TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode proclaimed that he had become the"most dominate World Heavyweight Champion in the history of Impact Wrestling."He also admitted his admiration for Jeff Hardy for the way in which he's turned his life around over the last several months. All the while Roode was on the mic the majority of the crowd were firmly chanting for 'The Charismatic Enigma'. The champ then asked for Hardy to come on out and humbly accept his defeat, but instead Sting decided to join him. 'The Stinger' announced that after getting himself intentionally disqualified to retain his World Title, Roode would have to defend it once again against Jeff Hardy that very night. It was quite a decent segment, Roode certainly suits his role right now and I can see them building up to a probable Sting versus Roode match for the World Heavyweight Title at some point.
Matt Morgan and Crimson defeated Robbie E and Rob Terry in an average tag team bout. Nothing really spectacular or memorable about it to be honest, it was a match mostly dominated by the TNA Tag Team Champions. Afterwards Samoa Joe and Magnus raced in and took out Morgan and Crimson in a nicely orchestrated beat down. So theyare heel, good I'm glad that's finally cleared up then. I'm actually quite relieved that they haven't given up on the Joe Magnus team, I see definite potential there.
Eric Bischoff informed his son Garrett that "he has no future in this business" after Sting handed him a pair of wrestling boots last week and officially told Garrett that he's now a professional wrestler. Eric also added that it would be too dangerous for him and that "your dreams are going to get you hurt." Nice of him eh? His son Garrett then entered the ring and grabbed the mic off of his dad and let him know that "I'm not going anywhere."
ODB defeated Winter in an okay Knockouts match up. The action wasn't bad, just not up the standard of other matches from the division recently. The most entertaining parts were probably the involvement of the wacky Eric young during it.
AJ Styles confronted Kazarian in the ring about him turning his back on him in their tag bout last week. Kaz claimed that he couldn't admit why. Christopher Daniels then cockily walked out and announced that he knew why. He told Styles that Kazarian thought of him as "a lost cause" after his recent losses in the company. AJ greeted the news by throwing a microphone at the 'Fallen Angel's' back along with a series of punches until Kazarian pulled him to safety. I don't get why they've unearthed the AJ Styles and Daniels feud, for me we've gotten all we really can from it and it's had its' time.
James Storm (with yet even more talking and no action on the show) gave us the understatement of the century when he came out and said that "things here in Impact Wrestling are starting to get a little sketchy." It's been like that for a while now 'Cowboy'. He also called out Kurt Angle and said that he knows that Kurt is the kind of competitor that will get a win any way he can, someone who his daughter would call a"cheater." Storm then challenged Angle to a fight and to set a record of the fastest person to have kicked "a man so fast in his mouth that he swallows his teeth and poops them out, right here in the Impact Zone." Nice line I thought, but then Storms promos are always worth listening to. Angle declined the offer and informed Storm that he will get no more rematches with him, since he proved he was the better man and better wrestler at Genesis.
Sting interjected on the conversation between Angle and Storm and announced that if Roode gets himself intentionally disqualified in the main event then Hardy will win the World Heavyweight Championship. He also decided to have 'The Cowboy' versus Kurt Angle right there and then to determine who will face the winner of the Roode versus Hardy match for the title.
James Storm defeated Kurt Angle in a superb and intense contest. Not only was it the match of the night but the televised match of the year so far for me. The pace and match were set out brilliantly. For the finish Angle fooled the referee by bringing in Storm's beer bottle but swallowing some of it before he entered the ring again, unknown to Hebner. He then spat out the beer in Storm's face while the ref was disposing of the bottle and superkicked him in an attempted and exciting near fall pin. 'The Cowboy' then turned it around and applied his Last Call superkick finisher for the one-two-three.
Backstage Madison Rayne attempted once again to convince Sting to make her the new Knockouts VP. But instead Sting went in a rather different direction and booked a Cage Match on next weeks Impact between Rayne and Mickie James.
Jeff Hardy versus Bobby Roode (c) for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship ended in a no contest after Bully Ray took out the referee. It was a solid and entertaining main event with a good effort by both men, it's just a shame the finish was so utterly ridiculous. Wrestling fans have seen referees been struck and knocked out countless times before, with a replacement one almost always taking their place because it makes sense. Of course there would be a referee available to jump in if needed, it'd be absurd otherwise right? Well welcome to Vince Russo's world, where if a referee is taken out then that's it. Over. The match is done. I've almost gotten to the point now where I'm just tired of typing about how inept a job Russo does and how he deserves no place in the wrestling business, but then I could say the same about Dixie Carter who was stupid enough to bring him into the company. Oh TNA, what you could and should be...
Matt Morgan and Crimson defeated Robbie E and Rob Terry in an average tag team bout. Nothing really spectacular or memorable about it to be honest, it was a match mostly dominated by the TNA Tag Team Champions. Afterwards Samoa Joe and Magnus raced in and took out Morgan and Crimson in a nicely orchestrated beat down. So theyare heel, good I'm glad that's finally cleared up then. I'm actually quite relieved that they haven't given up on the Joe Magnus team, I see definite potential there.
Eric Bischoff informed his son Garrett that "he has no future in this business" after Sting handed him a pair of wrestling boots last week and officially told Garrett that he's now a professional wrestler. Eric also added that it would be too dangerous for him and that "your dreams are going to get you hurt." Nice of him eh? His son Garrett then entered the ring and grabbed the mic off of his dad and let him know that "I'm not going anywhere."
ODB defeated Winter in an okay Knockouts match up. The action wasn't bad, just not up the standard of other matches from the division recently. The most entertaining parts were probably the involvement of the wacky Eric young during it.
AJ Styles confronted Kazarian in the ring about him turning his back on him in their tag bout last week. Kaz claimed that he couldn't admit why. Christopher Daniels then cockily walked out and announced that he knew why. He told Styles that Kazarian thought of him as "a lost cause" after his recent losses in the company. AJ greeted the news by throwing a microphone at the 'Fallen Angel's' back along with a series of punches until Kazarian pulled him to safety. I don't get why they've unearthed the AJ Styles and Daniels feud, for me we've gotten all we really can from it and it's had its' time.
James Storm (with yet even more talking and no action on the show) gave us the understatement of the century when he came out and said that "things here in Impact Wrestling are starting to get a little sketchy." It's been like that for a while now 'Cowboy'. He also called out Kurt Angle and said that he knows that Kurt is the kind of competitor that will get a win any way he can, someone who his daughter would call a"cheater." Storm then challenged Angle to a fight and to set a record of the fastest person to have kicked "a man so fast in his mouth that he swallows his teeth and poops them out, right here in the Impact Zone." Nice line I thought, but then Storms promos are always worth listening to. Angle declined the offer and informed Storm that he will get no more rematches with him, since he proved he was the better man and better wrestler at Genesis.
Sting interjected on the conversation between Angle and Storm and announced that if Roode gets himself intentionally disqualified in the main event then Hardy will win the World Heavyweight Championship. He also decided to have 'The Cowboy' versus Kurt Angle right there and then to determine who will face the winner of the Roode versus Hardy match for the title.
James Storm defeated Kurt Angle in a superb and intense contest. Not only was it the match of the night but the televised match of the year so far for me. The pace and match were set out brilliantly. For the finish Angle fooled the referee by bringing in Storm's beer bottle but swallowing some of it before he entered the ring again, unknown to Hebner. He then spat out the beer in Storm's face while the ref was disposing of the bottle and superkicked him in an attempted and exciting near fall pin. 'The Cowboy' then turned it around and applied his Last Call superkick finisher for the one-two-three.
Backstage Madison Rayne attempted once again to convince Sting to make her the new Knockouts VP. But instead Sting went in a rather different direction and booked a Cage Match on next weeks Impact between Rayne and Mickie James.
Jeff Hardy versus Bobby Roode (c) for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship ended in a no contest after Bully Ray took out the referee. It was a solid and entertaining main event with a good effort by both men, it's just a shame the finish was so utterly ridiculous. Wrestling fans have seen referees been struck and knocked out countless times before, with a replacement one almost always taking their place because it makes sense. Of course there would be a referee available to jump in if needed, it'd be absurd otherwise right? Well welcome to Vince Russo's world, where if a referee is taken out then that's it. Over. The match is done. I've almost gotten to the point now where I'm just tired of typing about how inept a job Russo does and how he deserves no place in the wrestling business, but then I could say the same about Dixie Carter who was stupid enough to bring him into the company. Oh TNA, what you could and should be...
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