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TNA iMPACT! Report for May 11, 2006
by Richard Trionfo
We are approaching the weekend of the Sacrifice pay per view. Who will be the man that Sting chooses to be his tag team partner against Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett? What new matches will be announced for Sacrifice? What will Kevin Nash say in the second part of his interview with Alex Shelley? Will Christian confront Abyss since Abyss still possesses the NWA World Title belt? Will Larry Zbyszko be chased by Raven this week and if so, where will Raven find him? What will happen in the World X Cup this week? Will we see any more dissension among the members of Team USA?
We are live on tape from Universal Studios in Orlando and your announcers are Mike ‘TNA’ Tenay and Don ‘You have got to be kidding me’ West.
We start off tonight’s show with Team 3D coming to the ring. Brother Ray gets on the mic and he says that since they got to TNA they have been fighting warriors in the ring no matter who they faced in the ring. They fought until the end. He does not know how management decided that Christopher Daniels and A.J. Styles deserved a title match before they did. He says that Daniels and Styles are both great wrestlers and both of them are the future of the wrestling industry. He is proud to be in the same company as them. As far as being a great tag team, it ain’t happening. They do not deserve a title match before the most successful tag team in the business. TNA management know it, Team 3D knows it, and so do the fans. They deserve the title match against America’s Most Wanted.
From out of nowhere, the music for the James Gang plays and they come to the ring. BG gets on the mic and he apologizes for busting into their interview because it is unprofessional and disrespectful. A few things troubled him. He heard Brother Ray say that they were the most distinguished tag team in wrestling history. BG says that he begs to differ because they never beat the James Gang. Brother Ray says that they never beat them, except for that one time they won their first WWE Tag Team Title.
BG says that he wants to take them down memory lane. What about a tag team that sold out Madison Square Garden forty-seven times in a row. On the other hand you have a team scratching to bring 350 people to a bingo hall. Brother Ray says that they might be jealous that they could never get over in that bingo hall. BG says that he never plays bingo. Brother Ray yells out ‘B-52’ and BG says that Brother Ray sank his battleship. This isn’t a bingo hall, it is the Impact Zone and the big boys play in a six sided circle. He has a solution. Since their dance card is wide open at Sacrifice, why not do the thing at the pay per view. Brother Ray suggests that they settle some old business at Sacrifice and BG says that they have a deal.
Before our first match, Mike Tenay shows us the standings for the World X Cup. Team Mexico and Team USA are tied with two points.
Match Number One: Puma (with Shocker) versus Chris Sabin in a second round World X Cup Match
Puma grabs Sabin’s leg and throws him to the mat and then gets Sabin in a wrist lock. Sabin with an arm drag into a rollup for a two count. Sabin with s drop toe hold and he misses an elbow drop. Sabin avoids a kick from Puma and then he drop kicks Puma in the back that sends Puma to the apron. Sabin with a baseball slide but Puma goes back into the ring and Puma with a drop kick to Sabin on the apron that sends Sabin to the floor. Puma signals to Sabin to return to the ring and we go to commercial.
We are back and Puma with a snap mare. Sabin misses an enzuigiri, but Sabin is able to trip Puma and then he hits a drop kick to Puma’s head.
We see Jerry Lynn, Sonjay Dutt, and Jay Lethal on the Ramp of Facial Impact.
Sabin charges at Puma who held on to the ropes on an Irish whip attempt and Puma with a kick to Sabin’s head. Sabin with a forearm to Puma. Puma with an arm drag take down in to a cloverleaf on Sabin. Puma with a knee drop to Sabin’s arm followed by a drop kick to the arm for a near fall. Puma with a fireman’s carry slam followed by a leg drop. Puma slams Sabin again and then he hits a slingshot senton into the ring for a two count. Puma with an arm bar on Sabin followed by an arm bar and crossface.
We see Team Canada watching from the locker room.
Sabin punches Puma followed by an Irish whip, but he charges into an elbow from Puma. Puma with a kick to Sabin’s head. Puma comes off the ropes but he runs into a back kick from Sabin. Sabin with a springboard missile drop kick to Puma from the apron.
We see Team Japan watching from the Ramp of Heelish Impact.
Sabin gets Puma up for the Cradle Shock but Puma gets out and he gets Sabin in a waist lock. Sabin with an elbow to Puma to escape the waist lock followed by more elbows to Puma’s head. Sabin with an Irish whip and Puma floats over and he gets a rollup on Sabin for a two count into a cloverleaf. Sabin is able to make it to the ropes and Puma releases the hold. Puma goes up top, but Sabin pulls him off. Puma with a forearm and then he goes up again. Sabin crotches Puma and then Sabin with a baseball slide drop kick to Puma in the corner. Sabin with the Cradle Shock for the three count.
Winner: Chris Sabin
We go to the back where Jeremy Borash is with America’s Most Wanted, Bobby Roode, Scott D’Amore, A1, Jackie Gayda, and Gail Kim. He talks about the six man tag match against Christopher Daniels, A.J. Styles, and Rhino. Before Jeremy can ask a question, Gail wants to know what is going on with Jackie and Chris wants to know as well. They ask her if she is crying and Harris tells Jackie that there is no crying in wrestling. Gail calls Jackie pathetic and then he tells Gail to have Jackie get some coffee for Bobby. James wants another beer, but Chris tells them not to get James any more beer. Chris apologizes to D’Amore. D’Amore says that there is no need to apologize to him but he might want to apologize to Christopher Daniels, A.J. Styles, and Rhino for what they are going to do in their match tonight.
From out of nowhere, Larry Zbyszko comes into the locker room and he wants some help with Raven and Scott says that he is not interested in helping. Larry says that he is not the only one being persecuted with this witch hunt and Scott thinks about it and says that he is not interested in helping Larry. Scott says that maybe there is something that Larry can do for him. Scott tells A1 to get up there and then Scott talks about how A1 has been standing in the background too long. If Larry wants Raven taken care of, but before he asks for something Scott asks Larry if he has been castrated or if he still has the power to make matches. Scott tells Larry that he wants Raven to face Mr. Class in the ring and Larry says that they have a deal. We go to commercial.
We are back and Jeremy Borash is in the locker room with the members of Team USA. Alex tells them that he is here to deliver a message. He knows that they really don’t get along with him and don’t like him that much, but the feelings are returned. He felt remised as an X Division wrestler, a humanitarian, and a friend if he didn’t show them the video.
We go to Part 2 of Alex’s interview with Kevin Nash. Alex says that he knows that Kevin brought him here for a reason to agree to do this and benefit himself. Kevin says that he wants to get this back to TNA. He has until October 2007 on his contract and they are going to honor it. He talks about how they spent this time on Sting so they should do a lot more for Kevin Nash, but they have not done that. He is going to have to shake things up. He is going to go after their little pride and joy. He is going to go after the X Division. He will go after something that gave TNA its identity. If he destroys what gave TNA its identity, then he becomes TNA’s identity. If you become that identity, then you become the most valuable thing to that company. That means that you get the most money. By the time his deal comes up, he will be the hottest entity in the business and the numbers will be going up again. Then he will renegotiate. He says that you can line up the entire X Division and at his age, he could single handedly defeat all of them night after night. A mediocre big man would destroy the best small man night in and night out. Kevin asks Alex what the motto for the X Division is. Alex says that it is ‘it is not about weight limits, it is about no limits’. Kevin tells Alex to take credit for anything you can. He wants to see them back it up. Which one can back it up when you take the size 16 boot to the face.
Chris, Sonjay, and Jay are in shock at the footage and Sabin wants Shelley to ‘man up’. Alex says that the footage missed him defending the X Division with his heart and soul. Then it missed Kevin saying that he would be at the pay per view on Sunday. Alex says that it is a 100 percent guarantee that Kevin will be there. Sonjay says that it is time for the dinosaurs to move to the side and now Kevin can say it to his face. Sabin, Dutt, and Lethal leave without Shelley and Alex tells them not to shoot the messenger.
Don and Mike are at ringside. Mike talks about Alex’s comments that Kevin Nash will be at Sacrifice and Mike says that he cannot wait to see how Kevin is greeted by the X Division wrestlers. Don says that the X Division wrestlers have a lot of pride and they know that they are the best athletes in the world and they did not like what Kevin Nash had to say.
As Abyss walks to the ring for his match, James Mitchell is on the TNATron and he lets us know that the NWA World Heavyweight Title belt is in safe hands. On Sunday he will release it so it can be hung above the ring at Sacrifice. So Christian can get a taste of what he is in store for in Full Metal Mayhem, Abyss has prepared a preview.
Match Number Two: Abyss versus Chase Stevens
Abyss tries to bring a ladder into the ring, but Stevens with a baseball slide into the ladder that knocks Abyss to the floor. Stevens with a slingshot plancha but Abyss catches him and then he runs Stevens’s back into the ring post. Abyss rolls the ladder into the ring and then he punches Stevens on the floor and rolls Chase back into the ring. Abyss puts the ladder in the corner. Abyss punches Stevens in the had and then he puts a chair into the turnbuckles. Stevens gets a chair and he hits Abyss in the head with it. Stevens punches Abyss. Abyss tries to Irish whip Stevens into the chair in the ropes, but Stevens tries to float over, but Abyss with a kick to the groin and then he sends Stevens into the chair. Abyss sets up the table in the ring. Abyss punches Stevens in the head and then he Irish whips Stevens into the ladder in the corner. Abyss grabs Stevens by the throat and he choke slams Stevens through the table for the three count.
Winner: Abyss
After the match, Christian comes into the ring and he grabs the ladder and runs it into Abyss’s abdomen and then Abyss’s arm and head. Abyss leaves the ring while Christian sets up the ladder in the ring. Security comes out and then Christian climbs up the ladder and he hits a cross body onto Abyss and security. Christian punches Abyss but then security separates them. Abyss gets away from security and he punches Christian. We go to commercial.
We are back and Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner are already in the ring. Sting’s music plays as the lights go down and he out. Lex Luger, Buff Bagwell, and Rick Steiner stand on the Stage of Facial Impact with Sting. Sting tells Jarrett and Scott that they made the choice not to pick Lex Luger, Buff Bagwell, and Rick Steiner. He says that was their choice. Sting says that he was going to let Jarrett make the choice. He gives Jarrett the option and there is one more contestant. He tells Jarrett that he can make the choice while he walks to the ring.
Jarrett tells Sting that he made a career by reading people’s faces. He did not become the King of the Mountain by some person handing that moniker to him. He earned that because he is the smartest man in professional wrestling. He forgot more mind games than Sting will ever know. He says that he knows that Sting is out of partners. He knows that Sting does not have the opportunity to call Hulk Hogan because he is off shooting some fake reality show. He cannot pick Scott Hall because his second old lady dumped him again. He cannot get Kevin Nash because he is mad as hell about the X Division. You cannot also get Randy Savage because he is in the loony bin. He tells Sting that he is out of choices and out of partners. He wants to know who the partner is right now.
Sting asks Jeff if he wants to know who is in the tunnel and Jeff says that he wants to know right now. Sting says that his partner was a solo performer at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is a former mortgage broker. Tank Abbott’s dad was his high school English teacher. He says that his partner was a former bouncer at the Centerfield Sports Bar and Grill in Huntingdon Beach, California. Jarrett says that you can chalk one up for the King of the Mountain because he won this game. He tells Sting that it will be a long night because at Sacrifice they will be sacrificing Sting’s body. Sting says that he is not finished. His partner is currently the undefeated Samoan Submission Machine, Samoa Joe.
Samoa Joe walks to the ring as Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett leave the ring. Joe has an evil smile as we go to commercial.
Match Number Three: America’s Most Wanted (with Gail Kim) and Bobby Roode (with Scott D’Amore) versus A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, and Rhino
Rhino and Storm start things off. Roode draws Rhino to the ropes and then Storm attacks from behind. Storm punches Rhino but Rhino punches back and he slams Storm’s head into the turnbuckle followed by kicks. Storm punches Rhino and he tries to slam Rhino’s head into the turnbuckle, but Rhino blocks it and he sends Storm into the turnbuckle. Strom with a kick to Rhino and he tags in Roode. Roode does not enter the ring right away and Harris attacks Rhino from behind. Roode kicks Rhino and A.J. tries to go after Harris but the referee stops him. Roode kicks and punches Rhino and Bobby addresses the crowd. Roode with a knee to Rhino and he tags in Harris. Rhino with a kick and he tags in Daniels. Daniels kicks and punches Harris followed by a chop and forearm. Daniels with a drop kick to Harris and we go to commercial.
We are back and Daniels backs into his corner and Styles makes the tag and A.J. kicks Harris and then Daniels and Styles with a double slam followed by an elbow from Daniels and a senton splash from Styles for a two count. Styles with a punch to Harris. Storm grabs A.J.’s leg on an Irish whip. A.J. stomps on Storm’s hand and then he ducks an attempted clothesline from Roode and A.J. with an elbow to Roode. Harris with a full nelson slam to Styles. Harris leaves Styles in the ropes and D’Amore punches A.J. when the referee was distracted. Roode tags in and he kicks Styles followed by slamming his head into the turnbuckle. Roode with a chop to Styles and then he puts A.J. on the top turnbuckle. Roode tries for a superplex and Styles punches Bobby and Roode goes to the mat while A.J. goes to the apron. Styles with a slingshot springboard forearm to Roode and both men are down. Storm and Rhino tag in. Harris comes in as well and Rhino punches Harris and Storm. Rhino with an Irish whip to Harris followed by a running shoulder into the corner. Rhino with a spinebuster to Storm for a two count. Harris with a flying clothesline and then Roode punches Rhino. All six men are in the ring with Daniels and Harris facing off while Styles takes on Roode and Rhino squares off with Storm. Daniels with a jawbreaker to Harris followed by an enzuigiri and Harris goes outside the ring to the floor. Roode punches Styles in the corner and then he sees Daniels on the apron and he hits the Northern Lariat on Daniels that knocks him to the floor. Roode tries for a Northern Lariat on Styles, but A.J. with the Pele kick. Storm with a super kick to Styles.
From out of nowhere, Jackie Gayda comes to the ring with the coffee and she argues with Gail Kim. James Storm tells them to stop and Jackie throws the coffee in Storm’s face. Rhino with the GORE for the three count on Storm. We go to credits. Winners: Rhino, A.J. Styles, and Christopher Daniels
