Donnie watches TNA 2006

[BigVanDonnie]

NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Campion; Jeff Jarrett-3/11/05
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Samoa Joe-11/12/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions; America's Most Wanted-22/10/05

TNA IMPACT; NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL
JANUARY 1ST, 2006
IMPACT ZONE

This is 21 minutes long in a really cool idea.

Christian and Tenay are in the ring as fireworks and the countdown to midnight go off. Mike officially announces STING as the newest member of TNA. Cage says this is a huge moment and he doesn't mean to upstage Mike, but he's announcing that the main event of Final Resolution on the 15th will be himself and Sting vs Jarrett & Monty. JJ shows up and mocks Cage for always going for cheap pops because he can't climb the mountain because he doesn't have what it takes, and that's how he rolls. Christian says it's nice to see he finally grew some nuts and showed life, so he's going to abuse him right now. They fight in the ring and it's really good again, but Monty attacks from behind to turn the tide. Rhino shows up and attacks JJ, but AMW get involved as well. 3D now show up and a massive brawl breaks out before the camera cuts out. Awesome stuff.

Match#1 America's Most Wanted (c) w/Gail Kim vs AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels (NWA-TNA World Tag Team Championships)
Wonderful opening story of Daniels being hurt from the earlier attack, but fighting through and not letting it stop him. AJ holds up his end and helps him out and they mesh SO well together already, and have even better chemistry with AMW right off the bat. They dominate Storm for a while as beat him down and show off , but Harris sneaks in a lariat to Daniels to isolate him. AMW targets the bad brain with great strikes and work on the outside ramming him into the rails, and it's another fun shithead bully beating. Daniels selling rules as he's woozy and grabbing as his face in a way that truly makes you feel he could pass out at any moment as a result. Daniels manages to get free and tag in AJ! Our hero going insane on AMW with some awesome big bombs that send them all over the place. He breaks out the gorgeous flip dive onto them, and looks to have it in the bag, but Harris won't die and fights back. Finishing run is short but good as hell as they ramp it up big time. The ref is bumped and misses AJ pinning Storm after the Clash, and then Shannon Moore runs in the ring and kicks AJ in the back of the head and hits a diving neckbreaker to KO him, and Storm makes the pin to retain the titles.
***

"Shannon Moore just PUNKED AJ Styles"-Mike Tenay

A music recap of last weeks show closes us out.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Campion; Jeff Jarrett-3/11/05
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Samoa Joe-11/12/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions; America's Most Wanted-22/10/05

TNA IMPACT
January 7th, 2006
Impact Zone

Tonight. Roode vs Truth. 6 man X-Division tag match. A special tribute to Sting.

Match#1 Team 3D vs Lex Lovett & Buck Quartermain
Mike announces AMW vs 3D for the titles at the PPV, which doesn't sound all that appealing, but they earned it. Fun little squash as they beat the tar out of the jobbers and look to care again, which is very nice of them. 3D ends it.
*1/2

Post match, Bubba gets the mic and says it's time to get down to business. He lists all the tag titles the've held over their career, which is 18 in total. Final Resolution will be their final destiny as the NWA titles are the most prestigious titles in this business. He would give up the other 18 reigns just to hold them ONCE! It would seperate them from all the other teams including the Road Warriors. Weird bit to throw them in when they never held the WCW/ECW titles, but Bubba has always been obsessed with them. STILL, really good promo as it's all passion.

In a pre-tape, Sonjay says Sting will bring all the fans to the company and give them the stamp of approval.

In the back, Shane speaks to Planet Jarrett. Jeff says Sting hasn't been on TV in 5 years yet TNA is rolling it all out for him, when they've never got any of that respect. He says they're going to give Sting a tribute of his own. EY asks if that might make him mad, so Jeff calls him a moron and asks him to find Monty. Asshole. D'Amore walks on and says Jackie has given him a letter and he read it and he wants to know if he has some loose lips, and it mentions Canada more than once. Jeff says women take everything out of context and it needs to stop. He takes the boys with him to get ready for later.

Konnan and his new crew come out to the ring for their match. Konnan says BG let Kip disrespect him when he drove a wedge between them. He declares his new force the Latin American Xchange. Awesome name, but it's going to take me a while to get used to any version that's not the real one.

Match#2 Homicide & Apollo w/Konnan vs The Naturals
This all of 27 seconds of Apollo being awful and Ci throwing one armed punches as his shoulder is cooked from an ROH show a few weeks before this. Konnan gets in and punches the ref for the DQ
5150

Konnan hits both of the Nats with the infamous Slapjack. BG & Kip run down and fight them on the outside, and Ci is way better here as he can straight up brawl. He throws Kip into the post, and LAX beat the shit out of BG and lay him out with the Slapjack. Kip runs back in with a chair and holds the ring.

In another pre-tape, Sabin says his favourite memory of Sting is at Starrcade 97.

In the back, Jackie storms out of Larry's office as he tries to chase after her, but Shelley, Aries and Roddy walk around the corner and get in his face! Larry says he doesn't have the time, but Aries gets pissed and cuts him off and says he bets he would have the time if he was Christopher Daniels or AJ. They came here because TNA is where NEW stars are meant to be made, but he sees old ones like Christian and Rhino. Larry says when he was coming up he picked fights and earned his spot. Aries laughs it off and asks if they're meant to pick a fight with some baseball players to get on TV. Larry says they need to win matches and it takes time. Aries once again says there is more to X-Division than Joe and AJ, AND THEY ARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF STARS. FUTURE LEGENDS, IF YOU WHEEL. They're not even on the next PPV, what's with that. Jerry Lynn shows up after months and months away and tells them to focus on their match tonight and stop whining and winning, they can be on the PPV. AMAZING segment.

Match#3 Ron Killings vs Bobby Roode w/Scott D'Amore
Truth wins with a rollup in 6 seconds.
LOL

Post match, Roode grabs the mc and screams no way and he wasn't ready and everyone knows it. He says 4LK is dead because he's a lowlife thug loner. Truth runs back in and the ref rings the bell again.

Match#4 Ron Killings vs Bobby Roode w/Scott D'Amore
Roode punches the hell out of him in anger and attacks him in the corner, and it's good stuff, but Truth fights back and gets another rollup to win when Roode tries to get the stick.
LMAO

This time, D'Amore gets the mic and calls this the cheapest crap he's ever seen, and he should get back in there now that they're ready for him. Truth gives chase, but Roode takes his head off with a Lariar and the match is back on.

Match#5 Ron Killings vs Bobby Roode w/Scott D'Amore
Bobby again kicks the hell out of him with gross chops and a nasty chin lock. Truth again fights back with a ton of fire and cleans Bobby's clock. D'Amore distracts him and it lets Roode hit the Northern Lariat to win.
*

In another pre-tape, AJ says he thought it was so cool when Sting when from the old school to the Crow. AJ never watched wrestling prior to starting, so this rules so much.

In the back, Samoa Joe ignores Shane at first, and then says he needs to ask Daniels what he thinks about him. The man who put him in hospital for a month and made it so he couldn't hold his newborn son. There's a thin line between brave and stupid, and you cross that line when you get in the ring with him. He's going to cover the towel with his blood and end his career. Shane asks for a comment on Sting, but Joe screws his face up and leaves.


Match#6 Alex Shelley, Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs Christopher Daniels, Chris Sabin & AJ Styles
My fucking God what a lineup. Tenay then up this by saying AJ is facing Hiroshi Tanahashi at the PPV. Holy shit, 2006 rules already. Fantastic opening minutes as MCMG explode and go at it, and my goodness it's so good. The other get in and show off, and that's wonderful as hell as well. Aries is the first to break as he decks AJ after the dropkick with a gross forearm to the neck, and GenNext swarm him and beat the complete shit out of him! Offence and selling is the best, and everyone needs to watch this. ALEX MONKEY FLIPS AJ UP INTO A RODDY DROPKICK AND AJ FALLS BACK DOWN ON SHELLEY'S KNEES, AND ARIES COMES OUT OF NOWHERE TO HIT A SPRINGBOARD SENTON ONTO AJ AS HE'S STUCK THERE. Aries keeps it up and unloads a corner dropkick that breaks AJ's brains in half. AJ hits a hail Mary Pele and tags in Daniels, and the Angel goes off on his hot tag beating these little bastards butts. It all breaks down and we get a sick dive train, but Aries and Roddy smash Daniels face into the rail and he's out of it. AJ tries to save and fights Aries on the outside, but Sabin is all alone and eats a Gutbuster and the Slice-Bread#2 to give the boys the win.
***1/2

In another pre-tape, Christian says Sting showing up is a statement that TNA is the future of the business.

JJ now comes out and brings out members of the Planet dressed as different eras of Sting, EY as Surfer Sting. Harris as Crow Sting, and Storm comes out dressed as a chicken for some awful reason. Monty Brown nows comes out in a golf outfit with a baby in a pram to show he's now an old man who doesn't listen to Toby Keith anymore.

Monty cuts a Monty promo on the baby about being the Stinger of 2006 and says that's how he strolls. Christian now comes out very upset and says they look like jagoffs out there. He brings 3D out as well and they rush the ring for a fight. Abyss attacks the faces and kills them all, but Rhino runs down for the save, and DW says they're fighting at the PPV. Rhino kills him with the Gore and stands tall with the faces

 

[BigVanDonnie]

NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Campion; Jeff Jarrett-3/11/05
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Samoa Joe-11/12/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions; America's Most Wanted-22/10/05

TNA IMPACT
January 14th, 2006
Impact Zone

Tonight. AMW vs Christian & Rhino. Mr TNA 2005 is awarded.

Match#1 Abyss w/James Mitchell vs Jay Lethal
Sadly a little over 90 seconds of Jay getting murdered, but it's a good murder. So, call it even. Mitchell is now pretending to have a detonator in his hand as TNA are cowards and won't give him a real one, but he presses it and the BHS ends it.
*

The 2005 TNA awards are announced in a video package and they are amazingly bad for the most part
-Tag Team of the Year-Team 3D
-Knockout of the Year-Jackie Gayda
-Match of the Year- Sabu vs Abyss at Turning Point
-Finisher of the year- Canadian Destroyer
-Feud of the Year - AJ vs Daniels (great work stealing my hard work, TNA)
-Moment of the Year- Christian's debut

In the ring, Mike covers said awards and officially announces AJ Styles as Mr TNA for the 3rd year in a row. AJ comes out and thanks the fans for it, and says Tanahashi is going to see who the most Phenomenal wrestler in the world is tomorrow night. Shannon Moore sneaks in and throws powder in AJ's eyes and steals the award. Punk thief over here.

Hype for AJ/Tana

They air a recap of 4LK's death and the debut of LAX, and show clips of Bullet getting knee surgery as a result.

in the back, Shane is with Kip and BG. BG doesn't know where all this crap this came from, or what pit of hell this came from where Konnan is concerned. They were family, AND THAT WAS MY DADDY, YOU SON OF A BITCH. YOU BOYS ARE HEADED FOR A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH THE JAMES GANG. Awesome promo, and a far better name for this team.

Match#2 Samoa Joe vs Cassidy Riley
Daniels joins commentary, and Joe smiles at him and shows off the bloody towel like the baddest motherfucker in the world. Chris says he's way too smart to play the obvious card of attacking him, and he's waiting until tomorrow where he can take all his cards in one fell swoop. Joe kills this complete nerd in amazing fashion with all the killer stuff, and Riley takes a beating. AJ and Moore run down fighting over the award and they get in the ring, AND JOE DECKS AJ WITH A FOREARM! AJ comes too and drops him in the Pele in revenge and runs back off. Joe is now pissed and nukes him with strikes and beats him with the Combo.
**

Post match, Joe gets a chair and goes for the Muscle Buster like he did to Daniels, and Chris shouts to leave him alone! And he can't help himself and runs in and fights him and they have a great fight before Daniels kicks the chair into Joe's face and smashes it off his back, and runs the big man off. Fantastic stuff.

In the back, Shane asks Jackie about the letter from last week and demands to know what was in it. Jackie refuses to answer and keeps saying this is between her and Jeff, and that letter had her demands in it. D'Amore walks on and says she's blowing this out of proportion, and Jackie says they're involved in something. Scott says he's a liar, but they should work together and make some money. Jackie says only if her demands are met would she do it. AJ and Moore run past and fight again until blackshirts drag a very pissed off AJ to the back.

Match#3 Petey Willams, A1 & Eric Young vs Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt & Matt Bentley w/Traci
DW shills all the DVD at ShopTNA.com. Bless. Fun 4 minute sprint as the good wrestlers work their asses off to cover for dorks like Matt and A1, and it's good times. Sonjay is isolated and gets his head beaten in. Shelley walks down and films the match, and DW dubs it the Shelley Cam. Sabin has a fun hot tag going nuts on everyone, and he and Petey are great together as always., and then things break down. Shelley trips Sabin from the outside, and Petey hits the CD to win.
**1/4

In a pre-tape, Raven covers the last 3 years since he showed up from stealing the title to getting scalped (as he calls it the most painful thing he's ever experienced) and winning the title. He actually hopes Larry brings in someone from his past again as there is no one who going to stop him from achieving his destiny once more.

In another pre-tape, JJ and Monty talk about the influx of WWE stars who are the flavour of the month, while they're getting pushed aside.. They promise to get rid of Sting and Christian and take TNA back for themselves. Sting is the flavour of the minute and that minute is ending at Final Resolution. JJ says he respects Sting, but the tribute was the truth and he'll show everyone.

Match#4 America's Most Wanted w/Gail Kim vs Christian Cage & Rhino
CC is now 100% awesome as a babyface as he and Harris go at it to start and he's bouncing him around with all the fire in the world. Shows how amazing he is that it only took this short of a time for it to click, and you'd think he was doing it for years. Rhino gets in and has his arm and shoulder targeted by AMW right away, and they wreak in great MX like fashion working a limb. Rhino's selling is very good. Cage gets a fake hot tag as he gets 20 seconds of offence before Harris belly to belly's him over the ropes to the fucking floor. Jesus, man. AMW beat the shit out of him, and his selling of the back rules so much. Rhino gets the tag is a house of fire and whatnot, and Storm eats a ton of sit for him. The bullshit hits when Gail sneaks in and boots CC in the nuts, and then 3D run down and shove her off the top. They get in the ring and hit Harris with the reverse 3D, and then Rhino kills Storm with the Gore. Cage hits the Frogsplash to win.
**3/4

Post match, another wild brawl breaks out as TNA can't help themselves as you can't go wrong with a good brawl, and i do love me some brawls. All the PPV opponents face off around and in the ring, and Monty kills Christian with the Pounce. JJ then breaks the guitar over his head and hugs Monty. THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND SEEK AND DESTROY HIT AND WE HERE THE FAMOUS WOOOOOO. HIS VOICE HITS AND HE SAYS TO LET THE MIND GAMES HIT AS HE CALLS OUT PLACES WHERE HE COULD BE, AND THEN SAYS IT'S GOING TO SHOWTIME AT FINAL RESOLUTION.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Campion; Jeff Jarrett-3/11/05
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Samoa Joe-11/12/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions; America's Most Wanted-22/10/05

TNA FINAL RESOLUTION
JANUARY 15TH, 2006
IMPACT ZONE​

Match#1 Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong & Austin Aries vs Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt & Matt Bentley w/Traci
GenNext kicking off the PPV is such a heartwarming beautiful thing Shame this all goes away in a month because a snowstorm, but life ain't fair sometimes. Alex and Sabin both have tinted blonde and black hair and look like a team of sorts, and they should maybe form one and become all timers. They go at it again to start and it's beyond cool and good as hell, and everyone else plays their parts in the early parts very, very well. Sonjay gets crotched on the top rope, and the fellas quickly go to work beating the shit out of him in a wonderful control seg showing off everything they can do. Jerry Lynn watches at ringside as Mike explains he's now an agent working behind the scenes to help the kids in the Division. GenNext break out that sick combo on Sonjay, and this time Alex ends it with a gross crossface to twist Sonjay's stupid head off. Sabin has a fantastic hot tag going insane on them in a flurry, and it's the coolest stuff in the world. It all breaks down and hits that wonderful 100 miles an hour spotfest part where it's all mind blowing and awesome as possible. Matt takes Roddy out with the Superkick, but Shelley rolls him up with a handful of tights to steal it.
***

Post match, the fans give everyone a standing ovation in a well deserved moment.

Recap of 4LK's breakup. One thing to note is that silly dipshit Apollo no showed the PPV and has been fired, so LAX is now just Konnan and Ci for the moment. Might need to get a Machete to even it up.

Match#2 The James Gang vs Elix Skipper & David Young w/Simon Diamond
Tenay notes this is their fist PPV tag match in 6 years, and i sure hope TNA doesn't run a feud with the team they faced in that last match. Sort of ok showcase for the Gang, even if it's far too long at 7 minutes and change. Skipper and DY do the bulk of the work and help these assholes look good, which is far too kind of them to do. BG is isolated for a while, and the boys kick his teeth in, in a fun control seg. Kip has an awful hot tag and beats Skipper with the One & Only now dubbed "Bullet Ride"
*1/4

In the back, Shane is with Daniels talking about great moments making great careers. Christopher says he was amazed it took Joe 6 months to finally speak and be that inaccurate as he's never been beaten by Joe despite what he says. Joe said he's injured, yet last night he didn't look infirm when he beat him in half. Joe says he's going to take a new towel and mop up jhis blood with it. Well Joe, Look into his eyes, does he seem like a man scared to shed blood for something he believes in. Joe believes he's unbeatable and no man in the X-Division can stand up to him, well he believes there is a big difference in unbeaten and unbeatable. He believes the reign of terror is coming to a swift end, and there is only him and he's going to spread his gospel at his expense. Say your prays, Joe. Holy shit, that rocked.

Match#3 AJ Styles vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
A wild, wild match to even think it happened before the famous ones, but it's amazing it's here for all to see. Tana uses his speed and wonderful mat skill to get the best of AJ to start, so AJ uses his speed in return and smashes his face in with the dropkick to send him to the floor. AJ stays on him and lights him up with some shots, so Tana fires back with a gross headdrop German. Tana controls him for a while and while he's not the ACE and all that, he's still one of the best ever kids ever, and he dog walks AJ for a while with some great stuff. AJ rules as fighting from underneath as always and does everything he can to get out, and once he does he bashes him in return with stiff strikes and big bombs. They move into a fun back and forth finishing run, and it's good stuff as you'd expect with both dudes looking fantastic.Sadly, LOLTNA hits as Shannon Moore runs in and goes to hit AJ with the award, but he ducks and Tana gets brained with it. AJ takes Moore out with the Pele, and beats Tana with the Clash. Fuck you.
**3/4

Post match, AJ and Tana show respect for each other, but Moore runs back in and steals the award. This is awful, My God.

"Hype" for Raven and his mystery challenger.

In the back, Raven rants about power corrupting Larry and how he's destroyed his true love and the only reason he's never blown his brains out. Either way, someone's getting hurt.

In the ring, Larry covers the stip and brings out Sean Waltman as the mystery challenger. Great work bringing back this piece of shit after what he did to Candido's family. LOLTNA.

Match#4 Raven vs Sean Waltman (Title Shot vs Career-No DQ)
They have a plunder brawl and while it's not early 2005 for either man, it's still a ton of fun as they kill each other with nasty shots and die on every bump. Raven takes a trash can to the face and the TNA camera's film him blading for a full minute. Pac beats the crap out of him with a shopping trolley into the ribs over and over in a really gross series of shots that kill poor Raven over and over. THEY FIGHT ON STAGE AND RAVEN PUTS HIM IN IT AND THROWS HIM OFF THE STAGE, AND PAC CATCHES HIS BACK ON THE EDGE BEFORE HE FALLS OFF TO THE FLOOR. FUCKING HELL. Raven swarms him and kicks his ass back to the ring and brings in more plunder to wreak his brains. The ref gets taken out and Raven nails the Evenflow, but no one is there to count. Larry gets in and acts as the ref, but he slow counts for Raven like a real bastard. They move into a fun back and forth where Waltman gets his ass kicked and misses a bronco buster onto a ladder and crushes his dick. They fight on a ladder, but Larry grabs Raven's leg, AND PAC HITS THE X-FACTOR THROUGH A TABLE AND MAKES THE PIN. RAVEN GETS HIS FOOT ON THE ROPES BUT LARRY MAKES THE 3 ANYWAY AND ENDS RAVEN'S CAREER. SON OF A BITCH NOT LIKE THIS.
***

Might be my bias showing, but that was way more fun than it had any right to be, and you know what? Fuck it, my boy can have it.

Post match, Larry raises Sean's arm as we get an amazing camera shot of Raven's foot still on the ropes throughout. Larry gets the mic and drops an all timer "Hey Raven, as per our agreement, this was do or die, AND YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU DIED" He calls blackshirts out to kick him out of his arena. Cassidy runs down to try and help, but Raven tells him not to, and instead walks out without a fight.

In the back, Truth says he's always making history in TNA because he's the suntanned superman. Konnan walks on and is mad he never called him back. Truth says he's happy now and this is over. Konnan says he's always had his back and never gave him bad advice, and Truth agrees. Truth says he's can't trust him after what he did to Bob, and he's only trusting himself. Konnan keeps asking if thinks he would do that to him, and Truth can't give an answer. Konnan says Truth is outnumbered and LAX can and will have his back. Think about it.

In the back, Raven is walking out as Larry taunts him and throws his bags to him and tells him to have a nice trip and not to forget to write. Jackie Gayda walks on and speaks to Raven about having things in common like being screwed by people. She walks off with Larry as Raven is left standing there like an asshole.

Match#5 Ron Killings vs Bobby Roode w/Scott D'Amore
Truth keeps trying to roll him up like last time, and Bobby gets very upset. Truth keeps doing it and controls a lot of the start, and even hits a sick flip dive that catches Roode right in the head with his feet. D'Amore causes a distraction like he always does, and Roode slams Truth into the post to take over. Really good basic beating from Bobby for a while, and i mean that as a compliment as he's really built for it, and you can tell why HHH adores him so much. Truth fights back and we quickly move into the finishing run which is fine and whatnot, but Truth cracking his skull for longer is needed. Konnan comes out and maybe accidentally distracts Truth, and Bobby nails the Lariat to win.
**1/2

Post match, K-Dawg tries to make nice, but Truth wants no part of it and gets in his face. BG comes out and says we've got a family reunion and he's kicking his ass. He rushes the ring, but Homicide comes out from the other side and decks him! They beat him up as Truth walks off. Kip runs down and kills Ci with a chair shot and helps BG up to his feet.

In the back, Mitchell and Abyss are standing by. James says Sting showing up means the battle lines have been drawn, and Rhino is in a battle he can not win. He's too worried about his life and daughter over his career, and he could be world champion right now. His slaughter is coming and it will be the top of his recent loses. Tonight, Abyss has him scheduled for extinction.

Hype for Rhino/Abyss.

Match#6 Rhino vs Abyss w/James Mitchell
Woooo Monster fight. They trade blows right away and Rhino holds nothing back as his uses his compact size to punch a hole in the big man's life and pinballs him over the place. Great bumps from Abyss. They fight on the outside and use some chairs to kill each other, because fuck it kill each other. Good setups using it to brain each other in between fun brawling, and i have high hopes for a proper gimmick match between them down the line. Rhino cracks him in the skull with some wicked shots that drop him like a sack of shit. The last one catches Abyss right on top of his head. Mitchell grabs Rhino's leg with his cane, and Abyss is able to slip in a chain shot to the face. Mitchell CLICKS DOOMSDAY once, but Rhino is able to fight through and beats him down and goes for a Rhino driver, but Mitchell grabs his leg again to stop it. Abyss throws him off the ropes and catches him with an ugly BHS to win.
**1/4

Hype for AMW/3D

Match#7 America's Most Wanted (c) w/Gail Kim vs Team 3D (NWA-TNA World Tag Team Championships)
Bubba is wearing the Impact shirt on a PPV like the biggest laziest douchebag ever. Fine opening passage as AMW do their thing and make these two look good as they can, but man Bubba just looks awful outside of the super stiff chops. He's not bumping much or doing anything to help AMW, and D-Von isn't much better, so it's all on AMW. 3D gets a table, and Harris thankfully kicks it into their stupid faces and isolates D-Von. Fine control seg using a piece of wrist tape to choke and attack him, and it's not amazing or anything, but given 3D suck at this point, bless them for not working too hard. Bubba's hot tag is all AMW once more bumping and feeding before it breaks down into a fun brawl where 3D actually decide to give a shit and try. The ref gets blinded by powder and Team 3D hit Harris with the 3D and the ref counts 3. YUCK. BUT WAIT A MOMENT, TEAM CANADA COME TO SAVE US AS THEY HIT 3D WITH THE HOCKEY STICKS AND THROW HARRIS BACK ON TOP, AND WHEN THE REF GETS BACK UP HE THINKS HE COUNTED FOR HARRIS AND AMW KEEP THE TITLES. AMAZING BULLSHIT FINISH.
**

In the back, Jarrett cuts a wretched promo about politics and midcard clowns trying to get to their level. fuwruierwsedcvfbtsenarwsEafiswjegkrbjtkskgfwsda NAH FUCK OFF. I love you all, but i am on a new level of done with this hack bastard until his super amazing babyface run that almost makes me forget how awful this era truly is. Fuck Triple H's reign of terror, this shit is just as goddam bad if not worse at points.

Amazing hype video for Joe/Daniels. "For all the things i've done and choices i've made, i probably have hell to look forward to"-Daniels

Match#8 Samoa Joe (c) vs Christopher Daniels (NWA-TNA X-Division Championship)
As promised, Joe has a new towel for Daniels' blood. Daniels tries to slow it down, but once he eats gross Joe knee's, he gets sucked into it and turns into a mad flurry of offence that drops the big man time and time again. Joe gets mad now and unloads kicks and chops and that gross body lock he used on Sabin last year, and Daniels has to fight even harder to get back up. He does, but Joe breaks out "Joe moves from a dive" and Daniels eats shit, and Joe goes to work with more brutal stuff and bashes him in revenge. Daniels catches him with a hail Mary codebreaker and goes on a sweet run that targets the head and neck, and Joe bumps his big ass off. They move into a fun back and forth with a ton of cool shit like Joe hitting a motherfucker of a lariat, and Daniels hitting the BME for a super close call. Daniels knocks him to the floor and hits a stunning Arabian Elbow drop and looks to have it all in control, but he stupidly throws Joe back in to the ring and as he's putting his head back between the ropes, Joe takes it off with a gross kick right to his temple. JOE HITS THE OLE KICK INTO THE RAIL AGAIN AND DANIELS IS BUSTED OPEN. Joe sees the blood and starts elbowing the cut, AND HE LICKS THE BLOOD. GOD YES. He chucks him back in and torches Daniels' head with gross offence, and AJ walks out to ringside. Joe doesn't give a shit and keeps fighting him, and Daniels gets a flurry going but his legs give out and Joe murders him again. He hits the running knee right to the facer and hits the Muscle Buster. He gets the choke on but Daniels is the first man to get his feet in the ropes to break it. Joe snaps and grabs a chair, AND HE LIFTS DANIELS UP ABOVE IT AND STARES DOWN AJ FOR 10 SECONDS BEFORE HITTING THE MUSCLE BUSTER ON THE CHAIR. HE KNEES HIM IN THE FACE AND HITS A FUCKING PRIDE SOCCER KICK AND ANOTHER ONE. HE DROPS KNEE AFTER KNEE ONTO HIS SKULL AND AJ GRABS THE TOWEL AND CAN'T DO IT AT FIRST, BUT JOE KEEPS KNEEING HIM OVER AND OVER, AND AJ FINALLY THROWS IT IN. JESUS CHRIST.
***3/4

Joe grabs the title and backs up the ramp frothing from the mouth as AJ checks on a now dead Daniels. Another perfect chapter in the best book TNA has written.

Hype for the main event.

In the back, Christian says if you can't trust him, call his brother or Jericho. On second thought, not a good idea at all. Nah, ask the Christian Coalition sitting in the Impact Zone if they can trust him. He's proud to have Sting as his partner, and they can't stand either man in this match. No matter which Stinger shows up tonight, this midcard comedy act is going to win the NWA Worlds Championship from him.

Match#9 Sting & Christian Cage vs Monty Brown & Jeff Jarrett w/Gail Kim
Sting looks amazing and not even a new horrible theme can ruin a moment in time. Opening minutes is pure pro wrestling as our hero Christian owns these two goofs and then THE MAN CALLED STING gets in and shows he's still the man and the true heart and soul of pro wrestling who shows up to beat up the most insufferable humans this sport has to offer. Sting no sells JJ's bulldust and beats his dumb face in, and then does the same to Monty for being silly enough to try him. Christian gets in on the fun with some sweet Stinger Splashes (and maybe setting up something later on this year) but he gets shoved off the top to the floor in a gross bump and eats a rana from Gail, and then gets dropped rib first onto the rails. Really fun control seg on him as the heels beat the hell out of him with great basics and cheating, and Cage sells his ass off in the best face work thus far. The heels try a conchairto like real dicks, but Cage ducks and they take each other out, and he tags in Stiiiiing. He cleans house on them before the ref gets bumped by Monty. Brown hits the Fallaway Slam on Cage and sends him right into Sting who has JJ in the deathlock, and they go nose to nose!!!! Christian saves when Monty tries to use the title, and then nearly hits Cage but backs off and attacks JJ again. (this build rules) Team Canada try to help, but they take them out with Death-Drops. Sting eats the title shot from JJ, but he kicks out and powers up in classic Stinger fashion. STING BREAKS THE GUITAR WITH HIS BAT AND BEATS JARRETT WITH THE DEATHDROP. HELL YEAH MAN
***

A show full of heart, blood and some classic TNA nonsense. God Bless.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Campion; Jeff Jarrett-3/11/05
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Samoa Joe-11/12/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions; America's Most Wanted-22/10/05

TNA IMPACT
January 21st, 2006
Impact Zone

In the back, DW is in the carpark waiting for the arrival of Sting for his first time ever on Impact.

Tonight; Sting speaks. That's all we're getting for tonight, and hey i love it.

Match#1 Sonjay Dutt & Chris Sabin vs The Diamonds in the Rough w/Simon Diamond
TNA is now outright calling them by the stable name, so i shall respect the change. I will always do so unless you're Disco Inferno and in no way deserving of any form of respect. Fun as heck sub 3 minute sprint with everyone getting some cool stuff in and the like, and it's good enough stuff. DIR get a short little control seg on Sonjay and beat his brains in before Sabin has a sweet hot tag before it breaks down. Sabin hits a stunning delayed dropkick on Skipper, and Sonjay beats DY with the Hindu-Press.
**

In the back, Shane is with AJ Styles. Shane says he's facing Joe for the title at Against All Odds!!!!!! But first he's facing that creepy little punk thief Shannon Moore in a street fight, after AJ demanded it. Styles says Moore thinks he's getting to the top at his expense. by stealing his award, but the fans voted for him and he's getting that award back. Christopher Daniels walks on with his head bandaged and asks why the moment he was no longer #1 contender was the moment AJ threw in the towel for him, and now he's the #1 contender. Little convenient wasn't it? AJ says that was a hard decision, and Daniels rightly cuts him off and says it wasn't his to make. He watched Joe walk around for months with HIS blood stained on a towel like a trophy, and it's over because AJ says so. How he would like to lose a match because of someone else's decision. AJ says he knows him and knew he wouldn't quit because he knows him, and it's not in their makeup. Sometimes the heart is too big to do the right thing, so he had to make it for him. He did it for his family and wellbeing. Daniels sarcastically says he's lucky to have a friend like him. Ahhh this is so good.

In the back, Shane is waiting for Sting.

Match#2 Petey Williams, Eric Young & A1 w/Scott D'Amore vs Lance Hoyt, Ron Killings & Shark Boy
Ok, let's get as weird and strange as possible. DW is very sad that Daniels can't see that AJ did the right thing as everyone here loves him. The best. This is some classic fun bullshit as TC bump and stooge like goons and make the heels look awesome. Sharkie bites EY on the ass! Truth is briefly isolated and it's fun thanks to Petey's continued improvements with focused offence and cool stuff, and EY rocks as always. Hoyt has a good hot tag pinballing everyone around before it all breaks down. Petey gets Sharkie alone and beats him with the CD.
**

They air a video on Jackie Gayda's rampage.

Match#3 The James Gang vs Buck Quartermain & Kenny King
Short awful squash for these old dweebs. One and Only ends it.
Poop

On the screen, LAX show up and talk some mad shit about them turning Ron on him, and he wants a match against them at AAO.

In the back, Larry announces Sting has been delayed and will be here next week. Fuck off. Larry also says Jeff's challenger will be announced next week. Monty walks on and asks if he's having problems with his new flavour of the month. Monty grabs the contract out of Larry's hands and says he's going to show this to JJ. He walks off as Larry shouts that's not for the public yet. So, why carry it around so anyone can steal it, you dumbass.

Hype for AJ/Moore.

Match#4 AJ Styles vs Shannon Moore (Street Fight)
Daniels joins commentary and says he was still breathing and therefore in the match, AJ is wearing jeans because no one does this gimmick better than him. He throws this little freak around to start and beats the shit out of him, and Mike says he's never seen AJ like this. I have no words. They fight on the outside and have a fun brawl, and while he's not amazing or anything, Moore looks good on offence when he suplexes AJ over the rail and fights him on the balcony with some sweet forearms. AJ LIFTS HIM UP AND THROWS HIM DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND DIVES OFF ONTO HIM. FUCK YEAH. Shelley walks out and starts to film, and DW puts together he's been filming X-Division wrestlers. They fight back into the ring and have a fight over a chair and both men take some nasty bumps on it. Joe walks out on the stage to watch as well. AJ puts the chair on Moore's head and smashes him into the post, but he hurts his knee and can't put weight on it as a result. Moore fights back and targets it, and AJ has to fight like hell to not get killed. AJ spots Joe and is distracted and it lets Moore flip him into a Single Leg Crab. Daniels says he's very cocerned by this and gets up and throws the towel in! The ref doesn't accept it because it's no DQ, i guess? It allows Moore to roll AJ up and steal the win. Wonderful bullshit finish.
**3/4

Post match, AJ and Daniels go nose to nose and yell at each other.

In Larry's office, 3D and Shane are waiting for Larry. He walks in and Bubba gives a great speech about being through it all and never bitching and moaning and letting their actions speak for themselves, but TC have to pay for this and they want them. Larry brings up them deserving a rematch after being screwed, so next week they have to choose which team they want to face more right now, and he'll try and make it happen. Really cool way to go about this. Kudos TNA.

In the ring, Christian says he's sorry Sting couldn't here as he was watching a movie about the life story about JJ and Monty. He thinks it was called Brokeback Mountain.. He says Sting will be here next week with a life changing announcement. JJ shows up now and calls Sting a liar and says the fans are dumb for thinking he'll be here next week. He brings up the title match at AAO and says he's afraid of no man and will face anyone. Hell, they can bring in Christian's buddy Chris Jericho and he can beat him. They could make Cage the #1 contender and he can send him back to midcard status. FUCK OFF. They fight and it rules again, but Monty attacks him from behind like a real jerk. Rhino shows up to save his pal. They both look down at the contract and Rhino goes to pick it up, AND CAGE STANDS ON IT AND THEY GO NOSE TO NOSE. Abyss runs down and attacks Rhino, and Cage fights JJ off to the back. Monty has the ring alone and picks up the contract and smiles.

Awesome episode

 

[BigVanDonnie]

NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Campion; Jeff Jarrett-3/11/05
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Samoa Joe-11/12/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions; America's Most Wanted-22/10/05

TNA IMPACT
January 28th, 2006
Impact Zone

Tonight; Abyss vs Rhino II. Sting live in the Impact Zone.

Match#1 Jeff Jarrett w/Gail Kim vs Jay Lethal
Hell Yeah. JJ is all fired up as he jumps Jay from the bell and beats the shit out of him on the outside. Best he's looked in months tbh. Jackie walks down with a tape recorder (sup 2006) and tries to get Gail to hear it, but JJ tries to stop her. Gail gets mad and follows after Jackie. The distraction lets Jay go on a sick run of offence with dropkicks and heabutts and get a super close near fall! Jarrett cuts him off and hits the Stroke to win.
**1/2

Post match, Christian makes his way out with a mic. He says he's not here for comedy or jokes, just a promise for this little bitch. At Against All Odds he's facing him for the world title, and he's going to save TNA from him and fulfil his destiny because that's how he rolls.

Match#2 Team 3D vs Kenny King & Buck Quatermain
D-Von has eaten so many roids he's now got the gut and gyno nips. Another fine little squash from the old men as they hit them super hard and drop them on their skulls a few times. 3D ends it.
*3/4

Post match, Bubba thanks the fans for voting them the tag team of 2005 as it shows the respect they have for them. He talks about choosing between AMW & TC, and says he's going to let the fans vote for who they face. Either they get to kick AMW's ass, or send the Canadians back to where they belong.

TNA airs an amazing pre-tape for Joe/AJ/Daniels and all the amazing stuff that has gone down in the last few weeks. Larry comes on and announces it will be a TRIPLE THREAT AT AAO. Fuck yeah.

In the back, Jerry Lynn and GenNext are having words as Shane comes over to find out what's happening. Aries says they got two victories after he told them to, so Jerry says they cheated and they drive him nuts. Bentley walks over and gives them some advice to stop begging for a chance and do something about it instead. He thinks they can't even sweep the ring. What a fucking nerd. Matt then turns to Lynn and says the fans love him and he wants to know when he gets his chance. Lynn tells him to look at the lineup because his chance is coming up right now. Shelley sticks his camera in Shane's face and asks if anyone told him he has a perfect face for radio. Got Em'

Samoa Joe is Bentley's challenger. Woooo kill him dead.

Match#3 Samoa Joe vs Matt Bentley w/Traci
The fans chant "JOE'S GOING TO KILL YOU" to make this even cooler.Joe mauls him from the start with the knees and gross strikes, and this doofus has no answer for anything because of course he doesn't. Hebner is the crowd and Mike calls him a TNA management consultant. GenNext come out to watch and laugh as Joe keeps murdering. Matt gets some offence in and it's whatever. but Joe sells it really well to make him look good. Joe drops him with a running knee and wins with the Choke.
**1/4

Recap of the Abyss/Rhino feud.

Match#4 Rhino vs Abyss w/James Mitchell
They go right to it again with big punches and the like and it's another fun monster fight as they hit hard and go at full speed. Abyss moves ahead and pounds on Rhino's head in a fun little control seg. Very basic but perfect for a monster dude slowly killing someone. Rhino tries to comeback but he gets tossed to the floor and splats as he lands. Abyss kills him with chair shots to the back and arm and hits his elbow by accident and Rhino is hurt. They brawl near the stage and find some plunder to brain each other, and it's my jam as you all know. RHINO GORES HIM THROUGH A FUCKING WALL OF METAL AND BOTH DUDES ARE DEAD, SO THE REF FINALLY CALLS IT.
**3/4

EMT'S and refs run out to check on them. Fantastic stuff.

In the ring, Tenay talks about how special and magical Sting's return was a few weeks ago, and he brings him out on TV for the first time in 5 years. (it does strike me that TNA is ignoring his 2003 run, which is weird tbh) he comes out with a terrible rap theme that not for him at all, but fuck it he's Sting and the coolest man ever. He gets the mic and drops the WOOO and shouts he's in the house. He talks about the final match with Flair and how his career went before his very own eyes from the start in the 80's to repealing from the stage and the helicopter. He says it was bogus he never got to say goodbye to the fans the way he wanted, and he kept hearing fans say it for 5 years. He missed all of this, and then TNA called him about coming in. He saw all the future world champions on TV, and he said this is his brand. He couldn't refuse the offer and he took it and wrestled his first match in 5 years (yep, we're ignoring it) He heard the fans chant he still got it and it made his veins pop and nothing compared to that night. One thing was missing 5 years was he couldn't say goodbye the way he wanted to, and Final Resolution was just that for him. He thanks the fans, TNA and Dixie Carter! He doesn't want that moment to be tainted by anything, so he's saying goodbye and thank you. He says he loves the fans and thanks for the memories, but he's saying goodbye. He drops his bat in the middle of the ring and walks out. AJ, Sabin and Sonjay meet him on stage and shake his hand and thank him. Christian walks out and says he's still got it, but Sting simply hugs him and says he loves him like a brother and walks down the ramp.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Campion; Jeff Jarrett-3/11/05
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Samoa Joe-11/12/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions; America's Most Wanted-22/10/05

TNA IMPACT
January 4th, 2006
Impact Zone

In the ring, Team 3D are standing by, and Bubba is now wearing a beanie as his transformation into the laziest and worst dressed wrestler is complete. He covers the fan vote again and says the fans have chosen Team Canada. Thank you TNA fans from saving us from that dreaded title run for a little while longer. They will be wrestling them at AAO, and leads the fans in the USA chant. Goddamn it.

Recap of Sting's retirement.

Tonight; Footage from the JJ/Cage press conference. I didn't know they had one, you fools.

Match#1 Rhino vs Kenny King
Don't like Rhino wrestling after last week's angle as he should be dead, but TNA is going to TNA no matter what. Good little squash though as he hitting hard and beating this little snot up, but yeah very upsetting. Gore ends it.
*1/4

In the back, Terry is interviewing Larry. Larry is very upset that Sting has quit on them when he has so much going on at the moment with AAO being next weekend. Aries and Strong walk on the scene and say they have gotten the victories he said they needed, and now they're amazingly dressed and look like stars. The Nats now walk on and say they've been on the sidelines while these punks are on TV, and they want to know what he's going to do about it. Larry announces a tag tournament over the next two weeks with the winners facing AMW at AAO. TNA actually building the tag division is sooooo needed and welcomed.

Match#2 AJ Styles. vs Jay Lethal.
Fuck yeah. TNA just throwing out the coolest shit in the world on a whim. Awesome back and forth to start as Jay is game for all of it and meets AJ at every turn, and we get a great little fight as a result, AJ HITS A FUCKING SUPLEX ON THE APRON TO KILL HIM DEAD. Joe walks out with two towels as DW says you know who the second is called AJ Styles. AJ goes for the kill, but Jay fights back like last week and has another sick run of offence showing off how good he is, and AJ bumps his ass for him. AJ cuts him off and gets a double underhook to muscle him up and drags him into the Styles Clash to win as he stares down Joe the entire time.
**1/2

Post match, Joe keeps looking at him as AJ helps Lethal up and shows him respect.

In the back, Terry is now with Team Canada. D'Amore says the fans don't realise what they've just done to 3D as they're going to take them out for good. Petey & A1 are about to get a title shot. Gail walks on and says she heard the tape and her name was mentioned along with D'Amore, Raven and Larry, and now they're all going to lose their jobs. D'Amore calms her down and says he friends with the world champ for a reason and he's going to settle this. Petey stops him and says Bobby has a match tonight. Scott stops him and says if he can't fix this, none of them will be wrestling again.

Tag Tournament Brackets;
Team Canada vs Sabin & Sonjay.
Naturals vs Aries & Strong.

A nice change of pace to get some new blood in there.

Match#3 Petey Williams & A1 vs Sonjay Dutt & Chris Sabin (Semifinals)
Sonjay has a flurry to start and looks even better than has and matches up really well with Petey. A1 trips him and the boys go to work with an ok control seg as A1 is trash and does of it, so Sonjay can only do so much to help. Sabin has a fun hot tag going nuts on them and fights Petey as always and it's a great back and forth. They go at it and Sabin beats him with the Cradle Shock.
**14

Footage from the Aussie tour airs.

In the back, Terry finds AJ in his locker room. Daniels walks in and AJ throws a towel on him and tells him not get hot. They argue about it again, and Daniels bitchslaps him and they have a pull apart!!

Match#4 Homicide & Apollo & Konnan vs Bruce Steele, Frankie Capone & Rod Steele
Turns out i'm full of shit as this turd is still here for a week or so. 90 seconds of Homicide getting to be awesome while his terrible partners stink it up. Ci wins with a Steiner Bulldog off Apollo's shoulders.
1/2*

Post match, they beat the jobbers up with the slapjack until James Gang run down and fight them off.

We go to the press conference. Dory Funk is there as the NWA rep and says Cage can take the title from Jeff. Cage says he loves TNA and will take the title in the biggest match of his career. JJ brings up all his victims over the last year, and he beat Hogan before he could get a chance. They move onto Sting and both men seem angry and upset that he's gone after the PPV. JJ refuses to talk about Jackie, and then Monty walks on and says he coming for his rightful title shot. The presser ends with Cage and JJ throwing water at each other and being pulled apart.

Before the main event, D'Amore & Gail walk out and whisper something to Shelley and he walks off with them. OH MY GOD IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING.

Match#5 Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs The Naturals (Semifinals)
Aries is wearing zebra print tights in a sick choice to show he's got the dress sense Larry wants. Fun back and forth to start at the Nats step up and meet the boys at every turn, and look really good for the first time in a while as they take the fight to them. Andy gets isolated and we get another killer GenNext control seg as they break everything out and look amazing as hell. Shame it's all over because of a snowstorm in a week. Aries does his pendulum elbow as DW says he loves that pendulum thing he does. Best ever. Chase has a very good hot tag before it all breaks down. Roddy trips Andy and drags him out of the ring as Aries rolls Chase up with the ropes to steal it.
**3/4

In the back, Planet Jarrett and Shelley are in the carpark. JJ says Jackie is his last problem as he got rid of Sting last week. EY tries to speak, so D'Amore yells at him to be quiet. He has given Alex her address, number and where she shops and he needs to get the job down for all of them and get dirt on her. He tells him if he doesn't do it, to not come back. Alex tells him not to worry about it as he drives off his in bright red VW bug. D'Amore is asked if this is going to work, and he says he thinks so. JJ yells at him and it turns into a big screaming match between everyone as they walk off. EY is left alone and grabs the camera and says he knows Sting is not gone and that makes him very nervous. AMAZING

 

[BigVanDonnie]

NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Campion; Jeff Jarrett-3/11/05
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Samoa Joe-11/12/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions; America's Most Wanted-22/10/05

TNA IMPACT
February 11th, 2006
Impact Zone

Tonight; Abyss/Monty vs Truth/Rhino. Finals of the Tag Tournament.

Match#1 Roderick Strong & Austin Aries vs Chris Sabin & Sonjay Dutt (Finals)
Larry Z joins commentary to reunite with old Thunder buddy. This is ten minutes as TNA gets how to open the show with the best match possible. Wonderful mat work to start between Sabin and Aries as they're insane at this, and it's wild to me they never got a proper singles match because holy shit it would be perfect. Roddy and Sonjay rock as well, and it's just a perfect storm of a match. Larry is a massive dick on commentary, so DW lays into him about all the horrible things he's done as of late. After a long babyface shine, Sabin is isolated by Rod-Dog, and the fells do their thing one last time and beat his face in with chops and crazy offence. Larry doesn't know about Shelley's secret mission, which implies he doesn't watch the show. Sonjay has a sweet hot tag going nuts once more with ranas and cool stuff galore, and the heels die for him. He and Sabin hit some cool double teams and really own these two, and i wish they were together longer. Finishing run is good as hell, and Sabin beats Aries with the Cradle Shock.
***

Tenay runs down the AAO card and announces Rhino vs Abyss in Falls Count Anywhere.

Hype video for Christian Cage being awesome and whatnot because that's how he rolls.

In the back, we get a shot of a closed door where he learn Christian is speaking to TNA management.

In the back, Cassidy Riley is sad he hasn't heard from Raven. Jackie walks on and says Raven just needs to hold tight as Jeff is getting what's coming to him. She's now giving Jeff 7 days to meet her list of demands or else they're all going down. D'Amore walks on and says they'll meet her demands but they need a little bit more time. She says 7 days is all he gets as she leaves. Shelley walks into frame and presents Scott a tape and says he got it. She's one kinky dame.

Match#2 Team 3D vs The Diamonds in the Rough w/Simon Diamond
A minute of a fight before AMW show up and the match sort of ends.
Poop

On the ramp, Harris says it sucks they couldn't fulfil their promise of winning the titles, but the fans saved them from another AMW beating. D-Von says they'll have their day in court and they will execute them, Bubba tries to say they drink non alcoholic beer and dress like Brooks Brothers, and says after they're done with TC, they're coming for them and the titles. TC attack from behind, but 3D easily fight them off, and the Diamonds when they try to help. 3D set up a table, but the numbers finally get the best of them and they get the shit kicked out of them for being the goddamn worst. EY breaks the plaque over D-Von's head, and then Roode and EY flapjack Bubba through a table. Roode rubs the plaque over D-Von's bloody skull, and then the boys sing the anthem over them. Awesome angle for a match i really don't want to see.

Match#3 Samoa Joe vs Jay Lethal & Chasyn Rance
Joe murders Jay and noted scumfuck cunt bag Rance in epic fashion. He murders Jay with nasty strikes and the like, and then slaps the fuck out of the prick and beats the tar out of him and wins with the Combo.
*3/4

At ringside, DW asks you to buy some DVD's.

Hype for JJ/Cage.

Match#4 Abyss & Monty Brown w/James Mitchell vs Rhino & Ron Killings
Random parings right here, but it's nice to see Truth free of trash and getting to rule again. He has a sick dive onto the heels and beats the crap out of them, and it's good for the soul. He gets isolated in the correct choice because he's going to make you care about his life unlike Rhino. Good control seg from the monsters as it's your basic beating, and it's simple and affective murder of Truth. Rhino has an ok hot tag before he and Abyss fight off into the crowd in a preview for the PPV. Konnan walks down and tries to hand Truth the blackjack, but it distracts him and lets Monty to hit the Pounce to win.
**

Post match, Konnan stands over Truth and talks shit to him.

In the back, Cage leaves the room on his phone. He says the referee situation has been sorted, Stinger. He knows when he retired he was passing the torch to him, and he's going to win the NWA title for them both. Hmmmmm, i wonder.

Music video closes us out.

 

[BigVanDonnie]

NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Campion; Jeff Jarrett-3/11/05
NWA-TNA X-Division Champion: Samoa Joe-11/12/05
NWA-TNA World Tag Team Champions; America's Most Wanted-22/10/05

TNA AGAINST ALL ODDS
FEBRUARY 12TH, 2006
THE IMPACT ZONE​

Christian arrives in the carpark in a sweet Porsche.

In the back, EY keeps trying to tell D'Amore they shouldn't have done this, but Scott refuses to listen. JJ arrives and is all giddy and happy, and EY finally tells him Sting isn't gone. JJ makes him say that Sting is gone and he needs to keep repeating it. JJ walks off for one last meeting. D'Amore yells at EY to get his head into the game.

Due to a snowstorm in the northeast, TNA ordered its talent to fly to Orlando prior to their pay-per-view event the next night; as a result, Alex Shelley, Christopher Daniels, Samoa Joe, and Homicide missed this show; ROH Tag Team Champions Austin Aries & Roderick Strong stayed and received a three month suspension from TNA as a result:

So, there you have it as a result of the storm, ROH will slowly phase Shelley and Jay out, while TNA will suspend Aries and Roddy and cause them to walk out in a few months and ruin the NextGen plans. TNA will then get its revenge when it bans all contracted stars from appearing in ROH in 07. So, it's a massive mess that could have been avoided if not for Mother Nature being a dick.

Match#1 The Naturals vs Austin Aries & Roderick Strong
Despite all of that, this rocks a ton. 10 minutes of classic tag wrestling and a sign TNA should have let cooler heads prevail and not done what they did. Opening flurry is great as always, and the Nats are working as hard as possible after months of being absent off TV. Nats beat the shit out of Aries and his stupid face, and it's a blast and a half. Chase hit a sweet SSP onto them to the outside, and it's wild as heck. Aries finally catches Chase with the Missile Tope right into the fucking camera and beats the shit out of him to isolate him. Awesome control seg for the last time as they wreak and kill him, and it's just the coolest stuff possible. Chase's selling rules and his comeback is great before he tags in Andy. fun hot tag from him before the finishing run hits and everyone goes crazy. Awesome double teams from the heels as they get super close to ending it as the fuck them up time and time again, but the other Nat keeps saving. Strong gets dumped to the floor and Aries is nearly beat by the ND, bur he tries the same finish as the last match, but the ref sees it. The Nats keep their cool and beat him with the ND. Fuck yeah.
***

In the back, Larry announces there will no outside interference or weapons in the main event as the best man will win.

In the back, AMW are ready to put the titles on the line against the new sensation, but they haven't gone through them yet and this ends tonight. D'Amore makes Gail say sorry to him for doubting he could get it done. He tells Jackie to show up next week so she can see the tables being turned. Larry walks on and tells them if they get involved they will be fired on the spot, and he's not taking the fall for any of them. That's the law.

Match#2 Alex Shelley vs Petey Willams vs Jay Lethal vs Matt Bentley w/Traci
Super fun 10 minute showcase for the division as everyone bar Matt is a different degree of good or awesome, and they work so well together. DW is a big fan of Traci and says the fans don't bounce for Matt, which is amazing accidental fuck you. Shelley and Lethal fight and it's perfect as always with smooth offence and killer mat work throughout. Petey gets in on the action and beats Jay up as he's a great punching bag and a really easy dude to root for. It all turns crazy and everyone gets their shit in with a ton of bombs and close calls. Jay and Shelley are the standouts as they can do nuts and do everything smooth on top of it. Jackie comes down and slaps Shelley for everything, but like we haven't seen the tape so maybe he's doing the world a favour. BACK IN THE RING, MATT FIGHTS OUT OF THE CD AND BACKDROPS PETEY, AND JAY COMES OUT OF NOWHERE AND ROLLS PETEY UP TO GET THE WIN. FUCK YEAH.
**3/4

In the back, JB interviews Rhino about his match. Rhino says no one knows what he's about as he from the wrong side of the track in the 8 Mile. He fears nothing because he's came close to death every day. He's going stuff his fist down Abyss mouth and then shove Mitchell's head up Abyss' ass. Larry walks on and tells Rhino he can't get involved either. Rhino tells him to spread the word that Abyss is going to need an ambulance.

Hype for LAX/James Gang.

Apollo has now no shown and is gone for real this time, so LAX brings in Machete to replace him.

Match#3 Homicide & Machete w/Konnan vs The James Gang
Machete is a complete nothing who adds nothing to this and is retired by 2008. Homicide is now fully healed thankfully, and kills these dipshits whenever he gets the chance and it's such a moment in time to see him getting the chance on PPV as he's deserved for the last 4 years. James Gang also deserve something, the chance to be set on fire and buried in a wasteland because they stink. Kip has to eat everyone up with his awful offence, and i hate him so goddamn much. LAX isolate him and work hard to beat him up, but he no sells or sandbags, and makes them look like assholes for the most part. BG's hot tag is ok as he bothers to try and the fellas bump around for him. Kip and CI fight on the outside, and BG beats Machete with the Pump Handle.
*3/4

Konnan runs in and kills BG with the Slapjack to the back of his head. LAX go for the kill, but Bullet Bob returns and somehow slowly walks towards Konnan and scares him off. LOLTNA.

In the back, JB is outside Larry's office. A ref walks over an says there is no ref in the main event, but Larry says we do have one and he's not going to tell anyone. The ref introduces himself as Slick Johnson!!!! Larry says he's a need to know on a basis guy, and he doesn't need to know. Weird segment.

Match#4 America's Most Wanted (c) vs Chris Sabin & Sonjay Dutt (NWA-TNA World Tag Team Championships)
Sabin hurt his ankle in the finals during a dropkick where his foot bent over, so AMW now have a target to focus on if they can get to it. Sonjay tags in after Sabin is hesitant to fight Harris, so we get him working his ass off again against AMW, and it rules as he fits right as in an underdog fighting some bullies. Sabin gets in and his ankle holds up as he fights them at first, but Harris trips him and drags him against the post and slams his ankle off it and then off the apron, and now he's fucked. Fantastic control seg on it as AMW obliterate him for a while in sick fashion, and Sabin's selling rules a ton as he shows that off on top of everything else. Killer work on the ankle from twisting and turning it, to Storm saying fuck it and jumping down on it with all his weight. Sabin fights like hell to get free, but AMW's cut offs are brutal and as mean as can be and he's stuck there for a hideous amount of time. Sonjay finally gets in and beats the shit out of them with all the fire in the world and he pinballs them all over. Finishing run rocks as Sonjay is fighting alone with Sabin being cooked, and he can only do so much to hang on. Sabin brings in a chair to even it up and they get super close to winning, but Storm drags Sabin out and drops the rails right on top of his ankle. AMW get back in and beat Sonjay with the Death Sentence.
***

Post match, AMW drag a dead Sonjay and handcuff him to the ropes, and declare this ain't over yet. SABIN SAVES AND DROPS HARRIS WITH A CHAIR AND RUNS THEM OFF WITH ONE FOOT. FUCK YEAH.

In the back, JJ and Gail are standing by. Jarrett says he feels no pressure as Cage as the weight of the world on his shoulders and his entire career rests on this night. TNA management will have egg on their face if he doesn't get it done. JJ says Larry can do what he wants tonight as he's got a trust equaliser and Gail, and he's walking out the champion. Monty walks on, AND JARRETT FINALLY CUTS HIM OFF AND MOCKS HIS AWFUL PROMOS AND SAYS HE'S SICK OF HIS CRAP. He's giving him the next shot after he wins and offers his hand, Monty takes it and smiles at him.

Hype for Rhino/Abyss.

Match#5 Rhino vs Abyss w/James Mitchell (Falls Count Anywhere)
Zero time is wasted before they rush each other and fight in the crowd and stop me if you've heard this one before, for the classic Impact Zone brawl. They fight back in the ring with some plunder and it's not lighting the world on fire, but they do at least brain each other very hard and hold nothing back. Abyss buts him open with a nasty trash can shot, and Rhino's head is covered in blood as he's a great bleeder. It brings him back to life as he kills him with weapon shots to the skull, and the hits him in the dick with a baseball bat. They fight up the stage for some more ugly bumps on the ramp and the set itself, and Rhino's selling rocks. They fight in the backstage area near a car and then out to the other side of the Zone to the ring. They have a fight over some tables, and Rhino gets chokeslamed through one but he kicks out. Rhino then gets backs up and Gores him through another one, but Abyss kicks out. Ehhh not a fan of that. They fight on the second level of the Zone and get to a balcony Abyss kicks a wall away dividing the levels and brakes some of the wood over his head. They fight near the edge and Rhino runs all the way back and shoulder blocks him off through some table and Rhino jumps down to pin him. Felt like he was meant to Gore him, but backed off. Weird match.
**

Post match, everyone checks on a now dead Abyss. R.I.P, big man.

In the back, JB is with Samoa Joe. Joe says AJ and Chris have said he has not adhered or respect the code of the X-Division, or shown conduct fit of being the champion or a wrestler in the division. He's come to the realisation that it's never been about conduct or sportsmanship, it's been about one thing, the X-Division championship. To remind these boys, tonight he's bought two towels one as a reminder and one for the trophy case. Chris you aren't fighting for family, and AJ isn't fighting for a friend. Hell, you're not even fighting Against All Odds. TONIGHT IT'S MUCH WORSE, YOU'RE AGAINST ME.

In the Zone, Abyss is still dead and stuff. They help him up as the crowd cheers for him. Might want to go with that sooner rather than later.

Hype for Joe/AJ/Daniels.

Match#6 Samoa Joe (c) vs AJ Styles vs Christopher Daniels
They fight right away as any hesitation is gone and these men want each other dead for past and current sins. AJ goes ham with dropkicks and batters them both showing off his strength by slamming Joe with ease. He feels himself too much and it allows Joe to kill him again and beat the holy hell out of him with the super stiff kicks to the head and chest. Daniels finally gets his hands on both of them and displays a ton of awesome fire and hate. They trade submissions and get more and more pissy when another man breaks it up, so it turns into three way STF/Koji Clutch combo! They finally say fuck it and turn into into a wild amazing sprint with a million cool things, and no one does it better than these 3 men at this point. Joe slaps the fucks out of Daniels to drop him to the outside, and AJ dives over Joe to Daniels with a picture perfect summersault, AND JOE HITS THE RUNNING FOREARM TO KILL THEM BOTH. JESUS CHRIST. Joe gives no shits as he throws them both back in and we get another series of wild as fuck big bombs, including a gross Discus Lariat to Daniels that sends him back into a headdrop backdrop by Joe. Fuck man. Joe is the only one alive and he reigns down hell on Daniels's brain and with a ton of offence to it, and Christopher is slowly killed as his concussion comes back into play. AJ gets back into as we get more cool moves using other dudes as batting practice to hurt the other man. Daniels gets back alive and hits a sweet German to drop Joe on his brain to get some revenge and nails the BME for a close near fall. AJ goes on a wild run of offence on both and hits a million bombs to fuck them both up, and get incredibly close but the other man is able to stop him. DANIELS MUSCLES JOE UP FOR A DVD AND AJ JUMPS OFF THE OTHER SIDE WITH A FOREARM TO THE BACK OF JOE'S SKULL AND DANIELS HITS THE DVD TO SEND HIM ONTO HIS HEAD. Daniels and AJ fight on top and Daniels has AJ's leg, BUT JOE COMES BACK TO LIFE AND KICKS CHRIS IN THE FACE TO KNOCK HIM OFF THE ARPON. HE SLAPS AJ AND HITS THE MUSCLE BUSTER WIN.
***3/4

You can't top a classic, but you can create a sick as hell sequel that's well worth being part of the series.

Hype for 3D/Team Canada

In the back, 3D cut a horrible country vs country feud that can kiss my fat ass.

Match#7 Eric Young & Bobby Roode w/Scott D'Amore vs Team 3D
Bubba is again wearing the awful Impact shirt along with jeans and a cut off shirt that do him no favours as his ever expanding gut is showing. D-Von has somehow done even more roids and swam in a pool of baby oil on top of it. TC bump like crazy for them like the last match and make the Dudz lazy and lame offence look killer. EY is a freak as always, but Roode's growth is more evident here as he's dying on everything and looks like a true future main eventer. D-Von is isolated and it's very good as he's caring and selling it all, and TC are awesome as always. They bust him open again and work the cut, and Bobby is really good at it as he not only kills him, but adds some shit talk to it. Fuck it, we stan Robert Roode in this family. Bubba's hot tag is bad, but once more the bumping and selling saves his fat ass. Fucking sandbag the idiot, please. Finishing run is whatever, and of course 3D win because fuck anyone ever beating them for that rub that is slowly dying before our eyes. EY eats the 3D.
**1/4

Post match, AMW jump these carpetbaggers and kick the shit out of them. YEAH KILL THEM. Sadly, Truth runs down and makes the save. He puts EY through a table with a legdrop.

DESTINATION X-MARCH 12

In the back, Christian Cage says he's nervous as hell as this is everything he's dreamt of from the first time he sat on a couch and watched wrestling. From the first time he went to a show, to the first time he wrestled, this is what he dreamt of. All the questions will be answered to find out if coming here was a smart idea. To give up the money in the WWE to come here and fight from the title he dreams of. He and Jeff have something in common, cheating, backstabbing a little politics here and there. The biggest difference is at least he's honest about it. You know in the depths of your soul he's the biggest threat ever to his title. Tonight he walks in the challenger and after the dust has settled, he will have fulfilled his destiny as the new NWA worlds champion because that's how he rolls.

Hype for JJ/Cage.

Earl Hebner makes his debut as the referee for the match as TNA can't help but do some bullshit, and boy are we in for some bullshit with this idiot.

Match#8 Jeff Jarrett (c) w/Gail Kim vs Christian Cage (NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Championship)
JJ wrestles to start. What in the world????? Really cool back and forth with the basics being turned all the way up because these are two of the most solid pro wrestlers to ever live, and this is their bread and butter. Cage misses a dive off the top and crashes and burns on the rail to hurt his ribs, and Jeff goes after them when he steals Joe's rail swing to send Cage into them again, and then fights him on the outside. He throws his wicked punches and kills his ribs some more, and it's really good stuff. Christian's selling isn't very good at all sadly, as he never really bothers to show any sign he's hurt. However, Jeff's work is all basic and mean, and it's all it needs to be to his credit, so at least one person is going the right way about this. Gail gets involved behind Hebner's back, but like Larry is watching and should fire her. Jeff locks in the Sharpshooter so we get a rehash of that with Tenay begging Hebner not to do it. Thankfully it doesn't lead anywhere, but man we don't need to even touch that. Cage fights back and unloads more good offence on JJ, but he doesn't sell a damn thing on those ribs, which is really upsetting, Hebner is bumped and we get some bullshit as Cage kicks out of the Super Stroke because Hebner takes too long to get over and count. Hebner is bumped again by Cage being thrown into him. Goddamn it, stop it. Slick Johnson runs in to be the ref now, and he calls it down the middle and goes to DQ JJ after he kicks CC in the balls, so JJ attacks him and throws him out. JJ kills Christian with the guitar, but baw gawd he kicks out of it. Cage gets back up because selling is lame, and he powerbombs Gail to get rid of her. He fights out of the Stroke and nails the Unprettier to win the title.
*3/4

Awful match, but at least we've ended the second to last Jarrett reign.

Post match, Rhino and a bunch of fans get in the ring and celebrate with Christian to close the show.