Here is the match card for TNA Impact tonight:
King of the Mountain Qualifying match: Sting vs Kurt Angle
AJ Styles vs “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
Nation of Violence First Blood Match: Samoa Joe vs Booker T and Scott Steiner
Team 3D vs Consequences Creed and Alex Shelley
My Picks:
Sting defeats Angle
AJ Styles defeats Shane Douglas
Samoa Joe defeats Booker T and Steiner
Team 3D defeats Creed and Shelley
Madison Rayne defeats Tara
Lauren catches up with Shane Douglas and says that he has some things to take care of and he plans on leaving his mark.
Suicide and Christopher Daniels vs Kiyoshi and Sheik Abdul Bashir
Bashir and Daniels start of the match as Daniels gets control early. A calf kick gets a two count as Daniels tags in to Suicide. Daniels hits a gutwrench suplex and Suicide hits a top rope leg drop for a two count. Kiyoshi gets tagged in and hits a flap jack for a two count. Bashir is tagged in and the two trade shots. A scoop slam by Bashir gets a one and Kiyoshi is back in. Kiyoshi hits a couple big shots. but Suicide counters with a Tazplex. Suicide tags in Daniels and clears the ring. Bashir and Kiyoshi try a double team move, but Daniels hits a bulldog/ stunner combination. Suicide hits a big springboard crossbody.Suicide is attacked by Lethal Consequences and the Guns, taking him out of the match. Daniels hits a power move, but Shane Douglas comes in and hits Daniels with a chain. Bashir throws the ref in the ring as Kiyoshi gets the pinfall victory. It didn’t have the same pop as the opening match of weeks past, but still an ok match. 2.5 out of 5 stars.
Shane Douglas is in the middle of the ring and he says it isn’t personal, just business. He loves TNA, but he never got a second chance while Daniels did. He wants to know where is his second chance. He tells TNA management and he demands his second chance. He says that he will make Daniels’ life miserable until he gets it. Continue reading
Here are the announced matches for TNA Impact tonight:
King of the Mountain Qualifying Match under Lethal Lockdown rules: Samoa Joe vs Kevin Nash
Suicide and Christopher Daniels vs Kiyoshi and Sheik Abdul Bashir
Beer Money Inc. vs Consequences Creed and Chris Sabin
Jesse Neal vs ???
Also, Tara (formerly Victoria) and Shane Douglas are set to appear tonight.
My Predicitions:
Samoa Joe qualifies for King of the Mountain by defeating Kevin Nash
Kiyoshi and Bashir defeat Daniels and Suicide
Beer Money Inc. defeats Creed and Sabin
No matter who he faces, Jesse Neal gets destroyed
At a TNA house show earlier this week, Samoa Joe tore his tricep and broke a couple of fingers. In an update on his injury, he posted on his twitter account that he will be at Slammiversary come “hell or high water.” This could be looked at one of two ways: 1) he needs to really reconsider his stance since he is only going to hurt himself more, or 2) maybe he won’t need a lot of time off to repair both injuries, especially since we don’t know how bad the tear is.
Either way, Joe will be at Slammiversary.
As reported earlier, a superstar in TNA is going to leave by the end of this year. It appears that former TNA World Heavyweight champ Sting will be leaving the company, and in all likely hood, retire from wrestling.
In other TNA news, Samoa Joe suffered a torn tricep and a few broken fingers at a show in Boise. This could put Joe’s shot at being in Slammiversary in serious jeopardy. More to follow….
X Division Title Match: Suicide (c) vs Amazing Red
Suicide lands a right hand on Red and Red counters with a few near falls. Suicide counters a near fall with a decapitation clothesline. Suicide hits a rolling fireman’s carry to knock Red out of the ring. Red then is caught in a wheelbarrel and sent into the steel guard rail. Suicide rolls Red back in the ring and earns a near fall from a suplex. Suicide then hits Red with a big dropkick and continues the beat down. Suicide hits a scoop slam and a leg drop. Red then hits a tornado DDT, and a ensiguri for a two count. Red goes for the Code Red, but Suicide counters with a suplex of sorts for a two count. Red goes for the InfraRed, but Suicide pokes the eyes and hits the Suicide Solution for the win. This was a fast paced and fun match up to watch. 4 out of 5 stars.
Sting comes out to the ring with the rest of the Main Event Mafia behind. Sting talks about the changes that he will be bringing to the family. He said that some have forgotten the focus of the MEM and he will guide them to the original goal they had. Sting asks if everyone has stayed the course. He kicks out the women from the MEM because of a distraction they are. He talks about the Main Event Mafia Security and says they are gone as well. He says if anyone has an issue, they should step forward.
Samoa Joe comes out and says he appreciates that he is trying to bring dignity back, but it won’t matter. Joe has been ordered to take out everyone in the mafia until only Kurt Angle is left and he will be killed. Continue reading
The 450 Splash 