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Come one, come all to BKB’s TNA iMPACT!! review, hosted by yours truly, BKB. Tonight, we may hear Sting talk. Although I wouldn’t hold my breath. Anyway, like always, we are from Universal Studios, so let’s get this show on the road.
We start off with a recap of last week’s iMPACT! Joe snapping, Abyss and Morgan coming together, Bashir winning, Hernandez winning, and AJ winning are shown.
We are now with JB backstage with Kurt Angle. Angle says he is here to do two things. Get his stolen gold medal back, and stick the American flag up Jarrett’s ass. Because it’s Planet Angle. The sad thing is, that it is in Angle’s head.
We get our preview for tonight, and we now get some rasslin.
Robert Roode w/James Storm and their ho vs Hernandez w/Hector Guerrero and their ho
Roode goes straight out after Hernandez as he hammers away with right hands. The two brawl on the outside, and Hernandez takes the advantage. We go back into the ring, and Roode takes over with knees, right hands and chops. Hernandez then comes back with chops of his own, before a corner splash, and a delayed vertical suplex. Roode rolls out of the ring to James Storm, and Hernandez goes to jump, when Beer Money move. Hernandez stops, then goes outside and chases Roode, until he gets met with a Walker from Storm. Roode and Storm then double team Hernandez, sending him into the steel steps while their ho makes the distraction. Roode puts Hernandez into the ring, then gets a one. Roode follows up with some kicks, before snapmaring Hernandez and hitting a neck snap. Roode taunts the LAX ho, then goes back after Hernandez, copping some body shots. Roode though comes back with a knee and a neckbreaker for two. Roode then gets the sleeper. Hernandez comes back as he squashes Roode into the corner. Roode then back body drops Roode over the apron, but Hernandez comes in with a flying shoulder block. Hernandez then hits a Walker, a back body drop, and a dominator for two. Hernandez follows up with some shoulder blocks, before running at Roode in the corner, only to cop an elbow. Roode goes up to the second rope and comes off with a neckbreaker. Hernandez gets up and Roode goes for the Payoff, but Hernandez counters with a front suplex. Hernandez then gets Roode up for the Border Toss, but the ho comes in and fight. Roode then comes back with some strikes. Hernandez hits a flying shoulder block on Roode, taking back over. Storm then climbs up onto the apron, and Hernandez attempts to attack him, only for Storm to duck and hold him. Roode tries to get a strike, but Hernandez ducks, then pushes Roode into Storm. Hernandez gets Roode up in a torture rack position, then just drops him. Three count.
Winner: Hernandez
Rating: **1/2
Comments: Great start to the show, no mistakes here.
AD BREAK
JB is backstage, with the Olympic Gold Medallist, AJ Styles. AJ says there is no mystery happening. Not with the baseball bat, and not with the guitar. He then brags about his gold medal. He says he will put it on the line in his match tonight. A Ladder Match. Angle comes in yelling, with security guards restraining him. That’s that done.
We are reminded of the Jarrett guitar. DW says it’s a mystery. Not really. We then run down the rest of the card.
Eric Young and BG James vs Motor City Machine Guns
Everything about EY and BG is a joke. Including their entrance, which was just plain stupid. The Guns look like ninjas. We start this off, and we get some nice chain wrestling, ending with an arm drag from Sabin on Young. They lock back up, and Sabin lands a kick, before whipping Young off. A lot of running, before a dropkick from Young for one. Sabin gets another mule kick, then tags in Shelley. Shelley runs in and gets a drop toe hold before BG tags in. BG hits nothing but kicks and punches, until the Guns hit a reverse STO, dropkick to the back combo. They then hit a drop toe hold elbow combo, and a bridging chin lock, dropkick combo. Fucking awesome offense. They send BG off with an irish whip, but BG then hits a double DDT, before tagging in Young. Young comes in like a house on fire. He sends Shelley out of the ring, then rolls Sabin up for two. Shelley comes in with a cross body on Young. Some nice double team moves again. Shelley tries to jump onto BG on the outside, but BG moves. Sabin then springboards in for a Walker, but Young ducks it. Sabin charges at Young, but gets caught with the Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker.
Winners: Eric Young and BG James
Rating: **
Comments: Fuck BG James.
Shelley shakes his opponents hands, and Sabin then spits on his hand, and slaps BG. Brawl breaks out, the Guns escape.
We go backstage and we are with JB and Kurt in Booker’s locker room. Booker acts like a pompous bitch. Angle and Booker talk about the ‘mysterious’ (right DW) guitar. Angle then asks for Booker to help him in the Ladder Match, in case of guitars. Booker then says he has to take care of one ‘Rhinoceros’ (rofl). Booker says lets have some champagne, but Angle says he doesn’t drink. That must be an insider’s joke.
AD BREAK
We’re back, and we get some Dutt/Lethal hype.
Karen’s Angle now, with So Cal Val. She looks alright. I didn’t really listen to the Val part of the promo honestly. Val just crapped on, and cried. Dutt came in and said he loved her. Dutt goes to kiss Dutt when suddenly GORE! GORE! GORE! How the fuck Lethal knew what was happening is beyond me. Brawling ... until Val gets killed. Apparently. Oh wait no, she has a concussion, and a bruised face (cue the brown paper bag imo).
Consequences Creed hype video.
AD BREAK
Matt Morgan vs Franky Capone
Squash. Capone tries to jump Morgan from behind with a sleeper, but Morgan just flips him over. Capone slaps Morgan, then just gets manhandled. Squashed in the corner. Choked on the ropes. Jumped on. Leg dropped on. Bicycle kicked. Hellavotored. PWNT
Winner: Matt Morgan
Rating: *
Comments: Morgan hits the leg drop. DW: That was hard to watch. Tenay: So hard we should watch it again.
Brother Ray comes out and insults Morgan. He tells he beat a jobber. Orly? Devon jumps Morgan from behind. Of course, Abyss comes out. Surely 3D thought about this when they made their plan to attack Morgan. Abyss cleans house, and 3D run for their lives.
AD BREAK
We are told how hard TNA wrestlers work. This really makes you realise how the booking kills TNA.
Mike Tenay has a sit-down interview with Big Kev. They talk about Joe. Yay! Joe has a temper issue apparently. Nash says the youth today have no respect. Wow he’s old. He says Sting may think that too. Cool.
Lauren is with the Beautiful People, who are talking about Angelina’s title shot at No Surrender against Taylor Wilde. Kip James and the People then mug Taylor Wilde in her locker room. They wrecked her makeup. O noez.
Rhino is backstage with Rhino, and Rhino says he is here to wrestle! I should hope so! GORE! GORE! GORE!
AD BREAK
Four Ways To Glory Qualifier
Booker T w/ Sharmell vs Rhino
We start out with a lock up, Rhino overpowering Booker into the corner. Clean break. Another lock up, and We get both men exchanging hammer locks. Booker then comes back with chops. Booker goes for a hip toss, but Rhino takes him down with a Walker, for two. Rhino gets Booker up, then hits some chops, before a snapmare and a clothesline for two. Rhino goes back to work with hard right hands in the corner, before choking Booker with his boot. Booker comes back with a poke to the eye, then takes the arm and goes for a kick, only for Rhino to dodge, leading into a AA spinebuster from Booker. Rhino makes the cover, but Sharmell puts Booker’s foot across the top rope. Cage walks down the ramp and grabs Sharmell, taking her away.
AD BREAK
We’re back and we get a Booker hype vid. Isn’t there a match happening? Cross the line!
Back to the match, and Booker is in control, as he takes the arm of Rhino, before a heel kick to the head. Booker lifts Rhino up, then snapmares him over, before the sleeper. Rhino fights up and hits some body shots, before he runs off, only to be met with another heel kick. Booker slowly picks Rhino up, then goes for the Axe Kick. Rhino dodges, then hits a big Walker though, sending both men down. Both get up and Booker goes for a Walker, but gets met with some right hands, then a shoulder tackle. Spear in the corner, then a belly to belly. Rhino heads up top and goes for a falling headbutt, only for Booker to move. Booker gets up, Axe Kick ftw!
Winner: Booker T
Rating: ***
Comments: Very good match, the two worked well. Nice clean finish, which surprised me.
Lauren is backstage with Gail, and she asks Gail if Kong will kill her. Kim says that’s a stupid question, and asks if she wants Lauren to pick up her bags and leave? Turns out she did. Gail says we will get a different side of Gail tonight. Probably the squashed side.
AD BREAK
We get Creed vs Williams hype.
X Division Championship
Petey Williams (c) w/ Rhaka Khan vs Consequences Creed
Petey starts of taking a waist lock, and we then get some good old fashioned wrestling. Creed takes over with arm drags. Takedown into a cross arm breaker, before some more counters and chain wrestling. Both men get up, and we start over. Petey runs at Creed, but gets a shot to the gut, then a headlock. Petey comes back with a big forearm, but Creed comes back himself with some chain wrestling. Somersault from Creed into a jumping Walker, that sends Creed to the outside. Creed runs for a baseball slide, but Petey sidesteps then slams him into the crowd barrier. Petey slides into the ring, and Khan launches an attack. Creed then gets back into the ring and rolls Petey up for two, before Petey takes back over using the hair of Creed. Petey chokes Creed on the ropes, then dropkicks him in the back. Bashir appears at the top of the ramp. Some chain wrestling until an elbow drop for Creed for two. Petey takes back over with a jawbreaker, then a kick. Petey gets two, then goes for am elbow, but Creed dodges, then starts a comeback with right hands and a scoop slam. Creed heads up top and hits a leg drop, but just two. Petey goes into the corner, and Creed charges in, but Petey hits a forearm, then the Canadian legsweep. Petey sets up for the Canadian Destroyer, but Creed gets an inverted atomic drop. Petey then scores with a neckbreaker. Two count. Petey tries to brawl with Creed, but Creed comes right back. Springboard bulldog. Big forearm, into an enzuiguri. Military press into a gutbuster. Bashir comes down to the apron, but Creed throws Petey onto him. Creed hits a somersault plancha onto both men. Creed then takes Petey into the ring, and goes for a double axe handle, only to get a gut shot. Petey goes for the Destroyer, but Creed spins out of it and hits a superkick. Creed then sets up for the TKO, but Bashir runs in and hits a kick to the gut, before beating down Creed for the DQ.
Winner: Consequences Creed (but not Champ due to DQ)
Rating: ***
Comments: In TNA, you used to win the title via DQ. Apparently they changed that, although I don’t remember when. The idiots that book this need to actually think.
Bashir and Petey face off.
We then go backstage, and we see the Superqueeros get in an argument with Guitar Hero Inc. My God, what a slobberknocker!
AD BREAK
Gail Kim hype.
Bimbo Brawl
Awesome Kong vs Gail Kim
Gail Kim’s sister, ‘Katie’ is at ringside. Again. Kong runs at Kim, but Kim pulls the ropes down, and Kong falls to the outside. We then get some brawling on the outside, until Kong starts her domination. Irish whip into the ringpost from Kong. Kong throws Kim into the crowd. Kong goes after her, and Kim comes back with forearms. King just clubs her though. Kong tries to squash Kim into the wall, but Kim dodges, letting King crash into it. Kim climbs up the wall, then comes down with a double axe handle. Kim starts to comeback, when Kong just kills her again. Kong starts using an umbrella (she’s hardcore). Kim comes back with forearms, but Kong just kills her again with a boot. King throws Kim back to ringside, and we keep this thing going. Kong grabs a kendo stick, then chokes Kim on the outside with it. Kim looks dead, when she suddenly launches a comeback with the kendo stick. Kim gets Saeed with the weapon, then sends her into the crowd barrier. Kong takes over, then goes for a Walker, but Kim dodges and Kong goes into the ringpost. Kim and Saeed go into the ring, and Kim dominates her. Kim hands Kong a steel chair, then dropkicks it into her face for two. Kim sets the chair up in the corner, wedged between the ropes. Kim goes for a sunset slip to no avail, but then dodges then ass o splash o. Kim hits four walks, but is unable to take her down. Kong goes into the chair headfirst, and gets rolled up for two. Kim goes up top and goes for the cross body, only to be caught. Kong then plants her with the Implant Buster, and gets the three.
Winner: Awesome Kong
Rating: ***
Comments: Another great match.
Saeed brings the chair in, and Kong sends the referee out of the ring. Kong picks Kim up sadistically. A referee climbs in, and Kong leaves Kim, then kills the referee. Gail’s sister climbs into the ring, then checks on Gail Kong sees her and Kong likes. Close up on Katie, Gail’s ‘sister’. They look fucking nothing alike. Seriously, this seems like TNA are thinking their viewers are the morons that go, “They all look alike.†Kong plays with Katie, looking like a madwoman. She then sets Katie up for the Awesome Bomb, but ODB and Roxxi run in with chairs. King leaves the ring, and we have a nice segment.
Hype for AJ vs Angle.
AD BREAK
Kurt Angle hype.
Gold Medal Championship
Ladder Match
AJ Styles (c) vs Kurt Angle w/ Booker T
Booker tries to stop AJ from getting in the ring while Angle climbs a ladder. AJ gets in though and hits some right hands, while Joe runs in and takes care of Booker. Angle rakes the eyes of AJ, then grabs the ladder and attempts to hit AJ, but AJ ducks it, and Angle misses, sending the ladder out to the floor. AJ hits some right hands, then snapmares Angle over, before a kick to the back. AJ gets Angle back up, then goes for an Irish whip, but Angle twists the arm of AJ. AJ goes for a clothesline, but Angle ducks it, then goes for a clothesline, only for AJ to land on his feet. Angle then takes Angle over with a belly to belly, sending him out to the floor. Angle climbs out after AJ, then rams him into the crowd barrier with the ladder. We move back into the ring, and Angle tries to send AJ off, only for AJ to reverse, before his usual leapfrog and drop down, leading into a dropkick. Angle rolls out to the floor, and AJ slingshots down onto him. Sharmell starts to walk down the ramp.
AD BREAK
We are back, and there is a hype vid for AJ. In the middle of a match again.
Back to wrestling, and Angle is choking AJ with his t-shirt. Angle lets go, then starts teeing off with right hands. Angle then grabs AJ, before getting some body shots from AJ. AJ hits some chops, but then gets a drop toe hold into the ladder. Angle grabs AJ, then takes him over with a suplex. Angle sets the ladder up, only to be clubbed from behind. AJ takes over and hits some forearms in the corner, before Angle goes behind and scores with a German. Angle then locks in the sleeper. AJ gets up and knocks the ladder over, before Angle goes for the Olympic Slam. AJ though reverses, and nails a DDT. Both men are down. Both men get up and AJ hits three Walker’s, before hitting a backbreaker. AJ then sets up the ladder slowly. And nowhere near the medal. Angle comes in and pushes the ladder, but AJ lands on his feet, then slams Angle into the ladder leg headfirst. AJ sets up the ladder again, then starts to climb, but Angle gets up and pulls him down, before nailing the Olympic Slam. Angle then starts to climb up the ladder. AJ just gets up, and pushes the ladder, sending Angle down, landing awkwardly on his hips after hitting the ropes. Both men get up, charge at each other, and hit a Walker, sending them both down. AJ runs at Angle, but Angle back body drops him onto the apron. Sharmell grabs AJ’s foot, but he kicks her off, then springboards in and hits the forearm. Joe attacks Booker on the outside, but then gets creamer with the baseball bat. AJ sets up the ladder, and both men climb the ladder. Jarrett’s music hits, as the lights go out. AJ has a guitar, and he smashes Angle with it, before grabbing the gold medal.
Winner (and still Gold Medal Champion): AJ Styles
Rating: ***
Comments: I love this Jarrett thing. Decent all round Ladder Match.
AJ sits on the ladder, holding up the guitar as we go off the air.
Overall Comments: This was a pretty damn good show if you ask me. Continued storyline development, coupled with some good matches. TNA definitely raised the bar this week (as opposed to last week’s shows), and they have to aim for a solid all around show like this every week IMO.
from me.
Any feedback is welcome, as I haven’t been doing this for long, and I’d love to know any improvements I could make. Check out Kaedon’s SmackDown! review, as well as the 45th No Smark Zone (holy shit, this one came out fast). No other reviews this week, so I am out.
Thanks for reading.
We start off with a recap of last week’s iMPACT! Joe snapping, Abyss and Morgan coming together, Bashir winning, Hernandez winning, and AJ winning are shown.
We are now with JB backstage with Kurt Angle. Angle says he is here to do two things. Get his stolen gold medal back, and stick the American flag up Jarrett’s ass. Because it’s Planet Angle. The sad thing is, that it is in Angle’s head.
We get our preview for tonight, and we now get some rasslin.
Robert Roode w/James Storm and their ho vs Hernandez w/Hector Guerrero and their ho
Roode goes straight out after Hernandez as he hammers away with right hands. The two brawl on the outside, and Hernandez takes the advantage. We go back into the ring, and Roode takes over with knees, right hands and chops. Hernandez then comes back with chops of his own, before a corner splash, and a delayed vertical suplex. Roode rolls out of the ring to James Storm, and Hernandez goes to jump, when Beer Money move. Hernandez stops, then goes outside and chases Roode, until he gets met with a Walker from Storm. Roode and Storm then double team Hernandez, sending him into the steel steps while their ho makes the distraction. Roode puts Hernandez into the ring, then gets a one. Roode follows up with some kicks, before snapmaring Hernandez and hitting a neck snap. Roode taunts the LAX ho, then goes back after Hernandez, copping some body shots. Roode though comes back with a knee and a neckbreaker for two. Roode then gets the sleeper. Hernandez comes back as he squashes Roode into the corner. Roode then back body drops Roode over the apron, but Hernandez comes in with a flying shoulder block. Hernandez then hits a Walker, a back body drop, and a dominator for two. Hernandez follows up with some shoulder blocks, before running at Roode in the corner, only to cop an elbow. Roode goes up to the second rope and comes off with a neckbreaker. Hernandez gets up and Roode goes for the Payoff, but Hernandez counters with a front suplex. Hernandez then gets Roode up for the Border Toss, but the ho comes in and fight. Roode then comes back with some strikes. Hernandez hits a flying shoulder block on Roode, taking back over. Storm then climbs up onto the apron, and Hernandez attempts to attack him, only for Storm to duck and hold him. Roode tries to get a strike, but Hernandez ducks, then pushes Roode into Storm. Hernandez gets Roode up in a torture rack position, then just drops him. Three count.
Winner: Hernandez
Rating: **1/2
Comments: Great start to the show, no mistakes here.
AD BREAK
JB is backstage, with the Olympic Gold Medallist, AJ Styles. AJ says there is no mystery happening. Not with the baseball bat, and not with the guitar. He then brags about his gold medal. He says he will put it on the line in his match tonight. A Ladder Match. Angle comes in yelling, with security guards restraining him. That’s that done.
We are reminded of the Jarrett guitar. DW says it’s a mystery. Not really. We then run down the rest of the card.
Eric Young and BG James vs Motor City Machine Guns
Everything about EY and BG is a joke. Including their entrance, which was just plain stupid. The Guns look like ninjas. We start this off, and we get some nice chain wrestling, ending with an arm drag from Sabin on Young. They lock back up, and Sabin lands a kick, before whipping Young off. A lot of running, before a dropkick from Young for one. Sabin gets another mule kick, then tags in Shelley. Shelley runs in and gets a drop toe hold before BG tags in. BG hits nothing but kicks and punches, until the Guns hit a reverse STO, dropkick to the back combo. They then hit a drop toe hold elbow combo, and a bridging chin lock, dropkick combo. Fucking awesome offense. They send BG off with an irish whip, but BG then hits a double DDT, before tagging in Young. Young comes in like a house on fire. He sends Shelley out of the ring, then rolls Sabin up for two. Shelley comes in with a cross body on Young. Some nice double team moves again. Shelley tries to jump onto BG on the outside, but BG moves. Sabin then springboards in for a Walker, but Young ducks it. Sabin charges at Young, but gets caught with the Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker.
Winners: Eric Young and BG James
Rating: **
Comments: Fuck BG James.
Shelley shakes his opponents hands, and Sabin then spits on his hand, and slaps BG. Brawl breaks out, the Guns escape.
We go backstage and we are with JB and Kurt in Booker’s locker room. Booker acts like a pompous bitch. Angle and Booker talk about the ‘mysterious’ (right DW) guitar. Angle then asks for Booker to help him in the Ladder Match, in case of guitars. Booker then says he has to take care of one ‘Rhinoceros’ (rofl). Booker says lets have some champagne, but Angle says he doesn’t drink. That must be an insider’s joke.
AD BREAK
We’re back, and we get some Dutt/Lethal hype.
Karen’s Angle now, with So Cal Val. She looks alright. I didn’t really listen to the Val part of the promo honestly. Val just crapped on, and cried. Dutt came in and said he loved her. Dutt goes to kiss Dutt when suddenly GORE! GORE! GORE! How the fuck Lethal knew what was happening is beyond me. Brawling ... until Val gets killed. Apparently. Oh wait no, she has a concussion, and a bruised face (cue the brown paper bag imo).
Consequences Creed hype video.
AD BREAK
Matt Morgan vs Franky Capone
Squash. Capone tries to jump Morgan from behind with a sleeper, but Morgan just flips him over. Capone slaps Morgan, then just gets manhandled. Squashed in the corner. Choked on the ropes. Jumped on. Leg dropped on. Bicycle kicked. Hellavotored. PWNT
Winner: Matt Morgan
Rating: *
Comments: Morgan hits the leg drop. DW: That was hard to watch. Tenay: So hard we should watch it again.
Brother Ray comes out and insults Morgan. He tells he beat a jobber. Orly? Devon jumps Morgan from behind. Of course, Abyss comes out. Surely 3D thought about this when they made their plan to attack Morgan. Abyss cleans house, and 3D run for their lives.
AD BREAK
We are told how hard TNA wrestlers work. This really makes you realise how the booking kills TNA.
Mike Tenay has a sit-down interview with Big Kev. They talk about Joe. Yay! Joe has a temper issue apparently. Nash says the youth today have no respect. Wow he’s old. He says Sting may think that too. Cool.
Lauren is with the Beautiful People, who are talking about Angelina’s title shot at No Surrender against Taylor Wilde. Kip James and the People then mug Taylor Wilde in her locker room. They wrecked her makeup. O noez.
Rhino is backstage with Rhino, and Rhino says he is here to wrestle! I should hope so! GORE! GORE! GORE!
AD BREAK
Four Ways To Glory Qualifier
Booker T w/ Sharmell vs Rhino
We start out with a lock up, Rhino overpowering Booker into the corner. Clean break. Another lock up, and We get both men exchanging hammer locks. Booker then comes back with chops. Booker goes for a hip toss, but Rhino takes him down with a Walker, for two. Rhino gets Booker up, then hits some chops, before a snapmare and a clothesline for two. Rhino goes back to work with hard right hands in the corner, before choking Booker with his boot. Booker comes back with a poke to the eye, then takes the arm and goes for a kick, only for Rhino to dodge, leading into a AA spinebuster from Booker. Rhino makes the cover, but Sharmell puts Booker’s foot across the top rope. Cage walks down the ramp and grabs Sharmell, taking her away.
AD BREAK
We’re back and we get a Booker hype vid. Isn’t there a match happening? Cross the line!
Back to the match, and Booker is in control, as he takes the arm of Rhino, before a heel kick to the head. Booker lifts Rhino up, then snapmares him over, before the sleeper. Rhino fights up and hits some body shots, before he runs off, only to be met with another heel kick. Booker slowly picks Rhino up, then goes for the Axe Kick. Rhino dodges, then hits a big Walker though, sending both men down. Both get up and Booker goes for a Walker, but gets met with some right hands, then a shoulder tackle. Spear in the corner, then a belly to belly. Rhino heads up top and goes for a falling headbutt, only for Booker to move. Booker gets up, Axe Kick ftw!
Winner: Booker T
Rating: ***
Comments: Very good match, the two worked well. Nice clean finish, which surprised me.
Lauren is backstage with Gail, and she asks Gail if Kong will kill her. Kim says that’s a stupid question, and asks if she wants Lauren to pick up her bags and leave? Turns out she did. Gail says we will get a different side of Gail tonight. Probably the squashed side.
AD BREAK
We get Creed vs Williams hype.
X Division Championship
Petey Williams (c) w/ Rhaka Khan vs Consequences Creed
Petey starts of taking a waist lock, and we then get some good old fashioned wrestling. Creed takes over with arm drags. Takedown into a cross arm breaker, before some more counters and chain wrestling. Both men get up, and we start over. Petey runs at Creed, but gets a shot to the gut, then a headlock. Petey comes back with a big forearm, but Creed comes back himself with some chain wrestling. Somersault from Creed into a jumping Walker, that sends Creed to the outside. Creed runs for a baseball slide, but Petey sidesteps then slams him into the crowd barrier. Petey slides into the ring, and Khan launches an attack. Creed then gets back into the ring and rolls Petey up for two, before Petey takes back over using the hair of Creed. Petey chokes Creed on the ropes, then dropkicks him in the back. Bashir appears at the top of the ramp. Some chain wrestling until an elbow drop for Creed for two. Petey takes back over with a jawbreaker, then a kick. Petey gets two, then goes for am elbow, but Creed dodges, then starts a comeback with right hands and a scoop slam. Creed heads up top and hits a leg drop, but just two. Petey goes into the corner, and Creed charges in, but Petey hits a forearm, then the Canadian legsweep. Petey sets up for the Canadian Destroyer, but Creed gets an inverted atomic drop. Petey then scores with a neckbreaker. Two count. Petey tries to brawl with Creed, but Creed comes right back. Springboard bulldog. Big forearm, into an enzuiguri. Military press into a gutbuster. Bashir comes down to the apron, but Creed throws Petey onto him. Creed hits a somersault plancha onto both men. Creed then takes Petey into the ring, and goes for a double axe handle, only to get a gut shot. Petey goes for the Destroyer, but Creed spins out of it and hits a superkick. Creed then sets up for the TKO, but Bashir runs in and hits a kick to the gut, before beating down Creed for the DQ.
Winner: Consequences Creed (but not Champ due to DQ)
Rating: ***
Comments: In TNA, you used to win the title via DQ. Apparently they changed that, although I don’t remember when. The idiots that book this need to actually think.
Bashir and Petey face off.
We then go backstage, and we see the Superqueeros get in an argument with Guitar Hero Inc. My God, what a slobberknocker!
AD BREAK
Gail Kim hype.
Bimbo Brawl
Awesome Kong vs Gail Kim
Gail Kim’s sister, ‘Katie’ is at ringside. Again. Kong runs at Kim, but Kim pulls the ropes down, and Kong falls to the outside. We then get some brawling on the outside, until Kong starts her domination. Irish whip into the ringpost from Kong. Kong throws Kim into the crowd. Kong goes after her, and Kim comes back with forearms. King just clubs her though. Kong tries to squash Kim into the wall, but Kim dodges, letting King crash into it. Kim climbs up the wall, then comes down with a double axe handle. Kim starts to comeback, when Kong just kills her again. Kong starts using an umbrella (she’s hardcore). Kim comes back with forearms, but Kong just kills her again with a boot. King throws Kim back to ringside, and we keep this thing going. Kong grabs a kendo stick, then chokes Kim on the outside with it. Kim looks dead, when she suddenly launches a comeback with the kendo stick. Kim gets Saeed with the weapon, then sends her into the crowd barrier. Kong takes over, then goes for a Walker, but Kim dodges and Kong goes into the ringpost. Kim and Saeed go into the ring, and Kim dominates her. Kim hands Kong a steel chair, then dropkicks it into her face for two. Kim sets the chair up in the corner, wedged between the ropes. Kim goes for a sunset slip to no avail, but then dodges then ass o splash o. Kim hits four walks, but is unable to take her down. Kong goes into the chair headfirst, and gets rolled up for two. Kim goes up top and goes for the cross body, only to be caught. Kong then plants her with the Implant Buster, and gets the three.
Winner: Awesome Kong
Rating: ***
Comments: Another great match.
Saeed brings the chair in, and Kong sends the referee out of the ring. Kong picks Kim up sadistically. A referee climbs in, and Kong leaves Kim, then kills the referee. Gail’s sister climbs into the ring, then checks on Gail Kong sees her and Kong likes. Close up on Katie, Gail’s ‘sister’. They look fucking nothing alike. Seriously, this seems like TNA are thinking their viewers are the morons that go, “They all look alike.†Kong plays with Katie, looking like a madwoman. She then sets Katie up for the Awesome Bomb, but ODB and Roxxi run in with chairs. King leaves the ring, and we have a nice segment.
Hype for AJ vs Angle.
AD BREAK
Kurt Angle hype.
Gold Medal Championship
Ladder Match
AJ Styles (c) vs Kurt Angle w/ Booker T
Booker tries to stop AJ from getting in the ring while Angle climbs a ladder. AJ gets in though and hits some right hands, while Joe runs in and takes care of Booker. Angle rakes the eyes of AJ, then grabs the ladder and attempts to hit AJ, but AJ ducks it, and Angle misses, sending the ladder out to the floor. AJ hits some right hands, then snapmares Angle over, before a kick to the back. AJ gets Angle back up, then goes for an Irish whip, but Angle twists the arm of AJ. AJ goes for a clothesline, but Angle ducks it, then goes for a clothesline, only for AJ to land on his feet. Angle then takes Angle over with a belly to belly, sending him out to the floor. Angle climbs out after AJ, then rams him into the crowd barrier with the ladder. We move back into the ring, and Angle tries to send AJ off, only for AJ to reverse, before his usual leapfrog and drop down, leading into a dropkick. Angle rolls out to the floor, and AJ slingshots down onto him. Sharmell starts to walk down the ramp.
AD BREAK
We are back, and there is a hype vid for AJ. In the middle of a match again.
Back to wrestling, and Angle is choking AJ with his t-shirt. Angle lets go, then starts teeing off with right hands. Angle then grabs AJ, before getting some body shots from AJ. AJ hits some chops, but then gets a drop toe hold into the ladder. Angle grabs AJ, then takes him over with a suplex. Angle sets the ladder up, only to be clubbed from behind. AJ takes over and hits some forearms in the corner, before Angle goes behind and scores with a German. Angle then locks in the sleeper. AJ gets up and knocks the ladder over, before Angle goes for the Olympic Slam. AJ though reverses, and nails a DDT. Both men are down. Both men get up and AJ hits three Walker’s, before hitting a backbreaker. AJ then sets up the ladder slowly. And nowhere near the medal. Angle comes in and pushes the ladder, but AJ lands on his feet, then slams Angle into the ladder leg headfirst. AJ sets up the ladder again, then starts to climb, but Angle gets up and pulls him down, before nailing the Olympic Slam. Angle then starts to climb up the ladder. AJ just gets up, and pushes the ladder, sending Angle down, landing awkwardly on his hips after hitting the ropes. Both men get up, charge at each other, and hit a Walker, sending them both down. AJ runs at Angle, but Angle back body drops him onto the apron. Sharmell grabs AJ’s foot, but he kicks her off, then springboards in and hits the forearm. Joe attacks Booker on the outside, but then gets creamer with the baseball bat. AJ sets up the ladder, and both men climb the ladder. Jarrett’s music hits, as the lights go out. AJ has a guitar, and he smashes Angle with it, before grabbing the gold medal.
Winner (and still Gold Medal Champion): AJ Styles
Rating: ***
Comments: I love this Jarrett thing. Decent all round Ladder Match.
AJ sits on the ladder, holding up the guitar as we go off the air.
Overall Comments: This was a pretty damn good show if you ask me. Continued storyline development, coupled with some good matches. TNA definitely raised the bar this week (as opposed to last week’s shows), and they have to aim for a solid all around show like this every week IMO.
from me.Any feedback is welcome, as I haven’t been doing this for long, and I’d love to know any improvements I could make. Check out Kaedon’s SmackDown! review, as well as the 45th No Smark Zone (holy shit, this one came out fast). No other reviews this week, so I am out.
Thanks for reading.
