DETAILED SPOILER REPORT FROM TNA'S IMPACT TAPING IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA
By Alex Hernandez on 2008-01-22 01:43:26
I believe there were two Impact episodes recorded, this weeks and 2 weeks from this Thursday. Also, Shinsuke Nakamura was introduced in front of the crowd as the guy who will be fighting Kurt Angle to unify the IWGP belt next month.
-Kevin Nash comes out to the ring and he wants Jim Cornette to come out and explain and change what happened to Joe last week when he got screwed out of the title. Matt Morgan comes out instead and he tells Kevin no one cares what he has to say anymore and is playing the heel. Nash grabs Morgan by the throat and tells him not to ever disrespect him like that again. As Nash turned around Morgan hits him but Samoa Joe comes out and makes the save.
-Robert Roode and James Storm defeated. Sonjay Dutt and Eric Young. Roode pinned Sonjay with the payoff. Ms. Brooks came down and started to fight with Ms. Banks after the match.
-TNA Year End Awards: Hosted by Jeremy Borash and So Cal Val to give the trophies. JB said they will have video packages on Thursday so you can see all the nominees.
-X-Division wrestler of the year: Black Machismo Jay Lethal. He gets a kiss on the cheek from So Cal but then removes the glasses and the bandanas. He talks in his normal voice and says he nearly kills himself every night just to entertain the fans. He says that he has lost his smile because of all the things that Team 3D has done to him over the last few months. He says he is mad as hell and is not going to take it anymore and promises to give Johnny Devine the ass-whipping that 3D deserves.
-Knockout of the year- Funny that the fans were chanting ODB but Gail Kim was the winner. She came to the ring and talked about how the title meant so much to her and now Awesome Kong has it and she is a disgrace to the title. She says Kong doesn't care about winning she just cares about hurting people. Kong makes her way to the ring with her manager and they brawl but Kong gets the better of it. ODB makes her way to the ring and they brawl and it ends with ODB dropkicking Kong out of the ring.
-Most Memorable moment of the year- Booker T comes to TNA. They had a guest to present the award who is one of the Pros from the new Pros vs. Joes season starting after Impact this Thursday that will also feature Kurt Angle. I believe he is/was a basketball player but couldn't hear his name. Booker comes out and thanks the fans for their support and tells Sharmell that he loves her. He says its been a tough time in his career with what happened to Sharmell. Robert Roode interrupts on the video screen and tells Booker it was his fault for what happened. He tells Booker that he knows that a wrestlers first instinct when they touch you from behind is to turn around and punch. JB asks Booker when they can expect him back and Booker said he is not sure yet and the time is not right as he has to be home with his wife.
-MVP of the year- Samoa Joe is the winner. He asks JB how come if he is the MVP that he hasn't gotten any title shots. JB reminds Joe that he did and that he lost to Kurt. Joe says that's the right answer but not tonight and clotheslines JB. Jim Cornette comes out and is yelling at Joe for doing that. Nash makes his way to the ring as Joe was getting close to hitting Cornette. Cornette says that he saw the tape and there is nothing he can do about it now but he offers Joe to be the special enforcer in the Angle-Christian match at AAO and also a title shot at the Destination X PPV. Joe thinks about it and declines and Nash whispers something into Joe's ear and he says he would rather have a 5 year contract and make 15% more then what Angle is making. Cornette says he has to think about it but Joe tells him he has to decide right now and Cornette reluctantly agrees.
-Shark Boy, complete with his own Stone Cold type black vest and glass breaking entrance music, defeated Primetime Elix Skipper after hitting him with the stunner. He cuts a promo after the match talking about how he is going to start whipping ass around here and has a few drinks of water I believe before he leaves.
-Johnny Devine defeated Black Machismo Jay Lethal to capture the X-Division title in a street fight. Lethal dominated most of the match but Team 3D interfered. Lethal hit a dive on them to the outside but they later got involved and Brother Ray hit Lethal with the kendo stick while he was climbing to the top rope. Devine got the pin. Devine did get busted open in the match. Team 3D and Devine celebrate but 3D notices Joe come in the ring and leave, leaving Devine to get choked out.
-Backstage segment where Angle with AJ and Karen is trying to convince Tomko to join the angle alliance. He tells him he will have everything that AJ has including the services of Karen as an inspiration. Tomko says he is married and has a kid and that's his inspiration. Angle says that he is talking about Karen Angle, not some stripper. Tomko attacks Kurt and they brawl to ringside. Kurt gets out of the ring and grabs the mic and tells him that next week its Tomko vs. Angle one on one.
-Tiger Mask and Curry Man defeated The Rock and Rave infection. The Rock and Rave infection came out with guitars from the video game Guitar Hero and Christy tried "rocking" on the mic. Tiger Mask is out first. Curry Man was out next and he got a introduction like in Japan with Penzer saying, "He's hot, he's spicy, and he tastes great!". Crowd was into Curry but most people knew who he was. Tiger Mask pinned Rave after a top rope flying headbutt.
-TNA Tag champs AJ Styles & Tomko defeated Team 3D and The Motor City Machineguns in a 3 way tag title match. There was a spot where Brother Ray threw AJ into Karen and AJ took Karen to the back, leaving Tomko by himself. Tomko got worked on most of the match by Team 3D. The Finish saw Tomko pin Brother Devon. AJ made his way back to ringside and Tomko was mad at him and shoved him down. Motor City also attacked 3D after the match as well.
- Judas Mesias def. an unnamed opponent. Quick Squash. Mitchell cut a promo afterwards.
-Hernandez (with Homicide and Salinas) deeated Kip James (with Roxxi) Roxxi accidentally threw powder into the eyes of Kip and Hernandez scored the pin. Kip was angry yelling at Roxxi and got the mic and said they hired her and she has not done a damn thing. She walks around like she is having a seizure. He says the one thing she is good at is sucking. Kip then proceeds to fire her.
-Shark Boy came to the ring for another Austin-like promo. He issues an open challenge and then thinks he heard Slick Johnson say something so he gave him a stunner. Security members came out and they all got stunners as well. More drinking by Shark Boy afterwards.
-Team 3D and Johnny Devine come to the ring. They talk about their time in ECW and WWF and how they are Hardcore Heroes. Backstage Motor City and Lethal interrupt dressed with tye-dye shirts. Shelley was dressed as Ray and was doing the stuttering gimmick, Sabin as Devine, and Lethal as Devon. They made some jokes but 3D ran to the back and attacked them. They brought them out to the ring and beat on them with Kendo sticks and put Shelley and Sabin through tables. All three were left laying. Ray heels the crowd afterwards, spitting at fans, and even getting in the face of some guy in a wheel-chair. 3D are awesome as heels.
-Angelina Love defeated ODB and Roxxi. ODB hit Roxxi with a powerslam but Angelina Love was holding the referee. ODB went to complain and Angelina stole the victory. Afterwards, ODB laid her out.
-Christian Cage comes to the ring for his match, but before that he gets Tomko to come out. He says he is proud of Tomko for wanting to be his own man but he wants to know if Tomko is going to do the same thing as AJ so he turns around and tells Tomko now is his chance to hit him. SPOILER WARNING FOR TOMKO VS. ANGLE MATCH: Christian said he helped Tomko last week so I'm assuming Christian will help Tomko beat Angle at tomorrow nights tapings.) Tomko holds a punch back and leaves. Christian Cage then defeated Judas Mesias. Abyss came to the ring with barbed wire around his fist and chased Jim Mitchell to the back. Christian pinned Mesias after the Unprettier. Afterwards, AJ attacks Christian and then Angle joins in. Tomko runs down to make the save.
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