars, although I would have liked to see
Sabin with the title a little longer. I also wouldn’t have minded seeing this
match go a few minutes longer – especially seeing that the match was to advance
in the tournament and for the title.

Speaking of the tournament, it was nice to see some backstories being played
out on top of the matches. We got to see some interaction between Styles and
Sabin, in which it seems that Sabin will be making a much-needed turn in the
future. Also, I was glad to see that they actually acknowledge the fact that
Killings and Lance Hoyt were partners in the past. This is one of Russo’s
specialties.

I can still remember the day that Russo started working with WCW. At the time,
Nitro was known to have pointless matches, usually with luchadores or other
lower-card talent, for no other reason than to kill time. When Russo came
aboard, that all changed, and even the smallest of matches had some sort of
point or reason to them. Lately, TNA had fallen into that trap of having
useless matches just to give some talent a little bit of television time.
Hopefully those days are over in TNA.

Finally, the Fight for the Right tournament heads into the semi-final round
next week with AJ Styles, Ron Killings and Robert Roode facing each other in a
3-Way Collision match to decide who will face Abyss in the final round. My
money is on AJ Styles to come out on top only to lose to Abyss in the finals.
Why? Because this tournament was tailor made for Abyss from the start.

So Aj X Div champ again...?!?! Whats the point.

These are the LIVE SPOILERS for the next three weeks of TNA IMPACT on Spike TV. By the end of these shows we should have a good idea of the matches for the Turning Point PPV to be held December 9th. Plus we see what happens to the NWA World Tag Team championships recently held by Latin American Xchange after Jim Cornette stripped them of the belts last night on PPV, what the VKM have planned next for VKM and pals and if Kurt Angle will accept Samoa Joe’s rematch request. The sign of the night was a fan in the disabled section that read “I Work Harder Then Vince McMahon” on one side and “I Want More Then Vince McMahon” on the other. Like the last taping David Penzer and Jeremy Borash did an excellent job keeping the fans pumped up for the duration of the show.



Hour one taping results:



The new NWA World Heavyweight champion Abyss (w/Father James Mitchell) made their way to the ring. Mitchell said he was a proud parent after last night’s PPV. He said he tried to tell Sting to “laugh with the sinners then cry with the saints.” Mitchell said deep down inside Sting was no different then them after what he did last night. He said Sting was still wallowing in the riches that come with the belt and he walked down the highway to hell and Sting should come home for good. That brought Sting into the Impact Zone. At least he looked like the former champion, wearing a mask. Abyss and Mitchell sought higher ground as the fans sat in confusion when Christian Cage was the revealed masked man. Cage said this is what he had to resort to get his deserved title shot, dress like a complete moron. Cage said he wasn’t waiting for Sting to invoke the rematch clause. Hypothetically he asked if Sting didn’t make it to turning Point what would happen to the rematch. This brought the real Sting from the rafters. Sting said he was going to get his rematch with Abyss tonight by mowing down Cage tonight. Cage said he could care about Sting’s mood he only cared about himself and his title shot he deserved.



As the opening match was brought to the ring Eric Young walked around dressed in turkey costume.



(1) “Phenomenal” AJ Styles and World X Division champion “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels defeated The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas w/ “The Franchise” Shane Douglas.)

This was interesting because before the shows David Penzer said this was the LAST time Styles/Daniels would be teaming. Like last night the Naturals jumped their opponents before the bell and briefly double teamed Daniels before Earl Hebner got the teams to their corners. That didn’t work because Daniels slid into the ring and Stevens dropkicked Styles to the floor. The Naturals isolated Daniels and kept sending Styles back to the floor. But Styles got some revenge by hitting them with a top rope clothesline. They hit Douglas with their High/Lo move before sending Stevens to the floor. The match ended with Styles hitting Douglas with the Frog Splash and Daniels hitting the BME. Rhino came out to the ring as Senshi, Alex Shelley and the Austin Starr stood together on the ramp as Jerry Lynn stood with Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal. It looked like Rhino was trying to talk with Styles who wanted nothing from the “War Machine” and stormed off alone.



Eric Young came over to the announce table and said something to Mike Tenay and Don West before they sent it to the backstage area.



When the commercials ended the public face of TNA Mr. Jim Cornette made his way into the ring to get the NWA World Tag Team title belts from LAX. But before that Cornette asked Petey Williams to come to the ring. Williams said even though he had issues with the fans in the past but he had an opportunity to stop the destruction of the American flag. Cornette had a rigging lowered so they could hang the American flag but LAX hit the ring with the title belts still in their possession. Konnan had a lawyer with him who served some papers to Cornette saying TNA violated their 1st amendment rights. Williams served Konnan a right hand to the jaw. After LAX beat down Williams they went for Cornette but America’s Most Wanted (“Tennessee Cowboy” James Storm and “Wildcat” Chris Harris w/Gail Kim) and then Kurt Angle came out to clear the ring. As LAX/AMW, Cornette and Williams left Samoa Joe came to the ring. Joe was reminded he tapped out by the fans. Joe said he did tap out but the fans forget he was undefeated for 18 months. Joe said inevitably someone would have their hand raised against him. He said he lost to a man who has been a champion in wrestling around the world. But it was one night and he wanted a rematch. Joe handed the mic to Angle and we all waited. Angle told the fans and Joe he was the true submission machine and he made him fight for his life. Angle said the rematch happens only if nothing happens to each of them before Turning Point. So Angle and Joe have to be each other’s bodyguards.



Eric Young came back out to be with the fans still in the turkey outfit. His fun was interrupted by Robert Roode and Ms. Brooks. The fans chanted please don’t talk as Roode called Young an idiot and an embarrassment to wrestling. Roode demanded a rematch with Young and it looked like Young accepted.



(2) “Showtime” Eric Young defeated Robert Roode (w/Ms. Brooks).

Roode didn’t let Young get to the ring before he attacked. Young didn’t discard the turkey outfit as Roode went on the warpath. Roode dropped Young in the top rope but Young fought back and missed a moonsault. Roode said he was going to break Young’s neck with a piledriver but Young scored a double leg pin. Roode took the mic and lambasted Brooks for his losses in the ring and the fans not loving him. Before leaving Roode said he felt Young could beat Brooks in a bikini contest.



For the main event Jim Cornette joined Tenay and West for commentary.



(3) In a number one contender match, Sting and “Captain Charisma” Christian Cage fought to a no contest.

The fans received a PPV match on national TV. Sting came from behind and jumped Cage tossing him into the fans. They fought up into and down by the Pit area of the crowd. After slamming Cage into a wall Sting sent Cage back into the ring where the beating continued. Sting tossed Cage back to the floor this time by the announce table where Cage was suplexed. Cage finally got on the offense with a missile dropkick for two. Cage laid in the right hands to Sting’s face as the fans chanted Christian Sucks. But as Cage mocked the fans he allowed Sting to get fired up. Sting hit a clothesline, backdrop but his press slam to the floor was stopped by referee Andrew Thomas. Thomas got in the action when Sting hit him with the Stinger Splash when Cage pulled him in front to save his butt. Not to be stopped Sting locked in the Scorpion Death Lock but it was broken up by TYSON TOMKO!!! Tomko hit Sting with a Torture Rack into a neckbreaker as Cage’s music played.



As Borash got in the ring to hand out DVD’s we got to see part of the video from VKM’s trip to Stamford, CT. BG and Kip James verbally ran down their enemies in the WWE. However Kip’s in-car GPS took them to a Target store not the target which was WWE HQ. Finally they found WWE HQ and said they were back. Borash said due to legal reason new could only see that segment. I think we shall be seeing it on prime time TV.



Hour two taping results:



“Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels joined Tenay and West for commentary during the following match. The trio was interrupted by “Wildcat” Chris Harris but we have no idea what he said.



(1) In a number one contenders match, “The Future” Chris Sabin defeated Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt.

Dutt and Lethal took several turns beating up Sabin before focusing on each other. Sabin went for a slingshot move but Lethal got him with an STO into a backbreaker for two. Lethal avoided a Dutt slingshot move and hit a full nelson suplex for a pin but Sabin tossed Lethal to the floor and pinned Dutt to become the winner. Sabin and Daniels had heated words as Jerry Lynn tried to get cooler heads to prevail.



“Captain Charisma” Christian Cage and Tomko made their way into the Impact Zone. Cage decided to make a formal introduction of the man who made a good impression on Sting, Tomko. Cage said TNA was putting him into a triple threat match at Turning Point to regain his title. Cage said it would become a single threat match as he was going to take out his opponent’s tonight. Cage said he wanted to talk to Abyss and the champion came out with Father James Mitchell. But when it looked like Abyss and Mitchell were going to talk with Cage, a Sting mannequin descended from the roof. As Cage and Tomko looked at the mannequin, Sting came from behind. Sting sung the bat and missed Tomko as Cage bailed out. Sting said he wanted to talk to Abyss, alone. Guess it would be later on as Mitchell and Abyss left together.



(2) Ron “the Truth” Killings and Lance Hoyt defeated the Austin Starr and Alex Shelley.

All four men fought in the ring at the bell but it was Hoyt and Killings who took over when Hoyt kicked Starr .in the face. Killings hit a tope to the floor onto his opponents and sent Starr into Hoyt. But Hoyt missed a boot to the corner. Starr went up but Shelley tagged himself in. Starr and Killings fought on the floor as Shelley countered out of Hoyt’s attempted TKO into a pin but Shelley used the tights. Andrew Thomas counted the pin but reversed the decision when he found out what happened out of his eye line.



A new interviewer named Leticia tried to interview Petey Williams when LAX jumped his ass. Konnan said Angle would be competing by himself tonight.



(3) NWA World Tag Team champions Latin American Xchange (“Notorious 187” Homicide and Hotstuff Hernandez w/Konnan) fought Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe to a no contest.

Homicide paid tribute to the West Coast hip hop legends NWA by wearing one of their shirts. Angle backed Hernandez to a corner and pie faced him. Angle got sent to the mat on a shoulder tackle but he sent Hernandez there with a belly to belly suplex. Homicide got hit with a Tilt-A-While slam but the numbers game began to get to Angle. That ended when Samoa Joe came out and got in a corner for a tag. LAX kept beating on Angle until angle got out of a chinlock with a back suplex. Angle tagged out to Joe and the fight was on. It looked like Joe and Angle won via tap out but Cornette and the LAX lawyer came down to the announce table. Cornette ruled the match a no contest because Joe was not signed as Angle’s partner so LAX retains via no contest.



JB got in the ring and asked the fans to pick an entry way for a special guest. They chose the doorway that had Christy Hemme with some DVD’s for the fans to enjoy.



Sting made his way back to the ring carrying his bat and a folding chair. Sting called for Abyss to come out to the ring and he was granted the NWA World Heavyweight champion’s time. Abyss refused the chair offered to him by Sting. Sting said he had seen Abyss fight through ladders, tacks, barbwire and other items to win the belt. Sting said Abyss’ past didn’t matter only the present. He wanted to know why Abyss allowed James Mitchell to drag him around. Sting even called Abyss by his real first name, Chris. Mitchell appeared on the screen and said if Sting felt Abyss was evil he needed to look at himself. Sting said Abyss can make his own choice and left the ring. Just as Sting left Tomko and Christian Cage came in and leveled Abyss. Tomko hit the Torture Rack/neckbreaker move on Abyss. They split when Sting came back out. Sting offered his hand to Abyss but Mitchell came back out to the ring. Mitchell smacked Sting on the face and left with Abyss.



Hour three taping results:



“The War Machine” Rhino came out to talk to the fans. Rhino said if AJ Styles wanted to make threats it wasn’t good because it pissed him off last week. Rhino said if Styles wanted a problem he should come out to the ring. Instead of Styles we had Christopher Daniels came out to talk to Rhino. Daniels said he appreciated Rhino’s concern and he should stay out of things. But as Rhino looked one way AJ Styles attacked and the duo had to be pulled apart by TNA security.



JB was talking to the fans when “Showtime” Eric Young came out wearing workout gear. It looked like Young was doing some cardio running.



(1) Petey Williams defeated NWA World Tag Team champion “Notorious 187” Homicide (w/Konnan and Hotstuff Hernandez).

This began with some chain wrestling but got hard hitting when Homicide hit an Acecrusher. Williams countered out of a Tilt-A-Whirl into a Canadian legsweep. Williams went for the Canadian Destroyer but Homicide countered into the Cop Killer only to be countered into a sunset flip like pin. This didn’t sit well with LAX as Hernandez hit the ring and Border Tossed Williams. America’s Most Wanted hit the ring and took out LAX, leaving with their Mexican flag their possession.



(2) Senshi defeated “Showtime” Eric Young.

Young looked like he needed a nap after his cardio workout, too bad he was going to get one from Senshi. Senshi got tired of waiting for Young to stop running around the ring so he decked him on the floor. Senshi kept on the attack with some martial arts moves which stunned Young who tried to fight back with punches. The punches seemed to briefly stun Senshi as Robert Roode and Ms. Brooks came out to ringside. Brooks got on the ring apron and distracted Young with her sexy body. It allowed Senshi to hit the Warrior’s Way top rope move to win.



Mr. Jim Cornette came to the ring for a special announcement regarding the LAX/AMW confrontations. Cornette said a flag match would take place at Turning Point. He was interrupted by “Captain Charisma” Christian Cage and Tomko. Cage said he noticed Cornette was too busy stopping 1st amendment rights when he should be doing a background check on Abyss. Cage was interrupted by the NWA World champion who hit the ring and both men. They were able to turn the tables on Abyss when Sting came out sending Cage/Tomko running locker room. Just when Sting thought he got Abyss to join his side he got hit with a Black Hole Slam.



(3) In a TNA No Mercy All-Star War, Kurt Angle defeated “Captain Charisma” Christian Cage (w/Tomko), NWA World Heavyweight champion Abyss (w/Father James Mitchell), “War Machine” Rhino, Samoa Joe and Sting

Before the action began Styles attacked Rhino and they fought to the locker room. The match began with Angle and Cage squaring off and Angle hiptossed him before delivering forearm shots. Angle wrapped up Cage in a waistlock but Cage got to his feet only to be hit with a belly to belly suplex. Cage was taken again to the mat with a chinlock before switching to a body scissor. Tomko went to interfere but Joe sent him back to the floor. Cage got to his feet again and raked Angle eyes tagging in Abyss. Abyss hit Angle with Shock Treatment but Joe stopped the pin hitting a powerslam. Sting got involved and clotheslined Abyss to the floor. Cage’s Unprettier on Joe was blocked and Joe went for the Muscle Buster. Tomko came in and decked Joe with a kick. He dropped Cage on top but angle broke up the pin. Angle sent Cage to the floor and he was left alone with Joe. Angle and Joe looked like they were going to walk out on the match when Angle hit the Olympic slam to win the match.



Matches taped for Xplosion and Global Impact:



(1) Senshi defeated Brother Runt when he hit the top rope Warrior’s Way foot stomp.



(2) “The Future” Chris Sabin defeated Jay Lethal when he hit the Cradle Shock after a well placed heel kick to Lethal’s weapon.



(3) Ron “the Truth” Killings and Lance Hoyt defeated The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas w/ “the Franchise” Shane Douglas) when Killings hit Stevens with the Scissor Kick.



Announced and guessed matches for Turning Point PPV:

***NWA World Heavyweight champion Abyss (w/Father James Mitchell) vs. Sting vs. “Captain Charisma” Christian Cage (w/Tomko)

***Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle

***World X Division champion “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels vs. “the Future” Chris Sabin

***In a flag match, NWA World Tag Team champions Latin American Xchange (“Notorious 187” Homicide and Hotstuff Hernandez w/Konnan) vs. America’s Most Wanted (“Tennessee Cowboy” James Storm and “Wildcat” Chris Harris w/Gail Kim)

***“War Machine” Rhino vs. “Phenomenal” AJ Styles


(Please credit Alan J. Wojcik of http://alanwojcik.com if used.)

 

Tyson Tomkos back by CHristians side!!  Boy its getting more and more like the WWE everyday...

Last iMPACT! taping before the PPV this week.

Spoiler

These are the LIVE SPOILERS for the final TNA TV taping before Sacrifice. Former WWE Tough Enough 2 competitor Hawk was in attendance along with Sean Waltman and family. Let's find out what happened tonight.

Hour one news and notes:

The show was opened by the arrival of the one and only Sting into the Impact Zone. He didn't even get in the ring as Kurt angle attacked him with a chair. TNA black shirt security hit the ring to break them up. Both were given microphones and they argued about the end of last week's match between Sting and NWA World Heavyweight champion ?Instant Classic? Christian Cage who also came out to the Impact Zone or at least his music played. Instead Sting and Angle brawled around the ring again and the black shirts hit the ring since the referee's were no match for the two high strung former world champions. Finally the champ hit the Impact Zone to a babyface pop. Cage wanted everyone to get along. He felt being the humanitarian he wanted Sting to team up with Angle to face ?the Instant Classic? and ?the Phenomenal? AJ Styles. The person who scores the pin in the NO DQ match would get the title shot, but if their team lost both of them lost their shot at Sacrifice. Sting said he already had the title shot and didn?t need the match. I think Angle asked Sting if he was an icon or a pussy before they cut to the backstage area.

Leticia interviewed NWA World Tag Team champions Team 3D (Ray and Devon) about their match tonight with Samoa Joe and Rhino.

(1) The match up of NWA World Tag Team champions Team 3D (Ray and Devon) vs. Samoa Joe and ?War Machine? Rhino ended in a no contest.

LAX didn?t join Mike Tenay and Don West for commentary this week but their fans chanted 3D sucks several times. Team 3D began by working over Rhino but Joe tagged into face Ray and the two men had an excellent exchange of power moves where nothing was resolved. Things broke down as Joe hit Devon with a Samoan Drop, Ray hit Joe with the Bubba Bomb. But when it looked like someone was going for a pin ?Fallen Angel? Christopher Daniels hit the ring and the competitors with a baseball bat. Too bad he didn?t hit Joe who locked him in the Kokina Clutch. All four men got in a shot and the fun ended when Rhino hit the GORE into a folding table propped in a corner.

Jeremy Borash spoke to NWA World Heavyweight champion ?Instant Classic? Christian Cage and ?the Phenomenal? AJ Styles, who wasn?t too happy Cage volunteered him for a NO DQ match. Cage tried to kiss Styles? butt a little saying if they eliminate Sting and Angle Styles would be #1 contender.

Back from commercial Mike Tenay and Don West spoke to the home viewers. Robert Roode (carrying his RRI business plan) and Ms. Brooks (sporting a neck brace) made their way into the Impact Zone with tons of egg on their face after last week?s announcement that Jeff Jarrett was Eric Young?s friend. Needless to say Roode was not a happy joy-joy person. He called for Young to come out to the ring so he could be fired in front of everyone in the Impact Zone. But instead of Eric Young, Roode got TNA Management?s Jim Cornette who told the fans Jeff Jarrett was not in attendance. He said the only people who deserved to be fired were Roode and his ?flotation floozy.? Cornette said when Eric Young signed the RRI deal he breached his TNA deal but Roode was guilty of tampering (I feel like I am on an episode of Law and Order) so Cornette wanted the whole thing dropped. Roode said he was firing Young whether Cornette liked it nor not and shoved Cornette down. This brought out Eric Young who cleaned Roode?s clock for a moment but when he went to get Jeff Jarrett?s guitar Roode was waiting. Too bad for Roode, Young knew what was coming and he fought back. But when Young went to clock Roode and Brooks with the guitar, Roode hit a chop block to Young?s knees (15 yard penalty in an NFL game.) Roode used the cuffs he stole from ?Wildcat? Chris Harris to lock Young in a corner, where he berated him on the mic before using the guitar on Young?s head. Cornette recovered enough to talk on the mic and said instead of firing Roode he was going to have to face Jeff Jarrett at Sacrifice.

Tenay and West spoke to the home viewers once more.

(2) In a Lockdown rematch with Street Fight rules, Gail Kim defeated ?the Pride of Tennessee? Jacqueline Moore (carrying a bullrope).

Kim wasted no time and leveled Moore with a cookie sheet to the head. The fight went to the floor where Kim?s ribs met the ringside guard rail and then she was slammed to the rampway for a one count. Kim threw Moore back in the ring and went shopping under the ring for garbage can, kendo stick (possibly borrowed from Kahagas) and the can ended up on Moore?s upper body as Kim swung it like Sammy Sosa. Kim must have been watching the best of AMW because she tossed baby powder into Moore?s face. Next she choked out Moore with a bar but the last blow came when Moore?s attempted chair shot was kicked back in her face for the pin. The fun really began when ?Tennessee Cowboy? James Storm came out to help Moore exact some revenge on Kim. The bad part for Storm was the fully healed ?Wildcat? Chris Harris also came out to the ring to fight. After the match some officials needed a moment to search in the ring for two of Moore?s front teeth which were knocked out during the match.

Tenay and West did another chat with the home viewers. Between commercials they were joined by Jim Cornette for commentary.

(3) In a NO DQ match, Sting and Kurt Angle defeated NWA World Heavyweight champion ?Instant Classic? Christian Cage and ?the Phenomenal? AJ Styles.

It may have been NO DQ but referee Rudy Charles made the match begin as a normal tag team match with angle squaring off with Angle and the two men traded punches and forearms but Angle got a takeover slam before tagging in Sting. Sting promptly dropkicked Cage and press slammed him over his head, threatening to toss him to the floor onto Styles. Styles and Cage got control by grabbing Sting?s legs and dragging him right into the ring post, making Sting?s lower abdominal area not feel so well. Cage and Styles tagged several times working over Sting as Angle was forced to watch on even though NO DQ was the rules for the bout. Sting fought off defeat several times and was finally able to get Angle into the match and he delivered several German suplexes. Sting hit a double Stinger splash and then hit Cage with the Scorpion Death Drop but Angle stopped the pin. They hit Styles with a double Rock Bottom but Cage hit both of them with chair shots. Styles got a chair but their chairscendo backfired as Angle moved and sent Cage to the floor. Both men got Styles to tap out to an Ankle Lock. This caused Cornette to exit the broadcast table to ask Charles which man got the submission victory. Charles said both men got the win so Cornette decreed at the PPV Cage would have to defend in a three way match.

In between shows Jeremy Borash introduced someone from the TV show Heroes (which airs on NBC and mentioned TNA Mobile was now fully active.

Hour two news and notes:

(1) LAX?s ?Notorious 187? Homicide defeated Team 3D?s Devon and ?Big Poppa Pump? Scott Steiner.

Everyone minus Steiner came to the ring with their partner or manager who remained at ringside. Homicide tried to talk Steiner into working together but Steiner refused and kept trying to order Homicide around. They hit Devon with a suplex and chest chops as Ray could only watch on. Devon tried to fight back but Steiner hit a belly to belly suplex for two. Steiner placed Devon in the Tree of Woe so more punishment could be inflicted. Homicide was hit by a Steiner Tilt-A-Whirl slam for two as Devon recovered in a corner. Devon got back in the match hitting Steiner with a shot then hit Homicide with a Sky High Slam for two as Steiner fought on the floor with Ray. Machete got the referee?s attention long enough for Hernandez to hit Devon with the Border Toss help to win the match for Homicide. After the match Ray and Steiner traded chair shots and fought to the locker room.

Tenay and West talked on camera to the home viewers. Christy Hemme and the Voodoo Kin Mafia (Kip and BG James) came out the ring but the team formerly called the Bashams hit the ring and attacked the VKM. Hemme introduced them as Basham and Damaja. Lance Hoyt came out and the trio hit the bricks. Tenay and West spoke on camera possibly talking about what went down in the ring.

(2) World X Division champion ?the Future? Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley defeated Sonjay Dutt and ?Black Machismo? Jay Lethal.

As Dutt and Lethal came out you could see Dutt was still not amused by the transformation Lethal underwent courtesy of Kevin Nash. Shelley didn?t look amused either as he faced off with Lethal to open the match where Lethal hit some ?Macho Man? like moves. Dutt stood in his corner and watched as Lethal was hit with several double team moves. Lethal survived and tagged out to Dutt who was energized, clearing the ring. Dutt hit Sabin Sliced Bread #2 and Lethal went up top ready to hit the elbow drop but Dutt picked up Sabin. The referee put out Lethal out of the ring and it allowed Shelley to hit Dutt with Emeral Frosion to win. After the match Bob Backland came out and attacked Sabin and Shelley possibly for the recent Paparazzi Productions video where Sabin and Shelley attacked Backland, who walks from the TNA hotel to Universal Studios for the tapings. .

(3) In a NO DQ battle, ?the Phenomenal? AJ Styles, ?Fallen Angel? Christopher Daniels and ?Tennessee Cowboy? James Storm (w/ ?Pride of Tennessee? Jacqueline Moore minus two teeth) defeated ?Wildcat? Chris Harris (w/Gail Kim), ?War Machine? Rhino and Samoa Joe

Storm wearing his hat squared off with Joe and quickly had it pulled over his eyes. Joe tagged in Harris and Storm quickly got out tagging in Styles who got suplexed by Harris as Joe made a blind tag. Rhino tagged in to inflict a beating on Styles with great fury. That ended when Styles distracted the referee and Daniels knocked Rhino off the top turnbuckle and down to the floor. Rhino got back in the ring where Daniels was waiting to attack .Daniels and teammates tagged out to wear out Rhino as the crowd cheered him on. Storm made a mental error and it allowed Rhino to tag out to Harris. Tags didn?t matter anymore as all six competitors got in the ring to fight. Storm and Harris remained in the ring where Moore tried to toss the beer bottle into Storm but landed in Harris? hand. Harris was ready to deck his old partner but Storm grabbed the referee and stopped the shot. In the end Storm won via rollup and a huge hand full of tights. The fighting was not done as Harris chased Storm in the crowd behind the announcers. Their fighting ended as Harris backdropped Storm off and down to the concrete floor below.

After that fight ended, Sting and Angle fought their way into the Impact Zone with Christian Cage watched on from a safe distance. Finally TNA referees and black shirt security broke them up. Angle said on the house mic come Sacrifice Sting?s ass was his.



Matches taped for Xplosion:

(1) Robert Roode (w/Ms. Brooks) defeated Sonjay Dutt. After the match Roode took the mic to tell the fans he was going to make an example out of Dutt but Eric Young and guitar came to the rescue.

(2) ?Black Machismo? Jay Lethal defeated LAX?s ?Notorious 187? Homicide (minus the rest of LAX).

That title match takes up the entire episode this week. It ran for about 35 minutes live so with ring intros and what have you, that is the whole show.

To be fair I think he's not ready for it. He's OK with the number 2 belt but a run with the big one and carrying the company on his shoulders not yet. I don't think he's as popular as the internet dfanboys think he is. Look at what happened to people who the WWE put the belt on who weren't ready... Cena, Orton, Big Dave. They sucked at it and are (Apart from Orton now) Despised by the fan base.

For those of you who want to know the contents of the cases....

Spoiler

Christopher Daniels gets fired, as he has the case that has a pink slip. Steiner gets an X division shot, BG James gets a tag shot and Petey gets a world title shot

The only thing to be said to that is WTF?!?!

If you ask me, the only one that I could have predicted was BG getting a Tag Title shot.

Is there a story behind why they fired Daniels? He's been there since the beginning, and was one of the only REAL talents over in TNA. Steiner should have been fired, as I am tired of him. Why in the world would they give him an X title shot? And why would they give Petey a world title shot?

Ugh...I am tired of TNA. They make so many stupid moves that it is funny. But guess what? I'll keep watching!

Again, why in the world did they fire Daniels? He is one of the only really talented guys in TNA. They should really stop signing all of these former WWE guys and finally start to develop some of their own talent (Daniels, Styles, Joe, Kaz, Lethal, Petey, etc)...

Yeah, Russo is an idiot. He's never been that great of a mind. He's always been a big name, but he has never made very many good decisions. Ask him how the New Blood thing worked in WCW!

You missed the bit where Cornette said "I apologise for the stupidity in this week's programme" - which was a shoot on Russo's crappy booking!

Just to show how much TNA do not rip off WWE gimmicks especially for those who were formerly employed by said company, Daivari is now called Sheik Abdul Bashir and his gimmick is that he is a mega rich Arab American who is constantly discriminated against by his fellow Americans despite being as American as they are.

Hopefully the Spoiler I posted above may not happen after all according to PWInsider.com:

Spoiler

Yesterday, I reported that the word going around was that TNA planned to begin a split for LAX at the Impact tapings this week. Since I wrote about the plans, numerous TNA sources have stated the team is not being broken up, with one even pointing out that LAX has the top selling t-shirt in the company.

I do know the LAX split was pretty big subject of conversation about what an insane idea it would be in the last few days. It could be that TNA planned to tease a breakup as part of a storyline before putting the team back together, but it was absolutely talked about.

Given the way TNA sources reacted to my report, one has to wonder if plans were changed. I guess we'll see when TNA starts taping TV the next two evenings.

TNA have decided wisely to capitalise on the recent success of the Knockouts division by releasing a new DVD with interviews and some of their best matches.

Unfortunately their choice of cover star leaves a lot to be desired....



Yup - she really screams "We're not Divas"....

But Nash Dyed his hairfor The Punisher....? Anyway, I'd hope that the WWE would not bring Nash back in. What on earth could he bring to the current WWE that seem to be finally pushing some of the younger stars as the new generation.

Be intresting to watch Foley on TNA. Although once again with his limited potential for them and (Supposedly) a short stay whats it going to achieve long term for TNA? It's almost as if he's on a scouting mission for Vince.

I haven't seen The Punisher but didn't Nash have the same blonde hair he had when he was in his last WWE run in 2003? That Hair vs Hair match he lost to Jericho on RAW prior to Summerslam was to purely facilitate that movie role.

Anyway, I think the deal is that he has (finally) come to terms with the fact he is over 50 years old and grey otherwise he would have dyed his hair for this TNA run which he hasn't.

Let's face it - Eric Bischoff would have stayed grey as he was in his final WCW run had Vince not have him dyed it.

-- Edited by Man In Black at 17:40, 2008-10-02

Ooh....Mister congenial "let's be nice to everyone" Totty has some cold blood in his veins after all...

Nice one Tna! And i think your a bit harsh on Vince,i dont think hes a dick,he can be a lot of times but its quite sad Russo and the company force their wrestlers to bad mouth him and the E when Vince made them the stars they are,all of the TNA ex WWE employees enjoyed a lot of success and big pushes in the company.