Impact Wrestling-Where Wrestling Matters

[mattharms]

To make a long story short, I'm going to try to book Impact Wrestling realistically but more logical, if that makes any sense. After TNA Slammiversary 2011.

Impact Wrestling 6/16/11

A recap from last Sunday night, with Kurt Angle finally triumphing over Jeff Jarrett to end the feud and keep his gold medal, also becoming the number one contender for the TNA Championship. Speaking of the TNA Championship, Mr. Anderson is your new champion, beating Sting, with a little screwiness involving Eric Bischoff and referee Jackson James. Also Bully Ray managed to beat AJ Styles. Plus Abyss kept the TNA X-Division Title defeating Kazarian and Brian Kendrick, Alex Shelley, standing in for the injured Bobby Roode, and James Storm retaining the TNA Tag Team Ttiles over Douglas Williams and Brutus Magnus in the British Invasion, and Mickie James kept the TNA Knockout's Title over Angelina Love.

We see Abyss standing by backstage, talking about how July 11th will be Destination X. The night that the X-Division will get their own Pay Per View. The night that the X-Division will be leveled to the ground, by Abyss and he will stand over their grisly remains, a conquering victor. Abyss puts over the X-Division for having a lot of heart, but all of the heart in the world won't stop them from getting dismantled and dismembered by the monster Abyss. Sun Tzu said, "can you imagine what I would do, if I could do all I can?" On July 11th, the entire X-Division will find out all that a monster could do, when he does all that he can do to destroy them. He talks about how the winner of the Ultimate X Match or rather whatever is left of them, will get a shot at the X-Division Title on that night. Abyss will conquer them. Abyss will still be the X-Division Champion and he will keep it as a token of victory.

[Number One Contenders Match for the KO Tag Belts]
Mickie James and Tara defeated Angelina Love and Winter when Mickie pinned
Winter after a superkick in 0:06:36.
Rating: * 3/4

We open things wide open with the Knockouts of Impact Wrestling, where the winners take on the Knockout Tag Team Champions, Sarita and Rosita of Mexican America down the road. Mickie James has had her share of problems with Winter and Angelina Love in recent weeks, but with an old rival, now ally, Tara on her side, she does well. Tara gets beaten down for most of this match but Mickie hot tags in and runs wild. Tara wipes out Angelina Love and Mickie James superkicks Winter in the face to score the pin.

We see Mr. Anderson arriving backstage with the TNA World Championship but suddenly a man in a suit walks up to Anderson. The man says that Mr. Anderson is to report to the ring in five minutes time. Anderson mockingly asks what great power summoned him. The man in the suit says the Network. Anderson looks angry, saying that he was done with the Network, but the man in the suit says the Network had problems with what happened last Sunday. Mr. Anderson looks sour and leaves.

Out comes Mr. Anderson to the ring but Eric Bischoff makes his way down to the ring as well. Anderson asks if this is a trick but Bischoff denies it, saying that he was summoned to the ring as well. We find out as a group of security guards walk out and following them is, Desmond Wolfe! The fans are confused but cheering, as Wolfe slides underneath the bottom rope. He talks about how he was a part of this company for nearly a year, but he was blackballed due to personal reason. Yet while he'll never be able to wrestle again, he'll be able to contribute in other ways, and that being as the new Director of Authority in Impact Wrestling!

Bischoff sputters saying that there is no need for anyone but Hogan and Bischoff to run the company, in fact, the Network gave them one hundred percent control. Wolfe says that's true, but there was a recent power struggle in the Network, where there was a group of people who supported Hogan and Bischoff and then there were another group of people who wanted them gone. Wolfe states that they finally decided on a compromise, they would let Hogan and Bischoff have their freedom, unless they grossly abused their power. So as Wolfe states, if Bischoff and Hogan toe the line, then he'll happily sit in a nice posh office, getting six figures a year from Spike TV and we'll never see him again.

However, last Sunday, Bischoff stepped out of line. He interfered in the TNA Championship match between Sting and Mr. Anderson, messing up the count of referee Jackson James. So, after meetings all day, the Network has decided on one course of action. Mr. Anderson has been stripped of the TNA Championship!

Anderson losing his mind, yelling that the Network has been out to get him from day one, because he isn't mainstream enough. Wolfe says that if Anderson is good enough, he should be able to get his belt back, in October at Bound for Glory. Security takes the belt. Wolfe explains that at Bound for Glory, there will be a Triple Threat Match for the TNA Championship, where the winner is the undisputed TNA Champion. One man in the match will be the number one contender Kurt Angle. The other two men will be the winners of two separate eight man Round Robin Tournaments. Whoever gets those title shots, will deserve their spot. Each man will face every other competitor in his block once and whoever has the most points, will advance to Bound for Glory. In the event of a tie, there will be a tie breaker match. Five points for wins, two for draws, and zero for losses.

Bound for Glory Series Block A

Abyss
AJ Styles
Crimson
D'Angelo Dinero
Eric Young
Mr. Anderson
Samoa Joe
Sting

Bound For Glory Block B

Bobby Roode
Bully Ray
Gunner
Hernandez
James Storm
Matt Morgan
Rob Van Dam
Scott Steiner

Mr. Anderson is not happy, yelling that for four months, he kicked and clawed for his title shot and now he has to win some stupid tournament just to qualify to get a shot at his title. Wolfe says that he's spoken and if Anderson wins the tournament and then at Bound for Glory, he'll happily present Anderson with the belt.

[Ultimate X Qualifier]
Alex Shelley pinned Kazarian with the Sliced Bread #2 in 0:09:55.
Rating: ** 3/4

Two former X-Division Champions in Kazarian and Alex Shelley competed for a spot in the Ultimate X Match. Both men shook hands before the match in a sign of respect. Back and forth action, with many nearfalls. Kazarian got frustrated with his inability to put Shelley away, but Shelley fights out of the Fade to Black and hits the Sliced Bread #2 for the pin. Kazarian respectfully shakes hands with Shelley, but its obvious that he is none too pleased about being out of Ultimate X and out of the running to get his title back.

We are ready for the first match in Block A in the Bound for Glory Series. D'Angelo Dinero cuts a promo, talking about how the Pope has to go back to basis, and keep his eyes on the prize, that being the TNA World Title and he will dominant the competition. Crimson cuts a promo, talking about how he is undefeated, will remain undefeated, and will walk out to join Kurt Angle and whoever wins Block B, and will become TNA World Champion at Bound for Glory.

[BFG Series Block A]
Crimson pinned D'Angelo Dinero after the Sky High in 0:05:29.
Rating: ** 1/4

Dinero attacks Crimson at the bell, using many devious tactics to keep him down. The Pope has been in a slump as of late, but he really intended to turn things away straight away. Crimson blocks the DDE and nearly rips Dinero's head off with a huge lariat, beating him down and hitting the Sky High for the pin, to become 1-0 with five points in his block of the series.

AJ Styles is backstage, as later tonight, he will take on Abyss in the Bound for Glory Series tonight, Block A, but as he just found out, he'll get a chance to become the X-Division Champion once again. The X-Division Title is on the line once again and AJ Styles talks about how he proudly held that belt six times in his career and he's going for lucky number seven. He talks about how he's going to make Abyss respect what the X-Division has done. He'll win the title back, bringing it back to the X-Division before Destination X, and then he'll gain his five points in the Bound for Glory Series Block A.

James Storm talks about how he might be one half of the TNA Tag Team Champions, but he wants to hold the big prize as well, even though eventually he will have to face off against Bobby Roode in the tournament. Tonight he has Scott Steiner. Scott Steiner cuts a ranting promo, yelling that he's going to be the TNA Champion at Bound for Glory and tonight he's going to beat up James Storm until he's sober.

[Bound for Glory Series Block B]
James Storm pinned Scott Steiner after a small package in 0:07:28.
Rating: * 1/4

James Storm attacks Scott Steiner at the bell but Scott Steiner beats on James Storm for most of the match, hitting a number of violent suplexes, and arguing with the referee. Eventually Scott Steiner wasted too much time and he gets rolled up with a small package for the pin, getting James Storm on the board with five points in Block B in the Bound for Glory series.

Scott Steiner throws down the referee and clotheslines James Storm down, before stomping on him. Steiner hits a belly to belly suplex on Storm and in comes Bobby Roode to make the save. Roode checks on James Storm and Scott Steiner slides into the ring, with a pipe and waffles Bobby Roode in the injured shoulder with the pipe! Scott Steiner applies a single arm DDT to Roode and beats on him. Steiner grabs Storm's beer bottle and takes a swig, before choking and spitting the beer on the downed Storm, yelling "your beer's crap!"

We are backstage, with Hulk Hogan talking about how the Network is trying to put the screws to them, with Eric Bischoff and the rest of Immortal. He talks about how in Block A, Abyss is locked and loaded and in Block B, both Gunner and Bully Ray have thrown their names into the hat. Hogan says that tonight, they're going to start with Abyss gaining the first five points. Hogan says its time for Immortal to get ready to do their thing and to show where the power lies in Impact Wrestling. Hogan sends the rest of Immortal off but suddenly Sting pops in as they left. Sting talks about how it would be one thing if Anderson just beat him cleanly, he could have had a nice, easy return match down the line but now he has to beat seven other people in his Block, starting with Anderson next week. He talks about how Hogan and Bischoff have played with the careers of the wrestlers for the last time. Sting holds the baseball bat, saying that he's going to beat the old Hulkster out of Hulk Hogan. Hogan stammers that it was Bischoff's fault that Sting to screwed out of the title. Sting raises the bat and Hogan flinches but Sting just laughs, and Hogan looks relieved but Sting punches Hogan once, knocking him out! Hogan is slumped over his desk, as Sting chokes Hogan out with the baseball bat, yelling that Hogan's not going to play him, but in comes Gunner and Bully Ray, who pull Sting off and Sting just raises his hands, walking off, as Hogan clutches his throat, struggling to breath. Sting yells that he's going to take out Immortal one by one, brick by brick, until there is no one left and Impact Wrestling is purified of their corrupt influence. Then and only then, can Sting quietly step off into the night.

[Ultimate X Qualifier]
Brian Kendrick pinned Suicide after a top-rope Death Valley Driver
in 0:09:11.
Rating: ** 3/4

Another person to be brought into the Ultimate X match for July 11th at Destination X, where the winner is going to take on the X-Division Title. The masked man of mystery known as Suicide manages to gain a number of nearfalls but Kendrick catches him up on the top rope and a bone rattling Death Valley Driver off the top rope scores the pin. Kendrick is pleased, he is in Ultimate X with Alex Shelley and two other competitors to be named.

The next match in Block B of the Bound for Glory Series is featuring Hernandez going one on one with Rob Van Dam. Hernandez cuts a promo, talking about how tonight its his time and tonight, he's going to finally get his just do. Rob Van Dam cuts a laid back promo, talking about how he knows what its like to be the TNA Champion and by winning his block in the Bound for Glory Series, he's going to do so again.

[Bound for Glory Series Block B]
Rob Van Dam pinned Hernandez with the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:06:50.
Rating: ** 3/4

Hernandez seemed ready to brutalize Rob Van Dam and used his high impact offense to batter Van Dam. Van Dam fought out from underneath but a belly to back suplex from Hernandez put him down and now Hernandez hits a flying elbow drop for a very close nearfall. Hernandez beats up Van Dam and goes for the Border Toss but Van Dam wiggles out and hits a reverse thrust kick, before hitting the Five Star Frog Splash to gain five points in his Block in the Bound For Glory Series.

Kurt Angle cuts a promo, talking about how the monkey is off his back, regarding Jeff and Karen and now he can focus on regaining the TNA Championship. He talks about how many people might not remember this, but he was also a former X-Division Champion. He has plenty of time to kill before October, so he's throwing out an open challenge to any X-Division competitor past or present to take on Kurt Angle one on one at Destination X. Angle puts over the X-Division as the most exciting wrestling in the world and says that if there is any way to keep him sharp, its going to stepping into the X-Division on July 11th at Destination X. The open challenge is out, who will accept it?

AJ Styles is prepping himself for his X-Division Title match, when Christopher Daniels and Kazarian, fellow Fortune members, wish him the best of luck, shaking his hands. In comes the Amazing Red, Brian Kendrick, Alex Shelley, Generation Me, and Robbie E, all shaking the hand of Styles, and wishing him luck, telling him to bring back the X-Division Title where it belongs. Then AJ Styles comes face to face with Samoa Joe. Joe expresses doubt that AJ Styles has the balls to take down Abyss and he says this entire division is setting themselves up for disappointment if they think Styles is their savior. Joe tells Styles go go break a leg and adds that with Abyss, that might be possible. Styles and Joe share a tense moment, but walks off, as Samoa Joe stands, glaring at Styles.

[Bound for Glory Series Block A]
Abyss pinned AJ Styles after a choke slam off of the top rope in 0:13:30.
Rating: *** 1/4
(Abyss retained the TNA X-Division Title.)

The feud these two men had in 2003 and 2004 is talked about by the announcers, as this match is not only in the Bound for Glory Series, but a match for the X-Division Title. AJ Styles tore into everything, as Abyss promised to level the entire X-Division to the ground at Destination X on their night. Styles gains several nearfalls and the referee gets caught in the crossfire, allowing Abyss to bring a chair into the match but Styles dropkicks it into his face. Springboard 450 Splash but Styles can't keep Abyss down past a two count. Springboard is countered into the Black Hole Slam but Styles somehow kicks out. Abyss beats up Styles and goes for the Shock Treatment but Styles counters with an inverted DDT for a nearfall. Styles goes up top but Abyss catches him and climbs to the top rope with Styles, before delivering a tornado choke slam off of the ropes, and Styles is dead, allowing Abyss to score the pin!

Abyss gets on the microphone, with a sadistic toothless grin on his face, stating that this man was the crowning achievement of the X-Division. A man that was the only Grand Slam Champion in TNA, a man who was the first ever X-Division Champion, and Abyss put him down in the center of the ring and also gained five points in the Bound for Glory Series. Abyss talks about how it will be the end for the X-Division and he's going to forever keep the belt as a trophy on his mantle.

Next week, the Bound for Glory series in both blocks will continue, with Bobby Roode taking on Bully Ray and Sting against Mr. Anderson to name a couple of matches to take place.

Update:

On our international show Xplosion, the Bound for Glory series had one match in Block A and one match in Block B.

[Taped for Xplosion-BFG Block A]
Samoa Joe pinned Eric Young after a Muscle Buster in 0:04:48.
Rating: ** 1/2

[Taped for Xplosion-BFG Series Block B]
Gunner and Matt Morgan battled to a double countout in 0:10:37.
Rating: * 1/2


BFG Series Block A
==================
1. Samoa Joe 5 ( 1: 0: 0)
Crimson 5 ( 1: 0: 0)
Abyss 5 ( 1: 0: 0)
4. AJ Styles 0 ( 0: 1: 0)
D'Angelo Dinero 0 ( 0: 1: 0)
Sting 0 ( 0: 0: 0)
Mr. Anderson 0 ( 0: 0: 0)
Eric Young 0 ( 0: 1: 0)

BFG Series Block B
==================
1. Rob Van Dam 5 ( 1: 0: 0)
James Storm 5 ( 1: 0: 0)
3. Matt Morgan 2 ( 0: 0: 1)
Gunner 2 ( 0: 0: 1)
5. Bully Ray 0 ( 0: 0: 0)
Scott Steiner 0 ( 0: 1: 0)
Bobby Roode 0 ( 0: 0: 0)
Hernandez 0 ( 0: 1: 0)

[LillaThrilla]

Jul 3, 2011 12:14:44 GMT -5 mattharms said:

To make a long story short, I'm going to try to book Impact Wrestling realistically but more logical, if that makes any sense.

Doesn't make any sense: wrestling - especially TNA - has no logic! ;)

Good start. This should be an interesting circuit.

[asover7s]

I like the start, the only problem I would have is going four months without a world champion. But it'll be interesting to see the angles that surround the Bound for Glory Series. Atleast you seem to have more of a purpose for it then the real Impact does.

[mattharms]

Impact Wrestling Results 6/23/11

Last week on Impact Wrestling, AJ Styles tried to move forward in the Bound for Glory series and also bring the X-Division Title back home, but Abyss proved to have the last laugh in Block A. Also, the undefeated Crimson triumphed over D'Angelo Dinero in Block A in the tournament. In Block B James Storm defeated Scott Steiner(and Scott Steiner beat up Storm and partner Bobby Roode), and also Rob Van Dam defeated Hernandez. Then on our international show Xplosion, Samoa Joe tore through Eric Young and Matt Morgan and Gunner battled to a double countout.

Tonight Sting and Mr. Anderson will go one on one in Block A of the Bound for Glory Series. Also another man enters Ultimate X at Destination X, where the winner has to face the TNA X-Division Champion Abyss, in their last shot to bring the X-Division home.

We look at the Pope, D'Angelo Dinero who got a rough start in the tournament last week but now he's ready to make amends against Eric Young tonight. Eric Young talks about how in past years, he might have been knocked a little goofy, but he's going to show the world what he's all about by winning his Block in the Bound for Glory Series and advancing to Bound for Glory against Kurt Angle and the winner of Block B.

[Block A in the BFG Series]
D'Angelo Dinero pinned Eric Young with the DDE in 0:05:03.
Rating: ** 1/4

Eric Young tried to adapt a more serious approach, and given that Sting yelled at him two weeks ago on Impact for his goofing around, it seems to have made an impression for Eric Young. Old habits die hard and Eric Young stalled too long to clown around and this allowed Dinero take down Eric Young with the DDE for the pin. 1-1 with five points for Dinero and Eric Young is 0-2 in the Bound for Glory Series. Dinero beats up Eric Young some more, but Crimson runs off Dinero, making the save. Dinero eyes Crimson and then Eric Young's Television Title belt, with Dinero setting his sights on ending Crimson's undefeated streak as revenge for last week and perhaps adding a bit of gold to his collection.

We see Beer Money backstage, with James Storm trying to talk Bobby Roode out of competing but Roode shakes his head, saying that its the Bound for Glory Series, he can't afford to even forfeit one match. Sooner or later, Beer Money will compete in Block B. Storm looks frustrated, saying that he hopes that Roode doesn't injure himself too much, as they still have Tag Titles to defend. We see Bully Ray backstage, talking about how he's going to finally show what he can do without that load Devon tied to him and he will be the TNA World Champion. He talks about how he never liked Bobby Roode and he's going to finish the job that Immortal started, by crippling him.

[BFG Series Match Block B]
Bully Ray made Bobby Roode submit to a Fujiwara armbar in 0:08:42.
Rating: *** 1/2

Roode showed great heart and determination beating on Bully Ray, gaining several nearfalls early to try to win the match before Ray zeroed in on the arm. Roode has never held singles gold in TNA and he's hoping to change that fact by winning the Bound for Glory series. Bully Ray works on the arm. Roode makes a comeback but his shoulder gives out on his version of the fisherman suplex, called the Pay Off, which allows Bully Ray to slap on the Fujiwara Armbar for the submission. Afterwards, Bully Ray continues to beat on the arm of Bobby Roode, until James Storm runs him off with the chair. Bully Ray yells that he's going to be the TNA World Champion and with an impressive victory, Bully Ray has kicked off the series on the right foot, although he still has six other men to contend with after Bobby Roode. The eventual battle of Beer Money in the Tournament is hyped.

The recent return of ODB is shown, with her targeting Velvet Sky and accusing her of sleeping to the top. Tonight, Director of Authority Desmond Wolfe has signed ODB to a temporary contract and put her into another match with Velvet and if ODB wins this match, she'll be resigned to a full deal on Impact Wrestling.

Velvet Sky defeated ODB by disqualification in 0:03:07.
Rating: 1/2*
[Moose Knuckles interfered against Velvet Sky.]

ODB roughed up Velvet Sky but Velvet fought out from underneath, managing to catch ODB with a vicious DDT but a hooded woman enters the ring with a baseball bat and nails Velvet Sky right in the chest with a baseball bat, causing a disqualification to be called for. The woman hits Velvet Sky with an Exploder Suplex, knocking her unconscious and takes off her hood to reveal the hood of a former associate of Velvet Sky and the Beautiful People, Moose Knuckles. ODB is up and is confused, but Moose nails ODB right in the face with the baseball bat, knocking her out Moose walks off, yelling that they threw her under the bus and she's not going to stop until every Knockout in this company is in the hospital in traction and then she'll start with the men. Two Knockouts have been in fact Knocked Out.

Speaking of Knockouts, Mickie James and Tara are backstage, talking about their Knockout's Tag Team Title Match coming up in the next couple of weeks against Sarita and Rosita of Mexican America, when in walks Winter with a dazed Angelina Love, telling them to enjoy their moment in the sun while they came, because they will rule over the Knockout Division like queens, just as it has been written in the stars. Tara remarks that people thought she was crazy, but Winter's really cracked in the head. Suddenly, Winter makes a breaking motion with her hands and Angelina Love attacks Mickie James. Tara tries to pull her off, but Madison Rayne flies in from nowhere, attacking Tara and throwing her headfirst into a wall, before choking her. Unfinished business between these two Knockout's from Sacrifice, when Tara helped Mickie beat Madison. Mickie fights off Angelina but Winter nails Mickie from behind with the Knockout's Title and Angelina Love applies a rear naked choke on Mickie James. Mickie James slumps to the floor and Winter holds up the TNA Knockout's Title, draping it over Angelina's shoulder, saying that the spoils of victory go to those who are left standing. "Rest well Mickie, love". Winter kisses Mickie on the forehead and she departs with Angelina Love, as both Tara and Mickie James are laid out, with Winter and Angelina have made off with the Knockout's Championship.

Gunner talks about how people thought he was a joke, just a mere security guard, but he's the most dangerous man on Impact Wrestling and pain is his pleasure. He will break everyone. Hernandez cuts an angry promo, talking about how all of those gringos think they can keep him from behind the TNA World Champion. He talks about when he had the Feast or Fired Briefcase, he was knocked out and then kept from returning to the ring when he was cashed in. In the Bound for Glory series, things will be different, Hernandez will be victorious and your new TNA Champion come Bound for Glory.

[BFG Block B]
Gunner pinned Hernandez after an F-5 in 0:07:01.
Rating: **

A battle between two powerful men, with Hernandez also mixing in some high flying action to throw Gunner off guard. Gunner blocks the Border Toss and counters with a violent F-5, before pinning Hernandez. After the match, Gunner hits a second F-5 on Hernandez. This man could be your next TNA Champion.

We see a video clip with a voiceover talking about how the X-Division is all about innovation, all about taking things to the next level. All about raising the bar each and every night. In 2004, there was a man who introduced one of the most innovative moves in wrestling, a move that defied physics, the Canadian Destroyer. Night after night Petey Williams raised the bar in Total Non Stop Action Wrestling and he returns for one night only at Destination X.

[Ultimate X Qualifier]
Amazing Red pinned Douglas Williams after an Asai moonsault bodyblock in
0:09:29.
Rating: ** 1/2

The high flying of the Amazing Red against the technical wizardry of Douglas Williams was the underlying factor for this match. Douglas Williams seemed increasingly frustrated as he could not put the Amazing Red away, despite pulling deep into his bag of tricks. Red slipped out and connected with a breath taking Asai Moonsault Bodyblock to hold Douglas Willams down for the pin to join Brian Kendrick, Alex Shelley, and a fourth man to be determined in Ultimate X.

Suddenly, the fans boo as Abyss strolls down to the ringside area. The winner of Ultimate X will challenge Abyss. Red pulls himself to his feet, spent from this high impact ten minute match but he hits a spinning heel kick on Abyss right as he enters the ring. Red is not going to sit back and let Abyss attack him, a series of forearm shots and Abyss is backed up to the ropes but as Red charges, Abyss boots him right in the face! Red is down to the canvas and Abyss sets him up, before hitting the Shock Treatment. Red rolls over, trying to struggle to his feet but Abyss just pounds away at him, and then pulls him up, to gives him the Black Hole Slam. Red spasms and Abyss says at Destination X, the war would be over and the X-Division will be buried. He picks up Red once again and gives him another Black Hole Slam.

This prompts Kurt Angle to run down to the ring! Kurt Angle rushes down to the ring and headbutts Abyss twice, before hitting a running dropkick, sending Abyss through the ropes. Kurt Angle gets on the microphone, talking about how the foundation of this company were built on the X-Division before Kurt Angle got here, by guys like Amazing Red, like AJ Styles, like Christopher Daniels, and Abyss is spitting in the face of TNA by trying to destroy the X-Division. And when he spits in the face of TNA, he spits in the face of Kurt Angle. Abyss retorts that Angle has been mentoring some of the younger guys in the X-Division and he holds Angle responsible for the trouble that the X-Division has been given him, Hogan, and Bischoff. If Angle wants to stop Abyss, he can take on Abyss next week on Impact Wrestling. Abyss invites Kurt Angle to break his ankle, because that might make his defense at Destination X a bit more fair, after he takes on what's left of the winner of Ultimate X. Angle accepts the challenge.

Suddenly Douglas Williams comes out of nowhere and grabs Angle, before rolling through, giving him the Chaos Theory German Suplex! The announcers are confused and then concerned, as Angle was folded up right onto his bad neck. Douglas Williams stands over Kurt Angle, putting the bad mouth on him. Abyss will face Kurt Angle next week, but you got to wonder the condition Angle will be in after Douglas Williams attacked him.

Generation Me is backstage, when Samoa Joe walks up to them, they'll be his partners coming up in the six man tag team match against Kazarian, Daniels, and AJ Styles of Fortune, and he expects them to carry their weight. Max says that's no problem, but he hopes that Joe can carry his own weight and that's a lot of weight. Joe yells that Generation Me and half of the boys in the back and the fans of the Internet think that he's a joke, but its no joke, it will be no joke when he wins the six man tonight, it will be no joke when he beats AJ Styles in their Bound for Glory series match at Destination X, and it will be no joke when he wins his block in the Bound for Glory Series and becomes the TNA Champion once again at Bound for Glory.

Kazarian, Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles defeated
Generation Me (Max Buck and Jeremy Buck) and Samoa Joe when Styles pinned Joe
after the Pele kick in 0:10:14.
Rating: ** 3/4

An X-Division showcase between six of the most exciting competitors of the division. When Generation Me were in the ring, it was more of a high flying encounter, but when Joe was in, he mauled everyone with strikes, suplexes, and submission move. Eventually after a trainwreck spot on the floor, Joe was in the ring with AJ Styles and Joe beats on Styles, taunting him but AJ Styles nails Joe with the Pele Kick and holds him down for the pin. Styles and the rest of Fortune escape with the win, as Samoa Joe seethes in the ring.

We see Sting backstage, talking about how winning the Bound for Glory series is something that he has to do and how he'll still purge this show of its destructive influences. Mr. Anderson talks about how its unbelievable he had to give up his title but he's going to sweep the tournament and he'll be the TNA Champion once again come again at Bound for Glory. And he's still an asshole for those keeping track.

[BFG Series Block A]
Mr. Anderson pinned Sting after hitting him with the baseball bat in 0:10:32.
Rating: *

A slow match, with both men really feeling out each other. Sting pounds away at Anderson but Anderson goes low and starts the beatdown. We see Eric Bischoff standing on the ramp, but security is out to make sure Eric Bischoff doesn't get too closer, as it was Bischoff's involvement that caused this entire Bound for Glory series in the first place. Fireman's Carry is countered into the Scorpion Deathdrop, but referee Jackson James leaves the ring, as a fan has apparently climbed the guardrail and tried to enter the ringside area, as security quickly restrains the fan and roughs him up, but we see Eric Bischoff slide into the ring. Sting boots Bischoff in the stomach and double leg takedown, before turning him over into the Scorpion Deathlock but Anderson has Sting's baseball bat and nails him from behind with it. Sting goes down, as Anderson kicks Bischoff to the floor and Mr. Anderson makes the cover, with Jackson James finally turning around and sliding into the ring to score the pin.

Afterwards, Bully Ray, Gunner, and Abyss of Immortal all storm the ring. Mr. Anderson backs off, with the win and now they are assaulting Sting, three against one! The fans are going absolutely insane but Sting manages to grab the baseball bat and get to his feet, swinging the bat like a mad man, backing the three members of Immortal off. They scatter, as Bully Ray tells Sting to put down the bat and fight them three on one like a man! We slowly begin to fade to the copyright with a crazed bat wielding Sting in the ring.

Next week, the Bound for Glory series continues with Samoa Joe taking on Sting and Scott Steiner against Rob Van Dam, among other matches and also Abyss taking on Kurt Angle as a result of the challenge made earlier tonight. Plus the final man in Ultimate X will be determined.

On our International Show TNA Xplosion there were two more matches in the Bound for Glory Series

[BFG Series Block B-Taped for Xplosion]
Matt Morgan pinned James Storm with the Carbon Footprint in 0:07:28.
Rating: ** 3/4

[BFG Series Block A-Taped for Xplosion]
Crimson defeated Abyss by disqualification in 0:11:52.
Rating: **
[D'Angelo Dinero interfered against Crimson.]

Bound for Glory Series Standings:


BFG Series Block A
==================
1. Crimson 10 ( 2: 0: 0)
2. D'Angelo Dinero 5 ( 1: 1: 0)
Samoa Joe 5 ( 1: 0: 0)
Abyss 5 ( 1: 1: 0)
Mr. Anderson 5 ( 1: 0: 0)
6. Sting 0 ( 0: 1: 0)
AJ Styles 0 ( 0: 1: 0)
Eric Young 0 ( 0: 2: 0)

BFG Series Block B
==================
1. Matt Morgan 7 ( 1: 0: 1)
Gunner 7 ( 1: 0: 1)
3. Rob Van Dam 5 ( 1: 0: 0)
James Storm 5 ( 1: 1: 0)
Bully Ray 5 ( 1: 0: 0)
6. Scott Steiner 0 ( 0: 1: 0)
Bobby Roode 0 ( 0: 1: 0)
Hernandez 0 ( 0: 2: 0)

[LillaThrilla]

...Moose Knuckles???

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Jul 8, 2011 8:07:32 GMT -5 LillaThrilla said:

...Moose Knuckles??? :o ::)

Indeed. It was a slightly suspect name before I found out what it really meant and now that I do, I just had to bring her in for the lulz. I'm not sure what TNA was thinking.

Originally supposed to be Daffney being brought back but then I remembered that she had that entire lawsuit against TNA, so that's obviously not realistic. So I thought of people who had history with Velvet Sky and good ol' Moose Knuckles came to mind. Formally Mickie Knuckles, of IWA Mid South fame, ran by the infamous Ian Rotten, for the uninformed. She was in TNA for maybe about a month back in 2008 but suffered a broken leg in one of those crazy death matches and was released later.

She may not be sticking around for all that long. So enjoy your fix of Moose Knuckles why you can.

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Impact Wrestling 6/30/11

Recap from Xplosion kicks off the show, with Matt Morgan and Crimson scoring wins over James Storm and Abyss respectively to earn points in the Bound for Glory Series. Tonight the Bound for Glory Series continues with Sting going one on one with Samoa Joe in Block A and Rob Van Dam taking on Scott Steiner in Block B.

We see Immortal show up, with Gunner leading the way, followed by Abyss and Bully Ray, with Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff. We see Samoa Joe arrive, with Joe staring down Immortal. Hulk Hogan states that Immortal might have used Samoa Joe back at Bound for Glory, but Hogan talks about how they need each other and he'll make Samoa Joe big again, if he takes out Sting tonight. Samoa Joe stares down Immortal, with ice cold intentions, each of them, before stating that he'll take Sting down tonight, but because he wants to win his Block in the Bound for Glory series and become TNA Champion once again and he'll do it not for Hogan, not for Bischoff, not for Immortal but for him. Samoa Joe walks off, as Bully Ray makes a crack about Joe's weight, calling him a big useless load but Hogan says they need to eliminate Sting, for the good of TNA. So they have to play nice with Joe, for night at least.

[Ultimate X Qualifier]: 6-Man Battle Royal:
Suicide won a 6-man Battle Royal:
x Max defeated Okada in 0:03:34
x S. Moore defeated Kazarian after a second rope Rocker Dropper in 0:07:53
x Jeremy defeated S. Moore after the 450 Splash in 0:12:38
x Suicide defeated Jeremy after The Suicide Solution in 0:17:09
x Suicide defeated Max after the Suicide Solution in 0:17:23
Rating: *** 1/4

Suicide gets another crack at the Ultimate X-Match, where he came down to a two on one situation against Generation Me, but the masked man of mystery managed to fight off both of them. The other big part of this match was Shannon Moore scoring a minor upset over former X-Division Champion Kazarian, who might have been the odds on favorite for this match. It will be Suicide, The Amazing Red, Alex Shelley, and Brian Kendrick in Ultimate X at Destination X, where the winner faces Abyss later on in the night. The fans were going insane for the action that they have come to expected from the X-Division and the action that Eric Bischoff, Hulk Hogan, and Abyss want to destroy.

Triangle Match:
Crimson defeated D'Angelo Dinero and Eric Young when Crimson pinned E. Young
after the Sky High in 0:06:36.
Rating: *** 1/2

Eric Young's TNA Television Championship was not on the line, but both of these men are still in the running in the Bound for Glory Series with Crimson already ahead of the game with two victories, Dinero with one, and Eric Young with two losses in his block of the tournament. Eric Young does have his back against the wall as he
can't afford any more losses and he's getting slightly serious. Mr. Anderson has an insert promo, to rant about how he has to take on the Pope next week in his next match, but he'll beat all of the other seven men in his block and if the other eight men wants a shot, he'll beat them as well. Crimson rockets Eric Young down with an impressive Sky High out of the corner for the pin. Eric Young stepped it up a few notches, but in the end, it didn't matter.

The Pope is up and he quickly clocks Crimson with Eric Young's title belt. Dinero beats down Crimson, vowing to take both of his undefeated streak and Eric Young's belt and win his block, then become TNA Champion at Bound for Glory. The Pope has some lofty goals. The Pope has a huge match with Mr. Anderson and as he has one loss already, while he's not in as dire of a situation as Eric Young, another loss won't do the Pope any favors at all.

Rob Van Dam cuts a promo, talking about how he's in the zone and he can feel the TNA Championship. Scott Steiner vows to rip Rob Van Dam to shreds, rip everyone else to shreds, and take his TNA Championship at Bound for Glory.


[Bound for Glory Series Block B]:
Rob Van Dam pinned Scott Steiner after a rolling bodyscissors cradle in 0:06:33
.
Rating: ***

Scott Steiner, already one match down, is determined to break out of the basement and he beats down Rob Van Dam throughout this match but he keeps beating him down to the excessive point. He talks trash and that allows Rob Van Dam to catch is breath and flash pin Scott Steiner! Rob Van Dam gets out of dodge, and Scott Steiner seethes in the ring. No rest for the wicked, as Rob Van Dam will meet Bully Ray next week in the next match of the Bound for Glory Series, Block B.

ODB cuts an angry promo, yelling that she's going to rip Velvet to pieces, but first, she's going to get her hands on that low rent piece of trailer trash, Moose Knuckles. Moose Knuckles shows up, swinging a chain and attacking ODB, who fights back with a headbutt and violently tries to claw the eyes of Moose out. We see a brawl in the back, with Moose slammed into a set of doors and they begin to fight to the outside, where Eric Bischoff shows up, yelling for Earl Hebner to get down to the ring, he smells money and since these two women are not under contract, this will be an unsanctioned streetfight. Taz wonders how it can be unsanctioned if Bischoff is approving of it.

No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Moose Knuckles pinned ODB after a piledriver in 0:05:18.
Rating: ** 1/2
[Velvet Sky interfered against Moose Knuckles.]
[Velvet Sky interfered against ODB.]

Both women beat it other with trash cans and kendo sticks, while choking each other with cables and slamming each other on concrete. Mickie Knuckles brings in a baseball bat but ODB spears her down with a mighty roar. A chair is brought into the ring, but Moose kicks it into her face. Out rushes Velvet Sky, picking up the baseball bat. She swings it at Moose and catches her right in the ribs. A second shot is ducked and Velvet Sky just waffles ODB right in the chest with the baseball bat! Moose takes down Velvet Sky with a belly to back suplex and gives ODB a piledriver in the center of the ring on a chair to score the pin!

Winter and Angelina are backstage, watching the carnage backstage, looking utterly appalled, as they hold the TNA Knockout's Title that they stole from Mickie James last week. Winter talks about how its great that they don't have to resort to such roughneck tactics. In storms Mickie James, yelling that they have her belt and Winter corrects her, stating that possession is nine tenths of the law. Mickie calls her psychotic and delusional, which Winter scoffs it, talking about how that is most certainly the pot calling the kettle black.

Winter states that Mickie must calm her nerves, she's spreading herself too thin and offers Mickie a drink. Mickie declines it, which causes Winter to smash the shot glass right over Mickie's face, and Angelina attacks Mickie, beating her down, at the motion of Winter. Angelina applies a bodyscissored choke hold on Mickie, as security rushes in. Winter drapes the TNA Knockou's Title and talks about how Mickie was quite frankly rude, perhaps this should teach her some manners and kneels down, flipping her hair and cups Mickie's cheek, in a psychotic, twisted manner.

Douglas Williams stands backstage, talking about how until he attacked Kurt Angle last week, he was merely an afterthought but now he's the only thought on Kurt Angle's match. He talks about how Kurt Angle should not be secure with the fact that he has a TNA World Championship shot locked in at Bound for Glory, because Douglas Williams is not a pushover and he's going to prove why he is the future of this company. Kurt Angle against Douglas Williams at Destination X but first Kurt Angle has a match with Abyss tonight.

A look at the history between Samoa Joe and Sting, as these two men fought in the main event of
Bound for Glory 2008 with Sting winning. Samoa Joe talks about how he's been waiting to finally put Sting down for good for a long time and Sting says that as long as there is a breath in his body, he'll keep fighting the good fight against Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, along with Immortal and to do that he needs to win the Bound for Glory Series.


Samoa Joe defeated Sting by disqualification in 0:07:08.
Rating: ** 1/4

Samoa Joe and Sting had an insane battle, with lots of nearfalls, with Samoa Joe looking determined to advance forward in the Bound for Glory Series. Samoa Joe took down Sting but Sting avoids the Muscle Buster and Stinger Splash. Another Stinger Splash and suddenly referee Jackson James calls for the bell. He announces that Sting has been disqualified due to striking Samoa Joe with a closed fist in that Stinger Splash. Sting grabs Jackson James by the throat, but out rushes Abyss. Sting fights off Abyss, as the referee rushes off, yelling that he was just doing his job. Bully Ray is out and he gets right on Sting as well, beating him down in the corner. Gunner makes his way out as well and a three on one assault on Sting. Out comes Hulk Hogan as well, as Immortal continues to beat Sting down, but Samoa Joe is up and he grabs Sting, applying a rear naked choke! Hogan cheers Samoa Joe on.

"FORTUNE FOUR!"

Out rushes Fortune in the form of AJ Styles, Beer Money, and Christopher Daniels and they begin brawling with Immortal. Samoa Joe drops his choke, to go after AJ Styles, who he will be meeting in the Bound for Glory Series match at Destination X. Joe and Styles brawl around the ringside area, and Sting is on his feet, with Hulk Hogan taking some free shots in on Sting but Sting is up and he has Hogan cornered. Hogan is begging off, citing his bad back and in comes security to break up this brawl. Hogan escapes in the confusion, as Styles and Joe are still brawling all over the Impact Zone. Bully Ray yells this isn't over.

An advertisement for Destination X, featuring Douglas Williams against Kurt Angle, the Ultimate X Match match between Suicide, The Amazing Red, Alex Shelley, and Brian Kendrick with the winner facing Abyss for the TNA X-Division Title later that night, AJ Styles against Samoa Joe in the Bound for Glory Series, Petey Williams taking on Jimmy Rave in an X-Division Showcase match, Curry Man taking on Jimmy Yang in another X-Division Showcase Match, Generation Me in action against a team to be named, and Kazarian meets Shannon Moore. It will be an amazing night to showcase what the X-Division is all about.


Abyss pinned Kurt Angle after a moonsault in 0:12:53.
Rating: *** 3/4

Both of these men tore into each other, with the roughneck power of Abyss against the speed and technical ability of Kurt Angle. A top rope Angle Slam was not enough to slay the monster and Abyss managed to catch Angle on an attempted Ankle Lock to slam him into the buckles. Big boot sets up a choke slam and a thunderous Black Hole Slam, but Abyss looks up and bellows, "you don't want weight limits, you want no limits! Well how's this for no limits!" Abyss climbs to the top rope facing the crowd and delivers a sloppy, but still connecting moonsault for the pin! Abyss pins Kurt Angle for the pin.

Abyss gets on the microphone, yelling that anything the X-Division can do, he can do better. He reminds us that the war is over and at Destination X, he'll bathe in the blood of the X-Division, while standing on top of a pile of bodies. We wonder if anyone can stop Abyss, with his huge wins over AJ Styles and Kurt Angle in recent weeks, especially after a grueling match like Ultimate X. Next week it will be Bully Ray against Rob Van Dam and D'Angelo Dinero against Mr. Anderson in the Bound for Glory Series.

In Two Matches Taped for an International Show Xplosion in the Bound for Glory Series

[BFG Series Block A-Taped for Xplosion]:
AJ Styles pinned Eric Young after a springboard 450 Splash in 0:08:58.
Rating: ** 1/2


[BFG Series Block B-Xplosion]:
Bully Ray pinned James Storm after a sitdown splash in 0:10:22.
Rating: ***

Bound for Glory Series Standings

BFG Series Block A
==================
1. Samoa Joe 10 ( 2: 0: 0)
Crimson 10 ( 2: 0: 0)
3. AJ Styles 5 ( 1: 1: 0)
Abyss 5 ( 1: 1: 0)
D'Angelo Dinero 5 ( 1: 1: 0)
Mr. Anderson 5 ( 1: 0: 0)
7. Sting 0 ( 0: 2: 0)
Eric Young 0 ( 0: 3: 0)

BFG Series Block B
==================
1. Bully Ray 10 ( 2: 0: 0)
Rob Van Dam 10 ( 2: 0: 0)
3. Gunner 7 ( 1: 0: 1)
Matt Morgan 7 ( 1: 0: 1)
5. James Storm 5 ( 1: 2: 0)
6. Scott Steiner 0 ( 0: 2: 0)
Bobby Roode 0 ( 0: 1: 0)
Hernandez 0 ( 0: 2: 0)

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Impact Wrestling 7/7/11

Recap of last week on Impact Wrestling, where Rob Van Dam and Samoa Joe both scored wins in the Bound for Glory Series, and Abyss pulled out a moonsault to beat Kurt Angle. Further matches in the Bound for Glory Series took place on our international programming Explosion, with AJ Styles scoring a win over Eric Young who with a 0-3 record is pretty much shut out of the series but has vowed to win at least one match in the series not to be branded a complete failure. Styles is 1-1 in the series, so he is still alive at the moment. Immortal and Fortune battled, with Bully Ray sitting down on the chest of James Storm and using the ropes to get his victory. Bully Ray is 2-0 in the tournament while James Storm is 1-2 in the series. James Storm is in the pressure cooker at the moment, as another loss would pretty much tank his chances of winning his block in the Bound for Glory Series and competing for the TNA Championship at Bound for Glory Series.

We see Immortal backstage, preparing for the eight man tag with Fortune, with Samoa Joe along for the ride. Bully Ray is not too happy about pulling double duty with his match against Rob Van Dam taking place in the Bound for Glory Series. He says that he's working twice but his pay is still the same. It will be Gunner, Abyss, Bully Ray, and Samoa Joe against AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, and Beer Money. Hogan puts over Samoa Joe's huge win over Sting last week as an example of what can happen if he hitches his wagon to the Immortal train. The lights flicker in the locker room and Sting appears with a baseball bat in the dark, swinging wildly. Immortal escapes as Sting yells that he's coming to get Hogan.


Four Corners Match:
Jimmy Rave defeated Petey Williams, Curry Man and Jimmy Yang when
J. Rave pinned P. Williams after a jack-knife cradle in 0:09:04.
Rating: *** 1/2

This Sunday at Destination X it will be Petey Williams against Jimmy Rave and Curry Man against Jimmy Yang in X-Division showcase matches but tonight, the fans get a little taste of what's to come with the high flying, death defying X-Division action. Jimmy Yang hits an insane moonsault all the way to the floor, crushing Curry Man but also wiping himself out and this leaves Rave and Petey Williams in the ring. The fans know what they want from Petey Williams, and they chant for the Canadian Destroyer, but Jimmy Rave counters with a jack-knife cradle for the pin, denying the fans of the Canadian Destroyer. Rave gets the win tonight.


Sarita, Rosita, Madison Rayne and Cookie defeated
Mickie James, Tara, Velvet Sky and Miss Tessmacher when Sarita pinned Mickie
after a half nelson suplex in 0:07:26.
Rating: *

A showcase with the Knockouts tonight, as the announcers hype Tara and Mickie James against Rosita and Sarita next week for the Knockout's Tag Team Titles. The fans are making a ruckus as ODB is in the crowd, yelling at Velvet Sky, but Moose Knuckles is there as well. Winter and Angelina Love also come out, as all of the Knockouts are in full attendance. Mickie has a bandage over her right eye from when Winter broke a shot glass over her face last week. Mickie is thrown off her game with Winter and Angelina taunting her with the stolen belt, which allows Sarita to hit a vicious half nelson suplex, pinning Mickie James to win this match, as the other women brawl.

We head backstage, where Rob Van Dam talks about how each win gets him closer to regaining the TNA Championship. Bully Ray talks about how the Bound for Glory Series is all about proving how much he carried that load Devon throughout the years and states he never liked Rob Van Dam. Both men are undefeated in their block, 2-0, but someone has to lose.


[Bound for Glory Series Block B]:
Bully Ray pinned Rob Van Dam after a power bomb in 0:08:37.
Rating: *** 3/4

Bully Ray tried to gain quick pins on Rob Van Dam but Van Dam stayed a step or two ahead of the Bully. Bully Ray has another match tonight so he wanted to end this quickly. Van Dam is positioned for a moonsault by Bully Ray crotches him and hits a vicious power bomb right out of the corner, to fold Rob Van Dam up like an accordion and score the pin. Bully Ray is 3-0 but Rob Van Dam has a rather respectable 2-1 record and four more opponents, so he can still win this thing easily.

Douglas Williams talks about how he struggled for years trying to get noticed but he watched as Kurt Angle got everything handed to him, because he won a piece of tin in the Olympics. Douglas Williams talks about how at Destination X, while Kurt Angle might be pretty good in the ring, he's not Douglas Williams and he's going to shatter the Kurt Angle myth once and for all.


Alex Shelley, Suicide, Brian Kendrick and Amazing Red defeated
Generation Me (Max Buck and Jeremy Buck), Kazuchika Okada and Robbie E when
B. Kendrick pinned Okada after a cobra clutch suplex in 0:11:30.
Rating: ** 3/4

Shelley, Suicide, Kendrick, and Red are all in Ultimate X but tonight they team up against four jaded X-Division competitors who felt that should of been their moment. After lots of high impact action, with Kendrick applies a cobra clutch and suplexes Okada backwards for the pin.

The fans are booing as Abyss lumbers down to the ring, with two baseball bats, one in each hand. He enters the ring and takes down Kendrick, takes down Suicide, takes down Red, and then Shelley with violent shots. Then he takes out Okada, Generation Me, and Robbie E as well. Abyss has laid waste to everyone with those bats and he drops them, getting on the microphone, talking about the carnage that he left in the ring, will be nothing to the carnage he has this Sunday when he puts the X-Division down and out of its misery. The war will be over and the X-Division will be dead. Eight X-Division wrestlers were took out by Abyss and his baseball bats.

Kurt Angle cuts a promo, talking about how he's willing to test himself against the best in the world and Douglas Williams might present an impressive challenge. At Destination X, Kurt Angle says that he's going to step into the ring with Douglas Williams.

We are backstage with Immortal, as Bully Ray wonders how long they have to play nice with Samoa Joe. Hogan says until after some loose ends are tied up and he talks about how Joe is gullible, how they played him for a sap once and they'll use him again. Tonight they have to take out Fortune, Sunday Joe has Styles, next week he has Anderson, and then they can cut him loose.


[Bound for Glory Series Block A]:
Mr. Anderson made D'Angelo Dinero submit to a scorpion deathlock in 0:09:00.
Rating: *** 1/2

The next match in the Bound for Glory series featured Mr. Anderson, a man who feels that he was robbed of the TNA Championship by Director of Authority Desmond Wolfe, taking on D'Angelo Dinero, who has lofty goals for sure. An intense back and forth encounter with many nearfalls. The DDE is avoided and Mr. Anderson hits the Mic Check but them applies the Scorpion Deathlock, sending a message to Sting. Dinero has no choice but to tap out. Anderson is 2-0 and Dinero is 1-2, once again the pressure is on Dinero.

Destination X is this Sunday. Samoa Joe and AJ Styles in the Bound for Glory Series. We'll also see Kurt Angle take on Douglas Williams. The return of Ultimate X with Suicide, The Amazing Red, Alex Shelly, and Brian Kendrick with the winner taking on Abyss for the TNA X-Division Title. Generation Me have made an open challenge to any two X-Division competitors past, present or future. Two top stars in the X-Division compete when Kazarian takes on Shannon Moore. Its two X-Division Showcase matches when Jimmy Rave takes on Petty Williams and Jimmy Yang takes on Curry Man. You don't want to miss the X-Division Showcase that is TNA Destination X.

Gunner, Abyss, Bully Ray and Samoa Joe defeated
Bobby Roode, James Storm, AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels when Joe made Roode
submit to a cross armbreaker in 0:11:43.
Rating: ****

A molten match, with the fans really going nuts with the a lot of brutality with the power and brutaliy of Immortal and Samoa Joe against the speed and technical ability of Fortune. Christopher Daniels was caught in the center of the ring but hot tag made to AJ Styles, who runs wild, getting his hands on Samoa Joe for a brief time. Bobby Roode becomes the legal man and DWI connects on Gunner but Samoa Joe grabs the arm and Roode and takes him down with a shoulder throw, before locking up a cross armbreaker on the bad arm of Roode! Joe attempts to rip off Roode's arm as Fortune is cut off and he has no choice but to submit.

Samoa Joe jumps AJ Styles and hits a Muscle Buster. Clutch is applied and Joe is cranking back on the hold, as Abyss has the baseball bat, nailing James Storm in the ribs with it as Bully Ray beats down Daniels with a chain loaded fist. Fortune is at a bit of a disadvantage. Out walks out Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff to survey the handiwork of Immortal and Samoa Joe. Hulk Hogan talks about how Destination X will be the night where the X Division is put six feet under where it belongs. The lights are out and Sting is in the ring behind Hulk Hogan. Hogan turns around and quickly bails but Eric Bischoff doesn't make it! The fans are going nuts but Bully Ray is back in, jumping Sting. Bully Ray pounds on Sting but Sting fights Bully Ray off. Gunner nails Sting with a clothesline from the backside and now Abyss grabs Sting but Sting pulls a baseball bat from his coat, nailing Abyss right in the crotch. Abyss is doubled over and Sting double clotheslines both Gunner and Bully Ray. Immortal leaves, as Sting talks about how he's going to get his hands on Hulk Hogan one day and either make the real Hulk Hogan shine through or end his legacy. Destination X is this Sunday. Don't miss it.

Bound for Glory Series Matches on Xplosion

[BFG Series Block B]:
Bobby Roode pinned Hernandez after a roll up in 0:08:20.
Rating: ** 1/2

[BFG Series Block A]:
Crimson and Samoa Joe battled to a double pin in 0:08:29.
Rating: ** 1/2[/B]

BFG Series Block A
==================
1. Samoa Joe 12 ( 2: 0: 1)
Crimson 12 ( 2: 0: 1)
3. Mr. Anderson 10 ( 2: 0: 0)
4. Abyss 5 ( 1: 1: 0)
AJ Styles 5 ( 1: 1: 0)
D'Angelo Dinero 5 ( 1: 2: 0)
7. Sting 0 ( 0: 2: 0)
Eric Young 0 ( 0: 3: 0)

BFG Series Block B
==================
1. Bully Ray 15 ( 3: 0: 0)
2. Rob Van Dam 10 ( 2: 1: 0)
3. Gunner 7 ( 1: 0: 1)
Matt Morgan 7 ( 1: 0: 1)
5. James Storm 5 ( 1: 2: 0)
Bobby Roode 5 ( 1: 1: 0)
7. Scott Steiner 0 ( 0: 2: 0)
Hernandez 0 ( 0: 3: 0)

Final Destination X Card

Bound for Glory Series Match:
AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe

Kurt Angle vs Douglas Williams

Ultimate X Match:
Amazing Red vs Alex Shelley vs Brian Kendrick vs Suicide.

TNA X-Division Title Match:
The Winner of Ultimate X vs Abyss(c)

Kazarian vs Shannon Moore

Generation Me vs Any Two X-Division Style Wrestlers in the World.

Curry Man vs Jimmy Yang.

Petey Williams vs Jimmy Rave