TNA 2009 - Impact, Week 1 May Posted!

Thursday, Week 1, May 2009

TNA Impact starts up with the TNA World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles in the ring. Styles says at Lockdown he went into Lethal Lockdown with one main goal and that was to put an end to the Main Event Mafia and have the Frontline come out on top. In the end not only was the Main Event Mafia defeated but he walked out with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Sting, Angle & Booker T interrupt saying that they aren’t finished yet. The Mafia isn’t through with TNA just yet. Angle tells Styles that at Sacrifice he will defend the World Title against him. Sting and Booker T don’t like that idea as they step in. Sting says he never officially lost the belt at Lockdown since Style’s friend Christopher Daniels got involved. If anyone faces Styles it will be him getting his rematch. Booker T speaks up and goes all gangster on both of them. Nobody has any clue what he is saying but the general idea is he wants to face AJ Styles.

They are interrupted this time by Christopher Daniels who says at Lockdown he put a stop to the Main Event Mafia, not AJ Styles. Daniels said he came back to TNA to save the company he helped build since he was the only one that could get it done. He said it has been falling down every week and now that he is here the fans can expect to see the best of TNA starting at Sacrifice when he defeats AJ Styles and becomes the new TNA World Champion. Jim Cornette comes out from the back and says this argument can end right now since it’s not up to any of them who Styles defends his title against its up to him. He has decided since everyone seems to have a good reason why they should get a title shot he is making a little tournament over the next few weeks with the winner facing AJ Styles at Sacrifice for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. He then brings up a graphic with 8 spots. Suddenly names fly all over the screen before being placed in the brackets. On the bottom which has next week’s Impact date on them is Matt Morgan vs. Abyss and Christopher Daniels vs. Rhino. On the top for this week’s matches is Samoa Joe vs. Booker T and none other than Sting vs. Kurt Angle. Angle & Sting stare at each other as they will face off once again. Jim Cornette wishes them all luck as everyone clears the ring!

Single Match – Chris Sabin vs. Kiyoshi
A very good fast paced match between these two men. The crowd was very into it and supported both men. Kiyoshi got in a good amount of offense and the match was very back and forth. In the end though it was Chris Sabin who thanks to a distraction from Alex Shelley was able to lift up Kiyoshi and delivered the Cradle Shock, 1…2…3!
Chris Sabin def. Kiyoshi by pinfall with the Cradle Shock

After the match Alex Shelley gets into the ring and asks Chris Sabin if he can have his title shot against Suicide at Sacrifice. Sabin has no idea what to say. Shelley explains that Suicide took his title from him and he can’t let him do that. He says that he knows he can beat Suicide if he can have his title shot. Sabin isn’t sure as he wants to win the belt but he also wants to help his best friend. Sabin thinks about it until Shelley finally says its ok he can think about it or a while and give him his decision in a couple of weeks. Shelley says that he promises though that he can bring the X-Division Title back to the Motor City. Shelley leaves Sabin in the ring alone and Sabin looks up to the roof and sees none other than Suicide standing up on the rafters holding the TNA X-Division Championship. Suicide puts two fingers to his head like a gun and shoots before disappearing into darkness!

The cameras go backstage into Jim Cornette’s office where Beer Money Inc. come barging through the door. Beer Money tells Cornette that at Lockdown they were the better team and should not have lost. They demand that they get a rematch against LAX at Sacrifice. Cornette says he looked at their contracts and neither man has a rematch clause meaning he doesn’t have to give them anything. Lethal Consequences come into the office and quickly tell Cornette to give them the title shot at Sacrifice. Beer Money lost the match at Lockdown meaning they go back to the end of the line and let someone else move up. Cornette agrees with that however since they also lost at Lockdown it seems both teams are about even. So next week on Impact Beer Money Inc. will take on Lethal Consequences with the winning team facing LAX at Sacrifice!

Single Match – Madison Rayne vs. Taylor Wilde
This was an alright knockout match. Madison had The Beautiful People in her corner and Wilde had Roxxi & The Governor. After some back and forth fighting Madison Rayne began to throw Taylor Wilde around the ring. Madison seemed in full control as she beat down on Wilde. Later on though, after a failed attempt by the Beautiful People to attack Wilde, she began to fight back. She took down Madison and beat down on her with some punches. However it was all for nothing as The Beautiful People began fighting with Roxxi & The Governor at ringside which distracted Wilde enough for Madison to get a quick roll up, 1…2…3!
Madison Rayne def. Taylor Wilde

After the match The Beautiful People got in the ring and stood by Madison while Roxxi and The Governor got in and stood by Taylor. Both teams of girls began shouting abuse at the other until Awesome Kong came down to the ring. Awesome Kong got in and began clearing the ring of Taylor Wilde, Roxxi and the Governor. The Beautiful People laughed until Kong turned it around and took out them as well. Sojourner Bolt and Rhaka Khan tried to stop Kong but got taken out as well. Kong stood over the rest of the Knockouts and held up the Knockout Championship as Raisha Saeed got on the microphone. Saeed told all the Knockouts that Awesome Kong is tired of playing around with them all and starting next week she will defend her TNA Knockout Championship every week against any challenger!

Matt Morgan is seen walking up to Lauren backstage and puts his arm around her. He says that at Lockdown he and Brutus Magnus did lose to Abyss and Stevie Richards however they are not through with Abyss yet. They say that next week on Impact Morgan will advance in the TNA World Title Tournament and at the same time he will put an end to Abyss. Morgan then says that this time he won’t have any friends or doctors to call and help him. The camera moves to the side where Brutus Magnus is seen holding a bloody and battered Stevie Richards. Magnus then holds him up on his feet as Morgan charges in with a Big Boot. Magnus & Morgan walk away leaving Richards knocked out on the floor!

After a commercial break the camera goes backstage to the Main Event Mafia. Kurt Angle, Sting, Booker T & Kevin Nash are standing around arguing with each other. Sting says that from day one the whole Mafia was all about Kurt Angle and when Sting took the limelight from him he couldn’t take it that’s why he tried to stop him every single month. He says the reason the Mafia is near death is because of him. Angle says that the reason he was in the limelight is because he helped get this group started. Without him there would be no Main Event Mafia. Angle said that Sting wasn’t a worthy champion and was the weak link in the team. He tells Sting he should have stayed retired because he just has not got it anymore. Booker T speaks up, speaking gangster again, and says that it was both of them that caused trouble in the Mafia. The group was designed for us legends to be respected but both of them turned it into an ego trip where they wanted to rule this company. Booker T says he was Legends Champion yet none of them gave him any respect. He is a 6 time World Champion and just as good if not better then both of them. Kevin Nash tries breaking the three up but they won’t listen. Nash finally says if they want to kill each other that’s fine. At the end of the day the Main Event Mafia is finished, I Quit. Nash walks off leaving the other three continuing to argue with each other!

Single Match – TNA World Heavyweight Title Tournament
Booker T vs. Samoa Joe
A good back and forth match. Samoa Joe went insane when the bell rang and just beat down on Booker T. Finally Joe slowed down and Booker T was able to fight back. He tried to stay away from Joe and pick his spots carefully before trying to get him down and keep him down. Joe used his quickness and power to just try and hurt Booker T anyway he could. In the end of the match Booker T grabbed Joe’s blade from ringside and threatened Joe with it if he didn’t lay down for him. Samoa Joe didn’t look happy as he got down on one knee. Booker T laughed at Joe doing what he says when suddenly Joe grabbed Booker T and flipped him over onto his back so quick Booker T couldn’t even think about doing something. Samoa Joe tossed his blade to the side before pummeling Booker T with stiff strikes with his hands and feet. Samoa Joe then locked in the Coquina Clutch and forced Booker T to tap out!
Samoa Joe def. Booker T by submission with the Coquina Clutch

After the match Samoa Joe gets on the microphone and says that punishment and pain will come to all that stand in his way. He says that he advances in this tournament and will now move on to defeat everyone. He then warns AJ Styles by shouting Joe is Gonna Kill You and holding his big blade up to the camera!

ODB comes out to the ring and challenges Sarah Stock to a match at Sacrifice. Stock comes out and asks her why she wants to hurt her when she loves her. ODB says she was never in love with her, it was one night. Sarah Stock doesn’t like these words but refuses to have a match with her and instead smashes the microphone into ODB’s skull knocking her out in the middle of the ring. Stock then kneels down and tends to her to make sure she is alright before giving her a big kiss on the lips and leaving ODB laid out in the middle of the ring!

Single Match – TNA World Heavyweight Title Tournament
Sting vs. Kurt Angle
This match was kept quite short which disappointed a few people although some was glad since they have faced one on one so much over the past few months. It was back and forth early on with both men just doing simple moves. Then Angle began getting intense as he hit Sting with some hard shots. Angle then went to work on Sting’s ankle as he began stomping on it. Sting tried fighting back but his ankle hurt too much forcing him to move on one leg. This allowed Angle to fight back and take down Sting again. Later on Sting finally came back and was able to take down Angle. He beat down on Angle and was about to end the match when Booker T ran down to the ring with a steel chair. He slid into the ring and smashed it across the face of Sting and then followed with a shot to Kurt Angle. The referee rang the bell making it a No Contest!
Kurt Angle vs. Sting ended in a No Contest following interference from Booker T

After the match Booker T continued his assault on both men but they also both fought back. It turned into a wild three way brawl between the three previous Main Event Mafia members. Security, backstage workers and members of the TNA Roster all run down to the ring to try and break it apart. A few times Booker T and Angle escaped their grasp and went back on the attack but were then restrained shortly after. The Main Event Mafia had fallen apart in one chaotic brawl as TNA Impact comes to an end!