[Q1] The show opened with a recap of last week's episode... The show is titled "Powers Unite"... A shot aired of Kurt Angle and Eric Young exiting a huge limo together.... The opening montage aired... Mike Tenay hyped the second match of the best of three series between A.J. Styles and Matt Morgan, and Sting vs. Brutus Magnus for later in the show...
The Main Event Mafia walked to the ring together. Kurt Angle said Mick Foley allegedly defeated Kevin Nash for the TNA Legends Title. Nash tried hard to look sad about losing the title that no one cares about. Angle complained that Sting's distraction and Bobby Lashley not being the legal man in the match when he entered the ring.
Angle said he spoke to the TNA board of directors and "they agreed the match is a sham." Angle said they agreed to let the outcome stand on the condition that Nash get a rematch against Mick Foley at the Hard Justice pay-per-view. Angle said Nash has a chance to end Foley's career.
Angle said it's his job as godfather of the Mafia to watch his family's back. He said that forced him to strike a deal. He pointed at the entrance area. The World Elite faction walked out. Eric Young debuted shorter hair and new, short tights. Once in the ring, all the heels shook hands. Tenay said the association kicked up the World Elite several notches.
Kurt said it's an honor and a privilege to do business with Young. Eric said he has no doubt that they will be revered as the greatest group of professional wrestlers ever assembled. He said it's his honor and privilege to take over TNA with Angle. Young said his men are 100 percent dedicated to the cause and are ready to do whatever it takes.
Young said it wouldn't have been like this if the Americans had treated them like the stars that they are. Young said it's not just about Lashley and Foley. He said it's about an entire disgusting nation that needs to be held responsible. He said the nation should feel bad about what the Elite is about to do to their heros. "Boys, let the cleansing begin," Young said...
Backstage, Jeremy Borash interviewed Mick Foley, who said he has a feeling this will be a night they'll never forget. Sting and Bobby Lashley entered the room. Sting said, "It's show time, Mick." Foley got up and left with Sting and Lashley... [C]
[Q2] Backstage, Lauren told Christopher Daniels that Eric Young wants to make an example out of him. Daniels told Young to be a man for once in his life. Lauren said Young was waiting in the ring with Kiyoshi and Sheik Abdul Bashir.
Suddenly, the Motor City Machine Guns walked onto the set and knocked on the camera. They mockingly pretended like they didn't know what a camera was because they haven't been on television in so long. Daniels got pissed and told them everyone's jobs are in danger. He said they haven't done anything to get noticed. He told them they could join him in the fight by accompanying him to ringside...
1. Eric Young (Kiyoshi, Bashir) pinned Christopher Daniels (w/Motor City Machine Guns) in 5:00. The Guns came out and nonchalantly stood in the corner. They even stood by and read video game instruction manuals when the heels ganged up on Daniels at ringside early in the match.
Late in the match, Young went for the Best Moonsault Ever. Young moved, but Daniels landed on his feet and hooked him for the Angel's Wings. Kiyoshi entered the ring and sprayed mist into Daniels's eyes while Bashir distracted the referee. Young hit a piledriver on Young and scored the pin. Tenay said there's a locker room code that prohibits wrestlers from using the piledriver, but Young keeps using it... [C]
At ringside, Tenay and West hyped the eight-man tag match, a sit down interview with Hernandez, the Morgan vs. Styles match, and Sting vs. Brutus Magnus...
[Q3] Backstage, Lauren interviewed Beer Money and Team 3D. Robert Roode said he knows Eric Young better than anyone in TNA because they grew up together and travelled together before they even came to TNA. Roode said Young must have forgotten when he begged Jeff Jarrett for a job. He said he did the same. He said he'll be damned if Young is going to dictate his future.
Brother Ray said he and Devon have even more right to be pissed at Eric Young. He recalled Young hitting Devon with the IWGP Title belt. Devon called the British Invasion tea and crumpet eating fairies. West apologized on commentary to the children watching at home...
Ring introductions for the eight-man tag match took place... [C]
2. Booker T, Scott Steiner, Doug Williams, and Rob Terry (w/Brutus Magnus, Sharmell) defeated Beer Money and Team 3D in an eight-man tag match in 7:05. It sounded like the fans were chanting "He's on steroids" at Terry. Ouch. When Team 3D and Beer Money took control, Young and his cronies came out. The Guns ran out and fought them at ringside.
[Q4] Kevin Nash came out and attacked the babyfaces. Mick Foley came out and attacked Nash. Kurt Angle came out. Sting came out, followed by Samoa Joe. Bobby Lashley came out. The match continued in the ring. Terry slammed Roode and pinned him clean to win the match for the heels. The brawl continued as the show went to break... [C]
The brawl continued after the break. Several wrestlers fought into the backstage area. Security cam footage aired from one section. Another group of wrestlers fought around a car. In the ring, Daniels hit his signature spots on Kiyoshi while the Guns enthusiastically cheered him on. Apparently, Daniels doesn't mind that the Guns stood by and watched as three guys worked him over earlier.
The brawl just kept going in the ring and backstage. The Guns and Daniels performed moves in the ring on Young and his wrestlers while the bigger named wrestlers fought behind the scenes. A police car pulled into the backstage area. Most of the wrestlers stopped what they were doing when the cops got out and called for order... [C]
[Q5] The announcers recapped the brawl...
3. Taylor Wilde and Sarita defeated Alissa Flash and Traci Brooks in 5:05. Big dive off the top by Sarita onto the two heels at ringside. During the match, Tenay announced that the Asylum match at the pay-per-view will feature the return of Suicide. In the end, Sarita pinned Flash. The heels attacked the babyfaces after the match...
Backstage, Lauren interviewed The Beautiful People while they sat on their thrones. They griped about Cody Deaner kissing Angelina Love last week. Love said she and Velvet will face ODB and Cody at the pay-per-view...
A shot aired of Kip James picking up trash where the real wrestlers had been brawling. Hernandez showed up and asked what happened. "Where have you been?" Kip asked. "There was like a big brawl around here. Now I've gotta pick all this shit up"... [C]
[Q6] Backstage, Lauren interviewed A.J. Styles, who said he's never seen anything like the brawl. However, he said a meteor couldn't take his focus away from beating Matt Morgan and earning a spot in the Hard Justice main event...
The announcers ran through the pay-per-view lineup: ODB and Deaner vs. Love and Sky, British Invasion vs. Beer Money for the IWGP Tag Titles, Booker and Steiner vs. Team 3D, Homicide vs. Samoa Joe for the X Division Title, Foley vs. Nash for the title no one cares about, and Angle vs. Sting vs. either Styles or Morgan... West hyped house shows...
A Hernandez video aired. He said it's his turn to soar to new heights and be on top...
Tenay interviewed Hernandez in a segment that was taped in the ring while the arena was empty. Tenay asked about his neck surgery. Hernandez said they fused part of his disc with a cadaver disc in his neck, which cut his recovery time in half. Hernandez noted that he played in the Arena Football League.
Hernandez said his father took offense at Konnan attempting to burn the American flag during a past angle. He said his father did 15 tours of Vietnam, and wanted to reenlist after 9/11. He said his father was bothered by the flag burning. Hernandez said some "different things happened," including the flag burning. Hernandez wished Homicide the best in the X Division. He said Homicide will always be his brother. Hernandez said a few words in Spanish...
Backstage, Lauren interviewed Homicide, who shifted the talk away from what Hernandez said onto his X Division Title. Homicide hyped his match against Samoa Joe by saying the 187 is stronger than 13 (Taz's number). His last line was censored...
A shot aired of Matt Morgan walking backstage... [C]
[Q7] 4. Matt Morgan pinned A.J. Styles in 4:50 in the second match of the best of three series. A few minutes in, Morgan went for a chokeslam, but A.J. flipped out of it and hit him a kick. Later, Morgan hit the Hellevator and pinned Styles clean... [C]
An video teased that "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero is coming to TNA on Aug. 16...
Backstage, Borash caught Angle trying to leave the building and asked if he was retreating. Angle said the Mafia have families. After Angle split, Borash spotted a flustered Abyss hiding in a corner. He said he doesn't know who he can trust because Dr. Stevie put out the $50,000 bounty. Consequences Creed entered the picture and complained about Abyss attacking him on a previous show. Jay Lethal attacked Abyss from behind. Creed joined Lethal in trying to beat down Abyss. They failed miserably. Abyss left them lying...
A TNA video hyped that they are creating a new kind of wrestling. Insert your own joke here... A shot aired of Sting walking backstage. Tenay said Sting is making his in-ring return to Impact... [C]
[Q8] [C] 5. Sting defeated Brutus Magnus (w/Doug Williams, Rob Terry) via submission in 6:20. The referee sent Williams and Terry before the match. West complained that they hadn't done anything wrong. Magnus was working over Sting's knee when the show went to commercial a couple minutes into the match. [C]
Shortly after the break, Sting caught Magnus jumping off the ropes and quickly applied the Scorpion Death Lock. Magnus tapped out. After the match, Magnus attacked Sting, who dominated him until the rest of World Elite came to the ring. Sting fought off a couple of them. Eric Young entered the ring and he and Sting ended up face-to-face, but never hit one another. Awkward moment.
With the heel ganging up on Sting, Foley and Lashley hit the ring and helped Sting fight off the heels. Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Scott Steiner, Booker T, and Kevin Nash hit the ring. If you thought they really left, you were swerved! Sigh. The heels beat up the babyfaces and left them lying. Tenay said there was no one left to help the babyfaces. Of course, that's when Hernandez came out swinging a chain over his head, which was enough to clear the ring...
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