TNA Impact! – Thanksgiving Edition
Finished up with the turkey and stuffing, and got to watch TNA Impact while having some pumpkin pie! Here’s what happened:
Video Package: Talking about the changes in TNA
Announcement: TNA Championship Series Tournament. 8 competitors. 3 Matches. 1 Night. Winner gets a title shot in their respective division!
1st Round
Bobby Lashley with Krystal vs. Abyss
WINNER: Lashley via submission due to a Dragon Sleeper. During the match, Abyss accidentally hit Krystal while trying to beat up Lashley on the outside. When he realized he hit her, he got distracted allowing Lashley to hit the spear as he turned around.
Backstage: Mick Foley and Jeremy Borash are backstage discussing the Hulk Hogan situation and how Foley “wasn’t informed!” He knows there are some politics involved!
1st Round
Suicide vs. Desmond Wolfe
WINNER: Wolfe via pin fall after hitting the Tower of London (which Suicide kind of botched!)
1st Round
D’Angelo Dinero vs. Kurt Angle
WINNER: Angle via pin fall after hitting the Angle Slam.
Backstage: Foley in the locker room with Kurt Angle. Ask’s him what Dixie Carter has told him about Hulk Hogan? Angle responds that he’s here to take TNA to the next level!
1st Round
Homicide vs. Robert Roode
WINNER: Roode via pin fall after hitting a wicked Spine Buster.
Backstage: JB catches up with Kurt Angle who says that he’s looking at his situation in the tournament two ways:
- He’s got a ton of respect for Robert Roode, but..
- He’s got his eyes on the prize, the title shot versus AJ Styles.
Knockouts #1 Contender’s Battle Royal
WINNER: Tara
ORDER OF ELIMINATION: Daffney, Traci Brooks, Alyssa Flash, Lacey Von Erich, Sarita, Taylor Wilde, Hamada, Madison Rayne, Velvet Sky.
Backstage: JB is with Kevin Nash and Eric Young. Young says that “Greed is truly an American tradition… guys are killing themselves tonight on an American holiday for gold!”
Video Package: “The future of wrestling is in the hands of the fans. TNA is the little company that could!” ~ Hulk Hogan
Backstage: Mick Foley is on the phone with Dixie Carter’s secretary who says she’s not around. Mick runs into Scott Steiner who’s pissed that the costume designer won’t make him any more Main Event Mafia stuff. Mick asks Steiner about Hogan and who he might bring with him to TNA, and Scott responds how he he’s not Nostradamus and can’t predict the future!
Backstage: Foley runs into Kevin Nash and Eric Young. Foley tries to get information out of Nash about who Hogan is bringing in, but all Nash does is throw out crappy old wrestler names jokingly.
Semifinals
Desmond Wolfe vs. Bobby Lashley with Krystal
WINNER: Lashley via DQ after Wolfe refused to release an arm lock through the ropes before the referee’s 5-count.
Backstage: Lauren with The Lashley’s. Krystal is confident that Bobby will win and get the title shot!
Semifinals
Robert Roode vs. Kurt Angle
WINNER: Roode via count out. During the match, Desmond Wolfe came out and spat on Angle, which caused him to jump out of the ring and attack him. It distracted him just enough for the referee to reach the 10-count.
AJ Styles comes out to the ring and makes a statement for Sting to contact him.
- Interrupted by Daniels who tells AJ that he’s been a better friend to him over the years. He never tried to help get him his job back when he was fired and it’s too late for AJ now because they’re are enemies!
- AJ replies that at Final Resolution the world will find out what AJ Styles is really all about.
Video Package: “Fans have said that this business has gotten boring, well now TNA’s going to give you a choice. Hulk Hogan and TNA got some surprises in store!” ~ Hulk Hogan
Backstage: Lauren with Beer Money Inc. Roode gives credit to Lashley, but says he’s the only one representing the tag team division and that the British Invasion has been doing everything to dodge them. So he’s going to win this match to get their belts back!
Video Package: Partnership with TNA and Hogan. The business is about to be flipped upside down! Next week, Dixie Carter tells all in an interview!
Final Round
Robert Roode vs. Bobby Lashley with Krystal
WINNER: Lashley via pin fall after hitting a spear to earn a title shot against the TNA World Heavyweight Champion!
QUICK THOUGHTS:
What a great idea for TNA to employ! Since WWE’s misused the King of the Ring Tournament format, I’m excited to see that TNA wants to bring it back to it’s roots! In order to get your shot, you’ve got to win 3 matches in one night! Shocked that it was Lashley that won the title shot though. Don’t know really how that one’s going to pan out in the big picture.
Enough with the Hulk Hogan teaser videos TNA! Bring him on TV already or I’m going to break something!!! You’ve signed him, get him to Orlando for a filming! Otherwise, you’re going to lose viewers because they’re going to think that they’re not going to miss anything and not tune in!
Scott Steiner hasn’t figured out that the Main Event Mafia is no more, but that meat-head knows who Nostradamus is??? WOW! I’m really shocked with that one!