TNA Impact! – 3/15/10

After all the drama that went down last week on TNA Impact, what would the fallout be leading into the Destination X PPV?  Find out what went down last night on Spike TV:

Backstage: Hulk Hogan, Abyss, Jeff Hardy & Rob Van Dam arrive at the Impact Zone in a Hummer.

Ric Flair & AJ Styles come to the ring.  Styles takes the mic, “Abyss, you scary looking, but stupid monster, do you think some magical ring is going to help you?  We’ve had some classic battles, but the results are always the same… AJ Styles up.  Abyss down!”

• Flair chimes in, “Last Monday night, you see this (scar on his head), a guard rail did this, NOT Hulk Hogan.”  He scratches at it so it bleeds!  “Abyss, you’re a dead man… I hate you Jeff Hardy!”
• Jeff Hardy comes to the ring, but AJ cuts him off, “You are a nobody!  You want the spotlight?  How about Hardy versus Styles tonight?!?”
• Hardy claims, “It’ll be a breeze!”
• Flair makes a comment about Hardy being an artist getting high of sniffing paint.
• Hardy takes the comment and twists it, “I’m going to be flying high… on the backs of my creatures of the night!!!  YEAAAHHH!!!”

Backstage: Mick Foley in the office with Eric Bischoff trying to explain about last week.  Bischoff has nothing of it.  Tells Foley, “I want to talk about right now… We’re going to clean you up, shave that head, shave that bear and turn you into the corporate executive I need!”

Video Package: Earlier in the day, The Nasty Boys attacked Jesse Neal in catering to send a message to Team 3D.

Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) & Jimmy Hart vs. Team 3D (Brother Ray, Brother Devon & Brother Runt returns!)
WINNERS: Nasty Boys & Jimmy Hart via pin fall after Knobs hit Brother Ray with Hart’s crash helmet

• After match, Nasty Boys set up a table in the ring with bad intentions.  Jesse Neal comes out and saves the day for his friends and they hit a 3D on Sags through the table.

Backstage: Christy Hemme is with Angelina Love.  She responds to The Beautiful People winning the Knockout Tag Titles.  She then challenges any one of them to a singles match.

Backstage: Jeremy Borash is with Scott Hall & Sean Waltman.  They’re confident that they’re going to get the job done at Destination X and earn their TNA contracts.

• Interrupted by Kevin Nash & Eric Young.  Nash has a $25k Challenge for Hall if he can last five minutes in the ring with him.  Hall loves the idea!

Mr. Anderson & Desmond Wolfe with Chelsea vs. Kurt Angle & “Pope” D’Angelo Dinero
WINNERS: Pope & Angle via pin fall after Pope caught a small package on Wolfe.

• After match, Pope and Wolfe brawl up the ramp, while Anderson hits a Mic Check on Angle in the ring.  He then grabs Angle’s Warrior Medal and slices him open again with it.  He then beats Angle with the microphone.

Backstage: In the office, Hulk Hogan is talking to Jeff Hardy and RVD.  “Take care of AJ (to Hardy), don’t even worry  about Flair, I’ve got Abyss as a special enforcer.  RVD, you know what to do brother!”

• They leave.  Eric Bischoff enters, “I love surprises, but could you at least told me about them (RVD & Hardy)?”
• Hogan replies, “I knew this would be the right thing to do and you’ve been busy with Foley.”

Challenge Match
Angelina Love vs. Daffney (Velvet Sky makes her an honorary member of The Beautiful People for one night only)
WINNER: Love via DQ after The Beautiful People interfered

• After the match, there was a beat down of Angelina Love.  Tara comes down to the ring for the save!

Video Package: Look at what Sting did last week on Impact that was so out of character for him!

Hulk Hogan comes to the ring, “What went down last week was more than just a train wreck… The one image I can’t get out of my mind is Abyss going ‘why Sting, why?'”  Hogan then calls out Sting.

• Sting spotted in the rafters, slowly makes his way to the ring.  When he finally gets to the ramp, he’s jumped from behind by Rob Van Dam.  RVD beats Sting all around the ring and slides him in for Hogan to pick bones, but Eric Bischoff comes running out to stop him.
• Bischoff pleads with Hogan, “You didn’t come here to wrestle.  You made a promise to your daughter that last week was it… be done with it!”  Bischoff has security escort Sting out of the ring side area.

Backstage:  Hernandez approaches Jeff Jarrett in the back, “Last week what happened with Beer Money Inc., that was B.S.  You gave me my first shot, so if you’re looking for payback, let’s get it done!”

• Eric Bischoff hears this as he walks back from the ring and stops them in their tracks.  He instead makes a Handicap Match for Hernandez against Beer Money with Jeff Jarrett as the guest referee.

5 Minute – $25k Challenge Match
Scott Hall vs. Kevin Nash
WINNER: Scott Hall via time limit

• Sean Waltman came in and chop blocked Nash from behind mid match and the referee couldn’t really DQ him because it was about time limit.
• Eric Young tried to help, but the numbers game got the best of him.

Backstage: Jeremy Borash with Beer Money who’s still pissed off they’ve been left off cards.  They’re still looking for any opportunity they can get to “make some cash and get trashed!”

Handicap Match
Hernandez vs. Beer Money Inc. (Robert Roode & James Storm) – Special Referee, Jeff Jarrett
WINNER(S): Beer Money via pin fall after hitting the DWI

• During match, Matt Morgan comes to the announce table and says, “This is what Hernandez gets for sticking his nose in other people’s business!”
• After match, Beer Money beats down Hernandez and knocks Jarrett over.  He takes exception and fights back.  Jarrett and Hernandez end up standing tall.

Bischoff in the ring with a barber’s chair, mirror and clippers.  He calls out Mick Foley for his trim.

• Mick Foley sits in the chair and as Bischoff goes to cut his hair, Foley locks on the Mandible Claw!  Foley then picks up the clippers and shaves part of Bischoff’s head and wakes him up to survey the damage.  Bischoff is pissed!!!

Backstage: Christy Hemme is with Shannon Moore who’s not worried about his X-Division Title Match Sunday against Doug Williams.

Motor City Machine Guns come to the ring, “Destination X is going to be a night to remember!  It’s going to be the rise of the Machine Guns!  Generation Me, who do you think you are?  What dues have you paid to earn this #1 Contenders match against us?  Who have you beaten?”

• Gen Me comes to the ring, “Who have we beaten..?  Well, in our debut match, we beat you guys!”
• MMG responds, “There’s a thing called luck… you’re good, but we are great!”
• Melee breaks out when the Guns take a crack at Gen Me’s girlfriends.
• In the brawl, other X-Division stars come running out to get in on the fray (Brian Kendrick, Amazing Red, Daniels, Kazarian [who brought a ladder]).
• Amazing Red has a crazy spot, jumping off the top of a ladder in the ring to the floor on to four guys.

Backstage: Jeremy Borash is with Abyss, “Destination X marks the spot where I get my hands on AJ Styles… It’s time for this monster to start taking what I want!”

AJ Styles with Ric Flair vs. Jeff Hardy – Special Enforcer, Abyss
WINNER: Jeff Hardy via pin fall after hitting the Swanton Bomb

• After match, Flair hits Hardy with a chair and then cracks Abyss with it.  Flair chases Abyss up the ramp with it, and Abyss fights back.  He knocks the chair from Flairs grasp and then choke slams him through the entrance ramp.
• AJ Styles looks on clutching his title with fear in his eyes.

QUICK THOUGHTS:

I’m so sick of seeing the Nasty Boys and Scott Hall.  Please TNA get rid of them!  They’re a waste of space!

Another great post match segment between Angle and Anderson!  Again, Kurt’s cut open by his own medal.  Brilliant!  This is going to keep on boiling all the way to Lockdown in April.

The X-Divison segment was good.  I’m glad they gave those guys some more air time to get things all situated for this Sunday.  The spto that Red did was just nuts.  The X-Division matches this weekend will be total spotfest, but that’s what I love about the X-Division!  Go big or go home!

Styles and Hardy was a great match.  What happened after the match was just as great.  I cannot believe that Flair took that bump through the entrance ramp!  WOW!  That caught me off guard!  Great way to lead us into a PPV.

Destination X is this Sunday on PPV at 5pm Pacific time.  I will have my preview and predictions up before the broadcast goes live!  It’s looking like it’s going to be a good one!