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Backstory: TNA had just came off Desrination X and their was a lot of mixed views backstage. The views were mostly split between upper tier talent and the creative team. The problem was that some of the superstars were tired of silly gimmicks, and storylines. Another problem was that TNA either let fans down on some storylines and pulled the plugs on others. This lead to Samoa Joe, and others finally telling managmen the time to change is now and never. TNA management realized that the superstars were seriously considering to walk out and with that TNA decided to make major changes to their product.
Destination X results from TNA Wrestling's website
COMPLETE RESULTS FROM THE DESTINATION X PAY-PER-VIEW:
- The Latin American Xchange defeated The Motor City Machineguns and The Rock N' Rave infection to become the new #1 contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Hernandez got the pin on Jimmy Rave after hitting him with the Border Toss.
- "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal retained the X Division Championship by defeating "Maple Leaf Muscle" Petey Williams, despite interference by Scott Steiner and Rhaka Khan. After the triple-team, Williams hit the Canadian Destroyer on Lethal, but SoCal Val pulled the referee. Khan went after Val, but Sonjay Dutt came out to back off Steiner's freak. Back in the ring, Lethal surprised Williams with a small package for the win.
- Kaz and Eric Young defeated Black Reign and Rellik in tag team action. Young was once again scared of Rellik and Black Reign, but left the match and later returned as his alter-ego "Super Eric" to battle the monsters and get the win! Using superhuman strength, Super Eric hit a DOUBLE Death Valley Driver on Reign and Rellik to pin Reign and get the victory.
- Awesome Kong retained the TNA Women's Championship over Gail Kim and ODB when Raisha Saeed interfered and cost ODB the bout. Gail Kim and ODB worked together early on to try to stop Kong, but they eventually turned on each other as the match progressed.
- Shark Boy and Curry Man defeated Team 3D in the "Fish Market Street Fight". Johnny Devine accidentally blinded Brother Ray with powder, leading to Ray mistakenly hitting his Team 3D finisher on Devon, allowing Shark Boy to get the win. Following the bout, Team 3D shoved "Survivor" star Joel “Truck†Anderson, who was at ringside along with Johnny Fairplay. TNA security stepped in before the confrontation could escalate.
- Robert Roode defeated Booker T in the "Stand By Your Man" strap match after using a pair of handcuffs to knock Booker out. Booker was so angry with the decision that he had to be taken out of the ring by security. After the bout, Payton Banks strapped Traci Brooks unmercifully. Eventually, Sharmell made her return with a leather strap and not only tore up Roode and Banks but took the leather to anyone that got in her way! Before TNA security took Sharmell out of the ring, she even strapped Jim Cornette!
- "The War Machine" Rhino defeated "Cowboy" James Storm in the Elevation X match, which certainly lived up to the daredevil, high-risk reputation. In the end, Storm tried to hide under the steel structure, but Rhino found him and kicked him off Elevation X! Storm fell all the way down to the ring through a table! Storm had to be stretchered out of the ring as Rhino celebrated atop the steel structure.
- In the main event, the team of Samoa Joe, Christian Cage and Kevin Nash started with the 3-on-2 advantage against The Angle Alliance. AJ Styles and Tomko started the bout, with Kurt Angle later joining. Samoa Joe won the bout for his team by defeating Tomko with Clutch. On April 13 at Lockdown, Samoa Joe will challenge Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship inside the Six Sides of Steel!
TNA Roster fom Wikipedia
Kurt Angle
Black Reign/Dustin Rhodes (Virgil Runnels III)
Booker T (Robert Booker Huffman)
Brother Devon (Devon Hughes)
Brother Ray (Mark LoMonaco)
Christian Cage (Jason Reso)
Curry Man (Daniel Covell)
Johnny Devine (John Parsonage)
Sonjay Dutt (Retesh Bhalla)
Hernandez (Shawn Hernandez)
Homicide (Nelson Erazo)
Lance Hoyt
B.G. James (Brian Gerard James)
Kip James (Monty Sopp)
Kaz (Franklin Kazarian)
Jay Lethal (Jamar Shipman)
Kevin Nash
Jimmy Rave (James Guffey)
Rellik (John Hugger)
Rhino (Terry Gerin)
Robert Roode
Chris Sabin (Josh Harter)
Samoa Joe (Nuufolau Joel Seanoa)
Shark Boy (Dean Roll)
Alex Shelley (Patrick Martin)
Scott Steiner (Scott Rechsteiner)
James Storm (James Black)
A.J. Styles (Allen Jones)
Tomko (Travis Tomko)
Petey Williams
Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz)
Female wrestlers
Awesome Kong (Kia Stevens)
Traci Brooks (Tracy Brookshaw)
Jacqueline (Jacqueline Moore) - Also the valet of James Storm
Gail Kim
Roxxi Laveaux (Nicole Raczynski)
Angelina Love (Angel Williams)
O.D.B. (Jessica Kresa)
Velvet Sky (Jamie Szantyr)
Managers and Valets
Karen Angle - Valet and wife of Kurt Angle and Valet Of A.J Styles
Payton Banks (Bonnie Maxon) - Valet of Robert Roode, occasional wrestler
Christy Hemme - Valet of the Rock 'n' Rave Infection, occasional wrestler
Rhaka Khan (Trenesha Biggers) - Valet of Scott Steiner and Petey Williams
Raisha Saeed (Melissa Anderson) - Manager of Awesome Kong
Salinas (Shelly Martinez) - Valet of LAX, occasional wrestler
Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman) - Valet and wife of Booker T
Other On-Air Talent
Jeremy Borash - Angle Alliance's personal backstage interviewer; Creative contributor and ring announcer
Jim Cornette - TNA Management Director
Crystal Louthan - Backstage interviewer
Matt Morgan - Assistant to Jim Cornette
David Penzer - Ring announcer
Hermie Sadler - Occasional iMPACT! play-by-play analyst
SoCal Val (Valerie Wyndham) - Ring girl, associate of Black Machismo
Mike Tenay - Play-by-play commentator
Don West - Color commentator
Referees
Rudy Charles - Senior official
Earl Hebner
Mark "Slick" Johnson
Shane Sewell
Andrew Thomas
Inactive talent
Austin Creed - Inactive for unknown reasons
Abyss - Taking time off to hype his return.
James Mitchell - Former manager of Judas Mesias
Elix Skipper - Inactive for unknown reasons
Sting (Steve Borden) - Inactive for unknown reasons
Stables and tag teams
Black Reign and Rellik
Christian Cage, Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash
Eric Young and Kaz
Curry Man and Shark Boy
Scott Steiner and Petey Williams with Rhaka Khan
The Angle Alliance (Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles and Tomko) with Karen Angle and Jeremy Borash
The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) with Salinas
The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley)
The Rock 'n Rave Infection (Lance Hoyt and Jimmy Rave) with Christy Hemme
Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) and Johnny Devine
Velvet Love Entertainment (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky
Backstory: TNA had just came off Desrination X and their was a lot of mixed views backstage. The views were mostly split between upper tier talent and the creative team. The problem was that some of the superstars were tired of silly gimmicks, and storylines. Another problem was that TNA either let fans down on some storylines and pulled the plugs on others. This lead to Samoa Joe, and others finally telling managmen the time to change is now and never. TNA management realized that the superstars were seriously considering to walk out and with that TNA decided to make major changes to their product.
Destination X results from TNA Wrestling's website
COMPLETE RESULTS FROM THE DESTINATION X PAY-PER-VIEW:
- The Latin American Xchange defeated The Motor City Machineguns and The Rock N' Rave infection to become the new #1 contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Hernandez got the pin on Jimmy Rave after hitting him with the Border Toss.
- "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal retained the X Division Championship by defeating "Maple Leaf Muscle" Petey Williams, despite interference by Scott Steiner and Rhaka Khan. After the triple-team, Williams hit the Canadian Destroyer on Lethal, but SoCal Val pulled the referee. Khan went after Val, but Sonjay Dutt came out to back off Steiner's freak. Back in the ring, Lethal surprised Williams with a small package for the win.
- Kaz and Eric Young defeated Black Reign and Rellik in tag team action. Young was once again scared of Rellik and Black Reign, but left the match and later returned as his alter-ego "Super Eric" to battle the monsters and get the win! Using superhuman strength, Super Eric hit a DOUBLE Death Valley Driver on Reign and Rellik to pin Reign and get the victory.
- Awesome Kong retained the TNA Women's Championship over Gail Kim and ODB when Raisha Saeed interfered and cost ODB the bout. Gail Kim and ODB worked together early on to try to stop Kong, but they eventually turned on each other as the match progressed.
- Shark Boy and Curry Man defeated Team 3D in the "Fish Market Street Fight". Johnny Devine accidentally blinded Brother Ray with powder, leading to Ray mistakenly hitting his Team 3D finisher on Devon, allowing Shark Boy to get the win. Following the bout, Team 3D shoved "Survivor" star Joel “Truck†Anderson, who was at ringside along with Johnny Fairplay. TNA security stepped in before the confrontation could escalate.
- Robert Roode defeated Booker T in the "Stand By Your Man" strap match after using a pair of handcuffs to knock Booker out. Booker was so angry with the decision that he had to be taken out of the ring by security. After the bout, Payton Banks strapped Traci Brooks unmercifully. Eventually, Sharmell made her return with a leather strap and not only tore up Roode and Banks but took the leather to anyone that got in her way! Before TNA security took Sharmell out of the ring, she even strapped Jim Cornette!
- "The War Machine" Rhino defeated "Cowboy" James Storm in the Elevation X match, which certainly lived up to the daredevil, high-risk reputation. In the end, Storm tried to hide under the steel structure, but Rhino found him and kicked him off Elevation X! Storm fell all the way down to the ring through a table! Storm had to be stretchered out of the ring as Rhino celebrated atop the steel structure.
- In the main event, the team of Samoa Joe, Christian Cage and Kevin Nash started with the 3-on-2 advantage against The Angle Alliance. AJ Styles and Tomko started the bout, with Kurt Angle later joining. Samoa Joe won the bout for his team by defeating Tomko with Clutch. On April 13 at Lockdown, Samoa Joe will challenge Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship inside the Six Sides of Steel!
TNA Roster fom Wikipedia
Kurt Angle
Black Reign/Dustin Rhodes (Virgil Runnels III)
Booker T (Robert Booker Huffman)
Brother Devon (Devon Hughes)
Brother Ray (Mark LoMonaco)
Christian Cage (Jason Reso)
Curry Man (Daniel Covell)
Johnny Devine (John Parsonage)
Sonjay Dutt (Retesh Bhalla)
Hernandez (Shawn Hernandez)
Homicide (Nelson Erazo)
Lance Hoyt
B.G. James (Brian Gerard James)
Kip James (Monty Sopp)
Kaz (Franklin Kazarian)
Jay Lethal (Jamar Shipman)
Kevin Nash
Jimmy Rave (James Guffey)
Rellik (John Hugger)
Rhino (Terry Gerin)
Robert Roode
Chris Sabin (Josh Harter)
Samoa Joe (Nuufolau Joel Seanoa)
Shark Boy (Dean Roll)
Alex Shelley (Patrick Martin)
Scott Steiner (Scott Rechsteiner)
James Storm (James Black)
A.J. Styles (Allen Jones)
Tomko (Travis Tomko)
Petey Williams
Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz)
Female wrestlers
Awesome Kong (Kia Stevens)
Traci Brooks (Tracy Brookshaw)
Jacqueline (Jacqueline Moore) - Also the valet of James Storm
Gail Kim
Roxxi Laveaux (Nicole Raczynski)
Angelina Love (Angel Williams)
O.D.B. (Jessica Kresa)
Velvet Sky (Jamie Szantyr)
Managers and Valets
Karen Angle - Valet and wife of Kurt Angle and Valet Of A.J Styles
Payton Banks (Bonnie Maxon) - Valet of Robert Roode, occasional wrestler
Christy Hemme - Valet of the Rock 'n' Rave Infection, occasional wrestler
Rhaka Khan (Trenesha Biggers) - Valet of Scott Steiner and Petey Williams
Raisha Saeed (Melissa Anderson) - Manager of Awesome Kong
Salinas (Shelly Martinez) - Valet of LAX, occasional wrestler
Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman) - Valet and wife of Booker T
Other On-Air Talent
Jeremy Borash - Angle Alliance's personal backstage interviewer; Creative contributor and ring announcer
Jim Cornette - TNA Management Director
Crystal Louthan - Backstage interviewer
Matt Morgan - Assistant to Jim Cornette
David Penzer - Ring announcer
Hermie Sadler - Occasional iMPACT! play-by-play analyst
SoCal Val (Valerie Wyndham) - Ring girl, associate of Black Machismo
Mike Tenay - Play-by-play commentator
Don West - Color commentator
Referees
Rudy Charles - Senior official
Earl Hebner
Mark "Slick" Johnson
Shane Sewell
Andrew Thomas
Inactive talent
Austin Creed - Inactive for unknown reasons
Abyss - Taking time off to hype his return.
James Mitchell - Former manager of Judas Mesias
Elix Skipper - Inactive for unknown reasons
Sting (Steve Borden) - Inactive for unknown reasons
Stables and tag teams
Black Reign and Rellik
Christian Cage, Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash
Eric Young and Kaz
Curry Man and Shark Boy
Scott Steiner and Petey Williams with Rhaka Khan
The Angle Alliance (Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles and Tomko) with Karen Angle and Jeremy Borash
The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) with Salinas
The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley)
The Rock 'n Rave Infection (Lance Hoyt and Jimmy Rave) with Christy Hemme
Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) and Johnny Devine
Velvet Love Entertainment (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky