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Entry #125
Abyss vs. Black Reign vs. Rellik vs. Shark Boy
Silent Night, Bloody Night Match
TNA Impact - December 20, 2007
Abyss vs. Black Reign vs. Rellik vs. Shark Boy
Silent Night, Bloody Night Match
TNA Impact - December 20, 2007
A bunch of people have heard of this match, even if they haven't seen it. Why? Four words: BARBED WIRE CHRISTMAS TREE. This is a unique match type that I'm pretty sure only ever appeared here. Basically, there's a Christmas tree made of barbed wire in the middle of the ring, and the presents under it are weapons for the wrestlers to use. This also happens to feature two infamous characters from TNA's history: Rellik (that's killer spelled backwards) and Black Reign, or as he's better known, "Dustin Rhodes at his lowest". Is it really that bad? Let's find out.
On closer inspection, the barbed wire Christmas tree is suspended from the ceiling. Shark Boy comes out all banged up. Black Reign comes out with a rat who is adorable and doesn't deserve to be here. Abyss chucks Reign out of the ring. Back in the ring, Rellik unwraps a golf club but Shark Boy grabs it and hits him with it. I now notice Shark Boy's got bandages on the fin of his mask. Abyss downs Reign with a big boot, splashes him in the corner, then hits a hip attack. However, Rellik comes in so the two heels can get in a modified Hart Attack on Abyss.
Coming back from commercial, Shark Boy is rinsing both Rellik and Reign with a kendo stick. Shark Boy unwraps a spike of some sort, but Black Reign stops him using it and hits a Pedigree (which is apparently called the Blackout). Father James Mitchell is in attendance. There's blood on the mat and I'm not sure where it's from. Must have happened during the break. Reign whips Shark Boy into the tree, which he sells like he's a pinball. Reign's about to give Rellik the same treatment but he stops himself. Abyss is about to climb back into the ring but Rellik wipes him out. Rellik hits a wheelbarrow slam on Shark Boy, then he and Reign start pulling each other off pin attempts. Abyss comes in while they're arguing and downs both.
Abyss opens a present to find a barbed wire bat... bat shots for everyone! He then pulls out a bag of his signature thumbtacks, followed by a second bag containing broken glass! (Presumably real glass, because that's a reference I have to keep making in 2023.) Abyss is about to chokeslam both heels into the piles of sharpness but they break out. Shark Boy helps(?) with a top-rope fall to Reign. They whip both Reign and Rellik into the corner and try to swing the tree at both. Rellik gets away; Reign doesn't. Chokeslam to Reign but Mitchell distracts the ref so he doesn't count Abyss' pin. Lights out, suddenly Judas Mesias is out here, spewing blood from his mouth, he hits Straight to Hell (Flatliner) on the tacks, Rellik with a Jackhammer on Shark Boy to get the win.
Not an abomination. Kind of overbooked, and mostly weapon shots, but mostly watchable.