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I'm going to get right into things as we are getting closer and closer to HardCORE Justice.
Opener
Show opens with Tommy Dreamer, Mick Foley, Raven, Stevie Richards, Rhyno, and Brother D-Von are in the ring. Dreamer immediately states that due to ECW being owned by someone else, the group is to be known as EV 2.0. Dreamer addresses D-Von to inquire about Brother Ray's absence. Ray calls his brother to the ring.
D-Von wants to know if Ray is in or out. Dreamer reaches out to Ray to join them for one last night. Foley says that with or without Ray, the show will go on but it would be greater with Ray's involvement. Taz stands up from the announce desk and tells Bubba to do it. Ray gets into the ring and has just one question, "Are we going to light somebody on fire?" The brothers hug after Ray decides to join up.
Hulk Hogan's music hits and the icon comes to join the guys of EV 2.0. He welcomes them to TNA. Hogan says that while ECW was doing their thing in the 90's he was busy wearing black (nWo reference) and he missed it but now he'll get a chance to see them. Abyss (and "Janice") show up atop the ramp. "They" are apparently not happy. The reunion wasn't a part of "their" plan and the person who's to blame for this Dixie Carter. Hogan tells Abyss to go talk to a shrink because no one is putting a hand on Dreamer until the PPV. Abyss doesn't care and Dreamer will be taken out tonight. Dreamer is willing to fight Abyss tonight.
Backstage Segment
Lacey and Velvet Sky are talking in the locker room until Madison Rayne enters. Rayne is ready to squash things as the trio has been running the Knockouts division for months. Sky is upset that Rayne invited a fourth member to the group who is still unknown to the other two girls. She is still upset that Rayne said she didn't need them. Rayne is asking for a truce and after some prodding, Sky accepts and the ladies hug it out.
Match #1: Sarita vs. Angelina Love
Love and Sarita are doing quick takedowns and going for quick pins early on. During the match, the announcers inform us that the Dreamer/Abyss match is a weapons match. Sarita is able to roll through a roll up attempt from Love and deliver a clothesline. Back suplex from Sarita but she dances around before going for the pin attempt. Angelina hits a spear from out of the corner and builds momentum hitting a jumping elbow and then a flying clothesline. Botox Injection kick and Love gets the victory.
Winner: Angelina Love via pinfall
Eric Young and Orlando Jordan are backstage. Young is apparently messed up on rum candy and Jordan is trying to get him to act normal. Seems we have a new tag team.
After commercials, we get a video from two weeks ago from Xplosion that shows Eric Young falling and hitting his head after a kick from Suicide that explains his new behavior.
Match #2: Ink Inc. vs. Orlando Jordan and Eric Young
Jordan sticks his gum in the mouth of So Cal Val and Eric Young brings out a mannequin with a boa and puts it on the apron. Jesse Neal eats an elbow from OJ and he is keeping the spiked-hair one grounded. Neckbreaker from Jordan. Neal hits a jawbreaker on Jordan after a brief interference from Moore. Jordan tries to tag Young but tags the dummy instead. Young climbs to the top and throws the dummy at Ink Inc. Jordan turns his back as he addresses Young. Ink Inc. dropkicked Jordan into Young. Neal puts Jordan up on his shoulder and Moore hits a neckbreaker from the top rope.
Winner: Ink Inc. via pinfall
In-Ring Segment
Ric Flair, AJ Styles, Kazarian, and Beer Money are in the ring. Flair tells Jay Lethal that he has a clause in his contract that he has a rematch for all his matches. Next week, Lethal and Flair squares off in a street fight. Beer Money is not surprised that they are apart of Fortune, as the greatest faction would have to include the greatest tag team in the world. They are on their way to be four-time tag champs. Kaz says they aren't angry rookies (Nexus diss) and they are the best wrestlers in the TNA Galaxy (WWE Universe diss). Styles plans on giving credibility to the title he has on his shoulder. The belt is no longer the Global Championship, it is now the TV Title. He will honor the title at all shows.
Kurt Angle is glad that Styles will honor the title. Angle reminds Styles is next in line for Angle's quest to the top.
Match #3: Beer Money vs. Motor City Machine Guns - Steel Cage match (Best of Five series, match #3)
The Guns climb over the cage behind BMI and leap off the ropes to get a quick jump on their opponents. Storm and Roode are sent face-first into the cage. Dream Sequence from the Guns. Roode is already bleeding. Storm is able to stop the momentum and BMI begin working on Alex Shelley. Roode tries for a superplex but Shelley stops it and hits a hurricanrana. A dropkick from Sabin that takes out both opponents. All four men in the ring. Roode clotheslines Sabin who flips. Shelley slams Roode's face into the cage and delivers a double foot stomp from the top rope. MCMG hit some quick offense to Storm but the Storm hits a F-5 like move to get back in control. Sabin gets a powerbomb/back cracker combination but Sabin kicks out. Sabin climbs to the top as Shelley stops BMI from climbing out. Sabin leaps off the top and takes out both men of Beer Money. Storm gets the beer bottle from the corner but hits Roode instead. Shelley hits a crossbody from the top as Sabin delivers a neckbreaker.
Winner: Motor City Machine Guns via pinfall
In-Ring Segment
Mr. Anderson's music is playing but Matt Morgan comes out instead. Morgan is in the ring and wants the microphone to be lowered but it doesn't. Morgan is yelling at whoever lowers the mic and tries again. The mic comes down slowly. He mocks Anderson's introduction including the repetition of the name. The real Anderson is then out atop the ramp. The mic lowers right away for him. To show Morgan how easy it is, Anderson has the mic lowered again. Anderson wants to come closer and gets into the ring. Morgan is taunting Anderson to punch him and Anderson punches him in the lower regions. Anderson punches Morgan in the head a few times and then starts mocking him. Morgan puts a thumb to Anderson's eye and then beats down Anderson. The microphone's cord is used to choke Anderson until Jeff Hardy makes the save. Hardy and Anderson double-team Morgan until two security officials hit the ring and are acting really un-security like with the tossing around of Hardy and Anderson. The security are actually fighting with Anderson and Hardy until D'Lo Brown, Al Snow, and Pat Kenney hit the ring and D'Lo admonishes them.
Anderson and Hardy are backstage and Christy Hemme wants to know what happened out there. Anderson says that the two security men have always wanted to be wrestlers but had to settle for TV security. Now they have a match against Anderson and Hardy and they should bring Morgan with them.
Match #4: Kazarian vs. Rob Terry
The ref sends AJ Styles to the back. Kaz dropkicks Terry in the back before the bell sounds. Another dropkick but Terry isn't falling. Kaz flies at Terry but Terry catches him and delivers the Freak Buster.
Winner: Rob Terry via pinfall
Opinion: The match wasn't even a minute long. Rating: 1/4*
Match #5: Murphy, Gunner, and Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy
From the tweets I'm seeing, it seems that Murphy and Gunner are two men who are friends of the Hardys. Morgan tagged himself in as the match started and wants Anderson. Jeff makes that happen. Morgan tags Murphy in and Murphy doesn't waste much time before he tags Gunner. Swinging neckbreaker from Anderson. Anderson allows Jeff to launch off his back but Murphy clotheslines Hardy in mid-air. Whisper in the Wind from Hardy and he gets a nearfall. Anderson is grabbed by the head and it allows the heels to get in control. Morgan heads to the back. Anderson is able to hit the Mic Check and Hardy hits the Swanton Bomb.
Winner: Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy via pinfall
Hogan tells Christy that next week he has some huge news that we're going to love.
In-Ring Segment
Eric Bischoff is with Ms. Tessmacher. On Aug. 12th, we are going to get to see something we've never seen before thanks to Dixie inspiring him. We're going to get PPV-quality action on iMPACT!. Abyss' music hits the ring. He just got done talking to "them" and "they" want him to make the main event for Aug. 12th. He wants to hang "Janice" hanging above the ring and have a ladder match. Bischoff agrees to the match to prevent Abyss from attacking him. Abyss states "Janice" wants him to return the favor for Bischoff's slap a few weeks ago but RVD's music hits and he storm the ring. A chair is thrown at Abyss and then RVD is able to take the Abyss into the corner. Van Daminator from RVD.
Abyss rolls to the outside. RVD tries to jump at Abyss but Abyss moves and he crashes into the guardrail. Abyss is looking at Dixie, who has backed up into the audience. D'Lo, Snow, and Kenney are out with chairs to stop Abyss. Before we go to commercial, Dreamer heads out for the match and he's given "Janice".
Main Event: Tommy Dreamer vs. Abyss
We return and the match is already underway. Abyss gets a garbage can lid to the back. Abyss lifts him up and drops him unceremoniously across the guardrail. Back suplex from Abyss to Dreamer unto a garbage can. Abyss is ready for a kendo stick shot but Dreamer avoids it. Dreamer hits a crossbody and then a clothesline. Abyss returns the favor by sending Dreamer into a chair that was wedged in the corner. Abyss goes up to the top but Dreamer crotches him. Abyss is flipped upside-down and Dreamer hits a dropkick into a garbage can that crashes into Abyss' face. Dreamer goes under the ring and pulls out a barbed-wire plank. A DDT to the plank is avoided by Abyss and Dreamer gets clotheslined. Abyss goes and gets "Janice". Abyss swings but Dreamer avoids it. A quick roll up gets Dreamer a two count. Dreamer sets up "Janice" in the corner and Irish whips Abyss towards it. Abyss stops himself. Dreamer has a garbage can but Abyss punches it and then chokeslams Dreamer on the barbed wire.
Winner: Abyss via pinfall
Abyss gets "Janice" but Raven comes out with a chair. It looks like Raven is about to attack Abyss but he strikes Dreamer with the chair. DDT to the chair and then Raven licks Dreamer across the face.
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