Spoilers for second two-hour Impact

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

From PWI:

 

Before the taping began, they filmed a segment of Karen Angle entering the Impact Zone with security.

 

X-Division Champion Jay Lethal defeated Havok in a non-title match. Christopher Daniels came out and watched the match, then after the bout picked up the X-Division belt and tossed it to Lethal before leaving.

 

Kurt Angle came to the ring, wearing a shirt from the school that Sting's son goes to. Angle gets on the mic and says that Sting's son is a good football player. Angle said he did what he did to Sting's son for two reasons. One, is because Sting touched his wife, and the two, because he wants the old Sting back. Angle said he wasn't leaving the ring until Sting comes out. Karen Angle came out and said the last week has been the worst of her life. She asks Kurt how he would feel if Sting did this to their children. Angle says that he'll decide when he's gone too far, and said that Karen needs to decide if she is with him or not. Then they argue over whether Sting really slapped Karen or not. While they argue, Sting appears on the screen. Sting says that Karen is just as responsible as Kurt is for what happened, and that Kurt crossed the line when he put his hands on Sting's son. He said the "old Sting" will be at Bound For Glory, and he will "take everything" from Kurt Angle. It then appeared that Sting dropped down from the rafters, but it was just a dummy. Sting said he would appear when he wanted to, not when Kurt Angle wanted him to.

 

Robert Roode defeated Petey Williams. After the match, Roode held Petey and wanted Traci to hit him, but she wouldn't. Kazarian came out, and Roode left, leaving Traci in the ring. Roode told Traci to leave the ring, but she hesitated before Roode grabbed her and pulled her out of the ring and made her go to the back.

 

Team Pacman defeated Elix Skipper & Senshi. During the match, the referee prevented Pacman from doing anything physical in the match, since he wasn't tagged in. Skipper had Killings pinned, but Pacman threw money at him, "making it rain". This distraction allowed Killings to get the pin on Skipper.

 

The Steiners come to the ring, and Rick Steiner gets on the mic and says there are a lot of "wannabes" trying to rattle their cage. He said at Bound For Glory, we will see where Team 3D is on the food chain. Scott commented how Team 3D had been bragging about taking the Steiners out, but they are still standing. Scott said they didn't want to wait for Bound For Glory. Scott said Team 3D were "Bingo Hall Backyard Wrestlers" and vowed to make them bleed. Scott said Bound For Glory is special because it is in Atlanta where the Steiner Brothers got started, and after the match they are going to have a party and roast two fat pigs, Team 3D.

 

Amazing Kong defeated Gail Kim. The other members of the women's division came out and watched the match.

 

They did a Peep Show segment with Christian Cage, with the ring decorated like a luau and Tiki Bar. Christian and AJ Styles came out wearing Hawaiian shirts. Christian said that his show was a forum for TNA stars to come out and speak with him. Christian said he would get the answers to all the tough questions. Christian said he had a special theme tonight for his first guest, and that people will think he is crazy for having this person on, since this person wants to kill him. Out came Samoa Joe. Christian said he was going to put his differences with Joe aside for this interview. Christian noted that Bound For Glory will be the third time they meet in a singles match, and that Christian won the prior two meetings. Joe said that he was already bored with Christian's segment, and that the fans were telling him the match strategy, as they were chanting "Joe's Gonna Kill You". Joe said the whole segment was cliché, and that Christian has lost his edge. Joe called him an a******. Christian said he didn't like the way Joe was acting, and that he went through a lot of garage sales to find the decor for the segment. Joe said that Christian's winning streak will end at Bound For Glory, and that Christian will end up in a hospital. Christian said that Joe might be mad at him for what he has done in the past, but he only wants to have a competitive match at Bound For Glory. Christian has AJ Styles pour Joe a drink. Christian said he wanted to toast Joe and said their match will steal the show at Bound For Glory. Joe went after him, but Christian ran out of the ring. Styles his Joe with a ukulele, but it had no effect. Matt Morgan came out and carried Styles away. Christian threw a drink in Joe's face and hit him with a coconut. The segment ends with Christian standing over Joe.

 

Raven & Black Reign defeated Rhino & Abyss in a no-disqualification match. They used weapons and brawled all over the building. Jim Mitchell came out and Abyss was going to chokeslam him into thumbtacks, but Raven stopped him and gave Abyss a DDT into the thumbstacks. Raven went for the cover, but Black Reign broke it up for some reason. Rhino went to check on Abyss, but Abyss didn't realize who it was and hit a Black Hole Slam on Rhino and then Black Reign covered Rhino for the pin.

 

Kurt Angle & Team 3D defeated LAX & Junior Fatu. Matt Morgan was the special enforcer for the match. Early in the match, Brother Ray and Devon blew their noses in the flag. Some masked Latino Nation members ran out, but Morgan made them return to the back. Angle hit Homicide with the Angle Slam for the three count. After the match, Kurt Angle called out Sting, while the members of the Latino Nation checked on LAX at ringside. Sting appeared on the screen and said he would wait for Bound For Glory. Then he said maybe he wouldn't wait, and one of the masked Latino Nation members turned out to be Sting, attacking Angle and putting him in the Scorpion Deathlock. Sting then got on the mic and said this was his ring, and he was saving the rest of Angle for Bound For Glory.

 

They filmed a TNA Today segment, with Kurt Angle chasing off Jeremy Borash and taking over the segment.

 

They taped a match for the Road To Bound For Glory special, with Roxxi Levoux defeating Traci Brooks. Robert Roode was at ringside with Traci, while VKM was with Roxxi. Roode yelled at Traci during the match, and shoved her from the ring apron at one point, costing her the match. Roode then left without Traci.

 

They taped an Xplosion match with Eric Young, Chris Harris, Shark Boy and the Motor City Machineguns defeating James Storm, Jimmy Rave, Lance Hoyt and the Voodoo Kin Mafia. It was a comedy match, with Young pinning Rave with a rollup.

 

From WO:

 

Half of the arena was empty, a far-cry from yesterday when it was SRO.

 

1. Black Machismo d. Havok in a nontitle match. Pretty much the same as their Xplosion match taped yesterday. Daniels was out watching the match and had a staredown with Lethal afterwards.

 

-Kurt Angle comes out in a football jersey, presumably from Sting's son's high school. Promo was very hard to hear. He called out Sting. Karen Angle shows up and the two argue again. Sting shows up on the big screen, mentions "what Kurt did" at his son's high school and says he's ready to fight. A Sting dummy drops from the ceiling and Angle falls for it. Sting says they will fight tonight on his terms.

 

2. Bobby Roode d. Petey Williams. More tension with Roode and Traci after the match. Kaz runs in and Roode bails. As Kaz goes for another handkiss, Roode pulls Traci out of the ring.

 

3. Team Pacman d. XXX (Senshi and Elix Skipper). Pacman threw a football into Senshi's balls and almost landed an elbowdrop until the ref stopped him since he wasn't legal. The finish was Pacman distracting one of XXX by making it rain with a bunch of $1's and Killings scored the pin. Team Pacman threw the money to the crowd.The Steiners come out to congratulate them and then call out Team 3D.

 

4. Amazing Kong d. Gail Kim. All the other women in the PPV match were ringside. Everyone acted afraid of Kong after the match.

 

-Jeremy Borash tells everyone that if they boo Christian hard enough, some people will be chosen to go backstage.

 

-Christian Cage and AJ Styles came out for a "Peep Show" with the ring made up for a Samoan party or something. Cage's guest was Samoa Joe. They go back and forth about the match at Bound For Glory. Cage proposes a toast, so Styles pours them two glasses of Margarita mix. Joe throws his into Cage's face and they have a brawl, destroying the set. Matt Morgan comes out and carries Styles to the back. Cage grabs a coconut and lays Joe out with it, although it didn't break.

 

5. Raven & Black Reign d. Rhino & Abyss in a No DQ tag match. They brawled all up and down the side of the building with people. Tables, garbage cans, and thumbtacks. Abyss took a DDT onto thumbtacks and got them all around his eye. Completely ridiculous thing to take when no one will remember it the next week. Reign pinned Rhino.

 

6. TV Main Event: Kurt Angle & Team 3D d. LAX & Junior Fatu. Another strong TV main event. Morgan was ringside as an enforcer and at one point kicked out a bunch of LAX Nation. Ray and D'Von gave Fatu a ridiculous looking 3D. Angle pins Homicide with the Angle Slam. After the match, LAX Nation comes back out to help LAX to the back, but one of them was Sting disguised and he laid out Angle and put him in a Sharpshooter, which he messed up when first applying.

 

Quick thoughts: The live show's flow isn't bad, but I have no idea how it will translate on TV. No one except maybe Team 3D is getting any actual heel heat from the people in the iMPACT Zone. The dueling chants almost every match is very annoying. TNA could stand to get away from this crowd.

[Nate 0]

These shows are night and day, last night was a complete mess and tonight was pretty logical booking, but I dont want TNA to play the John Kerry game where they flip flop on shows where they go with the idiotic one week then logic the next give me a reason to watch week in and week out or turn me off from the show

[Guest]

Sounds better, but the Pacman shit has to go.

[The Buzz 0]

I hate it when people call the Scorpion Deathlock a sharpshooter in the first place, but can understand that Bret Hart always applied the move better and deserves to have it called the Sharpshooter, but for crying out loud when Sting does the move it's a Scorpion Deathlock. I just wanted to get that off my chest....

 

As far as the show goes, it looks a lot better then the first two hour show.

[Man Who Sold The World 0]

-Jeremy Borash tells everyone that if they boo Christian hard enough, some people will be chosen to go backstage.

 

They should try this with John Cena in WWE.

 

 

 

 

But with them being told to cheer.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

That does look a lot better than the first 2 hour taping.

 

For the last show leading into the ppv they put some actual decent lead in for some matches.

 

This may be the first show TNA has ever done where storylines were advanced with something other than just runins.

 

Steiners get a promo for the match with 3D

 

Christian and Joe get a WWE style interview segment (which Joe correctly and hilariously calls cliche)

 

Sting and Angle get into the show ending tease

 

The (what I assume since of Mesias injury) 4 guys in the Monsters Ball get all out of whack in their match

 

Daniels shockingly doesn't attack Lethal and does a staredown instead

 

The women's match introduced a new person who will play the Big Show roll in the gauntlet...

 

The only thing really missing for me is...

 

WHY ARE LAX and XXX having an Ultimate X match?

 

I mean...I'm not upset that they are...but is it for a tag title shot? Anyone? Bueller?

[luke-o 0]

LAX and XXX are having a UX match? When was that announced? I must have missed that one.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

Cornette announced it on the first Impact after the last ppv.

 

It's fine that they're getting a showcase match...but other than Cornette saying they're doing it...

 

Well...that's about all they've said.

[haws bah gawd 0]

So By "Old Sting" does that mean we'll be seeing Sting's odd meshing of his 80's and Crow look again?

 

I'm looking forward to XXX vs LAX. You have 2 guys that could probably take a decent Border Toss or Gringo Killer, and Homicide to bump for XXX's offense. Looks good on paper, and should make for an entertaining Ultimate X.

[RedJed 0]

Regarding that Ultimate X match, I'll less than thrilled that Sabin and Shelley werent added to that match, as they have at least semi-feuded with XXX somewhat. Still though, that match should be good, even with little to no backstory behind it.

 

These results, as many have said, sound tons better than the first two hour taping.

[dubq 0]

Sounds better, but the Pacman shit has to go.

 

Agreed.

 

Also, I have to say that TNA spoilers are consistently some of the most BORING sounding shit I've ever read.

[luke-o 0]

Do you not read the Smackdown Spoilers?

[dubq 0]

Rarely.

[BUTT 0]

Skipper had Killings pinned, but Pacman threw money at him, "making it rain".

YESSSSSSSSS