July 31, 2002
9:00PM hits on the Eastern seaboard as the screen dims, before vibrant yellow, gold, red and black strokes fill the shot. The TNA logo pops up before we fade inside THE ASYLUM- where over a thousand rabid fans are on their feet, shouting “TNA! TNA!” at the top of their lungs!
We pan around The Asylum to see the TNA Girls, still in bikinis, dancing in their lair! Everyone is extra HOT inside The Asylum tonight, mostly because of tonight’s JAMPACKED CARD…but also because the air conditioning is BROKE AGAIN, as the HVAC guy wasn’t being compensated what he was worth via The Jarrett’s and quit!
In other words…TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION HAS REACHED IT’S BOILING POINT!!!
We head down to ringside…and guess who’s back…back again…Don West and “Professor” Mike Tenay are back…tell a friend…there’s your cheesy summer 2002 reference for this week! West and Tenay greet us as they excitedly run down tonight’s card:
Tag Team Grudge Match
NWA Champion Mike Awesome & Ken Shamrock vs. Ekmo & Rhino w/Don Callis
Bunkhouse Brawl #1 Contender’s Match
Jeff Jarrett w/The Evil Empire vs. Scott Hall w/The Kru
X-Division Championship- Three Way Dance
©AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Jerry Lynn
Singles Match
6Pac w/The Kru vs. Brian Lawler w/Tylene Buck
Mystery Opponent Tag Team Match
Raven & Vampiro w/FJM vs. D’Lo Brown & ???
Tag Team #1 Contender’s Match
Murderaz Row vs. Air Canada vs. Amish Roadkill & Danny Doring
X-Division Showcase Match
Amazing Red vs. Elix Skipper
After running down tonight’s MASSIVE card, we stick around at ringside for some X-Division action to kick us off!
Match 1- X-Division Showcase
Amazing Red vs. Elix Skipper
Skipper has been red-hot the past few weeks, picking up wins on consecutive shows- will he makes it three in a row tonight? Amazing Red is coming off two big losses, however he wasn’t pinned in those two matches, and is looking to climb back up the ranks here in the X-Division!!
These two start out with a torrid pace! Red sweeps the legs, goes for a standing moonsault, Skipper rolls out of the way, Red lands on his feet, kicks Skipper in the head…Skipper falls into the ropes where Red leaps over…
AMAZING RED LEAPS OVER THE ROPES WITH A BULLDOG ON SKIPPER…WHO’S NECK SMASHES INTO THE TOP ROPE!!!
Red is right back on the apron but Skipper is waiting with a hard kick to the side of the head! Red almost falls off the apron but Skipper holds onto him, and then yanks him forward through the middle rope…Red lies in between the ropes as Skipper quickly hops to the top…
ELIX SKIPPER LEAPS OFF THE TOP ROPE WITH A LEGDROP ON AMAZING RED WHO IS IN BETWEEN THE ROPES!!!
The Asylum is on their feet as they can barely keep up with the pace of this thing!!!
Skipper brings Red inside the ring where he attempts to go for SUDDEN DEATH, but Red slithers out of it, but hangs onto Skipper and turns it into…
CODE RED FROM AMAZING RED!!!!!
Red goes for the cover….
1…2…NOOO!!!
Skipper reaches overhead and grabs onto the bottom rope at the last second!
Red slams the mat, not knowing with else to do! Red then climbs to the top rope and turns around…
RED WITH A MOONSAULT…
WAIT!!!
SKIPPER CATCHES HIM IN MID-AIR…
AND HITS THE SUDDEN DEATH!!!!
Skipper with the cover….
1…2…3!!!
Winner at 7:00- Elix Skipper
Elix Skipper has won his THIRD MATCH IN A ROW!!! On three consecutive weeks, nonetheless! Skipper gets his hand raised, as The Asylum pops loud for him!
Skipper leans down to the fallen Red and offers a handshake, and Amazing Red accepts!
West and Tenay put Elix Skipper over some more on commentary, saying he is in the driver’s seat for an X-Division Championship, as soon as NEXT WEEK!!!
We head to the basement of The Asylum, as has become the norm here in TNA every week- where DOOMSDAY is sitting in the corner. “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden plays faintly (but the volume up a bit more than past weeks) in the background…We see Raven sitting in the corner, while Vampiro and Father James Mitchell flanking him on each side.
The massive wooden crate from last week is on the side of FJM, still with the numbers “12261919” printed on the front, rocking back and forth uncontrollably. FJM rests his cane on the top of the box as he begins…
“The contents of this crate will secure Doomsday’s fate for eternity!!”
FJM lets out a sadistic laugh as he continues…
“Inside this crate is HELL ON EARTH! Doomsday will grow stronger by one…but that big ‘one’ will give us everything we need for complete and total annihilation!”
The camera spins around to a jump scare of Vampiro’s face, before it spins towards Raven…
“D’Lo Brown, whichever poor soul you have chosen tonight will pay just as much as you will…see…we didn’t start this, you did. Instead of accepting your fate, you decided to temp it…QUOTE THE RAVEN…NEVERMORE!!!”
We cut to a video package, hyping up the NEWEST Tag Team in TNA- they’re not new per se…just putting them together gives this team name a great ring…
KID KASH AND EZ MONEY!!!
Highlights of them over the past six weeks are shown, before we cut to the two of them posing with wads of cash in their hands, standing in front of two black Cadillac Escalades! Both men look into the camera with smug looks on their faces…
“KASH$ has arrived, and we are here to collect!”
One more shot of Kid Kash and EZ Money holding wads of cash in front of their Escalades fills our screen before we fade to black…
Sticking with the TAG TEAM DIVISION, we head back down to ringside as we get ready for our next matchup, a HUGE TAG TEAM #1 CONTENDER’S MATCH!! All three of these teams were involved last week, where AMW walked away with Tag Team gold!
Match 2- Tag Team #1 Contender’s Match
Murderaz Row vs. Air Canada vs. Amish Roadkill & Danny Doring
This one starts out as an all out brawl! Homicide and Tyson Hart duke it out, Teddy Hart and Amish Roadkill brawl in the corner, and Low Ki and Danny Doring fall through the ropes to the floor!
Roadkill takes control of Teddy Hart and clotheslines him over to the floor! Roadkill turns around and takes a dropkick from Tyson Hart through the middle rope! Tyson turns around as Homicide is there with a superkick that sends him over the ropes!!
Everybody besides Homicide is on the outside floor…Homicide winds up, races off the ropes…
HOMICIDE DIVES THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROPE, FLIPPING IN MID-AIR ONTO EVERYBODY AT RINGSIDE!!!
Homicide stands on his feet and taunts the crowd as West and Tenay put over Murderaz Row’s athleticism, which is on full display right now!!
Homicide’s celebration is short-lived when Roadkill is back on his feet…
LARIAT FROM ROADKILL!!!
Homicide gets upended as Roadkill drags him back inside the ring, but before he can, Low Ki is on the top rope…
FLYING CROSS BODY ON ROADKILL ON THE APRON…BUT ROADKILL CATCHES HIM….
Air Canada is still on the floor, and as they get to their feet…
ROADKILL TOSSES LOW KI ONTO AIR CANADA AT RINGSIDE!!!
Homicide has recovered inside the ring but Danny Doring is waiting….Doring goes for a quick rollup but Homicide over-rotates out of it…
AND RUNS RIGHT INTO A SIDEWALK SLAM FROM AMISH ROADKILL!!!
Roadkill and Doring have Homicide right where they want him, but WAIT! LOOK UP!!!
TYSON AND TEDDY HART FLY THROUGH THE AIR WITH STEREO DIVES ONTO ROADKILL AND DORING!!!
This gives Low Ki enough time to head to the top, where he flies off…
DOUBLE STOMP TO DANNY DORING!!!
Low Ki tries to pin Doring but Teddy Hart grabs a hold of him and tosses him through the middle ropes!!
Homicide, Roadkill and Doring are all down inside the ring…Tyson lifts up Doring…Teddy heads to the top…
TAPPIN THE TREEEE!!!!
Tyson is right back onto his feet where he INTERCEPTS HOMICIDE right before he can breakup the pinfall attempt from Teddy on Doring…
1…2….3!!!
Winners at 8:00 AND NEW TAG TEAM #1 CONTENDER’S- Air Canada
Air Canada celebrate up the apron as they seemingly stole this one from Murderaz Row!!! The Asylum loves Air Canada, but the pop they are getting at the moment is almost too loud…Air Canada turns around on the ramp…
IT’S AMERICA’S MOST WANTED!!!!
The NWA Tag Champions stand tall, holding up their gold, starting right down at Tyson and Teddy Hart!
There is mutual respect between the four men, but the stage is set for NEXT WEEK- AMW versus AIR CANADA for the NWA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
We quickly cut to the back where THERE IS COMMOTION GOING ON!!!
MONTY BROWN and BRIAN LEE are throwing absolute HAYMAKERS at each other in the hallway!!!
SHANE DOUGLAS joins in with some kicks on Monty Brown for good measure, but Monty is UNLEASHED tonight after what happened last week!!
Douglas and Lee get Monty good as they toss him into the wall, leaving him on the floor!
The new dynamic duo then begins to walk down the hallway…but before they can…
MONTY BROWN IS FULL SPEED AHEAD LIKE A HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE…
POOOUUUNNCEEEE TO SHANE DOUGLAS AND BRIAN LEE…
RIGHT THROUGH THE HALLWAY WALL!!!!
All three men end up in a vacant dressing room, while TNA Security pulls them apart from each other!!!
TNA President Jim Cornette is on the scene, shaking his head as all three men have caused damage to The Asylum…
“Since you two feel the need to break down walls in order to fight…NEXT WEEK- MONTY BROWN VERSUS BRIAN LEE- NO DQ MATCH!!”
Jim Cornette looks at the carnage of the wall broken down to its studs and shakes his head…
“And the loser will pay for this damn wall to be repaired! What is this? A frat house?”
The Asylum cheers at the match announcement, as we now have another match set for what will be a STACKED show NEXT WEEK- MONTY BROWN against BRIAN LEE in a NO DQ MATCH!!!
We head over to Goldilocks who is standing by with BRIAN LAWLER and TYLENE BUCK! Lawler seems extra irritated tonight, most likely because of his poor showing last week against Ken Shamrock! Lawler takes the mic out of Goldy’s hand…
“Let’s get one thing straight. Last week was a fluke! A fluke, I tell ya! I wasn’t even ready, and that crazy ass Ken Shamrock didn’t even give me time to get set…see…I was kissing the most beautiful woman in the world, and I’ll never apologize for that…right, honey?”
Tylene Buck seems a bit distant from Lawler tonight, probably because she is embarrassed that he keeps losing…Buck gives a fake smile as Lawler continues…
“Tonight, I do to 6Pac what Ken Shamrock did to me! 6Pac, you don’t have a chance once that bell rings, and after I beat you in under thirty seconds, I will go straight to Jim Cornette and DEMAND a World title shot!”
Lawler grabs Buck by the hand as they head off the set, and we send it back down to ringside…
West and Tenay hype up our next matchup, 6Pac up against Brian Lawler!!!
Match 3- Singles Match
6Pac w/Ron Killings vs. Brian Lawler w/Tylene Buck
The official bell rings and Lawler has learned his lesson from last week, as he is geared up to go. 6Pac charges at him and then stops on a dime, as Lawler braces for impact! 6Pac laughs, Ron Killings laughs at ringside, and Tylene Buck even lets out a smirk…
With the games out of the way, these two chain-wrestle for a brief period before 6Pac turns up the heat! Pac tosses Lawler into the corner and follows it up with a SPINNING HEEL KICK IN THE CORNER!!!
Lawler is dazed as 6Pac places him on the top turnbuckle. 6Pac heads up there with him…
6PAC GOES FOR A TOP ROPE HURICANRANNA…
BUT LAWLER LANDS ON HIS FEET!!!
Lawler points to his head, showing The Asylum how smart he really is! Lawler turns around…
ROUNDHOUSE KICK FROM 6PAC!!!
Lawler looks out at Tylene Buck, almost as if to tell her to distract the referee….
Tylene Buck begrudgingly heeds Lawler’s command as she climbs up onto the apron…
Ron Killings heads over to Buck’s side of the ring to see what she is about to do…
Back inside the ring 6Pac charges at Lawler, but Lawler reverses it with a drop toe hold…
6PAC’s head hits Referee Slick Johnson’s legs…which in turn forces him forward…
TYLENE BUCK FALLS OFF THE APRON…
ONLY FOR RON KILLINGS TO CATCH HER!!!!
Killings holds onto Buck, looks down, and is a lucky man at this exact moment in time as he smiles while The Asylum cheers him on!!
Lawler is still distracted, turns right around…
X-FACTOR!!!!
6Pac waited to strike and executed it to perfection!!!
1…2…3!!!
Winner at 5:00- 6Pac
6Pac gets his hand raised as The Asylum cheers loudly for him and Killings!!
Down at ringside, after what seems to be a very long moment between Killings and Buck, Killings lets Buck down as she looks back, smirk on her face. She looks inside the ring at 6Pac who is posing on the top turnbuckle and lets out another smirk, followed by a blush forming across her cheeks.
Lawler gets to his feet and chases after Buck, and he is NOT HAPPY! He forcefully grabs Buck’s arm and storms up the ramp, in what has been another embarrassment for Brian Lawler here in TNA!!
We head over to Goldilocks, who is standing by with D’LO BROWN! Brown seems upbeat and excited…
“Doomsday, tonight my mystery partner and I will show YOU that we aren’t here to play games! You can talk in cryptic messages, but none of that sticks to me, I let my work inside the ring do the talking…and tonight, me and my surprise partner will be showing all of your Halloween asses the door!”
D’Lo does his signature head bob as he struts off the set…
Back down at ringside, West and Tenay hype up the big match about to take place, as The Asylum anxiously awaits D’Lo Brown’s mystery partner…
D’Lo Brown heads through the curtain and pauses at the top. He points back to the curtain as green and purple smoke engulf the entrance way…suddenly, we see a tall figure, a big hat, and a bunch of women parading out…
The Asylum goes nuts for D’Lo Brown’s tag team partner!!!
IT’S PIMP DADDY CHUCK!!!!
We know that’s his new name because Professor Tenay is all over it and told us so! D’Lo daps up Pimp Daddy Chuck, and the two longtime friends along with “The Ladies of The Evening” begin to head down the entrance ramp!
As D’Lo and Chuck wait inside the ring, a team of TNA ring crew have been tasked with pushing the massive wooden crate down to the bottom of the entrance ramp. Doomsday follows out, now coming out to the tune of “Black Hole Sun” while The Asylum looks on in awe.
They may not be fan favorites, but Doomsday makes you quickly pay attention whenever they are in eyesight…
Match 4- Mystery Tag Team Match
Raven & Vampiro vs. D’Lo Brown & Pimp Daddy Chuck
Raven and D’Lo immediately begin to throw hands! Raven takes control, and then tags in Vampiro. Vampiro goes to work on D’Lo, but D’Lo reverses a suplex attempt and delivers one of his own into his corner of the ring!
D’Lo then tags in Chuck, who The Asylum cheers loudly for!
D’Lo and Chuck team up on Vampiro in the corner of the ring, as Pimp Daddy Chuck begins to warm up the train…
PIMP DADDY CHUCK WITH A BIG SPLASH IN THE CORNER…WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS THE ESCORT EXPRESS!!!!
Raven sulks on the apron as he looks down at Father James Mitchell and nods, telling him it is time to open the crate…
FJM heads over to the crate and sticks a key in the padlock, unlocking it…
Mitchell pulls the hinges down on the crate…
“ABYSS! YOU HAVE BEEN SET FREE!”
FJM shouts…
AND OUT COMES AN ABSOLUTE FUCKING UNIT OF A MONSTER!!!!
The Asylum is stunned silent at the sight of this massive individual! He stands near 7 feet tall, well over 350 pounds, has long hair, a mask, and a black psych ward outfit on, that reads “HENDERSONVILLE PSYCH WARD 12261919” in bright orange lettering on the back…
A B Y S S
1 2 26 19 19
This MONSTER quickly enters the ring, lifts D’Lo Brown up by the head…
AND TOSSES HIM TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RING!!!!
Referee Rudy Charles quickly calls for the bell, and gets the hell out of the ring…
Winners at 2:00 VIA DQ- D’Lo Brown & Pimp Daddy Chuck
Raven and Vampiro put the boots to Chuck, and ground him enough for Raven to pick up his motionless body…
EVENFLOW DDT TO PIMP DADDY CHUCK!!!
The MONSTER ABYSS then picks up D’Lo Brown once more, and swings him around before SLAMMING HIM HARD TO THE MAT!!!!
Father James Mitchell is beyond giddy with excitement as he laughs uncontrollably!
Raven does his signature arms-stretched out pose before falling down to both knees! Vampiro, Father James Mitchell and this MONSTER who we call ABYSS stand on each side of their leader! The lights inside The Asylum turn pitch black sans one spotlight shining down on Doomsday…
A team of medics comes out to quickly rush D’Lo and Chuck to the back, while Doomsday poses in the center of the ring!
West and Tenay hype up Doomsday and this new monster FJM has seemingly snuck out of the nearest Psych Ward! Raven said after tonight he would be shifting his focus towards bigger things, and with Doomsday now at full strength, anything is possible!!!
We cut over to a vignette. The camera is high above in the sky, as a hawk flies underneath. We then head down to ground level where tumbleweed kicks by. A dust cloud fills our screen before words pop up in the center:
“DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS”
The camera zooms over to a sign which reads “Northern Lights Ranch” before heading to a house where three people sit on the porch…
The three men are STEVE CORINO, MALICE AND JACK VICTORY!! Corino, making a mockery of Terry Funk’s promo last week, sit on a rocking bench. Corino spits chewing tobacco into a cup as he looks up at the camera…
“Terry Funk, to really know your enemy, you have to mimic his lifestyle. And after spending time on my ranch, I can now clearly see why it is so easy to kick your ass!”
Corino and his crew share a laugh before he continues…
“This sedentary lifestyle. Sitting on your porch, watching the time go by. Hell, I feel 85 years old just like you by sitting here all damn day!”
The scene cuts as we now see Corino training for his Amarillo Street Fight against Terry Funk next week!
Steve Corino lifts big bails of hay and tosses them through the air…
He runs down a beaten path while Malice and Jack Victory follow on horseback…
Corino wraps a baseball bat in barbed wire and swings it hard in the direction of a scarecrow that dons a “Funk University” t-shirt…
Corino trains hard on his “ranch” before sitting back down on the front porch, beer in hand…
“All in a day’s work…Terry Funk…I now know what its like to be a rancher…living in Amarillo for an entire three hours has made me re-evaluate my life…I realize I NEVER want to come back to this shit hole…and next week…I make sure you never leave this place AGAIN!”
The scene fades out as one last graphic pops up:
AUGUST 7, 2002- AMARILLO STREET FIGHT
TERRY FUNK VERSUS STEVE CORINO
We head back down to ringside where West and Tenay hype up the big Amarillo Street Fight NEXT WEEK here on TNA!! They then shift focus to hype up our next matchup, AJ Styles’ FIRST X-Division Title defense against both Jerry Lynn AND Christopher Daniels!!
We see highlights of last week where Daniels and Lynn pinned Kid Kash and EZ Money simultaneously to advance…AJ Styles then hits the ring and drills Jerry Lynn in the back with the X-Title!
Following the highlight reel, Goldilocks is standing by with AJ STYLES! Styles stands confidently with the X-Title around his shoulder as he gives some words before the big match…
“Let’s put it this way, Goldy. I have with me what no other man in this sport has- this piece of gold right here! And as long as I have breath in my body, this X-Division title stays with me!”
AJ Styles holds the X-Title belt out front and center before continuing…
“And as for Jerry Lynn, let’s make one thing crystal clear- I DON’T need your guidance! I DON’T want you as my mentor! I know more about this business than you’ll ever know, so after I pin YOU tonight, don’t come knocking on my door again!”
We head back down to ringside as we get ready for A HUGE X-TITLE THREE WAY DANCE!!!
Match 5- X-Division Championship- Three Way Dance
©AJ Styles vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Christopher Daniels
This one starts off HOT, with Lynn and Daniels teaming up to neutralize the Champ, AJ Styles! After Lynn dumps AJ to the outside, he turns around…
DANIELS IS WAITING WITH A JUMP KICK TO THE SIDE OF JERRY LYNN’S HEAD!!!
Daniels then takes control of Lynn, showing that there are NO FRIENDS here in this Three Way Dance! Daniels sends Lynn off the ropes, and catches him, twirling him around in mid-air…
TILT-A-WHIRL BACKBREAKER!!!
Daniels then sets his mark and connects with a STANDING MOONSAULT!!!
Daniels with the cover, looking to steal this one…
1…2…NOO!!!
AJ STYLES FLIES THROUGH THE AIR ONTO DANIELS, CONNECTING WITH THE SPIRAL TAP!!!
AJ Styles then begins to take control of the match, as he tosses Daniels into the corner. He follows it up with a big flying forearm! Lynn has recovered and races towards Styles in the corner but Styles senses him coming and moves out of the way, causing Jerry Lynn to crash into the corner!!
AJ kicks Lynn in the back before hoisting him up onto the top turnbuckle. He then pushes Lynn down backwards, and Jerry Lynn is now in THE TREE OF WOE!!!
With Lynn not able to escape, Styles picks up Daniels in a powerslam position and runs forward…
SLAMMING DANIELS INTO JERRY LYNN!!!
Both men are down, and AJ Styles looks like a million bucks right now!!
Styles ascends to the top as he looks to take both Lynn and Daniels out! He waits for both of them to get to their feet…
STYLES LEAPS OFF WITH A FLYING CROSS BODY…
BUT LYNN AND DANIELS CATCH AJ IN MID-AIR!!!
Lynn holds onto Styles as Daniels races off the ropes…
LYNN AND DANILES CONNECT WITH A DROPKICK/SPINEBUSTER COMBINATION!!!
Styles is down, and after Daniels gets to his feet, he spins Lynn around…
ANGELS WINGS…NOO!!!
Lynn uses his strength to and back body drops Daniels to the mat! Lynn picks Daniels right up…
CRADLE PILEDRIVER…NOOO!!!
Daniels muscles out of it and pulls a TORNADO DDT from out of nowhere!!!
Daniels sets Lynn up in the corner, as AJ Styles is still down on the opposite side of the ring…Daniels leaps up all three turnbuckles…
BEST…
MOONSAULT…
EVER!!!!
Daniels connects and bounces up from the impact…
RIGHT INTO AJ STYLES’ GRASP…
AND RIGHT INTO A STYLES CLASH!!!!
Styles rolls Daniels over!!!
1…2…3!!!!
Winner at 12:00 AND STILL X-DIVISION CHAMPION- AJ Styles
AJ Styles waited for his moment to strike, and strike he did as he comes away with a victory in his first title defense!!
Styles is handed his X-Title which he quickly pulls away from Referee Andrew Thomas!
AJ Styles celebrates on the top turnbuckle as he looks back down at the fallen Christopher Daniels and Jerry Lynn! Styles taunts both men as he heads up the entrance ramp, holding his X-Title high above his head!!
West and Tenay put over the match we all just saw, saying that AJ Styles is at the pinnacle of the X-Division right now, and there is NOBODY out there that can seemingly stop him!!!
We head over to Goldilocks who is standing by with JEFF JARRETT and THE HARRIS BROTHERS! Noticeably absent is Roadhouse James, something Goldy points out right away…
“Where is Roadhouse James? I’m about to fight in one of the biggest matches in TNA history and that’s all you can ask me? Roadhouse James happens to be an accomplished Country singer if you didn’t know…and tonight he is busy recording for his new hit album!”
Jarrett looks over at Ron and Don and shakes his head in disappointment before he continues…
“But as for tonight…Scott Hall…count your days getting paid, my friend! Because tonight, when I embarrass you in front of the entire world…on my way to what is rightfully mine in an NWA Championship opportunity…you’re gonna wish you stayed up North, because there ain’t gonna be nothing good for you here in TNA…AND YOU CAN CHOKE ON THAT…SLAPNUTS!!!”
Jarrett and The Evil Empire head off the set as we send it back down to West and Tenay, who begin to hype up our HUGE #1 CONTENDER’S MATCH- IN A BUNKHOUSE BRAWL!!!
Match 6- NWA Championship #1 Contender’s Match- Bunkhouse Brawl
Scott Hall vs. Jeff Jarrett
Before Hall and Jarrett even have a chance to throw a punch, Referee Rudy Charles gets a message in his earpiece and rushes over to Ring Announcer Jeremy Borash. Borash nods as he begins to speak…
“By orders of TNA President Jim Cornette, NOBODY will be allowed at ringside for either man! I have been informed that Ron Killings, 6Pac, Ron and Don Harris report to the back immediately!”
The Asylum loves the announcement, as Jarrett is beyond PISSED!!
Two can play that game, Jeff Jarrett!
After everybody clears the ringside area, the bell rings and we are under way!
Hall takes control early on, hitting all of his signature moves on Jarrett! The abdominal stretch with the slap to the head, a fallaway slam, and a big boot!
Hall is in complete control as he tosses Jarrett over the ropes and to the floor! Jarrett responds with a LOW BLOW! Jarrett then slams Hall face-first into the steel steps!
Jarrett pulls a table out from underneath the ring, followed by a few chairs and a trash can! Jarrett tosses everything besides a chair and the table inside the ring. Jarrett then sets up the table at ringside as he stomps on the fallen Hall.
Jarrett goes to smash Hall’s face into the steel steps once more but Hall blocks the attempt, kicks Jarrett in the gut…
HALL WHIPS JARRETT INTO THE STEEL GUARD RAIL!!!
Jarrett bounces off of the guard rail, holding his back in pain! Hall then picks up a chair…
HALL WITH A HUGE CHAIR SHOT TO THE BACK OF JEFF JARRETT!!!
Hall slides Jarrett back inside the ring before following. Hall tosses Jarrett into the corner and follows it up with a running side elbow to Jarrett!! Hall picks up the trash can and places it over the head of Jeff Jarrett. Hall picks up a steel chair…
SCOTT HALL SMASHES THE STEEL CHAIR INTO THE TRASH CAN ON TOP OF JEFF JARRETT’S HEAD!!!
Jarrett falls in a heap to the mat as Hall calls for the end! Hall takes the trash can off of Jarrett and goes to place him in the OUTSIDER’S EDGE POSITION…
But Jeff Jarrett counters by getting down on all fours, crawling underneath Hall’s legs!
Hall races towards Jarrett, lunging at him by the ropes…
JEFF JARRETT DUCKS…
AND SCOTT HALL KNOCKS THE CAMERA MAN OFF THE APRON THROUGH THE TABLE AT RINGSIDE!!!!
The Asylum gasps as the camera man took a sick bump!!! The TNA Medical Staff quickly rushes down the ramp to check on the camera man as Hall stares down at the camera man with a concerned look on his face…
HALL TURNS AROUND AND GETS BLASTED IN THE HEAD BY JEFF JARRETT’S GUITAR!!!!
Jarrett then lifts Hall back up, guitar still broken over Hall’s neck…
JEFF JARRETT HITS THE STROKE!!!!
1…2…3!!!
Winner at 14:00 AND NEW #1 CONTENDER- Jeff Jarrett
Jarrett celebrates as he climbs to the top turnbuckle, soaking in the NUCLEAR HEAT he has with The Asylum!!! Jarrett looks down at the fallen camera man, points, winks and nods…hmm….who was that camera man? We will never find out….
The Harris Brothers come rushing down to celebrate with their leader as they embrace Jeff Jarrett on the entrance ramp!
Back inside the ring, Scott Hall has finally gotten to his feet and looks out, disappointed! The Asylum still loves Scott Hall, and they give him a big ovation!
West and Tenay talk about how Jeff Jarrett is our new #1 contender to Mike Awesome’s NWA Championship, and seriously question whether or not Roadhouse James was working as a camera man tonight…
We head to the backstage area where NWA Champion Mike Awesome and Ken Shamrock are walking together! They share a mutual respect for each other, and the two are as close to friends as they could be. Awesome and Shamrock fist bump as they continue walking, talking strategy...The two have a big main event match, which is up NEXT!!!
Over at the Interview set, Goldilocks is with DON CALLIS, RHINO, AND EKMO! Callis seems nervous as Rhino and Ekmo are having a stare down at the current moment…Goldy asks Callis if he feels confident about tonight’s main event…
“Confident? Look at what’s standing next to us! Two of the most feared men in wrestling…and I’ve signed them both! Mike Awesome, Ken Shamrock, take a good look in the mirror, because after tonight, neither of you will ever look the same after MY TWO MONSTERS re-arrange your faces!”
Don Callis tries his best to hype up his team, or maybe himself, but nonetheless, Rhino and Ekmo seem geared to kick somebody’s ass, regardless if they end up kicking each other’s asses by the end of the show…
Main Event- Tag Team Match
NWA Champion Mike Awesome & Ken Shamrock vs. Ekmo & Rhino w/Don Callis
Ekmo carries out with him a small black bag, which he tells Don Callis to put in the corner of the ring…Callis doesn’t know what is inside the bag, but does as he is told…
The official bell rings, and Referee Slick Johnson gets the hell out of the way!!!
All four men charge at the center of the ring!
Shamrock takes on Rhino while Awesome and Ekmo trade haymakers!
Rhino reverses Ken Shamrock’s grasp as the two roll outside the ring and to the floor!
Awesome and Ekmo continue trading blows, until Awesome gets the upper hand and knocks Ekmo with a right hand that sends him flying to the floor! Ekmo stumbles into Shamrock and Rhino….LOOK UP!!!
MIKE AWESOME SKIES THROUGH THE AIR WITH A DIVING SPLASH ONTO EVERYBODY AT RINGSIDE!!!
The reigning NWA Champion is right back to his feet as he soaks in the roars from The Asylum!!
Awesome targets Ekmo, but Rhino is up and smashes Awesome in the back! Rhino then sends Mike Awesome FLYING over the announcer’s desk!!!
Don Callis is starting to get relieved as he sees Ekmo and Rhino work together, taking turns punching Ken Shamrock on the outside!
They toss Shamrock back inside the ring as Ekmo climbs to the top rope. Inside the ring, Rhino connects with a HUGE SPINEBUSTER on Shamrock…
EKMO FLIES OFF WITH A MOONSAULT ON KEN SHAMROCK!!!
1…2…NOOO!!!
Mike Awesome pulls Ekmo’s leg from underneath the bottom rope to break it up! Awesome then tosses Ekmo effortlessly into the steel steps!!!
Awesome pulls a table from underneath the ring but doesn’t have long as Rhino is there to smash him over the head!
Shamrock slowly gets to his feet inside the ring and rolls out…he latches onto Rhino…
GERMAN SUPLEX FROM KEN SHAMROCK TO RHINO ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP!!!
Mike Awesome nods at Ken Shamrock for the assist as he slides the table inside the ring, setting it up in the corner. Ekmo slides in and goes for some offense on Awesome, but Awesome is waiting…
MIKE AWESOME DRILLS EKMO WITH A LARIAT!!!
Shamrock and Rhino both find their way back inside the ring. Mike Awesome has Ekmo up…looking for an AWESOME BOMB…
BUT DON CALLIS CLIMBS UP AND HOLDS ONTO EKMO’S LEG, PREVENTING AWESOME FROM HITTING IT!!!
Awesome drops Ekmo to the mat as he focuses his attention towards Don Callis…
MEANWHILE…
RHINO HAS MOVED THE TABLE INTO THE CORNER!!!
With Awesome distracted, Ekmo is back up to his feet…
SAVATE KICK TO KEN SHAMROCK!!!
Shamrock is dazed and tries to get to his feet right near the table. He turns around...
AND EATS A GORE THROUGH THE TABLE!!!
Ekmo goes over to the bag he told Callis to place in the corner earlier on…AND PULLS OUT A SAMOAN STRAP!!!
What is a Samoan Strap you might ask? A belt with studs and spikes sprinkled up and down…
EKMO WHIPS MIKE AWESOME ACROSS THE BACK WITH THE SAMOAN STRAP!!!!
Awesome falls through the ropes and to the floor!!!
Ekmo turns around as Rhino has given him Ken Shamrock on a silver platter. He points down at Ken Shamrock…
“FINISH THIS MOTHERFUCKER BEFORE I DO!!!”
Ekmo leaps to the top…
MOONSAULT TO KEN SHAMROCK!!!
1…2…3!!!
Winners at 15:00- Ekmo & Rhino
Don Callis is ELATED as his dynamic duo has worked together…for this week at least…and won the match!!!
Don Callis grabs a mic and heads inside the ring to celebrate before talking…
“Mike Awesome…Ken Shamrock…Asylum…Total Nonstop Action…THIS IS YOUR NEW REALITY!!!”
The Asylum pelts the ring with garbage as Rhino and Ekmo stand tall…
“Next week, Mike Awesome…Ekmo gets one last chance at your title…and if you are man enough to accept…MIKE AWESOME VERSUS EKMO…IN A SAMOAN STRAP MATCH!!!”
Mike Awesome has been challenged to a Samoan Strap Match against a Samoan…for his NWA Championship…NEXT WEEK!!!
Callis drops the mic as West and Tenay try their best through their anger to hype up what we’ve just witnessed! The camera pans in to Mike Awesome, who is lying on the outside, and zooms in onto his back to see it already welted up with blood trickling down!!!
West and Tenay signs us off, the credits begin to roll, and the last shot we see this week is the very unlikely trio of Ekmo, Rhino and Don Callis standing tall while The Asylum pelts them with garbage!!!
Elix Skipper defeated Amazing Red
Air Canada defeated Murderaz Row & Amish Roadkill/Danny Doring in a #1 Contender’s Match
6Pac defeated Brian Lawler
D’Lo Brown & Pimp Daddy Chuck defeated Raven & Vampiro via DQ
X-Division Champion AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels & Jerry Lynn to retain
Jeff Jarrett defeated Scott Hall in a Bunkhouse Brawl to become the new #1 Contender for the NWA title
Ekmo & Rhino defeated NWA Champion Mike Awesome & Ken Shamrock
BT NOTE: Another week in the books. Hope you all enjoy. Things are starting to heat up, and will only get crazier from here on out! I'll see you all next week, same time, same place!
