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Friday
Impact got a 1.05, down from last week.
Smackdown
Date: February 10, 2012
Location: BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Commentators: Michael Cole, Josh Matthews, Booker T
Tonight's main event is Orton vs. Bryan in a non title match. That means the match should be a lot better as we have one of the best in ring workers in the world today in there and on the other side we have the world champion. It'll be nice to see him against someone who isn't a giant and someone who might be effected by Bryan's offense. Let's get to it.
Do you know your enemy? Mine is a snow storm that might slow down the airport.
Here's Sheamus to open the show who talks about how he has to pick which champion to face at Mania. When he was a kid he was bullied but he started fighting back. He got better with each fight until he was good enough that he got here. Sheamus says he isn't going to change his ways because they've gotten him this far. Cue Barrett who says that he respects Sheamusa bit but Sheamus needs to go for the Raw title. Sheamus says he was thinking about Orton beating Barrett all over the ring last week.
Cue Cody who says he knows what it's like to be a champion. The Chamber is a tax on the mind and he's the strongest mentally of all of them. He'll be a double champion as well. Here's Big Show who says he won't tell Sheamus what to do. He will however tell Cody to shut up. Show won't make promises about the Chamber but asks Sheamus to think about facing him at Mania for the title.
Barrett cuts Show off and calls him a Wrestlemania punchline because Snooki has a better record at Wrestlemania than Big Show. Cody calls him the reverse Undertaker. Show takes him down and a brawl erupts. Sheamus and Show clear the ring. Gee, I wonder if we'll have a tag match for later?
Great Khali vs. Jinder Mahal
Mahal does a ceremonial headware removal thing. Total domination by Khali as he wins with the Punjabi Plunge in 2:05. See, this is what they should have been doing to build to the Chamber: have the participants beat up jobbers. As in, you know, having jobbers do what they're supposed to do.
We get a video of Teddy indefinitely suspending Henry last week.
In the back, Aksana and Teddy do their usual thing with Aksana kissing Teddy on the cheek. Bryan comes in and doesn't like what he sees. Aksana leaves and Bryan goes on a rant about the barbecue that Teddy held earlier. He talks about how it was dead animal flesh and charred meat. Teddy: I put some of JR's barbecue sauce on it. Tasted fine to me. Bryan says that makes him sick so Teddy says stop trying to get out of facing Orton tonight.
Beth Phoenix vs. Alicia Fox
Beth sits on the ropes and tells Alicia to get out of her ring. Fox takes her to the corner but Beth shoves her away. Alicia tries a Matrix move but gets sledged down. Glam Slam pins her at 1:17.
Phoenix loads up another Glam Slam but Tamina runs out and stares at her for the save. Beth seems happy to finally have a challenger.
Another way too long video about how awesome Rock is.
More of the very stupid Natalya gimmick. I'm not going to bother going into what it is because it's that awful.
Big Show/Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett/Cody Rhodes
The entrances are out of order for some reason, as it goes Show, Rhodes, Barrett, Sheamus. Show vs. Rhodes gets us going and Show barks him into tagging. Barrett gets tossed in and chopped to the floor so it's back to Cody. Show loads up the right hand so Cody bails to the corner. Off to Barrett vs. Sheamus with Sheamus running him over very easily.
Barrett gets in a knee and tags Cody back in. The IC Champion has as much success as he did before as Sheamus throws him outside. We take a break and come back with Cody getting beaten up again. The rolling fireman's carry slam gets two. The heels finally double team Show down with some High/Low action. A missile dropkick gets two for Cody. A chinlock is easily broken but Barrett chop blocks Show to break up the tag.
Barrett chinlocks him but Show just stands up and breaks it up with a ram into the corner. Cody comes in with the Beautiful Disaster for two before Show can make the tag. Show breaks up a chinlock and makes the tag to Sheamus. A pair of Brogue Kicks later and Sheamus gets the pin on Barrett at 9:24 shown of 12:54.
Here's AJ who says she should be back in a few weeks and competing in the spring. She thanks people who supported her....and Cole goes into jerk mode, talking about how no one knows who she is. Cole asks about Monday where Big Show almost ran her over again. AJ says it was an accident, but it's been Cole that has made things worse than anyone else. He's never believed in Bryan and he's stirred things up.
AJ rips into Cole and says that the WWE would be a better place if he would just shut his mouth. Cole argues back and says everyone is saying that Bryan set AJ up to get hurt. Cole will be in his glory when Bryan loses. Cue Bryan who yells at Cole and then says that on Sunday, he took a nature walk instead of eating a bunch of meat and beer. After so many people did that, how many of them recycled? He cares about future generations and he cares about AJ. Due to the people being so mean to her, Bryan is leaving the arena to take AJ home. They'll be leaving in a Prius as well.
They leave and Cole goes on a rant about Bryan. Is Cole supposed to be a face or a heel? I really don't think they have any idea anymore either. Booker defends Bryan....I think?
Bryan and AJ are in the back and start to leave when Teddy comes up. He says he'll be glad to find transportation for AJ, but if Bryan leaves he'll be stripped of the title.
Ted DiBiase vs. Hunico
DiBiase still has a cast on his wrist which is now a hard cast instead of the soft one he had two weeks ago. DiBiase fights with the right arm and knocks Hunico to the floor with a clothesline. Camacho distracts Ted a bit and Hunico gets him to the floor and rams the bad wrist into the post. Hunico throws on a few submissions but DiBiase rolls him up as he tries a cross armbreaker for the pin at 2:42.
Don't be a bully.
Video on the Chamber and how it leads to Wrestlemania.
We get an interview with Johnny Ace from Abu Dhabi where he says WWE is awesome and that's about it.
Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton
Big Show is on commentary for this. This is their first meeting according to Cole. They jockey for position to start and Randy controls with an armbar. Bryan comes back with some offense of his own but no one can get a clear advantage. Randy heads to the floor and shoots a glare at Big Show. Bryan hits a baseball slide and the running knee off the apron to take Randy down and we take a break.
Back with Bryan working on the arm but Randy countering into the backbreaker to cause the separation. Bryan gets another shot into the arm but as he goes up, Randy crotches him. A superplex is broken up but Bryan's top rope splash misses. Orton comes back with his powerslam but the elevated DDT is countered by a high kick. Bryan goes up and is crotched again and this time the superplex works, getting two.
Orton starts the Stomp as Cole asks Big Show how many Wrestlemania matches he's won. Booker: Will you just hit him in the mouth please? Bryan comes back and hits a running dropkick in the corner. A bunch of kicks hit but Bryan gets rolled up for two. The rollup is countered into a LeBell Lock attempt but Randy counters that into a slingshot to send Bryan to the apron. Elevated DDT looks to set up the RKO but Bryan heads to the apron. He rolls to the floor and shoves Big Show, drawing the DQ at 10:05 shown of 13:35.
Orton gets in Show's face and Show shoves him. A big brawl ends the show as Bryan smiles. Cole gets the famous line of it's breaking loose in Tulsa wrong by saying it's breaking down in Tulsa. I've never heard the second of those but maybe it's a correct one.
Results
Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal Punjabi Plunge
Beth Phoenix b. Alicia Fox Glam Slam
Big Show/Sheamus b. Cody Rhodes/Wade Barrett Brogue Kick to Sheamus
Ted DiBiase b. Hunico Rollup
Daniel Bryan b. Randy Orton via DQ when Big Show interfered
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Vince Russo is officially out of TNA creative. Dave Lagana will take his place. That can't be a bad thing.
Against All Odds 2012
Date: February 12, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Jeremy Borash
We're back stateside again and I'm genuinely excited for the main event. With Russo officially out of creative now, things are looking up in TNA and it only took them ten years to get this far. The main event is Roode defending against Ray, Hardy and Storm in a four way which could actually go to any of them. That's not something I'm used to in multi-man matches as you can almost always write off someone. Let's get to it.
Hardy arrives to open the show.
We get a video of Hogan talking about how awesome TNA is. It's followed by a video about the fourway.
Borash is in Tazz's place. I can't complain there.
Zema Ion vs. Jesse Sorensen
This is a #1 contenders match for the X-Title. Tazz has had a death in his family apparently. I'm sorry to hear that. Ion walks into a northern lights suplex and gets clotheslined outside. Sorensen ranas him to the floor to start and Ion steals the football that Jesse gave a fan. What a villain! Sorensen misses a baseball slide and Ion puts the football by the steps. Back in and a missile dropkick puts Jesse down.
Ion fires off a moonsault to the floor and his knees hit Sorensen right in the head. That gets a nine count but Ion breaks up the count for no apparent reason. The referee throws up an X and the match is over at 3:36. I'm not going to rate it because they only just got going when the injury occurred and I don't think it's fair to grade part of the opening to a match. It was ok though.
There's a different ring announcer here also.
Christy is in the back with Roode who says that he always get things done and is still the champion. Hardy has had a bunch of chances but has always failed. Roode has beaten Storm time after time. He doesn't get what Ray's problem is. Roode can't wait to laugh at Sting after he wins.
Here's Robbie E who issued an open challenge earlier today. He has Big Rob with him and talks about the challenge. Anyone that wants a shot (not mentioned if the title is on the line or not) can come get it.
TV Title: Robbie E vs. Shannon Moore
..REALLY? They have all these people on their roster that can't get on TV at all and they pick Shannon Moore? Well at least it's not Eric Young. Shannon armdrags Robbie around and Rob tries to take a walk. Robbie uses his usual basic offense as Moore tries to speed things up. JB talks about going clubbing with Robbie in Topeka, Kansas. Robbie knocks him through the ropes and into the barricade to take over. Back inside we hit the chinlock which is quickly broken.
Shannon keeps trying to go up but Robbie stays on him. Moore makes his comeback and a bulldog gets two. Out to the floor and an Asai Moonsault puts the champion down. Back in and I think Moore spits at Big Rob. Moonsault press misses and a clothesline gets two for the champ. Robbie goes up but gets crotched and a top rope rana gets a near fall. O'Connor Roll gets two but Robbie kicks out, sending Shannon into a right hand from Big Rob. An inverted DDT keeps the title on Robbie at 9:25.
We recap the Knockouts Title feud. Tara won a triple threat and that's about it.
Knockouts Title: Gail Kim vs. Tara
Tara takes over quickly to start with some snapmares by the hair. Gail gets sent to the apron but she pulls Tara down by the hair to take over. Big boot gets two. Gail hits a missile dropkick and Madison walks out on her. They've been having problems lately. Kim works on the knee which has been bothering Tara lately according to JB. There's an Octopus Hold by Gail but Tara stumbles into the ropes.
Top rope rana puts Tara down but Gail doesn't cover. That allows Tara to snap off a powerslam and both girls are down. Gail gets up first and tries another top rope rana but Tara backdrops her off and a moonsault off the top hits Gail. The landing hurt Tara's knee again though. She loads up Widow's Peak anyway but the knee gives out and Gail hits a knee crusher and Eat Defeat for the pin at approximately 7:00.
James Storm says he's ready for Roode and it'll be a big party when he wins the title.
Recap of the tag title match. Crimson/Morgan beat Magnus/Joe after the latter won the Wild Card tournament. The challengers won a kind of handicap match in England and then got beaten up in England, meaning the only time they've had success against the champions is in a two on one situation.
Tag Titles: Magnus/Samoa Joe vs. Crimson/Matt Morgan
Morgan and Joe start things off. Morgan shrugs off some shoulders to start and hits a shoulder of his own for two. Off to Crimson and Magnus with the power guy taking over. Back to Morgan and the champs double team a bit. Suplex gets two for Morgan and it's Red Boy again. Magnus hits a clothesline to bring Joe back in as the challengers take over. A big boot to the shoulder by Magnus sets up a Joe backsplash for two.
There's a chinlock by Magnus to Crimson as things slow down and we enter into a traditional formula. Crimson misses a right hand and Magnus suplexes him for two. Back to Joe who peppers Crimson in the corner with right hands. A big boot out of desperation put Joe down and there's the double tag to give us Morgan vs. Magnus. The big man cleans house with knee lifts and a double clothesline.
He charges into a Magnus boot though, but it doesn't seem to matter as a spinning slam into a Rock Bottom (I think Chris Harris called it the Catatonic) gets two. Magnus and Joe can't hit their double team finisher but Crimson accidentally spears Morgan. Crimson is sent to the outside and the snapmare and elbow combination gives us new champions at 10:00.
Bully Ray tells the feeble woman called Christy to go home. He has the number of all three guys and is in the best shape of his career.
X-Division Title: Austin Aries vs. Alex Shelley
Feeling out process to start as things begin quickly. Shelley pounds away with chops and strikes. The fans are split here as Shelley's Sliced Bread attempt is countered with a shove. A clothesline puts Aries outside and he hides under the ring. He comes out from the other side and shoves Alex to the floor so he can hit the suicide dive. Back in now and the champ is in control.
Aries works on the shoulder of Alex. A kick to the shoulder gets two and we go to a neck crank. Pendulum Elbow misses and Shelley comes back with a clothesline. Sliced Bread is blocked again but Aries is rammed head first into the buckle. Aries heads to the floor to hide under the ring again but as he comes out, Shelley is waiting on him with a suicide dive. Back in Finlay's Celtic Cross hits for two for the challenger.
Aries takes out the knee and hits the Pendulum Elbow. Not playing to the crowd and wasting time makes your offense more efficient. Who knew? He loads up the Brainbuster but Alex knees his way out of it. They fight to the apron and a Death Valley Driver to the apron nearly kills Shelley. That and a double ax from the apron gets two. 450 misses and Shelley hits Sliced Bread #2 for a VERY close two.
Aries fires off a bunch of knees to the face and hits the Brainbuster for another close two. Shelley fires off some kicks but can't hit Sliced Bread again. The fans think this is awesome and I can't really argue with them. Aries counters and hits another Brainbuster which sets up the Last Chancery to finally gets him the win via tap out at 15:11.
Hardy says his back is still hurt but he'll be fine. Creatures, mount up.
We recap AJ vs. Kaz and the Daniels factor in a video that I think was used on Impact.
AJ Styles vs. Kazarian
Kaz is in a shirt which he tries to remove but Daniels says no. AJ controls with a headlock and rips the shirt off himself. They fight over the arm as the fans are all over Daniels. Kaz gets sent to the floor and AJ is in control. Backbreaker puts Kaz down as Styles is working on the back. A flying forearm puts Kaz on the floor for a minute but AJ gets it back inside to avoid Daniels.
A bridging Indian Deathlock with a facelock cranks on Kaz's back even more. Kaz comes back and slams AJ down so that the spinning springboard legdrop (Wave of the Future maybe?) can get two. Spinwheel kick gets two. Now Kaz works on AJ's back with a hard whip in and a jumping Russian Legsweep for two. Leg lariat gets the same. Kazarian hooks a double chicken wing on the mat but AJ fights up to his feet.
They slug it out and AJ takes over with a pair of clotheslines and an enziguri. Styles sets for an atomic drop but slams Kaz face first instead, getting two. Styles Clash and Fade to Black are both countered and Kaz hits a dropkick to regain control. AJ grabs a jawbreaker but can't hit the Clash. Kaz kicks him to the apron and hits a slingshot DDT onto said apron as we hit the floor. Slingshot cutter gets two back in. This is getting good.
AJ is sat up on the top and Kaz hits a running superkick to almost send him to the floor. Kaz goes up for the Flux Capacitor (C4) but AJ knocks him down with a headbutt. Moonsault into the reverse DDT gets a very close two. AJ tries a suplex into a neckbreaker but Kaz reverses into a hard Downward Spiral to put everyone down. They go into a pinfall reversal sequence which gets two for both guys and ends with a Pele to put Kaz down. AJ is sent to the apron and loads up a springboard forearm but instead hits a gorgeous Asai Moonsault to take out Daniels. He tries to springboard at Kaz but jumps into Fade To Black for the pin at 18:37.
Gunner and Bischoff are in the back and they have a towel for Hogan to throw in to save Garrett.
We recap Garrett vs. Gunner. Gunner was a killer for awhile until Garrett Bischoff beat him with the Nepotism Driver. Garrett got DDTed on the floor but came back with a new trainer: Hulk Hogan. Tonight it's basically Hogan vs. Eric with Gunner and Garrett as their surrogates.
Gunner vs. Garrett Bischoff
Garrett comes out to Hulk's music. Garrett controls to start with his usual stuff. He's in the workout pants still. Gunner takes over for a few moments until Garrett hooks a backslide and front facelock. At this point he has less of a moveset than Andy from Tough Enough. Gunner pulls him into the middle buckle and takes over again.
The beating goes on for several minutes and there's nothing to say. It's a guy with experience and some ring skills beating on a guy who knows a total of about 5 moves. This is getting ten minutes on PPV in the second to last match on the card, making it longer than the tag team title match. Gunner works over the neck for the most part.
Eric gets in Garrett's face so Hogan decks him. Gunner hits probably his fourth neckbreaker but on the next attempt Garrett grabs the rope. Hogan picks up the towel but Garrett says no. And then Gunner DDTs him for the pin at 11:57. Yes, it actually got that much time. Why does this surprise me?
Sting, in blue and white facepaint, says he's the enforcer so that everyone is on their best behavior. It's SHOWTIME!
Video on the main event. The idea is that Roode will do whatever it takes to keep the title and tonight he's up against huge odds. Everyone talks about how much winning means to them.
TNA World Title: Bobby Roode vs. James Storm vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Bully Ray
Sting is the guest enforcer. This is the match I've really wanted to see and I don't think there's a wrong answer for a winner here. The match will be judged on how well it goes to get to the ending, which is a very rare situation. There's a ton of time here too. Even after spending ten minutes on the intros, we have almost half an hour if needed. Ray cuts off Christy and does his own intro. Somehow he's lost an inch from when he talked about himself earlier in the night. Hardy gets a CRAZY pop. I'm pretty sure this is one fall to a finish.
Roode wants to work with Ray but Ray just glares at him. Yeah it's one fall. Roode keeps pitching his tag team idea but Ray walks to the floor and folds his arms. Hardy and Storm team up and play ping pong with Roode's jaw. Sitout front suplex by Hardy sets up a neckbreaker by Storm for no cover. They invite Ray into the ring but he's cool to chill on the floor. We get word that Sorensen has a neck injury and will undergo further tests.
Storm tries to steal a pin on Hardy but only gets two. Beer Money reunites for a bit for a double suplex on Hardy but there's no union there. Ray comes in and beats on Hardy as Roode and Storm are on the floor. The fans chant D-Von's Better at Ray. Superplex gets two on Hardy. Storm rams Roode into the steps but Ray kicks James through the ropes. Ray talks to Roode, saying he wants a spike piledriver. Hardy counters though and Storm is back in.
Hardy and Storm try a double superplex but Ray comes back and adds a powerbomb to make it a Tower of Doom with Roode taking the brunt of it. Ray tries to pin everyone and gets a bunch of twos. Bubba Bomb to Hardy is countered into the Twist to send Ray to the outside. Roode plants Hardy but Ray breaks up a spear attempt for some reason. Ray fires off a corner splash at Jeff but takes the referee out instead.
Bubba Bomb hits Hardy but there's no referee. Sting tries to wake up Hebner as Ray FREAKS. Ray walks into the Twist but there's still no referee. Roode spears Hardy down because main event guys have to use a minimum of two spears a year. The referee is back and the Last Call (perfect one) kills Roode. Ray makes the save by pulling the referee out. Storm dives to the floor and hits the poor referee again. Hardy hits the Twist on Roode in the ring and loads up the Swanton but Roode rolls away.
Roode brings the belt in but Sting pulls it away. They get in each others' faces and Roode shoves him. Roode says hit me but Sting won't do it. He spits at the Stinger and Sting accidentally hits Hardy with the belt. It's Summerslam 97 all over again! Roode insists that Sting count but Sting takes forever...and he counts three for the pin at 15:14.
Roode laughs a lot to end the show.
Results
Zema Ion b. Jesse Sorensen via countout
Robbie E b. Shannon Moore Inverted DDT
Gail Kim b. Tara Eat Defeat
Samoa Joe/Magnus b. Matt Morgan/Crimson Middle Rope Elbow To Morgan
Austin Aries b. Alex Shelley Last Chancery
Kazarian b. AJ Styles Fade To Black
Gunner b. Garrett Bischoff DDT
Bobby Roode b. Bully Ray, Jeff Hardy and James Storm Roode pinned Hardy after a belt shot from Sting
Quick Results
Raw
Big Show b. Daniel Bryan via countout
Sheamus b. David Otunga Brogue Kick
Great Khali/Randy Orton b. Cody Rhodes/Wade Barrett Chop to Rhodes
Kelly Kelly/Eve Torres/Tamina/Alicia Fox b. Beth Phoenix/Natalya/Bella Twins Superfly Splash to Brie Bella
Chris Jericho b. CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, The Miz and R-Truth Jericho pinned Ziggler after a GTS from Punk
NXT
Heath Slater b. Derrick Bateman Spinning Sleeper Mat Slam
Percy Watson b. Darren Young Persecution
Tyson Kidd b. Trent Barretta Sunset flip
Maxine b. Kaitlyn Crucifix
Tyler Reks/Curt Hawkins b. The Usos Rollup to Jimmy after a cane shot from Hawkins
Impact Wrestling
Christopher Daniels b. AJ Styles Pin after Daniels hit Styles with brass knuckles
Alex Shelley b. Austin Aries and Doug Williams Sliced Bread #2 to Aries
Velvet Sky b. Mickie James Small Package
Sting/James Storm b. Bobby Roode/Bully Ray Scorpion Deathlock to Roode
Smackdown
Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal Punjabi Plunge
Beth Phoenix b. Alicia Fox Glam Slam
Big Show/Sheamus b. Cody Rhodes/Wade Barrett Brogue Kick to Sheamus
Ted DiBiase b. Hunico Rollup
Daniel Bryan b. Randy Orton via DQ when Big Show interfered
Against All Odds 2012
Zema Ion b. Jesse Sorensen via countout
Robbie E b. Shannon Moore Inverted DDT
Gail Kim b. Tara Eat Defeat
Samoa Joe/Magnus b. Matt Morgan/Crimson Middle Rope Elbow To Morgan
Austin Aries b. Alex Shelley Last Chancery
Kazarian b. AJ Styles Fade To Black
Gunner b. Garrett Bischoff DDT
Bobby Roode b. Bully Ray, Jeff Hardy and James Storm Roode pinned Hardy after a belt shot from Sting
Impact got a 1.05, down from last week.
Smackdown
Date: February 10, 2012
Location: BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Commentators: Michael Cole, Josh Matthews, Booker T
Tonight's main event is Orton vs. Bryan in a non title match. That means the match should be a lot better as we have one of the best in ring workers in the world today in there and on the other side we have the world champion. It'll be nice to see him against someone who isn't a giant and someone who might be effected by Bryan's offense. Let's get to it.
Do you know your enemy? Mine is a snow storm that might slow down the airport.
Here's Sheamus to open the show who talks about how he has to pick which champion to face at Mania. When he was a kid he was bullied but he started fighting back. He got better with each fight until he was good enough that he got here. Sheamus says he isn't going to change his ways because they've gotten him this far. Cue Barrett who says that he respects Sheamusa bit but Sheamus needs to go for the Raw title. Sheamus says he was thinking about Orton beating Barrett all over the ring last week.
Cue Cody who says he knows what it's like to be a champion. The Chamber is a tax on the mind and he's the strongest mentally of all of them. He'll be a double champion as well. Here's Big Show who says he won't tell Sheamus what to do. He will however tell Cody to shut up. Show won't make promises about the Chamber but asks Sheamus to think about facing him at Mania for the title.
Barrett cuts Show off and calls him a Wrestlemania punchline because Snooki has a better record at Wrestlemania than Big Show. Cody calls him the reverse Undertaker. Show takes him down and a brawl erupts. Sheamus and Show clear the ring. Gee, I wonder if we'll have a tag match for later?
Great Khali vs. Jinder Mahal
Mahal does a ceremonial headware removal thing. Total domination by Khali as he wins with the Punjabi Plunge in 2:05. See, this is what they should have been doing to build to the Chamber: have the participants beat up jobbers. As in, you know, having jobbers do what they're supposed to do.
We get a video of Teddy indefinitely suspending Henry last week.
In the back, Aksana and Teddy do their usual thing with Aksana kissing Teddy on the cheek. Bryan comes in and doesn't like what he sees. Aksana leaves and Bryan goes on a rant about the barbecue that Teddy held earlier. He talks about how it was dead animal flesh and charred meat. Teddy: I put some of JR's barbecue sauce on it. Tasted fine to me. Bryan says that makes him sick so Teddy says stop trying to get out of facing Orton tonight.
Beth Phoenix vs. Alicia Fox
Beth sits on the ropes and tells Alicia to get out of her ring. Fox takes her to the corner but Beth shoves her away. Alicia tries a Matrix move but gets sledged down. Glam Slam pins her at 1:17.
Phoenix loads up another Glam Slam but Tamina runs out and stares at her for the save. Beth seems happy to finally have a challenger.
Another way too long video about how awesome Rock is.
More of the very stupid Natalya gimmick. I'm not going to bother going into what it is because it's that awful.
Big Show/Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett/Cody Rhodes
The entrances are out of order for some reason, as it goes Show, Rhodes, Barrett, Sheamus. Show vs. Rhodes gets us going and Show barks him into tagging. Barrett gets tossed in and chopped to the floor so it's back to Cody. Show loads up the right hand so Cody bails to the corner. Off to Barrett vs. Sheamus with Sheamus running him over very easily.
Barrett gets in a knee and tags Cody back in. The IC Champion has as much success as he did before as Sheamus throws him outside. We take a break and come back with Cody getting beaten up again. The rolling fireman's carry slam gets two. The heels finally double team Show down with some High/Low action. A missile dropkick gets two for Cody. A chinlock is easily broken but Barrett chop blocks Show to break up the tag.
Barrett chinlocks him but Show just stands up and breaks it up with a ram into the corner. Cody comes in with the Beautiful Disaster for two before Show can make the tag. Show breaks up a chinlock and makes the tag to Sheamus. A pair of Brogue Kicks later and Sheamus gets the pin on Barrett at 9:24 shown of 12:54.
Here's AJ who says she should be back in a few weeks and competing in the spring. She thanks people who supported her....and Cole goes into jerk mode, talking about how no one knows who she is. Cole asks about Monday where Big Show almost ran her over again. AJ says it was an accident, but it's been Cole that has made things worse than anyone else. He's never believed in Bryan and he's stirred things up.
AJ rips into Cole and says that the WWE would be a better place if he would just shut his mouth. Cole argues back and says everyone is saying that Bryan set AJ up to get hurt. Cole will be in his glory when Bryan loses. Cue Bryan who yells at Cole and then says that on Sunday, he took a nature walk instead of eating a bunch of meat and beer. After so many people did that, how many of them recycled? He cares about future generations and he cares about AJ. Due to the people being so mean to her, Bryan is leaving the arena to take AJ home. They'll be leaving in a Prius as well.
They leave and Cole goes on a rant about Bryan. Is Cole supposed to be a face or a heel? I really don't think they have any idea anymore either. Booker defends Bryan....I think?
Bryan and AJ are in the back and start to leave when Teddy comes up. He says he'll be glad to find transportation for AJ, but if Bryan leaves he'll be stripped of the title.
Ted DiBiase vs. Hunico
DiBiase still has a cast on his wrist which is now a hard cast instead of the soft one he had two weeks ago. DiBiase fights with the right arm and knocks Hunico to the floor with a clothesline. Camacho distracts Ted a bit and Hunico gets him to the floor and rams the bad wrist into the post. Hunico throws on a few submissions but DiBiase rolls him up as he tries a cross armbreaker for the pin at 2:42.
Don't be a bully.
Video on the Chamber and how it leads to Wrestlemania.
We get an interview with Johnny Ace from Abu Dhabi where he says WWE is awesome and that's about it.
Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton
Big Show is on commentary for this. This is their first meeting according to Cole. They jockey for position to start and Randy controls with an armbar. Bryan comes back with some offense of his own but no one can get a clear advantage. Randy heads to the floor and shoots a glare at Big Show. Bryan hits a baseball slide and the running knee off the apron to take Randy down and we take a break.
Back with Bryan working on the arm but Randy countering into the backbreaker to cause the separation. Bryan gets another shot into the arm but as he goes up, Randy crotches him. A superplex is broken up but Bryan's top rope splash misses. Orton comes back with his powerslam but the elevated DDT is countered by a high kick. Bryan goes up and is crotched again and this time the superplex works, getting two.
Orton starts the Stomp as Cole asks Big Show how many Wrestlemania matches he's won. Booker: Will you just hit him in the mouth please? Bryan comes back and hits a running dropkick in the corner. A bunch of kicks hit but Bryan gets rolled up for two. The rollup is countered into a LeBell Lock attempt but Randy counters that into a slingshot to send Bryan to the apron. Elevated DDT looks to set up the RKO but Bryan heads to the apron. He rolls to the floor and shoves Big Show, drawing the DQ at 10:05 shown of 13:35.
Orton gets in Show's face and Show shoves him. A big brawl ends the show as Bryan smiles. Cole gets the famous line of it's breaking loose in Tulsa wrong by saying it's breaking down in Tulsa. I've never heard the second of those but maybe it's a correct one.
Results
Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal Punjabi Plunge
Beth Phoenix b. Alicia Fox Glam Slam
Big Show/Sheamus b. Cody Rhodes/Wade Barrett Brogue Kick to Sheamus
Ted DiBiase b. Hunico Rollup
Daniel Bryan b. Randy Orton via DQ when Big Show interfered
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Vince Russo is officially out of TNA creative. Dave Lagana will take his place. That can't be a bad thing.
Against All Odds 2012
Date: February 12, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Jeremy Borash
We're back stateside again and I'm genuinely excited for the main event. With Russo officially out of creative now, things are looking up in TNA and it only took them ten years to get this far. The main event is Roode defending against Ray, Hardy and Storm in a four way which could actually go to any of them. That's not something I'm used to in multi-man matches as you can almost always write off someone. Let's get to it.
Hardy arrives to open the show.
We get a video of Hogan talking about how awesome TNA is. It's followed by a video about the fourway.
Borash is in Tazz's place. I can't complain there.
Zema Ion vs. Jesse Sorensen
This is a #1 contenders match for the X-Title. Tazz has had a death in his family apparently. I'm sorry to hear that. Ion walks into a northern lights suplex and gets clotheslined outside. Sorensen ranas him to the floor to start and Ion steals the football that Jesse gave a fan. What a villain! Sorensen misses a baseball slide and Ion puts the football by the steps. Back in and a missile dropkick puts Jesse down.
Ion fires off a moonsault to the floor and his knees hit Sorensen right in the head. That gets a nine count but Ion breaks up the count for no apparent reason. The referee throws up an X and the match is over at 3:36. I'm not going to rate it because they only just got going when the injury occurred and I don't think it's fair to grade part of the opening to a match. It was ok though.
There's a different ring announcer here also.
Christy is in the back with Roode who says that he always get things done and is still the champion. Hardy has had a bunch of chances but has always failed. Roode has beaten Storm time after time. He doesn't get what Ray's problem is. Roode can't wait to laugh at Sting after he wins.
Here's Robbie E who issued an open challenge earlier today. He has Big Rob with him and talks about the challenge. Anyone that wants a shot (not mentioned if the title is on the line or not) can come get it.
TV Title: Robbie E vs. Shannon Moore
..REALLY? They have all these people on their roster that can't get on TV at all and they pick Shannon Moore? Well at least it's not Eric Young. Shannon armdrags Robbie around and Rob tries to take a walk. Robbie uses his usual basic offense as Moore tries to speed things up. JB talks about going clubbing with Robbie in Topeka, Kansas. Robbie knocks him through the ropes and into the barricade to take over. Back inside we hit the chinlock which is quickly broken.
Shannon keeps trying to go up but Robbie stays on him. Moore makes his comeback and a bulldog gets two. Out to the floor and an Asai Moonsault puts the champion down. Back in and I think Moore spits at Big Rob. Moonsault press misses and a clothesline gets two for the champ. Robbie goes up but gets crotched and a top rope rana gets a near fall. O'Connor Roll gets two but Robbie kicks out, sending Shannon into a right hand from Big Rob. An inverted DDT keeps the title on Robbie at 9:25.
We recap the Knockouts Title feud. Tara won a triple threat and that's about it.
Knockouts Title: Gail Kim vs. Tara
Tara takes over quickly to start with some snapmares by the hair. Gail gets sent to the apron but she pulls Tara down by the hair to take over. Big boot gets two. Gail hits a missile dropkick and Madison walks out on her. They've been having problems lately. Kim works on the knee which has been bothering Tara lately according to JB. There's an Octopus Hold by Gail but Tara stumbles into the ropes.
Top rope rana puts Tara down but Gail doesn't cover. That allows Tara to snap off a powerslam and both girls are down. Gail gets up first and tries another top rope rana but Tara backdrops her off and a moonsault off the top hits Gail. The landing hurt Tara's knee again though. She loads up Widow's Peak anyway but the knee gives out and Gail hits a knee crusher and Eat Defeat for the pin at approximately 7:00.
James Storm says he's ready for Roode and it'll be a big party when he wins the title.
Recap of the tag title match. Crimson/Morgan beat Magnus/Joe after the latter won the Wild Card tournament. The challengers won a kind of handicap match in England and then got beaten up in England, meaning the only time they've had success against the champions is in a two on one situation.
Tag Titles: Magnus/Samoa Joe vs. Crimson/Matt Morgan
Morgan and Joe start things off. Morgan shrugs off some shoulders to start and hits a shoulder of his own for two. Off to Crimson and Magnus with the power guy taking over. Back to Morgan and the champs double team a bit. Suplex gets two for Morgan and it's Red Boy again. Magnus hits a clothesline to bring Joe back in as the challengers take over. A big boot to the shoulder by Magnus sets up a Joe backsplash for two.
There's a chinlock by Magnus to Crimson as things slow down and we enter into a traditional formula. Crimson misses a right hand and Magnus suplexes him for two. Back to Joe who peppers Crimson in the corner with right hands. A big boot out of desperation put Joe down and there's the double tag to give us Morgan vs. Magnus. The big man cleans house with knee lifts and a double clothesline.
He charges into a Magnus boot though, but it doesn't seem to matter as a spinning slam into a Rock Bottom (I think Chris Harris called it the Catatonic) gets two. Magnus and Joe can't hit their double team finisher but Crimson accidentally spears Morgan. Crimson is sent to the outside and the snapmare and elbow combination gives us new champions at 10:00.
Bully Ray tells the feeble woman called Christy to go home. He has the number of all three guys and is in the best shape of his career.
X-Division Title: Austin Aries vs. Alex Shelley
Feeling out process to start as things begin quickly. Shelley pounds away with chops and strikes. The fans are split here as Shelley's Sliced Bread attempt is countered with a shove. A clothesline puts Aries outside and he hides under the ring. He comes out from the other side and shoves Alex to the floor so he can hit the suicide dive. Back in now and the champ is in control.
Aries works on the shoulder of Alex. A kick to the shoulder gets two and we go to a neck crank. Pendulum Elbow misses and Shelley comes back with a clothesline. Sliced Bread is blocked again but Aries is rammed head first into the buckle. Aries heads to the floor to hide under the ring again but as he comes out, Shelley is waiting on him with a suicide dive. Back in Finlay's Celtic Cross hits for two for the challenger.
Aries takes out the knee and hits the Pendulum Elbow. Not playing to the crowd and wasting time makes your offense more efficient. Who knew? He loads up the Brainbuster but Alex knees his way out of it. They fight to the apron and a Death Valley Driver to the apron nearly kills Shelley. That and a double ax from the apron gets two. 450 misses and Shelley hits Sliced Bread #2 for a VERY close two.
Aries fires off a bunch of knees to the face and hits the Brainbuster for another close two. Shelley fires off some kicks but can't hit Sliced Bread again. The fans think this is awesome and I can't really argue with them. Aries counters and hits another Brainbuster which sets up the Last Chancery to finally gets him the win via tap out at 15:11.
Hardy says his back is still hurt but he'll be fine. Creatures, mount up.
We recap AJ vs. Kaz and the Daniels factor in a video that I think was used on Impact.
AJ Styles vs. Kazarian
Kaz is in a shirt which he tries to remove but Daniels says no. AJ controls with a headlock and rips the shirt off himself. They fight over the arm as the fans are all over Daniels. Kaz gets sent to the floor and AJ is in control. Backbreaker puts Kaz down as Styles is working on the back. A flying forearm puts Kaz on the floor for a minute but AJ gets it back inside to avoid Daniels.
A bridging Indian Deathlock with a facelock cranks on Kaz's back even more. Kaz comes back and slams AJ down so that the spinning springboard legdrop (Wave of the Future maybe?) can get two. Spinwheel kick gets two. Now Kaz works on AJ's back with a hard whip in and a jumping Russian Legsweep for two. Leg lariat gets the same. Kazarian hooks a double chicken wing on the mat but AJ fights up to his feet.
They slug it out and AJ takes over with a pair of clotheslines and an enziguri. Styles sets for an atomic drop but slams Kaz face first instead, getting two. Styles Clash and Fade to Black are both countered and Kaz hits a dropkick to regain control. AJ grabs a jawbreaker but can't hit the Clash. Kaz kicks him to the apron and hits a slingshot DDT onto said apron as we hit the floor. Slingshot cutter gets two back in. This is getting good.
AJ is sat up on the top and Kaz hits a running superkick to almost send him to the floor. Kaz goes up for the Flux Capacitor (C4) but AJ knocks him down with a headbutt. Moonsault into the reverse DDT gets a very close two. AJ tries a suplex into a neckbreaker but Kaz reverses into a hard Downward Spiral to put everyone down. They go into a pinfall reversal sequence which gets two for both guys and ends with a Pele to put Kaz down. AJ is sent to the apron and loads up a springboard forearm but instead hits a gorgeous Asai Moonsault to take out Daniels. He tries to springboard at Kaz but jumps into Fade To Black for the pin at 18:37.
Gunner and Bischoff are in the back and they have a towel for Hogan to throw in to save Garrett.
We recap Garrett vs. Gunner. Gunner was a killer for awhile until Garrett Bischoff beat him with the Nepotism Driver. Garrett got DDTed on the floor but came back with a new trainer: Hulk Hogan. Tonight it's basically Hogan vs. Eric with Gunner and Garrett as their surrogates.
Gunner vs. Garrett Bischoff
Garrett comes out to Hulk's music. Garrett controls to start with his usual stuff. He's in the workout pants still. Gunner takes over for a few moments until Garrett hooks a backslide and front facelock. At this point he has less of a moveset than Andy from Tough Enough. Gunner pulls him into the middle buckle and takes over again.
The beating goes on for several minutes and there's nothing to say. It's a guy with experience and some ring skills beating on a guy who knows a total of about 5 moves. This is getting ten minutes on PPV in the second to last match on the card, making it longer than the tag team title match. Gunner works over the neck for the most part.
Eric gets in Garrett's face so Hogan decks him. Gunner hits probably his fourth neckbreaker but on the next attempt Garrett grabs the rope. Hogan picks up the towel but Garrett says no. And then Gunner DDTs him for the pin at 11:57. Yes, it actually got that much time. Why does this surprise me?
Sting, in blue and white facepaint, says he's the enforcer so that everyone is on their best behavior. It's SHOWTIME!
Video on the main event. The idea is that Roode will do whatever it takes to keep the title and tonight he's up against huge odds. Everyone talks about how much winning means to them.
TNA World Title: Bobby Roode vs. James Storm vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Bully Ray
Sting is the guest enforcer. This is the match I've really wanted to see and I don't think there's a wrong answer for a winner here. The match will be judged on how well it goes to get to the ending, which is a very rare situation. There's a ton of time here too. Even after spending ten minutes on the intros, we have almost half an hour if needed. Ray cuts off Christy and does his own intro. Somehow he's lost an inch from when he talked about himself earlier in the night. Hardy gets a CRAZY pop. I'm pretty sure this is one fall to a finish.
Roode wants to work with Ray but Ray just glares at him. Yeah it's one fall. Roode keeps pitching his tag team idea but Ray walks to the floor and folds his arms. Hardy and Storm team up and play ping pong with Roode's jaw. Sitout front suplex by Hardy sets up a neckbreaker by Storm for no cover. They invite Ray into the ring but he's cool to chill on the floor. We get word that Sorensen has a neck injury and will undergo further tests.
Storm tries to steal a pin on Hardy but only gets two. Beer Money reunites for a bit for a double suplex on Hardy but there's no union there. Ray comes in and beats on Hardy as Roode and Storm are on the floor. The fans chant D-Von's Better at Ray. Superplex gets two on Hardy. Storm rams Roode into the steps but Ray kicks James through the ropes. Ray talks to Roode, saying he wants a spike piledriver. Hardy counters though and Storm is back in.
Hardy and Storm try a double superplex but Ray comes back and adds a powerbomb to make it a Tower of Doom with Roode taking the brunt of it. Ray tries to pin everyone and gets a bunch of twos. Bubba Bomb to Hardy is countered into the Twist to send Ray to the outside. Roode plants Hardy but Ray breaks up a spear attempt for some reason. Ray fires off a corner splash at Jeff but takes the referee out instead.
Bubba Bomb hits Hardy but there's no referee. Sting tries to wake up Hebner as Ray FREAKS. Ray walks into the Twist but there's still no referee. Roode spears Hardy down because main event guys have to use a minimum of two spears a year. The referee is back and the Last Call (perfect one) kills Roode. Ray makes the save by pulling the referee out. Storm dives to the floor and hits the poor referee again. Hardy hits the Twist on Roode in the ring and loads up the Swanton but Roode rolls away.
Roode brings the belt in but Sting pulls it away. They get in each others' faces and Roode shoves him. Roode says hit me but Sting won't do it. He spits at the Stinger and Sting accidentally hits Hardy with the belt. It's Summerslam 97 all over again! Roode insists that Sting count but Sting takes forever...and he counts three for the pin at 15:14.
Roode laughs a lot to end the show.
Results
Zema Ion b. Jesse Sorensen via countout
Robbie E b. Shannon Moore Inverted DDT
Gail Kim b. Tara Eat Defeat
Samoa Joe/Magnus b. Matt Morgan/Crimson Middle Rope Elbow To Morgan
Austin Aries b. Alex Shelley Last Chancery
Kazarian b. AJ Styles Fade To Black
Gunner b. Garrett Bischoff DDT
Bobby Roode b. Bully Ray, Jeff Hardy and James Storm Roode pinned Hardy after a belt shot from Sting
Quick Results
Raw
Big Show b. Daniel Bryan via countout
Sheamus b. David Otunga Brogue Kick
Great Khali/Randy Orton b. Cody Rhodes/Wade Barrett Chop to Rhodes
Kelly Kelly/Eve Torres/Tamina/Alicia Fox b. Beth Phoenix/Natalya/Bella Twins Superfly Splash to Brie Bella
Chris Jericho b. CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, The Miz and R-Truth Jericho pinned Ziggler after a GTS from Punk
NXT
Heath Slater b. Derrick Bateman Spinning Sleeper Mat Slam
Percy Watson b. Darren Young Persecution
Tyson Kidd b. Trent Barretta Sunset flip
Maxine b. Kaitlyn Crucifix
Tyler Reks/Curt Hawkins b. The Usos Rollup to Jimmy after a cane shot from Hawkins
Impact Wrestling
Christopher Daniels b. AJ Styles Pin after Daniels hit Styles with brass knuckles
Alex Shelley b. Austin Aries and Doug Williams Sliced Bread #2 to Aries
Velvet Sky b. Mickie James Small Package
Sting/James Storm b. Bobby Roode/Bully Ray Scorpion Deathlock to Roode
Smackdown
Great Khali b. Jinder Mahal Punjabi Plunge
Beth Phoenix b. Alicia Fox Glam Slam
Big Show/Sheamus b. Cody Rhodes/Wade Barrett Brogue Kick to Sheamus
Ted DiBiase b. Hunico Rollup
Daniel Bryan b. Randy Orton via DQ when Big Show interfered
Against All Odds 2012
Zema Ion b. Jesse Sorensen via countout
Robbie E b. Shannon Moore Inverted DDT
Gail Kim b. Tara Eat Defeat
Samoa Joe/Magnus b. Matt Morgan/Crimson Middle Rope Elbow To Morgan
Austin Aries b. Alex Shelley Last Chancery
Kazarian b. AJ Styles Fade To Black
Gunner b. Garrett Bischoff DDT
Bobby Roode b. Bully Ray, Jeff Hardy and James Storm Roode pinned Hardy after a belt shot from Sting