Robbie E defeated Eric Young (c) to capture the Television title in a mostly average opener to the pay per view. Am I the only one that really misses the old serious persona of Eric Young? Surely not. The finish came when Robbie E’s bodyguard Rob Terry clotheslined EY’s legs at ringside causing him to land on his head. Terry then threw him back into the ring for Robbie E to get the pin and the championship for a pretty weak finish.
Mexican America (c) defeated Ink Inc to retain their tag team titles in a bout that started off fairly slow but began to pick up the pace a bit towards the end. I just keep seeing Mexican America as a much weaker LAX and I just can’t seem to really get behind them. It’s quite worrying that a company that used to have a thriving and stand out tag team division seems so much more watered down and weaker nowadays. Hell, they didn’t even get onto the main card at Bound for Glory.
Austin Aries (c) defeated Jesse Sorensen and Kid Kash to retain his X Division title in a decent at parts triple threat bout. The obvious double teaming by Aries and Kash on Sorensen went on for too long for my liking and just got quite boring really. For me I believe that the charismatic and talented champ Aries deserves better opponents to take on then the rather dull Sorensen and cliche heel Kash. Although with Aries rolling up Kash for an unexpected (to Kid anyway) pinfall win it seems they’re going to be carrying this on for at least another month.
Rob Van Dam defeated Christopher Daniels in a pretty entertaining no disqualification match up. They kept the use of weapons to a minimun which definitely worked out for the best as it didn’t turn into a usual TNA stunt fest kind of no DQ bout. I think Daniels would’ve definitely had more to gain with a win here, but at least he’s getting regular PPV time like he deserves.
Crimson versus Matt Morgan ended in a double disqualification after both men pushed the referee as he attempted to stop them striking each other in the middle of the ring, is that suddenly illegal then? While the match was better then I’d anticipated, it wasn’t outstanding and the crowd never really got into it either. The weak finish didn’t really help either, they’d built up this match to have a definitive winner not a draw. The two carried on slugging it out until the security separated them. I can’t help but feel this is also pay per view time that would be better used on the much more talented Samoa Joe.
Abyss and Mr. Anderson defeated Bully Ray and Scott Steiner in a mediocre tag team bout. And just to prove how average it was, the biggest reaction from the audience was for Steiner (granted it was his home crowd but still). Abyss pinned Steiner after applying a Block Hole Slam. Afterwards Bully Ray and Steiner put the lump Abyss through a table, to which he completely no sold and immediately stood up straight after. Needless to say, Bully Ray and Steiner decided to make their exits. Unfortunately this renewed push in Abyss means more of him on pay per view in the future no doubt. Again I ask, what on Earth do they see in him?
Gail Kim defeated Velvet Sky (c) to capture the Knockouts championship in another average match on the card. After claiming beforehand in a pre match interview that Gail didn’t need herself or Madison Rayne at ringside, Karen Jarrett and Rayne both interfered in the match up anyway. And not only once, but twice. It felt overkill to be honest and it was a pretty weak finish (seems like a trend for this PPV) Rayne even fumbled her finisher when she entered the ring as the ref was distracted by Karen. The second time Karen once again distracted the referee as Madison grabbed Sky’s legs, right in front of the referee too (well this is TNA, right?) as Gail Kim applied the Eat Defeat for the one-two-three.
Jeff Hardy defeated Jeff Jarrett in about five seconds after hitting him with the Twist of Fate and getting the pinfall victory. A furious Jarrett demanded one more match out of Hardy, to which Jeff obliged.
Jeff Hardy defeated Jeff Jarrett once again in a decent enough match up after Hardy turned a Figure Four attempt by Jarrett into a roll up pin for the victory. The match itself wasn’t a show stopper by any means but it had entertaining moments. As Hardy was walking back doen the ramp Jarrett smacked him in the back with a steel chair and claimed that it wasn’t over yet, and he was right. Jarrett then dragged Jeff’s body into the ring and demand that referee Earl Hebner count the pin as Jarrett covered him, but Hardy caught him out once more as he rolled up Jarrett for his third win of the night against double J. Jarrett’s face after was brilliant.
Bobby Roode (c) defeated AJ Styles to retain his World title in a mostly solid and exciting main event. Definitely the match of the night, although that’s not saying an awful lot after a pretty average PPV from TNA. Roode gained the win after pulling up AJ’s tights as he pinned him. The booking team (or rather the clueless Russo) really went overkill on the tainted wins at Turning Point.
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