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Foley’s Last Stand?
We start off the show with Mick Foley, who comes out with a busted up nose. Apparently he got stitches. He says that TNA isn’t designed to have two people making decisions, and he proposes to Jeff that tonight, one of them should step down for good. JJ comes out. Jarrett asks Mick if he ever thinks about what he says before he speaks. Which he doesn’t. Shocker. JJ went on a speech that they are both destined for glory, and Mick proved that becoming champ, but the story should’ve ended there. Now he put all of TNA in jeopardy for his rematch. Mick has nothing to prove to anyone else, and he’s a future legend. But Jeff asks him to do one thing. To think. About the company, and the future. Jeff says that together, they can take the company to new heights.
Mick jumps in and says that Jeff’s wrong about one thing. He has to prove to himself that the first title run wasn’t a fluke, and he wants to go against the best in the world. Mick decides to make the main event Jeff vs. Kurt. Jarrett makes a tweak, and makes it a 3 way dance. Mick, surprisingly, makes a tweak, that Angle can choose a special referee. So Jarrett makes the final tweak, that the ref can be MEM or Matt Morgan. Mick, out of respect, calls for JJ’s music. This’ll end well.
Lauren is with the British Invasion, more specifically Doug Williams. He has set up an open challenge ladder match for the X-Division title shot case. Blah blah blah,…America sucks…blah blah blah…fear us…blah blah…funny accents.
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Match 1: Doug Williams vs. ???
Doug says that he doesn’t want another wannabe redneck joker, he wants a real wrestler. So, he gets Homicide. Woo!!! He’s back. He slides in and starts punching the hell out of Williams, clotheslines, a crazy spinning shoulder charge, and a monkey flip. Homicide still looks pretty good in there. He gets the ladder, and smashes it in Doug’s stomach. He sets the ladder up, and starts to climb, but Doug takes him down with a springboard tackle. Williams puts the ladder in the corner, and throws Homicide into it. He sets the ladder up and starts climbing. He’s almost at the case, until Homicide pushes the ladder, and Doug goes outside the ring into the other Brits. Homicide puts up the ladder and climbs again, Doug Williams slides into the ring, sorta, because 3D comes out and grabs him, and Homicide gets the case back!
Winner: Homicide
Match Rating: 6/10. I love that in WWE, the ladder match is some crazy death chamber that’s never seen. In TNA, it’s the freaking opening match.
After the match, 3D is beating down the Brits, until Sheik and Kiyoshi come out and hit them from behind. So after that, it basically becomes a mugging.
The Road to Victory promo.
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Mike Tenay is with Suicide, who says the only clue to his identity is the music that he wrote himself. He reads some lines, and tells him that it sounds like a tormented and troubled soul. Suicide, or Batman (they sound the same), says he was in darkness, and that his torment is shared. He had two choices: life or death. Mike reads more lines, the recurring theme is that Suicide comes alive. Suicide says that he chooses to see the light, and that he is the Dark Knight. Sorry the Dark Savior. He says that he’s not the end, but the beginning.
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Replay of the Sting/MEM situation.
Sting comes out. He tells Kurt to come out and get his belt, but until then, he calls out Joe. He obliges, and Sting says that he’s the reason that wrestling is as bad as it is, and why the Mafia started. He wants it all, but wont work. So he took a payoff at Sting’s expense, which was a mistake. He says that he can fight this fight by himself until things are right. He wants to know whose stopping Joe from doing something. Joe says that he’s been instructed to hold his temper, but Stings time will come. And that everyone will find out come Victory Road. Sting disagrees, and that he’s gonna find him, bring him out of the darkness and out to the ring, tear him apart, and feed him to the fans. Sting is just a total beast on the mike. Just saying.
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Lauren is with Jenna, asking her if she’s preparing for her match. Because she has money, she bought a trainer. Its Kong and Saeed. Nice.
Match 2: Motor City Machineguns vs. Beer Money.
Booker and Steiner come out to the table to watch. Storm and Chris start this off, with Storm putting on an armbar. Sabin tries some flipping counter, gets up, but Storm goes for a back drop, and Sabin flips over. He misses an arm drag, and just falls. Sabin gets up and slaps Storm, who responds with a big punch. The go outside, and Sabin ducks a punch, and Shelly jumps off the apron and knees him in the head. They go back in, and Shelly is tagged in, and they hit a double gun kick. Alex grabs Storm’s hair, and tags in Sabin, do hit’s an axe handle off the tope rope, then a double clothesline. In their corner, the guns do a double foot choke. Alex is back in, and they go for another double clothesline, but Roode pushes Storm out of the way, so they hit each other.
Roode gets the tag, and he comes in hot, clotheslines and punches. Roode hit’s a dropkick on Sabin, and then a big spine buster on Shelly, and gets a 2 count, broken up by Chris. Storm comes in and backs Sabin into a corner, and Roode does the same to Shelly. Money throws the Guns toward each other, who lock arms and spin around and run at Money, who ducks MMG’s clotheslines, then Money runs to the opposite corners, and the guns duck their clotheslines, and run to the opposite corner, who hits clotheslines on Beer Money. That was really hard to explain. Storm blocks a double team, and they hit a D.W.I. on Shelly.
Winners: Beer Money
Match Rating: 9/10
The Beautiful People are coming out. Love is complaining about spiders. Sky said she’s tired of everything being about her. She better have Sky’s back tonight, or they’re done for good.
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Sarita promo
Match 3: Velvet Sky vs. Tara
Recap of what happened last week.
Tara stops chopping and slapping on Sky. In the corner, Tara is hitting shoulder charges, then throws Velvet into the other corner, but Sky gets the boot up. She gets on top of Tara and starts wailing on her. She picks her up and does a hair slam and hair toss. She gets a 2 count, then goes for a snapmare and kick. Tara kicks Velvet in the head and retakes the advantage. She hit’s a few clotheslines and a scoop slam, then the Widows Peak.
Winner: Tara
She goes for the tarantula, and Love says “Don‘t!!!” She tells Tara to come get some. Tara says as long as the belt is on the line. Love accepts.
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Match 3 ½: Angelina Love vs. Tara (Knockout Championship)
Tara goes for 3 rollups, and gets 3 two counts. Love heads outside, and Tara grabs her by the hair, but Rayne grabs her and pulls her out. Rudy Charles then does a windup, and…You’re outta here!!! Love hits punches and throws Tara into the rail. Back in the ring, she gets 2 two counts. Love hit’s a Botox Injection, and get 3 two counts to show for it. Tara gains the advantage, hits an F-5, then a Widows Peak.
Winner: Tara (new champ)
Collaborative Match Rating: 7/10
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Victory Road promo
Abyss is going crazy in Stevie’s office. Abyss takes him down, and he only did it to get Abyss back. Except, Stevie put a paralytic drug in his drink, so he can’t move. The good doctor starts smacking him and smashes a glass over his head.
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Match 4: Kevin Nash & Matt Morgan vs. Daniels & AJ Styles
Morgan and Daniels start, and Daniels takes advantage with his quickness, but Morgan hit’s a shoulder block. He knees him in the head, then a power slam. He misses a jumping elbow, and Daniels locks in a chin lock. AJ tags in, and they high-low Morgan, but he gets the advantage right back, and lands a big splash in the corner on AJ. Nash tags in and knees and punches AJ in the corner. AJ starts punching him in the ribs, and they both make tags, and Morgan hit’s a Carbon Footprint. Nash comes back in, kneeing and elbowing in the corner, and Matt’s back in. Good work Nash, good job. Matt takes him pads off and elbows Daniels in the corner, then a big splash. Matt misses a punch and hits Nash. Christopher tags AJ in, hit’s a dropkick and a springboard forearm. Matt misses a clothesline, and AJ connects with the Pele. Daniels hit’s a BME, and AJ with a long frog splash.
Winners: Daniels & AJ Styles
Match Rating: 7/10
Nash attacks the two after the match, and Morgan jumps in. Matt puts a chair around his leg, and hit’s a monstrous leg drop on it. AJ comes in and clears the ring.
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Lauren is with Joe, and a car pulls up, but its actually Sting! AH!!! Anyway, he starts to choke the driver, but Joe comes from behind and chokes him out.
Road to Victory promo.
Match 5: Kurt angle vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Mick Foley
The ref…is EY. The two corner Kurt, and they start beating Angle down. Jarrett pulls off a stalling suplex. Foley chokes him, and Kurt gets backed into the corner. Jeff mounts up and starts punching, but EY pulls him off. Mick starts punching, but one misses and hits Jeff. Mick clotheslines Kurt outside the ring, and throws him into the rail, then a back rake. Wow its been a while since we’ve seen that. AJ has taken Daniels to the hospital btw. JJ attacks Mick to get even, and hit’s a stroke on the steps.
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Kurt is stomping on Jeff, then a snap suplex, and a belly to belly to cap it off. Steiner hits Mick with a lead pipe while EY wasn’t looking. Jeff puts a boot up in the corner, then grabs Kurt and hit’s a second rope spinning DDT. Jeff hit’s a Stroke, but EY won’t count. Mick breaks it up. Jeff gets his guitar, but Mick brings out Socko and locks in the Mandible Claw. But Kurt hits an Angle Slam on Mick. Jeff puts the figure four on Kurt, who taps out, but EY stops him, and Mick hits an elbow on JJ, but Kurt puts in the Ankle Lock. Mick says no, but EY calls for the bell.
Winner: Kurt Angle
Match Rating: 8/10
Jeff attacks EY and chases him out of the Impact Zone. Foley puts the claw in on Kurt, but Joe comes out and hits Foley with the belt that he stole back. The whole MEM come out, and start wrapping Foley in barbed wire. Man we haven’t seen this at the end of the show since Abyss was the champ.
Show Rating: 8/10
Views: 523
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