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Young gets even more points for that off turnbuckles Flair Flop. Young REALLY needs to get away from Team Canada.

What did Ray say after Devon did his Testify line?

XPlosion, as they just mentioned.

Hmm...wonder if Shelly actually hurt his knee there...

Shelly/Lethal This could be a good opening match.

...well...this is a unique opening video...

Norman Smiley and Shark Boy. If they weren't currently JTTS, I'd LOVE to see them as Tag Champs.

He lost a match against Sean Waltman due to Larry Z being referee, where the stipulation was that if he lost, he'd be gone from TNA.

Cassidy Riley reminds me of something... ...when the hell is Raven coming back?

And the pre-show starts with the Hendersonville Hick himself!

On the last Impact before Destination X, 3 of the 4 title holders are in the top 3. Christian needs to get some match wins before he gets lost in the shuffle.

...Okaaay...

OK...found an old Dames Diatribe about the match in question. Here it is...Dusty Rhodes in a ladder match: Dusty Rhodes vs. Brian Lawler in a Ladder Match, from Dames Diatribe: ___________________________________________________________ Match Background: After the "Next Generation" of Brian Lawler, David Flair and Eric Watts came to TNA, they angered Dusty Rhodes with their lack of respect for Tradition. Dusty teamed up with Jeff Jarrett and D'Lo Brown to take them on in a 6 man a few weeks ago and were victorious, but was beaten up by them after the match. David Flair finally unveiled what was in his Bag O' Tricks that he kept hitting people with and it turned out to be a replica of his fathers NWA Title. Dusty has since been on a mission to take it back and bring it to "tradition" so to speak, but each time he's gotten his hands on it, Brian Lawler has come from behind and stolen it back. Last week, after a confrontation with Dusty, Lawler issued a challenge. He would put the title up for grabs in a ladder match against Dusty, where Lawler would unquestionably have the advantage. Dusty accepted and here we are tonight. The Match: The replica NWA Title is hanging above the ring, like always as the match begins. Aww....no sound means I don't get to hear Dusty's bootleg music I enjoy so much. Lawler tries to attack Dusty at the onset of the match, but Rhodes fights back and they head to the outside. Lawler gets the ladder from ringside and rams it into the side of Dusty's head. Lawler nails Dusty a few more times...and Dusty goes to blade. Instead of gigging right then and there, in full view of the camera, Dusty falls to the ground and covers his head to get the job done discreetly. Lawler sets the ladder up in the ring and takes his time to taunt Dusty instead of climbing the damn thing. He dropkicks Dusty through the ropes and then takes his SWEET time to climb up there until Dusty can come back in and knock him over. It could have been a bad fall as the ladder fell under Lawler first, but he seems ok. Dusty's Bionic Elbow puts Lawler down and then Dusty heads under the ring...and gets a two rung step ladder. Lawler is in the ring setting up the real ladder and Dusty hits him with the small one. Dusty then climbs it and hits an elbow off of it, popping the crowd (from what I can see) and goes for the real ladder. The ladder looks like it can't hold Dusty's weight....but not to worry as Lawler gives him a low blow with Dusty one rung up. Lawler comes off the top with a guillotine legdrop, but Dusty moves out of the way. David Flair attacks Dusty from behind as he tries to climb it again and Flair goes up for it himself. All of a sudden, Nikita Koloff comes into the ring and knocks Flair down. He goes up the ladder and retrieves the title belt himself (after MUCH trouble), beats up Lawler and Flair and hands it to Dusty for the win. They hug to a pop and hold up the title belt for all to see, but Eric Watts comes from behind and steals it to bring it all back to square one. Winner: Dusty Rhodes My Opinion: I've got to know whose idea it was to put Dusty Rhodes in a ladder match. Having someone else climb the ladder or pole is always a bad finish to a match, but it worked better here because of the Koloff storyline. I'm glad that TNA finally cleared up that plot hole. I don't think Nikita comes back after this. Watts getting the title back means that we just wasted about 10 minutes on a bad match for nothing. It's a silly angle to begin with and I hope they just let this one die. 1/2* and that's for Brian Lawler.

Like I said earlier...Birchill. After seeing him doing his rope swing entrance, I'd like to see how he'd do in a ladder match.

See, that was stupid of Orton in my mind. He should have waited until AFTER Saturday Night's Main Event to do this. Now his team will be weaker for that show.

Well, so much for Orton's new theme from last week.

Don't give them any ideas for when they're next in Japan. They already had JBL vs. Godzilla.

Heh, nice reference there. If Sinestro had a logo I'd say he could go for that too.

Helms vs. Benoit A match that COULD have happened in WCW back in the day.

Jillian looks MUCH better since losing the deformity.

No... That'll be when Larry the Cable Guy gets an OSCAR for his movie.

That only worked cause the girl was a contortionist. I doubt Boogeyman is that flexible. Incidentally, I can easily see...once this current version of Boogeyman goes out of style...they turn him into a disco-loving fool.

Well, I think there's two reasons why Birchill didn't hit that as good as he usually does: 1)New ring boots than he's had before as well as ring attire. 2)William Regal was the one taking it, and may not have giving Birchill much to work with.

If Birchill somehow gets into WrestleMania this year, he should come out riding on a Pirate Ship Float. ...hell, put BIRCHILL in Money in the Bank. That would be cool!

...I like Birchill's entrance. That was neat. I hope a Smackdown comes here soon so I can see that live.