Impact taping results for may 18 th & may 25 th

[Guest nokia]

I got these at pwinsider.com - spoiler alert !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impact for May 18:

 

NWA champion Christian Cage went into the crowd and said that he was returning the favor for when they came into the ring to celebrate with him when he won the NWA title. He said that at Slammiversary, it's going to be a King of the Mountain match with the traditional four challengers. Cage said that the tradition is that the champion never retains. Cage said that he wants to see who his four challengers are. Monty Brown says that he deserves the title match. Rhino, Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, Ron Killings come out. Raven comes out in the bleachers. Sting comes out and says that if Jarrett's going to be involved, he will be too. Sting also said that Samoa Joe made Sting an enemy at the PPV. Backstage, Larry Zbyszko says that there will be four qualifying matches over the next several weeks on Impact with no one knowing who their opponent will be before belltime.

 

*Team USA's Chris Sabin defeated Team Canada's Petey Williams to win the World X Cup with the Cradleshock. Kevin Nash came out and destroyed Sabin from behind as he was about to accept the trophy. He busted Sabin open, then powerbombed him. Nash ripped apart the X-Division. Sonjay Dutt, Jerry Lynn, and Jay Lethal come out to check on Sabin. Alex Shelley comes out, but leaves with Nash.

 

*Backstage, Jeremy Borash is in front of the four heels in contention for the King of the Mountain.

 

*TNA X-Division champion Samoa Joe defeated Chase Stevens with a choke. Before the match, Scott Steiner came to the announcing table and got in Don West's face. When Joe made his way to the ring, they had a staredown before Steiner returned to the ring. After the match, Joe was beating Stevens when his Naturals partner Andy Douglas returned to check on Stevens. Shane Douglas watched from the stage.

 

*Backstage, Jeremy Borash interviewed Team 3D. Brother Ray said that extreme times call for extreme measures and extreme seems to be the flavor of the month. They mentioned their loss at Sacrifice and Ray said that they don't care what the match is, but they want a rematch at Slammiversary.

 

*Abyss defeated Rhino with the Black Hole Slam to qualify for the King of the Mountain. No Jim Mitchell at ringside. Bobby Roode and Scott D'Amore interfered. D'Amore stood over Rhino and slapped him.

 

Impact for May 25:

 

*Senshi won a four-way over Jay Lethal, Alex Shelley and Shark Boy after pinning Lethal with a double foot stop off the top rope. Nash came out and laid out Lethal. Nash tore down the X-Division again.

 

*Backstage, Jeremy Borash was backstage with the heels and went over the possibilities of the different qualifying matches.

 

*Diamonds of the Rough defeated AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels after America's Most Wanted interfered. The Diamonds celebrated.

 

*Backstage, Jeremy Borash interviewed Sting. Sting said that TNA is the best wrestling in the world right now and he's here to get rid of those with bad motives, naming Jeff Jarrett.

 

*The James Gang came out dressed as Team 3D with BG as Brother Ray and KIp as Devon. They accepted the challenge at Slammiversary.

 

*They did a Raven video package with Raven saying that Larry Zbszyko's hands are tied because he can't prevent Raven from getting to the King of the Mountain match. Raven said that he still blames Zbyszko for costing him his NWA title.

 

*Jeremy Borash interviewed Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner. Jarrett began to speak but Steiner cut him off. Steiner said that he wants to face Sting in the Qualifying match and said that Samoa Joe isn't man enough to face him in the ring. He tells Joe to never eyeball him again or Steiner will slap the taste out of his mouth.

 

*Bobby Roode pinned Andy Douglas with the Northern lariat. Roode beat him until Chase Stevens made the save. Team Canada attacked The Naturals. Rhino hit trhe ring and gored A-1. Rhino says at Slammiversary he will face Bobby Roode & Scott D'Amore in a handicap match. Shane Douglas came out as well.

 

*Jeremy Borash interviewed Ron Killings, who said he wants one chance to get the NWA title back.

 

*Ron Killings pinned Monty Brown in a King of the Mountain Qualifying match. Christian Cage was doing commentary.

 

TNA Knockouts DVD Match:

 

*Gail Kim pinned Tracy Brooks after America's Most Wanted interfered.

 

Xplosion:

 

*A-1 and Eric Young defeated Sonjay Dutt and Shark Boy.

 

*TNA X-Division champion Samoa Joe defeated David Young.

[The Decemberists 0]

Sounds reasonable stuff I guess. Not particularly brillaint but not really that bad either.

 

*The James Gang came out dressed as Team 3D with BG as Brother Ray and KIp as Devon. They accepted the challenge at Slammiversary.

 

God I hope Kip James blacks up for this...

[Guest El Satanico]

nevermind

[luke-o 0]

Yeah it sounds ok, glad there not putting Brown in the main event. I dont think hes worthy of it yet.

[Astro101 0]

What? Sonjay looks to be fine I guess but he's jobbing alongside Sharkboy on Xplosion? Thought he was getting a nice push soon.

[haws bah gawd 0]

Is it wrong for me to be glad to see Nash back? I love the guy on the mic, and always enjoy seeing him Jacknife someone. It would certainly be interesting to see him in a match with some of the X-Division wrestlers, especially AJ Styles or Jerry Lynn (if his neck is better).

 

Whats with Shane Douglas coming out to watch the matches? Is he considering becoming an active wrestler again?

[razazteca 0]

Sounds reasonable stuff I guess. Not particularly brillaint but not really that bad either.

 

*The James Gang came out dressed as Team 3D with BG as Brother Ray and KIp as Devon. They accepted the challenge at Slammiversary.

 

God I hope Kip James blacks up for this...

His only words being "TESTIFY, MY BROTHER"?

 

Is it wrong for me to be glad to see Nash back?

Yes, yes it is as we all know that Sid did this gimmick better.

[Magus 0]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... Abyss and Truth advance to the KOTM match, and Steiner has already called out Sting for a match. So that means the fourth match will be RAVEN VS. JARRETT?????

 

They can't allow JJ to go over Raven AGAIN. Raven's damaged enough as it is, let him have a strong comeback. Other than that possibility, this all sounds pretty decent.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... Abyss and Truth advance to the KOTM match, and Steiner has already called out Sting for a match. So that means the fourth match will be RAVEN VS. JARRETT?????

 

They can't allow JJ to go over Raven AGAIN. Raven's damaged enough as it is, let him have a strong comeback. Other than that possibility, this all sounds pretty decent.

 

 

Well... between Raven, Sting, Steiner, and JJ ... regardless of who they call out, they won't know their opponents till match time. It seems more likely that it could be Raven vs. Sting and JJ vs. Steiner... either way, Steiner and Raven probably aren't going to be in the match, since they have other little storylines going. (Or at least, they seem to be building to Steiner/Joe...sooooo...)

 

Christian vs. Sting vs. JJ vs. Abyss vs. Truth ... that's something.

[Guest El Satanico]

I think Raven, if in good enough shape, goes in place of Sting. This would leave Sting to answer Steiner's challenge at the PPV, which can be used to build to Steiner vs. Joe.

 

Hopefully Joe gets to rest his knee, and isn't booked for a ppv match.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

So JJ defeats Sting with help from Steiner, who then faces Raven who wins with help from Sting?

 

 

 

...i'd say it could go the other way with JJ actually facing Steiner and Raven facing Sting...but it really makes no sense and would be next to impossible to book right. I don't care if Steiner wants Sting, I'm sure he'd rather have a shot at the belt any day.

[Guest El Satanico]

JJ beats Steiner after Joe comes out on the ramp and distracts them. Raven beats Sting by Steiner/JJ involvement ending with Raven/Sting chasing them off.

[luke-o 0]

Sounds good to me, id just love to see Raven in the main event scene again.

 

Whats with Shane Douglas coming out to watch the matches? Is he considering becoming an active wrestler again?

 

according to rumours hes going to manage the naturals

[razazteca 0]

Oh boy I can't wait to see another Shane Douglas shoot promo.

[Exslade ZX 0]

So umm...what in the heck are they doing with Brown?

 

Was he injured or something? Because I can't remember the card right now, but I don't think he did anything at Sacrifice. And I can't remember him being on Impact in a fwe weeks...

 

there was a time when Brown was, sort of in Joe's spot, and seemed like he was guranteed to be in the main, what happened to that? Looks like they changed their mind..I know I still want to see Brown in the main event spot

[ChrisMWaters 0]

I heard that Brown had knee surgery.

[razazteca 0]

Jeff Jarrett got bored with him?

[luke-o 0]

Brown did have knee surgery and thats why he was out for Sacrifice.

 

He didnt get his main event title push was becuase he was inconsistent in the ring and he needed to work on his mic skills. He would have one great match one week, then have a really crap one the next. He had a habbit of blowing spots much like Elix Skipper.

 

The diffrence between Brown and Joe is that Joe is consistent in the ring and always has a good match.

[Astro101 0]

He kinda did get his push. He got his title match against Christian and then got sidelined.

[razazteca 0]

The diffrence between Brown and Joe is that Joe is consistent in the ring and always has a good match.

Musclebuster > DAAAAAAAAAAA POUUUUUUUUUNCE

[Fro 0]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... Abyss and Truth advance to the KOTM match, and Steiner has already called out Sting for a match. So that means the fourth match will be RAVEN VS. JARRETT?????

 

They can't allow JJ to go over Raven AGAIN. Raven's damaged enough as it is, let him have a strong comeback. Other than that possibility, this all sounds pretty decent.

 

Raven's already been challenged by Larry Z at the PPV, so he has to lose somehow.

 

Besides, Jarrett v.s. Raven on PPV is where you close all the storyline arcs anyway that they've forgotten about (what's the deal with the controversy in Canada and Larry Z? What's Jackie's dirt on Jarrett? Who's the new DOA? Who's Raven's girlfriend? What was Dave Hebner taking notes on?)

[Magus 0]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... Abyss and Truth advance to the KOTM match, and Steiner has already called out Sting for a match. So that means the fourth match will be RAVEN VS. JARRETT?????

 

They can't allow JJ to go over Raven AGAIN. Raven's damaged enough as it is, let him have a strong comeback. Other than that possibility, this all sounds pretty decent.

 

Raven's already been challenged by Larry Z at the PPV, so he has to lose somehow.

 

Besides, Jarrett v.s. Raven on PPV is where you close all the storyline arcs anyway that they've forgotten about (what's the deal with the controversy in Canada and Larry Z? What's Jackie's dirt on Jarrett? Who's the new DOA? Who's Raven's girlfriend? What was Dave Hebner taking notes on?)

 

Trying to make sense of TNA's booking is just going to make your head explode. Besides, most of that stuff was done for JJ's ego or for no reason at all.

 

But if you're right, and Raven has to lose to JJ AGAIN on Impact, then what the fuck is wrong with this company? Do they just hate the man?

[luke-o 0]

I reckon Raven would go over JJ if he was in better shape.

[Magus 0]

I reckon Raven would go over JJ if he was in better shape.

 

He'd probably be in better shape if he wasn't being shit on all the time by the booking team, which includes Jarrett himself. When Raven first came in, and he was given a shot to run with the ball, he was in probably the best shape of his career. Then he got buried, and its all been downhill from there. You can't say that his spot in TNA is because of he's out of shape. More like the other way around.

[luke-o 0]

Well you could do, beause if Raven was in better shape, hed be a more worthy and believeable champion. much like he was the last time.

[Magus 0]

We've seen what happens to credible and worthy champions in TNA. They're buried by or take a backseat to the guy who's booking.

[Hawk 34 0]

I reckon Raven would go over JJ if he was in better shape.

 

He'd probably be in better shape if he wasn't being shit on all the time by the booking team, which includes Jarrett himself.

 

He'd be in better shape if he weren't going through a health issue, it's not because of the booking team that he had thyroid problems.

[luke-o 0]

Lesson learned here kiddies, Drugs are Bad.

[Magus 0]

I didn't know about the thyroid problem, but was he also using again too??? Damn.

 

Raven's never been the most stable guy, though. My whole problem is that maybe he'd straighten himself out more if he were treated with a bit more respect. That seemed to be the case when he first came to TNA. Guy can't catch a break, though, and its at least partially his own doing.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Raven has been clean for a long time. He pretty much had to clean up or die. The thyroid problem is just his old habits coming back to haunt him.