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decent opener that got time given to it unlike some WWE openers in the past. the ending was sucky and predictable though. As well the more champions that retain tonight I guess the chances of Cena winning get greater.

their getting ok time for the match too.

and jeff hardy just died there. that looked nasty!

The card that was origanally thought to happen with Joe vs Jarrett and Sting vs Christian as the big 2 matches looked better. You could have had christian and joe go over and make your big face and heel for the next year in one night.

yeah i remember Nash ended wraths run. Mortis was one of the coolest gimmicks around at the time with the cool outfit, dark organ music and Mitchell as his manager but as with most things not labeled NWO it was barely given chance to get off the ground. On another note, anyone remember when Kanyon tried the gimmick out on a WWE dark matches a few years ago?

yeah but come on guys if Angle was to come to TNA you know he would be going straight into a feud with Jeff Jarrett who would then try to "run Angle out of TNA" as this is what happens every time a name comes in.

I would expect it to be Stevie Richards who faces Punk as they have been meeting on most house shows. If not then i agree Guido would be a nice choice.

exactly, and then the cycle will go over and over again. As soon as a name becomes available TNA will sign them up and push them into feuds either with or against Jarrett meaning Joe will keep getting overlooked. Its the way TNA has been for ages now. Tell me one name worker who has came in and not had interaction with Jarrett and I bet nobody can come up with anyone.

i dont normally post here but i mailed Meltzer about the Joe situation and by the looks of it Joe vs Jarrett is not happening yet. heres my mail and the reply: hi dave, sorry to bother you but i was wondering if you know whats going on with TNA. judging from the look at last nights tapings Sting vs Jarrett is headlining Bound For Glory. does this mean they have given up on Samoa Joe's push? Surely this would be bad business? thanks, And this is the response: No, Joe is planned to be the top singles star after Sting vs. Jarrett comes to a logical conclusion, not doing a screw job and not following up with the logical progression. Joe is under contract for years, rushing the title on him serves no purpose,

i dont normally comment here but i have to say sorry if you cant put this down to Sting being on the show then god knows what else it is. people obviously want to see the guy.

I would like to read a review of Air Raid vs the Jung Dragons possibly?

Mikey Batts and Jerelle Clarke. They are a pair of wrestlers from NWA Florida who TNA signed mainly due to their ability to sell oponents moves like crazy. Jerelle is best known for his 630 splash and Batts is the cousin of Billy Kidman.

Could anyone tell me the name of Christians current theme? Thanks in advance.

On the preshow they are teasing a limo from Stamford has arrived.

Toshie Vermatsu vs Meiko Satamura was the womens cruiser match on Nitro I believe.

The women from the cruiser tournament work for GAEA in Japan now.

Daivari and his sidekick could be the other 2?

Does anyone think half the ring will come together to eliminate Viscera? Or will Batista take him out maybe?

From Alan Wojcik, as usual.... TNA Wrestling Impact and Xplosion results from Tuesday November 23rd. Panda Energy decided TNA will be taping two shows every other week. Sources told me this move saves the company $50,000 a week. So this will be a very long evening and I’m not too sure how the fans will react to it. While the Pit was waiting to go in Randy Savage (minus the trench coat but wearing a long sleeve shirt) and Brian Adams arrived, so they will keep the momentum going for the six man Turning Point main event. TNA Wrestling Impact matches to air next Tuesday November 30 at 4PM. The taping began with the pre-show video recapping the Kings of Wrestling’s attack of the locker room, XXX/AMW, Abyss/Monty Brown and the return of Randy Savage. The guys attacked at the end of last week’s show watched on as AJ Styles knocked on the Kings Of Wrestling’s door and then sucker punched Scott Hall. (1) America’s Most Wanted defeated The NYC’s (Gilberti and Swinger w/Trinity). This is the third week in a row these teams have wrestled but this is the first time wrestling happened. NYC’s kept Chris Harris isolated from James Storm early on. Gilberti made the error of attacking Storm and he got hit with a hot shot which allowed an AMW tag. They hit isolated Gilberti and hit him with the Death Sentence to win. Shane Douglas interviewed Dusty Rhodes about the main event for today’s show, Scott Hall vs. AJ Styles. They played a video asking the fans to vote on the WWE footage to be shown at Turning Point. Out of commercial they played video hyping Petey Williams vs. Chris Sabin on the PPV. (2) In a non-title match, Chris Sabin defeated Michael Shane (w/Traci Brooks) and NWA World X Division champion Petey Williams (w/Scott D’amore.) I am a fan of the X matches and believe they need more then 10 minute time limit allowed on Impact. Watch this when it airs as I will not describe the entire match. Williams dumped Shane to the floor after Shane hit Sabin with shoulder backbreaker. Williams once again failed to hit the Canadian Destroyer as Sabin countered into the Cradle Shock for the win. Shane Douglas interviewed Raven who had two druids with him about the beef with DDP. Raven gave no response. (3) Raven (w/the LOTR helmet) vs. “the Shooter” Vordell Walker. The match began and immediately DDP came from the crowd with a house mic ending it. He told Raven that after he retired from the business, he didn’t like hearing how Raven went around claiming he made DDP. DDP said he used to consider Raven a friend and then rehashed some old WCW news including involving Page’s ex wife Kimberly. Raven finally responded that all of this wasn’t about Kimberly but it really involved Eric Watts. The two druids entered the ring and tried to jump Page but he hit both of them with Diamond Cutters. Back from break they ran the same Kid Kash coconut video. (4) Hector Garza defeated Kid Kash (w/ a coconut but minus Dallas). This X division match began with some mat wrestling which Garza faired better than Kash. Kash tried to speed things up and Garza controlled that too. Garza was heading to a victory until Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian tried to interfere. It backfired and Garza got the win. Shane and Kazarian jumped Garza after the bell but he was saved by Amazing Red, Sonjay Dutt, Shark Boy and D-Ray 3000. Back from commercial footage of the feud between Team Canada and 3 Live Kru played. (5) Ron “the Truth” Killings vs. Bobby Roode (w/Scott D’amore). Good hard hitting match that saw at the end Killings hit the Bookend but D’amore distracted Rudy Charles as Eric Young ran out to jump Killings. BG James came out to save Killings’ who then hit Roode with a sitout pedigree for the win. BG talked about Turning Point so I guess 3LK vs. Team Canada at the PPV. Back from break they played something the live crowd didn’t get to see. (6) Scott Hall defeated “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles. Hall came out but Razor Ramon wrestled the beginning of the match as the show went to commercial. During the break Borash got the fans to chant AJ over and over. Back from commercial Kevin Nash came to ringside as Hall took control over Styles. The fans helped Styles get back into the match. Nash hit Styles in the back of the head with a clothesline but Hall didn’t get the pin. As referee Andrew Thomas yelled at Nash to go back to the locker room, Jeff Hardy tried to help Styles but it backfired as he kept Thomas too long because Jeff Jarrett came from the crowd and hit Styles with a guitar shot. Hall fell onto Styles for the pin. The Kings went to attack Styles more but Randy Savage brought the babyface locker room to the ring and then told the Kings off on the mic to end the show. Between shows Borash told the fans that the Turning Point PPV would be hosting troops from Tampa’s MacDill Air Force base as well as a limited number of local fans. TNA Wrestling Impact matches to air Friday December 3rd. There wasn’t a pre-show video so tune in December 3rd. (1) XXX (“Primetime” Elix Skipper and “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels) defeated Sonjay Dutt and Amazing Red. Dutt/Red had control early on until Skipper broke up a submission move. XXX beat down Red before he could get Dutt tagged into the match and he seemed to be in control. Red made a blind tag back into the match and was ready to hit Daniels with the Code Red but Skipper hit Red with a spinning heel kick to the face. Daniels then rolled up Red for the win. Shane Douglas interviewed AMW about the Six Sides of Steel match on the PPV. Back from break Shane Douglas interviewed Monty Brown about the upcoming World title match but Abyss hit him in the back with an object that looked like a pipe. (2) Abyss (w/sack of thumb tacks and pipe) destroyed Matt Mayer (??) and Vance Desmond with moves that led to the Black Hole Slam. Abyss was ready to dump the tacks on the mat but the TNA referees saved the intended targets from damage. Abyss chased Borash into the ring and it caused Borash to rip a seam in his pants. The taping was brought to a halt as Borash went to replace his pants with jeans and the Hawaiian Tropic girls tossed shirts. Before the main event Scott Hall and Kevin Nash demanded air time to talk about their six man bout at Turning Point. The crowd chanted BORING as Nash sang a verse or two for Monty Brown that I don’t wish to repeat here. Hall took a camera hostage and the “Silver Fox” took off to the locker room area. (3) Kid Kash defeated Chris Sabin. Good X Division match. At the end Sabin had Kash set for the Cradle Shock but Kash countered into a pin using a handful of Sabin’s tights for leverage. Mike Tenay and Don West spoke but as usual we didn’t hear them. Before the main event DDP came out to the ring area and climbed in with the fans. But Raven was also in the crowd and he hit DDP with a garbage can. He dragged DDP into the ring and beat him down kicks to the chest and face. DDP fought back but Raven avoided the Diamond Cutter and headed to the locker room. Many fans didn’t see it but Eric Watts stood high atop the seats and looked down at DDP in the ring. Tenay and West spoke again probably going over the keys to the main event. (4) NWA World Heavyweight champion Jeff Jarrett defeated “Alpha Male” Monty Brown. This was the first NWA World Heavyweight title match on Impact. Brown came out with his ribs taped up from the attack by Abyss. Early on Brown showed off his obvious strength advantage over Jarrett. Jarrett countered a shoulder block, took over on the offense and brought the fight out to the floor where he attacked the injured ribs. During the floor fight TV went to break. TV came back as Jarrett brought the fight back into the ring where he kept control of the match. Jarrett tried a bear hug on Brown and barely got his hands locked. Brown fought back and hit Jarrett with a double under hook suplex. Brown blocked several punches by Jarrett and fired ones of his own before hitting a running Powerslam for 2. Brown hit a powerbomb and got 2. Brown hit Jarrett and referee Rudy Charles with a fallway slam. Jarrett hit Brown with a guitar shot and the stroke but only got 2. Brown hit the POUNCE on Jarrett but Hall came out and he got too got POUNCED. As Rudy Charles took care of Hall, Jarrett hit Brown in the back and head with chair shots. Jarrett pinned Brown as the fans reigned down boos. They showed AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy lying unconscious the victims of an attack that will be shown on the TV show.

When WWF tried to use lucha workers to go against the WCW ones who were they? I remember they worked a match at the 97 Rumble and a few matches on tv as well. Im pretty sure Hector Garza was one.

1. Does anyone remember some sort of shoot incident where Jerry Saggs and Scott Hall got into a fight backstage? I seem to remember Hall appearing with a black eye but I cant remember the details. 2. What was the deal with Dean Malenko injuring Jerry Lynn when he was JL? Didnt Malenko have to job to Lynn as a way of apology? 3. Didnt Alex Wright once have some kind of brain tumor? 4. What was the full lineup of the Dungeon Of Doom? I remember Kamala being there but I cant remember a few.

The trio must have been Wrath, Mortis and Glacier. Clarke was a kind of ninja character when he first came in as Wrath. He used to wear the huge helmet and carry the massive staff. He used a few martial arts moves as well. Interesting fact: Wrath and Mortis hold a pinfall win over the Faces Of Fear at Fall Brawl 97. Not many teams would go over Meng and Barbarian at the time.

How many gimmicks did WCW give Van Hammer? I remember the Heavy Metal, Flock member, the Hippy, Biker and MIA member. Was the hippy gimmick supposed to be some stoner thing?

Parka also had a mini feud with Super Calo in 1997 that not many people remember as WCW never pushed the lucha feuds. Basicly Parka lost the fall in a 6 man match to Calo's team so he took the chair to Calo after the match. They attacked each other for a few weeks before they were supposed to have a singles blowoff match on Nitro. Of course WCW had to ruin it by having Randy Savage come in and beat Parka up as he thought it was DDP. The match never happened and that was that. He had a mini feud with Buff Bagwell as well. Bagwell was being beat down by Rick Steiner and someone else who escapes me? Parka saved him and a tag match was made as the Thunder main event. Bagwell walked off during the match leaving Parka on his own. The following Nitro Parka and Buff were supposed to go one on one but Russo booking came into play. This was the deal where Bagwell lay down and let Parka pin him as if he was pissed that he had to job. After this the feud was killed off. A question of my own, were the famous Ding Dongs supposed to be serious characters and what was the gimmick supposed to be?

Does anyone have a list of matches RVD had in WCW? DDTDigest only goes back to 96.