Flair Country
02-29-2008, 03:02 PM
Impact opens with Kurt Angle getting ready for his match with Kevin Nash by doing
squats when he is interrupted by Karen. She apologizes to Kurt and asks him to
start their relationship over, but Kurt doesn’t go for it tells her that if she
would listen then they wouldn’t have any problems. Angle tells her to leave as he
continues to get ready for his match.
The Impact intro hits as we are welcomed to this week’s show that will feature
Awesome Kong against Angelina Love, Eric Young vs. James Storm in a ladder match for
the drinking championship, plus Kevin Nash going up against Kurt Angle in the main
event.
Booker T makes his way down to the ring as a video package highlighting the feud
between Booker and Robert Roode is aired. Booker says he is all about doing things
face to face and calls out Roode to the ring. Payton Banks comes down to the ring
and says that Robert Roode hasn’t made it to the Impact Zone yet and was asked to
deliver a personal message to Booker and slaps him across the face. Banks then
challenges Booker to hit her back as Traci Brooks comes to the ring and does it for
him. Security has to come in and finally separate the two.
A video package showing Team 3D’s quest to lose weight over the past week is aired.
They are at a Chinese restaurant where Johnny Devine is loading up on cheesecake in
front of Brother Ray. The cook then refuses to serve them as he claims they are not
under the 275 pound mark yet. Brother Devon then finds the mother load over at the
salad bar where Ray proclaims is dislike for his diet.
Jeremy Borash is standing backstage with Scott Steiner & Petey Williams and asks
them about their tag team match later on tonight. Williams still can’t believe what
Steiner did last week as Steiner tells him that Williams may be short and squatty,
but has a heart of a lion, which he likes. As for their match tonight, Steiner is
testing Williams to see if he is ready for the initiation.
Match 1: Scott Steiner & Petey Williams vs. Sonjay Dutt & Jay Lethal
The action went back and forth between the teams until Lethal took a dive through
the ropes and onto Williams on the floor. So Cal Val showed a look of concern for
her boyfriend but Rhaka Khan was there and chased her to the back as we head into a
commercial break.
We return to see Steiner & Williams in control of the match as they continue to work
on Lethal, however, he is able to squirm back to his corner and make the hot tag to
Dutt. Dutt comes in a clears house and takes control of the match away from
Williams, until Williams distracts the referee, which allows Steiner to nail Dutt
with a briefcase. Williams then hits the Canadian Destroyer to pick up the pin fall
on Dutt.
More footage of Team 3D and their diet quest is shown. This time, Devine has leads
them into a dessert stand. Team 3D think they are in heaven and begin pouring candy
into their mouths and Devine has to coax them into spitting everything out. Brother
Ray proclaims that he hates Devine.
Backstage, Jeremy Borash sneaks up on Eric Young who is hiding from Black Reign and
Rellik. Kaz comes over to comfort Young by showing him pictures of monsters and
tells him that they are all actors wearing masks. He says that Reign and Rellik are
just wrestlers with alter egos and tells Young that he also has an alter ego
somewhere inside of him.
Another Team 3D video is aired in which Ray has to stop his brother from indulging
in his one true weakness… barbequed pork. This brings us to their match and their
weigh in.
Match 2: Team 3D vs. Curry Man & Shark Boy
As usual, Earl Hebner walks into the ring with a scale and this week neither Ray nor
Devon make weight. Team 3D begins stripping down to their boxers and even go as far
as removing the “extra enhancement” socks from their underwear. None of it helps
and Hebner disqualifies both of them.
Jeremy Borash is backstage with Karen Angle and asks where her marriage to Kurt goes
from here. She doesn’t want to talk as AJ Styles comes out to comfort her. Styles
says that Kurt loves her and she says that only Styles makes her feel special.
Styles tells her that he will talk to Kurt for her and walks away.
Back in the ring, Slick Johnson is trying to raise the arm of Shark Boy, but he
doesn’t want any part of it a grabs a microphone and calls out any two people to
come out to the ring. Black Reign & Rellik answer the challenge and make their way
to the ring.
Match 2: Curry Man & Shark Boy vs. Black Reign & Rellik
Reign & Rellik come to the ring and begin destroying their opponents. Curry Man
begins to make a comeback and make a pin attempt on Black Reign but Brother Ray
comes down to the ring and distracts the referee. With the ref’s attention on Ray,
Devine comes in and nails Curry Man in the back with a kendo stick. Reign goes for
the cover but Curry Man is still able to kick out. Curry Man then soars over the
top rope and takes out Team 3D as Kaz comes out and nails Reign with his club, which
allows Shark Boy to land his stunner and picks up the pin fall.
After the match, Team 3D and Reign & Rellik beat down Kaz, Curry Man & Shark Boy.
Eric Young comes out to help out but freezes when he sees Rellik and Black Reign.
Young then leaves the ring and heads back up the ramp. Team 3D then powerbomb Kaz
though a table as we head backstage where Crystal is chasing down Robert Roode.
Roode says the legend of Booker T falls tonight and walks away.
A video package recapping the history of VKM is aired. It spans from BG James’s
debut in 2002 to the fighting that is going on between them today. Mike Tenay says
the decade long history is over and next week we’ll be treated to TNA Rough Cut,
where both BG and Kip James are being followed by TNA cameras to see what it’s like
behind the scenes with them.
Robert Roode makes his way down to the ring with Payton Banks. Roode says the
talking is over between them and calls out Booker T to meet in the ring, man-to-man.
Booker comes running down to the ring and the fists begin to fly. Roode manages to
deliver a DDT to Booker and handcuffs him to the ring ropes. Traci Brooks comes
down to the ring and tackles Roode from behind, but Banks is there and takes her
down. Banks handcuffs Brooks to the ring and both Roode and Banks begin whipping
them with belts. Security comes to the ring but Roode begins swinging the belt at
them to keep them out. Mike Tenay is disgusted by their actions.
Backstage, Crystal is standing between an argument with James Storm and Jacqueline
Moore. Storm wonders why she agreed for him to do a ladder match when he was out
partying with his friends the night before. She says she did it for him to get over
his fear of heights. Storm says he is not afraid of anything and tells her that she
better have a plan.
Match 3: James Storm vs. Eric Young (Ladder Match for the Drinking Championship)
James Storm attacks Eric Young on the entrance ramp to get this match started.
Storm starts moving the mats around the ring and goes for a suplex but Young is able
to reverse it and send Storm crashing down to the unprotected floor as we head to a
commercial break.
We return to see Storm use a ladder as a battering ram on Young’s head. Storm
starts to climb towards the belt but he decides to get off the ladder and give it
some more thought. Young tries to come back into the ring and Storm delivers a
super kick to his face knocking him back out to the floor. Storm begins to climb up
again as Jacqueline gives him a push up the ladder but he refuses to go up high
enough to get it. Jacqueline finally climbs up the other side and grabs the belt
for him, thus Storm wins the match and gets the title belt.
Storm celebrates with his new title as Rhino comes in from behind and delivers a
huge Gore on Storm that turns him inside out. Rhino grabs the drinking title and
leaves the ring with it.
AJ Styles joins Kurt Angle in his dressing room and says that Karen is all tore up
about their situation. Angle calls her a crybaby and a bitch and ends the
conversation.
Match 4: Angelina Love vs. Awesome Kong
Prior to the match they show footage of a premonition from Roxxi Laveaux where she
tells Love not to do the match as she will get hurt. Love makes referee Rudy
Charles check Kong for any foreign objects and attacks Kong while he does so,
however, her punches do little to affect Kong. Kong then begins to overpower Love
and nearly knocks her head off with a spinning back fist at one point. An Implant
Buster and Awesome Bomb later and Kong picks up the victory.
After the match, ODB comes out with a microphone and says that she will meet both
Kong and Gail Kim at Destination X, but neither of them have anything on her. Gail
Kim comes into the ring from behind and attacks Kong but is still knocked down by
the champ. ODB comes in and gives Kong a shot and is leveled by a clothesline.
That isn’t enough to keep them both down as the two begin to work together against
Kong and work together to toss her out of the ring. Their teamwork doesn’t last
long, however, as they begin to argue and get into a shoving match in which Rudy
Charles has to step in between them.
Match 5: Kurt Angle vs. Kevin Nash (Non-title match)
Kurt Angle has the tag team champs in his corner as Kevin Nash is joined by his
Destination X partners, Christian Cage & Samoa Joe. The match starts as Nash
methodically goes after Angle who fights back by going after Nash’s legs. The four
men on the outside begin brawling on the outside and Hebner sends them all to the
back as we head to a commercial break.
We return to see Angle still working on the legs of Nash by kicking in the back of
the knee. Angle applies the figure four and keeps Nash locked in for a few minutes
until Nash is able to turn it over and reverse it out of desperation. Angle is able
to make it to the ring ropes to break the hold. Nash comes back and delivers a side
slam on Angle and picks up a very near fall. Nash then tries to put Angle away with
the jackknife powerbomb but Angle counters into the ankle lock. Nash is finally
able to kick Angle off and is able to duck out of the way of a charging Angle, who
collides with the ring post and goes out to the floor.
Angle begins to hold his neck on the outside as his wife comes out to check on him.
Angle pushes her aside and knocks her to the ground as Nash comes out and tosses him
back into the ring. Styles and Borash come out to check on Karen Angle, who is
bleeding, as Hebner goes out to tell Styles to return to the back as Nash delivers a
jackknife powerbomb on Angle in the ring. Nash goes for the cover, but there is no
referee in the ring. Nash tries to get Hebner’s attention as Angle delivers a low
blow to Nash, followed by the Olympic slam to pick up the win.
AJ Styles carries Karen Angle to the backstage area as Kurt Angle celebrates his
victory in the ring and Impact comes to a close.
Quick Results
- Scott Steiner & Petey Williams defeated Sonjay Dutt & Jay Lethal by pin fall.
- Curry Man & Shark Boy defeated Black Reign & Rellik by pin fall.
- James Storm defeated Eric Young in a ladder match to win the Drinking Championship.
- Awesome Kong defeated Angelina Love by pin fall.
- Kurt Angle defeated Kevin Nash by pin fall.
Starman’s Thoughts
As Impact went off the air last week, Kevin Nash made a challenge for Kurt Angle for
a match on tonight’s show. This week’s show opened with Angle getting ready for the
match, but aside from that there was no big main event type build up whatsoever.
Hell, Kevin Nash was barely even mentioned, let alone showed his face prior to the
match. And this is a guy who rarely wrestles at all and, according to his own
words, won’t wrestle on free TV unless he Jim Cornette cuts him a check.
Yes, these two will be on opposite teams at Destination X, but there should be a
little more than just that going into this match. Even with Kevin Nash getting up
there in years, this should have been treated as huge deal. A promo from Nash or
Angle or anything else would have at least made the match a little more special in
my eyes, yet TNA failed to deliver anything.
As for the main event itself, I was actually pleasantly surprised by it. It wasn’t
a match of the year candidate, or even close to it, but it wasn’t a total stinker as
I expected it to be either. They worked a slow match that was geared for Nash’s
style and pacing, but it worked well. That’s two weeks in a row now that we have
witnessed a match that is more than quick spot moves, so maybe we are heading
somewhere with all of this. The only thing that took this match down was the
standard screw job ending, however, that was pretty much a given with this one.
The rest of the matches were pretty standard tonight, but I did enjoy how a fear of
heights was introduced for James Storm. Ladder matches are a type of match that
needs to serve a purpose to make it work properly. Having James Storm and Eric
Young fight for a fake championship title when it seems the two are heading in
opposite directions does not serve that purpose. However, introducing a fear of
heights for James Storm a little more than a week away from his Elevation X match at
Destination X does. This adds a little more depth and a new dimension to the match
at they pay-per-view, but I do hope it isn’t for the drinking championship.
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squats when he is interrupted by Karen. She apologizes to Kurt and asks him to
start their relationship over, but Kurt doesn’t go for it tells her that if she
would listen then they wouldn’t have any problems. Angle tells her to leave as he
continues to get ready for his match.
The Impact intro hits as we are welcomed to this week’s show that will feature
Awesome Kong against Angelina Love, Eric Young vs. James Storm in a ladder match for
the drinking championship, plus Kevin Nash going up against Kurt Angle in the main
event.
Booker T makes his way down to the ring as a video package highlighting the feud
between Booker and Robert Roode is aired. Booker says he is all about doing things
face to face and calls out Roode to the ring. Payton Banks comes down to the ring
and says that Robert Roode hasn’t made it to the Impact Zone yet and was asked to
deliver a personal message to Booker and slaps him across the face. Banks then
challenges Booker to hit her back as Traci Brooks comes to the ring and does it for
him. Security has to come in and finally separate the two.
A video package showing Team 3D’s quest to lose weight over the past week is aired.
They are at a Chinese restaurant where Johnny Devine is loading up on cheesecake in
front of Brother Ray. The cook then refuses to serve them as he claims they are not
under the 275 pound mark yet. Brother Devon then finds the mother load over at the
salad bar where Ray proclaims is dislike for his diet.
Jeremy Borash is standing backstage with Scott Steiner & Petey Williams and asks
them about their tag team match later on tonight. Williams still can’t believe what
Steiner did last week as Steiner tells him that Williams may be short and squatty,
but has a heart of a lion, which he likes. As for their match tonight, Steiner is
testing Williams to see if he is ready for the initiation.
Match 1: Scott Steiner & Petey Williams vs. Sonjay Dutt & Jay Lethal
The action went back and forth between the teams until Lethal took a dive through
the ropes and onto Williams on the floor. So Cal Val showed a look of concern for
her boyfriend but Rhaka Khan was there and chased her to the back as we head into a
commercial break.
We return to see Steiner & Williams in control of the match as they continue to work
on Lethal, however, he is able to squirm back to his corner and make the hot tag to
Dutt. Dutt comes in a clears house and takes control of the match away from
Williams, until Williams distracts the referee, which allows Steiner to nail Dutt
with a briefcase. Williams then hits the Canadian Destroyer to pick up the pin fall
on Dutt.
More footage of Team 3D and their diet quest is shown. This time, Devine has leads
them into a dessert stand. Team 3D think they are in heaven and begin pouring candy
into their mouths and Devine has to coax them into spitting everything out. Brother
Ray proclaims that he hates Devine.
Backstage, Jeremy Borash sneaks up on Eric Young who is hiding from Black Reign and
Rellik. Kaz comes over to comfort Young by showing him pictures of monsters and
tells him that they are all actors wearing masks. He says that Reign and Rellik are
just wrestlers with alter egos and tells Young that he also has an alter ego
somewhere inside of him.
Another Team 3D video is aired in which Ray has to stop his brother from indulging
in his one true weakness… barbequed pork. This brings us to their match and their
weigh in.
Match 2: Team 3D vs. Curry Man & Shark Boy
As usual, Earl Hebner walks into the ring with a scale and this week neither Ray nor
Devon make weight. Team 3D begins stripping down to their boxers and even go as far
as removing the “extra enhancement” socks from their underwear. None of it helps
and Hebner disqualifies both of them.
Jeremy Borash is backstage with Karen Angle and asks where her marriage to Kurt goes
from here. She doesn’t want to talk as AJ Styles comes out to comfort her. Styles
says that Kurt loves her and she says that only Styles makes her feel special.
Styles tells her that he will talk to Kurt for her and walks away.
Back in the ring, Slick Johnson is trying to raise the arm of Shark Boy, but he
doesn’t want any part of it a grabs a microphone and calls out any two people to
come out to the ring. Black Reign & Rellik answer the challenge and make their way
to the ring.
Match 2: Curry Man & Shark Boy vs. Black Reign & Rellik
Reign & Rellik come to the ring and begin destroying their opponents. Curry Man
begins to make a comeback and make a pin attempt on Black Reign but Brother Ray
comes down to the ring and distracts the referee. With the ref’s attention on Ray,
Devine comes in and nails Curry Man in the back with a kendo stick. Reign goes for
the cover but Curry Man is still able to kick out. Curry Man then soars over the
top rope and takes out Team 3D as Kaz comes out and nails Reign with his club, which
allows Shark Boy to land his stunner and picks up the pin fall.
After the match, Team 3D and Reign & Rellik beat down Kaz, Curry Man & Shark Boy.
Eric Young comes out to help out but freezes when he sees Rellik and Black Reign.
Young then leaves the ring and heads back up the ramp. Team 3D then powerbomb Kaz
though a table as we head backstage where Crystal is chasing down Robert Roode.
Roode says the legend of Booker T falls tonight and walks away.
A video package recapping the history of VKM is aired. It spans from BG James’s
debut in 2002 to the fighting that is going on between them today. Mike Tenay says
the decade long history is over and next week we’ll be treated to TNA Rough Cut,
where both BG and Kip James are being followed by TNA cameras to see what it’s like
behind the scenes with them.
Robert Roode makes his way down to the ring with Payton Banks. Roode says the
talking is over between them and calls out Booker T to meet in the ring, man-to-man.
Booker comes running down to the ring and the fists begin to fly. Roode manages to
deliver a DDT to Booker and handcuffs him to the ring ropes. Traci Brooks comes
down to the ring and tackles Roode from behind, but Banks is there and takes her
down. Banks handcuffs Brooks to the ring and both Roode and Banks begin whipping
them with belts. Security comes to the ring but Roode begins swinging the belt at
them to keep them out. Mike Tenay is disgusted by their actions.
Backstage, Crystal is standing between an argument with James Storm and Jacqueline
Moore. Storm wonders why she agreed for him to do a ladder match when he was out
partying with his friends the night before. She says she did it for him to get over
his fear of heights. Storm says he is not afraid of anything and tells her that she
better have a plan.
Match 3: James Storm vs. Eric Young (Ladder Match for the Drinking Championship)
James Storm attacks Eric Young on the entrance ramp to get this match started.
Storm starts moving the mats around the ring and goes for a suplex but Young is able
to reverse it and send Storm crashing down to the unprotected floor as we head to a
commercial break.
We return to see Storm use a ladder as a battering ram on Young’s head. Storm
starts to climb towards the belt but he decides to get off the ladder and give it
some more thought. Young tries to come back into the ring and Storm delivers a
super kick to his face knocking him back out to the floor. Storm begins to climb up
again as Jacqueline gives him a push up the ladder but he refuses to go up high
enough to get it. Jacqueline finally climbs up the other side and grabs the belt
for him, thus Storm wins the match and gets the title belt.
Storm celebrates with his new title as Rhino comes in from behind and delivers a
huge Gore on Storm that turns him inside out. Rhino grabs the drinking title and
leaves the ring with it.
AJ Styles joins Kurt Angle in his dressing room and says that Karen is all tore up
about their situation. Angle calls her a crybaby and a bitch and ends the
conversation.
Match 4: Angelina Love vs. Awesome Kong
Prior to the match they show footage of a premonition from Roxxi Laveaux where she
tells Love not to do the match as she will get hurt. Love makes referee Rudy
Charles check Kong for any foreign objects and attacks Kong while he does so,
however, her punches do little to affect Kong. Kong then begins to overpower Love
and nearly knocks her head off with a spinning back fist at one point. An Implant
Buster and Awesome Bomb later and Kong picks up the victory.
After the match, ODB comes out with a microphone and says that she will meet both
Kong and Gail Kim at Destination X, but neither of them have anything on her. Gail
Kim comes into the ring from behind and attacks Kong but is still knocked down by
the champ. ODB comes in and gives Kong a shot and is leveled by a clothesline.
That isn’t enough to keep them both down as the two begin to work together against
Kong and work together to toss her out of the ring. Their teamwork doesn’t last
long, however, as they begin to argue and get into a shoving match in which Rudy
Charles has to step in between them.
Match 5: Kurt Angle vs. Kevin Nash (Non-title match)
Kurt Angle has the tag team champs in his corner as Kevin Nash is joined by his
Destination X partners, Christian Cage & Samoa Joe. The match starts as Nash
methodically goes after Angle who fights back by going after Nash’s legs. The four
men on the outside begin brawling on the outside and Hebner sends them all to the
back as we head to a commercial break.
We return to see Angle still working on the legs of Nash by kicking in the back of
the knee. Angle applies the figure four and keeps Nash locked in for a few minutes
until Nash is able to turn it over and reverse it out of desperation. Angle is able
to make it to the ring ropes to break the hold. Nash comes back and delivers a side
slam on Angle and picks up a very near fall. Nash then tries to put Angle away with
the jackknife powerbomb but Angle counters into the ankle lock. Nash is finally
able to kick Angle off and is able to duck out of the way of a charging Angle, who
collides with the ring post and goes out to the floor.
Angle begins to hold his neck on the outside as his wife comes out to check on him.
Angle pushes her aside and knocks her to the ground as Nash comes out and tosses him
back into the ring. Styles and Borash come out to check on Karen Angle, who is
bleeding, as Hebner goes out to tell Styles to return to the back as Nash delivers a
jackknife powerbomb on Angle in the ring. Nash goes for the cover, but there is no
referee in the ring. Nash tries to get Hebner’s attention as Angle delivers a low
blow to Nash, followed by the Olympic slam to pick up the win.
AJ Styles carries Karen Angle to the backstage area as Kurt Angle celebrates his
victory in the ring and Impact comes to a close.
Quick Results
- Scott Steiner & Petey Williams defeated Sonjay Dutt & Jay Lethal by pin fall.
- Curry Man & Shark Boy defeated Black Reign & Rellik by pin fall.
- James Storm defeated Eric Young in a ladder match to win the Drinking Championship.
- Awesome Kong defeated Angelina Love by pin fall.
- Kurt Angle defeated Kevin Nash by pin fall.
Starman’s Thoughts
As Impact went off the air last week, Kevin Nash made a challenge for Kurt Angle for
a match on tonight’s show. This week’s show opened with Angle getting ready for the
match, but aside from that there was no big main event type build up whatsoever.
Hell, Kevin Nash was barely even mentioned, let alone showed his face prior to the
match. And this is a guy who rarely wrestles at all and, according to his own
words, won’t wrestle on free TV unless he Jim Cornette cuts him a check.
Yes, these two will be on opposite teams at Destination X, but there should be a
little more than just that going into this match. Even with Kevin Nash getting up
there in years, this should have been treated as huge deal. A promo from Nash or
Angle or anything else would have at least made the match a little more special in
my eyes, yet TNA failed to deliver anything.
As for the main event itself, I was actually pleasantly surprised by it. It wasn’t
a match of the year candidate, or even close to it, but it wasn’t a total stinker as
I expected it to be either. They worked a slow match that was geared for Nash’s
style and pacing, but it worked well. That’s two weeks in a row now that we have
witnessed a match that is more than quick spot moves, so maybe we are heading
somewhere with all of this. The only thing that took this match down was the
standard screw job ending, however, that was pretty much a given with this one.
The rest of the matches were pretty standard tonight, but I did enjoy how a fear of
heights was introduced for James Storm. Ladder matches are a type of match that
needs to serve a purpose to make it work properly. Having James Storm and Eric
Young fight for a fake championship title when it seems the two are heading in
opposite directions does not serve that purpose. However, introducing a fear of
heights for James Storm a little more than a week away from his Elevation X match at
Destination X does. This adds a little more depth and a new dimension to the match
at they pay-per-view, but I do hope it isn’t for the drinking championship.
Gerweck