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Sacrifice 2007: TNA champion Kurt Angle & Kevin Nash vs. Sting & Mystery Partner
The mystery partner was the debuting Booker T after they waited forever with dramatic music. Booker looked excited to be there and the crowd reacted like it was a major deal, chanting his name. Mike Tenay even noted that the first wrestlers he ever interviewed on live TV was Harlem Heat. They teased that Kurt Angle didn't expect Booker, looking shocked. I guess he wasn't a PWInsider.com Elite subscriber. The crowd chanted Booker's name and then chanted for the "Spinaroonie."
Sting and Angle started. They went back and forth. Sting slammed Angle and nailed a pair of armdrags. The crowd chanted for Booker to be tagged in. Sting powdered Angle in the corner with punches and kicks. Angle scrambled out of the ring and hid behind Nash in the corner before tagging out.
Nash kicked Sting in the corner. Sting fight his way out by kicking Nash in the knees. Well, that's where I would kick. Nash cut him off and tagged back in Angle. Sting cut off Angle with a back elbow and tagged in Booker. Angle ran from the ring. Booker offered to hold the ropes open for Angle.
Booker took control quickly with a springboard into a flying forearm and a scoop and slam. He hits a sideslam for a two count. Angle whips Booker towards Nash, who knees him in the back. Nash tags in and elbows Booker in the neck. Booker ducks under a clothesline but is caught with a sideslam.
Nash tagged in Angle, who suplexed Booker over for a two count. Booker fought out of a side chinlock and catches Angle with a spinkick. Sting tagged in and cut off Nash. Sting drilled Angle with the Stinger Splash, then locked Nash in the Scorpion Death Lock. Angle took Sting out. The crowd is enjoying it.
Nash nailed another sideslam. Karen Angle came to ringside. Remember that earlier she said she had taken care of everything. Angle tagged back in and he and Nash glared at each other for a second. Nash hit a back suplex on Sting, but Booker made the save. Nash scissored Sting with his legs and rode him to the mat, cinching in a chinlock at the same time. Sting finally fought out and tagged Booker, who clotheslined Angle before he could tag in. Booker knocked Nash off the apron.
Booker escaped the Olympic Slam and nailed a spinebuster on Angle. Booker gave us the long awaited return of the Spinaroonie. He then hit Angle with the Axe Kick. Nash broke up the pin at the last possible second. The timing was perfect. Booker "hit" (well in theory) Nash with a spin kick. Angle and Booker jockeyed for position. Nash powerbombed Booker but Sting hit him with the Scorpion Death Drop.
Karen Angle jumped on the apron to distract the referee. AJ Styles and Tomko hit the ring and attacked Sting. Styles got tossed out of the ring but Tomko drilled Sting with a clothesline. Sharmell made her way to the ring (there's the second surprise) and attacked Karen Angle. Nash pulled down the straps and teased another powerbomb on Sting. AJ Styles slid the TNA title to Angle, who drilled his own partner with it.
Angle hit the Olympic Slam on Sting. Angle covered Sting and scored the pin.
The winner and still TNA champion, Kurt Angle!
Angle shook Tomko and AJ's hands. Christian Cage, looking like hell from the ladder match, did not look happy.
They showed highlights of The Nemeths vs. The Righteous from Impact.
The Don West "Are You Kidding Me" top trending topic of the week is the Knockouts Three-Way bout at Sacrifice 2026.
Redemption 2018 -Impact Wrestling champion Austin Aries vs. Rey Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr. - original coverage by Taylor Millard
Pentagon Jr is out first. Fenix is out next with Aries and his belts follow. Pentagon Jr. mouths off to Aries as he gets into the ring and Aries holds up the Impact title. Big match introductions for all three competitors.
The bell rings and all three face off to a certain extent. Crowd chants for lucha. Aries chills in the corner, exchange shoves with Fenix before Pentagon attacks. Aries takes down both men. Aries with chops to both men, then holds onto the ropes, and takes a powder to avoid dual superkicks. Fenix and Pentagon face off. Fenix nails Aries, hits a cutter on Pentagon Jr, but gets knocked off. Aries puts in the Last Chancery but Fenix flies across the ring and breaks it up.
Fenix and Aries are fighting now and exchanging hits. Aries gets a cover on Fenix for a two, then a one on another cover. Fenix avoids a suplex but takes a superkick from Pentagon. Aries hits a bulldog and locks in another Last Chancery on Pentagon which Fenix breaks up. Aries hits Fenix in the ears, charges, gets thrown over the rope, and hits a rana on Pentagon on the floor.
Fenix does a triple corkscrew from the top rope after more issues with the left top corner ropes and takes out everyone. That corner has been troublesome for almost everyone tonight. He then hits an impressive swanton on Pentagon in the ring but Aries breaks up the cover. Aries tries to hit a brainbuster which is blocked. Pentagon sort of does a suplex on Aries, which also hurts Fenix, and tries to do covers on Aries and Fenix. Both two counts.
Aries and Fenix exchange blows in the middle of the ring. Aries looks like he was going to try a 450, but Pentagon Jr. breaks it up and tosses out Aries. He gets a two on Fenix. Fenix plays possum but takes a superkick from Pentagon and nails an uppercut while Pentagon was on the top rope. Fenix with a Muscle Buster but Pentagon kicks out.
Pentagon hits the Pentagon Driver, but Aries stops the county. He then hits a spinning elbow on Pentagon and they fight on the apron. Aries puts Pentagon on the outside, who hits Fenix with a superkick and catches Aries' attempted suicide dive. Aries is able to fight off Pentagon and throws him into the crowd. He's then able to get both men in the ring where he hits a 450 splash. Goes for a double cover but the brothers kick out.
Pentagon and Fenix hit superkicks on Aries and he's down in the center of the ring. Pentagon Jr. locks in a Gory Special, does a double package piledriver on Fenix and Aries, snaps Aries' arm, nails a Pentagon Driver, and pins Aries for the win.
Winner and NEW Impact World Champ: Pentagon Jr.
Pentagon Jr. celebrates on the turnbuckles, gets back in the ring and faces off with Fenix. Aries is on the outside. The brothers hug. Pentagon Jr. again celebrates with the crowd and we go to credits.
Ricky Sosa vs. Jason Hotch with Order 4
They grappled back and forth with some action. They went into a series of near falls before facing off. Sosa kicked Hotch away, then drilled him with a dropkick. Hotch went to the floor. Sosa teased a dive but Order 4 blocked him. Sosa following Hotch around the ring and nailed a leaping kick for a two count. Hotch drilled Sosa with a big neckbreaker for a two count. Hotch nailed some hard chops and kicks in the corner. Hotch controlled Sosa and choked him against the ropes. Hotch went for an Irish whip but Sosa held on. He reversed the whip and sent Hotch into the corner, then backdropped him over. Hotch was nailed with a hip attack and then a spinning kick. Sosa nailed a standing moonsault for a close two count. Sosa nailed a big dive to the floor. Back in the ring, Sosa was caught with a kick. Hotch came off the ropes but Sosa nailed him mid-flight and slammed him for a two count. Sosa was caught with a kick to the chin. Hotch nailed a Blue Thunder Bomb and scored the pin.
Your winner, Jason Hotch!
Good match.
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