Source: 411Mania.com
– I attended a TNA house show last night in Pikeville, KY at the East Kentucky Expo Center. Pretty good crowd, I would say that there was around 5,000 there. Smackdown held a card here a couple of years ago and filled the place full with around 7,000. This crowd was a little smaller, but just as vocal.
– Jeremy Borash came out and got the crowd worked up, encouraging everyone to really make some noise. He said that they would keep an eye out for the most vocal fans tonight and some would be randomly chosen to come backstage and meet all the wrestlers. Suffice to say, I wasn’t one of the lucky ones. He then introduced the referee for the evening, Earl Hebner, who was greeted with quite a few boos.
– The first match saw The Motor City Machineguns defeating Sonjay Dutt and Petey Williams. The crowd initially cheered both teams until Williams and Dutt started bending the rules. The Machineguns got the win after Williams accidentally threw powder in Dutt’s eyes, costing them the match.
– Next was Awesome Kong defeating ODB after a powerbomb. The crowd was really into this match. ODB was way over with the fans.
– Next was more tag team action, as LAX defeated The Rock and Rave Infection. No Christy Hemme tonight. The LAX looked great out there and the crowd just loved them. A lot of high spots from LAX as they picked up a dominating victory.
– Then was without a doubt the match of the night. Rhino defeated Robert Roode in a street fight. Roode subbed for James Storm, who was wheeled out in a hospital bed by Johnny Devine and Jackie Moore. Storm claimed he was thrown 20 stories off of Elevation X by Rhino and would be unable to compete, but that his friend Robert Roode would take his spot. Roode and Rhino proceeded to brawl all over the arena, including just a few feet from me in the lower arena seating. Rhino picked up the win after goring Roode through a table.
– Next was intermission. Borash said that they might be bringing a PPV to Pikeville soon. Sonjay Dutt came back out and started to run down the area and the fans. Shark Boy then came out, nailed Dutt with the stunner, and did his other Stone Cold routines, much to the delight of the younger fans. I swear that every little kid in the arena must have had a Shark Boy shirt. They must have sold a ton of them.
– The next match saw Jay Lethal retaining his X Division title, defeating AJ Styles after reversing a rollup. The fans were split on these two, some cheering Black Machismo and some rooting for Styles. I believe some of the fans were not that familiar with TNA and were not sure who was the face and who was the heel.
– The main event saw Kurt Angle retaining his TNA title beating Samoa Joe. Joe nailed Angle with the Muscle Buster and appeared to have the match won when AJ Styles ran down and pulled the referee out of the ring. Angle recovered, low blowed Joe and hit the Angle Slam for the win. Once again the crowd was divided as to who they were cheering for.
– After the show, all the wrestlers came back out for photos and autographs with fans. I enjoyed this night of wrestling more than I did Smackdown a couple of years ago. All the wrestlers brought their A games and put on a great show.
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