- Thanks to JP Nichols and PWInsider.com for these spoilers from tonight’s iMPACT tapings in Orlando:
In a Dark Match: Homicide defeated Ken Doane with an Ace Crusher in what was described as a solid match for Doane.
In a Dark Match: Jay Lethal defeated Kazuchika Okada with an elbow drop.
In an Xplosion Match: Kazarian and Amazing Red defeat Brian Kendrick and Daniels when Kazarian pinned Kendrick.
After the opening pyro:
AJ Styles and Ric Flair come out. Styles gets on the mic and calls Abyss a scary looking but stupid monster. Styles asks Abyss if he really thinks that a ring will help him. A.J. comments on their previous matches. Styles says that much like the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus, he does not believe in magical rings. Styles says that he considers himself a gift from God. Flair gets on the mic and rambles about Hogan and Abyss.
Jeff Hardy’s music plays and Jeff comes out to the ring. A.J. asks Jeff who he thinks he is and then he calls Hardy a nobody. Styles says that since Hardy wants to put his hands on him and Flair, that they should go at it tonight. Hardy gets on the mic and says it will be a breeze. AJ Styles versus Jeff Hardy is announced for tonight.
Mick Foley and Eric Bischoff are on the screen. Foley apologizes for messing up last week. Eric says that tonight, in the ring they will shave Foley’s head and beard to make a citizen out of him.
They show another video. This time it is the Nasty boys beating up Jesse Neal and putting him through a table.
The Nasty Boys come out for a six man tag match with Jimmy Hart against Team 3D and Jesse Neal. The Nasty Boys and Hart act as if it is going to be a handicap match as a result of the earlier attack on Jesse Neal. Brother Ray says that is not the case and brings out Brother Runt.
Nasty Boys and Jimmy Hart defeated Brother Ray, Brother Devon, and Brother Runt. Jimmy Hart pinned Ray after Saggs hit Ray with the helmet while the referee was distracted. After the match the Nasty Boys bring in a table to put 3D through, but Jesse Neal comes out with his ribs taped for the save. Jesse and Team 3D put Saggs through the table.
Angelina Love is interviewed in the back. She talks about how it sucks that she and Tara lost. Angelina issues an open challenge to any member of the Beautiful People for tonight, especially Velvet Sky. Angelina calls them rip offs of her since she is the original. Angelina says that she thinks that she may need to go on her own quest to take out the trash one beautiful person at a time.
They show yet another video with Borash interviewing The Band saying that their match at Destination X is official. They say that it should not be an issue. Nash and Eric Young walk up and mention to Hall how he likes money and gives Hall money for five minutes with him in the ring tonight. Hall accepts the challenge.
Kurt Angle and D’Angelo Dinero defeat Ken Anderson and Desmond Wolfe when Dinero got a small package on Wolfe. After the match, Wolfe attacks pope and they fight up the ramp. Anderson lays out Angle and attacks him with the tag and that busts open Angle. Anderson says that this beat down was only a small taste of what will happen at the PPV.
They show another video and it is of Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam with Hulk Hogan backstage. Abyss is the special enforcer for the Hardy/Styles match and tells Van Dam that he has something special in store for him. Eric Bischoff comes in when they leave and he talks about the surprises on Monday but wishes that Hogan had told him about the surprises. There seems to be some tension between Hogan and Bischoff.
Angelina Love comes out for her match and all three members of the Beautiful People come out. They introduce a new member of the group, for one night only and it is Daffney.
Angelina Love defeats Daffney by disqualification. Daffney attacks Angelina from behind and tries to use a hammer but it did not work because of the referee. Velvet, Madison, and Lacey get involved leading to Angelina getting the win by disqualification. All four attack Angelina after the match. Daffney goes up the ramp to get the ugly stick but the referee tries to stop her. Tara hops over the rail and lays out the Velvet, Madison, and Lacey before staring down Daffney.
Kevin Nash versus Scott Hall in the Five Minute Challenge. Waltman comes out with handcuffs and they handcuff Nash to the ropes and put the boots to him. Eric Young comes out for the save and gets the upper hand for a short period of time but Hall and Waltman take the $25,000 and leave.
Hogan comes out and says that he can’t get the image out of head of Abyss saying ‘why sting why’ and Hogan wants an answer from Sting. Sting makes his way down but Van Dam jumps him and Van Dam beats Sting up as they fight around the ring. Van Dam rolls Sting into the ring and Van Dam throws Hogan the bat. Bischoff comes out with security and wants to know what Hogan is doing. Bischoff has security escort Sting out of the building. Bischoff calls out Hogan on saying that he won’t wrestle and how he is supposed to be leading the company. Hogan gives no response and Eric leaves the ring.
Hernandez and Jeff Jarrett are seen backstage. Hernandez tells Jeff that he will help him take on Beer Money in a match tonight. Eric Bischoff overhears this and interrupts the conversation saying that will not happen. Eric says that Hernandez will face Beer Money in a handicap match with Jarrett as the referee. Eric tells Jarrett to call it right down the middle.
Beer Money defeated Hernandez with the DWI. During the match, Matt Morgan came out and was on commentary but left before the end of the match. After the match, Beer Money attacked Jarrett and were posing to the crowd until Jarrett made a comeback and Hernandez joined Jarrett and took care of Beer Money.
Eric Bischoff comes out for the grooming of Mick Foley. They have a barber chair set up in the ring. Eric calls out Foley and sits down in the chair. Foley stops Eric when he goes to shave his head and hits him with Mr. Socko. Foley puts Bischoff in the chair and shaves Eric’s head.
The Ultimate X structure is being brought out to hype the Ultimate X match at the Generation X pay per view.
The Motor City Machine Guns come out. Chris Sabin takes a mic and says that Destination X will be a night to remember. Not only is it the return of Ultimate X with the winner becoming the Number One Contenders to the TNA World Tag Titles, but it will be the start to the Motor City Era. Sabin calls out Generation Me for coming into their turf and asks who they have beaten. Generation Me comes out and reminds Sabin that they beat the Machine Guns in their debut. Shelley says it was just luck and then says that Motor City is the Xbox while Generation Me are Ataris. He also says that they are the Ferraris to Generation Me’s station wagons. He says that they can keep talking about this or the time where the Guns got with Generation Me’s girlfriends. This leads to a brawl with all four men getting involved. Brian Kendrick comes out to save the Guns. Amazing Red comes out to take out Kendrick. Daniels comes out to take care of Red. Kazarian comes out with a ladder and hits Daniels with it. Generation Me do dives off the Ultimate X towers onto the guns. They set up the ladder and Red dives off the ladder onto Kendrick, Daniels, and the Guns on the outside. Red, Kazarian, and Generation Me pose together in the ring. (This was described as a crazy segment).
The match between A.J. Styles and Jeff Hardy is a non-title match.
Jeff Hardy defeats TNA World Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles with a Swanton. There was a ref bump about ten minutes into the match. After the referee was knocked out A.J. went for a springboard 450 but missed. Hardy hit the Twist of Fate and Swanton with Abyss making the three count. After the match, Flair hit Hardy with a chair. Flair went to hit Abyss and they started going up the ramp with Flair repeatedly trying to hit Abyss. They got to the end of the ramp and Abyss Hulked up and choke slammed Flair shoulder first through the ramp. Abyss then did the ‘finger point of doom’ towards Styles who was sitting in the corner of the ring holding the TNA World Heavyweight Title belt closely.
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James Mills
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 2:44 PMWith the exception of The Nasty’s/Hall/Nash/Waltman….it sounds like a damn fine show.
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The Real Wrestling God
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 2:56 PMJeff Hardy ur an idiot. Secondly it doesn’t matter how good impact is because it’s disposed when raw is on the air. Besides they give impact again on thursday.
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James Mills
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 2:57 PMOne thing about TNA last night and on evidence of this taping….they have put their foot foward and are now doing a solid job of promoting the ‘Destination X’ PPV.
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The Real Wrestling God
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 3:01 PM@ James Mills
on one of your previous post you say tna doesn’t need to beat raw but fight them. well u can’t fight someone when ur on the ground and their standing up.
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Mikey
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 3:48 PMBORING! BORING! BORING!
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brian
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 3:55 PMhey mikey i take it you like to watch midgets and supercena huh ok wwe mark
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Boondox
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 3:57 PMlol 1 episode of NXT rating > Destination X ratings.
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Jaspreet
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 4:03 PM“Foley puts Bischoff in the chair and shaves Eric’s head.”
Again…???
I think Bischoff likes this… saves on his Barber’s Bill.
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TomC
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 4:04 PMAgree with James Mills on this one. Anyone who thinks that the current WWE product is superior to TNA right now is probably also a fan of The Vampire Diaries. WWE is WEAK WEAK WEAK – absolutely predictable every single step of the way.
TNA is mixing things up and throwing in surprises left and right. TNA is doing it right and is well on the way to becoming a major contender in Monday Night War II. Once TNA starts playing arenas and traveling more often, look for WWE to suffer as they did back in the 90′s … only this time, Carter, Hogan and Bischoff have prior mistakes to learn from and not repeat.
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brian
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 4:23 PMthought this show was supose to be liver every monday what a joke tna only live 1 week tna is a fucing joke!!
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TomC
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 4:42 PMAs opposed to what – WWE taping Smackdown and ECW/NXT every week. Oh yah, TNA is TOTALLY out of touch, aren’t they? [end sarcasm]
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James Mills
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 4:55 PM@The Real Wrestling God…
TNA is already fighting WWE by simply going on monday nights. Irregardless of the Ratings, that one move has already made the wrestling industry more exciting. Hence, the business itself benefits overall.
The winners are us, the fans.
Whether WWE beats TNA in the ratings by a big margin or not, its nice to have the CHOICE between two promotions on Monday nights again. I want BOTH WWE and TNA to succeed the very best they can on Monday nights and offer as much entertainment and excitement as possible.
I have always been a fan of ALL wrestling, WWF/E, WCW, ECW, ROH, NJPW, NOAH, AJPW, Dragon Gate. There is competition and rivarly companies, but in the end, they are all in the very same industry.
Back during the original Monday night war, i wasnt on either WWF or WCW’s side, i enjoyed what BOTH companies had to offer (granted, that was often hard with WCW in late 1999/2000) but i was never ‘on one companies side’.
What many die-hard WWE fans (the kind who are calling for the death of TNA) dont realise is, that a number of the WWE performers themselves actually want TNA to succeed as much as the TNA wrestlers…..WHY? Because it would provide them with with a viable alternative place to work if needs be, and more importantly…would provide them the ability to up their asking price when their contracts come up with Vince.
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rko
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 5:50 PMpuke dinero with his signature small package. This shmuck has no business teaming with angle.
The nasty’s are terrible and were never that great to begin with. Brian Knobbs is so lucky he’s buds with Hogan.
Rvd vs Sting is not exactly a dream match, but it’s never been done so i’m looking forward to a match between the two.
It’s funny how sting put over rvd and triple H never put rvd over in a single match in the wwe.
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Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 6:21 PMif tonights live NXT, beats Live Impact…. There is something seriously WRONG with that picture…. Seriously WRONG
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James Mills
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 7:14 PMRVD vs Sting at Lockdown…..this match has never happened before.
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Thumper!
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 7:17 PMLOL
The amount of brainwashed 15 year old John Cena lovers who actually call themselves “wrestling fans” truelly amazes me.
The fact that everyone is hating TNA PROVES that everyone is taking notice. Go watch John Cena kids. I’ll watch entertainment for mature audiences only.
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ThisGuy
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 8:03 PMI have to agree with James Miles. I want both WWE and TNA to succeed because its nice to have a choice. I was getting tried of watching WWE because it was the same matches over and over. If I have to see HHH vs Randy Orton I going to puke…wait thats a match for this coming MOnday. NNNOOOOOOOOOO.
But if all jokes a side it was nice to see another company like TNA at least trying to give the fans something different. I just don’t like Hulk vs. Flair. They should have just stay retire and help develop the wrestlers on the TNA roster.
WWE problems is I feel that they are not pushing other superstars into the main event. The main events are getting to predictable just like how WCW was for awhile.
But like James Miles said we the fans are the winners because rather if you like or not the Monday Night Wars are back!!! Lets hope that its here for awhile.
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pimp s
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 8:34 PMnot only kids watch john cena/wwe stop hating u pieces of shit
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cena sucks di*k
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 9:18 PMpimp s – if you read all the above comments, youll see it was the wwe fans that started this argument as they know their favourite product will soon be in trouble
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The G81
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 9:24 PM@TomC…u say that the WWE is predictable…that could be true but its not as bad as TNA…first of all their “surprise stars” arent a surprise to anyone cuz ppl know about it at least a month in advance….and its truely said that u TNA fans can say what u want but when someone defends the WWE we’re a “WWE Mark”…gimme a break why just dont like watchin the same old geysers try to hang onto whatever fame they can…because trust me if anyone one of TNA stars where offered the same amount of money and work schedule they get in TNA they’d be gone…there not there because they believe in TNA..its because they got no where else to go
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dave
Date: Mar 09, 2010 at 9:30 PMive been watching for a while and was wondering what make tna so much edgier than wwe? if ya ask me its both the same shit. hogan and old guys and angle talkin bout the troups for tna. and cena and hhh for wwe.
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Joey
Date: Mar 10, 2010 at 1:26 AM@ The idiot above me – WWE IS precictable NO could about it. Basically what you’re saying if its not WWE wrestlers aren’t allowed to wrestle. WWE doesn’t even like to use the word wrestling. When WCW died this site turned into a WWE only network. Bash the old guys as much as you want, to hell with their in ring skills their mic skills pi$$ all over much of the new talent. John Cena same lame a$$ promo weak after weak (misspelled intentionally )with the same nerves popping out his head. BORING.
@ rko – Very true about RVD and triple h and people still have a go. Which reminds me who was the last person triple h put over even DX vs Legacy it was always HBK that jobbed.
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rko
Date: Mar 10, 2010 at 2:23 AM@joey
There was one time triple H jobbed to cody rhodes during the dx vs legacy fued. It was on Raw. I think it was a handicap match, but I know that rhodes got the pinfall on triple H after he hit cross-rhodes.
You know I’m no fan of John Chaina, as Santino would put it, but I can appreciate his dedication to the business. The guy works hard and lives for the business. I thought it was cool that cena jobbed cleanly to rvd years back at one night stand when rvd became champion. That had to be rvd’s biggest moment of his career. He beat the face of the wwe. Rvd is no Bret Hart in the ring, but despite what people say about him, he has more than 5 moves. Anyone who’s followed his career knows that.
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??
Date: Mar 10, 2010 at 6:36 AMSometimes I just like to read what everyone says just to get a laugh. You guys are totally funny.
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TomC
Date: Mar 10, 2010 at 6:49 AMThe problem with the WWE is that vince McMahon is far too focused on the “episodic entertainment/sitcom” element rather than the actual WRESTLING. It’s the CONFLICT STORYLINES that have kept wrestling alive for over 80 years.
The WWE just doesn’t have the TRUE bad-blood rivalries it used to have. Remember Randy Savage v. Ricky Steamboat and/or Ultimate Warrieor? Remember Paul Orndorf v. Hulk Hogan? Remember Bret Hart v. Owen Hart? Remember Hogan v. Andre?
WWE hasn’t had many (if any) true grit, for the record books rivalries since before the “Attitude” era (you know, when WCW was kicking WWE’s ass). At least TNA is trying to bring some of that back with Angle/Anderson, Hogan/Flair, 3D/Nasty Boys, etc.
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RIch
Date: Mar 10, 2010 at 7:11 AMOk first of all whoever said RVD vs Sting is crap is stupid as hell cuz they’ve never been in a match together and there first match will probably happen at Lockdown in a six sides of steel match which will be great. Somehow Beer Money turning heel dosen’t appease me.I somehow see Mick Foley and Jeff Jarrett teaming up to try to take out Bischoff.Spike Dudley being brought back is great.STOP HATING ON D’ANGELO DINERO CUZ HE IS A GREAT WRESTLER AND DESERVES TO BE THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.Kurt Angle and Mr. Anderson(who is talented all you haters) is developing into a great feud.I wish TNA would release the nasty boys.
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rko
Date: Mar 10, 2010 at 8:04 AMROFL@ rich
“STOP HATING ON D’ANGELO DINERO CUZ HE IS A GREAT WRESTLER AND DESERVES TO BE THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION”
That’s the funniest shit i’ve read in a while.
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The G81
Date: Mar 10, 2010 at 11:39 AM@Joey…as far as i was concerned a wrestling program is suppose to have more wrestling than talking to begin with so all these old guys are f***ed…and where do u get ” you’re saying if its not WWE wrestlers aren’t allowed to wrestle “….what im sayin is most of them would leave TNA in a heartbeat if they could be in the same kind of role in a marque environment…but i will agree John Cenas promos about workin hard every day do suck…yet i guess u do have to respect the guy for all that he does
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Jeff
Date: Mar 10, 2010 at 4:03 PMthought this stuff was gonna be live every Monday? You kw what..WWE can give away the facts from TNA just like WCW did like whta 10yrs ago? Mankind won the WWF title..And we all switched over and yup WCW gave a huge blow and thats a big reason why WWE is now live every Mondays..well almost live every Mondays..After W/M its said it gonna be taped
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dont ask
Date: Mar 10, 2010 at 4:23 PMI would love to watch tna But can’t because I don’t get spike so im stuck with the wwe
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fish
Date: Mar 10, 2010 at 9:52 PMI cant say ive ever really watched TNA enough to call myself a fan, though I do always read results, and often find them frustrating and at times, utterly baffling. However, I think this show actually did what it needed too, which was promote their next coming ppv. Admittidly it did so with Hogan and Flair still on the show, and personally I think TNA needs nither of them.
I know I certainly dont want to see Flair take any more bumps in wrestling, WWE or TNA. Through the stage? Mannnn.
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