TNA 2007: Starting Fresh

WEEK 1: TNA LIVE PRIMETIME SPECIAL
Live from Orlando, Florida, TNA iMPACT. For the first time in its history, Impact is being presented live which makes February 1st an important day in Wrestling History. The night was jam packed with action and excitement as well as twists and turns, people returning to TNA and debuting in TNA.

Kicking off the action was some Fatal 4 Way X-Division action pitting Petey Williams, Elix Skipper, Matt Bentley and recently re-named Low-Ki. Petey Williams showed why walking into the match he was the odds on favorite second only to Low-Ki. Petey quickly took Low-Ki to school and actually eliminated him with a Canadian Destroyer within the first 3 minutes! From then on it appeared to be all Petey Williams. Bentley himself fell victim to the Canadian Destroyer as well. At this point it was down to Elix Skipper and Petey Williams. After some battling, Petey set Skipper up for the Canadian Destroyer however this was reversed by Skipper who after a bit of a struggle, hit Williams with the Play Of The Day. Skipper rolled out of the ring and gestured towards the huge iMPACT scaffold and proceeded to shout “Primetime baby” on his way back.

Following this bout, “Hotshot” Johnny Devine made his way out to a song that sounded similar to “Strutter” by Kiss. Devine looked like a typical rocker from an 80’s hair band now and he got on the mic. He declared that no one in TNA rocked as hard as he did. He then challenged anyone in the back to his “Rockstar challenge” to see who rocks more than he does. This challenge was answered by the returning PAUL LONDON! London got a pretty big ovation from the Florida crowd. These two superstars put on a decent match that the fans appeared to enjoy. It was very back and forth however the end came when London got his knees up, blocking Devine’s Love Generation Moonsault. London got up and hit a thunderous 450 Splash which unfortunately for Devine, wasn’t blocked. London picked up the three. London stayed in the ring and celebrated while Devine walked away looking quite heart broken.

Keeping the action rolling, it was more X-Division action. The X-Division stars were on fire tonight trying to rock the arena to its very foundation. With that being said, Chris Sabin Vs Frankie Kazarian was next and these two knew how to rock the house. Sabin and Kazarian went more up and down rather than back and forth. These two were hell bent on putting on an air show that would rival the 82nd airborne infantry. The crowd loved it. The end came when Sabin hit the Cradle Shock not once but twice! The second one even came off the top rope! The fans were on their feet after that physical battle, this one would be tough to beat.

However if there was ever two superstars designed to top the superstars before them, it was Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles. These two went out there and put on one hell of a contest to follow suit with the other matches on this show. AJ started getting visibly frustrated mid way through this match as Daniels refused to lose to AJ. AJ turned to some underhanded tactics such as having the referee distracted by fans at ringside, removing the turnbuckle pads and even attempting to bring a chair into the ring! Eventually, a missed BME opened up AJ’s chances that picked up the wounded Daniels and delivered the Styles Clash. AJ picked up the win but he had that look in his eyes that showed he wasn’t finished yet. Styles picked up a steel chair and looked just about ready to wallop Daniels with it. Luckily, Paul London came running in and gave a Van Londonator to AJ Styles. AJ walked off holding his face where the chair connected, pointing at London and Daniels with his other hand while London went to check on Daniels.

Backstage, Christian Cage was pacing back and forth in his locker room, talking to someone on his cell phone. As we left his locker room, he finished saying “So you’re coming tonight right?” Christian folded up his phone and walked out of his locker room with a massive smile on his face.

Well to end an amazing show, 3 of the biggest stars in TNA history face off in one hell of a Triple Threat match. These three weren’t about to let anyone else get the upper hand on anyone else. Angle would lock in the Ankle Lock on Jarrett only to be tossed off by Christian. This went back and forth for most of the match until at one point Angle had Christian set up for the Angle Slam when all of a sudden, a man with a ski mask and a hood came running out with a Ladder! The man rammed the ladder into the stomach of Angle before rolling out of the ring with the ladder. Christian picked up Angle and delivered the Unprettier. The masked man grabbed Jeff Jarrett’s leg so as to not break up the pin Cage had on Angle. After the match, Cage and the mystery man disposed of Angle and set the ladder up in the middle of the ring. The mystery man climbed the ladder to a chorus of boos. He sat perched on the top of the ladder with his arms extended, basking in the jeers. He then threw back his hood and tore off his ski mask to reveal former 3 time WWE Tag Team Champion JOEY MATTHEWS! Joey Matthews sat on the top of the ladder doing his famed adjusting of his hair while perched on top of the ladder. He looked at the entrance way where Angle was laying now and did his patented “Snap shot” pose as the show came to an end.

Quick Results:
Elix Skipper defeated Petey Williams, Low-Ki and Matt Bentley via Pinfall
Paul London defeated “Hotshot” Johnny Devine via Pinfall
Chris Sabin defeated Frankie Kazarian via Pinfall
AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels via Pinfall
Christian Cage defeated Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett via Outside Interference from Joey Matthews