NoDQ.com > TNA > Junior Fatu already finished with TNA? Posted by Bobby Spade on 10/29/2007 at 08:07 PM
Credit: PWInsider.com
TNA just announced at the iMPACT! tapings that Junior Fatu would not be there tonight. The word going around is that he may be done with the company already.
Kane def. Mark Henry WWE Tag Team Champions Matt Hardy & United States Champion MVP def. Finlay & Rey Mysterio (Non-title) World Heavyweight Champion Batista def. Jamie Noble (Non-title) Big Daddy V def. John Morrison and The Miz (ECW Triple Threat Match) Jesse & Festus def. Joe Hennig & Steve Fender
Results: Cyber Sunday is one click away By Lennie DiFino October 26, 2007KANSAS CITY, Mo. SmackDowns Kane and Mark Henry faced off last Friday, in Henrys first action since his loss to Undertaker four weeks ago. The Big Red Monster, meanwhile, was coming off his second appearance on ECW on Sci Fi, when the Worlds Strongest Man and The Great Khali interrupted his match with Big Daddy V. Kane defeated the self-proclaimed Silverback with a chokeslam, and the fiery Superstar hopes to carry that momentum when he again invades the Land of the Extreme this Tuesday night. The four behemoths are set to meet in a Monster Mash Battle Royal with each hoping to be named the true monster of sports-entertainment on the eve of Halloween. Henry speaks on the Monster Mash in a WWE Mobile on AT&T Exclusive...
Cruiser-baited After facing The Great Khali and Undertaker in consecutive weeks, cruiserweight Jamie Noble hoped that his sweet-talking ways would soften Acting General Manager Vickie Guerreros decision-making. Nobles attempts appeared to be working, until Guerrero informed him he had a match with the World Heavyweight Champion, Batista. The distraught Noble reluctantly made his way to the ring to face the champion, and The Animal wasted little time in decimating his overmatched opponent. Delivering a vicious Batista Bomb to Noble for the victory, the World Heavyweight Champion now heads toward his Cyber Sunday showdown with Undertaker. Watch Batista dominate Noble...
Changing faces Jesse & Festus continued their remarkable streak since debuting on SmackDown, defeating the team of Joe Hennig & Steve Fender. Once again, when the bell sounded to begin the match, Festus transformed from the reserved Superstar our fans are accustomed to seeing, into a monstrously intense in-ring competitor. Picking up another impressive win, the Biscuits n Gravy tandem keeps their undefeated streak alive on SmackDown.
Trash-talking The 2007 WWE Diva Search Finalists Brooke and Eve made a very special appearance on SmackDown, and each took the opportunity to tell our fans why they shouldnt vote for the other. The 2007 Diva Search winner will be announced Monday on Raw. More on the WWE 2007 Diva Search...
Triple-threatened As part of the new working partnership between SmackDowns Acting GM Vickie Guerrero and ECWs Armando Estrada, the three ECW Superstars who you can vote to be CM Punks opponent at Cyber Sunday were in a Triple Threat Match on SmackDown. Big Daddy V, John Morrison and The Miz all hope to be part of the ECW Championship Match this Sunday, and Friday night was their last chance to campaign for your votes. The Dominating Force in WWE defeated Morrison and Miz to claim the victory, but will that translate into a golden opportunity for Big Daddy V? Read the full story
All for one, one for all Partnered up for the very first time, Cyber Sunday opponents Rey Mysterio & Finlay seemed to momentarily put aside their differences when they faced the WWE Tag Team Champions (and Cyber Sunday opponents) Matt Hardy & MVP. But as Mysterio was about to pick up the victory, the Irishman showed his true intentions and double-crossed the Master of the 619, allowing the Ballin Superstar to take full advantage of the opening. Read the full story
Wrestling God goes six feet under Last week, JBL found himself the recipient of a spear from World Heavyweight Champion Batista after calling The Animal a coward. This week, the SmackDown commentator looked to interview The Phenom about the Batista-Undertaker showdown at Cyber Sunday, a match in which you choose JBL, Mick Foley or Stone Cold Steve Austin as the special guest referee. Instead, the former champion JBL berated The Deadman, reminding him of their rivalry from JBLs in-ring days. Undertaker chokeslammed the self-proclaimed Wrestling God, but then his Cyber Sunday opponent Batista came out to deliver a message of his own to Undertaker. Read the full story
NEWS AND VIDEO FROM THURSDAYS iMPACT! BROADCAST ON SPIKE TV Kurt Angle regains the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Sting By Bill Banks
TNA fans in Orlando, Florida join us this Monday and Tuesday at Universal Orlando in Florida for the iMPACT! on SpikeTV tapings! For complete information, visit the Live Events area of the website!
There are several major news items to report from Thursdays iMPACT! broadcast on SpikeTV, including Kurt Angle defeating amidst controversy to regain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship!
- During the World Title match, Kevin Nash came to ringside and nearly got into a fight with Sting, but Nash technically never touched the icon as Sting was the aggressor. However, it was just the opening Kurt Angle needed as he blindsided Sting and beat him to regain the gold. After the bout, Nash applauded the new champion and offered a handshake, but Angle flipped off Nash and exited the arena!
- Following a commercial break (and an argument between the TNA referees over the decision), TNA management director Jim Cornette made his way to the ring and announced he would review the decision, a move announcer Mike Tenay chastised Cornette for.
- Later, with an enraged Kevin Nash demanding revenge against Angle, Cornette announced that the Olympic gold medalist was indeed the new champion since Nash never touched Sting but he also dropped a bombshell by announcing the main event of Genesis would be Angle teaming with Nash to take on Sting and a partner of his choice! Whoever scores the pinfall in the bout will be the TNA World Heavyweight Champion!
Other major news items from Thursdays iMPACT!
- The team of The Latin American Xchange and The Steiner Brothers defeated TNA World Tag Team Champions AJ Styles and Tomko and the Voodoo Kin Mafia in eight-man action.
- In the first Fight For The Right tournament quarterfinal bout, Cowboy James Storm beat Eric Young to advance. In the second quarterfinal that night, Junior Fatu defeated Robert Roode thanks in part to Samoa Joe, who got revenge on Roode for costing him a spot in the tournament the week prior. The winner of the tournament will receive a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
- Team 3D reminded the wrestling world of their mission to destroy the X Division, as they got involved in a bout featuring Petey Williams vs. Havok vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. Shark Boy and annihilated all of the X stars!
- In a womens bout, the destructive Awesome Kong defeated Angel Williams
* Kane vs. Big Daddy V (no contest) * Elijah Burke def. Nunzio * CM Punk & Balls Mahoney def. The Miz & John Morrison
Results:Tuesday night smash By Andrew Rote October 23, 2007
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Big Red Machine made his second straight ECW on Sci Fi appearance Tuesday night when he took on one of the participants in the race for an ECW Title opportunity against CM Punk Big Daddy V.
The two monsters met in the ring last week when Kane and Punk faced Daddy, The Miz & John Morrison in a 3-on-2 Handicap Match. Kane and Big Daddy Vs altercation certainly foreshadowed a contest of colossal proportions for this week; however, no one was able to see the climax of their clash. During the match, Mark Henry marched out to the squared circle in an attempt to shake the Land of the Extreme even more than his fellow fiery SmackDown Superstar has. The crowd of three in the ring quickly became a party of four when The Great Khali joined the other giants. Kane was the man left standing, but this was only the beginning. (WATCH)
Later in the evening, The Great Khali, who was more furious than ever, was seen backstage raving to Ranjin Singh about the events. Big Daddy V and his mentor Matt Striker were also caught away from the ring after the exchange. The four beasts will meet on the next ECW on Sci Fi in ECWs Monster Mash Battle Royal. Dont miss what is sure to be one of the most frighteningly immense matches in sports-entertainment history as we find out which monster reigns supreme.
Tuesday night kicked off with The Miz, ever-confident, delivering his thoughts on Kelly Kellys actions last week. He reminded her that he owns her contract and then promised to make her life a living hell for asking out Balls Mahoney. John Morrison joined them in the ring, questioning why the blonde tied herself to The Miz in the first place. After suggesting that she bow down to the Shaman of Sexy instead, Kelly slapped the former ECW Champion and left the ring as Mahoney ran in to defend the love of his life.
By the time the brawl was over, CM Punk had joined as well, leading to a main event tag team match being scheduled. Thanks to The Miz and Morrison not exactly being the best of friends, their team fell victim to CM Punk & Balls Mahoney. (WATCH) More on this story...
In other action, Elijah Burke redeemed himself for last weeks loss to Jesse & Festus when he defeated Nunzio, his partner from that match.
Will either The Miz or Morrison be voted by our fans to take on CM Punk at Cyber Sunday? Or will Big Daddy V steal the show and leave them both watching the pay-per-view in misery from the couch? Find out Sunday at 8/7 CT only on pay-per-view and dont miss ECWs Monster Mash Battle Royal Tuesday on ECW on Sci Fi at 10/9 CT. Also, be sure to catch ECW in its entirety every week on WWE.com, available from Wednesday to the following Monday afternoon.
Paul London, Brian Kendrick & Mickie James def. World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch & Melina (Mixed tag-team match) Cody Rhodes def. Shelton Benjamin DH Smith def. Carlito Hornswoggle vs. Umaga (No Contest) Ron Simmons def. Santino Marella (Disqualification) Womens Champion Beth Phoenix def. Candice Michelle (Best 2-out-of-3 Falls, Phoenix wins two straight falls) Shawn Michaels & Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy def. WWE Champion Randy Orton & Mr. Kennedy
Results:Bulldogs boy bites Carlito in Raw debut By Corey Clayton October 22, 2007
OMAHA, Neb. Carlito found out once again that the son of the British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith, has bite.
DH Smith did his father proud in his Raw debut. He defeated Carlito with a thunderous running powerslam shades of his fathers famed finisher. Watch the video...
Smith displayed his European-style arsenal of powerful maneuvers on worldwide television in a battle of second-generation Superstars. Last week, he raised some eyebrows when he defeated Carlito in the United Kingdom in a match seen exclusively on WWE.com.
After his victory, DH (named so to honor his family) celebrated with our fans as Rule, Britannia poured from arena speakers.
The blue-chipper has set his sights high and has put the Raw locker room on notice. Somewhere in the heavens, Davey Boy and DHs grandfather, Stu Hart, are smiling.
In other Raw action from Omaha: Mixed-mania
In a battle of six current and former champions, Paul London & Brian Kendrick teamed with Mickie James to defeat the trio of the World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch and Melina.
As the fast-paced battle broke down into a six-way scrum, Mickie tackled Melina and sent the paparazzi princess to the floor. But in an odd occurrence, Cade accidentally clotheslined Murdoch as the redneck shoved Mickie out of the way. One shooting-star press by London led to a pinfall on Murdoch.
As London & Kendrick celebrated, a puzzled Mickie looked back on a fallen Murdoch, who appeared to see little comfort in the loss. R-E-S-P-E-C-T?
Shelton Benjamin told Cody Rhodes it was his lucky night because he would get beaten by the Self-Proclaimed Worlds Greatest Tag Team member instead of Hardcore Holly. In the end, Rhodes was lucky but not because of Benjamin & Charlie Haas.
After Rhodes caught Benjamin with a rollup for the pinfall, he and Haas went on the attack. But suddenly, Hardcore Holly rushed to the ring and came to young Rhodes aid. Holly lifted Rhodes off the mat and gave him a nod has the son of the American Dream finally won the hardcore veterans respect? Cold comfort
With the beautiful Maria by his side, Santino Marella continued to slam Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Condemned DVD and whined about not being included in the commemorative 500th issue of WWE Magazine.
But poor Santino cant seem to get any respect anywhere. He was interrupted by yet another cryptic computer code video the same one that has surfaced on WWE television for weeks and then by Ron Simmons. Watch the video...
In his ensuing match with the Superstar of few words, the former Intercontinental Champion kicked a charging Simmons in the groin, which earned a disqualification from the referee despite Santinos insistence that it was unintentional. Lena says goodbye
As the 2007 Diva Search came down to two finalists, Lena was eliminated. The winner of the competition will be announced live next week on Raw in Philadelphia. Will Brooke or Eve be the next WWE Diva? Your vote decides it. Vote now! Glamazon sweep
In the first-ever 2-out-of-3 Falls Womens Championship Match on Raw, the powerful Beth Phoenix won two straight falls over the former champion Candice Michelle. But in a scary moment, Candice was knocked out after an awkward fall from the top turnbuckle. The former Womens Champion was taken from the ring on a stretcher. Story | Video | Candice Injury Update | WWE.com Exclusive Video: Candice treated backstage Playing Games
With Mr. McMahon overseas, his Executive Assistant Jonathan Coachman begged General Manager William Regal to sanction a match for the mischievous leprechaun Hornswoggle. While Regal assumed it was to be Coachman vs. McMahons bastard son, the Coach had other, bigger ideas for the little guy Umaga.
Fortunately for Hornswoggle, he was a little more resourceful than Coachman expected. And Triple H was in the building to give Umaga a taste of the brutality that awaits him at Cyber Sunday. Story... | Watch Seeking Net gains
Just six days before Cyber Sunday, the four men involved in the voting for the WWE Championship match faced off as WWE Champion Randy Orton teamed with potential challenger Mr. Kennedy against potential opponents Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy and Shawn Michaels.
The three challengers pleaded their case to be selected as Ortons challenger, but the Legend Killer got tuned by Sweet Chin Music for the third straight week in the post-match melee. Story... | Watch
NoDQ.com > WWE > Update On Candice Michelle; Rushed To Hospital Posted by Ryan Gray on 10/22/2007 at 11:29 PM
The following comes from WWE.com:
Candice Michelle was knocked out after falling from the top rope in her match against Women's Champion Beth Phoenix on Raw. She was rushed to the hospital where she will be evaluated for a possible shoulder injury. WWE.com will have more on Candice's condition Tuesday morning.
Martin Wright (geboren op 31 oktober 1964 te Phoenix) is een profworstelaar bij de WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) waar hij bekend staat onder zijn worstelnaam The Boogeyman. Hij is 1,89 m lang en weegt 118 kg.
Martin Wright was oorspronkelijk een bodybuilder en won in augustus 2002 de 2002 NPC Southern States Contest maar een verdere carrière zat er niet in voor hem.
In 2003 maakte Wright zijn debuut onder de naam "The Boogeyman"
Candice Michelle was injured after falling from the top rope in her match against Women's Champion Beth Phoenix on Raw. She was rushed to a local medical facility where it was determined she suffered a cracked clavicle.
Further tests are currently being conducted to rule out any other possible injuries. Candice will be out of action 6-8 weeks.
Watch as Candice receives medical attention during the commercial break (video)
Watch backstage video of Candice receiving medical attention (video)
NoDQ.com > WWE > Details on Kristal Marshall's release Posted by Ryan Gray on 10/22/2007 at 01:18 PM
-- Prior to Kristal Marshalls release from WWE last week, there had been many complaints about her work. Marshall is also said to have rubbed many people backstage the wrong way.
NoDQ.com > WWE > Full Details On Chris Masters' Injury Posted by Ryan Gray on 10/21/2007 at 09:28 PM
Source - Wrestling Observer
As reported earlier, WWE SmackDown superstar Chris Masters was injured during the United Kingdom tour this past week. Apparently it happened in a tag team match Thursday night in Nottingham, England when he took a hit from the Undertaker.
Masters was taken out of the ring by medics and was later diagnosed with a dislocated elbow. He didn't wrestle the rest of the tour and as of right now there is no update on how long he will be out of action.
NoDQ.com > WWE > Big Update On Lex Lugar; Still Hospitalized Posted by Ryan Gray on 10/21/2007 at 01:44 PM
Mike Johnson is reporting that former WCW World champion Lex Lugar is still hospitalized at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, California. Fortunately he did not suffer a heart attack or stroke, but was suffering from an infection that caused a nerve impingement in his central nervous system.
He is currently still undergoing intravenous antibiotic treatment and is expected to make a full recovery. On behalf of everyone here at the site, we certainly wish Lex the best!
* Kane def. The Great Khali (Disqualification) * Chris Masters def. Chuck Palumbo * WWE Tag Team Champion Matt Hardy def. Finlay * Drew McIntyre def. Brian Major * Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore def. Deuce & Domino * Undertaker def. Jamie Noble * United States Champion and WWE Tag Team Champion MVP def. Rey Mysterio (Disqualification, Non-title)
Results:Interactive altercations By Lennie DiFino October 19, 2007
UNITED KINGDOM After invading the Land of the Extreme earlier in the week, Kane returned to Friday Night SmackDown to face The Great Khali. Wasting little time, The Punjab Giant gave the Big Red Monster a not-so-warm welcome back, getting disqualified for using a cable to try and decimate Kane. As Kane recovered from the attack by Khali, ECWs Big Daddy V made his way to the ring, looking for retribution against the Big Red Monster for his involvement as CM Punks partner on ECW on Sci Fi. The Dominating Force in WWE laid waste to Kane, and made it known that the working partnership between SmackDowns Acting GM Vickie Guerrero and ECWs man in charge, Armando Estrada, has opened the gates for his personal path of destruction. WATCH Big Daddy V wreak havoc on Kane...
Phenomenal statement
After griping to GM Vickie Guerrero about having to face Khali last week, and stating that if Theodore Long were in charge he would never have had to face the Punjab Giant, Jamie Noble was given another worthy opponent Undertaker. The young cruiserweight pleaded his case, hoping to avoid a confrontation with The Deadman, but to no avail. As The Phenom heads toward his Cyber Sunday showdown with Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship, he dominated Noble, sending another message to The Animal. Watch Undertaker destroy Noble...
When Undertaker and Batista step into the ring at Cyber Sunday, you have the power to decide who will be the special guest referee. But will JBL, Stone Cold Steve Austin or Mick Foley be able to control the two behemoths when the gold is on the line? Cast your vote now... Out of gas
For the first time since returning to SmackDown, Chuck Palumbo tasted defeat. The rivalry between Palumbo and Masters has been building for weeks as their contempt for one another grows. In a controversial match with Chris Masters, Palumbo lost when Victoria distracted the revved-up Superstar by attacking Michelle McCool. Masters took advantage and rolled Chuck up for the win. Cruising over the tracks
The cruiserweight tandem of Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore managed to fly high together to defeat Deuce & Domino. Yang enlisted Moores help to watch his back after Domino attacked Yang following his victory over Deuce last week. The boys from the Other Side of the Tracks have had their problems lately, unable to find success either together or on their own. While they claim to be all about cool, Deuce & Domino have been anything but cool since losing the WWE Tag Team Championship. One of our own
The pride of Scotland, Drew McIntyre, was in singles action once again on SmackDown, taking on Brian Major. The young Scottish Superstar picked up his second consecutive victory since his debut last week, and he owes both wins to his mentor, Dave Taylor. McIntyre has taken full advantage of Taylors helping hand at the expense of the Major Brothers, and the young up-and-comer hopes to continue those winning ways. Pushing forward
Rey Mysterio, Finlay, Matt Hardy and MVP will all take part in WWEs interactive pay-per-view, Cyber Sunday, but on SmackDown Rey faced the United States Champion and one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions, for the first time. MVPs co-champion Matt Hardy faced the Irishman in a one-on-one contest that saw his friend MVP deliver an unlikely assist. As all four push toward their respective Cyber Sunday matches matches that YOU have the power to decide who seized the upper hand? Read the full story Taking down a deity
SmackDowns color commentator JBL interviewed World Heavyweight Champion Batista about his upcoming Cyber Sunday match with Undertaker, and the self-proclaimed Wrestling God may have bit off more than he could chew when he began berating The Animal. Read the full story
Breaking News: Lex Luger Suffers Stroke?
Written by Ryan Clark on October 19, 2007 at 18:04:03
Dave Meltzer is reporting that Lex Luger is in rough shape in San Francisco.
There are reports that he suffered a stroke in his hotel room and has no feeling from the waist down.
More soon.
Several fans and even family members of Lex Luger have emailed me asking for updates. The only thing I can tell you is that I'm told he had a mild heart attack and not a stroke as I reported earlier. The only information the hospital released to me is that he is in stable condition but is in the emergency care unit.
NoDQ.com > WWE > Update on Lex Luger's condition at hospital Posted by Bobby Spade on 10/19/2007 at 07:13 PM
From Dave Meltzer:
Pro wrestler Lawrence Pfohl (Lex Luger), 49, is currently listed in stable condition in the emergency care unit at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, CA, after a major scare in his hotel room in San Francisco.
The hospital wouldn't confirm any more. There have been different reports over the past few hours as to whether Luger suffered a heart attack or a stroke, but the former seems to have the most credence at this point.
Phillip (Phil) Brooks (26 oktober, 1978) staat beter bekend bij zijn ring-naam CM Punk en is een Amerikaanse professionele worstelaar die momenteel werkt voor de World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) op de ECW show. Voor zijn debuut in ECW stond hij goed bekend voor zijn werk in het onafhankelijke circuit, vooral als een lid van het Ring of Honor (ROH) rooster waar hij eerder ROH World Champion en hoofdtrainer van de worstelschool was en werd beschouwd als een van de drie iconen van ROH (samen met Samoa Joe en Homicide. Zijn professionele worstel gimmick is die van een "straight edge" volger, een cultuur waar hij in zijn dagelijks leven ook toe behoord en waarvan hij verschillende aspecten gebruik in het worstelen.
Carrière
Vroege carrière
Punk werd geboren in Chicago, Illinois en wilde een professionele worstelaar worden nadat hij Roddy Piper een kokosnoot zag breken boven Jimmy Snuka's hofd tijdens een aflevering van Piper's Pit. Zijn eerste stappen in het worstelen waren in het zogenoemde "Backyard Wrestling" in een federatie die "Lunatic Wrestling Federation" heette samen met zijn vrienden in het midden van de jaren '90. Hij gebruikte daar voor het eerst de naam CM Punk als deel van het tag team de Chick Magnets samen met CM Venom, toen een andere worstelaar de show miste. Hij zou later zeggen dat CM niet stond voor Chick Magnet mar zei dat de initialen geen betekenis hadden door steeds verschillende antwoorden te geven als het werd gevraagd waaronder "Cookie Monster", "Crooked Moonsault", "C. Montgomery Burns", "Charles Manson" en zijn "echte naam", "Chuck Mosley". Nadat hij de federatie verliet omdat hij echt worstelaar wilde worden in tegenstelling tot zijn vrienden die het gewoon voor het plezier deden werd Punk een student bij de "Steel Domain" worstel school in Minnesota waar hij werd getraind door Ace Steel, Danny Dominion en Kevin Quinn om een professionele worstelaar te worden. Als deel van de training worstelde hij bij de St. Paul's Steel Domain Wrestling. Het was hier dat hij Scott Colton ontmoette die later de naam Colt Cabana aan nam. Brooks werd vrienden met Colton en zij worstelden samen grotendeels in dezelfde onafhankelijke promoties met Colton als een tegenstanders of metgezellen. In de onafhankelijke promoties vormde Punk een stable met mede Steel Domain leerlingen Colt Cabana, Chuckie Smoothe, Adam Pearce en manager Dave Prazak die de Gold Bond Mafia heette.
NoDQ.com > TNA > TNA iMPACT Results - October 18th, 2007 Posted by Andy Steven on 10/19/2007 at 06:10 AM
Credit - WrestlingObserver.com
By Jeff Hamlin (jhamlin@vilcom.com)
The Big News: Kurt Angle and Sting will meet next week for the TNA World Heavyweight title. Kaz and Christian Cage advanced to the semifinals of the Fight for the Right tournament, while Joe did another unnecessary job.
Kurt Angle was pissed about his loss to Sting. Karen Angle looks more like Stephanie McMahon at 38 every day. Kurt started running down Kevin Nash. Karen thought Kurt was crazy for asking Sting for a rematch because she didnt think he could beat Sting without Nash interfering. Kurt ordered Karen out of his dressing room. Karen sounded like Talia Shire from Rocky IV telling her husband he couldnt beat Ivan Drago.
Kurt and Karen came out to the ring where Kurt delivered one of the worst interviews of his career. He said he was an 11-time World Olympic champion. Huh? Kurt brought up the N.W.O. and said it stood for Never Won Zero. Huhhhhhh? Nash came out, and the segment had nowhere to go but up. Nash said he helped Angle because he felt sorry for him. Nash said Angle had one chance to apologize. Kurt refused and said Nash was just riding his coattails. Nash challenged Angle to a fight. Angle threw several punches that Nash no sold, then Nash gave Angle the jackknife to end the segment.
Backstage, Angle was selling his back like he just got shot. Angle wanted to give Nash a peace offering. Jeremy Borash said Nash liked porn, and Kurt ordered Karen to go to the store and get some porn magazines and movies. Karen responded by walking out, with Kurt reminding her to get the magazines.
Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley never got going in the first-round of a Fight for the Right tournament match. Way too early to book this match to begin with. They should save it in about two years when the Guns break up. Well, since Russos booking, I guess itll be three months. Dueling chants before they even locked up. They opened with lots of chain moves and reversals. Then Brother Ray came out and Dvon jumped the guns from behind. Team 3-D laid them out, complete with Ray whipping both men for costing them their match with The Steiner Brothers. Ray said 3-D was going to destroy about the X-Division. Hes about a year late. Ray said he was going to destroy the X-Division because they can. Guess they felt like stealing Shawn Michaels catchphrase while they could. They power bombed Shelley and Sabin through dual tables. So the hottest act in the company got buried again by 1998 headliners. This created an opening for the Fight for the Right tournament quarterfinal.
Jim Cornette was pissed about his Fight for the Right tournament being disrupted when Christian Cage came in with a ladder offering to fill in a spot in the Fight for the Right tournament. Does Cage just carry the ladder around for fun? Then Samoa Joe came in to claim a spot in the tournament. It ended with a pull-apart.
Disco Inferno, introduced as Glen Gilbretti, reemerged for the first time in years. He talked of making a comeback tonight. Gilbretti said he would make his return tonight against an unknown opponent, which Tenay looked uncertain about. Whole segment seemed designed to promote the movie The Comebacks. Boy is a parody of sports films long overdue. And boy does this movie look lame.
2. Awesome Kong defeated Talia Madison. Standard monter heel match. Madison did good facials selling she was overmatched. Kong has good agility and a personality that will get her over. She delivered the old Aja Kong huracan (spinning back fist) and pinned Madison with a Liger Bomb. *
Kevin Nash did an interview. He said the rest of the guys were playing politics and back stabbing while he was content with playing comic relief for the past year. When Karen walked in on Nash, he said he didnt have any singles on him. Karen tried to smooth things over, but Nash blew her off.
They previewed a Christian Cage Best Of tape where Cage brought up Adam Copeland (using that name).
Chris Harris teased a heel turn by getting upset with Rhino for showing up late to an interview. Guess Rhinos run out of people to feud with.
3. James Storm and Robert Roode defeated Chris Harris and Rhino. Storm played chickenshit heel tagging out before locking up with Rhino. Harris vs. Storm still gets good heat from the crowd. Harris got the hanging vertical suplex on Roode. They built the heat on Rhino after Roode whipped him hard against the corner. Rhino got a belly to belly suplex and went for the gore, but Storm hit a superkick after Roode distracted him. Storm and Roode worked well as a team, as Roode got the rolling neck snap with Storm hit a kneedrop. Rhino made the comeback with a flap jack and made the hot tag to Harris. Harris hit a spinebuster on Storm and a clothesline on Roode for a two count. Harris threw Storm out of the ring, but Roode went for the payoff, and Harris slipped out the backdoor and went for the catatonic, but Roode escaped. Harris hit a rolling reverse cradle and had Roode pinned, but Storm distracted the referee. Rhino tried to get at Storm, which only distracted Earl Hebner further. Then Storm kicked Harris, allowing Roode to get the pin with a payoff. Harris got mad at Rhino afterward. **1/4
Kaz did a bland babyface interview about being in the Fight for the Right tournament.
Jim Cornette and Mike Tenay came out to present the championship belts to the winners from Sunday. Black Machismo came out, even though he was already the X-Division champion. Cornette congratulated him, then Machismo left. Weird. Gail Kim came out to accept the Knockouts title, and seemed choked up legit. Cornette put her over like hell. Crowd was really hot for her. A.J. Styles and Tomko came out to accept the tag team belts. Christian Cage came out with them. Tomko did an interview like a total face. Styles had a long list of people to thank, including Ivan Drago and Pokemon Diamonds. I guess Russo saw the Rocky marathon on Spike TV three weeks ago. Then Cage butted in and demanded a spot in the Fight for the Right tournament. Cornette said Cage would face Joe for the final spot in the tournament. Then Sting came out to accept the World Heavyweight Title. Crowd chanted You still got it at Sting. Sting granted Kurt Angles challenge for tonight. Cornettes mic work was excellent in the segment, and this helped in making the belts feel like something important again. Granted, it couldnt sew up the damage done with Joe and Angle fighting for all the belts this past summer, or the hotshot title switch straight ahead, but it helped. Unfortunately, they couldnt leave well enough alone as Kurt Angle came out in a wheelchair. He had a doctors note saying he couldnt compete tonight because of Nashs jackknife. Sting wanted to know if Angles mother signed the doctors note, which seemed like a dig at Buff Bagwell. The match was moved to next week.
Backstage, Angle was out of his wheelchair worried about what Sting would do to him next week. He vowed to attempt to make things right with Nash. By this point, I was sick of the Angles.
4. Kaz defeated Lance Hoyt. As if we dont have enough women teasing dissension with their boy toys, Christy Hemme was still arguing with Lance Hoyt. Throughout the show, Mike Tenay did the Gene Okerland text promo teasing that TNA was negotiating with several free agent superstars. Kaz tried a rolling reverse cradle, slipped through Hoyts legs, backflipped over from outside the ring and hit a nice spin kick. He got a drop kick for a two count. Kaz got the spinning neckbreaker for a two count before Jimmy Rave pulled him off. Then Rave and Hemme started arguing, heaven knows over what. Hoyt and Hemme argued in the ring, Kaz charged at Hoyt, only to have Hemme fall in his arms. He teased kissing her, but dodged Hoyts big boot, and Hoyt stepped on Hemme instead. Kaz pinned him with a drop kick. Hoyt and Hemme argued some more afterwards. *
Crazy Legs Connie from Major League Eating did an interview promoting the show coming up next. He looked like Gallagher with dreadlocks. Okay, dated reference there. Junior Fatu walked in for a promo saying he was a member of the new bread of TNA. Well, compared to Bob Backland and Kip James he is.
Karen was wheeling Kurt around in a wheelchair arguing who should ask Black Reign where Nash was. When Karen asked him, Reign just licked his rat while everyone ran away, leaving Kurt alone in the wheelchair.
5. Abyss defeated Disco Inferno. They played it up like Inferno didnt know he was facing Abyss. Just a squash, as Abyss didnt sell a thing, not that he should have. Shock treatment and black hole slam for the quick pin. Then Black Reign did a run in and attacked Abyss, who made his own comeback with a choke slam. James Mitchell ran in and leveled Abyss, who naturally no sold it. Then Reign hit him with the spiked hammer and pulled out handcuffs. Mitchell handcuffed Abyss arms around the corner, while Reign pulled out Misty the Rat and held it up to Abyss face. Abyss looked scared. Then they put the rat in the bag and put the hood over Abyss head. No heat, and it sounded like there was a chant going on that was edited out. 17 years ago, Terry Funk damn near caused a riot by wrapping a plastic bag around Ric Flairs head. It drew big time. Somehow I dont think this will have the same impact. Worst segment of the show by far, which is a running pattern for Reign. DUD
Angle found Nashs car backstage, who just drove away. Kurt offered him porn to come back to no avail.
6. Samoa Joe defeated Cage. Both men appeared beat up from the PPV match. Joe brought back the ole, ole kick in the ring. He went for the senton, but Cage got the knees up. Cage went for the unprettier, but Joe elbowed out. Cage still hit the reverse DDT for a two count. Joe looked winded minutes into the match, but still hit the enzuigiri. Cage went to the floor, and Joe went for the tope, but Cage went back in the ring. Cage went for a tope of his own, but Joe met him with a kick. Joe tried to suplex Cage out of the ring, but Cage caught himself and gave him the reverse DDT on the apron. Cage jumped off the second rope outside the ring for a clothesline. This was the only match on the show interrupted by a commercial, and really it was impossible to avoid it. Cage got a hangmans neckbreaker. Joe caught a rear naked choke, but Cage reversed it into a jawbreaker. Really, Joe had him in a standard sleeperhold, but Its a UFC world now. Cage hit an elbow off the second rope for a two count. Joe turned the tables with a power bomb. Cage went for a shoulder block, but Joe countered it with an ace crusher. Joe got the discus forearm and mowed him down with a hard clothesline for a two count. Cage went for the unprettier, but Joe reversed it with hard kicks chops and a kneedrop for another near fall. Crowd was hot. Joe went for the sunset flip, then turned it into a Toyota roll for another two count. Joe went for the musclebuster, but Cage kicked him away. Both men ended up on the top rope, where Cage threw him off and hit a frog splash for a great near fall. Cage decked the referee then Joe hit the musclebuster for the pin but no ref. Styles ran ion to get thrown out, but Tomko jumped Joe from behind. Joe kicked Tomko low and clotheslined him out of the ring. Then Matt Morgan ran out and brawled with Tomko. Cage brought a chair into the ring, but Joe kicked it in his face. Joe put the Kokina Clutch on Cage, but Roode ran in to hit Joe in the back with a chair, allowing Cage to get the pin. Good match, but no way Joe should be doing jobs when he was just starting to gain back momentum. ***
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