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Impact got a 1.01, likely due to the NBA Finals drawing a huge number.
Smackdown
Date: June 10, 2011
Location: Roanoke Civic Center, Roanoke, Virginia
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, Josh Matthews
With Christian apparently a heel now, it should be interesting to see where he goes. It’s pretty clear that they’re setting up for Christian/Orton III at the PPV which is probably their best bet. Other than that there isn’t much to talk about here. Everything seems to be going along as it always does, which is a good thing as no one can really run a TV show like Smackdown does at this point. Let’s get to it.
We open with a clip of last week with Christian apparently turning heel and bashing Orton’s head in with the title. The dramatic music is a nice touch here.
Speaking of the Canadian here he is. He talks about how the fans that boo him get it apparently because he was screwed out of winning the championship just five days out of winning it. He was also screwed out of being #1 contender two weeks ago so he was justified in what he did last week, which draws booing. Christian says he is done with all the people, his so called “peeps”. He doesn’t want to talk to them ever again. There’s a solid evil smile on his face here too which is really selling the heel turn.
The one person he does want to talk to is sitting over here, and his name is Michael Cole. Christian calls Cole into the ring and has something to say in general and not specifically to Cole. Christian talks about how he doesn’t get the fans. These are the people that went off on the internet about how he lost the title and how unfair it is but now they’re blasting him for what he did last week. He doesn’t get how the fans cheering went.
Let’s talk about Bob in accounting. If Bob is up for a big promotion, he should get it on the basis of his merit, not by going out and asking people on the street if he should get it. That’s what Teddy did by asking the fans. It’s disrespectful to Christian to have Teddy do that. He’s been disrespected by one person in particular: Randy Orton. A real man wouldn’t have taken that title shot five days after a ladder match.
Christian asks Cole for a favor since he’s not talking to the people. He wants Cole to ask the people if they think he deserves to be the world heavyweight champion. Great heat for him mentioning that. Cole asks the fans and the booing isn’t as loud. Wow so he has Cole beaten already. Christian calls the fans clueless and says he’ll be champion again. When he does it, it’ll be for himself and not for them. With that, he leaves. Very solid heel turn speech here as there’s total logic to what he’s saying and the delivery was great. This was one of the better ones I can remember in a very long time.
Corre vs. Ezekiel Jackson/Usos
What an odd face tag team. Jackson wants Barrett to start but gets Slater instead. Jackson of course runs over him and brings in let’s say Jey. Slater gets beaten from one side of the ring to the other and brings in Gabriel to face apparently Jimmy. Does it really matter? Gabriel is an extremist apparently. Booker compares the Usos to Harlem Heat. That’s a surprising pairing to be sure.
Booker spent about six months with the Usos before. Corre speeds things up and sends the Usos to the floor and into the table. We take a break for a don’t try this at home video. Can’t make fun of that. Back with Barrett stomping away at “one of the Usos” as apparently Josh can’t tell them apart either. Boss Man Slam gets two. Let’s say that’s Jimmy (bet that’s wrong but again does it matter?) playing Ricky Morton for awhile so I guess that makes Slater Bobby Eaton?
Hot tag to Jackson and Barrett runs off, bringing in Gabriel. Jackson starts the slams and Barrett tries to bail. Slater yells at him but he walks off anyway. Slams all around and the Usos add a double superkick (how has that never been a tag team finisher? I know the Rockers used it at times but not as a finisher) to Slater and the Torture Rack ends Gabriel at 6:45 shown of 10:15 shown. Barrett vs. Jackson for the title at the PPV.
Teddy is on the phone and apparently making bets on horse racing. Sheamus comes in and Teddy pretends that he’s talking to his wife. I wonder if that betting thing is going anywhere. Anyway Sheamus wants Christian tonight and Teddy says no. Instead Teddy makes it Orton vs. Sheamus, no DQ. Sheamus likes that as he’s smiling about it, but the visual is really weird here as the camera zooms in on his face like Teddy has left or the shot is ending but it pulls back to see Teddy just looking at him. Unintentional comedy works every time.
Gabriel and Slater want an explanation and Barrett says they’re nothing without him. The tag team says you’re about to find out because the Corre is done.
Trent Barreta vs. Jinder Mahal
I can never spell Barreta right the first time. Always add an extra T. Mahal’s legs are almost creepy looking from being so long. We have the makings of another squash here and the height that Trent gets on a backdrop is great. He gets a shot in to break Mahal’s momentum and tries what looks like a moonsault, but Khali provides the distraction. Full nelson slam ends this at 1:29. More or less a squash. Vice Grip to Trent post match.
Some young clueless putz gets to talk to AJ who is all perky and cute and I can’t help but smile. Before she gets anywhere Tamina and Rosa come up to give her cheese, because she’s a little mouse. AJ says Laycool called and wants their gimmick back. The evil ones say AJ will be alone tonight but Natalya comes up and the heels leave.
Tamina vs. AJ
AJ has music now. Tamina tries to overpower her but AJ gets a quick dropkick in. That gets her nowhere so Tamina slams her and we hit the armbar. Booker flat out says he can’t focus because of Rosa’s short dress in front of him. Sounds far less creepy than Lawler here. Apparently Natalya took AJ and Kaitlyn paintballing. Think Cole has fun with that line? Tamina puts her in a fireman’s carry but yells at Natalya too much and AJ rolls down her back and gets a rollup for the pin at 2:00. Dang she has nice abs.
We see a shorter version of the opening video about Christian to set up this.
Here’s Orton but this isn’t for his match apparently. He wants Christian to come out here right now and explain this. Christian pops up on the screen and says ask the fans if that’s what they want. He imitates Teddy in a funny bit and says he’s not coming out here. Christian wants one more match but Orton says he doesn’t care.
Christian talks about how he could have counted Orton down last week but didn’t want to face Sheamus for the title. He wants Orton, because he knows he can beat him. Orton wants Christian RIGHT NOW but Christian says on his terms, not anyone else’s. They make the match at Capitol Punishment. Christian gets in his car and leaves, more or less guaranteeing he’ll be here for later.
DiBiase and Rhodes make Anthony Weiner jokes. Cody wants to know if he can call the shots out there tonight and Ted takes exception. Rhodes talks about having money and women in Legacy and Ted says then you got your face messed up and went nuts. Cody casually shouts for a bagger and has the bagger put the bag on his own (the bagger’s) head. Cody says he’s not nuts but prematurely enlightened. Now he feels free and while he may be nuts, he may also be a genius. This was odd to say the least.
Sin Cara vs. Ted DiBiase
I’d have bet on this being the tag that was more or less set up last week. No Bryan in sight but Cody and the baggers are with Ted here. There go the lights which I don’t get. It kind of made sense for Kane but I don’t get it at all with Cara. Fast start of course as Cara gets a pretty awesome but completely overdone armdrag. Ted gets a boot up in the corner to take Cara down. Cara gets in a shot and sets for a springboard something but Cody pulls him down and it’s a DQ at 1:50.
Bryan runs out for the save and Teddy makes the tag match.
Daniel Bryan/Sin Cara vs. Ted DiBiase/Cody Rhodes
Well at least they didn’t waste much of our time on the one on one. There’s a break before the match. The match is in progress when we come back with Bryan hitting an arm drag to DiBiase. LeBell Lock can’t go on as Ted runs to the corner and brings in Cody. Cody gets in an argument with the referee and walks into a missile dropkick by Cara. Cara gets sent shoulder first into the post and here comes Rhodes.
Never mind as it’s off to Ted. He only came a little. Make your own jokes there. Ted works on the injured arm but gets caught in a cross armbreaker. Cara rolls it into the ropes though so it doesn’t really mean anything. Cody comes in and works on the arm while the referee speaks Spanish. Single arm DDT gets two. This match is awkward for some reason and I can’t put my finger on why.
Ted works on the arm now as we talk about Booker getting back in the ring on Monday. Back off to Cody as I think the problem is the former Legacy isn’t staying in long enough to make anything work really. Cara tries to speed it up and hits an enziguri to put Cody down. Double tags to Bryan and DiBiase and Bryan takes over. Even Cole is complimenting him here. Cara hits a suicide dive to take Cody out and Bryan jumps off the middle rope into a guillotine and then into the LeBell Lock for the tap at 6:30.
Johnny Curtis has a chip on his shoulder. Like a potato chip. He eats the chip and that’s about it. I spent 15 weeks watching NXT for this. I hate my life, I have my life.
Orton talks about his past anger management issues and says this match will help him.
Randy Orton vs. Sheamus
No DQ remember. Sheamus goes straight at him like a good monster heel and hammers him down. Orton gets his non-Thesz Press to take over. They head to the floor as Orton sends Sheamus into the barricade. Sheamus hammers away but Orton gets a dropkick up to block the slingshot shoulder block and we head back to the floor. He puts Sheamus’ head on the steps and tries to stomp down but since that would more or less kill him, Sheamus pulls him down and rams Orton’s head into the steps as we take a break.
Back with Sheamus having that crossface chickenwing on but shifting to a chinlock rather quickly. Ok back to the crossface. Pick a hold dude. Orton fires off a headbutt of all things to escape. Sheamus takes him down again and back to the same hold. There’s the slingshot shoulder for two. Again with the chickenwing but now it’s off to a regular chinlock one more time.
Ok make that a headlock. At least this time Orton gets a belly to back to break up the monotony. Orton hammers him down and it’s a slugout again. Orton fires off and hits his powerslam but Sheamus heads to the floor. Sheamus is sent into the barricade but reverses to send Orton into the steps. Both guys are down but it’s Sheamus up first. Into the ring and Sheamus brings the steps with him.
Orton counters with the backbreaker for two. The steps are pulled into the middle of the ring but Sheamus pulls him into the middle buckle and stomps away. Austin would be proud of those. Sheamus can’t powerslam Orton onto the steps but Orton gets one onto them to put the pale one down. The steps are shoved aside and Sheamus hits the Irish Curse for two.
Sheamus heads to the floor and pulls out a kendo stick. He beats the tar out of Orton with it but can only get two. The crowd is rapidly getting into this. Sheamus throws the stick away and sets for the Brogue Kick. Orton avoids it though and Sheamus’ foot is caught in the ropes. Randy picks up the stick and unloads on Sheamus, hitting probably twenty shots or so. Orton has that crazy look in his eyes and it’s the elevated DDT.
He loads up the RKO but Christian runs in. He can’t hit the Killswitch though and Randy can’t hit the RKO. Sheamus takes Randy’s head off with a running double axe handle and it’s time for the High Cross. Orton escapes and ducks the Brogue Kick. RKO hits but Christian blasts him with the belt and Sheamus crawls on top for the pin at approximately 17:12 shown of 20:42. The video was jumping around a lot on the site I was using so this is as good of a guess as I can give it.
Christian holds up the belt to end the show.
Results
Ezekiel Jackson/Usos b. Corre – Torture Rack to Gabriel
Jinder Mahal b. Trent Barreta – Full Nelson Slam
AJ b. Tamina – Rollup
Sin Cara b. Ted DiBiase via DQ when Cody Rhodes interfered
Sin Cara/Daniel Bryan b. Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase – LeBell Lock to DiBiase
Sheamus b. Randy Orton – Pin after Christian hit Orton with the Title Belt
Saturday
Lucky Cannon was arrested for impersonating a police officer. That might be a first. Not the arrest. An NXT person actually making the news.
Sunday
Slammiversary 2011
Date: June 12, 2011
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
It’s anniversary day for TNA again as this time they’re turning nine. The main event is Sting vs. Anderson in what I’m sure will live up to all of the hype. Given the matches and such they’ve had so far for this setup, that shouldn’t take much. Other than that we’ve got Angle vs. Jarrett in another final match, this time with the medals and the title shot next month on the line. Other than that, standard TNA fair. Let’s get to it.
The opening video is about Sting vs. Anderson to no surprise. Now let’s talk about the Knockouts and Angle/Jarrett. Jarrett vs. Angle is the main topic. Nothing about the whole anniversary aspect yet. Sting vs. Anderson is the last part of it. Nothing special at all here.
Tag Titles: British Invasion vs. James Storm/Alex Shelley
Shelley is subbing for the injured Robert Roode here. The Brits are Magnus and Williams who now have matching jackets. Roode sits in on commentary. Williams is in trunks now which is going to take some getting used to. Storm vs. Williams to start us off but it’s off to Shelley quickly. Shelley of course speeds things way up but a blind tag brings in Storm to face Magnus. Very fast paced stuff so far.
Double dropkick takes Magnus down so it’s off to Williams. They do one of the Guns’ moves with the bridging neck hold but Storm adds in a pair of fingers to the eyes instead of a dropkick. Shelley gets pulled to the floor and the tide turns a bit. Williams chokes away a bit and drops a knee for two. The Brits get an overly elaborate double neckbreaker as Shelley plays face in peril for awhile.
Magnus hits a suplex and Shelley wants a tag. Nice double team moves sets up a middle rope elbow for Williams. Exploder suplex by Williams looks to set up Rolling Chaos Theory but Shelly counters into a Downward Spiral into the middle buckle. Hot tag to Storm who sends Williams to the floor. Williams is sent to the floor again, this time on top of Magnus. Suicide dive by Shelley takes Williams down again. That’s not a good few seconds for him at all.
They even stop to do the BEER MONEY thing. Shelley stuns Magnus on the top rope and Storm sets for the Eye of the Storm but Williams reverses. Superkick is blocked as is the Rolling Chaos. Superkicks all around and a Codebreaker sets up a top rope double stomp for a close two on Williams.
Top rope kick puts Magnus down and Storm loads up the beer, which of course goes into Shelley’s eyes. Shelley drills Storm and a top rope variation of the Hart Attack (European Uppercut instead of a clothesline) gets a very close two on Storm. Shelley pops in again and it’s a superkick to Magnus to set up the Sliced Bread to end this. Solid opener.
Jarrett and Angle got here earlier today.
Steiner says his arms are bigger than Morgan’s so he’ll beat him down tonight. Oh and he’ll take Morgan’s girlfriend.
Matt Morgan vs. Scott Steiner
Let the war of alliteration begin! Steiner is billed from the Detroit University of Michigan. The university is in Ann Arbor but who cares I guess. Morgan dominates to start and takes Steiner to the floor rather quickly. Back in Steiner hits a low blow and takes over. I can’t imagine this is going to go long. Belly to belly gets two. There’s the clothesline/elbow/pushups. Steiner’s offense is rather slow so let’s talk about the Impact Wrestling fantasy game.
Steiner yells at the fans a lot and continues his very slow style. Tazz calls it veteran pacing. I call it he’s old and slow. Morgan wakes up a bit and hammers away to start his comeback. Steiner goes into the buckle and it’s a splash to set up a side slam for no cover. Michinoku Driver gets two. Steiner gets a suplex (I’m shocked too) to break the momentum and two at the same time. Isn’t he efficient?
Downward Spiral by Steiner for two. Steiner Recliner goes on and there’s zero torque on it at all. Morgan gets underneath him and lifts him up but Steiner USES A VICTORY ROLL for two. WOW. Chokeslam and belly to belly are blocked and the Carbon Footprint ends this. Well at least the right guy won there.
Jarrett says he’s already taken Kurt’s greatest accomplishment and she’s sitting in Sleeping Giant. Oh wait that’s just Morgan’s music still playing. Karen is the greatest accomplishment apparently. On Thursday Jeff is going to be awarded the gold medal apparently. This victory is going to be dedicated to Karen.
Recap of the X-Division triple threat. Abyss got the title from Kaz and quoted Art of War a lot. Kaz and Kendrick are trying to get the title off of him to save the X-Division. Oh and Abyss calls it the Xtreme Title.
X-Division Title: Brian Kendrick vs. Abyss vs. Kazarian
Kendrick is all serious here. You would think this would be a handicap match for the most part. Kendrick is down within seconds so Kaz tries to hammer away to no real result. Dropkick works a bit but Kaz is knocked to the floor a second later. Abyss is like screw these tiny men and throws Kendrick to the floor on top of Kaz. They finally wake up and double team him which puts him down in the corner.
Out to the floor and more double teaming takes Abyss down. Back in the ring and Kaz tries to send Kendrick into Abyss but thankfully Abyss remembers that his finisher is a spinning slam so it’s a Black Hole Slam for Kendrick. Big boot takes Kaz down and the monster stands tall. Abyss beats on Kaz and knocks Kendrick back to the floor before he can do anything.
Big lumbering clothesline in the corner puts Kaz down as we’ve slowed this way down. Kaz tries to bite Abyss and that fails as well. Off to a neck crank as Kendrick comes back in again. And scratch that as he falls down again. Kaz tries a comeback but gets caught in Shock Treatment. Vader Bomb misses as the previously assumed dead Kendrick is back in. Some dropkicks put Abyss down for two. More kicks set up a decent tornado DDT for two. Abyss gets all ticked off and chokeslams Kendrick. Pretty bad rana takes Abyss down as does a double dropkick.
Slingshot legdrop by Kaz sets up a frog splash by Kendrick for a double stacked two. Chokeslam to Kaz is countered into a rollup for two. Kaz is thrown into Kendrick and Abyss falls to the floor. Kendrick and Kaz fire off some rights to each other and some F Bombs. Well this had to happen eventually. Kaz puts him on the top and Abyss is still down. Kaz tries a top rope C4 to Kendrick but settles for the Fade To Black. That doesn’t work either as Kendrick reverses and nails Kaz with a leg lariat. And here’s Abyss to steal the pin to retain.
Crimson vs. Joe is recapped. It’s a battle of the undefeated streaks so look for Crimson to win here, which would be his biggest win. Oh and we get a clip of the “viral” video of the bar fight.
Samoa Joe vs. Crimson
Crimson hits the ring and they slug it out immediately. The fans think Joe’s Gonna Kill Crimson. Suicide dive is blocked by a forearm from the floor and there’s a big boot back in the ring by Crimson. Neckbreaker gets two. Cravate goes on so Joe gets a bad dragon screw leg whip to take the red dude down. Crimson hammers away on Joe but walks into a kind of atomic drop sort of a move to the knee. That was different.
He takes Crimson down with relative ease and there’s a leg bar for a few seconds. Spinning toe hold by Joe as we go back to the mid 1870s. Crimson counters into a triangle choke and then an arm bar which gets him nowhere. T-Bone suplex by Crimson takes Joe down as the fans are trying to get into this. Double arm DDT gets two. The fans chant Mercer, which is Crimson’s real name I believe.
Suplex and a clothesline by Joe get two. Joe goes up to the middle rope for a Rough Ryder for two. Joe is all frustrated. “Dang man end this match already before the buffet is empty.” Powerbomb gets two and it’s off to a half crab. We get a Gumby reference of all things as the hold stays on. They slap it out and Crimson gets a spear to take Joe down. They slug it out again with Crimson knocking him back into the corner. Now Joe knocks him back into the corner but can’t get the Musclebuster. Clutch can’t go on either so there’s the Red Sky to end this.
They shake hands post match and Joe pulls Crimson in close to say we’ll do this again.
Winter and Angelina do their usual thing. Winning the title is a step closer to the final destiny apparently. Angelina turns down the pill this time and says it’s not necessary anymore because they’re on the same page.
Knockout Title: Angelina Love vs. Mickie James
Fans are totally behind Mickie here. There’s a fat guest timekeeper that Taz makes jokes about. Angelina does her zombie thing and it turns into kind of a catfight. Love works on the arm so Mickie gets a rana out of the corner, only to walk into a snap suplex for two. Mickie blows a kiss at Winter so Winter takes her down. Not into swinging I guess. Mickie gets a clothesline to take both girls down.
And there she goes right back to the floor. Angelina is sent into the steps which gets about a seven on the floor. Back in and Mickie takes over one more time with a bunch of clotheslines. Thesz Press off the top gets no cover. Winter grabs Mickie’s foot again which gets her nowhere at all.
Botox Injection (name totally doesn’t fit anymore) gets two so Angelina goes all psycho on Mickie again. She tries that backbreaker thing she’s been doing which is countered into the DDT attempt. Northern lights suplex gets two. Winter cheating on a rollup gets two. They botch the jumping DDT like never before but it gets the pin anyway. Horrible looking ending and considering Mickie was involved in it, that says a lot.
Mickie gets choked out after the match.
Ray says he’s a man unlike AJ and that he’ll destroy AJ.
We recap AJ Styles vs. Bully Ray. Ray is being a bully (shocking) and doesn’t like how AJ acts as a wrestler, saying he’s a boy.
Bully Ray vs. AJ Styles
Last man standing here. AJ is listed as being from Gainesville, Florida instead of Georgia. Christy looks good, but dude, go wear low cut shirts and that’s about it. Staredown to start and then AJ hammers away. Ray runs him over so that gets us nowhere. This is going to take awhile to get anywhere, much like any last man standing match. Ray pounds away and we go to the floor for awhile.
Bully sets up the steps but chops away instead. He drops AJ onto the steps but pulls him up at about 4. Ray puts the steps on AJ and then stands on him, which should get a ten. Naturally Ray lets him up because he’s not that intelligent at times. That and a few more shots get a four. Back into the ring for some more hard chops as this has almost been all Ray.
AJ says bring it and holds his chest out. More chopping follows and Styles says keep em coming. Ray of course stands around and lets AJ get up because again, he’s not that smart. Instead he punches him in the jaw this time which works a bit better. AJ gets back up and his chest is all kinds of messed up. Styles hammers away and gets Ray down with the Pele. Springboard forearm gets six.
Ray goes up so AJ hits a Pele up there. AJ goes up there for a rana but gets caught in a sitout powerbomb. That looks awesome coming off the top and it gets like five here. They both stumble to the floor and Ray has a chain. That hits post though and Ray’s hand is hurt. AJ gets the chain and a jumping punch with it sends Ray under the ring to blade. Ooo and it’s a good one too.
Back in the ring and AJ gets his springboard 450 for a count of about 8. AJ picks Ray up and throws him to the floor and down goes a cameraman. Pescado puts Ray down again and it’s Styles Clash time. That of course doesn’t work so we go back up the ramp. Ray wants the powerbomb again but AJ hits a pair of Peles and a punt to send Ray to the floor.
AJ is like screw it and dives off the stage to Ray and it looks like his head slammed into Ray’s shoulder. That only gets 9. Styles loads up a table and puts it in front of the stage. Chair to the back puts Ray on it and it’s huge spot time. He sets for a running dive but realizes it’s too far. Instead he climbs up the truss and hits one of the biggest dives you’ll EVER see to kill Ray. I was legit scared there. And then Ray kicks him through the stage wall and wins the freaking thing. HORRIBLE ending as AJ was built up perfectly and then oh wait let’s make sure Ray wins because AJ freaking Styles isn’t a big enough star right?
Anderson says it’s serious time tonight.
We recap the world title match which is Anderson trying to get under Sting’s skin, which never really made a lot of sense but whatever.
TNA World Title: Sting vs. Mr. Anderson
Sting comes in and jumps Anderson during the entrance. He’s in all red here and has that paint on his face making him look like the Joker. All Sting so far as Anderson can’t even get his shirt off. Into the crowd they go and Anderson goes into a wall. There’s black/gray around Sting’s mouth for some reason. Anderson gets a quick reversal and that gets him nowhere at all as Sting pounds on him even more.
Up the steps they go even further and this is wasting a ton of time. To the ring finally and Sting is sent into the post. Anderson sends Sting’s hand into the steps and then pulls the arm around the post for awhile. More F Bombs dropped as an armbar goes on Sting. Clothesline puts Sting down again for two. Anderson wastes forever and does Sting’s chest pound before missing a horrible Stinger Splash.
Modified world’s strongest slam gets two. Anderson is covering a lot here. Back to the armbar which makes some sense here at least. Sting starts his comeback and pounds on his chest as he is known to do at times. Clothesline sets up a backdrop and the splash in the corner. Scorpion is set up….and here’s Bischoff. Another Stinger Splash misses and Anderson gets a very close two.
Sting gets a regular DDT with the bad arm for two. He tries something close to a Banzai Drop but gets caught in the little stingers which gets two for Anderson. Mic Check hits on the second attempt for two. Stinger Splash and the Death Drop hit but Bischoff interferes and messes with the count so there was only a two count instead of the three. Low blow RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE REFEREE sets up the Mic Check and we have a new champion. Wow indeed.
Karen and her new fake boobs say Kurt pushed her which is what caused her injuries. The medal comes to Tennessee tonight. Tenay calls her a ball buster.
We recap Jarrett vs. Angle which is the final battle tonight. They’ve had like six PPV matches tonight and this one is mainly over Karen being “injured” (read as going off to get implants) which we couldn’t see the details of.
Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett
Winner gets the title shot next month and if Jeff wins he gets Kurt’s medal. I can live with this being the main event because it’s the anniversary show and this has been built up better than Sting vs. Anderson. Angle’s right arm is taped a bit. Feeling out process to start as they’re going for the big epic match here which they probably should. Angle takes it to the mat as is his custom.
Headlock goes on for awhile by Angle and he adds a hiptoss to take over. Jeff backdrops him to the floor and Kurt is holding his shoulder which I’d assume is kayfabe. Jeff works him over on the floor for awhile and we head back into the ring. Jarrett hammers away as Angle is in trouble. He hits that move where one guy is in position for the 619 and you jump on their back. Both try cross bodies and they both go down.
There’s the sleeper to give them a breather. Angle rams him into the corner and there’s a German. Boo/yay punching sequence with the yays having it. Belly to belly gets two. Dropkick off the middle rope gets two. Jarrett tries a rana I think which is countered into a powerbomb for two. Ankle lock goes on for a bit but Jeff gets a DDT for two. Stroke is countered into the Angle Slam for two. Moonsault misses and he would have barely hit Jeff’s feet anyway.
Tombstone doesn’t work and it’s ankle lock time again. Jeff rolls through and down goes the referee. Low blow takes Kurt down and Jeff grabs a guitar on the floor. Down goes Kurt and for once he moves the pieces out of the ring. He leaves one though and here’s another referee who apparently wasn’t watching the screen in the back. That gets two and Jeff is ticked.
Earl and Jeff get into a shoving match, resulting in a Kurt rollup for two. Here are the Germans for a long two. Jeff goes up and there’s the running suplex for a long two. The crowd isn’t really getting into this for some reason. Angle charges and goes shoulder first into the post. Middle rope Stroke only gets two. Jeff gets the Angle Slam and the ankle lock to Kurt, including the leg lace. Jeff stands up for some reason and Kurt rolls through into the ankle lock with the lace and Jeff taps.
Results
James Storm/Alex Shelley b. British Invasion – Sliced Bread #2 to Magnus
Matt Morgan b. Scott Steiner – Carbon Footprint
Abyss b. Brian Kendrick and Kazarian – Abyss pinned Kazarian after a leg lariat from Kendrick
Crimson b. Samoa Joe – Red Sky
Mickie James b. Angelina Love – Jumping DDT
Bully Ray b. AJ Styles – Styles couldn’t answer the ten count
Mr. Anderson b. Sting – Mic Check
Kurt Angle b. Jeff Jarrett – Ankle Lock
Quick Results
Raw
Santino Marella b. Michael McGillicutty – Cobra
Kelly Kelly/Beth Phoenix b. Bella Twins – Glam Slam to Nikki Bella
Rey Mysterio b. CM Punk – Top rope splash
Kofi Kingston b. Zack Ryder – Trouble in Paradise
Booker T b. Jack Swagger via countout
R-Truth/The Miz b. Alex Riley/John Cena via disqualification when Austin stunned Miz
NXT
Yoshi Tatsu b. JTG – Round kick to the head
Darren Young/Chavo Guerrero b. Vladimir Kozlov/Conor O’Brian – Backbreaker to O’Brian
Titus O’Neil b. Lucky Cannon – Clash of the Titus
Impact
Angelina Love/Winter b. Mickie James/Tara – Backbreaker to James
Mexican America b. Alex Shelley/James Storm – Anarquia pinned Storm after a superkick from Shelley
Rob Van Dam b. Bully Ray – Five Star Frog Splash
Velvet Sky b. ODB – DDT
Gunner/Mr. Anderson b. Sting/Eric Young – F5 to Sting
Smackdown
Ezekiel Jackson/Usos b. Corre – Torture Rack to Gabriel
Jinder Mahal b. Trent Barreta – Full Nelson Slam
AJ b. Tamina – Rollup
Sin Cara b. Ted DiBiase via DQ when Cody Rhodes interfered
Sin Cara/Daniel Bryan b. Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase – LeBell Lock to DiBiase
Sheamus b. Randy Orton – Pin after Christian hit Orton with the Title Belt
Slammiversary 2011
James Storm/Alex Shelley b. British Invasion – Sliced Bread #2 to Magnus
Matt Morgan b. Scott Steiner – Carbon Footprint
Abyss b. Brian Kendrick and Kazarian – Abyss pinned Kazarian after a leg lariat from Kendrick
Crimson b. Samoa Joe – Red Sky
Mickie James b. Angelina Love – Jumping DDT
Bully Ray b. AJ Styles – Styles couldn’t answer the ten count
Mr. Anderson b. Sting – Mic Check
Kurt Angle b. Jeff Jarrett – Ankle Lock
Impact got a 1.01, likely due to the NBA Finals drawing a huge number.
Smackdown
Date: June 10, 2011
Location: Roanoke Civic Center, Roanoke, Virginia
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, Josh Matthews
With Christian apparently a heel now, it should be interesting to see where he goes. It’s pretty clear that they’re setting up for Christian/Orton III at the PPV which is probably their best bet. Other than that there isn’t much to talk about here. Everything seems to be going along as it always does, which is a good thing as no one can really run a TV show like Smackdown does at this point. Let’s get to it.
We open with a clip of last week with Christian apparently turning heel and bashing Orton’s head in with the title. The dramatic music is a nice touch here.
Speaking of the Canadian here he is. He talks about how the fans that boo him get it apparently because he was screwed out of winning the championship just five days out of winning it. He was also screwed out of being #1 contender two weeks ago so he was justified in what he did last week, which draws booing. Christian says he is done with all the people, his so called “peeps”. He doesn’t want to talk to them ever again. There’s a solid evil smile on his face here too which is really selling the heel turn.
The one person he does want to talk to is sitting over here, and his name is Michael Cole. Christian calls Cole into the ring and has something to say in general and not specifically to Cole. Christian talks about how he doesn’t get the fans. These are the people that went off on the internet about how he lost the title and how unfair it is but now they’re blasting him for what he did last week. He doesn’t get how the fans cheering went.
Let’s talk about Bob in accounting. If Bob is up for a big promotion, he should get it on the basis of his merit, not by going out and asking people on the street if he should get it. That’s what Teddy did by asking the fans. It’s disrespectful to Christian to have Teddy do that. He’s been disrespected by one person in particular: Randy Orton. A real man wouldn’t have taken that title shot five days after a ladder match.
Christian asks Cole for a favor since he’s not talking to the people. He wants Cole to ask the people if they think he deserves to be the world heavyweight champion. Great heat for him mentioning that. Cole asks the fans and the booing isn’t as loud. Wow so he has Cole beaten already. Christian calls the fans clueless and says he’ll be champion again. When he does it, it’ll be for himself and not for them. With that, he leaves. Very solid heel turn speech here as there’s total logic to what he’s saying and the delivery was great. This was one of the better ones I can remember in a very long time.
Corre vs. Ezekiel Jackson/Usos
What an odd face tag team. Jackson wants Barrett to start but gets Slater instead. Jackson of course runs over him and brings in let’s say Jey. Slater gets beaten from one side of the ring to the other and brings in Gabriel to face apparently Jimmy. Does it really matter? Gabriel is an extremist apparently. Booker compares the Usos to Harlem Heat. That’s a surprising pairing to be sure.
Booker spent about six months with the Usos before. Corre speeds things up and sends the Usos to the floor and into the table. We take a break for a don’t try this at home video. Can’t make fun of that. Back with Barrett stomping away at “one of the Usos” as apparently Josh can’t tell them apart either. Boss Man Slam gets two. Let’s say that’s Jimmy (bet that’s wrong but again does it matter?) playing Ricky Morton for awhile so I guess that makes Slater Bobby Eaton?
Hot tag to Jackson and Barrett runs off, bringing in Gabriel. Jackson starts the slams and Barrett tries to bail. Slater yells at him but he walks off anyway. Slams all around and the Usos add a double superkick (how has that never been a tag team finisher? I know the Rockers used it at times but not as a finisher) to Slater and the Torture Rack ends Gabriel at 6:45 shown of 10:15 shown. Barrett vs. Jackson for the title at the PPV.
Teddy is on the phone and apparently making bets on horse racing. Sheamus comes in and Teddy pretends that he’s talking to his wife. I wonder if that betting thing is going anywhere. Anyway Sheamus wants Christian tonight and Teddy says no. Instead Teddy makes it Orton vs. Sheamus, no DQ. Sheamus likes that as he’s smiling about it, but the visual is really weird here as the camera zooms in on his face like Teddy has left or the shot is ending but it pulls back to see Teddy just looking at him. Unintentional comedy works every time.
Gabriel and Slater want an explanation and Barrett says they’re nothing without him. The tag team says you’re about to find out because the Corre is done.
Trent Barreta vs. Jinder Mahal
I can never spell Barreta right the first time. Always add an extra T. Mahal’s legs are almost creepy looking from being so long. We have the makings of another squash here and the height that Trent gets on a backdrop is great. He gets a shot in to break Mahal’s momentum and tries what looks like a moonsault, but Khali provides the distraction. Full nelson slam ends this at 1:29. More or less a squash. Vice Grip to Trent post match.
Some young clueless putz gets to talk to AJ who is all perky and cute and I can’t help but smile. Before she gets anywhere Tamina and Rosa come up to give her cheese, because she’s a little mouse. AJ says Laycool called and wants their gimmick back. The evil ones say AJ will be alone tonight but Natalya comes up and the heels leave.
Tamina vs. AJ
AJ has music now. Tamina tries to overpower her but AJ gets a quick dropkick in. That gets her nowhere so Tamina slams her and we hit the armbar. Booker flat out says he can’t focus because of Rosa’s short dress in front of him. Sounds far less creepy than Lawler here. Apparently Natalya took AJ and Kaitlyn paintballing. Think Cole has fun with that line? Tamina puts her in a fireman’s carry but yells at Natalya too much and AJ rolls down her back and gets a rollup for the pin at 2:00. Dang she has nice abs.
We see a shorter version of the opening video about Christian to set up this.
Here’s Orton but this isn’t for his match apparently. He wants Christian to come out here right now and explain this. Christian pops up on the screen and says ask the fans if that’s what they want. He imitates Teddy in a funny bit and says he’s not coming out here. Christian wants one more match but Orton says he doesn’t care.
Christian talks about how he could have counted Orton down last week but didn’t want to face Sheamus for the title. He wants Orton, because he knows he can beat him. Orton wants Christian RIGHT NOW but Christian says on his terms, not anyone else’s. They make the match at Capitol Punishment. Christian gets in his car and leaves, more or less guaranteeing he’ll be here for later.
DiBiase and Rhodes make Anthony Weiner jokes. Cody wants to know if he can call the shots out there tonight and Ted takes exception. Rhodes talks about having money and women in Legacy and Ted says then you got your face messed up and went nuts. Cody casually shouts for a bagger and has the bagger put the bag on his own (the bagger’s) head. Cody says he’s not nuts but prematurely enlightened. Now he feels free and while he may be nuts, he may also be a genius. This was odd to say the least.
Sin Cara vs. Ted DiBiase
I’d have bet on this being the tag that was more or less set up last week. No Bryan in sight but Cody and the baggers are with Ted here. There go the lights which I don’t get. It kind of made sense for Kane but I don’t get it at all with Cara. Fast start of course as Cara gets a pretty awesome but completely overdone armdrag. Ted gets a boot up in the corner to take Cara down. Cara gets in a shot and sets for a springboard something but Cody pulls him down and it’s a DQ at 1:50.
Bryan runs out for the save and Teddy makes the tag match.
Daniel Bryan/Sin Cara vs. Ted DiBiase/Cody Rhodes
Well at least they didn’t waste much of our time on the one on one. There’s a break before the match. The match is in progress when we come back with Bryan hitting an arm drag to DiBiase. LeBell Lock can’t go on as Ted runs to the corner and brings in Cody. Cody gets in an argument with the referee and walks into a missile dropkick by Cara. Cara gets sent shoulder first into the post and here comes Rhodes.
Never mind as it’s off to Ted. He only came a little. Make your own jokes there. Ted works on the injured arm but gets caught in a cross armbreaker. Cara rolls it into the ropes though so it doesn’t really mean anything. Cody comes in and works on the arm while the referee speaks Spanish. Single arm DDT gets two. This match is awkward for some reason and I can’t put my finger on why.
Ted works on the arm now as we talk about Booker getting back in the ring on Monday. Back off to Cody as I think the problem is the former Legacy isn’t staying in long enough to make anything work really. Cara tries to speed it up and hits an enziguri to put Cody down. Double tags to Bryan and DiBiase and Bryan takes over. Even Cole is complimenting him here. Cara hits a suicide dive to take Cody out and Bryan jumps off the middle rope into a guillotine and then into the LeBell Lock for the tap at 6:30.
Johnny Curtis has a chip on his shoulder. Like a potato chip. He eats the chip and that’s about it. I spent 15 weeks watching NXT for this. I hate my life, I have my life.
Orton talks about his past anger management issues and says this match will help him.
Randy Orton vs. Sheamus
No DQ remember. Sheamus goes straight at him like a good monster heel and hammers him down. Orton gets his non-Thesz Press to take over. They head to the floor as Orton sends Sheamus into the barricade. Sheamus hammers away but Orton gets a dropkick up to block the slingshot shoulder block and we head back to the floor. He puts Sheamus’ head on the steps and tries to stomp down but since that would more or less kill him, Sheamus pulls him down and rams Orton’s head into the steps as we take a break.
Back with Sheamus having that crossface chickenwing on but shifting to a chinlock rather quickly. Ok back to the crossface. Pick a hold dude. Orton fires off a headbutt of all things to escape. Sheamus takes him down again and back to the same hold. There’s the slingshot shoulder for two. Again with the chickenwing but now it’s off to a regular chinlock one more time.
Ok make that a headlock. At least this time Orton gets a belly to back to break up the monotony. Orton hammers him down and it’s a slugout again. Orton fires off and hits his powerslam but Sheamus heads to the floor. Sheamus is sent into the barricade but reverses to send Orton into the steps. Both guys are down but it’s Sheamus up first. Into the ring and Sheamus brings the steps with him.
Orton counters with the backbreaker for two. The steps are pulled into the middle of the ring but Sheamus pulls him into the middle buckle and stomps away. Austin would be proud of those. Sheamus can’t powerslam Orton onto the steps but Orton gets one onto them to put the pale one down. The steps are shoved aside and Sheamus hits the Irish Curse for two.
Sheamus heads to the floor and pulls out a kendo stick. He beats the tar out of Orton with it but can only get two. The crowd is rapidly getting into this. Sheamus throws the stick away and sets for the Brogue Kick. Orton avoids it though and Sheamus’ foot is caught in the ropes. Randy picks up the stick and unloads on Sheamus, hitting probably twenty shots or so. Orton has that crazy look in his eyes and it’s the elevated DDT.
He loads up the RKO but Christian runs in. He can’t hit the Killswitch though and Randy can’t hit the RKO. Sheamus takes Randy’s head off with a running double axe handle and it’s time for the High Cross. Orton escapes and ducks the Brogue Kick. RKO hits but Christian blasts him with the belt and Sheamus crawls on top for the pin at approximately 17:12 shown of 20:42. The video was jumping around a lot on the site I was using so this is as good of a guess as I can give it.
Christian holds up the belt to end the show.
Results
Ezekiel Jackson/Usos b. Corre – Torture Rack to Gabriel
Jinder Mahal b. Trent Barreta – Full Nelson Slam
AJ b. Tamina – Rollup
Sin Cara b. Ted DiBiase via DQ when Cody Rhodes interfered
Sin Cara/Daniel Bryan b. Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase – LeBell Lock to DiBiase
Sheamus b. Randy Orton – Pin after Christian hit Orton with the Title Belt
Saturday
Lucky Cannon was arrested for impersonating a police officer. That might be a first. Not the arrest. An NXT person actually making the news.
Sunday
Slammiversary 2011
Date: June 12, 2011
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
It’s anniversary day for TNA again as this time they’re turning nine. The main event is Sting vs. Anderson in what I’m sure will live up to all of the hype. Given the matches and such they’ve had so far for this setup, that shouldn’t take much. Other than that we’ve got Angle vs. Jarrett in another final match, this time with the medals and the title shot next month on the line. Other than that, standard TNA fair. Let’s get to it.
The opening video is about Sting vs. Anderson to no surprise. Now let’s talk about the Knockouts and Angle/Jarrett. Jarrett vs. Angle is the main topic. Nothing about the whole anniversary aspect yet. Sting vs. Anderson is the last part of it. Nothing special at all here.
Tag Titles: British Invasion vs. James Storm/Alex Shelley
Shelley is subbing for the injured Robert Roode here. The Brits are Magnus and Williams who now have matching jackets. Roode sits in on commentary. Williams is in trunks now which is going to take some getting used to. Storm vs. Williams to start us off but it’s off to Shelley quickly. Shelley of course speeds things way up but a blind tag brings in Storm to face Magnus. Very fast paced stuff so far.
Double dropkick takes Magnus down so it’s off to Williams. They do one of the Guns’ moves with the bridging neck hold but Storm adds in a pair of fingers to the eyes instead of a dropkick. Shelley gets pulled to the floor and the tide turns a bit. Williams chokes away a bit and drops a knee for two. The Brits get an overly elaborate double neckbreaker as Shelley plays face in peril for awhile.
Magnus hits a suplex and Shelley wants a tag. Nice double team moves sets up a middle rope elbow for Williams. Exploder suplex by Williams looks to set up Rolling Chaos Theory but Shelly counters into a Downward Spiral into the middle buckle. Hot tag to Storm who sends Williams to the floor. Williams is sent to the floor again, this time on top of Magnus. Suicide dive by Shelley takes Williams down again. That’s not a good few seconds for him at all.
They even stop to do the BEER MONEY thing. Shelley stuns Magnus on the top rope and Storm sets for the Eye of the Storm but Williams reverses. Superkick is blocked as is the Rolling Chaos. Superkicks all around and a Codebreaker sets up a top rope double stomp for a close two on Williams.
Top rope kick puts Magnus down and Storm loads up the beer, which of course goes into Shelley’s eyes. Shelley drills Storm and a top rope variation of the Hart Attack (European Uppercut instead of a clothesline) gets a very close two on Storm. Shelley pops in again and it’s a superkick to Magnus to set up the Sliced Bread to end this. Solid opener.
Jarrett and Angle got here earlier today.
Steiner says his arms are bigger than Morgan’s so he’ll beat him down tonight. Oh and he’ll take Morgan’s girlfriend.
Matt Morgan vs. Scott Steiner
Let the war of alliteration begin! Steiner is billed from the Detroit University of Michigan. The university is in Ann Arbor but who cares I guess. Morgan dominates to start and takes Steiner to the floor rather quickly. Back in Steiner hits a low blow and takes over. I can’t imagine this is going to go long. Belly to belly gets two. There’s the clothesline/elbow/pushups. Steiner’s offense is rather slow so let’s talk about the Impact Wrestling fantasy game.
Steiner yells at the fans a lot and continues his very slow style. Tazz calls it veteran pacing. I call it he’s old and slow. Morgan wakes up a bit and hammers away to start his comeback. Steiner goes into the buckle and it’s a splash to set up a side slam for no cover. Michinoku Driver gets two. Steiner gets a suplex (I’m shocked too) to break the momentum and two at the same time. Isn’t he efficient?
Downward Spiral by Steiner for two. Steiner Recliner goes on and there’s zero torque on it at all. Morgan gets underneath him and lifts him up but Steiner USES A VICTORY ROLL for two. WOW. Chokeslam and belly to belly are blocked and the Carbon Footprint ends this. Well at least the right guy won there.
Jarrett says he’s already taken Kurt’s greatest accomplishment and she’s sitting in Sleeping Giant. Oh wait that’s just Morgan’s music still playing. Karen is the greatest accomplishment apparently. On Thursday Jeff is going to be awarded the gold medal apparently. This victory is going to be dedicated to Karen.
Recap of the X-Division triple threat. Abyss got the title from Kaz and quoted Art of War a lot. Kaz and Kendrick are trying to get the title off of him to save the X-Division. Oh and Abyss calls it the Xtreme Title.
X-Division Title: Brian Kendrick vs. Abyss vs. Kazarian
Kendrick is all serious here. You would think this would be a handicap match for the most part. Kendrick is down within seconds so Kaz tries to hammer away to no real result. Dropkick works a bit but Kaz is knocked to the floor a second later. Abyss is like screw these tiny men and throws Kendrick to the floor on top of Kaz. They finally wake up and double team him which puts him down in the corner.
Out to the floor and more double teaming takes Abyss down. Back in the ring and Kaz tries to send Kendrick into Abyss but thankfully Abyss remembers that his finisher is a spinning slam so it’s a Black Hole Slam for Kendrick. Big boot takes Kaz down and the monster stands tall. Abyss beats on Kaz and knocks Kendrick back to the floor before he can do anything.
Big lumbering clothesline in the corner puts Kaz down as we’ve slowed this way down. Kaz tries to bite Abyss and that fails as well. Off to a neck crank as Kendrick comes back in again. And scratch that as he falls down again. Kaz tries a comeback but gets caught in Shock Treatment. Vader Bomb misses as the previously assumed dead Kendrick is back in. Some dropkicks put Abyss down for two. More kicks set up a decent tornado DDT for two. Abyss gets all ticked off and chokeslams Kendrick. Pretty bad rana takes Abyss down as does a double dropkick.
Slingshot legdrop by Kaz sets up a frog splash by Kendrick for a double stacked two. Chokeslam to Kaz is countered into a rollup for two. Kaz is thrown into Kendrick and Abyss falls to the floor. Kendrick and Kaz fire off some rights to each other and some F Bombs. Well this had to happen eventually. Kaz puts him on the top and Abyss is still down. Kaz tries a top rope C4 to Kendrick but settles for the Fade To Black. That doesn’t work either as Kendrick reverses and nails Kaz with a leg lariat. And here’s Abyss to steal the pin to retain.
Crimson vs. Joe is recapped. It’s a battle of the undefeated streaks so look for Crimson to win here, which would be his biggest win. Oh and we get a clip of the “viral” video of the bar fight.
Samoa Joe vs. Crimson
Crimson hits the ring and they slug it out immediately. The fans think Joe’s Gonna Kill Crimson. Suicide dive is blocked by a forearm from the floor and there’s a big boot back in the ring by Crimson. Neckbreaker gets two. Cravate goes on so Joe gets a bad dragon screw leg whip to take the red dude down. Crimson hammers away on Joe but walks into a kind of atomic drop sort of a move to the knee. That was different.
He takes Crimson down with relative ease and there’s a leg bar for a few seconds. Spinning toe hold by Joe as we go back to the mid 1870s. Crimson counters into a triangle choke and then an arm bar which gets him nowhere. T-Bone suplex by Crimson takes Joe down as the fans are trying to get into this. Double arm DDT gets two. The fans chant Mercer, which is Crimson’s real name I believe.
Suplex and a clothesline by Joe get two. Joe goes up to the middle rope for a Rough Ryder for two. Joe is all frustrated. “Dang man end this match already before the buffet is empty.” Powerbomb gets two and it’s off to a half crab. We get a Gumby reference of all things as the hold stays on. They slap it out and Crimson gets a spear to take Joe down. They slug it out again with Crimson knocking him back into the corner. Now Joe knocks him back into the corner but can’t get the Musclebuster. Clutch can’t go on either so there’s the Red Sky to end this.
They shake hands post match and Joe pulls Crimson in close to say we’ll do this again.
Winter and Angelina do their usual thing. Winning the title is a step closer to the final destiny apparently. Angelina turns down the pill this time and says it’s not necessary anymore because they’re on the same page.
Knockout Title: Angelina Love vs. Mickie James
Fans are totally behind Mickie here. There’s a fat guest timekeeper that Taz makes jokes about. Angelina does her zombie thing and it turns into kind of a catfight. Love works on the arm so Mickie gets a rana out of the corner, only to walk into a snap suplex for two. Mickie blows a kiss at Winter so Winter takes her down. Not into swinging I guess. Mickie gets a clothesline to take both girls down.
And there she goes right back to the floor. Angelina is sent into the steps which gets about a seven on the floor. Back in and Mickie takes over one more time with a bunch of clotheslines. Thesz Press off the top gets no cover. Winter grabs Mickie’s foot again which gets her nowhere at all.
Botox Injection (name totally doesn’t fit anymore) gets two so Angelina goes all psycho on Mickie again. She tries that backbreaker thing she’s been doing which is countered into the DDT attempt. Northern lights suplex gets two. Winter cheating on a rollup gets two. They botch the jumping DDT like never before but it gets the pin anyway. Horrible looking ending and considering Mickie was involved in it, that says a lot.
Mickie gets choked out after the match.
Ray says he’s a man unlike AJ and that he’ll destroy AJ.
We recap AJ Styles vs. Bully Ray. Ray is being a bully (shocking) and doesn’t like how AJ acts as a wrestler, saying he’s a boy.
Bully Ray vs. AJ Styles
Last man standing here. AJ is listed as being from Gainesville, Florida instead of Georgia. Christy looks good, but dude, go wear low cut shirts and that’s about it. Staredown to start and then AJ hammers away. Ray runs him over so that gets us nowhere. This is going to take awhile to get anywhere, much like any last man standing match. Ray pounds away and we go to the floor for awhile.
Bully sets up the steps but chops away instead. He drops AJ onto the steps but pulls him up at about 4. Ray puts the steps on AJ and then stands on him, which should get a ten. Naturally Ray lets him up because he’s not that intelligent at times. That and a few more shots get a four. Back into the ring for some more hard chops as this has almost been all Ray.
AJ says bring it and holds his chest out. More chopping follows and Styles says keep em coming. Ray of course stands around and lets AJ get up because again, he’s not that smart. Instead he punches him in the jaw this time which works a bit better. AJ gets back up and his chest is all kinds of messed up. Styles hammers away and gets Ray down with the Pele. Springboard forearm gets six.
Ray goes up so AJ hits a Pele up there. AJ goes up there for a rana but gets caught in a sitout powerbomb. That looks awesome coming off the top and it gets like five here. They both stumble to the floor and Ray has a chain. That hits post though and Ray’s hand is hurt. AJ gets the chain and a jumping punch with it sends Ray under the ring to blade. Ooo and it’s a good one too.
Back in the ring and AJ gets his springboard 450 for a count of about 8. AJ picks Ray up and throws him to the floor and down goes a cameraman. Pescado puts Ray down again and it’s Styles Clash time. That of course doesn’t work so we go back up the ramp. Ray wants the powerbomb again but AJ hits a pair of Peles and a punt to send Ray to the floor.
AJ is like screw it and dives off the stage to Ray and it looks like his head slammed into Ray’s shoulder. That only gets 9. Styles loads up a table and puts it in front of the stage. Chair to the back puts Ray on it and it’s huge spot time. He sets for a running dive but realizes it’s too far. Instead he climbs up the truss and hits one of the biggest dives you’ll EVER see to kill Ray. I was legit scared there. And then Ray kicks him through the stage wall and wins the freaking thing. HORRIBLE ending as AJ was built up perfectly and then oh wait let’s make sure Ray wins because AJ freaking Styles isn’t a big enough star right?
Anderson says it’s serious time tonight.
We recap the world title match which is Anderson trying to get under Sting’s skin, which never really made a lot of sense but whatever.
TNA World Title: Sting vs. Mr. Anderson
Sting comes in and jumps Anderson during the entrance. He’s in all red here and has that paint on his face making him look like the Joker. All Sting so far as Anderson can’t even get his shirt off. Into the crowd they go and Anderson goes into a wall. There’s black/gray around Sting’s mouth for some reason. Anderson gets a quick reversal and that gets him nowhere at all as Sting pounds on him even more.
Up the steps they go even further and this is wasting a ton of time. To the ring finally and Sting is sent into the post. Anderson sends Sting’s hand into the steps and then pulls the arm around the post for awhile. More F Bombs dropped as an armbar goes on Sting. Clothesline puts Sting down again for two. Anderson wastes forever and does Sting’s chest pound before missing a horrible Stinger Splash.
Modified world’s strongest slam gets two. Anderson is covering a lot here. Back to the armbar which makes some sense here at least. Sting starts his comeback and pounds on his chest as he is known to do at times. Clothesline sets up a backdrop and the splash in the corner. Scorpion is set up….and here’s Bischoff. Another Stinger Splash misses and Anderson gets a very close two.
Sting gets a regular DDT with the bad arm for two. He tries something close to a Banzai Drop but gets caught in the little stingers which gets two for Anderson. Mic Check hits on the second attempt for two. Stinger Splash and the Death Drop hit but Bischoff interferes and messes with the count so there was only a two count instead of the three. Low blow RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE REFEREE sets up the Mic Check and we have a new champion. Wow indeed.
Karen and her new fake boobs say Kurt pushed her which is what caused her injuries. The medal comes to Tennessee tonight. Tenay calls her a ball buster.
We recap Jarrett vs. Angle which is the final battle tonight. They’ve had like six PPV matches tonight and this one is mainly over Karen being “injured” (read as going off to get implants) which we couldn’t see the details of.
Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett
Winner gets the title shot next month and if Jeff wins he gets Kurt’s medal. I can live with this being the main event because it’s the anniversary show and this has been built up better than Sting vs. Anderson. Angle’s right arm is taped a bit. Feeling out process to start as they’re going for the big epic match here which they probably should. Angle takes it to the mat as is his custom.
Headlock goes on for awhile by Angle and he adds a hiptoss to take over. Jeff backdrops him to the floor and Kurt is holding his shoulder which I’d assume is kayfabe. Jeff works him over on the floor for awhile and we head back into the ring. Jarrett hammers away as Angle is in trouble. He hits that move where one guy is in position for the 619 and you jump on their back. Both try cross bodies and they both go down.
There’s the sleeper to give them a breather. Angle rams him into the corner and there’s a German. Boo/yay punching sequence with the yays having it. Belly to belly gets two. Dropkick off the middle rope gets two. Jarrett tries a rana I think which is countered into a powerbomb for two. Ankle lock goes on for a bit but Jeff gets a DDT for two. Stroke is countered into the Angle Slam for two. Moonsault misses and he would have barely hit Jeff’s feet anyway.
Tombstone doesn’t work and it’s ankle lock time again. Jeff rolls through and down goes the referee. Low blow takes Kurt down and Jeff grabs a guitar on the floor. Down goes Kurt and for once he moves the pieces out of the ring. He leaves one though and here’s another referee who apparently wasn’t watching the screen in the back. That gets two and Jeff is ticked.
Earl and Jeff get into a shoving match, resulting in a Kurt rollup for two. Here are the Germans for a long two. Jeff goes up and there’s the running suplex for a long two. The crowd isn’t really getting into this for some reason. Angle charges and goes shoulder first into the post. Middle rope Stroke only gets two. Jeff gets the Angle Slam and the ankle lock to Kurt, including the leg lace. Jeff stands up for some reason and Kurt rolls through into the ankle lock with the lace and Jeff taps.
Results
James Storm/Alex Shelley b. British Invasion – Sliced Bread #2 to Magnus
Matt Morgan b. Scott Steiner – Carbon Footprint
Abyss b. Brian Kendrick and Kazarian – Abyss pinned Kazarian after a leg lariat from Kendrick
Crimson b. Samoa Joe – Red Sky
Mickie James b. Angelina Love – Jumping DDT
Bully Ray b. AJ Styles – Styles couldn’t answer the ten count
Mr. Anderson b. Sting – Mic Check
Kurt Angle b. Jeff Jarrett – Ankle Lock
Quick Results
Raw
Santino Marella b. Michael McGillicutty – Cobra
Kelly Kelly/Beth Phoenix b. Bella Twins – Glam Slam to Nikki Bella
Rey Mysterio b. CM Punk – Top rope splash
Kofi Kingston b. Zack Ryder – Trouble in Paradise
Booker T b. Jack Swagger via countout
R-Truth/The Miz b. Alex Riley/John Cena via disqualification when Austin stunned Miz
NXT
Yoshi Tatsu b. JTG – Round kick to the head
Darren Young/Chavo Guerrero b. Vladimir Kozlov/Conor O’Brian – Backbreaker to O’Brian
Titus O’Neil b. Lucky Cannon – Clash of the Titus
Impact
Angelina Love/Winter b. Mickie James/Tara – Backbreaker to James
Mexican America b. Alex Shelley/James Storm – Anarquia pinned Storm after a superkick from Shelley
Rob Van Dam b. Bully Ray – Five Star Frog Splash
Velvet Sky b. ODB – DDT
Gunner/Mr. Anderson b. Sting/Eric Young – F5 to Sting
Smackdown
Ezekiel Jackson/Usos b. Corre – Torture Rack to Gabriel
Jinder Mahal b. Trent Barreta – Full Nelson Slam
AJ b. Tamina – Rollup
Sin Cara b. Ted DiBiase via DQ when Cody Rhodes interfered
Sin Cara/Daniel Bryan b. Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase – LeBell Lock to DiBiase
Sheamus b. Randy Orton – Pin after Christian hit Orton with the Title Belt
Slammiversary 2011
James Storm/Alex Shelley b. British Invasion – Sliced Bread #2 to Magnus
Matt Morgan b. Scott Steiner – Carbon Footprint
Abyss b. Brian Kendrick and Kazarian – Abyss pinned Kazarian after a leg lariat from Kendrick
Crimson b. Samoa Joe – Red Sky
Mickie James b. Angelina Love – Jumping DDT
Bully Ray b. AJ Styles – Styles couldn’t answer the ten count
Mr. Anderson b. Sting – Mic Check
Kurt Angle b. Jeff Jarrett – Ankle Lock