Source: TNAWrestling.com
RESULTS FROM THURSDAY’S HISTORIC MONDAY NIGHT “IMPACT!” BROADCAST ON SPIKE TV
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– The opening match of Hulk Hogan and Abyss vs. AJ Styles and Ric Flair ended in a no contest after Sting made his return and shocked the world by attacking Hogan and Abyss! Hogan promised Flair and Styles that the match would be restarted later, under NO DQ rules.
– Later, cameras found Sting backstage, who was confronted by TNA President Dixie Carter. Sting shoved Carter out of the way and told her he didn’t owe her anything!
– X Division Champion Doug Williams defeated Kazarian and Daniels in a 3-Way Match. The bout was made by Eric Bischoff. After the match, Shannon Moore made his TNA return and attacked Doug Williams! Bischoff then announced that Williams would defend the X Title against Shannon Moore at Destination X!
– Backstage, a very serious TNA President Dixie Carter announced that Sting would be competing on the broadcast against an opponent of her choosing!
– The Beautiful People defeated Taylor Wilde and Sarita and the tandem of Angelina Love and Tara to win the vacant TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship when Daffney interfered and cost Tara the bout
– Sting came out for his match…and his opponent was the debuting ROB VAN DAM!! Van Dam surprised Sting by coming in through the crowd and hitting The Icon with a dropkick off the top followed by his rolling thunder for the quick pin and win! After the bout, an irate Sting battered RVD with his black bat until a bloodied Hulk Hogan came out to confront his longtime nemesis! Hulk was held back by Bubba The Love Sponge and TNA security. However, Sting went after Hogan and nailed him with the bat on the stage before leaving the arena! Complete chaos! RVD won his surprise TNA debut, but Sting cut short the celebration with the attack.
– Kevin Nash and Eric Young came out to talk about Scott Hall and Sean Waltman. Nash said he got Hulk Hogan to agree to let Nash and Waltman face Nash and Young at Destination X! Nash called them out to accept the challenge. After security hit the ring, Hall and Waltman came out to give their answer – they accepted, and said if they won, they wanted big TNA contracts! Eric Bischoff appeared on the big screen and made the match official at the PPV – and after some brawling between both sides, announced Eric Young vs. Waltman on the broadcast! In the impromptu match, Eric Young beat Waltman!
– A U.S. Army humvee pulled up in the backstage area, with members of the Army lining the ringside entrance ramp – followed by the entrance of Kurt Angle! Angle spoke candidly about his ongoing war with Mr. Anderson, promising to annihilate Mr. Anderson at Destination X! Anderson interrupted on the big screen, but Angle ran to the backstage area and attacked him. The fight went to the ring, where Angle fought off Anderson and even let the troops get some shots in before hitting the Angle Slam on Anderson and waving the U.S. flag over him. The troops then lifted Angle on their shoulders in celebration.
– In a handicap match made by Eric Bischoff, Beer Money faced Jeff Jarrett with Mick Foley as special referee! During the bout, Foley tried to help Jarrett even the odds by bringing out the barbed wire bat, but another referee took it away. allowing Beer Money to get the win on Jarrett!
– The main event was the restart of Hulk Hogan and Abyss vs. Ric Flair and AJ Styles! While a bloodied Hogan and Flair went after each other, Styles and Abyss faced off! After some major brawling, Hogan sent Styles into Abyss, who hit the Black Hole Slam for the win!
– After the bout, Desmond Wolfe hit the ring and attacked Hogan and Abyss with a steel chair, allowing Flair and Styles to restart their attack. However, in a huge surprise, “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy made his TNA return to save Hogan and Abyss as “iMPACT!” went off the air! What an amazing night!
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