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411’s TNA Impact Report 5.20.10

May 20, 2010 | Posted by Ronnie LaFianza

-We kick things off with a recap of Sacrifice, the main event, Tara retiring, Brother Ray taking out Neal, Abyss beating Wolfe, Sting beating up Jarrett and the Hardy/Anderson handshake deal.

-Pyro goes off and hypes up what’s going down tonight. Tonight, there’s going to be a huge announcement from Hogan about tonight’s main event. Tonight, Kurt Angle comes back. And at that, here comes Bischoff.

He comes out with Miss Tessmacher. He says we’ve all been waiting for the announcement on the Top Ten Rankings. The TNA Championship committee, comprised of Hogan, Dixie and Eric, had three basic criteria. One was fan polling. The other, career win/loss record and previous championship record. The third is the TNA win/loss championship record. #10 – Samoa Joe. And here he comes. We get a video package of Samoa Joe. #9 – Rob Terry. Who in the hell voted Terry over Joe? Here comes Terry who’s limping (nice selling). We get a video package of him that follows. #8 – Desmond Wolfe. And here he comes. And the video package follows. I’m just gonna say the numbers and names now that you get the drill. #7 – The Pope (who is one of Miss Tessmacher’s favorites). #6 – Abyss. #5 – Mr. Anderson. #4 – Jeff Hardy. #3 – AJ Styles. #2 – KURT ANGLE! There’s no Angle to be seen. Apparently Kurt plans on making his return later. #1 – Sting. And he’s got a title shot at Slammiversary. So wait, no KOTM? Bullshit at its finest. Sting comes out right to the ring (all of the other guys stayed at the stage).

Bischoff says on behalf of TNA, congratulations. At Slammiversary, he’s going to face Rob Van Dam. Tonight, he’s going to prove he’s a fighting number one contender. Tonight it’ll be Sting against Jeff Hardy. Sting says they wanted change. He starts smashing things with the bat. That’s change. Talk about change, Bischoff needs to change the way he walks. Sting takes him out with the bat. Hogan says he’s coming out. Sting takes out Abyss. Hardy grabs the bat. Hardy drops the bat and they’re getting ready to fight. Hardy slaps Sting. Kick to the nuts by Sting. He grabs the bat, but here comes RVD.

Sting challenges RVD to get in the ring. Hardy clips the leg. Reverse Twist of Fate. Hardy’s music starts playing but he goes to the top. Sting rolls out of the ring.

-We come back from commercial and we get a recap of what just happened moments ago.

-Hogan tells Miss Tessmacher to get the trainer for Bischoff. Morgan comes in and says he must know how we feel with Samoa Joe attacking him. Hogan tells him to get out. Morgan wants a rematch. Hogan says he’s got it. Hogan tells Bischoff Sting needs to disappear.

Match 1 : Roxxi vs TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne
Tenay and Taz show highlights of Roxxi’s last match and how she broke her ankle. What, no Velvet or Lacey? I feel ripped off. This is a non title bout.

Tie up to start, and Roxxi hits an arm drag. Pin but only one. Small package but only one. Flipping arm drag but only one. Armbar by Roxxi. Back elbow in the corner by Roxxi. Madison dodges a boot and starts attacking Roxxi from behind. Huge kick to the gut by Madison. Pin but only one. Roxxi starts to fight back but can’t. Madison with a sleeper hold. She slams Roxxi down and starts clawing at the face. Pin but barely two. Madison choking Roxxi in the ropes. Roxxi again tries to fight back but can’t. Choking in the ropes again by Madison. Boot by Madison to Roxxi’s head. Another pin but only two. Chop by Madison. Roxxi counters an irish whip into the Voodoo Drop. Forget about it.

Winner : Roxxi(Nothing special here, but it got Roxxi back on TV with a win, so at least it served a purpose)

-Wolfe tells Chelsea that she’s going to be fine. She’s his no matter what.

-Here’s Kurt in the back. Someone asks him why he didn’t come out earlier. He just keeps walking.

-We get a pretty cool video package of Kurt Angle, with a song from the new Taproot album.

-And here he comes. He says sitting at home this past month, watching Impact on the tube, he’s noticed some changes. When he first started in TNA, he was one of the elite. The crowd chants “You Still Are”. But with the additions of RVD, Jeff Hardy, Mr. Anderson just to name a few, and the guys who have elevated themselves like AJ, Joe, Lethal and Young, Kurt Angle is no longer one of the elite. He’s just another name on the TNA roster. He says he’ll wrestle for free. It’s never been about money or ego. Never about being in the spotlight, it was about being in the ring, looking his opponent in the eye, putting everything on the line. Kurt Angle was bred to be a winner. He’s going to be a winner for the rest of his life. Now, he’s going through a difficult time. Kurt Angle has done everything possible in every aspect of wrestling. He’s done it all. So what can he do to reinvent himself. He’s gonna start from scratch. He’s going to take himself out of the Top Ten. He’s going to wrestle each and every of the Top Ten TNA superstars. Starting from 10 to 1. He guarantees us we’re going to see some of the greatest matches of all time. It’s real. It’s damn real. I’m down for this.

-Christy Hemme’s in the back with Flair and Beer Money. Flair tells Lethal that immitation is not the sincerest form of flattery. He cost AJ the title. Flair needs the gold. Tonight, he doesn’t care who he picks, because he has to wrestle Beer Money. Kaz comes in and says he wants to speak with Flair. Flair tells Beer Money it’s all right. Flair asks Christy something (I couldn’t hear) and she walks away in disgust.

-Rob Terry says he’s been informed by the doctor’s that his knee is injured in 4 different places, but that’s not going to stop him from fighting Orlando Jordan. He hasn’t been here long, but he’s already a champion. He’s going to go out there and knock Orlando Jordan’s teeth down his throat.

Match 2 : Orlando Jordan vs TNA Global Champion Rob Terry
We’ve got another non title bout on our hands. Terry comes out with a taped knee and he’s limping.

Jordan kicks things off immediately by going after the leg. Terry tosses him off but Jordan’s going back to it. Terry with the clubbing blows and hits a shoulder block. Clothesline follows. Jordan grabs the leg again and Terry brings Jordan into the corner. Huge backdrop by Terry. Short arm clothesline by Terry connects. Pin but only two. Terry’s limping on his leg. Jordan kicks it and chop blocks him down. Stomping the leg now is Jordan. Jordan takes the knee pad and tape off of the knee, exposing it. He grabs the leg and DDT’s it into the mat. He does it again. He’s got him in a leg bar now. The ref calls it. Terry didn’t tap, but the ref says he can’t continue.

Winner : Orlando Jordan(This was used to put over the fact that Terry’s leg is hurt while making Jordan look like a legitimate threat. The match wasn’t much, but Terry did a great job of selling the leg)

Post match see’s Orlando Jordan refusing let go of the hold. The refs all come down and force him off. Jordan comes back and hits Terry with the stomps. He locks the leg bar back in and refuses to let go.

-Lethal says when Flair took it wrong, it turned things around. Lethal was trying to honor him. RVD asks Jay if he’s looking for a partner. Lethal says yeah, and RVD says he’s going to be his partner. Lethal says that’s awesome as we head to commercial.

-Hardy is in the back, and says that he idiolized Sting as a kid. He helped him step out of what’s normal. He always wanted to wrestle him, but didn’t imagine it would go down like it did tonight.

-Neal walks into 3D’s locker room and starts yelling at Bubba. Ray says what he did to him was an attitude adjustment. Neal tells Ray he’s jealous. Devon tells him to take it easy. Ray says he should be jealous of what. He runs down his credentials and says he has no reason to be jealous. Neal tells him to keep his distance. They start fighting with their respective partners pulling them apart. Ray tells Devon he told him from day one.

Match 3 : Beer Money vs Jay Lethal and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam
Lethal comes out to some new music. It’s kinda like a remix of his old one (the 2006 one, not the Black Machismo one)

Roode and Lethal are gonna kick things off. Roode blindsides Lethal and starts hitting him with the rights. Lethal comes back with some chops. Lethal pushes Roode off a headlock, ducks under Roode, hits a hiptoss and then the cartwheel basement dropkick. Lethal goes to the top but Storm pushes him off. Tag to Storm and they start stomping Lethal in the corner. Storm starts elbow dropping the legs. Knee’s to the head by Storm and he follows with a huge clothesline. Delayed pin but he only gets two. Tag to Roode. HUGE double back body drop. RVD comes in but the ref tells him to get back to the corner. That allows Roode to choke Lethal. Tag to Storm. Roode holds him, allowing Storm to hit Lethal with a right hand. Lethal ducks a clothesline and hits the back handspring elbow. Roode and RVD get the tags. Clothesline all around. Spin kick in the corner to Storm. Windmill kick to Roode, but Roode ducked. RVD with an elbow in the corner and goes to the top. Diving thrust kick. Pin but Storm breaks it up. RVD ducks the double clotheslines. Lethal got the tag and hits the missile dropkick on Roode. LETHAL COMBINATION! Roode got drilled. Rolling Thunder to Roode. Figure Four to Roode by Lethal. RVD over the top, taking out Storm. Roode taps!

Winner : Jay Lethal and Rob Van Dam(It was pretty short, but there was no stop in the action. I’m enjoying this Lethal push too)

Here comes Flair and he and Lethal start to brawl on the ramp. Chops by Flair, but Lethal comes back with some of his own. Flair takes him down and hits him with some more shots. They’re trading shots now but Lethal gets the control as they head to the back.

Rob soaks in the crowd reaction. RVD high fives the crowd members. He gets drilled in the head by one of them though. It turns out to be Sting. Sting walks up the ramp as we head to commercial.

-We get a video package of TNA Fandamonium, the new TNA DVD highlighting the Guns and Beer Money. Is it just me or is this the most random DVD set ever? Not that it doesn’t sound interesting.

-Jeff Hardy is in the ring, and say’s he’s made a living walking the beat of a different drum. Nobody knows what goes on inside his mind. He grew up idolizing Sting and now he’s in the same company as the guy. He dares Sting to try and figure him out. The Creatures of the Night are gonna take him behind his wildest imag-I-nation.

-In the back as security knocks on Wolfe’s door. They say it’s time. Wolfe tells Chelsea to get going. He gives the security some shit before they take her.

-And here comes Abyss to the ring. Abyss says Desmond Wolfe has something, or someone, that he owes him. So let’s do this. He tells Desmond to bring her to him. And here comes the security guards with Chelsea. Abyss tells them to bring her to him. They bring here into the ring as Wolfe comes with her. Abyss tells Desmond that it’s quite ironic, because this past Sunday, he made him his bitch. And tonight, he’s taking Wolfe’s. Wolfe says that they have a sense of false security. If he thinks for one second that he’s letting him take her, he’s sorely mistaken. Abyss can take her over his dead body. He then punts Abyss in the nuts. He then takes out security. He’s got a empty bottle. He smashes it and it’s broken. He holds up the broken end and starts yelling at Abyss. He’s taunting him with it. Wolfe slices the arm of Abyss, and he goes down. Wolfe starts yelling at Chelsea now. Abyss knocks the bottle out of Wolfe’s hand and hits the Black Hole Slam. Abyss’s arm is bleeding pretty badly. Abyss points to Chelsea. Abyss picks up Chelsea and starts to walk up the ramp.

-TNA Reaction is coming back this June.

-The Band’s in the ring. Young says he understands the boo’s. He’s got everything, and the fans have nothing. He’s in the band, and they’re not. Hall, Nash and Young. They’re like brothers. They’re blood. They’re the only two men in this business he has anything in common with. Nash is an asskicker. He’ll tell you what he’s going to do to your face, and then do it. Kev is being criticized because there’s no one else in this business who has the balls to do it, except Young and Hall. The Band isn’t here to play some cool tunes or entertain you mutants, they’re here for the big bucks. They’re going to take everything. They know, and the fans know, there’s not a damn thing anyone can do about it. And here comes Shannon Moore and Jesse Neal.

Match 4 : Shannon Moore (w/ Jesse Neal) vs Eric Young (w/ TNA World Tag Team Champions Kevin Nash and Scott Hall)

Young starts things off with the clubbing blows to the back. Moore floats over in the corner and hits the arm drags. Reverse atomic drop and he takes Young down. Leg drop. Pin but only two. Young’s back in control for a short time before Moore hits a springboard crossbody, but only gets two on the pin. Moore charges Young but gets hit with a back elbow. Slam by EY. He goes to the second rope and hits a forearm drop. Pin but only two. He’s now choking Moore in the ropes. Nash goes to hit Moore but the ref stops him. Young with a snapmare and locks in an armbar. Moore fights back. Springboard wheelbarrow bulldog by Moore. Dropkick and a spinkick by Moore follows. Young counters an irish whip but runs into an elbow. Whisper in the Wind by Moore. Pin but only two. Here comes Brother Ray. Neal spears him on the ramp and they start to brawl. Devon pulls Neal off. Hall hits Moore with the belt on the back. PILEDRIVER! Like he’s gonna kick out of that.

Winner : Eric Young(Not bad. Nothing great, but it was somewhat enjoyable. Moore is kind of starting to grow on me. He’s capable of putting on somewhat enjoyable matches)

Brother Ray charges back to the ring and hits Neal. He boots him in the back of the head. Devon tells him to leave Neal alone. Ray walks away.

-Tenay and Taz recap the events that just happened between 3D and Neal.

Match 5 : Chris Sabin vs Alex Shelley vs Jeremy Buck vs Max Buck vs Homicide vs Amazing Red vs Brian Kendrick vs Kaz – X-Division Battle Royal
The winner of this match becomes #10 in the rankings now that Kurt Angle’s dropped out.

Red hits Kaz with a move off the top, but Kaz counters by throwing him over the top. Generation Me hits Sabin with a catapult dropkick. Shelley goes after Max, but Sabin hits him with a dropkick knocking him out. Shelley gets thrown up onto the apron. Springboard dropkick by Jeremy eliminates him. Sabin clotheslines Jeremy over the top and skins the cat. Here comes Flair. Kaz goes after Sabin. Sabin goes for a sprinboard but Kaz hits him with a kick. Homicide goes after Kaz now. Kendrick sneaks in and eliminates Homicide. Final two are Kendrick and Kaz. Backdrop by Kaz on Kendrick. Sprinboard back elbow by Kaz. He throws Kendrick out and it’s over.

Winner : Kaz (This was about 2 minutes and a complete cluster fuck. Whatever)

Flair is seen clapping for Kaz.

Match 6 : Sting vs Jeff Hardy
I see our main event is going to get a lot of time as there is a whopping 4 minutes left.

Tie up to start with Sting pushing Hardy in the corner. Sting with the shots in the corner. Hardy comes back with the rights. Spinning back kick by Hardy sending Sting to the outside. Sting starts walking around the ring but gets hit with the baseball slide. Hardy goes over the top but Sting got out of the way. Sting takes Hardy and puts him on the ramp. He takes the leg and slams it into the side of the ramp. He then takes the leg and lifts it up, then thrusting it down into the ramp. Back in the ring now as Sting is laying Hardy with the stomps. Sting now stomping the leg. Stinger Splash coming up, and it connects. Hardy avoids a second one and hits a clothesline. Reverse atomic drop, takedown and the leg drop to the nuts. Basement dropkick to the face by Hardy. Pin but only two. Sting avoids the Whipser in the Wind. Scorpion Deathlock is applied. Hardy gets to the ropes. Apparently we’re going into overtime tonight. Sting pulls Hardy’s leg and he inadvertently takes out the ref. Mr. Anderson comes in the ring and takes Sting down with the Scorpion Death Drop. Pin and that’s it.

Winner : Jeff Hardy (Decent outing here. It was nothing spectacular, but nothing bad either. I’m not digging this whole Anderson storyline, but I’m willing to see where it goes)

Anderson comes in the ring and raises Hardy’s hand. Hardy pushes him. Anderson tells him to hold on and calls for the mic. Sting takes him out with the bat and then Hardy. He lays both of them out. Sting stands over them as we fade out.

Overall – Decent episode of Impact as it had its ups and downs. The better parts of the show consisted of the Beer Money/Lethal and RVD match, Rob Terry’s selling (he did a great job of it), the main event and without a doubt the Angle promo. I’m really digging this Angle storyline and I don’t think there’s any way it’s going to be anything less than awesome. I’m amped to see Angle go through some of his old rivals like Joe, Wolfe, AJ and even Abyss. The only low points I can think of are definitely the X-Division battle royal and the stupid Abyss crap. The rest of the show sort of seemed to land in the middle. Overall, decent episode of Impact tonight.

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