TNA PPV

[scotta75]

You should buy a best of ECW DVD produced by Paul Heyman for WWE, it's the kind of thing to give Keller and Metzelder wet dreams... There were alot great matches there, techinal and violence...

As fans of wrestling, I'd advise anyone who hasn't seen "**** Justice" yet, not to watch it. It isn't watching a car crash unfold, it looking at a broken car for 3hrs.

Thanks in helping to decide on this PPV, I was going to download it but I am not in the mood to see something that sucks worst than D when he was pole dancing to pay his way through college!

[D]

what a **** **** sandwich that ECW  reunion was

horrible

DL It for free and it was **** unwatchable

**** u TNA for being stupid

 i Want TNA not this ****

[slashsfro]

I saw a little of this the other day and it was underwhelming.  The biggest gripe I have is that they had the entire arena covered with this annoying dark blue light and that made it really difficult to watch the matches.

[Hammy]

I was actually planning on making time to watch this, but heck, you've all put me off

[Izzy]

Jesus, this sucked

what a blunder. Bischoff's idea - he needs to fall on his sword

No wonder ECW failed - these guys are ****

TNA ppv's are often poor - this was the worst yet

[Hammy]

No wonder ECW failed - these guys are ****

Let's face it, they are a decade past their prime, its ages since the company went bust.

It's like having a WCW Tribute show and getting, Luger, Steiners, Nash, Hall, Hogan, Sting, Goldberg etc. and going, no wonder WCW failed - these guys are ****!  They ain't they are just too old now!

[Hammy]

[Hammy]

Live from Orlando, Fla.
At Universal Studios

The show opened with a video that focussed on the four TNA Title tournament semi-finalists? Pyro went off inside the Impact Zone and then Mike Tenay and Taz checked in on commentary. They stressed that Kurt Angle was putting his career on the line against Jeff Hardy.

Tenay also announced that Desmond Wolfe and Magnus were out of the tag title match due to a personal matter?.

1. The Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me for the TNA Tag Titles.
At 5:00, Alex Shelley locked Jeremy Buck in an inverted Boston Crab. Cool hold. Max Buck had to run in and break up the hold. A ?this is awesome? chant broke out for no real reason, as there was solid yet unspectacular action up to this point.

After some back and forth action, The Guns hit their finisher on Jeremy Buck and got the clean pin.

Winners: Motorcity Machine Guns

Afterward, Generation Me attacked The Guns from behind. They threw Chris Sabin to ringside and put the boots to Alex Shelley. The fans chanted ?You suck? at Generation Me. They pulled Shelley off the edge of the ring apron and performed a double DDT on the floor. Sabin was helped to the back by medical personnel?

The announcers ran through bullet points for the X Division Title match?

2. Douglas Williams vs. Sabu for the X Division Title.
The match was essentially fought under ECW rules, as Sabu was allowed to bring a chair inside the ring and use it as a springboard for his usual spots. Referee Earl Hebner eventually slid it out of the ring after Sabu was finished using it.

Williams went on the offensive, but Sabu got back in control with a tornado DDT. The chair ended up back inside the ring and Sabu went to use it as a springboard, but suddenly Hebner cared about the chair being inside the ring and stood in his way. Later, Sabu attempted to splash Williams through a table, but Williams moved.

Sabu climbed back inside the ring. Williams picked up the chair and teased using it as a weapon, but Hebner grabbed it from him. Hebner turned his back to get the chair out of the ring. Meanwhile, Williams picked up the X Division title belt that was lying in the corner and struck Sabu with it. Williams covered Sabu and then Hebner made the three count when he turned around?

Winner: Douglas Williams

Backstage, Christy Hemme interviewed Mr. Anderson, who tried to get the live crowd to chant ?We are ****.? A few people joined in, but it was hardly a Dwayne Johnson moment?

3. Madison Rayne (w/Tara) vs. Velvet Sky (w/Angelina Love). Rayne and Tara exchanged a kiss as part of their entrance. Velvet had the pin at one point, but Tara pulled her to ringside. She picked up the giant motorcycle helmet and teased hitting her with it, but Love kicked her from behind. Back inside the ring, Velvet DDT?d Rayne and pinned her clean?

Winner: Velvet Sky

Backstage, Hemme interviewed Jeff Hardy, who pointed out that Rob Van Dam never lost the TNA Championship. He said he would defeat Angle and then take back the TNA Title in honor of Van Dam?

4. Abyss vs. Rhino in a falls count anywhere match. Rhino came out first and then met Abyss in the aisle. They brawled at ringside and quickly headed to the backstage area. They headed back to ringside and eventually made their way inside the ring, where Rhino had previously set up a trash can in the corner. Abyss whipped him into the can.

They headed back to ringside. Abyss went for the first pin attempts next to the stage. Rhino ran Abyss through the thin wood of the platform set up next to the stage. They fought underneath the stage. A camera man tried to follow and was apparently knocked down. The crowd booed when they disappeared.

The cameras cut to the announcers. Tenay said he could hear them fighting underneath the stage. Suddenly, Rhino came crashing through the other side of the stage. Abyss followed and covered Rhino for a near fall. They fought back inside the ring where Abyss set up a guardrail in one corner of the ring.

Rhino made his comeback by hitting Abyss with a cookie sheet three times. A short time later, Rhino set up for the gore, but Abyss grabbed him by the throat and chokeslammed him onto a trash can for a near fall at 9:00. Abyss got frustrated because he couldn?t get the pin, so he headed to ringside to grab the weapon he can?t hit anyone with because he?d kill them.

Abyss brought Janice inside the ring only to take a gore from Rhino for a near fall. Another small ?This is awesome? chant broke out from fans who desperately want to feel like they?re seeing something special. That said, a loud ?Rhino? chant broke out momentarily.

Rhino set up for a gore. Abyss was conveniently standing in front of the guardrail that was leaning in one of the corners. Of course, Abyss moved, causing Rhino to crash into the guardrail. Abyss followed up with a Black Hole Slam for the win. After the match, Abyss kept saying 10/10/10 and ?they?re coming??.

Winner: Abyss

A video package recapped the Samoa Joe and Jeff Jarrett vs. Sting and Kevin Nash feud?

A video package recapped the Samoa Joe and Jeff Jarrett vs. Sting and Kevin Nash feud?

5. Sting and Kevin Nash vs. Samoa Joe and Jeff Jarrett. Sting wore the red face paint for those keeping score at home. Tenay sent a shout out to Hulk Hogan. He said Hogan couldn?t be at the show because he was at home recuperating from further back issues.

There was some bickering at the start of the match about Sting?s baseball bat. Nash teased using it. The referee stood in the way. Rather than take the bat away from Nash, the referee actually let him take it to their corner. Good lord. Could they make the referees look any dumber?

The crowd got behind Joe when he hit Sting with an early flurry, but they quieted down when he tagged in Jarrett. Tenay told viewers that there will not be a new edition of Impact this week, but the show will return one week from Thursday. In fact, the fans cheered Sting when he got the better of an exchange with Jarrett.

Taz pointed out that the fans were getting behind Sting. He also said it seems like the wrestlers in the ring know something the rest of us don?t. He said he?s not sure whether Joe knows or not. Late in the match, Nash, Joe, and the referee ended up at ringside. Inside the ring, Jarrett grabbed Sting?s bat and struck him with it twice.

Jarrett went to ringside and grabbed Nash. Joe returned to the ring and applied his submission finisher on Sting for the win?

Winners: Jeff Jarrett & Samoe Joe

A video package showcased Tommy Dreamer and A.J. Styles?

6. A.J. Styles vs. Tommy Dreamer in an ?I Quit? match.

Styles wore the TNA TV Title to the ring, but there was no mention of the belt being on the line. Styles tried to attack Dreamer during his entrance, but Dreamer saw him coming. They fought to the ring to start the match.

The announcers tried to emphasize how hard it would be for Styles to make Dreamer quit. The crowd started dueling ?Let?s Go Dreamer? and ?Let?s Go A.J.? chants. Dreamer went for two submission attempts early. The ref put the mic in Styles?s face. Styles responded with, ?Screw you, Dreamer.?

They went to ringside. Styles went for a figure four on the ramp, but Dreamer used a stage light to fight him off. Yes, another brawl. Later, Styles targeted Dreamer?s knee and briefly applied the figure four around the ring post. There was another chair in the ring, which is legal in this match.

Styles dropped Dreamer?s knee onto the chair and then applied the figure four. Dreamer rolled it over to break the hold around 13:00. Styles placed Dreamer?s head on the chair and went for a kick, but Dreamer moved. Dreamer wrapped Styles?s legs in the chair and then pulled out a fork. The fans chanted, ?He?s ****.?

At 14:35, Styles went for a dive on Styles at ringside, but Dreamer hit him with a kendo stick. Dreamer hit Styles with the kendo stick and then stood up and removed his shirt to show off his new black and gold ring gear. Um, sure. Dreamer bladed and then Styles jabbed a fork into Dreamer?s eyelid until he quit.

Winner: A.J. Styles

Backstage, Kurt Angle told Christy Hemme that he?s going to defeat Jeff Hardy and go on to Bound For Glory to win the TNA Championship?

7. Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy in a TNA Title tournament semi-final match.
A shot aired of Dixie Carter sitting at ringside. Tenay said security advised her not to be at ringside, but she said there was no way she?d miss it. She?s one of the biggest babyfaces in the entire company. Good lord. Two security guards were shown standing behind Dixie.

The fans with bass in their voice chanted, ?Let?s Go Angle.? The higher pitched and outnumbered fans chanted, ?Let?s Go Hardy.?

Angle hit a vicious powerbomb on Hardy at 3:00. Angle backed off and the referee checked on Hardy before they went back to work.

After some quality back and forth action, both men fought to ringside where Hardy hit the Twist of Fate. He followed up with a Swanton onto Angle on the floor. Both men stayed down for a bit, but eventually rolled back inside the ring.

At 12:30, Angle hit a frogsplash on Hardy for a near fall. Hardy came back a minute later with a Twist of Fate for a near fall of his own. He hit a leg drop and then followed up with a Swanton for another near fall. Hardy went back to the top rope and hit another Swanton, but Angle kicked out again.

At 14:35, Hardy went up for a third Swanton, but Angle got his knees up this time. Kurt came back with an Angle Slam, but Hardy kicked out this time. The fans chanted, ?This is awesome? for roughly the 10th time tonight. This is as close as they?ve come to being right.

Angle applied the ankle lock at 17:00, but Hardy reached the ropes. Angle dragged him back to the middle of the ring and held the hold. Hardy kicked him away to break the hold, but Angle came right back with a clothesline for a near fall. Angle applied the ankle lock again.

Hardy reached the ropes, but Angle dragged him back to the middle of the ring and lied down to wrench in the hold. Whatever happened to referees making wrestlers break holds when their opponent reaches the ropes? Anyway, Hardy was on the verge of tapping out when the referee awkwardly pointed at his risk.

Jeremy Borash said from ringside that the time limit had expired and thus the match was a draw. What?!? Eric Bischoff?s music played and he headed out to talk with Carter. Bischoff did all the talking and then Dixie nodded in agreement. Bischoff said they had no choice but to add another five minutes on the clock.

The match restarted at 22:15. Hardy got caught on the top rope. Angle ended up hitting his Angle Slam off the top rope. Taz sounded excited. The fans chanted, ?Holy ****,? but Tenay called it as if it were as routine as a headlock. Furthermore, Dixie Carter was shown with her chin resting on her hand at ringside. A countdown clock was added to the screen with roughly a minute left in the added time.

Both men were on their back in the middle of the ring with 10 seconds to go. Bischoff was not happy at ringside. Angle put his hand over Hardy, but Jeff kicked out and then the time limit expired again. Bischoff said they didn?t have a choice. He said they needed a winner, so they were adding five more minutes.

Hardy controlled the first couple minutes of what they called the second overtime. Angle bled following an exchange at ringside. Angle rolled back inside the ring and Hardy looked to the fans for approval. Hardy applied a Boston Crab. Kurt teased tapping out as blood dripped from his head.

With one minute left in the second overtime, Angle countered by sliding under Hardy and applying the ankle lock. Hardy scrambled to reach the ropes as the time expired again.

Eric Bischoff climbed inside the ring. Angle wanted five more minutes. Bischoff started waving for someone to come out and look at the cut on Angle?s head. This may have worked better if we haven?t seen Ric Flair and others bleed buckets on Imapct so many times.

Bischoff knelt down and spoke to the television production truck. Bischoff took the mic and said physicians advised them that Angle?s cut was too deep for him to continue. He said the match was officially a no-contest. The crowd ranged from not happy to silent?

Winner: Double Draw

Backstage, Hemme interviewed D?Angelo Dinero, who essentially said Anderson is a smelly ****?

The announcers ran through the tale of the tape?

8. Mr. Anderson vs. D?Angelo Dinero in a TNA Title tournament semi-final match.
Back and forth action early on. The crowd was slow to respond because they just sat through the best match of the night and what most would consider the main event of the show. There was a pocket of fans cheering, but the rest of the crowd still flat eight minutes in.

At 11:50, Dinero went on the offensive and got more of the crowd into the match. Both men ended up on the ropes. Dinero headbutted Anderson, who then crotched himself on the ropes. Anderson went to ringside and then Pope dove onto him.

At 16:00, they traded positions in the ring and both appeared to be going for the Mic Check. Anderson ended up getting the better of the exchange and hit the Mic Check for a near fall. Moments later, Pope went for the DDE, but Anderson avoided it and hit the Mic Check for the clean pin.

After the match, Anderson picked up one of the Dinero dollars at ringside and spat on it. He came back to the ring with one of the dollars in his hand. He made a paper airplane out of it and threw it at Dinero. After Dinero left, Anderson called for his mic.

Anderson asked the crowd if they had a good time. They cheered. Anderson introduced himself as the winner of the match and said he?s one match away from being the TNA Champion.

Winner: Mr. Anderson

[Hammy]

[James Lofton]

-There is some talk of trying to make up for the fact that the show won't be filled with great in-ring action by adding more interview content. One idea is doing a series of sit-down interviews with some of the former ECW wrestlers and airing them throughout the show in between matches.

Less wrestling? Great idea!!


Been waiting years for the NFL to stop broadcasting so many football games. A football league showing football is just too out of touch with my tastes.

[Hammy]

TNA World Title Match
Matt Morgan vs. Jeff Hardy
Special Referee: Mr. Anderson

TNA Tag Team Title Match
Generation Me vs. The Motor City Machineguns

TNA TV Title Match
Douglas Williams vs. AJ Styles

TNA X Division Title Match
Jay Lethal vs. Robbie E.
Cookie will be suspended above the ring in a cage.

#1 Contender?s Match
Beer Money vs. Ink Inc.

Submission Match
Jeff Jarrett vs. Samoa Joe

Casket Match
Abyss vs. The Pope

First Blood Match
Samoa Joe vs. Rob Van Dam

Falls Count Anywhere Match
Tara vs. Mickie James

[Hammy]

Sources are reporting that the reason for TNA considering removing Jeff Hardy from the main event of Final Resolution is that Hardy was "hammered" backstage. Firing him was never considered, only removing him from the show. Management considered several replacement matches as well as finding a storyline reason for stripping the title from Hardy, but in the end they decided to stick with the match as planned, which saw Hardy retain the title.

Credit: PW Torch


Prowrestling.NET
Jason Powell

TNA officials were planning to replace the Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Morgan match at one point on Sunday due to concerns over Hardy's well being backstage. The plan was for Eric Bischoff to announce that Jeff Hardy was injured during the company's tour of Dubai and then strip him of the title.

The replacement main event would have been a three-way match between Matt Morgan, Mr. Anderson, and Jeff Jarrett for the vacant TNA Title. However, Hardy was eventually deemed fit to wrestle and worked the main event against Morgan.

Powell's POV: Although some people within TNA are trying to downplay the situation, it is rather telling that there was enough concern over Hardy's status that creative went so far as to come up with a replacement match. It is interesting that Anderson was going to work the match considering that the company had previously opted to keep him sidelined until January due to his concussion.

[Hammy]

Here's the latest (PW Insider):

As mentioned prior to the TNA Final Resolution PPV, there were forces within the company pushing for TNA champion Jeff Hardy to be sent home from the company and to be stripped of the TNA championship after concern was voiced over Jeff Hardy's condition upon arrival at the PPV.

After Hardy met with TNA officials, the decision was made to let Hardy work the show. In speaking to multiple sources after the show, I was told that Hardy claimed his condition was not due to any personal issues but exhaustion from his recent TNA schedule.

From what we have been able to piece together, Hardy flew from the Middle East where he had worked the trio of TNA house shows in the U.A.E. this past Wednesday (a 20 hour flight). After landing in Atlanta, Hardy then flew on to North Carolina. I was told Hardy was home just one day (and, as one wrestler pointed out to me, that one day was likely dominated by Hardy's newborn baby) before flying to Michigan to make a personal appearance at a Monster Truck event in Detroit with Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore yesterday.

Someone who was in attendance at the event last night noted that Hardy looked exhausted and spoke of how hard his schedule was the last few weeks, as he had been on the road since the day after Thanksgiving. The same person also told me that Hardy was spotted returning to his room fairly early last night. Hardy then flew from Michigan to Orlando earlier Sunday to the TNA PPV.

When the decision was made to change plans, word spread like wildfire that Hardy was being sent home due to his condition. However, once Hardy explained his position, management backed off of alternative plans and agreed to let him work the show. One person I spoke to just as the PPV kicked off remarked, "False alarm."

Had Hardy been sent home, the plan would have been for Eric Bischoff to announce Hardy was injured on the Middle East tour. The match that would have replaced the main event would have been Matt Morgan vs. Ken Anderson vs. Jeff Jarrett. Since Samoa Joe's contract had expired, he would have been held off the PPV. There's no word on who would have ended up with the championship, but my gut is that Matt Morgan would have ended up with the belt.

As I write this, Hardy is scheduled for all of this week's planned Impact tapings.

[Hammy]

Pre-show Anarquia vs. Brother Devon (Steel cage match)

Sting (c) vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Mr. Anderson (Three-way steel cage match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship)

Jeff Jarrett (with Karen Jarrett) vs. Kurt Angle (Steel cage match)

Madison Rayne (c) vs. Mickie James (Title vs. Hair steel cage match for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship)

Samoa Joe vs. D'Angelo Dinero (Steel cage match)

Immortal (Ric Flair, Abyss, Bully Ray and Matt Hardy) vs. Fortune (Kazarian, James Storm and Robert Roode) and Christopher Daniels (Lethal Lockdown match)

Matt Morgan vs. Hernandez (Steel cage match)

The British Invasion (Douglas Williams and Magnus) vs. Crimson and Scott Steiner vs. Eric Young and Orlando Jordan vs. Ink Inc. (Four way tornado tag team steel cage match)

Alex Shelley vs. Amazing Red vs. Brian Kendrick vs. Chris Sabin vs. Jay Lethal vs. Jeremy Buck vs. Max Buck vs. Robbie E vs. Suicide (Xscape match)

[AtariLegend]

Are they trying to convince "young wrestling fans" that John Cena will be on a TNA PPV with that poster?