Post by Judge Frollo on Jun 24, 2009 2:45:51 GMT -5
I will fully edit it this time. Sorry. Before, I got the flu and by the time I was healed up, I forgot to edit in the 3rd night back in May. Anyway, here are tonight's
June 23rd taping courtesy of spam.com
* Bubba Dudley vs. Brutus Magnus went to no contest. Bubba attacked Magnus before he got to the ring and they brawled around the ring for a while. Bubba was about to put Brutus through a table when the British Invasion, Abdul Bashir, and Kyoshi came out for the beatdown. D-Von made the save with the chair and they put Kyoshi through the table with the 3D. Pretty good brawl to start the show.
* MEM came out and introduced Joe. Basically said that Joe was kicking all of their asses and after they put him down they tried to buy him but his price was 'too high' for the MEM. So basically Jenna Morasca kicked in the difference and they bought his services and created the whole 'Nation of Violence' as a cover story to help get the belt back in the MEM fold and Booker and Steiner took their beatings like good soldiers. Foley came out and said that he understands it's business but he wants his rematch. Angle made fun of him for crying in the back after he lost at Slammiversary and said he didn't owe Foley anything. Angle said a rematch wasn't part of his contract, but they can negotiate something and Foley went with them to the back. Sting wasn't out there for this segment. Didn't like the explanation and it took forever.
* Nash def. Abyss. Pretty quick power match, nothing special. Dr. Stevie comes out and 'tazes' Abyss at the end with a crappy smoke and sound effect. Didn't look or sound right live, but I'm sure it will be edited for TV. Reminiscent of The Mountie with a hand held tazer. Lauren came down at the end to cry over Abyss's electrified ass. Decent until the stupid ending.
* Beer Money came out and said they respected Team 3D but they took their eye off the ball at Slammiversary and they capitalized just like Team 3D would have. They said that Team 3D absolutely deserves a rematch at Victory Road. Booker and Steiner came out and said that Mick made the deal for his rematch at Victory Road, but the terms were that Booker/Steiner get the tag title shot and Nash gets the shot at the Legends title at Victory Road. Team 3D comes out and protests saying they'll go back to Mick and make a deal for themselves. Good segment, Beer Money came off very strong (especially Roode) and the Boozer Cruiser returned.
* AJ called out Joe for an explanation. Joe came out and said he doesn't owe AJ anything and said that if he wants to know why he did it he can ask the man he's facing at Victory Road, I guess meaning Nash was a big part of it. Joe says he's done talking and goes to leave, AJ jumps him and they brawled. Matt Morgan came out to help Joe beatdown AJ, Daniels came out to even the odds, then the MEM (minus Sting) came down to beat AJ/Daniels. Sting with a bat comes out for the save and cleared the ring. Sting takes the mic and says he didn't know anything about the plan with Joe and asks what else he doesn't know. He said he expected this from everyone but Nash and appealed not to Oz, Big D, or Big Sexy, but Kevin Nash about why he's doing this. Nash says it's all about money and power, and he's sure as hell not going to fight the MEM. Sting gives Kevin the bat and says to finish the job, Kevin faked hitting Angle and went to hit Sting, who took out another bat and started to clean house. Eventually the MEM got control and beat the hell out of Sting for wayyyyyyy too long. Nash sat out the beating until the end when it looked like he was going to make them stop, but eventually Jackknifed Sting to end it. Segment felt like it was three hours long and the beatdown was ridiculously long. Wouldn't be surprised if they cut it down.
* Steiner def. Roode with a backslide. Pretty good match, nothing special. Finish came out of nowhere, not in a good way.
* Taylor Wilde def. Daffney in a 10,000 tacks on a pole match. I really, really hated this. Daffney took an awful tack bump and was in obvious pain. The match was short and nothing and from what we saw live had no build or importance. Just a reason to throw Daffney on tacks again I guess, which sucks.
* James Storm def. Booker T via DQ. Short back and forth match until Booker cracked a beer bottle on Storm's head for the DQ. Storm played dead forever, not a bad match, just short.
* Amazing Red def. Cody Deener. Holy crap Deener is awful. Red literally dragged a decent match out of him, but it was painful. Deener kept asking ODB for help on how to wrestle and get out of holds. Ending came when against ODB's advice, Deener went to the top and missed a splash. Red hit a weird 2nd rope inverted DDT for the win.
* Tara/Kong def. Love/Sky. Good tag match, Kong and Tara controlled most of it. Finish came when Tara was beating the hell out of Love on the outside and Kong squashed (the unbelievably hot) Sky with an Implant Buster. After the match Tara put a big spider on Sky's chest, which then had to be removed by an animal keeper after the cameras stopped. Kinda funny. Good match, Kong and Tara looked very strong.
* Joe/Angle def. AJ/Jarrett. During the match intros JB said that the match was for the World Championship, if MEM won they kept the belt and whoever scored the pin for AJ/Jarrett would be champ. I didn't hear them set this up during the taping, but might have missed it. Ok match, nothing special. Finish came when Jarrett was in the anklelock FOREVER, and eventually passed out from the pain and the ref dropped his arm three times for the fall. Underwhelmed by the match, it didn't feel all that special or different, just a standard TV tag match pretty much.
* There were a few backstage interviews. Eric Young basically said that Jarrett/JB/etc... were never his friends, he was just the go-to guy for comic relief. Mick Foley said how hurt he was losing the title and how desperate he was to get it back. Angle had an interview that was almost impossible to hear, I think it had to do with him not caring that Sting was on his way. At some point it was also announced that Steiner/Booker were going to face 3D next week for the shot at Beer Money at Victory Road.
* I think that was all. The tapings ran a little over 2 hours and there was a good amount of wrestling, but no great matches. Disappointing no X-Division talent was at this show, they didn't announce any more matches for the tapings.
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June 24th Taping courtesy of PWInsider
TNA Impact Taping Results 6/24/09
*Jay Lethal defeated Johnny Gordado during Lethal's entrance, he handed his headband & robe to SoCal Val, but threw it in her face, she threw them down, turned her back and walked away..leaving them at ringside.
*The Main Event Mafia comes out to the ring. Kurt says he knows Sting is home licking his wounds, but it wasn't personal it was all business. He calls out Mick Foley who comes to the ring with his security team. Kurt immediately cuts off Foley who tries to speak and says he's crossed the line. He says he went over his head and lied to the Godfather. Rocco & Sally Boy stand in front of Foley, he says do your best. Steiner & Joe attack them & take them out. Foley says to just let him wrestle at Victory Road. Lets make a deal...Kurt says, door #1 he kicks his ass, door 2 its Booker 2. Nash is 3 and behind the curtain he unleashes Samoa Joe. He says he picks #1 and immediately hits Angle..the Mafia beat him down until Jeff Jarrett makes his way to the ring with his guitar. The Mafia runs off and heads away from ringside, Foley gets to his feet and Jarrett nails him with his guitar. The Mafia begin smiling as Jeff goes up the ramp through them, Angle slaps his chest..and Jarrett looks back at him with disgust before heading back down the babyface tunnel. The Mafia look confused and try to look for Jarrett.
*TNA Tag Team Champions, Beer Money come out to join West & Tenay for the following match. Scott Steiner & Booker T def Team 3D. Halfway through the match, Kiyoshi & Bashir come out & attack Beer Money at the commentary table. It looked like 3D was about to get the win. Rob Terry & Doug Williams attacked Devon at ringside, Brother Ray was left alone in the ring.. Brutus Magnus attacked him with the briefcase allowing Booker T to get the pin. Post match, Steiner attacked a fan at ringside and pulled him over the guardrail.
*Eric Young defeated Rhino w/Jesse Neal using his feet on the ropes.
*Sting comes out to the ring with the TNA title. He says he knows Kurt is watching and he has his belt..you want it, come get it. But in the meantime, he wants to talk to Joe, who comes out to the top of the ramp and makes his way to the ring. Sting tells him that he is the reason why wrestling
and this company are as bad as they are right now. He's not willing to work for anything and expect things handed to him. He said he can fight this fight alone. Joe said, fortunately for Sting, he's been told to keep his temper. Sting asks who is in his ear, who's telling him, who is pulling his strings. Joe says he's going to say it one last time and you'll find out at Victory Road. Sting says he's going to find him tonight..pull him from the shadows bring him to the ring..tear him apart and feed him to the fans.
*Ladder Match for the X-Division Title Shot Briefcase. Doug Williams vs. the returning Homicide of LAX Homicide wins back his X-Division case, right as he was grabbing the case, Williams attempted to get back into the ring but Team 3D prevented that. Terry, Magnus, Kiyoshi & Bashir joined Williams and they continously beat down Team 3D until Foley's new security team made their way out and helped 3D to the back.
*Mick Foley comes out to the ring he says life can be funny sometimes and some times you need to make difficult decisions. He says that TNA shouldn't have two decision makers and suggests that tonight one should step down from decision making capacity. Jeff Jarrett comes out to the ring and says he needs to ask Mick a question..if he thinks before anything he says. He says they are cut from the same mold, its the nature of the beast. He says in Foley's quest to regain his TNA title, he put TNA in serious danger and no matter what happens after Victory Road he will always be a true legend in this business. He tells Mick he needs to start thinking why he came to TNA, the young athletes and their families and the future of TNA, but they have to do it together. Foley appreciates what Jarrett is saying...and that in hindsight, they are even steven...but he does say he needs to prove something to himself and that winning the TNA title was no fluke and that's to take it back from Kurt Angle and that's he's going to do it for the right reasons and for all the fans and wrestlers of TNA. He says Angle needs a warm-up match and tonight Angle should take on Jeff Jarrett..non title of course. Jeff likes the idea, but is "gonna tweak it" a bit..and make it a 3 way dance...himself vs Angle vs Mick Foley. Foley says he sees his tweak and raises one, so no one says they are in cahoots, they're gonna let Kurt Angle choose his own special referee. Jarrett says that it cannot be a member of the MEM or Matt Morgan.
*"The Outlaw" Jethro Holiday defeated Jesse Neal w/Rhino
*Booker T & Scott Steiner come out to join West & Tenay on commentary. Non Title Match.
*Beer Money defeated MotorCity Machineguns when Roode pinned Shelley following a DWI. Beer Money jawjacked with Steiner & Booker from the ring and taunted them with the TNA Tag Team Titles.
*Tara defeated Velvet Sky w/Angelina Love & Madison Rayne with the Widow's Peak. Postmatch, Tara went to place the taranchula on Sky, Angelina screamed at ringside not to do it, Tara said only if she puts the Knockouts title on the line, she gracefully accepted and put the spider back in his case. Angelina entered the ring for her match. Tara vs Angelina Love for the TNA Knockouts Title. Match started with a few quick pin attemps for Tara, then Love escaped the ring, but Tara pulled her back by her hair. Madison Rayne tried to stop it and got thrown out by Rudy Charles. The match continued till finally Tara hit the Widow's Peak and got the win to become the NEW TNA Knockouts Champion.
*Matt Morgan & Kevin Nash vs. AJ Styles & Daniels. Daniels & Styles win when Styles pins Morgan following a BME/Frog Splash combo. Postmatch, Nash & Morgan attack Daniels & Styles from behind, Morgan gets a chair and traps Daniels's leg in it and stomps on it in an attempt to break it. Styles enters the ring to help his friend with a chair of his own, Morgan & Nash head up the ramp while security and trainers come out to assist Daniels.
*Non Title Match - Eric Young is the special guest referee. TNA World Champion Kurt Angle vs Jeff Jarrett vs. Mick Foley Angle wins via a submission. He had Foley in the ankle lock and Eric Young called for the bell. Postmatch, Jarrett went after Young and they battled to the back. Angle attacked Foley and Samoa Joe with the TNA title and a bat and Steiner, Nash & Booker all came down with barbed wires and barbed wire bats and proceeded to tie up Foley in it. Sally Boy & Rocco came down in an attempt to help Foley, but were quickly taken care of. Foley's new security team led by Bugsy McGraw came down armed with nightsticks and surrounded the ring as Angle celebrated with his TNA World Title and the Main Event Mafia.
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June 25th taping courtesy of PWI
TNA Impact Taping Results 6/25/09
Eric Young def Johnny Gardano
ODB w/Cody Deener defeated Madison Rayne
"The Outlaw" Jethro Holiday vs. Jay Lethal
Lethal's music plays but doesn't come out. Abyss comes out to no music and attacks
Holiday. He then takes the mic and tells Dr Stevie to come out, he wants the whole world
what he has to say. He says he doesn't need Dr. Stevie anymore. No more therapy sessions,
so more checking in and no more shock treatments, except for you..he says he's gonna snap
him in two. On the screen, Stevie appears on nightvision camera who had Lauren in tears.
He says he owns Abyss, mind body & soul. He says Abyss will come to his office for
therapy, it'll be Lauren's turn.
Mick Foley comes out to kick off iMPACT! He says to be honest, he feels a bit naked
without the TNA World Title on his shoulder, so this Sunday at Victory Road he's gonna do
his beat to get that title back on his shoulder. He asks Kurt Angle to come out to face
him man to man, Angle comes out to the ring. Foley appreciates what he asked & coming
out..he says he wants what Angle has, and not his hair. He wears his heart on his sleeve
& loves being the TNA World Champion. He brings up how last week, they tied him up in
barbed wire and they were playing with his mind. He says he doesn't have much, but don't
take it away from him, how in 1991 he submitted to Terry Funk to a stopover toehold and
he swore he would never do that again. He's a lot like the Little Engine Who Could, he
thinks he can...and if Kurt is thinking he is tapping, that aint happening. He admits
Kurt is a man and came out alone without the MEM and that if he can extend that courtesy
3 nights from now and do it one on one at Victory Road. Kurt says he's trying to help not
only themselves but him and Jarrett. Sting's music hits and he begins to pace at the top
of the stage. He asks if he just heard Kurt right, that he's doing this for TNA? What a
bunch of bull..that's the same line he was fed when he joined the MEM. Sting says he has
his own agenda for the PPV, he's taking Joe & his handler up one side of the iMPACT Zone
and down the other, but Sunday is Sunday and tonight is now and he asks Mick for one last
match against Kurt Angle. Kurt says that Foley says yes, but he's gonna tweak it a
bit..and make it a Six Sides of Steel tonight!
Backstage, Samoa Joe is destroying Amazing Red all over the place and brings him out to
the iMPACT Zone. The match begins, Joe is stomping Red into the corner, shoves off Rudy
Charles and hits a Muscle Buster and continues to pummel him, Foley's security team comes
out to break things up.
Non Title Match
Suicide defeated Chris Sabin w/Alex Shelley
Postmatch, Shelley attacks Suicide from behind and the Guns double team him until
Homicide comes down and hits both Guns with his briefcase, he picks up the X Title in
h8is hands and the fans chant "cash it in". He hands the referee the briefcase and
immediately covers Suicide but only gets 2. He hits a Gringo Killer and gets the win, NEW
X Division Champion, Homicide.
The Beautiful People come out, Angelina Love is dressed in a Bee Keepers outfit, Velvet
has spider killer spray. Love says she has filed a complant with PETER whoever he is,
against a certain new Knockouts champion who tried to endanger her with a big spider. She
says the Beautiful People do not recognize Tara winning last week, the match was never
official, she says she is still the Knockouts champion. But she says she will make it
official at Victory Road. Tara comes out to the ramp, she said this title makes it
official, but she'll confirm it on Sunday. She says not to worry about Poison, he likes
dark warm places, she said she snuck into her locker room earlier and found a nice place
for him to sleep, her bee keepers outfit. Love starts freaking out, ripping part of the
outfit off, Tara comes down and delivers a Widow's peak to her and stands over he with
the Knockouts title.
Sarita (Sarah Stock) defeated "The Future Legend" Melissa Flash (Cheerleader Melissa) Post
Match, Flash executed a powerbomb like maneuver to Sarita and left her laying.
6man Elimination Tag Match
Kevin Nash w/Jenna Morasca, Scott Steiner & Booker T w/Sharmell vs. Beer Money & AJ Styles
Order of elimination:
Styles by Nash
Storm by Steiner
Nash by Roode
Nash tripped up Roode after being eliminated, Storm came back out with a chair, but Matt
Morgan come down and jumped Storm from behind.
Roode by Booker T
Winner: Booker T, Scott Steiner & Kevin Nash
Postmatch, Jenna & Sharmell argued which led to a catfight between the two.
Lethal Consequences defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi when Lethal pinned Kiyoshi
Awesome Kong defeated SoJo Bolt
Non Title Grudge Match, Six Sides of Steel
Jeff Jarrett comes out to join Mike & Don on commentary for this match, he has several
words with Don West before sitting down.
Kurt Angle vs. Sting
As Sting put Angle in the Scorpion, Samoa Joe came out, attacked Jarrett at the
commentators table, took out Rudy Charles & stole the cage key, he went inside and Sting
jumped him...the lights went out and a 13 FTW video appeared on the screen as Joe put
Sting in the Tazmission. Jarrett and Mick Foley both tried to enter the cage, but Angle
swatted them away with a nightstick, Nash, Steiner & Booker all came out and beat more on
Jarrett & Foley and Joe still had on the submission hold on Sting. Joe and Angle leave
Sting laying in the middle of the ring barely conscious..
June 23rd taping courtesy of spam.com
* Bubba Dudley vs. Brutus Magnus went to no contest. Bubba attacked Magnus before he got to the ring and they brawled around the ring for a while. Bubba was about to put Brutus through a table when the British Invasion, Abdul Bashir, and Kyoshi came out for the beatdown. D-Von made the save with the chair and they put Kyoshi through the table with the 3D. Pretty good brawl to start the show.
* MEM came out and introduced Joe. Basically said that Joe was kicking all of their asses and after they put him down they tried to buy him but his price was 'too high' for the MEM. So basically Jenna Morasca kicked in the difference and they bought his services and created the whole 'Nation of Violence' as a cover story to help get the belt back in the MEM fold and Booker and Steiner took their beatings like good soldiers. Foley came out and said that he understands it's business but he wants his rematch. Angle made fun of him for crying in the back after he lost at Slammiversary and said he didn't owe Foley anything. Angle said a rematch wasn't part of his contract, but they can negotiate something and Foley went with them to the back. Sting wasn't out there for this segment. Didn't like the explanation and it took forever.
* Nash def. Abyss. Pretty quick power match, nothing special. Dr. Stevie comes out and 'tazes' Abyss at the end with a crappy smoke and sound effect. Didn't look or sound right live, but I'm sure it will be edited for TV. Reminiscent of The Mountie with a hand held tazer. Lauren came down at the end to cry over Abyss's electrified ass. Decent until the stupid ending.
* Beer Money came out and said they respected Team 3D but they took their eye off the ball at Slammiversary and they capitalized just like Team 3D would have. They said that Team 3D absolutely deserves a rematch at Victory Road. Booker and Steiner came out and said that Mick made the deal for his rematch at Victory Road, but the terms were that Booker/Steiner get the tag title shot and Nash gets the shot at the Legends title at Victory Road. Team 3D comes out and protests saying they'll go back to Mick and make a deal for themselves. Good segment, Beer Money came off very strong (especially Roode) and the Boozer Cruiser returned.
* AJ called out Joe for an explanation. Joe came out and said he doesn't owe AJ anything and said that if he wants to know why he did it he can ask the man he's facing at Victory Road, I guess meaning Nash was a big part of it. Joe says he's done talking and goes to leave, AJ jumps him and they brawled. Matt Morgan came out to help Joe beatdown AJ, Daniels came out to even the odds, then the MEM (minus Sting) came down to beat AJ/Daniels. Sting with a bat comes out for the save and cleared the ring. Sting takes the mic and says he didn't know anything about the plan with Joe and asks what else he doesn't know. He said he expected this from everyone but Nash and appealed not to Oz, Big D, or Big Sexy, but Kevin Nash about why he's doing this. Nash says it's all about money and power, and he's sure as hell not going to fight the MEM. Sting gives Kevin the bat and says to finish the job, Kevin faked hitting Angle and went to hit Sting, who took out another bat and started to clean house. Eventually the MEM got control and beat the hell out of Sting for wayyyyyyy too long. Nash sat out the beating until the end when it looked like he was going to make them stop, but eventually Jackknifed Sting to end it. Segment felt like it was three hours long and the beatdown was ridiculously long. Wouldn't be surprised if they cut it down.
* Steiner def. Roode with a backslide. Pretty good match, nothing special. Finish came out of nowhere, not in a good way.
* Taylor Wilde def. Daffney in a 10,000 tacks on a pole match. I really, really hated this. Daffney took an awful tack bump and was in obvious pain. The match was short and nothing and from what we saw live had no build or importance. Just a reason to throw Daffney on tacks again I guess, which sucks.
* James Storm def. Booker T via DQ. Short back and forth match until Booker cracked a beer bottle on Storm's head for the DQ. Storm played dead forever, not a bad match, just short.
* Amazing Red def. Cody Deener. Holy crap Deener is awful. Red literally dragged a decent match out of him, but it was painful. Deener kept asking ODB for help on how to wrestle and get out of holds. Ending came when against ODB's advice, Deener went to the top and missed a splash. Red hit a weird 2nd rope inverted DDT for the win.
* Tara/Kong def. Love/Sky. Good tag match, Kong and Tara controlled most of it. Finish came when Tara was beating the hell out of Love on the outside and Kong squashed (the unbelievably hot) Sky with an Implant Buster. After the match Tara put a big spider on Sky's chest, which then had to be removed by an animal keeper after the cameras stopped. Kinda funny. Good match, Kong and Tara looked very strong.
* Joe/Angle def. AJ/Jarrett. During the match intros JB said that the match was for the World Championship, if MEM won they kept the belt and whoever scored the pin for AJ/Jarrett would be champ. I didn't hear them set this up during the taping, but might have missed it. Ok match, nothing special. Finish came when Jarrett was in the anklelock FOREVER, and eventually passed out from the pain and the ref dropped his arm three times for the fall. Underwhelmed by the match, it didn't feel all that special or different, just a standard TV tag match pretty much.
* There were a few backstage interviews. Eric Young basically said that Jarrett/JB/etc... were never his friends, he was just the go-to guy for comic relief. Mick Foley said how hurt he was losing the title and how desperate he was to get it back. Angle had an interview that was almost impossible to hear, I think it had to do with him not caring that Sting was on his way. At some point it was also announced that Steiner/Booker were going to face 3D next week for the shot at Beer Money at Victory Road.
* I think that was all. The tapings ran a little over 2 hours and there was a good amount of wrestling, but no great matches. Disappointing no X-Division talent was at this show, they didn't announce any more matches for the tapings.
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June 24th Taping courtesy of PWInsider
TNA Impact Taping Results 6/24/09
*Jay Lethal defeated Johnny Gordado during Lethal's entrance, he handed his headband & robe to SoCal Val, but threw it in her face, she threw them down, turned her back and walked away..leaving them at ringside.
*The Main Event Mafia comes out to the ring. Kurt says he knows Sting is home licking his wounds, but it wasn't personal it was all business. He calls out Mick Foley who comes to the ring with his security team. Kurt immediately cuts off Foley who tries to speak and says he's crossed the line. He says he went over his head and lied to the Godfather. Rocco & Sally Boy stand in front of Foley, he says do your best. Steiner & Joe attack them & take them out. Foley says to just let him wrestle at Victory Road. Lets make a deal...Kurt says, door #1 he kicks his ass, door 2 its Booker 2. Nash is 3 and behind the curtain he unleashes Samoa Joe. He says he picks #1 and immediately hits Angle..the Mafia beat him down until Jeff Jarrett makes his way to the ring with his guitar. The Mafia runs off and heads away from ringside, Foley gets to his feet and Jarrett nails him with his guitar. The Mafia begin smiling as Jeff goes up the ramp through them, Angle slaps his chest..and Jarrett looks back at him with disgust before heading back down the babyface tunnel. The Mafia look confused and try to look for Jarrett.
*TNA Tag Team Champions, Beer Money come out to join West & Tenay for the following match. Scott Steiner & Booker T def Team 3D. Halfway through the match, Kiyoshi & Bashir come out & attack Beer Money at the commentary table. It looked like 3D was about to get the win. Rob Terry & Doug Williams attacked Devon at ringside, Brother Ray was left alone in the ring.. Brutus Magnus attacked him with the briefcase allowing Booker T to get the pin. Post match, Steiner attacked a fan at ringside and pulled him over the guardrail.
*Eric Young defeated Rhino w/Jesse Neal using his feet on the ropes.
*Sting comes out to the ring with the TNA title. He says he knows Kurt is watching and he has his belt..you want it, come get it. But in the meantime, he wants to talk to Joe, who comes out to the top of the ramp and makes his way to the ring. Sting tells him that he is the reason why wrestling
and this company are as bad as they are right now. He's not willing to work for anything and expect things handed to him. He said he can fight this fight alone. Joe said, fortunately for Sting, he's been told to keep his temper. Sting asks who is in his ear, who's telling him, who is pulling his strings. Joe says he's going to say it one last time and you'll find out at Victory Road. Sting says he's going to find him tonight..pull him from the shadows bring him to the ring..tear him apart and feed him to the fans.
*Ladder Match for the X-Division Title Shot Briefcase. Doug Williams vs. the returning Homicide of LAX Homicide wins back his X-Division case, right as he was grabbing the case, Williams attempted to get back into the ring but Team 3D prevented that. Terry, Magnus, Kiyoshi & Bashir joined Williams and they continously beat down Team 3D until Foley's new security team made their way out and helped 3D to the back.
*Mick Foley comes out to the ring he says life can be funny sometimes and some times you need to make difficult decisions. He says that TNA shouldn't have two decision makers and suggests that tonight one should step down from decision making capacity. Jeff Jarrett comes out to the ring and says he needs to ask Mick a question..if he thinks before anything he says. He says they are cut from the same mold, its the nature of the beast. He says in Foley's quest to regain his TNA title, he put TNA in serious danger and no matter what happens after Victory Road he will always be a true legend in this business. He tells Mick he needs to start thinking why he came to TNA, the young athletes and their families and the future of TNA, but they have to do it together. Foley appreciates what Jarrett is saying...and that in hindsight, they are even steven...but he does say he needs to prove something to himself and that winning the TNA title was no fluke and that's to take it back from Kurt Angle and that's he's going to do it for the right reasons and for all the fans and wrestlers of TNA. He says Angle needs a warm-up match and tonight Angle should take on Jeff Jarrett..non title of course. Jeff likes the idea, but is "gonna tweak it" a bit..and make it a 3 way dance...himself vs Angle vs Mick Foley. Foley says he sees his tweak and raises one, so no one says they are in cahoots, they're gonna let Kurt Angle choose his own special referee. Jarrett says that it cannot be a member of the MEM or Matt Morgan.
*"The Outlaw" Jethro Holiday defeated Jesse Neal w/Rhino
*Booker T & Scott Steiner come out to join West & Tenay on commentary. Non Title Match.
*Beer Money defeated MotorCity Machineguns when Roode pinned Shelley following a DWI. Beer Money jawjacked with Steiner & Booker from the ring and taunted them with the TNA Tag Team Titles.
*Tara defeated Velvet Sky w/Angelina Love & Madison Rayne with the Widow's Peak. Postmatch, Tara went to place the taranchula on Sky, Angelina screamed at ringside not to do it, Tara said only if she puts the Knockouts title on the line, she gracefully accepted and put the spider back in his case. Angelina entered the ring for her match. Tara vs Angelina Love for the TNA Knockouts Title. Match started with a few quick pin attemps for Tara, then Love escaped the ring, but Tara pulled her back by her hair. Madison Rayne tried to stop it and got thrown out by Rudy Charles. The match continued till finally Tara hit the Widow's Peak and got the win to become the NEW TNA Knockouts Champion.
*Matt Morgan & Kevin Nash vs. AJ Styles & Daniels. Daniels & Styles win when Styles pins Morgan following a BME/Frog Splash combo. Postmatch, Nash & Morgan attack Daniels & Styles from behind, Morgan gets a chair and traps Daniels's leg in it and stomps on it in an attempt to break it. Styles enters the ring to help his friend with a chair of his own, Morgan & Nash head up the ramp while security and trainers come out to assist Daniels.
*Non Title Match - Eric Young is the special guest referee. TNA World Champion Kurt Angle vs Jeff Jarrett vs. Mick Foley Angle wins via a submission. He had Foley in the ankle lock and Eric Young called for the bell. Postmatch, Jarrett went after Young and they battled to the back. Angle attacked Foley and Samoa Joe with the TNA title and a bat and Steiner, Nash & Booker all came down with barbed wires and barbed wire bats and proceeded to tie up Foley in it. Sally Boy & Rocco came down in an attempt to help Foley, but were quickly taken care of. Foley's new security team led by Bugsy McGraw came down armed with nightsticks and surrounded the ring as Angle celebrated with his TNA World Title and the Main Event Mafia.
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June 25th taping courtesy of PWI
TNA Impact Taping Results 6/25/09
Eric Young def Johnny Gardano
ODB w/Cody Deener defeated Madison Rayne
"The Outlaw" Jethro Holiday vs. Jay Lethal
Lethal's music plays but doesn't come out. Abyss comes out to no music and attacks
Holiday. He then takes the mic and tells Dr Stevie to come out, he wants the whole world
what he has to say. He says he doesn't need Dr. Stevie anymore. No more therapy sessions,
so more checking in and no more shock treatments, except for you..he says he's gonna snap
him in two. On the screen, Stevie appears on nightvision camera who had Lauren in tears.
He says he owns Abyss, mind body & soul. He says Abyss will come to his office for
therapy, it'll be Lauren's turn.
Mick Foley comes out to kick off iMPACT! He says to be honest, he feels a bit naked
without the TNA World Title on his shoulder, so this Sunday at Victory Road he's gonna do
his beat to get that title back on his shoulder. He asks Kurt Angle to come out to face
him man to man, Angle comes out to the ring. Foley appreciates what he asked & coming
out..he says he wants what Angle has, and not his hair. He wears his heart on his sleeve
& loves being the TNA World Champion. He brings up how last week, they tied him up in
barbed wire and they were playing with his mind. He says he doesn't have much, but don't
take it away from him, how in 1991 he submitted to Terry Funk to a stopover toehold and
he swore he would never do that again. He's a lot like the Little Engine Who Could, he
thinks he can...and if Kurt is thinking he is tapping, that aint happening. He admits
Kurt is a man and came out alone without the MEM and that if he can extend that courtesy
3 nights from now and do it one on one at Victory Road. Kurt says he's trying to help not
only themselves but him and Jarrett. Sting's music hits and he begins to pace at the top
of the stage. He asks if he just heard Kurt right, that he's doing this for TNA? What a
bunch of bull..that's the same line he was fed when he joined the MEM. Sting says he has
his own agenda for the PPV, he's taking Joe & his handler up one side of the iMPACT Zone
and down the other, but Sunday is Sunday and tonight is now and he asks Mick for one last
match against Kurt Angle. Kurt says that Foley says yes, but he's gonna tweak it a
bit..and make it a Six Sides of Steel tonight!
Backstage, Samoa Joe is destroying Amazing Red all over the place and brings him out to
the iMPACT Zone. The match begins, Joe is stomping Red into the corner, shoves off Rudy
Charles and hits a Muscle Buster and continues to pummel him, Foley's security team comes
out to break things up.
Non Title Match
Suicide defeated Chris Sabin w/Alex Shelley
Postmatch, Shelley attacks Suicide from behind and the Guns double team him until
Homicide comes down and hits both Guns with his briefcase, he picks up the X Title in
h8is hands and the fans chant "cash it in". He hands the referee the briefcase and
immediately covers Suicide but only gets 2. He hits a Gringo Killer and gets the win, NEW
X Division Champion, Homicide.
The Beautiful People come out, Angelina Love is dressed in a Bee Keepers outfit, Velvet
has spider killer spray. Love says she has filed a complant with PETER whoever he is,
against a certain new Knockouts champion who tried to endanger her with a big spider. She
says the Beautiful People do not recognize Tara winning last week, the match was never
official, she says she is still the Knockouts champion. But she says she will make it
official at Victory Road. Tara comes out to the ramp, she said this title makes it
official, but she'll confirm it on Sunday. She says not to worry about Poison, he likes
dark warm places, she said she snuck into her locker room earlier and found a nice place
for him to sleep, her bee keepers outfit. Love starts freaking out, ripping part of the
outfit off, Tara comes down and delivers a Widow's peak to her and stands over he with
the Knockouts title.
Sarita (Sarah Stock) defeated "The Future Legend" Melissa Flash (Cheerleader Melissa) Post
Match, Flash executed a powerbomb like maneuver to Sarita and left her laying.
6man Elimination Tag Match
Kevin Nash w/Jenna Morasca, Scott Steiner & Booker T w/Sharmell vs. Beer Money & AJ Styles
Order of elimination:
Styles by Nash
Storm by Steiner
Nash by Roode
Nash tripped up Roode after being eliminated, Storm came back out with a chair, but Matt
Morgan come down and jumped Storm from behind.
Roode by Booker T
Winner: Booker T, Scott Steiner & Kevin Nash
Postmatch, Jenna & Sharmell argued which led to a catfight between the two.
Lethal Consequences defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir & Kiyoshi when Lethal pinned Kiyoshi
Awesome Kong defeated SoJo Bolt
Non Title Grudge Match, Six Sides of Steel
Jeff Jarrett comes out to join Mike & Don on commentary for this match, he has several
words with Don West before sitting down.
Kurt Angle vs. Sting
As Sting put Angle in the Scorpion, Samoa Joe came out, attacked Jarrett at the
commentators table, took out Rudy Charles & stole the cage key, he went inside and Sting
jumped him...the lights went out and a 13 FTW video appeared on the screen as Joe put
Sting in the Tazmission. Jarrett and Mick Foley both tried to enter the cage, but Angle
swatted them away with a nightstick, Nash, Steiner & Booker all came out and beat more on
Jarrett & Foley and Joe still had on the submission hold on Sting. Joe and Angle leave
Sting laying in the middle of the ring barely conscious..
