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Bruce BostwickTNA iMPACT! Wrap Up June 26, 2008 Results
June 28th 2008 22:01
TNA iMPACT! From The iMPACT! Zone
Karen’s Return (They give a “title” to each show, so I will share them from now on.)
Wow, the show starts off with a match!
Consequences Creed vs. A.J. Styles
This was a pretty good match from the start which is to be expected with the young fast talent involved. A.J. Styles was actually the catalyst for Creed being signed by TNA. They just went back and forth in a fast=paced manner for most of the match. Out of nowhere (as always, which is the beauty of the move) Styles hit the Pele Kick, then set him up for the Styles Clash into a three count.
Winner: A.J. Styles
Right after the match J.B. was on the ramp trying to get A.J.’s attention. He wanted to tell him that Kurt Angle was out in the parking lot waiting for Karen to arrive.
After the break…
To the back where Karen has arrived and security is holding Kurt back. A.J. tells Karen she is coming to the back and staying in his locker room. She says no, she showed up to do her job.
Back to the ring…
Brother Ray vs. Christian Cage
First Ray grabs a mic to talk about Rhino’s injured neck, and how tonight they will carry Christian from the ring on a stretcher. He also assures everyone that tonight we will see something we have never seen before, and that this is the last night of Christian’s professional career.
After the break…
Christian took over from the start. Hit a flying cross body block from the top rope, but when he went up a second time Ray went up after him. Christian would shoved him down to the mat and then his a frog splash. As Christian continued his assault on Ray in came Johnny Devine with a kendo stick. Cage saw him coming and grab the stick and yanked Devine down with it across his throat. As he chased Devine from the ring Ray came up from behind and suplexed him on the back of his head. Ray now had the kendo stick and used it to hit him over the head with. The ref disqualified him, and he called for Devon to come on out. Devon and Tomko headed down to the ring carrying a table with a glass top. This is the “something you have never seen before” that Brother Ray talked about before the match. They set the table up in a way where it looked like they would put him on Ray’s shoulders on the top rope and drive him through the table. That is indeed what their plan was. Ray drove him down into the table, Cage went crashing through it as the glass shattered everywhere. The medic was already down at ringside to help. The four of them stood in the ring and celebrated.
One note on this portion of the show. TNA needs better trained “medics”. Not for medical purposes, for acting purposes. As he came into the ring you could clearly see blood all over the towel he was carrying, he was wearing a pair of sandals that didn’t have a strap in the back, so not exactly the best choice for hm to be wearing on a night he had to go into a ring covered in glass, and as he tried to help Christian up off his back he couldn’t keep the towel over his back, so we saw there was not a whole lot of blood on Christian. Eric Young and Kaz came down to try and help.
Oh yeah, Winner via disqualification: Christian Cage
Back from break and to the back with JB to ask Kevin Nash about his match with Booker T later in the night. Joe interrupts with a joke about Nash’s bad knees. They have a discussion about how Nash is preparing for his match.
Back to the ring for the Awesome Kong $25,000 Challenge.
Back from the break…
This week they chose Danielle from Buffalo, New York. Danielle got one wild slap in while Kong dominated. Taylor, last week’s opponent, was also in the audience and ready to go. She hit the Awesome Bomb and got the three.
Kong then turned and called out Taylor. In she came and they started throwing wild fists everywhere. Taylor got in a shot on Raisha Sayid. Then security ended it all. Jim Cornette was there to agree with Taylor, that if she could be Sayid she would get another match with Kong.
Next, a video package chronicling Angelina Love’s rise through the ranks and independents.
Back from the break…
World X Cup Match – Team Japan vs. Team Mexico
As they were introducing the match down came Frank Trigg to the ring with a mic. He was out there to call out A.J. Styles. Out came A.J.. It was obviously a setup, but I expected Angle to jump A.J. in the ring again. Instead, once Styles headed out to the ring Kurt went to the locker room where Karen and JB were. In walked Angelina Love and Velvet Sky. Once A.J. got to the ring Trigg pointed out that he was dumber than he thought he was and pointed to the video screen which was now showing a shoving match in the back. All they did was deliver the brown paper bag treatment and then leave as we went to commercial again.
Back from the break…
Now back to the World X Cup match. I was going to be upset if it got bumped for the Angle crap.
Before the match they introduced Team International, and Team TNA.
Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero
OK, this match was way too fast-paced to go into much detail, but WOW! I really wish New Japan Pro Wrestling had a U.S. television deal. I can watch AAA wrestling from Mexico every week on one of my DirecTV channels, but I have yet to see any wrestling from Japan on my TV. It was a really good match. In the end Team Mexico prevailed with Rey Bucanero hitting a corkscrew senton bomb while Doi was outstretched across Ultimo Guerrero’s knees.
Winners: Team Mexico – Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero
By the way, since each source I went to to find information about these two guys expressly pointed it out, as did Mike Tenay. . . Ultimo Guerrero is in no way related to the famed Guerrero wrestling family. His name is simply meant to mean The Last Warrior.
To the back with Lauren interviewing So Cal Val and Jay Lethal to ask about how they are feeling after Sonjay Dutt’s actions. Apparently they are postponing the wedding cause now Val isn’t quite ready.
Back from break…
Out came Sonjay Dutt with a mic. He also had little kids going around with their tambourines collecting money with him. He sat in the ring on a rug and goes on about how they were donated to the Save So Cal Val Fund. He leads everyone, or tries to anyway, in a prayer to set Val free from the shackles that Jay Lethal has on her. Out came Val, followed by Jay Lethal running down to get Dutt. They fought a bit before Dutt ran from the ring.
Next, to the back to reveal Booker T’s new locker room. The room was covered in red velvet! JB was amazed with everything he saw, a pic of Booker with Muhammad Ali, Booker’s red velvet jacket with a leopard print collar. Booker went on to point out how everything that is going well in TNA is due to him. He also pointed out how Nash is beneath him.
Back from the break…
Time for Rough Cut again… with Matt Morgan. He talked about his college basketball career at Monmouth College in New Jersey, and then transferring to a college in Hawaii for three years. After college he got a tryout with the Indiana Pacers. However, by the time he finished college he knew what he really wanted to be doing was wrestling. He watched the first Tough Enough ads on MTV, and sent in a tape and got picked to be on the show. To be continued…
Now to the back with JB with Tomko talking to Kurt Angle about his problems with Karen, and trying to get him to stop obsessing. In walks Team 3D to say the same things to him. They however added on comments about how ugly Karen is. Saying how Kurt is “an Olympic Gold Medalist and should be eating filet mignon and drinking champagne, but instead he chose chop meat and Colt 45.” Now Ray and Devon are going to play matchmaker for Kurt. They are going to set him up on a couple of blind dates next week.
Back to the ring…
Anything Goes Knockouts Bimbo Brawl
(Mickie) Moose vs. ODB
Moose came out with a shopping cart full of stuff, while ODB came down with a riot helmet on, and carrying a shovel. The match went on and on, they used a few weapons here and there. ODB got choked out with a chain for a bit. ODB then grabbed her shovel jabbed it into Moose’s mid-section, hit her across the back with it, then over the head with another shot. She got a near fall, but somehow Moose kicked out. ODB laid a chair in the middle of the ring and attempted her running powerslam, but Moose broke free and shoved her into the corner. When moose charged in she got a boot to the stomach. ODB climbed to the second rope and dove off, but Moose moved. Moose waited for her to get up and turn around, kicked her in the mid-section and then delivered a DDT onto the chair. Moose then got the three count.
Winner: (Mickey) Moose
No Disqualification Match
Booker T vs. Kevin Nash
Shortly after the match started Samoa Joe walked down with a chair to sit at ringside. They fought for a bit in the ring, then it moved out to the floor. No one really took control of the match, they just went back and forth. After the break… Nash was smashing Booker’s head into the steel ring steps repeatedly, he then rolled him back into the ring, and got a series of two-counts. Nash went for a clothesline, but Booker ducked and then hit him with a heel kick. Booker then stomped on him a few times as Nash rolled out of the ring. Back out onto the floor where Booker has total control now… well until Booker decided to go and tell Joe to give him his chair. Joe didn’t like that but the ref got between them before anything could happen. As Joe went to sit back down Booker charged over and pushed him out of the chair, then grabbed the chair and hit Joe across the head. Booker then went back in the ring and got Nash down, and then grabbed the chair again. He jabbed it into his mid-section multiple times, and got a two-count. He then smashed the chair over Nash’s head. At this point Joe came into the ring and started throwing punches. He whipped him into the corner, charged in and hit the high knee lift to Booker’s head. Joe then waited for Booker to get back to his feet and charged in with Sweet Chin…oops, a Superkick. Booker moved and the kick landed on Nash’s chin. Reminiscent of when Shawn Michaels landed an “accidental” Sweet Chin Music on Big Sexy. Booker then got Joe out of the ring and went for the pin and got the three count.
Winner: Booker T
Joe then came back in the ring with a chair, but Booker was out and up and headed up the ramp. Nash was now up and pissed. Security hit the ring quick to keep them separated.
Well, the show had its moments, but wasn’t all that good. The Styles – Creed was good, and the World X Cup match was really good. The rest wasn’t much worth it. Nash – Booker was a good match. . . about ten years ago. I pretty much could have done without the rest of the matches on the show. Hopefully next week’s show will be better.
Karen’s Return (They give a “title” to each show, so I will share them from now on.)
Wow, the show starts off with a match!
Consequences Creed vs. A.J. Styles
This was a pretty good match from the start which is to be expected with the young fast talent involved. A.J. Styles was actually the catalyst for Creed being signed by TNA. They just went back and forth in a fast=paced manner for most of the match. Out of nowhere (as always, which is the beauty of the move) Styles hit the Pele Kick, then set him up for the Styles Clash into a three count.
Winner: A.J. Styles
Right after the match J.B. was on the ramp trying to get A.J.’s attention. He wanted to tell him that Kurt Angle was out in the parking lot waiting for Karen to arrive.
After the break…
To the back where Karen has arrived and security is holding Kurt back. A.J. tells Karen she is coming to the back and staying in his locker room. She says no, she showed up to do her job.
Back to the ring…
Brother Ray vs. Christian Cage
First Ray grabs a mic to talk about Rhino’s injured neck, and how tonight they will carry Christian from the ring on a stretcher. He also assures everyone that tonight we will see something we have never seen before, and that this is the last night of Christian’s professional career.
After the break…
Christian took over from the start. Hit a flying cross body block from the top rope, but when he went up a second time Ray went up after him. Christian would shoved him down to the mat and then his a frog splash. As Christian continued his assault on Ray in came Johnny Devine with a kendo stick. Cage saw him coming and grab the stick and yanked Devine down with it across his throat. As he chased Devine from the ring Ray came up from behind and suplexed him on the back of his head. Ray now had the kendo stick and used it to hit him over the head with. The ref disqualified him, and he called for Devon to come on out. Devon and Tomko headed down to the ring carrying a table with a glass top. This is the “something you have never seen before” that Brother Ray talked about before the match. They set the table up in a way where it looked like they would put him on Ray’s shoulders on the top rope and drive him through the table. That is indeed what their plan was. Ray drove him down into the table, Cage went crashing through it as the glass shattered everywhere. The medic was already down at ringside to help. The four of them stood in the ring and celebrated.
One note on this portion of the show. TNA needs better trained “medics”. Not for medical purposes, for acting purposes. As he came into the ring you could clearly see blood all over the towel he was carrying, he was wearing a pair of sandals that didn’t have a strap in the back, so not exactly the best choice for hm to be wearing on a night he had to go into a ring covered in glass, and as he tried to help Christian up off his back he couldn’t keep the towel over his back, so we saw there was not a whole lot of blood on Christian. Eric Young and Kaz came down to try and help.
Oh yeah, Winner via disqualification: Christian Cage
Back from break and to the back with JB to ask Kevin Nash about his match with Booker T later in the night. Joe interrupts with a joke about Nash’s bad knees. They have a discussion about how Nash is preparing for his match.
Back to the ring for the Awesome Kong $25,000 Challenge.
Back from the break…
This week they chose Danielle from Buffalo, New York. Danielle got one wild slap in while Kong dominated. Taylor, last week’s opponent, was also in the audience and ready to go. She hit the Awesome Bomb and got the three.
Kong then turned and called out Taylor. In she came and they started throwing wild fists everywhere. Taylor got in a shot on Raisha Sayid. Then security ended it all. Jim Cornette was there to agree with Taylor, that if she could be Sayid she would get another match with Kong.
Next, a video package chronicling Angelina Love’s rise through the ranks and independents.
Back from the break…
World X Cup Match – Team Japan vs. Team Mexico
As they were introducing the match down came Frank Trigg to the ring with a mic. He was out there to call out A.J. Styles. Out came A.J.. It was obviously a setup, but I expected Angle to jump A.J. in the ring again. Instead, once Styles headed out to the ring Kurt went to the locker room where Karen and JB were. In walked Angelina Love and Velvet Sky. Once A.J. got to the ring Trigg pointed out that he was dumber than he thought he was and pointed to the video screen which was now showing a shoving match in the back. All they did was deliver the brown paper bag treatment and then leave as we went to commercial again.
Back from the break…
Now back to the World X Cup match. I was going to be upset if it got bumped for the Angle crap.
Before the match they introduced Team International, and Team TNA.
Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero
OK, this match was way too fast-paced to go into much detail, but WOW! I really wish New Japan Pro Wrestling had a U.S. television deal. I can watch AAA wrestling from Mexico every week on one of my DirecTV channels, but I have yet to see any wrestling from Japan on my TV. It was a really good match. In the end Team Mexico prevailed with Rey Bucanero hitting a corkscrew senton bomb while Doi was outstretched across Ultimo Guerrero’s knees.
Winners: Team Mexico – Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero
By the way, since each source I went to to find information about these two guys expressly pointed it out, as did Mike Tenay. . . Ultimo Guerrero is in no way related to the famed Guerrero wrestling family. His name is simply meant to mean The Last Warrior.
To the back with Lauren interviewing So Cal Val and Jay Lethal to ask about how they are feeling after Sonjay Dutt’s actions. Apparently they are postponing the wedding cause now Val isn’t quite ready.
Back from break…
Out came Sonjay Dutt with a mic. He also had little kids going around with their tambourines collecting money with him. He sat in the ring on a rug and goes on about how they were donated to the Save So Cal Val Fund. He leads everyone, or tries to anyway, in a prayer to set Val free from the shackles that Jay Lethal has on her. Out came Val, followed by Jay Lethal running down to get Dutt. They fought a bit before Dutt ran from the ring.
Next, to the back to reveal Booker T’s new locker room. The room was covered in red velvet! JB was amazed with everything he saw, a pic of Booker with Muhammad Ali, Booker’s red velvet jacket with a leopard print collar. Booker went on to point out how everything that is going well in TNA is due to him. He also pointed out how Nash is beneath him.
Back from the break…
Time for Rough Cut again… with Matt Morgan. He talked about his college basketball career at Monmouth College in New Jersey, and then transferring to a college in Hawaii for three years. After college he got a tryout with the Indiana Pacers. However, by the time he finished college he knew what he really wanted to be doing was wrestling. He watched the first Tough Enough ads on MTV, and sent in a tape and got picked to be on the show. To be continued…
Now to the back with JB with Tomko talking to Kurt Angle about his problems with Karen, and trying to get him to stop obsessing. In walks Team 3D to say the same things to him. They however added on comments about how ugly Karen is. Saying how Kurt is “an Olympic Gold Medalist and should be eating filet mignon and drinking champagne, but instead he chose chop meat and Colt 45.” Now Ray and Devon are going to play matchmaker for Kurt. They are going to set him up on a couple of blind dates next week.
Back to the ring…
Anything Goes Knockouts Bimbo Brawl
(Mickie) Moose vs. ODB
Moose came out with a shopping cart full of stuff, while ODB came down with a riot helmet on, and carrying a shovel. The match went on and on, they used a few weapons here and there. ODB got choked out with a chain for a bit. ODB then grabbed her shovel jabbed it into Moose’s mid-section, hit her across the back with it, then over the head with another shot. She got a near fall, but somehow Moose kicked out. ODB laid a chair in the middle of the ring and attempted her running powerslam, but Moose broke free and shoved her into the corner. When moose charged in she got a boot to the stomach. ODB climbed to the second rope and dove off, but Moose moved. Moose waited for her to get up and turn around, kicked her in the mid-section and then delivered a DDT onto the chair. Moose then got the three count.
Winner: (Mickey) Moose
No Disqualification Match
Booker T vs. Kevin Nash
Kevin Nash vs. Samoa joe coming to a TV near you, soon.
Shortly after the match started Samoa Joe walked down with a chair to sit at ringside. They fought for a bit in the ring, then it moved out to the floor. No one really took control of the match, they just went back and forth. After the break… Nash was smashing Booker’s head into the steel ring steps repeatedly, he then rolled him back into the ring, and got a series of two-counts. Nash went for a clothesline, but Booker ducked and then hit him with a heel kick. Booker then stomped on him a few times as Nash rolled out of the ring. Back out onto the floor where Booker has total control now… well until Booker decided to go and tell Joe to give him his chair. Joe didn’t like that but the ref got between them before anything could happen. As Joe went to sit back down Booker charged over and pushed him out of the chair, then grabbed the chair and hit Joe across the head. Booker then went back in the ring and got Nash down, and then grabbed the chair again. He jabbed it into his mid-section multiple times, and got a two-count. He then smashed the chair over Nash’s head. At this point Joe came into the ring and started throwing punches. He whipped him into the corner, charged in and hit the high knee lift to Booker’s head. Joe then waited for Booker to get back to his feet and charged in with Sweet Chin…oops, a Superkick. Booker moved and the kick landed on Nash’s chin. Reminiscent of when Shawn Michaels landed an “accidental” Sweet Chin Music on Big Sexy. Booker then got Joe out of the ring and went for the pin and got the three count.
Winner: Booker T
Joe then came back in the ring with a chair, but Booker was out and up and headed up the ramp. Nash was now up and pissed. Security hit the ring quick to keep them separated.
Well, the show had its moments, but wasn’t all that good. The Styles – Creed was good, and the World X Cup match was really good. The rest wasn’t much worth it. Nash – Booker was a good match. . . about ten years ago. I pretty much could have done without the rest of the matches on the show. Hopefully next week’s show will be better.
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