TNA iMPACT!/Xplosion *Spoilers for this week*

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http://www.pwinsider.com/article/44404/complete-impact-spoilers-from-orlando-.html?p=1

These spoilers include matches for this week and next week's Impacts.
Before the tapings started, the Impact Zone crowd was addressed by members of the TNA staff. They talked to the crowd about not cursing, making obscene gestures, or gang signs. They called the crowd 'cast members' and basically told the crowd that they needed to be quiet.


Hernandez and Matt Morgan defeated The British Invasion to retain the TNA Tag Titles. During the match, Rob Terry came out and had his X Division Title shot briefcase. Brutus tried to use the briefcase on Hernandez during the match, but he missed and hit Doug Williams instead. Hernandez pinned Williams.


After the match, Mick Foley came out and he hit Rob Terry with a chair. After Hernandez and Morgan left the ring, Foley said something to the camera that could not be heard by the crowd

After pyro goes off, Ric Flair comes to the ring with two women. Flair says that he hates Hulk Hogan, but he loves TNA. Flair says that he is here to find the next 'Nature Boy'. Flair then brings out the 'next heavyweight champion' A.J. Styles. Styles comes to the ring in a suit and he is accompanied by a woman. Styles puts over the beautiful women in the ring and then the crowd chants 'You are married'. This causes Styles to laugh and there was an awkward pause. A.J. cuts a promo that utilized a style similar to his new mentor.

Kurt Angle comes to the ring with Hulk Hogan. Hogan says that he has changed his mind about Genesis being Angle's last title shot because he runs the show. Hogan announces that Kurt Angle versus A.J. Styles will happen tonight. Hogan says that it is 'damn real'.

Orlando Jordan defeats D'Angelo Dinero with a Flatliner.


It was announced that Ken Anderson will face Jeff Jarrett tonight.


Angelina Love defeated Madison Rayne after a bicycle kick. After the match, Love ripped Madison's shirt off and choked her with it. Velvet and Lacey come to the ring and they attack Love with the 'ugly stick'.



Hogan and Bischoff come out. They are tired of The Band running around and they want to see them wrestle. The Band come out and Waltman is smoking. Hogan says that since they don't have contracts, they don't have contracts, they don't work for TNA. Hogan has security escort them out of the building.



Nasty Boys defeated Kevin Nash and Eric Young when Saggs pinned Young after a pumphandle drop.


Mr. Anderson comes to the ring to cut a promo. He talks about his victory over Abyss at Genesis. Abyss is standing behind him and he attacks Anderson until Anderson is able to get out of the ring.


A.J. Styles defeated Kurt Angle with an ankle lock. This match was described as an 'Orlando Screw Job'. Earl Hebner was the referee for this match and he had them ring the bell. Styles, Flair, and Hebner left the ringside area. After the match, Hulk Hogan came out and Angle spat in his face. Angle went to the announce table and took Mike Tenay's chair and throw it into the stage.


Eric Bischoff comes out with blood on his forehead and states that Mick Foley is fired and then he leaves.


In an Xplosion Match: Dr. Stevie defeated Homicide with a Stevie-T.


Desmond Wolfe defeated Sean Morley with the Tower of London. This was a qualifying match for a tournament at Against All Odds to determine the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Title at Lockdown.
Hernandez defeated Daniels in another qualifying match for the tournament at Against All Odds.


Ken Anderson defeats Jeff Jarrett after a low blow in a qualifying match for the tournament at Against All Odds. Jarrett tried for the Stroke during the match but Anderson used the low blow. After the match, Anderson hit the Mic Check and then did his usual mic work.

An "Orlando screw-job"?!? TNA are getting less original as the week's go on

Big Daddy Cool

looks like more rubbish being served up by hogan bischoff and russo, hogan said at genesis ''what you goin to do vince mcmahon when TNA blah blah blah'', looks like all vinny mac is going to do is sit back and watch hogan bring TNA down the plug hole.

Penn

A.J. Styles defeated Kurt Angle with an ankle lock. This match was described as an 'Orlando Screw Job'. Earl Hebner was the referee for this match and he had them ring the bell. Styles, Flair, and Hebner left the ringside area. After the match, Hulk Hogan came out and Angle spat in his face. Angle went to the announce table and took Mike Tenay's chair and throw it into the stage.

Oh my..... What? Huh?

Styles comes to the ring in a suit and he is accompanied by a woman. Styles puts over the beautiful women in the ring and then the crowd chants 'You are married'. This causes Styles to laugh and there was an awkward pause.

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I have to say, I'm loving the TNA fans

JP Liz

AJ Styles the new Ric Flair Styling and Profiling

Penn

JP Liz wrote: »

AJ Styles the new Ric Flair Styling and Profiling

Well the words Flair and Style are synonyms

SlickRic

any hopes i had of TNA being an original alternative are quickly going down the toilet.

between Styles being the new 'Nature Boy' and the re-enactment of the Montreal Screwjob, it all looks a bit desperate.

Vince will be chuckling to himself quite heartily if he watched that.

Gerard.C

They just havent got a clue, not a notion about anything. I'm so glad I hate this company, I'd be ashamed to say I like it, I really would

chopperbyrne

I said I'd give them five weeks. I'm already starting to regret that decision.

geeky

Oh, we've got this guy who's actually phenomenally athletic, is over with our hardcore fans, and if pushed in the right way could change the prototype of wrestling's 'main event' stars. Let's have him suddenly unable to win a match clean and have the biggest draw of the 80s (!) do all the talking and thinking for him.

In fact, let's have a match finish in a way that reminds people of the Montreal screwjob, at a time when our major competitor is working an angle based on the real life thing.

Meanwhile, let's have The Pope - a wrestler we've been building up much better than our competitor did, and who's really getting over - lose to Orlando Jordan. Oh, and the nasty boys? I'd say it's time they went over clean against two guys we were pushing to the moon a month ago.

And as for those promising singles fellahs we were pushing - Morgan and Hernandez - let's not have them freshening up the heavyweight title scene. Instead, let's stick them in as a tag team into a division that is already loaded with talent. Ah yeah, pop them in right at the top. Oh, and while we're talking about tag teams, let's not have the Motor City Machine Guns or the great indy team we've just signed (and inexplicably renamed) on the show. I think people want to see 'Dr. Stevie' beat Homicide. After all, we've had Jeff Hardy hit him (unprotected, in the head) with a chair at our big Monday night show. Let's make the guy going into a feud with the one guy who voluntarily walked away from WWE look like an even bigger chump.

Hmmm, Jeremy Borash? He was popular? He was smart, and did a damn good job promoting his own show? News to me! Let's take him off TV. And while we're at it, let's tell the fans who are crapping all over our product what to do. And get into a dispute with Bubba The Love Sponge only weeks after presenting him as a new backstage interviewer.

In the words of Eric Cartman....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-bSZd1vM_A

flahavaj

Back to the 1.1's fairly lively.

OJ pinning Pope?

FFS.

Orlando Screwjob, LOL.

paddyismaddy

someone please explain why TNA are turning their top draw Styles into a heel?

flahavaj

paddyismaddy wrote: »

someone please explain why TNA are turning their top draw Styles into a heel?

AJ Styles isn't a draw. He might be their champion and best wrestler but that doesn't mak you a draw.

Hogan is their top draw, by miles.

paddyismaddy

flahavaj wrote: »

AJ Styles isn't a draw. He might be their champion and best wrestler but that doesn't mak you a draw.

Hogan is their top draw, by miles.

I always thought Styles was the top draw with Angle and top face in TNA i just dont understand why now he is being put with Flair and a heel i just dont think they match well together - Wolfe would be a better fit with Flair - thats just my few cents worth

Rjd2

Oh dear...

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Below is a video that was shot before last night's Impact taping in Orlando, FL. In it, TNA Producer Steve Small explains to the people formerly known as fans in the Impact Zone that they are actually cast members of the TNA shows. He explains to them what appropriate behavior is and what is expected of them, and reminds them that TNA is a TV PG product and that vulgar chants are not acceptable.

It really is a must watch video and warning, it does contain some mild profanity.

Nody

TNA enforcing PG standards; well that should really make Vince worry...

DM_7

Are those spoilers for real?

Off the top of my head Where is Samoa Joe, Daniels, Red, Wolfe, MCMG, Machismo, Creed, Suicide, Rhino or are they on another show?

The wage bill for TNA must be huge now.

super_furry

Forgive my ignorance but as someone who only catches TNA on Bravo every now and again, I'm not exactly in the loop, but aren't they becoming the exact same company that WCW was at their worst? When I did watch TNA it was more reminiscent of ECW at it's peak but now seems to be repeating the mistakes that destroyed WCW.

ayatollah

it seems to me that hogan and bischoff are under the impression that this company was a joke and they are going to put it right - but thus far they are making what i can see as some very foolish and indeed short sighted decisions.

turning your top face heel for what i can see as no good reason and without anyone to really replace him - i say this as i think people dot buy angle as a full face and i dont think he can play one anymore anyways - more of a "tweener" a role which he plays very well by the way.

but putting the nasty boys over anyone just makes their opponents look weak and are the nasty boys really going to lead this company into the future?!?!?!?

surely the guns beer money british invasion lethal consequences and now "generation me" hate that name by the way should be destroying those sand baggers on their way towards title matches. - oh and while i'm on the subject - i've always had a problem wih two single wrestles thrown together to win tag titles - whenever this happens they should be destryed by a regular tag team - in order to show that though they be good singles wrestler but that tag team wrestling is a different beast and that they are out of their depth. its ridiculous as TNA were bragging a while ago that they had fait and were proud of the division.


damn thats twice tonight i've allowed myself to get suckered into a rant.

Mr. Guappa

Very disappointed with this. I have no desire to see TNA go down the toilet, a strong TNA prodcut forces WWE to up their game and we get more genuinely exciting nights like the 4th of January. At this rate I can see Hogan and his entourage gone from TNA by the summer, leaving it in a worse position than before he arrived and having alienated a lot of the original TNA audience.

I really want to be positive about the outlook for TNA but based on those spoilers I just don't see anything remotely positive.

Machismo Fan

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

I really want to be positive about the outlook for TNA but based on those spoilers I just don't see anything remotely positive.

Wolfe beating Morley gives me a glimmer of hope. At least he got more than TNA LEGEND Daniels.

Gerard.C

Machismo Fan wrote: »

Wolfe beating Morley gives me a glimmer of hope. At least he got more than TNA LEGEND Daniels.

What do you make of TNA since the 4th, Machismo Fan? Interested in your opinion on it

Machismo Fan

Gerard.C wrote: »

What do you make of TNA since the 4th, Machismo Fan? Interested in your opinion on it

Sorry about not getting to this until now (stupid homework:mad:). Anyway, I think Hogan is using TNA as his own little playground and doing whatever he wants regardless of what TNA's most loyal fans want and then when the fans give out he more or less tells them to shut up and put up with it. The loss of six sided ring (which will still be used on the UK tour actually so I may have the privilege of seeing TNA's last ever event with the six sided ring) is a big loss for the simple reason that many of TNA's flyers can no longer fly properly. Red and AJ did dives at Genesis that they've done hundreds of times but they nearly hurt themselves as there's not enough space.

The booking is far too eccentric. One person wins one week, loses the next week and main events the week after and nobody'll get over that way. I was willing to take Hogan in TNA if it kicked Russo out and it didn't so it's the worst of all worlds as it's pretty clear that Russo is still a major influence on the show. While TNA won't go out of business by the time Hogan leaves, their roster will be crippled in terms of drawing potential. I didn't want to go on a complete rage here as I want to save my venom for the article I intend to write on iFight365.com on Thursday on the same topic.

Gerard.C

Machismo Fan wrote: »

Sorry about not getting to this until now (stupid homework:mad:). Anyway, I think Hogan is using TNA as his own little playground and doing whatever he wants regardless of what TNA's most loyal fans want and then when the fans give out he more or less tells them to shut up and put up with it. The loss of six sided ring (which will still be used on the UK tour actually so I may have the privilege of seeing TNA's last ever event with the six sided ring) is a big loss for the simple reason that many of TNA's flyers can no longer fly properly. Red and AJ did dives at Genesis that they've done hundreds of times but they nearly hurt themselves as there's not enough space.

The booking is far too eccentric. One person wins one week, loses the next week and main events the week after and nobody'll get over that way. I was willing to take Hogan in TNA if it kicked Russo out and it didn't so it's the worst of all worlds as it's pretty clear that Russo is still a major influence on the show. While TNA won't go out of business by the time Hogan leaves, their roster will be crippled in terms of drawing potential. I didn't want to go on a complete rage here as I want to save my venom for the article I intend to write on iFight365.com on Thursday on the same topic.

Can't say I disagree with anything there. Nice plug for the blog, let us know when ya have it posted up

How come they're using the 6 sides for the UK tour?

Machismo Fan

Gerard.C wrote: »

How come they're using the 6 sides for the UK tour?

They've already sent it over.

Cactus Colm

Is the 4 post ring smaller than WWE's?

Great to see the Nasty Boys back in the ring. Was curious to see how Knobbs would get on in the ring without his cane.

The Montreal ending to the AJ / Angle match wass..... interesting.

Terry

Oh sweet Joseph, husband of Mary but not father of sweet Jesus.
I just watched this trainwreck of a travesty of a show.

I know that I don't post here as much as a mod probably should, but those of you who know me will know that I'm a huge Scott Hall mark and I loved the WCW before everyone was in the NwO.
It's time to hang up the boots, buddy. Either that or stop drinking and get back into shape.

As for the screw job; I'm expecting to see Finger poke of doom part Two next week.

At this point, I'm honestly beginning to believe that Hogan, Russo and Bischoff are being paid by McMahon to take down rival companies.

As for the Nasty Boys, their gimmick was outdated 20 years ago.
On one hand we have Hogan saying that it's not going to be like WCW, in relation to Hall and Waltman. On the other he's putting the Nasty boys over. Not like the old days at all, is it?
All we're missing is Brutus Beefcake putting Nick Hogan over.

waltersobchak

Wow the Orlando Screwjob is described by one word.. Pathetic...Im actually flabbergasted that TNA could be so ****ing unoriginal to rehash ANOTHER thing that happened in a differant company 13 years ago, FFS TNA, i hope they cop on or else just close the **** down because this is a joke..

JP Liz V1

Did Kurt Angle say he was leaving and going back to WWE to Hogan at the end?

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JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Did Kurt Angle say he was leaving and going back to WWE to Hogan at the end?

He did but

he doesn't go back according to the next few tapings.

It's exactly like what Bret did at SS 97 with WCW which shows TNA's originality

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Terry wrote: »

Oh sweet Joseph, husband of Mary but not father of sweet Jesus.
I just watched this trainwreck of a travesty of a show.

I know that I don't post here as much as a mod probably should, but those of you who know me will know that I'm a huge Scott Hall mark and I loved the WCW before everyone was in the NwO.
It's time to hang up the boots, buddy. Either that or stop drinking and get back into shape.

As for the screw job; I'm expecting to see Finger poke of doom part Two next week.

At this point, I'm honestly beginning to believe that Hogan, Russo and Bischoff are being paid by McMahon to take down rival companies.

As for the Nasty Boys, their gimmick was outdated 20 years ago.
On one hand we have Hogan saying that it's not going to be like WCW, in relation to Hall and Waltman. On the other he's putting the Nasty boys over. Not like the old days at all, is it?
All we're missing is Brutus Beefcake putting Nick Hogan over.

How this did a 1.3 is beyond me. It was awful to watch.

It was recently rumoured that Hall was replaced on the Genesis card because he didn't like the shape he was in on the day of the PPV.

No, please not the Fingerpoke of Doom Part 2. If that actually happens, I promise to never watch TNA again or even post anything to do with TNA.

I think it's Hogan's ego that's the problem. He wants to continue WCW in TNA because of the power he had in WCW. When Hogan said TNA were going places, he ment back to WCW in 97/98. The Nasty Boys on TNA?!? I hate them, no talent yet there Hogan's friends so their over with Hogan.

shinzon

hi folks sorry about the confusion here im waiting on Shinzon to be reinstated since the hack, sent my details so hopefully soon,

Anyways i sat and watched this last night and for a few minutes it didnt actually register with me, perhaps the brain didnt want to believe they did something so monumentally stupid as to re-enact the montreal screwjob in TNA, but they did sigh

I have little or no hope for TNA

Shin

RosyLily

Jesus H. Christ!! What a disaster of a show!! Can't believe I watched it to the end.:mad:
What is the deal with wrestling going PG?!? Ya want PG then watch the frickin Disney Channel!!! I learnt my first swear word from WWF....those days are well gone now! For shame.....*shakes head*

chopperbyrne

I really don't get all this PG bashing. Wrestling has almost always been PG, with exception of the late 90s to early 00s.

It was PG from when I first started watching back in 86/7 and nobody had a problem with it then.

Tribesmen7

ChopperByrneAlt wrote: »

I really don't get all this PG bashing. Wrestling has almost always been PG, with exception of the late 90s to early 00s.

It was PG from when I first started watching back in 86/7 and nobody had a problem with it then.

Yeah, PG isn't any excuse for having poor storylines. While I would rather if they weren't PG, its still possible for them to put on good TV if they tried.

Look at TNA, they aren't PG, whats there excuse for being so poor.

geeky

Tribesmen7 wrote: »

Yeah, PG isn't any excuse for having poor storylines. While I would rather if they weren't PG, its still possible for them to put on good TV if they tried.

Look at TNA, they aren't PG, whats there excuse for being so poor.

Russo.

Gonzo

TNA is TV-14 not TV-PG