TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode bragged about his title defence atAgainst All Odds against Bully Ray, Jeff Hardy and James Storm. He also went on to say that Sting should take a long, hard look at himself after counting Roode's winning pin in the Fatal Four Way Match.
'The Stinger' joined the champ and admitted he had managed to get under his skin. But he also added that Hardy had once again been screwed (what about Bully Ray's pin that failed to be counted also?) so he booked a no disqualification match for right there and then between Roode and Hardy with the World Title on the line. Sting was on brilliant form here as he delivered the news. Like I've said before he's brilliant in this management role as far as I'm concerned.
Bobby Roode (c) defeated Jeff Hardy to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in an exciting No DQ match up. Both men gave a good effort as they travelled all around the outside of the ring, providing some nice action. For the finish Kurt Angle attacked Hardy from behind and left him to be speared by Roode, who then gained the one-two-three.
We were then presented with footage of Jesse Sorensen's neck injury that he suffered at Against All Odds where Zema Ion accidentally landed on his head. Fortunately Mike Tenay explained that he is recovering well and beginning to get the feeling back in his body. Best of luck to Sorensen.
Zema Ion and Austin Aries defeated Alex Shelley and Shannon Moore in a fast paced and decent enough tag team bout. It certainly wasn't the greatest match involving any of these wrestlers. The number one contender to the X Division Title Zema Ion grabbed a surprise roll up pin on Shelley for the win.
Madison Rayne won a mediocre Knockouts Battle Royal to become number one contender to her partner Gail Kim's Knockouts Championship. I was just waiting for this match to end to be honest. There's a few female wrestlers TNA wouldn't miss if they offloaded them in my opinion.
Eric Bischoff, accompanied by Ric Flair, Gunner and Chelsea, came out to celebrate ending his son Garrett's dreams of becoming a professional wrestler. He also warned his son to never, ever "step foot in my business again."
James Storm defeated Bully Ray to become number one contender to the World Title in a bit of a drab match up. Ray was working on Storm's injured leg for the majority of the bout, but 'The Cowboy' managed to pull out a Last Call Superkick for the win. Afterwards Bully Ray got into an altercation with New York Giants own Brandon Jacobs, where Ray spat beer in his face. In retaliation Jacobs pushed over Bully, I guess this will all lead to a poor match involving both men at some point then.
Sting invited Bobby Roode to the ring, where he informed him that at Lockdown he will be defending the World Heavyweight Title in a Steel Cage Match against James Storm. Upon hearing the news, Roode low blowed Sting a couple of times and proceeded to pummel him in the head. Guess he wasn't that happy about it then? On paper the Cage Match should be a very solid and entertaining one and I'm very much looking forward to it.
Overall Impact Wrestling wasn't great, mainly average bar the World Title match. Hopefully we get some interesting matches built up for Lockdown in the coming weeks.
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