Xplosion Report for April 7, 2006
by Richard Trionfo
We are just over two weeks from the Lockdown pay per and it is time to see what happened to build to that show. It is time to take a look back at the April 1st episode of Impact as well as see what new interviews and the Xplosion Xclusive match of the week.
Jeremy Borash is with So Cal Val. Val talks about how with Lockdown coming up, she will have all of the hot gossip and scoops. Jeremy talks about how we will see the shocking footage with Christian and Abyss.
Team Canada members Eric Young and Bobby Roode along with Coach Scott D’Amore are singing O’ Canada in the ring. Team 3D comes through the crowd with ‘3D Nation’ flags and they enter the ring. Scott D’Amore gets out before Devon or Brother Ray can get to him, but Bobby and Eric are not as lucky. Devon punches Eric outside the ring while Brother Ray throws Bobby out of the ring to the floor. Devon punches Eric Young, who is now in the crowd. On the other side of the Impact Zone, Brother Ray goes into the crowd with Bobby. Devon punches Eric and then tosses Eric into the ring post. Devon gets the flag and chokes Eric while Brother Ray battles in the crowd with Bobby. Devon punches Eric at ringside while Brother Ray slams Bobby’s head into a steel chair that is being held up by a fan in the crowd. Devon slams Eric’s head into the ring steps and then Eric is thrown into the crowd. Brother Ray punches Bobby Roode and he goes over the guardrail back into the ringside area. Devon picks up Bobby and they give Bobby the belly-to-back suplex and neck breaker combination. Eric is slammed by Brother Ray and Devon with the Wassup head butt. Brother Ray gets the crowd to ask Devon to ‘get the tables’. Devon gets a table while Scott D’Amore watches from ringside. They set up the table while Scott goes to the announce table.
From out of nowhere, Petey Williams and A1 come to the ring to help out Bobby and Eric. Brother Ray takes care of Petey and throws him out of the ring while Devon punches A1. Scott gets into the ring and Brother Ray stops Scott. Brother Ray sets up for a power bomb through the table on D’Amore, but Roode with a clothesline to Brother Ray. A1 and Bobby punch Devon. Williams with a missile drop kick on Brother Ray. A1 and Petey Williams punch Devon. Eric Young goes up and hits a moonsault on Brother Ray. Roode with a Northern Lariat on Devon and then they put Devon on the table. Eric Young goes up top and he hits an elbow on Devon and the table breaks. Scott places a flag over Brother Ray. Scott tells the crowd that they can chant USA all they want, but they are proud Canadians. Today, they bury two of their own under the Maple Leaf while everyone sits by and watches. Scott says that he has no respect for the fans or this country.
Jeremy Borash is in the back with Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, America’s Most Wanted, Gail Kim, and Jackie Gayda. Jeremy asks Jeff Jarrett if he heard that Sting will be in the Impact Zone later tonight. Jeff says he knows that Sting is in the house and he is back to his old ways by dictating things to TNA management. He wanted to be reinstated and they reinstated him. He wanted a match at Lockdown with weapons being hung from the ceiling of the cage and he got it. He may be able to dictate to TNA management, but Jeff says that he will dictate something to Sting. It will be an eight man tag war. Jeff tells Jeremy that he is looking at Jeff’s team. America’s Most Wanted, who will be defending the tag titles this week against the James Gang. They are the most successful tag team over the last three years. The final member of the team is Scott Steiner. Jeff tells Sting that the mind games are over and they will be face to face before the end of the night.
Scott Steiner tells Jeremy that he has not heard from TNA management. Scott says that Big Poppa Pump does not wait and the longer that he has to wait, the more people will get hurt. We go to commercial.
Match Number One: America’s Most Wanted (with Gail Kim and Jackie Gayda) versus The James Gang for the NWA World Tag Team Titles
Kip James and Chris Harris start things off. Chris with a knee followed by a punch. Kip with a drop toe hold and two arm drags. Kip with an Irish whip followed by a Stinger Splash and he sets up for a big boot, but James Storm comes into the ring. BG sees this and he punches Storm and then Irish whips him into Harris in the corner. BG follows that with an Irish whip of Kip that leads to a Stinger Splash onto Storm and Harris in the corner. Storm and Harris come out of the corner in a compromising position. BG slams Storm’s head into the turnbuckle and then punches him. Gail grabs BG’s foot and that allows Storm to hit a super kick on BG. Harris tags in and he holds BG on the top rope while Storm with a leap frog splash onto BG’s back. Harris kicks BG in the head and punches him. BG ducks a clothesline and he punches Harris. Harris with a flying clothesline to BG and then he comes off the ropes, but he is tripped by Jackie. Kip tags in and he punches Harris and Storm. Kip with a tilt-a-whirl slam to Harris. Storm punches Kip while BG comes in punches Storm as Storm and BG fight outside the ring.
Meanwhile, Gail slaps Jackie outside the ring and then Gail yells at Jackie. Harris punches Kip in the ring while Storm Irish whips BG into the guardrail. Kip with a Fameasser on Harris, but Storm comes in with the beer bottle. The referee stops Storm from using the bottle.
From out of nowhere, Konnan comes into the ring and he hits Kip with the slapjack. Harris covers Kip and gets the three count.
Winners: America’s Most Wanted
After the match, Bob Armstrong comes out and he wants Konnan to come into the ring.
So Cal Val is with Ron Killings. Val asks for Ron’s comments about Impact’s move to Thursday night. Ron says that it is spectacular because not only will they show the world what TNA has to offer, but they will give the world what TNA has to offer. That is nothing but Total Nonstop Impact Wrestling. Val asks Ron for his thoughts about the all cage match format for Lockdown. Ron says that you better bring your ‘A Game’. Val asks Ron about his involvement in the feud with Jeff Jarrett and she asks him if Jeff can be stopped. Ron says that Jeff can be stopped because they built this company whether he remembers it or not. There is no way that he is going to come in here to take care of the people who helped build TNA. We go to commercial.
We are back and Jeremy Borash talks about how Lockdown will be available on
www.tnawrestling.com for live streaming video if you are outside of North America. Jeremy talks about how Lockdown is shaping up to be one of the biggest pay per views in TNA history. Jeremy then talks about how if you are in Florida, tapings have been moved to Monday nights staring April 10th. Jeremy brings up the situation with Christian Cage, James Mitchell, and Abyss.
Jeremy Borash is in the ring and Abyss and James Mitchell come to the ring to present part two. Jeremy has one question for James Mitchell. What does James have to say for himself? James says ‘mission accomplished’. Christian claims that his dream was to hold the most prestigious prize in professional sports, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. However, when he won the title, he ran off to make movies instead of defending the title against the most deserving challenger in TNA history, the monster Abyss. James says that Christian took a solemn vow to love, honor, and protect your wife, but you left her alone and vulnerable. That led to the compromising of her privacy and her dignity. They told Christian that they would do whatever it took to get Abyss a championship match at Lockdown. It appears that Christian did not take him seriously. He asks Christian if he thinks the man standing next to him is someone who makes wisecracks and waxes poetic. Is this the face of a liar? They are deadly serious. Last week should have taught Christian a lesson, but they have not heard back from Christian. Since they have not received an answer from Christian it is time to further the public humiliation in the eyes of the white trash peeps by presenting part two of the video.
We go to footage from Christian’s house and they walk up to the front door. Christian takes out the trash and he sees Alex Shelley and Christian goes after Alex. He tells Alex not to come around his house or his wife and he threatens to put Alex ‘in the ground’. From out of nowhere, Abyss attacks Christian and he punches Christian and then throws him into a column on his front porch. James Mitchell opens the front door and then they fight into the house. James tells Abyss to teach him a lesson and show him no mercy. Christian fights back and he hits Abyss with a water jug. Abyss throws Christian into the living room while James Mitchell yells at Christian. They fight to the pool and Abyss pushes Christian into the pool. Abyss goes into the pool and he dunks Christian’s head into the water. James tells Abyss that it has been enough and that he cannot win the title from a dead man. Abyss pulls Christian out of the pool. James tells Christian that he told them that they would do what it took to get a title match. James asks Christian what he is going to do. The video ends with ‘To Be Continued . . . April 23?’
James Mitchell goes to the announce table and he has a mic. James says that the Oscar for Best Director goes to Alex Shelley. He told everyone what to expect and Christian needs to understand that it will get worse if they do not get what Abyss wants. Don West walks away from the announce table in disgust and we go to commercial.
Match Number Two: Diamonds in the Rough (Elix Skipper and David Young [with Simon Diamond]) versus Shark Boy and Chase Stevens
Young and Shark Boy start things off. Young with a wrist lock, but Shark Boy rolls through and reverses the hold. Young pulls Shark Boy down by his mask and then David goes to the ropes. The referee tells Young to stop doing that. Shark Boy with a waist lock, but Young with a standing switch. Shark Boy with a wrist lock, but Young pulls Shark Boy down by his mask. Young goes to the ropes one more time. Young with a knee followed by a forearm and wrist lock. Shark Boy tries to pulls Young’s hair, but it fails because David lacks hair. Shark Boy tries option number two by giving David a wedgie. Shark Boy with arm drags into an arm bar. Shark Boy with knees to Young’s arm followed by a wrist lock. Stevens tags in, but Young is able to tag in Skipper. Skipper with an arm bar into a wrist lock, but Stevens is able to reverse. Skipper with a reversal into a side head lock. Stevens with a wrist lock. Skipper tries for a suplex, but Stevens holds on to the arm. Skipper with a cartwheel, but Stevens with a leg sweep and cover but Skipper with a matrix out of the cover. Stevens with an arm drag followed by a Japanese arm drag and another arm drag. Stevens punches Skipper followed by a hip toss, but Skipper lands on his feet. Skipper with a spinning back heel kick, but Stevens comes back with a snap mare and kick to Elix’s back for a two count. Shark Boy tags in and Shark Boy goes to the second turnbuckle for an elbow to Elix’s arm for a two count. Skipper with forearms as we go to commercial.
We are back and Stevens has come back into the match and he punches Elix in the arm. Simon grabs Chase’s leg as he comes off the ropes when Elix distracts the referee. Stevens turns around into a spinning back heel kick. Shark Boy comes in but the referee is distracted by Shark Boy. That allows Young and Skipper to kick Stevens while the referee yells at Simon Diamond. Young punches Stevens and then connects with an elbow to the top of Stevens’s head. Skipper tags in and the Diamonds with a double kick to Stevens followed by another kick by Skipper and a neck breaker from Young for a two count. Skipper with a rear chin lock and he rubs his arm across Chase’s face. Skipper tries for a back slide, but Stevens flips over, but Skipper with a snap mare and kick to Chase’s back. Skipper with a kick to Chase’s chest, but Chase ducks the next kick. However, Elix with a back kick to Chase’s back for a two count and Shark Boy makes the save. Young tags in and he goes to the second turnbuckle while Elix gets Chase on his shoulders. Young with a forearm across Stevens’s chest and Young gets a two count. Young suplexes Stevens onto the top rope and then Elix tags in and he hits a leg drop onto Stevens for a two count. Elix tries for a belly-to-back suplex but Stevens flips out of the hold and he gives Elix a belly-to-back suplex of his own and both men are down. Stevens with an enzuigiri and that allow Stevens to tag in Shark Boy. Young also tags in and Shark Boy punches Young and Skipper followed by clotheslines to Young and Skipper. Shark Boy continues the attack with drop kicks to Young and Skipper. Shark Boy goes up and punches Skipper, but he sees Young approach and he hits a cross body on Young for a two count, but Skipper makes the save. Skipper with a forearm to Shark Boy. Skipper throws Stevens out of the ring and he follows after Stevens. Young with an Irish whip and then Shark Boy appears to go for a springboard move, but Young goes down too soon. Shark Boy bites Young and the ref tells Shark Boy not to do it. Skipper with a slingshot clothesline to Shark Boy. Young and Skipper put Shark Boy on the corner and then they set up for a double superplex, but Stevens comes in and he slams both men to the mat. Stevens with a double noggin knocker followed by a double Dead Sea Drop and Shark Boy pins Young and Skipper. We go to commercial.
Winners: Shark Boy and Chase Stevens
We are back and Jeremy Borash talks about the DVD releases from TNA. He mentions TNA’s Best of Bloodiest Brawls and he talks about the Monster’s Ball, Full Metal Mayhem, and Barbed Wire Massacre matches and they are all on one DVD.
Christopher Daniels has joined Don and Mike for the next match. When Samoa Joe comes out, he goes up to the announce table, but the referee tells Joe to get into the ring.
Match Number Two: Samoa Joe versus Alex Shelley (with ShelleyCam) versus Chris Sabin versus Sonjay Dutt in a Number One Contender Match for the X Division Title
Dutt and Shelley start things off and Dutt with a shoulder tackle. Dutt with an arm drag to Shelley followed by a head scissors. On commentary, Christopher Daniels says that he was willing to give Samoa Joe a rematch, but Larry Zbyszko has made his choice about Joe facing Sabu. Dutt with a running back splash into the corner on Shelley and then he goes up to the second turnbuckle, but he comes off into a testicular claw from Shelley. Shelley wants to tag in Joe, but Joe refuses to tag the same hand that Alex just used on Sonjay. Alex changes hands for Joe to tag in. Joe pushes Dutt and Sonjay tags in Sabin. Sabin with a drop toe hold to Joe and then Sabin with a springboard arm drag to Joe. Sabin with a flying forearm to Joe, but Joe stays on his feet. Joe with an Irish whip, but he charges into an elbow from Sabin. Sabin with a missile drop kick and Joe goes down and Sabin gets a near fall. Sabin with a forearm and then Dutt with a blind tag and Sonjay with a slingshot hurricanrana as we go to commercial.
We are back and Joe stomps on Dutt, but when Joe comes off the ropes, Shelley makes the blind tag. Shelley gives Joe a playful kick to the leg to tell him that everything is OK, but Joe responds with a hard kick to Shelley’s leg and Dutt with a rollup for a two count. Shelley with a belly-to-back suplex for a two count. Shelley rakes Dutt’s face. Dutt with a drop kick to Shelley’s knees followed by an enzuigiri to Shelley. Dutt goes for a springboard move, but Sabin makes the tag. Sabin with a snap mare followed by a kick to the back and a kick to the back of Shelley’s head as he comes off the ropes for a two count. Shelley stomps on Sabin’s foot and then he gives Sabin a snap mare and a drop kick to the back of Sabin’s neck for a two count. Shelley slams Sabin’s head into the turnbuckle followed by an Irish whip. Shelley charges into the corner, but he is met by a back kick from Sabin. Shelley charges again and tries for the double knee splash, but Sabin rolls out of the way. Dutt tags in and he hits a missile drop kick on Shelley that knocks Shelley into the corner and allows Joe to tag in. Dutt with an enzuigiri to Joe, but Dutt runs into a back kick from Shelley. Shelley goes up top, but Dutt pushes Shelley off the top turnbuckle to the floor. Joe throws Sabin out of the ring. Dutt comes off the top turnbuckle for a head scissors, but Joe holds on and puts Dutt on the top turnbuckle. Joe with the muscle buster for the three count.
Winner: Samoa Joe
After the match, Samoa Joe goes to the announce table and he tosses the towel at Daniels. Daniels slaps Joe and then he comes off the table onto Joe. Joe punches Daniels but Daniels fights back. Security comes out to separate the two men, but they cannot hold Daniels back. Daniels gets in the ring and he wants a piece of Joe. We go to commercial.
We are back and Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, and America’s Most Wanted come out to the ring and Jeff has a mic with him. Jeff tells Sting that he is tired of waiting. America’s Most Wanted and Scott Steiner are also tired of waiting. Jeff says that his team is ready and they don’t have to wait until the pay per view. Jarrett says that the mind games are over.
The lights go out and then we see Rhino in the bleachers with the James Gang. Rhino says that the mind games are not over. They have just begun. Jarrett says that there isn’t a sane brain between the three of them because there are only three of them while there are four in the ring and those numbers do not add up.
We go to the center bleachers and Ron Killings has a mic and he is standing with Norman Smiley, Shark Boy, and Chase Stevens. Ron tells Jeff that everyone has had enough of Jeff. Jarrett tells Killings to stop with the rap concert.
We go to the top of the Stage of Heelish Impact where A.J. Styles is with Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and Chris Sabin. A.J. tells Jarrett if he wants a war, he is going to get one. Jarrett tells A.J. to come on down.
The lights go out in the Impact Zone and while Jarrett, America’s Most Wanted, and Steiner focus on Styles and his group; Sting appears in the ring behind them. Sting hits Harris with the bat followed by Storm and Steiner. Sting points at Jarrett and hits him. Alex Shelley and the members of Team Canada come out to attack Sting, but Sting hits Jarrett with the bat. Sting drops his bat to do the ‘Stinger Shriek’, but that allows Steiner to hit Sting. Everyone joins in, but from out of nowhere, Rhino, The James Gang, Ron Killings, Chris Sabin, Shark Boy, Norman Smiley, Chase Stevens, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and A.J. Styles,come to the ring to help Sting and we go to credits.
