Impact Spoiler Thread

[Art Sandusky 0]

12/28 Impact

 

Kurt Angle demands another match with Joe. Cornette tells security to keep their eye on Angle'

 

James Storm & Chris Sabin b Petey Williams & Christopher Daniels when Storm pinned Williams after a chair shot. Sabin and Lynn argued when Lynn stopped Sabin from doing a chair shot. Daniels gave both men a tope to set up a three-way brawl

 

Samoa Joe now has a girlfriend. With Kurt on a rampage, she's either getting beaten up or Kurt is going to sexually accost her.

 

Team 3-D did an interview. Brother Ray said by process of elimination, with all the other teams gone, they deserve a title shot. Runt came out and asked where they were last week when LAX beat him up. Ray and Runt started arguing and Ray accused Runt of drinking. Runt, in fact, had a bottle on him, so they started fighting. Ray tells Devon to get the table, but he refused. LAX then attacked Team 3-D. Runt him Homicide with a chair. Runt also hit Hernandez with a chair and Ray power bombed Runt onto Homicide through a table

 

Robert Roode b Lance Hoyt due to help from Ms. Brooks

 

Sting won a night stick on a pole match over Christian Cage and Abyss. Tomko got the stick first but Sting catapulted Christian into Tomko, who dropped it and Sting got it and hit Christian with it. Tomko & Christian attacked Sting, but Abyss made the save. Jim Mitchell was upset over this turn of events.

 

Mike Tenay and Jim Cornette were in the ring and announced Joe was Mr. TNA for 2006. Joe came out. Backstage, Angle accosted Joe's girlfriend and threatened to break her ankle if he doesn't get a rematch. Joe tells Angle to come to the ring, but Angle instead sets up the ankle lock. Joe agreed to the rematch at that point. Angle put her in the ankle lock anyway until Joe chases him away and she's carried off.

 

1/4 show

 

Rhino b Robert Roode. Ms. Brooks tried to interfere, but he's beast and not man this week so he didn't care. Roode blamed Brooks for his loss. Styles attacked Rhino. Roode joined in. Styles laid out Rhino with a frog splash.

 

VKM said WWE hasn't responded yet to their challenge. How would they know on January 4th? They challenged them to show up at high Noon on Wednesday, so that's January 10th and TNA would be there to film it.

 

Homicide b Runt in a street fight when Hernandez gave Runt a border toss into a ladder. Team 3-D made the save

 

Kurt Angle NC Christian Cage. Joe attacked Angle. Security broke it up and then Jim Cornette told security to let them fight. They brawled out of the building. Cornette then announced a 30:00 Iron man match for the PPV. Angle then came back and had his match with Christian. Tomko interfered and Sting made the save for Angle. Yes, Sting saved Angle.

 

1/11

 

Styles & Sabin & Storm b Rhino & Daniels & Williams when Sabin pinned Daniels

 

Angle b Matt Bentley. Raven caned Bentley after the match.

 

Team 3-D attacked Konnan and LAX saved. Ray said they took out Konnan and would win the titles.

 

Cornette announced Tomko is banned from ringside during the Abyss vs. Sting vs. Christian match on PPV. He then ordered Christian in a penalty box match during the Abyss vs. Tomko match. Christian refused to go in the box. Guess who put him in? Kurt Angle.

 

Abyss b Tomko via DQ. Joe attacked Angle so Christian got out of the cage and interfered for the DQ. Sting made the save, but this time Abyss turned on Sting.

 

Xplosion

 

Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt b Austin Starr & Alex Shelley

 

Eric Young & Ron Killings b Chris Sabin & Senshi

 

Credit: WO.com

[iliketurtles 0]

My head hurts.

[The Buzz 0]

Holy shit, I actually thought the Sting/Abyss storyline was going to be cool. Atleast until I just read these spoilers.

[qdes 0]

WTF

[Bruce Blank 0]

eeeehhhhh.... I guess such pesky things as heel/face distinctions went out the window then?

[Art Sandusky 0]

It's increasingly difficult to picture these shows using only spoilers. There's just so much going on, and having Angle monkey around in every storyline during this "rampage" makes it even more confusing.

[Stephen 0]

Ugh @ Night Stick on a pole match.

 

The James Storm, Chris Sabin, AJ styles and possibly Bobby Rude stable sounds like fun. If they need a mouth piece, i would probably put Jim Mitchell as the manager of those guys.

 

Homicide vs Runt sounds like fun, Team 3-D vs Homicide & Hernandez has pontential.

 

Joe vs Angle III (30 Min Iron Man Match) does make sense, but 3 straight ppvs of joe vs angle?. Hopefully the next time they face will not be untill at least Bound for Glory of 07.

 

I wonder if Abyss reign will end at Final Resolution. Winner of Joe vs Angle should be facing the whoever wins the elimanation match.

 

I am sort of hoping for Sting vs Angle @ Against all odds, but at the same time i do not want to see another short title reign.

[pgi86 0]

Here`s a more detailed report:

 

Impact 12/28

 

- Jeremy Borash is outside Jim Cornette's office. Kurt Angle is in the office, demanding a rematch with Samoa Joe. Cornette says he is still trying to decide if Sting or Christian will get the title match against Abyss at the PPV. Cornette asks Angle not to disrupt Impact like he did last week. Angle says he is going to get his rematch and leaves the room. Cornette then calls security and tells them to keep an eye on Angle tonight.

 

- James Storm & Chris Sabin defeated Petey Williams & Christopher Daniels when Storm hit Williams with a chair to get the three count. During the match, Sabin tried to bring a chair in, and ended up arguing with Jerry Lynn, who tried to stop him, at ringside. Daniels hit a dive from the ring, hitting both Sabin and Lynn, resulting in a brawl amongst the three of them.

 

- They showed Samoa Joe in the back, on crutches, accompanied by a woman.

 

- Team 3D came out. Brother Ray noted how few tag teams there are now. He said AMW split up, the Naturals have been beaten so badly they'll probably never be seen again, and Voodoo Kin Mafia is busy with the other VKM, so all that leaves is LAX. Brother Runt came out and said he was glad that Team 3D was back, but he wondered where Team 3D was last week when LAX was beating him up. Brother Ray reminded Runt that he had been told to stay out of trouble while they were gone, and he went and got himself involved in a mess with Abyss. Ray and Runt argued, and Ray asked Runt if he had been drinking, to which Runt pulls out a bottle. They begin shoving, and Ray clotheslined Runt. Devon tells Ray to take it easy on Runt. Ray tells Devon to get a table, but Devon refuses. LAX then hits the ring and attacks Team 3D, with security coming out to break it up. Brother Runt gets a chair and hits Homicide, Hernandez and some of the security members. Homicide gets put on a table, and Brother Ray powerbombs Runt through the table with Homicide on it.

 

- Robert Roode defeated Lance Hoyt. During the match, they showed Ms. Brooks in the back making an offer to Eric Young, then she came out to ringside to help Roode get the victory.

 

- Sting defeated Christian Cage and Abyss in a Nightstick On A Pole match. The rules of the match were that the first person to get the nightstick and use it would be the winner. Tomko interfered in the match, grabbing the nightstick, but Sting catapulted Christian into Tomko, causing him to drop it, and Sting got it and hit Christian with it for the win. After the match, Tomko and Christian went after Sting, but Abyss helped Sting. Sting handed Abyss the nightstick and left. Jim Mitchell yelled at Abyss after the match.

 

- Mike Tenay and Jim Cornette were in the ring, and Cornette announced Sting vs. Abyss vs. Christian in an Elimination match for Final Resolution. They announced that Samoa Joe had been named "Mr. TNA" for 2006. Joe came out to accept the trophy, and Kurt Angle came out during his acceptance speech with the woman that was with Joe earlier. Angle tells Joe if he doesn't give him a rematch, he's going to break her ankle. Joe tells Angle to come down to the ring, but Angle is about to put the woman in the ankle lock and Joe agrees to the rematch. Angle says "It's not personal" then pauses and says "It is personal" and puts the woman in the ankle lock. Joe chases Angle off, and the woman is carried off to end the show.

 

 

Impact 1/4

 

- Rhino defeats Robert Roode with a rollup. Ms. Brooks tries to distract Rhino, but it doesn't work, leading to another Roode-Brooks argument. As Rhino leaves the ring, AJ Styles attacks him, and Roode joins in to help Styles. They finish him off with Styles hitting a frog splash.

 

- Voodoo Kin Mafia came out wearing sombreros and ponchos. BG James talked about how WWE hasn't responded to their challenge yet. They repeated the challenge from Turning Point, and noted that they tried to issue the challenge at a live WWE event. They said they would have to "step things up" and they would deal with Michael Hickenbottom directly. They challenge him to show up at the Alamo at "High Noon" the following Wednesday to accept the challenge, and then they will tape it to be shown on Impact.

 

- Homicide defeated Brother Runt in a streetfight. Hernandez interfered, giving Runt the Border Toss into a ladder, then Homicide got the cover. After the match, Homicide set up Runt for a Gringo Killer, but Team 3D ran out for the save.

 

- Christian Cage vs. Kurt Angle was a no-contest. As Angle came to the ring, Samoa Joe attacked him, and they brawled all over the Impact Zone. Security separated them. Jim Cornette came out and said to let them fight, and told security to just make sure the fans don't get hurt. Joe and Angle brawled out of the building. Jim Cornette announced that at Final Resolution that Joe vs. Angle will be a 30-minute Ironman match. Christian and Angle finally happened, with Tomko attacking Angle, and the lights going out and Sting appearing in the ring to end the show.

 

 

Impact 1/11

 

- AJ Styles, Chris Sabin & James Storm defeated Petey Williams, Christopher Daniels & Rhino when Sabin pinned Daniels.

 

- Kurt Angle defeated Matt Bentley with the ankle lock. After the match, Raven caned Bentley for losing the match.

 

- Konnan came out, but was attacked by Team 3D, leading to a brawl with LAX. After the brawl, Brother Ray took the mic and said that since LAX took out Brother Runt, they took out Konnan. Ray said this was a war that LAX couldn't handle. Ray said they would take the tag titles from LAX at Final Resolution.

 

- Jim Cornette brought out Christian with Tomko. Cornette said that Tomko was barred from ringside for Christian vs. Abyss vs. Sting at the PPV. He then ordered Christian to sit in a Penalty Box cage for Tomko's match tonight. Christian refused, so Cornette said if he didn't do it, he would be removed from his title match. Cornette then said he had someone who owed him a favor to help, and Kurt Angle came out and put Christian in the cage.

 

- Abyss defeated Tomko via disqualification. Samoa Joe came out and brawled with Kurt Angle, who was at ringside. Christian got out of the cage and attacked Abyss from the DQ. The lights went out and Sting appeared. Christian and Tomko left, and Abyss raised Sting's arm, then turned on him and gave him Shock Treatment.

 

 

Xplosion Matches

 

- Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt defeated Austin Starr & Alex Shelley. After the match, Starr & Shelley argued.

 

- Eric Young & Ron Killings defeated Chris Sabin & Senshi with Killings pinning Sabin with an ax kick.

 

credit: PWInsider

[dubq 0]

Too many fucking tweeners in this league. Call me old fashioned but I like a clear line between faces and heels. None of this McMahon/Russo Shades of Grey Bullshit.

[razazteca 0]

So after all this buildup for 3D vs LAX will The Brothers D stick around for the match or disappear again for another 2 months without explanation?

[dubq 0]

Seriously. I think the Dudleys & TNA have effectively killed any sort of popularity that they could possibly transfer with all of this bullshit. They're probably better off just taking a hike for All Japan and feuding with the Voodoo Murders or something. God knows I don't have any interest in them.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Why does Joe suddenly have a woman friend for no reason? It makes no sense for Joe’s character to have any allies, and yet all of a sudden he’s got a girlfriend/friend. Why? And why does Joe care about her? He hasn’t cared about anyone or anything since he came to TNA and yet here he is caring about this woman who’s appeared out of nowhere with no rhyme or reason as to why she’s around.

 

And the Iron Man stipulation makes absolutely no sense for the issue involved. If it’s personal and the big angle leading up to the announcement of the stipulation is a wild brawl between Joe and Angle, then why isn’t their match a streetfight, a falls count anywhere match or something else that fits an issue that’s personal and a grudge so heated that the two people involved had this crazy brawl that went all over the arena?

 

Have they even explained why Joe can’t be put into singles matches?

 

I thought Joe had been cooled off over summer, but they've put him in deep freeze now.

[Art Sandusky 0]

You know this is leading to the first Impact after Final Resolution being "a very special Impact" with Runt being surprised by an intervention.

[NoCalMike 0]

They are gonna burn the fans out on Angle/Joe before they have a chance to make the matches even MORE meaningful.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

They are gonna burn the fans out on Angle/Joe before they have a chance to make the matches even MORE meaningful.

They already burned it out. Joe vs. Angle II looks set to draw the same number of buys as every other TNA PPV.

[razazteca 0]

They are gonna burn the fans out on Angle/Joe before they have a chance to make the matches even MORE meaningful.

The sad thing about this is that it is overshadowing the NWA World Heavyweight champion.

[Conspiracy_Victim 0]

eeeehhhhh.... I guess such pesky things as heel/face distinctions went out the window then?

 

Isn't that pretty much how Russo works? No real faces or heels, just tweeners who lean one way or the other depending on the situation? The whole "shades of grey" thing.

[Scroby 0]

I am sooo confused.

[Conspiracy_Victim 0]

Yeah, a headache is about all I got out of the spoilers too.

[King Cucaracha 0]

Too many fucking tweeners in this league. Call me old fashioned but I like a clear line between faces and heels. None of this McMahon/Russo Shades of Grey Bullshit.

 

Wasn't the 'Shades Of Grey Bullshit' what made Stone Cold so big in the first place? Wasn't 'Shades Of Grey Bullshit' the basis of the Angle/Steph/HHH love triangle angle that went over so well? And wasn't that 'Shades Of Grey Bullshit' that gave the platform for the Hart Foundation/Austin angle?

 

Within reason (ie. as long as it still makes sense), I'd take that over the cookie cutter 'faces are nice but dim and are all best friends, heels all have sunglasses and pull the tights and are all best friends' booking we've been putting up with for years and years.

[razazteca 0]

Faces = smile alot

 

Heels = make intense faces before and after the match and yell alot during interviews

 

Grey = personal grudges dictates what happens and someone will be beating up people backstage demanding a rematch

[Conspiracy_Victim 0]

Nothing to see here. Move along.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Let's be honest, Vince would have wanted that kind of format eventually whether Russo was there or not.

[Bruce Blank 0]

Wasn't the 'Shades Of Grey Bullshit' what made Stone Cold so big in the first place? Wasn't 'Shades Of Grey Bullshit' the basis of the Angle/Steph/HHH love triangle angle that went over so well? And wasn't that 'Shades Of Grey Bullshit' that gave the platform for the Hart Foundation/Austin angle?

Would Stone Cold or any of the other angles you mentioned have been just as effective if EVERYTHING was a matter of shades of grey or was it because they stoood out? If everything is a shade of grey then they wouldn't gather as much attention as those instances had. that's what made them stand out

[RedJed 0]

Let's be honest, Vince would have wanted that kind of format eventually whether Russo was there or not.

 

Doubtful. To his credit, Russo was the one who really pushed Vince out of the "good guys and bad guys" concept. That cannot be denied.

 

With that said, I think the "shades of grey" concept can work (Heyman fooled around with it alot in ECW back in the day too) but the characters and angles to those characters have to make sense. For instance, Sting and Angle having some sort of comrodery (sp?) makes no freaking sense whatsoever. Angle feuding with Christian also is goofy and nonsensical to say the least as well.

[luke-o 0]

Those spoilers hurt my head.

 

Even as big of a TNA mark that i am, even i cant defend that.

[goldengreek 0]

WAY TO MANY "OUT OF CONTROL BRAWLS THAT" "SECURITY" NEED TO BREAK UP. They need to cut that shit down

[Art Sandusky 0]

Let's be honest, Vince would have wanted that kind of format eventually whether Russo was there or not.

 

Doubtful. To his credit, Russo was the one who really pushed Vince out of the "good guys and bad guys" concept. That cannot be denied.

 

With that said, I think the "shades of grey" concept can work (Heyman fooled around with it alot in ECW back in the day too) but the characters and angles to those characters have to make sense. For instance, Sting and Angle having some sort of comrodery (sp?) makes no freaking sense whatsoever. Angle feuding with Christian also is goofy and nonsensical to say the least as well.

That was in reference to the post above mine, suggesting that Vince needed convincing to have three minute TV matches and seven minute main events. All the character stuff in Vince's concepts are stuck in the 80s fo sho.

 

I'm looking forward to Runt acting drunk tonight.

[razazteca 0]

Angle b Matt Bentley. Raven caned Bentley after the match.

Please tell me that they will show the whole segment this time instead of cutting to interviews in the middle of the beatdown then cutting to Joe for backstage rage then cutting back to the announce booth then back to the ring. WHAT ABOUT RAVEN! WHAT ABOUT THE FLOCK! give them some tv time damn it!

[luke-o 0]

TV times one thing, but a win wouldnt hurt them either.

 

I think Bentley and Kazarian have the worst win/lose record in TNA at the moment.