Source: Pro Wrestling Insider
We start off with a video package and they talk about Sting as an icon and living legend. Mike Tenay mentions how Sting was Mr. October for his Bound for Glory victories.
Mick Foley welcomes us to the show and he calls himself the hardcore wrestling librarian. Mick talks about Sting’s history in wrestling as an icon. Mick says that Sting’s legacy in TNA has been cemented by his participation at Bound for Glory.
We start off with the 2006 match between Jeff Jarrett and Sting. Jeff talks about how Sting’s career was being put on the line and the inclusion of Kurt Angle
as special enforcer added to the match.
2006 Bound for Glory From Mike Johnson’s live coverage of the pay per view
TNA Heavyweight Title Match: Kurt Angle versus Sting
They lock up and Sting backs Angle into the ropes. Sting with a clean break. They lock up again and Angle with a waist lock but Sting with a standing switch. Angle makes it to the ropes and Sting with another clean break. Angle with an arm bar and single leg trip. Angle continues with the arm bar but Sting reverses and wrings the arm. Angle makes it to the ropes and Sting with another clean break. Sting with a side head lock and take down. Angle with a head scissors but Sting escapes the hold and both men are at a stalemate. Angle with a side head lock to Sting and shoulder tackle. Sting with a hip toss and Angle goes to the floor. Angle returns to the ring and he kicks Sting followed by a European uppercut and chop. Angle with another chop but Sting turns the tables with a punch and kick. Sting with the punches of ten to Angle and Sting screams for the fans.
Angle with a kick and European uppercut. Sting misses a drop kick but Angle goes for the legs. Sting pushes Angle off and hits a drop kick followed by a clothesline that sends Angle over the top rope to the floor. Sting sends Angle into the guardrails as he takes Angle around the ring and then he slams Angle’s head onto the announce table. Sting rolls in to break up the count. Sting rolls Angle back into the ring. Angle with a kick to Sting followed by an Irish whip but he misses a charge into the corner and runs his shoulder into the post. Sting tries for the Scorpion Death Drop but Angle counters and hits a German suplex. Angle with a backbreaker to Sting for a two count. Angle with another two count.
Angle with a European uppercut in the corner followed by punches and kicks. Angle chokes Sting with his boot. Angle hits a vertical suplex for a two count. Angle with a body scissors on Sting and he turns it into a side head lock. Sting with elbows to Angle but Angle with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Angle with a snap mare and then he has Sting in a rear chin lock with his knee in Sting’s back. Sting gets to his feet and gets out of the hold. Sting and Angle each hit clotheslines and both men go down in the center of the ring.
Sting and Angle get to their feet and they exchange punches with Sting getting the advantage. Sting with clotheslines to Angle but Angle with a kick. Sting with a spinebuster to Angle for a two count. Sting sets for the Stinger Splash and he hits it. Sting with one to Angle’s back. Sting with a bulldog and then Sting goes up top. Angle is up and he hits an overhead belly-to-belly superplex for a two count. Angle tries for the Olympic Slam but Sting with a counter into a sunset flip for a two count.
Angle hits the Three Rivers German suplex combination but he can only get a two count. Angle’s straps are down and he puts Sting in the ankle lock and he pulls Sting into the center of the ring. Sting counters and he puts Angle in the Scorpion Death Lock. Angle is about to tap but Karen Angle comes to the ring. Sting releases the hold and he tells Karen to leave. The referee sends Karen out of the ring. Kevin Nash comes into the ring and he clotheslines Sting. Angle with the Olympic Slam but the referee is dealing with Karen Angle. Angle can only get a two count. Angle puts Sting on the top turnbuckle for a superplex, but Sting knocks Angle off. Sting tries for a frog splash but Angle gets his knees up and Angle is only able to hit a two count.
Angle with a standing power slam to Sting and then he goes up top. Angle hits a 450 splash on Sting with his knees but Sting kicks out at two. Angle puts Sting in the ankle lock and Nash taunts Sting. Sting rolls through and sends Angle into Nash. Angle knocks the referee out and Sting hits the Scorpion Death Drop. Sting covers Angle but there is no referee. A second referee comes into the ring but Nash pulls that referee out of the ring and Nash punches the referee.
Nash enters the ring and he punches Sting and connects with elbows in the corner followed by knees. Angle and Nash Irish whip Sting but Sting with a double clothesline. Sting punches Nash but Angle with a low blow to Sting. Angle gets the baseball bat but Sting blocks it. Sting hits Angle with the bat and then he hits Nash with the bat while he tries to get back into the ring. Sting is bleeding and he hits the Scorpion Death Drop for the three count to become the New TNA Heavyweight Champion in eighteen and a half minutes.
Winner: Sting
We go to commercial.
We are back with Kurt Angle talking about how he never wrestled Sting before Bound for Glory 2007 and he enjoyed the match. Sting said that it was a miracle that he was able to get through the match. Sting says that he still suffers from this match.
2007 Bound for Glory from my live coverage of the pay per view
TNA Heavyweight Title Match: Kurt Angle versus Sting
They lock up and Sting backs Angle into the ropes. Sting with a clean break. They lock up again and Angle with a waist lock but Sting with a standing switch. Angle makes it to the ropes and Sting with another clean break. Angle with an arm bar and single leg trip. Angle continues with the arm bar but Sting reverses and wrings the arm. Angle makes it to the ropes and Sting with another clean break. Sting with a side head lock and take down. Angle with a head scissors but Sting escapes the hold and both men are at a stalemate. Angle with a side head lock to Sting and shoulder tackle. Sting with a hip toss and Angle goes to the floor. Angle returns to the ring and he kicks Sting followed by a European uppercut and chop. Angle with another chop but Sting turns the tables with a punch and kick. Sting with the punches of ten to Angle and Sting screams for the fans.
Angle with a kick and European uppercut. Sting misses a drop kick but Angle goes for the legs. Sting pushes Angle off and hits a drop kick followed by a clothesline that sends Angle over the top rope to the floor. Sting sends Angle into the guardrails as he takes Angle around the ring and then he slams Angle’s head onto the announce table. Sting rolls in to break up the count. Sting rolls Angle back into the ring. Angle with a kick to Sting followed by an Irish whip but he misses a charge into the corner and runs his shoulder into the post. Sting tries for the Scorpion Death Drop but Angle counters and hits a German suplex. Angle with a backbreaker to Sting for a two count. Angle with another two count.
Angle with a European uppercut in the corner followed by punches and kicks. Angle chokes Sting with his boot. Angle hits a vertical suplex for a two count. Angle with a body scissors on Sting and he turns it into a side head lock. Sting with elbows to Angle but Angle with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Angle with a snap mare and then he has Sting in a rear chin lock with his knee in Sting’s back. Sting gets to his feet and gets out of the hold. Sting and Angle each hit clotheslines and both men go down in the center of the ring.
Sting and Angle get to their feet and they exchange punches with Sting getting the advantage. Sting with clotheslines to Angle but Angle with a kick. Sting with a spinebuster to Angle for a two count. Sting sets for the Stinger Splash and he hits it. Sting with one to Angle’s back. Sting with a bulldog and then Sting goes up top. Angle is up and he hits an overhead belly-to-belly superplex for a two count. Angle tries for the Olympic Slam but Sting with a counter into a sunset flip for a two count.
Angle hits the Three Rivers German suplex combination but he can only get a two count. Angle’s straps are down and he puts Sting in the ankle lock and he pulls Sting into the center of the ring. Sting counters and he puts Angle in the Scorpion Death Lock. Angle is about to tap but Karen Angle comes to the ring. Sting releases the hold and he tells Karen to leave. The referee sends Karen out of the ring. Kevin Nash comes into the ring and he clotheslines Sting. Angle with the Olympic Slam but the referee is dealing with Karen Angle. Angle can only get a two count. Angle puts Sting on the top turnbuckle for a superplex, but Sting knocks Angle off. Sting tries for a frog splash but Angle gets his knees up and Angle is only able to hit a two count.
Angle with a standing power slam to Sting and then he goes up top. Angle hits a 450 splash on Sting with his knees but Sting kicks out at two. Angle puts Sting in the ankle lock and Nash taunts Sting. Sting rolls through and sends Angle into Nash. Angle knocks the referee out and Sting hits the Scorpion Death Drop. Sting covers Angle but there is no referee. A second referee comes into the ring but Nash pulls that referee out of the ring and Nash punches the referee.
Nash enters the ring and he punches Sting and connects with elbows in the corner followed by knees. Angle and Nash Irish whip Sting but Sting with a double clothesline. Sting punches Nash but Angle with a low blow to Sting. Angle gets the baseball bat but Sting blocks it. Sting hits Angle with the bat and then he hits Nash with the bat while he tries to get back into the ring. Sting is bleeding and he hits the Scorpion Death Drop for the three count to become the New TNA Heavyweight Champion in eighteen and a half minutes.
Winner: Sting
We are back and Joe talks about how the match against Sting from 2008 was the biggest match of his career. Joe and Sting talk about the spot when Joe came through the sky box and Joe said that he was lucky that he didn’t hurt himself after that spot.
Bound for Glory 2008 from my live coverage of the pay per view
Samoa Joe versus Sting for the TNA Heavyweight Title
Joe punches Sting and Sting punches back. Sting with kicks and more punches but Joe sends Sting over the top rope to the floor. Sting with the suicide dive and forearm into Sting. Joe slams Sting’s head into the apron and then he chops Sting. Joe with punches and Sting falls into the crowd. Joe joins Sting in the crowd. Joe with a side head lock and he slams Sting’s head into the wall. Sting punches Joe and slams him into the wall. They go higher into crowd and they continue to battle. Joe punches Sting and they head for the concourse. Joe goes into a luxury box and he hits a Yakuza kick from the luxury box. They fight down the steps. They continue to battle into the crowd and Sting punches Joe. Sting with a cross body onto Joe. Sting sends Joe’s head into the wall and Sting takes time to scream. Joe trips Sting and Sting is crotched and Joe with a boot to the head. Joe sends Sting back into the ringside area.
Sting and Joe finally return to the ring. Joe with a running back elbow into the corner followed by a spin kick. There is a bat in the ring and Joe puts Sting on the turnbuckles for the muscle buster. Sting punches Joe and hits a DDT. Sting goes up top and hits a frog splash. Joe with a power bomb into the STF. Joe turns it into a crossface. Joe flips the bird and then he puts Sting in the Rings of Saturn. Sting gets to the ropes. Sting punches Joe but Joe with a power slam for a two count. Joe misses an elbow in the corner and Sting hits the Stinger Splash and Sting puts Joe on the turnbuckles and hits a fisherman’s buster but Joe pops up. Joe chops Sting and Joe with a running clothesline and Joe with the Scorpion Death Drop. Sting pops up. Sting punches Joe and Sting with a Stinger Splash to the back. Sting with another Stinger Splash. Sting tries for a third but Joe with the STO.
Joe wants Sting to get up and then Joe with knees to Sting’s head. Joe tells the referee to make the count and then Joe poses for the camera. Sting gets up and Joe kicks Sting in the leg. Joe with a kick to Sting’s head and the referee checks on Sting and starts to count. Joe punches Sting in the ropes and the referee pulls Joe off. Joe argues with the referee.
Kevin Nash makes his way to the ring and he is not in a good mood. Nash walks over to Sting and stands there. Joe continues to argue with the referee. Joe with punches to Sting and a chop. Joe with a DDT to Sting and then he argues with the referee. Sting grabs the bat and Nash takes it from Sting. Joe with a clothesline but he can only get a two count. Joe with punches to Sting and Nash hits Joe with the bat when the referee is out of the way. Sting with the Scorpion Death Drop for the three count.
Winner: Sting
After the match, Nash walks towards the back.
Sting celebrates in the ring as we go to credits.
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