Flair Country
05-18-2008, 04:23 AM
We start off tonight’s show with a look back at Sacrifice when Booker turned his back on Rhino and Christian Cage. We also saw Gail Kim win the title match against Awesome Kong while Roxxi Laveaux lost more than the match since she was shaved bald after the match. We also saw LAX win the tag team titles. Samoa Joe successfully defended the TNA Heavyweight Title against Scott Steiner and Frankie Kazarian who won his chance into the match after Kurt Angle was unable to wrestle.
We see Samoa Joe walking in the back with his large gray haired shadow, Kevin Nash. Nash allows Joe to take the final few steps into the Impact Zone.
We are live on tape from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and your announcers are Mike ‘Do the Math’ Tenay and Don ‘Deal of the Day’ West.
There are some wrestlers standing inside the Impact Zone, but they are separated by their heel and face tendencies as they await Samoa Joe’s entry into the Impact Zone.
Samoa Joe makes his way into the Impact Zone and he asks rhetorically that people must be wondering about this open house. He is here to offer them the chance of a lifetime. At Slammiversary, there will be the King of the Mountain Match where five men will battle for the title. He talked to Jim Cornette and they discussed who would be able to choose the eight to participate. Joe says that they each agreed to pick four. Joe has Cornette’s first four and it is Robert Roode, James Storm, Tomko, and Matt Morgan. All four of these men have never had their shot at the TNA Title. He is not going to give out spots as charity. He is looking for the roughneck, tough sons of bitches to come try to take his belt.
Joe tells everyone that his four will be announced next week. There is a reason because he is scouting to find those badasses. No matter how bad you are, if you think you can beat him, you are sadly mistaken.
Booker T is a little late to the Impact Zone and he has a mic with him, but no note from ‘Booker’s Mother’. Booker tells Joe to wait a minute. He wants to know why the most decorated champion in history did not get an invite to this party. Booker walks into the ring. Booker wants to make sure that he understands that Cornette chose four people who never had a TNA Title shot and did not choose him. Booker reminds Joe that he said that he was not ducking any one. Why hasn’t Joe had three words with him? He wants to know why Joe walks away like a little . . . Booker restrains himself. Booker says that if he is not one of the four chosen, it will be consequences and repercussions.
Joe tells Booker that he doesn’t give a damn about his consequences. Booker punches Joe with a cheap shot and Christian and Rhino join in to get rid of Booker. Booker has to be held back by Team 3D on the floor while Joe, Christian, and Rhino want a piece of Booker. Booker says that is the way it has been with it three-on-one. Booker challenges them to a six man tag match. He is going to find some partners tonight.
TO THE BACK with Jeremy Borash and he sees Frank Trigg and Kurt Angle in the locker room. Jeremy has a few questions for Kurt and he wants to know how Kurt’s neck is. Kurt says that he is out for a while. Jeremy then asks about the Angle Alliance. Angle says that he does not want to deal with the Alliance right now and A.J. will have to deal with Tomko. Jeremy tells Angle that A.J. isn’t even here tonight and Angle wants to know where he is. Jeremy asks Kurt if he asked for some air time to address Karen. Kurt says that since he is going to be blackballed out of the King of the Mountain match since he knows that Joe will not choose him. He has a speech for Karen and he is allowing her and the kids to come home. Kurt will not give Jeremy a preview of the speech and says that he will have to wait. We go to commercial.
We are back and we go TO THE BACK where Lauren is with Frankie Kazarian, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and SoCalValizabeth. Lauren congratulates Frankie on his performance at Sacrifice and how he will be facing Petey Williams for the X Division Title at Slammiversary. Lauren talks about their six man tag match tonight. Frankie says that Sacrifice was important to him because not only did he win the first Terror Dome match, but he got to wrestle for the TNA Heavyweight Title. Frankie and Sonjay notice that Lethal is pacing and mumbling something so they want to know what is going on. Sonjay says that Jay does not appear to be himself. Jay says that he has a lot of big things on his mind. Jay says that it is bigger than the match. Lethal says that he has some thinking to do.
Match Number One: Jimmy Rave and Lance Hoyt with Christy Hemme and Johnny Devine versus Jay Lethal with So Cal Val, Sonjay Dutt, and Frankie Kazarian
Dutt and Hoyt start things off and Lance with a boot and then he sends Dutt into the turnbuckles. Rave is tagged in and they send Dutt into the turnbuckles and then Rave with a running clothesline into the corner followed by a hip toss by Hoyt and a Shining Wizard from Rave for a near fall. Devine tags in and he connects with a European uppercut. Devine with an Irish whip but he misses a charge into the corner. Dutt tags in Lethal who hits a missile drop kick on Devine. Lethal chops Devine followed by a jab and a hip toss but Christy grabs Lethal’s leg as he sets for the drop kick. Devine with a gut buster to Lethal for a two count. Devine with a snap suplex and then he knock Dutt off the apron. Hoyt comes in and Lethal with punches followed by a cross body but Hoyt catches him and plays the air Lethal Guitar followed by a fallaway slam for a two count. Hoyt with a waist lock to keep Lethal from making the tag but Lethal gets out of the hold and tags in Dutt. Dutt avoids a big boot and then he hits a drop kick on Devine. Hoyt tries for a chokes slam but Dutt gets out of the hold. Dutt with a DDT to Hoyt for a two count. Lethal goes after Rave and Lethal with a kick to Rave followed by Lethal spinning Dutt around to kick Rave. Kazarian is tagged in and he hits a drop kick for the three count.
Winners: Jay Lethal, Frankie Kazarian, and Sonjay Dutt
After the match, Lethal gets on the mic and he asks Val to come into the ring. Lethal gives Frankie the mic since Lethal has to go to his fanny pack and he gets a ring box. Lethal gets on his knee and he asks Val to marry him in a way that has only been done once in the last twenty-five years. Lethal wants to get married at Slammiversary. Val says yes in a way that only Elizabeth could have to the proposal by Randy Savage. Sonjay Dutt’s heart breaks as we see the look on his face.
We go to commercial.
We are back with Don and Mike at the announce table and they talk about the matches already announced for tonight. Don mentions the ‘disturbing’ footage of Abyss and how it has been three months since he walked out of the Impact Zone. We go to a video package about the things that Abyss has been through in TNA.
We go to Abyss and he is in a padded room, well kind of padded, but with curtains instead of padding. He is sitting in the corner in a straightjacket that Raven left behind. Abyss says that they allowed him to have a camera in the room because of his good behavior. He says that he thinks he fooled them. For the last several months, these padded walls have been his home. They poked and prodded him and treated him like some kind of lab rat. He committed himself because he is a masochist. His appetite for pain is unquenchable. The blood has never been enough. No matter how much torture, it was never enough. The doctors say that he is almost cured. They say that he can go home soon. We go to commercial.
We are back and there were some problems on Sunday between two people who were not in the Deuces Wild, Why did we include ‘thrown together teams if none of them are going to win Tag Team Tournament. Those two men are Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe.
Lauren is with Joe and Nash in the luxurious Jeff Jarrett Champions Dressing Room. She asks them about the misunderstanding at Sacrifice. Nash says that there was no misunderstanding with what happened on Sunday because he thinks that this business is ninety percent mental and ten percent physical; while Joe thinks it is the other way. Joe has had great success, and now they are coming to an understanding. They have a better bond than at Sacrifice.
Lauren asks Joe to tell her who he is going to pick for his four men for the King of the Mountain qualifiers. Joe says that next week is next week and he says that Booker is his concern right now. He might respect what Booker has done, but he does not have to like him. Booker is trying to recapture a glory that he will never see again. For everything that Booker says that he is, he does not see it. He sees a jealous former champion who wishes that he could get back what he had. He tells Booker to bring his goons because Booker will learn all about him.
We go to a video package about the feud between Awesome Kong and Gail Kim.
Match Number Two: Gail Kim versus Awesome Kong with Raisha Saeed for the TNA Women’s Title
They lock up and Kong backs Gail into the corner and misses a spinning back fist. Gail with punches but Kong pushes Gail off. Gail comes at Kong with more forearms and Kong pushes her away one more time. Gail with knees to Kong but Kong with an Irish whip but Gail moves out of the way when Kong charges. Gail goes up top and tries for a rana but Kong is able to block it. Kong with knees and she tries for the sit out power bomb. Gail escapes the hold and tries for a sunset flip but Kong picks up Gail by the throat. Gail with a rollup for a two count. Gail with a drop kick to Kong’s head. Saeed trips Gail from the floor and the referee figures out too late that Saeed might have done something.
Cue ODB to come to the ring to even the odds. Kong has Gail in the corner and rakes the face. Kong with knees and a side head lock. Wait a second, forget the action in the ring because Salinas (with her large sombrero) and Velvet Sky come to the ring. Wait, Christy Hemme comes to the ring as well.
Back to wrestling action and Kong with a chop to Gail but Gail with kicks to Kong. Traci Brooks comes to the ring too. Kong chokes Gail in the corner and while Kong biels Gail across the ring, the referee decides to focus on the things that are going on outside the ring involving PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE MATCH IN THE FIRST PLACE. I hear the ominous commercial bumper music so it is time for commercial.
We are back and we focus on the action in the ring as Kong tosses Gail to the mat. Kong puts Gail into the turnbuckles and then she Irish whips Gail into the corner. Gail avoids the charge again and tries for another sunset flip but Kong will not go down. Kong tries to punch Gail on the mat but Gail moves out of the way. Gail puts Kong in Some Other That Submission Hold but Kong picks up Gail and puts her on the top turnbuckle. Gail goes up top and she punches Kong. Gail charges at Kong but Kong with a body block and Gail goes down. Kong chokes Gail with her boot and then she puts Gail in the camel clutch but Gail will not tap. Gail gets out of the hold and she punches Kong and kicks her. Gail charges at Kong but Kong takes Gail down again. Kong tries for the power bomb again, but Gail escapes the hold one more time and Gail tries for an arm drag but Kong hits the butterfly front driver but she can only get a two count.
Kong climbs to the second turnbuckle but Gail moves when Kong tries for a frog splash. Gail makes her way to her feet first and hits a series of clotheslines but Gail cannot take Kong down. Gail staggers Kong with a gutbuster. Gail with a chop to Kong but Kong with an Irish whip and Kong continues to miss on the charges into the corner. Gail hits a spear that takes Kong to the mat and Gail can only get a two count. Gail with a forearm to the back but Kong with the spinning back fist but Gail gets her shoulder up at the last moment. Kong puts Gail in the turnbuckles again but Gail with a kick and Gail hits a Blockbuster but only gets a two count. Gail goes up top and hits a senton splash but Gail is only able to get a two count because of the impact of the move. Saeed gets on the apron and ODB pulls her off the apron. We have a brawl on the floor and it distracts Gail and the referee from the fact that there is a title match going on.
Gail with a rollup for a two count. Gail with a drop kick to the head and she goes up top. The referee is out of position so that means that it is time for outside interference. The winner of the raffle is Angelina Love who pushes Gail off the top turnbuckle to the mat. The referee turns around just in time to see Kong hit the sit out power bomb for the three count.
Winner: Awesome Kong
After the match, Traci Brooks, ODB, and Salinas check on Gail Kim while Velvet Sky, Angelina Love, and Christy Hemme appear to be having a pity party. We go to commercial.
We are back and Don and Mike are at the announce table. Mike talks about the situation involving Gail Kim and her knee injury at the hands of Angelina Love. Mike says that we will get updates later in the show.
Mike turns his attention to the announcement earlier tonight that Kurt Angle has an important announcement for his family. Time for a video package of Kurt and Karen: The Heck with Non-Stop Action.
It is time for Kurt Angle to arise in the Angle-vator and he has balloons, apparently spending tens of dollars to win back his wife. Angle says that Karen did not kick him out of the house, she left him. In order to do this right, he needs everyone’s cooperation and full support. He says that he wrote his wife an apology letter. Kurt plays the sympathy card talking about his neck injury in Korea. Kurt tells Karen not to listen to these people. Kurt tells Karen that she is his wife until death do them part and he knows that she is at her mother’s house. He says that her life is miserable because he is not there. Kurt says that he is giving Karen the chance to come back. Kurt tells Karen that she needs to get her priorities straight because it is the TNA title first; his gold medals second; the kids third; and Karen fourth. Kurt corrects that and says that since Karen takes care of the kids, she is third. Kurt says that he is not good at this, but he is wearing his best suit and he bought these stupid balloons. Kurt says that he is not the romantic type because that is for wussies. Kurt says that he will be the bigger person and forgive her for her mistakes and failures as a wife. Kurt tells Karen that it takes a real man of his stature to come out and do this. He hopes that she appreciates this. Kurt asks Karen to show up . . . in a commercial.
We are back and Kurt is pointing at the balloons. We go back to commercial.
We are back and it is time to go to Jeremy Borash with LAX and Hector Guerrero. The fiesta is going on and Homicide says that no one had faith in them and gave them a chance. They added a touch of spice in Hector Guerrero to make the difference. Hector says that they came through and became the champion for the Latinos. They have started the revolution and it is time to join the revolution no matter what type of Latino you are.
Match Number Three: The Motor City Machine Guns of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin versus LAX of Homicide and Hernandez with Salinas and Hector Guerrero in a non-title match
Shelley and Homicide start things off and Shelley with an arm bar but Homicide with a reversal into a hammer lock into a side head lock take down but Shelley with a head scissors. Homicide escapes and he puts Shelley in a rear chin lock and side head lock. Shelley with a hammer lock of his own. Homicide with a reversal but Shelley with a wrist lock and forearms. Homicide with European uppercuts while Shelley responds with forearms. Homicide with an overhead belly-to-belly throw followed by a snap suplex into two rolling vertical suplexes. Homicide tags in Hernandez and then Homicide helps get Shelley onto Hernandez’s shoulders for a back breaker for a two count. Homicide is tagged back in and he connects with a head butt to the ribs. Homicide tries for a step over toe hold but Shelley sends Homicide into the ropes and Sabin with a kick to Homicide’s head. Sabin with a missile drop kick to Homicide while Shelley hits a Flatline on Homicide. Sabin with a drop kick off Shelley’s back that knocks Hernandez off the apron. Sabin with a double sledge from the top to Homicide and then he slams Homicide’s head into the turnbuckle. Sabin with a snap mare followed by a snap leg drop for a two count. Sabin sends Homicide into Shelley’s boots and then he tags in Shelley. Shelley with a snap mare and a knee drop to the chest for a near fall. Sabin tags in and he hits a leap frog double sledge to Homicide’s back. Sabin chokes Homicide with his boot and then he Irish whips Homicide into the corner and hits a flying back elbow. Sabin goes for a springboard move but Homicide blocks it and hits an Exploder suplex for a near fall. Hernandez is tagged in and he hits a slingshot double clothesline on Shelley and Sabin. Hernandez with a back body drop to Sabin followed by a Cracker Jack to Shelley. Hernandez tosses Sabin across the ring using his t-shirt. Hernandez hits a half nelson Saito suplex. Hernandez sets Shelley for a power bomb, but Sabin with an enzuigiri to Hernandez. Sabin and Shelley with dueling super kicks followed by an attempted double suplex but Hernandez counters with a double suplex of his own. Homicide with a drop kick that sends Shelley out of the ring. Hernandez gets Sabin on his shoulders and Homicide hits an Ace Cutter for the three count.
Winners: LAX
TO THE BACK and Jeremy Borash is with Booker T. Jeremy wonders if there is something in the water because he is not the same person who arrived in TNA a few months ago. Brother Ray appears and he pushes Borash and tells him to shut up. Devon appears as well and Borash leaves. Ray gives Booker the mic. Booker says it is not what is wrong with Booker T. It is what is wrong with TNA. When he arrived in the company, TNA signed the most decorated champion in wrestling history as well as the you know the drill about the WCW Title. Booker says that he only gets disrespected here and it started with Christian Cage and Rhino. Now Samoa Joe wants to get his hands on Booker. Booker will prove that he is the heir to the throne.
Devon says that they have pissed a brother off. When Booker came to him and asked him to make examples of Rhino and Christian, they jumped at the opportunity because it is about respect. It is not too much to know your place and where you belong. We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time to go to Memphis where Eric Young is looking for ‘The King’. We see Eric on a dirt road and then he is hitchhiking. A car stops and of course there is a person in a wrestling match who tells Eric to get in the back. We see Eric at a gas station near a sign that says that Nashville is one way and Memphis is another.
We return to the Impact Zone and Don points out that Eric has three weeks to find Elvis. Mike talks about an interview that he did with Sting and he says that this is a side of the icon that you have not seen before.
We go to Part I: The Beginning. Sting appears to be wearing his flesh colored face paint instead of his regular white and black face paint. Mike wants Sting to talk about the start of his career. Sting talks about how he was running a health club in California and Rick Bassman came in he had three guys who were going to break into pro wrestling with Rick managing them. They were looking for a fourth guy until he asked Sting. Sting went to a wrestling camp and he talks about meeting a guy named Jim Hellwig who had just won a body building competition. They sent out resumes all over and got no phone calls except from Jerry Jarrett. Sting says that they only wanted him and Hellwig. Mike Tenay points out that Hellwig became the Ultimate Warrior. Sting mentions that they were the Blade Runners at the time. Sting says that they parted ways and it was not a friendly split.
We go to commercial with a look at Roxxi Laveaux’s back and bald head.
We are back and it is time to hear from Angelina Love and Velvet Sky who are with Lauren in the interview area. Lauren says that they have been doing nothing but make fun of Roxxi after what happened to her at Sacrifice. Lauren calls them cold, but Velvet takes the mic and wants to know what they have been talking about. She says that her and Angelina are the hottest thing going in the company and rhetorically asks why they are featured on the show again. Angelina says not to blame them for what happened to Roxxi because they did not shave her head. She says that Roxxi needs a paper bag. Lauren wants to know how Angelina and Velvet can be so mean spirited and Angelina asks Lauren who she thinks she is to talk to her that way. Angelina suggests that Lauren needs a make over. Velvet threatens to take the make up off of Lauren’s face.
Match Number Four: Angelina Love and Velvet Sky versus Roxxi Laveaux and ODB
The action starts before the bell rings and Roxxi and ODB with forearms to Love and Sky. Roxxi with kicks to Angelina while ODB chops Velvet. The referee appears to have gotten things under control as Velvet and ODB remain in the ring. Velvet with chops to ODB but ODB with a knee and a fallaway slam followed by a kip up. Roxxi is tagged in and Roxxi with a fallaway slam after ODB kicks Velvet into Laveaux and Roxxi gets a near fall. Angelina tags in and Roxxi pulls her into the ring. Roxxi with forearms followed by a roaring forearm. Roxxi misses a drop kick and Angelina punches Roxxi in the head. Angelina with a snap mare and Angelina with a drop kick for a near fall. Velvet tags in and Angelina with a slam and then they hit a double elbow drop for a near fall. Velvet chokes Roxxi and then she Irish whips Roxxi into the corner followed by a running clothesline into the corner. Velvet with an octopus and she bites Roxxi’s arm. Angelina knocks ODB off the apron and then ODB comes in and she distracts the referee to allow Love and Sky to double team Roxxi. Velvet kicks Roxxi and gets a near fall. Roxxi misses a clothesline and then she misses an enzuigiri but Roxxi is able to kick Velvet off of her and ODB is tagged in. ODB hits a clothesline on Sky followed by a drop kick to Love and one to Sky. ODB slams Love and then she slams Sky on top of Love. ODB with the power slam but Love breaks up the cover. Roxxi with forearms but Love sends Roxxi into the turnbuckles. Angelina with a bicycle kick that sends ODB over for a sunset flip and Sky gets the three count.
Winners: Angelina Love and Velvet Sky
TO THE BACK and Lauren who is with Rhino and Christian. Christian asks if people really thought that Booker T was a good guy. They have wrestled everywhere and the same thing holds true today as it always has. He will not respect Booker T. Christian talks about how Booker used to look down upon Christian, but everyone has found out that Booker is nothing but a complete a complete piece of s*** (as Buck would tell Dave . . . Don’t Curse). Rhino tells Team 3D that they have history and the whole world knows about that. They fought together like brothers to build a company based on Extreme. They are not his family or like his brothers. He is going to go into the ring and beat them to a bloody pulp as he drags their bodies down memory lane one more time. We go to commercials built on Extreme.
Match Number Five: Team 3D and Booker T versus Rhino, Christian Cage, and Samoa Joe
Joe and Devon start things off and he goes after Booker but that allows Devon to get the first shot in on Joe and Ray joins in and they double team Joe. Devon with an elbow to the head. Devon with an Irish whip but Joe with an elbow and boot when Devon tries to charge. Joe with a leg lariat and Booker breaks up the cover. Rhino goes after Booker and Devon knocks Rhino out of the ring. All heck has broken loose as the referee has lost control of the match (no, that never happens in a TNA match, say it isn’t so) as Christian and Ray battle in one part of the Impact Zone while Joe and Devon battle and Booker and Rhino square off. Christian hits a cross body on Ray from the top turnbuckle. Joe and Devon continue to battle while Ray has gotten up and he has laid some shots in on Christian. Ray with a rake of the eyes to Christian and then Ray realizes that he is near the Spanish Announce Table and he goes after Hector Guerrero and pushes him. We go to commercial.
We are back and it looks like referee Earl Hebner has gotten things under control (scratch item number 43 off his list . . . whoops wrong Earl, wrong network, wrong genre) and Devon punches Rhino in the head. Rhino with chops but Devon with a rake of the eyes and then he choke Rhino in the ropes. Ray punches Rhino from the apron and then the referee admonishes him. Devon with a snap mare followed by a leg drop for a near fall. Ray chops in and he connects with a double sledge to the ribs. Ray with a neck breaker for a near fall. Ray with a front face lock but Rhino with punches. Ray with a uranage choke slam for a near fall but Joe breaks up the cover. Booker tags in and he punches Rhino in the ribs. Booker with a back heel kick for a two count. Devon tags in and he punches Rhino in the head followed by forearms. Ray tags in as they remain fresh in the match as they work over Rhino. Rhino with a spinebuster and both men are down. Devon and Joe tag in and Joe with clotheslines and forearms. Joe sends Ray into Devon and then he connects with a back elbow on Ray and a spin kick on Devon. Joe wants Booker in the match and Booker obliges. Joe with punches to Booker followed by a leg lariat. Joe with an Exploder suplex to Devon for a two count after Ray pulls Joe off. Ray with a big boot to Christian. Rhino punches Booker and Booker sends Rhino out of the ring. Christian hits a missile drop kick that takes Ray out of the 3D equation. Devon with a forearm to Devon but Joe with a power slam for the three count.
Winners: Samoa Joe, Christian Cage, and Rhino
After the match, Ray attacks Hector Guerrero for losing the match. Devon joins in the attack and they send Hector into the side of the bleachers. Ray and Devon with punches to Hector. Booker has a chair as he holds off Rhino, Christian, and Joe. We see Hector sent into the wall and they leave before Joe, Christian, and Rhino can get to them. We see Hector bleeding as we go to credits.
PWInsider
We see Samoa Joe walking in the back with his large gray haired shadow, Kevin Nash. Nash allows Joe to take the final few steps into the Impact Zone.
We are live on tape from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and your announcers are Mike ‘Do the Math’ Tenay and Don ‘Deal of the Day’ West.
There are some wrestlers standing inside the Impact Zone, but they are separated by their heel and face tendencies as they await Samoa Joe’s entry into the Impact Zone.
Samoa Joe makes his way into the Impact Zone and he asks rhetorically that people must be wondering about this open house. He is here to offer them the chance of a lifetime. At Slammiversary, there will be the King of the Mountain Match where five men will battle for the title. He talked to Jim Cornette and they discussed who would be able to choose the eight to participate. Joe says that they each agreed to pick four. Joe has Cornette’s first four and it is Robert Roode, James Storm, Tomko, and Matt Morgan. All four of these men have never had their shot at the TNA Title. He is not going to give out spots as charity. He is looking for the roughneck, tough sons of bitches to come try to take his belt.
Joe tells everyone that his four will be announced next week. There is a reason because he is scouting to find those badasses. No matter how bad you are, if you think you can beat him, you are sadly mistaken.
Booker T is a little late to the Impact Zone and he has a mic with him, but no note from ‘Booker’s Mother’. Booker tells Joe to wait a minute. He wants to know why the most decorated champion in history did not get an invite to this party. Booker walks into the ring. Booker wants to make sure that he understands that Cornette chose four people who never had a TNA Title shot and did not choose him. Booker reminds Joe that he said that he was not ducking any one. Why hasn’t Joe had three words with him? He wants to know why Joe walks away like a little . . . Booker restrains himself. Booker says that if he is not one of the four chosen, it will be consequences and repercussions.
Joe tells Booker that he doesn’t give a damn about his consequences. Booker punches Joe with a cheap shot and Christian and Rhino join in to get rid of Booker. Booker has to be held back by Team 3D on the floor while Joe, Christian, and Rhino want a piece of Booker. Booker says that is the way it has been with it three-on-one. Booker challenges them to a six man tag match. He is going to find some partners tonight.
TO THE BACK with Jeremy Borash and he sees Frank Trigg and Kurt Angle in the locker room. Jeremy has a few questions for Kurt and he wants to know how Kurt’s neck is. Kurt says that he is out for a while. Jeremy then asks about the Angle Alliance. Angle says that he does not want to deal with the Alliance right now and A.J. will have to deal with Tomko. Jeremy tells Angle that A.J. isn’t even here tonight and Angle wants to know where he is. Jeremy asks Kurt if he asked for some air time to address Karen. Kurt says that since he is going to be blackballed out of the King of the Mountain match since he knows that Joe will not choose him. He has a speech for Karen and he is allowing her and the kids to come home. Kurt will not give Jeremy a preview of the speech and says that he will have to wait. We go to commercial.
We are back and we go TO THE BACK where Lauren is with Frankie Kazarian, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and SoCalValizabeth. Lauren congratulates Frankie on his performance at Sacrifice and how he will be facing Petey Williams for the X Division Title at Slammiversary. Lauren talks about their six man tag match tonight. Frankie says that Sacrifice was important to him because not only did he win the first Terror Dome match, but he got to wrestle for the TNA Heavyweight Title. Frankie and Sonjay notice that Lethal is pacing and mumbling something so they want to know what is going on. Sonjay says that Jay does not appear to be himself. Jay says that he has a lot of big things on his mind. Jay says that it is bigger than the match. Lethal says that he has some thinking to do.
Match Number One: Jimmy Rave and Lance Hoyt with Christy Hemme and Johnny Devine versus Jay Lethal with So Cal Val, Sonjay Dutt, and Frankie Kazarian
Dutt and Hoyt start things off and Lance with a boot and then he sends Dutt into the turnbuckles. Rave is tagged in and they send Dutt into the turnbuckles and then Rave with a running clothesline into the corner followed by a hip toss by Hoyt and a Shining Wizard from Rave for a near fall. Devine tags in and he connects with a European uppercut. Devine with an Irish whip but he misses a charge into the corner. Dutt tags in Lethal who hits a missile drop kick on Devine. Lethal chops Devine followed by a jab and a hip toss but Christy grabs Lethal’s leg as he sets for the drop kick. Devine with a gut buster to Lethal for a two count. Devine with a snap suplex and then he knock Dutt off the apron. Hoyt comes in and Lethal with punches followed by a cross body but Hoyt catches him and plays the air Lethal Guitar followed by a fallaway slam for a two count. Hoyt with a waist lock to keep Lethal from making the tag but Lethal gets out of the hold and tags in Dutt. Dutt avoids a big boot and then he hits a drop kick on Devine. Hoyt tries for a chokes slam but Dutt gets out of the hold. Dutt with a DDT to Hoyt for a two count. Lethal goes after Rave and Lethal with a kick to Rave followed by Lethal spinning Dutt around to kick Rave. Kazarian is tagged in and he hits a drop kick for the three count.
Winners: Jay Lethal, Frankie Kazarian, and Sonjay Dutt
After the match, Lethal gets on the mic and he asks Val to come into the ring. Lethal gives Frankie the mic since Lethal has to go to his fanny pack and he gets a ring box. Lethal gets on his knee and he asks Val to marry him in a way that has only been done once in the last twenty-five years. Lethal wants to get married at Slammiversary. Val says yes in a way that only Elizabeth could have to the proposal by Randy Savage. Sonjay Dutt’s heart breaks as we see the look on his face.
We go to commercial.
We are back with Don and Mike at the announce table and they talk about the matches already announced for tonight. Don mentions the ‘disturbing’ footage of Abyss and how it has been three months since he walked out of the Impact Zone. We go to a video package about the things that Abyss has been through in TNA.
We go to Abyss and he is in a padded room, well kind of padded, but with curtains instead of padding. He is sitting in the corner in a straightjacket that Raven left behind. Abyss says that they allowed him to have a camera in the room because of his good behavior. He says that he thinks he fooled them. For the last several months, these padded walls have been his home. They poked and prodded him and treated him like some kind of lab rat. He committed himself because he is a masochist. His appetite for pain is unquenchable. The blood has never been enough. No matter how much torture, it was never enough. The doctors say that he is almost cured. They say that he can go home soon. We go to commercial.
We are back and there were some problems on Sunday between two people who were not in the Deuces Wild, Why did we include ‘thrown together teams if none of them are going to win Tag Team Tournament. Those two men are Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe.
Lauren is with Joe and Nash in the luxurious Jeff Jarrett Champions Dressing Room. She asks them about the misunderstanding at Sacrifice. Nash says that there was no misunderstanding with what happened on Sunday because he thinks that this business is ninety percent mental and ten percent physical; while Joe thinks it is the other way. Joe has had great success, and now they are coming to an understanding. They have a better bond than at Sacrifice.
Lauren asks Joe to tell her who he is going to pick for his four men for the King of the Mountain qualifiers. Joe says that next week is next week and he says that Booker is his concern right now. He might respect what Booker has done, but he does not have to like him. Booker is trying to recapture a glory that he will never see again. For everything that Booker says that he is, he does not see it. He sees a jealous former champion who wishes that he could get back what he had. He tells Booker to bring his goons because Booker will learn all about him.
We go to a video package about the feud between Awesome Kong and Gail Kim.
Match Number Two: Gail Kim versus Awesome Kong with Raisha Saeed for the TNA Women’s Title
They lock up and Kong backs Gail into the corner and misses a spinning back fist. Gail with punches but Kong pushes Gail off. Gail comes at Kong with more forearms and Kong pushes her away one more time. Gail with knees to Kong but Kong with an Irish whip but Gail moves out of the way when Kong charges. Gail goes up top and tries for a rana but Kong is able to block it. Kong with knees and she tries for the sit out power bomb. Gail escapes the hold and tries for a sunset flip but Kong picks up Gail by the throat. Gail with a rollup for a two count. Gail with a drop kick to Kong’s head. Saeed trips Gail from the floor and the referee figures out too late that Saeed might have done something.
Cue ODB to come to the ring to even the odds. Kong has Gail in the corner and rakes the face. Kong with knees and a side head lock. Wait a second, forget the action in the ring because Salinas (with her large sombrero) and Velvet Sky come to the ring. Wait, Christy Hemme comes to the ring as well.
Back to wrestling action and Kong with a chop to Gail but Gail with kicks to Kong. Traci Brooks comes to the ring too. Kong chokes Gail in the corner and while Kong biels Gail across the ring, the referee decides to focus on the things that are going on outside the ring involving PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE MATCH IN THE FIRST PLACE. I hear the ominous commercial bumper music so it is time for commercial.
We are back and we focus on the action in the ring as Kong tosses Gail to the mat. Kong puts Gail into the turnbuckles and then she Irish whips Gail into the corner. Gail avoids the charge again and tries for another sunset flip but Kong will not go down. Kong tries to punch Gail on the mat but Gail moves out of the way. Gail puts Kong in Some Other That Submission Hold but Kong picks up Gail and puts her on the top turnbuckle. Gail goes up top and she punches Kong. Gail charges at Kong but Kong with a body block and Gail goes down. Kong chokes Gail with her boot and then she puts Gail in the camel clutch but Gail will not tap. Gail gets out of the hold and she punches Kong and kicks her. Gail charges at Kong but Kong takes Gail down again. Kong tries for the power bomb again, but Gail escapes the hold one more time and Gail tries for an arm drag but Kong hits the butterfly front driver but she can only get a two count.
Kong climbs to the second turnbuckle but Gail moves when Kong tries for a frog splash. Gail makes her way to her feet first and hits a series of clotheslines but Gail cannot take Kong down. Gail staggers Kong with a gutbuster. Gail with a chop to Kong but Kong with an Irish whip and Kong continues to miss on the charges into the corner. Gail hits a spear that takes Kong to the mat and Gail can only get a two count. Gail with a forearm to the back but Kong with the spinning back fist but Gail gets her shoulder up at the last moment. Kong puts Gail in the turnbuckles again but Gail with a kick and Gail hits a Blockbuster but only gets a two count. Gail goes up top and hits a senton splash but Gail is only able to get a two count because of the impact of the move. Saeed gets on the apron and ODB pulls her off the apron. We have a brawl on the floor and it distracts Gail and the referee from the fact that there is a title match going on.
Gail with a rollup for a two count. Gail with a drop kick to the head and she goes up top. The referee is out of position so that means that it is time for outside interference. The winner of the raffle is Angelina Love who pushes Gail off the top turnbuckle to the mat. The referee turns around just in time to see Kong hit the sit out power bomb for the three count.
Winner: Awesome Kong
After the match, Traci Brooks, ODB, and Salinas check on Gail Kim while Velvet Sky, Angelina Love, and Christy Hemme appear to be having a pity party. We go to commercial.
We are back and Don and Mike are at the announce table. Mike talks about the situation involving Gail Kim and her knee injury at the hands of Angelina Love. Mike says that we will get updates later in the show.
Mike turns his attention to the announcement earlier tonight that Kurt Angle has an important announcement for his family. Time for a video package of Kurt and Karen: The Heck with Non-Stop Action.
It is time for Kurt Angle to arise in the Angle-vator and he has balloons, apparently spending tens of dollars to win back his wife. Angle says that Karen did not kick him out of the house, she left him. In order to do this right, he needs everyone’s cooperation and full support. He says that he wrote his wife an apology letter. Kurt plays the sympathy card talking about his neck injury in Korea. Kurt tells Karen not to listen to these people. Kurt tells Karen that she is his wife until death do them part and he knows that she is at her mother’s house. He says that her life is miserable because he is not there. Kurt says that he is giving Karen the chance to come back. Kurt tells Karen that she needs to get her priorities straight because it is the TNA title first; his gold medals second; the kids third; and Karen fourth. Kurt corrects that and says that since Karen takes care of the kids, she is third. Kurt says that he is not good at this, but he is wearing his best suit and he bought these stupid balloons. Kurt says that he is not the romantic type because that is for wussies. Kurt says that he will be the bigger person and forgive her for her mistakes and failures as a wife. Kurt tells Karen that it takes a real man of his stature to come out and do this. He hopes that she appreciates this. Kurt asks Karen to show up . . . in a commercial.
We are back and Kurt is pointing at the balloons. We go back to commercial.
We are back and it is time to go to Jeremy Borash with LAX and Hector Guerrero. The fiesta is going on and Homicide says that no one had faith in them and gave them a chance. They added a touch of spice in Hector Guerrero to make the difference. Hector says that they came through and became the champion for the Latinos. They have started the revolution and it is time to join the revolution no matter what type of Latino you are.
Match Number Three: The Motor City Machine Guns of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin versus LAX of Homicide and Hernandez with Salinas and Hector Guerrero in a non-title match
Shelley and Homicide start things off and Shelley with an arm bar but Homicide with a reversal into a hammer lock into a side head lock take down but Shelley with a head scissors. Homicide escapes and he puts Shelley in a rear chin lock and side head lock. Shelley with a hammer lock of his own. Homicide with a reversal but Shelley with a wrist lock and forearms. Homicide with European uppercuts while Shelley responds with forearms. Homicide with an overhead belly-to-belly throw followed by a snap suplex into two rolling vertical suplexes. Homicide tags in Hernandez and then Homicide helps get Shelley onto Hernandez’s shoulders for a back breaker for a two count. Homicide is tagged back in and he connects with a head butt to the ribs. Homicide tries for a step over toe hold but Shelley sends Homicide into the ropes and Sabin with a kick to Homicide’s head. Sabin with a missile drop kick to Homicide while Shelley hits a Flatline on Homicide. Sabin with a drop kick off Shelley’s back that knocks Hernandez off the apron. Sabin with a double sledge from the top to Homicide and then he slams Homicide’s head into the turnbuckle. Sabin with a snap mare followed by a snap leg drop for a two count. Sabin sends Homicide into Shelley’s boots and then he tags in Shelley. Shelley with a snap mare and a knee drop to the chest for a near fall. Sabin tags in and he hits a leap frog double sledge to Homicide’s back. Sabin chokes Homicide with his boot and then he Irish whips Homicide into the corner and hits a flying back elbow. Sabin goes for a springboard move but Homicide blocks it and hits an Exploder suplex for a near fall. Hernandez is tagged in and he hits a slingshot double clothesline on Shelley and Sabin. Hernandez with a back body drop to Sabin followed by a Cracker Jack to Shelley. Hernandez tosses Sabin across the ring using his t-shirt. Hernandez hits a half nelson Saito suplex. Hernandez sets Shelley for a power bomb, but Sabin with an enzuigiri to Hernandez. Sabin and Shelley with dueling super kicks followed by an attempted double suplex but Hernandez counters with a double suplex of his own. Homicide with a drop kick that sends Shelley out of the ring. Hernandez gets Sabin on his shoulders and Homicide hits an Ace Cutter for the three count.
Winners: LAX
TO THE BACK and Jeremy Borash is with Booker T. Jeremy wonders if there is something in the water because he is not the same person who arrived in TNA a few months ago. Brother Ray appears and he pushes Borash and tells him to shut up. Devon appears as well and Borash leaves. Ray gives Booker the mic. Booker says it is not what is wrong with Booker T. It is what is wrong with TNA. When he arrived in the company, TNA signed the most decorated champion in wrestling history as well as the you know the drill about the WCW Title. Booker says that he only gets disrespected here and it started with Christian Cage and Rhino. Now Samoa Joe wants to get his hands on Booker. Booker will prove that he is the heir to the throne.
Devon says that they have pissed a brother off. When Booker came to him and asked him to make examples of Rhino and Christian, they jumped at the opportunity because it is about respect. It is not too much to know your place and where you belong. We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time to go to Memphis where Eric Young is looking for ‘The King’. We see Eric on a dirt road and then he is hitchhiking. A car stops and of course there is a person in a wrestling match who tells Eric to get in the back. We see Eric at a gas station near a sign that says that Nashville is one way and Memphis is another.
We return to the Impact Zone and Don points out that Eric has three weeks to find Elvis. Mike talks about an interview that he did with Sting and he says that this is a side of the icon that you have not seen before.
We go to Part I: The Beginning. Sting appears to be wearing his flesh colored face paint instead of his regular white and black face paint. Mike wants Sting to talk about the start of his career. Sting talks about how he was running a health club in California and Rick Bassman came in he had three guys who were going to break into pro wrestling with Rick managing them. They were looking for a fourth guy until he asked Sting. Sting went to a wrestling camp and he talks about meeting a guy named Jim Hellwig who had just won a body building competition. They sent out resumes all over and got no phone calls except from Jerry Jarrett. Sting says that they only wanted him and Hellwig. Mike Tenay points out that Hellwig became the Ultimate Warrior. Sting mentions that they were the Blade Runners at the time. Sting says that they parted ways and it was not a friendly split.
We go to commercial with a look at Roxxi Laveaux’s back and bald head.
We are back and it is time to hear from Angelina Love and Velvet Sky who are with Lauren in the interview area. Lauren says that they have been doing nothing but make fun of Roxxi after what happened to her at Sacrifice. Lauren calls them cold, but Velvet takes the mic and wants to know what they have been talking about. She says that her and Angelina are the hottest thing going in the company and rhetorically asks why they are featured on the show again. Angelina says not to blame them for what happened to Roxxi because they did not shave her head. She says that Roxxi needs a paper bag. Lauren wants to know how Angelina and Velvet can be so mean spirited and Angelina asks Lauren who she thinks she is to talk to her that way. Angelina suggests that Lauren needs a make over. Velvet threatens to take the make up off of Lauren’s face.
Match Number Four: Angelina Love and Velvet Sky versus Roxxi Laveaux and ODB
The action starts before the bell rings and Roxxi and ODB with forearms to Love and Sky. Roxxi with kicks to Angelina while ODB chops Velvet. The referee appears to have gotten things under control as Velvet and ODB remain in the ring. Velvet with chops to ODB but ODB with a knee and a fallaway slam followed by a kip up. Roxxi is tagged in and Roxxi with a fallaway slam after ODB kicks Velvet into Laveaux and Roxxi gets a near fall. Angelina tags in and Roxxi pulls her into the ring. Roxxi with forearms followed by a roaring forearm. Roxxi misses a drop kick and Angelina punches Roxxi in the head. Angelina with a snap mare and Angelina with a drop kick for a near fall. Velvet tags in and Angelina with a slam and then they hit a double elbow drop for a near fall. Velvet chokes Roxxi and then she Irish whips Roxxi into the corner followed by a running clothesline into the corner. Velvet with an octopus and she bites Roxxi’s arm. Angelina knocks ODB off the apron and then ODB comes in and she distracts the referee to allow Love and Sky to double team Roxxi. Velvet kicks Roxxi and gets a near fall. Roxxi misses a clothesline and then she misses an enzuigiri but Roxxi is able to kick Velvet off of her and ODB is tagged in. ODB hits a clothesline on Sky followed by a drop kick to Love and one to Sky. ODB slams Love and then she slams Sky on top of Love. ODB with the power slam but Love breaks up the cover. Roxxi with forearms but Love sends Roxxi into the turnbuckles. Angelina with a bicycle kick that sends ODB over for a sunset flip and Sky gets the three count.
Winners: Angelina Love and Velvet Sky
TO THE BACK and Lauren who is with Rhino and Christian. Christian asks if people really thought that Booker T was a good guy. They have wrestled everywhere and the same thing holds true today as it always has. He will not respect Booker T. Christian talks about how Booker used to look down upon Christian, but everyone has found out that Booker is nothing but a complete a complete piece of s*** (as Buck would tell Dave . . . Don’t Curse). Rhino tells Team 3D that they have history and the whole world knows about that. They fought together like brothers to build a company based on Extreme. They are not his family or like his brothers. He is going to go into the ring and beat them to a bloody pulp as he drags their bodies down memory lane one more time. We go to commercials built on Extreme.
Match Number Five: Team 3D and Booker T versus Rhino, Christian Cage, and Samoa Joe
Joe and Devon start things off and he goes after Booker but that allows Devon to get the first shot in on Joe and Ray joins in and they double team Joe. Devon with an elbow to the head. Devon with an Irish whip but Joe with an elbow and boot when Devon tries to charge. Joe with a leg lariat and Booker breaks up the cover. Rhino goes after Booker and Devon knocks Rhino out of the ring. All heck has broken loose as the referee has lost control of the match (no, that never happens in a TNA match, say it isn’t so) as Christian and Ray battle in one part of the Impact Zone while Joe and Devon battle and Booker and Rhino square off. Christian hits a cross body on Ray from the top turnbuckle. Joe and Devon continue to battle while Ray has gotten up and he has laid some shots in on Christian. Ray with a rake of the eyes to Christian and then Ray realizes that he is near the Spanish Announce Table and he goes after Hector Guerrero and pushes him. We go to commercial.
We are back and it looks like referee Earl Hebner has gotten things under control (scratch item number 43 off his list . . . whoops wrong Earl, wrong network, wrong genre) and Devon punches Rhino in the head. Rhino with chops but Devon with a rake of the eyes and then he choke Rhino in the ropes. Ray punches Rhino from the apron and then the referee admonishes him. Devon with a snap mare followed by a leg drop for a near fall. Ray chops in and he connects with a double sledge to the ribs. Ray with a neck breaker for a near fall. Ray with a front face lock but Rhino with punches. Ray with a uranage choke slam for a near fall but Joe breaks up the cover. Booker tags in and he punches Rhino in the ribs. Booker with a back heel kick for a two count. Devon tags in and he punches Rhino in the head followed by forearms. Ray tags in as they remain fresh in the match as they work over Rhino. Rhino with a spinebuster and both men are down. Devon and Joe tag in and Joe with clotheslines and forearms. Joe sends Ray into Devon and then he connects with a back elbow on Ray and a spin kick on Devon. Joe wants Booker in the match and Booker obliges. Joe with punches to Booker followed by a leg lariat. Joe with an Exploder suplex to Devon for a two count after Ray pulls Joe off. Ray with a big boot to Christian. Rhino punches Booker and Booker sends Rhino out of the ring. Christian hits a missile drop kick that takes Ray out of the 3D equation. Devon with a forearm to Devon but Joe with a power slam for the three count.
Winners: Samoa Joe, Christian Cage, and Rhino
After the match, Ray attacks Hector Guerrero for losing the match. Devon joins in the attack and they send Hector into the side of the bleachers. Ray and Devon with punches to Hector. Booker has a chair as he holds off Rhino, Christian, and Joe. We see Hector sent into the wall and they leave before Joe, Christian, and Rhino can get to them. We see Hector bleeding as we go to credits.
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