- Thanks to Eric for the following TNA Impact Wrestling spoilers from tonight’s tapings in Orlando. These will air next week, August 18th:
* Sting opens the show with a chair in the ring. Sting says he has lost his mind. Sting says he and the fans want Hulk Hogan back in the ring and he wants a match tonight. Ric Flair comes out and they go back and forth on the mic. Flair says he wants to be the greatest in the business again. Flair says Dixie Carter can’t pay him enough to wrestle enough but he wants one more Sting match. Flair wants Sting to retire if he loses. If Sting wins, he will give Sting Hogan’s ass on a platter. Sting accepts the challenge.
* Scott Steiner beat Brother Devon in a Bound For Glory Series match. Samoa Joe comes out afterward and attacks Devon. Devon’s kids jump the railing and get in Joe’s face but he doesn’t back down. The Pope comes down and separates them.
* Ric Flair meets with Hulk Hogan backstage and Hogan is pissed. Hogan wants Sting done by the end of the night and says he will never wrestle Sting again.
* Austin Aries won an X Division Gauntlet match to become the new #1 contender. He beat Robbie E., Zema Ion, Kid Kash, Mark Haskins, Jesse Sorrensen, Tony Nese and Alex Shelley. It came down to Aries and Sorrensen. Kid Kash ran back in and laid out Sorrensen. Aries did an interview with Christy Hemme and said he’s going to beat Brian Kendrick for the title, bringing out Kendrick to brawl with Aries.
* Mickie James beat ODB. Miss Jackie, who was in ODB’s corner, shook Mickie’s hand after the match.
* AJ Styles beat Rob Van Dam by DQ in a Bound For Glory Series match. Jerry Lynn showed up and pulled the referee out of the ring when Styles was going for a pin, causing the DQ. RVD and Lynn had words after the match.
* Crimson comes limping to the ring and talks about Kurt Angle attacking him the previous week. Crimson calls out Angle and here comes the World Champion. Crimson says he’s pissed and Angle failed to take him out last week. Kurt calls him a nobody. Without Angle, he is a green little bitch, he says. Angle says he has got nothing but disrespect his whole career from the young guys. Crimson challenges Angle to a match for next week.
* Mexican America beat Beer Money to become the new TNA Tag Team Champions. Rosita and Sarita both got involved, and Karen and Jeff Jarrett were on commentary. Karen ran down and Jeff then ran down to save her. Jarrett threw his AAA World Title to Hernandez. Hernandez hit Robert Roode with it while the referee was distracted for the win. A Mexican flag dropped down as the Jarretts celebrated with Mexican America to end the show.
* Sting opens the show with a chair in the ring. Sting says he has lost his mind. Sting says he and the fans want Hulk Hogan back in the ring and he wants a match tonight. Ric Flair comes out and they go back and forth on the mic. Flair says he wants to be the greatest in the business again. Flair says Dixie Carter can’t pay him enough to wrestle enough but he wants one more Sting match. Flair wants Sting to retire if he loses. If Sting wins, he will give Sting Hogan’s ass on a platter. Sting accepts the challenge.
* Scott Steiner beat Brother Devon in a Bound For Glory Series match. Samoa Joe comes out afterward and attacks Devon. Devon’s kids jump the railing and get in Joe’s face but he doesn’t back down. The Pope comes down and separates them.
* Ric Flair meets with Hulk Hogan backstage and Hogan is pissed. Hogan wants Sting done by the end of the night and says he will never wrestle Sting again.
* Austin Aries won an X Division Gauntlet match to become the new #1 contender. He beat Robbie E., Zema Ion, Kid Kash, Mark Haskins, Jesse Sorrensen, Tony Nese and Alex Shelley. It came down to Aries and Sorrensen. Kid Kash ran back in and laid out Sorrensen. Aries did an interview with Christy Hemme and said he’s going to beat Brian Kendrick for the title, bringing out Kendrick to brawl with Aries.
* Mickie James beat ODB. Miss Jackie, who was in ODB’s corner, shook Mickie’s hand after the match.
* AJ Styles beat Rob Van Dam by DQ in a Bound For Glory Series match. Jerry Lynn showed up and pulled the referee out of the ring when Styles was going for a pin, causing the DQ. RVD and Lynn had words after the match.
* Crimson comes limping to the ring and talks about Kurt Angle attacking him the previous week. Crimson calls out Angle and here comes the World Champion. Crimson says he’s pissed and Angle failed to take him out last week. Kurt calls him a nobody. Without Angle, he is a green little bitch, he says. Angle says he has got nothing but disrespect his whole career from the young guys. Crimson challenges Angle to a match for next week.
* Mexican America beat Beer Money to become the new TNA Tag Team Champions. Rosita and Sarita both got involved, and Karen and Jeff Jarrett were on commentary. Karen ran down and Jeff then ran down to save her. Jarrett threw his AAA World Title to Hernandez. Hernandez hit Robert Roode with it while the referee was distracted for the win. A Mexican flag dropped down as the Jarretts celebrated with Mexican America to end the show.