TNA iMPACT! Taping Results - Night Three
Posted by Andy Steven on 07/22/2009 at 09:32 PM

Special thanks to Ashley Colton and PWInsider.com for the following:

*Hernandez defeated Doug Williams

*Both the TNA World Title & TNA Legends Title are on the line: Kurt Angle & Kevin Nash vs. Mick Foley & Bobby Lashley. Lashley's music hits, he's nowhere to be found, same for when Foley's music hits. Then the second time Foley's music is played he comes out barely able to walk. He took on both Nash & Angle on his own. Angle had Foley locked into his leglock submission when the lights went out..and Sting's music hit...Sting appeared at the top of the bleachers in the crowd..pointing his bat at Angle in the ring. The lights went back out & when they turned back on, Lashley was in the ring with his head bandaged and attacked Angle & NASH..he gave Nash a running shoulder block & Foley got the pin on Nash to become the new TNA Legends Champion.
Winners: Foley & Lashley

*Xplosion Match: Rhino defeated The Outlaw Jethro Holiday by DQ.

*4way Knockouts Match: Angelina Love vs. Tara vs. ODB vs. Awesome Kong. Tara rolled up Kong for the win.

*The Main Event Mafia come out to kick off the Aug 13th edition of iMPACT! Kurt Angle addresses the situation about Mick Foley allegedly winning the TNA Legends Title last week. Angle says he struck a deal and the World Elite come out to the ring. Angle says its an honor to being business with them. Eric Young says this union will take over TNA side by side with Kurt Angle. He says they'll do whatever it takes. Young says its not just TNA but an entire nation, let the cleansing begin.

*Eric Young remains in the ring with Bashir & Kiyoshi for his match.

*Daniels w/ The MotorCity Machine Guns vs. Eric Young. The Guns hung around ringside reading magazines & videogame instruction booklets with their backs mostly to the ring, completely uninterested in the match. Young wins with a piledriver following interference from Bashir & Kiyoshi, the Guns were completely unaware.

*8 Man Tag Match: Big Rob & Doug Williams w/Brutus Magnus and Scott Steiner & Booker T w/Sharmell defeated Team 3D & Beer Money when Big Rob pinned Roode. This eventually wound up into an all out brawl that included all eight men, Kiyoshi, Eric Young, Bashir, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Daniels, Kevin Nash, Kurt Angle, Traci Brooks, Sting, Bobby Lashley, Mick Foley & the Bugsy McGraw security team. It was near riot conditions with the them brawling all over the place into the stands. The crowd was super hot for it all. Once the smoke cleared, it was Daniels & the Guns who stood tall, the Guns even held up the TNA Tag Titles...they leave ringside. All of a sudden Daniels & EY came battling back towards the ring along with the Guns, Kiyoshi & Bashir all brawling throughout the iMPACT Zone..on the monitors it could be seen that others were brawling backstage as well. The segment was well over 15 minutes long..it even had Chris Sabin throwing his shoes up the ramp at the World Elite. Daniels put the World Elite on notice that they were coming for them.

*Christy Hemme returned and defeated SoJo Bolt with the FFG.

*Contract Signing for the TNA Legends Title Match between Kevin Nash & Mick Foley, they both signed & gave their final thoughts on another & the match.

*3rd Match in the series to determine the 3rd participant for the Hard Justice Main Event: AJ Styles w/Sting vs. Matt Morgan w/Kurt Angle. Morgan wins following a real good solid match between the two. The Mafia comes down to celebrate while Sting helps AJ to the back. Angle takes the mic & congratulates Morgan on his win. Angle says Mafia recruited him, Morgan corrects him that he sold himself to them..Angle says one last favor and he's in the Mafia..Morgan is confused and doesn't understand how Angle is asking for him to help retaining the title. Morgan says no one demands anything from him and he's not passing up the opportunity to become the TNA World Champion. He says he's walking into Hard Justice as the Blueprint, but walking out the new World Heavyweight champion.

TNA Impact 13.08.09

Shelton Benjamin def. Zack Ryder
Vladimir Kozlov def. local competitor
Yoshi Tatsu def. Paul Burchill (Disqualification)
Tyler Reks def. local competitor
William Regal def. Tommy Dreamer
 

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – ECW Champion Christian learned the future of his fate on Tuesday night in front of a crowd full of his Peeps. The new No. 1 Contender to Captain Charisma’s ECW Championship is none other than William Regal.

An announcement on “The Abraham Washington Show” (PHOTOS | WATCH)
Two-time ECW Champion Christian was the special guest on “The Abraham Washington Show” Tuesday night. After Washington played clips from Christian’s Extreme Rules Title defense against Tommy Dreamer from last week’s ECW on Syfy, Christian assured Washington that while their match was grueling, he and the ECW Original are indeed still friends. Captain Charisma also said he’s ready for every challenge coming his way.

“I am ready to be the face of this brand. I am ready to be the man here in ECW,” Christian claimed.

The bombastic talk show host was ready to deliver that next challenge to the ECW Champion, introducing the No. 1 Contender to the Extreme title, William Regal.

“If you think what you did last week was Extreme, you haven’t seen anything yet, sunshine,” Regal threatened Christian.

The Englishman continued his speech to Christian, claiming his countrymen are known for being barbaric, and if the ECW Champion didn’t believe him, he should just watch what he had planned next for his friend, Tommy Dreamer.

William Regal def. Tommy Dreamer (PHOTOS | WATCH)
After Washington announced Regal is the No. 1 Contender to the ECW Championship, The British Brawler faced off against Tommy Dreamer. Still ailing from the brutal Extreme Rules ECW Title Match he competed in the week before, Dreamer fell to the ruthless Regal, who focused on the ECW Original’s wounded left arm. Even after his win, Regal continued his attack with the Regal Stretch on Dreamer, until ECW Champion Christian emerged to chase Regal from the ring and help his friend, Dreamer. But will 2008 King of the Ring winner Regal have what it takes to defeat ECW Champion Christian in the future?

Shelton Benjamin def. Zack Ryder (PHOTOS | WATCH)
Last week’s “Abraham Washington Show” exploded into couch-flipping chaos when Zack Ryder and Shelton Benjamin argued about who was the more entertaining Superstar, and Ryder took a cheap shot at Benjamin. This week, Benjamin got retribution against the cocky, brash Long Islander when The Gold Standard hit Paydirt on Ryder for the victory. But is this the last the WWE Universe has seen of the rivalry between these two skilled ECW Superstars?

An attack on Gregory Helms (WATCH)
Before his match against Yoshi Tatsu, Paul Burchill attacked Gregory Helms backstage, accusing him of being the Hurricane.

“Why don’t you run along and put your Underoos back on and let the grown ups speak?” Burchill taunted, and then attacked Helms, knocking him to the ground.

Yoshi Tatsu def. Paul Burchill (Disqualification) (PHOTOS | WATCH)
After an introduction by ECW’s newest Divas, Nikki and Brie Bella, Yoshi Tatsu faced off against Paul Burchill. But Burchill’s devious sister, Katie Lea, interfered in the match, causing Tatsu to win by disqualification. After the match, Paul Burchill continued his assault on the Japanese Superstar until Hurricane appeared. The masked Superstar climbed to the top rope and leaped toward a stunned Burchill, as Tatsu looked on in shock. Now that Hurricane has returned to the Land of the Extreme, what will this mysterious Superstar do next?

Vladimir Kozlov def. local competitor (PHOTOS | WATCH)
The Moscow Mauler inflicted his brutal form of punishment against another local competitor this week on ECW. After Kozlov’s Iron Curtain descended upon his opponent to end the match, Ezekiel Jackson emerged and also attacked Kozlov’s prey, prompting another staredown between Jackson and Kozlov. Not to be outdone in the game of one-upmanship, the Sambo master picked up the local competitor and hit him again with his finisher, and exited the ring without looking back. When will these two Superstars finally clash in the Land of the Extreme?

Tyler Reks def. local competitor (PHOTOS | WATCH)
Tyler Reks, who arrived on ECW as part of the New Superstar Initiative, returned to action in the Land of the Extreme this week. The Laguna Beach, Calif., native has come to Tuesday nights to prove he’s not just a laid back, surfer dude, and after his victory this week over a local competitor with a Springboard Missile Dropkick, he’s proving that.

Gail Kim def. Kelly Kelly, Beth Phoenix & Alicia Fox in Diva Four Way
Jack Swagger def. Evan Bourne
"Calgary Kid" (The Miz) def. Eugene in WWE Contract-on-a-Pole Match
Unified Tag Team Champion Big Show def. WWE Champion Randy Orton by count-out
MVP def. Chris Masters
The Legacy def. Mark Henry & Hornswoggle
John Cena def. Chris Jericho by disqualification

CALGARY, Alberta  - It’s been a long, sweltering summer, especially for the Superstars of Monday Night Raw. And while making a run for the border of Canada might seem like just the way to cool off, having Sgt. Slaughter as Raw’s special guest host certainly kept the heat on.

Also, in tribute to tonight's special guest host, WWE.com has handed over WWE e-Vote to ask the following question: Who did tonight's Hall of Fame guest host, Sgt. Slaughter, defeat to capture his first WWE Championship? Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior or Hulk Hogan? Results...

John Cena def. Chris Jericho by disqualification (PHOTOS | WATCH)
Perhaps hoping to boost his standing with his fellow Canucks, Chris Jericho wanted to accomplish something in front of them he’d never done before; defeat John Cena. Well, that quest went about as far as a moose on a motorcycle. As one half of the Unified Tag Team Champions, Jericho certainly held his own against Cena. Unfortunately for him, though, Randy Orton wanted to send a message to his SummerSlam opponent and interfered in the bout by attacking Jericho. The intrusion triggered an immediate disqualification and also prompted Big Show to rush to the ring to chokeslam Orton, leaving both he and Cena lying on the canvas.

The pandemonium led Raw guest host Sgt. Slaughter to interrupt the proceedings to announce that next week, not only will Freddie Prinze Jr. act as Raw’s celebrity guest host, Cena & Orton must combine forces to face Show & Jericho. As if to demonstrate their uneasy alliance, Cena & Orton immediately joined together to collar The World’s Largest Athlete and send him over the ropes. The cooperation was quickly followed by looks of apprehension on the faces of both Superstars. Will these two really be able to bury their animosity and work as a team on the next edition of Raw?

The Legacy def. Mark Henry & Hornswoggle (PHOTOS | WATCH)
Chavo Guerrero didn’t seem like he wanted to press his luck. In the wake of his pathetic losing streak to Hornswoggle, the self-proclaimed “Mexican Warrior” decided to forgo a tag team match against ‘Swoggle & Mark Henry. Instead, Guerrero chose to substitute The Legacy. While it was nothing to be proud of, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase did manage to secure the win thanks to a pin on the little leprechaun. Feeling confident, the second-generation Superstars then addressed DX, saying they were definitely ready to face down the legendary twosome.

Triple H tracked down Shawn Michaels; DX to battle The Legacy at SummerSlam (WATCH: PART 1 |   PART 2 | PART 3)
Regeneration X? There had been no sign of Shawn Michaels ever since his loss to Undertaker at the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania in an epic match. Finally, however, Triple H managed to track down the elusive Superstar … in a corporate cafeteria? That’s right. It appears HBK had decided to go underground, working as a cook, when his former DX partner pleaded with him to reform DX and compete against The Legacy at SummerSlam. To The Game’s relief, and the WWE Universe’s delight, Michaels agreed.

MVP def. Chris Masters (PHOTOS | WATCH)
After getting in the face of Jack Swagger earlier in the night, MVP’s adrenaline must have been pumping when he faced Chris Masters one-on-one. Montel Vontavious Porter managed to capitalize on his quickness and athleticism, handing Masters a loss. Any celebration got cut short, though, when Swagger came to the ring. As MVP faced him, Masters locked in The Master Lock. That’s when Swagger decided to act and pummeled a weary MVP, leaving him hurt in the middle of the canvas.

Unified Tag Team Champion Big Show def. WWE Champion Randy Orton by count-out (PHOTOS | WATCH)
Randy Orton may be conniving, devious and underhanded, but he’s no dummy. The WWE Champion had been scheduled to battle Big Show in one of the night’s two main events. The Viper, however, thought better of facing off against The World’s Largest Athlete and risk injury with less than two weeks until one of the most important matches of his career against John Cena at SummerSlam. Instead, after suffering a beating at the meaty paws of Show, Orton, in a calculated move, exited the ring and walked off, allowing the angered giant the victory by count-out.

“Calgary Kid” (The Miz) def. Eugene; The Miz earned reinstatement to Raw (PHOTOS | WATCH)
It looked like it was over for The Miz. Last week, the brash braggart lost to John Cena and found himself banned from Monday Night Raw for good. Well, heee’s baaaccckkk! The scheming Superstar, calling himself “Calgary Kid,” donned a mask and fought Eugene in a WWE Contract-on-a-Pole Match for the right to become the newest official member of Monday Night Raw. After prevailing, Miz ripped off his mask to reveal his true identity.

Jack Swagger def. Evan Bourne (PHOTOS | WATCH)
In the tug-of-war that has ensued over the past two weeks between Jack Swagger and Evan Bourne, “The All-American American” pulled his adversary over the line. After splitting one victory apiece, Swagger came up big to win the tie-breaker. Before he could revel in his arrogance, however, MVP challenged Swagger to a fight. “The All-American American” deferred, saying that maybe he would battle The Ballin’ Superstar next week. MVP pushed him on his derriere before Swagger slid from the ring.

Gail Kim def. Kelly Kelly, Beth Phoenix and Alicia Fox in Divas Four Way Match (PHOTOS | WATCH)
Call it home country advantage. When Canadian Gail Kim faced off against Kelly Kelly, Beth Phoenix and Alicia Fox in a Diva Four Way Match, with the winner earning the right to face Divas Champion Mickie James in a title match, the odds were not in her favor. However, anyone who has witnessed the Korean beauty in the ring knows that she has never let the odds mean her end. After overcoming the size and strength advantage of her opponents, Kim emerged victorious and now sets her sights on Mickie and the Divas Title.

Raw special guest host Sgt. Slaughter arranged two main event matches: Big Show vs. Randy Orton and Chris Jericho vs. John Cena (PHOTOS)
WWE Champion Randy Orton tried on his professor’s cap when Monday Night Raw touched down in the Great White North. Orton confronted his SummerSlam opponent, John Cena, with a little history lesson. Namely, The Viper reminded Cena how he had defeated him in a Triple Threat Match at WrestleMania XXV and, more recently, at Night of Champions.

For his part, Cena proved no teacher’s pet. The former Champ exchanged pointed words with Orton until they were interrupted by the Unified Tag Team Champions, Chris Jericho & Big Show. The two bragged about how they had convinced Raw’s guest host, Sgt. Slaughter, to arrange two main event matches: Big Show vs. Orton and Chris Jericho vs. John Cena.

Monday Night Raw 10.08.09

News on The Rock possibly hosting a future RAW

Credit: PWTorch.com

Many within WWE feel its doubtful that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would agree to guest host a future edition of Monday Night Raw.

One would assume WWE would reach out to him if they haven't already, but people close to him believe he'd pass on the offer. While Johnson speaks positively towards WWE in the media, the reality is he wants to disassociate himself with his former employer and still harbors some bad feelings over the way they allowed his contract to expire at the end of 2004.

John Morrison def. Tyson Kidd
Slam Master J def. Charlie Haas
Dolph Ziggler def. R-Truth, Finlay, Mike Knox (Fatal Four Way Match for an Intercontinental Championship Match at SummerSlam)
JTG def. Chris Jericho
The Great Khali def. Ricky Ortiz
World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy def. CM Punk (World Heavyweight Championship Match)

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – With SummerSlam just more than two weeks away, a series of explosive surprises left the WWE Universe in awe.

World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy def. CM Punk (World Heavyweight Championship Match) (VIDEO | PHOTOS)
Before the bell could ring to start their World Heavyweight Championship rematch, Jeff Hardy and CM Punk attacked each other, quickly bringing the WWE Universe into a state of absolute bedlam. Amidst the mass hysteria, WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon emerged, declaring that the two Superstars would still have a World Heavyweight Championship Match with a “special guest enforcer,” handpicked by The Chairman himself.  (VIDEO | PHOTOS)

Later that night, to the shock of the WWE Universe, Matt Hardy emerged as Mr. McMahon’s special guest enforcer. While Jeff was confronting his brother outside the ring, Punk used the distraction to attempt an attack on his adversary. But when Jeff moved, it was his elder brother that took the hit instead. Moments later, when it looked like Punk may pin the World Champion, Matt pulled the referee out of the ring. As Matt confronted Punk, Jeff rolled his opponent up and the guest enforcer himself counted Punk’s shoulders to the canvas. The former ECW Champion then left without further action or comment.

Following the bell, an enraged CM Punk viciously attacked Hardy for the second week in a row, ruthlessly incorporating a chair to catastrophic ends. SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long responded by making the blockbuster announcement that Jeff Hardy would again face CM Punk for the title at SummerSlam, in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match. (Match preview)

JTG def. Chris Jericho (VIDEO | PHOTOS)
Cryme Tyme’s JTG completely stunned the WWE Universe, upsetting Unified Tag Team Champion Chris Jericho for the biggest win of his singles career. After the first-ever Undisputed WWE Champion failed to get the pinfall because his opponent was under the ropes, JTG executed an inside-cradle out of nowhere for the monumental victory. Could his amazing triumph over the highly decorated Jericho be a sign of things to come for the No. 1 contenders as they prepare to face the Unified Tag Team Champions at SummerSlam? (Match preview)

Dolph Ziggler def. R-Truth, Finlay, Mike Knox (Fatal Four Way Match for an Intercontinental Championship title opportunity at SummerSlam) (VIDEO | PHOTOS)
With Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio sitting at the broadcast table, Dolph Ziggler hit Finlay with a devastating neckbreaker, conquering three elite Superstars to earn the right to once again face The Master of the 619 for the gold at SummerSlam (Match preview). After the brutal match was over, Ziggler slapped the champion, prompting Mysterio to deliver the seated senton to his new No. 1 contender.

John Morrison def. Tyson Kidd (VIDEO | PHOTOS)
On the heels of The Friday Night Delight’s amazing World Heavyweight Championship Match with Jeff Hardy one week ago, The Shaman of Sexy scored his second consecutive win over Tyson Kidd with the Starship Pain.

The Great Khali def. Ricky Ortiz (VIDEO | PHOTOS)
Although The Punjabi Playboy reigned supreme over Ricky Ortiz with The Punjabi Plunge in about a minute, his victory soon turned to darkness when Kane emerged to attack him from behind. The Big Red Machine then turned his focus on Ranjin Singh, assaulting Khali’s interpreter before dragging him off into the crowd.

Slam Master J def. Charlie Haas (VIDEO | PHOTOS)
With Cryme Tyme & Eve watching in a monitor in the back, Slam Master J overcame Charlie Haas with a splash off the top rope.

Friday Night Smackdown 07.08.09

TNA Impact 06.08.09