TNA iMPACT! From The iMPACT! Zone
Episode Title: Now You See Him, Now You Don’t.
The show started off with Samoa Joe making his way through the crowd toward the ring. Kevin Nash met him there and they both got in the ring which was surrounded by the six sides of steel. Joe proposed that he and Booker get rid of the referee and the rules in their match at Hard Justice, and instead have their match in the six sides of steel. Almost instantly Booker’s music came on and out he came with Sharmell and the TNA title. Booker proposed adding a few things to the match, some tables, ladders, and chairs. He then finished his statement by telling Joe to, “be afraid of the dark.”
Then to the back with JB talking to AJ Styles, Christian Cage, and Rhino talking about their match with Team 3D and Kurt Angle later in the night, and how they have said they will have Sting in their corner.
After the break…
Jimmy Rave accompanied by Lance Rock vs. Consequences Creed vs. Johnny Devine vs. Eric Young
This match went on a bit too long. In the end Creed pinned Johnny Devine.
Winner: Consequences Creed
After the match Devine, Rave, and Rock attacked Creed. While they were setting up a chair shot out came Abyss to the rescue.
To the back where Team 3D and Angle are with JB. They laid JB out on a table as a “demonstration”, and talked about their=2 0match later in the night, and Sting.
Back from the break…
They ran a Kaz video package all leading in to the first “Karen’s Angle” interview with him as the guest. They talked about how he got his start in the business, his influences, debut in TNA, and leaving TNA in 2005. The first portion of the interview was actually rather interesting. For those wondering Kaz’s responses were; he was a fan of wrestling and when he got out of high school he moved to Massachusetts where he met his mentor and trainer Killer Kowolski; He was influenced the most by Bret Hart; he left TNA in 2005 for an opportunity that he couldn’t pass up, but soon found the politics side of the business and did not like it at all. To be continued…
Back from the break…
“The Blueprint” Matt Morgan vs. Kory Chavis
Do I really need to list the winner of this match here?
Winner: Matt Morgan
To the back with Lauren and The Motor City Machine Guns to talk about the Strap Match they challenged Beer Money to later in the night. Chris Sabin delivered a good line about how their tag team, “is named for a straight to DVD movie starring Zach Morris.”
To a quick shot of Velvet Skye preparing for her title shot later in the night by getting her makeup done by Angelina Love.
Back from the break…
Lauren is in the back with the Prince Justice Brotherhood who are meeting to decide on=2 0a motto for their group. Super Eric came up with “We come in peace, but they leave in pieces.” Everyone agreed to it.
Tag Team Strap Match
Beer Money vs. The Motor City Machine Guns
After the break…
Sabin was strapped to Robert Roode, while Shelley was strapped to James Storm. The Guns controlled the match until Jackie interfered and allowed Beer Money to takeover. Jackie then gave Storm a pair of handcuffs which he used to punch Sabin. Roode got the pin on Sabin.
Winners: Beer Money
After the match they continued to beat on Alex Shelley and then whip him with the straps. LAX would come down to put a stop to it.
TNA Knockouts Championship Match
Champion Taylor Wilde vs. Velvet Skye
This match lasted five seconds! Wilde came up behind her and rolled her into a pin to successfully defend her title.
Winner: Taylor Wilde
Skye grabbed a mic and taunted her into another match. Wilde climbed into the ring to give her another shot. This one would last a little longer. This time Skye got pinned in 20 seconds.
This time Angelina Love says she will put up $5,000 of her own money if she can get back in the ring and do it again. Wilde obliged and another match started. This one lasted a lot longer, and ended with Love interfering in the match.
Winner twice by pinfall, and one via disqualification: Taylor Wilde
After the Beautiful People gave Wilde the Brown Paper Bag Treatment ODB and Gail Kim came down to help Wilde.
Next we are introduced to Sheik Abdul Bashir, aka Davairi. I am thinking Vince McMahon’s lawyers called TNA to cause that name change. He talked about how he is living the American Dream and how he isn’t much different than most Americans.
Next we see a video of Sonjay Dutt laying in a hospital bed surrounded by the Guru-ites and So Cal Val. He has been thinking about nothing but her for the three days he has been in a coma, yes that is what he said. The segment ended when a doctor brought in a bedpan.
Back to the ring…
Six-Man Elimination Tables Match
Team 3D & Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles, Christian Cage, and Rhino
Back from the break…
The competitors paired up and fought all over the iMPACT! Zone. Christian and Rhino put Devon through a table to become the first to be eliminated. Then during the commercial break Rhino was charging in to Gore Kurt Angle with a table behind him, and Brother Ray pulled him out of the way. Rhino went right through the table and was eliminated. Devon would then interfere in the match and help Ray hit the 3D through a table on Christian. Styles fought off the double team of Angle and Ray. After he had setup a table Johnny Devine came in with a handful of powder to throw in Styles’s face, but he ducked and it hit Ray. Ray now blinded for the moment grabbed Devine, thinking it was AJ, and power bombed him through a table. AJ then dropkicked Ray from behind sending him to the floor. Angle charged in after him but AJ sidestepped him and shoved him into Ray now standing on the ring apron. This sent Ray crashing to the floor again, but not before crashing through a table that was setup on the floor. This eliminated Ray, leaving just Angle and Styles in the match. Angle knocked the ref out of the ring. AJ setup a table and laid Angle on it, but as he climbed to the top rope Frank Trigg hit him in the back with a kendo stick. Angle then Olympic Slammed AJ through the table and won the match.
Winners: Team 3D and Kurt Angle
After the break…
Booker T comes out with the contract for the title match at Hard Justice for Samoa Joe to sign, Sharmell and Kevin Nash are also in the ring with them. Booker asks Joe to make Nash leave since it has nothing to do with him, Joe says only if Sharmell leaves too. They both leave, and as Booker is about to hand the contract to Joe the lights go out and Sting’s music comes on. When the lights come back on we see Booker with a baseball bat, and Joe laid out face down on the mat.
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