Tenay: Don we were all taken by surprise when the Instant Classic Christian Cage brought back the Charismatic Enigma Jeff Hardy into TNA Wrestling, let alone when they won the TNA tag belts. One thing remains the same though Don, Team 3D have been hot on their case since then and tonight Team 3D could seal off the 2 weeks reign of Cage and Hardy, it’s Full Metal Mayhem time!
Team 3D’s music hits as Brother Ray and Brother Devon come to the ring.
Christian Cage’s music hits as one half of the TNA Tag Team Champs come down the ramp.
Jeff Hardy’s music hits as the other half of the TNA World Tag Team Champs comes to the ring.
TNA World Tag Team Championships
Full Metal Mayhem: TLC
Christian Cage and Jeff Hardy* vs. Team 3D
Jeff claps his hands to get the fans behind him and Cage. Ray screams to the fans to shut up and then all men look at the belts hanging above the ring. Devon goes and takes down Cage while Ray goes after Hardy. Devon picks Cage up and scoop slams him. Ray picks up Hardy and rams him into the corner. Ray whips Devon into Hardy, but Devon switches it up and whips Ray into Hardy bulldozing him into the corner. Devon bounces off the ropes and elbow drops Cage. Ray and Devon pick up Cage and whip him into the ropes, Cage bounces back and Team 3D lifts him up, but Cage shifts his weight and counters into a double DDT on Team 3D. Jeff Hardy climbs the top rope and springboards off the top rope springing backwards onto both members of Team 3D with a moonsault splash. Cage goes outside the ring and throws a chair inside the ring. He grabs another from under the ring and brings it in. Cage throws his chair to Jeff and picks up the second on the mat. Ray gets up and Cage smacks him with the chair, then he turns around and Jeff smacks him with the chair. Ray turns back around and Cage motions like he is going to hit him again, but Ray turns around just to run into another chairshot by Jeff laying out Brother Ray. Devon comes in and blindsides Jeff from behind. Cage goes to hit Devon with the chair, but Devon ducks and backdrops Cage. Devon grabs the chair and then throws it at Jeff Hardy knocking him down. Devon goes over to Cage and grabs him, but Cage uppercuts him. Cage lands a swinging neckbreaker on Devon, but then gets up and Ray clobbers him with a clothesline. Brother Ray slides out of the ring and grabs a ladder. He has a hard time carrying it, but puts it horizontally on the apron. Jeff gets up and baseball slides into the ladder pushing it into Ray knocking him down. Ray gets up and Hardy springboards from inside the ring into a cross body on Ray on the outside. Cage walks over and grabs a chair. He places it under Devon’s head. He then walks across the ring for the other one and signals for a con-chair-toe. He walks over to Devon, but Devon counters and grabs the chair from under his head and swings it cracking Cage in the head grounding Cage. Jeff puts the ladder on top of Brother Ray on the outside and climbs up to the top rope looking for a Swanton. Devon spots him and throws his chair at Jeff Hardy nailing him in the back and Hardy flies off the top and lands right on the steel guard rail. Brother Ray picks up the ladder and slides it into the ring. He and Devon pick it up and rams it into Christian Cage. They put the ladder down and Brother Ray slaps Devon’s chest…
Ray: DEVON! GET THE TABLES!
Devon goes outside the ring and pulls a table out from under the ring. He slides it into the table as Brother Ray picks Cage up and nails his signature Bubba Bomb on the Instant Classic. Brother Ray slaps Devon again…
Ray: DEVON! GET ANOTHER DAMN TABLE!
Devon goes outside while Ray sets up the table. Jeff Hardy emerges on the apron behind Brother Ray and climbs to the top turnbuckle and jumps off mid air bulldogging Ray through the table. Devon slides the table into the ring and comes into the ring. Devon runs right into a superkick by Christian Cage. Jeff Hardy runs to the outside and grabs the ladder. He slides it into the ring and sets up the ladder in the corner. Brother Ray gets up and is met with an Unprettier by Cage. Jeff climbs the ladder and Swantons onto Brother Ray from atop the ladder! Cage goes outside and grabs another table and slides it into the ring and sets it up in the middle of the ring. Devon gets up and beats up Cage he whips him into the corner hard and Cage goes down. Hardy gets up and charges at Devon, but Devon catches him and spinebusters him. Ray gets up and signals to Devon for the 3D. Devon whips him towards the ropes but on his way back running dropkicks Devon. Cage comes behind Ray and slams his head on the table. Cage goes up top onto the third rope and frog splashes onto Brother Ray through the table! Devon finally gets up and Hardy cuts him off by throwing him over the top rope. Cage slides the ladder into the middle of the ring and positions it under the belts. Cage climbs the ladder and then Hardy climbs the other side and both retrieve their belts retaining against Team 3D.
WINNER: still TNA World Tag Team Champions Christian Cage and Jeff Hardy!
Tenay: This is for everyone who thought Christian Cage and Jeff Hardy couldn’t work together as a team! They have and they have done it again keeping their tag titles!
West: This is amazing Mike, they really prove a lot of critics wrong! This blows my mind, Cage and Hardy walking out of No Surrender TNA Tag Champs!
BACKSTAGE:
AJ Styles and Chris Harris are talking backstage.
AJ: Chris now listen, tonight is our big chance, I can get back in the title hunt, but you can break into the hunt for the first time in your career! This is big for both of us, but only one of us could win, so this is my plan, you listening?
Harris: Yea, I am, but let me just say first of all, I really appreciate what you have been teaching me over the past few weeks, wrestling moves and mind games, this is great stuff AJ, I just want to thank you for this!
AJ: No, Chris, thank you, ever since I was jacked out of the title hunt, you gave me a purpose, so thank you! Now back to business. My plan is…
Tenay: Wow, sounds like AJ and Wildcat Chris Harris are on the same page!
VIDEO: Highlights of the events leading up to this Gauntlet match.
West: Well Mike, this is it, it’s crunch time for these 6 following gentlemen! They all have a shot to land their number one contender spot at Bound For Glory next month to face the TNA World Champion!
RULES:
-2 Men start out the match.
-Every 3 Minutes another man enters the match.
-You can only be eliminated by being thrown over the top rope.
-Final 2 participants compete and the first to make their opponent pin or submit wins.
Tenay: Let’s bring out the participants!
Lance Hoyt’s music hits as Jim Cornette’s personal enforcer comes out the tunnel.
Robert Roode’s music hits as Robert Roode comes out of the tunnel.
West: Wow, look who is going one on one first in this match! Jim Cornette’s buddies Hoyt and Roode going head to head first here tonight!
Bound For Glory Gauntlet:
Lance Hoyt vs. Robert Roode
Hoyt and Roode hesitate to fight as they are the best of friends, but they shake hands and lock up. Roode gets Hoyt in a head lock, but Hoyt battles back and counters with a huge backdrop on Roode. Hoyt bounces off the ropes and goes for a leg drop, but nobody home as Roode slides out of the way. Hoyt gets up holding the back of his leg, while Roode bounces off the ropes and goes for a clothesline, but modifies it and swings around for a DDT on Lance Hoyt. Roode picks Hoyt up and drags him over to the ropes. He lifts him up and tries to put him over the top, but Lance gets the best of him and then clubs him across the back and stays inside the ring. Hoyt whips Roode across the ring and on Roode’s way back Hoyt powers him over with a hip toss into an arm lock. Roode tries to power out of it and gets to his feet elbowing Hoyt in the ribs. Roode gets an arm drag on Hoyt, then Hoyt pops up and Roode clotheslines him.
3:00: Next Entrant
Monty Brown’s music hits as the Alpha Male comes to the ring and joins the match.
Monty Brown gets in the middle of the ring and screams in ferocity. Roode looks at Brown and Brown turns around a looks at Roode. Hoyt gets up and exchanges stares with Brown then Hoyt and Roode look at Brown and start double teaming him. Hoyt holds Brown while Roode takes shots to the midsection. Hoyt spins him around and knees him in the gut. Roode and Hoyt double DDT the Alpha Male. Hoyt and Roode get up raising their arms in a premature victory stance, but Roode turns on Hoyt grabbing him by the head and tights and throwing him over the top rope.
ELIMINATED: Lance Hoyt
Hoyt looks so disgusted as he walks back up the ramp and Roode waives bye to him. Brown comes from behind and whips him across the ring and nails a huge POUNCE! on the founder of Roode Inc.
6:00 Next Entrant
AJ Styles’ music hits as the Phenomenal One comes to the ring.
Brown tries picking up Roode, but turns his attention to AJ. Styles is on the apron and springboards connecting with a Phenomenal Arm on the Alpha Male. Brown gets up and AJ dropkicks him. Roode gets up and AJ lands a standing Hurricurana on him. Brown gets up and AJ grabs him and brings him towards the ropes and tries getting the Alpha Male over. He clocks him on the back and still tries, but Monty swings his legs onto the apron and forearms AJ in the face. AJ turns around holding his face and Roode comes in and nails the Pay-Off on the Phenomenal One. Roode runs towards Brown, but Brown ducks and shoulders him in the gut through the second and third rope. Monty sets him up for a suplex on the apron. He goes for it, but Roode counters and tries suplexing Monty back in the ring. Monty counters and almost gets him over the rope, but Roode counters again and suplexes Monty back into the ring over the ropes.
9:00 Next Entrant
Samoa Joe’s music hits as the Samoan Submission Machine comes to the ring.
Joe storms in the ring and clotheslines Roode. AJ gets up and Joe Samoan Drops him. Monty gets up and stands behind Joe breathing down Joe’s neck. Joe turns around and tries to punch him, but Monty blocks and connects with a series of shots followed by a belly to belly suplex. Roode goes after Brown German Suplexing him. AJ comes over to Roode and clubs him across the back, but Roode counters and flips him over his back and AJ gets hung up on the ropes. Roode tries to get him untangled and over the rope but struggles. Hoyt re-emerges from the other side of the ring gets behind Roode and takes him over the top rope, AJ staying on the apron.
ELIMINATED: Robert Roode
Hoyt big boots Roode on the outside and then walks up the ramp to a surprising ovation.
12:00 Next Entrant
Chris Harris’ music hits as the Wildcat comes to the ring.
Harris explodes in the ring alternating punches to both Brown and Joe. Harris clotheslines Brown, then turns back around and clotheslines Joe. AJ walks over to him and signals to Brown. They pick him up and Harris nails the Catatonic on the Alpha Male. Then AJ goes up top and nails a frog splash on Brown as well. Wildcat and AJ grab Monty Brown and whips him up and over the top rope.
ELIMINATED: Monty Brown
AJ claps his hands in amusement. They turn around and Joe runs towards them, AJ quickly ducks out of the way and Harris is left there and Joe clotheslines Harris over the top rope. Harris gets up on the outside and looks at AJ saying…
ELIMINATED: Chris Harris
Harris: AJ! What the hell happened to our pact?!?!?
Bound For Glory Gauntlet Final
AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe
AJ shrugs his shoulders at Harris and laughs as Samoa Joe delivers a straight vertical back kick to the spine grounding Styles. He covers AJ 1…2…kickout! Joe picks up AJ and hurls him back into a corner.
Tenay: He is manhandling the Phenomenal One, but who can blame him, remember that rivalry they had earlier this year, there is still bad blood between these two men!
Joe connects with a combination of hard chest chops, back hand chops, and axe kicks to decimate AJ Styles. Joe puts AJ up on top for the Muscle Buster, but AJ pushes him away. Joe wanders to the middle of the ring and AJ jumps off connecting with a missile dropkick on Samoa Joe. AJ covers Joe 1…2…kickout! AJ sits Joe up and puts him in a head lock. Joe gets up quick and drags AJ by the head sending him over his back crashing onto the mat. AJ sits up and Joe runs across the ring and gets a flying big boot to the skull of AJ. AJ gets up and stumbles around and Joe lands another Samoan Drop on AJ Styles. Joe gets up and taunts the crowd to a mixed reaction. Joe goes back to Styles, but AJ lifts his book cracking Joe in the skull. Styles pops up and gets an Insuguri on Joe. AJ goes up top and signals for the Spiral Tap. Joe springs up and hangs on the third rope dropping Styles groin first onto the top turnbuckle. Joe hurries and locks him in for the Muscle Buster and goes for it, to nail it on AJ. Joe quickly slaps on the Kokina Clutch and after a long struggle AJ Styles taps out.
WINNER: Samoa Joe
Tenay: Samoa Joe is Bound For Glory! He is going to the main event to compete for the TNA World championship!
West: I am so surprised Joe pulled out the victory! I wonder who he’s going to face next month, we’ll find out soon! As a matter in fact, the TNA World Championship match is next!
BACKSTAGE:
Jeremy Borash is backstage with the TNA World Champion Sting.
JB: Jeremy Borash backstage here with the TNA World Champion, who is about to go out into that very ring to defend his belt, yes, I am here with the Icon Sting! Stinger, larger than life match-up coming up next against the best wrestler in the world today, Kurt Angle, this is huge for you! This is the deciding title match to see who goes to Bound For Glory, you thoughts?
Sting: Jeremy, I swear we have had this conversation before, you ask me the exact same questions before every one of my title matches and I give you the same answer. However, this one is different, because Bound For Glory is on the line, and I have never faced someone with the skills as Kurt Angle, so, no, you won’t be hearing the old man speech from me here tonight! It’s No Surrender! It’s Showtime! Jeremy, can you hear those fans screaming my name? Those fans are waiting for me to step out of that tunnel and defend this belt, but, there’s also an iMPACT! Zone full of Kurt Angle fans, no disrespect intended. I am not looking at this as a title match, many people think that Kurt should be the champion, others think I am rightfully the champ, I am not here to prove to Kurt Angle that I deserve this belt, but I want all the fans to know that their champion is not slipping, their champion is not off his rocker, but their champion is as great as he ever was, or better.
JB: Well I have another question for you Stinger before you big match…Samoa Joe. Samoa Joe, as you probably seen, won the Bound For Glory Gauntlet, therefore naming him the number one contender, what are your thoughts about this matter?
Sting: I am not going to cloud my head, Jeremy, with the thought of Samoa Joe, he won, maybe I didn’t give him enough thought, but I am not going to address him right now, when I retain the title tonight, you and me have a date, this Thursday, win or lose as a matter in fact, you will get my thoughts on Samoa Joe this Thursday on iMPACT!
VIDEO: Legacies of Kurt Angle and Sting.
Kurt Angle’s music hits as the Olympic Gold Medalist comes down the ramp.
Sting’s music hits as the Stinger and TNA World Champion come to the ring.
Tenay: I can feel the tension! Sting wants to prove to these great fans that their champion is not a washed up old has been, he is as great as he ever was, and I for one will never count Sting out! No, not with the history I have with him!
TNA World Championship
Sting* vs. Kurt Angle
Sting and Angle step into the center of the ring and meet face to face. Sting nods to Angle and Angle nods back. The ref holds up the TNA Championship as both men look at the belt. Angle gets a quick kick to the ribs and clubs him across the back then locks him in for a German Suplex, but Sting hooks his foot countering it. He turns around and gets Angle hooked and nails a DDT on Angle. Sting puts a reverse headlock on Angle and picks him up. He swings his arm over his shoulder and goes for a suplex. Angle counters and goes for a suplex of his own, but Stinger counters as well. Sting switches it up and nails a swinging neckbreaker on the Olympic Gold Medalist. Sting covers Angle 1…kickout! Sting picks Angle up and whips him across the ring, but Angle counters and whips Sting against the ropes then nails a huge belly to belly on Stinger. Sting gets up and runs right into another belly to belly from Angle. Angle crouches down looking for another, Sting gets up and Angle hooks him a third time, but Stinger counters and sandwiches his face with his arms. Angle breaks it and Stinger dropkicks Angle’s knees grounding him. Sting bounces off the ropes and big boots Angle, who was on his knees. Sting covers Angle 1….2…kickout! Sting picks him up and puts him in the corner. Sting reins chops onto Angle’s chest one after another. He knees him in the gut and whips him across the ring, but Angle counters and whips Sting against the ropes. Sting comes back and Angle drop toe holds him and Sting hits the mat chin first. Angle quickly grabs the ankle and goes for the Ankle Lock, but Sting hurries and grabs the ropes. Angle lets go and starts pressing Sting’s head down onto the bottom rope choking him. The ref starts counting and Angle breaks the hold at 4. Angle drags him into the center of the ring and pins him 1…2…kickout! Angle picks him up and gets behind him and goes for a German, he flips him up, but Sting lands on his feet, he grabs Angle from behind and goes for the Stinger Death Drop, but Angle counters and pulls Sting’s legs from under him and flips him over and grabs his Ankle and locks in the Ankle Lock. Sting panics and is about to tap out. Sting flips over and kicks Angle away and Angle runs into the referee knocking him out. Angle turns around and tries to get the ref to his feet. Sting tries again to get behind him and get the Stinger Death Drop, but Angle counters, and spins around, he grabs him and hooks him and nails the Olympic Slam on the Stinger. He covers Sting…but the ref is still knocked out. Angle can’t believe it, he continues to fight the ref to get up while Sting is out cold.
Jeff Jarrett runs down the ramp with his back all taped up with a guitar in hand.
Tenay: It’s Jarrett!!! What the blazes is he doing out here? I thought he was in pain!
Jarrett slides into the ring behind Angle and cracks him over the back with the guitar. Angle rolls in the ring in pain. Jarrett raises his guitar holding up the peace sign.
Jarrett: I told you Kurt! If I couldn’t be champion…NOBODY WOULD!
Sting rises and stares at Jarrett. Jarrett screams to pin Angle, but Sting won’t budge. He continues to scream at him. Jarrett wakes up the ref and still screams at Sting. Jarrett pushes Sting and then Sting fights back. Sting lands the Stinger Death Drop on Jarrett as the fans give him a standing ovation. Angle rises and doesn’t know what happened, and realizes he is still in the match. He attempts to blindside Sting, but Sting turns around and pulls his legs from underneath him and locks in the Scorpion Death Lock. Angle panics, the ref is in perfect position as Angle taps out.
WINNER: still TNA World Champion “The Icon†Sting!
Sting raises the belt while standing above Jarrett and Angle’s bodies.
Tenay: What a night Don! What a match! This was a true showing of what kind of champion we have! He wouldn’t let Jarrett ruin his match, so he got revenge nailing the Stinger Death Drop on Jarrett, and then locking the Scorpion on Angle to retain his title!
West: Mike I couldn’t agree more, but now we are off to Bound For Glory where as we know now it will be Sting taking on Samoa Joe! This is amazing!
