TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode, finally sporting a new and much more up to date shorter hair cut, bragged about how proud he was at still remaining the World Champion. He went on to list off all the men he'd defeated during his reign until Mr. Anderson interrupted him and challenged him to a fight. Jeff Hardy was next out, who began arguing with Anderson regarding who deserves a title shot more. To settle things Hulk Hogan booked a match between the two to determine the number one contender for Sacrifice. Roode was more charismatic than normal here I thought, and Anderson as usual was solid on the mic, shame he can't be as consistent in the ring.
Bully Ray and Crimson defeated Austin Aries and Matt Morgan in a mostly average and forgettable tag match. The quality and interest managed to pick up a bit when Aries made the hot tag but apart from that it was mainly the limited Morgan being worked on by the other team.
Garett Bischoff, accompanied by his Lethal Lockdown teammates, congratulated himself and his team for their victory last Sunday. Ric Flair soon interrupted them all and called Garett a "disrespectful disgrace" and also nonsensically claimed that the talent in the ring wouldn't be there if it wasn't for Eric Bischoff, this is only true for Garett who isn't exactly much of a talent right now. 'The Nature Boy' went on to announce a party he will be holding in Eric Bischoff's honour next week on Impact.
Kurt Angle defeated AJ Styles in a match that was kept far too short for my liking, I mean whenever you have these two in the ring together you want it to last. Angle scored a quick roll up pin for the victory after AJ had been distracted by Christopher Daniels and Kazarian at ringside who handed him an envelope with his supposed secret we've been hearing about for far too long now. Can't they just hurry up and end this storyline soon?
Backstage Hogan decided to add Rob Van Dam into the number one contenders match later on before coming out to the ring.
Surrounded by all the current champions in TNA, Hogan announced that once a month at a special Impact Wrestling called 'Open Fight Night' a talent from outside of TNA's roster would be brought in to wrestle and then judged on whether or not they deserve a contract with the company. He also added that on that night if someone is challenged to a match then they'll have to accept, including any champion. Roode and Gail Kim disputed this, while Devon was more then happy with it. Hogan also informed Devon that every week on Impact the TNA Television title will be on the line, no matter what. It sounds like it could be an interesting concept, but we'll see, this is TNA after all...
Tessmacher, Tara, Velvet Sky and Mickie James defeated Gail Kim, Rayne, Sarita and Rosita in an average Knockouts tag bout. Tessmacher got the pin on Kim which means she's most likely next in line for a title shot, at least it'll be someone new to face Kim.
Devon (c) defeated Gunner to retain his TNA Television title in a fair contest, although like most of the other matches on the show it wasn't essential viewing.
James Storm apologised to all his friends and family for failing to defeat Roode at Lockdown, and stated that it was his ego that got in the way of him getting the job done against the champion and that it was his all his own fault that he lost. An emotional Storm went on to thank all the fans for their support but claimed that maybe Roode was right and maybe his luck had run out before dropping the mic and leaving.
One of the most consistent promo deliverers in the business today duly delivered here once again with this speech. It sounds like he's going to be taking some time off for now though, maybe until Slammiversary in June.
Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson to become number one contender to the World title. The match itself was solid enough, although rather then any flowing sequences it was mostly signature move after signature move. RVD quickly pinned Hardy for the win.
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