TNA iMPACT!
Episode Title: The Voices in My Head
To open the show Abyss was on the ramp throwing steel chairs into the ring. It was a scene similar but on a smaller scale then that memorable scene that took place in ECW at one point. Before he got a bunch in the ring out came Hulk Hogan. He got in the ring and told Abyss to get in and fight him. Eric Bischoff came out to try and stop it though. Hogan got Bischoff to stand aside, but then security got in the middle. Then Bischoff got face to face with Abyss and smacked him while calling him an ungrateful bastard. Abyss took out the security guys and went after Bischoff, but Hogan hit him from behind with a chair. It didn’t phase him at all, he turned to Hogan and got another chair shot which also had no affect. Abyss was about to go after Hogan, but out came Jeff Hardy who took out Abyss briefly. The three of them left Abyss in the ring. As Mike Tenay and Taz moved on with the show Abyss walked over to the announce table. he pointed at Taz and did the “YOU!” thing. Taz threw his headset off and was prepared to fight, but security got involved again.
During the commercial Abyss continued tearing things up in the back. Hogan and Bischoff began talking about how they can cut him out of the company. Hardy demanded a match with him tonight and got it.
The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) vs. Ink, Inc. (Shannon Moore & Jesse Neal)
It was a decent match. Halfway through Devon came out and sat at the announce table. He said he wasn’t going to let Brother Ray interfere in the match. When Ray started to come out to the ring Devon stopped him and they began to argue. It was enough of a distraction though to allow Sabin and Shelley to set Neal up for a great double team move and get the pin.
Bischoff came out to officially announce the main event match as Abyss vs. Jeff Hardy. He did add a twist though. The special guest referee would be TNA Champion Rob Van Dam.
Next out was A.J. Styles accompanied by Ric Flair and Kazarian in a suit.
A.J. Styles vs. Samoa Joe
As usual, these two put on a great match. It ended with Joe slapping on the Coquina Clutch and Styles tapping out.
Flair was not at all happy, and the three of them held the all to familiar conversation they have been having for weeks in the middle of the ring. As Flair and Kaz walked up the ramp A.J. grabbed a mic. He told Kaz that he’d beat him like a crying little girl in the ring. He then challenged Kaz to a match next week. After asking Flair’s permission they agreed to the match.
To the back where Hogan and Bischoff were trying to convince Dixie Carter into taking some sort of action against Sting. She agreed after a bit of coaxing.
Desmond Wolfe vs. Brian Kendrick
Wolfe’s disagreement with Chelsea continued. Doug Williams came out to the announce table, but didn’t get involved at all. Wolfe told Chelsea that if she didn’t like it she should do something about it. She did, she walked back up the ramp in the middle of the match. It was enough of a distraction that Kendrick was able to slap on the Cobra Clutch and make Wolfe tap out.
The Pope D’angelo Dinero got a warm welcome back to the iMPACT! Zone. It basically brought him to tears, because as he said it is moments like this that let him know that it is worth it every time he gets into the ring. After he was done talking and saying he was at about 80% right now, out came Kurt Angle. Angle pointed out that their paths have crossed in his Top Ten battle. They will face one another at Victory Road. So much for the accelerated schedule. He will have to wait to Victory Road to move up any further.
After the break we reviewed the Jay Lethal – Ric Flair storyline. Then out came Jay Lethal to call out Styles and Flair, but he was interrupted by Matt Morgan coming out for their scheduled match. Morgan pointed out how Flair asked him to become part of Fortune.
Matt Morgan vs. Jay Lethal
Morgan controlled most of the match. He then sent Lethal out to the floor. As the ref checked on Lethal, Hernandez came down to the ring and behind Morgan. He hit him with a low-blow just as Morgan had done to him last week. Lethal took advantage of it and got the pin on Morgan.
To the back where Abyss was making a new toy. He was hammering nails into a 2X4. As he walked off carrying it he said, “This looks like it is going to hurt someone!” It certainly did! Now let’s see if Dreamer & Friends head down to ringside during the match before the Abyss match again.
TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne vs. Taylor Wilde
Madison Rayne wound up winning the match which was overshadowed by Dreamer’s entrance. Angelina Love came out after the match with a chair and drove it into Rayne’s midsection.
Sure enough, during the match Tommy Dreamer, Raven, and Stevie Richards headed down to their regular seats. As I stated last week, Rhyno can’t be far behind, and there he was with them! Once the fans spotted them they began chanting E-C-W! Finally they realize!
After the break we saw Serita in the back attacking what is now apparently her former tag team partner Taylor Wilde. Security eventually made it back there to break them up.
Dixie Carter finally tracked down Sting. She suspended him without pay for 30 days. Bischoff showed up with security to interrupt. Sting walked off and said to just make his suspension indefinite.
Abyss vs. Jeff Hardy
IT was a pretty good main event. In the end Hardy hit the Swanton Bomb and got the three count. After the match though Abyss beat both Hardy and RVD down. He then went in search of his new toy. Before he could use it out came Mr. Anderson with a chair. He hit the 2X4 with the chair and sent it flying. He then hit Abyss with the chair once, but as he wound up for a second time Abyss ducked out of the way and Anderson hit Hardy with the chair instead. The show ended with Abyss as the only one standing in the ring.
Tags: a.j. styles, abyss, Alex Shelley, Brian Kendrick, brother ray, Chelsea, Chris Sabin, Cobra Clutch, Coquina Clutch, D'Angelo Dinero, Desmond Wolfe, Devon, Dixie Carter, Doug Williams, ECW, Eric Bischoff, Fortune, Hernandez, Hulk Hogan, Ink Inc., Jay Lethal, Jeff Hardy, Jesse Neal, Kazarian, Kurt Angle, Madison Rayne, Matt Morgan, Mike Tenay, Mr. Anderson, Raven, Rhyno, ric flair, Rob Van Dam, RVD, Samoa Joe, Serita, Shannon Moore, stevie richards, Sting, Swanton Bomb, Taylor Wilde, Taz, team 3D, The Motor City Machne Guns, The Pope, TNA, TNA Impact, TNA Knockouts, Tommy Dreamer, Victory Road
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