TNA Impact Report for Jan 22 – Angle Vs Styles
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Ladies and gentlemen, smarks of all
ages, it’s time once again for every
masochistic wrestling fan’s favourite show, TNA Impact! But first off, a quick
note- for anyone wondering about the lack of an Impact report last week, blame
an incredibly inconvenient black out that hit downtown Toronto Thursday night, and carried on well
into the weekend. Here’s the Cliff’s Notes version of Impact last week…
-
Hernandez pissed away his Feast
or Fired title match, with a four minute match against Sting that ended in a
disqualification.
-
Shane Sewell hulked up again,
and knocked Booker T on his ass.
-
Brother Ray returned and put
Kurt Angle through a table. Team 3D challenged Angle and Sting to singles
matches at Against All Odds. Angle’s match against AJ Styles was pushed back to
tonight.
-
Jay Lethal and Consequences
Creed beat Abyss and Matt Morgan in a Number One Contenders’ match to the tag
straps, when Abyss accidentally cost Morgan the match.
-
Roxxi Taylor Wilde revealed to
the Beautiful People that Obama won the election, FakePalin is an imposter, and
Kristin Shepard was the one who shot J.R. Ewing.
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Petey Williams returned in the
main event, costing Scott Steiner the match.
But enough of living in the past…it’s a
new dawn in America and a
chilly (but electrically powered) night in Toronto…let’s Cross the Line!
The show this week begins with a video
package highlighting all the crap I just went over. Tonight it’s AJ Styles
versus Kurt Angle in a tables match, on an episode with the ominous title “The
End of the Original?”. We kick off the show proper with a four-way X Division
match- hell yeah!
Sonjay
Dutt (with So Cal Val) vs. Sheik Abdul Bashir vs. Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley
(Four-Way
Match for the TNA X Division Championship)
If anyone hasn’t seen the Genesis match
between Sabin and Shelley, go out of your way to find it- it was fantastic.
Shane Sewell is refereeing this match, and with Bashir’s involvement in it,
that doesn’t make a lick of sense.
At the tolling of the bell, Bashir and Dutt
jump out of the ring, leaving the Motor City Machine Guns to soften each other
up a bit. Sabin and Shelley take turns working each other’s arms to start, with
a series of fast takedowns, reversals and roll-ups, leading to a Japanese
respect spot. Dutt and Bashir sneak into the ring and jump the Guns from behind,
then both start laying in the boots. Sabin rolls to the outside, and the
heelier heels go to double team Shelley. Shelley ducks an attempted Double
Clothesline, and tosses Dutt into Bashir. Sabin makes it back into the ring,
and the Guns nail simultaneous shin kicks to Bashir’s chest and back. Dutt
nails Shelley with a kick to the gut then comes off the ropes, but Shelley Back
Drops him to the apron. Shelley drops to all fours, and Sabin runs over and
uses his partner’s back as a springboard to take Dutt off the apron with a
massive Dropkick. The Guns go for Bashir and Shelley heads out to the apron for
a Springboard, but Dutt pulls him down hard to the floor. Bashir takes down
Sabin as Dutt slips back into the ring. Dutt stretches Sabin’s face with his
boot, then takes turns with Bashir at choking Sabin in the ropes. Sabin fights
back with right hands, then takes Dutt down with a nice Leg Sweep.
From the ground, Dutt goes for a Reverse
Roll Up, but he’s kicked off, tumbling out of the ring. Bashir goes for a
Schoolboy, but Val jumps up onto the apron to distract Sewell. Bashir gets in
Sewell’s face, but Dutt slips back into the ring and nails Bashir with a
Dropkick. Sabin recovers and nails Dutt with a low spinning back kick then
whips him into the corner, but Dutt slips halfway out to the apron and hits
Sabin with a Pendulum Kick through the ropes. Shelley finally makes it back
into the ring, just in time to turn Dutt inside out with a devastating
Clothesline. The camera cuts over to the entrance ramp, where we find Sharmell
making her way out to ringside. Back in the ring, Bashir nails Shelley from
behind and goes for the cover, but Dutt breaks it up. Dutt comes off the ropes
and hits a huge Crucifix Tornado DDT. He goes after Sabin, taunting him with
some weak face slaps. Sabin responds by whipping Dutt into the corner, but he
runs into Dutt’s raised boots. Dutt heads up top and goes for a Diving Tornado
DDT, but Sabin catches in an Inverted Waist Lock, leaving Dutt dangling
precariously upside down. Shelley runs over and kicks Dutt in the face, and
Sabin hoists Dutt up onto his shoulders. He signals for the Cradle Shock, but
Val grabs his leg from the outside, and Dutt wriggles loose. With Sabin
distracted by Val, Shelley sneaks in and rolls Dutt up for the pin fall.
Winner-
Alex Shelley, to retain the TNA X Division Championship.
After the match, Sharmell announces the
reason for her appearance- Booker T has beckoned for Sewell to meet with him in
Booker’s locker room- immediately. Backstage, we get a shot of Kurt Angle,
Scott Steiner and Sting heading out to the ring. After a break though, we go
not to the ring, but to Booker’s locker room, where Sewell has just arrived.
Booker warmly invites Sewell to sit next to him on his fancy-pants couch.
Booker tells Sewell that he’s been in the wrestling business for seventeen
years. He doesn’t know who Sewell is, or where he’s come from. He’s heard that
Sewell has been to Puerto Rico and Mexico, but he’s here in the Impact Zone
now, where they do things differently. Booker says that last week, Sewell put
his hands on him. He begins to yell at Sewell, who stands up defensively, but
Sharmell calms things down. Booker slips back into his friendly voice and says
that while he would normally bury Sewell for what he did, Booker likes him, so
Sewell gets a pass this time. He says tonight, he wants Sewell to do him a favour-
there’s an elimination match tonight with Booker and Scott Steiner taking on
Petey Williams and Eric Young. Booker tells Sewell that he wants Petey alone
with the Main Event Mafia at the end of the match, so they can take him out for
good.
We next head out to the ring, where the
rest of the Mafia have found their way out, with mics in hand. Kurt Angle says
that last week, things didn’t work out the way the Mafia had planned. However,
where there were bad choices, there will now be worse consequences. He mentions
that Team 3D is currently in Japan, and Mick Foley is in Europe- they’ll get
theirs next week. Tonight however, Angle promises that justice will prevail,
starting with Williams and ending with AJ Styles. He concedes that the Mafia
underestimated Williams. They thought he was gone and buried, but he came back
last week, seeking revenge on Steiner. Angle quips that this isn’t Oz, and
Munchkins don’t rule here (he’s right too, Oz is still out with a staph
infection. Ba-zing!). Angle says that TNA is the house that the Mafia built.
After Williams and Young’s match against Booker and Steiner tonight, when the dust
settles and the smoke clears, Williams will again be all alone in the ring with
the Mafia.
As for Styles, last week he was part of the
reason Angle was put through a table. Angle says that payback’s a bitch-
tonight, not only will he whup Styles’ ass, afterwards the Mafia will put him
out of action permanently. Moving on to Against All Odds, Angle asks who died
and made Team 3D bookers, who gave them the power to make matches? Angle says
he doesn’t give a damn how many tag titles they’ve won, they can take their
challenges and stick them up their asses. He says there’s no way he’ll wrestler
Brother Devon, and there’s no way Sting will wrestler Brother Ray. Sting
interrupts Angle, calling him “Mister Godfather”, declaring he can speak for
himself. Sting says since this is all about respect, with all due respect, no
one’s going to tell him who he can and can’t wrestle. Angle’s expression
becomes one of shock and anger. Angle and Sting begin furiously whispering to
one another, until they’re interrupted by the arrival of Jim Cornette.
Cornette says while Team 3D don’t have the
authority to book matches, he does. He says at Against All Odds, it’s not going
to be Sting vs. Ray and Angle vs. Devon- there’s going to be a Four-Way Match
for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Cornette says that we saw a good
strategy for winning a Four-Way Match earlier tonight- even though it’s every
man for himself, the best way to come out on top is for two men to team up to
divide and conquer the others. Then, one guy has to make the sacrifice, and
allow the other to get the pin fall. Cornette says we know that Team3D can work
together- the question is, can Sting and Angle? If not, at Against All Odds,
there may just be a death in the family. The segment ends with Sting and
Steiner left dumbstruck, while beside them Angle stands, staring a hole into
Sting.
Next up is a neat little video package
chronicling the history between Williams and Steiner. From there, we go to
William and Lauren backstage for some comments. Petey says that the problems
between him and Steiner are personal- screw the Mafia and Booker T. Petey says
Steiner has made a lifestyle out of bullying people. He throws down the
gauntlet, challenging Steiner to try to bully him- it won’t happen. Williams
tells Steiner not to worry about how he took out Williams weeks ago, or what
he’ll do in the future- he should worry about tonight. He says when you’ve got
one foot in yesterday and one in tomorrow, you’re pissing on today. Petey says
that if Big Poppa Pump is your hook-up, Maple Leaf Muscle is who you look up-
Holla if you hear that.
Back in the Impact Zone, Mike Tenay and Don
West conduct a live-via-satellite interview with Team 3D, who proudly display
their new IWGP Tag Team Championships. Brother Devon says that winning the
belts proves without a doubt that they’re the greatest tag team of all time,
twenty-one time champions. It’s twenty-two times by my count, but no one ever
counts HUSTLE. Brother Ray says that winning the IWGP belts in the Tokyo Dome
is like winning any other titles at Madison Square Garden- it’s a huge honour.
Mike Tenay informs Ray and Devon about the Four-Way Match at Against All Odds.
Ray says that if he has to go through his brother and Kurt Angle to get to
Sting, so be it. He says Sting may not have helped the rest of the Mafia take
him out weeks ago, but by standing by and watching, what he did was even worse.
Ray says that this isn’t the first time he’s fought his brother, and Devon
finishes the thought, saying it also won’t be the last time. Tenay asks Team
3D, given the chance, which of them will be the one to get the winning pin
fall, to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Ray says the answer is
obvious, but we don’t get to hear the rest of what he has to say, as the sound
suddenly gets cut out of the feed. Very cheesy effect. Tenay apologizes for the
technical glitch, and sends us to commercial.
We go to the back, where Jeremy Borash is
waiting with Sting, Scott Steiner and Booker T. He asks Sting for his thought
on his match at Against All Odds, and whether or not he can trust Angle. Sting
says he hasn’t forgotten that this is all about respect, and right now JB is
disrespecting Sting and his brothers (and sister) by trying to stir things up
between them. He maintains that the Main Event Mafia are all on the same page,
and they’ll continue to move forward, at the same speed they’ve been going. He
says that Team 3D should keep in mind, there’s enough respect to go around for
everyone. Steiner takes the mic next and says that throughout his career, he’s
proven that in a one on one match, he’s unbeatable, unstoppable. Petey Williams
cost him a victory last week, and he has a lot to pay for. Steiner vows that he
won’t be held responsible for what happens in the ring tonight.
Next up is part two of a Rough Cuts series
on Sojournor Bolt. Bolt says that she’s one hundred percent the real
deal…sure, she’s a bottle blonde and her nails are fake, but when she punches
you in the face or kicks you in the back, that’s real. Bolt talks as well as
she wrestles, which is to say, she makes Christy Hemme look like Trish Stratus.
Hey, you know what would be a novel idea
for an Impact segment? Some ACTUAL WRESTLING.
Sojournor
Bolt vs. ODB
…that’s so not what I meant.
ODB has traded in her camo for an outfit
that’s so violently neon pink, I had to turn down the color on my TV. Bolt
jumps ODB before the match with a kick to the back, and ODB lands with her leg
tied up in the ropes. Bolt lays in some hard boots, as ODB sells the leg. ODB comes
back with a few chops, but Bolt kicks at her leg, then hits a Clothesline. Bolt
covers ODB, but she kicks out at two. Don West has my favourite line of the
night- “ODB is someone you can’t classify”. ODB makes it up to a seated
position, but Bolt hits a low Dropkick. She heads up to the second rope for a
Diving Splash, but ODB rolls out of the way. ODB makes it to her feet and hits
a few right hands and a series of clotheslines. ODB whips Bolt into the ropes
and hits a Flapjack. Bolt tries to bail out of the ring, but ODB pulls her back
in by her tights. ODB hits an absolutely awful Lou Thesz Press, just as Awesome
Kong hits the ring. Kong kicks ODB from behind, and the referee mercifully
calls for the bell.
Winner-
ODB by disqualification.
As Kong begins to lay a beating on ODB, the
rest of the Kongtourage heads out to the ring. Kong hits ODB with the Implant
Buster, but before she can do any more damage, Roxxi and Taylor Wilde run out
with weapons in hand, and the Kong Krew are forced to bail out to safety.
Hopefully the Frontline is watching, maybe then they can learn how babyface
saves are supposed to be done.
Next, we- OH FUCK OFF. Seriously? Lauren is backstage with FakePalin.
FakePalin says she had fun making fools out of the Beautiful People for the
past few weeks. She starts to elaborate, but she’s suddenly tackled by Angelina
Love, with Velvet Sky close behind. The once-again-Beautiful People proceed to
smash FakePalin into every piece of set dressing they can find, with Sky even
hitting over the head with what I’m generously going to call a half-by-four
plank of wood. Love begins to choke FakePalin and security runs over, but
they’re immediately followed by Cute Kip, who knocks out each guard with a
single punch each. TNA needs to start hiring security guards that aren’t
haemophiliacs. Kip yells for Love to let FakePalin go, she’s done enough. Love
eventually relents, and the Beautiful People leaving their victim laying
helpless on the ground. Incidentally, if I had found the remote faster, this
paragraph would have been about South Park. The one with Trent Boyett was on.
Booker
T and Scott Steiner (with Sharmell) vs. Petey Williams and Eric Young
(Elimination Match)
Shane Sewell is our referee for this match,
as indicated earlier. Don West reminds us of Team Canada- all jokes aside, I
love that there’s no three month rule in TNA. I have no idea why this is an
elimination match… why not just make it a handicap match, since clearly
that’s what’s going to happen anyways?
Booker and Young start things out. Booker
hits a series of hard chops, and Young answers with right hands. Booker whips
Young into the ropes and hits a knee to the gut. He tags in Steiner, who hits a
hard Scoop Slam, a few Back Chops in the corner and an awkward Hip Toss. Steiner
nails Young with a few clubbing forearms, while staring a hole into Petey.
Steiner whips Young into the corner, but Young slings over him and hits a
Reverse Atomic Drop and a Flying Forearm for a two count. Young tries to make
the tag to Williams, but Steiner grabs his leg and pulls him away, then tags in
Booker. Booker goes for a Suplex, but Young blocks it and hits a Suplex of his
own. Young runs the ropes, but Booker cuts him off with a back elbow. Steiner
comes in illegally to attack Young from behind. Sewell forces him to exit the
ring, but the damage is done- Booker eliminates Young with an Axe Kick. We’re
down to the predicted handicap match, as we head to break.
When we come back, Steiner is putting the
boots to Williams. We see clips from during the break that that show us Steiner
throwing Petey all around and right out of the ring. Steiner hits a Military
Press Slam, then goes to throw Petey out of the ring again, but Petey skins the
cat back in. Williams hits a series of right hands before Steiner Back Drops
him over the top rope. Williams lands on the apron and comes right back in with
a Slingshot Lungblower. Petey then tears into Steiner with a flurry of right
hands, and Steiner is forces to roll out of the ring to safety. After a quick
breather, Steiner comes back in on his side of the ring, and quickly tags in
Booker. Booker takes it to Petey with about a dozen hard knee strikes. He whips
Petey into the ropes and goes for a Jumping Crescent Kick, but Petey ducks and
hits a Dropkick of his own for a two count. Petey goes off the ropes, but
Booker catches him with a hard Spinebuster. Booker covers, but lifts Petey up
at two, much to the frustration of Sewell. Booker tags Steiner back in, who
goes for another Military Press. Petey slips loose and hits a quick low back
kick and a Sit-Out Jawbreaker. Steiner slumps onto the ropes, and Petey nails
him with a Running Dropkick to the back. He follows up with a Flying Forearm on
the corner. Steiner reverses an Irish Whip and sends Petey into the corner, but
he runs into Petey’s boots. Petey heads to the second rope for a Tornado DDT
and covers, but Steiner kicks out at two. Petey goes for the Canadian
Destroyer, but Booker comes in illegally and nails him with a Superkick.
Steiner recovers, and drags Petey over to the corner, delivering a Samoan Drop
off the second rope. Steiner cover Petey, but again breaks the pin at two.
Booker tags in and hits the Axe Kick, but yet again refuses to pin Williams,
despite Sewell yelling at him to just end the match. Booker hits Williams with
a second and final Axe Kick and finally pins him.
Winners-
Scott Steiner and Booker T.
Immediately after the match, Sewell pushes
Booker aside to check on Williams. At Booker and Steiner’s behest, Sewell
grudgingly raises their arms, but out of nowhere Booker delivers a devastating
slap to Sewell’s face. Sewell hulks up and attacks Booker, but Steiner jumps
him from behind. Sewell tries to fight both me off, but falls to the superior
numbers and takes a Book End. Booker mounts Sewell and starts delivering a
relentless series of right hands, as Earl Hebnur arrives at ringside and
desperately yells at him to stop. Eventually, Steiner has to physically pull
Booker off of the fallen ref, and the heels collect themselves as we go to break.
We return to a video package, highlighting
the history of the Matt Morgan/Abyss team, right up to their brief pull-apart
brawl after losing last week’s match. Afterwards, Morgan and Abyss head out to
the ring for a pre-match interview with Lauren. Morgan says it’s no secret that
he has a temper. It’s been his Achilles’ heel his entire life, his crappy
attitude has cost him contracts with the NBA and the NFL, and half of the
incentives in his wrestling contract. Worse, it probably cost him his best friend
after last week. Morgan says that as a man, he owes Abyss an apology (actually,
he calls him Abby all through this promo, which I find hilarious). He says
their problems have all been his own fault, and all he can do now is beg for
Abyss’ forgiveness. Morgan says that if they can put their problems behind them
tonight, he still believes with all his heart that they will be tag champions.
Tonight, they can settle for Beer Money’s blood. Abyss hugs Morgan, and says he
accepts his apology. Abyss says he has problems with his temper too, which is
why he goes to therapy. Abyss suggest that from now on, he and Morgan go to
therapy together, and he even offers to ask if there’s a two-for-one discount.
Morgan is all smiles. Abyss says this is a glorious day- he got back his best
friend Matt, and now they can be a family again, along with his “girlfriend”
Lauren.
Matt
Morgan and Abyss vs. Beer Money Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) (Non-Title First
Blood Match)
Abyss and Morgan charge up the entrance
ramp to meet Roode and Storm before the bell rings. Morgan and Storm brawl into
the stands, while Abyss and Roode go at it at ringside. Morgan launches Storm
hard into the side of the bleachers and tries to follow up with the Carbon
Footprint, but Storm dodges and Morgan kicks the wall hard. Storm heads up a
level, then jumps down onto Morgan with a Diving Double Axe Handle. Storm and
Morgan make their way to the ring, while the fight between Abyss and Roode
spills out into the crowd. Abyss sends Roode into the crowd side of the
barricade, while Morgan lays in a series of knee strikes to Storm. Roode and
Abyss head back to ringside, where Roode rams Abyss’ face into the apron. Abyss
heads into the ring, and Roode follows him with a chair. Roode goes to swing,
but Abyss punches the chair into his face. Abyss grabs the chair and wedges it
between the ropes in the corner. He charges at Roode, but catches a pair of
boots to the face. Roode hits a second rope Flip Neckbreaker, then mounts Abyss
for a series of right hands, but he gives up when he can’t get the Monster to
bleed. Abyss throws Roode towards the chair in the corner; Roode tries to sling
over backwards, but Abyss see him coming and catches him coming down with a
kick to the crotch.
Abyss shoves Roode face-first into the
chair, but it doesn’t bust him open. Abyss takes Roode to the outside, as
Morgan and Storm head into the ring. After a few right hands, Morgan goes for a
Fall-Away Slam, but Roode comes in and smashes him in the face with one of the
tag belts. Abyss follows him in and levels both members of Beer Money with a
double Clothesline. Abyss Back Drops Storm over the top rope, but Storm lands
on the apron and hits Abyss with a Slingshot Kick to the back of his head.
Storm goes for the Last Call, but Abyss catches him coming in and hits a
Chokeslam. Abyss brings another chair into the ring, but before he can use it
he goes down to a Chop Block from Roode. Roode and Storm hit Abyss with a
Double Suplex, followed by the Beer Money cheer. Storm holds Abyss up, while
Roode picks up the chair, but before he can use it, Morgan enters the ring and
yanks it out of his hands. Morgan stares down both members of Beer Money, who
both beg off. All of a sudden, Morgan spins around and blasts Abyss in the head
with a brutal chair shot. Roode and Storm are in shock, Abyss is busted open,
and Morgan orders to referee to call the match.
Winners-
Beer Money Inc.
Beer Money clear out of the ring, and
wisely beat a hasty retreat to the back. Meanwhile, Morgan taunts Abyss, then
leaps onto him with a flurry of right hands to his bleeding forehead. Security
comes out, but Morgan easily dispatches them. We get a close-up of Abyss’ head,
which is pouring blood like a faucet. Abyss staggers to his feet, but Morgan
has picked up the chair again, and he levels Abyss with a second chair shot.
Just as we go to break, Morgan can be heard yelling out “you did this, Abyss”.
When we come back, Abyss is being helped to
the back by TNA’s all but useless security guys. Abyss shoves them off of him,
and begins to completely freak out, trashing the backstage area, and taking out
the cameraman in the process.
We go to a video package, going over the
history between Kurt Angle and AJ Styles. Afterwards, we find Jeremy Borash
backstage with Angle, looking for some Olympian insight. Angle says that he’s
given Styles way too many passes- he could have ended his career many times
before now, but he always felt sorry for him. Angle says Styles took a victory
from him, just like he took his wife and his life. Tongith, Angle vows that
he’ll take away Styles’ career and livelihood. JB asks Angle about his match
against Sting at Against All Odd, but Angle leaves without saying another word.
Kurt
Angle vs. AJ Styles (Tables Match)
Angle and Styles tie up, and Angle goes to
work on Styles’ arm. AJ rolls out and reverses the Arm Wrench, but Angle
quickly makes it to the ropes. The two tie up again and Angle hits a Headlock
Takeover. AJ makes it to his feet and whips Angle into the ropes, leapfrogs
him, drops down then hits a picture perfect Dropkick, that sends Angle to the
outside. After a breather, Angle slips back into the ring and the two tie up
again. Angle lifts Styles up so that he’s sitting on the top rope, but the
Styles gets him in a Front Facelock. The ref calls for a break, but Angle tries
to shove AJ over the top. Styles instead catches Angle with a Body Scissors and
uses his momentum to flip Angle to the outside, landing on the apron himself.
Angle staggers to his feet, just in time to catch a Diving Forearm from Styles.
Angle hits hard, but he recovers quickly and makes a break back into the ring
as we go to break.
We come back just as Angle hits a nice Snap
Suplex. AJ fights to his feet, but walks into a Belly to Belly Suplex. Angle
brings a table into the ring then goes back to AJ, but Styles briefly cuts him
off with a hard chop and a right hand. Angle reasserts control, slamming AJ’s
face into the flattened table. Angle has a decent sized cut on his hand from
bringing in the table. Angle slaps on a Side Headlock, but AJ fights out and
runs the ropes. Angle cuts him off with a knee to the gut, then sets up the
table in front of one of the corners of the ring. Angle tries to take AJ up
top, but AJ out. Angle applies a Rear Waist Lock, but AJ kicks off the table
for leverage to escape the hold, leaving the table laying on its side. The two
men trade punches until AJ hoists Angle off his feet and crotches him on the
side of the table. AJ builds momentum with a series of Standing Clotheslines,
followed by a big Flying Forearm in the corner, a Scoop Slam and a Knee Drop.
Angle comes back with a big European Uppercut that sends AJ to the apron, but
AJ catches Angle with a shoulder to the gut and another big Springboard Flying
Forearm. Styles sets the table up again then goes for the Styles Clash, but
Angle blocks the move and makes it to his feet, with AJ on his shoulders. Angle
goes for an Alabama Slam type Spinebuster, but AJ rolls through. Angle holds on
to one foot and slaps on the Ankle Lock, but Styles quickly kicks loose. Angle
charges at AJ, but AJ ducks a Clothesline and hits the Pélé. AJ lays Angle on
the table and heads up to the far corner, but Angle recovers and goes for a
Running Belly to Belly Superplex. Styles blocks the move and knocks Angle down
with a Headbutt. He goes for another Diving Forearm, but Angle dodges this
time, and AJ hits the table chin first. With Styles dazed, Angle manages to
capitalize, putting him though the table with the Angle Slam.
Winner-
Kurt Angle.
After the match, Angle begins stomping on
Styles’ ankle. He delivers a few stiff right hands, then grabs a chair, and
wraps it around Styles’ ankle. With no other Frontline members in sight, Angle
stomps on the chair repeatedly, then slaps on the Ankle Lock again. Leaving AJ
screaming in pain, Angle heads over to the announce table and grabs a
microphone. He announces that tonight marks the beginning of the end of TNA.
Starting next week, the Main Event Mafia will take out everyone in the back,
one by one- they’re mark their territory, Mafia style. Still no Frontline
appearances to help AJ out- TNA has the suckiest babyfaces ever.
Final
Thoughts-
Though the opening match this week was
excellent, and Morgan’s heel turn was done well enough, there was a lot of crap
this week- more than usual, even. The fact that every single match now ends
with a beat down gets boring really, really quickly- it’s the mark of a lazy
writer, going for cheap heat and time filler. Also, the fact that the heels go
back to the same tactics time and again- specifically, the chair around the
ankle- really minimizes the impact of that spot. At this point, it’s not
shocking, or dramatic, just played out, hackneyed and dull. Finally- what the
FUCK is with the fact that the Frontline NEVER run out to make the save in
time? And tonight, they don’t even bother trying? Hey Russo- if you’re going to
do these beat-downs, the babyfaces need to show some kind of a presence. Why the hell would the fans want to get
behind a team that acts like lambs being led to slaughter?
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