Astro101 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2003 from nwatna.com AJ STYLES & MYSTERY PARTNER VS JEFF JARRETT & STING AJ Styles defeated Jeff Jarrett last week to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title, with help from a surprising source....Vince Russo. After taking out Raven and Glenn Gilberti the last couple of weeks with a baseball bat, Russo crashed one of Jarrett's own guitars over his head to set up the win by Styles. Immediately following the match, Jarrett challenged Styles to a rematch, but Styles declined and said he had 30 days before he had to defend the belt against Jarrett. Jarrett countered with a challenge that Styles couldn't pass up. Jarrett told AJ to find a partner and to face Jarrett in a tag match on the Anniversary Show. Jarrett's partner is none other than the former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and former 6 time WCW World Heavyweight Champion STING. STING is one of the top names in the wrestling business and will be making a rare appearance on the TNA Anniversary Show on June 18. One of the most beloved performers in wrestling history, STING will be competing in his first televised match in the United States since his final appearance for WCW on the last episode of NITRO. TRIPLE X (Champions) VS AMERICA'S MOST WANTED NWA WORLD TAG TITLE MATCH AMW won the rights to challenge Triple X by winning the Asylum Alliance Tournament with a win last week over David Young and Tracy. Chris Harris & James Storm were the hottest tag team in the business just a few months ago, but have had their problems of late. Those problems seem to be behind them and they have their minds set on recapturing the tag titles against Triple X. It won't be easy, though, since they have failed to get a win over Triple X in three previous attempts. Chris Daniels & Elix Skipper will have an insurance policy in the form of Low-Ki, the third member of Triple X. Low-Ki has been out of action with an injury, but will be at the Asylum this week to make sure things go Triple X's way. CHRIS SABIN (Champion) VS PAUL LONDON Paul London is the current number one contender for the X Title but has been unable to take advantage of his chance to challenge for the title because of commitments in Japan. Sabin doesn't appear to be anxious to face London, who like Sabin is a rising star in the wrestling business. Sabin, perhaps looking forward to the match with London, nearly lost his title last week to Shark Boy in what would have been a major upset. JERRY LYNN VS JUSTIN CREDIBLE This grudge match, between two former ECW Champions, has been building up for a few weeks starting with a disagreement in a tag match and exploding last week in an appearance in the "Interrogation" segment that ended in a wild pull apart brawl. Both men feel they have something to prove and both will be looking to get a win that will move them into title contention. MIKE SANDERS VS NEW JACK HARD 10 SEMIFINAL MATCH On paper this looks like a total mismatch. The "Hard 10" tournament format would seem to play right into New Jack's hands. Afterall, you can't get much more hardcore than New Jack. Sanders has somehow survived the hardcore competition so far, and is hoping his luck hasn't run out. Hopefully the TNA trainer has added a staple remover to his medicine bag. D-LO BROWN, SANDMAN, & FRANKIE KAZARIAN VS SONNY SIAKI, DAVID YOUNG, DON HARRIS Frankie Kazarian says he's the "Future", and he was certainly impressive in his TNA debut a couple of weeks ago. This week he gets a chance to show that deserves a permanent spot on the TNA roster. He'll be teaming up with D-LO Brown and Sandman to take on three members of Sports Entertainment Xtreme. Also on the show: BG James, Konnan & Truth have requested a sit down interview with Mike Tenay and Erik Watts will be out for revenge against Kid Kash. ALL THIS WEDNESDAY ON PAY-PER-VIEW!!!!!- --------------------------------------------------------------------- All looks good except for maybe the Hard 10, unless Shark Boy is involved. The 6 way tag is just...weird...TNA coulda put together a better random match than that. Other than those two...looking forward to the show. Can't believe it's been a year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ISportsFan Report post Posted June 14, 2003 STING will be competing in his first televised match in the United States since his final appearance for WCW on the last episode of NITRO. Except for all the WWA pay-per-views he was on. TNA even recognized his match against Jarrett on the most recent one! Jason Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nanks Report post Posted June 14, 2003 Somewhat odd decision not to defend the Heavyweight Title at the biggest show so far. But the tag match is probably the only logical way to fit Sting into the main event. Fair enough. Something about that preview makes me feel like Sting's doing a one-off, and that would be disappointing. Seems to me, looking at that preview that AJ's partner would have to be Raven, but when you really think about it, it'll probably be Russo, and that will be the end of that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Space_Cowboy Report post Posted June 14, 2003 AMW/XXX, Sabin/London and Lynn/Credible should all range from good to potentially great, and provided they don't pick someone crap as AJ's partner the main event should be good as well. That's 4 good looking matches right there, and that's enough to get me to order. The Hard 10 will probably suck, and the 6 man is about as random a match as they could have made, but provided Sandman and Don Harris aren't in there too much it should be decent enough for what it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HollywoodSpikeJenkins Report post Posted June 14, 2003 What the hell is with that 6 Man? They couldn't fit in D'Lo, Sandman, Siaki, Young, and Frankie, anywhere else? And what about Raven/Douglas/Gathering? Killings/Konnan/BG? AND WHY IS RUSSO GOING TO BE MAIN EVENTING AGAIN? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Chuck Woolery Report post Posted June 14, 2003 I actually agree with Spike here... where the fuck is Raven? He's not even on the preview! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2003 Raven deserves to be against Shane Douglas, or at least Red if he is returning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wwF1587 Report post Posted June 15, 2003 i hope its a good show... this will be the first TNA ppv i have ever ordered, my standards arent and wont be all that high but anything has to be better than WWE right now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bps "The Truth" 21 Report post Posted June 15, 2003 My official prediction is that Raven will be Styles partner. Why? Because it does not make sense. Russo loves that. On the other hand...Styles can just say that he picked Raven because Raven is the person who hates JArrett most or whatever...then Douglas can come and take Raven out eventually leaving Styles alone so he can job and not look weak (it is two on one after all). In fact...that's what I'd do just because if Sting isn't a one time deal they might as well use his appearances to build to Styles vs. Sting where Sting puts him over. No one else can really give Styles a rub anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJoe2k5 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2003 I'm guessing Raven or someone new will be A.J. Styles' partner. Sting hated everything about Vince Russo in WCW, so I doubt he'd agree to have a match with him in his TNA debut. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrnoitaull 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2003 According to CRedible/Lynn's past ECW matches, I see Lynn winning this match via Cradle Tombstone, but if not I at least see it getting pulled off. that and a reversed Tombstone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2003 Raven Douglas will probably have a verbal confrontation. After all Douglas was described on West's column on TNA.com as one of the best talkers in the business(I think). So he will talk. They're great promoers, and TNA will take advantage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Boomer Sprinklespax Report post Posted June 17, 2003 I hope AMW vs. xXx is great, but I have my doubts, especially after the bad performance AMW put on last week. Sabin vs. London could be great, as long as both men are "on." Jerry Lynn vs. Justin Credible could be great, but the worst it can possibly be is really good considering the amount of chemistry these two have together. And, as with everyone else, I cannot wait to see Sting in TNA (my gut instinct is that Vampiro will be the mystery partner, by the way). All in all, this card looks like it could potentially be great, but one key factor remains... RAVEN BEST BE ON THE SHOW. That is all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest abowen33 Report post Posted June 17, 2003 STING will be competing in his first televised match in the United States since his final appearance for WCW on the last episode of NITRO. Except for all the WWA pay-per-views he was on. TNA even recognized his match against Jarrett on the most recent one! Jason Except wasn't that taped in NZ or AU or something? Which, by their wording "IN the United States", gets them out of it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ShawnTybalt Report post Posted June 18, 2003 My vote is for Vampiro, who spent way too long feuding with Sting. He should have been in NWA awhile ago IMHO. If it isn't a big surprise debut, than it's definitely going to be Raven. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
