TNABaddboi 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 Impact for April 1 *Eric Young, Scott D'Amore and Bobby Roode come out to sing Team Canada and ripped on the United States. Team 3D came out through the crowd. They brawled and gave Roode the belly to back necnbreaker and Young the Wazzup headbutt. petey Williams and A-1 hit the ring to take the advantage. Young hit a moonsault on Brother Ray. Roode hit The Northern Lariat on Devon. Young hit a top rope elbow on Devon through a table. *Jeremy Borash interviewed Scott Steiner, America's Most Wanted, and Jeff Jarrett backstage. Jarrett said that Sting was dictating the rules to TNA but it's his turn and declared Wargames would be an eight man match, listing his team as the men standing with him. Steiner said that the longer he has to wait to hear about a contract from TNA, the more people will get hurt. *NWA Tag Team champions America's Most Wanted defeated The James Gang. Gail Kim and Jackie Gayda were at ringside. Gayda tripped Chris Harris at one point, leading Kim to slap Gayda. James Storm tried to use a bottle but the referee stopped him. Konnan hit Kip with a slapjack and Kip was pinned. Bob Armstrong came out to check on the James Gang after the match. *Jeremy Borash interviewed Abyss and Jim Mitchell inside the ring. When asked about last week's Documentary, Mitchell said "Mission Accomplished" and said Christian Cage was trying to hide from defending against Abyss. He said that Cage left his wife vulnerable and wondered what it's going to take to get Cage to give Abyss a title match. They then showed the "second half" of the documentary, with Shelley and Mitchell going towards Cage's house. Christian confronted them and was jumped by Abyss. They brawled through Cage's house into his pool. Mitchell told Abyss to stop trying to drown Cage because they can't win the title from a dead man. Mitchell told Cage that things would get worse if Abyss doesn't get his title match. *Christopher Daniels come to the announcing table for the next bout. *Samoa Joe defeated Sonjay Dutt, Alex Shelley, and Chris Sabin in a Four Way Match, hitting the Musclebuster on Dutt. Before the bout, Joe got in Daniels' face. After the match, Joe and Daniels fought around ringside. *Backstage, Jeremy Borash interviewed Team Jarrett, who said they were going to the ring to call out Sting. They go to the ring. The lights go out. Rhino and The James Gang are in the bleachers. Rhino says on the mic that the mind games aren't over. Jarrett continued to talk but Ron Killings, Shark Boy, Norman Smiley, and Chase Stevens come out in another set of bleachers. Jarrett continues, but AJ Styles, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and Chris Sabin come out on one of the entranceways. The lights go out and when they return, Sting is in the ring behind the Army. Sting hits all of them with the baseball bat. Team Canada and Alex Shelley hit the ring and the heels take over, but all the babyfaces rush the ring for the save. The segment was really good live. Impact for April 8 *Abyss vs. AJ Styles appeared to go to a no contest. Abyss went to get his bag of thumbtacks. Christian Cage hits the ring with a tire iron and attempts to go after Abyss. Security holds Cage while Abyss and Mitchell exit. Cage gets the mic and says that Abyss will get his title match at Lockdown. Cage says he has a question for Abyss, asking if he's ready to die after what he did to Cage's family, because Christian is. *In an Arm Wrestling Match, Bob Armstrong vs. Konnan. Homicide and The James Gang were sent to the back. Konnan refused to lock up several times. Hotstuff Hernandez hit the ring and hit Armstrong with a slapjack. The James Gang hit the ring. *Backstage, Jeremy Borash was in Larry Zbyszko's office, discussing the Samoa Joe vs. Sabu match at Lockdown as well as the World X Cup. Zbyszko announced he's been talking to wrestling companies all over the world and announced Christopher Daniels vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger at Lockdown. Zbyszko announced that on the first Thursday night Impact, Samoa Joe will challenge Christopher Daniels for the X-Division championship. *The next match was scheduled to be Diamonds in the Rough vs. Norman Smiley and Shark Boy, but it never took place because Jeff Jarrett's Army came out. Jarrett went to the announce table while Scott Steiner and AMW attacked Smiley and Shark Boy. Steiner locked the Steiner Recliner on Smiley. *Alex Shelley defeated Roderick Strong and Chase Stevens after Sliced Bread #2 on Strong in a World X Cup Team USA Qualifying match, so Team USA is Shelley, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and Chris Sabin. *Sting came to the ring and came back because he loves wrestling, the fans, and TNA. Sting said that Final Resolution was bittersweet because Jarrett put everything that was important to him on TV. He said that he'll return at Destination X and how his return was one-upped by Scott Steiner attacking him at the PPV. He said that the sweet part will be when he gets his hands on Jeff Jarrett at Lockdown and he will announce his Wargames team members on 4/13 on the first Thursday Impact. He dared Jarrett to come meet him face to face on 4/13. Jarrett's Army came out and everyone who was involved in the brawl "last week" came out to assist Sting. Xplosion: *Team Canada's Bobby Roode and Petey Williams defeated Jay Lethal and Cassidy Riley after the Northern Lariat on Riley. *Shark Boy and Chase Stevens defeated The Diamonds in the Rough with Shark Boy pinning both with a double Dead Sea Drop, then gave one to Simon Diamond after the match. credit: PWInsider.com Looks like the ratings slump finally scared them out of the squashes, which is probably the best thing to happen to them. These shows look much better on paper than the last set of tapings and I like that they seem to be going all out for the Thursday debut. Samoa Joe and Daniels for the title should wow whatever new fans they find in the new slot....great "alternative" match. Thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Astro101 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 Shelley on Team USA. Sweet. Hopefully the dyamics between him and the faces will play a part in the Cup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qdes 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 Sounds pretty good. TNA needs to step up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 Nice double post! Im also glad that Shelly got the part in Team USA, its better than having all faces. But im surprised that Joe won the X match, didn't Larry take him out of that division? And im also glad to see they've taken out the squash matches, i was watching some old impact episodes the other day and the shows did seem fairly pointless at times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 so Team USA is Shelley, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and Chris Sabin Zuh? I know Sonjay is based in the US, not sure about his background, but really, zuh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 In the match he won the spot in, they basically mentioned that Dutt has US citizenship and I guess that was the sole explanation. The fact he was still announced from Bombay, India was pretty odd though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 Daniels vs Liger!!!! Shame it's in a fucking cage though.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 Shame it's in a fucking cage though.... Doesnt anyone else think it will add to the match? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Si82 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 Daniels vs Liger!!!! Shame it's in a fucking cage though.... I don't think that it will affect the match quality as long as TNA give it enough time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 Liger could always bleed thru the mask. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted March 29, 2006 Liger again? Bleh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 I just hope that Liger/Daniels is better than Liger/Joe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dangerous A 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2006 It won't be if they give them the go home cue 10 minutes before they are supposed to end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Molotov The Bear 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2006 In the match he won the spot in, they basically mentioned that Dutt has US citizenship and I guess that was the sole explanation. The fact he was still announced from Bombay, India was pretty odd though. In a Team USA vs DiTR match (w/Simon on commentary) Simon asks Tenay how the hell Sonjay gets to be on Team USA when Primetime isnt. "He's not even American!" Tenay responds saying that Sonjay was born in Bombay India but is a US citizen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2006 To be fair, i cant think of anyone better than sonjay to be part of team USA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JRE Report post Posted April 2, 2006 That last segment last night reminded me of an SNL monologue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2006 Needs more Eric Young. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2006 Every show needs more Eric Young. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2006 To be fair, i cant think of anyone better than sonjay to be part of team USA. Sharkboy. I for one would like to see the epic battle of Shark vs Tiger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2006 Very good point. Shame he isn't as over as I'd like him to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
