Black Widow
06-14-2008, 11:16 PM
TNA IN LIVERPOOL REPORT; ANGLE MENTIONS BENOIT & GUERRERO IN FRONT OF THE CROWD, ABYSS VS. SAMOA JOE AND MORE
The Liverpool Olympia is SOLD OUT! There is no room left in the whole building, and there doesn't seem to be any empty seats around. Dixie Carter is around, shaking hands and talking to people in the front row around the ring. Jeremy Borash comes out and gets the crowd going, and he is also our ring announcer for the night. This event was being filmed for Global Impact, which was great.
Match 1: X-Division Tag Match - "The Guru" Sonjay Dutt & "Little Petey Pump" Petey Williams vs. The Motorcity Machine Guns; Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin. Dutt gets heavy boos and Williams gets mixed reactions, however MCMG are cheered throughout the match. MCMG win in 10.29 after a Canadian Destroyer on Dutt after Williams gets blinded accidentally by Dutt.
Match 2: TNA Women's World Championship Match - Gail Kim vs. Awesome Kong (no Raisha Saeed). Kong gets mostly booed, and Kim plays to the crowd all throughout the match, at one point going for a cross body off the turnbuckle to the outside and narrowly missing the rail before being caught by Kong. Kong wins in 5.15 with an Awesome Bomb. Random note: It looked like one of Kong's dreads got pulled out during the match. That had to hurt!
Match 3: TNA World Tag Team Championship Match - James Storm and Robert Roode vs. LAX (no Salinas). Lots of "You can't wrestle!" chants aimed at Roode as they begin the match. Storm got busted open as Homicide does a dive to the outside through the middle of the ropes. Hernandez hits a couple of big spots during the match, including a dive over the ropes and an Eddie Tribute with the 3 Amigos and a Frog Splash. LAX win in 12.42 after Homicide hits a Gringo Cutter on Storm. Big pops for LAX throughout.
Match 4: 3-way Dance - Doug Williams vs. "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal vs. A.J. Styles. Biggest pops of the night for Lethal and Styles. Lots of back and forth action between all three, with everyone fighting into the crowd at one point. Styles pins Williams after a Spiral Tap after about 13 minutes (forgot to time this match). Styles cuts a promo afterwards, welcoming Williams to TNA for the World X Cup.
Before the next match, Dixie Carter comes out and thanks everyone in attendance, and talks about TNA and upcoming events that they are looking forward to.
Match 5: 20-Minute Time Limit - Booker T vs. Rhino. Lots of battling chants between both wrestlers, with "Let's go Booker" and "Let's go Rhino" going on well into the match. Booker was playing the heel tonight, taunting the crowd and almost going for the Spinarooni before flipping off the crowd. This led to Rhino taking Booker out and mocking him with doing a Spinarooni of his own, much to the crowds delight. Booker wins in 8.56 after a Scissors Kick. Rhino got a standing ovation as he left.
Kurt Angle comes out before the main event to talk about his neck injury, but how he was carrying on. He also talked about his feuds in Liverpool with Benoit (to mixed reactions) and Guerrero (to a massive ovation, with "Eddie!" chants starting off). He also disses WWE again, and praises TNA and how happy he is to be there.
Match 6 (Main Event): 60-Minute Time Limit for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship - Abyss vs. Samoa Joe. Joe does look tiny compared to Abyss live. They go to the outside, with Joe hitting Abyss with a cushioned chair before sitting Abyss down on the chair and nailing him with a running knee to the head into the railings. A ref bump halfway through leads to Earl Hebner running out and taking over, to the usual "You screwed Bret!" and "You steal T-shirts!" chants. Joe wins in 15.23 (with a slow count) after a Muscle Buster.
Afterwards, JB brings out all the wrestlers on the tour to sign autographs and take pictures. This being my first time to any wrestling event, I enjoyed it a hell of a lot. Went home with a bit of a hoarse throat. Definitely think TNA is the future if they can keep the wrestling at as high a standard as it was last night.
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The Liverpool Olympia is SOLD OUT! There is no room left in the whole building, and there doesn't seem to be any empty seats around. Dixie Carter is around, shaking hands and talking to people in the front row around the ring. Jeremy Borash comes out and gets the crowd going, and he is also our ring announcer for the night. This event was being filmed for Global Impact, which was great.
Match 1: X-Division Tag Match - "The Guru" Sonjay Dutt & "Little Petey Pump" Petey Williams vs. The Motorcity Machine Guns; Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin. Dutt gets heavy boos and Williams gets mixed reactions, however MCMG are cheered throughout the match. MCMG win in 10.29 after a Canadian Destroyer on Dutt after Williams gets blinded accidentally by Dutt.
Match 2: TNA Women's World Championship Match - Gail Kim vs. Awesome Kong (no Raisha Saeed). Kong gets mostly booed, and Kim plays to the crowd all throughout the match, at one point going for a cross body off the turnbuckle to the outside and narrowly missing the rail before being caught by Kong. Kong wins in 5.15 with an Awesome Bomb. Random note: It looked like one of Kong's dreads got pulled out during the match. That had to hurt!
Match 3: TNA World Tag Team Championship Match - James Storm and Robert Roode vs. LAX (no Salinas). Lots of "You can't wrestle!" chants aimed at Roode as they begin the match. Storm got busted open as Homicide does a dive to the outside through the middle of the ropes. Hernandez hits a couple of big spots during the match, including a dive over the ropes and an Eddie Tribute with the 3 Amigos and a Frog Splash. LAX win in 12.42 after Homicide hits a Gringo Cutter on Storm. Big pops for LAX throughout.
Match 4: 3-way Dance - Doug Williams vs. "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal vs. A.J. Styles. Biggest pops of the night for Lethal and Styles. Lots of back and forth action between all three, with everyone fighting into the crowd at one point. Styles pins Williams after a Spiral Tap after about 13 minutes (forgot to time this match). Styles cuts a promo afterwards, welcoming Williams to TNA for the World X Cup.
Before the next match, Dixie Carter comes out and thanks everyone in attendance, and talks about TNA and upcoming events that they are looking forward to.
Match 5: 20-Minute Time Limit - Booker T vs. Rhino. Lots of battling chants between both wrestlers, with "Let's go Booker" and "Let's go Rhino" going on well into the match. Booker was playing the heel tonight, taunting the crowd and almost going for the Spinarooni before flipping off the crowd. This led to Rhino taking Booker out and mocking him with doing a Spinarooni of his own, much to the crowds delight. Booker wins in 8.56 after a Scissors Kick. Rhino got a standing ovation as he left.
Kurt Angle comes out before the main event to talk about his neck injury, but how he was carrying on. He also talked about his feuds in Liverpool with Benoit (to mixed reactions) and Guerrero (to a massive ovation, with "Eddie!" chants starting off). He also disses WWE again, and praises TNA and how happy he is to be there.
Match 6 (Main Event): 60-Minute Time Limit for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship - Abyss vs. Samoa Joe. Joe does look tiny compared to Abyss live. They go to the outside, with Joe hitting Abyss with a cushioned chair before sitting Abyss down on the chair and nailing him with a running knee to the head into the railings. A ref bump halfway through leads to Earl Hebner running out and taking over, to the usual "You screwed Bret!" and "You steal T-shirts!" chants. Joe wins in 15.23 (with a slow count) after a Muscle Buster.
Afterwards, JB brings out all the wrestlers on the tour to sign autographs and take pictures. This being my first time to any wrestling event, I enjoyed it a hell of a lot. Went home with a bit of a hoarse throat. Definitely think TNA is the future if they can keep the wrestling at as high a standard as it was last night.
PWInsider.com