BACKSTAGE:
Kurt Angle arriving earlier at the iMPACT! Zone. He is in a fit of rage.
Angle: Alright, where the hell is he?
He stops and stares at the long row of security in front of him, Jim Cornette emerges out of the line.
Cornette: Good evening Kurt, going somewhere?
Angle: I am going into that freaking iMPACT! Zone and I am going to kick the daylights out of…
Cornette: No you aren’t. Kurt, tonight, you are banned from the iMPACT! Zone due to your hostile manner. Good night Kurt. Oh, and if you even step foot on the premises, you will be cuffed and taken away.
Angle: You are protecting him? What the hell is wrong with you?
Cornette: I said good night Mr. Angle.
Pyros go off as SoCal Val blows you a kiss and the iMPACT! theme plays.
Tenay: Welcome everyone to TNA Thursday Night iMPACT! Mike Tenay, Don West, here ringside and Don what a show we have for everyone tonight!
West: Mike tonight is going to be unbelievable! Last Sunday night was one of the greatest TNA PPV’s we have ever witnessed, No Surrender was definitely one to remember and tonight the aftermath will show it’s head because right here tonight, now that we know that main event for Bound For Glory, since Sting successfully retained the world title against Kurt Angle last Sunday and Samoa Joe defeated AJ Styles to win the Bound For Glory Gauntlet, so tonight Sting and Samoa Joe will meet face to face right here tonight! This is going to be great!
Tenay: Well before we get to that, it’s opening contest time here on iMPACT!
Abyss’ music hits as the Monster Abyss comes to the ring.
Tenay: Yes you are seeing it, Monster Abyss is back in TNA made his return successfully last Sunday defeating the King of the Mountain Jeff Jarrett with the help of tacs none the less!
Eric Young’s music hits as Young makes his way down the ramp.
Abyss vs. Eric Young
Eric Young looks nervous and tries to make a run out of the ring, but Abyss lunges and grabs his tights and pulls him in clotheslining him in the back. Abyss elbow drops Eric Young onto his spine. Abyss grabs Eric by the head and headbutts him and Eric stumbles around landing in the corner. Abyss runs and bulldozes him in the corner, then grabs him and whips him across the ring into the opposite turnbuckle. He runs and bulldozes him again. Eric wanders out to the middle of the ring and walks right into Abyss’ side walk slam. Abyss pins Eric Young 1…2…Abyss pulls Eric’s shoulders up. Abyss lands shots right on Young’s skull then whips him across the ring then lands a huge Black Whole Slam on Eric Young. He pins him 1…2….3!
WINNER: Abyss
Tenay: Wow, would you look at that! Abyss has had quite a little winning streak Don, I don’t know if anyone could stop Abyss!
West: Abyss is a monster and I think he has come back stronger than ever!
BACKSTAGE:
Jeremy Borash is backstage with Monty Brown.
JB: Jeremy Borash backstage with the Alpha Male Monty Brown! Let me first say congratulations to Abyss returning strong here in TNA Wrestling! Now, Monty, last Sunday Night, No Surrender, you came up a little…
Brown: What the hell did you just say boy? The Alpha Male is not old yet, I still have my hearing last time I checked! Did you just mention that half Blue Monster Abyss?
JB: Why yes, yes I did, didn’t you see he is on a great winning…
Brown: Do you think the Alpha Male cares? Do you think the Alpha Male gives two craps about that mentally challenged psycho? Listen, when you set foot in the Serengeti, things change, you can see some pretty bizarre things, but as God as my witness, you will never see something that ugly in my Serengeti, you got that Borash? As for No Surrender, a thought popped up in the Alpha Male’s mind, now given that I lost at No Surrender, I blame my loss on one thing, all you little Alpha Maniacs out there, if it wasn’t for you, maybe I would think about myself and my career for a change! I came back with one thing in mind, pleasing my fans out there, they were deprived of me for too long and thought they needed a little Alpha Dose of Monty Brown, well looks like they over-dosed, that’s why they expected too much of the Alpha Male! I guarantee you Borash, in TNA, you are going to see a new kind of Alpha Male, maybe something you never wanted to see, Monty Brown, the real Monty Brown, is back.
Monty walks away.
JB: The real Monty Brown? Looks like someone has issues finding their identity, iMPACT! will be right back.
COMMERCIAL
BACKSTAGE:
An about to return, Elix Skipper is seen backstage with Senshi. Kevin Nash comes from behind.
Skipper: Yea boy Senshi, would love to tag up with you again sometime, just like our Triple X days!
Nash: Hey fellas, yo Senshi, you got a minute?
Senshi: I am sorry Kevin, no I don’t can’t you see I was having a conversation here?
Nash: Ah, come on, what is up your ass? How long have we been friends? I just need a minute here man?
Senshi: How long have we been friends? Well Kev, we have been friends a long time, but you know what? A Warrior doesn’t betray another Warrior, and you should have thought about this friendship before you hit me with that steel chair last Sunday!
Nash: Hey, you didn’t take that seriously? Did you?
Skipper steps in between them.
Skipper: Boy, can’t you take a joke? Man what’s up with you man? Messing with us X-Division guys, just buzz off! Maybe Jerry Lynn was right!
Nash: Wait, Jerry was right about what? Has he been talking about me again? Come on what did he say pipsqueak?
Senshi and Primetime turn their back on Nash and walk off.
Nash: What the hell is Lynn talking…
From behind Nash gets hit with a chair, Nash crumbles and the camera shows it was Jerry Lynn.
Lynn: Hey Kev, looks like you are laying on your back this time, hmm, maybe you should think before your actions, so screw me out of my title shot, you screwed me once, hell you screwed me a thousand times, and now it’s payback time! See you next week!
Tenay: Wow, good for Jerry Lynn! He has taken Nash’s crap for far too long now it’s time for payback! What did he mean about next week though Don?
BACKSTAGE:
The Naturals and Shane Douglas are in Jim Cornette’s office.
Douglas: So Jimbo, did you see that historical victory that my boys the Naturals got over Raven and his flunky? Come on Jimbo you have to give us some props on that! I mean the skills, the power….
Cornette: Shut the hell up Shane! I could care less about you, but I am interested in your boys, so if you can shut your yap for a few minutes, I have something to say! Andy, Chase, I have been watching you guys for quite awhile and have been very impressed, the only thing that could have made me more pleased if you drop this joker here, but minor details, minor details. First of all, good luck on your match tonight, not like you guys need it. Second of all, Bound for Glory, the biggest PPV of the year, I have big plans for you guys, but all I need from you guys is this victory tonight. If you can land this victory tonight, I pencil you in for the World Tag Team titles at this year’s Bound for Glory! How does that sound?
Andy: That sounds…
Douglas: Horrible, listen, these guys cannot be preoccupied with the tag titles, I still have Raven…
Chase: Shut the hell up Shane, I am tired of you talking for us, thank you Mr. Cornette for this great opportunity, we won’t disappoint you!
The Naturals walk out of the room.
Cornette: You better not! What the hell are you looking at Shane?
Douglas: Nothing why?
Cornette: Because you should take a look behind you!
Raven appears behind Shane Douglas and Shane turns around and almost pisses his pants.
Raven: …Nevermore….hahahahahahahahah! Looks like your security has plans of their own! That will give you and me some play time huh?
Shane runs out of the office.
Raven: What the hell was he so scared about?
Motor City Machine Guns’ music hits as Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin come out of the tunnel.
The Naturals’ music hits as Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas come out of the tunnel.
Tenay: What a smash mouth match this is going to be I can’t wait!
Christian Cage’s music hits as the TNA World Tag Team Champions Christian Cage and Jeff Hardy make their way down the ramp to a huge ovation.
West: Christian Cage and Jeff Hardy, our Tag Team Champs, just came out of the tunnel and are sitting down right in front of us, looks to me like they might be scouting their competition huh Mike Tenay?
Tenay: You got that right Don!
The Naturals vs. Motor City Machine Guns
Chase Stevens and Alex Shelley start off the match. They lock up quick. Shelley gets him in a standing side headlock, but Chase counters and twists his arm to his back. He gives him a strong elbow to the shoulder and grabs his neck and gives him a spine to knee backbreaker. Chase covers Shelley 1…2...kickout! Chase grabs Shelley by the head, but Shelley counters and drops on his knees getting a chin breaker on Chase. Chase drops to his knees and Shelley tags in Sabin and they double dropkick Chase Stevens. Sabin covers Stevens 1…2…kickout! Sabin picks up Stevens and whips him across the ring and connects with an arm drag. Stevens pops up and Sabin gets another arm drag on Chase. Chase gets up and Sabin dropkicks him and Chase lands in Motor City Machine Guns’ corner. Sabin turns towards Andy and points the gun fingers to him and then goes for his mid air hesitation dropkick, but Chase dodges and nobody home for Sabin as he tries to make it to his corner now. Chase lunges and tags in Andy. Andy goes up top and Sabin runs towards him and Andy nails a cross body on Sabin, but Sabin shifts the weight in the landing and manages a pin on Douglas 1…2…kickout! Sabin and Andy get up, but Andy clotheslines Sabin. Sabin gets up and Andy bounces off the ropes and gets a running DDT on Sabin. Cage and Hardy point to the ring, they are impressed with what they see. Alex Shelley springboards off the top rope, but falls right into an Atomic Drop by Douglas. Chase runs into the ring and the Naturals land the Natural Disaster on Shelley. Sabin gets up and nails a double dropkick on both Andy and Chase and they land hanging themselves up on the second rope. Sabin runs and maneuvers over the top rope then pulls both of their heads down choking them on the second rope. They get up and find Shelley running towards them, but they quickly counter and send him flying over the top rope landing on Sabin. Both Naturals baseball slide out of the ring and grab Shelley and Sabin. Chase rams Shelley spine first into the apron while Andy knocks Sabin’s skull right into the post then puts him in the ring. The Naturals run into the ring and then pick Sabin up to land the Natural Disaster on Chris Sabin. Andy covers Chase 1…2…3!
WINNERS: The Naturals
Tenay: Impressive win by the Naturals and it looks to me like the Naturals are heading to Bound For…
Team 3D’s music hits as Brother Ray and Brother Devon come running past Cage and Hardy into the ring attacking the Naturals.
Team 3D turns Stevens around and nail the 3D on Chase, Andy goes to help, but he, too, falls victim to a 3D.
Ray: I couldn’t give a crap what team Jim Cornette names that will challenge you two clowns for those belts, because we will take them all on and bring them down, there’s no way around the damn matter, we are the best damn team in this industry, we don’t need to prove it, if we have to destroy every damn team in that locker room to do it, we will find ourselves number one contenders for your tag team championships, right Devon?
Devon: Oh My Brohta TESTIFY!!!
COMMERCIAL
BACKSTAGE:
Leticia is backstage with the New! X-Division Champion Christopher Daniels.
Leticia: I am here with the man who won the huge 4 way X-Division Championship match last Sunday at No Surrender, the Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels! Now Chris, now that you completed your goal of becoming X-Division Champ once again, what’s next on the Fallen Angel’s horizon?
Daniels: Well Leticia, now that order has been restored in the City of Angels, Christopher Daniels has nothing on his list except to remain X-Division Champion, now I know for some champions that’s hard these days, but for me especially. With the slew of tremendous X-Division talent TNA has right now, it’s a wonder I am standing here right now as Champ, but I must be that good I guess.
Black Machismo comes into the picture.
Lethal: Ohhhh yeaa, Christopher Daniels, Fallen Angel yeaaa, listen up! Let me be the first to congratulate, ohhhh, you on a great victory last Sunday night.
Daniels: Well thank you Lethal, the best man won I, now that’s the gospel according to the Fallen Angel!
Lethal: Well you know something Chris Bro, I gotta to get something off my chest right now, just as quick as you won that title, you can lose it as well, and I hope you are ready, yeaaaa, because now you got me. We always dreamed of that match and now we can throw down for real! DIG IT!
Daniels: Yea Jay, I remember that dream match, but that’s what it was really was a dream…I’ll give it some thought, check you later Machismo!
Daniels walks off.
Lethal: What did, ohhhh, that mean?
BACKSTAGE:
Lance Hoyt and Robert Roode are in Jim Cornette’s office.
Cornette: Alright boys, big match up next, what the hell did you want to see me for?
Hoyt: Mr. Cornette with all due respect, I just want to know if your boy Roode over here will turn on me in this match just like last Sunday?
Roode: Hey, hey, hey, winning means money and I will do anything for money!
Cornette: Hold it, hold it! Listen, Lance, I don’t know what you are getting all mad about, it was a fair contest, you could have done the same thing to Roode! It’s all in the past now!
Roode: I don’t understand why your “bodyguard†had to big boot me after the match! What the hell was that about!
Hoyt: I handle my altercations with action, you just happened to get on my bad side!
Roode: Am I on you bad side right now huh Lance!?!?! Answer me!
Cornette: Shut the hell up both of you! Hell, I shouldn’t be worried, Harris and AJ don’t seem to be on the same page either…
Cornette walks out of the office with Roode and Hoyt still arguing and Cornette shuts the door. He takes out a napkin from him pocket and whipes the sweat off his forehead.
Tenay: Looks like Jim Cornette’s squad is on the same page if you ask me, they aren’t even in the same book!
AJ Styles’ music hits as the Phenomenal One comes down the ramp.
Chris Harris’ music hits as the Wildcat comes to the ring.
Lance Hoyt’s music hits as Big Lance comes to the ring.
Robert Roode’s music hits as Roode comes to the ring with Ms. Brooks.
AJ Styles and Chris Harris vs. Lance Hoyt and Robert Roode w/ Ms. Brooks
AJ stands on the apron and motions his hand for Harris to start the match. Hoyt and Roode cannot decide who starts off the match. Roode pushes Hoyt forward and slides out of the ring. AJ gets a running dropkick on Hoyt. Hoyt gets up and AJ runs towards him, but Hoyt counters and nails an Atomic Drop on AJ. AJ holds his crotch in pain and Hoyt runs back and goes for a big boot, but AJ ducks and pulls his other leg grounding him and AJ maneuvers him into a half Boston Crab. Hoyt begins to crawl and struggles but gets to the ropes. AJ releases the old and tries to pull Hoyt to the corner, but Hoyt counters and pulls AJ and AJ falls through the second and third ropes out of the ring. Hoyt goes outside and tries to go towards AJ, but Harris runs out to where AJ is and stands in front of AJ protecting him from Hoyt. AJ smirks and pushes Harris into Hoyt. Hoyt manhandles Harris backdropping him on the outside. AJ goes up top and cross bodies onto Lance Hoyt taking him down. AJ grabs him and hurls him into the ring. He springboards and backsplashes off the top rope onto Hoyt into a pin 1…2…kickout! AJ grabs him by the leg and tags in Harris. Chris Harris comes in and repeatedly stomps Hoyt. He picks him up and whips him towards the ropes, but Hoyt counters and whips Harris, Harris bounces off the ropes, but gets an elbow to the back of the head by Roode grounding Harris. Hoyt goes over and slaps Roode across the chest. Roode comes in and twists AJ’s arm and maneuvers into a roll up pin 1…2…kickout! Roode gets up and picks AJ up, but AJ counters with forearms to the face. He turns at Harris, and smiles, then nails a Pele’ on Roode. AJ runs and tags in Harris. Harris comes in and shoulder blocks Roode. Roode gets up and Harris clotheslines him. Roode gets up again and Harris lands a huge faceplant on him. Hoyt runs in and Harris backflips him. Hoyt gets up again and Harris lands the Catatonic on him. Roode gets up and nails a flying clothesline on Harris. AJ goes up top and nails a flying spinning head scissors on Roode. AJ helps up Harris to his feet.
Tenay: Maybe AJ and Harris are on the same page after all!!!
AJ kicks Harris in the ribs sets him up and nails the Styles Clash on the Wildcat. He picks up Roode and throws him on top of Harris 1….2…3!
WINNER: Robert Roode and Lance Hoyt
Tenay: AJ! How could you have done that! AJ Styles has officially turned on Wildcat Chris Harris!!!
Roode gets up at the same time as Hoyt they look at each other and the referee raises their hands in victory.
COMMERCIAL
VIDEO: Highlights from No Surrender of Sting retaining his title and Samoa Joe winning the Gauntlet.
Tenay: Don, last night at No Surrender, Samoa Joe defeated 5 other men in that Gauntlet match to cement his spot on the Bound For Glory card to take on Sting for the TNA World Championship and coming up next these two will meet face to face in the 6 sided ring!
West: I know Mike, last Sunday Sting said if he were to win, he would confront the whole Samoa Joe situation on iMPACT! and I can’t imagine what he has to say!
Sting’s music hits as the TNA World Champion blazes into the iMPACT! Zone with a huge ovation.
Sting: Thank you…thank you. Now I have been around the block several times in this industry and I am so overjoyed to be headlining TNA’s biggest PPV of the year, I truly am. I have done it all and seen it all, and now for one more time the Stinger finds himself in the limelight once again. However, I have had many opponents over the years, but none like my opponent at Bound for Glory, so ladies and gentlemen; I give you the Samoan Submission Machine! Samoa Joe!!!!
Samoa Joe’s music hits as Joe comes to the ring.
Joe: So, look what we got here, the TNA World Champion, the Stinger, the Icon! I am face to face with the greatest wrestler in the business today…Sting. Well Sting, you had some pretty harsh words about me in the past, but I find myself in the number one contender’s spot, so Stinger, what do you have to say now huh?
Sting: Alright, well, I didn’t know it would lead right to this, but alright, this is the approach you are going for, let’s roll with it. Well…
Joe: Let me start you off here Stinger, you called me immature, not in your league, and not championship material, so what about that Sting?
Sting: Joe, I know I said things in the past that might have annoyed you in some way, but that was all in the past, you were not championship material then, and I am starting to doubt you are championship material now! Listen, you won that Gauntlet successfully, but that doesn’t prove to me you are championship material, that doesn’t prove you are in my league, I am a multiple time World champ, that’s the league I am in, you haven’t even won the world title my friend, so it is not your place to judge me. As for being immature, well you can’t really patch up what you did, it’s not manly and it sure won’t win you championships to put your hands on a woman to prove your point! In some cases actions speak louder than words and your actions don’t say anything at all, other than, I beat up women to get the message across which doesn’t fly in my world!
Joe: Well Sting, actions do speak louder than words, so you can stick all your words where the sun doesn’t shine, because in this business it’s not talk, it’s all about action!
Sting: Well Joe, at Bound for Glory, it won’t be about words at all, because when you and me lock up for the TNA World Championship it will…
Jeff Jarrett’s music hits as the King of the Mountain comes down the ramp.
Joe: What the hell are you doing here Jarrett?
Sting: Yes, Jeff, come right in, I am sure I invited you, like always, if you couldn’t tell I was being sarcastic, Jarrett this is between me and Joe, so leave!
Jarrett: Aw Stinger, listen, listen. I have quit trying to get the title match I already see you are going into Bound For Glory as champion, Cornette gave me that speech, but the number one contender spot is up for grabs always, so Samoa Joe I challenge you for your number one contender’s spot!
Joe: What are you crazy Jarrett? Jeez, I agree with Sting get the hell out of my ring son…
Sting: Well, maybe Jarrett has something here Joe, Jarrett is a multiple time champ as well, maybe defeating him might open my eyes to you more huh?
Joe: Shut the hell up Sting, I am not putting my title shot on the line! Sting I have told you once, and I have told you several times since then, but I am telling you again, you take Jarrett’s side in this? You better watch your back if you keep doing what you are…
Jarrett: Well, Joe, I have to tell you, I indeed just came from Jim Cornette’s office and it is official, he is putting you in a number one contender’s match, against me, and it happens next week! Let’s just say he felt bad for me after those thousands of tacks in my spine, he couldn’t give me a title shot so he gave me the next best thing, so Joe you better get ready, lace your boots up kid, you got me next week! Stinger, don’t think I have forgotten about you! After I beat Joe you are next! I will beat your ass and take your title!!!
Joe and Sting look at each other then double clothesline Jarrett. Sting gets Jarrett and nails the Stinger Death Drop on him then Joe picks him up, puts him in the corner and nails the Muscle Buster on Jarrett. The fans go crazy as iMPACT! ends with Sting and Joe staring eye to eye.
Tenay: Joe vs. Jarrett next week for the number one contender’s match for the TNA World Championship!
Card To Be Announced
