Against All Odds Results/Report 2007
Against All Odds opened with a video feature and pyro.
Team 3D were in the ring waiting.
Little Italy Street Fight
NWA Tag Team champions LAX vs Team 3D
LAX came from behind as Konnan distracted Team 3D. LAX worked over 3D. Hernandez hit Devon with a chair on the floor. Homicide hit a top con hilo Ray to the floor. Hernandez did a running dive to the floor but Devon nailed him with a chair on the way out. Ray hit a backdrop on Homicide on the floor. Ray missed with a chairshot, hitting the ringpost instead. Homicide dove off the apron onto Ray, who caught him and hit a Fall away Slam on the ramp. Devon worked over Hernandez with a trash can lid. Brother Ray got the dancers to dance for him and spank each other, but Homicide attacked him from behind. Hernandez and Homicide snapped Devon across the ropes. Hernandez was pulled to the floor by Ray. They tried to clothesline each other and both went down. Homicide worked over Devon with a pizza cutter, busting open Devon.
Ray returned to the ring and Homicide challenged him to come on. Ray grabbed a cheese grater and nailed Homicide. He worked over Homicide with it. A bunch of members of "the Latino nation" (hey, that's what Mike Tenay called them) attacked Team 3D but were run off. Ugh.
Team 3D hit the wazzup headbutt. They called for tables. They brought a table in. Hernandez was set up for the wazzup headbutt but Devon instead dove off the ropes onto all the Latino Nation members on the floor. Homicide hit a hurrancanrana on Ray and nailed him with the lid of a trash can. He then nailed Devon with it. Hernandez chokeslammed Ray through a table. Homicide hit an elbow but only got a two count on Ray.
Devon tossed Hernandez over the top to the floor. He hit an inverted DDT on Homicide but Homicide kicked up. Devon put Homicide on the top rope but the Latino Nation members grabbed Devon's legs. Hernandez came from behind and hit the Border Toss on Devon. LAX both covered Devon for the pin.
Winners: LAX
Backstage:
Jeremy Borash interviewed Austin Starr. Starr said that tonight he was going to get his chance to shine. He said he came to TNA to show everyone that he's the best pound for pound wrestler in TNA. Bob Backlund showed up in the background. Starr asked him if he could help him, calling Backlund a grown up Opie. He told Backlund if he ever touches Starr again, Starr would "change his channel physically" and walked off. Backlund noted that he can get out of hand if he needs to.
Senshi vs Austin Starr
They did some nice back and forth wrestling to open the match. Senshi's throat was snapped over the ropes and he went to the floor. Starr hit a running dive through the ropes onto Senshi. Starr controlled Senshi. Starr chopped Senshi. Starr missed the pendulum elbow. Senshi began nailing kicks but was cut off with a kick and a gutwretch suplex. Starr got a two count. Starr began slapping Senshi in the corner. Senshi came back with a big clothesline. Senshi came back with a series of kicks for a two count. He kept working over Starr, nailing a springboard kick to the back of Starr's head for another two count. Senshi went for a jump into a springboard but Starr caught him. He went for a brianbuster but Senshi escaped and hit a kick in the corner. Starr locked on a crossface chickenwing, but Senshi escaped. He went for the Warrior's Way (double stomp off top) but Starr moved. He locked on the chickenwing again. They did a double pin deal with Senshi getting the win.
Winner: Senshi
Aftermath:
Austin Starr was so angry he tossed a bunch of chairs in the ring and grabbed the ring mic. He demanded the match restarted. He said he would throw every chair in the building into the ring if he didn't get what he wanted, then sat in center ring. Bib Backlund came to the ring and began screaming at Starr. Starr slapped him. Backlund snapped and locked on the crossface chicken wing. Backlund dragged Starr backstage.
Backstage:
Jeremy Borash interviewed NWA champion Christian Cage. Tomko looked angry in the background. Cage asked him what the problem was and Tomko said Steiner was the biggest egomaniac he's ever had to deal with. He warned Cage to tell Steiner what the deal was. Before he could answer, Steiner showed up and said their deal was off because Tomko was a muscle bound idiot. Steiner claimed that Cage told him Tomko would shine his shoes when instructed. Cage tried to calm everyone down. He said that Tomko wasn't used to waiting on everyone hand and foot. Cage said that everyone needs to remember it's about Kurt Angle. He said Angle came to TNA and took money from Steiner and Steiner's kids. Cage told Tomko to apologize to Steiner and Tomko refused. Steiner said he didn't want Tomko's redneck apology and stormed off. Cage yelled at Tomko and told him to go fix it, then yelled at Borash to leave.
Mike Tenay and Don West previewed the card.
They aired a video feature on Christy Hemme's recent storyline.
Tuxedo Match
Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy
When Hemme came to the ring, they showed a fan holding a sign that said, "We Are Wrestling." Oh, the irony. Oily started gyrating, so Hemme slapped him. Hemme missed a charge in the corner. Oily ripped off her jack. Hemme ripped off his shirt. The crowd began booing the hell out of the segment. Hemme tried to monkeyflip Oily but it went to hell. She tried again but this time he remembered the spot and ripped her pants off. Hey I want to see Hemme half naked as much anyone (trust me, I love this woman!) but this isn't the way or the place. This is terrible beyond belief and I'm embarrassed for Hemme. Hemme went for a high cross bodyblock but was caught and slammed. Oily missed a big splash. Hemme went for a sunset flip (Why? You can't win by pinfall) but Oily dropped down on her face. Thankfully, Hemme ripped off his pants.
Winner: Christy Hemme
Aftermath:
Hemme grabbed the mic and said she wasn't done. VKM's music hit and Kip James came to the ring. Kip mocked her, saying it took talent to beat the Big Fat Oily Guy. Kip said that wasn't what the fans came to see. Don West said, "That's for sure." Kip James said, "Let me show you what these people came to see" he then removed hemmes top and she ran to the back.
Backstage:
We went backstage to the Viewing Party for the Eric Young/Ms. Brooks video. Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, Kevin Nash and Leticia were watching. Ms. Brooks was on the phone talking to Eric Young and told him she was excited to see himand to hurry up. She checked herself in the mirror and said, "Do I look OK?" Shelley said, "I've seen better." She told him to shut up. Someone knocked at the door...and the video fades to a 'to be continues'.
Basebrawl 2
Dale Torborg (with AJ Pierzynski) vs Lance Hoyt (with David Eckstein)
There are a ton of red Team Eckstein shirts at ringside, so I am guessing they gave them out to the fans. Hoyt avoided a Torborg charge and laid him out with several dropkicks and a flapjack. They went to the floor. Hoyt went to suplex Torborg, but Pierzynski lowblowed him. Hoyt was suplexed on the ramp. Pierzynski tossed Hoyt into the railing. Torborg worked over Hoyt as the fans tried to rally him by chanting his name. Torborg choked Hoyt. Hoyt made a comeback and hit a clothesline in the corner. Hoyt missed a charge in the corner. Torborg went for the pinfall but Hoyt was positioned under the ropes so it wasn't allowed. Hoyt went to the top for something but slipped as he flipped and instead sort of crashed into the ring, hitting Torborg glancingly. It looked bad but thankfully no one was injured. Eckstein began arguing with the referee. Hoyt went to the top where Pierzynski nailed him with a chair. He crashed into the ring and was pinned. Eckstein told the referee about the interference so they restarted the match. Eckstein's brother Rick nailed Torborg with a chair. Hoyt hit a TKO on Torborg and scored the pinfall.
Winner: Lance Hoyt
Backstage:
We went back to the viewing party, where Alex Shelley asked Kevin Nash if he thought what they've seen so far was "arousing and suspenseful." Nash praised it but wanted to know if Ms. Brooks did the deed and got Young's signature. Shelley said he could have read the spoilers online, but instead they would go to part two.
Back "on film", Brooks warned Shelley to hide or she would slap him. Eric Young arrived with flowers and chocolates. He ate half the chocolates and the flowers were fake. Brooks took off Young's shirt and said she had a secret to tell him - this was her "first time too". Young looked happy and shocked, all at once. Young's delivery is off the charts. He went to reach for her chest but she maneuvered his hand to sign the contract. Young said that his friends didn't think it was a good idea. She told Young that his friends would do anything to be in his shoes right now. She went to make him sign and they plopped up a "To Be Continued" graphic.
They aired a video feature on Rhino vs. AJ Styles.
Motor City Chain Match
AJ Styles vs Rhino
Real Quick Rules Review: They are linked together by a chain. There is a key on top of a pole that will allow escape from the chain. On another pole is a weapon of "Rhino's choice".
They started off with Rhino using the chain to pull Styles towards him while Styles kept trying to evade him out of fear. Styles' recent heel work has been one of the best things about TNA of late, so this should be interesting. Styles went outside the ring. Rhino chased him around the ring, finally catching him and tosses him into the rail and the apron. He tossed Styles again into the railing. Styles took over. They ended up trying to pull each other towards a ringpost. Styles tried to use his feet to brace himself but slipped and fell. Rhino finally pulled him into the post.
Back in the ring, Styles tried to leapfrog Rhino but the chain caught him between the legs. Rhino yanked and Styles took a flip bump. Styles caught Rhino as he charged him in the corner. He dove off the ropes but was caught with a belly to belly suplex. Rhino went for the gore but Styles dropkicked him. Styles wrapped the chain around Rhino's chin and began choking him with it.
Styles took down Rhino with a clothesline using the chain. The crowd began jeering Styles as he had this awesome smug look on his face. Styles went for the key but Rhino began pulling him down. Styles jumped down and worked over Rhino with punches and kicks. Styles hit a springboard forearm for a two count. Styles turned his attention back to the key. He almost got to it but Rhino pulled him back into the ride where they collided.
Rhino hit a spinebuster on Styles for a two count. Rhino got his weapon, a nighstick but AJ yanked the chain and lowblowed Rhino in the process. Styles grabbed the nightstick and nailed Rhino across the back with it. He began choking Rhino with the stick, then began wailing away on Rhino with it.
Styles climbed up and got the key to released himself from the chain. He hit a top rope frog splash on Rhino. He walked out of the ring and began heading to the locker room. Why is Styles' a coward now? He changed his mind and returned to the ring. He cuffed the chain to the ring ropes, trapping Rhino.
He began mocking Rhino with the key, then hit the Pele Kick. Styles played to the crowd but was caught with a gore by Rhino. Rhino told Hebner to give him the keys. Hebner shook his head no then kicked them over to Rhino. The crowd chanted, "You screwed AJ". That was funny.
Rhino cleaned house on Styles and nailed a spinebuster. He went under the ring and pulled a table out. Rhino set the table up in the corner, then suplexes Styles with a belly-to-belly. Rhino went for the gore but Styles ducked. Rhino went through the table and Styles scored the pin.
Winner: AJ Styles
Backstage:
The third part of the Paparazzi Productions footage airs with Ms. Brooks and Eric Young. Young tells Ms. Brooks that he doesn't want to sign the contract. Traci starts removing some clothing and Young signs the contract right away. Ms. Brooks then told Young to lay down on the bed and to close his eyes. Young does so and Brooks takes off and hands the contract to Robert Roode who was nearby. As the footage came to a close, Bob Backlund ran into the "viewing area" yelling at everyone for watching filth.
They aired a video feature on Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lynn.
TNA X-Division champion Chris Sabin vs Jerry Lynn
I am really hoping they give them a long time here, because the show needs a great wrestling match really bad in my opinion. Sabin and Lynn went to the mat early doing some good fluid back and forth wrestling. Lynn went for the cradle piledriver early but Sabin scampered out of the ring.
Once he returned, they went back into the wrestling. Sabin hit a hiptoss takeover but Lynn kicked him in the face. He cinched on a side headlock but Sabin stomped Lynn's foot to break the move. Sabin locked on a sideheadlock of his own, posing for the camera. Lynn fought out of it, but Sabin retreated to the ropes to break Lynn's momentum.
Lynn ended up on the outside, but avoided Sabin's dive. Sabin kicked the ropes as Lynn was entering the ring, crotching him. Sabin began stomping away on Lynn. He dragged Lynn backwards into a backbreaker. He continued to focus on Lynn's back. He worked over Lynn's back with a surfboard, then drilled Lynn into the corner. Sabin hit several shoulderblocks. He left Lynn hanging in the corner and dropkicked Lynn's back for a two count.
They are telling a good story early with Sabin working over Lynn's back. You can see Sabin continuing to come into his own as a heel as well. Lynn makes a comeback but is hit with a flapjack into the corner by Sabin. Sabin goes right back to working on the back. The fans tried to rally Lynnn as Sabin mocked them. That was great.
Sabin backed Lynn into the corner and slapped him. He kept slapping and disrespecting Lynn. Sabin whipped Lynn into the corner and hit a running back elbow. Lynn finally fired up and came back with dropkicked and a back bodydrop. Lynn worked over Sabin in the corner but Sabin cut him off with a spinkick. Lynn hit a top rope hurrancanrana, but only got a 2 count in the process.
Sabin came back with a springboard boot on Lynn, then kicked him again in the back of the head. Sabin hit a Tigerbomb but Lynn got his shoulder up right before the three count. Sabin went for the Cradleshock, but Lynn turned it into a sunset flip for a two count. Lynn hit a TKO but Sabin kicked out at the last second. Lynn went for the Cradle Piledriver but his back was too hurt from earlier. Sabin rolled up Lynn and held the ropes for the pin.
Winner: Chris Sabin
Aftermath:
Sabin mocked Lynn from the outside holding his X Division Title high in the air.
A promo for the Destination X PPV on March 11.
Backstage
Samoa Joe was shown leaving Kurt Angle's dressing room.
In-Ring
Robert Roode made his way to the ring with Ms. Brooks, brandishing Eric Young's contract. Roode said he was a happy man because Brooks finally did something right. He then introduced Eric Young, who looked like he lost his favorite friend. Roode told Young that for the last few months, he couldn't understand why the fans loved him. He said that when the fans look at Young, they see themselves and they can relate to him. He said that just like Young, the fans were idiots and worthless. He said they the fans would never know what it's like to be successful. Young began stewing and took off his jacket.
Young finally grabbed the mic from Roode's hands. Roode asked him if he had something to say but just as Young was about to, Roode grabbed it away and told him he's not to speak until spoken to. He said that young signed a legally binding document and there was nothing anyone can do about it. He told Young that if he wanted to hit Roode and break the contract, then do it, but then Roode can take away the things Young loves most, his fans and his job. He promised Young would never step foot inside a wrestling ring ever again.
He told Young that one way or another, he would find out that "it pays to be Roode."
Backstage:
Jeremy Borash interviewed NWA champion Christian Cage. Borash asked if Cage's house was in order. Cage claimed it was and told Tomko to agree but Tomko walked off. Cage accused Borash and everyone else of trying to make things seem worse than they were to sell ratings and gossip. Cage turned his attention to Kurt Angle. He said that Angle won't let anyone forget that he won an Olympic gold medal with a 'broken friggin' neck' but it's not 1994, it's 2007 and the NWA title is the true gold medal. He said that Angle would find out firsthand whether his house was in order.
Backstage:
Jim Cornette showed up and asked Cage if he was ready for Angle. He wanted to remind Cage that the NWA title changes hands on a disqualification, noting that if anyone interfered for Cage, Angle would win the title by DQ.
Petey Williams & Gail Kim vs James Storm & Ms. Tennessee Jackie Moore
Storm and Williams started early. Ms. Tennessee tagged in and went right after Williams. He gave her an atomic drop and tagged in Gail Kim. Kim took her over and kicked Jacqueline Moore in the back. Kim unloaded with a series of punches. Williams and Storm battled on the floor. Moore kneed Williams in the back as he rebounded off the ropes, setting up Storm to hit a clothesline. Storm and Moore took turns working on Williams.
Williams finally came back. Kim hit a missile dropkick on Moore for a two count but Storm broke it up. Kim had Moore rolled up but the referee was out of position. She was shoved into Storm, then rolled up for the pin.
Winners: James Storm & Ms. Tennessee
Aftermath:
Storm teased hitting Williams with the beer bottle, but Williams got it. Moore jumped on his back and Storm hit a superkick. Referee Rudy Charlies admonished them, so Moore DDT'd him. They set up Williams for the Death Sentence but Chris Harris, wearing an eyepatch hit the ring and ran them off.
They aired a video feature on the Prison Yard Match.
Jeremy Borash interviewed a masked Sting. He said that he's had a blowtorch on him for 20 years. He said that living under Abyss' mask has given him a new perspective on Abyss' pain and guilt. He said that the only way Abyss can move forward is to leave the past behind. Sting said Jim Mitchell is preventing Abyss from doing this and tonight he would take the leech and the devil out of Abyss' life.
Prison Yard Match
Sting vs Abyss
They start the match outside the Impact Zone brawling. Sting throws Abyss into a dumpster and then nails Abyss with several trash cans. Abyss kneed Sting in the stomach. He tossed Sting atop of a table, that was on wheels. He rolled it into a dumpster, then picked up Sting and tossed him into the dumpster.
Abyss set up a table but Sting nailed him with a piece of tile. Abyss landed on the table. Sting did a pretty cool looking dive off the dumpster through a table on Abyss. So far, really entertaining.
They brawled back into the Impact Zone. Sting nailed Abyss with a chair, then tossed Abyss into a ringpost wrapped in barbed wire. Sting then pulled a barbed wire bat from under the ring and raked it over Abyss' arm. Sting called for the cage to be lowered.
Sting knocked Mitchell to the floor, then removed a belt from around Mitchell's waist. Sting punched Mitchell with it. He began whipping Mitchell and choking him with it, but Abyss attacked Sting and threw him into the railing. Mitchell is bleeding from the head, by the way.
Abyss brought a table into the ring. Abyss tried to toss Sting into the cage but Sting fights back. He tossed Sting into the corner, then grabbed a flashing police light from on top of the ringpost. He slammed it over Sting's head, shattering the glass. Abyss tossed Sting in the cage but was unable to close the door.
Abyss went under the ring and pulled out a barbed wire board. He tried to whip Sting into it but Sting fired back with some offense. He rebounded off the ropes but was caught by Abyss with the Black Hole Slam. Abyss tried to close the door on the cage but Sting put his arm in the way, Abyss backed up to charge the door but Sting kicked it open. It looked like it either missed or grazed Abyss.
Sting hit a Stinger Splash in the corner, then nailed the Scorpion Death Drop. Sting put Abyss in the cage. Jim Mitchell tried to attack Sting, but Sting grabbed him and locked on the Scorpion Deathlock. That allowed Abyss to attack Sting from behind. Abyss set Sting up on the table, then began climbing the cage. Sting gets up and puts the barbed wire board on the table. Abyss, climbing the cage, doesn't realize it. Sting nails him with the barbed wire board, then powerbombs Abyss off the cage through the table and barbed wire board.
Sting locked Abyss in the cage and locked it shut, winning the match.
Winner: Sting
Aftermath:
Sting attacked Mitchell and security kept trying to restrain him as Abyss helplessly reached towards Mitchell.
Backstage
Jeremy Borash interviewed Kurt Angle. Angle said that when he came to TNA, he knew he was the best in the world but others had earned their place in TNA. He said that he targeted Joe when he came here because Joe was the best in the world. He said that for three months, he beat up Joe like he never beat up anyone before. He said unfortunately, Joe did the same to him. Angle said that tonight, his focus is on Christian Cage. He said Cage "was" a great champion and guaranteed he was going to be champion tonight.
They aired a video feature on Christian Cage vs. Kurt Angle.
NWA Championship
Christian Cage(c) (with Tomko & Scott Steiner) vs Kurt Angle
Samoa Joe as the ringside enforcer
They did the in-ring introductions by Jeremy Borash. No Steiner or Joe at ringside at the start. Tomko was thrown out of ringside before they rang the bell. Just as they started to lock up, Samoa Joe's music hit and he made his way to the ring with a chair. TNA was smart to give Joe the final entrance. It made him look like a star above or at Cage and Angle's level and if they want to go all the way with him, this is a smart way to help that cause.
Angle took Cage down with a foreaem and unleashed a series of kicks on Cage. They exchanged chops. Angle went for the anklelock early. Cage escaped to the floor and tried to pull Angle out but was kicked off. Angle and Cage brawled around ringside. Angle hit a double sledgehammer off the apron onto Cage. Cage slammed Angle into the ringside stairs. Cage and Joe went nose to nose. Angle grabbed Cage for the Olympic Slam,. then drilled Cage backwards into a ringpost.
Cage was tossed back into the ring, then backdropped by Angle. Angle hit a backbreaker for a two count. They ended up back on the floor, where Cage hit a Hangman's neckbreaker. Joe got out of his chair and began yelling at Angle to get up and fight back.
Back in the ring, Cage used his feet to crush Angle's chest, then hit a snapmare. Cage worked over Angle with a rear chinlock. Angle finally came back then picks up and dumps Cage over for a two count. Angle hit a backdrop suplex, but Cage flipped out of a second and landed on his feet. Angle went for the Olympic Slam but Cage escaped and went for the Unprettier. Angle turned it into an ankle lock attempt but Cage escaped and kicked Angle low. He nailed the Unprettier but Angle got his shoulder up at two.
Cage slammed Angle and dropped an elbow. Angle charges Cage in the corner but Cage hits a rear elbow. Cage went to the top but Sngle jumped up and hit a belly to belly superplex off the top. Angle hit a series of seven German suplexes, but Cage got his shoulder up at the last second.
AJ Styles came out and got on the ropes. Angle dared him to come into the ring. Joe chased Styles to the back. Off camera, Cage drilled Angle with a chair. He hit a top rope frog splash but Angle got his shoulder up at the last moment. Cage went for the Unprettier and nailed it as Joe returned to ringside. Angle kicked up at two as Cage can't believe Angle escaped the pin. Joe and cage began jawing at ringside.
Angle went for the anklelock but Cage shoved him off. Angle knocked the referee out of the ring. Joe went to look over him. Cage came from behind but Joe saw him and tossed him back into the ring. Cage was screaming at Joe, but Angle grabbed him and hit the Olympic Slam. Joe tossed the referee back into the ring. Cage kicked up.
Cage tried to clothesline Angle, who ducked. The referee took it and was out again. Tomko hit ringside and threw Joe into the ring steps. he hit the ring but Angle took him down and began nailing him with German suplexes. Scott Steiner hit the ring with a lead pipe but Steiner missed nailing him with it and Angle knocked him to the floor. Joe returned to the ring and clotheslined Tomko over the top to the floor.
Joe and Angle faced off mid-ring. Angle shoved Joe. Joe looked at him and charged but instead dove through the ropes on Tomko and Steiner. Joe and Steiner battled over a chair, before Joe and Tomko brawled to the back.
Angle locked on the Anklelock but the referee was out. Cage began tapping but there was no referee. Cage grabbed the lead pipe Steiner brought to ringside and nailed Angle in the shoulder. Cage tried to revive the referee, then nailed the Unprettier. Cage scored the pin.
Your winner and still NWA champion: Christian Cage
Aftermath:
The PPV went off the air with Cage, Steiner, and Tomko celebrating as Mike Tenay said Angle got screwed out of the title.
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