Oracle of Delphi
Bruce BostwickTNA Impact Wrap Up 6-5-08
June 6th 2008 13:05
TNA Knockout Gail Kim is on her way back from her knee injury.
TNA Impact from The Impact Zone
For a change we get right into a match.
Booker T & Robert Roode vs. Rhino & Christian Cage
Booker and Roode controlled the match from the start other than a few short bursts of offense from Christian. Roode try to hit a clothesine but missed this gave Christian the chance to turn it around. He hit him with an inverted DDT and then got the tag to Rhino. He would dominate Booker T, hit him with a spinebuster and get a two count before Roode broke up the pin. Cage came in to take care of Roode. Booker started to comeback but Rhino ducked a scissors kick and hit him with a Gore. When he went for the pin Team 3D came in to interfere.
Winners via DQ: Rhino & Christian Cage
They were setting up the tables. When A.J. Styles came down to help. He pounded on them, and hit them with a double clothesline. By this point Rhino and Christian were up and fighting again. They would clear the ring. Styles grabbed the mic and pointed out how they aren’t even close to even, meaning that them coming out to help him last week was much more than what he had just done. Goes on to say how they were like brothers not too long ago, but right now he’d settle for just being on the same page. His focus then turned to Kurt Angle, telling the four that were just chased from the ring to tell him that at Slammiversary he is going to “beat the piss out of him. I’m not out to pin Kurt Angle. I’m out to hurt Kurt Angle.” He finished up saying how he was going to take care of Tomko later in the night. Jim Cornette was out to say he was right he did have a match with Tomko, and it would be one on one because Kevin Nash would be the special ring enforcer.
Next up we go to earlier in the day where J.B. interviewed Samoa Joe training in the ring. He asked about Kevin Nash and if he trusts him or not. He said how when he sees him tonight he will ask him and see what his answers are.
After the break…
The Beautiful People being interviewed by Lauren again. They went on and on about how Velvet Sky will be facing ODB in a Street Fight.
Poor Lauren was then approached by Awesome Kong again. This week Raisha Saeed said Kong will cripple someone from the audience.
Out to the ring for the Street Fight.
Velvet Sky vs. ODB
ODB came to the ring carrying a plastic spit cup for her chewing tobacco instead of her flask. Sky got in her face right at the start and ODB threw the contents of the cup into her face. Sky tried to escape the ring and ODB gave chase. She was jumped from behind by Angelina Love, but fought her off and then went back to fighting Sky on the floor and up into the crowd. They would use water bottles, soda cans, and even cardboard signs to beat on one another. They headed back to the ring and ODB rolled her in. She then started to climb the ropes, but Love grabbed her foot to slow her down. The double team was too much and Love and Sky took over. Sky would get a two count, and then go for an Octopus submission hold. ODB would toss her off and begin overpowering her and brawling with her. She then hit her with the fall-away slam. Love got up on apron to distract her. Sky almost crashed into Love on the apron, but stopped in time, until ODB dropkicked her from behind, launching her into Love. She hit her with a running powerslam and got the three count.
Winner: ODB
Angelina Love came in and grabbed her from behind for a faceplant. Out came Roxxi to help out, once they beat Roxxi down Gail Kim came out with her knee taped up. Just when they seemed to get the upper hand on the Beautiful People out came someone we had never seen in TNA before, her name Mickie Knuckles. She hit Roxxi with a T-Bone Suplex, and then Gail Kim with a DDT. She grabbed Gail Kim and held her prone while they put the paper bag over her head.
Now to Jay Lethal’s bachelor party. Black Machismo came out looking for Leaping Lanny Poffo, saying that he knew he had set this all up. For those that don’t remember Poffo was the Macho Man’s brother, he also went by the name The Genius for a time. The party went on, James Storm showed up for the free alcohol and then passed out. B.J. James gave him some words of advice about marriage, then Shark Boy came up to get the party started.
After the break…
And now for Eric Young searching for Elvis again. This week he was in Graceland. He left a ticket to Slammiversary at a statue of Elvis.
They then listed each match that would be at Slammivesary on Sunday.
Now time for part three of the interview with Sting. Mike Tenay says when he thinks of Sting’s career, he has to think of Ric Flair. Sting says “In the top five big matches of my career, he was in at least three of them.” He went on to talk about their first match at the Clash which went 45 minutes and was commercial free, when he won the World Title for the first time. He gave Flair credit for putting him on the map in professional wrestling. He then got to talking about Flair’s retirement, and end with contemplating his own, saying that going out in the same year as Flair and Brett Favre might be good.
Then more hyping of the pay-per-view.
Next up an X-Division King of the Mountain Match, a preview of the KotM match on Sunday. The winner gets a shot at the World Title(not the X-Division Title) next Thursday night.
Curry Man vs. Jimmy Rave vs. Chris Sabin vs. Johnny Devine vs. Kaz
Explanation of a King of the Mountain Match. Five competitors fight to be the one to hang an object (belt, the X-Division X symbol) from a hook high above the center of the ring to win the match. You are not eligible to hang it until you have scored a pinfall on one of your opponents. If you are the one being pinned you must go to the penalty box on the ring floor for a period of two minutes.
The action was fast and furious at the start of this one. Jimmy Rave took Kaz over the top rope and to the floor with him, Sabin shot across the ring and launched himself through the ropes onto Rave. Johnny Devine was atop the penalty box and did a moonsault down onto Kaz and Sabin. Afer the break… Kaz was in the corner with a ladder in front of him and Jimmy Rave took a second ladder and smashed it into the first, in turn hitting Kaz. Also during the break Rave got a pinfall on Curry Man, making him eligible to hang the X and win the match, and sending Curry Man to the box. Rave attempted to climb the ladder and hang it, but Sabin knocked him off and then got a pin on him, making Sabin eligible, and sending Rave to the box. Sabin went up immediately but Kaz threw a ladder at his legs and knocked him down. Sabin got up and used the X as a weapon on Kaz. Next Kaz and Sabin would climb up ladders side by side, both would land harmlessly on the mat on their feet. Kaz would then hit his Wave of the Future on Sabin, face first into the ladder. Curry tossed Kaz who landed on a ladder badly. In came Devine to hit Curry Man, then suplex him onto a ladder. Rave was released from the penalty box, while in the ring Sabin used a ladder to ram Devine into the ropes. Sabin then hung Devine from the Tree of Woe, place a ladder in front of his face and backed off to the opposite corner to do his great hesitation drop kick into the waiting opponents face, or in this case, into the ladder. After the break… Curry Man set Rave up for a Superplex, then Devine climbed up and made it a tower suplex. At the same time Kaz and Sabin were battling atop the penalty box. Sabin attempted to put Kaz up on his shoulders but Kaz battled back. Then Kaz looked around and held Sabin in a front face lock he was attempting to hit the Flux Capacitor from up there. Luckily for both their careers Sabin blocked it and battled out with a few elbows. Sabin then leaped from the top of the penalty box and hit Curry Man in the ring with a flying cross body block. Devine spotted Kaz and tried to hit him with a ladder while standing in the ring. Kaz moved a bit which left the ladder resting on the penalty box on one end, and the corner ring post on the other. Kaz jumped onto his end of the ladder sending the other end up into the face of Devine. Kaz then set the bottom of the ladder up on the top rope and used it as a sort of fulcrum as he sat on it back into the ring, the ladder crashed down onto Rave, and Kaz also felt the pain of the move due to the impact of the landing. He was able to pin Rave, making Kaz eligible, and sending Rave to the box. Immediately after that Devine got Kaz for a three count, making Devine eligible, and sending Kaz into the box. Now only Curry Man is not eligible yet. Devine setup a ladder and tried to hang the X. Sabin would block his ascent. Devine would place Sabin between the bottom two rungs of the ladder and then hit him with a dropkick to the head, and try to climb the ladder again. This time Curry Man came up behind him and maneuvered him into position for his Spice Rack, into the three count. Curry Man is now eligible, and Devine is in the box. Curry Man would toss the only one outside of the box, Chris Sabin, out of the ring and then attempt to climb the ladder. Rave and Kaz were released from the box just in time. Kaz stormed the ring climbed the ladder and knocked Curry Man to the floor, while grabbing hold of the X. He was just a step or two away from being able to hang the X and win the match. He climbed and hung it uncontested.
Winner: Kaz who now gets a World Title shot next Thursday.
Out came Kong for her challenge. Tonight there were three volunteers. Strangely JB recognized them. First was Amber O’Neil, next Becky Bayliss, and finally Daffney (she was David Flair’s deranged girlfriend/manager) from the old WCW days. Kong picked Daphne who put in her mouth guard and signed the waiver. If she wins she gets $25,000 and a title shot against Kong.
After the break…
Daphne had a shot for about 2.4356 minutes, and got in quite a few punches on Kong. However Kong came at her with a flurry of fists and then hoisted her up onto her shoulders for the rack move that almost broke Christy Hemme in half awhile back. At one point Daphne’s foot came around to touch the back of her head. Kong then threw her out of the ring, grabbed her legs while she was on her back and swung her hard into the steel guard rail. She then tossed her back into the ring like a rag doll that had said something bad about her mother. She hit her with the Sit Out Power Bomb and got the three count.
Winner: Awesome Kong
Then it was time for the next Abyss visit. He returns in three more days.
Lauren talks to Nash next about being special ring enforcer. In walked Joe to ask what his intentions are at Slammivesary. After a bit of talk Nash handed Joe his baseball bat and turned around, saying that if Joe wanted to end their relationship, then he should end it. Joe simply turned him around and said that if he were to come for Nash that he wouldn’t need the bat and he certainly wouldn’t need him to turn his back.
Another visit to the bachelor party. Sonjay Dutt has telegrams from the possible Groomsmen at the wedding. The first one reads, “I will be at Jay Lethal’s wedding as long as Frankie is a ring-bearer.” Signed, Koko B. Ware. The next one reads, “Laaal laaaaal”, signed George The Animal Steele. The last one reads, “Kim-Chee will eat the fish, but I will eat the human.”, signed Kamala. Dutt then brings on the stripper, and the stripper is. . .(dramatic pause to go be sick in the other room) Kip James!
Six-Man Tag Team Match
Lance Hoyt with Christie Hemme, Kip James, and Cowboy James Storm with Jackie
Vs.
Matt Morgan, & LAX – Homicide & Hernandez with Salinas and Hector Guerrero
This one started off quick with Homicide getting the upper hand over James Storm after a couple minutes. Apparently Hector has given him the OK to do the Three Amigos in honor of Eddie. He hit two of the three then tagged in Hernandez who came in and caught Storm halfway through the third suplex on his shoulder for a back breaker. He pinned hi for a two count with Kip James coming in to break it up. He picked up Storm into a bear hug and then went over for Homicide to tag back in. Homicide came in and went over to James, who was back on the ring apron, and did the DX move telling him to “Suck It!” Homicide would go to bounce off the ropes only to have Jackie grab his feet. This gave Storm the opening he needed. He tossed Homicide out to the floor where Jackie started hitting him with knee shots to the head and chest while Storm kept the ref busy. Over came Salinas who was shoved away by Jackie and then held back by Hector. Storm got a two count, then put Homicide on the top rope where he tried to hit a tornado DDT, but Storm pushed him off. Hoyt tagged in and went for the pin, only a two count. In came James who kept control of the match over Homicide. In came Storm again, they would both hit clotheslines simultaneously. Homicide was able to finally make the tag to Matt Morgan. He rushed into the ring, hit Hoyt on the ring apron with a big boot to the face, then hit a succession of three clotheslines, to James, then Storm, then James again. He then headbutted Storm to the mat. He hit a side slam on Storm, and then took James by the hand and climbed to the top rope. He ten performed The Undertaker’s “Old School” move, complete with the motion of the finger across his throat signifying the end was near. While Morgan was celebrating Hoyt had climbed up to the top in the opposite corner. Morgan turned and Hoyt hit a backwards moonsault. As he celebrated a bit much Hernandez came in the ring, when he turned he was hit with a spinebuster. James would try to charge Hernandez from behind but got side stepped and sent into the corner. Hernandez followed in with a splash, the Storm tried to splash Hernandez but missed and hit James instead. He then put his shirt around Storm’s neck and flung hi across the ring. Homicide then joined him in the ring, they both bounced off the ropes and launched themselves one over and the other between the ropes and onto Hoyt and Storm waiting on the floor. Still in the ring, Morgan charged at James and got a boot to the face. Morgan hit him with a kick to the mid-section then picked him up onto his shoulders and spun him off, sending him slamming face first onto the mat. Morgan then got the three count.
Winners: Matt Morgan & LAX
To the back for JB with Petey Williams, Scott Steiner, and Rahka Khan to talk about Little Petey Pumps match with Kaz this Sunday at Slammiversary. Steiner talked the entire time. When Petey went to talk JB said they were out of time. He grabbed the mic and started saying how he is the X-Division Champion and as long as he has a mic and is talking no one has a choice but to… Into a commercial we went.
After the break…
Live, via satellite Kurt Angle from Hollywood, CA, and Karen Angle from Pittsburgh, PA. It was the same banter with the cheating with AJ added in again. Then we go to AJ who says nothing ever happened. It also seems The Phenomenal One’s fire is back.
Back from break and to the bachelor party with Ace Young American Idol finalist who introduces the cake. Surprise, surprise, Christy Hemme jumped out of the cake. Then a guest who wasn’t there at the party sent a gift and ODB is delivering it, in rolls a box. Sonjay opens it and pulls out a python, it was obviously from Jake The Snake Roberts, who will apparently be at the wedding Sunday.
Back to the action, Special Ring Enforcer Kevin Nash comes out to the ring.
Tomko vs. A.J. Styles
As Styles makes his ring entrance Tomko goes to the floor, and AJ unexpectedly flips over the top rope crashing down onto him. He then started hitting him with kicks and punches. Finally they get in the ring where AJ keeps control of the match. The crowd was solidly behind Styles again. Tomko tried to mount an offense a couple times but Styles just beat each attempt back. Then Tomko flipped AJ over the top rope, it looked like AJ hit his arm on the mat on his way to the floor. Back from the break… Tomko worked on AJ’s arm and shoulder during the break. In the ring Tomko and AJ bounce back and forth on the ropes leaping and countering, till AJ hit one of his high dropkicks. (Rivaled today by only Randy Orton’s.) After a couple flying forearm smashes AJ sets him up for the Style Splash, but out of the corner of his eye he spots Robert Roode coming down the ramp. Nash went right up after him. The distraction allowed Tomko to slip out and hit AJ with a Choke Bomb into a pin and two count. While Nash was still beating on Roode he saw Booker T about to climb into the ring and went to stop him. He would lay Booker out on the floor. In the ring AJ hit a great DDT on Tomko, followed by an attempted punch by Tomko that AJ ducked and then hit the Pele Kick. It’s good to see the real AJ Styles back in the ring. He then hit the frog splash and got the three count.
Winner: The Phenomenal One A.J. Styles
Nash came up to help raise A.J.’s hand, and Booker T came in with a chair and jabbed it into Nash’s mid-section. A.J. saw it and came to help almost instantly, but then Tomko came up behind A.J.. Out came Rhino and Christian Cage, then Roode was in the ring, there was fighting all around. Only one person from the King of the Mountain match was missing now. In came Team 3D to help out, but LAX was quickly in the ring. Now we were actually only a few people short of the entire Slammivesary lineup being in the ring. Out came Samoa Joe next. There was fighting everywhere, in the ring, on the floor, on the ramp. Everyone went to the outside of the ring other than a few, Booker was being beat on by Joe, and the only other inside the ring was Nash. He grabbed a chair and swung it at Booker T, but Booker moved and Joe got hit across the shoulder and arm hard with the chair. The show then went off the air with a very upset Joe looking at Nash and screaming, “What are you doing?!”
It is amazing what adding just one match can do for a show! This week we had six matches, if you are counting the Kong match. Not only did they add a match, but they made good matches! I wonder if someone at TNA stumbled upon my ramblings from the past few weeks. They pretty much fixed things just the way I said to. The additional match, an X-Division match, they even made the Kong match a bit more interesting by bringing in actual professional wrestlers as her opponents instead of just Knockouts in training. Even with the big running commercial for Slammiversary they made the show entertaining and fun. If they keep going in this direction the show is really looking up. This is the reason people like Christian, Kurt, and Booker T came here.
Tune in tomorrow for the Smackdown! Wrap Up and the Slammiversary Preview.
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