AJ Styles & Fourtune look to "protect their house" from EV2.0. (Source: Online World of Wrestling)

This is the last edition of Impact before this Sunday’s No Surrender PPV, and there is still disarray in TNA.  Fourtune still thinks they’re running the show.  Abyss is still running wild.  EV2.0 is trying to mount an offense.  What will happen this week?

Video Package: TNA’s Title Tournament is set to continue this Sunday at No Surrender with the Semi-Final matches.

Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff & Ms. Tessmacher all come to the ring.  Hulk sings the praises of the talent in the back and then brings out the four competitors that will participate in the World Title Tournament (Kurt Angle, D’Angelo Dinero, Jeff Hardy & Mr. Anderson).  He tells them that whoever wins the tourney that they have to continue to raise the bar as the TNA World Champion.

• Eric Bischoff adds that tonight is a tag team match that will feature the four competitors…
• Interrupted by Abyss who comes through the crowd with his weapon, Janice.  He puts the weapon down, grabs a mic, and gets in the ring.  He tells Hulk that he’s got news from THEM… (Hulk still believes that it’s Fourtune).  Abyss says THEY were never EV2.0 or Fourtune.  THEY have given him a date for their revelation, 10/10/10 (The date of Bound For Glory PPV).  Abyss believes that THEY are going to turn TNA upside down and systematically destroy the company.

Video Package: History of the rivalry between the once friends of The Beautiful People.

Angelina Love & Velvet Sky vs. Madison Rayne & Biker Chick
WINNER: Rayne/Biker via pin fall after chick hit Sky with helmet; Madison with pin

• Post match, beat down of Love/Sky.  The biker chick reveals herself… It’s Tara!!!

Backstage: Stevie Richards getting ready for his match with Abyss saying that he’s not afraid of “the monster” and he’s going to step out of the shadow of his EV2.0 brothers tonight.

Video Package: Look back at Abyss with comments from random TNA Superstars.

Stevie Richards vs. Abyss
WINNER: Richards via pin fall after hitting Abyss with a Stevie Kick while Abyss was holding a chair in front of face

• Post match, Abyss attacks Richards from behind.  He destroys Stevie and then goes for Janice.  Brian Kendrick comes out to save Richards
• Meanwhile, EV2.0 and Fourtune are in a scuffle backstage.  Mick Foley is on the ground holding his ankle.

Backstage: Mr. Anderson talks about not knowing if he can trust “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero who happens to be standing behind him.

• Pope tells Anderson not to screw him over tonight.

EV2.0 members come to the ring (Mick Foley, Tommy Dreamer, Sabu & Rhino).  Dreamer calls out Fourtune.

• All the Fourtune members come out to the ramp.  AJ Styles speaks for the group talking trash to Fourtune saying they’ll be slaughtered in their matches at No Surrender.
• Tommy Dreamer doesn’t want to wait till Sunday.  Tells them to pick four to face them four.

Backstage: Jeff Jarrett talking to Samoa Joe trying to convince him once again to watch his back from Sting & Kevin Nash.

• Joe says if there’s one thing he’s learned in this business is to mind your own business.

Backstage: Sting and Kevin Nash on their way to the entrance ramp talking about someone arriving soon.

• Jarrett cuts promo to camera talking about how Sting/Nash are going to destroy TNA and how he hopes that someone steps up to help him.

Jeff Jarrett vs. Sting with Kevin Nash
WINNER: Sting via pin fall after Nash interfered without the ref seeing three times

• Post match, Sting/Nash double team Jarrett when Hulk Hogan’s music hits and he walks towards the ring.
• Sting moves outside with bat around Jarrett’s throat.  Nash back in the ring gets jumped by Samoa Joe.
• Sting and Joe eventually stare down on the the floor.  Do NOT come to blows.  Sting tells him “wrong place, wrong time.”

Taz & Mike Tenay run down the card for this Sunday’s No Surrender PPV.

London Brawling is in the ring.  Desmond Wolfe & Magnus (along with Chelsea) are ranting about how they’re the best tag team in TNA and on Sunday when they take on the Motor City Machine Guns they’ll prove it.

• The Guns come out to the ring and crack a few jokes at the Brits’ expense.  Eventually poking fun at their sexuality.  Wolfe makes a crack about his size, and Chelsea doesn’t back up the claim (Desmond was pissed).
• Brawl breaks out and London Brawling stands tall.

Backstage: EV2.0 is talking about their situation and being thinned out with injuries.  Trainer is tending to Mick Foley and says that he probably shouldn’t wrestle tonight.

• In walks Brian Kendrick who offers his services to fill in for Mick tonight.
• Mick says Kendrick is out of his mind, and is perfect for EV2.0.

Backstage: Jeff Hardy & Kurt Angle talking about their tag team match tonight and their match this weekend as part of the World Title Tournament.  Hardy says he’s going to win, and Angle doesn’t plan on losing either.

Elimination Tag Team Match
Fourtune (AJ Styles, Kazarian & Beer Money Inc.) vs. EV2.0 (Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, Rhino, Brian Kendrick)
WINNERS: Fourtune – AJ Styles is the lone survivor pinning Tommy Dreamer

“The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero & Mr. Anderson vs. Kurt Angle & Jeff Hardy
WINNERS: Pope/Anderson via pin fall; Mic Check on Angle (Pope gets pin fall)

• Post match, brawls break out between the competitors for this Sunday’s World Title Tournament.

QUICK THOUGHTS:

Hoping that the MMG vs. London Brawling feud might even be on the same playing field as the one the Guns just had against Beer Money.  We’ll see what happens on Sunday.

Shocker of shockers.  The biker chick turns out to be Tara.  I really don’t know why it’s Tara, but I figured that’s who it was when she first appeared.

I have this terrible feeling in my gut that TNA has this crazy idea of turning Hulk Hogan heel and aligning him with Nash and Sting… When Sting said something about a person arriving, and then Hulk came out, but never really did anything, I got queasy.  I would hate to see that happen.

I think this EV2.0 angle should just go away… I’m not really fond of how they’re going about things, and it’s just boring to me right now.  Hopefully we’ll see some sort of power move on Sunday for either them or Fourtune.

Would Wade Barrett and The Nexus ruin the RAW 900 celebration? (Source: Online World of Wrestling)

The longest running episodic show in television history just hit another milestone, 900 episodes.  The stars of all the WWE brands came together last night on RAW to put on a show for the WWE Universe.  Here’s what went down:

Video Package: RAW has had more episodes than any other show in television history with highlights over the years.

Bret Hart comes out to welcome us to the 900th episode of RAW.  Bret talks about how RAW is going strong because of the fans and then mentions about how he and only one other person still in WWE were at the first episode.  That other person is The Undertaker.

• Bret goes to introduce Taker, but out walks Kane who says that “There is no Undertaker any more… He’s just a man… The man you once knew, he’s like you, weak, feeble, scraggly, over the hill, irreversibly damaged.”  He then teases Bret over Taker putting Shawn Michaels out for good.  Kane tells Bret that Taker took out an icon in HBK, and now he needs to take out one in Bret!  Kane goes for the Chokeslam…

• The Hart Dynasty come out to help, but Kane fends them off.  He heads towards Bret Hart, but the lights go out/on.  Taker is in the ring.  He and Kane have a stare down in the ring.  Kane backs up the ramp and says, “Not yet big brother.”
• An email comes in from the anonymous General Manager that says in honor of the 900th episode of RAW, we need a main even befitting the occasion.  He makes a match between Bret Hart and The Undertaker.

Video Package: Clips from episode #1 (1993) with the original opening.

Video Package: Clips from episode #279 (1998) Stone Cold Steve Austin drives a Zamboni into the arena.

Kofi Kingston & Michael McGillicutty vs. Kaval & Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz & Alex Riley
WINNERS: Miz/Riley via pin fall after Miz hit the Skull Crushing Finale on Kaval

• Post match, Miz attacks Bryan with the Money in the Bank case.

LayCool vs. Melina & Even Torres
WINNER: Melina/Eve via pin fall roll up on Layla (by Melina)

• Post match, LayCool challenge Melina to a title unification match at Night of Champions
• Melina accepts only if it’s a Lumberjack Match.  They say fine.

Video Package: Clips from episode #889 (2010) The Nexus destroys John Cena and the RAW set.

Backstage: Nexus arguing backstage, and reveal that Skip Sheffield has a broken ankle, so now the fat has been trimmed.  Wade Barrett says that they have to do something big tonight to be remembered.

Video Package: Clips from episode #850 (2009) Bob Barker hosts RAW and picks on Chris Jericho.

Backstage: Josh Matthews is with Chris Jericho who cuts him off.  Jericho says that the only reason why he says “he’s the best in the world at what he does” is because it’s true.  He then puts out an ultimatum saying that if he doesn’t win the WWE Title at Night of Champions, he’ll quit the WWE.

John Morrison & R-Truth vs. Cody Rhodes & Drew McIntyre
WINNERS: Double DQ as the referee lost control of the match

• Post match, brawl continues and JoMo and Truth stand tall.

Video Package: Clips from episode #867 (2010) Bret Hart returns.  He and Shawn Michaels bury the hatchet after all the years since the “Montreal Screwjob.”

Bret Hart vs. The Undertaker

• Just before the bell rings, Wade Barrett comes out saying that this match isn’t going to happen… People want to talk about the future and that’s The Nexus.  Barrett vows to take out both men and gets in the ring only to be thrown around by Taker.
• Lights out/on, Kane is in the ring.  He and Taker exchange blows.  Taker goozles Kane, lights out/on, Kane’s gone.
• The Nexus surrounds the ring and attack Taker, and Taker holds them off.  Lights out/on.  Taker is on Barrett’s shoulders, Fireman’s Slam followed by Justin Gabriel’s 450 Splash as Kane looks on from the stage with sick joy.

Jack Swagger to the ring with the mic and gloats about returning to RAW as a conquering hero.

Jack Swagger vs. Evan Bourne
WINNER: Swagger via submission due to the Ankle Lock

• Mid match, Alberto Del Rio comes out to ringside.
• Post match, Del Rio cuts a promo on Rey Mysterio saying that his fans won’t see him tonight unless they visit him in the hospital.  He’s disappointed though because the RAW fans didn’t get to see what he did to Rey, so he decides to show them on Evan Bourne.  He locks on the Cross Arm Breaker and then goes to put his arm inside a chair to slam it into the ring post when Mark Henry comes out to knock the chair out of his hands.  Del Rio backs up the ramp.

Video Package: Clips from WWE’s first ever trip to China.

Video Package: Clips from episode #331 (1999) Mick Foley throws a “This is your life” segment for The Rock.

CM Punk & The Straightedge Society (Luke Gallows & Joey Mercury) to the ring.  Punk says that he’s better than the rock because he doesn’t make crappy movies like Tooth Fairy… He says that he doesn’t miss The Rock because he epitomizes this ceptic tank of a show with poor family values… even goes on to mention the Katie Vick situation…

• Punk shows his four most atrocious moments.

1. Episode #824 (2009) Triple H breaks into Randy Orton’s house to attack him.
2. Episode #691 (?) John Cena throws Edge into a body of water.
3. Episode #257 (1998) DX fires the first shot on WCW to start the Monday Night War.
4. Episode #304 (1995) Stone Cold hoses down Vince McMahon with a beer truck; Repeated in episode #754 by Austin on Santino Marella.

• Punk teases about Austin coming out there and spraying him down with the beer truck, and then Austin’s music hits… Punk acts scared and then starts laughing… It’s a trick.
• Punk shows one more clip, this one from episode #199 of Smackdown when Brock Lesnar Superplexed Big Show off the top rope and the ring broke.  CM Punk makes a fat joke.
• Big Show interrupts and is upset that all Punk could come up with was a fat joke.  Big Show does an impression of Hulk Hogan and then slaps Punk in the chest.  Gallows becomes the sacrificial lamb for Show as Punk and Mercury run.

Video Package: Clips from episode #450 (2002) Triple H returns from a major injury and destroys Kurt Angle.

Josh Matthews on the ramp and introduces Sheamus.  Asks about Night of Champions, but Sheamus goes right into talking about how Triple H isn’t here to celebrate because he took him out.  Sheamus then bitches about how he has to defend his title at Night of Champions in a Six Pack Challenge and then vents about having to tag with Randy Orton tonight.

• Edge interrupts.  Informs Sheamus that tons of crazy things have happened to him over the years, but the key thing is that he’s given it back three times as much.  Says he’s going to win the Six Pack Challenge and become WWE Champion.  Tells Sheamus to “head back to the lab, Beaker!”

Elimination Tag Team Match
The Nexus vs. Randy Orton, Edge, Sheamus, Chris Jericho & John Cena
WINNERS: Nexus via eliminating their opponents; Final fall Barrett hits Orton with Fireman’s Slam for pin

QUICK THOUGHTS:

It was really great to see all the old clips from the past RAW episodes, but for me this was a pretty lackluster show.  There wasn’t anything overly exciting about it, and I’m shocked that it wasn’t a three hour extravaganza.

When they announced the Taker vs. Hart match, I figured it wasn’t going to actually happen because it’s WWE and Bret Hart is in no shape to actually wrestle.  Part of me thinks he’s there because he’s hard up for cash, but then again who isn’t right now in this economy.

Another great booking of Alberto Del Rio.  He has no care for anyone else but himself and interrupts a match to cut a promo on Rey Mysterio.  Just brilliant.  He’s got more heat now.  It’s only been two plus weeks and he’s got a ton of heat.