NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Campion; Raven-19/6/05
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Christopher Daniels-13/3/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions: The Naturals-29/4/05
TNA IMPACT
September 2nd, 2005
Impact Zone
The opening recap is Jarrett's quest to get the title shot over Rhino. Not sure why this is being bought back up two weeks later, but i got a baaaaaad feeling.
Match#1 Sean Waltman & Alex Shelley vs Lance Hoyt & Konnan (Candido Cup Semifinals)
The super team is tasked with 4 minutes and they make it work. Konnan tries to do fancy lucha stuff with Shelley, and Alex guides him as best he can before turning it into a fight. Good control seg from the heels as they keep it simple and don't bother to work limbs he's not going to sell. Lance gets the hot tag and pinballs the boys around as his slow growth continues. Kip runs down and distracts the ref, and Pac slips in a low blow and the X-Factor on Lance to steal it.
**1/4
In the back, Jarrett tries to get BG and Truth on his side. He says this started with him and now the list of wrestlers about to be fired has grown and grown. Konnan is teaming with Lance to show who TNA is siding with. Konnan walks on and yells at them all, and Jeff says this is what TNA wants and they won't make it to Spike if they don't work together. Konnan is pissed as Truth says he's trying to give them the heads up. They walk off arguing.
Match#2 Christopher Daniels vs Shark Boy
Shell Yeah, Our hero works the arm to ground the champ and gets really fair with it, and Daniels is pissed and hurt as he thought this would be easy. Sharky keeps it up when he hits a sweet dive on the outside to further hurt the arm. Daniels catches him back in the ring when he pops in his head into the ropes, and he beats the piss out of him in another wonderful control seg.
He hits the BME and Sharky kicks out!!! He goes for the Wings but AJ runs down and gets on the apron to talk some shit, and Daniels walks back into a cradle from Sharky and he loses. SHELL YEAH
**3/4
AJ laughs at him as Daniels loses his fucking mind.
Match#3 Shocker & Chris Sabin vs Ron Killings & Sonjay Dutt (Candido Cup Semifinals)
Opening minutes is everyone getting some time to shine and showing what they can bring to this, and it's a cool little thing. Truth attacks Sabin's arm to turn the tide and he can Sonjay go to work on it, and Dutt's change from lame to really good is shown here as he has some fun work on it. Shocker gets the tag and goes right for Dutt's leg and wreaks it, and Sabin joins and we get a long control seg with a ton of focus on it, and Sonjay sells it. Truth gets the hot tag and whips their asses with a flurry of fire. Sabin and Shocker get into when Sabin sends Truth into his head on accident when he tries to slam Truth. Shocker hurls Truth to the floor out of anger which leaves Sonjay to fight them alone as best he can, but they get it back together and take him out and Sabin beats Sonjay with a cradle
**3/4
Post match, Sabin and Shocker yell at each other but they shake hands and leave.
Match#4 Monty Brown vs Sonny Siaki w/Apollo
2 minutes of nothing before Kip attack Apollo on the floor and fights Sonny. Monty takes Siaki out with the Pounce and beats his ass with a chair for the DQ
POOP
Post match, Monty and Apollo have a terrible fight. Kip thankfully gets in and brains the fucker with a chair to the face. Lance Hoyt then runs out for the save. Oh no, don't you dare.
We get a sick hype video for Abyss/Rhino vs Sabu/Raven next week. The highlight is Raven bringing up Backlash 2001 and saying it was the best hardcore match ever, and it's only a taste of what he's going to do to him this time.
Match#5 James Storm w/Chris Harris vs Chase Stevens w/Andy Douglas & Jimmy Hart
Super hate filled fight right away after months and months of playing nice, and it's so fucking good. Storm is a great heel for the night as he beats the fuck out of this little shit. Harris is also wearing evil bad guy sunglasses, so it's all coming together. Storm kicks the shit out of him back in the ring, and Chase is a good FIP taking a wicked ass beating. Really show how much the Nats have grown over the last year. His attempted comebacks are fun as he gets closer and closer, and Storm gets desperate trying to hold on as he gets his shit rocked. Harris gets into itt with the other two to distract the ref, and back in they kill each other with double superkicks. Harris gets the ref to look at Andy, and he quickly rolls Storm on top to steal it. FUCK YES
**3/4
Harris drags a dead Storm to the back with the biggest shit eating grin on his face. Not a full turn as of yet, but i am so happy TNA is finally going in the correct direction after a year of them treading water and not doing much of note.
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Christopher Daniels-13/3/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions: The Naturals-29/4/05
TNA IMPACT
September 2nd, 2005
Impact Zone
The opening recap is Jarrett's quest to get the title shot over Rhino. Not sure why this is being bought back up two weeks later, but i got a baaaaaad feeling.
Match#1 Sean Waltman & Alex Shelley vs Lance Hoyt & Konnan (Candido Cup Semifinals)
The super team is tasked with 4 minutes and they make it work. Konnan tries to do fancy lucha stuff with Shelley, and Alex guides him as best he can before turning it into a fight. Good control seg from the heels as they keep it simple and don't bother to work limbs he's not going to sell. Lance gets the hot tag and pinballs the boys around as his slow growth continues. Kip runs down and distracts the ref, and Pac slips in a low blow and the X-Factor on Lance to steal it.
**1/4
In the back, Jarrett tries to get BG and Truth on his side. He says this started with him and now the list of wrestlers about to be fired has grown and grown. Konnan is teaming with Lance to show who TNA is siding with. Konnan walks on and yells at them all, and Jeff says this is what TNA wants and they won't make it to Spike if they don't work together. Konnan is pissed as Truth says he's trying to give them the heads up. They walk off arguing.
Match#2 Christopher Daniels vs Shark Boy
Shell Yeah, Our hero works the arm to ground the champ and gets really fair with it, and Daniels is pissed and hurt as he thought this would be easy. Sharky keeps it up when he hits a sweet dive on the outside to further hurt the arm. Daniels catches him back in the ring when he pops in his head into the ropes, and he beats the piss out of him in another wonderful control seg.
He hits the BME and Sharky kicks out!!! He goes for the Wings but AJ runs down and gets on the apron to talk some shit, and Daniels walks back into a cradle from Sharky and he loses. SHELL YEAH
**3/4
AJ laughs at him as Daniels loses his fucking mind.
Match#3 Shocker & Chris Sabin vs Ron Killings & Sonjay Dutt (Candido Cup Semifinals)
Opening minutes is everyone getting some time to shine and showing what they can bring to this, and it's a cool little thing. Truth attacks Sabin's arm to turn the tide and he can Sonjay go to work on it, and Dutt's change from lame to really good is shown here as he has some fun work on it. Shocker gets the tag and goes right for Dutt's leg and wreaks it, and Sabin joins and we get a long control seg with a ton of focus on it, and Sonjay sells it. Truth gets the hot tag and whips their asses with a flurry of fire. Sabin and Shocker get into when Sabin sends Truth into his head on accident when he tries to slam Truth. Shocker hurls Truth to the floor out of anger which leaves Sonjay to fight them alone as best he can, but they get it back together and take him out and Sabin beats Sonjay with a cradle
**3/4
Post match, Sabin and Shocker yell at each other but they shake hands and leave.
Match#4 Monty Brown vs Sonny Siaki w/Apollo
2 minutes of nothing before Kip attack Apollo on the floor and fights Sonny. Monty takes Siaki out with the Pounce and beats his ass with a chair for the DQ
POOP
Post match, Monty and Apollo have a terrible fight. Kip thankfully gets in and brains the fucker with a chair to the face. Lance Hoyt then runs out for the save. Oh no, don't you dare.
We get a sick hype video for Abyss/Rhino vs Sabu/Raven next week. The highlight is Raven bringing up Backlash 2001 and saying it was the best hardcore match ever, and it's only a taste of what he's going to do to him this time.
Match#5 James Storm w/Chris Harris vs Chase Stevens w/Andy Douglas & Jimmy Hart
Super hate filled fight right away after months and months of playing nice, and it's so fucking good. Storm is a great heel for the night as he beats the fuck out of this little shit. Harris is also wearing evil bad guy sunglasses, so it's all coming together. Storm kicks the shit out of him back in the ring, and Chase is a good FIP taking a wicked ass beating. Really show how much the Nats have grown over the last year. His attempted comebacks are fun as he gets closer and closer, and Storm gets desperate trying to hold on as he gets his shit rocked. Harris gets into itt with the other two to distract the ref, and back in they kill each other with double superkicks. Harris gets the ref to look at Andy, and he quickly rolls Storm on top to steal it. FUCK YES
**3/4
Harris drags a dead Storm to the back with the biggest shit eating grin on his face. Not a full turn as of yet, but i am so happy TNA is finally going in the correct direction after a year of them treading water and not doing much of note.
