TNA Turning Point 2008:
November 9 2008:
The PPV opens with a big pyro explosion as the fans in the Impact Zone prepare for Turning Point!
Commentators Don West and Mike Tenay run us down tonight's stacked card and we open with tag team action!
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Match 1:
Brodie Lee and Kenny Omega DEF. The Rock and Rave Infection (Lance Rock and Jimmy Rave) after pinfall from Omega onto Rave at 12 Minutes.
Rock and Rave got more offense off in this match than they did in their singles match encounters with Lee since they had the experience of being a team but the TNA newcomers Omega and Lee are able to secure the victory after Lee lariats Rock to the outside of the ring and Omega hits Rave with his finishing move the One Winged Angel.
After the match, Omega and Lee shake hands with one another, commentary makes it very clear that these two are very much still singles competitors but both are just looking to make their name in TNA. Omega yanks away from the handshake but Lee keeps it gripped and the crowd goes a bit stunned thinking Lee is about to turn on Omega but Lee raises Omega's arm one more time for the crowd as they applause loud and then the two go their separate ways.
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Segment 1:
We get a backstage interview with Jeremy Borash interviewing Christian Cage and Rhino. Borash says the message boards are buzzing with curiosity of who their teammate is in tonight's 6-Man Tag. Cage says what fun would it be to spoil the surprise tonight. Rhino gets angry and cuts a promo on Scott Steiner for their unfinished business from a few Impact episodes ago. He says that he looks forward to locking in and finally getting a fair shot to tear Steiner limb from limb.
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Christopher Daniels makes a special entrance with new darker and more ominous music. He comes out wearing a black and dark red robe, with a new style of small bits of face paint on his face and is officially being declared as "The Fallen Angel" once more as Eric Young stands in the corner looking startled.
Match 2:
Christopher Daniels DEF. Eric Young via pinfall at 5 Minutes
This was a pretty one sided match with Young getting in almost no offense except with just some light reversals.
After the match, Daniels just stands up and stands over Young with a grim but disappointed look on his face as he makes his way to the back while Young continues to lay there.
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Match 3:
TNA World Tag Team Championships:
TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money (James Storm and Robert Roode) (c) DEF. Abyss and Matt Morgan after pinfall from Robert Roode on Abyss at 13 Minutes
This was a great and hard hitting match between 4 true, classic heavyweight wrestlers. Abyss and Matt Morgan nearly picked up the win after an insane hot tag onto Morgan after Abyss had been beat down most of the match. The match came to an end after when the referee was distracted with checking on Matt Morgan on the outside after Roode and Storm double super kicked him over the top rope and James Storm took the chance to grab his glass beer bottle from the outside of the ring and crack it over the skull of Abyss and then Roode hit a piledriver onto Abyss to get the win
Storm and Roode celebrate in the ring as the crowd boos
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Segment 2:
We get a video package highlighting the Main Event Mafia so far in their short run and how much chaos thye've already caused within TNA while trying to become the authority of TNA. We get the deep voiced TNA narrator hyping Cage and Rhino and questioning just who could possibly be "joining the war" as Christian Cage put it.
The Main Event Mafia make their entrance as Booker T, Scott Steiner and Kevin Nash make their way to the ring to a mixed reaction of cheers and boos from the crowd.
Rhino and then Christian Cage make their entrance and stand in the ring ready to face off with the Mafia
The lights go out as the crowd cheers
The sound of an engine can be revving up in the theme song
Big silver text pops up on the titantron,
"BOBBY LASHLEY"
The crowd erupts with cheers as Bobby Lashley makes his way down through the iconic TNA entrance tunnel and just smiles and points to the crowd.
Lashley hops in the ring and stands by Rhino and Christian Cage.
Christian Cage stands forward of the 3 men, smirking as Nash, Booker and Steiner look on. Cage is talking smack to Nash and mocking him before Nash just gives the biggest evil smirk while throwing up the Main Event Mafia hand sign as Christian just looks confused as the camera closes up on Christian's face and then a loud "THUD!" noise can be heard from behind him. The camera pans back to the entire ring and Lashley has taken out Rhino as the crowd then turns entirely to boos as Christian then turns around as Lashley is just standing there smirking while Christian is alone in the ring with the 4 other men before ultimately Lashley charges Christian and hits him with a huge spear as the crowd boos. Nash is just grinning ear to ear while leaning over the ropes and can loudly be heard yelling to the crowd and audience at home "He's here to join the war, just not the side you thought he was." as Lashley, Booker, Steiner and Nash all raise their arms up together in celebration before leaving the ring
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We get a video package of Sheik Abdul Bashier costing both Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal their X-Division Championship matches in Sheik's last 2 title defenses and now he has to pay for his sins by defending the X title in a 3-Way match
Match 4:
TNA X-Division Championship:
Triple Threat:
Consequences Creed DEF. Jay Lethal and TNA X-Division Champion Sheik Abdul Bashier (c) after Creed pins Sheik at 14 minutes
This match was just what the crowd needed with fast paced X-Division action. Lethal was going for the Lethal combination but Sheik reverse it and dropped Lethal hard on his back but Creed comes from behind and rolls up Sheik and gets the shocking 3-count!
Sheik Abdul Bashier immediately sits up and is bug eyed shocked at what just happened as the referee hands Creed the X-Division Championship as Creed is geeking out celebrating and holding the title above his head as Lethal pulls himself up in the corner and is trying his best to not look upset and show support for his friend and tag partner. Creed extends his arm out to Lethal and the two both raise each others arms as Lethal then leaves the ring and Creed gets the ring to himself to celebrate his first title win in TNA.
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Segment 3:
We get a backstage interview from Jeremy Borash and AJ Styles. Styles talks about his TNA World Heavyweight Championship match tonight with Sting. He says life is a crazy thing and almost any other time in the past he would be just as big of a fan as those in the crowd and watching home when getting to step into the ring with Sting but that all changed just a few weeks ago as Sting has seemingly changed and aligned himself with the crooks that are the Main Event Mafia. He says that he had no idea the results of his words a few weeks ago would lead to this. He said that he doesn't want these legends and superstars from other promotions to continue to come in and take away his company and they seemed to have taken that beyond personal and are going to extreme distances to do just that! AJ says he can't stand by and allow that to happen. Styles says that TNA is the house that AJ Styles built and nobody is kicking him out of his own home, not even THE ICON Sting.
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We get a video package hyping up this next bout as it's a first time ever singles match up between two of the best to ever do it. Kurt Angle, the co-leader of The Main Event Mafia originally wanted this match to be his rematch with Jeff Jarrett but he's settling on getting to compete with Mick Foley instead who has stepped in place of Jarrett after Angle's assault on Jarrett left him with a concussion and unable to be medically cleared for tonight. Foley originally just was wanting to stop in and have a cup of coffee in TNA as a guest but Angle has lured him into staying because Foley wants to stand up for what's right and help keep TNA afloat so these young guys have a home to continue mastering their craft.
Match 5:
Kurt Angle DEF. Mick Foley via pinfall at 15 minutes.
Foley was able to put in more of a fight than anyone, including Kurt Angle, could have ever imagined. Foley got a 2.9999 pinfall on Angle after his signature double arm DDT. a few minutes later into the match, Foley went to go and grab Mr. Socko from his pants as the crowd errupted in cheers but Angle rushed over and tackled Foley into the corner and grabbed the sock and like a maniac ripped the sock up in his teeth and spat it out to the floor as the crowd both amused and disgusted booed Kurt Angle before Kurt picked up Foley and hit him with the Olympic Slam to get the victory.
After the match Angle would continue to beat down and stomp on Foley but Jeff Jarrett's music hits as Jarrett runs down to the ring carrying his signature guitar, Angle looks on and escapes the ring as Jarrett slides in to save his friend Mick Foley.
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Match 6:
Tag Team Gauntlet for a future shot at the TNA World Tag Team Championships:
Entrant 1: LAX (Hernandez and Homicide)
Entrant 2: Kaz and Petey Williams
Homicide pinned Petey Williams at 6 minutes to advance to the next round
Entrant 3: The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley)
Hernandez pinned Chris Sabin at 11 Minutes to advance to the next round
Entrant 4: The Rock and Rave Infection (Lance Rock and Jimmy Rave)
Lance Rock scores a huge upset and is able to pin Hernandez in the ring at 15 minutes to advance to the next round
Entrant 5: Making their TNA debut, The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe)
Jay Briscoe pinned Jimmy Rave at 17 Minutes to advance to the next round
Entrant 6: The Outlaws (Jesse James and Billy Gunn)
Mark Briscoe pins Jesse James at 22 Minutes to advance to the next round
Final Entrant: Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon)
The crowd is chanting "Holy sh**! Holy Sh**! Holy Sh**!" as Team 3D stand across the ring from The Briscoes before the two teams start to brawl in the ring and tear into each other and put on a banger to end this gauntlet.
Team 3D hit Jay Briscoe with a 3D in the middle of the ring and go for the pinfall but to the shock of everyone, Jay kicks out of one of the most devastating moves in tag team history as the crowd erupts and everyone is standing on their feet cheering. Mark dives off the top rope and hits Brother Ray with a diving mistle dropkick, Jay is able to slowly crawl his way up to his feet as Briscoe is doing chops and strikes onto Devon before Jay turns Devon around and kicks him in the gut and sets up and delivers the Jay Driller to get the pinfall!
The Briscoe Brothers win the Tag Team gauntlet at 38 minutes after Jay Briscoe pins Brother Devon.
After the match, all four men shake each others hands as the crowd cheers for the match they just witnessed while we see TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money watching on from a TV in the back.
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We get a video package hyping up our main event which features a recap of the end of the last episode of Impact! with Sting dropping the facepaint and leaving it behind, signaling an entire new era for Sting.
The entrances and announcements are made inside the ring as the crowd just stares on a bit in awe as it's surreal to see Sting standing in the ring with no facepaint on and is rocking just regular black pants with no design on them and he has his hair extra slicked back.
MAIN EVENT:
TNA World Heavyweight Championship:
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Sting (c) DEF. AJ Styles via pinfall at 14 minutes
A very 50/50 match as the young and faster challenger gave the veteran champion a run for his money but ultimately Styles went for the Phenomenal Forearm but Sting struck Styles in the face mid air and then was able to hit AJ with the Scorpion death drop to get the win.
After the match, Sting just catches his breath and stands crouched over the corner a bit before limping over to receive his TNA World Heavyweight Championship from the referee. He sees AJ has made it up to his feet and the two lock eyes with AJ's back to the entrance way. AJ looks disappointed in both himself and Sting but still reluctantly sticks his hand out to shake Sting's hand, Sting just stands there and thinks about it but the camera cuts to Kurt Angle, Booker T, Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner and Bobby Lashley all standing at the stage in nice suits and sunglasses clapping for their champion and Sting then decides to just throw the title over his shoulder and walk past AJ as the PPV ends with Sting walking up the entrance way and the Main Event Mafia comforting him as AJ sits defeated in the ring.