• TNA Tag Team Championship Match
  The British Invasion (c) defeated The Motor City Machine Guns

• Knockouts Championship Match
  Tara (c) defeated ODB

• Feast or Fired Match
  Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed vs. Beer Money, Inc.vs. Cody Deaner vs. World Elite vs. Somoa Joe
  Somoa Joe – World Championship Match
  Sheik Abdul Bashir – Fired
  Rob Terry – X- Division shot
  Kevin Nash – Tag Title Shot

• 8 Man Elimination Match
  “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, Matt Morgan, Hernandez & Suicide defeated Team 3D, Rhino & Jesse Neal

• Last Man Standing Match
  Bobby Lashley defeated Scott Steiner

• Challenge Match
  Mick Foley & Abyss defeated Raven & Dr. Stevie

• Three Degrees of Pain
  Kurt Angle defeated Desmond Wolfe (2 out of 3 falls)
  Desmond pins Angle
  Angle makes Desmond tap out
  Angle escapeds the six sides of steel

• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
  “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles (c) defeated Daniels

Notes: TNA Final Resolution opened up with the devastating loss of The Motor City Machine Guns. They went all out and it seemed throughout the match that they were very close to capturing the Tag Team Championship. The Guns did great double-team work throughout the match like the missle drop-kick on British Invasion member, Doug Williams. However, The British Invasion came back with their own double team moves on Sabin with Magnus going for the cover and win. This was a great match, but I am kind of peeved that The Guns have lost…once again.

The TNA Knockout Championship was a short match ending with Tara rolling up ODB for the pin. The match lasted about five minutes. Tara put ODB into the tarantula hold. ODB broke free and dominated Tara a short while. Tara countered with a standing moonsault and reached for a cover, but only getting a two count. ODB went for the widows peak, Tara countered and rolled her up for a full three count. Christy Hemme interviewed Tara who said that this was a career highlight. ODB looked at Tara in anger and frustration over her loss.

Feast or Fired was rather interesting. Somoa Joe walked away with a TNA Heavyweight Championship Match. Kevin Nash has a shot at the Tag Team Titles. Sheik Abdul Bashir was unlucky enough to have the briefcase with a pink slip. He walked away very unhappy. Rob Terry was left with an X-Division title shot.

Things were not looking good for Team Matt Morgan as they were dominated by Team 3D, Rhino, & Jesse Neal. Hernandez got disqualified by cracking a steel chair to Jesse Neal’s skull. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero and Matt Morgan were left to fend for themselves. Dinero did very well for quite some time, using elbow smashes on Team 3D. They fought back and pinned D’Angelo. Matt Morgan was the last man standing against Team 3D. They got Matt Morgan into a corner and beat him down. Matt Morgan fought back and pinned Brother Devon. Brother Ray got a steel chair, but Morgan ran and kicked Ray in the face with the chair. Morgan covered Ray for a full three count and scoring a win for his team.

Bobby Lashley stood victorious over Scott Steiner in a Last Man Standing match. With the help of his wife Krystal, Lashley used a steel pipe to blast Steiner and leave him unconscious. This was the least interesting match of the evening.

The challenge match turned into a Foley’s Funhouse Match. It was a full out hardcore match that involved barbed wire and the return of Mr. Socko. Abyss and Mick Foley destroyed Dr. Stevie and Raven. They fought in the ring and took it to the stage area. Foley wrapped barbed wire around Dr. Stevie and placed him on a table. Foley dove off the stage, smashing the table in two. Abyss gets Dr. Stevie and drops him with a black hole slam. He covers Dr. Stevie and gets a full three count.

Desmond Wolfe vs. Kurt Angle was the match that I had been waiting for. It is no secret that I am a mark for Desmond Wolfe. He was absolutely great in this match, but it wasn’t enough for a win. Wolfe took the first fall by utilizing the tower of London on Angle and covering him for a full three count. The second count was submission. Wolfe attempted the ankle lock with no success. He put Angle into the shoulder armbar. The crowd chanted “This is wrestling throughout the match”. Angle countered with the ankle lock and Wolfe tapped out. Angle took the second fall. The third fall was escaping the six sides of steel. Angle put Wolfe into the ankle lock once more. Wolfe kept tapping the mat, but it did not count. Wolfe was busted open after a long battle. Angle let go of Wolfe and climbed up the cage. Wolfe saw what was happening and tried to crawl through the cage door. Angle got over the cage and dropped down for the win. This was a great match that lasted a good thirty minutes. However, I am disappointed that Desmond Wolfe lost. He lost the last PPV match against Angle. So, I was expecting a win this time.

AJ Styles vs. Daniels was the icing on the cake. Daniels wrestled with desperation and grew increasingly frustrated after covering Styles with only a two count. Styles put Daniels through the styles clash and covered him. Daniels kicked out after the two count. Daniels attempted the Frankensteiner, but Styles reversed it with the styles clash from the top rope. Styles covers Daniels and wins the match. This was a very entertaining match that got the crowd very riled up. At one point, the crowd chanted “Fallen Asshole”. Eventually Somoa Joe will be getting involved with the ROH Heavyweight Championship hunt and I will be looking forward to watching another Joe vs. Styles vs. Daniels.

This was a very entertaining PPV. Keep it going TNA.

What did you think of Final Resolution 2009 PPV? Leave a comment below.

• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
  “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles (c) vs. Daniels

• Three Degrees of Pain
  Desmond Wolfe vs. Kurt Angle

• Last Man Standing Match
  Bobby Lashley vs. Scott Steiner

• Challenge Match
  Raven & Dr. Stevie vs. Mick Foley & Abyss

• TNA Tag Team Championship Match
  The British Invasion (c) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns

• Knockouts Championship Match
  ODB (c) vs. Tara

• Feast or Fired Match
  One TNA Superstar will be fired from the company

• 8 Man Elimination Match
  Team 3D, Rhino & Jesse Neal vs. Pope, Matt Morgan, Hernandez & Suicide

• Roxie defeated ODB (c)

• Lumberjack Match
  Brother Ray defeated Matt Morgan

• Triple Threat Tag Team Match
  Hamada & Awesome Kong defeated Madison Rayne & Velvet Sky & Sarita (c) & Taylor Wilde (c)

• Black Machismo Open Invitational
  Tatanka defeated Jay Lethal

• Desmond Wolfe vs. Daniels – Draw

• A.J. Styles (c), Tomko,  & Kurt Angle defeated Doug Williams & Brutus Magnus

Notes: iMPACT! opened up with a pissed of Mick Foley making a b-line to Kevin Nash. He attacked Nash from behind, who was sitting at the announcers desk. Foley punched Nash a few times and then threw him into the railing. The World Elite got involved to hold back Foley. I didn’t completely understand the beginning, but hopefully things will be better explained later on.

Roxie made her return to TNA iMPACT! looking damn good and defeating the Knockout Champion, ODB. She went back and forth with ODB and the match seemed pretty equal. ODB was about to use her flask that she took from her bra, until the ref distracted her for a moment. Roxie took advantage and rolled up ODB for the pin. ODB didn’t take the loss well and attacked Roxie with her…flask. This knocked Roxie out. Tara ran into the ring to save Roxie. This was a good match and I found the end to be pretty funny.

Footage was shown of Mick Foley’s search for Hulk Hogan. Mick drives through the gate of a big mansion. Cut to Mick waiting for Hulk Hogan inside of a home gym. Lou “Hulk” Ferrigno walks in ready to talk TNA business. Foley asks Ferrigno if he is in to sit for “Hulk”. Ferrigno replies that he is “The Hulk”! Duh! Foley is upset and storms out of the gym. Poor Mick! This explains his actions of attacking Nash earlier.

Kevin Nash seemed pretty pissed off that Mick had attacked him. He said that Mick shouldn’t have done that and now he is considered a dead man. He plugged Jan. 4 and Hulk Hogan’s return. Great promo.

Enter Jeff Jarrett in Mick Foley’s office. Jarrett was screaming at the top of his lungs on why he should be in the iMPACT! zone in the first place. Mick replied that deep down Jarrett wants to be there. Jarrett asked why. Mick responded by bringing the fact that in the long run, this was good for his three daughters. People respected Jarrett and he needed to set things straight.

The Desmond Wolfe vs. Daniels match lasted over ten minutes and ended in a draw. This was a great match where both sides were equals.

Jeff Jarret confronted Dixie Carter about coming back to TNA. Dixie turned it around saying that Jarrett betrayed her when he started sleeping around with Kurt Angle’s wife. Ouch! Jarrett understood. Dixie added that he had to take it up with Kurt Angle. Jarrett agreed. Well, I feel like this is getting really good.

TNA iMPACT! ended in a confusing way. The last match was supposed to be a ten-men tag match, but it turned into something else…minus Abyss, Scott Steiner, Bobby Lashley, Raven, Dr. Stevie, & Beer Money, Inc….plus The British Invasion? Huh? How did they get in there? By the end, Tomko helped AJ pick up the win for the team. That was confusing, because I had thought that Tomko was AJ’s attacker. Then Desmond Wolfe comes out to attack Kurt Angle and Daniels power bombs AJ Styles. Both men stand in the middle of the six sided ring in triumph.

This was a decent episode of iMPACT! There were a lot of moments that confused me, but at this point I have stopped trying to understand.

What did you think of this episode of TNA iMPACT!? Leave a comment below.

• Lumberjack Match
  Brother Ray vs. Matt Morgan

• Triple Threat Tag Team Match
  Hamada & Awesome Kong vs. Madison Rayne & Velvet Sky vs. Sarita (c) & Taylor Wilde (c)

• Tatanka vs. Jay Lethal

• Desmond Wolfe vs. Daniels

• A.J. Styles (c), Tomko, Bobby Lashley, Abyss, & Kurt Angle vs. Scott Steiner, Dr. Stevie, Raven, James Storm, & Robert Roode

• 3-on-1 Handicap Match
  Chris Sabin defeated The British Invasion

• Inter-Gender Tag Team Match
  Scott Steiner & Awesome Kong defeated Bobby Lashley & Krystal

• TNA Global Championship Match
  Eric Young (c) defeated Hamada

• Drunken Trailer Park Brawl
  ODB (c) defeated Tara

• 8 Man Tag Match
  Team 3D (c), Jesse Neal, & Rhyno defeated Suicide, “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, Matt Morgan, & Hernandez

• Mud Wrestling Match
  Velvet Sky defeated Lacey Von Erich

• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
  AJ Styles (c) defeated Desmond Wolfe

Notes: Kevin Nash was in charge of the iMPACT! zone after giving Mick Foley a meeting with Hulk Hogan he so desired. Kevin Nash and Eric Young came out into the iMPACT! zone to announce the matches for the night. Nash and Young seemed to enjoy their position of power and their time in the ring was short and to the point.

Cut to a vignette featuring Mick Foley in the Nashville offices of TNA iMPACT! looking for Dixie Carter. He runs into a guy working in TNA who was close to Jeff Jarrett. He says that Mick can look for Jarrett at a place called Meat for 3. The Foley-Jarrett Summit is to be continued…

Chris Sabin defended himself against all three members of The British Invasion. Sabin held his own as he tornadoed and pulled a roll up pin on Rob Terry. The British Invasion seemed disappointed and embarrassed by their loss.

Bobby Lashley did most of the work during the inter-gender match against Scott Steiner and Awesome Kong. He tried to dominate over Steiner as Kong looked ant-sy in the corner. Steiner was able to get Bobby out of the way and went after Mrs. Lashley. He cornered her into the power of Awesome Kong, who crushed her unconscious and went to the top rope to finish her. Scott Steiner gets a little greedy and covers Krystal by going on top of her in a sexual manner and goes for the pin.

Eric Young defeated Hamada in a good match for the Global Championship. Hamada held her own a gained support from the TNA crowd. She delivered a spinning heel kick to Eric Young, leaving him dazed. They take the fight on the outside of the ring. Young fought back, but Hamada countered with a leaping kick. She goes for a moonsault, but however Eric Young takes advantage and pins her with his feet on the ropes.

Mick Foley gets lost and visits a place on the side of a highway. Foley stumbles upon Jarrett by accident…dom..dom…dom..to be continued…

Tara and ODB fought drunk and looking like their going to puke any minute. ODB made good use of a small two step ladder by making a small Hornswoggle-like frog splash. She pins Tara, but Tara kicks out by two. ODB dominates and chokes Tara with a tiki torch…where did that come from? Tara counters, by flipping ODB. They both grab a trash can and start wacking away. Eventually, ODB grabs a chain and chokes Tara out with it and then a facebuster. ODB wins a entertaining match.

Back to Mick Foley/ Jeff Jarret summit. Foley sits down with Jarrett and asks him to come back to TNA. Jarrett mentioned that he had gone through hell in the past five months and won’t go back because of Dixie…to be continued…

Velvet Sky defeated Lacey Von Erich in a mud wrestling match I didn’t care much for.

AJ Styles defended his title against Desmond Wolfe who was the highest bidder for the challenger role. The match was practically nothing. It lasted about five minutes and I would have preferred to see these two performers wrestle a bit longer. Daniels got into the mix by distracting Wolfe. AJ takes advantage by rolling up Desmond and pinning him with a bridge to three.

TNA iMPACT! ends with Jeff Jarrett agreeing to come back next week and meet with Dixie Carter. Jarrett and Foley shake hands and the segment ends.

This episode of iMPACT! was OK. The search for Jarrett was a bit Stone Cold-esque, but I liked it. I enjoyed watching Tara vs. ODB and I think it was the highlight of iMPACT!

What did you think of this episode of TNA iMPACT!? Leave a comment below.

• 3-on-1 Handicap Match
  Chris Sabin vs. The British Invasion

• Inter-Gender Tag Team Match
  Bobby Lashley & Krystal vs. Scott Steiner & Awesome Kong

• TNA Global Championship Match
  Eric Young (c) vs. Hamada

• Mud Wrestling Match
  Lacey Von Erich vs. Velvet Sky

• Drunken Trailer Park Brawl
  ODB (c) vs. Tara

• 8 Man Tag Match
  Suicide, “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero, Matt Morgan, & Hernandez vs. Team 3D (c), Jesse Neal, & Rhyno

• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
  AJ Styles (c) vs. Desmond Wolfe

Here are some of the rumors going around:

- Fatu is dead and was found cold by his wife.

- He is in a hospital and under life support.

There are so many things that are uncertain. Until there is an official statement on his condition, I will be cautious in what I report.

Some wrestlers who have known Umaga have tweeted about his situation:

Bobby Lashley: “Very sad day today. A good friend is gone.”
“Say a prayer for Umaga.” @fightbobby

Ken “Mr. Kennedy” Anderson: “Say a prayer for my boy Umaga” @secondpower

D’Angelo Dinero: “Pope was informed many hours ago of my friend Umaga. Pope will not comment until the family speaks, neither should you. Prayer is key! ~ PHS” @DaBlackPope

I will post more information as this situation comes more to light.

• Alex Shelley defeated Doug Williams

• Suicide defeated Homicide

• “The Pope” D’Angle Dinero defeated Jesse Neal

• Eric Young (c) & Kevin Nash defeated Beer Money, Inc.

• Daniels defeated Abyss

• Hamada defeated Sarita (c)

• Handicap Match
  Kurt Angle defeated Raven & Dr. Stevie (w/ Daffney)

Notes: Desmond Wolfe stood in the middle of the six sides of steel to taunt Kurt Angle. He said that beating some one meant torturing a person physically and mentally that is what he did to Kurt last week when he spat in his face. Desmond claimed that he kept Angle from the title, as well. At Final Resolution, Desmond declared himself the victor of the six sides of steel match. Kurt Angle comes out in his wrestling gear ready to fight Desmond. He tries to break through into the cage, but it is locked. Once Angle gets in, he and Desmond go on a back and forth. Desmond reaches for his brass knuckles and dominates Angle. Desmond Wolfe’s promo was great. He spoke really well and this segment established him as a dominant heel in TNA. I am really enjoying the Wolfe/Angle feud and it is probably the best feud going on in TNA today.

Before the opening match, the referee kicked out The British Invasion and Chris Sabin from ringside to prevent them from interfering. It seemed that the referee’s decision ruled in Alex Shelley’s favor. He won over Doug Williams with the slice bread #2. Great match.

Jeremy Borash and Mick Foley filmed a few promos obsessing over Hulk Hogan’s debut…I mean Foley obsessing over Hogan. Is this the best that TNA can do to hype up Hogan? D’Lo Brown appeared to answer some of Foley’s inquiries. D’Lo Brown apparently is a trainer for the young guys and said that Hogan was on level. What is that suppose to mean? At least it was good to see D’Lo Brown on television again.

Suicide defeated Homicide with a backslide. Homicide was not pleased with his loss and took it out on his opponent after the match. He attempted to rip off Suicide’s mask in which he was successful in showing half of his face. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero got involved to protect Suicide and fend off Homicide. Dinero offers his hand in friendship, but Suicide leaved the ring skeptical.

Trash Talk w/ ODB turned into shoot time with Tara. The #1 Knockout Championship contender extended her hand in respect to ODB and said that she was looking forward to facing her at Final Resolution. ODB told her to cut the crap and be a straight shooter. She complained that since Tara was a WWE Diva, she could just waltz right in and be the top gal. ODB said that the Knockouts have been building this division for seven years. Tara replied that she broke her contract with the WWE so she could be a knockout. She was sick of being a joke and a trainer to all those blond bimbos. Ouch! ODB got up and said she was sorry in a mocking way. ODB slaps Tara in the face and they go into a brawl.

Jesse Neal wasn’t so impressive in his match against “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero. The street preacher defeated the young mohawk man in two minutes. Neal was so upset over it, he attacked Dinero after the match. Suicide came out to help Dinero and offered him his hand in solidarity. The Team 3D decided to get involved and slid into the ring to interrupt the new partnership. Matt Morgan and Hernandez came in afterward and stood tall in the middle of the ring with their newly assembled group.

Eric Young gains a win over Roode after giving him the piledriver with the help of Nash who helped to distract the ref from the match. Mick Foley came out after the match and asked about Hogan. Nash joked with Mick and teased him by saying that Hogan wasn’t coming alone. Arrgggghhhh! Enough already!

Cristal accompanied her husband, Bobby Lashley to the ring. She also spoke for him which was good. Oh! She also made some facial expressions as well which was good. Cristal directed her message to Steiner. She said that he was sick, delusional, and obsessed. All she wanted to do was to support her husband and not to be harassed by some sick weirdo. She said that that would never happen at any of her husband’s MMA matches. Cristal ended her promo by saying that she may bark, but her husband will take a big bite out of him for lunch. Great promo. More Cristal and less of Bobby Lashley attempting emotion.

Daniels had the upper hand in his match against Abyss. Earlier he requested the help of The Beautiful People to harass Lauren. The video appeared on the titan tron and caught the attention of Abyss. Daniels took advantage of Abyss loss of focus and gave him the low blow. Daniels rolled up Abyss and won the match. Afterward, Daniels tried to get attention by provoking AJ Styles who was sitting at the commentary booth. AJ got up to face Daniels when he was attacked from behind by a guy dressed like a ninja.

Dr. Stevie and Raven got Kurt Angle into a corner. The dominated for awhile until Kurt came back with the German suplexes. Dr. Stevie is clotheslined out of the ring and seemed ready to leave. On the way out, Abyss met him for a beat down. Raven is distracted by the scene and is rolled up for the ankle lock. He taps out immediately. Kurt Angle celebrates shortly when Desmond Wolfe attacks him fro behind.

What did you think of this episode of TNA iMPACT!? Leave a comment below.

• X Division Championship Match
  The Amazing Red (c) defeated Homicide

• TNA Knockout Tag Match: All Titles On The Line
  Sarita, Taylor Wilde (c) & ODB (c) defeated The Beautiful People

• TNA World Tag Team Championship Match
  British Invasion (c) defeated The Motor City Machine Guns & Beer Money, Inc.

• 6 Sides Of Steel Match
  Tara defeated Awesome Kong

• Six Man Tag Team Match
  Team 3D (c) & Rhino defeated Matt Morgan, Hernandez & “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero

• Revenge Match
  “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner defeated “The Boss” Bobby Lashley

• Challenge Match
  Kurt Angle defeated Desmond Wolfe

• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
  AJ Styles (c) defeated Samoa Joe & Daniels

Notes: Turning Point 2009 kicked off with Amazing Red defending his X Division title against Homicide. I enjoyed the watching Amazing Red move in an amazing way. Near the end of the match, he did a running shooting star press and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it. Red tried to follow it up with a moonsault from the top rope, but Homicide took advantage and turned it into a cutter. Homicide attempted the huracanrana, but Red was able to get into the Code Red and go for the win.

ODB dominated the match and pinned Madison Rayne for the win. This wasn’t a great match and it wasn’t a good PPV debut for Lacey Von Erich. The fans taunted her for her lack luster wrestling skills.

Eric Young and Kevin Nash got involved with the TNA Tag Team Championship match. Beer Money, Inc. was dominating over The British Invasion was close to clinching the titles. Young walked down the ramp and to ringside to yank Storm from the ring. Then, Kevin Nash showed up and grabbed the Global championship away from Young. He smashed the title on Storm’s cranium on purpose. Young seemed surprised by the action. Nash walked away. The British Invasion took advantage of the situation and double-clotheslined Roode. The British Invasion picked up another win.

The six sides of steel cage match was great. Awesome Kong smashed Tara’s head against the steel side of the cage using her entire body. Ouch! However, Tara fought back. She powerbombed Kong from the top rope. Then, Tara climbed to the top of the cage and did a crossbody on Kong. Tara went for the pin and won the match. This was an amazing match by the way that the two women were no hold barred. They did not hold back.

The thing I remember most about the six man tag match was “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero getting his ass handed to him by Brother Ray and Brother Devon. The match lasted about fifteen minutes. Near the end of the match, Dinero went for Matt Morgan for the hot tag. Morgan cleared the ring and tagged in Hernandez. Hernandez dominated as well and chokeslammed Brother Ray and attacked Rhino and went for a pin. He kicked out, but Morgan, Hernandez, and Dinero did some damage to Team 3D and Rhino. Morgan chokeslammed Ray, as well. Rhino intervened and dropped Morgan to the floor. Dinero powerbombed Rhino. Devon grabbed a chair and hit Hernandez in the gut. Rhino took advantage and gored Hernandez and went for the win. This was a solid match.

The grudge match between Lashley and Steiner moved from the ring to backstage. They used all kinds of things lying around the studio. There was blood, sweat, and metal objects. Steiner was able to hit Lashley in the head with a lead pipe and win the match.

Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe was an amazing match. Angle pulled off six German suplexes in a row. Angle then tried to put the ankle lock on Desmond Wolfe. He looked as if he was going to tap out until he countered with a hammerlock. They way they worked in the ring was circular. Angle would make a move and Desmond would counter, then Angle would counter. Angle put the ankle lock a few times without success. He attempted to put Wolfe through a tombstone. Wolfe countered with a tombstone. Angle managed to get out and put the ankle lock on Wolfe once more. Wolfe tried his best to wiggle his way out, but with no success. Kurt Angle won the match via submission.

The three way match for the World Heavyweight Championship was simply awesome. This was probably the best three way match I’ve ever seen. Somoa Joe, Daniels, and AJ Styles knew how to work together and produce a good match. The match lasted about 24 minutes and ended with AJ pinning Somoa Joe. There were a few memorable moments. In the middle of the match Daniels managed to get AJ Styles in a Boston crab while having Somoa Joe in a camel crab at the same time. Near the end of the match, Joe put Styles into the boston crab. The ref counted to two when Joe transitioned Styles into the STF. Styles looked like he was about to tap until he slid his body around and put his foot on the bottom rope. It is hard choose my favorite moment. Their work flowed in the ring. This was a great way to end Turning Point.

Overall, this was a great PPV. Good job TNA!

What did you think of Turning Point 2009? Leave a comment below.

• Dr. Stevie defeated Abyss

• Alissa Flash defeated Traci Brooks

• Jim Neidhart defeated Jay Lethal

• The Beautiful People & Awesome Kong defeated Tara, Sarita, Taylor Wilde, & ODB

• The Motor City Machine Guns & Amazing Red defeated World Elite

• Beer Money, Inc. defeated The British Invasion

• Main Event
  Somoa Joe defeated AJ Styles (c)

Notes: iMPACT! opened with Dr. Stevie facing Abyss in a career ending match. All seemed to go well for Abyss until the lights went out for a few moments. The lights were back on and Abyss was knocked out. Dr. Stevie took advantage of the situation and pinned Abyss for the win. Dr. Stevie got to keep his job in TNA and gained a new friend in the iMPACT! zone. Raven returned and defended Dr. Stevie when Mick Foley came after him with a chair. Raven almost burnt off Foley’s face with a fireball.

The man with no emotion, Bobby Lashley, kept his wife at home to protect her from Scott Steiner. It didn’t work because it seems that Scott Steiner went to the hotel that the Lashley’s were staying at. He says that he tried to be friendly with Lashley and tried to break it to him that his wife was in love with a freak. Anyways, Steiner taped the whole spiel and at the end declared that he was on his way to Krystal. The tape ended and an emotionless Bobby Lashley ran to a car and drove back to the hotel.

Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart packed on a few pounds and took on Jay Lethal open legend invitational. It seems that his weight served him well in defeating Lethal. It is good to see Neidhart once more, but I question his decision to wrestle while pregnant.

Kurt Angle called out Desmond Wolfe after the attack two weeks ago. He admitted that Wolfe knew his weakness, but after two weeks he is back in his ring where he belongs. Desmond interrupted via titantron. It appeared that Mr. Wolfe was in a bar, sitting with a beautiful lady and called out Angle…or Mr. Mangled. He said that he didn’t want to beat Kurt, but he wanted to hurt him. The tape went on and on until Desmond Wolfe appeared behind Angle. As he was ready to attack, Kurt Angle turned around and fought back. Angle dominated over Wolfe for a few minutes until he made wrong move. Wolfe took advantage of Angle’s neck and took him down once more.

I’m enjoying the Desmond Wolfe/Kurt Angle feud. This is by far the best part of iMPACT! Wolfe is charasmatic and was great at drawing heat during his promo.

Team 3D &Rhino came out together to explain the events of last week. Brother Ray said that he realized that Rhino was right all along and he apologized to his friend. Brother Ray insulted Matt Morgan and Hernandez and called them out. Matt Morgan and Hernandez answered that call. They said they didn’t need an extra partner, because they could take care of Team 3D on their own. Enter “The Pope”. Dinero suggested himself as their partner and touted the Morgan and “Hernandai” and himself as the future of TNA. Dinero delivered a great promo which makes me look forward to this feud.

Somoa Joe deprived AJ Styles of oxygen and then stood over his body holding up the belt. It seemed that Daniels helped Somoa Joe gain the upper hand by distracting AJ. Daniels and AJ exchanged a few words, then AJ slapped Daniels. Oooo! Joe crept up behind Styles and put him into a head lock. The show ended pretty quickly with Daniels looking on at AJ being chocked out.

This was a good episode of iMPACT! There was a few moments where I could have cared less. However, Desmond Wolfe keeps me coming back to iMPACT!

What did you think of this episode of TNA iMPACT!? Leave a comment below.

• X Division Triple Threat Match
  Suicide defeated “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero & Homicide

• Hernandez defeated Kip James

• TNA Knockouts Action
  Tara defeated The Beautiful People’s Velvet Sky

• Monster’s Ball Match
  “The Monster” Abyss defeated “The War Machine” Rhino

• First Time Ever Grudge Match!
  “The Boss” Bobby Lashley defeated “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner

• 6-Man Tag Team Challenge
  Beer Money, Inc. and Tennessee football great Frank Wycheck defeated
  World Elite (Eric Young and The British Invasion)

• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
  “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles defeated “Samoan Submission Machine” Somoa Joe

If you saw this show live, then leave a comment below and let me know what you thought.

TNAwrestling.com has posted information about a TNA Live Event taking place on Monday, November 9^th from Nashville, Tennessee. TNA is teaming up with Tennessee Titan Kyle Vanden Bosch to benefit The Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee.

This is the confirmed card for the TNA/KVB Event:

• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
  “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles vs. “Samoan Submission Machine” Somoa Joe

• First Time Ever Grudge Match!
  “The Boss” Bobby Lashley vs. “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner

• 6-Man Tag Team Challenge
  Beer Money, Inc. and Tennessee football great Frank Wycheck vs.
  World Elite (Eric Young and The British Invasion)

• Monster’s Ball Match
  “The Monster” Abyss vs. “The War Machine” Rhino

• TNA Knockouts Action
  Tara vs. The Beautiful People’s Velvet Sky

• X Division Triple Threat Match
  “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero vs. Suicide vs. Homicide

Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com.

The event takes place at the Wildhorse Saloon and starts at 7:30 pm.

Go to TNAwrestling.com for more information about this event.

• Beer Money defeated Eric Young & Rob Terry

• Desmond Wolfe defeated Cody Deaner

• Tara defeated Hamada

• Bobby Lashley (w/ Krystal) defeated Homicide

• Taylor Wilde defeated Madison Rayne

• AJ Styles defeated Daniels

• Team 3D vs. Matt Morgan & Hernandez – DQ due to Brother Ray’s use of a steel chair in the match

Notes: AJ Styles came out to an excited crowd in the iMPACT! zone. He hyped Hulk Hogan’s signing to TNA and then hoped right into the issue of the mystery attacker. He called out the person who has been attacking him in the last few weeks, friend or foe. Daniels comes out to confront AJ about his wording. It seems that Daniels was upset with AJ about insinuating that he would attack his own friend. Daniels accused AJ of being cocky and getting everything in the company the easy way. He accused TNA of pushing AJ, while they pulled him down. Things were getting pretty tense between the two (former) friends, when Somoa Joe enters the picture. Joe pointed towards Daniels, saying that he has been playing AJ for their entire friendship. All this time, Daniels has been jealous of AJ. Joe explained that he never liked AJ, because AJ had something that he has always wanted. He said that he had no problem challenging AJ for the TNA World Title, because being the best in the world meant being the World Champion. Daniels snapped back at Somoa Joe and said that he had no problem challenging and beating AJ one-on-one, man to man. AJ looked at Daniels and said that if it were true that than why doesn’t he do it. This was a great opening segment  that built the feud between Daniels, Styles, and Somoa Joe.

It seemed that Eric Young and the puffed up Rob Terry messed up big time in their match against Beer Money, Inc. As they were biting it big time, Eric Young decided to use his Legends title belt as a weapon against Roode. Unfortunately, Roode moved out of the way and big Rob Terry bit the dust. Roode then took the opportunity to go for the pin and win the match. World Elite did not seem pleased with their loss.

Desmond Wolfe defeated Cody Deaner in about 4 seconds. Kurt Angle observed the match from home and called it…wait he called in? The segment was a bit weird with Kurt Angle’s voice chiming in. Desmond Wolfe put himself over a bit and called Kurt Angle names like Kurt “Mangled”. His promo was good, but it could have been great if Kurt Angle wasn’t chiming in with a walkie talkie.

Somoa Joe came out to the ring in the ref’s uniform and wearing purple latex gloves. Daniels came out after him. The camera cut to Jeremy Borash interviewing AJ Styles. Suddenly, a masked man in a black hoody attacked AJ Styles. Well, it was great for Jeremy Borash to stand their and watch this guy get beat up. Security came after the masked man ran away. Great timing for security miss an attacker. Meanwhile, in the ring, Daniels looked on with concern and tried to help his friend. However, Somoa Joe got in his way and attacked him.

Mick Foley came out to make peace with Abyss. Huh? What?! I had already accepted that Foley and Abyss were feuding over a broken picture, but now I’m supposed believe that Mick Foley provoked Abyss to see what he was made off. Foley said that he really didn’t mean what he said over the last few weeks about Abyss. In fact, he said it was painful to say things like Abyss is like a carbon copy of Mankind. He spent the promo putting over Abyss and gave him a picture of them both in the end. I’ll give Foley credit. He gave a good promo, because that is what he is good at. However, this was unusual. I cannot accept that their friends again. What was the point of the feud that took place a few weeks ago?

The ending of TNA iMPACT! was even more confusing. Rhino came in to interfere with the match with no success. Brother Ray took a steel chair and attacked Rhino. Eventually, Brother Ray was led backstage by Rhino and leaving his partner at the hands of Hernandez and Matt Morgan. A few minutes later, Brother Ray came back out and attacked Hernandez and Morgan with his steel chair. Afterward, Brother Ray had a confused look on his face. Rhino came out to hug Brother Ray, but he refused the embrace. Then, Rhino lifted Team 3D’s hands in victory. The last shot was of Brother Ray looking very confused. He’s confused? I’m confused. I didn’t understand anything. I understand if the creative team wanted to leave fans with a cliff hanger, but it was poorly done. Leaving fans confused is not a good thing.

This wasn’t a very good episode of TNA iMPACT! There were some good moment, but then there were some confusing moments. At least it was better than this week’s Monday Night Raw.

What did you think of this episode of TNA iMPACT!? Leave a comment below.

• Madison Rayne vs. Taylor Wilde

• Eric Young & Rob Terry vs. Beer Money

• Desmond Wolfe vs. Cody Deaner

• Hamada vs. Tara

• Homicide vs Bobby Lashley (w/ Krystal)

• AJ Styles vs. Daniels

• Team 3D vs. Morgan & Hernandez

• The Beautiful People & Awesome Kong vs. ODB, Sarita, Taylor Wilde, & Tara

• Ultimate X Match for the X Division Championship
  The Amazing Red (c) (w/ Don West) defeated Suicide & D’Angelo Dinero & Daniels & Homicide

• TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship
  Taylor Wilde & Sarita (c) defeated The Beautiful People

• TNA Legends Championship Match
  Eric Young (c) defeated Kevin Nash & Hernandez

• Full Metal Mayhem for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
  British Invasion (c) & Team 3D (c) defeated Scott Steiner & Booker T  & Beer Money, Inc.

• TNA Knockout Championship
  ODB (c) defeated Awesome Kong & Tara

• MMA vs. TNA: Submission Match
  “The Boss” Bobby Lashley defeated Samoa Joe

• Monster’s Ball: Hardcore Extreme
  “The Monster” Abyss defeated Mick Foley

• Wrestling’s Best vs. Wrestling’s Future
  Kurt Angle defeated “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan

• TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
  “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles (c) defeated “The Icon” Sting

Notes: TNA Bound for Glory 2009 kicked off with a great Ultimate X Championship Match. A few minutes into the match, Homicide got to the ropes and began inching his way toward the x division championship. I was almost as if no one noticed him and he was getting very close to becoming the X Division Champion. Suicide then climbed up and jumping and grabbing Homicide. They stayed to the ropes until the fell onto the mat. Neat the end of the match, Christopher Daniels, Suicide, and Amazing Red got on top of the steel X structure. Daniels and Suicide fought each other on top of the structure. They tried to slam each other with no success. There were a few times were they had to balance themselves from falling off. Then they slowly stepped onto the ropes to fight. Daniels sat on the x and the X Division strap to keep balance. Suicide and Daniels continued to fight and eventually they fell onto the mat with Daniels’s head falling first. It seemed brutal. Amazing Red grabbed the X Division Championship and celebrated with Don West in the ring. This was a great match. I hope that Daniels is OK.

Eric Young and Kevin Nash teamed up against Hernandez in the triple threat match for the Legends Championship. It seemed that Eric Young and Kevin Nash were on the same page. However, slowly they turned on each other. As Nash was about to put Hernandez on the powerbomb, Young pushed Hernandez’s head into Nash’s groin. Then Young went for the pin and became the new Legends Champion. I’m glad that Eric Young won and it furthers the tensions between MEM and WE. However, I don’t like how short this match was. It was about 8 or 9 minutes. This isn’t iMPACT! This is a PPV!

Booker T was injured early on in the match and had to be carried off on a stretcher with Sharmell at his side. I was disappointed with his exit and his injury seemed to be out of no where. Steiner was left to fend for himself with Team 3D, Beer Money, & The British Invasion taking advantage fo him. The ladder came out along with the tables. Team 3D made good use of the table by putting almost everyone into a table.
Rhino interfered in the tag team match with a steel chair aimed at Brother Devon. As Brother Devin captured the IWGP Tag Team Championship, he was hit with a steel chair and fell onto the mat where Rhino attacked him. Afterwards, The British Invasion gained the upper hand and won the TNA Tag Team Championship.

Raisha Saeed ruined Awesome Kong’s chances of becoming TNA Knockout Champion. As ODB kicked out of a pin, Awesome Kong became increasingly frustrated. Saeed got involved and slid a steel chair into the ring. Awesome Kong slid the chair back, demanding that she could finish ODB without it. Raisha Saeed slid it back to Kong, who then slid it to Saeed. Kong picked up ODB for a powerbomb. Then Saeed slid the chair into the ring, where it ended up at Kong’s feet. ODB got lose and shoved Kong’s face into the steel chair on the mat. ODB got on top of Kong and went for the pin. After the match, Saeed looked at the ring in shock at what she had done. This was a great match. There was even a run-in by Kim Couture ( I think it was her), who stole Poison the tarantula from ringside.

Bobby Lashley was obviously going to win this match. TNA wasn’t going to let him lose after building him up for so long. I was a little upset by the fact that they made Somoa Joe look weak compared to Lashley. “The Boss” Bobby Lashley choked Joe until he became unconscious. The referee decided to let Lashley have the win even though Joe didn’t tap out. Through out the match, the crowd was split. One half was chanting for Somoa Joe even though he is the heel in this match.

There was a big botch in the Mick Foley/ Abyss match. Abyss put Dr. Stevie (the referee) in a backbreaker. Then another referee came in to replace Dr. Stevie. However, when Mick Foley pinned Abyss, the ref went for the full 3 count and Abyss lifted his shoulder after the 3 count. The match wasn’t over even though Mick Foley just pinned Abyss with a 3 count. Abyss bled some, but what even crazier was that Daffney came down to the ring and gave Mick Foley a tazer. Mick Foley shocked Abyss with the tazer and there was smoke that was coming out of his flannel shirt! Daffney really ruined Abyss’s nerves, because she was choke slammed into the barbed wired boarded and left shaking. This could have been a good match if it wasn’t for the big botch.

Kurt Angle tried to put the ankle lock on Matt Morgan quite a few times. Matt Morgan kept kicking out each time except for the last. Morgan tapped out. After the match, Kurt offered to shake Morgan’s hands. Matt Morgan and Kurt Angle shook hands and lifted each others hands in victory. The fans cheered. This was a nice moment that caught me off guard. I kept expecting Angle to kick Morgan in the gut after shaking hands with him.

AJ Styles defeated Sting in an emotional match. Sting locked in the scorpion death lock on AJ Styles with no success. Styles refused to quit and gets out of the submission move. They trade blows, until AJ hits a springboard splash and then goes for the pin. After the match, AJ calls Sting back into the ring. AJ and Sting shook hands and exchanged a word or two. AJ took to the mic and declared that this was Sting’s home state and his spotlight. Sting disagreed and said it was AJ’s spotlight. Eventually, Sting took to the mic to speak the crowd who were chanting “Please don’t go!” Sting said that he wasn’t expecting to make a speech, but that it was AJ Styles’s night. If he was going to lose to anybody, he said he was glad to lose to a guy like AJ and to lose it at home. The crowd chanted “You still got it!” Sting continued to thank the fans and honestly said that he wasn’t sure if he was coming back.

I think that this was a good PPV. The opening match was great and I really enjoyed the Knockout Tag Team Championship Match. There were some low points like the big botch in the Foley/Abyss match. Overall, I was entertained very happy.

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