TNA iMPACT - 2009

[Axis]

TNA iMPACT
iMPACT Zone
Orlando, Florida
March 26, 2009

Match 1: AJ Styles vs Shane Sewell
Fun, fast-paced action with both guys exhibiting their move sets. Styles maintains control for the most part, but Sewell gets his fair share as well. The end comes after a Styles Clash.
Winner via pinfall: AJ Styles (5:02)

--Commercial--

Kurt Angle storms into Mick Foley’s office and screams that he just got here, and he heard that AJ Styles just wrestled a match, and that he thought that they were wrestling tonight. Foley corrects him, saying that he told them both that they would be wrestling this week; he never said they would be wrestling each other. Angle goes off on a tangent, and Foley stops him and assures him that he’ll have a match tonight … against Low Ki. And Foley says that, if Angle refuses, he has received full permission from corporate that he can fire him.

Match 2: Rhino vs Jonny Harlow
Harlow tries to fight back for the sake of the Queen, but Rhino has none of that. He hits the Gore and then actually picks his opponent up and hits his own version of the Styles Clash (i.e. a bad one) for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Rhino (2:12)

The Main Event Mafia is backstage in their locker room. Kurt Angle says it’s bullshit that he’s got to face Low Ki this week, and that he’s going to murder Styles when he gets a hold of him. Sting says that it’s possible that Angle could get Styles at Lockdown in a few weeks if they play their cards right. Booker T brings up Sting’s opponent at Lockdown, and Sting says that he’d like to have the month off, and that he’s more than deserved it.

--Commercial--

The announcers plug NJPW Special next week, and then direct us to the ring and go over some of the problems that Kiyoshi, Koslov, and Schulz have had with Tyson Dux as of late.

Match 3: Kiyoshi/Alex Koslov/Patrick Schulz [The Axis Powers] vs Chris Sabin/Tyson Dux/Volador
Yes. The Japanese, the Russian, and the German are now calling themselves the Axis Powers. They work well together, especially Kiyoshi and Koslov at this point, but the veteran tendencies of Sabin and Volador help to null any cheap tricks by the heels. At times, Dux tries to take on all of his foes by himself and gets in over his head, but he always uses his speed to escape the beat down. The end comes when Volador hits a plancha on Schulz, Koslov, and Dux to allow Sabin to hit the Future Shock on Kiyoshi for the three-count.
Winners via pinfall: Chris Sabin/Tyson Dux/Volador (7:47)

Jimmy Rave comes into Mick Foley’s office with a thermometer in his mouth. Rave says that he’s sorry that he couldn’t come in last week, and that he’s sorry that he can’t wrestle Abyss next week, because he REALLY wants to. Foley says that he better get well soon, because as with Kurt Angle, Jimmy Rave will too be fired if he refuses to wrestle. Rave spits out the thermometer and leaves pissed off.

--Commercial--

Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, and Raisha Saeed come out to do commentary for this next match.

Match 4: Roxxi Laveaux vs Daisy Haze vs ODB vs Taylor Wilde [Co-No. One Contender to Knockouts Championship]
ODB sits this one out at first and let’s the other three go at it, and that they do. Haze and Wilde run circles around each other and Roxxi, until Roxxi just punches them in the vaginas for a big, perverted audience pop. ODB then enters the ring and rolls Roxxi up, but she only gets a two-count. ODB and Roxxi get in each other’s faces and look to be about to fight until Wilde and Haze get back up. ODB takes Haze and hits some power moves on her, and Roxxi tries to one-up her by doing the same to Wilde. They continue to try to outshine each other at the expense of the smaller women until ODB pretends that she’s going to slam Taylor Wilde, but instead just throws her into Roxxi! ODB and Roxxi begin brawling around the entire ring, pulling at hair and slamming heads, until it eventually spills to the outside. Meanwhile the other two ladies are up in the ring and Wilde tries her Wilde Intentions (Poison Rana), but Haze twirls out of it and hits the Mind Trip! ONE! TWO! ODB and Roxxi notice the pinfall and try to rush into the ring to stop it! THREE!
Winner via pinfall: Daisy Haze (7:34)

ODB and Roxxi glare at each other and look pissed off having just been upset by Daisy Haze. Awesome Kong walks out, holding her Knockouts Title high in the air. Daisy Haze looks up the ramp at her and nods her head. Angelina Love stands up from the commentary booth and glares at both Daisy Haze and Awesome Kong.

--Commercial--

A pre-taped promo from America’s Most Wanted plays. Chris Harris is doing pushups while Storm counts, “…1,997…1,998…1,999…2,000!†Harris stops up and Storm says that they should be ready to go for the tag team titles any time now, and that he’s going to prove it on Impact by beating that the dark-skinned punk.

Match 5: Jay Lethal w/Consequences Creed vs James Storm w/Chris Harris
In Storm’s first match back in a couple of months, he shows some rust early on. Lethal capitalizes on his botched and/or poorly executed moves and finds himself close to an early win many times. After a trip up by Harris from the outside, Storm takes control and wears Lethal down until he finally feels in his element again. Lethal has a few comeback spots and even hits the Lethal Combination, but Harris puts Storm’s foot on the rope, undetected by the ref. Lethal goes to the tope rope, but Storm crotches him and then hits his Swinging Noose, and proceeds to threaten Lethal with a lynching, then gets a two-count. Lethal fights back again and goes for a springboard clothesline, Harris trips him up again as he leaps up, so he crashes into the mat. He groggily stands up right into a big Superkick from James Storm. ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winner via pinfall: James Storm (10:51)

Consequences Creed comes in to consol Jay Lethal, but Lethal seems almost unaffected by the loss.

--Commercial--

Mick Foley comes out and says that he has a few announcements to make. First, as is tradition for the TNA PPV Lockdown, a Lethal Lockdown match will take place, and he sees no better option than to pit four Frontline members against four Main Event Mafia members within the confines of the steel structure. Representing the Frontline will be Kevin Nash, Booker T, Scott Steiner, and Kurt Angle. The Frontline will be represented by Low Ki, Petey Williams, AJ Styles, and one other. And that “one other†brings him to his next announcement.

He has heard the reasons presented by both Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels at Lockdown for the TNA Championship. He has thought on it, and he has decided that the only fair way to determine Sting’s opponent is for a one-on-one match between Daniels and Joe, and so that’s exactly what’s going to happen. Next week, in the main event of the three-hour Impact special, Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels will face off for the first time in three years, and it will be for the rights to face Sting at Lockdown for the world title.

--Commercial--

Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe come across each other backstage. They share an awkward glance, and then Daniels wishes Joe best of luck next week in their match. Samoa Joe says the same to Daniels, and the two shake hands.

Back in the Impact Zone, Japanese Ace and IWGP Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi comes down to ringside! He takes a seat next to the commentary booth to watch Angle’s next match, and the booth puts over Tanahashi’s match this Saturday on Xplosion, the NJPW special next week, and the Tanahashi/Angle match for the IWGP Title in ten days.

Match 6: Low Ki vs Kurt Angle
This actually started fairly respectful, with mat wrestling and technical stuff going on to prove who was the better pure wrestler. Angle increasingly gets more aggressive and starts to work over Ki’s neck, until Low Ki hits a corkscrew suicide senton to the outside to send us to a break.

--Commercial--

We come back and Low Ki is wearing down Angle’s neck as well, though he utilizes more strikes than grapples. They continue back and forth until their moves start to get more impact, and thus become riskier and riskier. Low Ki starts to gain an edge, but then Angle counters a roundhouse kick into a modified fisherman’s suplex. They both lay on the ground, and Ki is the first one up. He tries for a springboard move, but mid-air, Angle springs to life and rolls out of the way. Low lands awkwardly on his ankle, so Angle targets it and eventually locks in the Ankle Lock. Ki fights his way to the ropes, but Angle continues working on the ankle. Low Ki finally finds an out after an enzuigiri and starts to fight back with vicious chops and elbow and even hits the Ki Krusher! He covers, but Angle gets a foot on the ropes. Low Ki forces Angle up and continues on with elbows and chops, but he gets too caught up in himself and hits a spin kick to Angle’s neck, but the kick does more harm to Low Ki’s ankle! Ki staggers around holding his ankle, giving Kurt Angle enough time to hit the Olympic Slam for the three-count!
Winner via pinfall: Kurt Angle (15:02)


TNA Xplosion Results (3/28)
Jimmy Jacobs over Blain Rage
Angelina Love w/Velvet Skye over Daffney
Mephisto w/Averno over Brutus Magnus
Hiroshi Tanahashi over Sonjay Dutt w/Sheik Abdul Bashir

 

[connorten]

Well this thread is getting pretty quite, but I think you are stilling doing a great job and Lockdown is already getting some early hype! Keep up the good work and I am tight on time, but will give you a full review of the next couple shows.

 

[Chuck Taylor's Grenade]

AJ Styles vs. Shane Sewell-Not a lot to say about this one. Just seems there to set up the following promo.

Angle and Foley-Reminded me of when Foley was commissioner. This was
okay as it sets up other parts of the show.

Rhino vs. Jonny Harlow-Squashy McPancake. I have to question Rhino using a styles clash move thingy. Rhino is primarily a powerhouse brawler so it seemed out of place.

MEM segment-Sting deserves time off? I guess the year off he took between Bound For Glory main events wasn't enough. It also looks like we're getting Styles vs. angle at Lockdown.

Axis vs. Sabin/Dux/Volador-Fun little six man match. Hopefully you'll get some good stuff from the Axis especially with the feud with Tyson Dux.

Jimmy Rave promo-I LQTM on this one. I could imagine someone doing this in Chikara. Entertaining segment.

Roxxi vs. Daizee vs. ODB vs. Taylor Wilde-Remember when the knockouts put on good matches? Well this match brought back those memories. A little bit of an anything you can do I can do better competition between ODB and Roxxi. Nice booking with ODB and Roxxi being distracted with each other and Daizee picking up the victory.

Braden Walker and James Storm-Maybe if he worked out that hard for WWE he wouldn't have looked 7 months pregnant. Anyway, this seemed like filler to give a little backstory to the next match.

James Storm vs. Jay Lethal-Great Heel work by Walker and Storm. I would have expected a brawl between Harris and Creed. Very solid and entertaining match.

Foley promo-Wow he's in more places than Jeremy Borash. Anyway nice to see we're getting lethal lockdown. It seems like your making the fourth spot for the lethal lockdown a consolation prize for the loser of the number one contender's match. It would work better to leave it as a mystery to keep people guessing.

Samoa Joe and Daniels-Filler but puts over the mutual respect and their match next week.

Low Ki vs. Angle-Great main event. This match had it all, technical wrestling, high flying, brawling. Very good match. Booking wise it was booked very nicely with Angle countering Ki's kicking offense with the ankle lock

Overall-Not your best show that I've read. Perhaps you were pressed for time. But anyway some matches were pretty short especially the first two. Promos were blah but got the message across (Promos seem to work better when written out fully). But there were some bright spots like the Jimmy Rave segment, the four way knockouts match, the six man tag and the main event. If you're going to do something that people aren't going to like, but is necessary for the advancement of a storyline, you need to have something else on the show to make people happy. Still this is a very consistent and realistic TNA BTB.

 

[Axis]

TNA-NJPW 3-Hour Special iMPACT
iMPACT Zone
Orlando, Florida
April 2, 2009

Mick Foley’s comes out looking REALLY excited, and tells the fans that tonight is lined up to be an absolutely epic Impact. He says that they have ten, yes TEN, matches in store for tonight. The Motor City Machineguns, Kevin Nash, AJ Styles, Low Ki, Petey Williams, Booker T, Kurt Angle, and IGPW Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi are just a few of the wrestlers that will be in action tonight. And of course, the main of Christopher Daniels vs Samoa Joe for the number one contender spot to Sting’s TNA Championship will top things off. And, to make things even better, he’s been assured from Spike TV that this episode of Impact will receive MINIMAL commercial interruptions. Basically, it’s a modified free PPV. He says that this is a sorry to fans for TNA sucking so bad for so long, and this is a signal that things are going to get better from here. He calls out Shinsuke Nakamura and Hirooki Goto of NJPW and MCMG to get things started.

Match 1: Motor City Machineguns vs Shinsuke Nakamura/Hirooki Goto
Things start off with all four men in the ring with a bunch of double team and fun, spotty moves to get the crowd riled up during this first match. Things settle down when Nakamura and Goto send Shelley over the top rope and begin to work over Chris Sabin. When Nakamura misses a springboard moonsault, Sabin makes the hot tag! Alex Shelley enters like and basically runs the place. They try to isolate Shelley, but he fights back far more aggressively and forces Goto to eat an Air Raid Siren. Sabin springboard dropkicks Nakamura off the apron, and then the Guns hit the ASCS Rush on Goto for the three-count.
Winners via pinfall: Motor City Machineguns (8:48)

--Commercial--

Another pre-taped AMW video plays, this time at a racetrack. Chris Harris comes running around his final lap to James Storm with a stopwatch, who says, “Hot damn! Three miles in six minutes! We’re sure as hell ready to show these big-lipped hooligans who the best tag team in the world is.”

Match 2: Two Crazy Negroes[c] vs America’s Most Wanted w/Jackie Moore
Chris Harris and Jay Lethal star out. Harris gets fatigued after only a few minutes and the Negroes begin running proverbial and literal circles around him. They actually isolate him for a bit until Moore trips up Creed from the outside and Harris tags in Storm. The Cowboy has a good amount of success taking on Creed and Lethal individually and he gets some nearfalls, but he’s always hesitant to tag in Harris when things get rough. After a Lethal Combination, Storm dodges the big elbow drop and has no choice but to tag in Chris Harris. The Wildcat takes it slow and rather than going in ON FIRE~ he imply locks in an abdominal stretch to Lethal and wears him down in the center of the ring. He hits a few suplexes but then slows it down again. After a vertical suplex, he tags Storm backs in while he goes back to catch his breath on the outside. Lethal counters a powerbomb into a facebuster and then makes the hot tag. Creed hits a leg lariat and then the Monti-Fisto, but Harris hangman’s him on the rope to stop his momentum. Storm hits a big superkick! ONE! TWO! Creed gets his foot on the ropes. Harris and Storm make rapid tags to each other to hit a double team move and then a power move by themselves to keep Creed down and beaten. Creed gets a hot tag to Lethal, but Jackie Moor distracts the ref so he doesn’t see it. Lethal comes in but the ref tries to push him out. With his attention on the ref, Lethal gets clobbered with a Spear from Chris Harris. America’s Most Wanted then hits the Death Sentence for the first time in over two years on Creed! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winners via pinfall and NEW TNA Tag Team Champions: America’s Most Wanted (18:19)

AMW grab the titles and celebrate with beers galore. Creed looks crushed inside the ring, but Lethal helps him up and motions him to the back as if nothing is wrong.

Roxxi Laveaux and Daisy Haze are backstage. Roxxi says she’s upset about losing last week, but she wishes Haze best of luck at Lockdown. Suddenly, ODB runs in and tackles Roxxi to the ground, saying she screwed her out of the match last week. Road agents (Savio Vega cameo) come in and separate the two women, though they continue screaming at each other.

Jay Lethal is in Mick Foley’s office when Alex Shelley gets called in. Foley tells Shelley that he and Lethal just talked, and he’s decided that Jay should probably receive another shot at the X-Division Championship due to how he lost at Destination X. Shelley is pissed, but Foley tells him that first Lethal must beat an opponent selected by Alex Shelley in order to be eligible for that title match. Foley tells him to pick wisely this time, since last time Shelley got to pick Lethal’s opponent, he fucked up the choice.

Match 3: Masato Tanaka vs Kiyoshi w/The Axis Powers
Masato Tanaka is very aggressive with Kiyoshi, according to Mike Tenay possibly because Kiyoshi was once an NJPW guy and now he’s solely TNA and those foreigners take their promotion loyalty seriously. Kiyoshi frequently backs up and receives help from his foreign friends, which only serves to anger Tanaka further. After Koslov distracts the ref and Schulz pushes Tanaka off the top rope, Kiyoshi takes over for a long while. He goes up to the top rope, but Tanaka meets him with a discus elbow smash to stop him, and then hits the Diamond Dust from the top turnbuckle for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Masato Tanaka (8:42)

In an interview with Lauren, Hiroshi Tanahashi says in broken English that Kurt Angle is a drug-addicted tool and that his wife is a whore. He says that if Kurt Angle actually beats him, it will be the biggest upset since when the tiny isle of Japan fucked up America’s Pearle Harbor. He then calls him a bitch and walks off.

Jeremy Borash points our attention to the titan tron where HOMICIDE~ is present live via a feed. He says that he’s enjoying his time with NJPW and he wishes he could have come back to visit TNA this week, but he already had prior commitments for some shows. He says that he’s facing Tiger Mask IV this Sunday on NJPW Resolution for the IGPW Junior Heavyweight Championship. He says that Tiger Mask is a great competitor and he wishes him luck in his match with Sonjay Dutt, but nothing is going to stop him from winning that championship.

Match 4: Tiger Mask IV vs Sonjay Dutt w/Sheik Abdul Bashir
Dutt and Tiger Mask do some fun flippy stuff, but when Tiger Mask outshines him, Dutt gets vicious and uses some underhanded tactics to take down the IGPW Jr. Heavyweight Champion. Bashir gets involved from the outside a bit too, but Tiger Mask surprises Dutt by countering his sprinkler elbow into the Millennium Suplex!! Tiger Mask IV goes up top and hits the flying headbutt for the one, two, and three.
Winner via pinfall: Tiger Mask IV (6:11)

Raisha Saeed, Sojourner Bolt, Rhaka Khan, Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, and Kip James all walk up to Awesome Kong and glare at her like high school girls. Saeed tells her that next week she is facing Rhaka Khan, and Khan is going to mess her up because she is not a fat blob. Kip James then touches Kong’s blob and they all run away giggling, leaving the Knockouts Champion looking pissed as all else.

--Commercial--

Kurt Angle is backstage with Lauren and says that Hiroshi Tanahashi wouldn’t be nearly as successful if he wasn’t squinty-eyed. He says that wrestling fans have a collective boner for Japanese guys, and he’s going to show why it’s completely unwarranted. He matter-of-factly states that he’s going to be the next IWGP Champion, and then the Main Event Mafia will have THREE champions in its ranks.

Match 5: Rhino vs Nobuo Yoshihashi (2:40)
Rhino shows no mercy on foreigners, either. He pretty much mauls through this guy, though Yoshihashi does get SOME offense in, but not much. Rhino hits the Gore and then a Cradle Shock for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Rhino

Rhino poses for the crowd as if he’s a fan favorite, and he begins bowing and muttering about his OWN Frontline. Suddenly, ERIC YOUNG~ runs out and begins pounding Rhino to the mat. Young keeps throwing punches and then lifts him up for the Death Valley Driver, but Rhino gets out of it and escapes the ring, in shock from Young’s return. He retreats up the ramp, as Eric Young stands tall in the ring, telling him to “bring it on.”

The Main Event Mafia is backstage in their locker room when Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan come in. They all flash the nWo sign and greet each other, and then Kevin Nash insists that they indulge in a cocktail before their match that’s up soon.

Match 6: Doug Williams vs Prince Devitt vs Volador vs Milano Collection AT
SPOTTTTTFESTTTTT~!~!~! After a while, Williams begins to just knee the fuck out of bitches and look like a complete bad ass going against people way smaller than him. Milano and Devitt actually work together for a bit, but then they get greedy and try to take each other out. Volador comes in and clears the ring with his lucha insanity, but then he gets hit with the Chaos Theory to shut him up. Devitt runs in with a tornado kick to Williams, but then immediately gets hit with the Italian Revolution from Milano Collection AT and keeps the bridge intact … ONE … TWO … Williams breaks up the pin and tosses Milano to the outside. He runs up to the tope rope and hits the Bomb Scare on Devitt … ONE … TWO … THREE!
Winner via pinfall: Doug Williams (8:20)

Sonjay Dutt and Sheik Abdul Bashir come up to Tiger Mask IV and tell him he did a great job earlier tonight against Dutt. They mention that America is full of dickheads who dropped two fucking nuclear bombs on Japan, and he MUST want to do the same back to America. The drop him a “Jihad” business card, but Tiger Mask just looks confused by it and walks off.

Match 7: Kevin Nash/Riki Choshu/Masahiro Chono/ Hiroyoshi Tenzan w/Scott Steiner vs AJ Styles/Low Ki/Petey Williams/Brother Devon
A bunch of chop-trading between Low Ki and Tenzan up front, until the heels (or, rudos. Can I say rudos? I’m going to say rudos) start to get involved from the outside. They all work over one Frontline guy until he makes a comeback and tags in a partner, only for that guy to get out-numbered and fall into the same cycle. It all ends with Brother Devon finally gets in and overpowers the other guys. He tries for a vertical suplex on Kevin Nash, but Nash blocks it and actually hits one of his own. He goes for the cover, but Styles, Ki, and Williams come in to break it up. A huge brawl breaks out with finishers coming from everywhere, until Chono hits a Kenka Kick to Petey Williams, who was completely distracted by Scott Steiner on the outside. ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winners via pinfall: Kevin Nash, Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (7:55)

--Commercial--

Match 8: Abyss vs Jimmy Rave
Jimmy Rave tries the same cat-mouse deal that was successful at Destination X, but Abyss is ready for it this time. He throws Rave around like a rag doll, not even thinking about going for a pinfall even when he probably could. He eventually goes for the Black Hole Slam, but Rave holds onto the ropes and slides out of the ring, and lets the referee count. Abyss exits the ring and tries to catch him, but Rave is too quick. In the end, they both get counted out.
No contest via countout (1:14)

Abyss continues chasing Jimmy Rave around the outside of the ring, but Mick Foley comes out to stop it. He says that he’s tired of seeing Jimmy Rave avoid Abyss and that he needs to face his opponent head-on. Therefore, he’s booking Rave/Abyss again for Lockdown. This time however, it will be one of the matches inside the confines of Six Sides of Steel, to prevent Rave from skirting away from Abyss.

Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed are backstage, pretty upset at losing the tag team titles earlier in the night. Creed says it’s okay because they can bounce back and win back their gold, but Lethal stops him. He says that he already talked to Mick Foley, and he’s got the opportunity for a match at Lockdown due to the circumstances under which he lost last month. Lethal says that he’s sorry, but he’ll most likely take him up on the offer, and therefore he won’t be aiming to take back the tag team titles--not yet, anyway. Creed looks sad as Lethal walks away.

Match 9: Kurt Angle/Booker T vs Hiroshi Tanahashi/Jushin Liger
Liger and Booker do some mat wrestling at the start, but the Legend’s Champion gets dirty and the Mafia members isolate Liger for a good stretch. He finally makes the hot tag and Tanahashi brutalizes Booker T, who desperately tags in Kurt Angle. Tanahashi and Angle stare off and are slow to go at it. They first go to the mat, where Angle controls things for the most part. Once they both work their up to a vertical fight, Tanahashi hits some vicious chops and kicks that send Angle running back to tag in Booker T. Things go back and forth pretty evenly, until Angle breaks up Tanahashi’s high-bridge German suplex pin on Booker T and then all hell breaks loose. Liger enters and all four men begin throwing punches and kicks. Liger eventually throws Angle out of the ring and hits the Shooting Star Press to him on the outside! In the ring Booker T goes for the Axe Kick, but Tanahashi ducks under it and hits the Sling Blade and then the High Fly Flow! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winners via pinfall: Hiroshi Tanahashi/Jushin Liger (13:12)

Tanahashi and Liger celebrate in the ring. Kurt Angle enters to check on Booker T and Tanahashi gets in his face. He extends his hand, but Angle ignores it and leaves the ring after completely disrespecting the IWGP Champion.

--Commercial--

We come back and Mike Tenay says that we’re going commercial-free to the end of the show, as we’re about to watch a completely uninterrupted main event.

Match 10: Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels
They get right into things and Samoa Joe pretty much dominates due to being more aggressive and stronger. Joe even goes for an early Coquina Clutch, but Daniels quickly grabs the ropes. Joe continues to control the match for some time. Daniels fights back well with his speed and always tries to chop down at Joe’s legs, but Joe has none of it. He dares Daniels to try to over power him with numerous shoulder blocks but after a few failed attempts, Joe hits a snap power slam for a two-count. Joe controls for a long period with interspersed comeback attempts by Daniels’ high-flying maneuvers. Daniels finally finds his legitimate out when Joe misses a corner clothesline and Daniels hits the Last Rites out of nowhere! ONE! TWO! Joe gets a foot on the ropes! Daniels tries to beat at Joe’s legs, but as tree trunks they are hardly affected. Daniels switches his focus to Joe’s neck and upper spine, where he finds more success. He takes some high-risks and gets several nearfalls, but when he misses the Best Moonsault Ever, Joe takes back over. Daniels fights back with strikes, and Joe dares him to come at him with more shoulder blocks so Daniels runs at him, but this time he goes right an inside cradle! ONE! TWO! THR – Joe gets out! They go back and forth until Samoa Joe turns Daniels inside out with a viscous lariat. He picks Daniels up for the Muscle Buster, but Daniels breaks out of it and hits an inverted facelock neckbreaker! Joe holds at his neck while Daniels runs to the turnbuckle and hits the Best Moonsault Ever! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winner via pinfall: Christopher Daniels (22:43)

Joe kicks out right after three, but Daniels has still secured the win. The referee holds up Daniels’ arm as Samoa Joe stands up. Joe spins Daniels around and … asks for a handshake. Daniels obliges and then Joe holds up Daniels’ hand in victory as Daniels motions for the TNA Championship.

TNA Xplosion Results (4/4)
Tiger Mask IV over Shark Boy
Brother Devon over Nobuo Yoshihashi
Dave Taylor w/Doug Williams over Volador
Jimmy Jacobs/Masato Tanaka over Prince Devitt/Brutus Magnus


TNA Lockdown Card (4/16)

TNA World Championship – Six Sides of Steel
Sting[c] vs Christopher Daniels

Lethal Lockdown
Samoa Joe/AJ Styles/Petey Williams/Low Ki vs Kurt Angle/Booker T/Scott Steiner/Kevin Nash

Six Sides of Steel
Eric Young vs Rhino

Six Sides of Steel
Jimmy Rave vs Abyss

Who is the Toughest Knockout?
ODB vs Roxxi Laveaux

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Next week's show will be late because I'm going to be in Brazil until next Saturday. I would just leave it for somebody else to post, but there is a segment or two that is going to be determined by the actual results of NJPW Resolution.

 

[Axis]

NJPW Resolution 2009 Results (only those including TNA wrestlers)
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Motor City Machineguns[c] over Ryusuke Taguchi/Prince Devitt
- Mistico/Los Infernales over Black Tiger/Manabu Nakanishi/Takao Omori
- Giant Bernard/Karl Anderson over Team Canada
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Low Ki over Tiger Mask IV[c]
- IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi[c] over Kurt Angle

Internet Rumors
-TNA’s involvement in NJPW Resolution was considered to be a success by both parties, as was NJPW’s involvement in this past Impact.

-A couple of NJPW guys expressed interest in working with TNA in the future, possibly on a permanent basis.

-In completely unrelated news, other LAX member Hernandez came very close to defeating Ultimo Guerrero for the CMLL Heavyweight Champion. CMLL is officially stating that he may be in line for another title shot in the future, as he has really helped to revitalize the heavyweight division in a company that is otherwise revolved around smaller workers.

TNA iMPACT
iMPACT Zone
Orlando, Florida
April 9, 2009

The commentary team welcomes us to TNA Impact and puts over last week’s main event. They say that now we know that the official lineup for the Lethal Lockdown match on April 19 is Kurt Angle, Booker T, Scott Steiner, and Kevin Nash versus Low Ki, Petey Williams, AJ Styles, and Samoa Joe. And that leaves Christopher Daniels to face Sting once more. And as it was announced on TNA.com this week, the TNA Championship match is one that will be held in a steel cage, so that Sting can’t waste ANY time avoiding confrontation like he did at Destination X. And, speaking of Christopher Daniels, he’s coming out to the Impact Zone.

Daniels comes out and says that he hasn’t gotten the opportunity to talk to Sting about their title match last month yet, and so that’s who he’s going to do now. He says that he’s impressed that Sting went nearly 40-minutes with somebody over 20-pounds lighter and over ten years younger, but that’s not the whole story. He says that obviously after a while in the ring, Sting realized that he wouldn’t be able to avoid his inevitable loss, so he took the cheap route out and earned himself a DQ on purpose. He says that, at one point, Sting was the Conscious of TNA, and before that he was the Conscious of the wrestling industry in general. But now, he’s downright wicked.

At that, Sting comes out. He says that for the last 50 years, he’s believed that there was “good” and “bad,” and so he’s pretty much always been the one to stand up for the good. But now, he’s wise enough to know that it is not so. Everything is a shade of gray.

Daniels tells Sting that if calling himself “gray” helps him cope with the fact that he’s turned on everything he once stood for, then more power to him. Daniels says that Sting is now a villain, and that is not subjective. He calls himself the White Knight that is here to rid TNA of the scum in Armani suits, and his first step is taking the TNA Championship from Sting.

--Commercial--

Match 1: Awesome Kong vs Rhaka Khan w/Raisha Saeed, Sojourner Bolt, and The Beautiful People [Non-Title]
Awesome dominates for the most part, but Khan gets some offense in off of outside interference. When Khan starts to actually try to put Kong on the mat, Kong strikes back with her spinning backhand. She then hits a chokeslam and a Vader Bomb in the corner for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Awesome Kong (5:44)

The Saeed-Tourage enters the ring and surrounds Kong, but Kong doesn’t back down. Saeed gives the word for the others to back off this time, which they do.

Mick Foley calls Alex Shelley and Jay Lethal into his office. He tells them both that Sabin and Creed have a match against the Redcoats after the commercial for the right to face AMW at Lockdown. He then asks Lethal, before the match goes through, if he’s SURE he wants to waive his right for a tag team title rematch for the sake of an X-Division title match, and he says he’s sure. Foley then tells Shelley that he therefore needs to have somebody to face Lethal tonight, with the stakes of such an X-Division Title match at stake. If Lethal loses, he’s got nothing at Lockdown, but if he wins, he will face Shelley for the title. Shelley says that he was going to pick Sabin to face Lethal tonight, but with the tag match that Foley failed to mention, he’ll have to reconsider.

--Commercial--

Match 2: Sabin and Creed vs The Redcoats
Sabin and Creed are way more aggressive this time to prevent the Redcoats from getting into the system that succeeded for them at Destination X. the immediately go to work on Williams’ legs and they give Taylor difficulty by constantly throwing offense at him and giving him little time to regroup. The Redcoats work over Creed for a bit, but Creed attacks Williams’ leg and gets the hot tag. Sabin rushes in and knocks Taylor off the apron, then hits the Cradle Shock on Williams. Creed runs across with a suicide dive to Taylor to let Sabin successful get the pin.
Winners via pinfall: Sabin and Creed (7:34)

Sabin and Creed motion for the tag team titles.

Samoa Joe comes out with a microphone and first congratulates Sabin and Creed on their big win, and puts over the fact that they just wrestled a fine match. He then says that he too wrestled a hell of a match last week in the main event of Impact, and then he congratulates Daniels on winning said match. Joe says that one person specifically didn’t wrestle a hell of a match: Sting. He didn’t wrestle any match, and he hasn’t wrestled a match on Impact all year. He says that while the rest of the roster is busting their asses, Sting sits in the back and watches, basking in all of his glory. He says that, while he’s upset that he’s not facing Sting at Lockdown, he’s still going to go into the Lethal Lockdown match and kick some Mafia ass, because he’s not a whiney bitch.

--Commercial--

Alex Shelley comes into Sabin’s locker room and tells him that he wants him to face Lethal tonight. Sabin says he JUST wrestled a match, and thanks for the “congrats”, so there’s no way he can go again and legitimately take on Jay Lethal. Shelley says thanks for nothing and tells Sabin that he knows a kid from Detroit that’s been wrestling on Xplosion for a while that may actually have his back.

Match 3: Roxxi Laveaux/Daisy Haze vs ODB/Angelina Love w/The Saeed-Tourage
The faces do the deal where Haze goes all out with high-flying moves until she gets fatigued and then she tags in Roxxi to clean up. When ODB catches Haze off of a crossbody and hits a fall away slam, she and Love take over. They beat her down for a while until the anticipated hot tag comes and Roxxi cleans house. She goes to hit the Voodoo Drop on Angelina Love, but Velvet Sky provides a distraction while ODB hits Roxxi with her flask. ODB then runs and spears Daisy haze off the apron while Angelina Love hits the Bicycle Kick on Roxxi Laveaux for the three-count!
Winner via pinfall: ODB/Angelina Love (7:14)

The Main Event Mafia is backstage in their locker room. Sharmell is giving Booker a lap dance, Kevin Nash is snorting cocaine, and Scott Steiner is reading a dictionary upside-down while Kurt and Sting discuss serious matters.

--Commercial--

An ambiguous video plays that eventually reveals that Frankie Kazarian is returning soon to TNA.

Match 4: Jay Lethal vs Jimmy Jacobs w/Alex Shelley
Alex Shelley pumps up his younger, fellow Detroiter against Lethal. They do some technical stuff up front, with Lethal working over the arm and the neck. Lethal actually gets a bit overconfident and is taken aback by Jacobs’ technical ability, so Lethal gets more aggressive to mix things up. Jacobs’s nerves prove to be too much as he has trouble countering much of anything. Lethal gets a relatively easy win after a sitout facebuster and then the Lethal Elbow. ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winner via pinfall: Jay Lethal (6:12)

Lethal celebrates his earning an X-Division title shot at Lockdown. Shelley looks pissed, but he helps Jimmy Jacobs to the back.

The Axis Powers enter Mick Foley’s office and Alex Koslov does the talking. He says that they want to be part of the International Invitational again at Lockdown, since their involvement has become a tradition. Foley says that he has already signed Japanese workers Masato Tanaka and BxB Hulk for next Sunday, but that he has just volunteered himself for a match after the break. There’s a Monster that has been begging for a body to throw around.

--Commercial--

AMW is backstage celebrating their tag team titles with Jackie Moore, Jeremy Borash, Savio Vega, and a random Mexican.

Match 5: Abyss vs Alex Koslov w/The Axis Powers
Abyss is clearly pissed off, and he takes out all of his aggression on Alex Koslov. His foreign friends try to get involved, but they both just get chokeslams for their efforts. Abyss hits the Black Hole Slam on Koslov for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Abyss (1:57)

Rhino is backstage with Lauren and he says that tonight in the main event of Team Canada/Samoa Joe vs Steiner/Booker T/Rhino, he’s going to embarrass Eric Young once again and show why he SHOULD still be part of the Frontline. All of a sudden, Eric Young comes out and tackles Rhino to the ground! They brawl around backstage until security breaks it up.

--Commercial--

Mick Foley calls Jimmy Rave into his office. Foley tells Rave that he next week against Eric Young and if he no-shows that OR his Lockdown match against Abyss, he will be fired. Jimmy Rave scowls as he leaves.

Kurt Angle comes out and says that he failed at capturing the IWGP Championship from Hiroshi Tanahashi, but that now he’s got bigger things in mind for his Lethal Lockdown match in two weeks. He says that specifically he can’t wait to get his hands on AJ Styles and get retribution for costing him the number one contendership at Against All Odds. Styles comes out and says that, just like at NJPW Resolution, Kurt’s going to fail at Lockdown in front of the entire world.

--Commercial--

Match 6: Eric Young/Petey Williams/Samoa Joe vs Scott Steiner/Booker T/ Rhino
The heels start off early by beating down Eric Young and Petey Williams, but Samoa comes in and throws everybody around. He clears the ring, and then Team Canada hit twin suicide sentons out to Steiner, Booker, and Rhino below.

--Commercial--

We come back and Scott Steiner is wearing down Eric Young. He tags in Rhino who gets really aggressive with his beat down and goes for a pre-mature Gore. Young dodges it and tags in Petey Williams, who the heels eventually overpower and isolate for a long stretch. At this point, Steiner declines any off to tag in, but he takes several cheap shots to Petey from on the apron. When Petey counters Booker’s spin kick into a legsweep and then neckbreaker, he gets the hot tag to Samoa Joe! Joe throws bitches around some more and starts chopping at all three guys with no remorse. He hits a Samoa Drop on Rhino and then tags in Eric Young, who is BEGGING for it. Young goes up top for a Moonsault, but Rhino gets his knees up! He covers! ONE! TWO! Joe breaks it up! All hell breaks loose in the ring; the chain of finishers begins, and the lucky one to hit his last is … BOOKER T!! Booker hits the Axe Kick Eric Young and then throws Rhino on top of him. ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winner via pinfall: Scott Steiner/Booker T/ Rhino (14:12)

The fighting doesn’t stop! The locker room spills out with Mafia and Frontline members as they brawl in and out of the ring. Nash brings a few weapons with him and distributes them to his allies, allowing them to take on more Frontline members. Once the Mafia gains an edge, Sting stands in the middle of the ring and simply begins directing traffic. When everybody else is down and out, Sting demands that the Mafia bring Christopher Daniels into the ring. They hold him up while Sting delivers punch after punch, finally busting him open. He then hits the Scorpion Death Drop on him, and then locks in the Scorpion Death Lock. After a bit he releases it and the Mafia stands tall in the ring.

And then comes Foley. Mick comes out and tells Sting that he sure does enjoy being in that ring and beating people down, though he doesn’t like to work very hard to get there. He says that, last week, Samoa Joe talked about how Sting sits his lazy ass backstage while everybody else puts on a weekly show. Now that’s going to change. Next week, Sting will INDEED be in a match on Impact and, should he try to buy his way out, he will be STRIPPED of the TNA Championship. No more of this bullshit. The Mafia doesn’t run TNA. Mick Foley does. Have a nice day.

TNA Xplosion Results (4/11)
Velvet Skye w/Angelina Love over Taylor Wilde
Shane Sewell over Blain Rage
Sheik Abdul Bashir w/Sonjay Dutt over Wahoo McDaniel, Jr
AMW w/Jackie Moore over Los Infernales


TNA Lockdown Card (4/16)

TNA World Championship – Six Sides of Steel
Sting[c] vs Christopher Daniels

Lethal Lockdown
Samoa Joe/AJ Styles/Petey Williams/Low Ki vs Kurt Angle/Booker T/Scott Steiner/Kevin Nash

TNA Tag Team Championships
America’s Most Wanted[c] vs Sabin and Creed

TNA X-Division Championship – Six Sides of Steel
Alex Shelley[c] vs Jay Lethal

TNA Knockouts Championship
Awesome Kong[c] vs Angelina Love vs Daisy Haze

Six Sides of Steel
Eric Young vs Rhino

Six Sides of Steel
Jimmy Rave vs Abyss

Who is the Toughest Knockout?
ODB vs Roxxi Laveaux

International Invitational
BxB Hulk vs Masato Tanaka

 

[connorten]

iMPACT Review:

Daniels/ Sting Promo: Very good promo. This sets up for a huge match at Lockdown where we will obviously see if Daniels words got to Sting. Do I feel another heel turn by Sting coming?

Match 1: Awesome Kong vs Rhaka Khan w/Raisha Saeed, Sojourner Bolt, and The Beautiful People [Non-Title]: Typical Kong match with her dominating. Odd gesture by not allowing the team to attack at the end of the match.

Foley Promo: Interesting set up by Foley to set rivals together. Should be interesting to see what happens with this picture.

Match 2: Sabin and Creed vs The Redcoats: Solid match, but Sabin and Creed dominating was a surprise considering they are not a true tag team. Should be interesting to see what happens in this Tag Team title Match.

Samoa Joe Promo: Not to bad but some the stuff said was not very Joe like. Sting seems to be either winding down his career or he is about to get a huge push with all these verbal assaults.

Shelley/ Sabin Locker Room: Well I sense a split up coming up very soon. Sabin and Shelley rivalry possibly coming?

Match 3: Roxxi Laveaux/Daisy Haze vs ODB/Angelina Love w/The Saeed-Tourage: Decent knockouts match. A lot of fast paced action and good use of the heel distractions on the outside.

Jay Lethal VS. Jimmy Jacobs: Decent match, but I think it was to easy for Lethal and Shelley really didnt make a pick that would set the bar high and risk Lethal losing his oppourtunity.

Axis Powers Promo: Not much to say considering I really dont pay attention to much of these international guys your bringing in.

Abyss VS. Alex Koslov: One word, SQUASH!

Rhino Promo: He is talking about why he should still be on the Frontline and yet he is wrestling for the Mafia. Interesting, but Young attacking Rhino that is a very different side of Young.

Angle Promo: That is big words by both men who can't seem to back them up as of late. I am pulling for Styles because Angle seems to be falling apart.

Main Event: Good match for sure my favorite of the night. Lots of action and excitement and a typical match for those teams.End of the match was exciting as well and the announcement made it even better. Sting is finally going to get what was coming to him for so long.

Overall: Solid show lots of action and excitment and hype for the much anticipated Lockdown. Good job and keep up the solid work. Can't wait for lockdown! Predictions for Lockdown will be posted soon!

 

[Axis]

TNA iMPACT
iMPACT Zone
Orlando, Florida
April 16, 2009

Mike Tenay, Don West, and Jim Cornette welcome us to TNA iMPACT, only three days away from TNA Lockdown. They announce two big six-man tag matches tonight: Sabin/Creed/Lethal vs Strom/Harris/Shelley and Styles/Joe/Daniels vs Nash/Angle/Sting.

Sting comes out to the iMPACT Zone and says that it’s bullshit that he has to wrestle tonight, because he’s been wrestling for over twenty years, and he’s earned himself the right to wrestle when he wants to. He insults Daniels by talking about how naïve and foolish he is for his “White Knight†bullshit. He reiterates that there is no black and white: everything is a shade a gray. And Sting, himself, is king of such a world.

--Commercial--

Alex Shelley approaches Chris Sabin, who is backstage talking with Jimmy Jacobs, and says that it doesn’t matter if they are on opposite sides of a match this week; he still considers them tag team partners. Sabin says he agrees, and that he shouldn’t try any funny business in this match to prove it.

Match 1: Dave Taylor w/Doug Williams vs Mephisto w/Averno vs Sheik Abdul Bashir w/Sonjay Dutt vs Brother Devon
Brother Devon is the only one with a tag team partner in his corner, and thus the only one who doesn’t get outside help (even the luchas catch on to the whole ‘interference’ thing). Bashir, Taylor, and Mephisto actually work together to take out the way bigger Devon. Williams and Taylor then team up to take out Mephisto, but that ends when Bashir hits the WMD on Taylor. From there it becomes really spotty with no down time between all four guys. The end comes when Bashir is down on the outside and Williams has Mephisto up for a superplex. Devon then comes in and gets Williams in position for a powerbomb, thus setting up the Tower of Doom. The initiate it, but Mephisto rolls throw the suplex and lands on the other side! He surprises Devon with an enzuigiri and then a Shining Wizard! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winner via pinfall: Mephisto (7:13)

Brother Devon gets up and goes to the back looking very upset.

--Commercial--

America’s Most Wanted is backstage with Lauren. They say that, despite Chris Harris’ poor cardio skills right now, they’re going to take on the team of Consequences Creed and Chris Sabin with ease. Over time, Harris will get back in shape and AMW will rule again. So, for the other tag teams in TNA, sorry about your damn luck.

Match 2: Awesome Kong/Roxxi Laveaux vs Daisy Haze/Taylor Wilde vs ODB/Angelina Love
Kong and Roxxi pretty much dominate until the other four decide to work together. They actually have moderate success until both of the other teams decide to go for a pinfall, and they turn on each other. From there, things start to fall into chaos. ODB lays out Daisy haze, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi Laveaux, and then she decides to try and push her luck by body slamming Awesome Kong. She tries, but Kong will have none of that, and she chokeslams ODB for the win.
Winners via pinfall: Awesome Kong/Roxxi Laveaux (6:05)

The Main Event Mafia Is backstage, and Sting says that he wants a full-on attack of the Frontline leading in to Lockdown. He wants all of the participants in Lethal Lockdown along with Daniels to be on the defensive leading into this Sunday.

--Commercial--

Match 3: Eric Young w/Petey Williams vs Jimmy Rave
Eric Young’s power advantage continually frustrates Rave to the point that he leaves the ring to quit the match. Suddenly, Abyss runs out and throws Rave back in the ring where he meets Eric Young’s Death Valley Driver! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winners via pinfall: Eric Young (4:12)

Eric Young celebrates in the ring until Rhino comes out and the two begin brawling around. Petey Williams helps Eric Young take on Rhino until officials can separate everyone. With Petey held up by referees, Scott Steiner runs out and smashes Petey Williams over the skull with a lead pipe, and then escapes backstage.

--Commercial--

Two Crazy Negroes come out together and stand on one side of the ring. Then AMW come out together and stand on the opposite. Finally, the Motor City Machineguns come out as one team and then separate to take their places on opposite teams, but not before sharing the Detroit hand-sign with each other.

Match 4: Chris Sabin/Consequences Creed/Jay Lethal vs James Storm/Chris Harris/Alex Shelley
AMW does a lot of bumping around for the smaller guys up front, but then they start to get cheap and overpower them. It’s short-lived, though, as Creed and Lethal dropkick AMW out of the ring and then Sabin hits a big plancha out to them.

--Commercial--

We come back to find that Alex Shelley had snuck in over the break to attack Consequences Creed and help his team isolate him. That lasts for some time until a hot tag to Sabin is made. Sabin hits around the tag team champions, but then stops when he gets to Alex Shelley. The Guns stare off, and then agree to slow things down with some chain wrestling. They re-build the match starting slow, but Shelley gets frustrated when he doesn’t gain a clear advantage and he tags in James Storm who throws Sabin around. The heels/tweener continue to isolate Sabin, but Shelley refuses to partake in the shenanigans against his tag team partner, though he doesn’t go out of the way to stop it. Chris Harris misses a Spear and hits the turnbuckle, allowing Sabin to make the hot tag to Lethal. Things go back-and-forth with no side gaining a distinct advantage until AMW get dirty again. Jackie Moore trips up Creed from the outside, setting him up for a big lariat from Chris Harris. Shelley runs in and DDTs Lethal in the middle of the ring, and then holds Sabin in place while James Storm superkicks him. AMW then set up Sabin for the Death Sentence and pin him for the three-count.
Winners via pinfall: James Storm/Chris Harris/Alex Shelley (16:12)

America’s Most Wanted celebrates up the ramp while Alex Shelley remains in the ring to help up Chris Sabin.

Hype videos for both BxB Hulk and Masato Tanaka play in anticipation for their International Invitational match this Sunday.

--Commercial--

Another Frankie Kazarian video plays, this time ending off with Kaz saying something emo, but poetic.

Match 5: Low Ki vs Kiyoshi w/The Axis Powers
Kiyoshi gets some offensive in due to shenanigans of his friends, but this is largely Low Ki-dominated. Ki counters a suplex into a Ki Krusher, and then he hits the Ghetto Stomp for the win.
Winner via submission: Low Ki (5:13)

Booker T runs out and tries to hit Low Ki with his Legend’s Championship, but Low Ki sees it coming and tackles Booker to the mat. The two fight around the ring until ref’s come down to break it up.

--Commercial--

AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, and Samoa Joe are backstage talking about their match with the Mafia tonight. They bring up their extensive history together in the X-Division and how well their styles blend together. They say that they’re going to use that to channel what TNA was built on, and use it to push back the Mafia--starting tonight and pushing forward to Lockdown.

The announce booth puts over the fact that this is Sting’s first televised match since 2009 has begun. They also add that this is officially a Lethal lockdown advantage match; if the Mafia wins, they will be the first time to have the next participant enter the Lethal Lockdown match on Sunday, and if the Frontline wins, it will be them.

Match 6: Christopher Daniels/Samoa Joe/AJ Styles [Frontline] vs Sting/Kurt Angle/Kevin Nash [Main Event Mafia]
Daniels, Joe, and Styles really blended well to make a vicious group. Sting (notably without any face paint) never tags in, which leads to Angle working his ass off to tire guys out, only for them to be over-powered by Kevin Nash. They work a formulaic tag match on Daniels and Styles, especially with Angle working Styles’ arm, until Joe cleans house like a manic.

--Commercial--

Joe continues on his rampage, until Sting trips him up from the outside, and things slow down to the Mafia’s liking. Eventually Daniels gets caught up by the heels and really worked over. When he’s finally starting to get worn out, Sting finally tags in and beats him around a bit, and then tags back out. Daniels finally gets a hot tag to Styles, but when Angle enters without a tag to attack Styles, things turn into Chaos. In the ruckus, Sting manages to punt Daniels in the balls! Nash clothesline Styles and Joe out of the ring, and then Kurt Angle hits the Olympic Slam on Daniels. Nash leaves the ring and keeps Styles and Joe out while Sting tags in and hits the Scorpion Death Drop, and then pins Daniels for the three-count.
Winner via pinfall: Sting/Kurt Angle/Kevin Nash of the Main Event Mafia. (15:12)

Sting kicks around Daniels on the mat a bit and then throws him out of the ring to Joe and Styles. Booker T and Scott Steiner run out to celebrate with their stablemates after a big win. The Main Event Mafia stands tall in the ring, with TNA Champion Sting in the center, as the show ends.

TNA Xplosion Results (4/18)
Lexie Fyfe over Jackie Moore
Brutus Manus over Seth Delay
Jimmy Jacobs/Shane Sewell over Shane Chung/Blain Rage
Patrick Schulz over Volador

TNA Lockdown Card (4/16)

TNA World Championship – Six Sides of Steel
Sting[c] vs Christopher Daniels

Lethal Lockdown
Samoa Joe/AJ Styles/Petey Williams/Low Ki vs Kurt Angle/Booker T/Scott Steiner/Kevin Nash

TNA Tag Team Championships
America’s Most Wanted[c] vs Sabin and Creed

TNA X-Division Championship – Six Sides of Steel
Alex Shelley[c] vs Jay Lethal

TNA Knockouts Championship
Awesome Kong[c] vs Angelina Love vs Daisy Haze

Six Sides of Steel
Eric Young vs Rhino

Six Sides of Steel
Jimmy Rave vs Abyss

Who is the Toughest Knockout?
ODB vs Roxxi Laveaux

International Invitational
BxB Hulk vs Masato Tanaka


​

 

[LAURINAITIS33]

I don't like the idea of having two six man matches. Seems like overkill to me.

Don't like Sting's promo especially him using bullshit. I'm a supporter of recap shows but I like to read promos. Having recapped promos and matches just seem a little lazy to me. Just takes away really the whole creativity of a BTB.

Why wasn't Ray out there for D-Von? I don't think Devon is way bigger then Dave Taylor. It seems that even this match is like a six man. I know TNA is the king of the gimmick matches but I don't need to see in BTB too.

I don't like the fact of talking about Harris's physical condition. That is too much realistic for my taste.

Another complicated match with the Knockouts. Is a simple one on one match too much to ask for lol. Good outcome though with Kong getting the win.

You are doing what TNA failed to do and that is make Sting a real heel with the promo.

I was happy to see a one on one match but that was messed up by interference between Petey Williasm and Rhino afterwards. It seems that you try to make every match, memorable but in the end everything just gets lost in the chaos.

Interesting turn events in this match where Shelley holds Sabin to let AMW pick him apart for their team to pickup the win, I know Sabin wanted a real match without Shelley pulling anything but I don't think this will go over very well. Your best match of the night.

BxB is coming, that is the highlight of the show so far. Don't know about playing promos video before a commercial and then coming back with Kaz's. You maybe should have spread it out a bit.

Low Ki with a squash. I really liked this mostly because nothing else happened with the Axis Powers afterwards. Finally a real match. Ooops. Spoke too soon. I don't want to rant about it so I'm not going to talk about Booker's run-in.

The main event is good, by far the best of the night. You made Sting look heelish which I think is the most important thing tonight's show has done. But it seems you go a little over the top with his antics.

Overall, I think this is kind of a mess. You have alot of stuff going on, too much. I think it looks good on paper but it comes over as overkill. The matches are a little chaotic and Sting's actions is over the top. In this case, simpler is better.

 

[Axis]

Thanks. Just so you know, Brother Ray never returned in my BTB. When I started, he had been taken out by the Main Event mafia. Even though he has returned irl, he has not return in mine.

 

[connorten]

Opening Promo: I like Sting turning heel it is going to make his rivalry with Daniels much better. Not a fan of him using bullshit and words like that because even for a heel Sting that wouldnt happen.

Shelley/Sabin Promo: I feel some tension rising between the two and it should be good to see what happens between them. A decent promo with a mysterious set up.

Match 1: A little hard to follow in my opinion with all the wrestlers involved and the outside interference. Not the worst match possible but could have been made a little easier to read.

AMW Promo: Interesting promo to have them talking about Harris' physical shape and him just taking it without fighting about some problems with Storm and very little focus put on their match which is the main reason for interviews.

Match 2: Not a bad match for the women, but I have read better. I am not a fan of the lay out with it basically all being these huge tag team matches.

Mafia Promo: Don't think his plan will work out very well, but we will see. Interesting promo.

Match 3: Squash! After the match was fun to read and the assault on the Frontline clearly has begun with the attack with the lead pipe, but that wouldnt do a whole load of damage? Good way to end a squash match though, in controversey.

Match 4: He's back! That was the Axis I know and love to read and I just couldnt stop reading it was justback and forth with lots of action. Great match for sure.

Match 5: Another squash match with a little more competition for Low Ki then Young had. As said earlier the Mafia's attack may not be a smart idea.

Frontline Promo: Good set up for the Main Event and I want to see them bring back what TNA was built on!

Main Event: Good match, but the other tag team match was definitly still the best of the night. The end was chaos which made it quite amusing to read. I thought the Mafia would do more then just throw Daniels out of the ring to end the show when they wanted to beat the hell out of the frontline.

Overall: Decent show, but I have read better ones then this. You have everything jumbled and like you don't know what reivalries to work with or do with them. I'd say start taking a couple rivalries away and keep 3-5 and clean up your show a little better, but that doesnt take away from how excited I am for Lockdown!

Lockdown Predictions:
Sting Retains the Championship!
Main Event Mafia wins the Lethal Lockdown!
AMW retains the Tag Team titles in cheating fashion.
Jay Lethal wins the X-Divison Championship!
Daisy Haze uses Angelica Love's help to win the Women's Title. (Going out on a limb, but I'm tired of watching Kong dominate so I'm hoping for change)
Rhino defeats Eric Young!
Rave somehow defeats Abyss!
Roxxi is the toughest Knockout!
BxB only because I dont care about this match.

 

[Axis]

TNA Lockdown
Forbes Arena
Atlanta, Georgia
April 16, 2009

Tenay, West, and Cornette run down the PPV card, going over which matches will be contested under Six Sides of Steel rules. They specifically harp on the Lethal Lockdown match and the main event of Sting versus Christopher Daniels for the TNA World Championship.

They shift into the history that Abyss and Jimmy Rave have had, dating back to Matt Morgan and Lance Rock being taken out of action, and then Rave’s utter reluctance to face Abyss fairly.

Match 1: Abyss vs Jimmy Rave – Six Sides of Steel (30-minute time limit)
Right at the bell, Rave sprints up the side of the cage and NEARLY escapes before Abyss pulls him down and starts beating the shit out of him. Every time Rave gets an out, he tries to escape, but Abyss always stops him. After Abyss catches Rave in the air and turns it into a Black Hole Slam, he’s surely got the match in his reach, but he opts not to go for the pinfall. Instead, he rams Jimmy Rave into the cage time after time until he gets busted wide open. Abyss targets the cut on Rave’s forehead and exploits it with punching, scratching, and even biting at one point. After just a few more minutes of by annihilated, Rave is completely covered in blood, so Abyss hits a second Black Hole Slam, and this time he takes the three-count.
Winner via pinfall: Abyss (9:32)

Abyss goes to the back, pleased with the results. In the ring, a completely bloodied Jimmy Rave slowly climbs to his feet and wipes some blood away, revealing a sick, twisted, and demented smile.

The camera cuts to the Georgia Bulldogs football team along with legendary coach Mark Richt in the front row here in Lockdown from Atlanta.

Match 2: Roxxi Laveaux vs ODB (20-minute time limit)
There are lots of tests-of-strengths up front, which is weird for a women’s match. It’s fairly even until ODB gets dirty and begins using cheap tactics. She puts the boots to Roxxi until ODB goes to the top for a flying axe handle, and Roxxi PUNCHES HER IN THE VAGINA~ to take back control. It goes back and forth a bit more until Roxxi counters a pump-handle slam into a Voodoo Slam for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Roxxi Laveaux (7:12)

Roxxi gets on the mic and says that she’s shown that she’s STILL the toughest Knockout in the company.

Jihad is in the back and they say that being in Atlanta, Georgia has inspired them to be like on of Atlanta’s icons: Michael Vick. Dutt brings in a dog and then Bashir straps a bomb to it. The camera turns away as we hear an explosion and a dog yelping.

Match 3: America’s Most Wanted[c] vs Sabin and Creed (30-minute time limit)
This is a formulaic tag match, with the bigger guys beating down the smaller guys until a hot tag happens. AMW are especially brutal when beating down the darker Consequences Creed, but it’s probably just a coincidence. Harris throws Creed to the outside, where Storm beat him down. Harris then joins in, until Sabin runs across the ring and takes them out with a corkscrew senton! Creed crawls back in the ring and tags in Sabin, who immediately runs in and hits the Cradle Shock on Chris Harris! ONE! TWO! James Storm breaks it up! Sabin tries the Cradle Shock on Storm, but he fights out and then destroys Sabin with a lariat. Creed runs in and tries for a head scissors takedown, but Storm counters it into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, and then throws him to the outside. AMW grab the isolated Sabin and hit the Death Sentence without any interference from Creed. Creed runs in to break it up, but Storm lariats him so that he does a full flip from the impact. Harris covers Sabin! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winners via pinfall and still TNA Tag Team Champions: America’s Most Wanted (15:58)

America’s Most Wanted celebrate with their tag team titles while Chris Sabin helps Consequences Creed to his feet.

Footage of both BxB Hulk and Masato Tanaka plays to hype their achievements around the world.

Match 4: BxB Hulk vs Masato Tanaka [International Invitational] (20-minute time limit)
BxB Hulk comes out with his dancers, but they start to piss Tanaka off, so he punches one in the face and then the match starts. Masato Tanaka is really aggressive right up front (perhaps to prove himself to TNA officials for a future contract?), but BxB Hulk starts to expect it and then counters his violence with speed. They build it as every comeback Hulk has, it is closer and closer to a win, but it’s countered with an even bigger reversal from Tanaka. When BxB Hulk goes for a Shooting Star Press, Tanaka rolls away from it and then hits the TRACHEA CHOP and then the Dangan Bomb for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Masato Tanaka (7:40)

A video going over the Kong-Tourage turning on Awesome Kong and the lead-up to the Knockouts Championship match plays.

Match 5: Awesome Kong[c] vs Daisy Haze vs Angelina Love w/The Saeed-Tourage [TNA Knockouts Championship] (30-minute time limit)
Angelina Love wants Daisy to help her take on Kong, but Daisy meets her invitation with a dropkick and then tosses her out of the ring. Kong and Haze then square off, with Haze trying to step it up big time. She tries to use her speed to maneuver around the giant, but she eventually gets caught and throws her around like a rag doll. Haze starts to make a comeback and tries for a hurricarana off the top rope, but Kong catches her and turns it into a powerbomb in mid-air! ONE! TWO! THR – Love slides in and breaks it up! Love’s backup creates havoc that the ref has trouble containing that leads to Kong being rolled to the outside and occasionally beaten down by the Saeed-Tourage. Haze and Love go back and forth with nearfalls, with Love being an aggressive bitch and Haze being the desperate babyface, but when Velvet Sky trips up Haze from the outside, Love connects with the bicycle kick! ONE! TWO! THR – this time Awesome Kong breaks it up! Love gets up and gets in Kong’s face and slaps her, infuriating Kong! The Knockouts Champion picks Love up by her neck and tosses her violently to the outside of the ring. Back inside, Kong drags Daisy haze toward the corner and then hits a Vader Bomb on her for the three-count.
Winner via pinfall and still TNA Knockouts Champion: Awesome Kong (8:21)

Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Petey Williams, and Low Ki are backstage and Lauren asks them about what they’re thinking going into the Lethal Lockdown match. Styles says that he knows that Kurt will be aggressive in coming after him, but he’s ready for it. Petey says that he will finally be able to get his hands on Scott Steiner without any obstacles. Joe says that he just wants to kick some ass. Low Ki cuts his finger across his throat and then scowls at the camera. Samoa Joe then says that Eric Young is also about to kick some ass tonight, and he’ll do it by beating the shit out of the guy who put him out for over a month.

Match 6: Rhino vs Eric Young – Six Sides of Steel (30-minute time limit)
No collar-and-elbow lockups here. They’re both really aggressive right from the start, Eric Young for revenge and Rhino apparently still to prove himself to the Frontline. When Rhino’s leg gets caught up in the ropes, Young goes after his knee like a madman. He locks in a knee bar for a long stretch and then hits a gut wrench suplex to plant Rhino on the mat. Young then tries to climb out of the cage, but Rhino stops him just in time and sends him mid-way up the cage to the mat with a back suplex! Rhino drapes an arm over Young! ONE! TWO! THR – Eric Young just gets an arm up! Rhino controls the match by working over the neck and really utilizing the steel cage to do so by repeatedly throwing Young into it headfirst and mixing in sporadic clubs to the upper back. EY manages a comeback by going back to the afflicted knee and he capitalizes with a Northern light Suplex, but it only gets him a two-count. It breaks down into a back-and-forth brawl with both men occasional going for an escape from the cage. In the end, Young dodges a Gore that sends Rhino crashing into the cage, allowing Young to hit the Death Valley Driver! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winner via pinfall: Eric Young (12:36)

Eric Young celebrates with the fans, having just gotten revenge over Rhino.

The Main Event Mafia is backstage in their locker room. Sting says that, for the most part, the Mafia came out completely dominant on Thursday’s iMPACT, and he wants to continue that momentum tonight. Nash says that Lockdown WILL mark the night that the Mafia will begin it’s absolute dominance in TNA.

A video of the history between Jay Lethal and Alex Shelley plays, along with some heated words that the two had for each other.

Match 7: Alex Shelley[c] vs Jay Lethal – Six Sides of Steel [TNA X-Division Championship] (45-minute time limit)
They start this off with some solid mat work, but Shelley is quick to become much more aggressive. They still stay technical, but Shelley constantly uses subtly cheap tricks to maintain an advantage. Still, the steel cage never gets used as a weapon, until Jay Lethal gets a really close near fall with a hurricanrana. At that point, Shelley rams him into the steel and starts beating him brutally into it. When Shelley starts to get cocky, Lethal finds his break and counters a sloppy suplex into a neck breaker. Lethal, now really pissed off, is just as quick to utilize the cage as a weapon. The two get really brutal with it and work in some cool aerial moves by jumping off and performing moves mid-air. After a long beat down by Shelley, Lethal spins out of a Shellshock and hits the Lethal Combination. ONE! TWO! THR – NO! Shelley kicks out! Lethal goes to the top turnbuckle and hits a Flying Elbow! He starts to go for the cover, but he climbs up again, this time all the way to the top of the cage! He leaps off the very top with another Flying Elbow … BUT SHELLEY MOVES!!! Shelley slowly crawls over and covers! ONE! TWO! THR – LETHAL KICKS OUT! Shelley is irate, but he turns his attention to the cage. He slowly climbs up, but Lethal fights to his feet and joins him on the cage. The trade punches while hanging onto the cage, but when Lethal starts to gain momentum, Shelley kicks him in the balls! He pushes Lethal backwards, but Lethal’s leg gets caught in the cage! With Lethal stuck in the steel structure, Shelley climbs up and over without any intereference.
Winner via escape and still TNA X-Division Champion: Alex Shelley (17:16)

Alex Shelley celebrates up the ramp with his X-Division Championship as the referee helps remove Jay Lethal’s leg from between the chains of the steel cage. Lethal holds at his leg as he watches Shelley exit with the championship.

The announce booth briefly goes over the intertwined and heated history between the Main Event Mafia and the TNA Frontline, and how it ties in to the next two matches.

Match 8: Sting vs Christopher Daniels – Six Sides of Steel [TNA World Championship] (45-minute time limit)
Sting is sporting a new variant of his PPV face-paint; light and dark shades of gray instead of black and white. Anyway, Daniels is really aggressive up front and skips over the technical stuff that didn’t do it for him last month. Instead Daniels goes right to utilizing his speed and tenacity, but Sting uses his power advantage along with the steel cage to control the situation. Sting really focuses on Daniels’ neck, but when Daniels counters a spinebuster into a tornado DDT he mounts his big comeback. It breaks down into a back-and-forth brawl. Sting goes for the Scorpion Death Drop, but Daniels spin out and goes for the Angel’s Wings! Sting drops to his knees and goes for a low blow, but Daniels blocks it, then hits the Last Rites! He picks Sting up and hits the Angel’s Wings!! He walks to the cage door and goes to exit, but Kevin Nash has run down to ringside and he slams it into Daniels’ face!!! Daniels staggers up right into Sting’s Scorpion Death Drop! Sting crawls to the cage door and slides out with assistance from Kevin Nash!
Winner via escape and STILL TNA WORLD CHAMPION: STING! (15 :31)

Nash grabs the TNA Championship for Sting and helps return backstage, neither of them looking back.

Commentary goes over the rules of the Lethal Lockdown match and mentions how the Main Event Mafia won the advantage of being man-up first by winning the six-man tag last Thursday on iMPACT.

Match 9: Kevin Nash, Booker T, Kurt Angle, and Scott Steiner vs Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Petey Williams, and Low Ki – Lethal Lockdown (45-minute time limit)
Booker T and Low Ki are the first to start off, and Booker tries to take it really slow, anticipating the long match ahead of him. On the other hand, Low Ki is aggressive as fuck and completely surprises the Bookman. He kicks the shit out of him and even gets a long two-count after a stiff roundhouse, without Booker getting much of any offense. Low Ki ups the aggressiveness by getting the cage involved, until…
Next participant for the Main Event Mafia: Scott Steiner
Big Poppa Pump rushes down and floors Low Ki, who is fully attentive on Booker T. Steiner slaps him around on the mat to allow Booker to recuperate, and then the two work over him together. They specifically target his legs to shut down his kick offense, but Low Ki doesn’t go down without a fight. He starts dishing out chops but then he gets too into his offense and he goes back to his kicks, which the rudos are able to exploit. They beat him down some more with some tandem offense that they have come to use by tagging with each other on occasion.
Next participant for the Frontline: Petey Williams
Little Petey Pump sprints down and immediately starts taking it to Steiner. Booker tries to pull him off, but Petey will not let go. It’s a ground and pound fight so intense that Booker fails to even get involved, so instead he ignores it and continues beating down Low Ki in the background. When Petey gets an upperhand in his brawl he backs up and waits for Steiner to get up, at which point he connects with a wicked savate kick. Steiner goes down, but Booker T interferes now and kicks Petey in the face.
Next participant for the Main Event Mafia: Kevin Nash
Big Sexy stops the momentum that Ki and Petey were beginning to build until he tries a big boot on Low Ki but gets caught up in the ropes. From there, Ki becomes a maniac and begins smashing Nash’s head into the steel over and over again, busting him open within minutes of his entrance. Low Ki and Petey Williams actually start to gain and advantage, even in a two-on-three situation.
Next participant for the Frontline: AJ Styles
The Phenomenal One comes down and helps further the advantage for the Frontline. He immediately takes on Nash, allowing Ki and Petey to take on the respective men that they have most beef with. Nash goes to Styles’ eyes and then tries to throw him into the steel, but Styles latches onto the cage like Spider-Man and then leaps off and connects with his reverse DDT on Nash! Styles then helps Petey take on Steiner and the two hit some nice double team moves, and then Petey tries to lock the Sharpshooter in on Scott Steiner! Poppa Pump struggles to avoid it, but Petey looks to have it locked in, until…
Final participant for the Main Event Mafia: Kurt Angle
The Olympic Gold Medallist immediately halts the Sharpshooter attempt with a wicked lariat. Styles tries to take it to Angle, but Angle goes completely batshit on him and tackles him to the mat and just beings throwing punches. He specifically targets Styles’ shoulder and brutally torques it out of place. Nash and Booker T double-team Low Ki while Scott Steiner turns things around on Petey Williams. After a short beat down, Angle calls the Mafia together and points out that Joe should be out soon, so they need to try to finish this as soon as possible. They all quadruple-team different Frontline members individually to try to get pinfalls, but they are all either kicked out of or broken up by a teammate.
Final participant for the Frontline: Samoa Joe
The Samoan Submission Machine comes out, and the roof to the cage is lowered, including the numerous weapons hanging from it. Joe fucks up bitches like he does best to get the Frontline back into it competitively. At this point, it becomes an absolute bloody massacre, with everybody just beating the shit out of each other with bare fists and foreign objects. Angle and Styles get into an especially heated skirmish that features both men upping the intensity over a stretch of time, building to the annual spot where both men are on top of the cage. The bash each other with the ladder up top and even tease a fall from the roof a couple of times. After Styles is teetering on the edge but surprises Angle with a Pele Kick, he hits a Styles Clash up top and goes for the cover, but the referee is too busy with the action inside the ring to notice it. Styles gets frustrated and puts Angle on the table and then climbs the ladder to reach onto the scaffold above it. He climbs the scaffold to right over the table, leaps off of it, does a moonsault in the air, and crashes through the table on Kurt Angle, sending them both crashing onto the steel below!!!!!! Inside the ring everybody looks concerned for a minute, but then Scott Steiner slaps Petey Williams in the face and a huge brawl starts back up. Eventually everybody is down except Petey, who is finally able to put the Sharpshooter in on Scott Steiner! He wrenches back, but Booker T gets up and punches him in the face, but Petey doesn’t let go! Booker keeps punching him, but Petey just no-sells them and wrenches harder and harder on the Sharpshooter! Booker tries to pull him off, but Petey doesn’t move! Finally Kevin Nash runs with a huge big boot to Petey to break up the submission maneuver. Things break down again until Samoa Joe goes on a killing streak and hits the Muscle Buster on Booker T onto a steel chair! ONE! TWO! THRE – NO! Scott Steiner breaks it up with his lead pipe to the spine! Steiner throws Joe into the cage and then targets Petey Williams again. He talks some shit to him and then in a throwback, he hits the Steiner Screwdriver onto a trashcan! Ki tries to break up the pin attempt, but Nash cracks him over the skull with a steel chair. With nobody to stop it, Steiner covers a crimson Petey Williams in the middle of the ring. ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winners via pinfall: Kevin Nash, Booker T, Kurt Angle, and Scott Steiner of the Main Event Mafia (31:03)

Sting comes out with his TNA Championship and celebrates with the Main Event Mafia (minus Kurt Angle, who is still in agony on the cage ceiling with AJ Styles) on the ramp. The Mafia stands tall with huge grins (some covered in blood) over their faces and the Lockdown PPV fades to a close.

 

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Lockdown Review:

Jimmy Rave VS. Abyss: Squash match during a PPV event. Not a good way to start a PPV event in my opinion. The ending leaves people thinking about a possible shift from Rave to some sick freak like Abyss maybe? * star

ODB VS. Roxxi: Not a good match at all. I personally thought you would come out with a better match then that to prove who was the toughest knockout. 1/2 star

AMW VS. Sabin and Creed: Finally a decent match! Pretty good read with a fair amount of back and forth action. In the end the team I chose won. *** star.

BxB Hulk VS. Masato Tanaka: Not a bad match for the International stars and lots of action. Fair match and it should be interesting to see who the next International Invitational involves. ** 1/2 star.

Awesome Kong(c) VS. Angelica Love VS. Daisy Haze: I am personally tired of Kong as champion you gotta fix this Knockout's division and add some people capable of challenging Kong. Another weak match. * 1/2 star.

Rhino VS. Eric Young: Solid match finally! Good back and forth action with both men trying to prove something. I would like to see this rivalry keep going. *** 1/2 star.

Alex Shelley(c) VS. Jay Lethal: Another good match until the end. A little confusing to the end it would be hard to get a foot caught in the cage. *** star.

Sting(c) VS. Christopher Daniels: Awesome match with lots of back and forth action. I loved it and it would have been even better to read the full version I think. **** star.

Lethal Lockdown: Amazing match! Match of the year for you so far, but I don't like some of the language used to describe the beatdowns or the way they were fighting. **** 1/2 star.

Overall: *** star. solid show but three or four of the matches ruined the show. In all it could have been better, but good job on the title matches.

 

[Axis]

TNA iMPACT
iMPACT Zone
Orlando, Florida
April 23, 2009

A recap video of Lockdown plays, and then the booth goes over what could come of the events that took place. They also add that neither AJ Styles nor Kurt Angle will be on iMPACT tonight due to minor injuries that they suffered as a result of the bump that they took on Sunday.

Match 1: The Motor City Machineguns vs Kiyoshi/Alex Koslov w/Patrick Schulz
Sabin and Shelley dominate up front with all sorts of double-team moves, removing any doubt that they wouldn’t blend well as a team. Patrick Schulz trips up Sabin from the outside like the Nazi that he is, distracting the Gun long enough for Kiyoshi to hit a MONGOLIAN CHOP~ and then a belly to belly. The Axis Powers work Sabin over for a bit until he flips out of a double monkey drag and hits a DDT on them both simultaneously. Hot tag to Shelley, who rushes in and delivers short-arm clothesline all over the place. Shelley hits Kiyoshi with a Sliced Bread #2, and then MCMG connect with the Made in Detroit on Alex Koslov! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winners via pinfall: Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, the Motor City Machineguns (7:12)

Shelley grabs a mic and says that now that he’s safely guarded his X-Division Championship, it is time for him to shift his focus. They say that they’re entirely ready to capture the TNA Tag Team Championships for the first time ever.

--Commercial--

Backstage, Chris Daniels goes up to Shelley backstage and tells him that the way he won his match at Lockdown is nothing to be proud of. Shelley asks him if he’s sure he should be talking about anything related to what it’s like to be a champion? The two share a glare before Daniels walks off.

Match 2: Los Infernales vs The Redcoats
Doug Williams and Mephisto start off with some really fast-paced action, but then Dave Taylor comes in and just starts punching some Mexicans in the face. Averno and Mephisto try a Tower of Doom crossbody on him, but Williams tackles Averno to the mat and then Dave Taylor climbs up the turnbuckle and just shoves Mephisto down to the outside of the ring.

--Commercial--

We come back at the Redcoats are still in control. They do their successful routine of Williams kneeing the hell out of the opponents and then Taylor stepping in to give Williams’ a break by wearing down the midsection. Taylor gets a bit too confident though and he fails to tag out before a hot tag is made. Los Infernales hit twin dropkicks on Taylor and then meet an entering Williams with a dropkick/legsweep combination. Averno goes up top and hits a moonsault for the one, two, and three.
Winners via pinfall: Averno and Mephisto, Los Infernales (10:01)

America’s Most Wanted come down with their tag team titles and say that these other little tag teams sure are nice, but AMW is the dominant tag team in TNA right now. They talk themselves up some more until the Motor City Machineguns come out and tell them to shut the hell up already, because they want a title match. Just then, the Two Crazy Negroes come out and say they want their tag team title rematch, and they deserve it before MCMG. The Redcoats speak up and argue that since they are 1-1 against Sabin/Creed, no team with either man is more deserving than they. Los Infernales butt in and say they literally just beat the Redcoats, so they are more deserving of a title shot. James Storm shuts them up and says that, as tag team champions, THEY will decide who, if anybody, they fight for the titles.

Mick Foley comes out and tells all the teams to shut up because HE will decide who gets a tag team title shot. He puts over TNA’s tag team division and says that the only way to decide who the supreme tag team is would be to set-up some sort of tournament, so that is exactly what he plans to do. At Sacrifice, an 8-team tournament will be put together, and the winner of said tournament will walk out of Sacrifice the TNA Tag Team Champions. Foley adds that he will have the eight teams announced later in the show, once he decides on them all. AMW throw a fit while the tag teams in the ring look very pleased.

--Commercial--

The MEM (minus Kurt Angle) is backstage sipping cocktails to celebrate their big wins at Lockdown. Sting says he is so proud of them for stepping up.

Frankie Kazarian is backstage with Lauren. He says that he’s returned to TNA with a new fire under him, and it is his goal to spend the rest of 2009 returning to the glory that he left behind. He tops it off with a poetic couplet, and then walks off.

The Frontline is backstage and Samoa Joe is leading the conversation about how Sting is a disgraceful champion.

--Commercial--

Match 3: Abyss vs Brutus Magnus
This was very much a squash. Magnus tried a comeback, but it was futile. Back Hole Slam for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Abyss (1:14)

Jimmy Rave appears on the titan tron, with the blood that he shed at Lockdown still on his face, just dried with time. He smiles eerily and thanks Abyss for putting him through such pain, as it has opened his eyes to what true bravery is about: embracing the torment. He tells Abyss that he considers him a friend now for enlightening him, and he has to return the favor by putting Abyss through that much pain some time.

The announce booth talk about what a freak Jimmy Rave all of a sudden is, and why the hell is came about.

Cornette then announces that he’s received word that the eight teams that will participate in the Sacrifice tournament are: America’s Most Wanted (obviously), the Motor City Machineguns, Two Crazy Negroes, The Redcoats, Los Infernales, Jihad, Team Canada, and Booker T/Scott Steiner of the Main Event Mafia.

--Commercial—

Footage of Kevin Nash helping Sting retain his championship against Chris Daniels at Lockdown plays.

Match 4: Kevin Nash vs Christopher Daniels w/Low Ki
Daniels was super aggressive against the guy that cost him the TNA Championship on Sunday. He occasionally gets in over his head with the much bigger man, and Nash kills him (to the extent that he can) with big boots. Nash gets a decent control segment where he works over the neck with more hostility that arrogance, due to getting frustrated at Daniels’ aggressiveness. Daniels fights back and this time expects the big boot coming towards him. He ducks under it and hits a reverse rana from behind, which sets up for the Best Moonsault Ever and the three-count.
Winner via pinfall: Christopher Daniels (7:02)

Christopher Daniels holds his head up high as he returns to the back with Low Ki.

--Commercial--

From the booth they announce that the winner of the following match will face Roxxi Laveaux next week, and the winner of that match will face Awesome Kong for the Knockouts Championship at Sacrifice,

Match 5: Daisy Haze vs Angelina Love w/Velvet Sky and Kip James
They actually start with a lockup and Love gets some decent work done on Haze’s arm. Haze modifies her offense to consist solely of various kicks and she has moderate success. Haze hits a tilt-a-whirl head scissors takedown but lands awkwardly on her arm. She shakes it off and makes the cover! ONE! TWO! Love gets her foot on the rope. Haze sets Love up for the Mind Trip, but Love elbows her in the arm to escape. She backs up and hits the Bicycle kick and the covers! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winner via pinfall: Angelina Love (5:09)

The Beautiful People celebrate in the ring as Angelina Love motions for the Knockouts Championship.

Backstage, Roxxi Laveaux walks up to Awesome Kong and tells her that she’s fully prepared to face Kong at Sacrifice. Kong nods her head in approval and then walks off with her title.

--Commercial--

Match 6: Scott Steiner/Booker T/AMW vs Team Canada/Two Crazy Negroes
This starts off with the lighter guys getting thrown around A LOT by the heels. Every time the faces start to mount a comeback, the heels get dirty and maintain control. During their control segment, they make the mistake of having Steiner and Petey Williams be in the ring at the same time. Williams goes apeshit on Steiner and starts beating the shit out of him with adrenaline/blueberry strength. He clotheslines him out of the ring, and his teammates go to check on him. With all four heels on the outside, all of the faces sprint across the ring and they all hit suicide dives!

--Commercial--

Things slow down into a formulaic tag match, though it’s interesting to not that AMW is really brutal with both of the Two Crazy Negroes. And they refuse to tag in Booker T, but take that for what you will. Eric Young leads the comeback with his power and stands up pretty well against the larger opponents. Things break down and bodies start to get thrown everywhere with finishers and signature moves tossed out like their free. Petey Williams eventually gets Chris Harris in the Sharpshooter and nearly gets a submission, until James Storm rushes in with a lariat that turns Williams inside-out. AMW hit Williams with the Death Sentence and then Harris covers him, while the rest of the team wrestles the faces out of the ring. ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winners via pinfall: Scott Steiner/Booker T/AMW (14:42)

All four teams continue brawling around the ring, prompting the other four teams to join in on the fray as well. Everybody hits their trademark moves until AMW top it off with a Death Sentence to Dave Taylor and stand tall with their tag team titles in the end,

--Commercial--

Sting comes out and says that he shouldn’t have to defend his belt at Sacrifice, due to the clean sweep that the Main Event Mafia had at Lockdown. He says he has expended his energy for the sake of the wrestling industry for over twenty years, and it’s about time he got a break.

Samoa Joe comes out and grabs another microphone. He tells Sting that the several month-long breaks that he gets in between Bound For Glory every year should be enough of a rest for anybody. He says that Sting is a champion, and real champions don’t sit around and do nothing. Sting says that a fat slob like Joe shouldn’t be talking about sitting around and doing nothing, as Twinkie-eating extraordinaire hardly counts as championship material.

Joe comes down to the ring and gets in Sting’s face and dares him to punch this fat slob and see what fury he has coming for him. Sting just laughs and goes to turn away, but then he spins around and punches Joe in the jaw! And, well, that means that IT! IS! ON! They brawl around the ring violently until Joe gets the upperhand! He gets Sting in the Coquina Clutch, but the Mafia runs down and pulls him out of it and then escapes up the ramp. All the while, Joe signals for the TNA Championship.

TNA Xplosion Results (4/25)
ODB over Madison Rayne
The Axis Powers over Seth Delay/Wahoo McDaniel Jr/Volador
Shane Sewell over Kenny King
Rhino over BG James

 

[Axis]

Internet Rumors~!
-It is a big possibility that Jimmy Jacobs, Michigan native, will slowly begin to play a larger and larger role in MCMG affairs.
-Sean Morley’s NJPW tour was cut short as he was signed to a full-time contract with TNA. While he will likely never be shown on iMPACT, you can expect to see him quite frequently on TNA Xplosion on Saturday nights. He has been slated to serve as both a road agent and a trainer for the younger guys who get more exposure on Xplosion.
-Speaking of Xplosion, the Xplosion commentary has officially changed from Mike Tenay and Don West to Mike Tenay and Kevin Nash. Nash has expressed interest in his role in the company eventually becoming less and less physical, so this may be a sign of things to come.

TNA iMPACT
iMPACT Zone
Orlando, Florida
April 30, 2009

TNA World Champion Sting opens up iMPACT in the middle of the ring with his Mafia behind him. Sting says that he’s talked to Mick Foley and the two have put together a deal that he thinks Joe will be interested in, so long as he can act civil this time. Tonight, in the main event, we will see Samoa Joe vs Kevin Nash. If Joe wins, he will have a TNA Championship match at Sacrifice. If Nash wins, then Sting will not have ANY title defense at the PPV. Joe comes out and says that he accepts, and that he’s been meaning to kick Nash’s ass for some time.

--Commercial--

Match 1: Alex Shelley w/Chris Sabin vs Tyson Dux [Non-Title]
This is a clean back-and-forth bout, with Dux stepping up big time against the X-Division Champion. Dux finds a big opportunity when Shelley misses a top rope leg drop, and so Dux works over the leg like a mad man. Shelley rolls to the outside to catch a break and Dux tries for a Tope Suicida, but Shelley dives out of the way. He rolls Dux back into the ring and works over his neck a bit. Dux starts to make a comeback and eventually goes for the North of the Border Brainbuster, but Shelley floats over and rolls him up with a fistful of tights for the three-count.
Winner via pinfall: Alex Shelley (7:12)

After the match, Christopher Daniels comes out and challenges Alex Shelley to an X-Division Title match, because somebody as disrespectful as Alex Shelley shouldn’t be holding that belt. Shelley says that he’s already got his sights set on the tag titles with Sabin, but that Daniels has been annoying lately, so he’ll think about it.

--Commercial--

AJ Styles is backstage with Lauren. He says that he sacrificed his own body to take out Kurt Angle at Lockdown to give his team the advantage. Unfortunately, it didn’t work, but he doesn’t regret punishing Kurt Angle. All of a sudden, Angle runs up and tackles Styles to the ground! He throws him through a door backstage and then says that he and Styles will be wrestling at Sacrifice, one-on-one. And then we’ll see who gets punished last. He kicks Styles in the ribs and walks off pleased with himself.

Match 2: Rhino vs Consequences Creed.
Creed tries to fight with his speed and SPIRT~ but Rhino just tosses him around like a rag doll. Creed actually does a lot of big bumping for Rhino, but he dives out of the way of a Gore and Rhino flies out of the ring. Creed climbs up the top turnbuckle and leaps off with a big cross body to the outside!

--Commercial—

We come back to find that Creed has somehow kept the advantage, mostly working over Rhino’s neck when possible. He eventually goes up top for a crossbody, but Rhino catches him mid-air and hits a big fall away slam. Rhino is really aggressive and just stomps and clubs the shit out of Creed. The young Negro starts to get back into it with desperation chops, but Rhino hits a vicious lariat to cut it short. He picks up Creed’s lifeless body and hits a Death Valley Driver for the three-count.
Winner via pinfall: Rhino (11:55)

Rhino continues beating at the Frontline member on the mat. Jay Lethal runs down and Rhino splits from the ring. While Lethal checks on Creed, Rhino climbs back in the ring stealthily. Jay gets up and unexpectedly gets hit by a huge Gore!

--Commercial--

Jimmy Rave comes down to the ring with a cat of nine tails with him as the announcers put over that he apparently became somewhat of a lunatic after Abyss beat the shit out of him at Lockdown.

Match 3: Jimmy Rave vs Shark Boy
Shark Boy starts off on fire because he’s finally on mainstream TV again, but Rave quickly puts out the fire with a reverse DDT. From there, this is pretty much a squash, but Rave takes his time doing it. He doesn’t take time to gloat, but he’s very methodical in his offense. He eventually locks in the From Dusk Til Dawn, which Tenay now calls the Torture Device. Shark Boy has no choice but to tap out.
Winner via submission: Jimmy Rave (4:55)

Rave gets up and looks at Shark Boy sadistically. He takes the whip from ringside and begins violently whipping Shark Boy until the ref pulls him off. He shouts that Abyss has turned him into this person and that he wants to returns the favor some time.

--Commercial--

Footage of Angelina Love’s win over Daisy Haze last week is shown.

Match 4: Roxxi Laveaux vs Angelina Love w/The Saeed-Tourage
Roxxi works over Love’s back for most of the match, though Love frequently rolls to the outside to take a break. At getting really frustrated, Roxxi makes the mistake of following Love out of the ring and she falls victim to the shenanigans of the Saeed-Tourage. Love takes control in the ring and works over Roxxi’s neck. Roxxi starts to make a comeback, but Sojourner Bolt trips her up from the outside. Roxxi shouts at her and then turns right around into a Bicycle Kick by Love for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Angelina Love (6:10)

The entire Saeed-Tourage continues beating down Roxxi Laveaux until Awesome Kong runs (kinda) down! The band of bitches scrams, but Kong catches Raisha Saeed before she can get away! She picks her up and plants her with an Awesome Bomb in the middle of the ring! Kong helps Roxxi up and then holds up the Knockouts Title at Angelina Love, who is escaping up the ramp.

The Main Event Mafia is backstage in their locker room. They talk about Nash’s match with Joe tonight and then shoo the cameraman out of the room to talk strategy.

Frankie Kazarian tells us about how he never amounted to much of anything once he left Serotonin. He says he refuses to worship that devil that was Raven, but that his preaching might not have been so distorted after all.

--Commercial--

The announcement of the tag team title tournament at TNA Sacrifice plays, along with the list of teams who will be participating. They hype up the fact that TNA’s tag division is loaded and that a lot is at stake in being the best team.

Match 5: The Redcoats/Jihad vs Team Canada/Los Infernales
They start off immediately with smack talk that escalates into a brawl. Things never really settle down before the fight ends up outside of the ring. They all fail to return to the ring before the ten-count and the ref throws this one out.
Result: No contest due to count out (2:30)

All four teams continue brawling around the outside of the ring. All of the tag teams in the tournament spill out of the locker room and join the huge brawl in the ring. After bodies fly around for a while, it is Booker T and Scott Steiner of the Main Event Mafia who stand tall and motion for the belts.

The announcers reveal that the first semifinal match of the tag title tournament will take place next week when Team Canada takes on The Redcoats!

--Commercial--

Mike Tenay and Jim Cornette go over the implications of the next match while Don West throws in comments about the TNA iMPACT video game.

Match 6: Samoa Joe vs Kevin Nash
Joe starts kicking ass right as the bell rings. Nash tries to overpower him, but Joe pretty much matches him in strength, so it’s futile. Joe dishes out some suplexes and then really delivers the pain with stiff punches and elbows. When Joe looks to be about to go for the finish, Scott Steiner runs down to ringside. Joe gets Nash up for the Muscle Buster but Steiner hops onto the apron. Joe goes after Steiner, allowing Nash to hit a big boot and buy some time.

--Commercial--

He works over Joe’s neck for a small bit, but Joe gets right back into it. Joe builds some momentum, but Steiner trips him up. Joe goes outside of the ring and tosses Steiner into the barricade like he weighs nothing. He returns to the ring and beats down Nash some more, but now Booker T runs down to ringside! He continues to add shenanigans to the situation that makes it harder for Joe to finish off Nash. When Booker and Steiner become too incessant, Low Ki and Petey Williams come down to the ring! They begin brawling around with Booker T and Steiner on the outside, but Nash and Joe ignore it. Kurt Angle sneaks out and jumps up on the apron; Joe goes to punch him off, but Nash rolls him up from behind! ONE! TWO! THR – No! Joe gets out of it! Styles rushes down now and begins fighting with Angle! Daniels comes down as well to push the tide in Joe’s favor! Samoa Joe continues to dominate Nash in the ring, but Nash finds glimmers of hope by quick interference from the outside that the ref misses. All of a sudden, Sting runs down to ringside with his bat and begins swinging like crazy at the Frontline! When the entire Frontline is down, Joe leaves the ring to go deal with the Mafia. When he sees that he’s outnumbered four-to-one he decides that the battle is not worth losing a number one contender spot for, so he returns to the ring, only to be met by a big boot attempt! Joe ducks under it then hits the Muscle Buster!!! Before Joe can cover, Steiner jumps onto the apron. The referee goes to stop him while Angle and Booker climb into the ring and tackle Samoa Joe. Steiner keeps the ref’s attention as Sting slides in too with his bat! He rears back and fucking DEMOLISHES Joe over the head with his weapon!!! Joe’s eyes roll to the back of his head as he flops to the mat. The Mafia slides out of the ring, but not before Sting throws Kevin Nash over Joe’s body.
Winner via pinfall: Kevin Nash (13:12)

Sting, Steiner, Angle, and Booker T climb into the ring and celebrate like crazy with a severely beaten Kevin Nash.

Mick Foley comes out and tells Sting that he has indeed earned the right to have no title defense at Sacrifice. However, that does not mean that he won’t have a match. At Sacrifice we will see Sting with a partner of his choice versus Samoa Joe and a partner of his choice. And there’s a catch:

If Sting and his partner win, Sting will go ANOTHER month without a title defense, securing another night off at Slammiversary in two months. It’s especially a big deal because the main event is usually a King of the Mountain Match, where Sting would only have a 1/6 chance of retaining.

On the other hand, if Samoa Joe and his partner win, then Joe and that partner will automatically be put into the KOTM match at Slammiversary, no questions asked. Foley ends by saying that, while Sting’s title won’t be on the line, a lot still will be. The show closes as Sting looks at his fellow Mafia members for who he might want to select to enter battle with him against the Samoa Submission Machine.

TNA Xplosion Results (5/2)
Jimmy Jacobs over Ricky Steamboat Jr
Taylor Wilde/Daisy Haze over ODB/Jackie Moore
Patrick Schulz over Wahoo McDaniel Jr, Shane Sewell, and Kenny King in a Fatal Fourway
Low Ki over Volador

TNA Sacrifice (5/24)

Sting Wants a Vacation
Sting/? vs Samoa Joe/?

Grudge Match
AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle

Tag Team Championships Tournament:
Semifinals and Finals

TNA Knockouts Championship
Awesome Kong[c] vs Angelina Love​

 

[Axis]

TNA iMPACT
iMPACT Zone
Orlando, Florida
May 7, 2009

The announce booth hypes up tonight’s card, especially the main event of Booker T/Scott Steiner/Kurt Angle vs AJ Styles/Los Infernales

Match 1: Christopher Daniels vs Shane Sewell
They do some fun technical stuff up front and Sewell actually almost gets an upset after a small package, but Daniels reprimands him in the ring about trying to get a cheap win like that. They get back into it and Daniels gets on a roll and tops it off with the Angel’s Wings for the three-count.
Winner via pinfall: Christopher Daniels (5:12)

Alex Shelley comes out and says that he thought about Daniels’ challenge, and the answer is no. He will not face Daniels at Sacrifice for the X-Division Championship. Mick Foley comes out and says HE thought about it, and the answer is yes. Christopher Daniels WILL fight Alex Shelley for the X-Division Title.

--Commercial--

Jay Lethal approaches Consequences Creed and tells him that he wants Rhino at Sacrifice after last week’s attack, and Mick Foley has approved it. So, he’s sorry to say, but he’s dropping out of the tag team title tournament.

Match 2: Chris Sabin/Jimmy Jacobs vs Kiyoshi/Alex Koslov w/Patrick Schulz
This starts out with a lot of quick tags to make it really back-and-forth. Eventually Sabin and Jacobs try the Poetry and Motion, but Kiyoshi catches Sabin and throws him over the top rope and to the ground below!

--Commercial--

Koslov and Kiyoshi take turns beating down the green (in TNA, go with it) Jimmy Jacobs with MOGOLIAN CHOPS~ and RUSSIAN LEG SWEEPS~ along with quick tags to each other. Jacobs counters a Kiyoshi suplex into a DDT and nearly makes the tag to Sabin, but Schulz distracts the referee so that he doesn’t see the tag. The ref forces Sabin out of the ring while Koslov and Kiyoshi double-team Jacobs behind his back. They continue isolating Jacobs but Koslov gets cocky in his offense and leaves room for Jacobs to hit a snap scoop slam from nowhere. Jacobs makes the hot tag and Sabin comes in like a MAN ON FIRE~! Sabin destroys Koslov with a tornado DDT. Jacobs comes in and sets up for the Poetry in Motion again and Sabin knocks Kiyoshi off the apron with a dropkick! The Detroiters focus their attention back in the ring on Koslov; Jacobs hits the Michigan Code and the Sabin hits a top-rope leg drop! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winners via pinfall: Chris Sabin/Jimmy Jacobs (11:12)

Consequences Creed comes out and tells Sabin that since Rhino/Lethal and Shelley/Daniels are both happening at Sacrifice, they should tag together again. Sabin excitedly agrees, leaving Jimmy Jacobs looking a bit disappointed in the ring.

The Saeed-Tourage is backstage talking about Raisha’s match with Awesome Kong up next.

--Commercial--

Footage of Awesome Kong finally hitting Raisha Saeed with an Awesome Bomb last week is shown.

Match 3: Awesome Kong vs Raisha Saeed w/The Saeed-Tourage [Non-Title]
Kong tries to get her hands on her former manager, but Saeed spends most of her time on the outside running away. All of the women on the outside get involved and distract the referee so that Kip James can sneak in and attack from the rear, but Kong messes him up for his effort with a spinning backhand. Kong grabs Raisha from the outside and lifts her clear up into the ring, then hits a huge Awesome Bomb for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Awesome Kong (6:32)

Right after the pinfall, the entire Saeed-Tourage (including Kip James) rushes into the ring and begins beating down Awesome Kong. At first, the champion takes the all on, but the numbers game starts to get to her. Angelina Love exits the ring and grabs a steel chair, but Roxxi Laveaux, Daisy Haze, and Taylor Wilde run down and clear the ring.

Frankie Kazarian is backstage again with Lauren, and he spews some poetic garbage about being in continuous agony, but about how it frees him. And now he’s found a way to release that agony and harness it to become greater than ever before. Lauren asks what he’s talking about, and he just smiles and says that everybody will find out soon enough.

--Commercial--

In the Main Event Mafia locker room, Steiner, Nash, and Booker T all tell Sting that they honestly don’t want to have to wrestle Joe at Sacrifice. Sting asks Angle to be his tag team partner; Angle politely declines on the basis that he has finally gotten Styles one-on-one at Sacrifice. Sting tells him to at least think about it, and then says that the Main Event Mafia runs TNA, and that Angle should remember who runs the Main Event Mafia.

Match 4: Abyss vs Patrick Schulz
Kiyoshi and Koslov don’t even both coming out with Schulz for this one. Abyss annihilates him then finishes him with the Shock Treatment.
Winner via pinfall: Abyss (0:58)

Jimmy Rave, with whip in hand, starts to approach the ring, but Abyss doesn’t back down. Rave climbs into the apron and tries to whip him from there, but it falls short. Abyss charges at Rave, but Rave jumps down off the apron and smirks, and then returns to the back.

--Commercial--

Mick Foley is on the phone talking to somebody about needing another tag team to fill in the void of losing MCMG and Two Crazy Negroes. He smiles and says it’s great that he’s ready and willing to participate, then tells him to be at iMPACT next week.

Match 5: The Redcoats vs Team Canada w/Low Ki [Tag Titles Quarterfinals]
Petey, Doug, and Eric all bring the speed while Taylor sits out the beginning portion of the match. Petey and Doug go back and forth with kicks and knees, respectively, until Doug goes to the eyes to take control. Dave Taylor comes in and just wrecks Petey with a short-arm clothesline and then works in the submission holds. The crowd gets really into Petey’s comeback, and he eventually hits a Cradle DDT. Both men make a tag at the same time. Doug goes for the knees again, but Young catches him and hits a dragon screw, then follows it up with some aggressive legwork. Petey tags in and continues the leg work, but Doug gets dirty to fight back. The Brit goes for a surprise German suplex, but Petey flips through and takes Doug down, then locks in the Sharpshooter! Taylor comes in to break it up, but EY intercepts him and plants him with a Lou Thesz Press! Alone in the ring, Doug Williams has no choice but to tap out!
Winners via submission: Team Canada (8:52)

Samoa Joe, Chris Daniels, AJ Styles, Jay Lethal, and Creed come out to celebrate with Team Canada of the Frontline. Joe says that, while it seems Sting may be having a tough time getting a tag team partner for Sacrifice, every single member of the Frontline has volunteered, even those who already have matches scheduled. He says he hasn’t selected his partner yet, but when he does, he’s sure that they’ll lay some bitches out.

--Commercial--

The tag team title tournament at Sacrifice is hyped up some more, putting over the numerous tag teams in TNA. Commentary puts this over as hype for Booker/Steiner vs Los Infernales in the quarterfinals of the tag title tournament next week and Angle vs Styles at Sacrifice.

Match 6: Booker T/Scott Steiner/Kurt Angle vs AJ Styles/Los Infernales
Los Infernales step it up big time with AJ to take on the Mafia. The heels use some underhanded tactics to stay in control, but Mephisto makes a hot tag to Averno and everything breaks down. Styles and the luchas all hit suicide dives to the Mafia on the outside to send it to a commercial.

--Commercial--

Shit settles down when Booker T and Steiner work cohesively to wear down Mephisto. They let Angle in on the action, but he actually allows Mephisto to make a tag to AJ Styles, who enters but doesn’t go right for Angle. The two men actually do a traditional lockup and get some mat wrestling in, at which Styles surprises Angle in how much he keeps up. Angle gets the upperhand after distraction from Booker T and then he gets really aggressive. They all take turns beating him down and Angle directs them to go after his shoulder. Styles pretty easily fights out of things and gets a tag to Averno after a Pele kick to Scott Steiner. Averno hits a nice springboard hurricanrana to Steiner and covers for a potential upset! ONE! TWO! THR – Booker T breaks it up! Everything breaks down as all six men enter the ring! Bodies start flying until Kurt Angle gets Mephisto alone in the ring. He lifts him up for an Olympic Slam, but Mephisto floats over and gets a backslide! ONE! TWO! THR – Angle kicks out! They both hop up and Angle DESTROYS Mephisto with a running lariat. He picks up Mephisto and hits the Olympic Slam! ONE! TWO! THREE!
Winners via pinfall: Booker T/Scott Steiner/Kurt Angle (15:09)

AJ Styles reenters the ring and attacks Angle again! Steiner and Booker start to help Angle, but then Los Infernales attack them! For the second straight week, all of the tag teams involved in the tournament rush out and join in on the fray. The show fades with Styles/Angle fighting around the arena and all six remaining tag teams brawling around the ring.


TNA Xplosion Results (5/9)
Brutus Magnus over Kenny King
Jimmy Jacobs/Ricky Steamboat Jr over TJ Perkins/Chad Collyer
Brother Devon over Jonny Harlow
The Redcoats over Shark Boy/Tyson Dux
Abyss destroyed Kip James in a match booked to punish Kip for attacking a woman on iMPACT

TNA Sacrifice (5/24)

Sting Wants a Vacation
Sting/? vs Samoa Joe/?

Grudge Match
AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle

TNA X-Division Championship
Alex Shelley[c] vs Christopher Daniels

Tag Team Championships Tournament:
Semifinals and Finals

TNA Knockouts Championship
Awesome Kong[c] vs Angelina Love

Grudge Match
Rhino vs Jay Lethal
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