Post by spacejam on Sept 26, 2007 1:50:14 GMT -5
Report by David Tuthill:
Half of the arena was empty, a far-cry from yesterday when it was SRO.
1. Black Machismo d. Havok in a nontitle match. Pretty much the same as their Xplosion match taped yesterday. Daniels was out watching the match and had a staredown with Lethal afterwards.
-Kurt Angle comes out in a football jersey, presumably from Sting's son's high school. Promo was very hard to hear. He called out Sting. Karen Angle shows up and the two argue again. Sting shows up on the big screen, mentions "what Kurt did" at his son's high school and says he's ready to fight. A Sting dummy drops from the ceiling and Angle falls for it. Sting says they will fight tonight on his terms.
2. Bobby Roode d. Petey Williams. More tension with Roode and Traci after the match. Kaz runs in and Roode bails. As Kaz goes for another handkiss, Roode pulls Traci out of the ring.
3. Team Pacman d. XXX (Senshi and Elix Skipper). Pacman threw a football into Senshi's balls and almost landed an elbowdrop until the ref stopped him since he wasn't legal. The finish was Pacman distracting one of XXX by making it rain with a bunch of $1's and Killings scored the pin. Team Pacman threw the money to the crowd.The Steiners come out to congratulate them and then call out Team 3D.
4. Amazing Kong d. Gail Kim. All the other women in the PPV match were ringside. Everyone acted afraid of Kong after the match.
-Jeremy Borash tells everyone that if they boo Christian hard enough, some people will be chosen to go backstage.
-Christian Cage and AJ Styles came out for a "Peep Show" with the ring made up for a Samoan party or something. Cage's guest was Samoa Joe. They go back and forth about the match at Bound For Glory. Cage proposes a toast, so Styles pours them two glasses of Margarita mix. Joe throws his into Cage's face and they have a brawl, destroying the set. Matt Morgan comes out and carries Styles to the back. Cage grabs a coconut and lays Joe out with it, although it didn't break.
5. Raven & Black Reign d. Rhino & Abyss in a No DQ tag match. They brawled all up and down the side of the building with people. Tables, garbage cans, and thumbtacks. Abyss took a DDT onto thumbtacks and got them all around his eye. Completely ridiculous thing to take when no one will remember it the next week. Reign pinned Rhino.
6. TV Main Event: Kurt Angle & Team 3D d. LAX & Junior Fatu. Another strong TV main event. Morgan was ringside as an enforcer and at one point kicked out a bunch of LAX Nation. Ray and D'Von gave Fatu a ridiculous looking 3D. Angle pins Homicide with the Angle Slam. After the match, LAX Nation comes back out to help LAX to the back, but one of them was Sting disguised and he laid out Angle and put him in a Sharpshooter, which he messed up when first applying.
Quick thoughts: The live show's flow isn't bad, but I have no idea how it will translate on TV. No one except maybe Team 3D is getting any actual heel heat from the people in the iMPACT Zone. The dueling chants almost every match is very annoying. TNA could stand to get away from this crowd.
-davidshirtpw@yahoo.com
Half of the arena was empty, a far-cry from yesterday when it was SRO.
1. Black Machismo d. Havok in a nontitle match. Pretty much the same as their Xplosion match taped yesterday. Daniels was out watching the match and had a staredown with Lethal afterwards.
-Kurt Angle comes out in a football jersey, presumably from Sting's son's high school. Promo was very hard to hear. He called out Sting. Karen Angle shows up and the two argue again. Sting shows up on the big screen, mentions "what Kurt did" at his son's high school and says he's ready to fight. A Sting dummy drops from the ceiling and Angle falls for it. Sting says they will fight tonight on his terms.
2. Bobby Roode d. Petey Williams. More tension with Roode and Traci after the match. Kaz runs in and Roode bails. As Kaz goes for another handkiss, Roode pulls Traci out of the ring.
3. Team Pacman d. XXX (Senshi and Elix Skipper). Pacman threw a football into Senshi's balls and almost landed an elbowdrop until the ref stopped him since he wasn't legal. The finish was Pacman distracting one of XXX by making it rain with a bunch of $1's and Killings scored the pin. Team Pacman threw the money to the crowd.The Steiners come out to congratulate them and then call out Team 3D.
4. Amazing Kong d. Gail Kim. All the other women in the PPV match were ringside. Everyone acted afraid of Kong after the match.
-Jeremy Borash tells everyone that if they boo Christian hard enough, some people will be chosen to go backstage.
-Christian Cage and AJ Styles came out for a "Peep Show" with the ring made up for a Samoan party or something. Cage's guest was Samoa Joe. They go back and forth about the match at Bound For Glory. Cage proposes a toast, so Styles pours them two glasses of Margarita mix. Joe throws his into Cage's face and they have a brawl, destroying the set. Matt Morgan comes out and carries Styles to the back. Cage grabs a coconut and lays Joe out with it, although it didn't break.
5. Raven & Black Reign d. Rhino & Abyss in a No DQ tag match. They brawled all up and down the side of the building with people. Tables, garbage cans, and thumbtacks. Abyss took a DDT onto thumbtacks and got them all around his eye. Completely ridiculous thing to take when no one will remember it the next week. Reign pinned Rhino.
6. TV Main Event: Kurt Angle & Team 3D d. LAX & Junior Fatu. Another strong TV main event. Morgan was ringside as an enforcer and at one point kicked out a bunch of LAX Nation. Ray and D'Von gave Fatu a ridiculous looking 3D. Angle pins Homicide with the Angle Slam. After the match, LAX Nation comes back out to help LAX to the back, but one of them was Sting disguised and he laid out Angle and put him in a Sharpshooter, which he messed up when first applying.
Quick thoughts: The live show's flow isn't bad, but I have no idea how it will translate on TV. No one except maybe Team 3D is getting any actual heel heat from the people in the iMPACT Zone. The dueling chants almost every match is very annoying. TNA could stand to get away from this crowd.
-davidshirtpw@yahoo.com
ing horrible, but 10/11 actually sounds great. I'm surprised..shouldn't the first show be the good episode, since it's the premiere?
