*Spoilers* TNA iMPACT! Taping Results For 8/12

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Jeremy Borash came out to open the Impact taping.

1. Kurt Angle defeated A.J. Styles in 8:20. A.J. tapped out. Surprisingly, Angle does not retire this week (sarcasm).

2. Angelina Love defeated Madison Rayne to win the TNA Knockouts Title in 3:45. Velvet Sky removed the biker chick's helmet, but she had a mask on.

Pepa of Salt-n-Pepa is in the front row.

3. Matt Morgan defeated D'Angelo Dinero and Mr. Anderson in a three-way match in 3:48. Anderson had Pope covered, but Morgan broke it up and pinned Pope himself.

Jeff Hardy's open challenge was accepted by (drumroll)... Shannon Moore. I hope someone else comes out. Really?

4. Jeff Hardy pinned Shannon Moore in 6:45. Hardy pinned Moore after hitting the Swanton. They hugged after the match and there was a nice OMEGA chant from the crowd.

5. The Motor City Machine Guns vs. Beer Money in a best of three falls match for the TNA Tag Titles is in progress. Great first fall. Robert Roode pinned Alex Shelley following the DWI at 8:03.

The second fall saw Shelley pin Roode in 1:25 after the MCMG combo neckbreaker and splash off the top rope.

Chris Sabin pinned James Storm in 6:52 to win the third fall. Pyro after the win. A super hot match that earned "Match of the Year" chants.

6. Rob Van Dam defeated Abyss in a Stairway to Janice match to retain the TNA Title in 17:12. Eric Bischoff was special referee. After the match, Hogan came out to congratulate RVD, and then he invited EV2 out. Hogan left.

EV2 celebrated and then the lights when out. When the lights came on, Beer Money, A.J. Styles, Kazarian, Douglas Williams, and Matt Morgan beat and bloodied EV2. Ric Flair came out and chased Dixie Carter to the back. EV2 was destroyed. Flair said it's Fortune's house and they set the bar, not EV2.

EV2 was Dreamer, Team 3D, Mick Foley, Rhino, Stevie Richards, Little Guido, Rob Van Dam, Bill Alfonso, and Sabu. Sandman and Raven made separate attempts to save EV2, but he was beat up. The angle was long as hell. Knowing TNA production, it will be three minutes long on Thursday. So it's now a faction war with EV2 vs. Fortune. The golden rule was followed, as every EV2 wrestler wore white to show the crimson. Pepa actually left due to the violence.

So after all that hype the open challenge was accepted by Shannon Moore, what a buzzkill. They guy has been in TNA many times before and isn't a big name.

Looks like the ECW guys will be hanging around for some time to come. TNA really laying on the violence thick to get it across that it is now hardcore. This is really starting to get old. Do the ECW guys look in shape or do they look really old? Do you like this angle?

Tag team match sounds great.

btw this mainevent result seems really, really, really, really dumb when you read next weeks spoilers.

 

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Yeah, why not just have Abyss go over RVD, rather than the bad horror movie ending we saw? Whenever TNA doesn't know what to do it books a tournament.

 

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I found Joey Styles comments about this show interesting considering they said so many nice things about him during Hardcore Justice even when he works for the opposition.

Joey Styles was asked on'*N Show" edition of Impact, he replied with " I watched the Whole F'N show highlights online. I've seen wood chipper victims who were less of a mess than RVD. Who books that crap?"

Not even the voice of ECW liked that over the top hardcore stuff that TNA are trying to produce. They should stop trying to replicate a former promotion and focus on the exceptional young wrestling talent they have.