Zema Ion defeated Jesse Sorensen via count out after Sorensen was genuinely knocked out at ringside after a flip from Ion landed awkwardly on his head. Up until that point the bout had been fairly entertaining at parts. Just a shame it had to end that way, never nice seeing that kind of thing happen to a professional wrestler.
Robbie E introduced the 'Robbie E Invitational' which was open to anyone at all, so Shannon Moore accepted.
Robbie E defeated Shannon Moore in a solid contest, which certainly gained my interest more than I'd expected it would. This was certainly one of the better matches I've seen the Television Champ Robbie E involved in, and a step up from his series of matches with Eric Young. Robbie grabbed the one-two-three after Robbie T struck Moore from the apron while the referee was distracted.
Gail Kim (c) defeated Tara to retain her TNA Knockouts Championship. The match up itself was highly enjoyable and nicely paced, which you come to expect from two female performers who take real pride in their work. Bringing back Gail Kim and having her feud with talent like Mickie James and Tara has really upped the standard of the Knockouts division. It's becoming one of the highlights of TNA for me once again.
Samoa Joe and Magnus defeated Matt Morgan and Crimson (c) to win the TNA Tag Team Championships. The match, considering it involved Crimson and Morgan, wasn't actually a bad effort and even fairly enjoyable at parts. Although the best part was the ending of Morgan and Crimson's mediocre title reign. I can see Joe and Magnus having a lot more success together with their talent and chemistry. Who else would love to see a Motor City Machine Guns feud with them over the titles when Chris Sabin returns?
Austin Aries (c) defeated Alex Shelley to retain the X Division Championship in a thrilling title match. Both men gave it their all and really delivered, much to the delight of the crowd in attendance. I certainly wouldn't object to this feud continuing.
Kazarian defeated AJ Styles in a bout that surprisingly started off quite slowly paced but picked up towards the final third of it for a highly enjoyable finish. It was a nicely executed match up with crisp action. The finish came after AJ decided to moonsaultChristopher Daniels on the outside, Kazarian then performed his Fade To Black finisher (a backwards piledriver) for the pin.
Gunner defeated Garrett Bischoff in a mediocre bout. In my opinion Garrett looked out of his depth here and pretty sloppy at times too. After all the building up of Garrett's training with Hulk Hogan and he looses in his first pay-per-view match? What was the point? Typical TNA booking right there.
Before the main event we were shown a nicely presented VT which included interviews with all four men participating in the Fatal Four Way. Nice job, also probably better then any VT promoting a match from WWE recently.
Bobby Roode (c) defeated Jeff Hardy, Bully Ray and James Storm to retain his TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a Fatal Four Way. The match itself was a very solid and entertaining contest (bar a weak finish and the ref getting KO'd too many times but I'll get to that) and although you could see Roode retaining there were some nice near falls. I have to admit here too, I've become a big fan of Bully Rays as of late. I think the guy is doing a terrific job as his current persona and has really adapted to singles wrestling well.
The finish came after Sting (the special enforcer for the match) accidentally struck Hardy with the title belt as he was going for Roode, who'd been taunting 'The Stinger'. Sting was then forced to count to three and announce Roode the victor. However, earlier on in the match when the referee had been accidentally knocked out Sting didn't bother jumping in and making the count for either Hardy or Bully Ray. So why would he for Roode? It's a shame since the match up had been a lot of fun up until the absurd finish, and the ref getting knocked out not once but twice, which is overkill really.
Overall Against All Odds was a largely entertaining pay-per-view, excusing a few niggles here and there it was a success compared to TNA's usual standards.
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