Abyss Captures Dixie Carter
So we start off this live episode of Impact with Abyss holding Dixie Carter captive. She's handcuffed to the Monster, as they make their way into the Impact Zone. Abyss continues to talk about the arrival of "They". He threatens Dixie. Security and Bischoff FINALLY come to the Impact Zone after Dixie's constant cries for help. Bischoff manages to talk Abyss into letting Dixie go.
I thought this was a good way to kick off the show. I know we've been hearing Abyss warn us about the arrival of "They" for months, but I thought this entire segment was done very well. Dixie looked so terrified, and Abyss is always creepy, especially when he's a heel. Dixie seemed like she was in real danger, and I kept wondering when someone was going to come to her rescue.
Nash, Pope, & Sting Continue To Rant About "The Conspiracy"
After Dixie's rescue, Bischoff gets in the ring, but before he can talk about anything, Nash, Pope, and Sting interrupt him. Pope tells Bischoff "the wolves" are coming at Bound For Glory. Sting talks about how personal his rivalry with Hogan is. Sting continues to challenge Hogan. Really? Now it's about Sting and Hogan?......Anyway, Samoa Joe and Jeff Jarrett run down. Bischoff stops them, and I'm so glad he did. I couldn't stand to see another brawl between these men. A video package of Hogan's surgery and rehabilitation is shown. Of course we get the sad faces from everyone. Bischoff tells Nash, Pope, and Sting to kick his ass, because he's had enough. Bischoff proposes a handicap match against Joe and Jarrett, and then......we see Mickie James arriving at the Impact Zone? I guess they were running low on time here, so they had to rush things along.
Rights to The Beautiful People match is up next.
A video package of the Triple Threat World Heavyweight Championship match is shown.
Team 3D is shown in New York. They talk about how great The Big Apple is, and they hype the major announcement for Bound For Glory.
Tara & Madison VS Angelina Love & Velvet Sky-Rights To The Beautiful People Match
Miss Tessmacher, the new boss of the Knockouts division, decided to watch this match. The match itself was pretty okay. Velvet and Angelina won, and I think that this was the right move on TNA's part. Velvet and Angelina are the original members, and it would only make sense for them to own the rights to TBP.
Mickie James Returns To TNA
Tessmacher talks about the Knockouts title match at BFG. She calls all four women skanks. Tessmacher is starting to grow on me. She plays the authority figure role pretty well, and she does have this nasty attitude. Anyway, Tessmacher says she has appointed a special guest ref for the match at Bound For Glory. It's Mickie James of course. Mickie looks like a cowgirl, and her new entrance music is pretty good. She gives the typical new arrival speech. She talks about becoming Knockout Champion, and the crowd did give her a pretty nice pop. I hope Mickie will do well in TNA.
Mick Foley plugs his book again. He hypes the last man standing match. He says Flair will have to kiss his big fat ass.
Dixie is still shook up backstage. She wants Bischoff to fire Abyss.
Ric Flair VS Mick Foley-Last Man Standing Match
Wow. This was EXTREMELY violent. We've seen Flair and Foley wrestle a lot of hardcore matches, but this one was sooooo brutal. I thought Mick was seriously hurt when he took that scary dive off of the stage. He looked like he was in a lot of pain after he crashed through that table. Flair's crossbody off of the top rope was also another jaw dropping moment. Also, Foley's backdrop on Flair on to the thumbtacks was pretty nasty. This match featured tons of sick spots, lots of blood, and these two did beat the hell out of each other, but you had to expect this, especially after that intense segment last week. This wasn't a bad match, but I just wonder how long can Foley and Flair continue to do this? Flair is in sixties, and I know Foley is up there in age also, so you just have to wonder........how long can these two keep having matches like this?
After the match, Foley of course reminds Flair about the deal. Flair hesitates to kiss Foley's ass, and this allows Fortune to come down for the attack. They beat down Foley until EV2.0 rushes the ring.
RVD's Ultimatum
Bischoff comes to the ring. He prepares to fire Abyss, but RVD comes to the ring instead. RVD says he will leave TNA if Abyss is fired before Bound For Glory. RVD wants Abyss on Sunday, and if he doesn't get him, he will walk out of the company.
Tommy Dreamer and Rhyno are shown in Philadelphia. Philly fans go nuts, as they walk down the street. Man I hope EV2.0 gets destroyed by Fortune on Sunday.
Orlando Jordan and Eric Young are shown at a carnival throwing baseballs, as they try to win some silly game. They talk about making an impact on the PWI lists. This was just sad....so sad.
Ink Inc. VS Orlando Jordan & Eric Young
Apparently, Eric Young took a bad fall, and now he has gone nuts. He acts like an idiot during the entire match. He even exposed his own partner's sneaky ways. Jordan plays with Ink Inc. during the match, and then he hits a low blow on Jesse Neal for the win. After the match, EY gets on the mic. He spews a bunch of garbage about a forfeit.
Horrible, horrible match. This was so ridiculous and stupid. I'm not a fan of Ink Inc., but I think they could be doing something a better than this. EY and Jordan's antics distracted you from everything. It was just a waste of time. Jordan and EY should be jobbers. They should just be fed to potential contenders. Anything else is too good for them.
Jay Lethal's home where he grew up is shown. We get a trip down memory lane here.
Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, and Mr.Anderson are shown backstage preparing for the battle royal.
Bischoff gives Dixie the paperwork to fire Abyss backstage. She signs it. Dixie tells RVD to take Abyss out on Sunday.
The Shore Debuts
So now TNA is going to have characters based on Jersey Shore? At least the woman mocking Snooki was hot, but this Robbie. E guy was terrible. Both of them couldn't cut a decent promo to save their life. They were booed hard, and rightfully so. I hope TNA pulls the plug on this pretty soon, because I don't think this will work out in the long run. And they actually said they're coming back next week..ugh...
Another Bound For Glory video package is shown.
$100,000 Battle Royal
The ending of tonight's show spilled over on to ReACTIOn again. Abyss dominated the majority of the match, and of course RVD eliminated him. Kurt Angle eliminated Mr.Anderson to win this thing. This was a very lackluster battler royal. Sure the Angle slam to eliminate Anderson was cool, and there were some other nice spots, but for the most part,this thing was a snooze fest. It took so long for the first man to be eliminated. Everyone spent so much time clinging to the ropes. Although, I didn't have a problem with the gang attack on Abyss, because that usually happens to big men in battle royal matches. Still, this just didn't do it for me. I got tired of watching everyone clinging to the bottom rope and laying on the apron.
Tonight's show started out with a bang, but everything slowly went down hill as time went on. The Flair/Foley match wasn't bad, and The Beautiful People tag team match was decent enough. But then things took a HUGE dive with Orlando Jordan & Eric Young VS Ink Inc. And to top it off, TNA closed the show with a very sub par battle royal. This show was suppose to get me excited for the big show on Sunday, but it didn't. I still want to watch Bound For Glory, but I just don't feel that excited.
