OFFICIAL IMPACT RESULTS FROM THURSDAY 2/22
By "Mighty" Mike Kerrigan
The ominous steel structure of the Elevation X lowers to the ground as iMPACT! starts. The Phenomenal AJ Styles climbs the structure and says "If you want to be the greatest, you have to raise the bar. And it doesn't get much higher than MY invention -- Elevation X. At Destination X, I'll give someone the opportunity to become famous, because you'll never be phenomenal." Rhino's music hits and he climbs Elevation X as AJ retreats. Rhino tell AJ that he has run from the War Machine for the last time and the AJ's invention will be responsible for the end of AJ's career.
The "Belting Pot" match begins as Team 3D squares off against LAX, with the goombas and latinos in their respective corners. The match goes back and forth with each team's gang being able to get their licks on the opposite team. Things really go crazy when there is a standoff between the two gangs when Hernandez and Brother Devon lay next to each other on the floor. The gang warfare ensues as Brother Ray and Cousin Steve Shirippa hold down Homicide and Brother Devon lands a flying headbutt to the groin. Hernandez tries to clothesline Cousin Steve as he helps tell Devon to get the tables, but he is met with a 3D. Team 3D gain the victory and celebrate in the ring with their goombas.
Sting is shown laying on a "deathbed" and tells Abyss that his life will change very soon. He goes on to say "At Destination X, after I strap you to this bed, you're going to have to decide how you will live this side of eternity. Will you choose darkness or life? The choice is yours and yours alone, because the devil isn't in your ear any longer. Jeremy Borash tries to get a reaction from Abyss, but is met with a choke and a slam into a steel fence.
The second match of the night starts as Robert Roode, Eric Young, and James Storm take on the Voodoo Kin Mafia and Lance Hoyt. Eric starts off the match with BG James, and the two start dancing. Roode doesn't like what ensues, so he gets in the ring; only to meet up with big Lance Hoyt. Roode tags in Storm, and Lance lays him out and goes high risk. Roode grabs Hoyt's leg and makes him hit the turnbuckle. Storm takes advantage and grabs the tights to get the victory. Yet, the celebration is short lived as Wildcat Chris Harris jumps from the crowd and chases Storm into the locker room area.
A video of Christopher Daniels is shown with the Fallen Angel making a cryptic message -- "People say time changes things, but you have to change yourself. And I will have to be able to sacrifice what I am, for the sake of what I will become."
NFL great and "Pros vs Joes" star, Andre Rison is in the ring with Don West. Rison says that it felt great to show who were the Pros and who were the Joes in his time with the show on Spike. Abyss hits the ring and Rison extends his hand, but is met with a huge Black Hole Slam.
Another Paparazzi Productions video is aired showing more from Paparazzi Idol. Nash tells Jay Lethal that the white man is holding him back and tells Lethal to start using the race card as Kevin has used throughout his career.
Mike Tenay and Jim Cornette are in the ring for the contract signing for Scott Steiner vs. Kurt Angle at Destination-X. Steiner tells Angle that after he beats Kurt, he will melt down his Olympic medal, yet doubts he will even get enough to buy a cup of coffee. Angle says he will make an example of Steiner and show the world that the business no longer needs money hungry, whiney, b*&@#%$ anymore. They both sign the contract and have a stare off. Steiner takes a cheap shot and headbutts Kurt with his chain mail. Kurt tries to fight back, but Christian Cage and Tomko come out to help with the beat down.
A video of Samoa Joe starts where Joe says "For 20 months I've been denied. For 20 months I've been put to the side. For 20 months they tried to ignore me. The will ignore me no more. -- Christian Cage will soon learn why they call me the Samoan Submission Machine.
Next is the Impact main event, where Austin Starr, Senshi, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and Jerry Lynn battle it out in a ladder match to determine the number one contender for the X-Division championship. Things start out wildly as Dutt and Lethal take advantage of their speed and agility and take out Starr and Senshi with a baseball slide into a ladder followed by plachas onto their opponents. Three ladders are then aligned into the middle of the ring and all 5 men try to reach for the X hanging from the ceiling. Jerry Lynn then powerbombs Dutt and Lethal and jumps back onto the ladder. As Senshi and Starr focus on each other, Lynn takes advantage and shoves both men off the ladder and on to the mat. He grabs the X and earns himself the right to battle Chris Sabin for the title. Yet, before the show could end, Bob Backlund congratulates Lynn and tries to shake Austin Starr's hand. Starr refuses and throws his sweat at Backlund and tries to attack him. Bob is able to counter and put Starr into the crossface chicken wing, as iMPACT! ends.
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